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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
THE ALMOST DEAD. By VII
liam Herber. q. b. Lippin-

Another Of the Communist
spy stories, as abundant In
print as cowboys and Indians.
on television. This one Is live
" with Stacy Andrews sent TO
Paris TO free q kidnapped wo-
man. whose ransom Il data
the Communists want.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
|Amozing Americans


Of amazing Americans. who
were pioneers in widely diver
gent fields: In music, In law.
In journalism. One Of the most
amazing was p. T. Barnum.
His flair for showmanship in
cluded. among his earlier tri-
umphs. the sublime singer.
Jenny Lind.
In TWO LOVES FOR JENNY
LIND tMacrae. Smith: $2.75) +.
Frances Cavanah does not
defy the Swedish Nightingale
nor Willy her promoter, the
quixotic Barnum. Well-chosen
anecdotes point up the lively.
affectionate comradeshiL be-
tween these two egotistical
geniuses. This revealing BIZ
ography derives part Of its
charm from the give-and-
take Of audience reaction as
well the vagaries Of the stars.
MIR. JUSTICE HOLMES by
Clara Ingram Judson (Follett:
$500 recently received an
Edison Award for It's out
standing merit as q note
worthy biography.
The boy. Wendell. suffered
from a laxative. possessive.
talented father. He was over.
protected. rather than UNDER
privileged. II was a handicap
he had to night. as q student.
as a soldier. as q young lawyer
The book Is q remarkably en-
crossing picture Of q man who
believed that law should be
practical and Just,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05

The Indians viewpoint is
equally well portrayed by
Frances Carpenter in "Poca-
hontas and Her World"
tKnopf: so. An expert in
geography and folklore. Mrs.
Carpenter combines both In
her Interpretation Of the gen.
tie Indian Princess and the
fierce Powhatan. A WASH
ingtonian, she has made full
use Of local resource material.
In effective story form. she
presents facts which have been
little known except to anthro-
biologists and scholars. Truly,
Pocahontas was the human
bridge between the world of
the red men and the white.
To both. she was "the dear
and blessed Pocahontas."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
Beautiful Sewage

''Pocahontas and Her World"
is illustrated by Langdon Kiln,
whose Indian paintings have
often appeared in the National
Geographic. His portrait Of
Pocahontas. the beautiful
savage" is now on exhibit in
Richmond. AS a gesture to the
jamestown Festival, the book
is already on sale in Virginia
but will not be oficially re-
leased elsewhere until May 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
Sixteen Painters

Another admirable group
show is at Gallery 313 C1922
I street N.W.) through May
10. Like the last. 1t Is small
but comprehensive. ranging
from traditional to nonobjec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
New FouIknerNove
Nay Be His Best
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

Three years william Faulkner turned aside from his
novels and short stories Of Mississippi publish eraord-
fantasy "a Fable" This aegory Of France during World
War probably viii stand the literary
these times despite critical dssens But Nobel
Prize winner Of 1850 back in Mississippi with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Cruelty and Treochery
In Jamestown COLONY
BY BARBARA NOLEN

Capt John Smith right when he called Virginia "ths
bought land The struggle for brought
greed and selshness Of colon Disappointed their
schemes to getchquck they fought quarreed among
themselves matching the Indians cruelty treachery
wonder is that in jamestown FIRST three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05

years. out Of 700 colonists, all
but so were killed on by
swamp fevers. Indian arrows,
and the starving time"
That the jamestown Colony
did not disappear as COM
pletely as the Lost Colony Of
Roanoke is probably due to the
influence Of two outstanding
personalities: Pocahontas and
Capt. John Smith. After $50
years. research has separated
fact from legend and these two
emerge as real people, with in
creased stature.
Two excellent new books
about Pocahontas and Capt.
John Smith complement but
do not contradict each other,
for neither attempts to white
wash the facts. THIS DEAR
BOUGHT LAND is told from
the white mans viewpoint.
POCAHONTAS AND HER
WORLD explains the Indian
way Of life.
Copt. John Smith
There is no glib hero wor-
ship in This Dear-Bought
Land" by Jean Lee Latham
(Harpers: $2.75). Red-bearded,
fiery-tongued, ruthless, but
dedicated to his job, Capt.
John Smith could say with sim
certify that the jamestown Col
ony was my hawk. my hounds.
my wife. my child. the whole
Of my content-this dear
bought land"
Jean Latham, Newbery Medal
winner. shows the Indians
laughing one minute, planning
torture the next. She shows
Capt. John Smith in mo-
ments Of tenderness with his
dear child" Pocahontas: in
quickwitted barter with Pow
hatan. "kingly as a lion, willy
as a fox: In stubborn argyll
ment with his gold-crazy coll
leagues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
Boul at Buder

A five year retrospective.
one-man show by Jacob Boul
is al Franz Bader Gallery, l705
G street NV. through next
Saturday. A native New York
er (born 1920, he graduated
from the Cornish School,
Seattle. Wash. and has also
studied at American University.
He has exhibited actively in
local group shows. His Laurel
Race Track" which won q
prize last October in the Laurel
show. is in the current ex-
hibition.
Despite his sophisticated
background, Mr., Boul paints
like a gifted primitive. Para
doxical as this seems, there Is
Continued ON Page EFT, Col. 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05

merge into each other) is the
work Of Yeffe Kifnball. Amer.
lean Indian painter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
. True Relation

These two jamestown books
will be Of interest to good
readers over 10. Younger
boys and girls may prefer
CAPT. JOHN SMITHS PAGE
Gippincott: S2.50 by Marion
Nesbitt. Of the famous Maury
School in Richmond. This is
a true relation" Of q lO-year-
old boy, Samuel Collier, who
actually served as page to
Capt. John Smith, and later
became governor Of a Virginia
town.
Other useful books about the
jamestown Colony are WITH
SWORD AND PEN, the Ad-
ventures Of Capt. John Smith.
by Bradford Smith aladdin:
$l.76 and POWHATAN AND
CAPT. JOHN SMITH by Olga
Hall-Quest (Ariel; S2.75).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05
Spies and Putriots

The current interest In the
human side Of history keeps
on turning UP excellent dra-
matte historical fiction.
SUSAN'S SECRET by Hill
dreth Wriston Is q Vermont
story (Ariel: s2.75) with a
plausible plot. without preach
ing. II also shows that d IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05

- eNAe
dren cannot live totally apart
from political and social
problems.
UNDECIDED HEART by
Nancy Faulkner Doubleday:
$2.76 tells how Dru Anthony
met the conflict Of love and
loyalty during the Revolu-
ton.
Boys keen on military STRAIT
egg and tactics will find plenty
to interest them in BLOW.
BUGLES, BLOW by Merritt
Parmelee Allen Longmans: So
and GUNS OF ROMAN NOSE
BY r. w. DAILY Dodd: $2.75).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11

GOOD HEALTH: TINS WEEK's medical series is
authorized BY The american Medical Association. Each
article is written BY an outstanding expert in his field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11

This mysterious liver disease can
kill you -or be 80 mild that you may
have had Il without knowing
vaccine unwisely suspended in pooled human serum.
Serum hepatits can be kept under control BY maintain
ing strict sterilization technique and carefully screening
prospective blood donors.
PinninO &c Down
Infectious hepatitis. however, promises remain
serious public health problem for some time to come.
In addition TO q for the disease, docton need
dependable test which would distinguish infectious hep
ats from such diseases cancer. eastOnes and other
disorders which sometimes accompanied by jaundce.
Today there is hope that new laboratory techniqueS
involving the Of tissue cultures and engines may
lead to a good method Of diagnosis Medical scientists
devOting intense efforts to cOnquering this wide
spread and elusive disease.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

Mill Road has as her captains
Mrs: John Drew, Mrs. Robert
Bonham, Mrs. Ralph Salmon,
Mrs. Charles Jespersen, Mrs.
Robert Wells, Mrs. Victor Horn
bostel and Mrs. Fred Munds. The
k-Forest captaincy is still
open.
Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, chairman
for Lone Oak, has as her cap
tains Mrs. r. C. Alexander, Mrs.
Stan Ruthberg, Mrs. Ted Arndt,
Mrs. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Roger
Cohen and Mrs. Robert O'Brien.
Workers are needed, and the
section chairmen request that
anyone interested call them.
That was no revival meeting
at the Civic Center Sunday night.
1t was a ballroom dancing lesson
sponsored by the Recreation De-
partment. All it takes to join in
is strongish arches, $3.50 per
couple and yen to Samba, Utter
burg, or even cha-cha, to mention
a few of the steps to be taught
in the 10 weekly sessions. Regis
tration is still open.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Staff Photo
By Naomi l.. Wood
Telephone oliver 1854

Hands-acrOss.the-sea Note: Mr..
and Mrs. Seymour Wolfbein of
Bannockburn, Maryland, made a
trip to Europe this summer, with
a notable stop-off in Bannock-
burn, Scotland.
Mr.. Wolfbein is President of
the Bannockburn Md Civic AS
ISOLATION. He carried with him a
scroll of greetings from that or
ganization, like this: "The Ban
nockburn Community in Bethes-
da, Montgomery County, Mary
land. United States of America
- GREETINGS to our friends
across the sea in Bannockburn,
Stirlingshire, Scotland, and WIT
NESS - this invitation, in per-
petuity, to visit their namesake
community in the new world"
The Wolfbeins arrived in the
old-world Bannockburn on June
"a, a date which was a mere con-
venience on their calendar. In
the lives of Scotland's Bannock-
burners, however, June "a is an
Anniversary - and a very inn
portant one. For on that very
date, in the year 1914, the Scots
forces under Robert Bruce there
met the English, and, for once,
beat the living daylights out of
them. This didn't happen often
in Scottish history, SO the men,
DRY is cherished. Indeed, the bat
tie of Bannockburn is the sub
ject of one of Robert Burns
poems.
Arriving on that date, the Wolf
beins found the red carpet being
rolled out for them. Conducted
to the Town Hall, they were seat
ed at the Council table, and well
coined by members of the Dis
trict Council. Mrs. Wolfbein was
presented with a beautiful old
fashioned bouquet" of flowers.
Mr.. Wolfbein received a parch-
ment scroll accepting the greet
ings and good wishes of their
daughter-town of Bannockburn in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

range from canvassing the whole
precinct to coverage of only the
newlyinhabited areas. TIL e r e
seems little knowledge of what is
afoot countywise or Republican
wise.
And so it goes this fall of 81
in precincts 6 and Z with the Re-
publicans indicating they will
surge ahead within a compact
group while the Democrats are
wavering under vague leadership.
Door-to-door traffic in October
will include workers for the Unit
ed Givers Fund. Our three section
chairmen have lined up their cap
tains and either have met with
them, or will within the week.
Mrs. Frances Lee, chairman for
TWinbrook south of Viers Mill
Road has as her captains Mrs.
Ogden Graham, DR.. Martha Schip-
per, Mrs. Gertrude Wienskowski
Mrs. Robert Presteman, Mrs.
Arthur Burt and Mrs. George
Flynn.
Mrs. Frank Ecker, chairman
for Twinbrook north of Viers
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

Maryland; and noting that the
Wolfbein visit" will be recorded
for all time in the records of our
District Council
Tea was served to the visitors
who were also taken on a tour
of the sights of the locality. The
battlefield was included, OF
course. And overlooking it.
what did they see but the brand
new Bannockburn school.
This one is a vocational high
school, instead of an elementary
school. In its design, according
to a booklet which the Wolfbeins
brought home, "much that is ira.
ditional in Scottish architecture
has been set aside in favor of a
more scientific approach employ
ing modern techniques." Such
radical ideas were evidently not
docilely accepted by everyone.
Il gather that some people
thought it ought to be torn down
and done over" Mrs. w. reports.
But the storm seems to have
died down. And she also reports
that it is a very attractive"
building.
Rockville has SISTER" city in
Europe. Well, if Bannockburn,
Md. is the daughter" of Ban.
nockburn, Scotland, does that
make this a "mother-daughter"
act?
Back here at home, the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Church of the
Redeemer in Fairway Hills is
about to embark upon the sale
of Christmas Cards. They made
nice piece of change for their
endeavors last year, and no won.
der. For they provide their Gus.
toners with a wide variety of
cnOlce IN Doth price and subject.
Orders for the cards are taken
at coffee-parties arranged by
members of the Auxiliary. ANY
one is welcome to attend and
have look through the books, !"
explains Mrs. Jean Walsh. IF
they don't find anything they
like, there is no pressure to buy"
Of course, the donor of the party
wants to know in advance that
you are coming, so she can put
on another cup of coffee"
If you want to buy your cards
via this party method, Mrs. VIM.
A. Spiker, Oliver 6-8364 is the
lady to call. She arranges the
schedule of parties, and can tell
you when and where.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Drought Aid
Is Credit
Not Ciyeway

Farmers Home Administration
director Ray H. Smith this week
emphasized that FILA emergency
credit, extended to drought-strick-
en- Maryland farmers is not a
"give-away program"
"Only established farmers are
eligible for loans" he said. A
farmer is not eligible if he can
obtain other credit on terms he
can meet. Also, emergency credit
cannot be used to refinance other
debts, he said.
Emergency loans are primarily
short-term loans, with repayment
being expected within one year,
or possible two. In livestock areas,
these funds may be used for the
purchase of feed supplies.
Under the Production Emer-
gency classification, there is no
feed program such as was an.
ticipated under the proposed dis
aster' relief program. Under the
latter classification, in fact, such
aid would have done Maryland
farmers little good. an Agricul-
ture Department spokesman SAID.
Disaster aid is used exclusively
to maintain basic herds and flocks
and with additional local prohibi-
tons, almost no county farmers
would have benefited.
FILA state director Ray II.
Smith said. when you examine
all of the possible assistance pro-
grams adaptable to a single-sea-
son drought area, you are almost
bound to agree that credit avail
able at three per cent, in suffi-
Gent quantity to get the drought
stricken farmer hack on his feet
next year, is just about the best
helping hand that you can offer
Il am happy to know that we
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Planners Honor Four

Service awards for more than
10 years of service to the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission were made
to Commission chairman Herbert
w. Wells and four employees, Eva
c. Scott, Harrison Leffler, Jr.,
Roscoe c. Barnes and Jesse F.
Nicholson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19

the State Central Committee, or
for accelerated political activity
and resulting publicity that will
come in the spring as the pri-
maries approach.
Republicans feel the Democrats
have shown the greater activity in
the past, and they now are out to
reverse the situation.
The local kickoff to the ma
tional Republican registration
campaign was held at the home
of Mary McQueeney who is chair
man of the 4th election district
for this campaign.
. Meeting with her were Gilbert
Guide, lone Republican delegate
to the state Legislature from
Montgomery County; Mrs. Betty
Hermann, Montgomery County
Chairman for the drive, and pre-
cinct chairmen including Mrs.
Dorothy Cornwell, chairman of
the 9th precinct which is north of
Viers Mill Rd and Mark Rorick,
chairman of the 9TH precinct
which is south of VierS Mill Rd.
Mrs. Shirley M. Day who was
chosen to head the campaign in
the 9th precinct has 80 door-to-
door canvassers ready to go and
the 18th precinct expects to have
at least 20. No one yet has been
designated to head the drive for
the 18th precinct.
In the meantime, confusion and
apathy seems to hold back the
Democrats.
Democrats talk pleasantly of
getting along with each other,
and yet one senses confusion that
bars effective organization as the
"anti organization" ele m e n
wrests actual powers from the
"pro-organization" people who
will continue to hold top precinct
offices until 1860.
Complacency is an additional
reason for the Democrats inactiv-
ity. Lulled by years of Republican
lethargy in our precincts, Demo
Gratis have difficulty believing
there will be any changes. One
precinct official when informed
of Republican activities expressed
skepticism that the Republicans
could amass 80 workers, main
tanning that it must be a paper
figure and should be taken with
grain of salt"
Plans are afoot countrywide for
a mid-October distribution of a
Democratic pamphlet, but infor-
nation in complete or convincing
form doesn't seems to have
reached our two precincts.
Precinct Z received some infor-
nation of the plan but turned it
down cold on the grounds that it
is too early in the political year
to tear intao a frenzy of activity
in such transient area. They
feel the records would be outmod-
ed by next spring. This well
might be valid if their Republi-
can friends would stay home until
then, too. 1t is this threat from
the Republicans which may force
the Democrats to change their
plans.
In the 9th precinct there is talk
of modifying for registration dur
ing October. These are individual
plans and hardly have reached
talking stage. So far there is little
or no coordination among the of
ficers of the precinct. Plans
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
TuinbrOOk
TUinbrOOk
Seem to Be
Listless
BY Joan j. Stern
Garden 1887

Democrats may have to spend
the month of October washing
those Republicans out of their
hair Twinbrook Republicans,
armed to the teeth with pam
phlets and exuding neighborli-
ness, will march from door to
door ferreting out the unreg-
istered voters and hoping to con-
vert the Democrats.
In contrast, Twinbrook Demo.
cratic leaders talk of waiting for
cooler weather, for mail from
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-19
Cabin John Valley
Bannockburn, Too, Gets
In AcrOss-the-Seu Act

are not in a disaster area. Dis
aster to me means almost total
destruction. We happily are not
in that spot. on near 1t. All of us
on farms have suffered financial
losses some very great losses.
Recent rains have perked up our
spirits. We know next year will
be bumper one. Hope springs
eternal but timely credit will
help too" Smith said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

enemy bombers, and the progress, bomb
strikes, and fate of our own forces,
Opposite the maps, behind glass, IS
double tier of control booths. The upper
tier resembles stadium press box. Its CEN
ter section is the Command Post Of Gen.
eral Power and his staff in moments Of
national danger.
Onthe slanted desk infront ofthe General
are microphone and telephone. Through
the microphone he talks to the men on the
War Room floor, and to the vital Control
Room on the lower tier.
The telephone links directly to the Air
Defense Command in Colorado Springs, to
the Pentaecn, and to the White House.
From here, the General can launch force
armed with enough bombs, A and H, to
obliterate every target from Vladivostok to
Moscow. But only the President Of the
United States can order those targets hit.
SAC's Commander can pull the trigger. but
the bullet will be stopped in midfiight
unless the President - or the top survivor
in a line Of succession - gives the word.
SAC has the built-in capacity to fall
safe,'' a phrase old among engineers but
new to the military. For SAC, ''fail-safe"
means that General Power can start the
nucIear bullet towards the heart Of Eurasia,
but unless the emergency proves to be the
real thing, the ''bullet'' Is stopped at an
Invisible line and turned back. Neither the
enemy nor the public ever knows Il was
fired.
The first bull Continued on next page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

unremarkable, except that thicket OF radio
mastss sprouts from lawn, and concrete
Hosks, like subway entrances bare Of post
ers, flank the driveway. A closer look dis
closes odd protuberances on walls and roof.
These are electronic eyes to spot unwclcome
humans. and robot ears and noses to warn
Of deadlier, invisible intruders - radiation.
blast, gas. Above ground this is modern
military headquarters in time Of peace, with
wide corridors, sunny Offices, cheerful
WAFs, busy cafeterias.
1.-THE Hole
Beneath this building, encased in massive
slabs Of concrete, entered only through
foot-thick steel blast doors, or through
decentralization locks, is another building
Of equal size. This is the Combat Control
Center Of SAC, called simply The Hole."
From here nearly 1000 nuclear bombers
are directed, hour by hour. From here any
major war would be fought, and quickly
decided.
Fifty feet below the earth's surface is the
War Room, half as large as football field
and brilliantly floodlighted. One entire
wall is covered by map panels 20 feet tall.
Some of the maps. showing routine move
ments of bomber wings, and weather infor-
nation, are exposed. Others, highly classi-
fed, are shrouded BY gray curtains. Within
seconds, the thousand-pound panels can
be shifted on steel rails, and new maps
unmasked to show the face Of global war -
trajectory Of enemy missiles, sighting Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

Gen. Thomas S. Power, SAC
copmandev-in-chief, and his
sfaG, overlook War Room from
enclosed command post. Each
staF member is charged with a
specific area Of responsibility