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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-05
Readers Letter

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Month
after month / have read (and
enjoyed) your column in our
paper. But I have looked in
vain for a discussion of one
topic that is very important
the habit of chewing tobacco.
You have written about smok-
ing tobacco. alcohol. sleep.
overeating. worry and many
such things. but you have never
mentioned chewing tobacco.
As a woman am naturally
interested in my husbands
good health. We have been
married seven years and during
the last two he has fallen into
what call this vicious. I'M
clean habit Of chewing tobacco.
hate to see him with a large
wad of 1t pushing out one
cheek. And l dislike even more
his periodic efforts to rid HIM
self OF the juice. Il suppose I
should come right out and say
hate to see him splitting all
the time)
My husbands q fine fellow.
and l assure you I'm not one OF
those so-called nagging wives.
But / wish he would get rid OF
the habit. He says it won't
hurt him and let's it go at that.
suppose that some day I'll get
used to watching him chew, but
what I'm really worried about
now is how chewing tobacco
affects his health. Would you
be good enough to write about
It? Mrs. l.. F..
Doctors Answer
I agree. It is about time that
we had something here about
the problem you mention.
Many's the time I've tried TO
get a patient to break the chew
ing habit-but 1t seems even
more difficult to overcome than
smoking.
have been reading a recent
paper by Or. David L. Simon
and his associates Of Cincin-
natl on this subject. II was
published in the Journal Of The
American Medical Association
and called Immediate Effect
Of Chewing Tobacco on Circu-
lation Of Habtual CheWers."
Here are some Of their findings:
They mention that the an
nual consumption OF chewing
tobacco in the United States is
81 million pounds, but that
there has been very little in
formation available about its
effect on the heart and circu-
lation.
So. "A QUESTIONABLE was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-05

A lazy Sunday. The sun is
high over the Atlantic when
we, get out of bed. Gayle has
to. be told: Take of the dun
garees and put a dress on. This
is Sunday" Big snowy thun-
derheadS in the sky. Lakes of
powder blue. Breeze southeast
IL knots. Last minute rush to
get to church on time. Father
Joseph Sullivan, white hair.
black casSock, smiling in the
doorway.
The timeless whisper Of mass.
The ladies, so much more at
tractive in big hats and frilly
dresses than in bathing suits.
The men, dressed and blue of
jowl. always look older than
their women. The dignified
rush to get out to the cars.
Little knots of people on the
lawn. bees in search of the
nectar of trivia.
on in the car. South to
Spring Lake. N. ]. A big house
with a deep porch. "A black
skinny dane named Mark. He
dozes. opens one watchdog eye,
closes 1t. Inside, a big living
room decorated with people
and q bar. The hosts-John
Griffin and his bride Honey
are trying to induce smiles
with bloody Marys. A breeze
lifts the curtains. The dark
man with the steady brown
eyes is Col. Tony Story. one
time aide to General Mac
Arthur. His wife is a little
blond with skin the color of
a well-done turkey.
The O'Connors are there. So
are the Jim Liddys. The bride
is dark and sweet and full
figured. The bridegroom talks
in bursts, like polite machine
gun. He is a top-f1ight public
relations counsel who riSked
his career by drawing the Ma
TONS attention to the fact that
Private Girard was about to be
turned over to the Japanese for
trial. This. in John Griffin's
estimation. is like being turned
over to the Mau Maus.
A HerO's Cares
The gray-haired man with
the long nose and the attentive
manner is Col. Frances Gabre-
ski. He is commander Of Myr-
tie Beach Air Force Base in
South Carolina. He is also
Americas top living air ace. He
has watched about 40 enemy
planes go down in flames be-
fore his guns. He listens po-
litely. but his eyes show worry
only when he glances at his
lovely wife on the other side Of
the room. She wears a mater
nifty dress.
Eat 1880 pm. John Griffin
takes all hands to the Spring
Lake Tennis Club. There the
couples sit under a breezeway
beside the pool and sip drinks
and eat potato salad of let
tuce leaves and chew on cold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-05
THE DETAILS

Sophia M. - My husband
and I have been married five
years and have been separated
for the past year. I took our
S-year-old son and went home
to mothers when / learned
Ralph had been having an
affair with another woman.
Since then. I have been see
ing him about twice a week and
he has begged me to come
home. He told me the affair
with the other woman was AL
washed up" and he was sorry
1t ever happened.
However. two Of my friends
reported they recently saw him
going oiut with this other wom-
an. Ralph has his explana-
ton. of course, but I do not
know how seriously I can take
it. He has hurt me so deeply 1
sometimes feel 1 don't ever
want to see him again-yet it
doesn't seem fair to our son not
to make an attempt to revive
our marriage.
Ralph MI love Sophia
and she knows it and l also
know she loves me and that is
the only important thing.
This girl l got involved with
is really just a kid-a little over
10, and sincerely in love with
me. Maybe l was so flattered
that it went to my head. She
was so beautiful / couldn't re-
Sist the opportunity. She had
hoped to marry me and still
wants to very much, in spite of
the fact that I told her I love
my wife and son and don't
want a divorce.
1 have been trying to let this
girl off by easy stages. She is
so intense about our relation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-05

your DUN Social Security or
retirement problem. Please en-
close a stamped. Selt-dddreSsed
envelope and rs cents In coin.
(From AP NewsfeatuYeO
Tomorrow: There's still time for re-
fund on Social Security tox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-05
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Man Tries to End
An Affair Casually
THE PROBLEM

SOPHIA MI don't know my husbands affair is really
finished.
RALPH MIN trying to let girl on by easy stages
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
Youth Arrested
In Rope Attempt

A 17-year-old youth was ar
rested yesterday and charged
with assault in the attempted
rape Of an l8-year-old house,
wife.
Police said the youth entered
the woman's ground-fl apart
lnent in the HOO block Of Fifth
street NV, last April 4, and
threatened her with q kitchen
knife. He fed when she
screamed.
The youth was caught when
he broke into the apartment a
second time on April 26. While
being held. he walked out of the
Second Precinct station house
when left alone for q short
while. He was arrested yesterday
ct his home in the 100 block
Of Sixth street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
Life Saving Courses
To Be Given Free

Free Red Cross sponsored life
saving courses will begin at 1880
pm. tomorrow at the District
Chapter House. 2025 Z street
NV.
Applicants must be in good
health. Is years Of age or older
and be able to pass q Red Cross
swimmers test.
Red Cross Senior Life Savers
Certificates win be awarded those
who successfully complete the
course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
I. S. Net urthy to Tulk

Leland 8. Mccarthy Of the
District Better Business Bureau.
will speak to a dinner meeting
Of the Connecticut Avenue Asso-
citation at $50 pm Tuesday at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
Reservists Set MEETING

Branch No. I Of the Fleet Re-
serve Association viii hold its
regular monthly meeting ct 8
pm. tomorrow at the American
Legion Clubhouse, 433 Third
street NV. Election Of officers
will be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12

Six china egg cups ooiIy deco
roted TO brighten your break
fost hour -------------88e
Evening star., 1957-08-28

SClll SJano ana are Salu 10 pe IN
good condition.
Admiral Made Prophecy
Significance Of the narrow
waterway as the missing link"
of the Northwest Passage be-
came apparent last summer
during an exploration of pos
sible routes undertaken per-
sonally by Vice Admiral John
M. viii. commander Of the
Military Sea Transport Service.
The area was probed but not
transited by the icebreaker
Labrador. Several Photographic
missions were completed by
Navy planes, and Admiral viii
prophesied:
Flying at low attitudes
through Bellot Strait and its
approaches last summer l saw
what ! believe is a possible pas
sage for cargo ships and
tankers. We know that the
strait normally is ice-free in
September and early October
and it has been traversed by a
l2-foot-draft mountained po-
lice vessel.
Success of the transit de-
pends. however. on whether the
channel is deep enough for To-
foot-draft ships. If Bellot Strait
Evening star., 1957-08-28
Seorchers Find Body
OF MISSING Girl, 5

EVADALE, Tex. Aug. % up.
The body of Diane Burch. S,
sought by hundreds in the thick
growth near here since she
disappeared from a family out
ing Sunday. was found face
down in the Neches River yes
terday. She was spotted by
helicopter.
Footprints found Monday
and report by Mrs. w. E.
Bean of Evadale that she heard
a girl scream in the woods
Monday had intensified the
search.
Evening star., 1957-08-28

winter trap upon any ships un-
lucky enough to have become
fast in the ice of the Beaufort
Sea or waters to the east.
The discoverer of Bellot
Strait was 1t. Rene Bellot Of
the French Navy. attached to
the party of Capt. Leopold Nc
Clintock, leader of one of the
16 expeditions sent out in
search of Sir John Franklin,
in 1859. Shortly afterwards
1t. Bellot perished by falling
into a crevasse.
The waterway was described
by Capt. McClintock with an
accuracy which. Navy observers
say, hardly can be improved
upon today:
The appearance is precisely
that Of a Greenland ford. 1t
is about 20 miles long and
scarcely a mile wide at its mar
roweSt part and there, within
a quarter of a mile of the north
shore. the depth was ascer-
tanned to be 400 feet.
THE granite shores are bold
and lofty with a very respecta-
BILE sprinkling of vegetation for
so high a latitude. Some Of the
hill ranges rise to about 1900
feet above the sea. The strait
runs very nearly east and west.
When half way through both
seas are visible. The flood tide
comes from the west. The rise
and fall is much less on the
west than on the east"
On the southern coast. Hud-
sons Bay Co. established Fort
Ross 20 years ago as a trading
point to which Eskimos could
bring their furs. The ship from
the east which annually resup-
piled the post was lost in l947.
The next year Fort Ross was
abandoned but the buildings
Evening star., 1957-08-28

is passable / am confident that
our ships will be able to COM
plete the rest Of the route with
a minimum of difficulty. This
will mean a two-ocean access
to any part Of the Artic now
served by MSTS."
The special significance Of
the waterway is due to the
fact that navigation to that
point is possible in summer
from both Atlantic and Pacific
without too great difficulty. A
route from the Atlantic by way
of Baffin Bay through Lam
caster Sound and Prince Re-
gent Inlet is considered nav
igable. The route from the
west lies through the Beaufort
Sea north Of Alaska and
through the Amundsen. Coro-
Evening star., 1957-08-28
IU.S. to Resume Aid
For Indiana Rouds
.By the Associated Press

An Indiana delegation headed
by Gov. Harold w. Handley has
succeeded in lifting the freeze
on Federal highway right-of-
way grants to the State.
An agreement signed by the
State and Federal officials yes
terday after a closed 21a-hour
conference meant practically all
aid to Indiana for purchasing
lright-of-way will be resumed.
The freeze was imposed last
April a few days after reports
of a Statewide scandal involv-
ing windfall profits to specula-
tors in highway land purchases
during the preceding State ad-
ministration.
Evening star., 1957-08-28

used deep passage route
through the Arctic Islands.
In cutting through the 20
mile strait made dangerous by
rocks, shoals and currents, the
pioneers recorded shallowest
depth of so feet. The strait
separates Somerset Island and
the Boothia Peninsula of the
Canadian mainland 400 miles
north Of the Arctic Circle.
BY boring through one of the
most inhospitable regions on
earth, the trail-blazers have
reduced by hundreds Of miles
the route .deep-draft ships have
traversed to the north around
Somerset Island.
Vital to DEW Line
This is Of vital Importance
to the supplying Of the $1,000
mile DEW line, fence of radar
defense posts along the con-
tinent's northern shore.
Now the Labrador will rem
devious with the United States
Coast Guard ships, Stoa 81 Spar
and Bramble, which VI ! work
their way north to BellC 1Strait
after surveying the Sh' pherds
Bay area.
The western half of thu DEW
line posts have been sur Slied
during the summer by levy
and Coast Guard ships which
sail around Point Barrow, the
northernmoSt. tip Of Alaska,
into the Beaufort Sea and
thence skirt among the islands
along the Arctic coast. At
about the halfway point they
could go no farther with maps
and routes used until now.
Then they were in a treach-
erous situation. It was almost
always q race against time to
get out. With nearly unpre-
dictable behavior and timing,
the Arctic ice annually piles up
on Point Barrow and springs a
Evening star., 1957-08-28

President Eisenhower's nomi-
nation of William F. Quinn to
be Governor Of Hawaii. Ap-
proval was unanimous after a
committee session lasting less
than half an hour.
Evening star., 1957-08-28

The 38-year-old Navy COM
bat veteran, now a member Of
a Honolulu law firm, will sue
coed Samuel Wilder King as
head of the territory if the SEN
ate approves the nomination.
Evening star., 1957-08-28
Northwest Passage
Short Cut Discovered
BY THOMAS r.. HENRY
Science Editor Of The Star

Discovery Of shortcut Northwest between the
Pacific and Atlantic sought the top of the world by mari
for four centuries has been announced the Canadian
Navy, the Associated Press reported last night.
The Canadian cebreaker Labrador has pushed through
Beot Straight to hundreds Of miles from the previously
Evening star., 1957-08-28

nation and Queen Maud Cults.
Ice blocks feasible navigation
for ocean ships anywhere to the
north.
Evening star., 1957-08-28
Senators Back Quinn
As Huwuii Governor
By the Associated Pr

The Senate Insular Affairs
Committee yesterday approved
Evening star., 1957-08-28

still stand and are said to be in
good condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

State and Mrs. Burke Elbrick.
Special Assistant to the Sec
rotary of State and Mrs.
Gerard C. Smith. Chief Of
Protocol and Mrs. Wiley
Buchanan, and Mr.. w. Walton
Butterworth, Ambassador to
the European Community for
Coal and Steel. with Mrs.
Butterworth.
Others in the large group
of guests were from Congress,
the Treasury, the Interna-
tional Cooperation Admins
tration, the United States In
formation Agency, the Export
Import Bank and the Dip
lomatic corps.
The dinner for the Neither
lands Navy Secretary was
given at the Netherlands En-
basSy by Ambassador and
Nine. Van Rotten.
Guests were Senator and
Mrs. Ralph E. Flanders. Sena-
tor and Mrs. Albert Gore,
Representative Frances Bolton,
the Burke Elbricks, Assistant
Secretary of Defense and Mrs.
w. j. Mcneil and Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Laurence H.
Frost.
Others were Capt. j. H.
Salleis- Smitt, Chief of Chap
lains of the Netherlands Navy;
Miss B. Salt, Counselor of the
British Embassy; Capt. James
c. Shaw. United States Naval
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

McConihe. ditto; Liebe Win
ship. Betty Paul, Marine Horn
blower and Edith Hickox. AS
the dancing and singing
chorus, they have a burlesque
routine that, I daresay, is I'M
matched-one way or another
lin Washington. / can't re-
member seeing anything like
it before.
Those sterling newsmen,
Rowly Evans, Robert E. Lee
and Tom Winsiip. along with
Kate Yerkes. complete the
cast that will doubtlessly be
beseiged by Hollywood and
Broadway from now on.
HELP, which means Help
Exceptional Little People. the
sweet name that's been given
to the three out of every 100
children who are mentally re-
tarded. will benefit by the per-
Torrance on Thursday of the
Little Singers of Paris.
Frances bestowed choral
group is composed of 80 boys
between the ages of 10 and 16.
Reversing the usual pro-
cedure of a party after the
concert, the boys. their direc-
tor Msgr. Maillet. and mem
bers of the American and
French committees for the
benefit will be feted before
the concert by Ambassador
and Nine. Alphand. Sing
ers can't stuff before singing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

Georgetown Assembly will give
its last dance in Linthicum
Hall on March /. The old hall
at 3l16 o street that has wit
messed every dance step from
the stately numbers of the Gay
Nineties to the mambo and
cha-cha cha of today. has
been bought by Christ Church
of Georgetown.
1t will be remodeled into a
parish house upon expiration
of the lease of Mrs. Lloyd
Shipper, Washington society's
best known teacher Of ball
room dancing for young fry.
The assembly, which subleased
the hall from Mrs. Shipper
twice a year, probably will
follow her 10 Whatever SulC-
able location she can find in
Georgetown.
Oddly enough, this will be
the assembly's second move
since it was organized in 1880.
During the first part Of that
decade it held forth in what
was once Forrest Hall on Wis
consin avenue.
Composed of so male mem
beers, it was started for the
very same reason that men get
together to give dances today.
Right after the Civil War most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08
EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Last Assembly in Linthicun;
Amateurs to Wow Sociulites
BY BETTY BEALE

Mclean. Va. . Lii Abner's
creator. AL Capp. has brought
his irrepressible self to WASH
ington to witness the Junior
Leagues Sadie Hawkins dance
at the Mayf1ower tonight. He'll
dine first with League PreSi-
dent and Mr.. Richard Wathen.
French Ambassador and
Nine. Alphand will fete
MSgr. Fernand Maillet. di-
rector of the Little Singers Of
Paris. plus the Little Singers
themselves at a 6-to-8 embassy
party Thursday night.
MORE DETAILS - The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

THE SCOOP-Secretary OF
the Navy Thomas says he is
not resigning February Is. Il
am going to leave sometime.
but as of now I don't know
when that is going to be-"
For the first time in 10 years,
the Georgetown Assembly is
looking for a new locale in
which to hold its historic BIZ
annual dances. The State
Departments Russian expert,
Bob Blake. and his wife, the
former Sylvia Whitehouse of
Newport and New York, are
expecting in May. . They
have just bought a house in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

Of the Georgetown SWANS,
says Past President Louis
Mackall. jr., were so destitute
for funds they couldn't treat
the bellies to much fun. But
some of the girls had money
tdon't they alwaysO, and
they were doing most of the
entertaining.
The young men got worried
about being so obligated (un-
like some of the beaux of
today, so they banded to-
gethsr to form the Georgetown
Assembly. At first they gave
three dances a year. now it's
two.
The parties have been held
every year since 1880 except
for two interruptions. Both
involved a fight Of sorts. One,
the global fight known as
World War II ceased opera
tions for the duration; and
two, a fight over the turkey
trot caused disarmament back
in 1910.
That's about the year the
trot became the ballroom
rage, but Thomas Hyde, then
president, refused to permit
it's performance at the as
sembly. The disagreement be-
came so heated the assembly
disbanded temporarily.
They reformed as soon as
DR.. Louis Mackall said he
would be president and beam
on the turkey trot. A news
paper article came out with
the big news: DIR. Mackall
Sanctions Turkey Trot," and
the good doctor remained pres
ident for 20 years.
His successors were DR.. Rob-
/ ert S. Beale. Roger M. Stuart,
| Henry S. Matthews. jr,, j,
Edward Burroughs, jr.. Louis
I Mackall. jr., and Douglas Phil
4 lips. today's prexy
4 JOLLY'S FOLLY is the
name Of the miniature musical
/ comedy that F. Scott Fitz'
gerald's daughter, Scottit
4 Lanahan, has written for the
amusement of the guests Of the
multiple sclerosis dinner dance
Friday night at the Shoreham
Scottie not only has done al
the composing of the hit tunes
the dialogue and the lyrics. but
she has directed all the re.
hearsals, which invariably turr
out to be scenes of hilarious
merriment. She has even pro-
vided the big living room Of
hers and Jacks Georgetown
house for the rehearsals. Ir
short, it will be an all-Scottit
production that makes its de-
but before the ultra chit
gathering that invariably turns
out for this annual TODD.
Star of the show is none
other than Secretary Dulles
former Man Friday. Roc
O'Connor. now Deputy Assist
ant Secretary of State for Con-
gressional Relations. Strictly
ivy league. conservative look
ing Rod plays the role Of join
Jay jolly. congressman from
Grass Roots, with such unself
conscious abandon one won
ders If he didn't miss his call
ing. However. a little han
probably goes a long way OF
Capitol Hill.
He is supported by sucl
feminine rooters from Gras
Roots as Nancy Ordwa.
Haight. a natural born clowi
y If there ever was one; Margo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

Attache at The Hague; Mr..
William r. Tyler, Deputy Di-
rector of the Office Of Euro
pean Affairs. with Mrs. Tyler;
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Mr..
Henry H. Porter: Rear Ad-
miral G Koudjs, Netherlands
Naval Attache, and Comdr.
A. van der Holden, Assistant
Naval Attache, with his wife.
The Egyptian Embassy
luncheon, at which Nine, Hus-
sein, wife of the Ambassador,
was hostess, was in honor OF
DR.. Helen j. Martin of the
American College for Girls in
Cairo. Egypt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08
Ambassador
To Be Honored

The An b a S S a d or Of the
Union of South Africa and
Mrs. Du Plessis will be hon.
ored by the Washington
branch of the English-Speak-
ing Union at a reception at
5 pm. Monday at the Sulgrave
Club.
The program will include an
address by Mr.. Du Plessis.
The envoy formerly was his
country's representative to the
United Nations. He also is a
former member of the South
African Parliament and pre-
viously served as High Com
missioner to Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08
Busy Day
On Embassy
Row Here

1t was a busy day yesterday
on Embassy Row.
There was a reception by
the Three Wise Men" here
representing Euratom. a din
ner for Secretary of the Meth
erlands Navy Henricus c. w.
Norman, and a lunch at the
Egyptian Embassy.
The Euratom reception was
given at the Washington club.
The hosts. Messrs. Louis
Armand. Franz Etzel and
Francesca Giordani, are here
representing Euratom, the
newly-formed supernatural
body which is the European
equivalent Of the United
States Atomic Energy Com
mission.
Guests invited included
Deputy Undersecretary of
State and Mrs. Robert Murphy,
Acting Assistant Secretary Of
still boys need sustenance. So
the embassy will serve sand
witches, fruit juices, Coca Cola
(for the boys) and brioche
before guests sailv forth.