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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Sea Monsters Before Our Time
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

Once - about 300 million
years ago-there were nine
foot scorpions in the seas.
They probably constituted
the second, in time, dominant
race of animals on earth. Pre-
sumably they were derived in
some way from the crab-like
trilobites. about the first
higher animals preserved as
fossils, that ruled the seas for
more than a hundred million
years, long before there was
any known animal life on land.
The ancient spiders" are
described by DR.. F. G. Walton
Smith of the international
Oceanographic Found alton
with headquarters at the Uni
versity of Miami.
Nike Sea Serpents
Most of the sea scorpions of
the second great age of animal
life. he says, were small and
probably relatively helpless.
But. he says, "a few of them
grew to a size that would make
an encounter with them on a
present-day seashore startling
if not actually terrifying. The
largest and most aggressive has
left evidence in fossil form in
western New York which shows
that it had a total length of
over nine feet. The head end
of this creature was provided
with toothed pincers nearly
three feet long and its general
shape was between that of a
scorpion and a lobster. The
fossil record shows that these
carnivorous creatures became
more and more used to fresh
water until they died out about
200 million years ago. There
is nothing to remind us today
of the sea scorpions except the
land scorpions, which seem to
have evolved from them by
comparatively small changes"
Ancient writer's, he says.
described lobster-like giants
supposedly seen in the North
Sea. If such creatures actually
were seen, however, they hard
ly can have been the sea scor-
pions, extinct millions of years
before the time of man.
They were a rather insight
icant group as a whole. among
the fabulous monsters of the
ancient world. Some of these
may have given rise to sea
serpent stories, now generally
regarded as fantasies. This is
by no means certain, DR.. Smith
says, since reports are SO per-
sistent and so little is known
of life in the far depths of the
oceans. He points to the recent
discovery of the coelacanth. a
type of primitive fish supposed
to have been extinct for so
million years but which still
is very much alive.
He quotes the Danish marine
biologist. DR.. Anton Bruun:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones is consid-
cred a good talker by people
who know him.
He talks high, wide and
handsome, with a good grasp
Of unimportant things. and
sometimes even of important
matters.
That is, he did, until re-
Gently.
Now he has met one who is
his match.
This guy can talk the tail
off a one-legged mule.
He caught Temp the other
day so that the old fellow
couldn't get away.
BY the time the session was
over, our man was exhausted.
1t seemed. if you can be-
lleve Jones. that the fellow
somehow had saved the United
States from disaster during
the last war.
They had finally listened to
him, and all had come out well
for us. but would you believe
1t. not a one of the brass had
thanked him?
And he has the solution of
the local traffic problem under
his hat. II he can get the traf-
flc authorities to listen.
So far. they have accepted
one or two minor items. and
see how much better things
are running already!
When they get around to
seeing the light, they will
usher in a totally new day for
traffic Washington.
Traffic men are sometimes
very stupid.
A good talker himself, Jones
had reason to understand and
admire a talker who seem,
connected to some secret
source Of power.
This one needed no startinr
No small talk, no big tall
no long talk, good or bad tall
He started himself.
He could talk the ears of
brass monkey in half the usua
time.
The fact that he didn't know
YOU from Adam didn't make
the slightest difference.
He talked freely. and easily.
about an astonishing range of
subjects.
AS far as Jones could check
on him. the man was usually
right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11

another. II the boar is travel
ing with SOW and the little
pigs, he forages and rests with
them.
@. What church has 1.-TWO
Seeds" In its name?-F. w.
A. Frank S. Mead's Hand
book of Denominations" lists
the Two Seed in the-Spirit
Professionalism Baptists. a de-
nomination with about 200
members and Is churches in
l945. The name refers to the
conviction that two seeds Of
the spirit entered the life
stream Of mankind in the Gar
den Of Eden--one good. one
evil; that each child born
thereafter has been predestined
TO good or to evil. depending
upon which seed he bore at
birth; and that salvation is BY
grace alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11

1t is true Jones didn't know
about that grave peril from
which the man had rescued
his beloved country at the very
last moment.
Nor how well he had solved
the local traffic problem. but
he did seem to have a complete
grasp of streets, avenues and
boulevards.
Jones has lived around
Washington for a long time,
and knows it reasonably well.
except some of the names of
some of the newer streets,
especially when the very same
names pop up in both nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
Jones doesn't think ANYBODY
is going to solve the traffic
problem soon. Here, or else
where.
There are too many factors
involved.
In the first place. cars are
too long. too wide. and too
powerful.
Just ordinary plain people
can't handle them and their
speeds.
Another thing. Temp Jones
believes, is that there is too
much talk about trafic.
The more talk. the more
speeding and the more killing.
The big talker, however. had
it all solved.
He knew just what is needed,
and why didn't the officials
listen to him.
Templeton Jones thought he
knew.
Talking too much and too
fast carries its own anodyne
with 1t.
The Listenstat grows tired.
This mysterious organ in the
lrain is not called into action
very day, but when it is really
needed. It always comes to the
escue.
Temp Jones Listenstat had
lin groggy at the right mo-
nent. so that he never heard
al the laxative man said.
He just kept nodding at the
right time, and saying "Uh.
huh." and YES" and some
times That's So"
What a charming fellow"
the man said to himself. a. he
left our man. Hes q GOOD
listener"
He didn't know that Tenn
pleton Jones was sound asleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11

Nobody has ever caught q sea
serpent, because it requires a
special fishing technique. I
have no doubt that such a
monster could be caught"
There were fantastic and
monStrous reptiles, mollusks
and sharks in the ancient seas,
all believed to be long extinct.
But the most likely candidate
for possible survival, DR.. Smith
believes. was the sea serpent
itself, or mosasaur.
These creatures" he says.
grew to be as much as 40 feet
long. They had scales like a
snake. Their Jaws also had
hinges, or joints, which all
lowed the mouth to cape very
widely and to swallow very
large animals. Unlike snakes,
they possessed small limbs in
the form of five-fingered flip
pers. 1t is interesting to note
that these sea serpents died
out about the same time as the
living coelacanth was previ-
ously thought to have become
extinct, so it is hard to COM
pletely deny their possible
existence in the seas today.
For over 100 million years
the reptiles peopled the seas.
During much of this time they
were the dominant creatures
OF the ocean, helping to ex-
terminate many of their pred
ecessors and finding no seri-
Gus competition from the
fishes. Suddenly, both on land
and in the sea, they suffered a
dramatic decline which re-
suited in the complete extinc-
ton OF most of them. The
cause for this is unknown. It
may have been because of
great climatic changes, a COOL
ing to which the larger rep
tiles could not accommodate.
Stranger Than Fiction
But if a few scattered in
ilvidualS had been able to sur
i've TO the present they could
well provide experiences at
sea beyond even the imagina-
tive tales of early writer's.
With few exceptions no sea
creatures have been produced
since which are more agrees
sive and more monstrous.
But about so million years
ago there appeared a group
OF whale-like creatures. the
zeuglodons. One of these.
basilosaurus, could well have
inspired the sea serpent story
4 it lived today. 1t was slim
and almost serpent-like in
appearance. It's head was
comparatively small, only four
feet long, and its body 10
feet long, but the tail was 40
feet long. Moreover, the last
time it is known to have ex-
listed. from fossil evidence. is
much later than that of the
fossil coelacanths, which exist
today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
Bow to Bow

Every citizen Of Arlington
owes Representative Frank
Bow a debt of deep gratitude.
Some of us for years have tried
to get this message across. but
we have been blocked, princi-
pally, by the biased press in
this area.
Arlington is a perfect exam
pie of how extreme left wing
and fellow traveller groups can
take over a commuters COM
munity. They are militant, well
organized, and well financed.
Although they do not influence
a majority Of the voters OF
this county, the favorable pub
licity given to all their pro-
nouncements and actions has
cowed and discouraged many
voters, who stay away from
the polls. individuals who at
tempt to combat this situation
here are attacked in the press.
their statements distorted. and
their motives impugned.
Special elections are set for
bond issues SO that the cleo
torate will not turn out as they
do in general elections. This
gives a great advantage to the
well-heeled and well-organized
groups who always put on an
intensive propaganda campaign
that threatens with crisis and
emergency. With the excep-
ton of one school board mem
Der and three county board
members who have attempted
to stem the tide. not one in
cumbent Official Of Arlington
County has raised his voice
against the growing extrava-
gance in the schools and in the
county.
William M. Burdette, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
Sales Resistance

Just a few words to let Mr..
Kenmuir know that he is not
alone in his protest March
~ against Detroit's mad horse
power, size and style race to
produce cars that Phillip Wylie
so sptly terms "glorified baby
carriages" l, too, like Mr.. Ken
muir, ain holding on to my old
Car--sturdv, practical transport
tation. From personal con-
facts, and the reading of Con-
Sumcrs Research and other
semi technical publications. l
am sure there are many more
like us two.
Lots OF us would like to Buy
America First" but I'm afraid
Detroit is largely TO blame for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
Crazy Over Horses


would have to include the spe-
cies commonly known as the
dyed in the wool" horseplayer.
When it comes to horses,
many an ordinarily hard
headed person becomes a naive
and trusting individual. The
gimlet-eyed business executive
who wouldn't think of invest
ing $500 in bona f1de prop
osition without having his
lawyers so over it with a fine
toothed comb will unhesitat-
ingly bet the same amount on
the nose of a fugitive from a
glue factory that hasn't been
in the money since Citation
won the Triple Crown. Al
though the business executive
may be wearing a 5000 suit, as
a rule the clothes worn by the
tout who gives him this good
thing" have the disheveled look
OF an unmade bed. and S will
get you 10 he hasn't the price
OF a ham sandwich, or a room
to eat it in.
AS a reformed horseplayer.
We must plead guilty to many
such sins. After having ex-
pended enough time and effort
doping out the horses to have
earned a couple of Ph.D.s. and
after running our eyes trying
to read the small print IN the
past performance charts, we
are calling it day.
A contributing factor to this
reformation was the time we
sat up half the night figuring
all the angles on a hot tip:
namely. the horses ancestors,
how the jockey was getting
along with his wife, the COM
position Of the soil. the velocity
Of the wind, etc.
We arrived at the track bur-
dened with enough statistics to
keep a Government bureaucrat
happy for a year, only to note
that a horse named Idaho was
entered in the fifth race. Now
being originally from the hills
OF Idaho. we figured that this
was too good a bunch to ig-
more. So. discarding our vital
statistics we put our entire
bankroll on our States name
sake. The reSult-Idaho fin-
ished in about the same order
as that State was admitted to
the Union.
What really completed our
reformation, however, was our
experience in betting on a
horse which shall be called
Brokenback. This caricature of
horsefieSh was a 70 to shot
and the announcer in calling
the race named the horses in
the order Of their position. al
ways ending with land Broken
back is last" However. while
rounding the turn for the
home stretch. Brokenback
passed the other horses as
though they were standing
still. Still in the lead. and
within two lengths OF the An
ish line, Brokenback gave a
sudden lurch. stumbled and
fell. Brokenback was dead.
Now, it's bad enough to bet
the last horse in the race. but
when it comes to betting on
the last race in the horse
that's Just too much. We have
learned our lesson.
See you on the rail.
MarsOn NJ. Eaton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
Plea for Pensioners

There have been many arti-
cles in the press recently about
a proposed increase in Federal
salaries. but at no time have
seen any mention Of an in
crease for the forgotten retired
employees. Isn't it about time
that some consideration be
given this class Of downtrod-
den folks2 Retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
Signs of the Times

There was a time. long, long
ago, when a walk was a pleas
ant and leisurely thing.
Whether it was a stroll on
downtown streets. OF quiet resi-
dental streets, it could be a
tonic for mind and body.
But Of recent years, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
The Winter Posture

The Winter pasture is a quiet
house
win all its gaudy clutter
SUcpt dWay.
It's tenants greg-green iichen,
Ucg-broiDR mouse,
And BROWSING deer, lcdJ-
b,oiCR aud trce-trunk
Ueu
and tree-trunk grey.
Inez George GHdIey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
Do-It-Yourself Project

Pen names may be used II
letters carry ,uriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
Late Returns
William M. Burdette, Jr.

The maxim. or slogan, mo
taxation without representa-
tion.' has always been insep-
arably associated with the
Nineteenth Amendment. Just
idly turning over the pages of
the World Almanac, certain
totals group themselves quite
naturally:
Total votes cast in
last election: 6l,783,546
Married WON ems
vote: -------- 1883. 806
Legitimate vote: 43,083,740
The husband is legally re-
sponsible for the current ex-
penses. including the taxes.
In the case Of married women.
Cases are known Of husbands
languishing in Jail for not at
tending to this. Allowing for
wives under voting age. II
looks as though in the last
election there was a whale
whether this is a colloquial-
ism or a vulgarism doesn't
easily appear in the diction-
ary)-of a lot of representa-
ton without taxation. A sit
uation like this might natu-
rally be expected to have an
effect on the country's flnan-
cial, foreign and every other
kind Of policies.
1t is suggested that a read
justment of the result of the
last election be made in view
OF representation without tax
alton. and effect given to the
same, with refund of salaries.
etc. Anonymous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11

the ever-increasing number of
small, economical foreign cars
one sees on our streets.
Lawrence G. Walter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11

@. How many otherwise ell
gible voters could not vote in
the last election because OF
residence requirements?-B. F.
A. There are no actual sta
tistics on this. 1t has been es-
timated that perhaps 6 mil
lion people were kept from
voting because they had not
lived the required length Of
time in their voting district.
A half-million legal residents
of the District of Columbia
have no vote in a presidential
election.
@. Do wild boars live in fam
ily groups. OF are they solitary
animalS?-M. A.
A. A boar family usually con-
sistS of a litter and its mother.
The family travels about to-
gether for food, and rests and
sleeps in close contact with one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Snubbed Senator

- - y
Snubbed Senator
Just a few months ago I
rang many a doorbell in Mont
gomery County soliciting votes
for Ike and his party. The re-
cent unforgivable snub to Sem
ator Mccarthy lin refusing
him a simple invitation to a
White House reception is the
latest in a series of events
which made me wonder just
which party it was / was fight
ing for. Senator Mccarthy is,
after all, a duly elected mem
Der of the United States Sem
ate; certainly as much so as,
say. Wayne Morse, Hubert
Humphrey or Estes Kefauver,
all of whom evidently are more
welcome than the Wisconsin
Senator. despite their pointed
political and personal attacks
upon the President. repeated
ad nauseam just short while
ago.
l have fought for Ike right
along except on a few minor
points. The fact that it was
the White House which called
in the press to announce that
Mccarthy was the only men,
Der OF Congress not to receive
an invitation only added pub
Lefty to a personal discourtesy.
II the Sherman Adams clique
IL so anxious to have the junior
Senator out of Office next year,
I can tell them that this is no
way to endear themselves to
the Wisconsin electorate.
Republican.
X ~
/ see the President has again
omitted Senator and Mrs. Joe
Mccarthy from his guest list.
The money with which the
President entertains members
OF Congress is not his own: it
is given to him in his official
capacity as President of the
United States-and is for Of
fetal entertainment. Senator
Mccarthy is member OF the
Presidents official family,
whether he would have il so or
not. Aside from the very bad
taste displayed. the President
neglected his official RESPONSE
bility in the matter.
Personally. would have pre-
ferred to have the President
of my country act with the
bigness and the dignity and
the responsibility becoming
his position.
When the time comes that
this country must pay for the
senseless folly which began
with Roosevelt. increased in
tempo under Truman. and is
approaching a climax under
Eisenhower's administration, |
want men like Gen. Douglas
Macarthur and Senator Joe
Mccarthy leading the battle,
Tor / am certain that then
there will be no compromise
with truth or honor.
Never think this discourtesy
to Senator Mccarthy will in
any way serve to weaken his
determination to continue his
fight to protect our country
against the inroads OF commu-
nism and internal corruption,
Wnetner IL Is politically eXpedi-
ent for him TO do so or not.
He proved himself long, long
ago.
Frances T. Minis.
Homer. La.
We are not Republicans.
Nor are we constituents of
Senator Mccarthy. Nor do we
always agree with him. Still
we feel it is up to the President
TO set an example Of good
manners.
We feel 1t is in poor taste
TO ignore any Senator, and
even worse to publicize this
snub. For it is n snub, not
only to the Senator and his
lady but to the Senate itself
and the State he represents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Havasy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11

production. This may be an alarmist
view, but 1t deserves the fullest considera-
ton in the light of Britains decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1957-03-16

= materially.
IN Iohn 1928. We roa1.
"csfhsr. I will that trey
also, whom thcy hast nivcn
e, be with me where ! am;
t',s' shey NAV behold mr.
~'.rv. wl'i-h sSou hast given
nc. for slscy lcved5f RE b.
foro The Foundation Of He
NnslS.
70 yishssoys Fsfhcr ~
vcrl5 hath ROT known sheo;
bal tsve known ihc7. End
f. css fsy- known that ihoJ
h,rf seu' ,-c. And | hevc &c.
sf'-oh rto them INV name,
and will declare IL: thas sc
5vo wherewiih thoY h,ss
lev -1 re r7sv BIZ in them,
s~A ! m i'1r-7."
There at the foo. CT tho
.'lre1a Of Col, in conscious
ross VIC find The straight gate
M lead into The secret
chsrbr Of SOL, the eyer
lasting s-bstance OF life.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1957-03-16
PONTIAC TROUBLE

News comes q Us .nA, Pontiac had Is problem of
racial tension last weea Tt-y -- us Young 2ces and
gentlemen Of color We're r@nhand.ed by policeman
We had hoped i,y this Tine in 1857 there would *
for people nanites1 intelligence il society.
In The first place police officers ar paid 81 the
peope for the protection agairs- al sor-S q violence
effort abide OK he STATE Law orcernng plolc places
OF recreation etc And as long there ood behavior n
society Doth sides me effort be put forth 10 develop
understanding That IS especially Wien each group as is
partners = he various hose Nich the trouble
began II Pontiac And bon groups are gong about thel
Own business OF PLAYING without inrlding upon others
There are mary good things about people sorry o.
the ugly things OF racial tension However long
shameful thing ey;s- r.uS- be attacked We hope the
ladies ard gentlemen
TIE NA.ACP has interviewed on behalf Of Mrs.
Ehe Watkins and the iniTuders have been subpoenaed
And bring into THOSE who continue TO
~ overthrow established aw il only way bring
he evil 70 end.
TIE Success q soeie-r depends upon achievement
Of people on recognizing Ire rights OF others
n me south where III people had lived 50 long
under the custom 81 lin and segregation. il is only
natural that some 81 them you'd be die hards But
here in the STATE OF Michigan where the people have
many wear. aeo II NOS. accomplished much Of
what has been INTENDED racial questions there should
Ec- be rc-r.e re 81. ssQuent Chose coming after
rzcia disturbances nave ts~ eft bennd)
We must continue 70 ufpe the Police Department,
and tie citizens be alert confusion which causes
violence Early prevention d trouble worth than
al the distress. injury srything unpleasant which
might come later.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1957-03-16
GOOD THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER

Behold, what Of love the Father hath bestowed
upon that should be called the Of Cod therefore
the world kno~efh not because il knew him not
Beloved. the Of COD, and it doth NOT
YET appear what shall be- bit know that, when he
shall appear. shall be like him; for shall him
he is.
And everv that hath this hooe in him pvrifeth
himself he is pure John 3:l-3.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1957-03-16
An Editorial:

Ever way We turn Ne Ind people having 70 wres-
lie with racial disturbances which OF no benei;
society.