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CAMERA ANGLES
Threading System
Aids Home Movies

vision set. In conventional
projectors the film must be
re-threaded but a touch Of
the finger to the Aim guide
of the Auto Load restores the
loop and a steady picture
without interrupting projec-
ton.
Adjustment Of Drives
The design principle Of the
automatic threading mocha
nism is based on providing
guiding surfaces which the
film wants to follow. Two
movable film guides, which
are closed when threading
starts, shape the film into the
loops required to adjust the
intermittent movement of the
film at the aperture to the
continuous drive of the film
sprockets. When the film has
emerged from the threading
path, it is routed around a
film guide roller before being
attached to the take-up reel.
The pressure Of the film on
the roller releases the film
guides, leaving the loops free.
All the film contact sur
faces are undercut to pre-
vent contact with the picture
area of the film. The new
protector will also stop the
film to show a still" of any
selected frame and will re-
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part in bringing on the Civil

part in bringing on the Civil
War.
The stamp, they hasten to
explain, would not honor
Brown, the fanatical aboli-
zionist who seized the United
States Arsenal in an effort
to set of a slave insurrec-
ton. The centennial observ-
ance is planned to mark the
historical event and call at
attention to the old town
itself, now being restored as
a national monument.
A Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams group already has ex-
pressed opposition to the pro-
posal. directing its protest to
Senator Hoblitzell of West
Virginia, who has introduced
a bill requesting the stamp.
However, most residents of
the area, proud of the town
and its role in history. are
solidly behind plans for the
1859 observance.
A 5l5-acre national monu-
ment administered by the Ma
tional Park Service includes
the old business section, the
first house build by Robert
Harper in 1880, the Arsenal
ruins, ana Jefferson Rock,
with its magnificent view of
the confluence of the Shen-
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andoah and the Potomac,
which Thomas Jefferson once
described as worth q voyage
across the Atlantic.
Restoration work on the
homes is proceeding slowly.
but in time the old town may
look much as it did October
16. 1859, when John Brown
made Harpers Ferry an UNI
forgettable name in American
history.
Stamp Advisory Committee
Decisions of the Overland
Mail. Atlantic Cable, Forest
Conservation and Lincoln
Douglas debate stamps were
approved for recommendation
to Postmaster General Sum-
merfield at the meeting Of
the Stamp Advisory Commit
tee in Philadelphia last Mon
day. Also approved were adj
ditional subjects for the 1869
program. The next meeting
of the committee will be held
here May 10.
New Issues
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
Two stamps were issued
March % by Egyptian postal
authorities to commemorate
the creation of the new
United Arab Republic by the
merger of Egypt and Syria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Confederate Money
Ninth OF a Series)


In view Of the very small
amount Of counterfeiting Of
which we hear today. 1t is
difficult to imagine the ire
mendous quantity Of coun-
terfeit notes which flooded
the Confederacy. The poor
quality Of paper and print
ing processes used by the
South proved TO be an ideal
situation for the counter
feiter, and thousands Of spu-
rious notes came in from
Kentucky. New York City,
Philadelphia. Cuba and Mex
leo.
The most famous counter
feiter Of Confederate cur
rency was a colorful charac-
ter named Samuel c. Upham
Of Philadelphia. Although
Upham insisted that his
products were nothing more
than "mementos Of the re-
bellion." the fact remains
that thousands OF his notes
circulated in the South, caus-
ing much anguish for bank
ers. merchants, tax collectors.
and especially the officials Of
the Confederate Treasury. It
is said that a large reward
was offered for the capture
Of Upham. dead or alive.
After the War, Upham
wrote to DR.. William Lee, a
historian. as follows: .. L
printed from the 18th Of
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verse to show an entire scene
over again If desired.

verse to show an entire scene
over again If desired.
AS may well be imagined.
much research went into the
makeup Of and design Of Q
machine capable Of hand
ling many types Of film. One
of the major problems was
film shrinkage. AS film ages,
its moisture content dimin-
ishes and causes it to shrink
up to as much as 5 feet
from a 400-foot roll. Con-
sequently. the spacing of the
sprocket holes varies with
different film. BY expert
menting with 8-mm. film Of
all types. from pliable new
film to old. brittle film COW
ering the complete shrinkage
range the automatic thread
ing device was designed to
accommodate such sprocket-
hole variance.
FOOl-ProOf Virtues
Even human frailties were
taken into consideration
how to protect the film
from mishandling by the
operator. To save the film
the protector could have no
restricting parts capable Of
damaging the film when the
machine was misused.
The automatic loop form
ing mechanism was consid-
cred to be the most poten-
TALLY dangerous in this re-
spect. Left open. there was
a possibility Of the film
jamming while progressing
through the threading mech
anism. The solution was
found in an automatic STOP
ping device that does not
permit the film to feed be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
NUMISMATIC NOTES

March. 1862, to the LIST Au-
gust, 1868, one million. five
hundred and sixty-four thou
sand and fifty fac-simile Re-
bel notes. Of denominations
ranging from five cents to
one hundred dollars. and
presume the aggregate issue.
in dollars and cents. would
amount to the round number
Of fifteen millions of dollars
on the margin OF each
and every note was printed
Facsimile Confederate
notes sold. wholesale or re-
tail. by S. c. Upham. 403
Chestnut Street, Philadel-
phia.'"
Upham sold his notes to
anyone at $40 per thousand.
regardless of denomination.
His advertisement on the
margin was quickly cut of.
and the notes we're placed in
circulation in the South.
The activity Of Upham ard
Others proved to be a serious
threat to the stability Of the
Southern economy. adding as
it did to the specter OF infia-
ton which was already loum-
ing over the horizon.
BRENT H. HUGHES.
The Washington Numis-
matte Society. iDhose mem
berS hare prepared this
series OF articles. Uiu an
sDer questions on CONS dd-
dressed TO Numismatic Notes,
The Sunday Star, Washing
ton {, D. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
STAMP AND COIN
CLUB MEETINGS
MONDAY

MONDAY
Washington Numismatic
Society, 8 pm. auditorium,
Natural History Museum,
Tenth street and Constitution
avenue NV. North and South
Quiz.
WEDNESDAY
Washington Philatelic So
ciety, 8 pm, Arts Club, 2017
/ street NV. Auction.
Woodbridge Stamp Club,
1880 pm. Woodbridge Library,
Eighteenth street and Rhode
Island avenue NE.
THURSDAY
American Topical AssOcia-
ton. Potomac Chapter, 7:45
pm. Cleveland Park Library,
Connecticut avenue and Ma
COIilD SJTeet NV.
Silver Spring PhiIatelie So
ciety. 8 pm. County Building,
$500 Colesville road, Silver
Spring. Md. Junior Night.
SUNDAY, APRIL Is
Associated Stamp Clubs Of
the Chesapeake Area, 1870
pm, Edmondson Hall, Ed
mondson Village, Nd, on
Route 40 west of Baltimore.
Baltimore Philatelic Society
host. Donation auction.
Notes on club programs
should reach The Star by
Wednesday, for publication
the Sunday before the
meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
CAMERA CLUBS
The Greater Washington
C0uncil 0f Camera Cluhs will

The Greater Washington
Council Of Camera Clubs will
present Boyd a Little. APSA.
of Homer. N. Y. with his
lecture. The Fine Art of
Seeing" at 8 pm. Friday in
the auditorium Of the Nat
ural History Building. Tenth
and Constitution NV.
Photo Essay Workshop will
be held tomorrow at 1880 pm.
at 1915 l. street NV. A.
Blair Thaw will speak on
adding tapped music and
commentary to a photo es-
say. Richard L. Kenner will
present an essay on Europe.
Jack l.. Kenner will preview
his Evolution of a Photo
Essay" Members Of camera
clubs invited,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

yond the FIRST threading
sprocket II the loop former
is open.
To overcome the problem
Of q lost loop" resulting
from film with broken per-
forations. the lower section
Of the loop formers is geared
to compensate for any dam
aged sprocket holes or dam
aged film. and will restore the
correct loop automatically.
Boiled down, threading the
Auto Load is a matter merely
Of feeding the film into a
threading channel and hook
ing it on the take-up reel
after it has been threaded
automatically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

Lewis Lewis G. Tubbs, Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
NH: Mrs. Gilbert Rude-Dr
Robert W Bates. DR.. Willie W
Smith-Dr. Mortimer Upset; MIR
an6 Mrs, Franklin Brown. Mrs. Hat
tie Arnold-Mrs Dorothy Osborne
R.s sll,s5 s soriOs M M; and Mrs;
Boschan-Mrs. Alice Miller.
Walsh: Section Al Mrs. Betty
.VsY R pay. Mrs EuIa <. Pear:
Mcconch HE Viola Lanks. John Saw.
aee-o. L. simpson. Section b L
Col. J. @ 5eabourne- Manfred So
bernheim Mrs Zvonko Rode-Lt. Col.
Jeanette Blech 2-Leona Kem-
Painen-Rita Levi; Austin Febrey-
Aurella ciaffy- Kathleen ciafv.
Other Duplicate Winners
Thomas Throop.
Alexandria: March 2el Mr.. and
Mrs. Hush MCGEE. March 2S) Mrs.
Alice. Hatch-Mrs. Ruth Quinn.
AIl.-Fax.: Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Arlington: Alice cox-Ed McNulty,
Mai. and Mrs. william Hume.
Chess: r. J. Grimm =.
Chevy Chase: March e4) Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Maddox, jr.
Columbia: HERNIA Plummer- Win
men-Mrs. Lee Ritser.
Congressional Secretaries: Hen.
Hugh Alexander-Walter J. Pittman.
Edith Carper- Barbara Mclaughlin.
Euclid: Edward L. Allen-Frank
FEDERAL, Mrs. Malora christman-
Edward Mecutchen' Mrs. Eva Bar
sis-Charles Van Horn,
Federal Power Commission: Charles
SoystersSaul Werner David Kandel-
GOren: March .sl Joan Rosen-
esn fortsr Una March Mari! se Manss
ret Mills.Don YoeSt. March 80
Mrs. Ruth Freeman-Mrs. Eura X.
Pearson tied Mrs. James Garner
Harriet Orammer tied Katrinka
zweis Elizabeth Packard; Mrs. John
Monday: 1t Col. Jeanette Blech-
Robert Wilson, Mrs. Lester Gibson
Ann Langley.
Montgomery: Mr.. and Mrs. Nor.
man Gotthardt. Franklin Brown
Oiicers' Service Club: March e5l
Dorothy Olsen-Arthur Landers, Mai.
James NJ. Browel-Capt. Wallace 8.
Piayiair: March 800 Mrs. Eva
Barsis- Eugene 3, Tryck. March 800
Capt. and Mrs. George Potter. STAN
ley Johnson Heber b Osborne. jr.
silver spring: Mrs. Wayne Gallant
Thomas Circle; Mrs. Margaret L.
isher.EdEard l., Allen, y Col.
THURSDAY Noon; Mrs. j. 4. Ronin-
Mrs. o. T. Smith.
Duplicate BridEe Calendar
pairs. l:i5. Gop:n. ! 81 Dupont h'c cireie:
roi;oRRow; Gor.n, q Dupont circle;
offlcers'. Club; pairs, 7:45. Arl-Fax,
1910 .Arlington boulevard; pairs,
90. Labor. main cafeteria Labor
e 4sDa AIT 49, paTas io s TsS%1 Cir s
pairs $50 reservations. 81
ArllnSton. 1000 Lee high
Windsor MP p.I pairs; Hio,, Sao5P sdsG sra
Commission, cficiai dinins room.
$50. MontScmsfy. 400 Norwood + !:
pairs, 5:45. Oficers' Service Club,
vED Dta EbTspty-f' R.,h.pDs pairs w0m.n,,
Club Of Bethesda, Old GEORGETOWN
and sonoma roads: open pair cham.
pionship -(first session., ~, Chess.
Gresslonai Secretaries, House once
Building; MP pairs, Z. Penthouse.
North building Health, Education
and Welfare pairs. $50, .PIayfair
THURSDAY Thursday Noon. 9 Du-
pont circle; MP pairs, l.;3o; wash
sheraton-Park Hotel; monthly win.
ners game pairs 7:45.
highway; MP pairs, is:99. Alexsn.
Euclid. Apt, 100, 2446 Sixteenth.
MP pairs, 7.45 reservations. DU
5.5l34l. Gersn, @ Dupont circle:
MP pairs S:15. Irving street, 4l3
sSITlss'7 1901 osorsia avenue'
,AgTTuRbAY:" Agriculture. Apt. 100.
Gordon Hotel MP pairs, 7.45,
Walsh, .i!2. Massachusetts, avenue.
pairs V'4o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
PHILATELIc NEWS
Map Error Caught
In New Ghono Set
BY BELMONT FAIRIES
Star Stamp Editor

A map error which might
have ruffled feelings at the
African Conference opening
April is in Accra has re-
suited in the destruction Of
the first printing Of the
stamps Ghana is issuing for
the melting. .
Here is the story as told
by Manfred r. Lehman, head
of the Ghana Philatelic
Agency. in a talk last week
at the Collectors Club.
The Conference of Inde-
pendent African States
Ghana, Liberia, Morocco,
Tunisia, Libya. Egypt. Sudan
and Ethiopia-was planned
by Prime Minister Kwame
Nkrumah for this year, but
the April date for the discus
sions of regional problems
was arranged on rather short
notice.
Two stamp designs. both
featuring a map of Africa
with emphasis on the partici-
pating countries. were pre-
pared by Robert Milton. per-
manent secretary to the Min
lister of Communications. The
printing contract for the four
stamps-2l2d, Sd. II and
2/6-was given to Harrison
g. Sons of London.
Printing of the two low
values had already been COM
pleted when F. S. Wall Of
Stanley Gibbons Ltd. which
represents the Ghana Agency
in London. noticed that
something was wrong with
the map-Morocco was
shown as the old French
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Wins Cumeru Prize

Arthur S. Greenwood, los
S colt place. Holm Hall.
Alexandria, Va. was the
winner Of q Zeiss-Ikon Iko-
flex camera. awarded as a
door prize at a recent lecture
on photography. The lee
ture. Better Color With
Your Camera" was given in
the Natural History Build
ing Auditorium by John w.
Doscher and was sponsored
by Carl Zeiss, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
NEW ZOOM LENS

A direct-view zoom lens for
S-mm. home movie cameras
has been introduced from
France by Paillard, Inc, Of
New York. distributors of b.
lex cameras and equipment.
The new lens. called the Pan
Cinor-30 DIV. has its own
button viewflnder system,
which permits direct viewing
through the lens while the
camera is in operation. there
by eliminating all parallax
problems at all focal lengths.
Aperture range is from
f:2.8 down to f::22. Focal
length is changed by a one
lever sweep action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
BY MARGARET L. FISHER

Special Writer for The Star
At the annual meeting Of
the Washington Bridge
League. Thursday evening, at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel. the
members unanimously in
dorsed DR.. Edwin NJ. Short
for a second term as presi-
dent.
The local unit of the
American Contract Bridge
League. controlling body Of
organized duplicate play in
this are1, now boasts more
than 1000 members.
Also unanimously chosen
were: Henry Rau, vice presi-
dent; Joseph O'Brien. treas
urer: Mrs. Alfred Stidham,
recording secretary, and Mrs.
Glynn Skipper, membership
secretary.
Elected for two years to
the executive board we're
Mrs. Margaret l.. Fisher,
Robert w. Byrns and Alfred
Stidham. Ralph S. Buroff
was chosen to a one-year
term. Mrs. Malora Christ
man and Larry Reynolds.
chosen last year, complete
the executive board.
Following the meeting.
competition for master
points resulted in honors for
the following:
section A. i-Edgar Lillard- Mar
tin Rossi. Mrs. Marie Hilliard-H:
Field Norman Gormsen- al
smigel. ROY Banner-Dr E. NJ.
section B. flames sourllas-
Henry Stearman; Olav H. Alyig-
Ronald b Brandon tied with Mrs.
NJ l. Fishsr-sumner Bliley -
Mrs. Violet Zimmerman Fudjak.
section c.; Mrs, phylli; 3.
slsTfMTs kdi q T S5isler fafa
Charles c. Commentaries Lipman.
Club News
Competition for area club
titles highlights. current
bridge news. At the conclu-
sion Of a two-session match
for the Lyon Village Dupli-
cate Clubs open pair cham
pionship. Mrs. Roy Hackett
and Mrs. william PoisSant
were named the winners.
They averaged .5906. Second
among % pairs were Mrs.
Irving Berman-Mrs. Leon
Horowitz. .5574. Third we're
Mrs. Stanley Beasley-Mrs. N.
A. Olmstead. $685.. Mrs. J.
G. Fletcher-Robert Wilson
tied Mrs. Evelyn Bradley
Mrs. Ruby Young at 1898.
A first-time partnership
proved lucky for Miss Sue
CAN'T and Mrs. William P.
Withers. who teamed to win
the annual pair champion
ship of the WBL Women's
Auxiliary and the Bennett
Trophy Of 1872 match
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Horpers Ferry Asks
For Stamp in 1859

Residents of Harpers Ferry,
w. Va. are hoping for a
stamp next year to mark the
centennial of John Browns
raid. which PLAYED q major
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

Two values, 10 mills green
and yellow and Is mills blue
and brown, use the same de-
sign. a symbolic bridge link
ing the two countries. -
JAPAN-For Stamp Hobby
Week, to be held starting
April 20 this year. q l0-yen
stamp will be issued with q
girl and and parasol design
based on a woodblock print
of the noted ukiyoye artist
Tori Kiyonaga (l752-l815).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

On May 10 the centennial
of the opening Of the ports
of Yokohama, Hakodate and
Nagasaki to foreign trade
will be commemorated with q
l0-yen stamp picturing the
bronze statue of II Naosuke.
who aided in the port negoti-
atoms.
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MAP ERROR Arrow
points to the old Spanish
Morocco, now united with
the former French Mo-
rocco as an independent
North African kingdom.
protectorate, with the former
Spanish Morocco not included
in its boundaries.
The implication that part
Of an independent African
nation was still a colony was
guaranteed to hit a particu-
larry sensitive spot in a con-
ference where the world CO.
lonial was likely to be more
epithet than adjective.
Ghana's cabinet decided the
stamps must be destroyed.
New stamps showing all of
Morocco are being rushed and
the printers promise they
will be ready for the April
Is first day in Accra.
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-03
Seven More
 Workers Found Alive In Mine

SPRINGVILLE, N. S., LR Res cue workers dug seven more min CTS alive Saturday from the shat tered Cumberland No. 2 diggings, buckled by an earth shift nine days before.
 Freed from the hardships and terrors of imprisonment in waste area at the 13,0O-foot level, the seven were lifted out to cheers of townspeople who had given them up for dead.
 Sounds and moans from behind wall of debris had caught the attention of a rescue crew couple of hours before dawn.
 Byron Martin was first to reach the surface in this dramatic re- enactment of the rescue on We'd nesday of 12 other miners who had survived for six days in a dark, narrow pocket with almost no water, food or hope.
 Ken Murray, one of the rescue workers, said he and a teammate, John Calder. first heard scratch ings.
 Another rescuer said "It sounded like cat"
 T couldn't believe my ears," he said.
 Thirty-five men, dead or alive, were estimated to be still at the 13,000-foot level. Five are still missing elsewhere in the mine. Of the 174 men underground in North America's deepest coal mine when it was wrecked nine days ago, 40 are now missing and 34 are known to be dead. One hundred escaped, or have been found alive.
 Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, visited the pithead Friday. He also talked with the survivors and the relatives of men who lost their lives.
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-03
Father Is A Hero To Small Son

SEATTLE, R = Eight months is terribly long time to little boy of 212 years.
 It had been that long since Billy Mims Jr. had seen his father. And dads the world over are heroes to youngsters the size of Billy, re- gardless of circumstances.
 Billy had come all the way from Spokane to see his dad, William T. Mims, 22, play in a football game in Seattle. And when daddy received slight knee injury and had to sit out most of the game - well that was just fine with Billy.
 It meant nearly an hour of be- ing in Dads arms = something very warm and wonderful after 240 lonely days.
 All this happened six days ago. Few spectators at the exhibition football game had noticed Billy race from the stands to be scooped into the arms of one of the players.
 Billy's fathers team lost to the Seattle Ramblers. 46-6. That was hard enough for Billy to under stand. After all, his father was a star end.
 It was even harded to under stand why his mother, Iodine, had to take him as his father walked from the field, guarded with guns.
 Billy doesn't know his father was penalized 313 years in the State Reformatory for a costly tumble - with bad checks.
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-03
u. s. To Test Underground, If
 Agreement Fails

NEW YORK, R = The New York Times said Saturday that Atomic Energy Commission off cials believe that the atomic test series just ended in Nevada shows the feasibility of going all most completely underground in a future test program.
 In a Washington dispatch by John w. Finney, the newspaper said:
 "A proposal to conduct under ground tests is being advanced within the commission as an alter nate American position in the event the current East-West ne- gotiations at Geneva fail to agree on halting atomic tests"
 In view of worldwide fears of atomic fallout, the story says, AEC officials concede that contin- uing above-surface atomic tests will place the United States at a severe psychological disadvantage.
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-03

The population of Brazil is growing at the rate of 2.5 per cent year, one of the highest rates in the world, according to Focus, a publication of the American Geographical Society. Official es- inmates say the population will reach 65, 5,743,O00 by 1860.
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-03

~4-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
 at The Nugget
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06

the idea would have to be
examined by NATO. Ofieials
in West Germany and Italy
seemed more receptive.
The independent Times In
London said. however. that Mr..
Macmillan's initiative In seek
ing to inject some fiexibility
into Western policy would be
pleasing TO Asian ears. II noted
that he advanced the proposal
as he vas about to leave on a
80. 000-mile tour taking him to
I'VE commonwealth countries
including India and Ceylon.
One commonwealth leader,
Prime Minister John Diefen-
baker Of Canada. said an East
West nonaggreSsion party
could add greatly 70 the pros
poets for peace" Although II
probably would not add much
to the peace pledges involved in
the United Nations.
The general impression was
that favorable response in Eu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06
Donald Russell
In Governor Race

sPARTANBURo. 3. C.. Jan,
8 @.--Donald Russell. former
president OF the University OF
South Carolina. announced last
night he would run for Gov
ernor Of South Carolina.
Mr.. Russell. who resigned the
university presidency after sir
years last November. is the FIRST
candidate TO announce for the
Democratic Party nomination
in the primary next June 10.
A lawyer and a 1928 gradu-
ate Of the university, Mr.. Rus
sell. 81. Is q native of Lafay-
cite. Miss. He served as an as
sistanti Secretary Of State for
administration during the time
former Gov. James r. Byrnes
was United States Secretary
Of State. Mr.. Russell has prac-
ticed law here for q number
Of years.