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Taxes Here and There

This is in reply to a letter
printed in your columns from
an "Overtaxed Civil Service
Employee" in which he stated
that he stated that he was
not allowed a refund on his
D. c. income tax because his
claim was based on a pay
ment Of the nonresident
State income tax.
Title VI, section S (a), of the
D. c. Income and Franchise
Tax Act provides as follows:
Sec. 5(a) Credit Against
Tax Allowed Residents.-The
amount Of tax payable under
this title by an individual
who, although a resident of
the District Of Columbia as
defined in this article, was
nevertheless a bona f1de dom
iciliary Of any State or Terri
tory Of the United States or
political subdivision thereof
during the taxable year shall
be reduced by the amount re-
Quired to be paid by such in
dividual as income or in
tangible personal property
taxes. or both. for such tax
able year to the State, Terri
tory, or political subdivision
thereof Of which he was a
domiciliary. The Assessor may
require proof. satisfactory to
him. Of the payment of such
income or intangible personal
property taxes: ."
1t is our view that the fl
ing Of q copy of a non-resi-
dent State tax return with
the D. c. income tax return
is not SUFFICIENT proof that
the taxpayer was domiciled
in that State. His claim for
credit will be allowed upon
his furnishing proof of DOM
icile in another jurisdiction
and that he was required to
pay the tax there.
william r. Mason,
Supervisor, Income and
Franchise Tax Sec
ton, District Govern
ment.
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VISTAS IN SCIENCE
How Lack of Sleep Affects Brain

Brain waves" are mark
eddy affected by long lack Of
sleep.
Drs. John C. Arlington
and Harold L. Williams Of
Walter Reed Army Research
Institute have reported to an
Army science conference ex-
periments with soldier VOL
unteers kept awake for 90
continuous hours. At stated
intervals. they were made TO
perform simple mental tasks
such as doing easy arithme-
tic or counting the times a
letter was flashed in front Of
them. The alpha waves"
believed to denote mental
activity, were measured with
recording apparatus over
the occipital lobe at the back
of the brain.
Measurements were made
at "a, 48 and 70 hours Of
sleeplessness. The subjects
remained standing during
the tests to guard against
doing off. For tests per-
formed with the eyes closed,
the decline was much more
marked than when the eyes
were kept open.
No Lasting Bad Effects
The experiments showed,
however, that complete re-
covery was quite rapid after
IL hours sleep, so evidently
there were no lasting bad
effects.
Effects Of sleep loss on hui
man physiology and per-
Torrance, the Walter Reed
doctors said, are becoming of
special Importance in mod
ern military operations, many
Of which require perform
ance of dull, monotonous
tasks over long periods.
The results indicate, they
said, that a considerable re-
duction in the normal
amount of sleep is possible
without any bad effects on
mental performance if the
subjects are given occasional
sleep breaks" which seem
to completely restore alert
ness.
Diets of mustard greens,
broccoli or cabbages greatly
increase the body's resistance
to radiation.
This has been demon
strated so strikingly in exper-
iments with guinea pigs that
it seems probable almost
complete protection against
minimum fatal doses might
be afforded by a regulated
diet.
The experiments were re-
ported to an Army science
conference here by Drs. Har-
ry Spector and Doris Gallo
way of the Quartermaster
laboratories at Chicago. 1t
previously has been demon
strated, they said, that beets
greatly increase suscepti-
bility.
One group of animals was
given a diet normal for the
species. consisting Of oats.
bran, dried vegetables, water
and milk powder. Then their
bodies were heavily irradi-
ated. Every animal fed on
this basal diet was dead in
IS days. It contained all the
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"BETHESDA. Nd.

49, . A4AA(SAAt @N4As
Dear Sir:
1--WE have an 8-year-old
cat.
Problem:
Cardinals nesting in mock
orange bush.
Cat discovered nest and
climbed right up to it.
Bird jumped to ground
and ran all the way across
the lawn. Finally took to the
air.
I'm especially fond of
cardinals and want to pro-
tect the young ones when
they are Matched.
MY problem is to keep the
cat out OF the bush. I've cut
branches from trees and
added to the bush. but don't
think this is enough to keep
the cat away.
Nearly every evening since
the cat discovered the nest,
the mother bird seems to lure
the cat away by running on
the ground.
"At first I thought the bird
was wounded but she finally
takes to the air. Does she do
this to lure the cat away?
II can't keep watch all day
long. Would some sort of
wire wound around the bush
halfway up do the trick?
Disturbed, J. H. B."
There is nothing to do, of
course, except keep the cat
in.
Keeping the cat in is some
thing unknown to many
owners.
To keep the cat in, in their
opinion, is impossible.
1t is, if you listen to the
cat!
If you do what is necessary,
you keep the animal inside
most of the time.
When you let it out. morn
ing and evening, you follow
right along with it.
You "shoo" it away from
some focal point, in this case
a mock orange bush.
This is only the beginning.
You actually prevent it
from coming near the bush.
If it takes incessant and I'M
renting attention to do
this, you do it, because you
like cats and are fond of
birds.
There can be no question
Of the rightnesS Of the cat
attitude!
A bird is food, as far as
your honest feline member
Of the family is concerned.
People everywhere. we be-
lieve, have come to this con-
ciusion, and no longer want
to hang a cat for a crime
nature tells it to commit.
Even when the lion killed
the poor child at the Zoo,
nobody asked for its life. 1t
was widely recognized that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24

known essential vitamins.
minerals and the like.
But on a diet containing
generous amounts Of broccoli
the 15-day mortality dropped
to only 81 per cent. Mustard
green's seemed to give even
better protection. Why diets
have so pronounced an effect
on radiation resistance is I'M
known but the Army investi-
gators are carrying out ex-
tensive experiments TO deter
mine II the results are due to
something in the greens"
family which affects the
body's engine system.
The effects are especially
notable, they found, in the
number of internal hemor-
rhages, one of the major
causes Of irradiation deaths.
There were both increases
and decreases in the amounts
Of various body chemicals
with the mustard or broccoli
diets.
There is every reason to be-
lieve, they pointed out, that
the effects would be quite
similar in humans.
Finding Of a second
breathing center" at the
base of the brain has Just
been reported by two jap
anese neurologistS.
The primary brain area
which controls the reSpira-
tory muscles long has been
recognized. 1t is in the lowest
part of the brain, the So
called edula oblongata
which essentially is an up
ward extension Of the spinal
cord and part Of its path Of
communication with higher
centers.
Rrain bridge" Studied
Just above the medula is
the brain stem area known
as the "pons"-the bridge to
higher areas of the brain.
It long has been believed.
report Drs. Kentara Takagi
and Teruo Nakayan Of Me-
goya University apan
Medical School, that there is
a So-called pneumotoxic CEN
ter in the pons which is re-
sponsible for the normal
rhythm of breathing. 1t has.
however, never been located.
Their own work. reported
to the American Association
for Advancement of Science
here, has been to probe the
pons with electrical stimula-
lions to note the effects on
breathing. They believe that
they have located the area
with considerable precision.
1t is an extremely small area
of brain cells from which
they were able to obtain
bursts of breathing activity.
Left to the medula area
alone, they stress, involun-
tary breathing, as in sleep.
would be extremely irregular.
The center in the pons halts
the act of breathing in" and
changes it to breathing
out" according to a regular
rhythm, in all higher ami
mails. Their own work was
carried out with the brains
of rabbits.
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Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

@. When was fire insurance
first available?-R. A.
A. The need for fire in
surance was recognized at the
time Of the Great Fire of
London in 1866, and several
companies for the purpose
were organized before the
end Of the century.
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Gentle Conouerors

The recent statement Of
Frol r. Kozlov. first deputy
premier Of Soviet Russia.
that Russia is Q lover Of
peace reminds me Of the ia
nous German writer on STRAIT
egg. Herr ClausewitI. who
said:
The conQueror is always
q lover Of peace. He would
like to enter our territory un-
opposed"
Imants Balodis.
Chieaco nj
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IL
letters carry tCTiteTS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to coHdeH-
Sdtf0n
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The Wheel Turns

Chicago. III.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
10 COP State Chiefs
To Meet In The Fall
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to President Eisenhower, express
ing pride and confidence in your
aggressive leadership, particularly
in your fight against inflationary
Democratic spending and increased
debt" The telegram, sent by as
sociation president, Edwin H. May,
Jr., of Connecticut, said: 1--WE are
confident that all Republicans and
the great majority of Americans
stand firmly with you"
In addition, the COP state chair
men discussed number of COM
mon problems dealing with party
finances, organization and the cleo
tions which some of the northeast
ern states will have this year.
There will be no elections held in
Delaware in 1852
Mr.. Leach said the association
plans to. hold it's next meeting in
New York in late September Sena-
tor Thurston B. Morton, recently
elected Republican National Chair
man, is expected to meet with the
regional COP state chairman at
that time.
"The ensuing meeting, which will
probably be held in late November,
is scheduled for Wilmington" Mr.
Leach said. ''The exact date of the
Delaware conference will be set at
our next meeting"
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
COP Senators Demand
Some Budget Changes
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CONTINUED from page one)
"The need for additional funds
to operate the Tax Commissioner
office is glaringly obvious. Thou
sands of dollars of taxes go un-
collected because the Tax Com
missioner does not have sufficient
funds to follow up on every delin
quent and hunt down the tax
chisler. 1t is unfair to the law
abiding Delaware taxpayer to dis
cuss new taxes when several mil
lions of dollars could be realized
by a larger, better equipped, and
better paid staff in the commits
sioner's office The Joint Revenue
Committee has noted this fact and
has endorsed and supported the
proposal of an increased appro-
priation for this agencys
"Other budget inequities exist
and these matters must be cleared
up before anything else is done.
After an adequate budget is fin
ally established, then the Assem-
bly, should get to work on such
long-needed bills as Weights and
Measures, Water Resources, Home
Rule, and the bulk of the Attor-
ney Generals anti-crime bills.
There is no excuse, political or
financial, for sidestepping, these
progressive measures.
Finally, additional bond bills
should be considered. The present
ly proposed bond bills are wholly
unacceptable because they are
'blank checks. These bills should
be pared to an absolute minimum
to prevent skyrocketing of Della
wares bonded debt, and they
should list every project being
undertaken together with the esti-
mated cost of each project listed.
There is absolutely no reason why
Delaware's roadbuilding program
should operate on 'blank check"
basis when our schools and other
public improvements are operated
on a specific project basis.
"The Republican senator's have
agreed to follow this legislative
program as the proper method of
discharging our responsibilities as
elected officials as well as the
proper approach to long-term re-
duction of Delaware's fiscal bur-
dens".
The senator's statement was is
sued after a meeting of Republican
legislators on Wednesday in the
office of Gov. J. Caleb Boggs. At
tending the meeting with the Gov
ernor and the legislators were FL
wood S. Leach, Republican state
chairman and Secretary of State
George j. Schulz.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

SOCIAL SECURITY Monthly
social security payments may be In
order to 62 year old women and 65
year old men teachers and other
employees for months between
school years.
Social security checks can be paid
for any month in which the en-
ployee did not earn over $50 during
1858, or over 500 in 1859. Wage
payments made during July or Au-
gust which were earned in. some
other months are not considered
earnings for July or August. APP
plications are IL months retroactive,
so an application filed now could
result in payments for July and
August, 1858.
For further information on how
you might collect for a month DUR
ing which your earnings were linn
tied, write or visit your social se-
curity Office located at 230 West
Loockerman Street, Dover, Della
ware.
YACHT CLUB-The Indian Riv-
er Yacht Club on the Indian River
near Millsboro will provide the set
ting for the summer meeting on
August 9, of the Delaware State
Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1t
has been announced by Martin w.
Golden, state president of the jay
Gees.
Serving as hosts to representa-
tives of thirteen Delaware Chap
ters will be the Millsboro Chapter
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. This will mark the first
time the Millsboro JayCees have
had the opportunity of entertaining
the state organization since being
organized a little over a year ago.
The session will be called to or
der at $3.50 a. m. by President Col
den, a resident of Smyrna. Various
phases of JayCee activity will be
discussed in forums held during
the day.
The meeting will conclude around
| 4:30 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
Clark Family Reunion

A number of people from this
area journeyed to Shoreham Beach,
Md. on Sunday to attend the eighth
annual reunion of the James e. 8
Clark family. Held at the lovely
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley L.
Clark on the Chesapeake Bay,
There were 81 descendants with
their families and friends who en-
joyed a delightful day of SWIM
ming, boating. games, music, NOV
les, and picnic lunch. Among the
group were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
S. Postles and family of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Clark and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Webb
of Houston. Guests came from Del
aware, Maryland, Pennsylvania.
New Jersey and Washington, d. G.
Beautiful prizes were given by the
hosts to the oldest, youngest. one
from the greatest distance. one
with the largest family and the
winner of the door prize. The To-
cation for next years reunion was
left to the discretion of the officers
of the group.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
Life Magazine Features
Fashion Sewing Contest

Mrs. Paul w. Short, new chair
man of the Delaware State Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs 1959-1960
Vogue Fashion Sewing Contest an
nounces that the next issue of Life
magazine will carry a feature story
of this contest from the General
Federation. of Women's Clubs. Mrs.
Short a past president of the
Georgetown, Delaware New Cent
ury Club, is a graduate of the
Hahneman Hospital School of Nurs-
ing and has been active in Home
Demonstration and All Club work
for girls and the Midland Grange.
Mrs. Short urges all clubwomen to
secure copy of this July 27 issue
of Life as she hopes every Della
ware Club will enthusiastically en-
ter the 1959-1960 contest.
The Delaware State Federation
received a check from the Vogue
pattern Company at the recent
Los Angeles convention of the Gen
eral Federation for $3.50, for 100
percent participation of the Della
ware clubs in the contest this year.
Mrs. Norman e. Frick, Claymont,
Delaware was chairman of the pro-
ject for the 1958-1959 when Mrs.
Allan Gowans, Newark New Cent
ury Club won $100, from the Vogue
Pattern Company for the most out
standing costume and Mrs. L. v.
Sohler, Delmar New Century Club
won the second prize of $25.
Plans. are being made now for
the State Fashion Parade to climax
the 1959-1960 contest when Mrs.
Short hopes each Delaware Club
will have a local winner to be in
the Parade. 1t is hoped that local
clubs will schedule their prelimin-
ary contest earlier than last year
so there is ample time for the local
winners to get ready for the State
Parade. Each club president will
appoint. special sewing contest
chairman or designate a chairman
already appointed for this project.
The Home department of the State
Federation is sponsoring and as
sisting Mrs. Short in promoting the
Vogue Fashion Sewing Contest for
1959-196O.
Clubwomen interested in this ac-
tivity are invited to attend the
workshop part of the September 10
Fall Conference of the State Fed
Grafton to be held on the Campus
of the University of Delaware to
learn more of the details. Each
club is urged to have a member at
this workshop.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
Items Of q Purely
Personal Nature

Miss Elaine Rogers spent last
week with her cousins, Rita and
Kathy Tingle in Rehoboth.
George and Charles Draper are
spending two weeks at Camp Took
Woch, Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jones of
Wilmington are occupying the
Primrose cottage at Slaughter
Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Salevan
left for their home in Athol, Mass,
on Monday after spending the past
ten days with Mrs. Leila Jennings
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson C. Marvel
of Claymont arrived on Tuesday
to spend a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Longbotham at their
home near town.
DR.. and Mrs. John B. Heyde
spent two weeks in Marion, Illi-
nois recently and were accom-
panied by Mrs. Heyde's mother
Mrs. Charles L. Heyde, who is here
for visit
Lieutenant and Mrs. James H
Johnson and children, lately OF
Fort Bragg, N. c., are expected
next week and will settle here be-
fore Lieutenant Johnson leaves fol
Korea.
Mrs. L. Hayes Dickerson and
three daughters, Lynne, Dawn and
Leslie will leave for their home in
Topeka, Kansas on Monday after
spending some time with Mrs. A
d. Dickerson and Mr.. and Mrs. G
Marshall Townsend.
Out of town visitors to Milford
this past week have been Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Cain and daughters
Mary Lou and Betty Mae of Au-
burn, Georgia. The Gains were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Wiley Jr., and family of Delaware
Ave-, and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Kingsmill of N. w. 3rd Street. On
their trip north the Gains were
guests for a few days of Rev. and
Mrs. G. H. Sorrells and family OF
Harrisburg, Pa. Mrs. Cain is the
aunt of Mrs. Wiley and Rev. Sor-
rells.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
Stafford Family Reunion

The Stafford family reunion was
held at Prime Hook Neck Beach,
Delaware, in the beautiful new cot
tage of Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Geb-
hardt of Wilmington, recently.
This is to become an annual af-
fair and w. Anstine Stafford of
near Burrsville, Md, was elected
president and Mrs. Francis Hay
man of Denton, secretary and trea-
surer About fifty attended the re-
union, a sumptuous picnic lunch
and a period of fine fellowship
were the main features of the day.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Anstine Stafford, Mrs. r. Henry
Stafford, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gar
rett and children, Bobbie and Au-
drey, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Collision
and children, Billy Ray, Ronnie and
Wayne, of near Burrsville; Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Hayman of Denton;
Mrs. Reba Stafford and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Stafford of Harrington;
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Stafford and
children, Mrs. Joan Hawkins, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Allen and
Debbie and Jimmy of Wilmington
Manor; Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Grif-
fifth of near Wilmington; Mr.. and
Mrs. Elbert Wright and son Jerry
of Collingsdale, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs.
Crawford Garrett and son of Balti-
more; Ernest Raugley and Rev. and
Mrs. Arnum Roberts of Rehoboth
Beach; Mrs Laura Myers of Smyr-
ma; Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Myers of
Smyrna; Mr.. and Mrs. Harold My
ers and children, Bobbie and Janice
of Barclay, Md, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Evan Gebhardt and two children of
Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31

Ionic Council No. 13 degree of
Pocahontas are still meeting every
two weeks this summer, next meet
ing, Monday August 3rd, then Au-
gust 18th. On August 31st another
covered dish luncheon is planned.
More details at later. date.
Congratulations go out to our
Pocahontas sister, Ellen Sapp, who
has a fine lb. baby girl, born on
Saturday, July 25th. The little
Miss has been named, Donna
Louise.
In the fall we will start drive
for new members. A worth while
organization to belong too, as they
will provide for you in old age at
their beautiful home in MiddIetown,
Delaware. A nice place to be with
people your own age when you are
not wanted by the younger folk,
who so many times can hardly pro-
vide for themselves and their fam
lilies.
Think this over and come join
the Degree of Pocahontas for a
small fee.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
RED MEN
NEWS

The regular Tuesday evening
meeting was held on July 28th,
with a good attendance. The busi-
ness of the evening was carried
out in the usual manner.
1t would seem that many people
are not very lucky to be as healthy
and happy as they would like to be.
Many of our Red Men Brothers are
in this particular category.
Brother Joe Rostellie, who is
convalescing in the Veterans Hos
pital, Philadelphia, Pa, is pro-
crossing slowly but surely. We
miss, you Joe, so hurry up and get
well so you can be back in the
Tribe again. Brother Rostellie's
picture was in the Philadelphia
paper receiving a floral tribute in
behalf of the Veterans at the hos
pital. We are very proud of you.
Brother Ralph Hall has strained
his back, but is able to move
around with crutches. We wish
him speedy recovery.
Brother Jim Bell whose arm was
broken while playing ball for the
Red Mems Team and Brother Fred
Jester who broke his thumb the
following night are both mending
slowly. No more ball games this
season, boys, but get ready for the
bowling team.
One nice item of news on the
brighter side, is to welcome a new
member to our lodge. He is Nathan
Jester of Milford. Welcome to our
Tribe, Brother.
Don't forget the annual State
wide Red Men and Degree of Poca-
hontas picnic, this Sunday, August
2, at Lake Como, Smyrna.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
Hospital HOstesses

Hospital Shop Hostesses for Mil
ford Memorial Hospital for the
week, Friday, July 81, through
Thursday, August 6:
Friday, July 81, afternoon, Mrs.
Joseph j. Pearce- Mrs.
William Dellinger.
Saturday, August 1, afternoon,
Mrs. Wallace Burn, Mrs. Dean Kim
mel-evenings, Mrs. Theodore Co
vatos.
Sunday, August 2, afternoon, Mrs.
Wallace McFaul - evening, Mrs.
Gilbert Murphy, Miss Dorothy Der
rickson.
Monday, August 8, afternoon,
Mrs. Carl Short, Mrs. Howard
French = evening, Mrs. William
Clendaniel.
Tuesday, August 4, afternoon-eve-
ming, Mrs. Robert Sharp.
Wednesday, August 5, afternoon,
Mrs. John MCGEE, Mrs. E. Steiner
evening, Mrs. Dallas Kitchens.
Thursday. August 6. afternoon,
Mrs. Harry Frankel, Mrs. Robert
Mercer-evening, Mrs. Ed. Faving-