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Evening star., 1959-12-29
RALPH McGILL

A Christmas-present book,
THE Civil War Dictionary"
devotes about three pages to
the McCook family. Even the
amateur student Of the best
publicized Of wars, who be-
longs to no Civil War round
table chapter, knows that
the name McCook frequently
is encountered on the pages
Of history.
They were the Fighting
McCooks." But that there
were II Of them; that all
were bloode6 in battle, and
that four were killed in &C
ton, or died of wounds, is not
generally known. They we're
members Of either the Tribe
Of Dan" or the Tribe of
john" because most of them
were sons of two brothers,
John and Daniel.
Those who survived played
varied roles in the postwar
years. They were politicians,
business n, Episcopal
clergymen, lawyers, teachers
and eScapistS from life. Just
how the movies or television
script writer's have missed
the Fighting McCooks, of the
Tribes Of Dan and John, is
something of a mystery.
They begin with George
McCook, who fled Ireland in
1880 when the underground
party, United Irishmen,"
failed in revolt against Brit
ain. The organization was Sc
cret, composed Of Protestants
and Catholics, and aimed at
a union Of all Irish peoples.
1t attained a half million
members and made contact
with French sources which
guaranteed arms. A small
French feet sailed for Ire
land with the weapons. but
weather and counterespio-
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Exploits of the Fabulous McCooks
Recounted in Civil War Dictionary

mage enabled the British to
break it up. Wholesale ar
rests followed and those who
could, escaped.
George McCook was one Of
these. He reached America
and, after a brief stay in the
melting pot of Pennsylvania,
moved on to Ohio
In the second generation
there were Daniel and John
McCook. Daniel had sons.
Father and 10 sons all served
in the Union Army, seven of
them as officers. John Nc
Cook and his five boys also
Joined up. The father was a
surgeon. The others were
either Army or Navy officers.
A strain of poetry and cav
alier gallantry ran through
them all. Father Daniel and
his brigade were selected by
Gen. William Tecumseh
Sherman to lead the ill-ad-
vised assault on Kennesaw
Mountain, which barred the
way to Atlanta. Once the
assignment was received Dan
McCook lined his men up and
recited to them the stanza
of Macaulay's "Horatius"
which begins:
And how can man die bet
ter than facing fearful
odds. 2"
When the order came he
led his men and, despite the
terrific fire from Confederates
resting in trenches, reached
the mountain crest before be-
ing mortally wounded.
Long before that Dan Nc
Cook had held his dying son
in his arms at Bull Run. The
boy had been a freshman at
Kenyon College when the war
began, but volunteered with
out notifying his family. None
Evening star., 1959-12-29
Confusions of Today Are Likened
To Greed Rampant in PouFs Time

enemies Of free men; our
farmers are being supported
by subsidies while surplus
wheat piles up and storage
bins pay a million dollars a
day to their owners. Union
leaders call strikes for higher
pay while the public jostles
to buy cheaper goods from
lower paid workers abroad.
Payola became a household
word and the resulting out
rage" is erSatz.
And as in Ephesus, confu-
sion spreads throughout the
land. AS in Ephesus some cry
for one thing and some for
another. Some cry for civil
defense: "be ready for the
bombs when they fall" Some
cry for coexistence, for "our
enemies are no longer enc
mics but men of good will" !"
Some cry that our weapons
are tagging behind the enc
my's: 1--WE need more money
and more scientists" And
some cry for disarmament !:
"the enemy wants peace, de-
stroy our weapons. And
some cry, Let us fight for
our freedom" and others
cry, "We cannot win, let us
negotiate"
And some cry for brother
hood and understanding
among all peoples in the hope
for world peace" And there
are those who cry, Help
those in chains and slavery
for there can be no peace in a
world half free and half
slave" And some cry, "Glory
10 God in the highest. And
others cry, There is no God,
only humanism."
And who are these Deme-
triuses who spread this con-
fusion and contradiction
throughout our land? Who
are they who fear the spread
of the Gospel and the spread
Evening star., 1959-12-29
Democratic Party Talk of Controlled
6. O. p. Convention Held Dubious Issue

unions in politics at the time
had more to say about the
nomination than did any
delegation to the convention.
The famous phrase, "clear
1t with Sidney" was Mr..
RooSevelt's confidential ad-
vice to aspirants for the vice
presidency. Certainly the
convention delegates had no
chance to conduct any real
contest" that year.
There was some talk in
1948 Of withholding from
President Truman the Dem
ocratic nomination at the
Philadelphia convention,
and. indeed, to accomplish
this objective the name of
Gen, Eise hover was
brought forward by many
prominent Democrats, in
cluding James Roosevelt, a
son of FDR and now a Rep
reSentative from California.
But the general m9 de it clear
he wouldn't run, and Presi-
dent Truman was able-as is
the leader of the incumbent
administration, as a rule-to
head of opposition and pre-
vent any real contest.
For a long time it has been
a tradition that the admin
istration in power controls
the nomination at the con-
vention which is to choose q
successor. This is true be-
cause so many of the Office
holders have influence locally
with the party. Whoever is
in the White House usually
can dictate his own renomi-
nation or the nomination of
someone he likes, provided
the administration is popu-
lar and has made a good
record.
Thus, in 1908, President
Theodore Roosevelt, Repub-
lican, who was extremely
popular, selected for the pres
idential nomination William
Howard Taft, who was Sec
retary Of War. and really had
no background in national
politics at all. Four years
later Mr.. Roosevelt sought the
nomination himself and split
the party, but the man in the
White House got the regu-
lar Republican nomination.
Win or lose, the candidate
Of the party which has been
Evening star., 1959-12-29
Hussein Hailed

AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 20
(AP) King Hussein received
a triumphal welcome at Am
man military airport yesterday
on his return from a 48-day
European vacation.
Evening star., 1959-12-29
Told Of Tough Task

Rockefeller lieutenants had
told the Governor all along
that it was going to be uphill
work to wrest the nomination
from Vice President Nixon,
especially after his spectacular
encounter with Premier
Khrushchev in Moscow last
summer.
They realized, too, that
the paramount peace issue
would still be visibly in the
hands of the Eisenhower Ad-
ministration right up to the
Evening star., 1959-12-29
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Stan Writer

Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's
decision to put aside his
dreams of the presidency may
have been precipitated by the
frozen faces and empty chairs
which greeted him during his
recent midwestern expedition,
His aides hinted yesterday
that while the Governor never
had any illusions about his
chances Of gaining the White
House, his personal encounter
with the organized hostility OF
midwestern party leaders, par
ticularly in Wisconsin, came as
something of a shock, and
helped him make up his mind
in the negative.
The fact that exhaustive
polls taken across the country
turned up no clamor for his
candidacy also persuaded him,
said members Of his encourage
Aides Tones Muted
Rockefeller aides have
pledged themselves not to dis
cuSs with the press the time
the place or the personnel OF
the meeting where the momen-
tous decision was either taken
or announced. They insist
however, that the decision was
the Governors own.
They also deny there was
any backstage arm-twisting OF
high-level pressure on the
Governor to cease and desiSt
from presidential activities.
They say that the Governor
is happy about his decision, and
was philosophical in divulging
it to his counsellors.
I'VE did our best" he told
them at a parley which ap-
parently took place last Tues
day night. This is the situa-
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-29

Part of the reason for this
choice is the value Of leading an
unhid major suit against q mo-
trump contract. Players who
have major suits bid them; if
they don't bid them they don't
have them.
An additional factor is the
advantage of leading q suit that
can be set up with very little
help from your partner. When
you have Q-J-7 Of q suit you
WIN do well If your partner has
any length headed by even q
single honor. You need far
more help from your partner
when you lead from J-x-x-x.
In this case the heart lead
sinks South without a trace.
His best chance is to win the
first trick and lead a low club.
West can step right up with the
ace Of clubs and continue the
hearts. giving the defenders four
hearts and o club. But even If
West ducks the first club South
can take only eight tricks be-
fore he runs out Of gas.
Daily Question
Partner opens with one heart
and the next player passes. You
hold:
AAQJ 0653 oQs64 %Q52
What do you bid?
Answer: One spade. Pretend
that one Of your clubs is mixed
up with your spades. You don't
want to raise hearts with three
small trumps. you are too strong
for q response Of one no-trump,
not strong enough for two no.
trump, and your diamonds are
too weak for q bid Of two dia-
monds. The unorthodox re-
Spouse Of one spade is the least
Of evils.
tcOpyrisht, 1859. oen'l Features corp.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-29
Forget Old Rules
In Choosing l.eud

In the early days OF the game
you always led the fourth-high-
est card OF your longest and
strongest suit against q no.
trump contract. II you led any
thing else your friends would
make excuses for you until YOU
came to your senses. The sit
uation is. however, quite differ
ent today.
South dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
NORTH
AAQJ
0653
oQs64
&Q62
WEST EAST
A8T4 A0632
0QJ7 vK9S42
oJ972 o53
&AJ9 A64
SOUTH
AKlO5s
0A1O
oAK1O
@Kl0873
South West North East
INT Pass 3NT All pass
Opening lead: Heart queen.
The old-fashioned lead for
West would be the deuce Of dia-
monds. This would give South
the contract without q struggle.
He would be sure Of four dia-
monds, three spades and Q
heart. South would simply de-
velop a club trick to make his
ninth trick.
No modern expert would
dream Of leading the deuce Of
diamonds. Some might lead q
spade, but most would vote for
the queen Of hearts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Junkets Used
100000 in
Foreign Cash
By the Associated Press

Six House committees spent
close to 100000 last year in
foreign money owned by the
United States.
The money was spent in
travels in 26 countries, most of
1t during the last six months of
the year.
The money. called counter
part funds. consists Of foreign
currencieS received by the
United States. under foreign aid
programs. II Is available for
use by members of Congress
and other officials who travel
abroad on official business
Reports of the six commit
tees were printed in today's
Congressional Record. Other
committees which went abroad
last year have not yet filed their
reports.
The Armed Services Com
mittee spent $26.486 during the
last six months of 1858. It's
curiosity to find out how Ameri-
can financed activities were
progressing took it to 20 coun-
tries.
The Education and Labor
Committee spent 3d. 89 during
the entire year as it probed
around in Is countries.
The Foreign Affairs Com
mittee visited II countries and
spent $l5,l48 during the last
six months.
Trips to nine countries by
the Judiciary Committee dur
ing the final six months Of the
year used up $24,165 in coun-
terpart funds.
The Post Once and Civil
Service Committee got to seven
countries during the six-month
period but spent only $24,l42.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee used UP $9,299 during
the entire year in trips to
seven countries.
Expenditures Of Unite d
States funds by committees in
foreign travel were not made
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Moore Loses
Suit on Horses

LEESBUR0. Va, Mar. II
(SpeciaD Col. George Gordon
Moore. IT,. Of Holiday Hills
Farm, Purcellville. brother-in-
law Of President Eisenhower
took q loss on two horses In
Loudoun County Circuit Court
yesterday.
Judge Rayner ". Snead Or
dered Col. Moore to pay q
$608.50 January, 1858. bill for
blacksmithing, stall rental and
training for the two horses,
one Of them q 4-year-old mare,
Holly HI. and the other Holt
day Admiral. a 5-year-old
gelding. The debt was claimed
by Mrs. Ruth c. Funkhouser Of
Town. w, Va.
Col. Moore maintained he
had no contract with O'Sulli-
van Farms. but that Raymond
Higgins. a trainer employed by
Mrs. Funkhouser, had prom
Used him the horses would be
run at Bowie in January, 1858
When Mr.. Higgins failed 10
take them to Bowie. Col. Moore
asserted. his contract with the
trainer was preached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11

According to evidence intro
duced In the hearing Col. Moore
paid $2.157 in training fees to
Mr., Higgins from July / To
December 81. 1857, and re-
ceived the bills on O'Sullivan
Farms invoices.
Judge Snead ruled that the
evidence showed there had been
a business contract. II that
contract was preached. he said
I'VE would have TO assume Col
Moore suffered no material
loss"
There was no evidence To
show the horses would have
won at Bowie. the Judge said
Mrs. Funkhouser was repre-
scented by Attorneys e. B.
White of Leesburg and James
Mason Of Charles Town. At
torney Albert Anderson repre-
scented Col. Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Books for Overseas Hit
As Unfit, Un-Americon

some Of those books thrown
out Of the school system several
years ago. They we're sapping
the patriotism Of our boys in
the service. I'm fighting for
what the American Legion
fights for. Some of the books
are un-American and / don't
want to see them go overseas. "
Mr.. Brett has asked the
County Council to investigate
the school boards method OF
disposing Of its books.
Only the Officials
The Montgomery County res
idents hastened to point out
that they are in no way i'm
plicating B'nai Birth in the Sit
uation. only the Montgomery
school officials.
B'nai Birth officials. who al
lowed the residents to inspect
the books. said they are de-
lighted to be able to participate
in any activity sanctioned by
the People-to-People Program
for better understanding Of our
neighbors all over the world.
Since news Of this project
came out. several persons have
called UP Offering to contribute
books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11

Several residents Of Montgom-
cry County yesterday charged
that the obsolete books donated
by school officials for distribu-
ton overseas were UNIT and
un-American."
Fourteen persons inspected
the books at B'nai Birth head
quarters. 1910 Rhode Island
avenue NV, where they are
being sorted for shipment BY
the People-to-People Program
organization.
What concerns me-" said
Homer Brett, jr., president Of
the Montgomery County Con-
sentative Club, ''is that II these
books aren't At for our own
students. then why are we send
in gthem overseas"
Sapping the Patriotism
He attacked the contents Of
some of the books which he
tied to progressive education"
and said that whittier (School
Supt. c. Taylor Whittier) has
done an inSufferable trick to
send these books out"
And he added: I'VE got
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Cow Con Take II

MERINO, Colo. (AP).-Colo-
RADIO h | g h W az patrolmen
thought they were seeing dou-
BILE for awhile. They investi-
gated an accident in which a
car struck a COW. Later the
same night, they investigated
another accident involving a
car and q COW e.. same COW
The COW escaped without in
jury. Damage to the two cars
amounted to $475.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Bothersonie Goots
Facing q Roundup

LANCASTER. Wis. (AP).-
Three years ago four nanny
goats got loose in wyalusins
State Park. A year later a billy
goat joined them.
Now the 10 goats living in the
park have been declared a nuis-
ance and Grant County Sheriff
Mrs. Robert Seemeyer is con-
sidering sending out q posse to
round them up. and II that
fails. to hunt them down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11

Wayne avenue via Spring and
Cedar streets.
The council. in other bust
ness:
/. Held a public hearing on
amendments 10 the county fire
code to provide tighter stand
ards for the storage Of fuel oil,
The code changes would re-
quire fuel oil distributors to en-
case dykes for storage tanks in
concrete and limit storage
tanks to q maximum capacity
Of 10000 gallons.
Martin Mccarthy, presiden,
Of the Metropolitan Petroleum
Co.. testified that he favored
the amendments except for
the regulation limiting tank
sizes. He said prohibiting fuel
storage tanks with q capacity
exceeding 5000 gallons could
be dangerous" II fuel supplies
we're ever threatened.
2. Denied q request for re-
coming Of 66 acres north Of
Aspen Hill road from Residen-
tial REQ (9.000-square-foot
lots) to Residential R-60 (min-
imum lot size: 5000 square
feet). The rezoning application
was filed by the F. M. Con-
struction Co.. Inc.
3. Decreed that daylight
saving time shall begin off,
cially in the county at 2 an
April 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11

shopping centers in the county
will provide substantial free
parking to their customers
Mentioned In this connection
were shopping centers in Ian
giey Park. White Oak and
Wheaton.
''Silver Spring" Mr.. Wheeler
said. "is the county's largest
shopping district and win con-
tinue to be-"
Immediate Solutions
He indicated that Silver
Spring, to keep pace with other
centers, should seek immediate
solutions for "its traffic prob
lens" The committee chair
man said four projects In par
ticular should be undertaken
soon. These are:
The widening of the Balti-
more q Ohio Railroad Coles
vile road underpass.
The improvement and extern
sion Of Arson street, which will
be an extension of Sixteenth
street, from the B&O Rail-
road to Georgia avenue.
The extension Of Fenton
street from Sligo avenue SOUTH
ward two blocks to Philadel-
phia avenue.
Other Business
Completion Of the connection
between Colesville road to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Iron to Sturt Work
On Highest Dam


TEHERAN, Iran, Mar. II
(AP).-David Lilienthal and
Gordon Clapp, former Ten
nessee Valley Authority off,
Gals now carrying out a $142
million development project in
Southwest Iran. said yesterday
the building Of Trans highest
dam will begin next fall.
The dam. near Dizful, will
be 625 feet high when it is fin
ished in 1862, they told news
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Trade Board Urges
Step-Up in Rood Plans

Silver Spring Board Of Trade ocias yesterday petoned
the Montgomery County Council for peep Of road projects
to relieve rac congestion in the Silver Spring business district
Frank Hewitt president Of the trade group and William
B. Wheeler chairman Of boards Trac Committee submitted
the request at q regular council meeting.
pointed planned regional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Poetic Gesture

RIvERTON. Wyo. (AP).-
The marquee sign on a drive-in
theater closed for the winter
reads:
Roses are dead, violets are
dropped,
Summer has gone and We
are Popped.
Bill and Zubie. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
my Husband
Won't Talk
about sex, money
or the children"

It's all too typical Of many
marriages-this true story Of
one desperate woman whose
husbands reluctance to talk
took them to the brink of
divorce. Learn how to spot the
hidden danger signals in your
own marriage-and how to
deal with them. Read the just
out March issue Of McCall'a
At newsstands now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-11
Other Business

Completion Of the connection
between Colesville road to
Evening star., 1959-10-29
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Smyrna times., 1959-05-07
Spacing Important
For Best Yields

Sweet corn in rows should
have a stalk every $40 inches,
of if in hills, 2-3 stalks per hill
with hills every two feet.
Peppers, eggplant, and cab
bage should be spaced one and
one-half to two feet apart. Gu
cumbers and cantaloupes plant
ed in rows should have 1918
inches between plants, or in
hills, three plants per hill with
hills 3-4 feet apart.
It's not usually necessary to
thin peas and beans. Peas spac-
ed about one inch apart have
enough room. Snap beans and
lima beans usually do best when
the average spacing is 3-4 inches
apart.
'It takes real will power to
pull up healthy plants, but is
must be done to produce good
sized vegetables" Mr.. Vapaa
said.
Smyrna times., 1959-05-07
Leipsic

On Sunday, May 10th, the
Rev. o. B. Reed will be in
charge of the Mothers Day SER
vice at ii o'clock. Sunday
School at 10 am.
Mrs. o. B. Reed is on the sick
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wright
and family of Smyrna were din
ner guests of Mrs. Evelyn Nor
ris on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dominick Ter
signi and Mrs. Anthony Miano
of Schenectady, N. Y. spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Tersigni.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Wilson
spent Monday with Miss Van
eta Adams at RehobOth.