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Int. Revenue Dept.
Rules TermiteD dmuqe
Deductible Casualty

A recent Internal Revenue
Department Ruling ought to
be Of interest to residents Of
the Virgin Islands.
1t is now held that a deduc-
tible casualty loss may follow
termite damage. How
ever, the element Of sudden
ness must be present in the
damage if it is to be deducti-
bic. Since reaches, ants, rats,
termites and other insects do
CONTINUED on page ~
, 1959-10-29

cause we do not feel that we cate. A stamped, @selfaddress-
can justify administrative Of ed envelope is enclosed for
fees in ST. sCroix at this time. your convenience Your rate Of
IF you. desire employmnent pay during this period will be
with US until November Is, at the rate Of Sis per hour,
1859, please fill out the en- the hourly rate presently paid
closed Employment AppIca- you by the Government Of the
ton and withholding Certid-Virgin Islands
, 1959-10-29

Captain Boston, it will be
remembered, was the famous
skipper Of the homemade
ketch "Fiddler's Green who
sailed, singlehanded f Q m
~Swampscott, Massachusetts, to
Egypt a total of 5000 miles
and made the Atlantic cross
ing in the summer Of 1856,
then brought the ketch to st.
Croix last year on a visit to
these shores.
The 1Wanderlust9 IS s. feet
long; sleeps six guests on foam
rubber hunks and is attrac-
lively furnished below in
Continued on page A
, 1959-10-29

Frederiksted Clinic where she
remained in critical condition
until this morning she re-
gained consciousness.
V~elasquez was arrested art1
charged with failure to obey
a special traffic rule and neg
iigent driving. Bail was set al
SIPS.
, 1959-10-29

a. HNEHMwG "a NKNAHM
we regret to inform you
that we are unable to retain
your services We would be
+ appy to employ you
from November / to Novem-
Der 13, 1859 in order that you
may assist US in the prepare
ton Of billings under the gov
ernment's operation of teie-
phone services" the letter
said. It continues:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02

the missile probably would soor
plunge back to earth.
Even If through some tragic
error the ICBM did start
streaking toward a pre-selectec
target there still would be
time for preventive measures
The time, of course, would be
brfef-probably not much more
than IS minutes.
Ballistic missiles have fea-
lures in common with ordinary
ordnance and bombs or guided
missiles. It may be assumed
that 1t is possible to arm a
missile only after it is launch
ed and in flight or, on the
other hand, to disarm 1t If the
nuclear trigger is cooked
Radio command signals to the
missile can do either.
Or the safety mechanism
can go a step further-the
missile won't explode If 1t
fails to receive a confirming
command radio signal after 1t
is in trajectory.
Finally, there is the best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02

destroy itself before it reaches
the area at which 1t has been
Ipre-aimed.
Defense ofilcials are reluctant
to discuss precise details, but
years of semi-public testing of
missiles have disclosed some
basic facts.
The likelihood Of an acciden-
tai firing of an ICBM-as has
happened to some of the small
antiaircraft missiles-is more
remote than the possibility Of a
launching 6ae to uncertainty
about the imminence Of hostili-
ties or confusion in command.
Before a missile is launched
at a selected target, many
things must be done. These in
clude the starting up of gyro-
scopic controls in the guidance
system which puts the missile
into correct trajectory in the
first few seconds after launch.
Following the gyro warm-up
period, precise settings of guild
ance instruments must be made.
Without these first steps in a
long sequence of preparations,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington. D. C., August 2. 1859
Rodio Devices Can Stop
Fired Missile in FIiqht

rate signal system together
with the fact that 1t would take
bombers hours to reach their
targets-during which they
could be recalled by radio
diminished some of that con-
Germ.
Ballistic missiles posed an
other and more critical problem
They can reach their target in
minutes instead of hours. And
a ballistic missile cannot be
diverted in fight.
However, some of the safety
devices built into test missiles
plus other long known tech
niques make 1t possible to de-
Istroy a missile or permit it To
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02
BY the Associated Press

An American intercon-
tinental ballistic missile, II
launched in error. might not
necessarily fly undeterred to a
Russian target and set of a
nuclear war.
The possibility of starting a
war by accident, as a result of
mistakes or mishaps in the
United States or Russia, has
brought expressions of grave
concern in capitals around the
world.
At first the worry related
only to manned bomber forces.
But establishment of an elabo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02

Red Cross Chapter House
2O25 E street NV.
Water instructors will dem
onstrate methods of teaching
youngsters swimming techni-
cues before they are allowed
in the water. Mrs. Rita Fried
man, Red Cross water safety
instructor. will direct the pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02

known and most widely used
device, the self-destroying
system. Missilemen have had
wide experience with the eff
fectiveness of the explosive
system used to blow up a test
missile which strays off course
or otherwise shows signs of
trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02
Program to Stress
Family Water Safety

A family water safety night,
for children ages 4 to 8 and
their parents, will be held at
7 pm. Tuesday at the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19
Bureau OF Ships
Celebrates

The naval engineering Of
ficers and their wives cele-
brated the 18th birthday Of
the Navy's Bureau OF Ships
on Wednesday. They were
guests at a barbecue picnic
in honor Of the occasion.
The colorful event took
place at the David Taylor
Model Basin. Carderock, Md.
where the fun began at 8
pm. in the Administration
Building because Of the un-
certainty Of the weather.
The chief Of the Bureau Of
Ships. Rear Admiral Ralph
K. James, cut the birthday
cake. With Admiral and MRS.
James in the receiving line
we're the deputy, Rear Ad-
miral r. L. Moore. IT,, and
Mrs. Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19
Guests See
Wedding
On Film

A 2S-rninute film on the
April wedding Of Crown
Prince Akihito and Miss
Michiko Shcda was the main
attraction last night at q
party given by Minister and
Mrs. Takeso shimoda 1t the
Japanese Embassy.
The showing was preceded
and followed by q cocktail
hour, during which the Shi-
modas received and chatted
with their guests.
This party originally had
been scheduled for May as,
when 1t would have taken
place at the Motion Pic
ture Association headquarters
with Ambassador and Mrs.
Asakai acting as the hosts.
But it was postponed because
OF the death Of former Sec
rotary Of State Dulles.
The Asakais were not pres
ent last evening-they were
probably somewhere in the
Rockies" according to an
embassy official. After a busi-
ness trip to japan. the Am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19

agreed that 30 per cent
could be saved in the defense
budget by avoiding duplica.
tion through effective unifi-
cation.
II the 80 per cent figure Is
accurate today. he suggested.
sayings on the present De-
Tense budget could, run as
high as si2 billion q year.
The trouble is that, not
since World War II, has any
one sat down and really re-
organized the weapons system
on the basis Of progress in
stead Of tradition. he de-
clared.
He. also asserted that dis
agreements among the serv-
ices have reached the point
that each apparently Is try
ing to get into q position ito
wage the next war by them
selves.
It's ironical. he COM
mented. that when President
Truman tried to unity the
armed services "one Of the
greatest advocates was Gen.
Eisenhower.
IF there's any difference,
however, there's more dis
uniiication now than there
was BEFORE" he added.
Senator Symington also
attacked the record Of Agri-
culture Secretary Benson in
his challenge to the theory
that Republicans are good
administrators.
Since the Secretary took
over the number Of employees
has been reduced" from
$1,000 TO. $4,000. he said
sarcastically.
Moreover. he declared. the
cost of administering the
price-support program has
risen from $34 million in 1852
to 1854 million In 1858:
Mr.. Benson. he continued.
has spent more money in the
years he has been in office
than all Of the previous
Secretaries Of Agriculture
combined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19

Clark w. Thompson and
James O. Fulton were pres
ent.
Other guests included Ad--
miral and Mrs. Arieigh A.
Burke. I.C.A. Director James
w. Riddlebnrger, Undersec-
rotary Of Commerce Freder-
lex Mueller, former Ambas-
sador and Mrs. M. Robert
Guggenheim. Capt. and Mrs.
James E. Hamilton, Capt.
and Mrs. John p. jackson,
Mr.. John Mcclure and Mr..
and Mrs. Robert LeBaron.
Still others were Mrs.
Thurmond Chatham, Mrs.
Randall Hagner ST., Mrs.
Robert Mccormick. Mrs.
Helen Sioussat. Mrs. Jorje e.
zalles, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy st.
Lewis. Mr.. Preston Pitts, Mrs.
Hope r. Miller. DR.. Clarence
I. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
". Keyser. IT,. Of New York,
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Case
Of Morristown. N. j., and
Gen. Philip Dewitt Ginder,
UsA Retired, Of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19
Graduation
ForiShOrt
Course

Today Is graduation day at
the University Of Maryland
for "a of the l,023 homemak-
ers taking the university's
33rd annual Rural Women's
Short Course.
The graduates" will re-
ceive certificates recognizing
their four years attendance
at the Short Courses from DR..
Wilson II. Elkins. president
Of the University Of Mary
land.
Pins for eight years attend
ance viii also be awarded to
81 homemakers.
The course, sometimes af-
fectionately referred to in
past years as "grandmother's
week out" has six octogen-
arians enrolled. the Oldest.
89-year-old Mrs. Grace Day
Of Edgewood.
One Of them is q Mont
gomery County resident. So
year-old Mrs. A. H. Green
wood Of Takoma Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19

bassador. with his wife. Is
now taking a motor trip back
across the United States.
The so guests last night
included State Department
, and other Government ON
cials and friends of the en-
bassy. all former residents Of
Japan. none Of whom had
been in that country at the
time Of the royal wedding.
GREEK AMBASSADOR
LIATIS presented the in
sigma and diplomas of the
Cross Of Commander Of the
Royal Order Of the Phoenix
to two American business
men yesterday afternoon.
The decorated gentlemen
twice decorated. in fact--are
Mr.. Paul M. Hahn. president
of. the American Tobacco
Company. and Mr.. John A.
Grove, executive vice presi-
dent Of the company and
president Of the American
Tobacco Company Of the
Orient. Inc. Both were
awarded the Gold Cross Of
the Royal Order Of the
Phoenix by His Majesty King
Paul Of Helienes in 1857.
The men were honored for
their contributions to the de-
velopment Of Greek-Amer-
lean trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19
McClellans
Are Feted
AT Dinner

Senator and Mrs. John Me-
Clelian were honored at q
dinner last evening at the
1925 r Street Club by Rear
Admiral Thomas j. Kelly,
retired. and Mrs. Kelly.
Guests included Portuguese
Ambassador and Mrs. Es-
teves Fernandes, Lebanese
Ambassaor and Mrs. d.
mechkie. Austrian Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Wilfried Plat
ger, TURKISH Ambassador and
Mrs. Urguplu and Attorney
General and Mrs. william p.
Rogers.
The guest Of honor's Sen,
ate colleagues, Senat ors
Styles Bridges, John G. STEM
MS and Prescott Bush, were
there with their wives.
Representatives and Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19
Poor Organization Hit
By Senator .Syn1ington

figure, he said. Of the amount
being lost by the admins
tration's "unwillingness to
face up to an adequate '(de-
fense) setup In this nuclear
age"
When he was in the De-
Tense Department during the
Truman administration. the
former Air Force Secretary
recalled. he and q man high
In the administration today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19
BY FRANCES LIDE
star stan writer

Senator Stuart Syming-
ton. Democrat Of Missouri.
estimates that poor organi-
ration and poor management
IN the Defense Department
are costing q minimum Of
500 million q week. he told
the Woman's National DEM
ocratic Club yesterday.
That is q very conservative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19

Seven Corners, Va. Langley Park, Nd.
EostoveE, Nd. . Prince Georges PIsxo. Nd.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-03-19


During the First World War, when
the British suffered nearly million
killed, staff officer assembled group
Of young second lleutenants and with
an air Of finality Informed them, You
are war generation. You were born
70 tight THIS war, and It : got To be won
were determined that you shal! VIII
It. 50 far as you're concerned as lndI-
Ylduals. II doesn't matter TINKER
damn whether YOU are kljied or not.
Most probably you Will be Killed, most
OF you. 50 make up your minds to It,
In Just little over a nall a century.
IRON 1900 10 1882. the United States
lost million citizens IN auto accidents.
b 1876, at the present rate, the second
million VII! have been killed.
We are an auto generation. AND our
present trend OF thinking seems parable
to the British officer we've grown ac-
cuatomed 10 the ldea that accidents are
the inevitable by-pro1uctS OF our ever
expanding moblHtN. y
Individually We are much hke the
Young English Officers thrown INTO
the cannon NAV. We Il not De missed
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-03-19

though not brilliantly, Of hin
self-a cured drug addict.
four-time husband, an artist aui
a wearer of pink ties. This boH
IS an amusing peek into NJ
Kings mind and his bedroom
There are numerous surprlss
and d tender. understanding e.
scrlpuon of womanklnd-i 5
just possible that you viii a.
JOY reading it as much as | ID.
William Lyon Phelps BLY,
Phelps Of Yale labeled q cr-
tain group of writers the Nd
lar School % The medlar IS d
fruit which ripens and rots al
the same time. Mos, pubAsh-d,
present-day American writes,
unfortunately, belong to the Md
lar School One Of the reas'ns
for this, undoubtedly. IS the hgh
cost Of initial publication to'ay
compared with that Of. sy
thirty years ago Ernest Hun
ingWay S first published nGel
solo no more than 800 or 200
copies, d break even figure !oT
the publisher This was true !
understand, Of his second nd
third efforts also Now adays, ne
break-even figure for rev
book is somewhat above 1890
copies It's mighty difficult TO
sell book by an unknown auuor
TO this number Of people UnEss
literary America is falling Faprt
at the bindings, there must be
many q good author who an
gulshes in the purgatory on typo
graphical economics.
II you are reading his on
Thursday evening, you stIll hiVe
time 70 tune in the Playhouse
80 production, second part OF
For Whom the Bell Tolls p 1t
has faults, but so did the mo lon
picture and the book The !rst
part, shown last week, was en-
crossing, the highly capable act
Ors doing the most they culd
with the l0wgear SCRIPT. As for
Hemingway, | think he's Oer-
rated, but we're down to 1ere
now-and THAT subject vii Te-
quIre d column in Itse1.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-03-19
Sights g Sounds =
]. S. Nagelschmidt

mlnlscule, however voluble min
ori,y The Gnlqueness he enjoys
like a sari-clad Paklstanl al
tending a Klwanis picnic in Red
Cloud. Nebraska-ali0Ws Mr..
Golden carte blanche TO express
himself freely on number OF
matters, particularly the status
0! the Negro, which, if expressed
by gentle Yankee, would carry
the penalty of social and other
sanctions In other words, he
can get away with almost any
hing Well might Mr.. Golden
become, to borrow from his own
phrassx The Vertical Jew" In
fact, ne already is, standing
high and proud in his adopted
community. one OF the last Of
the non-conformists on the scene.
With Conformity reigning su-
preme al the University and
elsewhere in the nation, the voice
Of East Side New York IS indeed
d potent one in the wilderness OF
Sir Walter Scott romances and
turnip greens
Many readers remember John
kIeran as perhaps the most cru
dlte member Of the radio pro-
gram. Information, Please,
which was SO popular twenty
years ago | think of him now IN
context Of remark he made to
the effect that he never read
book until at least one year after
Il was published. He said that in
this way ne was able to save
himself great deal Of time. be
cause SO many books introduced
with fanfare of promise fen
INTO oblivion in a matter Of mon.
tbs. You would be surprised how
difficult 1t is to follow this habit
For example, more OF less,
! purchased Nine Enemy Grows
Older by Alexander King.
which, as you probably know
sold only $500 copies late last
year Then. Jack Parr invited
Mr. King to his program. The
book is now in its seventh print.
ing, with more than seventy
thousand copies sold, and Mr.
King has d T'V show Of his own
Mr. King writes engaglngly. al
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-03-19

The hardy spring annual Rob
ert Frost. returned TO Chapel
Hill last week to read his. poetry
and decorate the University trel-
us with garland of wltticlsms
He spoke OF q college with no
financial commitments. nc bills
70 pay which would be al
head and no overhead " And he
nad some succinct things 10 say
about the meeting OF headlines N
ne academic world Alas Tor the
GOOD idea Of poet-the entire
edlilce Of communications and
promotion on which this nation
lowers Is dedicated to the prop
osIu0n that all men must meet
deadllnes Unfortunately, higher
education IS no exception. But
II 8 worth thinking about
In my column Of February 19
! discussed North Carolina auth
ors. 0pmlng tina; no one had
dared include Carl Sandburg in
the non-eustent coterIe OF old
North State literateurs. A nat
I'VE Of Galesburg, Illinois. Mr.
Sandourg established q residence
in Flat Rock some years ago,
long after he had completed his
biography Of Lincoln On page
247 Of Harry Golden's book
Only In America appears
this i tod nm SandburgJ that
literary columnist had includ-
ed ms name among the list OF
North Carolina writer's, and hU*
someone disputed II as a bit OF
prov!ncIal!sm Sandburg was IL
dlgnant / pay my taxes here
and shall die here. indeed ] am
q Norm Caroline writer. 81
that, We must assume. IS that,
In his interview with Ed Mar
row, IN his book and at other
tunes and places Mr.. Golden
has inumated that one OF the
principal ingredients Of his sue
cess is the fact that in the South
and more especially in the
Bible Belt-he is considered
somewhat Of q freak In 1854,
the recorded Jewish population
Of North Carolina was 4,l2S. OF
winch Mr.. Golden was and is
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-03-19
Some minds are like concrete, all
mixed up and permanently set.

races be best achieved?
These are not presumptuous questions in the
least.
They are, in Dean Brands words, intensely
practical in character" And their consequences
must be pondered long and well before any indi.
viduals or groups-Oo matter how well intended
seek to move either faster or slower than al
ready decreed and wisely in our opinion, by
North Carolina's pupil assignment law.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-03-19

building, dimly lit and with counters
piled high with denim pants and ging-
ham dresses, but Iighthearted and busy
because Of the gay industriousness Of
Mr.. and Mrs Sam Berman.
This was in the early l92O's. And
there was Luther Edwards also, hauling
trunks for the students and merchan-
disc 70 the stores from the train Cshoo-
fly" to Luther) in Carrboro At first he
hauled with d team and wagon but by
then he was using a solid-tred Model
i Ford, the second truck sold by Bruce
StrOWd, back in 1919, he proudly told
me.
You never knew where you'd run
into Luther Edwards in those days, or
what he'd be hauling, for he seemed
10 be IN many parts Of the village at
the same time. But, then as later. YOU
could depend on Luthcr's battered old
round-domed felt hat, his flashing
smile, his genuine happiness at meeting
his many friends and his witty etfer-
NeScent conversation.
But more than likely you'd see
Luther sitting under the elm tree which
stands out in front Of Berman's. talk
InR to passers-by, or reading his paper,
or pulling a notebook from his over
aIIs pocket, taking down an address for
some hauling job. And if you came by
early enough you'd probably see Luther
sweeping the sidewalk 81 like to keep
my office clean" he'd tell you.
This was after the middle l92Os,
when Berman's had outgrown the corn
er store and, like the rest Of the town,
was locking for space for expansion
Luther's 'office" had been underneath
that elm for nearly 20 years at that
time, all but the last two or three years
with nothing but an empty lot at his
back.
After Mayor Willie Robertson built
the building and hardware and a
furniture store had come and gone as
tenants, Berman's moved in for a 49,
year stand. All that time Edwards and
Berman's were fast friends-with
Luther keeping the sidewalk clean, for
his "office rent" and with Berman's
offering protection from the rain and
serving as message center and warm
prop upon which to lean when Luther
and his friends tired of sitting under
meath the old elm tree.
Now both are gone never to return.
And though they were of another gen.
GRAFTON, they will not be forgotten soon.
If they had to go, it is, perhaps, best
that they left at about the same time.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-03-19
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laye town and small city and IN tba
accented manner is IN tho ol.riro
tbroes of tbe CUSTOMARY Hfe,. .nd
sale mastered with hio red-and-uhi,.
signs and buloino vitb runp,aoicg
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-03-19

Ambrose Bierce: An acquaintance is
a person whom we know well enough to
borrow from, but not well enough to
lend to.