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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-06

week end.
Several from the community are
attending the Christian Workers
Training School at Farmville Metho-
dist Church and at Dillwyn Metho-
dist Church, conducted BY DR.. John
ston and Dr. Weeks. Of Richmond.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-06

a c. Wood and Miss Cor Wood
Tuesday
Mr. ard Ms Fred Wood and Mrs.
Sally Marks were Sunday guests of
miss Cora Wood and Mrs! A. G.
W0Ods
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-06
Chestnut Grove News
Mrs. Lula Lowe Is
Showered In Honors

Mrs. Kemper Beasleys birthday
party for her mother, Mrs. Lula
Lowe. Sunday was great success
Besides Mrs Lowe and the Beasley
family included were Mr.. and Mrs
c. A. Simpson. Nj. and Mrs. Law
renee Orange, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Perkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Re.
pass. all daughters. of Mrs. Lowe,
several grandchildren and also Mr..
and Mrs Ben BalloWe and Mr.. and
MIS-. Houston Beasley.
To celebrate Mrs. John Glover's
return to her old home here callers
Sunday were Mi. and Mrs. Cannie
Ellis. Patti, Danny and Brad Ellis.
Mrs. Kermit Cooke. Sandra and
Roberta Cooke. Of Richmond: Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Morgan. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Forbes. Mrs. Calvin
Morris. Billy, Carole. Jeane d
Linda Morris.
Mrs. jamie Repass is still in the
hospital at Farmville. but is re-
ported to be much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. r, u. Harris visited
Mr.. and Mrs. VI. u. OBrien at
Prospect Sunday.
Saturday afternoon visitors il the
Calvin Morris home were Mrs. Ora
Glover, of Appomattox. and Mrs.
Frank GOWN and Pete.
Mrs. Henry O'Brien spent an
afternoon with Mrs. Calvin Morris
last week.
On the SICK list during the week
were Mrs Frank Chernault and Nj.
and Mrs. Calvin Morris. All are bet
ter now
Mrs. Ruth Beasley spent Monday
With Mrs. Kemper Beasley. That
afternoon they, with Mrs. Mary
Bracey. Myra Bracey. Mrs. Eliza
beth Cooke and some other ladies
went 70 the club house to finish the
Quilt fol HE Chestnut Grove HID
club
Nh. and MIS-. Kemper Beaslev.
TIC. and KIM, called in the Calvin
Morris home Monday night.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-06

Virginia S wide selection of farm
crops is directly influenced by the
thermal regime, according to the
Virginia State Chamber Of Com
merce- Average dates OF killing
frosts lat the periods Of safe plant
growth and thus control the farm
ing activities from Accomack. 10
Lee Counties. The frost free per
iods show averages Of pa days at
Langley Field, 243 at Cape Henry,
2l8 at Richmond, 204 at Lynchburg
I'll at Danville, 1870 at Staunton
1863 al Blacksburg and $50 at Burks
Garden III Tazcwell County. which
is 200 feet above sea level. These
figures are based on observations
made II Virginia for % years. the
Chamber said.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-06
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-24
INSURANCE.

Career opportunity with MUTUAL
OF OMAHA. Expansion program
makes attractive position available
to man. age 30-45; salary to SIPS
weekly plus commission to start
Call RE. $4,000 for interview.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-24
statesmen
(COLORED)
Statesmen

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Between 1888. permanent position
with Washington food manufac-
turer to call on retail drug and
grocery trade in metropolitan
Washington. Must have car We
ofter the following advantages:
l. GOOD STARTING SALARY
2. SALES INCENTIVE PLAN
3. CAR ALLOWANCE
4 PAID CAR INSURANCE
5. LIFE INSURANCE PLAN
9. DECENTRALIZATION BENEFITS
z. VACATIONS WITH PAY
9. RETIREMENT ANNUITY PLAN
9. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ADVANCEMENT
When applying, state age. e6Uca-
ton, sales experience if any, ref
erences and if possible enclose
non-returnable recent snapshot.
SALES DEPT. P.o. BOX 1904,
WaShinrfnn. d e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-24
HELP MEN
MOTEL CLERK
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No Experience
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Ambitious men trained, on
full salary, for a manage
ment career.
Because Of our rapid ex-
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number Of men, age 21-28,
with high school educa-
ton, some college pre-
ferred, in our manage
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These are not selling posi-
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with Americas oldest and
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talk with the manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
Mr.. Reuther's Dilemma

walter Reuther, president OF the
United Automobile Workers, Is inviting
"juriSdictional troubleS"-to use union
term-in proposing an international fair
labor standards act designed to bring
wages of foreign workers more closely in
line with those paid In the United States.
It's not likely that Mr.. Reuther's legis-
latiVe influence is very great in the
countries where low manufacturing
wages have bearing on the welfare of
his American auto workers
Nevertheless, there is obvious rea-
son for Mr.. Reuther's concern. Imports
OF foreign cars are beginning to worry
the American automobile industry, as
well as its big union, and Mr.. Reuther
thinks the labor cost differential be-
tween here and abroad is one of the
major factors involved. 1t is, further
more, a problem that is not confined to
automobiles alone, as the rich American
market lures wide variety of cheaper
competing products from afar.
Perhaps a more practical aspect of
Mr.. Reuthers anti-import program lies
In the possibility OF unilateral action by
our own Government, but here the auto
union chieftain Is involved in semantic
dilemma. He scorns a protective tariff
on grounds 1t would lead to economic
isolationism," but he favors an import
penalty" which would help equalize the
selling prices of foreign and domestic
cars. An alternative, not mentioned by
Mr.. Reuther, might be for American in
dustry and its workers to rise to the
heights of productive efficiency and
competitive marketing that have so long
been national hallmark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
New Potomac Approach

Congress has been listening for
many years, mostly with one ear, to
increasing demands for q cleanup Of the
disgraceful Potomac River pollution. In
speech the other day. Secretary Flem-
ming OF the Department OF Health Edu-
cation and Welfare threatened an unu-
snal Federal antipollution action which
we hope viii focus congressional atten-
ton on the problem once again--and
with more effective results
What Mr.. Flemming threatened was
to invoke the second phase Of legal
action which would require the District
to end its pollution Of the river. The
first phase was taken last year when the
Surgeon General of the Public Health
Service, after a conference on Potomac
pollution, recommended that the Dis
trict carry out SIS million antipollu-
ton program by 1866. In the second
phase, as authorized by a 1856 law,
Secretary Flemming would call public
hearing to determine whether the Dis
trict was taking the recommended re-
medal steps. 1t is this action which
Mr.. Flemming said he soon may take.
After this hearing, If the District still
took no corrective steps, the Secretary
would be able to ask the Justice Depart
ment to seek court order directing
that the pollution be ended. If the
District ignored such an order, it pre-
sumably would be subject to penalties.
The 1856 law which authorizes this
unusual action applies to interstate wa
terways and is designed to protect one
State against the polluting practices
OF another. To be invoked here, Mary
land presumably would file complaint
against the DiStrict-an action which
would require no urging. The irony of
the situation, however, is that the Dis
trict is in no possible financial position
to carry out the recommended cleanup
without Congress- help.
1t is precisely this situation which
three Washington area congressman.
Representatives Landlord, Foley and
Broyhill, have cited in their identical
bills calling on Congress to provide the
$75 million over the next eight years
as an expression of the Federal Govern
ment's great interest in a clean Poto-
mac. The benefit is direct, not only to
Federal installations in Washington but
to the increasing number of such install
lati0nS In the suburbs which must be
supplied with Potomac drinking water.
Aside from its role as water source,
the Potomac should be the greatest
natural asset Of the beautiful National
Capital area, a delight to thousands of
visitors instead of the sinking sewer it
too often is today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
Too Much Plane Noise

Federal Aviation Administrator Que
Sada has given the airplane industry
a timely warning with respect to grow
ing public resentment over the trend
toward more and louder noise from
modern aircraft. He implicitly criti-
cized the aviation industry for failing
to take more seriously the rising volume
of complaints from citizens whose ears
and nerves are suffering from the impact
of roaring Jet and propeller planes at
low attitudes
Since the noise nuisance is particu-
larly acute near airports, Mr.. Quesada
told the Institute of Aeronautical
Sciences he feared that the public re-
action eventually will adversely affect
needed improvement of airport facilities.
Many airportS, he reminded the insti-
tute at meeting here, are planning
longer runwayS and enlarged facilities
to accommodate the huge jet airliners
now coming into general use. Unless
the industry does something to reduce
the racket from jets, turbojets and con-
ventional planes, he said, some COM
munities are going to rebel"-with good
reason. The inevitable result, he added,
would be some penalty and damage
to the aircraft and air transportation
industries"
These industries are spending mill
lions in research and development de-
signed to produce larger, faster and
more powerful aircraft. Too little of
this money il being earmarked for noise
suppression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
Low-Pressure Boilers

The proposed amendment
to the regulations concerning
boiler operation and main
tenance, sponsored by the
lobby of building owners and
operators and scheduled to
be heard by the Commission
ers on May IS, should be
summarily rejected.
This proposal would ex-
empt approximately SO per
cent of the boiler and heating
plants in the city from ade-
quate supervision and opera
ton. The theory that a low
pressure boiler is not dam
gerous is fatuous in the ex-
IRENE. Insurance company
files are full of proof to the
contrary. and all too often a
tragic news story is the result
Of such an assumption.
Building owners and opera
tors would be well advised to
withdraw their support for
this amendment. I am doubt
full that the Commissioners
will share their willingness to
play Russian roulette with
the residents and tenants of
their properties by approving
this amendment.
Paul Jackson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
Little Goin, Much Loss

There is nothing surprising about
the decision of an officially appointed
study group to oppose the incorporation
Of Arlington County as city. AS the
Commission on Incorporation reported
to the County Board, the disadvantages
Of becoming city far outweigh the
dvantages-insofar as Arlington is con-
cerned. The biggest disadvantage, and
a major factor in the commissions deci-
sion, is the fact that Arlington would lose
nearly 81 million year in State high
way allotments if it became a city.
That would be serious blow at time
when Arlington is in urgent need of
more funds to avert higher taxes.
AS county, Arlington is eligible
to receive State aid on primary roads
that is not available to municipalities.
A cutoff of such aid would saddle the
county with heavy burden which it Is
not prepared to shoulder now or in
the foreSeeable future. The commission
suggested the possibility of legislative
action at Richmond eventually to give
cities a better break in the distribution
of road funds. If such action is taken,
the incorporation issue undoubtedly will
be revived.
In the meantime the commission,
headed by Edmund D. Campbell, pro-
posed that the next Legislature give the
county blanket authority to adopt city
charter at any time deemed propitious.
This standby authority would be sub
sect to referendum of the voters to
determine their wishes as to incorpora-
ton. And the commission recommended
adoption of the charter whenever the
road-fund allotment formula may be
revised to the advantage of the cities.
The report pointed out that incorpora-
ton would benefit Arlington in that, as
a city, 1t could annex territory and gov
ern itself with more independence and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
Nozi Brutality

Perhaps the presence in
Washington of the group of
Polish women who survived
the Ravensbrueck concen-
tration camp will help to
clarity a point of modern
history for Arlington's
school board chairman,
Robert Peck.
At a board meeting earlier
this spring, Mr.. Peck made
the incredible statement
that he really didn't know
whether innocent people had
been killed by the Nazis--
some books said they had,
and others said they hadn't.
If even the story of the
experiences Of these women
fails to bring the hard-to-
convince Mr.. Peck abreast
OF the rest of the world.
perhaps a telephone call to
Library of Congress histo-
rians will help him locate a
transcript of the Nurem-
berg trials.
Gloria J. Grimaldi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23

AS q member Of the bar
for over three decades, it
is my observation that the
cases the Supreme Court re-
fuses to hear are frequently
of greater significance than
the ones it does hear. Justice
Frankfurter, in his dissent
in the case Of the North
Dakota farmers widow, in
volving the question of dou-
Bile indemnity in an in
surance policy, criticized the
court for considering the
case at all. Frankfurter
stated the issue wasn't i'm
portant enough to anybody
but the litigants to warrant
the Supreme Court taking
up time with it.
In my opinion, 1t Is the
privilege of the appellant to
appear before the Supreme
Court irrespective of wealth
or poverty, greatness or lack
of it. On the front of
the Supreme Court building
is engraved: Equal Justice
Under Law" To follow
Frankfurter's dissent, the
motto would have to be
changed: Unequal Justice
Under Law or Unequal
Protection Under the Con-
stitution."
Eliot j. Gleszer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
Deoth Penalty

The vote (89 to 81 by which the Ju-
dicial Conference has called for repeal
Of the mandatory death sentence law in
first-degree murder cases in the District
commands respect. For the Judicial Con-
ference is composed Of judges and law
yers-men and women who are in the
best position to observe and evaluate the
effectiveness and desirability Of the man
datory death penalty. If they think it
has not worked well, and that.it will not
work well in the future, then Congress,
we believe, should give sympathetic at
tention to their recommendation
The alternative, we suppose, is to
lodge discretion with respect to the
death sentence in the jury or the trial
Judge. And this, in all probability, will
mean the abandonment of the death
penalty except. perhaps, in the most
vicious murder cases. From the point
of view of the public, the question is
whether or not the mandatory death
sentence acts as deterrent to murder,
and the answer is clothed in consider
able doubt
There is some evidence that the
murder rate in the District in recent
years, despite our mandatory penalty,
has been higher than in other juris-
dictions, in which capital punishment is
not required There is also some evil
dence, or at least some suggestion, that
the deterrent effect of the death SEN
tence in the District has not been fairly
tested in the recent past.
An illustration can be found in an
address few days ago by Assistant
Attorney General George Cochran Doub.
Mr.. Doub, who favors a change, said
this to the Criminal Justice Associa-
ton: Appellate tribunals have lately
attempted to defect the impact Of this
singular mandatory death sentence)
law by strained and unnatural construc-
tionS that may do havoc to our legal
systems in future cases. Mr.. Doub
then said that seven Of eight death sem
fences here between 1852 and 1858 were
reversed on appeal. The inference is
that the appellate judges have strained
to reverse convictions in capital cases
because they do not like the death pen
atty. This certainly is not true of all
the reverSalS. But to the extent that
1t may be true, it destroys the argument
that capital punishment has not worked
as deterrent to murder, and it suggests
that the appellate judges have not adj
hered to their obligation to apply the
law as it is, rather than as they think
1t ought to be.
This point, however, is not germane
to the action of the Judicial Conference.
For our part, we are not convinced that
murder will be discouraged or adequate
punishment made more certain by re-
peal of the mandatory penalty. But If
SO of the 97voting members of the con-
ference think otherwise, we defer to
their judgment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

Both birds were present,
and the female constructed
the nest at the very tip end
of a long branch that hung
over the yard.
1t was a bough of a locust
tree, and must have been at
least 80 feet long.
1t seemed a very insecure
position for a nest.
The nest builder, however,
did not seem to think so at
the time.
She carried leaves and
lengths of Irvine. and wove
them together with great
skill.
The building took several
days. This was in August,
the month of thunderstorms,
at least so it was in the old
days before the weather went
crazy.
One morning the mother
bird visited the nest, and
watchers hoped she would
lay some eggs.
But no, she flew away, and
took her mate with her, and
was never seen again.
That afternoon, a big
storm came up, and at the
height of the flashing winds
and falling water the long
branch broke close to the
tree.
Down came limb, nest and
all, but there were no eggs
in it.
The question remains to
this DAY:
Did the canny birds know
the nest would fall?
We still have the nest In
the garage. with the tip end
of the branch to which it
was attached.
Sheltered from the wealth.
err, the nest with its interlaced
Irvine has stood the pressure
of the years and looks about
as strong as on that i'll fated
summer day.
1t is anybody's guess If the
birds knew or not, but we
have always chosen to think
they did, and so were wise
to fly away to some other
and stronger tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
Case History

AS a parent Of a child at
tending the School Guidance
Center. ! can present a sum-
married case history Of the
educational problems Of an
emotionally disturbed child.
My child suffered through the
early years of school because
of an undiagnosed inability
to learn to read by conven-
tional methods used in the
school system. After a few
years of definite lack of prog
resS. multiple examinations
by the psychologists and other
specialists Of the school sys-
tenn established that the rea-
son for the trouble was
sterphosymholia, later found
to be the result Of brain dam
age. My child was then as
signed to special classes in the
school system in an attempt
to overcome his growing emo
tional disturbance, caused by
failure to keep up with class
mates. by treating the inabil-
ity to read by various educa-
tional methods. After several
years OF these special classes,
including summer school
sessions. school officials adj
mitted that their program
could do no more for my
child, and referred me to the
School Guidance Center as a
source of possible help. Dur.
ing the last few years of the
special classes my child had
also been examined by pri-
vate doctors and by the pro-
fessional staff Of the WASH
ington Institute of Mental
Hygiene. who also recon-
mended the Center. At the
beginning of the present
school year my child started
at the School Guidance Cen
ter after more psychological
and neurological examina-
tons: noticeable beneficial
progress in overcoming the
inability to read and the re-
sulting emotional disturbance
OF my child has taken place in
less than one year because
OF the program offered by the
Center.
The Star article by Phil
Thomas was an excellent and
impartial statement Of the
program and the problems
OF the School Guidance Gem
ter, insofar as / can Judge
on the basis of my experience
with the center and as the
parent of an. "emotionally
disturbed" child. Thus / see
no reason to argue the need
for the center's program in
contrast to the program of
the private secondary schools
that are favored by Frederick
Hunt. Both types of program
are essential to the welfare of
the children of this country,
but for entirely different rea-
sons. Both types are striving
Tor the same end. to produce
future worthwhile American
citizens from the children of
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-23
No Weeds in fields

In your May 10 editorial,
mo Weeds in the Fields" the
authority whom you cite has
been and is all that you de-
clare him to be. It may or
may not be unlikely that he
has been seriously misled by
what he has seen in China"
But China Is a very large
country. How much of it has
Lord Boyd Orr seen. and
what parts? Can he have seen
that food production in Red
China has been raised by SO
to 100 per cent" in the
period - three years - since
his first visit there? Must
he not have been told that?
And must he not have heard
rather than seen the "expla-
nation ~. as claimed by
Peiping"? How widely can he
have seen the deep blowing"
and the chemical insecti-
cides and fertilizers /. app
piled heavily" which are the
substance Of that explana-
ton? And then, to put to
rout the skeptics, the clincher
Tin your words "he reports.
the Chinese have utilized
their vast manpower in hand
work to a point where you
have to look to find a weed
in the fields" That, gentle
men, the Chinese have been
doing for hundreds of years.
Some other visitors have re-
ported: no flies, no rats. no
sparrows, no prostitution!
Is it not likely that even
can authoritative and objec-
tive reporter" may have been
seriously misled" by what
he does not know about
China and what he has not
Seen---but has been told
there? Unquestionably, food
production in China has been
raised" industrial develop
ment and production have
been substantially advanced.
and mass incubation and
vaccination programs are in
process; but when a visitor,
any visitor. to a vast and
populous country comes away
affirming for that country as
a whole specified percentages
of current increase, universal
ity of effects, and assurance
of future pace and ratio, he
speaks on a basis in major
part not Of his own seeing
but of what, having been told,
he has chosen to believe.
However, regardless of po-
litical or economic arith-
metic and prophecy, one may
well agree with you that
China Is "far on It's way to
realizing Its power potential"
and that that potential may
not be safely underestimate"
simultaneously, though, one
may wonder how far Is "far"
and how great. comparatively,
is that potential: and one
may remark that exaggera-
ton upward can have effects
as undesirable as those of
exaggeration downward.
Stanley X. HOrnbeck.