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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
New Antibiotic Found
In Antarctic Waters

BLACKSBURG, Va. Mar. 20
CAP "A Virginia Tech scien-
list, Just back from his second
summer IN the Antarctic, says
an antibiotic he found there
among the penguins may help
save human lives.
DR.. John Sieburth, a young
Canadian who is an associate
professor Of bacteriology. scaled
q 1.000-foot mountain carry
ing test tubes and tugged at
frozen sea nets until his
knuckles bled.
But he feels he has found
the first antibiotic which is
important in nature. Besides,
he says, 1t may be useful in
combating '"staph" diseases In
hospitals and perhaps ailments
in turkeys and chickens.
Attacks Bacteria In Sea
The antiobiotic Is named
halosphaerin and 1t exists in
Antarctic waters. where 1t at
tacks floating bacteria. DR..
Sieburth had to work back
wards to find IL.
Scientists long have noted
that penguins and other birds
Of Antarctica have digestive
tracts which are almost disease
free. he says.
DR.. Sieburth and his asso-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Boy Stabbed to Death
In Fight Over 7 easing

EAST CHICAGO. Ind. Mar
% (AP).-Sone ood-natured
teasing led TO a fight between
two boys today and ended in
death for one.
Killed was 15-year-old Will
liam Tarver. Police said he
was stabbed in the stomach by
Fairfax Green. also IS.
The weapon used was a Boy
Scout hunting knife.
Police reported the two
youths fought in an alley be-
hind Green's home. Green's
12-year-old brother George,
joined the fight and struck
young Tarver several times
with the blunted end Of a
Ratchet.
Investigators reconstructed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

events leading up to the STAY
ing in this way:
Green, Tarver and several
other boys were in Green's
home peeling potatoes. They
were preparing to 60 on a week
end hike.
Some Of the boys began
teasing Green by saying he
didn't know how to do the work
properly. The kidding contin.
ued until Green angrily ordered
Tarver out Of the house.
Green followed him into the
alley. and the youths began
trading punches. A few min
utes later Green drew the knife
from its sheath and plunged 1t
into Tarver's stomach.
He died in a hospital. Po-
lice held Green on an open
charge pending completion Of
their investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Pirate Welsh Radio
Stirs British Hunt

LONDON, Mar. % (AP)-
British authorities vowed today
to wipe out a clandestine radio
transmitter that has been
broadcasting Welsh propaganda
all over Britain on a television
wave length.
Post office investigators in
London said they are trying to
pinpoint the transmitter. 1t has
been coming on the air nightly
after TV programs end. It puts
out Welsh songs and statements
by nationalist leaders urging in
dependence for Wales. now adj
ministered by Parliament in
London.
An official said, 1.-THE operator
of this pirate radio is liable to
a fine Of f100 ($280) or three
months in prisoner both"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

ciate on this years voyage, DR..
Paul r. Burkholder, director Of
research at the Brooklyn
Botanic Garden, discovered a
small shrimp on which the
penguins feed,
Others Soil Produced
Next they found the shrimp
eat a little green sea plant,
phytoplankton. Finally 1t was
learned these floating plants
produce the antiobiotic. which
eventually works It's way into
the penguin's digestive tract
where 1t fights disease.
All other known antibiotics,
DR.. Sieburth explains. are pro-
duced by fungi in the soil and
are so rapidly destroyed by
other soil fungi that they APP
pear to have no real purpose in
nature.
Already the new antibiotic
has been found to be active
against staphylococcus aureus.
a cause Of boils and abcesses.
Many so-called "staph diseases"
in hospitals have developed
strains which are resistant to
the common antiobiotics. DR..
Sieburth hopes his discovery
will be effective against these
infections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Senate BACKING
Sought in Aid

AAoeSNA@N~@ .
President Eisenhower has en-
listed bipartisan Senate sup
port for an effort to increase the
500 million voted by the House
for foreign aid development
loans.
Senator Mansfield of Mon
tana. assistant Democratic
leader, predicted yesterday the
Senate will add at least $75 mil
lion to the Development Loan
Fund. The fund provides low
interest loans to assist public
works in underdeveloped coun-
tries friendly to the West.
Senator Bridges U, New
Hampshire, chairman of the
Senate Republican Policy Com
mittee. said in a separate IN
terview he will urge the Ap-
preparations Committee to raise
the House-approved total to
5000 million.
This still would leave the
fund SIS million short of Mr..
Eisenhower's request for $225
million in emergency money for
the remainder of this fiscal
year, ending June 80. A COM
promise between Senate and
House figures would be likely
to leave the total even lower.
When the House Appropria-
tons Committee cut out all of
Mr.. Eisenhower's request the
President termed the action
irresponsible. Republican lead
ers said Mr.. Eisenhower re-
mains unsatisfied with the 500
million total finally approved
by the House itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Atlanta Church Votes
One Pew for Neqroes

ATLANTA, Ga, Mar. q
(AP).-The Druid Hills Presby.
terrain Church has voted to set
aside a pew for Negro wor-
shippers in keeping with policie:
of the Presbyterian Church
US.
Church officials adopted what
they termed q compromise
policy by a l6 to Is vote after
two Negroes were turned away
from a Sunday service earlier
this month.
Statement Of Policy
The church has a membership
of 1000. It has been host To
several integrated meetings in
the past. The general As
sembly. highest court Of the
Presbyterian Church, US, will
meet in the church in April
and Negroes are among dele
gates to the assembly.
A statement Of policy said
Negroes would be admitted only
to public worship services and
would not be admitted to Sun.
day School services, youth
meetings and suppers without
permission from the church
governing board.
The statement added that q
deputation would interview
Negroes who repeatedly attend
services ito inquire into their
motive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
ADA Decries
Cuts in Aid
BY the Associated Press

Americans for Democratic ac-
ton said yesterday II the per-
Torrance Of Congress in the
next few months is no better
than its actions TO date, the
voters will have little basis for
intelligent selection in 1860.
ADA Chairman Robert r.
Nathan gave Congress some
plus marks in a statement re-
viewing the sessions first 80
days before the Easter recess.
But he said actual accomplish
ments and present prospects
"offer ominous signs for the
future Of legislation designed
to meet our international re-
sponsibilities. speed recovery
and alleviate unemployment"
Mr.. Nathan said, the Demo-
cratic leadership threw away
the real issues by challenging
the Republicans to a who can
save more contest" He called
this a game of tawdry dollar
politics.
Mr.. Nathan referred to moves
to eliminate or cut the admin
istration request for additional
money for the Development
Loan Fund Corp. and said
members Of both parties "con-
tinue to talk glibly Of q slash
ing even the Presidents in
adequate request for foreign
economic aid for the next fiscal
year"
"The formula for domestic
measures was slightly differ
ent," he added. The warning
Of trouble ahead came with
the aid to depressed. areas bill
squeaking through the Senate
by a three-vote margin because
Is Southern Democrats de-
fected. Faced with q presi-
Dental veto. the enactment of
a meaningful bill seems I'M
likely because Of the failure OF
the Democratic leadership. The
fate Of the housing and airport
bills is in similar doubt"
Mr.. Nathan said the outlook
for civil rights legislation ap-
pears bleak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

the tub, and what appear to.
be the original faucets bear
the distinct information: Hot
Shower" and "Cold Shower"
There is no sign Of the shower.
"Those Senators we're always
well-groomed, you know" Mr..
Schwengel noted, pauSing to
admire the original encaustic
tile on the barbershop floor.
The tile, imported by ship
from England. bore an intri-
cate design depicting Grecian
urns Spouting what looked like
either Iowa corn tasSels or
Hawaiian pineapples.
Corn tassels, Of course" said
Mr.. Schwengel.
The shop, about IS by IS feet,
contained four barber chairs
and two basins at one time.
The House, according to Mr..
Schwengel, had a larger barber
shop with probably four more
bathtubS. 1t was completed
several years earlier than the
Senate shop.
Didn't Spare Cost
"They didn't spare any cost
in those days." said Mr..
Schwengel. And I think the
barbering service was free even
then"
Senators traditionally get
their hair-cutS free. The House
barbershop fee, while disput-
able, is believed to be 81. Mr..
Schwengel said he usually
leaves SIPS after a trimming.
Besides the barbershop, Mr..
Schwengel has one or two other
pet finds"
He recently uncovered a bak-
cry that was used during the
Civil War to feed Union soldiers
stationed around the Capitol.
And behind an innocuous-look-
ing metal door of one of the
Senate's basement corridors. he
believes he has found the loca-
ton Of the original engine
driven fans which cooled the
Senate wing in post-Civil War
days.
Some Congressman prefer to
play golf on their days off,"
says Mr.. Schwengel. This is
my hobby. And I plan to keep
!rummagipg."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

lin October Of 1857. has sent 300
traffic violators through its
course. Only eight have been
repeaterS. Civilian safety groups
are continually requestin &
speakers and materials used In
| the program.
| The Serviceman who falls pres
to some used-car dealers and
merchants is an old story. But
it reached point here year
ago where the APP stepped in
Since then. some $4,000 has
been recovered for unsuspectine
GIs.
IF a man has run afoul OF
the law" said the colonel. we're
just as anxious as anybody else
to see that he's made to an
swer for his offense. And in
the same breath. the AFP COM
mander said, but when he's
unJuStly abused or mistreated,
Wen be in his corner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
11S Colleges
Teach Space

NEW YORK, Mar. 20 GAP,
The science Of space flight Is
being taught in at least liz
colleges and universities in the
United States. the American
Rocket Society reported today
A few schools even are Of
fering degrees in astronautics,
the formal name Of the new
science, the survey by the So
ciety's education committee
showed.
Several universities have
doubled the scope of their
treatment Of this field" said
DR.. Paul E. Sandorff, associate
professor at Massachusetts, In
stitute Of Technology.
Eighteen Of the universities
answering the QUESTIONABLE
were classified as offering ex-
tensive opportunities for re-
search work In the subjects
that make up the space flight
science.
The report appeared in a
special annual issue of As
tronautics, a society publica-
ton. Entitled Careers in As
tronautics," the report In
cluded a survey Of firms in
the field and job opportunities
One illustration. prepared by
the NIT staff. described an
educational pattern for as
tronautics as a tree.
Nourishing the tree are the
basic sciences and mathematics
including classical and modern
physics and chemistry.
Above this we're the applied
sciences. including electrical
science. thermodynamics. fluid
and solid mechanics and other
fields.
The trunk Of the tree con-
tanned the engineering sciences
propulsion principles, guidance
and control. vehicle dynamics
structures and environmental
and human soace flight factors.
The tree was topped with
vehicle system engineering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

picion, called on Sergt. Ellmer'S
office. The sergeant and Army
Maj. Raymond E. LIE Van, APP
operations officer, put their To-
cation procedures into motion
and had the suspect identified
and delivered to police head
quarters less than two hours
after they were notified.
Red Tape Cutters
Army 1t. Frank Lillis' APP
traffic section learned that the
massive 70-foot Vanguard mis-
siles trucked from Maryland to
Cape Canaveral were being held
up at each State line for end
less permit checks. A little re-
search and a couple Of phone
calls cut a tangle Of red tape.
preventing further delay Of
future shipments.
The groups Armed Forces
TRAFFIC Safety School, started
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
New British Liner

LONDON, Mar. % (AP).-
The Royal Mail Lines is launch
ing the 20.000-ton passenger
liner Amazon. the first of a
fleet Of three for the South
American run, at Belfast July
Z. It said Princess Margaret
will officiate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Crocus Tourist Lure

HUSUM. Germany, Mar. %
(AP) .-Husum Castles 12-acre
crocus garden, planted 400 years
ago by monks and kept going
continuously with seeding
rather than bulbs, has 3 million
violet-shade blooms for Easter
It's the largest crocus bed ir
Europe and a tourist lure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Yonkers Churehgoers
To Ride Buses Free

YONKERS. N. Y. Mar. %
(AP.-People going to Easter
services at churches here to-
morrow will get free bus rides.
Passengers need say only Co
ing to church" or Coming from
church" to omit paying the
usual l0-cent fare.
The privately owned bus lines
serving the area found During
previous trials. that large num-
bers Of persons availed them
selves of the privilege.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

Inc shop, 100 years old this
year. was provided for in plans
to extend both the House and
Senate buildings in 1851. 1t was
completed in 1859 Just before
the Civil War, when powdered
hair. perfumed sideburns and
towering mustaches were still
the vogue.
Headquarters now for the
Senate's heating and air-condi-
tioning units, the barbershop
was discovered" about two
years ago by Representative
Schwengel, Republican of Iowa,
an incurable "rummager" by
his own admission, who also
happens to be a member Of the
Civil War Centennial Commits
sion.
Mr.. Schwengel has been
poking around Capitol Hill now
for three terms. No archeol-
ogist in the professional sense
he has an uncanny nose for
buried antiquity and long,
forgotten relics Of the Hills
colorful past.
Take SandhOg' Tour
Yesterday he took reporters
and two Of his young nephews
on a sandhog's tour Of the
Capitol.
A short descent through a
nanhole, several elevator trips
and a perspiring excursion
through the Senate's under
ground passages and. there
was what formerly was the
exclusive lair Of the Capitals
most exclusive club.
The barber chairs are gone
along with the BARRIERS. But
the tub. some two feet deep
and seven feet long, still stands
in its patrician glory. Two
wide marble steps lead up to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Armed Forces Police Unit
Does Complex Job Well
BY WILLIAM BASHAM
Star stan Writer


Area police dub 1t their "l5th
precinct" but the official title
Is Armed Forces Police.
It's makeup Is l68 men -
responsible for a precinct"
covering some $50 square
miles Of the District. Virginia
and Maryland.
This area Of responsibility.
as it's termed, has q military
population that rarely dips be-
low 100000. In charge Of this
operation is an Air Force lieu
tenant colonel-and lawyer
Van H. Tanner.
The colonel, o Swapping six
footer. handles the APP nerve
center from Its modest head
quarters at the Naval Gun Fac
tory. He has o sense of humor
and an obvious penchant for
thoroughness.
"About half our men have
had former police experience"
said Col. Tanner. TITS not un-
usual for US to get some Met
ropolitan Police In our outfit
when they enter the service.
And q few Of our men have
Joined local police after dis
charge"
Get Their Men
The APP is stated with
Army. Navy and Air Force
personnel-familiar with jobs
running from convoy escort
duty to assisting in murder
cases.
Its q far cry from the days
when each branch had its
separate military police" said
Col. Tanner. He recalled that
the AFP was set up on an in
formal basis in 1919 and made
permanent q couple of years
later.
Many of the colonel's men
have gone through the rookie
training schools Of the District
and nearby police departments.
In return, Col. Tanner has set
aside time to tell civilian train
ees about the armed forces
police.
In the last 10 months, no
military suspect or witness has
failed to be located by this
unit.
That's no accident" said
Col. Tanner. I'VE make q daily
check Of all police. courts and
jails in our jurisdiction. Every
community paper in the area.
no matter how small. is read.
One way or another. we can
keep track Of the serviceman in
trouble"
There's a lot more to do than
chasing down men absent with
out leave. breaking up fights in
taverns and ruling places of
limits. AS the unit became
proficient. duties became more
involved.
Wide Contacts
For instance. liaison work,
covering a multitude Of duties,
Is handled by men such as
Army M/Sergt. Andrew J. ELL
mer, who maintains daily con-
tact with police, judges and
other government officials. From
his Office at Metropolitan Police
headquarters. Sergt. ELMER aids
the serviceman in need and
saves civilian authorities count
less hours in matters concern
ing military personnel.
A smooth MP assist occurred
several weeks ago in a District
homicide case. The Homicide
Squad, faced with running
down a serviceman under sus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Massive Marble Tub
Discovered at Capitol
BY LANSING LAMONT
star Staff Writer

Senators Of ancient Rome would have been proud to battle
In It, Senators Of ancient" Washington actually did
In subterranean beneath the Senate Appropriations
Committee Offices in the Captol west wing rests garganuan
white marble tub-centerpece in what the Senates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Seats Are Refused

DR.. w. E. McNair, clerk Of
the session. said two Negroes,
accompanied by an out-of town
white minister. came to the
church March seeking admis-
Evening star., 1959-12-13
Continued From Page 10

image on Une screen changed, too 1t was
finally blacked out as the ship continued
circling
with our radios" the captain said;
there can be no areas of blackout. Our
electronic equipment must function prop
erly, no matter what position the ship may
take The success or failure of an invasion
could rest on the functioning of our equip
ment."
At one point during the tests, Capt.
Loyal was called to the bridge. The For
restal, which had followed the Pocono out
to sea- and two other Navy ships were clos
ing in and threatening to break up the
Poconos pattern of circles
Capt Loyal signaled the ships to ex-
plain his maneuvers, and the Forrestal and
her companion craft steamed away.
II never like to get closer than mile
from ship like the Forrestal" Capt. Loyal
said. with ships the size of these, you
never can tell what will happen if you get
crowded. Most accidents are caused by
failing to obey the rules of the road"
Flag officers-the admiralS and generals
commanding an invading force-have every
facility aboard the Pocono Huge radar in
stallations scan the sea and the air, and a
complex radio system keeps the commanding
officers and their staffs constantly in touch
with every invading unit.
Not only is the Pocono floating elec-
tronics station, but it has many other facil-
tiles as well. In its printing plant, deep in
the ship, maps and charts may be repro
duced in color at the rate Of more than
5000 an hour
Reconnaissance photographs, dropped
on the ship from planes, or landed by hell
copter, can be processed in minutes and
distributed to intelligence officers for eval-
uation.
But with all this essential equipment,
the Pocono Is not heavily armed One
Evening star., 1959-12-13

5-inch gun is mounted in her bow, and two
40-millimeter antiaircraft guns jut from
her Sides Just before the bridge.
In any action, she would be heavily
guarded, however, both by surface craft
and from the air For If the Pocono were
lost, the nerve center Of an invading force
would be out of action.
Evening star., 1959-12-23
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. 90 CAP) UsDA).
HOGS 1000; trading slow. butchers
fully steady with Tuesdays average; !;
SoWS stead to strong: mixed grade
2-3 l9O-32O ID butchers Hole .25 (:
lew IS 2QO-22O lbs IL so; mixed / -3
and Is l90-215 lbs l2.40-l2. rs; sew
eral lots mostly l-2 1925 lbs 1915:
mixed 2-3 and l-3 22O-23O lbs ii ,25-
10: mixed 2-3 23O-240 lbs II 90
! 90; mixed "a and IS @40-2S0 lbs
70 DOLL .25; IS 2SO-30O lbs 1000
SoWS 9.O0-lO.OO; mixed 2-3 4OO-55O
lis S25-g25
Cattle 10000: calves so: slaughter
steers opened moderately active, steady
TO 81 higher with the advance quickly
!ost with market now slow and steady
10 90 lower Jnan Tuesday: heifers
p to mostly 80 higher; COWS Strong to
70 higher; bulls and vealers fully
steaoy; stockers and feeders slow,
steady to weak: around fifteen loads
mostly prime l,2Gu-l,45O ID. fed steers
loaos mixed choice and prime steers
l,35O: some mixed good and choice as
.oN as 800; most good steers - 90
2d0O; load standard holstein steers
~ 90; lev. loads mixed choice and
prime ,912-1, O35 ID. heifers $500; few
load high. choice and mixed choice and
prime heifers - 5O-25.75; most good
TO high choice heifers 22.UO-35.25; few
good grades sold down to 2l 25: utility
ana commercial heilers 15.5O-2l 90;
utility ana commercial cows IA 90:
1850; Gamers and cutters 2.OO-l5. 80;
utility and commercial bulls 1000:
Fl 10; vealers 5000. down; culls as
low, as 1000; three loads string good
and choice LOIS lbs. feeding steers
"A 90.
Evening star., 1959-12-23
ST. Billion SuIes
Record Predicted
By Milk Industry

A new retail sales record OF
more than ST. billions will be
set in 1860 for fluid milk and
fresh milk products, Richard j
Werner, executive director of
the Milk Industry Foundation,
ll45 Nineteenth street, NV,
predicts.
Due to a 1.8 per cent rise in
population. he said, total de-
mand for fresh milk will prob
ably increase appreciably in
the coming year, aided by in
creasing consumer income and
an expanded school milk pro-
gram. He also foresees a rise
IN cash income for dairy
farmers.
Mr.. Werner said consump-
ton OF low-fat milk products
such as buttermilk and cot
tage cheese will probably in
crease also.
In 1860. he declared, dairy
farmers can look forward to
receiving a record high total
cash receipts of SOS billions
from dairying. He explained
about $4.6 billions of this will
come from the sale Of milk and
about $l.9 billions from the
sale Of Gull cows and heifers
from milk herds for meat uses.