davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

trouble maker when he spoke
over Caesars bier. Cry
havoc" he acclaimed, land
let slip tn" dogs of war"
Il II
There was an old crow in,
vestigating a nest in the park
across the way. 1t was a
crows nest, SO perhaps he
had a right there.
A crow gets up early to look
into things, his world as he
sees it. Now and then he may
take a smaller bird, and the
small ones know this and
usually give him a wide
berth. But he can come down
to a suburban feeding station
without causing any trouble.
We have had more Of them
in the past year than ever
before. Only one snowy day
did they eat anything at the
feeder, and then not much.
Two came down, but one re-
fused, and kept a watch in a
nearby tree.
These canny b ird S are
usually disliked by farmers.
and admired by city people:
crows manage to get along.
no matter who likes or dis
likes them. In the old days
they we're taught to speak
English words by cutting the
tongue, but nowadays this
procedure has been found
unnecessary, as so many old
time things are found need
less.
y 4
Pigeons are careful, canny
birds, too, and are found
more in cities than in the
country because they find
more to eat there.
This is mainly because city
people, as a group, are an
untidy lot. They drop a great
deal of pigeon food, in the
form of banana peels, apple
cores, pieces Of bread and
meat from sandwiches, pea
nuts, cakes, cookies, candies.
all the things people and
especially children eat in
just going around.
If it were not for the
pigeons, our cities would be
a great deal dirtier than
they are. No better scaven-
gers exist in everyday trsffic:
they can fly down into the
thick of it, and fly up just
before the wheels arrive.
Only now and then will a
sympathetic observer see one
struck.
There are more pigeons in
the city, then, because they
find more food there; also.
city and suburban boys buy
them, raise them for a time.
then grow tired Of them;
This sends hundreds Of them
every yeaI back into nature.
as it we're; they must pick
up a living the best they can,
end usually they can do q
good job of it. Eaves Of pub
lie buildings afford them q
small amount Of warmth,
and offer secure fiat places
for their rather skinny nests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Nerve Gas Added to Wars Arsenal,

The great danger is that
there is no simple way Of de-
tecting them without chemi-
cal equipment. They have no
color and no odor. About the
only safeguard for a popu4
lace at large is TO recognize
the symptoms as soon as they
start. The Chemical Corps
has developed adequate gas
masks, If they are put on in
time.
After inhalation there is a
rapid and severe broncho-
spasm which obstructs
breathing. The victim be-
comes confused, the skin
takes on a blush color, may
have nausea and vomiting.
and soon falls unconscious.
Blood pressure falls to the
shock level and very slow
heart beat develops, Very
soon, If the dose has been
adequate, the heart stops
beating. In most cases prob
ably the first effects are
found in the eyes. There is
pinpoint construction Of the
pupils, pain on trying to
focus the eyes, together with
coughing and shortness Of
breath.
Depends on Conditions
The effects are cumulative
from day to day with mild
doses. Each mild inhalation
produces more severe symp-
toms than the previous one.
How long this exacerbation
lasts is not known. There are
no other physical symptoms.
Certain conditions are be-
lieved essential to a perfect
nerve gas attack. These occur
with regularity, usually be-
tween dusk and dawn. When
fog or smoke hugs the ground.
as it rolls slowly across the
countryside under a three or
four mileaan-hour wind, the
gas is held near the ground
by what weather men call an
inversion. Under such condi-
tons the gas will drift across
the countryside, through city
streets and around factory
buildings and homes. Even as
far as so miles from the area
attacked the concentration
might be sufficient to kill a
man in Is minutes, Gas
fumes could be carried over
100 square miles in II hours,
before dispensing.
Treatment depends chiefly
on the drug atropine, small
injections of which may save
a victims life if administered
within minutes after expo
sure. 1t acts as a substitute
for cholinesterase. Relatively
large doses, the Chemical
Corps doctors warn, are re-
quired for severe cases and
the greatest danger lies in
under treatment. This is
quite likely because atropine
itself is poison. -
The drug is injected direc-
ly into the blood stream.
Given intramuscularly or by
mouth, the effects are too
slow to do much good. Doses
must be repeated every few
minutes, until the breathing
difficulty disappears. Artificial
respiration often will be nee
eSSary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23

public agencies that are subsidized with
public funds. Our city-promoting and
economy-developing organization is pri-
vately financed and privately managed
but has the official blessing Of the Com
missioners. The Star, long neighbor,
and from the first one of its active
supporters, saiutes the Board of Trade
as it begins another 70 years of service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
"CULPEPER, Va.

Dear Sir:
1.-THE other day in your
column you reported that one
of your readers wanted to
meet Templeton Jones, but
that the old fellow crustily
refused. saying he was tired
Of people.
HE sounds like a real mis-
anthrope and born soul belly.
It's too bad he can't oe more
like you. for your columns
show you to be warmhearted,
friendly and understanding.
I would suggest that you take
time out to have a heart-to-
heart talk with old Temp.
You could do him a lot of
good.
Now I'd like to ask two
questions that have been
botherlng me:
First, why aren't Pigeons
found in the country, where
I live? Why do they prefer
the caves of Metropolitan
buildings, particularly public
buildings?
Secondly, is it at all pos
sible that crows have appoint
ed themselves the early morn
ing Paul Reveres for other
birds?
Many times, quite early in
the morning, I have heard
what sounds like the lowly
crow sailing along past trees
with a persistent cawing, and
Immediately thereafter the
other species of birds awaken
and begin chirping about
breakfast. When l lived in
Chevy Chase, Md, I also used
to hear this. What do you
make of it?
Many thanks, E. A. H."
y 4 =
The crow is, indeed, an
early bird, but he is not quite
as early, at least in our hear
ing, as the cardinal. the
robin or the wood thrush
in season.
We don't think he is any,
body's Paul Revere. he just
happens to be around and
has the loudest voice.
If our correspondent will
listen carefully, he will hear
the more musical birds as
early as or earlier than the
crow.
The crow is up and doing
because he is interested in
the new day, as all the other
birds are; the difference is
that the crow is also up 10
a bit Of mischief. This is
not as bad as some say it
is, we feel. but it does par
take of the desire to do
something just to see what
will happen.
Among human beings, this
form of quiet mischief is
mostly vocal. One says some
thing. just to see what some
body else will say. or do
as a result.
Sometimes such a person
is called a trouble maker,
perhaps with some justifica-
ton. Mark Antony was a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23

Silent. invisible, odorless,
essentially substanceless kill
ers--designed literally to kill
men like flies for they started
as fly poisons--are coming OF
age.
They will kill suddenly over
a range Of at least SO miles.
With present Developments
they we'll may be a major
nightmare Of another world
war.
These killers are the nerve
gases" Warnings Of their
terrible potentialities are
being issued by the Army
Chemical Corps under whose
auspices American research
both for development and
defense are being conducted.
Most development advances
naturally are highly re-
stricted. What may be done
about it is open TO every
body because it requires CO.
operation of everybody,
Originally they actually
were fly killers" discovered
by German entomologists in
the late 19S0s. They kill men
in precisely the same way
that they kill bugs. Hitler's
general staff sensed their
military value as soon as
they heard about them and
erected a highly secret plant
near the Polish border for
their manufacture.
Operate in Simple Way
Like other gases, they never
were used in the last war.
Germans realized that they
could not expect to keep the
secret long and that the
Allies had too great powers
of retaliation. But 1t would
be different now, the Chem
ical Corps warns, both be-
cause of better ways of de-
livery and better gases.
All operate essentially in
one simple way. A chemical
common to the bodies of
men. flies and all other an
finals is acetylcholine. In
extremely minute amounts,
it is an essential regulator
Of the nervous system. 1t
has a place in medicine as
a dilator of blood vessels and
a slower of heart rate. 1t
acts on both central and
peripheral nervous systems.
But in more than adequate
amounts 1t is a violent, quick
acting poison. This is pro-
vided for in the economy of
the body. The instant an
excessive amount builds up
in the nerve system it is
deactivated by an engine"
a body chemical which initi-
ates and promotes chemical
reactions without entering
into them. This is choline-
sterase. 1t is one of the
body'S essential defenseS,
presumably present in all
animals.
All the nerve gases, all
phosphoric acid derivatives,
do is inhibit the action of
this engine. That is enough.
The inhaled vapor from as
few as three drops of some
of the newer ones is fatal
to a human in about four
minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
of assuming responsibility;

of assuming responsibility;
references required" etc.
No Mr.. Chou we are not
"horseS." The "horse and
buggy days" are over. We are
living in an age where men
and women must compete
for work. Employers now are
choicy. They have a big field
to pick from. No more
of these ads of yesteryear:
40 Men for Labor Work. Re-
port at once"
Walter Fielder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tUriter's correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sution,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
Objection Noted

CdIl f. hCyAAOtu
Martinsburg, w. Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-15
Amelia School
Registration Close
To Last Year

A total Of 1851 pupils registered
an opening day. September s. in the
white and Negro schools Of Amelia
county.
OF these 29l were registered at
Amelia High School and 81 at Rus
sell Grove Negro High School. In
the elementary GRADES, the first
through the seventh. i84 were regi-
stored at Amelia and 4n7 at Rus
sell Grove. This year more Negroes
were REGISTERED in high school than
white children. as was the case last
wear. when there were 800 at Amelia
High and $50 al Russell Grove.
o. A. Norton. superintendent Of
schools, said there was very little
change in the registration over last
wear. slight increase in the first
grade at Amelia school and a slight
increase in the elementary Grades
at Russell Grove was noted
The total enrolment viii probably
be increased when children who are
now helping in the tobacco fields,
enroll The above figures are not
official Mr. Norton said as com
plete figures have not been com
piled
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-15
Committees Formed To Expedite Work
On Nib, Greek Watershed In Amelia

ments heeded for the number one
site at their expense. when con
sent had been ATTAINED from the
land owners.
Project Background
P B Childress said the projects
was first proposed back in March
Since then. the State Soil onserya-
ton Committee has approved the
project with priority. the prelimi-
nary drafting has been done by the
local Soil Conservation office Of
which he is head with help from
S. D Cole. area engineer: H M
Collins. area conservation.st: and
j H Walden. agronomist.
Childress. when questioned. said
most of the land needed was in
woodland or swamp and that all
owners must be in favor of the
project OF one could knock the
whole thing out
Site one is roughly bounded bv
old Route 80 from Route 300 to
Vinegar Post, then to Easter s
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-15

parents whose children attend the
Huguenot Academy class are pleas
ed. the pupils are obviously happy
and their teacher was simply glow
ing with pleasure at the way things
are working out. If all continues as
we'll as the first seven days, the
school is certain to flourish.
POWhatan's public schools have
not been ordered to integrate their
classes The private school group
will probably expand its facilities
should such an order come from
the courts. but it was not founded
for that purpose. say officials Of
the group.
Instead the officials point to the
advantages of the private setup
the individual attention, the per
feet attendance record. and the
closely woven community spirit tied
up in the endeavor
The school which had more APP
plicants than the 25 pupil load
planned for is off to a great be-
ginning 1t is like the Bel O n a
Academy in its sound program. but
chances are it will never come to
an end like the defunct school Of
some years ago
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-15

ag5l Miss Birdie May Baugh, a
Herald correspondent in the Belona
aalgl.bolhood. ably filled that bill
A ~tudeht at the academy, she
told Of It's founding in the early
part OF tie century BY one of her
cousins. a Miss Estelle Rudd. who
later married r G Porter. both
ROW deceased.
The school was of the boarding
ype With some 10 to 30 pupils en-
rolled Individual attention va 5
stres Sc d. and the curriculum
featured a wide variety of subjects
including languages. music and
art Miss Baugh. an author, attest
ed to the superior quality of edu-
cation offered at tie school Now.
an elderly lady who lives not too
far distant from the school build
ing. She couldn't remember the
exact date the school became de-
funct, but the quality of iucation
there was a subject in " ch she
was Wei Te1sed.
Certain To Flourish
Her description Of the old
academy sounds similar to plans
TIE new private school group have
in mna foe .hesr andAavor The
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-15

NO unport0nt committees were
formed at a meeting Of the heads
ef sponsoring and endorsing or
CARNATIONS Of the Nibbs Greek
N8tel hed project III the Amelia
aysa-E Wednesday. September 9.
Elected as chairman Of the steer
ia4 committee was Eldridge e Nc
AEli.iar. representing the loca ]
Farmers Union whose main pro
.ec' is the watershed ] f bod
ea representing the Piedmont Soil
Conservation District sponsors for
t..e protect before the State Soil
Conservation Committee: Franklin
81 Jones. Amelia County Board Of
Supervisors. co sponsors for h e
project Charles F Meyer. the
Egaag Farmers. George Ashman.
Farm Rureau and H. B Midkiff
"A s c COMFY Committee
Easement Committee
appointed to the easement com
ml.tee were (. f. Mcmillan. J.
" Mcmillan Miss Selma Hindle,
7e5elt E Arlington. and H B Mid
@ az q whom own property in
the number one site of the water
shed project. They were among the
30 persons who signed the petition
asking for the watershed
p Dodson tod those present
that the Piedmont Soil onserva-
aoa D-t5ct Sapervisors mad autho-
s.d bin ali meeting that after
neon n Holloway county, to obtain
lsHver to prepare the 20 ease
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing


Stage
Candlelight Playhouse
"Howie"; 8:45 pm.
Carter Barron Amphitheater
Johnny Mathis, $3.50 pm.
Olney-"Royal Gambit"; $50
pm.
ROsecrOft Music Circus
"The Merry Widow; $3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassad0r-"H ercules";;
l:25, 1925. 5:25, 1925 and 9:25
pm.
CapitOl-"Say One for Me-;
II am, ITO, 3:l5, 5:25. 7:35
and 9:45 pm.
COlumbia-"H Man; 1880
am. 2:l0, 1850, 1880 and 1910
pm.
Dupont Grand Illusion;
lis, 500, $50. 1880 and 9:35
pm.
Keith's The Horse Sol
diers"; II am. l:l0, $3.50, 5:25,
7:45 and 10 pm.
MacArthur-"Room at the
Top; $50 and $50.
Metropolitan - Hercules:
ll:40 am. 1885, $3.50, 5:35, TAO
and $40 pm.
Ontario THE Five Pen
MES; l:25, 3:35, $50, 8 and
l0:l5 pm.
Palace-"This Earth Is Mine, /"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

play Of its season, American
producers We'd for the rights
to it.
These. finally, were divided
between the Guild and the
Playwrights Company, auspices
that could not have been more
promising.
Yet, for all its antecedent
glitter, the New York critics
made short work of LAWYERS
play. This was unbelievable.
most of all to Arena Stage
which grabbed instantly for the
residual rights, signed Mr..
Schneider to direct, and ended
the 1858 season with perhaps
the greatest of its all-time hits.
Come october, New York will
have a chance to see just how
it was brought of.
So
CHECKUP: What with the
opening today of This Earth
Is Mine" and that next Wednes-
day of THE Nuns Story"
Washington moviegoers will
have most of the top boxofilce
pictures of the moment to
choose from.
According to weekly Variety'S
ranking, THE Nuns Story" is
the current national boxoffice
leader. 1t is followed, in order,
by Anatomy of A Murder"
This Earth Is Mine" Horse
Soldiers" Hercules" Five
Pennies" "Say One for Me-"
and South Seas Adventure"
Room at the Top" is 10th on
the list with Darby O'Gill,"
the only one not to be found
here, in the ninth slot.
X 4 \
BULLETIN BOARD: Opening
today at the Palace will be
This Earth Is Mine" starring
Rock Hudson. Jean Simmons
and Dorothy Mcclure. 1t
was written and produced by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

Casey Robinson, directed by
Henry King. Tomorrow will
bring the weeks second new
film, DAY of the Outlaw" at
the Columbia. Jazz is sweep
ing the landscape. The local
one. After this weeks fiesta
at Carter Barron. dominated
by Johnny Mathis, the Howard
theater will follow next week
with another. Headlining the
latter's bill will be AL Hibbler,
Eddie Davis and Trio. Shirley
Scott, Ernestine Anderson,
Max Roach and James Moody.
|. Fifty-f1ve Maryland the
aters have been enrolled in the
newly formed Maryland unit
of the Theater Owners of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

one of Arenas all-time hits,
Summer of the Seventeenth
Doll" at the Players Theater,
one of the cultural ornaments
Of Greenwich Village.
Mr.. Bernstein, who might be
described as a youthful veteran
in off-Broadway production. is
obviously an alert type. Clearly,
it meant something to him that
the nationally known Wash
ington repertory compan
could do with Ray LAWYERS
play-itS closing production in
May 1858 - that Broadway
could not do.
So, in conjunction with Mrs.
Zelda Fichandler, Arena
managing-director, he will Of
fer it again to New York audi
enceS in the fall.
Naturally. it will be as close
as possible to the original
Washington hit with Alan
Schneider again directing the
production. Also. to date three
members Of the original Arena
group have been signed as top
performers. This trio is COM
posed Of Louise Latham, Dana
Elcar and Margaretta Warwick.
Arena added a piquant
chapter to theater history with
its production of Summer of
the 18th DOLL" In the first
place, it dared to follow with
what turned into one of its
greatest successes what had
been a production failure by
two such prestigious Broadway
groups as the Theater Guild
and the Playwrights' Company.
The Guild-Playwrights flop
with the Lawler play could
hardly have been more sensa-
tional in view of the works
history. The play was first
produced in Playwright Law
ler's native Australia. There it
was Immediately received as
the finest play ever written by
an Australian.
AS such. it was a huge sue
cess, so much of a one that Sir
Laurence Olivier snapped it up
for London production where it
was an equal hit. This was in
the Spring of 1857. When the
London critics chose Summer
of the 18th Doll" as the best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

lO:45 am, l, 3:l5n $3.50, 7:45
and 10 pm.
Playhouse Middle OF the
Night; 1890 am, 1875, 2:45,
1850, 7, 9;l0 and ll:l5 pm.
PlaEa-"Love Is My Profess
SION; 1880 am, 1880, $3.50,
$50, 1880 and $50 pm.
Town - THE Sins Of Lola
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

America, largest national trade
association of theater owners
in the country. e. 1.-The Merry
Widow" will hold for a second
week at RoSecroft Music Cir
Gus. "Showboat" follows on
July %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

UptOwn-'The Big Circus;
1920, 800. Sis, 7:l5 and 9:i0s
pm.
Warner - South Seas Adj
venture; 2 and $50 pm. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

Montes"; 1915, $50, $50,
$40, l0;45 pm. and l;20 am,
Trans-Lux-"Anatomy Of a
Murder; 10:40 am, l:25, 4. 7
and 10 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
THE PASSING SHOW
Arena Hit Is Reset
For Off-Broodwoy
BY JAY CARMoDY
Drama Editor Of The star

Arena Stages fair for making hits out Of Broadway ops
has finally attracted the attention Of Broadway ITSELF
More accurately, the attention of oh-Broadway.
This is implicit the circumstances that, come October
Arena will become downtown Manhattan co-producer. In
association with Sidney Bernstein Of New York will sponsor
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-06
Eskimo Songs, Stories Rewritten For Moral Lessons In Grade Schools

The combined talents of Roxie K. Bergh, University of Alaska music instructor, and Emily Ivan off Brown, an Eskimo grade school teacher and summer ses- sion student, has resulted in the publication of authentic Eskimo songs and stories, for use in the elementary grades.
 Mrs. Brown did the research work in remote villages, and col lected the authentic songs and stories that have been passed down through past generations, as a means of teaching moral les sons to Eskimo children, accord ing to Glenn H. Bergh, fine arts department head.
 During the past summer. Mrs. Bergh transcribed the songs, sung by Mrs. Brown, and reWrote them in form suitable for grade school children.
 Three of the songs and stories will be the basis of an Alaskan unit in a new music series pub lished in March by Allyn and Bacon, Boston publishers" Pro- lessor Bergh said. "Other authors whose works are included in the new series are Dr. Robert Nye, University of Oregon, and Dr. William Sur, Michigan State College.
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-06
Nenana Ice Is Six Inches Thicker Than Last Year

A report from Dan Ketzler, manager of the Nenana Ice Cas- sic, dated February l, states:
 ''The ice today measured thirty three inches thick, seven inches more than two weeks ago, and thirteen inches more than on De- cember 22 This is approximately six inches better than at the same time last year, and the water is about six inches deeper.
 For the past three weeks we have been having very mild Wea- ther, and for some reason the ice seems to be freezing faster than in the forty and fifty below zero weather. There are a lot of theo- ries on this, one of them is that the warm weather drives the cold down to the water"
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-06
P-TA Valentine Food Sale Next Saturday For Benefit Band Music Festival Fund

Mrs. Roy Dunlap has been ap- pointed chairman of a Valentine Food Sale, sponsored by the P-TA Band Festival Committee, to be held on Saturday, February IA, in order to raise funds for the Nome High School Bands pro jected trip to Anchorage.
 The N. c. Store has offered space in their store for the sale, and parents as well as other per sons in the community are con- tributing unusually interesting home-baked items which will make attractive Valentine gifts for ladies of any family.
 Mrs. Dunlap will be assisted by a committee from the P-TA, and their names will be announced next week.