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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30

Each week during the 1859
Amateur Snapshot Contest,
The Star will award q prize
of IS for the picture judged
best in each of these classes:
(A) Babies and Children; tBl
Activities: (C) Scenes and
Tabletops; CD Animal Life;
CE) Color. At the close of the
contest, The Star will award
a 500 savings bond for the
best entry in each class, and
the photos then will be ell
tered in the 21st Annual
Newspaper National Snap
shot Awards. In the national
contest, there will be five
grand prizes of $1,000, five
second prizes of $500, five
thirds of $3.50, 80 SPECIAL
Merit Awards of $50 and $50
Honor Awards OF SIS.
Here is a condensation of
the contest rules:
/. The contest is strictly
for amateurs. Employees Of
The Star or any other news
paper participating in the
National Awards and anyone
engaged in the manufacture,
sale, commercial finishing or
professional use of photo
graphic goods, and memoirs
of their families, are barred
2. Pictures must have been
made since July /. 1858.
3. Black-and-white prints
from original black-and-
white negatives, color prints
and transparencies are ELI
gible. Prints cannot be re-
turned, but reasonable effort
will be made to return trans
parencies accompanied by
self-addreSsed, stamped en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
CAMERA ANGLES
Star Snapshot Contest
Still Open to Entries

winner just a little bit better
than the one you submitted.
Next. having seen the
guiding light, 60 out, camera
in hand, and consciously try
with each exposure to make
a picture that is better than
the one which won the prize
money. Having done all this.
send in your new batch Of
pictures and perhaps you will
see your snapshot printed in
Sunday. our pictorial maya
zine, before the contest
comes to an end.
On the other hand. you
may be one Of those who has
sat on the sidelines thus far
and done nothing about sub
uniting an entry. Perhaps
you have secretly felt that
you have pictures already
made that are better than
those that have been tapped
for weekly awards. If so, send
them in and give the judges
a chance to compare your
camera work with that Of
the others.
Vacation Possibilities
Many camera fans have
been away on vacation and
are now back home with
thousands of excellent snap
shots made at beaches,
mountains and resorts. II
you are one of those, screen
the photos that you made
during your trip away from
home and send in the best
Of the lot to our snapshot
editor.
Here are a few of the
things that cause a snapshot
to lose out with the judging
panel: Blurred pictures from
camera movement, out of
focus snaps; those that are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
STARS SNAPSHOT CONTEST
RULES IN BRIEF

velopes. Neither The Star
nor the sponsors Of the Ma
tional Awards assumes any
responsibility for entries,
however.
4. To enter the contest,
mail as many prints or
transparencies as you wish.
as many times as you wish
between now and September
IL, to Amateur Snapshot
Contest Editor, The Star. 225
Virginia avenue Sc. WASH
ington 3, D. C. On the backs
of prints and on the card
board mounts of transpar-
encieS print your name, adj
dress, title of picture and
class in which it is being
entered.
5. Decisions Of the judges
shall be final.
6. It is not permissible to
enter the contest of more
than one newspaper particle
pating in the National
Awards.
7. Before receiving The
Stars grand prize and be-
coming eligible for entry in
the National Awards, you
must submit the original
negative with print (unless
you have entered a trans
parency in the color class)
and sign a statement that
your picture or any similar
picture has not been and will
not be entered in any other
contest. If your picture shows
recognizable persons, you
also must obtain their writ
ten consent to its use for
advertising purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
Master Point
Bridge Results

Cheverly: Lit. Col. and Mrs.
Henry A. Walker. 2-Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Fink.
Goren: lsection Az l. Louise
Barr-Romayne Rowe. Ellen Kelly.
Harve Mobley,. Mrs. Rose Rob-
dinafd M Ney. (Section 81 L.
Mrs. Jean Ellis-Mrs. Hazel Loftin.
Mary Lipp-Austin Febrey. Mrs.
Virginia Dye-Gene whitehead, C r..
Northumberland Mecutchen.
Labor: Stuart Dunlop-James
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
Honolulu Is Still.
ConceIinu Covers

HONOLULU, Aug. 20 (AP).-
It's still August 81 in the Homo
lulu post Office. Thirty employees
are working 10 to IL hours daily
canceling first-day covers OF a
7-cent air mail stamp COM
memorating Hawaii's statehood.
The first day of issue was
August 81, the day Hawaii be-
came the 50th State.
Postmaster George T. Hara
said all requests for first covers
mailed before August 81 will be
honored
He estimated 100000 covers
have been procesSed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
Professionals Listed

A 1959-60 directory Of pro-
fesslonal photographers is
being distributed. More than
5000 United States and for
eign names, addresses and
qualifications are listed by
State and city in the 1885,
page, Skill booklet. Copies
at SIS may be obtained from
Professional Photographers of
America, Inc, 152 West Wis
consin avenue, Milwaukee 8.
Wis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30

Printed in pale rose, It
pictures an Argentine-b bred
horse.
RUSSIA-Soviet scientific
bases IN the Antarctic are
marked by red stars on a 40
kopec blue stamp commend.
rating International Geo.
physical Year activities.
In addition to the main
Russian base at Mirny the
map indicates a station at
the Pole of Inaccessibility,
East Station and Lazaren
Station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
CAMERA
CALENDAR

FREE STATE CAMERA CLUB will
meet Tuesday, .7:30 pm, AZ the
Royal Hart Studios, 6233 Baltimore
avenue, Riverdale. Nd. Winners OF
wilkinson, first: VIM. w. Hensler,
second; Helen Clark. honorable men,
ton
SILVER SPRING CAMERA CLUB
will hear c. Gordon Fredine, biolo-
Sist with the National Park Service.
Thursday night, Silver Spring Liz
brary on Colesville road. A wildlife
expert, Mr.. Fredine has color slides
addition to this presentation, the
club will have its regular color slide
competition. Visitors invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30

The 6 and Is centavos
stamps picture the Philippine
Congress Building, where the
Manila Pact, a defensive
military alliance, was signed
September 8, 1854. Member
nations are Australia, France,
New Zealand, Pakistan,
Thailand, Great Britain, the
United States and the Philip
pines.
ARGENTINA-A new one
peso stamp in the regular
series was issued August 20,
Juan Luis Bottelli reports
from BuenoS Aires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
STAMP CLUB
MEETINGS
TODAY

TODAY
Associated Stamp Clubs Of
the Chesapeake Area. 2 pm.
Village Hall, Edmondson VII.
lage. Route 40 west Of Balti-
more, Md. Donation auction.
WEDNESDAY
Collectors Club Of WASH
ington, 8 pm. Odd Fellows
Temple. 4l9 Seventh street
NV.
Arlington Stamp Club, 8
pm, County Recreation Gen.
ter. 440 North George Mason
drive. Arlington. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30

overexposed or underexposed;
photos that show an arm or
leg or the top Of q head cut
of by the camera. Also snaps
that fail to have any APP
parent reason for being made
at all. Keep these things In
mind every time you click the
shutter and your pictures will
become better as each week
goes by.
Vital Information
Another thing-be sure to
print your name, address and
class in which you want the
snapshot entered on the back
Of the print. The best picture
in the world can't win you a
prize If we don't know the
maker and how to get in
touch with him.
But, win or lose, the snap
shot contest is a lot of fun for
all concerned. Just keep your
snapshots coming for you
will be eligible to participate
in each weekly contest re-
gardless of the number Of
times you have previously
entered and won.
Also keep in mind that the
winners of the final awards
in this city will go forward
to compete for the big 1000
prizes in the National Snap
shot Awards that will be held
Immediately following the
close of the local contests.
Keep trying and We sin
cerely hope that you will be
one Of the lucky ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30
Dukeshire Covers Win

Navy Capt. T. S. Dukeshire
of Chevy Chase won the
grand award of the Con-
federate Stamp Alliance at
its meeting and exhibition
last week end at Greensboro,
N. C. His collection of patr:-
otto and naval covers, which
had already taken many
prizes, was broadened by a
wide range of other Con-
federate covers and a show
ing of the general issues.
1t. Col. Harvey E. Shop
pard of Alexandria took the
Jack Wordsworth trophy with
his Virginia and West Vir-
ginia cancellations.
Capt Dukeshire is the
third member of an informal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30

A souvenir sheet Of five stamps picturing
noted composers will be issued September
by West Germany for the opening of Bee
thoven Hall in Bonn. In addition to Beeth0-
ven (top), the stamps honor Cleft to right
Handel, Spohr, Haydn and MendelssOhn-
Bartholdy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-30

Chicago, became the center
of a cleared area in which
the marshes were drained.
barns and stables built and
fields planted.
In the free-for-all fighting
during the Revolution Des-
sables was taken prisoner by
q British colonel who later
described him as "a hand
some Negro, well educated,
settled at Eschikagou but
much in the interest Of the
French"
Dessables sold his trading
post to another Frenchman,
Jean Lalime, in 1900. and a
few years later it passed into
the hands of John Kenzie,
first American settler in Chi
cago. He returned to his
Peoria farm, but after the
death of his wife moved to
st. Charles, Mo-, where he
died at the home of a grand
daughter in 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Payday Returns
For Michieon's :
Stote Employees

LANSING, Mich. May "a
ZAP, Payday meant Just that
Yesterday for Michigan's nearly
$1,000 State-employed workers.
Contrary TO the situation two
weeks ago, there was sufiicient
money in the State treasury TO
meet the ssh million bi-weetay
navroll III,
The May 7 payday was, by
passed in the States cash crisis.
However, since then an increase
in tax receipts has closed, the
gap. lin
Auditor General Frank IS.
Syzmanski indicated a decision
probably will be reached this
week on whether to release, SGT
million to the States three
major universities - Michigan,
Michigan State and Wayne
state-to meet month-end pay
rolls.
Democratic Gov. G. Mennen
Williams said he felt there Is
sufficient money for the pay
rolls. The three universities
are owed sls.6 million in, op-
Grating appropriations for,khe
current fiscal year. n
Meanwhile. the Michigan
Legislature continued it's de-
bate on ways to meet 7the
States cash emergency. oSt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

for this Climited war; pur-
pose. More accent on its i'm
portance is needed. This sup
port will have 10 come from
the elimination Of some Of the
very, expensive mass-destruc-
ton. single-purpose weapons
systems which have a priority
Of claims against our national
resources.
In his speech at Chicago.
where he was pinch-hitting
for Mr. McElroy, who is at
tending the Foreign Ministers
conference in Geneva. Gen.
White said the Air Force pro-
vides more than 90 per cent Of
the Nations nuclear retaliatory
effort Of about 20 per cent of
the annual Defense Department
budget Of SAL billion.
The sum involved has bought
and maintained the aircraft
and missiles, built the base;
and operated the forces which
have served and still serve to-
day rs the Free Worlds pri-
mary deterrent to general war.
he asserted.
Gen. White said that the ex-
penditure of fifth of thu
defense dollar as general war in
surance" does not seem exces.
sive to me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
NAsA Sets
III Probes
Into Space
BY the Associated Press

The United States tenta-
lively plans IL rocket shots
toward the moon and into space
within the next two and a half
years. the Governments space
agency reports.
The lunar and space probes
are among AZ shots on the Ma.
ional Aeronautics and Space
Administrations tentative
schedule through 1861
The program was posted be-
fore a Senate Space Subcom-
mittee yesterday as DIR. t.
Keith Glennan, NASA admin
istrator, testified in support of
the agency's request for s485. 3
million in the year starting
July /.
The Air Force meanwhile,
may try again tomorrow to
launch a satellite containing
four mice.
Overcast skies. which would
hamper visual tracking of Dis
coveref HIS first stage. caused
postponement of a launch at
tempt yesterday at Vandenberg
Air Force Base. Calf.
The mice will be in a space
capsule which the Air Force
hopes to eject and recover after
the satellite has been placed
in orbit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

tisers in Chicago yesterday,
Gen. White asserted:
Il won't stand here and say
that general war is more prob
able than limited war. any
more than ! would claim that
double pneumonia is more prob
able than a common cold. /
do know which ! consider more
dangerous In both cases.
I'm my opinion. there is no
threat to the security Of the
United States that can re-
motely compare with the ever
present possibility Of general
war" V "a
Navy Secretary Thomas S,
Gates, jr., who soon will leave
his post to become Deputy
Secretary of Defense. has beer
a leading advocate of greater
limited war preparedness.
Army Secretary WILDER
Brucker, Gen. Maxwell d. Tay-
Tor, Army Chief of STAFF, anc
Admiral 'Arleieh A.. Burke
Chief of Naval Operations. also
have warned against overstock.
ing nuclear weapons for all
out war.
Mr.. Gates, a probable sue
cessor of Neil McElroy as De
Tense Secretary If and whei
Mr.. McElroy leaves his post
told a Navy League audienc'
on May 8:
More funds are required
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Burton to Head
PuneI for Essays

Harold H. Burton. retired as
sociate justice of the United
States Supreme Court. win head
a panel Of five judges for the
national common law essay
contest of the Virginia State
Bar.
Deadline for the entries in
the contest, which is open to
all students in law schools APP
proved by the American Bar
Association, is November 10.
Other judges will be Prof.
Marx DeWolfe Of Harvard Law
School; Prof. Max Rheinstein
Of the University Of Chicago
Law School; Prof. Morris d.
Forkesch OF Brooklyn Law
School, and Prof. Erwin G,
Surrency Of Temple University
Law School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
House Skirts
Gas Tax Rise

Legislation TO continue the
Nation's big superhighway pro-
gram without increasing gaso-
line taxes has been approved
by the House Public Works
Committee.
The committee skirted Presi-
dent Eisenhower's bid for a
Federal gas tax increase from
3 to Az cents TO meet the
money crisis in the road pro-
gram. Instead. It chose TO sus-
pend a paysas-you-go tprovi-
sion. Ms WI
Suspension Of the provision
would mean that money needed
to keep the A .0O-nlile highway
program going can come out Of
general Treasury funds.
An immediate effect would be
to allow superintendent of SIS
billion in Federal funds to the
States this July as scheduled,
The apportionment would be for
fiscal 1861. starting July 1, 1860
but the States could let road
contracts Immediately on the
basis Of allotments.
THE administration had said
none of the fiscal 1851 money
could be apportioned this sum-
f1leF because Of the pay-as-you-
go provision,
The measure approved by the
committee also would increase
the fiscal 1862 apportionment
for the interstate road system
by $500 million to $2.5 billion
Also approved was an amend.
inert dealing with a bonu,
Offered for keeping billboards
$50 feet beyond the right-of-
". "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
General War Defense
Upheld by AZ Chief
BY L. EDGAR PRINA
star star Writer

The divsive debate a-out versus limited pre-
parednes continued at the Pentagon today with the Air Force
getting in the latest lick
Cen Thomas D. White, Air Force Chief Of staff hit back
Navy Army critics who assert that the United States
Is spending much massive retaliation
In speech before the Association Of National Adver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

-I-i 81 u lHlHN|IN
offer IS per cent Of parity sup.
port for those cutting back 20
per cent Of allotmente
Would Market surplus
Senator Carlson. Republican,
of Kansas, would let farmers
sell wheat at market levels, give
them an incentive payment
above this on their share Of
the domestic market, and let
SURPRISES move into export At
world price levels.
Senator Capehart. RepubIi-
can of Indiana, offered the
most drastic proposal. He
would cut of all farm price
supports at the end Of this
year and then freeze the SO OF
$40 billion worth of wheat and
other commodities now in Gov
eminent hands because Of past
programs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

costs Of the Government pro-
gram.
Senator Young doesn't like
the bill either but he said Mr..
Benson was wrong as TO its
probable results. The Senator
contends the bill would lower
wheat prices.
The measure was drafted by
the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee as a stop-gap plan for
trying to come to grips with
the problem Of a huge wheat
surplus.
Raped As Compromise
Senator Schoeppel. Republic
can Of Kansas, said the COM
mittee bill was the rankest
kind OF a compromise but aimed
at meeting a deadline.'
Chairman Ellender. Democrat
of Louisiana. of the Agricul-
ture Committee agreed with
Senator Schoeppel. He noted
that Secretary Benson must
announce price supports and
control features for this years
wheat crop by June /, ten days
away.
In considering the bill. SEN
ators actually had a choice OF
four widely varying wheat pro-
grams.
The committee bill would re-
tain the SIS millionaire plant
ing allotment, lower supports tc
IS per cent of parity for those
complying with individual farm
all0tments and tighten penalties
for excess planting. Those who
voluntarily reduce planting %
per cent below their allotment:
would be offered price support:
at 80 per cent Of parity.
Senator Humphrey. Demo.
crat of Minnesota, acting fol
a group of Midwest wheat Sen.
ators, offered a similar plar
that would keep the minimum
support rate at rs per cent anc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

way. The amendment would
exclude cities which have their
own coming ordinances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
.SendtobAsks
S35,OOOLinlit
0nCropLoans
ny the Associated Press

A move to limit any farm
price support loan to $4,000
spronted in the Senate today
Senator Williams. Republi.
can Of Delaware. proposed it al
an amendment TO a bill for I
new wheat program.
Last Wednesday the House
put a provision for a $50 onf
ceiling on farm price support
contracts into the annu4I .IsI :.
culture Department appropria.
ton bill.
For several years. Senator
williams has been reminding
the Senate Of the size of som'
price support loans. There havI
been payments OF over 81 mil
lion TO some big farmers ant
farm corporations.
AS the Senate began con
sideration Of the wheat bill
there was an expression o
opposition from Secretary o
Agriculture Benson and a tar
retort from a Republican Sen
ator. M
"Ignoramus Thing"
Senator Young, Republican o
North Dakota. said Of MI
Benson's views: The mos
absurd. ignoramus thing / hav
ever seen"
Mr.. Benson's opposition wa
set out in a letter. He said tn
bill probably would further in
crease wheat production an
Evening star., 1959-02-15

is. Mdriied:... :. !:

':.,Mr. and Mrs. C. Waring
Gillespie of .Middlebnrg an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter Jane B. to Mr..
oliver o. Jensen. son Of
Professor and Mrs. Gerard
Edward Jensen of New Lon
don, Conn. The wedding
took place yesterday at the
Park Avenue Methodist
Church, New York City, with
the Rev. Phillip A. c. Clarke
officiating.
Mr.. Gillespie gave his
daughter in marriage. The
brides only attendant was
her sister, Miss Vahessa w.
Gillespie. Mr.. James Parton
was best man.
Mrs. Jensen was graduated
in 1851 from Miss Porter's
School in Pennington, Conn,
and made her debut the
following year in New York
City.
Mr.. Jensen was graduated
from Andover and Yale
University and is managing
editor of American Heritage
Magazine,
The couple will live IN
New York.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
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: Gold and white were the
colors nsed in the decorc tions
at the formal dinner dance
last evening when the Off
GERS Wives Club OF the Depu-
ty Chief of staff for Losistlcs
entertained.
The Crystal Room Of the
Naval Gum Factory was
turned into a veritsble fairy
land by the clever decorating
committee. Against "a back
ground Of pale green walls
and full length mirrors they
had placed round tables Of
10 centered with a mat of
gold on which were white
1mpo : 1llcd With gold:
sprayed leaves, topped with
tiny golden butterflies.
The Army Deputy Chief
of Staff for Logistics and
Mrs. Carter B. Magruder
(she is honorary president of
the Wives Club headed the
receiving line promptly at Z.
With them were the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the
Army and Mrs. Courtney
johnson. 1t. Col. and Mrs,
George w. Reitz (the latter
president of the Wives Club f,
=. and Col. and Mrs. Henry X.
Benson. She was chairman
of the Arrangements Com
mittee.
Other members of the Ar
rangements Committee who
attended with their hus-
bands were Mrs. Wilfred j.
Garvin, Mrs. Ferdinand j.
Chesarek and Mrs. Bernard
Wobbeking.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
OF: Love :: !.
!. .d11d Laughter
She Lives Up to Ideas;
OF Brotherhood Week
; BY MARJORIE HOLMES

Offisially this is Brotherhood Week time 1t seems
to me- when we should remind ourselves that there is
truly much good will In land That in countless
hearts and homes human love remains constant, and
acts of kindness express it.
Unfortunately, such everyday goodness Is not news
worthy. 1t is rare-ke bombings. 1t does not make
headlines 1t pleasure therefore, to publish this letter
Mrs Sylvia Fisher l72l Juniper street NV believe
1t speaks for many people:
lid like to write you in my way of my true
perience of Love Thy Neighbor.
"Nast fall new neghbors from Europe moved in across
the street Sheila lyear-old daughter found that
they had no children and thought they might be lonely
She dug up flowers from back yard and carried them
over coming home much impressed with these wonderful
peopt.
A child is so enthusiastic and sincere She asked me
to go to them, purchased plant and took 1t to
thern Bertha School the charming wife OF the
Agricultural Attache of the German Embassy. l am
jewish And since the Jewish language has some similar
ity Ito German it wasn't too difficult to converse She.
acc epted my show her the nearby stores church
aE places of interest while enjoyed her hospitality
THE night before Christmas opened my door and there
stood Mrs School with lovely plant for and imported
Getman candies for four chdrep Yes. there is so
mulch love- in this world Everyone of be true to
his beliefs but should above all respect the beliefs
Of Others whatever the differences God made in Only
titus prove TO Europe that there is acceptance and
warmth in great country America. And with such
feelings hearts shall there be Love and Laugh
teri" =.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
Chapter Plons Tolk

Constitution chapter.
NSDAR. will hold a meeting
Tuesday at 8 pm. at the
chapte, house, 1882 Massa-
'chuSetts avenue NV. Mrs.
Leonard Sowards. former re-
gent and State chairman Of
American Indians, will speak.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
The Small Fry Say -.

Seven-year-old helpfuly-"n go to the movies this
afternoon it'll give you good chance to out and buy
my birthday presents"
Eighth-grade on history paper"MionS for defense
but not cent for virtue!" :.
ar-old glancing from illustration of sumptuous
home mother attred in taered shirt and dungarees
IF you had house like this bet wouldn't dress like
that"