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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-11
TV Commercials

It would be waste to spend
time and effort to investigate
TV commercials, which we
agree are an insult to our
intelligence. If those who
think up the idiotic blurbs
are to be stopped by punitive
measures. the public alone
can do an effective job. For
to begin with, the CONNER
Gals are not only stupid and
insulting, they are also dis
honest in that they misrep-
resent by a kind of conceal
ment so obvious it leaves no
other reaction but disbelief.
For example I shall never
use the tooth paste which
contains a mystery ingredient
unless they tell me what the
ingredient is, chemically and
therapeutically.
I will refuse to smoke a
cigarette which is advertised
as being stuffed with filter
blend tobacco" unless I am
told either on T'v or in news
papers exactly what that
means. And never will I spend
a penny for a cigarette which
has "less tar and more TASTE"
unless the maker orders his
advertising copy writer to
say "less than what and
more than which"
And before I buy q box of
that headache tablet, I must
know why the fourth doctor
has been withholding his in
dorsement. To say that three
out of four doctors indorse
it" is not enough for me. If
the advertiser can prove to
me that the fourth doctor has
been adamant only because
he hasn't been paid enough,
I may decide to end my per-
sonal boycott.
Never will I buy that other
headache tablet unless that
stupid looking goof stops
hammering that innocent
cast-iron Uranium, trying to
prove to me that headaches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-11
Eyeshades?

EyeSQdQeS!
At one time in the history
of journalism every man on
the copy desk wore a shade,
but now you might go
through a dozen Offices with
out finding one.
The shades were always
green.
This was in the era of
old-type light bulbs. often
placed at odd angles so they
shone into your eyes.
With the coming of fluor-
eScent lights, the need for
eyeshades, green or otherwise,
faded, and so they have gone
practically out of existence.
The copy desk we know best
holds only one eyeshade.
Yes, there is one who
wears a cap, but this is to
protect the top Of his head
from q too enthusiastic air
conditioner.
50 So
The question remains, was
there ever any need for an
eyeshade?
Few human features have
more "ifs" and butts" than
the eyes.
What is one mans meat,
eye speaking, is another's
poison.
Some wear huge goggles in
shade and sun alike, and
smugly feel they are protect
ing their eyes, whatever that
means.
The fact is that the eye is
q sun instrument.
It functions in light.
The spectacle, of millions of
men and women protecting,
as they said, their eyes from
the sun would be laughable
If 1t were not pitiful.
Even this silly fad is fading.
Last summer there were not
one-tenth as many sunglasses
worn as the year before.
It has gotten home to many
persons that they are hurting
their eyes, rather than help
ing them, by living in semi
darkness, like bats.
4
There are two things, and
maybe three, anyone can do
to help his eyes.
One is to use proper eye
drops.
It is an amazing thing that
so many people who wash
their faces two or three times
a day never think to wash
their eyes.
Yet a good eye drop,
properly made, on a good
professional formula, will do
much to ease the stress and
strain of everyday living.
Another thing one can do
is to rest the eyes.
Such rest means not using
the eyes at all for fine work,
as it used to be called, such
as reading, writing or sewing.
We do not often stop to
realize that nature did not
make our eyes for such work,
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turned them over to the
Army and kept quiet about
them. One reason for the
present secrecy is that pub
licity might give valuable
hints to other pharmacolog-
ical companies. Rights Of
the discoveries are being
rigidly protected.
Perhaps most has been
said about a gas that is
something like lysergic acid.
A hungry cat was put into
a cage with a mouse. Natural
ly. 1t caught and ate the
mouse. A few days later the
same cat was given a dose
Of this gas. Then it was put
in the same cage with another
mouse. A miracle happened.
The mouse started chasing q
terrified cat.
This anecdote, by the way,
is claimed to be authentic.
A lot of others may be quite
apochryphal.
About all that can be said
at present Is that the Chem
ical Corps has under inves-
tigation a considerable num-
Der of compounds which,
either as gases or placed in
drinking water, may affect
the mind. 1t is expected that
a few of them will pan out.
Like Nerve Gases
Others, now classified as
psyche gases, have much the
same effects as the nerve
gases. The difference, how
ever, is that most of the nerve
gases will kill with doses not
far from the paralyzing dose
perhaps twice as great. In
war it is impossible to con-
troll dosage. AS the command
ing general of the Chemical
Corps said the other day,
designating about half the
first joint of a finger: There
is a poison this much of
which is enough to kill 20
million people. OF course, we
don't expect to kill any 20
million with it. If we killed
even one it would be a cheap
war;"
There is a great range be-
tween the disabling effects
and the killing effects of most
of the psyche gases, COM
pared to the nerve gases. A
possible use might be in the
re-taking of an enemy
occupied city. Attacks with
traditional weapons would
kill about as many of our own
citizens as enemy soldiers.
With psyche gases both
might be put out of action
and both restored later, with
no permanent injury whatso-
ever.
It can be affirmed that this
has been tested on human
volunteers. Some have been
soldiers, some prisoners in a
State penitentiary. One re-
ligious sect expressly has CO.
operated with the Army. All
these tests have been rigidly
supervised by Army medical
officers.
In no case, it is affirmed,
has there been any perma-
nent mental or physical in
jury. Some of the volunteers,
however, have become tenn
porarily quite violent and
others have seemed to suffer
temporary deep depreSsions.
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Bond Enlightenment

We of the Fairfax County
Public Library wish to COM
mend your newspaper for
the care and integrity de-
voted to coverage Of the No
vember 8 bond referendum.
In matters Of such wide
interest, there is always the
need to present beth the pros
and cons Of the issues on the
broadest possible basis to
insure an informed elector-
ate.
We feel that your news
paper has achieved this and
has performed a lasting COM
munity service in presenting
the facts clearly to the voters
of Fairfax County.
mrs. Mary X. McCullOch,
Director, Fairfax County
Public Library.
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DYNAMO OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Isroers People Are on the Go

in housing and construc-
ton of every types to see
what is perhaps the worlds
busiest country in terms Of
the per capita energy de-
voted to promoting rapid
gains in all fields of human
endeavor. The effort in that
respect is an almost feverish
thing of epic proportions.
Over the past decade it has
involved such projects as the
planting of 80 million trees
in eroded hillsides and the
Observation-Disclosures rec
lamation and irrigation-of
great swamplands and arid
areas that had been barren
: for centuries, but now are
lush and yield good fruit.
Similarly, over the same
short period Of time, since
1913, dozens Of bright new
towns have been brought in
to being. a wide variety of
industries has been put into
operation, and the output of
manufactured goods has I'M
dergone practically a four
fold increase.
Today, as far as their
agriculture is concerned, the
IsraeliS certainly have reason
to take pride in the fact that
they have l million acres of
land in cultivation, as
against a mere 100000 a dec
ade ago. They also have rea-
son to celebrate the complete
self-sufficiency they have
achieved in eggs, poultry,
dairy products, vegetables.
potatoes and fruit, most of
which they raise in quanti-
ties abundant enough for a
thriving export business. As
for their surprisingly numer-
Gus and diversified industries
which include textiles, rub
Der tires, household electro
cal appliances. chemicals,
diamonds, plastics and glass,
to name but a few-every-
body can be satisfied that
they have accomplished re-
markable growth. Since 1913,
for example, the value of
the country's annual factory
output (much of it sold
abroad has jumped from
around 5000 million to ap-
proximately 5000 million,
and there is little doubt that
a similar and possibly even
more striking increase will
be registered in the next 10
years.
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are three dimenSional.

And for heavens sake what
is a doctors prescription?
What does the announcer or
even the copy writer know
about a doctors prescription?
How does it differ from other
patent medicine formulae?
Let the people decide to
boycott products the adver-
Using blurbs of which insult
their intelligence and before
soon you will note a change
in the quality of the copy.
But let us not waste time on
Investigations. They prove
nothing and bring no results.
B. S. BercOvici.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

pulling their toupees simply
because someone wishes to
make a few alterations in
District policy. I think it is
high time these nagging "old
ladies" swept out their own
closets. This rescue situa-
ton has already reached the
eleventh hour. I doubt If
Maryland pocketbooks would
be bruised in the establish
ment of a few regu)e+'one.
If only someone would act
an agreeable status could oe
attained for all concerned.
n p
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Common Fears?

Newspaper publishers, edi-
tors and politicians have
much in commemorative
Gus fear.
Fear of offending the
church, farm, labor, colored
and special interest groups
and blocs. Not to mention
the always poor" relatives.
Driving a garbage truck
would be more peaceful and
less odorous.
Warden F. Hammel.
EJl@
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Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVIf,r

A reader can get an answer by
mail to any question OF fact by
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau 635 F street NV Washington
4. D c Please enclose return postaee
or self-addressed stamped envelope
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ten to force out dummy's ace.
Declarer then drew four
rounds of trumps. discarding
two spades from the dummy
South's next step was to go
after the clubs. West carefully
played the ten of clubs on the
first round of the suit, warning
East that he had a doubleton.
Gets Message
East got the message. He
knew that West had only two
clubs and that South, conSe-
quently. had three clubs. East
therefore refused the first two
rounds of clubs. This shut out
dummy's clubs. Declarer had
to switch back to spades to
make his contract. When he
led the nine Of spades from
dummy East covered with the
jack. South played the queen,
and West won with the king
Now South's eight of spades
was high, and his contract was
safe.
AS the play Of this hand
proves, eightS and mines are
worth more than deuces and
treys. However they are seldom
worth enough to count con-
sciously while you are bidding.
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Answer 10 FORESTRY

word is used, T. Proper names ar
It use
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in the snow. Are you hurta
cried Oonik in alarm. Bu
Tweedleknees lay like one dead
Suddenly Keotuk bounded UP
Eagerly he licked the dwarf
face. Instantly Tweedlekneel
leaped up.
What is that thing?"- h,
shouted in horror.
ITS Keotuk, my dog" SAID
Oonik. Hes trying to hell
you"
Tweedleknees drew in hi
breath. 1t seemed he was abou
to let out a torrent of ahllsI
and Oonik's knees shook with
fear. But Tweedleknees merely
sighed. .
Come on" he said hufily
But please don't walk close IL
me for goodness only know
what you might do next" And
he marched glumly away with
Oonik obediently trailing II
feet behind.
Presently they turned int
the door of a long low buildils
nearly covered by snow. Oonn
gaSped at what he saw.
| At one end Of the room .
group of winged faire,
huddled around a stove thai
held no fire. In the middle OF
the room there were long tables
row on row. and on the table,
were such toys as Oonik hat
never seen or heard of.
There were kites and wagon.
and skates and baseball bats
There were fire engines and
boxing gloves and doll houses
and toy drums.
Oonik's eyes popped and he
stood with his mouth wide open
unable to move or speak. But
Tweedleknees marched up tC
the fairies and said, Bring me
tools and wood. I have a sled
to make"
The fairies, shivering and
clattering their teeth, SHOOK
their heads. There's no wood
to build a fire to keep warm by
How can we find you wood fel
a sled?"
/ Tweedleknees snapped hii
fingers. Use the toys for fire.
wood" he said. And I'll take
these wagons apart to build 9
sled"
"What?" cried the Queer
Fairy in CONSERVATION. DE.
stroy the toys we've already
made?"
Santa himself is going Il
settle things with the Ice King
said Tweedleknees Importantly
When he comes back therel
be summer again for sure and
when the ice melts we'll finc
wood enough for a mountain, d
toys"
! NeTt: Oonik Builds an Ioloo,
Evening star., 1959-12-14

Just note, subconSciously, the
presence or absence of inter-
mediate cards. When you have
a borderline hand, bid aggres-
sively if you have a few inter-
mediates and bid conservatively
If your low cards are very low
indeed.
Daily Question
Partner opens with one heart
and the next player passes. You
hold:
AK 1O6 1882 Uo1Os2 +lOs
What do you do?
Answer: Raise to two hearts.
You have only five points in
high cards and one point for
the doubleton, but the hand is
worth a raise. Go out of your
way to raise a major suit when
you have four-card trump sup
port.
tCopyriEht. 1853. Gen. Features CorpA
Evening star., 1959-12-14
IS Badness
NECESSARY?

You see so many bald men =
you sometimes wonder - DO
they haze to get bald? Is bald.
ness really necessary? Do | hare
to get baId?"
The simple, direct answer is:
Badness is not necessary in most
cases. The IA local scalp ailments
responsible for 92f6 of all bald.
ness can be overcome. One der.
matologist sums it up in saying,
"Civen . treatment of value,
many men can reach the age of
90 with but very little hair loss"
To help you avoid badness,
Thomas offers a 33 year proved
treatment Of unmatched value"
This treatment involves the use
of all modern mechanical
and electrical therapeutic
a devices of known value in
seal p treatment technique.
Thomas first overcomes the
local causes of badness, and
then stimulates the dormant
sources of hair growth.
Soon your hair starts to
grow again as nature in.
tends is should.
Come in foday for free
seal p examination. See for
yourself how Thomas has
been helping others to avoid
\ badness for the past 38
years. See how Thomas can
help you, too.
Evening star., 1959-12-14
Chapter 7
BURNING THE TOYS

=
Crooked legged Tweedle-
knees jumped up and down in
a rage.
You cannot leave Santa
Land!" he cried to Santa Claus.
who is going to invent toys
and show the fairies how to
make them? Who is going to
get things ready for next
Christmas?"
do be quiet, Patrick
TweedlekneeS." ordered Santa.
You know very we'll there may
be no Christmas if the Ice King
freezes up the whole world"
But it's dangerous!" shouted
Tweedleknees. He turned and
shook his tiny fist in Oonik's
face. "Oh. you! Why did you
ever come here with your big
fat ideas?"
Don't mind him." said Santa
taking Oonik's arm. He makes
a big noise to cover up his kind
heart. Come, let's be on our
way"
How will you travel. may I
ask?" persisted TweedlekneeS.
THE reindeer are gone"
Santa said, well, I'll think
Of something"
"Keotuk can take uS!" spoke
up Oonik. "Keotuk's my dog.
He can take us anywhere. Ex-
cept-" he dropped his head.
Except II have lost my
sled"
| Why. that's nothing!' ex-
Evening star., 1959-12-14
SANTA and the ICE KING
BY LUCRECE H. BEALE
Associated Press Newsfestures

SYNOPSIS: Oonik has asked Santa
to visit the Ice King and talk him
into ending the continuous winter.
Santa was at first hesitant about tax
ing the assignment but finally agreed.
it's Q good idea
Evening star., 1959-12-14

claimed Santa. Il can make us
a sled"
Nothing of the sort" said
Tweedleknees huffily. I'll make
the sled. I'm the chief sled
maker around here, please re-
member"
Santa chuckled. VERY well.
Have it ready in an hours
time. Now Oonik you go with
Tweedleknees and I'll go see
to Mrs. Claus"
Still grumbling. but anxious
now to show what he could do,
Tweedleknees crawled up the
pile Of hay with Oonik behind
Evening star., 1959-12-14

him. They started down the
ladder with Tweedleknees lead
ing the way.
Oonik found that going down
the strange contraption was
much harder than going up.
When he had gone half way he
made the mistake of looking at
the ground. His head whirled,
he missed his footing, and
slipped down on Tweedleknees'
head.
With a whoosh they came
tumbling to the ground.
I'm sorry!" cried Oonik,
jumping to his feet.
Tweedleknees lay motionlesS
Evening star., 1959-12-14

Average is 20 words; time
limit, Is minutes.
Rules of the game: ! Words must
be of four or more letters. :, Words
which acquire four letters by the ad-
citizen Of IS" such as bats" cars" ."
ere not used. g. Only one form of a
Evening star., 1959-12-14
Now Many Wear
FALSE teeth
With Little Worry

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tear OF insecure false teeth dropping.
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any drug counter.
Evening star., 1959-12-14

Opening lead: Diamond deuce.
West opened the deuce of
diamonds and East won with
the ace. East looked unhappily
at dummy's long club suit.
What could he do to shut the
suit out? The only hope was to
attack the spades in the hope
of getting spade tricks before
they could be discarded on the
clubs. East returned the deuce
of spades. South played low
and West had to put up the
Evening star., 1959-12-14
STEINWOLD ON BRIDGE
Middle Cards Have Their Value
By ALFRED SHEINWOLD
U. S. Masters Team Champion

Most bridge players count
the value of their aces, kings,
queens. and jacks, using the
4-3-2-l point count. This is
fine for the high cards but
what about the intermediate
cards, such as tens, mines and
even eights? Surely they are
worth more than deuces and
treys. For example, note the
Importance of an eight and a
nine in this hand:
North dealer
Both sides vulnerable
NORTH
AA954
074
1J6
@KQJ63
WEST EAST
AK106 AJ72
1882 2105
1Ql082 0A9743
@l08 &A97
SOUTH
AQ83
0AKQJ6
DK5
@542
North East South West
Pass Pass 10 Pass
% Pass 20 Pass
2 Mt Pass ~ All Pass
Evening star., 1959-12-14

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1959-12-14

forte, foster. fret, frosty. fryer. oyer,
oyster, resort. rest, reft. retry, rose,
roc, roster. serry. serf, sore, softer,
sort, sorry. store. story. tClIy, tore.
tory, troy, trey. tyer, tyro. yore
Evening star., 1959-12-14
UNCLE CHARLIE
WORD GAME
THE REPRYs
FREDDY
HI AND LOIS
SCAMP

Find "a or more words in
H E r ROI S M
neaning, courage, bravery"
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Grosscup, Dial
Cut by Giants;
Jim Pace0ut
BY the Associated Press

The New York Giants have
given UP on Quarterback Lee
Grosscup. their No. / draft
choice. They also cut Buddy
Dial. the former Rice All-Amer-
lea end, yesterday to climax a
day Of fevered activity by the
National Football League clubs
TO trim their rosters to the pre-
scribed 36-player limit.
Grosscup was felt to have
great potential by the Giants
coaching staff but lacked the
immediate experience to seri-
ously challenge Charley Con-
erly, George Shaw or Don Helm
rich fora signal-calling slot.
Dial, who lost the battle for
a No. Q offensive end berth ia
Joe Biscaha of Richmond, was
also given a chance in the de-
fensive backfeld before being
released.
The San Francisco Forty
Miners reached the player limit
The San Francisco Forty
Miners reached the player limit
by placing Halfback Jim Pace,
All-America at Michigan, on
the injured reserve list. Doc
tors told Pace he must UNDER
go surgery for a torn cartilage
in his right knee.
The Baltimore Colts traded
Rookie Guard Hanson Church.
well Of Mississippi to the Red
skins and placed Rookie Line
hacker Tommy Addison OF
South Carolina on waivers.
Green Bay acquired Defen-
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So Surviving Redskins
Get Ready for Cards

viii Renfro, who has filled
in at left guard, where Church
well will be installed, will re.
turn to defensive tackle. where
he was a standout last year
But Renfro. along with rookie
Don Lawrence. will continue &c
work out at guard as well al
tackle to be ready for any fu.
ture emergency.
HonOred at Luncheon
Nixon hopes Churchwell viii
be ready to make his debut
with the Redskins against thu
Cardinals. It all depends or
how quickly he catches on Il
the Washington system. H,
may have a little trouble with
the unbalanced line. but Lin,
Coach Ernie Hefferle will
spend some extra time goinl
over the system with him.
Meanwhile, the Re dskini
were luncheon guests today o
the Touchdown Club at its an.
nual welcome home" affair al
the Statler Hotel. Highlight o.
the session was the award o.
outstanding rookie of 1858
honors to End Bill Anderson o.
Tennessee. and Outstanding
player of the 1859 preseason
games" honors to End Johnny
Paluck of Pittsburgh.
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SENATORS
Continued from Page D-l

Continued from Page D-1
Bob Allison doubled across two
runs in that inning, in which
the Yankees committed two of
their three errors.
NOTES: Bill Fischer will
oppose the Yankees Ralph
Terry tonight. Mickey
Mantle was clipped on the right
foot by a foul of his bat in the
first inning before tanning. /.
He left the game with a bad
bruise. :. The Senators wind
up the year at Boston, where
they have three games over the
week end.
Lemon singled in the third
and now has hit safely in ID
straight games. Yogi Berra
and Gil McDougald argued loud
and long that AlliSon's double
to left in the sixth inning was
foul. but Umpire John Flaherty
wasn't swayed by the oratory.
The Senators and Redskins
played to a scoreless tie in
their touch football game. /.
Chuck Stobbs and Lennie
Green elaborated on a So
yard pass play for the games
big gain. ). Stobbs also punted
about 81 yards but was beaten
by the Redskins Eagle Day,
who doomed one 10 yards.
In a home-run contest, Roy
Sievers parked one in the
bleachers, Allison smacked one
In the visitors bullpen and
Ralph Guglielmi crashed one
over the wooden fence in left.
:. In the throw for accuracy,
through a tire with a bell hang
ing behind it, Hal Naragon
rang the bell twice. Eddie
LeBaron hit the tire four times
in five throws from the plate to
second base.
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U. S. TobIe Netmen
ToPIuy for Title Here

The United States table ten
mis- championships will be held
next March 11-13 in the Shera-
ton Park Hotel, the District of
Columbia Table Tennis club an
nounced today. Over 400 parti-
cipants are expected to enter
the competition.
Information may be obtained
from the District club, 419 Ninth
street NV, or call ME. 8-8lB5.
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sive Tackle Ken Beck from
the Chicago Cardinals. The
Packers gave UP a future draft
choice for the Texas AIM
star.
The Pittsburgh Steelers cut
two veterans. End Dick Lucas
and Tackle John Simerson, and
Rookie Halfback Floyd Dellin-
ger Of Texas Tech.
The Chicago Bears traded
Rookie Tackle Gerald De Lucca
to the Philadelphia Eagles for
a draft choice. De Lucca played
three years for the University
of Tennessee and one year for
Middle Tennessee State.