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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
"TAKOMA PARK, Md.

Dear Sir:
The various ways Of greet
ing have always interested
me. Some people do not
bother, when they meet a
friend, to say anything. l
think they make a mistake.
The words to say have
been worked out over gener-
ations, and have sugges-
ton far in excess of the mere
sounds themselves.
Il was greeted the other
day by a small child. who
looked up at me and uttered
one syllable, and it was one
Of the incest sounds I ever
heard.
Hi. the child said.
There was no meaning
there except what custom
had given: the syllable was
meaningless, otherwise.
'How-de-do,' as a substi-
tute for How do you do is
always good. and certainly
Good morning and Good
afternoon have a place all
their own.
GOOD night is a phrase
which slang has altered
somewhat. but it still remains
worthwhile.
II like to believe that we
are all better of when We
scrupulously greet our ac-
quaintances. and if we have
a kind word for the stranger,
why, so much the better.
Yours very truly, A. R."
A greeting seems to be
very hard for some people.
Probably these are the
acutely self-centered, whose
little world revolves COM
pletely around the self.
We have told the story
here before. of a very fam
Gus man. whose name makes
no difference, who was
greeted by another famous
man.
The latter was by ma
ture q cheerful soul.
Good morning." he said
10 the other. who was. also
by nature, a very grumpy
person.
Good morning." said the
grumpy man.
Later in the morning, the
two met again.
Good morning" said the
happy one.
The other scowled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Gorcio's Yacht
Max Karant,

The letter of Kendall Rich
ard Free compared the S2.5
million cost of the ship for
the President of the Philip
pines to the SIS million cost
of the jet plane for President
Eisenhower. But the cost of
the ship for the President of
the Philippines viii not be, as
Mr.. Free thinks. taken from
the requested SIS million
United States loan for f.
nancing public and private
development projects or from
the $50 million loan from the
Development Loan Fund. It
is being purchased as part of
the Japanese PREPARATIONS to
the Philippines.
Furthermore. the yacht was
ordered as a measure of econ
omy. 1t is for the official use
of President Carlos p. Garcia
and Philippine government
officials. 1t will be used by
their successors. Builders es-
innate 1t will last from IS to
so years without need of re-
placement. Because its con-
struction conforms to the
specifications required of
many naval ships. the ship
can serve a multipurpose mis-
sion.
The old presidential yacht
being used by President Gar
cia and before him the late
President Ramon Magsaysay
cost $2.l million and has been
costly to maintain because it
is an obsolete minesweeper
purchased from the United
States Navy.
The new yacht, designed as
a naval transport. is capable
OF loading 1900 tons cargo
and 500 troops. 1t will be
used also for disaster relief
work and as floating expo
sition, In April. it will carry
Philippine products to be
shown to Southeast Asian
countries. The project has re-
ceived the enthusiastic sup
port of the Philippine bust
ness community, including
the Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Chamber of
Industries, which will spon-
sor the exhibit.
Manuel A. Viray.
Second Secretary. Embassy
OF the Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Busy Potomac

If the w. Va. and Md.
Coach Co. is denied the use
of the Potomac River road
from Memorial Bridge to
Langley for passenger traffic,
then the airlines should also
be denied the use Of the
Potomac River area as a
major traffic artery. The "a
hour continual roar and
heavy vibration Of enormous
planes passing up the river
has changed the character of
the area from a desirable
residential and recreational
area to a heavy industrial
status.
Historically, the Potomac
River from Alexandria to
Cumberland has been a nat
ural traffic artery. George
Washington h inn If envi-
stoned the river and the canal
as a highly developed COM
mercial area. A geography
book in widespread use in ele-
mentary schools in the 20s
carried a picture of the Poto-
mac River just above Key
Bridge as a good illustration
of many forms of transporta-
ton and communication con-
centrated in one spot: The
river, the canal, Canal road,
the railroad, the power lines,
and on the bluff, the street
car" line.
Although I am an ardent
conservationist and supporter
of acquisition and develop
ment of park lands, I fail to
see any logical point in at
tempting to confine the use
of the parkway" from Key
Bridge to Chain Bridge to
private passenger vehicles.
Charlotte FIeck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
RIA and Southwest

John Barron's excellent
article on the District Of CO.
lumbia Redevelopment Land
Agency showed the result Of
research and understanding
of the situation. I found it
very moderate in tone, and
certainly RIA was treated
more kindly than it deserves
and cannot complain it was
unfair in any manner.
1t is unfortunate that the
little people Of the South
west area are unorganized
and without congressional
representation to protect
them. For the country as a
whole it is even more unfor-
tunate that some of the cases
which have gone to the
courts have been poorly pre-
sented, so that some very
unfortunate judgments have
been rendered. judgments in
cidentally which are difficult
and costly to upset.
Most of the Southwest
property represents small
holdings and the costs and
time involved in taking a
case through the courts is
so great that the owner cam
not afford to do so. AS a re-
suit. the little people have
failed to receive anything
like fair and just compensa-
ton. Had any private agency
acted in the manner Of RIA
it would have been under in
vestigation long ago. No
property is safe under exist
ing decisions. II merely re-
quires going through certain
movements, and then the best
property in Washington may
be taken, not necessarily for
a public use but for private
gain.
Mr.. Remon's promise to
review RIA policies is. in my
opinion. simply his way OF
taking the heat of and let
ting the matter die.
Lawrence ]. Peak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

AAAE tAA " V0oIo Va Vic
Antarctic continent-large,
wildly rock-strewn. lake
studded, ice-free areas In
the midst of thousands Of
square miles OF Ice q mile
Enthusiastically are Islands"
This is the conclusion Of
Russian international Geo.
physical Year explorers who
have investigated the para
doxical regions during the
past year, according to their
report as summarized by the
Department Of Commerce.
Biggest Of the iceless lands
is the so-called Bunger
Oasis OF the wilkes coast Of
East Antarctica. discovered by
the United States High
Jump" expedition in 1948--a
place 50 wild with massive
boulders that one could be-
come hoplessly lost in q few
minutes. Anybody who ven
tured away from companions
was instructed to carry q ball
of Irvine attached TO some
object at his starting place
to find his way back again.
The oasis" covers, the Rus
slams found. about 500 square
kilometers.
They also investigated the
other two areas-the Vest
fold, 400 square kilometers,
and the Greerson, 100 square
kilometers, in the same gen.
eral area Of the continent.
Natural conditions in all
three are quite similar al
though each has its specific
features, they report. All
three are located at the edge
Of the glacial cover of Ant
arctica, facing the sea on
one side while the other
edge joins the slope Of the
ice sheet. The base Of this
ice sheet, the Russians found.
is below sea level. so the
areas must be offshore is
lands.
Due to Strong Winds
The GASES, says the Rus
sian report. owe their exist
ence to prevailing winds
blowing northward from the
Pole. Continuous. strong
southeast and east winds
break Of and carry away
into the sea pieces Of the ice
sheet edge on the northwest
side of each oasis, leaving a
bare land surface. Also. the
wind carries mineral parti-
cles from the barred land to-
ward the northwest. thereby
increasing the melting Of the
ice.
Each of the three, the
Russians found. is a billy
region with hills composed
Of tumbled basic rocks to
heights of from 300 to 500
feet. Slopes Of the hills, as
a rule. are steep. rocky. and
sometimes terraced. The ter
races. it is surmised. we're
formed by the lowering Of
sea level sometime in the
present geological period. On
one In the Vestfold Oasis
the explorers found numer-
Gus remains Of sea organ
isms, including shells Of
flower worms" m ollusk
shells. glass sponges. num-
mified remains of seals and
of large marine birds. Study
of the glass sponges espe-
cially, the Russians report.
convinces them that at some
time in the past few thou
sand years the sea rose much
higher than at present. They
describe the boulder will
dernesS:
las a result of desquama-
ton (Scaling) and weather.
ing by temperature and frost
a large part Of the elevations.
This debris is mixed to a
large extent with boulders
rock debris is scattered over
carried by glaciers. The de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
More on Antorctic Oasis REGIONS

pressions between hills are
filled with debris largely Of
morainic origin. Valleys sep-
arating the hills have been
dug out by glaciers and often
are trough-shaped.
"The wind carrying grains
OF sand plays an important
part In the process Of rock
disintegration. There are nu-
merous characteristic forms
OF weathering. typical for
arid regions, on the cliffs
and boulders. such as pores,
inches. mushroom shaped
lodges and crests. In some
places the surface Of the
cliffs resembles lace. Some
times the weathering of
boulders goes so far as com.
pletely to destroy their inte-.
rlor parts. Only the surface
layer In the form of q crust
remains. The effect Of the
wind on the cliffs continues
throughout the year because
even in winter there is al
most no snow cover. The arid
type Of weathering is further
stressed by formation of
desert varnish on the cliffs
and Of efflorescence OF salt"
Climatic conditions in the
ce-free areas, the Russians
found. differ strikingly from
those on the icy shores of the
rest Of the continent, espe-
cially during the south polar
summer. Summer is warmer
and drier. The radiation bal
ance is three to four times
that on the surrounding ice.
due to the great absorption
Of solar energy by the dark
surfaces Of the rocks which
are heated to 80 degrees
Centigrade and sometimes
even more.
The air temperature some
times is as much as 5 degrees
Centigrade higher on the
average than in the ice
covered regions. A maximum
Of II degrees has been OBJ
served in the daytime and
1T seldom drops below freez-
ing at night. In the Russian
station near the Bunger
Oasis, the maximum temper
allure in a year was only 5
degrees Centigrade.
Humidity Very Low
THE relative humidity is
exceptionally low" continues
the report, amounting to so
per cent at night and going
down to 10 to Is per cent in
the daytime. All this causes
an normous amount Of
evaporation from the sur
face Of the ground and the
ice OF the snow patches and
glaciers surrounding an oa-
sis. Updrafts of air are
formed which lead to the
formation Of cumulus clouds
above the Gases. hardly ever
observed in any other regions.
The strong winds, mainly
in an easterly direction,
which sometimes exceed $50
feet a second, blow away
even the small amounts Of
snow which fall in winter.
In summer there is almost
no precipitation whatsoever
and the balance Of moisture
is negative. as a result Of
which snow cannot accllrmu-
late to form glaciers. Only
in a few favorable spots pro-
tected from the wind small
glacierettes and snow patches
are formed. In this respect
the GreerSon Oasis is q lit
tie different. In this area
most of the deep valleys and
depressions between individ-
ual mountains are filled with
ice. partly connected with
the ice sheet but mostly sep
arated from it. which has
formed residual glaciers.
often without noticeable
traraS nf VnovaYaay1f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry wrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

can bring to bear on the FAA,
then Pete" Quesada is the
man.
Max karant,
Vice President, Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Asso-
citation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-09

oil BIodensburs Rd. NE. tz)----LIneoIn 1850
Wis. Ave. ct AlbemorIe NV. U6) Emerson 2-ll2z
$500 Wilson Blvd. Arlington -, Jackson 7-4soo
Als. Ave. Gt NoyIor I'd. Sc. tzo) Ludlow $500
SASS coIesviIIs Rd., Silver Spring Juniper 5000
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11
Tag Day To Offer
Little League Boost

ment, uniforms, balls, bats, etc
I-$3,208.00. Insurance on play
ers - S651.OO; Umpires' ant
Scorers fees-$667.OO; Award:
= $779.35; Miscellaneous -
$169.50.
Some of the necessary funds
are provided by the merchants
and civic organizations who
sponsor teams but they cannot
be expected to assume the en-
tire financial burden. 1t is alb
solutely essential that addition
al monetary support be pro-
vided by local merchants in or
der to maintain this fine pro-
gram.
Therefore, when the boys call
on you this Saturday, we hope
that you won't disappoint them
they need and deserve your
support. Your cooperation will
be greatly appreciated by the
boys who will benefit from the
supervised program of sum-
mer baseball activity as re-
suit of your financial aid.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11
Free Movie Tickets

You CON get poiI Of com
pIimentory tickets 70 the Shaw
Hayden Theohs By reading the
ads In this popes. There ore ten
nomes in ten ads scattered thru
the paper. u you find your uoms
tust clip the od and soks 4 q
the Show-Hoyden Theot1s and
you'll go, 'wo free tickets.
Tonight ThursdoYl The World.
The Flesh. And The Devil"
Friday thru Tuesday,. Bob Hope
in "Alios Jesse jones"
Kiddie Ndt;nee Sat. "Alids
Jesse !dmes" plus The Hour Of
Cartoons and Motinee Club.
Next Wednesday. THE Night
OF The Quorter Moon" and
Goodbye My Lady"
Check oil the ads and maybe
you'll find your name II not this
week. be sure to look next week.
rhere1l be ten nomes each week
good for 20 tickets al the Shaw
Hayden Thedtre.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11

John w. Ingram, Fourth ave
Members of the Ohio State
Court of Chevaliers, headed by
State Commander Newell D.
Jones, Toledo, will comprise the
chevalier team.
Four persons will be cited as
all-around DeMolays in the rep
resentative DeMolay investiture
to be performed by a district RID
team composed of various chap
ters within the Cleveland area.
The Mothers Club will be hon
ored for its oath year of serv-
ice.
A buffet supper will precede
the award presentations at $50
p. m. Reservations are Is cents
per person and can be obtained
by phoning chairman Richard
DeMuth at Ii. 1928.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11
Clocks Tick off
Gifts For Grads

Memorial Day ticked of
memorable gifts to Shaw '59
graduates Edward Klishak
113O Eddy rd., and Jacob
Weaver, 1891 Phillips ave-, on
the Nelson Jewelry Store clock.
The clock which was started
May 18th stopped opposite
Weaver's and Klishak's num-
bers May 30th. Klishak re-
ceived a Gruen watch and
Weaver a Parker pen and pen
Gil set.
George Nelson, who oper-
ates the jewelry store at 1885
Hayden ave-, has been provid-
ing gifts for two lucky Shaw
graduates for over 25 years.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11
BY Bob keefer

Every civic minded East
Cleveland resident and those
who live in the East Cleveland
school district will have an op-
portunity to support a very
worthwhile program when the
East Cleveland Little Leagues,
Inc, conducts it's annual "Tag
Day" this Saturday, June
18th.
The entire city will be can
vassed by Minor League, Lit
tie League and Pony League
players in their uniforms who
will be supervised by their
managers and coaches during
their house-to-house coverage.
All of the major shopping GEN.
ters in the local area will also
be covered to include any local
Presidents who are doing their
weekend shopping when the
boys ring their doorbell. The
boys will be toting small col
lection cans in which they will
gratefully accept donations of
any denomination.
The money collected during
the Tag Day canvass will be
used to provide operating funds
for the four leagues sponsored
by the ECLLI. Naturally, it
takes a great deal of money to
supply the needs for almost
500 East Cleveland boys who
take part in this popular base
ball program which is now in
its seventh year of existence.
For example, in 1868, total
of $5,474.S5 was spent to meet
the expenses required to pur-
chase equipment, provide med
ical insurance coverage, pay
the umpires' and scorers fees
and sustain the cost of awards
presented to the championship
teams. A breakdown of the '58I
expenses is as follows: Equip
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11
Grandmother 81
Continued from page -

1
Another incident which puz-
zled them took place in Cuba.
The Cubans were having a law
ish victory parade for Castro
while Castro, himself was in
the United States. Being some
what acquainted with the Latin
American people, this didn't
puzzle them. The mystery
seems to be where our wire
service correspondents get
their news.
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Kepner
planned to enjoy the parade to
the utmost. They had purchased
front row seats at the busy in
tersection of The Prado and
Neptune. From this vantage
point, they watched the proceed
ings with avid interest all day
long. The following morning,
they boarded a plane for the
next place on their itinerary.
Previous plane passenger haGsl
left New York newspaper be-
hind him which Mrs. Davis and
Mrs. Kepner were interested in
reading. They were amazed to
see a wire service account de-
scribing the mob fighting and
wounding the nine persons at
the intersection of The PradoI
and Neptune which supposedly
took place the day they were
there. They had box seats to a
news event which never took
place.
Mrs. Kepner, who understands
Spanish relates how their cab
driver in Mexico tried to be CO.
operative in finding a bull fight
for them. He stopped at every
street corner and asked the men
standing there if they knew
where there was a bull fight.
When each of them replied in
the negative, the "Driver would
swear in Spanish. Mildly, Of
course, because he was a very
sweet fellow" said Mrs. Kepner.
The trips which Mrs. Kepner
and her widowed mother have
taken since 1854 included a gen.
eral sightseeing tour of Florida,
California with Yellowstone as
the main attraction on the way
out. A ride down the Mississippi
on the "Delta Queen" an excur-
sion through the everglades of
Florida, island hopping in the
West Indies and most recently
the Jaunt to Cuba and Mexico.
While on these many excur-
sions Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Kep-
ner observed other ways of life,
met many new acquaintance
and collected souvenirs. They
have brought back some colorful
baskets and pictures which they
particularly treasure because
they watched the artists making
them. Other items which they
have collected are statuettes,
landcarved figurines, and fine
homemade loomed materials.
Mrs. Davis expresses The way
she regards the opportunity to
10 all these things when she
says, whats the sense of GO
ng places if you don't do
,hings."
Mrs. Davis has a closely knit
amily life and enjoys her chill
lren. Her other children besides /
Mrs. Ralph Kepner are Mrs. I
Eva Barton, 13431 Shaw ave.;
Roy, of So East 214th St; and
Albert of 214th ST., and Kennison
We.
Mrs. Davis also has seven
grandchildren. Part of the JOY
# her trips is bringing back
rinkets for them.
Asked if she had anything she
iked to do especially other than
'eading and travelling, she re-
,lied, with four children, who
reeds a hobby"
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11
DeMoIoys Give
'HiQhesf Honor

The Order of DeMolay will.
present the first DeMolay
Awards Night June 18th at SOC
p. m. in the East Cleveland Ma
sonic Temple, 1850 Belmore I'd
The degree of Chevalier, high
est honor an active member can
receive, will be conferred upon
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11
WRITER'S

Sigma Tau Delta, a writers
group, will hold its annual
awards luncheon Saturday. Gold
cups will be awarded to the first
prize winners for the best short
story, play, essay, articles,
monologue, narrative and lyrical
poem.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11

A son, Timothy Oliver, wa
born on May 25th to Mr.. ant
Mrs. Donald Weaverling, Ill
East 125th st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
BY AMELIA YOUNG
Star staff Writer

Sixteen Russian tourists, all
culture enthusiasts. sat in a
plush private thcater last
night watching an American
m a d e film - The Nuns
Story"
In about the middle IF the
two-and-t hree-quarter h our
production. one Of the Rus
slams yawned.
Perhaps the IG1n simply
wanted sleep.
But in any case, the Tech
nicolor picture which drew
such unreserved plaudits from
the Washington critics sew
eral weeks ago, received more
careful compliments from the
Soviet viewers last night.
When asked how she liked
1t. Mrs. Nina NonosiltSeva
was ready:
Lovely" she said. The
color, the playing of the &C
tors. Wonderful. But the uh.
the what do you say? Yes,
the theme. the plot -" she
paused. then added: And did
you enjoy it?"
Mrs. Lydia Kislova, leader
of the tourist group which in
cludes writers, professors,
musicians, theater directors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Hadassah
Workshop
Sunday

Over 200 delegates will at
tend a Seminar Workshop
dealing with organization
problems at the Shoreham
Hotel on Sunday, sponsored
by the Seaboard Region of
Hadassah, Women's Zionist
Organization.
Mrs. Arthur Rubel, Con-
sultant for Integrated Activ-
tiles Of HadasSah, will prime
members on methods for ad-
vancing membership, fund
raising and programs.
An author as we'll as a lee
turer, Mrs. Rubel has APP
peared before audiences
throughout the United States
as we'll as in the Scandana-
Wan countries, South Amer
lea and Shanghai.
Mrs. Raphael Tourover,
District attorney and civic
leader, will be guest speaker
for the luncheon session.
Mrs. Tourover serves Ha-
dassah as its liaison officer
with United States Govern
ment agencies and other ma
tional bodies.
An expert in welfare prob
lens on an international lev
ell, she was responsible for
effecting the distribution in
Israel of surplus foods given
Hadassah by the American
Government.
Her local activities include
active participation in the
League of Women Voters,
National Conference of Chris
ianS and Jews, the United
Jewish Appeal, the National
Civil Liberties Clearing House
and serves as vice president
of the Jewish Community
Council of Greater Washing
ton.
Delegates will be greeted
by Mrs. Alfred Twin, Hadas-
sab Seaboard Region presi-
dent, and Mrs. Toby Boymel,
president of the Washington
Chapter.
Presiding officer over the
workshops will be Mrs. Meyer
Herzberg, vice president of
the region, and leader Of a
large delegation from Vir-
GINA.
A feature of the program
will be audience participa-
ton in quizzing a panel Of
Regional Hadassah experts.
These include Mrs. Jacob
Bank on Promotions, Mrs.
Julius Siegel on Membership,
Mrs. Jules Bernfeld on Fund
Raising, Mrs. Samuel Koonin
on Education, Mrs. Julius
Lehman on Leadersh p
Training, Mrs. Joseph Rose
on Organization, and Mrs.
Aaron Levy on Zionist Pub
lie Relations and Publicity.