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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

@. Please define "diplo-
matte immunity."-F. S.
A. In "Our American Gov
eminent" the Hon. Wright
Patman defines it as follows:
mo state. country, or private
or public person may use force
or violence against the per-
son OF an ambassador, b
property, household, or serN
ants, even in the event Of q
declaration of war between
his nation and the one to
which he is accredited. For
minor violations of the law,
such as speeding in motor
vehicles and other infrac-
tions of municipal ordinances,
the diplomat is immune from
prosecution and arrest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Away With the Hex!

There is no doubt in our mind that
some malignant supernatural force is
undermining the health of our baseball
Senators.
Disaster first struck catcher Clint
Courtney, "old Scrap Iron" who broke
leg and then came down with the most
un-ironlike malady imaginable mumps.
From then on, it has been one thing
after another. Old muscle ailments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

The candy eater thinks of
himself as Tennyson did of
his lotus eaters.
He believes this is food,
and that it is good food, and
that it offers very little
chance of harm.
For one thing, the average
bit of candy does not spoil.
Very few persons ever suf-
fered from any sort Of food
poisoning after eating candy.
The sugars of which it is
made are not that sort of
thing. Sugars are good for
you, really, in moderation.
Sugars give quick energy.
Everybody knows the surge
of ambition after eating a
candy bar. That is the reason
so many are eaten.
y \ 4
There is a main reason. of
course, why candy is eaten
in such quantities every day
of the year.
1t tastes good!
The good taste is something
we have been told to frown
upon. Whole generations of
earnest men and women have
labored to make us believe
that the good taste. IN al
most anything, is bad.
Probably nobody has ever
believed a word of it. and the
candy sales show it, but most
Of us have pretended, at least,
to heed the earnest message.
The best thing candy does
for us, we feel. is to give us
a daily opportunity to like
and appreciate the good
taste.
The Romans had candy of
a sort. and the Middle Ages,
too, though they called
candies comfits then.
No matter what it is called,
candy is good, and no one
need apologize for liking it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

that Premier Khrushchev now has indi-
Gated that he may be receptive to the
recently modified Anglo-American plan
for policing a total ban on military
nuclear tests. Actually, in the opinion
Of more than few experts including
Thomas E. Murray, the distinguished
former member of the Atomic Energy
Commission-that plan is highly risky,
and Soviet acceptance Of it would be
bad thing for the free world.
Mr.. Murray, for example. feels so
deeply about this that he has written
a special memorandum on the subject
for the Joint Congressional Atomic
Committee. In effect, the memorandum,
which Is full of challenging questions
and SOLDERING admonitions, adds up to a
Experimentation warning against
what he regards as our countrys too
trustful and easy-going attitude toward
ban.
Thus Mr.. Murrays most essential
points may be outlined as follows: ~
Politically, morally and militarily, the
administration has made potentially
grave mistake in declaring a moratorium
on all types OF tests and in recently in
dicating that 1t may be willing to agree
to a ban without insisting at the same
time on the StricteSt kind of inspection
System-a system embracing, among
other things, the great land mass of Red
China. (2) The United States had better
wake up to the fact that the men of the
Kremlin have long been trying to ma
neuver 1t into trap-a trap in which
we might find ourselves incapable of
developing and maintaining nuclear de-
lenses (including the anti-missile) vital
to survival. And (3) Mr.. Eisenhower
should revert to the policy, as set forth
In his letter to Premier Khrushchev on
April Is, OF advocating an end to easily
detachable atmospheric atomic hydrogen
detonations (the ones that cause health
endangering fallout), but of continuing
with noncontaminating detonationS I'M
foreground and in outer space until there
is real disarmament or genuinely trust
worthy and vetolesS policing methods.
AS matters stand, according to Mr..
Murray, our country faces the peril of
VA VAAlS AlVO bllC WOIoL klIlQ VI dSTee~
ment regarding ban on such detona-
tionS. Actually, in his opinion, mo
military man in possession of the facts
would have recommended the test NOR
at0rium, or consented to it except under
heavy pressure. The military judgment
today must still be the judgment made
! BY the President in December, 1857, that
a~tQtal shutdown on all tests, small as
we'll as large, underground as well as
overground, is ifnprudent, dangerous to
the national security, an unwarranted
sacrifice of defensive strength" And it
Is for that reason, above all, that he has
warned as sharply as he has against
what he regards as q too-soft official
approach to the problem.
Mr.. Murray'S warning seems to us
to be sound. InSany case, now that the
talks on the proposed ban are tempo
,rarily suspended, our Government would
be well advised to undertake a sweeping
review of the whole problem, and of
American policy in regard to it. Ger
tainly, as far as national security is con-
cerned, the United States ought to make
haste slowly before it ties itself to Seri-
Gus and probably hazardous commit
mentS in the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS r. HENRY
Russians Widely Explore Antarctic
Russian international Geo.

Russian international Geo.
physical Year explorers have
conducted investigations over
nearly a million square miles
Of the Antarctic continent
during the past year.
This is reported In q De-
partment OF Com cree
resume Of Soviet scientific
reports, just issued.
About rs per cent OF this
area has been along the
coast and the rest in the
desolate. almost featureless
interior. The area includes
the south magnetic pole, the
great Shackleton ice shelf.
and several ice-free "oases."
The explorers have given
special attention to the sea-
ward flow Of the great con-
tinental ice sheet and to the
upbuilding of the Shelves"
unique Antarctic phenom-
ena. The Shackleton is the
third largest Of these-larg-
est being the titanic Ross
shelf where United States
expeditions have made their
headquarters
The area of operations, ac-
cording to the departmental
resume, represents a large
portion Of the ice cap, a level
surface which deScends grad
ually toward the sea from an
elevation of about 10000 feet
at the pole. AS it approaches
the sea the slope becomes
sleeper. The seward edge
breaks of in a steep ice cliff
from 80 to so feet high. The
glacial surface is almost
completely smooth in the in
terror but becomes undulat-
ing as it nears the sea and
takes on something of the
character of the underlying
land surface.
Great Crevasses
But in some places, the re-
port says, the elevations of
the glacier bed even in the
far interior cause formation
of great crevasses, nightmare
of Antarctic explorers. Near
ing the coast, individual ice
streams become isolated in
the subglacial valleys. These
are the great outlet glaciers in
which the ice moves con-
siderably faster than the con-
tinental sheet as a whole.
This results in the So-called
ZONE Of crevasses," from a
few miles to nearly so miles
wide, which extends along
the coast in a solid strip.
This constitutes a great block
for all expeditions trying to
penetrate the interior of the
continent. AS a rule snow-cov-
cred and exposed crevasses
alternate. Only along occa-
sional, very narrow strips is
it possible to penetrate An
tarctica through this zone.
In the coastal zone, the
Russians found, the bottom
of the ice sheet moving down
from the center of the con-
tinent lies below sea level
over a considerable area. FIRE.
quently depth of the sea near
the ice wall is so great that
the edge of the ice cap
breaks off at the bottom and
floats to the surface. In
places where the outlet gla-
ciers search the coast, long
floating ice tongues project
far out into the sea.
The ice shelves themselves,
the Russian explorers found,
rest partly on the sea bottom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters carry iDriter's correct
names and addresses. Al
letters are subject to conden-
sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Icebergs Formed

Under pressure of ice flow
ing from the interior. the
newly formed sections of shelf
ice move gradually toward
the edge of the shelf and
break off in the form of ice
bergs which float out into the
sea. If the formation of new
sections of ice predominates
over the outflow from the in
terror the east edge of the
shelf gradually will move
eastward. Theoretically the
entire shelf should be NOV
ing east but at a rate so
slow that it has been impos-
sible to detect.
The sea surrounding the
continental shores is covered
with ice during most of the
year. This includes a large
number Of icebergs break
ing of along almost the en-
tire stretch of the'cliff. Some
of these bergS are very large,
covering more than 100
square miles, During part of
the summer. however, most
of the shore ice breaks up and
the continent is largely sur
rounded by a belt of open,
rg-filled water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

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writing The star Information Bu-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

but many Of them are afioat.
The surface Of the shelf ice
generally is quite level but
here and there are dome
shaped elevations, which are
reflections Of the elevations
Of the underlying sea bottom.
Sometimes such domes are
located outside the limits Of
the shelves, forming ice Is
lands resting on submarine
elevations and completely
surrounded by open sea.
The structure of the shelves
themselves is quite complex,
the Russians found. The
lower parts consist of ice
flowing from the interior of
Antarctica, the lower parts
Of ice formed from local
accumulation Of snow. In
areas where ice from the in
terror moves rapidly, as in
some of the great glaciers,
local ice does not have time
to form, and the glaciers con-
sist entirely Of continental
ice. In other places the
glaciers move very slowly and
accumulated ice covers the
continental ice with a very
thick layer. This has been
observed in most of the shelf
ice areas. including the
Shackleton shelf, where the
seward sides Of the high
cliffs are covered with a thick
layer of ice of local origin.
The eastern portions of the
ice shelves have a slightly
different structure. Their
foundation consists of an
accumulation of icebergs,
driven there by the prevailing
east and southeast winds and
the currents produced by
these winds. These icebergs,
accommodating near the east
ern edge of a shelf, form ex-
tensive fields. The sea ice.
forming between the bergs,
does not break up and the
whole area is covered from
above with a layer of slowly
accommodating snow. which
later changes into ice. In
some areas where no ice ar
rives from the interior of the
continent fairly large sec
tions Of the shelf may be
formed entirely of this sea
ice.
The Nome nugget., 1959-04-29
Grueningg Pictures
 Alaska as 'Bulwark Of World Defense
By FRANK w. VAILLE

WASHINGTON, R - Senator Ernest Gruening has proposed that Congress fully reconsider Alaska's defenses so it may become "a bulwark of defense for the North American Continent and the whole free world"
 Such a role, he said, "is an important part of it's destiny.''
 Discussing what he called the military neglect of Alaska" .prior to World War II, Gruening told the Senate Monday he still feels Every strongly that the defenses of Alaska are as yet by no means what they should be-"
 Of the worldwide chain of bases built by the United States in re- cent years, Gruening said many are of extremely dubious value" as the result of opposition within the nations where they are built.
 In some instances, he said, "there is little question that Uncle Sam is being blackmailed, if that may not~be too harsh a word, for the right of keeping those bases there"
 (" Whatever defenses we build in Alaska" he said, i've build on the firm rock of U. s. terrain and within the security of a 100 per cent loyal American people. What is built in Alaska is not liable to sabotage, subver- sion or other adverse factors which exist in the case of many over seas bases.
 "Alaska's defenses should be fully reconsidered to make the 18th state what is an important part of it's destiny, namely to be bull wark of defense for the North American Continent, and thereby for the whole free world"
 Gruening called for the defense reappraisal in a speech criticizing published New York Times) ref erences which he said described the expulsion of the Japanese from Attu and Kiska Islands during World War II as costly and Wasteful military diversion"
The Nome nugget., 1959-04-29

The fellow who thinks that the whole world is against him never seems to realize that possibly the world doesn't even know he is in it.
The Nome nugget., 1959-04-29
LAW DAY, U.S.A., MAY 1, 1859
P R O c R A M

PROG c RIA M
 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ROOM. a3o PM Walter H. Hodge. District Judge. presiding Introductory Remarks ---------------- Judge Hodge Invocation -..----.---- Fr. Lawrence Nevue, s. J. Presentation of Colors Civil Air Patrol Cadets Introduction of Court Staff and special guests Presidential Proclamation Mayor Steffen Andersen Nome High School Band, Wm. Bixby, Director Equality Under Law MT James A. von der Heydt
 1st Vice President Alaska Bar Association The American Creed -------------- Fritz Chambers America The Beautiful" - Mrs Carrie McLain
 Mrs. Helen Dunbar, Accompanist Respect for Law .- Hon. Russell R. Hermann
 United States Attorney 'What Our Courts Can Do for You Judge Hodge The National Anthem ------- School Band Sextette Retirement of Colors - Civil Air Patrol Cadets Benediction - Rev. John Maakestad Public is cordially invited to attend.
The Nome nugget., 1959-04-29
Vote "Yes" On Tuesday

NEXT TUESDAY the qualified voters of Nome will vote at special municipal election proposi- on to increase the sales tax from percent to three percent.
 No one really likes to think about increased taxes but that is the only way the city maintain its services and necessary upkeep
 Most of the tax money goes toward the upkeep of the school and the increased costs for teachers and materials, the school population continues to increase Other necessities include police and fire department big item for this community is street repairs and snow removalin the winter This summer the city will get it's first section of backtop streets through the business district up Boring Avenue and to the airport The city will pay only 10 percent of the cost of this important improvement which will much to everyone here.
 The City Council has chosen by resolution to increase the present sales tax by only percent This is the faires tax known everyone contributes both resident and nonresident.
 The taxpayers are urged to support their councils determination in this matter III otherwise 1t will be necessary curta many of the extra services such as cleanup projects, removal and sidewalk repairs. refusal may also result in trimming the school budget cutting down the police and fire serv ices, and eXacng many other economies which would reflect in inconvenience in the daily life of the entire community.
 A few years ago the residents of Nome voted in 2 percent tax to build up a revolving fund for the seawal Many persons objected at that time, and those persons now realize that without that tax would not have the school have today, or the pro tectve seawa and thatthe tax has not been burden N on anyone One percent additional tax will make little difference to the individual but will mean much in making Nome the pleasant town in which want to continue to live.
The Nome nugget., 1959-04-29
GRASS ROOTS OPINION

From the Corvallis, Ore, Gazette-Times: Tt costs
 lot of money to live and work in these United States and it's worth it, but we wish the spenders would think of the taxpayers when they dream up new ways to give away their hard-earned wages, salaries, pen sionS and dividends.
 .From the Sierra Madre, Calif., News: Many persons in society would like to the protec tion of the Bill of Rights only for themselves and for those with whom they agree But the Bill of Rights was adopted to guard us all - the gambler, the hood um, the political msfit and the ordinary citizen from the overwhelming power of the state"
 TODAY THERE ARE five million alcoholics and three million problem drinkers One out of nine who starts to drink expect to end in this group The tragic difficulties of American alcoholics involve at least 20 million other people,
 We need ito employ every available aid in arrest ing the mounting numbers of casualties which result from the uses of alcohol The church must strengthen and expand it's ministries to the alcoholic and to the potential alcoholic. Religious faith offers the suest guarantee of mental health moral control and inner peace.
The Nome nugget., 1959-04-29
Ice Pool Dates

Since 1917, when the Pool was started, the ice has gone out at Nenana as follows:
The Nome nugget., 1959-04-29

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ROON Honorable Walter H. Hodge. District Judge
, 1959-02-24
Deceased.
Cit N
'ENT OF THE UNITED STATES
ar 1A1sA4S MEnSADO, DEANNA MERCADO, GRECO
RlO MERCADO, Jr, VICTOR LUIS MERCADQ
HEIRS OF MEDELICIA REYES.
GREETING

Il you have any cause to show why the document dated
the 18th day Of Septmber, 1916, purportng 10 be the Last Will
and Testament Of GREGORIO MERCADO, deceased. 81 chris
uansted, Virgin Islands, should not be admitted to probate
ana record, and why Letters Testamentary should not be
glan'eu e MAFlNA MERCADO, the Executrix named there
in, you will appear and make such cause known baforo IL
District Court Of the Virgin Islands at Christiansted. vir-
gin Islands on Thursday, the 5th day of March, ADJ 1859.
Dated this 9Th day Of February, "A. D, 1859.
II Aimeflc =. Christian 81 William F. Moorhead
Attorney District Court Commission
, 1959-02-24
PUBLIC AUCTION

At the request Of Loretta
Granum, Administrators of
he Estate of A
GRANUM, and pursuant to an
Order Of the District Court of
the Virgin Islands, dated De
cember 81, 1858, the United
States Marshal will sell at
Public Auction,
Property No. ~ & 43
Strand Street, Chrisiansted
on the 25h day Of February,
1859, at 2:30 pm, at the Dis
trict Court Room in Christian
sted, Virgin Islands.
The conditions Of the Auc-
ton will be read and posted at
the time Of the sale.
Dated this 9th day Of Feb
ruary, A. D, 1859.
$. A. FarrellY.
United States Mars hal.
, 1959-02-24
FRANK WIESNER & 20.
Real Estate

BIZ acres at WEIM just a
minute from the golf course /.
perfect for farming or subdivid-
ing. Wonderful view of the sea.
Refreshing breeze. AT the astonish-
ingly low price Of only $1,000.
ACT NOW
GRANGE Only one mile
from the beach. TWO really beau
tiful homesites with plenty Of
gardening area left over. NINE
AND ONE HALF acres for only
$40, 600
Less than two miles from The
Christiansted p ost Office
BUILDING LOTS along a paved
highway Size 100 x 100 for only
1925 each. Time payments pos
sible
A 45 acre farm absolutely COM
plete with truck, tractor, huge
steel structure, even to planted
and growing crops. "A real bar
gain. INVESTIGATE
$3.50
Approximately three acres of
lovely land in RATTAN Wonder
full view Of the Caribbean. Has
shout three excellent homesites.
Full price $4,000.
Betty Shaw Wood Grace Biggar
Andy Lang, Jr. Peg Wiesner
Frank Wiesner
FRANK WIEsNER b CO.
Corner Queen g. Church
Christiansted Phone 24SW
RREaREERRRRRRzzR
fURtfD1RF
, 1959-02-24

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST. cRoIN, CRAFTSMANSHIP JURISDICTION
In the Matter Of the Estate Of
GREGORIo MERCADo, PROBATE No 1850
Deceased.
CITATION
THE PRESIDENT OF HI UNITED STATES
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-04-10
Pope Receives
Motorcycles

VATICAN CITY - (NC) =
Italian Carabineers and a mo-
torcycle club were included in
the weeks audiences of His
Holiness Pope John XIII and
to both he recommended de-
votion to The Blessed Virgin.
The GARDENERS, men of
the Italian Army who serve
as police, were praised by the
Pope as symbols in italy of
peace, order and respect for
law.
Among the motorcyclist'
who were received by the
Pope were the national and
world motorcycle racing cham
pions. Because of the great
risks they take, the Pope rec
commended them to the pro-
lection of the mother of God
and their guardian angels.
AT the end of the audience
the Pope was presented with
IL motorcycles. He said h,
would place them in mission
territories where they are
needed.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-04-10
Inter-Faith
Film Ratings

This weekly guide is
printed in cooperation
with the Interfaith Film
committee as a public SER
vice to inform parents
of the suitable movie bills
for their children being
shown this weekend in
the area. Sunday ratings
can be found in the Co
lumbus Citizen, Journal
and Dispatch Entertain
ment section Friday even
ing
CHILDREN UNDER II
-- Knights Of
fhs RovndtsbIe; Cartoon Car.
nivsl, Saturday matinee only.
SoUTHERN--inn Of The 9Th
Happiness; War Drums. Satvr.
day.
NJ CINE A -
Sleeping Beauty.
YOUNG PEOPLE
Over IL
NATIONAL AUTO, 18TH
AVE. DRlvE.IN, SOUTH Az.
To-csine Mvtiny; On The
Waterfront.
LINDEN AIR AUTO -
ceisha Boy, AttiIs The Hun.
GARDEN 49, Saturday only
matinee -- Aftila The Hun;
The Tall T.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-04-10

courses, he said, might be
given as part of The religion
curriculum, as special non
credit courses or as part OF
night and weekend adult ed.
ueation program.
He added that it is neces-
sary that there be establish
ed a national research and
study center which can be the
laboratory, library and the
seminary" for the lay apostle
late.
He emphasized that perman-
ent leadership training pro-
grams reaching down to the
parish level must be set up in
every diocesan mems council.
He pointed out that the re-
cent Vatican directive on lay
participation in the liturgy
makes it clear that "the future
training of the lay apostolate
must involve a liturgical pro-
gram with the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass at its core"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-04-10
BenefnctOr
Identified.
LIVERPOOL. England.

LIVERPOOL, England, -
The identity of an anonymous
b~enefactor of unfortunate
people in the Liverpool area
has been disclosed here, a
year after his death, to be
Maj. Mark Ashley Shute,
member of a well-known Lam
cashire Catholic family.
For years Maj. Shute sent
anonymous gifts to the local
newspaper, the Liverpool
Echo, with a clipping of one
of its stories referring to a
brave deed in the city or more
often to a tragedy and asking
it to pass on the enclosed
money-usually a bunch of
five-pound notes. The letter
was always signed From a
man of no account"
Even the editor Of the
Liverpool Echo, an old friend
of Maj. Shute, did not know
the identity of the donor for
some time. Eventually learn
ing it by chance, he kept the
secret until a year after the
majors death.