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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18
SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION
Comics Abso|ved of Tie.
To Juvenile Delinquency

Comics stimulate the imagina-
ton Of the bright child, DR..
Lorge points out.
1T gave my own daughter,
Beatrice, a tremendous amount
Of information" he says.
The dull child, on the other
hand, gets a sense of belong
ing" as he learns to UNDER
stand the pictures and picks
out the easy" words.
DR.. Lorge and other psychol-
ogists are emphatic in one re-
spect: comics do not hurt the
child's educational or emo
tional development. Nor do
comics in any way add to the
juvenile delinquency rate.
II would encourage children
to read comics and comic
strips" said DR.. Lorge. avid
comics readers usually turn out
to be the best readers Of good
literature. Parents who tear
up comic books, or who show
their displeasure in other ways,
only hurt their children. The
youngsters will read comics
anyway; why make them feel
dishonest and guilty about it?"
Only two papers in the
United States-the New York
Times and the Christian Sci
ence Monitor-do not carry
daily or Sunday comic strips.
According to F. Richard An
derson, executive secretary Of
the Newspaper Comics Coun-
Gil, the comics are the most
popular feature of most news
papers. On Sundays, comics &C
count for 20 per cent or more
of the space in the average
paper.
Better Comics Is Goal
The council, with offices in
New York, was formed in 1855.
Its main objective, according to
Mr.. Anderson, is to improve
the content of newspaper
comics. This, in turn, is ex-
pected to increase their pres
tige, and develop a greater
reader interest.
Educators stress that a diff
ferentiation must be made be-
tween the blood and violence"
type of comics and those that
are broadly humorous or partly
sophisticated. No one had a
kind word for the "gangster"
or the fighting" type of comic
books. These were universally
condemned.
The three-year study should
prove useful to parents and
educators. Out of it may come
sound standards for the APP
praisal of comics, and perhaps
for their improvement. In the
meantime, though, parents
need not apologize for reading
the "funnies." And oversolic-
itous mothers need not try to
hide the comic books from
their young offspring. Neither
the young nor the old will be
hurt by laughing or crying
with Blonde" or Mutt and
jeff"
At least, that's what our psy-
biologists tell US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18

soon asked for "funnies," too;
and the staff artists obliged.
The tough-boy characters were
supplanted by laundering
adults. You could follow the
antics of Mutt and Jeff,"
Bringing Up Father" 1.-THE
Gumps," or "Toots and Cas-
per-" Harry Hershfleld's "Abie
the Agent" gave readers their
daily chuckles, as did Rube
Goldberg's Boob McNutt."
Trends in comics change
with the era in which we live,
Wild and weird adventure
became a popular motif in the
1930s. Tarzan the Ape Man,
Jungle Jim, Flash Gordon and
Buck Rogers excited the imagi-
nation of young and old.
Cater to All Tastes
Today the comic strips that
you read daily and Sunday in
your favorite newspaper cover
everything from the long popu-
lar Mutt and JEFF" to atomic
age explorers and highbrow
strips" such as Pogo" and
Peanuts"
At present, some 400 diff
ferent comic strips are offered
by syndicates to the news
papers. An average newspaper
usually selects from 20 to So.
Tastes very according to the
region in which the paper is
published. The sophisticated
Pogo" is popular in the big
cities, but not in rural areas.
1t is not uncommon for comic
strips to have a daily circu-
lation of more than 20 million.
Why is Boston University
undertaking a major study OF
the comic strips? Because, eX-
planned DR.. White, the fun
MES" are the greatest mass
communications m dia in
America today. Perhaps COM
les can be improved; or, pos
sibly, this medium needs better
supervision.
The study will examine every
comic strip that has appeared
in the press since 1897. 1t will
also survey the attitudes of
educators, psychiatrists and
community leaders toward
comics,
1--WE made a careful prelimi-
nary study of COMICS" said DR..
White. Il can't find one iota
of evidence that comic strips
have any harmful effect on
American life or American
youth"
Benefits Seen
Similar opinions are held by
other prominent educators. DR.,
Irving Lorge, professor of edu-
cation and executive officer,
Institute of Psychological Re-
search at Teachers College,
Columbia University, is in
favor of comics for all chill
dren, bright as well as dull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18
Attic Sale Set

The Women's Society of the
Chevy Chase Baptist Church
will sponsor a Treasures From
Grandma's Attic" sale from l
to 5 pm. Tuesday at the
church, 5671 Western avenue
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18
CIV Graduates 46O;
Scientist Is Honored

than 400 received degrees last night
Lsner Auditorium at the 139h annual fall convocaton of
George Washington University.
honorary degree-ocor of science-was presented
Harold Jefferson Coolidge director of the Pacific Science Board
of the National Academy of Sciences Research Council
Mr. Coolidge was instrumental in organizing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18

comics VIII not destroy your
child's taste for good literature.
1t should be stressed, how
ever. that these estimates APP
ply only to the funny funnies"
or the adventure funnies"
normally found in the daily
newspaper. They do not apply
to those comic books which
rely on brutality and sex to at
tract their readers. These
types of strips are virtually
nonexistent in newspapers.
Study Starts This Month
A three-year study of Ameri-
can newspaper comics gets
under way this month. 1t will
be the most comprehensive ex-
animation ever made Of the
"funnies" and their effect upon
the education of the American
people, both young and old.
Boston University recently
received a $37,500 grant from
the Newspaper Comics Council
TO explore the influence OF
comic strips on American cul-
ture. Evidently stung by criti-
cism that comics tend to cor
rupt cultural standards, the
council, which represents the
entire newspaper industry, is
seeking impartial data to COM
bat the charges.
Work on the project will be
done at the new Communica-
lions Research Center of Bos-
ton University. DR.. David M.
White, professor of journalism,
is to be the principal investi-
gator. He is now assembling
a staff of educators and gradu-
ate students to work with him.
An estimated 100 million peo-
pie a day read the comics in
this country, while another
100 million read the comic
strips abroad. Most of the
"funnies" in other countries,
from Brazil to Japan, come
from the United States. The
comics, because of this wide
distribution, have become one
of the largest communications
media in the world.
Native Art Form"
Comics are native art form
just as jazz and motion pic
lures" said DR.. White. 1T is
one of our contributions to
modern world culture and is
worthy of very serious study"
The first comics character
was born 81 years ago, in 1897,
when Richard F. Outcault Gre
ated "The Yellow Kid" for the
New York Evening World. The
readers of that day enjoyed the
shenanigans of the flap-eared,
grinning boy, with his long
yellow nightgown.
Other artists quickly fell
into line. The "Katzenjammer
Kids" the tale Of two prankish
boys who terrorized the neigh
borhood, caught hold, and is
still popular after six decades.
Happy Hooligan" popped on
the scene. as did MAUD the
Mule" The children laughed
or cried as Buster Brown re-
ceived a parental spanking.
The early comics relied on
slapstick humor, intended for
youngsters. But their parents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18
BY BENJAMIN FINE
North American NeWspaper Alliance

NEW YORK. Oct. l7-n your child wants to read comic
books funnes in newspaper let him. Chances
you like comic strips, too.
This the advice given by the Nations leading psycho
educators. They find connection whatsoever
between comics and juvenile delinquency And they insist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18

The author, q Pulitzer Prize reporter,
is education editor Of the North
American Newspaper Alliance and
deun Of the Graduate School. Yeshivo
University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-18

SECRETARIAL

Temple speeioIizes in intensive
t2l ABc Shorthand in s weeks,
IsM keypunch. Isl SwiiehboN5
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11
Vets Pension Act
Of 1859 Signed

President Eisenhower has sign
ed into law the Veterans Pension
Act of 1859 placing future veter-
ans pension payments on basis
of need, Leon Fields, Manager of
the VA Regional Office announced.
In order to avoid confusion, he
emphasized that:
i. The new laws does not go into
effect until July 1, 1860;
2. 1t applies only to non-service-
connected pensions and will have
no effect on service-connected
compensation payments;
3. Veterans currently drawing
pension will not have their bene-
fits changed unless they choose to
apply under the new law for in
creased benefits. Their choice is
final
Mr.. Fields emphasized that in
formation will be sent to those
veterans concerned and their de-
pendents before the law becomes
effective.
Since there will be ample time
to make application, he urged vet
erans and veterans families not
to write to VA about their individ-
ual cases. Such correspondence
will delay tremendously the pro-
cessing of veterans claims.
There are approximately $500
pension cases of veterans and wild
ows handled locally by the Will
mington VA regional office.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11
Conservation Reserve
Program Amendment

Farmers may be placed in the
conservation reserve program
where the tenant voluntarily leaves,
says R. Harry Wilson, chairman
of the Kent County ASC Commit
tee.
An amendment to the 1860 Con-
servation' Reserve regulations pro-
vides that a 1860 conservation re-
serve contract may be entered into
by the landlord covering a farm op-
Grated or partially operated by a
tenant or sharecropper during 1858
or 1859 providing the tenant or
sharecropper left the farm volun-
tarily of his own free will and ac-
cord. The fact must be substan-
tiated by. a statement signed by
the tenant or sharecropper that he
left the farm voluntarily of his own
free will and accord and willingly
relinquishes any further interest
he might have in the farm as a
tenant or sharecrOpper.
Farmers desiring further infor-
nation should apply at their coun-
ty ASC office before Wednesday,
September 80 in order to place land
in the 1860 Conservation Reserve
Program.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11
Kent Home DOings
Home Dry Cleaning Can Be Dang
erOUS

Home Dry Cleaning Can Be Dang
erOus
Never use flammable liquids in
dry cleaning, warns Florence Y.
Smith, home demonstration agent
in Kent county. If you must do dry
cleaning at home, use non-flam-
mable, non-explosive carbon tet-
rachloride.
Many dry cleaning fluids such as
gasoline, benzine and naptha look
harmless but are explosive. Many
hazards are connected with the
practice of dry cleaning at home.
There is no absolutely safe way to
dry clean at home. Nor is there an
absolutely safe dry cleaning fluid.
Even carbon tetrachloride pro-
duces vapors which are harmful to
breathe, so for safety's sake do all
dry cleaning out doors, Mrs. Smith
emphasized. Hang cleaned gar
ments where the air circulates un-
til the garment is thoroughly dry
and most of the odOr is gone. Never
hang them near stove or furnace.
Some persons are allergic to
cleaning fluids and develop a skin
rash, infections and other bad eff
fects after dry cleaning at home.
Use a plunger to avoid getting the
cleaner on the skin, and use a
minimum of cleaning fluid.
If you make practice of going
over upholstered furniture and
rugs with spot remover or clean
ing fluid, use caution. This practice
can be dangerous unless directions
are carefully followed and proper
precautions are taken.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11

More than half of Czechoslova-
kia's natural resources are now
nationalized.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11
"ShOOt Days" Set For
Amateur ROcketeer'

The Second United States Army
has scheduled two dates on which
amateur scientific groups may con-
duct launching of amateur rockets
which have passed preliminary
technical analysis and evaluation
by Army authorities.
The shoots" are scheduled for
October "a at Fort Knox, KY, and
November IA at Camp A. p. HILL
Va.
Participation in the launchings
is limited to formally organized
groups with qualified adult super
yisors who have complied with the
requirements of the Second United
States Army program of assistance
to amateur scientific groups. The
program requires amateur groups
to make formal application for per-
mission to launch their devices on
Army installations and to submit
the technical data for analysis and
eYaluatiOn.
The Second Army program is
based of the Department Of the
Army policy of cooperation with
amateur scientific groups which
was inaugurated in July 1858 in
response to widespread amateur
interest in the science of rocketry.
With primary emphasis on safe
ty, the program is intended as a
means of encouraging youth to
pursue scientific study and of de-
veloping a potential source of
trained manpower for national de-
fense. 1t further aims to stimulate
amateurs to develop, construct and
test rockets and similar devices
that could produce additions to
scientific knowledge of value to
the nation.
In addition to emphasizing safe
ty in experimentation with rockets,
the program provides for making
Army installations and personnel
available for assistance in the test
firing of amateur-constructed roc
kets. Such firings are intended to
provide amatuers with opportuni-
ties to launch their rockets under
qualified supervision to minimize
danger to themselves and to elimi-
nate the hazards involved in su-
pervised launching of rockets in
civilian communities.
First organized launching con-
Quoted by the Second u. S. Army
was at Camp A. p. Hill last Feb
ruary %. The event attracted some
$50 participants, principally high
school students, who had their
first opportunity to observe the
performance of the rockets they
had constructed.
Safety participants and specta-
tors has first priority in amateur
rocket launchings conducted by
Second Army. In addition to the
safety measures followed in the
day-long February launchings,
which were completed without
accident, those arranged for the
October and November events will
provide additional bunkers with
overhead cover for both partici-
pants and a limited number OF
spectators as safeguard against
possible, injury should a rocket de-
viate from it's planned course.
Supervisors of participating roc.
ket groups also are required tC
inform themselves on, and comply
with, laws pertaining to the move
ment of explosives or inflammable
materials on public highways In
the states they must traverse en-
route to the Army launching site
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11
TOO REALISTIC

GREENSBURG, Ind. (P)-An at
torney was just winding up a de-
tailed description of accident in
juries suffered by his client when
juror Arthur McClintic collapsed
in Decatur Circuit Court.
McClintic was revived and al
lowed to go home after he explain
ed that he simply couldn't stand to
hear of someone being hurt.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11
P) Newsfeatures

Collars do new tricks in sweat
ers for campus wear this fall.
Among the collar cues rating high
est marks with the college crowd
are fluffy looped shawl types, shag-
gy Raggedy AIMS, trim MILDLY
squares, king-size cape collars and
raccoon-framed hoods that can be
worn over the shoulders or pulled
over the head.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11

for classroom wear. Wonderful
fuzzy mohairs, deeply scooped and
collared, in high colors such as hot
pink or curry, make splash for
dress-up occasions.
Best news of all in American
wool-knit sweaters today is easy
instability with the scientific
cold-water soaps, specially formu-
lated for wools. What's more, the
wool usually has been permanently
mOth-prOOfed in the dyeing process.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11

Sweaters are the backbone of
every college girls wardrobe-in
textured bulky knits, brushed mo-
hairs, looped knits and fur blends.
Worn with color-coordinated skirts,
shorts or slacks, they're a campus
must.
Handsome dimensional tweedy
knits, bold harlequin patterns and
bright colors enliven the outdoor
scene. Softly detailed pullovers are
mated with tweed or flannel skirts
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11

There's only one place in the
world where you can find financial
security, and that's inside your in
come.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11

Total expenditures for the De-
partment in 1889 were only $685.
804.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-11
NICE KITTIE-WE HOPE

MONTCLAIR, N. ]. (P)-Miss
Marcel Nights extravagant tastes
include more than simply a Jag
uar sports car. Her motoring ccm-
panion is a six-foot cheeta that
cost her 1900 in pet shop.
Blitz, the spotted cat, is tender
at heart. 81 just encourage him to
play with his toys rather than
with people," explains Miss Hight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24

DIRECTIONS:
Out Georgia Ave to Viers Mil Rd.. left
on Viers Mill Rd to P0rkl0nd Dr.. right
to Model Homes.
OR
Georgia Ave. tRrookUils RdJ to Aspen
hin Rd., left on Aspen Hill Rd to Pork
lond Dr., left on Porklond to Model
Homes
Evening star., 1959-05-30
Benson toPut
Old Wheat
PluninAction
BY The Associated Press

Secretary Of Agriculture Ben
son viii issue a proclamation
Monday putting the Govern
ment's old wheat program into
effect for the 1860 crop.
He has no alternative be-
cause Congress has failed to
come up with a rev program.
There is general agreement
among farm leaders that the
present program has failed be-
cause a record surplus of the
grain has accumulated despite
attempts to control production.
The administration had called
for a new progrma, but con-
gressional farm leaders do moi
like a plan advocated by Mr.
Benson Of lowering price sup
ports and doing away with
controls.
The old program provides
for a national PLANTING allot-
ment Of SIS million acres. mar
keting quotas and price sup
ports at not less than rs per
cent Of parity. Parity is a
standard for measuring farm
prices declared by law to be fair
to farmers in relation to prices
they pay.
The Benson proclamation is
expected to set July % as the
date for a grower referendum
on the wheat quotas.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
Barbara Suffers
Another Attack

JOHNSON CITY, N. Y, May
80 (AP).-Joseph Barbara. sr.,
ailing host to the Apalachin
gangland convention in 1857
was seriously Ill in a hospital
today, suffering from another
heart attack.
Barbara, SO, was stricken yes
terday at his present home in
Endicott and was placed, un-
conscious. in an oxygen tent
at Wilson Memorial Hospital
here.
Barbara last suffered heart
attack in January 1857, 1C
months before the gangland
barbecue.
Earlier this week, he and his
family moved from the hilltop
mansion in Apalachin to a
house in nearby Endicott. The
mansion has been sold.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
Beach Club
Opens Today

The Surf and Sand Beach
Club at Drum Point Beach
was to be opened for the
summer season today, Paul
D. Herman. president of
Drum Point Beach Corp, an
nounced today. The facilities
are open to the public.
Activities will include first
preliminary judging for the
Washington area in the Miss
Universe beauty pageant, Mr..
Herman said.
Drum Point Beach is a
3,400-acre development on
Drum Point peninsula that is
bounded by the Chesapeake
Bay and the Patuxent River,
in Calvert County, Md, 54
miles southeast of Washing
ton. The area has 10 miles of
roads cut through, the de-
veloper said.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
AViatriX
Visits
Capital

A slim blond aviatrix with
a world speed record to her
credit was in Washington
yesterday for a one-day stop
over.
Miss Jerrie Cobb, 26-year-
old Oklahoma pilot, set a
world record for speed last
April in the international
air show World Congress Of
Flight.
Flying out of Las Vegas in
a twin-engine Aero Com
mander, Miss Cobb bettered
the old mark set by Russian
Petre Zakhoudanine in a
Yak II in 1858.
Her new world record was
verified by the National Aero
nautic Association under the
authority Of the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale,
Paris, France.
Bringing this speed record
to the United States adds
another laurel to Miss Cobb's
long list of accomplishments.
She presently holds the class
world record for altitude in
this type of aircraft and
formerly held the distance
record.
She popped into Washing
ton yesterday flying her Aero
Commander en- route to the
Paris Air Show.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
HedtOns
HOnOred

Over 900 officers and ladies
representing Walter Reed
Army Medical Center's "offi-
cial family" gathered last
night at 7 o'clock in Delano
Hall to say farewell to Mai
Gen. and Mrs. Leonard D.
Heaton. He will assume his
new duties as Army Surgeon
General on Monday.
One of the highlights of
the evening came when the
general was presented with
an embossed white Florentine
leather-bound book, deco
rated with gold and bearing
the Walter Reed crest. It held
the signatures of those at
tending the reception and
was presented by Brig. Gen.
James H. Forsee, on behalf
of the military command.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
THAT SWEET ODOR
MAY BE SEWER
IN PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH (AP)-
II somebody says you smell
like a sewer. 1t may be a
compliment. That is II the
sewer is in Pittsburgh's
Woods Run section.
John F. La Boon, chief
engineer OF the Allegheny
County Sanitary Authority.
today outlined plans to use
perfume to improve the
odor Of the sewers in that
section.
Mr.. La Boon said indus
trial perfume would be
used to counteract the
smell that arose when in
sulation on one of four new
incinerators broke.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
Ellwonqer-Pointer

Mr.. Chester A. Painter an
nounces the marriage of his
daughter Betty Anne to Mr.,
Richard John Ellwanger, jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellwan-
ger of HyattSville. The we'd
ding took place May Q at
the Luther Place Memorial
Church. The couple will
make their home in Hyatts-
vile.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
WEDDINGS
Anderson-Corli1

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert v.
Carlin of Fairfax announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter Carol Ann to 1t. John
Wayne Anderson, q. S. M. c.,
son of Mrs. j. j. johnson of
Atlanta. Ga. The wedding
took place May 9 at the Fair
fax Methodist Church. The
couple will make their home
in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
Roqers-Everett

Mr.. and Mrs. william w.
Everett, jr., announce the
marriage of their daughter
Elizabeth Adele to Mr..
Robert G. Rogers of Winter
Park, Fla. The wedding took
place May is in the Navy
Chapel here. The couple
will make their home in
Winter Park.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
White-Feltgen

Mr.. and Mrs. Gerard Felt
gen Of Bethesda announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter Gladys Mary Anne to
Mr.. Paul L. White, jr., of
Bethesda. The wedding took
place May 2 at Our Lady Of
Lourdes Church in Bethesda.
The couple will make their
home in this city.
Evening star., 1959-05-30
Diplomats Honor
Their Countrymen

known back home as "the
father Of Malay artists"
Mr.. Ariff has come to this
country (for the first time)
for two reasons: A showing
Of about 70 of his paintings
will open at the National
Arts Club of New York, to
run till August 81. And he
wants to paint the Grand
Canyon.
The 53-year-old artist will
be travelling in America for
two months under a USIA
grant. observing and record
ing with his brush as he
goes.
%& 4
PHILIPPINE AMBASSA-
DOR and Mrs. Carlos p.
Romulo entertained at a
luncheon yesterday at the
embassy for the Speaker
Pro Tempore of the Philip
pine House Of Representa-
lives and Mrs. Constancio
Castaneda.
The Speaker arrive d
Thursday evening from Ma
Mia for the graduation of his
son, Constancio Casteneda,
jr.. at Staunton Military
Academy. The latter was
among the luncheon guests
yesterday.
The guest list included
Representative John w. Nc
Cormack, Majority Leader Of
the United States House of
Representatives; Representa-
tive and Mrs. Clement j. Ia
blocki. Representative and
Mrs. John D. Dingell, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Anne
j. Forand. Representative
and Mrs. George P. Miller,
Representative and Mrs. Mi
chael A. Feighan and Judge
and Mrs. Homer P. Fergu-
son.
Minister Mauro Calingo
of the Philippine Embassy
also was invited.