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Evening star., 1960-06-28
AIIerey

Mrs. H. T., Washington
Because of diet require
mentS, I can't use conven-
tional shortening in baking.
I need recipes using oil in
pie dough and I should like
to know whether oil can be
substituted in cake recipes
calling for margarine or but
ter or similar shortening. Il
know oil is used in chiffon
cake but I refer to layer and
coffee cakes. Thank you.
Evening star., 1960-06-28
BY JOSEPHINE LOWMAN


REGISTER and Tribune Syndicate
Here is a letter which ar
rived on my desk recently.
Dear Josephine Lowman:
I want to tell you how much
I enjoyed a recent article of
yours. 1t was not only beauti-
full, it was practical. Why
can't we all be kind to one
another and to our neigh
bors? Many kindnesses do
not cost a cent.
Love is tender, love is blind
as we climb life's rugged
heights.
1t is so easy some soul to
bless but we dole love less
and less until it Is hard
to live.
"As for myself, I can't be
great. I can't be famous
although that had been my
ambition-but I can be kind.
Now that I am a senior citi-
zen THAT is my ambition"
Don't Dry Up
I do not know whether my
reader or someone else wrote
those five strange little lines.
Anyway I especially like "un-
til 1t is hard to live" By the
nature of things people are
bound to dry up physically
as they grow older, but
Evening star., 1960-06-28
Just Don't Eat Alone
c. E. A

Someone wrote in for information about prepara
ton for single person eating alone.
The to that is DON'T eat alone Invite friends
in for special meal just because you've found
recipe and want someone to try OUT because they make
something special and ask II they won't
Evening star., 1960-06-28

from the onions before they
reach your eyes.
y
Chimney Trouble
Mrs. r. M, Manjemoy, Md.
We have a chimney stand
ing alone between the kitchen
and living room.
1t is brick with poor mortar
and covered on one side with
Evening star., 1960-10-16
BIoodmobiIes
List Stops
ForWeek

The Red Cross Washington
Regional Blood Center distrib-
uted q total Of 1856 pints OF
blood in the District and sur
rounding communities in Mary
land, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia during the past week.
Donors may give blood at the
District Of Columbia Chapter,
2025 E street NV, from / to
8:45 pm. Monday and from 9
am. to 4:30 pm. Tuesday
through Friday.
The bloodmobiles are sched-
uled to make the following visits
during the week:
AosSst c6oisS to G;2To 5sS T:kC%S sns
Laurel. Takoma Park, Nd; 4 to 9:45
pm. B'nai Israel Congregation, 1905
Sixteenth street NV; 10 am. to 3:45
pm. Fort Ritchie. Nd
ing Air Force Base. Gym, Building F-i5;
10, am. to 2:45 pm. (EsT), Christ
Episcopal Church. 134 Boscawan street.
Winchester. Va: 10 am. to 3:45 pm,
cAWsEEn nsT%a Station: "a Alexandria; Vs'
Pentagon. Choral Room on the Con-
course: $50 am. to 2:45 pm, Main
Navy, Constitution avenue at Eighteenth
street, Room 2541; 10 am. to 3:45
pm. woodward & Lothrop, Tenth and
@ streets NV, Main Buiiding, 9th
floor, classroom, No. /.
Thursday-9:30 am. to 2:15 p.m.,
Fort Belvoir. Va; 8 am. to 2:45 pm,
National Security Agency. Fort Meade,
Nd,
Friday-noon To 4:45 p.m., Sears
Store. 2S45 Alabama avenue Sc, train
ing room on second floor; 9 am, to
2:45 pm: National Security Agency.
Fort Meade. Nd.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Hord-to-KiII Sea Lions
California Headache

SACRAMENTO. Calf, Oct.
is (AP).-Sea lions are seals
with ears, beady eyes and
Whiskers. They lie on rocks of
the California Coast and honk.
They are divided into bulls,
COWS and pups. They eat fish
and squid.
Sometimes they gobble an
chovies. perch, white croakers
and stingrays, then regurgitate
them.
Sometimes they don't eat a
thing for six months.
Sea lions are crosses be-
tween schmoos and schmoes.
Alive. they amuse tourists and
make children laugh in ZOOS
and circuses.
Dead, they're not worth q
thing. There was a time, be-
fore electricity. when they
could be melted down into oil
for lamps.
Sea lions are hard to kill.
During World War II, soldiers
shot cannons at the of coast
rocks for artillery practice. but
it didn't reduce the sea lion
population at all. In fact, in so
years, the number Of sea lions
of California's Coast hasn't
changed much.
The generally accepted estir
mate is $4,000.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

Sea lions are smarter than
they look. Fisherinen-who try
to shoot them because they foul
-up their nets-say the critters
seem able to move Just out of
range. n
Some fisherman groups have
demanded that the State kill
of the sea lions on grounds
that they are eating salmon
and other commercially valu-
able fish.
Harry Anderson, deputy di-
rector of the State Fish and
Game Department, says there's
no evidence that sea lions eat
salmon. Furthermore. he says
the cost of killing the beasts
is, prohibitive.
He reports that past efforts
to eliminate the sea lions have
failed. Machine-guns wound
many but kill few. Depth
charges miss the sea lions, but
kill the fish.
MIR. Anderson is afraid to try
chemical, biological or radio
logical warfare, or mining the
rockies with augmentation ex-
|plosives.
EFIis conclusion about what
should be done with the sea
lions: Nothing.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

johnson and the federation to
encourage each citizen to look
at himself and see how he
measures up to the needs Of
his community" said Commits
sioner Mclaughlin.
Star Trophy Winner
Heading the civic section of
the parade was q car Of the
Bloomington Civic Association,
which will be awarded The
Evening Star Trophy by the
Federation of Civic Associa-
tions next Saturday.
Marchers ranged all the way
from a lifelong District resi-
dent. William H. Burrel, II, Of
the Oldest Inhabitants, Inc, to
Raymond Cooper. S, Of the
Clean Lawn Neighborhood AS
ISOLATION. Young Raymond felt
fine" in his first parade.
Among the units standing
out in the line Of march were
the Metropolitan Police Boys
Club Drum and Bugle Corps,
the snappy Mckinley High
School Drill Team and the
Evening star., 1960-10-16
French Vessel
Battling Fire

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct.
is (AP).-Shipping agents re-
ported today the 7,264-ton
French cargo vessel Perou is
battling a slow-burning fire at
sea and heading for Bermuda.
The agents said they were
informed by cable the fire rep
resents no immediate threat.
The ship, owned by Gle. Gen.
erale Transatlantique of LIE
Havre, France, is carrying
fertilizer.
Its origin and scheduled
destination could not be deter
mined Immediately.
The agents said the Perou is
expected to reach the Bermuda
area tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Dixon to Address
U. S. Photoqruphers

Harold Dixon will be the
guest speaker at the Associa-
tion Of Federal Photographers
monthly meeting 1880 pm.
Wednesday at the Walter Reed
Army Institute sof Research,
Walter Reed Hospital.
Mr.. Dixon. Chief Of the Re-
search Film Section of the In
stitute, will show color movies
made at the Institute and ex-
plain techniques used.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

girls color guard Of Bethea-
Welch Post No. 1884 Of the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
Child drum majorettes
pranced with a display Of
energy which probably would
have felled a grownup after
half a block. A car-borne
youngster in a 1lreman's hat.
overcome with bashfulness hid
his head from the gazes Of
reviewing-sta onlookers.
Lending q touch Of march,
ing precision to the very end
of the parade was the District
Junior Police and Citizens
Corps, doing fast facing move
and q virtual cakewalk
without missing a beat.
I'm tired to DEATH" said a
knight Of st. John member.
Andrew L. Lee. "a, from the
refuge Of a park bench after
ward.
81 feel great" said a Girl
Angeline Hines. IL, as
she happily downed an orange
drink.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
CongoIese Don't Want
High Wages, Visitors

minimum-wage reforms, de-
signed to spur economic activ-
ity.
The experts reported this
about farm work:
Farming is by tradition
largely handled by women. The
men regard it as inferior work.
They hardly put in more than
two or three hours a day. The
farm workers bring that men,
tality with them to industry"
The experts recommended a
dynamic wage system to reward
performance. They suggested
hourly wages instead of daily
pay.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

GENEVA, Oct. Is. (AP).-
Many Congolese workers dis
like salary increases as they do
unwelcome relatives, believing
the one often brings on the
other. an international Labor
Once team of experts reports.
They also don't like regular
work and look upon farming as
an inferior occupation suitable
only for women, said the report.
The Belgian Government re-
quested the study and trans
mitted the results to the Con-
golese government in Leopold
vile.
The 275-page report was re-
leased by David A. Morse,
American ILO director general.
The ILO has headquarters here.
The mission Of experts said
widespread lack of interest in
higher salaries is based on q
tribal custom they termed
family parasitism." Said the
report:
"The mission was able to OBJ
serve several cases where the
workers feared a salary boost
would just bring them another
influx of barely tolerated and
rarely welcome guests"
A six-man team, including
two university professors and
a French Government adviser,
prepared the report after seven
months Of trying to see how
IA million Congolese At into a
scale Of income brackets.
The experts said the Congo
lese workers have doubled their
living standard In 10 years.
Just before their independence
last June, they averaged $l8 a
month. The rural population
lags behind even this, the re-
port said.
ut has to be kept in mind, I"
1t went on, that still only a
minority Of the CongoleSe
population shows any interest
in working for a salary. The
economic and social progress
OF the country depend upon an
Improvement Of the living con-
ditions Of the rural popula-
ton" Is
The expert team went to the
Congo to prepare recommenda.
Itions- for sweeping salary and
Evening star., 1960-10-16

They had other expeditions
that failed. -
II remember one time a Chi
neSe cook was in the hospital
with dysentery, and his second
boy took sick. The resident en-
gineer went to the hospital. l.
was left with a Spaniard and a
railroad crew, many of whom
were quite i'll. The hospital car
passed every day-loaded to ca
pacity.
There were huge army ants
and monkeys in troops that
sounded like the wind when
they ratified the leaves over-
head. And there were those
piranha fish" -
"The fish in the swirling,
muddy Madeira river could Kill
q man in seconds. S
If you got in the river you
were gone. I norder to cross a
river we'd go up and kill some
kind of animal. We'd cut it and
let it flow down to where the
piranha would attack it. Then
we'd get the men across on
large boats and RATS"
George Croswell Of New York
said. Il went to the Amazon
before I was 20. I had been a
clerk in New York. came home
with all my money, but I lost
it all. was sick for a year
with malaria"
The railroad was built to
transport rubber. After the rail-
road was finally completed, the
bottom dropped out of the Bra
lillian rubber market. =
Today the railroad operates
one train a week. 1t carries pas
sengerS, cattle, hides and coal.
The seven men seem uncon-
cerned that their railroad is
little used.
1T was said to be an i'm
possible feat - building that
And we did it," said
Col. Waters proudly. =
Evening star., 1960-10-16

soring federation, and other
community leaders, bands and
marchers stEutted their stuff
from Fourth to Sixteenth streets
NV. along the avenue.
Among other dignitaries in
the reviewing stand opposite
the Washington Monument was
the mayor of Graz. Austria. DR..
Gustav Scherbaum. IAN ex-
cellent idea to promote civic
responsibility. Very fine alto
gether," said Mayor Scher-
baum, viewing his first parade
on a months tour Of the United
States. 5E
II applaud the idea of DR..
Evening star., 1960-10-16
ChiIdservice
Ceremonies


District Commissioner Mark
Sullivan. jr., will be the princi-
pal speaker at groundbreak-
ing ceremonies at $3.50 pm.
Tuesday for the new headquar-
ters Of Family and Child Serv-
ices Of Washington at 929 L
street NV.
Mr.. Sullivan is the Commis-
sioner charged with health
and welfare matters. Active in
many private community well
fare agencies. he is a former
member Of the Budget Steer
ing Committee Of the Health
and Welfare Council of the
National Capital Area.
Other speakers will be AL.
Philip Kane and ]. c. Turner.
Mr.. Kane. an attorney, is vice
president of the Health and
Welfare Council and Mr..
Turner is vice chairman Of the
United. Givers Fund, which
supports Family and Child
Services. and president Of the
Greater Washington Central
Labor Council. He also has
served as co-chairman Of
labor's committee supporting
Family and Child Services
Building Fund Campaign.
Children who have taken
part in the agency's summer
camp and foster day care
programs will help with
the groundbreaking ceremonies,
using tools suitable to their
ages from spades to sand pals.
Alvin ]. Steinberg, president
Of Family and Child Services,
will preside at the services.
The new building is being
financed through the agency's
own building fund drive. The
campaign is Endorsed by UGF,
which has no funds for capi-
tai expenditures, although it
provides most Of the agencies
operational support. AS Of Oc-
tober $209,39S had been
raised. Emphasis in the new
building designed by Architect
Joseph Miller has been placed
on privacy for clients and
cheerful surroundings.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

B
units representing approxi-
mately so groups and associa.
tions throughout the Washing
ton area q
The parade was sponsored by
the Federation Of Civic Asso-
Citations to mark Q week Of at-
tention to civic activities, neigh
borhood improvement and other
community projects. Civic Re
sponsibilitv Week was pro-
claimed hg the District COM
miSSionerS. u & y
y v { ~
Mclaughlin Leads
Led by Commissioner Robert
E. McLailgllin, DR.. Philip L.
johnson, president of the spon-
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Navy Scours Pacific
For Mystery Croft

contact was a Communist sub
marine. ,-
He said there have been pre-
vious sightingS of unidentified
objects in the same general area
Of the Pacific.
In explaining why he would
not go into more detail on the
location. the admiral said:
I'VE want to play the chess
game as well as we can.
No "War Scare"
This is not a war scare.
This contact is in an area
where it has every right to be-"
That referred to information
al waters. Soviet Russia and
Red China have been estimated
to have about 100 submarines
operating in the Pacific.
Admiral Thach said that If
the object sought is sighted or
contacted by the Kearsarge
group, They will look for a
reasonable amount of time"
Earlier a Navy source had
said:
IF it's a Russian sub, 1t
has a right to be there; we
would only keep it under sur
veillance."
A spokesman at Mcclellan
Air Force Base near Sacra-
Calf, said an unidenti-
fed submarine definitely was
sighted more than 400 miles
off the Northern California
Coast on october 2.
The sighting, the spokesman
said. was made by an RC-121-D
radar station"-com-
manded by Capt. Robert Besett
of Sacramento. There since
have been reports of other con-
facts, both visual and by radar.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

mile-long railroad won. It was
carved to completion despite
malaria. typhoid, yellow fever,
dysentery, beri-beri, hostile
Indians and snakes like Annie.
The seven who met at the
Willard Hotel last night are
members of the Madeira
Mamore Association, the group
Of 10l American survivors who
helped build the Madeira
Mamore railroad.
They spread Annie on the
floor Of their banquet room and
walked across her as casually
as they walked across the years
to remember a railroad that
became famous simply because
it was built. .g :.
Death and Adventure
From gentle 2 faces cage
stories of death and adventure.
II was warned that / would
never come home again." said
82-year-old Herman F.. Meyer,
a retired engineer. II told
everyone I'd see them after
awhile. I was there q wear.
Came home with beri-beri.
"They had some Germans
down there and they didn't like
the jungle so they started
across the country. Later we
saw IS or 80 heads on poles
on a sand bar. The Indians had
gotten them.
"I didn't go for the money,
although the pay was good. I
was interested in a difficult
piece of engineering"
g, Charles Ruby, of Virginia,
sitting in a corner, said: 1T
was a job, that was all. I ran
a motor car on the railroad
track. I was sick and they sent
me home. Malaria.
Secretary of the group, Col.
Robert P. Waters of Virginia,
Joined in. They say there's
5000 graves behind the hospital
there and they estimate 1000
died on the line between Porto
Velho and Guajara Mirim on
the Bolivian frontier.
I'VE were all young fellas
who saw a chance for adven-
ture. We came from IS differ
ent countries. I'd say in the six
years there were about 600
Americans. About 400 of us
came out of the jungle. We're
down to 101 now. ..s-
How old am I now? Twen-
ty-one. How old was I then?
Twenty-one. Age is not impor-
tant. What is important is that
the railroad was completed.
Teddy Roosevelt said this is one
of the most distinguished works
Of engineering and construction
ever completed in the tropics.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
'Sutchmo' Wants
To Settle in Africa

ACCRA, Ghana, Oct. Is (AP).
Louis Satchmo Armstrong is
looking around this West Afri-
can republic for a retirement
homesite. His wife, Lucille, says
the veteran trumpeter, now so,
has a strong urge to settle
hereaboutS. a..
Mr.. Armstrong is on an Amer
ican-Sponsored good will tour Of
Ghana, Nigeria, Tanganyika,
Kenya, Ethiopia and other Afr1-
can countries and will tour
Europe before returning to
America next June.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

HONOLULU, Oct. IS (AP),
"A mysterious underwater OBJ
ject which the Pacific anti
submarine force commander
said "is a long way from known
submarine bases" drew a swift
search today by a United States
aircraft carrier and four de-
stroyers between Hawaii and
the mainland.
The 40,000-ton attack car
rier Kearsarge, carrying three
squadrons Of anti-submarine
warfare planes, rushed into the
search on such a sudden emer-
gency basis from Long Beach
yesterday that it left some
crewmen In port.
Far From Sub Base
Vice Admiral j. s. Thach,
Pacific anti-submarine force
commander, said the object "iS
a long way from known sub
marine bases and is in an area
under my command and I
want to know what it is"
The Navy maintained a Icon
siderable hush h-hush- -atmos-
phere. a
Admiral Thach said the Navy
may not announce If and when
the Kearsarge makes contact.
He indicated there might not
be any further information on
the operation.
Admiral Thach said the re-
ported location docs not par
ticularly indicate the object
has nuclear capabilities" He
said the Air Force plane crew
which made the contact re-
ported only one object was
sighted. Is
He declined when asked to
comment on speculation the
Evening star., 1960-10-16
U. S. Aid for Jordan

AMMAN. Jordan, Oct. Is
(AP).-The United States will
give Jordan $1,000 tons Of
wheat this year to help relieve
an emergency situation caused
by three years of drought.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Rail Builders in Jungle
Recall Their Survival
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
Star STAFF Writer

Annie came along when met at the of
18th and Pennsylvania to talk about the of years
ago.
Annie Is the hide of 25foot snake shot while
these and 10000 others Jungle from
1907 to 1918 to build a railroad.
1t fight that 1000 them lost But the tiny 2O3-
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Snoppy Porode Units
Lounch Civic Week

fanfare Of brges and drum rolls heraded the start of
District Civic Responsibility Week yesterday thousands Of
civic association members paraded down Constitution
I'm excited said Brownie Scout Gail Brown, Of Troop
$685. before the parade started. Y 81
Ana So appeared were All the marchers in dozens Of
Evening star., 1960-10-16

TOmorF0W
United States Patent once Exhibit
-"Advances In the Electrical -Elec.
tronics Field" Commerce Department
Lobby. l4th st. and Constitution S?e.
tSsougs r 'S Friday; day. 10 a. am pm eo Ss0pcay p.m.
Saturday and Sunday.
Acoustieal society of AMERICA
ner, Gusti's, Restaurant. Florida ave.
and 9th St; n;s:; 9 pm: meeting
ins, osiisudef College. Florida ave,
the Atmosphere" pr: r. K, Cook and
Z; n. Young. National Bureau Of
American Institute Of Industrial
nsetins. occidsntsi" i" Rsstaarsnt' AT All
Pennsylyania ave. NV: The. Phe-
nomenai Future Of Industrial En-
gtneering:" Or. Alex Rattle. New York
.P.s american ssslsty q Lapdss.ps
p.m. dinner-neeting,. AL states Dining
the Landscape Architect in Urban
Renewal" John searles, Redeyelop-
Chemical Engineers Club Of Wash
Iington--12:15 pm. luncheon meeting,
All States Dining Room, 5l4 18th st.
NV: Science and Politics 196O."
ugses zSShsr es b Priysss Htss Ens1TS
Commission.
Society Of American Military Engi-
neers (Washington post)-noon lunch
con meeting. YWcA, 18th and X SITS.
NV; THE Navy and Space" Capt.
George s. Morrison Once Of Chief Of
Tuesday
Anthropological Society Of WASH
ington--S:15 pm, Room 43, United
Constitution ave. NV; frst In a series
Of lectures on anthropology and human
behavior; IptroductlSna To- tns Pro-
Institute Of Radio Engineers tPro-
fessionAl Group on Audio)-6 pm.
dinner. Alfonso's Restaurant, 1880 L
st, NV; pm: meeting. Carnegie In
stSSa Ss Gf Il WsshSssSsn X. IS9 asrdd s. sun E
Meyer, acoustics consultant.
Wednesday
American MeteoroIogical Society
District of Columbia Branchl-S pm.
meeting. National Academy Of Sciences.
2l01 Constitution ave. NV; Status
Report and Future Plans Of NATIONAL
: Resume Of this Seasons Hurricane
Aircraft Flight Activities"
archaeological Society Of Washing
tons pm. meeting, Room 43 United
states National Museum. 10th st. and
Constitution ave. NV; THE Precam-
brian Of South Australia and Its
Fauna" DR.. N. r. 0laessner. Univer-
sity Of Adelaide, Australia.
Washington Society Of Engineers--.
8 pm. meeting, John Wesley Powell
"HaWali's Famous Mountain - the
Kilauea Volcano" Or. Jack Murata,
United States 6eological Survey.
Thursday
American Welding society-6:30
pm. dinner, Hotel Ebhitt. 1000 H st.
NV; 3 pm. meeting, WashinRton
Gas Light Auditorium, 100 H st;
nv: "EIectrode selection" J. E.
Hipss LSso9 9or Eset1is ecISu,fSs SS Mseb,0
ery-9 am. to 5 pm. Department
Of Commerce Auditorium. 14th ST. and
Constitution ave, NV; nrst annual
one-day symposium. The Capital
Computing Community Reports" with
speakers from all major computing
installations in the area.
WashinRton Academy Of Sciences
soW. S & &and.orss% TssSsns s7C SGsS SordS we;sy ;SS
to Russia" DR.. s. L. Madorsky, Ma
tional Bureau Of Standards.
Philosophical Society Of washington
SIP pm. meeting. John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, 2I70 Florida ave.
NV; Diamonds, MeteoriteS and High
RRTsdSsgrs RrdsTn rf1.,.,.H GfnsIistry;" = pr Edward
Evening star., 1960-10-16
SCIENCE
CALENDAR

Science and technical So
ciety meetings hare been
announced for this ,Oeek By
the Joint Committee on Press
Relations OF the District of
Columbia Council Of Engt-
neering and Architectural
Societies. the Washington
Academy OF Sciences and
other groups.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
REGENERATION THUNDERBIRD

M tn @ movable steering column to permit easier
shorter and than the 1860
steering column which be pushed 10 inches
TO allow the
mission lever is in park" y %f~Tz.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

Philosophical Society Of washingto ton
-s:l5 pm. meeting, John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, 2i70 Florida ave.
NV; Diamonds, Meteorites and High
Pressure Chemistry" DR.. Edward
AnderS, University Of Chicago.
Evening star., 1960-12-11

Practical gift for the beginner.
Easy TO finger with its slender.
steel reinforced neck. With
neckcord, pick. instructions.
Sedrs S Stores
, 1960-04-05
THREE HORSES -.

on the track in the seventh
race as a warm-up for his
Journey to st. Thomas for the
Carnival races. He will run
handicapped in a five furlong
race.
Another attraction will be
The Misses Linda Edgen and
Theresa Nc Kal, who will be
outriders for the horses as
they parade to the starting
posts for each race.