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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-04

Just see whut 1929 will buy at NEE's An lI-piece
living room ensemble or l3-piece bedroom ensemble,
Ideul for young moderns, who have to be budget
minded each piece combines style, plus quality,
plus value The SOTO and chair have deep foam rubber
cushions and high fashion eoIos Included are graceful
modern Danish style tables and table lamps plus a
Plastic top desk, desk choir, desk lamp and lovely
6'x9 rug.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
Food Spilled in Space
Just Floats, Titov Says

MOSCOW, Aug. % (AP).-
Maj. Gherman Tito today gave
future space travellers tips on
dining out of tubes from his
own experience aboard the
globe girdling Vostok II.
From the Soviet Spaceman'S
description it was apparent
that table manners are not es-
sential and that sloppy eaters
do not have to worry about
soup stains on their ties. Spilled
food just floats weightlesSly in
space. Writing in the Commu-
mist Party newspaper Pravda,
Maj. Titov said:
There were no plates, spoons,
forks or napkins in the cabin,
Stretching out my hand to a
container with food I got the
first tube. On earth it weighed
about $50 grams (about S
ounces. But here in space it
weighed nothing"
The space pilot said the first
course was soup, then meat and
liver paste with black current
juice.
"A few drops of the juice
dribbled out and hung in front
of my face like berries. 1t was
interesting to observe how they
Evening star., 1961-08-22
Cholera Now
IsControIIed
InHongKonq

HONG KONG, Aug. % (AP)
With more than half of Hong
Kong's 3 million population
inoculated, cholera in the con-
gested British crown colony ap-
parently has been brought un-
der control.
A government spokesman said
only two cases had been re-
ported in the past "a hours. The
total number of cases since the
outbreak Of cholera last Wed
nesday now stands at 38, in
cluding four who died.
Some half-million cubic CEN
timeterS of cholera vaccine have
poured in from the United
States, Britain, India, Australia
and Sarawak in the past "a
hours. A shortage had forced
all incubation centers in the
city to close Sunday. They re-
opened yesterday.
In Washington, the State
Department said the United
States has sent enough vaccine
to treat about 225,0O0 persons
10000 CCS in two shipments.
At the same time, a depart
ment spokesman denounced as
a hoax Red Chinese accusa-
tionS that American agents
had plotted the epidemic in
Southern Kwangtung Province
on mainland China, which
spread to Hong Kong.
Evening star., 1961-08-22

hung quivering and floating ir
space. I scooped them up with
the cap from the tube ano
swallowed them"
Mai. Titov said he also ate
bread, vitamin drops and drank
water out of a special con-
tainer.
The pilot said he had been
taught by physicians how tc
drop off to sleep at will and
described how he strapped him
self down to the flight couch
on the evening of August 6 and
slept.
IT awoke because of some
kind of strange position of my
body" he related. "I saw my
arms had risen by themselves
and were hanging in the air
This is a result of weightlesS.
ness"
He said he tucked his hands
under the safety belt and went
back to sleep. He awakened
from time to time to checl
what orbit he was on.
"It is easy to sleep in space
There is nothing to turn ovel
on and your arms and legs dC
not get numb. One feels a!
though one were on an oceaI
wave"
Evening star., 1961-08-22
One Blond Wig Lost,
P. O. Auctioneers Find

that are listed in 400 lots, about
is persons entered Room 3083,
picked up catalogues and be-
gan noting lots they would like
to buy.
H. H. Nelson, a visitor from
Lakeland, Fla, who will be 86
Thursday, picked up a bowl
ing ball that had the name
Mac" inscribed on it and
said, II still go bowling; evi-
IDENTIFY, Mac" doesn't"
Accompany Mr.. Nelson was
his son, Lionel w. Nelson OF
2403 Eccleston street, Silver
Spring. Mr.. Lionel Nelson said
he teaches at Montgomery
Junior College in Takoma Park
and came "just to watch the
people. They're relaxed today,
but there'll be a lot of tension
tomorrow"
Later in the day one of the
blond wigs was missing. Super
intendent of Inquiry C. C. Nc
Murtrey discovered this and
said, sometimes they don't
wait for the auction"
Evening star., 1961-08-22
By RAY COCHRAN
Star Staff Writer

You can start your Christ
mas shopping at the Main Post
office tomorrow - especially
if your friends are the type who
like unusual gifts.
Garbage cans, automobile
tail pipes, blond wigs and a
buggy whip are among the
items set for auction tomorrow
at 9 am. at the main post Of
flee, North Capitol street and
Massachusetts, avenue.
These items - not always
found in department stores -
are part of more than 10000
dead" parcels which are un-
deliverable because the address
tag has been lost, the addressee
has moved and left no for
warding address or the post
office has paid the claim on an
insured article.
When the doors opened at
10 am. today for the pre-sale
display of the 1000 parcels
Evening star., 1961-08-22
Son of Sultan
Weds Beauty

JOHORE BAHRU, Malaya,
Aug. % AP).-The Sultan of
Johore's eldest son has married
the Malay beauty contest win
ner who cost him his place as
Crown Prince of Johore State.
Prince Mahmud, who as a
MoSlem is allowed four wives,
married 22-year-old Princess
Zanaria Ahmad Sunday. He
married an English girl, Jose
phine Trevarrow, in 1856 and
has four children by her. The
first wife has denied reports
that Mahmud has divorced uer.
Mahmud's father, Sultan
1smail, opposed his taking a
second wife and two weeks ago
made his younger son, Prince
Abdul Rahman, Crown Prince.
Princes Zanaria won the
Miss Malaga title in 1860.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
NehruUrges
Berlin ParIey

NEW DELHI, Aug. % (AP9.
Prime Minister Nehru ap-
pealed today to responsible
leaders" on both sides of the
conflict over Germany to con-
fer in search of agreement. s
Mr.. Nehru. opening a foreign
affairs debate in the upper
house, said the Western allies
and West Germany must ac-
cept East Germany'S present
eastern border, which gave
Poland a large slice of prewar
Germany.
There is not the slightest
chance in the world of chang
ing those borders except by VIC
tory in a major war;" Mr..
Nehru said, "and any talk or
hint Of change only makes
matters worse"
The Western allies have re-
fused to indorse the postwar
German-Polish frontier, called
the Oder-NeiSse line, largely
because it would give West
German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer a serious political
setback at home.
Mr.. Nehru said lone almost
hears the drums of war" beat
ing over the German issue. He
said steps to lessen fear and
suspicion on both sides are
needed and not the arming of
both West and East Germany
more and more.
"The only way to bring
about unification (of Ger
many peacefully" he conSin-
ued, lis by increasing contacts
between the two Germanies in
matters of trade and the like"
Evening star., 1961-08-22
House Passes
Hiiaekinq Bill
BY the Associated Press

oS t4lc AsSOCldlSO EEeSS
The House has passed a bill
carrying a death penalty for
aircraft hijacking.
The measure, approve d
yesterday by a 373 to 5 vote, is
similar to one passed by the
Senate. 1t would authorize the
death penalty on recommended
ton Of a jury when force,
violence or threat Of force or
violence had been used to seize
control of a plane.
The differences between the
Senate and House versions will
be ironed out in a conference.
Republican Ryan, Democrat
of New York, tried without
success to have the death pro-
vision cut out. He argued that
it would have IAN adverse
effect on the safety of pas
SengerS" by tending to make
hijackers more reckless.
The legislation was triggered
by a series of airliner hijack-
ings which brought furious
demands in both chambers for
corrective action.
1t also sets out penalties for
other disturbances aboar d
planes. An assault on a crew
member, for instance, could
bring a 20-year prison sentence
and a $4,000 fine. Other
sections prohibit carrying con-
cealed weapons aboard an air
liner and giving false reports
Of hijacking threats.
Additionally, criminal sec
tions of the maritime law would
be made to cover airliners.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
Muu Muu Chief
Meets Governor

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. %
(AP).-Jomo Kenyatta and the
Governor of Kenya, Sir Pat
rick ReniSon, met today for
the first time since the old
Mau Mau leader was released
from confinement.
A joint statement said they
had discussed matters affect
ing Kenya as a whole, consti-
tutional advancement and the
security situation. Mr.. Ken
yatta is being backed by Afri-
can nationalists to be Prime
Minister when Britain grants
independence to Kenya.
II wanted to meet the Gov
ernor. 1t was good for both
of U.s." said Mr.. Kenyatta,
whose terrorist campaign
against whites and his Negro
political foes once took thou
sands of lives.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
Generals
In SenuteH Hit
Promotion
BY the Associated Press

-Four Senators, all Reserve
generals, urged the Senate to-
day to reject the promotion of
Hal Williams, 33-year-old ad-
jutant general of the West
Virginia Army National Guard,
to brigadier general in the
Army Reserve. He is now a Re-
serve major.
The four said Mai. williams
would not be eligible for pro-
motion to brigadier general be-
fore 1869 under promotion
rules applied to thousands of
other military reServiSts.
The three-grade promotion
for Maj. Williams was approved
by the Senate Armed Services
Committee by a 10-to-7 vote
over the determined opposition
Of Senator M argaret Chase
Smith, Republican of Maine.
Maj. Williams was appointed
adjutant general of the West
Virginia Army National Guard
in January by Gov. William w.
Barron.
The four Senate generals
said any Governor has a right
to "bestow whatever State rank
he wishes" on his adjutant
general, "but we do not recog-
nize that right as being bind
ing so as to require that auto
matically the same right must
be given in Federal status :"
Joining in the statement
were Senators Thurmond
Democrat of South Carolina !;
Keating, Republican of New
York; Goldwater, Republican
Of Arizona, and Cannon, Demo-
crat of Nevada. (
Evening star., 1961-08-22

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. % (AP)
President Kennedy has de-
clined to hold a Cuban mer-
chant ship as ransom for the
families of 10 detecting crew.
men because it might provoke
retaliation and be harmful to
innocent travellers in the fu-
ture."
The President, in a telegram
relayed by an adviser to Capt.
Jorge Nayarro of the freighter
Bahia de Nipe, added that such
a barter might not work and
was, at any rate, illegal in the
United States.
McGeorge Bundy, the Presi-
dents special adviser on ma
tional security, told Capt. Ma
varro in the telegram that "the
President feels a deep respect
for the love of freedom which
you and your companions have
demonstrated :" and hopes
that you and your crewmen will
be reunited with your families
in the near future"
Plea for Families
Capt. Navarro announced at
a news conference Sunday that
he had urged the President to
hold the ship in this country
until the families of the 10
crewmen seeking political
asylum here could safely get
out Of Cuba. Capt. Navarro's
family has succeeded in reach
ing the United States before
the exploit took place.
The Bahia de Nipe, a 3,800-
ton motor ship laden with a
100000 sugar cargo originally
destined for behind the Iron
Curtain, anchored in nearby
Lynnhaven Roads last Thurs
day after Capt. Navarro and
his 10 companions succeeded in
impriSoning % other crewmen
below decks.
AS the detecting crew men,
bers were removed from the
ship pending final clearance by
immigration officials, the YES
sci Immediately became the
center of a legal controversy
that appeared to pit one branch
Of the Federal Government
against another.
United States marshals sought
to seize the ship to satisfy
judgments and debts which now
total $2,719,778, but were re-
peatedly repulsed by the Coast
Guard.
Court Ruling Due
United States District Judge
Walter E. Hoffman initiated a
hearing Saturday in which he
asked the Coast Guard to show
cause why it should prevent
the ship from being seized. At
the close of the second day of
the hearing yesterday Judge
Hoffman deferred a decision,
A ruling was expected to be
handed down today.
The Federal Government has
Evening star., 1961-08-22
A-Powered Unit
Now Sends Dutu
On Arctic Cold

BALTIMORE, Aug. % ihP).
An atomic-powered weather
station has begun broadcasting
temperature, wind and baro-
metric pressure reports from
an icy Artic outpost north OF
Canada's mainland.
Every three hours the weather
readings are transmitted from
the automatic, unnamed sta
ton at Sherwood Head, on Axel
Heiberg Island, 225 miles north
east of yResolute Bay.
, The Weather data is received
BY a short wave station at
Resolute Bay, says the Martin
Co. of Baltimore, from what
Used to be a blank area on the
United States and Canadian
Weather report maps"
Martin designed and built the
station for the Atomic Energy
Commission, and the device
vas installed recently by a
crew of Weather Bureau and
Martin technicianS.
The company said it prob
ably would be the middle OF
next year before scientists again
teach the remote site. How
ever, the atomic generator
towering the device is designed
70 operate for two years if
necessary without refueling or
maintenance.
: Martin describes the device
is the worlds first atomic
powered weather station. 1t
s powered by about a pound
Of Strontium-90, which is locked
inside an insoluble compound
and sealed in a corrosion-re-
sistant metal capsule in the
bottom of the unit. Heat from
the radioactive decay of the
Strontium- 80 is converted into
a continuous stream of elec-
tricity by so sets of thermo-
couples.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
GAMBLING
Senate Group Told Of Needed Laws
To Curb Race News, Phone Use
GAMBLING
Continued Frnrn First Pap

Continued From First Page
ice by which the telephone
company charges a flat fee for
unlimited long distance calls
without any record being made
of the toll charges. Judge
Sarachan said nearly every i'm
portant gambling case requires
telephone toll ships as evidence.
Crippled without Phone
Chairman Mcclellan asked
what would happen if telephone
service were not available to
gamblers. He obviously was re-
ferring to the Senate-paSsed
bill making it illegal to use
wire communication for inter-
state gambling.
Myles j. Lane, a member Of
the commission and a former
United States attorney, said
the gamblers would be crippled
without the telephone.
Senator Curtis, Republican of
Nebraska, asked if dedicated
police could find out who the
gamblers were.
1.-The chief of police OF every
city knows every professional
gambler" Judge Sarachan
stated flatly.
Federal Laws Needed
Senator jackson, Democrat
of Washington, acknowledging
that certain Federal laws are
needed, asked if it weren't also
true that a vast amount OF
crime could be handled locally
If the police would enforce the
law.
Former Judge Jacob Grumet,
the third New York commits
sion witness, replied that when
criminal syndicates cross State
lines there have to be Federal
laws.
"You know what the prob
lem is" Senator jackson COM
mented. "They buy off the
judges. They buy off the pros
ecutors. They buy off the
sheriffs and they buy off the
policemen on the beat"
Judge Grumet told him that
gambling operates wide open in
New York. Mr.. Lane said he did
not think the gamblers could
operate for 49 hours if the po-
Nce enforced the laws.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
AidCufCaIIed
Serious Blow
ByMcNamara
By the Associated Press

Secretary of Defense McNa-
mara said today that if a 1886
million Senate cut in military
aid abroad is allowed to stand
it will have the most serious
implications for free world de-
fenses in a time of crisis.
He told the Senate Appro-
priationS Committee "the i'm
portance of strong, re ady
NATO forces to the preserva-
ton of a free Berlin can not
be over-emphaSized."
Mr.. Mcnamara and Gen
Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
testified in support of a request
flor $1.8 billion in arms and
money to strengthen free world
defenses. The Senate has voted
only $1.55 billion in an au-
thoriZation bill setting ceilings
on the amounts that can be
appropriated.
The House allowed SIS bill
lion, and Mr.. Mcnamara point
ed out that even that sum is
$85 million under the amount
asked by President Kennedy as
a minimum figure.
The difference represents one
of the issues Senate-House con-
ferees will try to iron out in q
Icompromise of the two versions
of the bill. The biggest issue
however, is that of long-term
Financing for non-military aio
loans through Treasury bor-
rowing, accepted by the Senate
but turned down by the House
Shortly before the Senate
hearing got under way, con-
gressional leaders told Mr.
Kennedy they are very hopeful
Iof getting through a bill with
at least some of the financing
provisions Mr.. Kennedy has
called imperative.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield of Montana told
newsmen after the House and
Senate leaders weekly session
at the White House that he
hopes a Senate-H House confer
ence committee will produce a
satisfactory compromise.
His specifications for such a
compromise:
/. At least three-year au-
thority to borrow from the
Treasury to finance develop
ment loans abroad.
2. Splitting the difference in
total funds between amounts
authorized by the House and
Senate in separate actions last
week.
The Senate approved a five
year program for financing de-
velopment loans with money
borrowed from the Treasury.
The House, supporting objec-
tions to what critics of this
procedure call back-door finan-
cling, turned down the borrow
ing plan and voted for only a
one-year appropriation. The
administration wants the bor-
rowing power so it can go into
longer-term projects.
In total money for the year
ahead, the House authorized
nearly $4.4 billion and the
Senate allowed slightly more
than 81 billion.
House Democratic Leader
McC Cormick of Massachusetts
said Mr.. Kennedy "is very
much concerned" over the
borrowing program. Mr.. Nc
Cormick added that he and
Assistant Democratic Leader
Albert Of Oklahoma are very
hopeful of getting some long
term financing authority
through the House, which has
adamantly opposed the Treas
ury borrowing feature.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
Kennedy Turns Down
Plea

officially taken the position
that the Bahia de Nipe should
be returned to Cuba. The Coast
Guard has said its actions in
thwarting seizure have been
directed from it's Washington
headquarters.
At yesterdays session before
Judge Hoffman a Coast Guard
official admitted there was no
real basis for using reasons of
security for preventing attach
ment of the ship.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
Want q PoIur Bear?

NEW YORK.-Arctic Safaris
from Tromsoe, Norway, to
Spitsbergen and the northern
pack ice can now be arranged
through a Madison Avenue
tour agency. The hunters will
try to bag polar bears.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
Victims Indemnified

VIENNA-Austria has set UP
a $6,000,000 fund to indemnify
people who suffered financial
losses during Nazi racial, reli-
gious, or political prosecutions
between March 13, 1888, and
May 8, 1945.
Evening star., 1961-08-22

Heat Make them cold while the sun Shines Make themwth
raves Seagrams Extra Dry Gin. Your Matnionthe-roc
will be smoother Your Tom Collins tanger, Your Gin Tonic
zeser Because Seagras is stored away to remove usual
gin sweetness and pefumey turns Extra Dry amber
crisp And makes any drink under the totally deGCous
aAmMug ug1us sm@HMNY NYGM GMmNua nuNaMu MuHunRO OMMRNR
Evening star., 1961-08-22
LOST

LOST
CAT, multi-colored, part Persian, fe-
male; vic. Annandale I'd. and Route
so; reward. JE. 2-4S14.
CHARM BRACELET, silver, vic. Super
GU djant 7s2se sssns stts2 SaapSl p.m 5q; reward
DOG, springer spaniel liver and white,
female. .yr; old; vic. Green Mead;
HA. 2-9154.
DOG mlpiatuTs SfhnsU0er' oT;1d; Tsle; vie vie
reward. OIL. 6-0920.
DOG, miniature French poodle. black.
son St, Hillcrest Heights. Nd. Re-
ward. 10. 7-4355.
DOG, collie. white and sable, female;
lost vic. N. Cleveland ST., Arlington,
va. ia. 7-6439.
DOG, small. black, shaggy, male, 28
lbs: name Red; neighborhood Of
Wis. and Fessenden NV; reward.
PARAKEET, light blue: lest Aug. IL,
vic. Dupont Circle and p st. NV.
NO. 7-2348, ewes.
RING, 1O-carat blue star Sapphire,
with 2 diamonds, platinum setting;
generous reward. IA. 2-23SS, ia.
10000.
SIAMESE MALE; Chestnut Hills VI
cinity, Annandale. Reward. 273-34S9.
WALLET. brown and gold, containing
important personal papers; vicinity
Foggy Bottom. Reward. 333-7656.
WRIST WATCH, lady's, yellow gold;
3 pm. Sun, vic. Pa. ave. and Calf.
st. NV; reward. OF. 4-67S2.
Evening star., 1961-08-22
FOUND

CAMERA, beside Commerce Depart
tify. WO. 1925; ewes, JE. 2-590s
CAT, gray, with blk. stripes; vic
Cleveland Park. Call after 10 pm
VIII. 2-2341.
DOG, young, male, black and tan
dachshund; vicinity Bucknell Manor
Call so. 5-59S0.
DOG, male, shepherd and collie
mixed; Brighton Dam area; wear.
ing collar. SP. 4-91S6.
Evening star., 1961-05-02

veStigation, but 1t has been my
experience that most people,
well-educated or not, use "epit-
ONE" when they mean "acme"
and, to a lesser extent, "fiasco"
when they mean any Jolly little
adventure or excursion.
In both cases it's easy to ar
rive at the incorrect definitions
from the context of statements
in which they are used cor
rectly. I suspect that m q ny
people have just not had oc-
casion to look the words up
and I believe that their mus
use is so common that the
words will eventually acquire
these additional definitions
j. E. c., jr., Washington, D. C
A. Many common English
words have changed in mean
ing over the years. A notable
instance Is the simple word
SILLY" which in Chaucer's day
meant good, blessed, inno-
cent" and now has come to
m e IAN ridiculous, feeble
minded and stupid" But such
Evening star., 1961-05-02
BY Al Smith

to record the language Of to-
day as 1t is actually spoken
and written-not as they might
wish it were spoken or written
But they accept as standards
OF usage only the writings and
spoken utteranceS of intelli-
gent. educated public figures
and text from the more care
full and polished organs OF
communication. From none OF
these sources is an editor likely
to get many examples of such
uses OF "epitome" and "fiasco''
as you mention. SO. If they ever
get into the dictionaries (Which
I doubt, they will be prefaced
by the label "often enormously
used"
Evening star., 1961-05-02

Give your hair dromotie. high
foshion color oecents, the new
frosted" look! Add streoks
and tips for goy porty effects,
10 match special outfits. IdeoI
for instont toUch-ups. Now in
l3 glamour shodes.
Evening star., 1961-05-02
Mort WoIker
BY Leonard Starr

changes usually evolve over a
long period Of centuries. Al
though everything in our world
moves at q greatly accelerated
pace today-even changes in
language - I find it hard to
believe that errors in word use
(like "epitome" for "acmeD
will soon receive the sanction
of the dictionary.
There Is a widespread but
false belief that "if enough
people say it, it must be ac-
cepted by the dictionaries" It's
true that dictionary editors no
longer try to dictate language
use, as Noah Webster and
muel johnson did. It's
equally true that they attempt
Evening star., 1961-05-02

ing have been both interesting
and informative. They lead me
to ask: how long before editors
will have to list additional def
initions for "epitome" and "fi-
asco?" Naturally one has to
be careful about how and when
to broach the subject, so I
have not made an intensive in
Evening star., 1961-05-02
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BUCK ROGERS
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

@. Your discussions Of the
mechanics of dictionary edit
, 1961-09-07

makes progress can we as a peo-
pie, as a community, as a party.
move along the path of this New
Frontier-the road along which
can be Lit only with the response
BILE dedicated leadership of which
the Democratic Party has been
additionally capable of providing.
Out of love for these Virgin Is
lands, our relatives, friends, our-
selves, and even generations I'M
born; with the full and whole
hearted cooperation of each and
every one of us working together
as an effective Democratic team;
with Gods guidance and help we
shall-we must-succeed!
Thank you,