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Evening star., 1961-10-22
FICTION

DENNIS THE MENACE:
Happy Half-Pint. BY Hank
Ketchum. (Random House;
$l.25) He may be a half
pint, but for those who en-
joy him Dennis is, in the
words of the advertising
fraternity, a big quarter Of
a quart.
FEAR is THE KEY. BY Al
istair MacLean. Double
day; $685. Salvaging op-
erationS from an oil rig
several miles off the Flor
ida coast provides the set
ting for Mr.. MacLean's nov
el. the first laid in this
country. His novels in
clude Might Without End"
and THE Guns of Nava-
rone." A Scotsman, he now
lives in Switzerland.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE: %
Stories. Edited by Mar
garet Cousins. doubleday;
$3.50 This anthology is
concerned with what hap
pens to love after mar
riage. Margaret Cousins
has been managing editor
Of Good Housekeeping,
then McCalls and is now
senior editor of Doubleday.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
BOOK IN REVIEW
ItoIy's II Duce
In Retrospect
By DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic

MUSSOLH BY Laura Ferni university Of Chicago Press
$3.50
One disruss the of bygone public figure when
the enemy notorious otherwise the object
OF mass hatred contempt Such memory it is clear
residue Of emotion and of knowledge often removed from the
impartalty of truth. That CHINA the mistaken for
CHINA the consprator appas nobody
Evening star., 1961-10-22
THE DOUCE APOCALYPSE.

With an introduction and
notes by A. G. and w. o.
Hassall. (Thomas Yose-
loft; $4.50.) This latest
work from the Library of
Illuminated Manuscripts
contains lovely illustrations
of the Douce Apocalypse,
an extraordinary example
Of medieval art, now in the
Bodlean Library.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
GENERAL

WHAT CHINA POLICY. BY
Vladimir Petrov. (Shoe
String Press; $4.50O An
other volume containing
the results of research car
ried on at Yale in the field
Of foreign affairs.
LUXORIUS: A Latin Post
Among the Vandals. BY
Morris Rosenblum. Co
lumbia; $7.500 The Car
thaginian Martial" lived in
the 9Th century. The book
gives the Latin text and a
translation into English of
all the poems attributed to
him.
NATIONAL PARTY PLAT
FORMS: ls40-1960. Com
piled by Kirk H. Porter and
Evening star., 1961-10-22

1895. Distributed by Tap
linger Publishing Co., Inc)
The author, former chief
justice of Bombay, was
named Indian Ambassador
to the United States in Oc-
tober, 1858. This is a COL
lection Of speeches and
writings on a variety Of
subjects. but there is a GER
tain unity indicated by the
title.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
NKRUMAH OF GHANA. BY

Sophia Ripley Ames. CRand
McNally; $500 The emer-
gence Of a man and coun-
try Of the Dark Continent.
YOUNGER BROTHERS. BY
Carl w. Breihan. Naylor,
$3.50 An authority on
Western badmen docu-
ments the bloody careers
Of Jesse James comrades,
Cole, James, Bobby and
John Younger.
SWEE TIL EART, I HAVE
BEEN TO SCHOOL. BY
Mary Noone. (Harcourt
Brace; $500 A humorous
ly serious account Of the
authors nervous break
down.
THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE
STATE. BY M. C. Chagla.
Asia Publishing House;
Evening star., 1961-10-22

tury. Mussolini's fascism was
not basically original, being
modelled on the dictatorship
the poet and extraordinarily
colorful individual Gabriel
d'Annunzio had established
in Fiume. Fascism almost
foundered at the very begin
ming. In 1924 Giacomo Mat
teotti denounced Mussolini'S
abuses and illegal practices
before the Chamber Of Depu-
ties. Three weeks later he dis
appeared, to be only seen
again a mangled corpse. That
Mussolini instigated the MUIR
der is not certain; that 1t
was committed in his behalf
is unquestionable. The horror
and revulSion it caused were
great, and the new dictator
barely weathered the crisis.
However, ce nest que lie pre-
mier pas qui coute, and the
terror was now established
that was to keep the FaScists
in power for two decades.
Mussolini's strength lay in
his animal physical appeal,
his masterful demagogy. and
the appearance Of self-con-
fidence that covered excori-
ating doubts and fears. Mrs.
Fermi shows him to have
been a physical and moral
coward. a man unhampered
by gratitude, a scoundrel who
had killed his own Son-in-
law, and a leader not so
much intelligent as cleverly
opportunistic. He had only
two genuine friends-his mis-
tress, Claretta Petacci, q
sympathetic person whose ex-
ecution by the retributive
partisans is hard to under
stand since she was not a
political figure. and Adolf
Hitler.
The relationship Of Hitler
and Mussolini is the most
engroSsing part Of Mrs.
Fermi's book. The Duce
showed the Fuehrer the pos
sibilities of political crime
how a people would tolerate
it and an outside world ac-
cept it. Thereafter, Hitler
was the expert that far out
shown the master. Every
bold step from the occupa-
ton Of the Rhineland to the
attack on Russia infected the
ambitious MuSsolini with in
tolerable jealousy and envy.
Italy's army sadly demor-
allied, MuSsolini still was de-
termined not so much to aid
Hitler as to equal his ex-
ploits. For Hitler, MusSolini
became little more than a
nuisance, and he must have
despised him as vain and in
competent, yet to the end he
did what he could for him
and seemed to love him.
Second only to Mussolini
and Hitler, d'Annunzio and
the shadow Of Nietzsche are
the principle figures in the
book. Hitler, Of course, at
tributed his anti Semitic
atrocities to the teaching Of
Nietzsche, and in 1888, Mus
solini promulgated his own
anti-Jewish DEGREES purely as
a goodwill gesture to Hitler,
for he had no anti-Jewish
background and Italy no jew
iSh problem. For Hitler to
have sold anti Semitism
through the prestige Of Me
tZsche Is one Of the most
breathtaking lies Of history.
Nietzsche was paSSionately
and eloquently opposed to
anti-Semitism, and himself
admired many Jews-Spinoza
and Heine, for example, and
Jesus, whom he revered as a
noble" man betrayed by
dogma and tradition. Igno-
rance prevails, and one is
not surprised that Hitler by
the name Of NietzSche was
able to make anti-SemitiSm
respectable to q nation. 1t is
ironic that, at this far re-
move, he could influence Mrs.
Fermi to believe so big q
lie-as enormous as that Of
a present day politician who
would instigate all-out atomic
bombing as advocated by
Bertrand Russell.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Explain How
They Raised
OceunQueen
THE RAISING OF III

AAAA A$AAAOAANO Va ~
QUEEN. BY Jerry Korn.
(Simon & Schuster; $4.95O
When the multi-million
dollar supertanker African
Queen ran aground on a
sandbar and split in two off
Ocean City, Md. in the spring
Of 1859, the opportunity Of a
lifetime came to two impecu-
neous mechanics from Tide
water Virginia.
Abandoned by her own
ers and by a world-famous
salvaging firm, the "Afri-
can Queen" was fair game for
anyone who could raise her.
Lloyd Deir and Beldon Little
calculated they could make 81
million. maybe 50 million, by
bringing the stricken vessel
to port.
STRIPPED BARE
When the two dreamers.
expert With tools but lacking
any real knowledge Of ma
rine salvage, reached the
Queen 10 miles off the beach
they found that scavengers
had stripped her Of every
thing that could be moved
from topside.
Then they went to work.
With tenuous financial back
ing from two partners and a
small crew of brave men,
they set to work to battle
ocean storms, the inadequacy
Of their own knowledge and
equipment and the enormity
Of their tasks.
Armed with little more
than their own audacity, the
men labored day and night
to patch the torn plates of
the African Queen and then
pumped her dry enough TO.
the tow into Norfolk. In the
process, the partners quar-
relied as nerves were drawn
taut and tempers flared
among the amateur Salvag-
ers.
Many months later the
battered Queen was docked,
to the accolades Of the world
press, and the salvagers pre-
pared to accept their reward.
What did they realize from
the sale Of the African Queen
for whom they had risked so
much?
Nothing.
DER. Little and their back
ers broke almost exactly even.
A ship operator named Sam
Kahn bought the African
Queen at auction for $l34,000
and the adventure was over.
Lloyd Deir was philoSophic.
He said he woke up the next
morning and a lot Of head
aches he'd been having
weren't there any more.
Would he do it again?
Sure, he said. Now he's look
ing for a backer for his plan
to raise the Andrea Doria.
JERRY OLEARY, JR.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
VEPCO Shelves Plans
For More Financing

Virginia Electric & Power
Co. has decided it will not be
necessary to sell SIS million of
additional securities in Deem
Der, President A. H. Mcdowell,
jr., declared yesterday in an
interim report to stockholders.
The company acquired $50
million of new money through
sale of first mortgage bonds
in June. At the first of the
year it was thought another
SIS million offering would be
necessary in December.
Your board of directors has
decided no further financing
will be necessary" Mr.. Nc
Dowell said. Construction ex-
penses for the first six months
of 1861 were at an average rate
of nearly SIS million a week.
During the period about $50
million was spent on 1861 re-
quirements estimated at S85
million, Mr.. Mcdowell reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
COTTON

NEW YORK. Sept. 80 (AP).-Cot-
ton futures weakened this week and
closed mostly lower on the New York
Cotton Exchange with final prices 20
CENTS a bale higher to 100 a bale
The only gain was registered BY
the distant December contract.
Selling pressure was brought on BY
continued favorable weather in the
cotton belt, some agitation for grow
ers to plant many more acres next
year than the minimum allotment
specified BY. law, and prolonged
circulation of notices Of intent to de-
liver cotton when upcoming October
contracts come due. A limited amount
Of hedge selling also depressed prices
The lateness of the current crop
was emphasized by the Census Bureau
ginning report showing the smallest
figure on record for the first half
Of September. The total of 42S 900
bales. from September / to IS com
pared with 1.09a,0OO last year and
bales.
Exports in the week ended Tuesday
were estimated by the Exchange Serv-
ice Bureau at $4,000 bales VS.. $4,000
a week ago and $4,000 year ago.
Exports for the season through Sep
TENDER % we're put a. 1881 900 bales
VS.. 279,O0O wear earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
COMMODITIES

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 CAP) The
Associated Press index Of 35 key COM
modities prices dipped this week.
The index declined to 1854 from
a year ago.
Food. textiles apt nonferrous metals
advanced.
industrials. livestocks and grains
declined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
D. c. CIeorings Set
Records in September

Washington bank clearings
totaled $685., 332,l39 in Septem-
Der, a gain of 81 per cent from
$500, 379,672 in September last
year and a new peak for the
month, William Cradlin, clear
ing house manager, announced.
Record clearings in nine
months of this year aggregated
S 6,O78,81O,779, a gain of Is per
cent from $5,363,105,748 a year
earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Sept. 80 (AP).-A
sharply increased supply weakened the
butcher, hog market at times this week
up "a per cent at $1,000 head here
and for the II major markets they
were 10 per cent larger.
Lower prices in the wholesale pork
trade. Pork loins in CARROTS declined
81 to 80 a hundredweight.
SLAUGHTER steers ended the week
steady to % cents b lever With the
grade over 1000 lbs. Cattle receipts
were about 20 per cent greater than
last week with more than half the
total for the week on sale Monday;
last week-Barrows and gifts steady
to mostly rs lower, sows !5O-55 lower.
At the close over 100 head mostly
S Nj sPd so9N5S 2.5 y S Sarr9wf and and
No. . and 3 10000 lbs ls::25-1s.50.
Mostly No. | and . 10000 lbs 1900
1925. Mixed No. 1-3 100000 ID sows
l5.50-17.25, few around 300 lbs II so.
No. and and No. 100000 lbs
II Ciattle-slaushter steers finished
steady to rs. lower than late last
week. most decline on choice and
prime over 1900 ID Teishts. Heifers
prime 95O-i4O0 ID steers 23.T5-25 so,
bulk choice 95O-l250 lbs 24.25-25;2 5,
i4OO-155O ID steers 23.OO-23.15, bulk
/ good 900-1300 ID steers 90. 50-23. 20
mixed good and choice under 1900 lbs
| 24.0O Most mixed choice and prime
heifers 2350-24.00. weeks bulk choice
| heifers 22.50-24 90, mostly $3.50 down
| late, good heifers 81 .00-22 so. Utility
| and commercial bulls late 1000 down
| standard and good vealers lS.0O-26 90
choice absent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
Holders Approve
Rixon Options
For Key Men

Stockholders of Rixon Elec-
tronics, Inc, yesterday ap-
proved additional incentive
stock options totaling 10000
shares and were told rumors of
merger talks with Datronics are
entirely unfounded.
The same number of option
shares was distributed to key
members Of the staff last year
in order to attract outstanding
engineering and business talent,
A committee Of three headed
by President Hollis again will
award the options, which per-
NIT purchase of company stock
at 80 per cent of market value
at the time of award, it was
said. None of the committee
may receive the options.
In response to a question
Mr.. Hollis said merger rumors
are without foundation and
that no moves in this direction
are contemplated. With SO pei
cent of outstanding stock rep
resented in person or by proxy
all directors were reelected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
Macke Reports
Higher Profits
On Peak Sales

Macke Vending Co. had a net
profit Of $278,988 or A cents
a share in nine months ended
June 80, after income taxes
compared with $235,375 or 4G
cents a share on fewer shares
a year earlier, President Aaron
Goldman reported yesterday.
RECORD sales totaled $14, 467,-
666, compared with $10,333.75a
a year earlier, while the cash
flow amounted to $1.137 ,083 OF
$1.78 a share VS.. $801,036 OF
$1.48, Mr.. Goldman said.
The firm listed $858,095 OF
.$1.34 a share for depreciation
and amortization, compared
with $685. 61 or $1.05 a year
earlier. This reflected the con-
tinued expansion of the bust
ness into new areas, Mr.. Gold
man declared.
The company acquired In
dustrial Vending Corp. of Char
lotte, N. c., and Stauffer, Inc,
of Lancaster, Pa, in the latest
period. They will add annual
sales of more than 81 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

BitUminOus Production in
the week ended September %
totaled 100000 tons compared
with 8,770,000 in the previous
week and 8,346,000 in the like
week a year ago.-National Coal
Association.
Motor Vehicle Output last
week totaled 106,620 cars and
24,217 trucks compared with
1904 and 17,749 in the previ-
Gus week and 134,118 and d.
$50 in the like week a year
ago.-Ward's Automotive Re
ports.
Construction Contracts over
the Nation in August totaled
SO, $4,000, up $14 million
from July and 8 per cent above
August, 1907. w. Dodge
Corp.
Crude Petroleum Stocks, do
nestle and foreign, on Sep
TENDER % totaled 250,720, 900
barrels, up 2,650,000 for the
week.-Bureau of Mines.
Retail Store Sales over the
Nation in August totaled $18.1
billion, about unchanged for
July, but off slightly from Au-
gust, 1860. 1t was the eighth
consecutive month in which
volume was under the year
earlier levek-Standard &
Poor's Corp.
State Banking Board of New
York approved the proposed
formation of a Statewide bank
holding company by Morgan
Guaranty Trust Co. and six
upstate banks. 1t will be the
largest bank holding company
in the Nation, with assets OF
$50 billion and deposits OF
$50 billion.
Genera Dynamics Corp. re-
ceived a $25 million award for
additional production of Navy
Terrier and Tartar missile and
a $13 million Army contract
for continued development OF
the Mauler weapons system.
RaytheOn Co. has been
awarded Army contracts total
ing $9,394,55
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
Major Is Director
OF Mattress Firm

Meyer Major, president OF
MAJOR Masterpieces Furniture
Co.. was elected a director Of
National Mattress & Furni-
ture Co. and its affiliates at
annual meetings Of the COM
panies yesterday.
Samuel I. PoSner was re-
elected president of the COM
panies, which also include
Spring Aire of Greater Wash
ington and National Carpets,
Inc, of Muirkirk, Md.
Steven A. Winkelman OF
Steven A. Winkelman, Wash
ington lawyer, was renamed
secretary and general counsel
Sidney Foster was named vice
president in charge of produc-
ton. Henry j. Kaufman, Wash
ington advertising executive
was renamed executive vice
president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
Two Food Brokerage
Firms Consolidated

Two Washington food broker
age firms have merged to form
a new company, Hermann g.
Earle Co.. with offices at 1901
Quebec street NV, Washing
ton. and at 1851 st. Elmo ave-
nue.. Bethesda.
The firms are Hermann &,
Gushing Co., which is owned by
Edward G. Hermann, and H. R.
Earle Co., owned by Herbert
Earle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
DRUG Fair Has Profit
Of SIS Cents q Share;
Expansion Continues
By DONALD B. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

Drug rComunty Drug Co. had further gains in both
sales net income in the fiscal ended June 80 while
absorbing the costs of continued expansion President Milton L.
Eberg announced yesterday in the annual report to stock
holders ----=
for the year amounted to $65O957 l55 cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
ADDITION TO SKYLINE

This $S.5 million office building under con-
structiOn at 1865 Connecticut avenue NV.
will be an attractive addition to the Wash
ingtOn skyline. Joseph E. Jones Cos. are
the owners; George A. Fuller Co. is general
contractor, and VlastimiI KOubek is architect.
Weinberg & Bush is managing agent for the
building which is to be ready for occupancy
next June l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01

and $2,873, 042 two years earlier.
Employees totaled 2,542 on June
80 VS.. 2,133 on the same 1860
date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01

a common share after Federal
income taxes. compared with
S572 ,948 or SO cents a share in
the preceding year.
Sales rose to a new peak of
$34, 1852, 627 in the year, a gain of
81 per cent from $27 ,424,237 in
the preceding year and far
above $20,683, 663 only two
years earlier.
Mr.. Elsberg pointed out that
10 new stores were opened in
the latest fiscal year. raising
the company total tc IS on
June 80, and that 10 more
stores will be opened in the cur
rent fiscal year.
% Added in Two Years
In two years ended June 80,
the company opened % new
Drug Fairs. AS a store does not
start to make a profit generally
for the first year or two, these
past additions now are contrib
uting to earnings on an in
creasing scale. Mr.. Elsberg said.
The company's big ware
house and office facilities at
Springfield, Va. are expected
to be ready for occupancy
some time in February and
will improve operations sub
Stantially.
The distribution center will
provide more than 100000
square feet of space and an
other 10000 square feet will
be available for offices and
related facilities.
The center will be located on
the new circumferential high
way, which will make all points
in the area readily accessible to
the company's fleet of trucks.
! Annapolis Unit Planned
Drug Fair will open new
stores in Culpeper and Har-
risonburg, Va, and Martins
burg, w. Va, in the first six
months of calendar 1862, and
has a commitment for a new
store in Annapolis, Md, Mr..
Elsberg said.
Other new units will be in
the immediate Washington
area. The firms expansion
added stores in Leesburg. Win
chester, Warrenton and Wood
bridge, Va, as well as in the
immediate Metropolitan Area,
during the last year.
The June 80 balance sheet
listed current assets of $8,624,-
497 and current liabilities of
$4.628,745, compared with &c.
551,489 and S3.533.379, respec-
lively, on the same 1860 date.
Two years earlier the respective
totals were s5,131,0 96 and ST.
258,054.
Stockholders investment on
June 80 totaled S5.009,861 VS..
50, 457 ,929 a year earlier and
$3,003.85l two years earlier.
working capital was S4,195,-
752 VS.. $3.0l8,110 a year earlier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
Oriental Building
Sets New Records

Assets of Oriental Building
Association, Washington's old
est savings and loan institu-
ton, reached a new all-time
high of $30,318,154 on August
81, compared with 1857, 682
on the same 1860 date, re-
ported President John G. Kolb.
Invested savings also rose to
$27,489,571 from $24,26l, 008 a
year earlier. Real estate loans
increased to $27,515,O2l from
$25,803,271 a year earlier.
Reserves and surplus, how
ever, declined slightly to 81
7S4,507 OH August 81, COM
pared with $2.8O6,505 on the
same 1860 date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
Tech Sev Offering
REGISTERED With SEC

Tech Serv, Inc, of College
Park, Md, filed a registration
statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission Fri
day covering proposed public
offering of $4,000 shares of
common stock at a price Of SO
share.
Swltzer g. Co., Inc, of Silver
Spring, Md, is listed as sole
underwater on best-efforts
basis.
The electronics firm, of
which Edward M. Man, jr., is
president and treasurer, was
formed as a proprietorGhip in
1859 and incorporated in 1860
The proposed public Offering
will be the company's first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
Suburban Trust Co.
DEPOSITS Increase

Suburban Trust Co. had rec
ord deposits of $181 ,468.802 on
August 81, compared with
$173,050,211 a year earlier, re-
ported President J. Robert
Sherwood and Board Chairman
T. Howard Duckett yesterday.
The bank had its 46th ami
versary today.
Capital funds also reached a
new peak of S14,397 500 on Au-
gust 81. compared with $l2,-
Ol9,199 on the same 1860 date
With total resources of around
5000 million, Suburban ranks
168th among more than $4,000
banks of the Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Sept. 80 (AP).-Na-
tional Association OF Securities Deal
ers, Inc. Closing prices.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
A Mothers Day Reaction
The Mother of Is Opens Her Heart

our way through life - they
are going to know it and pos
sibly follow right in our foot
steps. Whatever we are
good, bad or indifferent-our
children will know. I don't
know how they know, but they
do.
We aren't trying to pro-
duce any geniuseS in our
house. We are trying to pro-
duce good, honest. solid citi-
Zens of the future. We have
a long way to go, but we hope
we have made a good begin
ming. We hope that our basic
training is good and solid
and indestructible. We hope
God continues to bless us with
the strength of body and
mind to keep the troops"
in line until the time comes
to cut the apron strings and
let them go on their own.
In the meantime. we try
to take each day as it comes,
and to do the best that we
can. AS Father Thomas Mad
den said to me one rainy day
when I answered his, How
are you, Lou?" with a grumpy.
Il don't know, but I guess l
will make it through the
day:
This is the only day you
Evening star., 1961-05-14
CLUB CALENDAR

Punch at $50 pm, dinner
at 7 pm. at the AAUW Edu-
cational Center. Indian Min
lister D. N. Chatterjee will
speak.
Sigma Kappa AIumnae-
Entertaining Zeta Chapter
at a dinner to be given at
$50 pm. at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. Barton w.
RichWine.