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pital. The doctors and the
nurses gave me one look and
pushed my stretcher aside.
They assumed I was going to
die and they preferred, natur-
ally, to take care of those who
had a chance.
When DR.. Floyd McRae, head
surgeon, arrived he put my eye
ball in place and sewed the
lid. It's as good as ever today.
But he wouldn't touch my
fractures. Every time they
touched me I would all but
pass out. I couldn't talk very
well, but I could hear several
doctors comforting and, as US
ual, there were a couple Of
razor-whetters present, sug-
costing operations.
Finally, I heard Floyd say,
well, gentlemen, we may let
him die on our hands, but We'll
never kill him."
With that, I popped up and
said, "Oh, hell, get me a good
osteopath and I'll be out of
here in three days"
That blew the conference
right out of the water. They
later said I would be in the
hospital eight months. I stayed
only four.
'UnkiIIobIe' .
The morning after the crash,
I drank three bottles Of beer
and ate two ham-and-egg
sandwiches. I suspected I was
unkillabe; the doctors suspected
I was going to die, anyhow, and
might as well have what I
wanted. And then I began to
die.
At 10 o'clock the morning
after that Il verified the time
by the doctors) I was all but
gone. Even though I was al
most unconscious, / knew I
was icy cold. Everything was
serene and lovely. Everything
was mellow and sweet and
beautiful. I recognized that
sensation. I almost died once
from a throat hemmorrhage.
Here" I said, sis DEATH"
1t dawned upon me in a flash
that the easiest thing in the
world is to die; the hardest is
to live. Dying was a sensuous
pleasure; living was a grim
task. In that moment I chose
to live.
I mustered up all the disci-
pline 1 had learned in racing
days. I threw my weight and
jammed the controls. / spat
blood and tore up three oxygen
tents. I kept uppermost in my
mind all of the time the posi-
tive thought of life-and serv-
ice! Believe it or not service!
You can't be afraid of death
if you remember that the easi-
est and most blissful thing you
will ever do is to die. Not if
you remember that you are
protected for a great purpose,
that there is meaning in all
you do. Not if you live every
day as if you will live forever.
I believe you will live forever
if you try. But I have found
that the most important thing
is to remember the reason to
fight and live for others. :.
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was adrift in an open life raft
with seven other starving men
most of them so young they
needed the strength and I'M
derstanding of a man who had
been down in the Valley of the
Shadow, who had suffered and
made sense out of his suffer-
ing. To those men I was able
to bring the essence of the re-
ligion and philosophy I had
distilled in the hospital at
Atlanta.
Big Test Looms
Our sleeper plane was one
half hour from Atlanta when
the captain of the ship came
into the sky lounge, where
was sitting just behind the
cockpit between the radio and
baggage.
THE weather is none toe
good" he said, land we may
have to go back"
81 don't care where you go OF
what you have to do" I said
"as long as you get her down
safely. Don't let my being on
board affect your decision. Use
your judgment. That's your
job"
Even though I was president
of the line, the pilot had to be
the boss,
Then I felt the left-hand
wing brush treetops, and ]
jumped up, figuring I could get
to the rear of the plane. In q
surprise crash, the plane some
times breaks in two. If you're
in the rear, you will be thrown
out. 1t may break your neck
but you won't run the hazard
OF burning up.
I never made it. The pilot
felt the wing brush, yanked hel
the other way, and the right
hand wing caught a tree anc
ripped off. The ship went
down, twisted like a paper bag
and broke in two. I found my
self on the floor between the
first and second compartments
with the flight steward under
me. dead. 1t was dark. I started
yelling to everybody not tc
light a match. The ground
around us was saturated with
100 octane gas. and so was I.
Night Of Horror
1t was midnight and cold
Rain was still falling. I was
in terrible pain. When
jumped, I had hit on the arm
OF the chalr and had broker
my hip socket, as we'll as frac-
turing my elbow and my nose
and I had nine rib fractures
My head was locked between
the bulkhead and the gas tank
I could move it only about hall
an inch. I struggled so hard tt
pull it out that I cut my left
eyelid and eye muscle on 6
jagged point of the bulkhead
The eye fell out and hung or
my cheek. I struggled the rest
of the night. Two people were
dying near me. I gave then
what comfort I could. Other:
were moaning.
1t took them an hour to clir
and pry me from the wreckage
A doctor gave me two hypo,
dermics. but they didn't hell
much. I was still in terrible
pain when got to the hos.
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Rickenbacker Developed Solid Faith
In Repeated Battles With Death
BY CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER

that my faith was not great
enough.
In the 100-mile motorcar race
at Indianapolis on Labor Day
1915, my principal opponent
Johnny Aiken, had a faster car
on the straightway than
had, so I had to outdrive. him
on the curves. 1t was a dam
gerous track, with concrete
walls on each side.
At about the 18th mile, the
wire spokeS in my left real
wheel began to give. They
cracked like rifle shots. / was
grinding out about 1875 miles
an hour, and the crack of those
spokeS seemed, for a moment
like the sound of doom. The
officials tried to flag me down;
my own gang in the pit waved
frantically for me to stop. But
I wouldn't stop. I wanted tc
win.
When the wheel collapsed
the tire blew and spun me
toward the lower concerto wall
Then another tire blew and
spun me back to the other
wall. I had lost control COM
pletely. but the car did not hi
higher wall.
Feeling Of Confidence
When I finally stopped
after spreading rubber and
wheels all over the track, ]
was standing on my four brake
drums, still upright and grin
ming. The boys in the pit had
the fright of their lives. I had
lost the race.
But I had discovered some-
thing which I still believe: as
1 roared down the last stretch
1t came to me that / could
control that machine with my
mind, that I could hold it to-
gether with my mind, and that
if 1t finally collapsed, I could
run it with my mind. It was q
feeling of mastery. of supreme
confidence.
If I had said such a thing
then, the boys would have
called me crazy. Even now
can't explain it. But 1 have
been told that scientists are
now investigating a phenome-
non called psychokinetics, the
control of mind over matter
1t isn't new to me. I believe
that if you think disaster, you
will get it. Brood about death
and you will hasten your de-
mise. Think positively anc
maSterfully, with confidence
and faith, and life will be more
secure, more fraught with &C
ton, richer in achievement and
experience.
On a rainy night in Febru-
airy, 1941, I had the worst &C.
cident in my life. All my con-
fidence in myself and my faith
in Something Else failed tc
prevent it. Fate simply came up
from behind me and slugged
AS I look back on those ago.
MIXING days In the hospital
however, realize there was 6
reason behind 1t all. 1t was {
test and preparation for wha
was to follow.
In the four months I lay IL
that hospital. I did more think
ing about life and death thai
IL had ever done before
,lTwenty-one months later
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12

No man living today, I be-
heve, has been face to face
with death as often as I have
in the last IS years. But when
I have crashed in a plane,
turned end over end in a rae
ing car, or, adrift in the South
Pacific, felt hunger and thirst
tearing and burning at my vi
tails, a boyhood thought never
deserted me: I was a dynamic
part of progress and life. Some
PoDer was taking care of me.
Some people are shocked by
their misfortunes. They say, II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12

Copt. Eddie Riekenboeker, who re-
Gently returned from on extensive
trip through Jopon and the For Eosl
is one Of the most tough minded
observers Of world offoirs. One
reason for his steeIy outlook on life
IS thot he is not ofroid Of deoth
Because Copt. Riekenbocker neveI
hos shirked doing anything because
Of the donser involved, he ho.
nearly been killed several times
and hos lived fully. In the following
article he gives q condid account
Of his woy Of living. A three-pori
Rickenboeker series on the Far EosI
storts in The Stor tomorrow.
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can't go up to high places:
once fell off a barn. I cant
fly any more: I once had 8
crackup. I was shocked in bat
tle::' I tremble so with fear that
I can't face life" never could
understand it. Ones cumula-
tive escapes should be proof OF
his invulnerability, of his being
kept alive for some purpose,
some fulfillment.
All the accidents and peril
Gus adventures I have had
have added to my sense OF
security.
AS soon as I got out into
the world on my own, I began
to get acquainted with death,
and the more often I met him
the more reasons I found for
not fearing him. AS early as
1905, while serving as riding
mechanic with Lee Prayer, one
of the builders of the Prayer
Miller air-cooled automobile,
had my first motorcar accident.
Front Tire Goes
We were racing in the Van
derbilt Cup races on the Jeri-
cho turnpike on Long Island
N. Y. roaring along at the
then fearsome speed of so miles
an hour when a front tire
blew on a turn.
Prayer lost control. We
plunged over ditch and, turn
ing end over end, smashed ur
in the sand across the road
He got a dislocated shoulder
was thrown clear and came
out without a scratch. Fright.
enedP Prayer tried to talk me
out of continuing this danger.
GUS experimental sport, but
wouldn't listen. was a part o.
progress. I was going to live
Hadn't I just escapedP I haC
faith.
I turned over in racing car
many times after that. But
always had the sneaking sus
picion that perhaps it was m,
fault, that I was not in con
troll of the machine or myself
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Farming q Science

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -
Thomas Jefferson regarded ag-
riculture as a science of the
very first order and urged It's
inclusion in college curricula.
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Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06

there may be subgrOups in
Surinam Dutch Guiana) who are
already at risk, or have at best
only short period Of grace, with
regard to epidemic poliomyelitis.'
The reason Dutch Guiana has es-
capped an epidemic so far may be
due to it's relative isolation, there
being virtually no roads within its
borders or to other countries, and
its small size. the authors said.
'The freedom of Surinam from
epidemic poliomyelitis up to the
present time may be only con-
sequence of it's behaving like an
island population, or even like a
series of very small island popula-
tions, with temporary safety gain
ed from isolation and small SIZE,
they said.
"How long this situation will
continue is difficult to predict, but
it would seem wise to institute
careful monitoring Of the polio
myelitis immunity Of young chill
dren, particularly those living un-
der relatively better conditions OF
! sanitation and hygiene, and to give
serious consideration to vaccina-
ton measures in order to forestaL
the appearance of epidemic polio
myelitis."
The authors are associated with
| the department of virolOgy n d
epidemiology, Baylor University
| College of Medicine.
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06

PoIio-Free Dutch
Guiona May Be
Due For Epidemic

Dutch Guiana, which has not re-
ported a single case of polio in 20
years, may be heading toward an
epidemic, three Houston research
Iers warned recently.
There also may be pockets of
susceptibles' in the South Ameri-
can country in which the risk Of
a polio outbreak currently exists,
Joseph L. Melnick, Ph.D., Yer e
Rennick, MA, and Maria G. Molina
Lozano said in the current (Febru-
ary) American Journal of Diseases
of Children, published by the A
merican Medical Association.
Based on a study of the extent
of natural polio resistance among
the 5000 inhabitants of D u h
Guiana located on the northeast
coast of the continent, the authors
urged serious consideration OF an
immunization program.
Through blood analyses Of a
sampling of the population, they
found the level of immunity was
comparable to that of Georgetown
in neighboring British Gu a a
when its first epidemic occurred in
1857 and to that OF low SOciO-
economic sections of four u S.
cities where epidemics broke out
Detroit in 1858 and Des Moines,
Kansas City and Houston in 1859
The findings indicate that Dutch
Guiana 'is probably already at the
beginning of the transition stage
! between endemic and epidemic
poliomyelitis," the authors said
| In the endemic stage, they said
polioviruses are so prevalent that
resistance to all three types is ac-
quired in infancy or early child
hood When polioviruses are en-
countered during the first months
of life, the infant gains immunity
but is protected from illness by his
inherited resistance, they said.
The transition to the epidemic
stage comes with improved santa
tion and hygiene when increasing
numbers of persons n C GU t e I
poliovirus for the first time in later
! childhood or in adult life, at ages
when poliovirus infections are
more likely to take paralytic form
and after sufficient numbers OF
susceptibles have accumulated in
the population to support wide and
rapid circulation of polioviruses
they said.
This transition has taken place
in many parts of the world, in
Guiding the scandinavian countries
other parts of Europe and North
America, they said But as yet il
has not occurred in North q
South Africa, Egypt and the Mid
die East Except Israeli, and in
some countries in Central and
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06
PRIMING FOR BLOOMS

BOSTON (AP)-Did you ever
wonder how exhibits at mid-winter
flower shows are SO beautiful
Well, it isn't an easy accomplish
ment, according to Boston Flower
Show directors. Sometimes it takes
months to create exhibits.
For example, d0gwood tr e e
gets it's first printing in November
for the March show.
During the winter it is moved
a half dozen times from one green
house to another where the heat
gradually increases. 1t is sprayed
with water four or five times a
day to provide constant humidity.
Three or four days before the
show opens it is moved into a re-
frigerated truck, where the tenn
perature is kept at about 40 de-
greeS.
Practically all other shrubs and
some flowers are subjected to the
same treatment to bring them to
full bloom at showtime.
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06
South America, they said.

South America, they said
The study also revealed that the
immunity of children between the
ages of and II in Dutch Guiana
was "strikingly similar" to un-
vaccinated children in low socio-
economic sections of Houston in
/ 1860, the researchers said. Most Of
the polio cases in HOustOn's 1859
outbreak occurred among unvac-
cinated children in depressed areas
of the city, they said.
Two groups of children in Dutch
Guiana those of IndOnesian and
East Indian extractiOn-had an
even lower degree of immunity
than the unvaccinated H o u S o n
children, they said. Persons of In
donesian and East Indian ancestry
constitute the largest numerical
group in Dutch Guiana, they said,
and it is among these groups that
a sufficient number of susceptibles
might develop to support an cpl
demic
The authors also pointed ou
that a low rate of infant mortality
(75 deaths per 1000 births) in a
nation historically has indicated a
delay among the population in ac-
quiring immunity naturally
the consequent approach of t h e
epidemic phase Of the d i s e S e.
Dutch Guiana achieved a low rate
of infant mortality in 1885, at least
in areas where better living con-
ditions exist, they said.
This fact plus the divergence of
immunity between different sociO-
economic groups within Dut C
Guiana strongly suggest tn t
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06
SONG PLAY TO ITALY

NEW YORK (AP) = The Lang
ston Hughes gospel song play,
BLACK Nativity" which scored a
Christmas season success here, is
to be presented as part of next
summers Festival of Two Worlds
in SpOleto, Italy.
The performing company will
follow that appearance wit h a
European tour.
Barbara Griner and Michael r.
Santangelo. producers of the hit
are planning three similar choral
entertainments, entitled Gospel
U. S. A." THE Voice of Gospel
and "Hallelujah, '62."
The first air conditioner was
placed in Brooklyn printing
plant in 1902.
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06
MILLER'S MANUSCRIPTS

NEW YORK (AP) = Playwright
Arthur Miller has pick d the
humanities research center of the
University of Texas for safekeep-
ing of all his manuscripts and
literary papers.
The material will be available
for research by scholars. Begin
ming with Miller's first play, 'They
Too Arise" written in 1885 at the
University of Michigan, the collec-
ton includes original drafts, re-
vised versions and final forms of
his work through 1.-The Crucible"
and Death of a Salesman"
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06
GASLIGHT ERA BEGINS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-Al-
though built in the gaslight era,
staid old Ryman Auditorium, home
of the Grand Ole Opry, is just now
getting it's gaslights. Installation of
four sidewalk gaslights plus one in
a niche in the wall built in 1881
has just been completed
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06
MAKING HIMSELF AT HOME

NEW YORK (AP)-An elevator
load of guests at New York's Com
modore Hotel was startled when
the elevator stopped at the 14th
floor and a II year old boy. clad
in pajamas and carrying a pillow
got aboard.
Where are you going, SOnny?'
asked the elevator operator.
Sixteen said the boy.
What are you going to do up
there?"
Were going to have a pillow
fight" said the boy, land I'm
bringing my own pillow"
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06
PROFITABLE TOUR

NEW YORK (AP) = In fiv e
weeks of touring. "A Far Country
netted almost as much profit as
in "a weeks on Broadway
The drama, starring Kim Stan
ley, cleared over $4,000 during
limited engagements in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, according
to producer, Roger l.. Stevens.
An extended trip for the Henry
Denker play is being arranged for
next fall Miss Stanley, however,
won't be able to continue in her
role since she wishes to devote
more time to her children.
The worst avalanche disaster re-
corded was in 1916 in the Alps,
where a series of snowslides killed
10000 people
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06

Much of the wheat farm area Of
Minnesota, North Dakota and parts
of Canada were once the bottom
of the prehistoric Lake Aggasiz.
Milford chronicle., 1962-04-06

Truffles, small black fungi priz-
ed by gourmets, are found by
their aroma. Pigs, dogs and goats
are employed in the hunting.
Evening star., 1962-11-07
LEGAL NOTICES
CAESAR Z; AIELLo

- AhOllho MCChLLAf httOTueyb
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District OF Columbia, Hold
ing Probate court.--No. 1O7, ,O93,
Administration This Is to Give
Notice: That the subscriber, OF
the District OF Columbia, has OBJ
tained from the Probate Court OF
the District OF Columbia, Letters
Of Administration on the estate
OF JOSEPH L. WRENN, late OF the
District OF Columbia deceased. All
persons having claims against the
deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouch-
ers thereof, legally authenticated,
to the subscriber. on or before the
2nd day Of May, AID. 1868; other
wise they may by law be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate.
Given. under my hand this 2nd
day Of November, 1862. .ALFREDA
=, WRENN, 1890 Rhode island
Avenue NV. Seal Attest: AR
THUR p SMITH, Deputy Resister
OF Wills for the District OF Colum-
bia, Clerk Of the Probate Court.
no714,91
Evening star., 1962-11-07
HERMAN ROSRNFELD,
RICHARD l.. SUGARMAN.
mol .3.7013 Trustees.
THOs. !. OWEN 3 sON

Aucti0neefs, III Y st. NV.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
oNE-sTORY DETACHED FRAME
DWELLING CONTAINING SIX
wAsHINGToN. b. c.
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust
duly recorded, in Liber No. s23s,
Folio 245 ct sea, of the land rec
ords Of the District Of Columbia,
and at the request Of the party
secured thereby, the .undersigned
trustee win sell, At public auction,
WrpEGspAq " fSPas The shf ro1RTsENfa rP5eRlssi n
DAY OF NOVEMBER, AID. 1862,
AT THREE O'CLOCK PM, the
following described land and prem
tses, situate in the District OF Co.
lumbia, and designated as and
being Lot numbered Eighteen t1Sl,
In Block numbered Twenty-three
S23l IN the subdivision known as
in County County Book 8 at Page 81. in
the Office Of the Surveyor for said
District: said Block 80, now known
for purposes Of assessment and
taxation as Square numbered Fifty
three Hundred and Eleven 1911.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
cash deposit Of $500 will be re-
quired at time Of sale. Adjust
rnents made as Of date OF sale.
enue stamps. etc, at cost OF pur-
chaser. Terms OF sale TO be COM
piled with within thirty days
from day OF sale, otherwise the
trustee reserves the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost
Of defaulting purchaser, after five
days advertisement Of such resale
N some newspaper published in
NWAaTfhflSstGn' NATfoNHnn BANK p e or TIVE WAsRISSes sEbSes
THE WAsHINoToN LOAN AND
TRUST COMPANY BY consolida-
ton, october ! 1854 BY FRANa
CHS M. WILCOX. Assistant Vice
Pres. no2,5,T,g.13
Evening star., 1962-11-07
THOS. ]. OWEN . son

nm IH,vStIoneers. I'LL st: NV.
TR1STEES' RDw IS,rs SALE Is,S OF VALUABLE
KNowN N AS PREMISES M IsS NuMaESs uSEHNS
COS. c STREET NORTHEAST.
By virtue Of a certain deed Of trust
duly recorded, in Liher No. 1866.
Folio , ct seo.. of the, land rec
ords OF the District Of Columbia.
and at the request OF the party
secured thereby. the undersigned
in front Of the premises. on
DAY OF NOVEMBER, AID. 1882,
AT TWO-THIRTY-FI O'CLOCK
Pm. the following described land
and premises, situate in the Dis
srics a. snd 81 Ss,nT SSlIm1iat and an designated
snS in q gsSt gaasfs of Gsssns ssz ss Lets SsS
plat recorded in the office OF
Columbia In Liber 174at Folio l7s.
TERMS: Sold subject to a prior
building association deed Of trust
second trust for approximately
sSS,495.93; further particulars Of
which will be announced at time
OF sale; the purchase price above
ssid trust TO- bs paid In cash. A
check required. conveyancing, re-
cording. transfer. taxes; etc. at
made as Of date SSs' Of saiei airius'msnss Terms
to be complied with within thirty
days otherwise deposit forfeited
ana the property NAV be adver-
tised and resold at the discretion
MORRIS LIss.
HAROLD LISS.
a.. IN q ERTTRfAAe
Evening star., 1962-11-07
OFFICIAL NOTICES
coHOLTC BEVERAGE CONTROL

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
BOARD, WASHINGTON, D. c.
November Al 1852 Notice Is here
by given that the following per-
sons have applied for . license un-
der the d. c. Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act, that remonstrants
are entitled to be heard before the
granting Of such licenses. on No
vember 81, 1862. at TO- AM, in
Room 70S, Assoc. Bldg. 1145 18th
st. NV. App. No. 81, Sue Oss-
man and Sylvester L. Ossman, TIA
Carpets Liquor Store, Ret. "A, I"
1Q0141001h D st. NV. and 4O4
10th St. NV; App. No. 5O4,
Northeast Liquors, Inc, Ret. "a"
1901 4th St. NE; App. No. 5O4.
Hilton McKeever Etheridge, TIA
Starlite Restaurant. Ret. &C."
1419 Irving st. NV: Julia Bef-
man, Incn TIA Churchill's, Ret.
C" 37O9 Macomb st. NV; App.
No. 5S22, Do 10y Wong, IA
Bunker Hill Mkt, Ret. 3D. 2O2l
Bunker Hill Rd. NE; App. No.
S341, LOUIS. Inc. TIA Burdlund,
Ret. 1901 ,14th st. NV;
App. No. $50, Kayeee, Inc, TIA
French Quarter. Ret. ''C," 1858 M
81. NV. r. e. WEAKLY,,J. @,
TYSON, L. N. NICHOLS no7 IA