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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-02

should read about Barry
Goldwater shaving with pea
nut butter, and sending a
mouse through the pneumatic
tube to the secretarial pool
back in his department store
days.
The fact is, of course, that
these days Republican laugh
ter is of the melancholy sort,
the Lincolnesque humor of
those who love the republic
and see her going to hades
in a handbasket.
But what then Of the Re-
publicans? 1t seems that the
word to characterize us has
escaped Miss Names. 1t is
a stolid, middle-class, frumpy
- all right - pious and I'M
funny word: responsible.
Most of us are busy earning
our own way, getting up on
time and putting in a days
work for a days pay, having
the number of children we
can afford to feed and edu-
cate, and paying taxes to
support those who don't
choose to so regulate their
own lives, using our wits to
plan for our own futures,
and, frankly, enjoying the
exercise so much we could
get along without the welfare
state to regulate and plan
for us.
And where is the Republic
can Party going? It is dis
appearing! We are being
out-born, our thinning ranks
reduced by the seductions of
the welfare state, and our
only opportunity for political
control is under the neutral
banner of a non-partisan
hero whose personality can
swing the waverers back to
the G. o. p, but not really
change the drift of things.
And when we have gone,
the responsible citizenry
whose virtue and moral fiber
and puritanical cusSedness
made the free d o m of our
Constitution practical, we
leave you Democrats with all
your clever, sparkling, in
tellectually tingling bank
ruptcy-of purse and soul.
Phyllis J. Davenport.
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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF


SERGE RUBINSTEIN. BY
Gene Smith. 284 pp., illus.
Doubleday & Co.; $4.50)
On January 81. 1855. Serge
Rubinstein was found dead in
the bedroom of his elegant
townhouse at 814 Fifth ave-
nue. in New York City. He
had been murdered. Despite
the highly publicized investi-
cation that followed, his as
sassin remains unknown.
This reminder Of the vio-
lent death Of one of the
most unsavory financial fig
ures Of the 30s and 40s will
bring another dim recollec-
ton to the minds Of many.
For in 1916, Rubinstein was
the defendant-and despite
his attorneys importunate
advice, the star performer
in the most celebrated draft
evasion trial to grow out Of
World War II.
RubinStein was not an
American citizen. He could
have avoided military service
simply by filing a declaration
to that effect. Nor would this
have caused him to be subject
in the armed forces of an
other combatant, for Rubin
stein was a Portuguese e
national.
And yet he chose to snipe
and Snarl at the selective
service system, to perjure
himself before it, and finally
to ignore 1t. The inevitable
result was confinement as
an obligatory guest Of the
Federal Government.
THE CAREER Of this curl
Gus man is the subject OF
1.-THE Life and Death Of Serge
Rubinstein" by Gene Smith.
a former newspaperman.
Mr.. Smith has done his
work well. The book is based
primarily on interviews with
people who were. acquainted
with Rubinstein and 1t is ap-
parent that many Of these
knew both his private and
business lives very well in
deed. No one will be surprised
to learn that most Of these
informants have preferred to
remain anonymous.
In addition, Mr.. Smith has
carefully studied the daily and
financial press. He knows
what was said about Rubin
stein and his dealings. He can
quote at length from such
things as a report about Ru-
binstein made by Bishops
Service. a kind Of financial
detective agency.
He has not however re-
ported Rubinstein's financial
manipulations in detail; that
is a task for experts. But he
has succeeded in explaining
their fundamental principles
with perfect clarity and what
seems to be considerable au-
thority. And plainly Mr..
Smith feels that Rubinstein's
acquittal Of charges Of illegal
manipulation of the stock Of
the Panhandle Producing &
Refining Co. was a mis-
carriage Of justice.
But the books main con-
Germ is with Serge Rubin
stein, the man, a loud, boor-
ish, philandering party giver
who thought nothing of volu-
bly, forcing his way into the
kitchen of an expensive res
taurant in order to inspect
the contents of the refrigera-
tors and a man who at least
partly believed that his des-
tiny was to control the world,
One would hardly expect
that the son Of q Jewish
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IL is apparent, therefore,
that the Great Statistic"
upon which this important
and serious problem has been
debated, is a myth. Even the
Chambers of Commerce of
these 5000 towns, villages
and small cities would be
amazed If they realized that
they had been called metro
politan areas surfeited with
slums, traffic jams and Or
ganized crime.
What then are the true
figures? There are only 5
cities in the United States
with populations in excess of
/ million and in four of these
the population decreased be-
tween 1850 to 1860. The total
population of such big cities
with more than a million
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-02

can be no further reapportionment leg
iSlation until after the next census-ten
years hence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-02
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

reader can get an answer, By
mail. to any question Of fact By
writing The Star information Bu.
reau, 635 F street NV, Washineton
4, D. c. Please inclose return post
age or seh-addressed, stamped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
By BELMONT FAIRIES
Star Stamp Editor

w. SN@-AAR A-AANeA
The Canal Zones new
Thatcher Ferry Bridge COM
memorative has been found
without the bridge.
The printing error-prob-
ably the most important
philatelically since the up
side-down airplane on the
24-cent air mail Of 1918-re-
suited from q sheet Of 200 Of
the stamps failing to receive
q second impression at the
Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing here.
The large printed sheets
Of 200 are cut into four post
office sheets Of so. One Of
these without the silver
bridge portion OF the design
turned UP in a large quantity
Of stamps purchased by H.
E. Harris & Co. Of Boston.
The other three are still in
the possession Of the Canal
Zone Postal Authority, and
obviously will not be sold. To
date there is no indication
that more than q single sheet
Of 200 Is involved.
The Thatcher Ferry Bridge
stamps were issued October
IL, the day the new bridge
across the Panama Canal
was opened to traffic. The
design features the bridge
superimposed on q spherical
projection Of the Western
Hemisphere. Colors were Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

coin. The Liberty nickel has
a mint mark only for 1912.
1t is beneath the dot to the
left Of GENTS" on the back.
The Mercury dime has the
mint mark on the back and
to the left of the fasces. On
the Roosevelt dime it is to
the left of the bottom of the
torch on the reverse.
The Standing Liberty 25-
cent piece has the mint mark
to the left of the date, oppo-
site the bottom star. On the
Washington quarter the mint
mark is on the reverse, be-
meath the eagle.
The 50-cent piece Of 1916
1917 has the mint mark in
two different places, 1916
1917 on front under the date,
and 1917-19A5 on the reverse
to the left Of HALF Doll
LAR"
The Morgan dollar of 1873
1921 has the mint mark on
the reverse beneath the eagle.
For the Peace dollar Of 1921
1885 1t is beneath the "ONE"
by the eagles wing.
B. M. DOUGLAS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
PHILATELIc NEWS
New ConoI Zone Bridge Stamp
Turns Up Without a Bridge

ficially given as black, gray
and silver, but actually only
two inks were used, with the
gray coming from tonal gra-
dations Of the black.
The stamps were run off
on the Giori press. which
normally can print three
colors from q single recess
engraved plate. This was not
possible with the silver bridge
superimposed on the map,
however, so two impressions
were required.
The order was q small one
with q short deadline-less
than 1000 sheets were re-
quired to print the 775,000
stamps sent to the Canal
Zone. So only two plates were
made, No. 168,153 for the
black-gray basic design and
No. 168,154 for the silver
bridge.
The basic design was
printed first. Then the pre-
gummed sheets Of paper were
run through the press again
for the superimposed silver
bridge.
Apparently, as happens oc-
casionally, two Of the sheets
stuck together and only the
top one received the second
impression. The Bureau has
an elaborate inspection sys-
TEN to detect such errors. But
this time the incompletely
printed sheet got by.
The Bureau had no official
comment. Unofficially, the
reaction was: swell, we were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

The designs by William
Harrington picture famous
buildings Of Bermuda in q
style distinctly different
from the usual Crown Agents
issues. Among them are CEN
turieS-old churches, Govern
ment House, Hamilton's new
City Hall, the Post Office,
and w. B. Perot Post Office
where the first Bermuda
stamps were issued.
The stamps have been
printed in two and three
color photograyure by Harri-
son & Sons Of London.
UNITED ARAB REPUB-
LIC-Dag Hammarskjold, the
United Nations secretary gen.
eral who lost his life Sep
TENDER 10. 1861, in q plane
crash while on a peace mis-
sion to Africa, was honored
on three stamps issued on
United Nations Day, October
"a. All carry his portrait and
the U. N. insignia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
BY IRVING DESFOR
Associated Press Staff Writer

Something new in 35mm
slide projection will soon be
available for camera fans.
>. sound on the 35mm slide
mount itself.
The result will be a 35mm
slide show in which each
slide Is accompanied by its
own commentary or sound eff
feet - the actual voice Of
the subject or appropriate
sound or music. The sound
may be recorded at the time
the picture is taken or it can
be added later. Each sound
slide may also be changed
at any time and rerecorded,
Just like q tape recorder, If
the first results are not sat-
isfactory.
You are probably wonder
ing. just as I did, what kind
of hookup could be between
a 35mn1 slide protector and
q tape recorder.
Two In One Machine
The answer is: it's q COM
plete consolidation, a two-in-
one machine called the Re-
we're Sound-Slide Protector.
1t differs externally from
other 35mm projectors mainly
in its super-size slide mounts
and slide trays and the extra
knobs (for sound on its con-
troll panel.
Internally 1t has added a
unique tape recording mech
aniSm and sound system.
Unique because the magnet
ic recording head moves in
a circular path either to re-
cord or to play back sound.
The trick is accomplished
on the large slide mounts,
each measuring 314 inches
square with a 13s-inch-
square window in its center
Normal 35mm transparencies
slip into these windows for
projecting. One side of the
large slide mount is coated
with with a film of magnetic
oxide, the same material
which coats recording tape.
To put sound on a slide
mount, 1t Is put into posi-
ton in the protector with the
sound system turned on and
a microphone plugged in
When the Record" button
is pushed, the sound head
moves in its circular path
on the mount and leaves q
20 J. second sound recording
there.
Just as on q tape recorder
this sound can be played
back Immediately or it car
be erased and rerecorded.
When an event Is being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Washington Authors
WiIIHoveBu
BY BARBARA NOLEN
Contributing Writer

Washington authors and Illustrators of childrens books
have busy month ahead meeting their public All year
round they are in demand for Gin appearances but
requests stepped up during the fall especially during
Book Week which will be celebrated from November 18th
to 18th this year.
More than 80 local authors and illustrators are not
nearly enough to satisfy all the book fairs being scheduled
in the Washington crowded city schools to fast
growing suburban communities.
Authors with new books. about dozen on 1862 lists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

Each mint is designated
by a mint mark. Coins with
out one are from Philadel-
phia, but a up" was used for
the wartime nickels Of 1912
1945. ID" is for Denver (1906
to date), IS" for San Fran
cisco, 20" for New Orleans,
&C" for Carson City, &C"
for Charlotte and "Dp for
Dahlonega (1838-1861). The
Charlotte and Dahlonega
minis, which issued only gold
coins, were shut down at the
outbreak of the Civil War
and never reopened.
The mint mark of the Lin
coin cent is underneath the
date; for the Indian head
cents as" is found on the re-
verse beneath the bow in the
wreath for 1908 and 1909
only.
On the jefferson nickels
the mint mark is to the right
Of Monticello, except for
1912 to 1945 when it was
above the flagpole. The Buff
alo nickel has the mint mark
beneath the words FIVE
CENTS" on the back Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
CAMERA
CALENDAR

WASHINGTON FILM SOCIETY,
Friday, 6:35 and s:30. Freer Gallery
Of Art. Drunken Angel" (Akira
Kurosawa. 194S). an allegory OF
Japan's postwar man. "Inaugura-
ton Of the Pleasure Dome 1850,
Kenneth Anglers portrayal Of an
ocult ritual.
FRER-STATE CAMERA CLUB,
Tuesday, 8 pm, Hyattsville Build
ing Association Bldg. 3605 Hamil-
ton street. Hyattsville. Open COM
petition in color and monochrome.
Guests welcome.
DLRA CAMERA CLUB, Monday.
pm. room 6-C-07, sixth floor OF
Departmental Auditorium (entrance
through Labor Department Building)
Selection of color slides to be SUBJ
mitted as club entries IN the compe-
tition of the Greater washington
Council Of Camera Clubs TO be held
November "a. Members to bring up
TO 10 color slides and any number
Of black-and-white prints for selee-
ton Of the club entry. Guests In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
cLoSE-UPS AND LONG SHOTS
Sound Put on Slides
Under New System

photographed, the protector
can be used at the same time
to record on-the-scene sound
on an empty slide mount.
Later, after the film is pro-
cesSed, the 35mm Transparent
cy is inserted in the center
window and the complete
Sound-on-slide combination
is ready to see and hear.
This might be practical for
home celebrations such as
Juniors birthday party, fam
lily parties, the Thanksgiving
Day dinner or Christmas ac-
tivities. Most Of the pictures,
however, would have the
commentary or sound added
later after the Transparent
cies are processed, projected
and edited into q story tell
ing sequence.
Trays Hold 40 Slides
The Sound-Slide protector
is equipped with a five-inch,
f-3.5 anastigmat projection
lens. Slide trays which hold
40 slide mounts each can be
operated automatically or
manually. The protector price
(around $3.50 will include
one slide tray and 10 mag
netic slide mounts ready for
recording. Additional mag
netic slide mounts win cost
rs cents each.
Camera fans who convert
to this new sound-slide sys-
tenn face q problem Of how
to show some of their old
tranSparencies that may date
back for years. It would be
expensive and a chore to re-
cord sound on all Of them.
Revere's answer to this
profile m: less expensive
(about Is cents each) plain
mounts without the magnet
ic oxide coating will be avail
able.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

Three stamps in the same
designs and denominations
but in different colors were
released at the same time for
use in the GAIA Strip area
of Palestine. All six stamps
were printed in photogravure
by the Postal Authority Press.
LIECHTENSTEIN.-A new
Minnesinger series of four
values will be issued
December 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
STAMP AND COIN
CLUB MEETINGS
MONDAY

MONDAY
Alexandria Mount Vernon
Stamp Club, 8 pm, Hospi-
tally Room, Penn Daw CO.
op Store, Kings Highway
near Route / south Of Alex
andria, Va. Election Of Off
GERS and auction.
GSA Coin Club, 1880 pm,
General Service Building, F
street between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth NV. Ask
guard for room number.
TUESDAY
Library Of Congress Phila-
telic Club, IL noon, Page
School Library. Main Build
ing. Talk by George Havas:
Postal Stationery"
TakOma Park PhIlateIIc
Association, 1880 pm, 905
Davis avenue, Takoma Park,
Md.
PotOmac Stamp Club, 8
pm, South Area Service
Club, Fort Myer, Va.
WEDNESDAY
Collectors Club Of WASH
ingtOn, 8 pm, Odd Fellows
Temple, 419 Seventh street
NV.
Arlington Stamp Club, 8
pm, Recreation Center, 440
North George Mason drive,
Arlington, Va.
THURSDAY
American Topical AssOcla-
ton. Potomac Chapter, 7:45
pm. Cleveland Park Library,
Connecticut avenue and Ma
comb street NV. Talk by
Edward Leland: THE Europa
Stamps. 1856 to Date"
Silver Spring PhiIatelic
Society, 8 pm, auditorium,
Citizens Building and Loan
Association, Pershing drive
and Fenton street, Silver
Spring, Md. "Philatelic Chit
Chat" by David Rabinow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

share honors with authors
and illustrators Of old ia
>vorites.
Not only the children want
to meet the author" Par
entS. too, discover books
anew through the authors
personal appraisal. The evil
dence is strong that the
Book Week slogan this year
Is a true expression of the
child'S own enthusiasm. He
says, II like books" and he
means it.
Children at Work
Children are writing as
well as reading. They write
poems or new chapters about
favorite characters, like DR..
Seuss animals or Hazel Will
sons Herbert. At one District
Of Columbia school, third
gr ders decorated their
library with crayon sketches
Of scenes from Marion Hol-
lands books when she was
coming to give them a chalk
talk. In Arlington County,
youngsters have dramatized
folk tales and biography as
part Of Book Week celebra-
tons. In Montgomery Coun-
ty, top billing may go to SCI
entific books in honor Of
Glenn Blough or Will Barker.
Wherever authors visit, they
find children concerned with
books-who writes them, who
makes the pictures, how they
are printed.
A Newbery Medal winner,
Elizabeth Yates, has even
written a book especially for
young people called Some
Day You'll Write (Dutton;
$2.75). In a friendly, init
mate style, she encourages
the young writer to choose
q familiar subject, write
about it honestly. clearly,
with imagination. and stop
when he is finished. Good
advice for any writerl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

The six-color photogravure
stamps, printed by Cour-
voisier Of Switzerland, have
designs based, on pictures OF
famous singers of the Middle
Age from the Manessian
Manuscript of Songs.
Also on December 8, there
will be a three value
Christmas set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
Wugine War

The strategy Of war is q
recurrent topic which often
sheds light on the strategy of
keeping the peace. Many
youngsters today find this
strategy as absorbing as the
sports pages. The following
battle stories are dramatic
and we'll documented:
D-DAY, THE INVASION
OF EUROPE by AL Hina
(American Heritage. $3.50,
(To be published November
12)
THE BATTLE OF AACHEN
by Irving Werstein (Crowell.
$3.50.
AMERICAS FIRST ARMY
by Burke Davis (Holt, Rine-
hart & Winston. So.
AMERICA SAILS THE
SEAS by John O'Hara Cos
grave (Houghton. So.
GUNS AT QUEBEC by AL.
Ian Dwight Macmillan.
$3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
Freedom Fighters

Children who like to read
have a big appetite. Their
natural curiosity about
what's going on in the world
creates a demand for books to
I'LL in the gaps of their
knowledge and understand
ing. Often these books are as
up-to-the-minute as a TV
show.
One Of the most exciting
factual books to come our
way this year is CRUSADERS
FOR FREEDOM by Henry
Steele Commager Double
day. $3.50. He takes a broad
view and groups his 48 "cru-
saders" under nine freedoms,
adding the rights Of children
and Of asylum to the more
commonly accepted human
freedom Of speech, Commager
makes it clear to an intelli-
gent 10-year-old and his older
brothers and sisters why free
dom Of speech is so terribly
important.
Good companion reading
Is Katharine Savage's THE
STORY OF THE UNITED
NATIONS (Walck. 50. Miss
Savage has established an
enviable reputation in earlier
books about Africa, dictator
ship, and the Second World
War. She knows how to
select key episodes and prof.
ect them against a factual
background. Her portraits of
world leaders add a third
dim ension to newspaper
DARK CORNERS
Henry Moscow peers into
the dark corners of Russia's
past in Russia Under the
Cars american Heritage.
$3.50. Extremes Of poverty
and wealth, of cruelty and
primitive humor, of slavery
and brief attempts at self
government, make the history
OF Russia a revealing record
Of a vigorous, confused,
every-c h a n g ing national
paradox.
Other dark corners Of the
world are brought out Of the
shadows in several perceptive
books: OKOLO OF NIGERIA
by Peter Buckley (Simon
and Schuster. $3.50; LAW
RENEE OF ARABIA by ALI
stair MacLean Random.
$1.95); MADAME AMBAS-
SADOR by Anne Guthrie
(Harcourt. $3.75); CROSS
ROADS OF CONQUERORS
(the West Indies) by F. Wen
deroth Saunders little,
Brown. $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

Comprehensive coverage Of
the Europa issues is provided
in Europa Stamps, a new
handbook prepared by the
Europa Study Unit Of the
American Tropical Associa-
ton. Its 10 sections include
just about everything any
Europa collector would want,
and quite q bit many would
not. Locals and cancellations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

are about the only items
omitted. The checklists in
clude printings, and dates Of
issue, with Scott, Gibbons
and Michel catalogue num-
bers for ready reference to
more specialized philatelic
data. There Is also a cross
reference alphabetical list by
countries. The new handbook
is available at 81 from the
American Topical AsSocia-
ton, 1905 North 50th street,
Milwaukee is. Wis.
= = -
Air Mail Catalogue
Volumes I and II Of the
American Air Mail Catalogue,
two long out-of print volumes
which recently brought $45 at
q New York auction, are
being reprinted by the Ameri-
can Air Mail Society. Orders
with remittance at $6.2S q
volume should be sent to
George D. Kingdom, P. o.
Box 81, Conneault, Ohio.
Delivery Is promised by
January.
A& . q
New Issues
BERMUDA-A new def
nitive issue Of II denomina-
tons went on sale October
26, the Crown Agents report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

This is the first Of q series Of
articles answering questions most
frequently asked by new coin
collectors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
The White House

Spotlight on the White
House has produced two new
books about American Presi-
dents intended for children
under IL. The best is MEET
THE PRESIDENTS by Fran
ces Cavanah, also author of
THEY LIVED IN THE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
NUMISMATIC NOTES
Mint Marks

Since the establishment Of
the first mint in Philadel-
phia there have been seven
hints in operation at various
times. At present there are
only three - Philadelphia,
Denver and San Francisco
and San Francisco is no long
er issuing coins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
1868 MINKUS CATALOGS

For the u. S. Collector: New American
Stomp cotoIos (le63. Edifion) with over 10000
entries. You'll find stories behind the sfomps
and an Introduction tracing the growth Of
U. S. Postal System, plus price lists for singles
plate blocks, sheets and First 'Doy Covers.
Over 100 Illustrations. 1915 poses. 500
For the General Collector: New Worldwide
Postage Stomp cotoloe in volumes 1853
EDITION.. This phze-winnine album eontoins
wealth of historical information and back.
ground stories Of stomps. Particularly recon-.
mended for topical collectors.
Volume l: The United Stotes and Possessions,
the British Commonwealth of Motions and
ireland. the United Notions, Mexico. Central
and South America, Independent African and
Asian nations. 1920 poees. 79S
Volume II: Europe and Colonies. 1882 pages.
7.95
For the Topical Collector: British Common.
wealth Stamp cofoIog containing complete
listines from the Mnkus New Worldwide
Postage Stomp cotoIoe. 456 pages. 500