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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1953

Televising Football

rJ'he month ol’ January may be an im portant milestone in the television of both amateur and professional football games. The Nat’onal Collegiate Athletic Association and National Football League (professional football) are involved with the problem during the month. As the reader may know, the NCAA has limited television of college games to one game a week. Many colleges object to this limited program and some feel that there should be no limit on television at all. On the other extreme, there are those who support the program and others who favor a broadened program, although not yet in favor of unlimited television. The Government is involved with the professional football league in that it claims the league’s limitations on television violate the anti-trust act. The Government also is critical of the college television pro gram. though this has not yet been brought into court. On January 26th, the National Football League goes into Federal Court in Phil adelphia defending itself against the Jus tice Department on the charge that its television limitation violates the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. if the Government is suc cessful in this case, the next step might

involve the NCAA. What the legal outcome of both of these situations will be, no editor can pre dict. However, judging from the reaction of football fans during the last season, it seems safe to assume that most football fans prefer a broadened television program ming of gridiron contests. We have never been able to understand the objection to television of football games, both professional and amateur, in areas where the teams involved do not normally draw any considerable number of fans. For example, we can see no objection to the televising of the Pennsylvania-Army game in the South, Midwest and West. Nor can we see any logical objection to the televis ing of the Michigan State-Notre Dame game in the East, South, Southwest or Far West, likewise, we see no objection to the tele vising of the Georgia-Georgia Tech game anywhere in the Southeast. It is to be hoped that the televising of football will be broadened. The present limitations seem severe and certainly pre vent millions of fans from witnessing the best games of the year—fans who would not be able to watch the game from the stands under any circumstances.

Ghost Air Streams

rpHE Navy lias undertakeh an investiga tion of the ghost rivers of air which were first discovered during World War 11. The streams of air, which move several hundred miles an hour, have been respon sible for many strange experiences of pilots. Crews of B-20 bombers over .Japan in World War II often reported they en countered strange atmospheric antics at 20,00(1 to HO.000 feet. They reported they suddenly seemed to stand still in mid-air. On other occasions, the air outside their planes suddenly registered tropical warmth and changed back quickly to artic cold. The cause of these jet streams is not. yet definitely determined, although one ex planation is that they are caused by warm air from the equator colliding with frigid

air from the polar regions. To test them more thoroughly and to gain accurate in strument measurements of their velocity and direction, the Navy has assigned two pilots the job of finding these air streams. The films, which will be focused on dials of instruments, which record the readings every five seconds, will he sent to the I'ni veristy of Chicago for study and interpre tation. The most persistent jet stream patterns cross the Southern and Mid - Atlantic States. Although the two Navy pilots will range into all sections of the country, they will concentrate on this area. Their investi gation may provide the first accurate and detailed answers to the mystery of the ghost streams of air, which move silently and mysteriously through the upper alti tudes at great speed.

Spaniards Want to Know

|N SI’AIN. where freedom of the press is unknown, restrictions on newspapers seem to have whetted the public appetite for the truth. At the American Library in Ma drid. maintained by the United States In formation Service attendants have a diffi cult time preventing visitors from making off with newspapers and magazines played in the reading rooms for the benefit of the public. Many of the visitors clip articles from the papers and periodicals. They find stories critical of the Franco regime the most appealing.

Building a wall around the truth is typ ical of all dictatorships. But in every country there arc men with the spark of curiosity which will make them risk polit cal disfavor in an attempt to find out what is yoiny on in the rest of the world. That is why our propaganda attempts, ventures such as the “Voice of America” and our in vestments in Radio Free Europe, have such strong hacking from people who know very little about the nature of their programs. They do know that mere curiosity will im pel 1 tin' Iron ( urtain to listen.—Northern Virginia Daily.

A Vulnerable Spot

'■Mil', iniesi mumauou mat spies ami m 1 telligenee agents of the United States are penetrating the Iron Curtain around Russia itself is a newspaper article in Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy newspaper. The naval publication recent 1\ warned that “enemies of the Soviet State" are stri\ ing to employ “unstable elements of Soviet society for their dirty purposes." The newspaper called on Russian work ers and armed forces members to exert maximum vigilance against such activity. Then the paper continued: "It is impossible to forget the enemies of the Soviet Union

try every way to stimulate unhealthy moods." This article follows a number of similar article's and reTerenecs which have appear eei in Russian and satellite1 Communist newspapers recently. It is another indica tion that the1 C. S. intelligence system, set up a 11e■ r World War II, is not completely idle1. In fact, the1 Red Fleet story indicates the- Russians are serienisly concerned with inroads beinjr made by I’nitcd States <»r otlier Allie'tl ajrents. This concern has been more clearly evidenced in more recent months than at any time in several years.

I lie Poles Moving?

KS. Walter Miink ami Koger Ilevelle, of the Keripps Institution of (k'canog graphy. have concluded that the North 1’ole moved about in feel toward Greenland be tween It Min and P.I2f». Sinee that time, how - ever, tliev think il might have retreated by a foot or two. This information will not revolutionize the world, although it is in foresting to note that the two oceanog raphers believe that the amount of water in the sea alters the distribution of matter and mass in our earthly planet. In other words, the theory is that rises and falls in sea level caused by melting

ice on Crccnland. or perhaps melting Ant aretie ice-caps, change the map of the p 1 a not s and lengthen the days and. some times. move the poles. "nc theory is that the poles, or more correctly the lands under them, have shift 'd greatly since the earth was formed. The •'“,J*h t <de is said to ha\e been located over land which is now in Central Africa. Keep ing that in mind, we arc glad to see that the North Pole, which had moved southward between P.MK) and 11)25, iias turned around again. We are perfectly content for it to stay where it is in our lifetime.

Scripture: Matthew 19 Devotional Heading: I Timothy H 2-11. Poor Rich Man Lesson for February 1, 1953 'T''HE MAN had everything. He * was young, lie was in an execu tive position, he was in vigorous health, he was respectable, he was very rich. And still he felt something missing. After all this, what? What was there for him over and beyond the pleasant and pow . erful life he was then living.’ He I was spiritually sensitive: he could , feel that all he had was still not I uuite the thing. * * • Camel and Needle The man in the famous story •Matthew 19> never did got what he wanted, so far as uc know The reason is, he did

' not want it enough. 'Hie price was high: nothing less than every thing he had. and his wealth was great. So ho a i'nt away sor rowful" and that is j the last we see of him. What Jesus

said as he watched ,)r Koreman him go has caused ; a great deal el discussion, both j at the time and ever since. Accord ing to Matthew. Jesus said that it is harder for a rich man to enter God's Kingdom 'that is. to have eternal life, or to be saved! than : for a camel to get through a needle's eye. All sorts of efforts have been made to show that Jesus could not possibly have meant tins. The : -words translated camel" and "needle's eye" Could possibly moan something else, hut they probably don't We may as well face it. Jesus meant to say that the only way a camel could get through a needle's eye is by a mira cle: and it is more of a miracle for a rich man to enter the King dom of God than for a cans 1 to pass through a needle's eye He did not say it was impossible, he difl say it was possible only . Jii God. This is as shocking in JOth century America as in first cen tury Palestine. !

Riches Are Risky Actually there are many mere warnings against wealth, in the Bible, than against poverty. The "have's" are in more spiritual peril than the "have-not's." Why this is. can be shortly stated A minister who had had many eon tacts among the supi i rich of one of America's Gold ("oasts remarked to the writer that wealth makes the first generation hard tin sec ond generation soft The man of wealth may easily trust in his pos sessions and not in God. in short to make a god out of his own i rop erty He may test right and wrong bv what the effect is on his hold ings. Because his friends arc mostly among other rich people, he is con stantly tempted to habits, diver sions. recreations, customs which are not Christian, further the pos session of wealth tends P make the ownet near-sighted, like the rich young ruler who turned Ins lack on .Icstts. he can neither see clearly his own best interest nor the needs of men and women in the shadowed ways of life. « w *

Don’t Be Ruined h\ Riches I Now it is not true that .testis taught that all first-class Chris tians must be complete paupers It is not true that Jesus taught that I no one with property can be a 1 Christian. It is not line that Ji ,i> laid it down as a rule for all his followers that they must give away everything they have One of his best-loved disciples was John, who owned a home of his own We ran recall Lydia and Barnabas i among the early Christians; we 1 can ail name Christians who have served God and their fellow-men with their money When a doctor tells a patient he must gel rid of his appendix, he is not saving that all healthy persons must do the same But when an appendix is a danger, out it must come. Now wealth may be a danger, a source of moral infection. The one best way to keep from the dangers of possessions (and these begin as soon as vve have as much as one surplus dime' is to learn to think of them, and to use them, as a trust from God. ! To be Christian in the rarning ' ; nd acquiring of what we have; I to he Christian in the using of it; to spend what we have as if Christ were spending it: to remember that of him to whom much is giv i en. much shall he required: to re gard what we own as so much op portunity for doing good, instead of se much insurance against hard ships; this calls for thr grace of j God »!*•••»! hr- ♦ bA I ptrifttan ef FduoafiAA s -> 11 * y> x I f *nnHI e( |h» ( Huxrhas a# I hint •j» *h* 18.A. Released be ruuiu.1 ___ HUMAN U.XISTUNCU L)r. George )■’ Carlei ut Johns Hopkins University, who declared in 1949 than man had lived on this Continent 40.000 year ago. now holds that artifact# establish human existence here anywhere itca: 100,090 to 409 900 yeaia no

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By Ted Kesting One of t lie most grueling and at the same time one of the most exciting and unusual winter sports 1 know about is coyote running the way it's done in the Great Lakes area. It is hound sport in the full meaning of what hounds were fashioned to do. They not only have to run long, hard and sure, under diffi cult conditions, but they have to fight. When a coyote decides that he has run enough, he'll smiply quit and turn to put up a wtiale of a fight It is one of the most curious animal reactions I know of. According to outdoor writer Byron Ualyrymplc. the coyote ha’s one of the strangest histories this continent ever produced. A cen tury ago it was almost unknown east ol the prairies. As stockmen, heepinen and farmers moved in both men and coyotes felt each other's pressures. So destructive were the coyotes that the greatest mass poisoning project, was ear ned on ior almost a quarter of a century. Nobody knows how many- co yotes were killed, but when it was ail over there still were plenty of coyotes left.. They had become tougher, far more ('rally and determined. And they spread out. It was not long until they were tip m Alaska where none had been before and as far south as Costa Rica, a distance of over 7.000 miles A few years ago coyotes be gan to be sighted all the way • from Maine to Florida. Today in the Last the so-cahed "brush wolf" is fairly common and hunt ed with hounds by those who have what it takes physically to follow , this sport. An interesting side 'lglit on how the coyote was able to survive and to extend his domain so greatly is revealed in many stories concerning his toughness. Expert fox trappers will tell you that almost never is a fox caught that has a missing foot. But coyotes have been taken with all four fret gone' Hairy triple saw one old co yote last winter that was known to have been around those parts for at least U> years. Hunters and trappers by scores had tried for him. He was finally inn down and killed by a greyhound. His teeth were worn almost to the jaw, every foot had toes missing, one leg had' sometime been broken and countless other scars were oil hinn In other words, where injuries eventually kill other predators, the tough coyote can take it. He will eat practically anything, from grass and berries to rabbits, mice and carrion. And our • new” co yote is on the whole, larger and much changed in habit. The aver age western coyote will weigh from 20 to possibly 35 pounds. Eastern and Great Lakes animals have been taken that weighed as much as 60 pounds. That is a right hefty chunk of animal. Movie Guide

Prepared by the Motion Pic tures Committee of the Wom an’s Club STATE THEATRE ABBOTT AND COST E I. L O MEET CAPTAIN KIDD- A tech nicolor burlesque with Charles Laughton as the captain and salty songs by Fran Warren. For adults, young people, and chil dren ROAD TO MAI,I Laughs and music provided by Bing Crosby. Bob Hope, and Dorothy 1,amour make this one of the funniest and cleverest of I he "road" series Highly original and imaginative comjc situation portrayed in technicolor. For adults, young profile, and children. PRISONER OF ZEND A — A Irenieolor romance epic with Stewart Grainger in the dual role of kidnapped king and dashing hero. Deborah Kerr .is a princess caught in a love triangle, and James Mason as the vidian of the story Colorful settings and spirit ed detui*;. Ter adult*, jouii* pto

Letters To Editor Miss Baugh Reports She Has Been Sick Dear Friends. No doubt you folks have won dered why I've not written any news for The Herald recently. I vas taken sick, Jan. 8, and was very ill for awhile. The doctor came every day and twice. Jan. 10. I have not been out yet. and I am still very weak. My, how tired I am of the house! FYiends and relatives have been so nice to me. but I miss my loved ones more than ever. The jessamine is lovely on my fence. I can see it from the win dow. and Dickie Bird is a comfort. Your friend. Miss Birdie Mae Baugh

pie, and children. LEE THEATRE DALLAS—Technicolor saga of a Georgia guerilla who comes to Texas after the Civil War to find there the three cattle - baron brothers who destroyed his home during hostilities. Stars Gary Cooper. Ruth Roman, and Ray mond Massey. For adults and young people. THE WAC FROM WALLA vVALLA—Judy Canova joins the Wacs and is chased by a guided misslc. For adults and young peo ple. WAY OF A GAUCHO—Conflict between traditional gaucho laws of justice and government system of law and order portrayed in technicolor. Magnificent Argen tine scenery. Stars Gene Tierney and Rorv Calhoun. For adults and young people. HOUR OF 13 — Stars Peter Lawford as a gentlemanly thief who becomes involved in a series of murders of policemen THE MILKMAN — Hilarious comedy of the life and loves of a milkman and the boss s daughter m a rival dairy. For adults, young people, and children.

I : Double Check The Washinmnn cpe'f-fenders ■ire holding thumbs down on ; what to do next . . this all- j American high finance souad is too much for the commentators . too hivh mi for ordinary peo. , til<> to understand. Saw where Senator Byrd was going to make a speech before the Senate . . . this i« his first i major event since his adoption by ♦he Republican party. We elect ’ 'em they *ck' ’em or kPk 'em out . . the Bird nest is full of Gov- : ernors. 1 Only one come up so far that is ! “airy r*»*nr« r, i t j r»n W^h nil the possibilities the Republicans ' sepm to be having a hard time p ckire a candidate they don't trust the new converts . the old 'ine is tco well known to have a ewnnee Paring 'em down to fit the hole in the cabinet is not . easy. Come hot weather may hate to shimme these same ones up a bit to keep the old cabinet . stedy. 'Course, it's the old forgotten Democratic Party that I belong to Wr're not going to have a con vention . . we re going to have a reunion. Ain't none of you luke warm Simen Peter I’tidependents a-.going to be given membership ; We ain't forgetting nor forgiving ... so don't come a-wceping on our shoulders. I don't know how that letter crept m here nohow . but that's my answer. Thanks for reading . . better luck next time . . . Yours. J. MARVIN BROWN

' STRANGE OCCUPATION Somerset, Ky ■- Officers were amazed when they found an arm less man operating a moonshine liquor still recently The man. Fred T. Strunk. 22. born without arms, said his specialty is loading . and firing a .22 caliber rifle—with his toes

Weather Affects Blue Mold Damage Snceialist Advises Ready Equipment "Check equipment and supplies tow in preparation for spraying md dusting tobacco plant bed* or the control of blue mold and lea beetles," advises S B Fenne. >lant disease specialist at VPI Sprayers and dusters should be >ut in good working condition il*o. he add* Materials should lot be left in the equipment, for on? periods because almost all praying and dusting material*) ire corrosive and will cause dam ige, Spraving and dusting materials eft ever from last year, if they qave been stored In a dry place. an be used this year. If you do not have adequate equipment and supplies for spraying or dusting, make arrangements to buy the equipment before it i* actually needed Ferbam and DDT should he on hand ready for quick use to prevent serious losses from blue mold and Injuries from flea beetles. Mr. Fciine says it is hard to make a blue mold disease fore cast very far in advance, because the severity of the disease de pends largely on weather condi tions during the plant-growing -ea: on. There are plenty of blue mold spore.* present in trie whole tobacco area waiting for favor able weather conditions, he notes. Blue mold always causes the greatest damage when there is a period of cloudy, foggy weather with cool night*. On the other hand hot. sunny weather makes conditions unfavorable for trie disease and frequently checks it.

Because nearly half the corps will be rotated out of service this year, the U. S. Marine Corps may have to turn to the draft for men. Up to now, the Corps has been takinp men :nly by voluntary en listments.

As He Would Have You Do

When the day is dark and rainy And clouds are hanging low. When in heart you're feeling weary As the hours come and go. Do not lot t)ie lack of sunshine Your spirits all downcast; For soon the clouds will all be gone, The day of storms be past. When the way of life looks dreary And friends to vou seem cold. And you miss the cherry greetings They gave to you of old. Be a friend to all you meet with, Lend each a patient ear; To the troubles of each brother Speak kindly words of cheer. Then you'll scatter rays of sunshine Around you day by day. And bring into sc me saddened hearts A gleant of hope's bright ray. Then your burdens will seem lighter, Your worries will be few; Because you would, be living then As He would have you do.

L. I). Whitaker

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