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The Brussels Post, 1960-03-24, Page 6much This wrought-iron gateway guards the drive leading to Elvis Memphis, Term. And Elvis' uncle, Travis Presley, guards the gate, to do while the singer was in the Army. But now Elvis Is the usual. crowd of adorning teen-agers. THOSE SWINGIN' GATES — Presley's $100,000 home in except that he hasn't had out and Travis anticipates West German overtures for the establishment of military bases in Spain have aroused immediate sharp criticism in this country, What particularly ruffles Brit- ish feathers is that it involves two nations About which people here Still have certain reset, ea- tions. Some Britons with a long memory of two wars remelt) suspicimas that West German rearmament may get out of control in the future, leading to a rebirth of German militarism, Besides a deep resentment is harbored here, dating back to the days of the Spanish civil war when Britons fought against the Franco forces, against the re- preasions of his fascist regime. The Bonn proposal thus evoked the British headlines and strong editorial comment. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd told the House of. Com- mons Feb. 25 that when the British Government was inform- ed last month about the propos- als it advised the Germans to seek the facilities they required in countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganization. That, he said, remains the view of the government. Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the opposition Labor Party, wel- comed the brief Lloyd statement as far as it went but requested further enlightenment as soon as possible. Members of the Labor Party. are among the most criti- cal of Spanish and West German activities. There were further questions about whether or not the West Germans had consulted NATO before sounding out Madrid, Mr. Lloyd said he would answer further on Feb. 29 and intimated that at present a number of statements, some official and some inspired, from a number of European capitals needed to be sorted out. Even President Eisenhower's brief visit with Generalissimo .: Francisco Franco, last December, when the American leader was :etuening from his trip' to. India ;and ,.,the Paris talks, was con- ,Htlemned with surprising vigor 41, here. Essence of the criticism of German moves at present is that it is a gift to Communist pro- paganda—which already charges that fascism is reviving under the very wing of ,NATO, Another stern accusation lev- eled from London is that it gives Sonn's friends and foes, alike the impression the Adenauer regime Is prepared to "go it alone" • In rebuilding its armed might. On the other hand, in fairness, the British do admit there is some military justification for Bonn's overtures to Madrid-min that little, room for training ground or air personnel remains- le West Germany. However, warned The Times, of London, "whatever the' milt- Britons -P.iptrust, Wg.stOprmari. Move 0, henry S, nayward, Chief of the l[49;41Q4 \NOWS. Bureau Illte•ChriStian .Science, Monitor Maim Took High Dive IWO Deep Love She Wetehed admiringly as the nog nean Went through his re toire of oaring and intricate yes from the top heard at the =miry lido, Shapely Gillian Christy was a swimmer and cheer herself la this handsome newecaner d the skill of an Olympic aele,s gold niedalbt. An enthusiastic, sportsgiri, 23- ear-old Gilliap, freen .Sydney, .S,W, knew there was only Vne Wet of husband for her — the rugged outdoor type, And this superb diver certainly eel into that oategory. Determined to win him, she hit on a bold plan, She climbed, Ito the top board and stood there //or a moment waiting for hint to climb up again eeter his pre-, elous dive, When he arrived he became *mewed that she was barring hie way. "Make up your mind," he e,houted. "Jump in or get out of the way. Other people want to use the board besides you!" She dived off but purposely made 4 mess fee it and landed :in the water with a loud splash. Then she ;shrieked and began Struggling frantically, as if she were drowning. Within seconds oho felt; herself grasped firmly, e. soothing 'voice was telling her 'to relax, and then she was being hauled to the pool, side, Gillian recovered with surpris- eng speed and half an hour later the two of them were discover- ing mutual• interests in aquatics ever a cup of tea. Their romance Trogeessecl and not long ago they were married. If she's sufficiently intelligent any girl can win, the man she wants. Often, it seems, the euicker a girl goes into action the better chance she has of success. A kitchenmaid, as lovely Nor- wegian. girl Anne Marie Ras- mussen proVed, can marry a Rockefeller. As the parson offi- ;elating at her village wedding ,remarked, her romance showed /that "real love breaks down all. he social barriers." At one bound, it had made her a mem- ber of one of the world's rich- est families. Few men can resist the charms of a captivating girl, and when these charms are given fell power, the stubborn resistance bn whieh many a male prides himself melts instantly. Angelika Saubermann, a Ger- man girl born in Bad' Harzburg, was the daughter of a regular army colonel. Her family, of Prussian stock, was very anxious for her to marry into the mill- t are clique, But Angelika, blonde, long - limbed, nineteen- year-old, loathed the i d e a. "I, hate soldiers," she told them. "Whatever happens, I'll never be a soldier's. Wife." Angrily her father sent her to bar room to cool off. "Then you can come down," he said, "and apologize for your stupid words. You will learn to respect our wishes." Angelika obeyed the order, but after locking her bedroom. door behind her,/ she gathered to- gether some clothing and money, hoisted a rucksack on her shoul- ders and clambered otit of a win- dow, swinging herself to the ground by a knotted sheet. She then took a tram to the old university town of Gottin- gen, where . she got a job as a rooen maid in a hotel. Within three weeks a likely man appeared, Angelika's heart beat fleeter on discovering that he had recently qualified as st doctor, for she much admired the medical profession. She made a point of serving bis floor, end when he rang the ben she quiekly answered it. Tier charm Soon made an itn- ISSUE 13. 1960 mar preSeiee en the doctor. "You. haven't the hands a,girl ac., ‘custoreed„. to here work," he told her. "Perhaps not, but I'm out to be independent, .and this week is better then none," she replied with some heat. Impressedby her spirit of iet- eepeateeee,, he soon fell in love, • with her and within six weeks they were engaged, And now the steep.. colonel is a grandfather of twins! TeensAge Gluttons Is t ii average Aneerioall youngster overeating his way straight from the crib to the cemetery? This queetion was raised — and answered with an emphatic "yes" by Dr. Stanley M, Garn, Antioch College anthropologist and nutrition authority, in "The Nation's Children," a volume prepared for the forthcoming White House Conference on Children and Youth, set for March 27 - April 1. With the nation's "caloric in- take at an all - time high," an. "increasing Proportion of our juvenile population appears to be growing fat," Dr. Garn com- ments. "Through the, stimulation of advertising, tap water is be- ing replaced by sugared juices, milk, and carbonated drinks. Snacks have become a ritualized part of the movies, and candy and nuts are inseparable with television viewing." While young America gorges on a diet that often has been called "one greet big milkshake," exercise is diminishing, Dr. Garn continues. "In many of our great cities, safe opportunities for strenuous play now scarcely exist. There is room at the curb for father to lather the ,automo- bile, but precious little space for (the child to play) tag." Overweight juveniles are "of more than passing importance," said. Gain. The reason is that heart and artery diseases, 'parti- cularly hardening of the arteries, "ear from being exclusively adult predispositions, actually begin with overweight in child- h o o d." If a5 per cent of hit calories come from fats, Junibr may be prepared, "starting iit the nursery school, far a coro- nary occlusion." The anthropologist's recom- menclatioie. "Keep the 6-year- old freen eating his way into a premature grave at 60, even if it means making life less joyous in the childhood period." Turned. Smuggler To Solve Mystery Only a few days before the war ended, Frau Johanna Madl- rneier, eeLinz, Austria, was told that her son, serving as a Ger- man _military policeman, had been killed in action, somewhere in Yugoslavia. Her younger son, Rudolf, spent every one of his holidays in Yugoslavia, searching for the last resting place of his brother, Johann, so that his mother might find peace. Finally, last year, he discov- ered the grave of an unknown German military policeman in a ravine high up in the Mountains. There was nothing to identify the remains, but the young man took a plaster cast of the jaw, and a' dentist in Linz was able' to identify it as belonging to jelhann, because of some work carried out on his teeth mane years before. A few weeks ago Rudolf re- turned to the lonely grave, dur- ing the night exhumed the body for a second time, and smuggled the remains back to Austria in the back of his car. They were buried with full military honours, but the ex- perience proved too much for the mother. She collapsed and died just after the funeral. Table Talks By sane Andrews OLD FASHIONED BUTTERMILK PANCAKES Measure and sift together 1 c. 11#:fur I tbsp. flour tsps. baking powder 1 large cup buttermilk 34 tsp. baking soda 1 egg beaten 1 tsp, melted.butter Pour into 'flour mixture. Mix • just enough to make smooth bat- ter. Drop by large spoonfuls onto' hot greased griddle. Cook till cakes bubble on both sides. Makes about a dozen. * * * WAFFLES 2 eggs 2 e. milk 2 c. flour 1 tsp, salt 2 tsps. baking powder 3 tsps. butter Break eggs into mixing bowl and add milk. Sift dry ingredi- ents over 'milk and egg mixture. ;Beat with rotary beater until free from lumps. Add melted butter and 'beat until well mixed. Pour 1.4 e. batter on.hot waffle Leon arid.-.bake until crisp and brown.' JOHNNY CAKE PA e. bread flour 2 c. cornmeal 2 tbsps. white sugar 1 tsp. salt Sift together. Add 2 c. sour milk 1 tsp. soda dissolved in a little cold Add to batter 3 tbsps. soft butter 2.eggs and .mix well Pour into greased pan and bake: for half an hour in, a 375 degree oven. EASY MUFFINS 2 c. sifted flour 2 tsps, baking powder Jth tsp. salt 2 tbsps. sugar 1 c. milk 1 tbsp, vinegar -1/2 tsp. soda 1 egg 3 tbsps. butter Sift flour With dry ingredients into mixing bowl. Combine milk, and vinegar and add soda. Beat egg, add soured milk and melted butter.. Make well in middle 'of dry ingredients and add, liquid. Mie rapidly. Bake in moderate. oven, 375 degrees till golden brown. For Graham muffins, substitute 1 cup graham or whole wheat flour for 1 cup white flour in muffin recipe, QUICK BISCUITS 2 C. sifted flour i.h tsp. salt IA C. Shortening 2/4 C. liquid tbsp. vinegar % tsp. soda Sift flour With salt. Work in shortening. Combine liquid and vinegar and add soda. Add to flour mixture and eorribirie thor- oughly: Turn onto floured board and roll to ee inch thickness, Cut and bake on an ungreased baking sheet in hot oven, 450 degrees till raised and brown, a e OATMEAL COOKIES e, shortening .1 a, brown sugar 1 egg 1 0. White stigak tsp. Y2 0. teteatitit 1 'tsp'. soda 1 asp, gait e. Bent e. batitieel dream shortening end sugar, add egg and' eithillia, Mix hi cocoanut and eat in dry ingre- dietita,, Drop by teaspeOns on greased cookie sheet, Press, With /leaned fotk anti place ettt Wale .oil tops hake in 375 degree- own until breaen titeut 12,, BARITONE DIES—Leonard War- ren, one of the leading bari- tones is shown costumed for the rale of Don Carlo in. Verdi's opera Forza Del Destino. He collapsed and died while sing- ing the role at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Real Death Scene At The Opera Leonard Warren had seldom 'been in better spirits. For in the performance of Verdi's "La For- za del Destine" about to begin at the Metropolitan Opera House one night recently, the great- American baritone , would be singing with two favourite col- leagues: The tenor Richard Tucker and the Italian soprano Renate Tebaldi, who was mak- ing her first ,appearance of the' season, As he took the stage for the first 'time in Act II, Warren was ih magnificent foftne Hisvoice v,-as roiling out richly and freely as he sang his' big aria "Urna fatale del 'tnio destine" ("Fatal urn of my destiny"). "Oh gioia!" ("Oh joy!") he exclaimed as he took a few steps ferward, ,Then, suddenly; in front of the horri- fied eyes of an audience• of nearly 3,900, his massive body pitched forward like a stone statue. When he didn't move, conductor T he m a s Schippers stopped the orchestra and some- body-screamed "Ring down the curtain!" The 48-year-old Warren never recovered consciousness. Some twenty minutes later he was pronounced dead of a cerebral hemorrhage. Shortly after a grim-faced Rudolf Bing came out in front of the audience and an- bounced: "This is one of the saddest nights in the history of the Metropolitan." At these words some in the audience tried "No,' "Oh, no." As many stan- dees Wept wetly, the Met's gen- eral manager asked the house to rise in tribute to the Bronx-, born singer Who had come to the Metropolitan 21 years ago with- out a single opera in his repera tory and had remained to be- come cite of America's greatest gifts to the world of grand opera For one of the very few times in 1-he Met's history, the show did not. go on. —Frani NEWSWEEK BAD 1001E. BUSINESS A parking en ()weer in a big city tailed the three attendants togethar, "Listen, boys," he said gently, "we haven't had one single com- plaint all the Week abottt dented fenders." Letting that sink in he then shouted,: "Note tell me, how ewe We. Make any money leaVing that entice" It is the Otti tW/iatit peopie to dOAarenta,-. t000 Fish Grunted And Ships Took Fright Do fish gossip among them- selves? Whether they do or not, on occasions they have scared ships with their chatter! It happened early in the last war, When submarine sound de- teeters_ first came into wide- spread use. Picking up strange sounds from the deeps, naval vessels guarding ' convoys drop- ped depth charges, fearing. a submarine was near. The victims?- Innocent shoals of nattering fish! Because of such experiences, it became vitally necessary to find out what all the noises actu- ally were which were being picked up. Ironically, the answer was ' really known all the time. It was a Lieutenant John White who, way back in 1824, reported "hearing things" while on naval duty in the River Cambodia, in Cochin China. These noises came from under the water, and some sounded to him like croaking frogs, some like distant bells mixed with the twang of a huge beep, while' others sounded like notes from a deep-toned org#0 Not for one moment suggest be had been inadvetti-.1%. ently listening; in to a "fish ea orchestra!" But he did suggest' that fish were making these noises. . Scientists then didn't believe But during the last war, mar- ine biologistS took up the hunt and established the truth — fish were responsible for undersea noises. In an experiment near Bermu- da, they lowered hydrophones and recorded an amazing caco- phony of sound—whistles, bleats, .moans, buzzes and clicks.. When navy sonar operators even prob- ing the .depths for the hum of . submarines during the War, thee were often interrupted by sounds' like twigs burning or :fat frying., • They discovered that schools of snapping ethriMps were the cal-' 'grits: On occasions, hOwever, this. nuisance lJecame an ally. Coen minders -would guide their hunt- ed submarines into' the shallOws of a reef and lie hidden among the sheltering , crackle of agnate ping shrimps, Because t. li e s c underwater sounds affect naval listening de- vices, a library eif recordings of fish noises is being collected by the IT,S. Naval Ordnance Labora- tory. "Doctor," said a worried pa. tient, "I've got' to do something ' about my snoring. It's' getting so loud I'M beginning to wake my- self." "Well, that's easily remedied," answered the specialist. "Just sleep another room." Striking a COnteniPla, 'true pose, Mrs, Viiciya Lakshrnt Oaridrti yaViiger Sister' of JaWaharlal Nehrui feSti after Cittieal in topeniii • tart' necessity and !eget jUstia, cation for these propesels„ their political.elumsineSs is „obvious, and could be dangerous. The Marriage of Germen rearma- ment with the Franco regime la bound to revive the strong .emo- tlens which. Spain still arouses in many European countries," - As long as German rearma- ment was proceeding entirely under NATO supervision, critics, here could be reassured and .communist accusations answered effectively. Bet now, old appree hensions tend to be exprceeed — not so much about the present West German regime, but about its successors.. Speaking of "Bonn's blunder," the London Daily Telegraph noted that "Spain is the runny bone of Europe, to be touched only gently." Tired Hunters See Spook Animals a .. Elk-hunting has become so dangerous in. Sweden that the, hunters are wearing white arm- bands and red hats. These aro for protection against fellow hunters who shoot them in mis- take for the elks! Last season at least a dozen 'hunters were killed in this way. To avoid further accidents this year, many hunters have been attending courses in psychology. They learned that a tired thuntsman, who has been waiting for the kill for several hours, can get nervous and see "spooks." He is then liable to see elks in every moving branch. This year there are more elks in the forests and hunters hope to bag some 40,000 of the 100,000 available, But it's hoped the human casualties will be cut to ,nil ! My neighbour is honest,. And that's no mistake. When he needs my shovel He returns my rake. RHINE PRINCE — Jerome Court- land, fearless chieftain in TV's "Tales of the Vikings," switches nationalities in his next role. He will be the Rhine prince in "Ziegfried," a German film production to cost seven mil- lion dollars. TENSION Jerry Lewis, carneciltui tui•ried director, !tries do iiiIrbayt in the lobby of the Fomainebleau Hotel in Micrini • teach for el scene in his heW F/ordlneuet piOureo "The tellboy? ,NECK AND NECK' Mat 'gati.§tlict With keepioa, the a. dither, Paris designer fiat Reeled OH' the Men. hitiedd reiltir4 herrn-Fes( he has 'roused ;he airecka, theseQn rebctj-ta-Weeir eettak "the share light-I'M:id lari•sts button all thi Way 'Up tb the Adarn's apple and care CUrfless pipetteni putts tooipl'etii Outfits.