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Evening star., 1951-12-11
Burleith Citizens PIun
Appointee Suggestions

The Burleith Citizens Associa-
ton last night appointed a CON-
mittee to make recommendation
to fill the vacancy ON the Districts
one-man Board of Tax Appeals. j,
The group elected the following
officers: E. E. Blakely. president,
Don Harmer. vice president: ane
Mrs. Ida Gray Packard, secretary.
treasurer.
Clinton Davis. United State.
Forest Service. showed two film.
depicting the organization anc
smoke-jumping work Of the Forest
Service.
The group met in the Gordon
Junior High School. Thirty-f1fth
and T streets NV.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Germans Not Pinching Pfennigs
big Christmas Shopping Spree

traffic off the Main street in bat
tered Cologne. Some Cologne
stores had to bar their doors be-
cause sales clerks were unable to
deal with the crowds.
The stores are loaded with law
ish displays of everything good to
eat and drink. and the choice of
gifts is about as wide as in Paris
or New York.
Shoppers don't have to be con-
tent with German goods. There
a wide variety of imports including
foreign textiles. French perfumes
American cars and nylons, Swiss
chocolates, Dutch cheese, mink
coats and precious stones.
Christmas cheer is taxed heavily
and bottle of brandy costs about
So worth Of German marks. But
the best Of German and other
European wines, French cham
pagne and Russian caviar are
available.
For Christmas dinner most Ger
mans prefer goose. 1t will cost
the equivalent of about 10 cents
a pound. Or they can have duck
for so cents a pound. rabbit for so,
chicken or choice filet steak at 10,
or venison for 80.
There are plenty of vegetables.
And to round out Christmas din
ner there are mountains of fruits
and nuts.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Governors Told Steel
For Public Works Will
BE Scarce for Year

Governors of Is States and rep
resentatives of % other States
learned yesterday there will be
little steel for public works pro-
grams until the latter part of
next year.
They met with mobilization Of
ficials and discussed the needs of
their areas.
Get Little Encouragement"
Gov. John S. Battle Of Virginia
said before the meeting his State
needs steel for schools, including
medical schools at Charlottesville
and Richmond. and for hospitals
and highways. He said later that
what was heard at the meeting
gave darn little encouragement. I"
Greatest interest was indicated
in steel for highways.
Some of the Governors raised
the question whether steel needed
here was being exported. They
were told that the steel allotted to
other countries includes no struc-
tural shapes, needed for buildings
and bridges, and no steel bars
needed for reinforcing.
The meeting was addressed by
Defense Secretary Lovett, Mobi-
lizer Charles E. Wilson and De-
Ifense Production Administrator
Manly Fleischmann.
LiaisOn Arranged.
Those who stressed the need OF
steel for highways said mainte-
nance, reconstruction and new
construction have fallen below the
levels needed. Mr.. Fleischmann
said as much material has been
allotted for highways as in 1947,
which was q good year but not a
record year for road building.
Arrangements were made for
liaison between the State officials
on the one hand and. on the other
Mr.. Wilson. MIR. Fleischmann and
Louis Allen Weiss, assistant ad-
ministrator of the National Pro-
duction Authority in charge OF
Iclvilian requirements.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
BY the Associated Press

BONN. Germany, Dec. 11.-Ger.
mans west of the Iron Curtain ar,
ienjoying their biggest Christina.
shopping spree since prewar years
The markets are so lush thai
some West Germans are ever
sending parcels to Britain-only
six Christmases after the wal
which Britain won and Germany
lost.
The BritiSh-and the East Ger.
mans under communist rule -
struggle with strict food rationing
but there's no limit on what the
100000 West Germans car
choose for Christmas dinner.
AS sign of the changing times
in Germany. many members OF
British occupation forces who plan
to spend Christmas at home are
taking bundles for Britain with
them.
With the country riding the
crest of an economic boom, West
Germans aren't pinching pfennigs
in their Christmas buying. Pleased
merchants report record sales and
say free-spending shoppers are
more concerned about quality than
price.
Most stores have stretched
weekday sales hours and are OPEN
ing Sunday afternoon to accom-
nodate buyers.
Sunday shoppers stampeded
Evening star., 1951-12-11
IDr. Charles N. Griffith,
Manager Of Veterans
Hospital, TO Retire

DR.. Charles M. Griffith, man.
ager Of Mt. Alto Veterans Hos
|pital. will retire after more than
"a years of government service on
December 81, the Veterans Ad-
Iministration announced today.
DR.. Linus A. link, now manager
of the new Brooklyn. N. Y. Vet
|erans' Hospital. has been selected
to succeed DR.. Griff1th, who, from
1881 to 1945, was director of the
Veterans Administration Medical
Service.
Joined VA in 1924.
The retiring manager is a native
Of Jasper, Tenn. He was born
May %. 1882. He is a graduate
of the University of Tennessee
Medical School, class of 1908
Serving in the Army Medical
Corps during World War I, he is
a veteran of the verdun, Meuse-
Argonne, Veile River and Metz
campaigns.
After a short period in the
Public Health Service, he started
with the Veterans Administration
in 1924 and became the top medi-
cal officer in 1881. Prior to en-
tering that post. DR.. Griffith di-
rected the standardization of vet
Grams hospitals under the joint
sponsorship of the bureau ano
the American College of Surgeons
Ohio Native.
DR.. link Is a native of West
Carrollton, Ohio, where he was
born December %, 1910. He is
graduate of the Ohio State Uni
versity Medical School. During
World War II. he served in the
Army in Australia, New Guinea
and the Philippines. DR.. link
first entered the Veterans Admin
iStration at the Dallas Hospital
as an Army officer, and later be-
came clinical director of the Alex.
andria, La. hospital, after being
released from the service.
In l949 he was made manager
at Brooklyn. 1,000-bed hospital
Although Mount Alto has only 1886
beds. it is classed as a teaching
hospital. Besides being a general
medical and surgical hospital, it is
a diagnostic center for heart
surgery. tumor, plastic surgery
and neuro-surgery. In addition
its staff is engaged in research in
arthritis. metabolic diseases, hy-
pertension and peripheral vascular
diseases.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Woman Is Found Dead
Under Porch; Identity
Sought in ; Cities

Detectives today called for help
from police in three other cities
as they tried to solve the mystery
Of woman found dead by q
Northwest resident who looked
beneath a porch for ladder to
decorate a Christmas tree.
They sought to learn the wom-
ans name. She was tentatively
identified as Minerva Iskenderian,
also known as Rose Ressayan.
The body was found by Mrs.
Mary Soghononian, Al, beneath
her porch at 1856 Irving street
NV. Homicide detectives check
ing the case learned that the dead
woman's initial appearance in
Washington was as mysterious as
events surrounding her death.
Pillow From House.
She was found lying on pallet
OF clothing and a pillow. appar-
emily taken from Mrs. Soghono-
mans home. where she had lived
for a brief time.
She was about n years old, de-
tectives said, and was dressed In
street clothes and covered by a
black cloth coat trimmed with
imitation fur. An inexpensive
brown pasteboard suitcase was
beside the body. She wore no
shoes.
Detectives said the woman ap-
parently arrived here September
10 and registered at the keystone
Hotel. She appeared to be seeking
Mrs. Soghononian's husband,
whom she seemed to have known
previously.
She learned that Mr.. Sogho-
nonian died in 1948 and went to
see Mrs. Soghononian. She re-
manned at the house from Septem-
ber u until October 80, when she
vanished.
Door Found Unlocked.
Mrs. Soghononian said that on
November 9 she noticed that a
latticed door, from the basement
to the area beneath the porch,
was unlocked. She locked it again,
she said, believing that children
playing there had unlocked it.
Then yesterday she went in
search of the ladder and found
the WOman'S horiy
Detectives asked police in De-
troit, Mich; Nyack. N. Y, and
Philadelphia to help trace the
woman's background. She had
mentioned incidents in those cities
to Mrs. Soghononian.
Coroner p. Magruder MacDon-
aid said the preliminary investi-
CATION uncovered no evidence of
foul play. An autopsy was to be-
performed today.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Metropolitan 10 Give
3 Operas in April
AT Capitol Theafer

The Metropolitan Opera Com
pany will present three operas al
Loew's Capitol Theater here mex
April.
The visit will be the first BY
the regular New York company
here in % years.
Dates for the April visit arr
Monday and Tuesday. April 2,
and 20.
Aida" with Zinka Milanov ir
the title role. will be the Monday
night presentation. Blanche The.
bonn will sing Amneris, Leonard
Warren the role of Amonasro anc
Mario Del Monaco that of Ra.
danes.
Madam Butterfly" will be giver
at the Tuesday matinee, with tn,
cast including Dorothy Kirster
and Francesca Valentino.
The Tuesday night opera will
be Carmen" with Rise Steven.
sining the title role. Richard Tuck.
er as Don Jose. Hilda Gueden a.
Miehaele and Fritz Reiner con
Quoting. FauSte Cleva will con
duct the other two performances
Evening star., 1951-12-11
.SpeIImon to Spend
Christmas in Koreu
By the A.soeio,ed Pres.

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Francis
Cardinal Spellman will spend
Christmas with troops in Korea
He says he wants to celebrate
mass on the holiday in three
places as near the front lines as
possible.
The Cardinal said last night
that his plane trip will be on the
Invitation Of Gen. James A. Van
Fleet. 9th Army commander. The
Cardinal said Gen. Van Fleet
wrote him on October %.
Il much prefer bringing Christ
mas to our boys in Korea than
being in st. Patrick's Cathedral
on the day." Cardinal Spellman
said. II shall remain as long as
is necessary to visit every combat
unit"
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Youth, l9, Is Hanged;
Caused His Own Arrest
BY the Associated Press

NOTTINGHAM, England, Dec.
l1.-Herbert L. Mills, whose tip
to a newspaper led to his own
conviction for strangling a mid
dle-aged woman. was hanged to-
day.
Mills, a l9-year-old amateur
poet, sold London newspaper a
story about finding the body of
49-year-old Mr.. Mabel latter
shaw in an abandoned orchard.
The police investigation result
ed in the arrest of Mills as the
killer.
Evening star., 1951-12-11

the luncheon. Later they were to
present him with a typewriter,
table and chair at the ICC.
Now living in Falls Church, Mr..
Wellington, was the first Regis
trar of Motor Vehicles in Rhode
Island. After 27 years in the
post he became assistant chief
of the ICES motor carriers safety
section here in 1885. Six years
later he was promoted to chief
of the section.
Mr.. Wellington was a founder
and second president of the
American Association of Motor
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Doomed to Die as Sow

WARSAW, Poland, Dec. IL (R.
The press announced today a
military court at Szczecin (Stet-
TIM has sentenced Tadeusz Cha
bla to death on a charge of spying
for the Americans against this
CommuniSt-ruled country. An
drzej Pawlicki was sentenced to
is years; Olgierd Charski, IL
years. and Josef Sokolowski. eight
Years
Evening star., 1951-12-11

Vehicle Administrators. For Il
years he was chairman of the Ma
tional Committee on Uniform
Traffic Laws and Ordinances. Mr.
Wellington has been vice chair.
man for two years of the com
mittee on laws and ordinances o1
the Presidents Highway Safety
Conference.
He is a 32d-degree Mason anc
for 20 years has been a lay reader
in the Rhode Island and Wash
ington Episcopal Dioceses.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
One Moment
With God
BY EDWARD L. r. ELSON.
Pastor. National Presbyterian Church
TRUE SALVATION

TRUE SALVATION
Fire swept through a Chicago
hotel and the widowed telephone
operator kept calling the guests
during the horrible night, direct
ing them to safety. Then the
smoke and the flames came nearer
There was the inclination to save
herself" In her mind were these
thoughts: you've done your duty
-. remember your young son F..
the flames are getting closer
better go now." But she didn't
She stayed. calling more guests
saving more lives. BY and by the
smoke and the flames came. She
stayed on her cross of sacrificia,
service. saving herself-the higher
self.
Reading for today: John
1510-17.
Prayer: o Lord, help me to
remember that tUhoSoeUer shall
lose his life for Ny sake will find
it again. Amen.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Penang Debote Topic

PENANG. Malaga up. New
topic for debate. as scheduled by
students of the Penang Normal
School: Whether 1t Is Better to
Have Loved and Lost Than Never
to Have Loved at ALL"
Evening star., 1951-12-11

honored today
at a luncheon
at the Willard
Hotel.
Mr.. Yelling
toll retired No
vember 80 after
4 2 arS of
W ork in h e
S a f e ty field.
His associates
at the 1CC and
re presentatives
of motor vehi-
Gle safety or
6 a n / 2 a ito ms
| were to attend
Evening star., 1951-12-11
George R. Wellington
Honored at Luncheon

George r. Wellington, retired
safety chief of the Interstate
Commerce Commissions Bureau
'of Motor Carriers, was to be
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08
| lwenIy-siI ln.tiated At Moose Breakfast

More than 75 Moose members and candidates enjoyed 8 ham an egg breakfast at Moose Hall No- vember < when the organization held their dedication breakfast and initiation. Credit and thanks were extended to fellow members Bill Fogg and Harold Meters, chief cooks. and their able assist ants Don McKechnie and Leo Lucas.
 A group of Anchorage Moose lodge members were guests for breakfast with officers of the lodge assisting Palmer members with the initiation rites.
 New candidates initiated in cluded: Laurence Pelouski, Rob - ert Richard, Philip McRae, C. w. McPherson, Robert R. May, Frank Cornelius, Harold F. Hale, Ter renee Fitzpatric, Lew Hanks, Chester Eggleston and Henre Liebing.
 A. N. Staveland, Ray McKech- nie, LaVern Marble, Ben Hermon' John Linnibur, Willard M. Cook, Maynard Sands, E. D. DeLand, Stanley G. Lowe, George L. Cole man. Donovan Stetson, Alex Carlson, Matt Onkka, Roger Els worth and Harrison Martin.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08

For all their advances medicine and chemistry have not been able to abolish the pain of childbirth. Since l347, when ether was first used as an anesthetic during la- bor. physicians have been search ing for better pain-killers for use in obstetrics. Notable advance was made in 1902 with the intro duction of morphine and scopo- famine. In succeeding years there were many other drugs. but none of them were ideal.
 Now, Dr. Henry G. La Forge of the University of Buffalo Medical
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08

belong to customer Hagen, any way; it was the contractors
 The incipient fire was caused by the tarpaulin's close proximity to the chimney leading from the lead pot in the Press basement. It became overheated; and with the tarpaulin draped around it, the inevitable happened.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08

School reports that a new lab oratory-made drug. Nisentil. Is the most successful pain-killer yet found and "an improvement over any analgesic drug heretofore available"
 Dr. La Forge reported that 1000 women were given hypodermic injections of NisentiL Results showed that "the drug definitely relieves pain and anxiety of la bor," shortens its duration, acts rapidly and has little or no un- desirable effects on either mother or child.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08
INSURANCE COMPANY SEATS FIRE TO THE
 DRAW: PRESS SAVED

Some insurance companies merely pay off their customers whose property is destroyed by fire, but others give the added service of heading off fires before damage is done and for which claims might be requested. The local Pioneer Insurance Company is apparently one of the latter.
 Last Saturday morning shortly after ten o'clock, the inconveni- ent time when many workers are enjoying their mid-morning cof- fee at nearby lunch counters, Kay Pippel, partner, looked out of the window of the local insurance company and saw fire across the street. The tarpaulin protecting Al Hagen's cold-weather concrete pouring operations was aflame. Swiftly she grasped the phone and acquainted the operator WiCh the imminent danger to customer Hagen's property. The Matanuska Press building, with all it's valu- able printing equipment, was inches from the blaze Not satis- fled with than, she ran into the drug store to summon more aid.
 About that time, layout man Walt Parcells looked up at the print shop window and saw red. He grabbed the fire extinguisher and went outside to fight the blaze with carbon dioxide. About that time Mitch" Mitchell ar rived from the drug store with a fire extinguisher also. In a mat ter of seconds, the blaze, which might have grown to a serious fire, was out. Damages were con- fined to the tarpaulin. That didn't
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08

Approximately thirtyfive so rority members and guests en- joyed a pot luck dinner held Mon day night in the basement of the Lutheran Church. Following T short business meeting, an even ing of stunts and fun was en- joyed by the group
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08

Mrs. Blanche Ryan, president of Theta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi will be hostess at a preferential tea to be held at her home Sun day afternoon, November II from 2;30 to 400 pm. Members and guests have been invited.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08
Valley Homemukers Return To Chores
 After An inspiring Week At College

Ii was a lot easier this week for nine Valley Homemakers to get on with the same old house hold chores.
 Fresh from their To-day Home makers Short Course at College and full of inspiration gained from discussions on everything from family relationships to 2 background for world under standing, they went back to the old grind" with a broader out look on life and a greater ap- preciation of their potentialities as shapers of community thought and action, as mothers of tomor rows adult Alaskans.
 Although there was no indica- ton that they were "wined" they were dined, tea'd, danced, movied, and interviewed by 8 whole college community eager to keep them entertained every moment of their stay. Some of them managed to get a little sleep in with their continuous schedule, but many of their chill dren would have been shocked (and maybe delighted) to hear of the hours when they climbed into their dormitory beds.
 On Sunday, October 28, after church, they visited the gold dredge at Ester and had tea at the Ester Community Hall, Scheduled meetings on the week days Monday through Friday lasted from $50 a. M. until goo pm. The first morning they heard a panel discussion on com munity planning by University President Ferris Moore, Exten- sion Service Director Lynn Hol- list and Dr. B. L. Fryxell. In the panel on international relations Dr. C. c. Hulley, Dr. Antonla Hatliff, Dr. J. Pajaujis, and Dr. N. R. Mukherjee presented his torical backgrounds to present problems in Europe and the Orient.
 At an assembly over which Mrs. Justine Parks presided there was a panel discussion on What are we doing for World Peace?".
 On the strictly practical side the homemakers learned about sewing short cuts, child guidanca problems, how to select and ar range kitchen equipment, build ing a home in Alaska, counting calories, and how to raise money for club projects, Instruction lr crafts included ceramics, Weav ing, hand made rugs.
 Winding up activities last Fri day, the final day of the shor' course were discussions on the mature mind, Alaskan statehood
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-08

Point and ECA, and the movie David and Bethsheba."
 Valley homemakers who at tended the short course were the Mesdames Robert Critics, Newell Talcott, James Hurley, Charles w. Wilson, R. Hardage, Cloyce Parks, I. M. Sandvik, and Ernest Roetman. Miss Marlou Lash brook, Valley home demonstra- ton agent, accompanied them. Homemakers from all over the Territory joined in the ten-day session.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26
S. CHARLESTON
BY MRS. n. r. NELSON
ph. e-s5O2 q e-saT5

Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Tindall en-
tertained with a family dinner in
their home last Sunday honoring
their son Pfc. Frederick Tindall
who is home on a ten day fur
Tough. The guests present includ-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Turn
er and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Wildman and family of Sc
lima; Mrs. Paul Tindall of Xenia;
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Tindall and
daughter Michele and the honor
guest Pfc. Frederick Tindall who
is leaving Wednesday for Camp
Carson Colo.
Dennis Watts and Pringle
Whittridge left Monday for Cali
fornia where they will spend the
winter.
Mrs. I. c. Wright of Syracuse
N. Y. is visiting her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Kemp.
The South Charleston Garden
Club will meet on Thursday Oct.
Is in the home of Mrs. Floyd Ba-
ker. Assisting hostesses will be;
Mrs. A. c. Carr, Mrs. ]. D. Peircc
Mrs. w, r. Slagle and Mrs. c. c.
Vince.
Mrs. H. T. Nelson went to Gin
cinnati Sunday and remained
through Wednesday to attend the
sessions Of the 54th annual con-
vention of the Ohio Association
of Insurance Agents in the Meth
erlands Plaza Hotel.
Mrs. M. E. Roberts. Mrs. Ed
wind Roberts and Mrs. Edwin O.
Florence entertained with a des-
sert bridge in the home Of Mrs.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26

ter, Ada Yutzy.
9th Grade, Robert Bishop, Susie
Bishop, Carolyn Boggs, Judy Car
ter, Carol Converse, Virginia Di-
les, Eddie Hanscel, Verna Yutzy
5th Grade, Phyllis Caldwell,
Julia Hanscel, Nadine Sparks,
Evalee Van Over, Alice Wilson,
Edwin Yutzy.
4th Grade, Beth Boggs, Joan
Converse, Dorothy Wilson, Ber-
nice Yutzy.
3rd Grade, Dale Bidwell, Jerry
Hackett. Stephen Harbage, Car
olyn Loveless, Donna Lowry,
Thomas Roby, Carol Van Gundy,
Thomas Wilson.
End Grade, Diane Bishop, Shar-
on Blythe, Joyce Green. Sharon
Homsher, Janet Wilson, Bill
Boggs, Monroe Harbage, John
Miller, Charles Wears.
1st Grade, Janet Hockenberry
Roy Snyder, Linda Frey, Janice
Roby.
Darwin Pennington, who was
severely injured when he was
thrown from his motor cycle
last Monday was brought home
Thursday. While he is much BAN
daged and bruised, and will re-
turn to the hospital to have the
dressings changed, his condition
is good.
Mrs. ]. F. McClain, Bernice
and Colleen McClain of Alexan-
dria spend the week end with
the E. B. Converse family Mrs
Julia Walker was also a guest
Saturday to help Kathy celebrate
her birthday
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26
CANAAN
Mrs. Elton M. Roby

Mrs. Harriet Wilcox, Mr.. and
Mrs. Neal Sherwood called on
Mrs. Jack Roby, Mrs. Charles
Bidwell, Jesse Sellers, Wayne
Scott and George Stoker. all al
Mt. Carmel Hospital and on Mr.
and Mrs. Lowell Hardacre and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Lingel In
Columbus on Sunday, Mr.. Hard
acre fell recently and broke bones
in his heel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Sherwood
entertained Farm Bureau Council
n. w. No. A (Franklin Coz on
Wednesday evening.
Arne Phil of Bornholm, Den
mark, who has spent several
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. e. B.
Converse and daughter left Mon
day for California and other
western states.
Mrs. Cola Mink of Cats Mills
spent a few days last week with
her aunt, Mrs. Harriet Wilcox
Eddie Hanscel spent the week
end with Roby Hennis.
MIR. and Mrs. Jack Roby an
nounce the birth of an 8 pound
and ! OF daughter Wednesday
Oct, II at Mt. Carmel Hospital
Grand parents are Mr.. and Mrs
A. o. Owen of New Rome and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Roby.
Mrs. Carl Weeks who has been
a surgical patient at Grant Hos
pital since last Sunday returned
to her home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Renner of
Columbus were Sunday evening
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Neal Sherwood.
Honor Roll of Canaan School
for the first six weeks:
18th Grade, Gerald Wilkins,
George Wilson, Faye Trusty,
Mary Bishop, Dolores Penning-
ton.
18th Grade, Dolores Phillips
Phyllis Busch, Nancy Hanscel.
10th Grade, Barbara Boggs.
9th Grade, None
9th Grade, Charlene Hennis vi
ola Mae Mullet, Haila Roby, Ro-
bert Lee Smith, Fannie Yutzy.
7th Grade, Karen Meeker Mar
tha Jane Pennington, Max Car