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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-08-05

darkness: to step over a worn-down
threshold. and up a flight of rickety
stairs. and not to find the people l
once knew pounding out the hopes
and fears and beliefs of a genera
ton crying to be given a chance to
prove its love but only listless for
gotten human derelicts, shuffling
aimlessly about to satisfy their
small immediate wants.
To cause a moment at a counter
l once frequented and not to hear
the exotic minor-key Japanese
tunes blending with the more fami-
liar American jazz. not to hear the
English of pert Niseiettes punctua-
ted with the Japanese me-, not to
be able to participate in some pro-
blem of the day while I slipped of
coffee and partook of my daily pine
apple tart smothered with whipped
cream.
To turn the corner from Main ST.
and not to be greeted by the old, IA
miliar smells that are Powell St.
takuwan, misc shiru, raw fish, dali
kon, with a Whit of salt sea in the
background; not to stumble over
dark-eyed youngsters with straight
Dutch cuts, sitting on curbstones;
not to see housewives with babies on
their backs, bowling courteously in
the middle of the street, or shouting
"Konnichi wa" as they went a-mar-
keting
To stop and talk with the teller
in the corner bank, and not to see
through the doorway. visitors from
the outskirts, painfully self-con-
scious in teal blue suits, their tan
shoes polished, walking the length
and breadth of Powell ST., a little
awestruck and a little uncertain;
not to be able to talk with a wea-
therbeaten fisherman coming up
from the docks; not to be able to
watch gnome-faced, wiry farmers
bringing green's to market; not to be
able to hear the sharp laughter of
youths who knew what it was to feel
discrimination. not to hear
and see these. only to hear
dull wind whistling down the street, !
shaking the trees along the ball |
park and losing itself in dark,
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-08-05
. So Let Me Sing
My Tender Requiem
q By CINDERELLA

l said my goodbye to Powell St.
the day 1 put away my small poss-
eSsions and took my last look out of
| the window on that street which had
been so much a part OF me. That
was in August, 1912. That farewell
was for me final and irrevocable.
did not believe so at that time. I
know it now. I
l shall never revisit Powell st.
want to leave it intact as knew it
a gay. courageous and colorful tho
roughfare which was a part of me
and a needful part of me-during a
period when I CROPPED questioning in
the dark. often timidly, many time
rebelliously. laways hopefully, some
times poised ecstatically and blindly
on some distant dream, many times
falling tragically and finding COM
fort in the street now dead
do not want to go back to Powell
st. because it will never be the same
again. Memories, nostalgia, the
"homing instinct" have drawn my
friends back to Powell ST., and al
ways they have returned with sad
stories of a once-bustling thorough
fare. An indifferent street of for
gotten men, dotted with sporadic
attempts at listless activity, it exists
as ashes of former burning fire.
From this my friends come back,
eager to get back, and a little sha-
ken to realize that they have only
the husk of what they had once
cherished with protective tender
ness.
1t would be for me a strange and
fearful experience-and a heart
breakingly lonely one-to find my
self a stranger in my own home
town. To walk down familiar
streets and to see only strange faces {
staring back at me; to glance up at /
familiar windows and not to find
students I once knew porting over
their books and dreaming dreams
through lonely nights but to find
only cowwebs, boarded windows and
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-08-05
FEMME FARE

brooding, ghostly shadows
To go back to this would fill me
with mournful nostalgia sadness
and the grim knowledge of the i'm
permanence of all that once meant
So much to me. And just as surely
as now, in places of the gay, proud
people who gave Powell st. its very
life. there are only human derelicts
drifting on a dead-end street,
time will come when the existence
of Powell ST. as a colorful japanese
community will pass from the me-
mory of Canadians, to be remember
ed only by historians chronicling e.
vents in Canadian history.
And so I shall not go back again.
Just as l have outgrown my Adde'S
cence So have I outgrown the color
full narrow thoroughfare. Our little
world has outlived our needs. Let
memory keep it alive for me, high
lighting its moments of greatness,
minimizing its lesser aspects.
Our dreams then were dreams for
a small minority. Now our dreams
are bigger dreams, dreams embrace
ing Canadians, and beyond that,
embracing all humanity.
And so let me sing my tender re-
QUEEN. Powell ST is dead
From New Canadian.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
wave of strikes and violence.

a wave of strikes and violence.
But this did not materialize.
AnaStasia launched his con-
solidation move early this week
when he said he would seek to
merge II Brooklyn LILA locals
into a single super local. He re-
signed as union hiring boss for
the organizing drive.
The move took place with the
lila under orders to reform or
face possible custer from the par
ent AFL. Ryan himself is under
indictment for larceny Of union
funds.
Ryan countered Anastasia's
move by calling a meeting of
Brooklyn LILA local officials
Wednesday and said he would
approve the consolidation If it
were in accordance with the LA
constitution. Then came the
Executive Committees action.
Call it q Double Cross
In his statement last night.
Anastasia called the suspension
lone of the filthiest and dirtiest
double-croSSes." His attorney.
Joseph Petite, said it was IAN
underhand, mean trick TO stop
the reform movement in the
LA"
The Washington announce
ment yesterday also said the
20-member lila executive coun-
Gil suspended, along with Ana
StaSia, as business agent, all
other officers of his Brooklyn
local, NO. 327-1.
Louis Waldman, LA attorney,
told newsmen in Washington
yesterday there was a question
whether AnaStasia and the 9TH
er officers were elected by demo-
cratic methods.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Anastasia Threatens
Fight on Suspension
From Dockers' Union
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

NEW YORK. July Is. An
thony (Tough Tony Anastasia
smarted today under a suspen-
sion order Of the International
Longshoremen's Association as
he sought to buttress his power
on the Brooklyn docks.
The executive council of the
me-ridden lila, headed by
Joseph Ryan. voted the suspen-'
sion in Washington yesterday,
named three trustees and said
Anastasia will be charged with
misconduct.
Anastasia, a brother Of Albert
Anastasia, Murder Inc. mobster,
angrily said in New York that
he will fight Ryan "all the way,
even if I have to sell my shoes"
Dock War Fears Lulled.
Reports spread that the intra-
union split, detonated by An
thony Anastasia's attempt ear
lier this week to consolidate his
Brooklyn strength, might set of
Evening star., 1953-07-25
By the Assoeioisd Press

VAUGHAN, Miss, July 25.-
Casey Jones beloved whippoor-
will whistle echoed once again
across the Mississippi while a
monument was unveiled in this
village where the celebrated
train engineer died in the blind
ing crash Of the "Old 382."
Casey's 83-year-old widow and
Sim Webb, the Negro fireman to
whom he yelled, Jump, Sim,
jlmp!" just before the crash So
years ago, attended the unveil-
ing late yesterday in this whistle
stop on the Illinois Central line.
Mrs. Jones rode into Vaughan
on the IC'S crack streamliner,
Train No. /. The train that
Casey rode to his death at al
most the same spot also was
the &c No. /, "the high right
wheeler he rode to fame"
Casey's spry little widow now
Evening star., 1953-07-25

"A Turn to Star ClGssified for best
- selections because Star Classified
carries more ads than the three other
nswspGpers combined.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Casey Jones' Whistle Sounds
Again in Tribute to Engineer

lives in Jackson, Tenn. and
reared two of Casey's sons to
follow in, their fathers footsteps
on the railroad.
The years rolled back for Sim
Webb as he gazed on a model
of "Old 382" with Casey in the
cab, his hand on the throttle.
Casey's whistle was donated for
the celebration by a Missouri
man.
Sim can almost recite minute
by minute the account of the
"Cannonball's" last run in 1900.
From the time they left Memphis,
an hour and 35 minutes late, to
the time they got to the S-curve
at Vaughan where they were
only two minutes off schedule,
Sim can retrace the historic run
mile by mile.
At one point on that Inflated
curve Sim said he looked out
the window and saw the caboose
OF the freight train ahead.
Hand Was on the Brake.
my Lord, Mr.. Casey, there's
something on the MAN," Sim
yelled.
Casey must have seen it at
the same time because his hand
was on the brake.
1t was then that Casey
screamed, Jump, Sim, jump"
Sim said when Casey was
found in the smoking wreckage.
his hand was still on the brake.
Some $500 persons, the larg-
est in the history of the village
community 35 miles north of
the Mississippi capital of Jack
son, gathered from the valleys
that flank the IC's tracks and
jammed Vaughan's one street to
pay tribute to Casey's memory.
Old timers reveled as the band
played: Come all you FOUNDERS
I want you to hear, the story Of
a brave engineer, Casey Jones
was the FOUNDERS name, on a
high rightwheeler he rode to
fame"
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Flood Threut Ends
In Eastern Texas
BY the Associafed Press

LAKE CHARLES, La. July 25.
"A flood threat in the Upper
Sabine River area in East Texas
apparently ended yesterday, the
Lake Charles Weather Bureau
reported.
Paul S. Cook, bureau director
here. said the river apparently
crested Thursday night at 14.5
feet at Minelo. Texas, where
flood stage is IA feet. BY yester-
day, however, the river had
dropped to 1872 feet.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Forest Fire Under Control

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK, July Is (P.-A seven
day-old, 1,200-acre forest fire IN
Yellowstone National Park is un-
der control, Supt. Edmund
Rogers reported yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Youth Hurt Testing
New Football Helmet
BY the Asseeiu.ed Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. July 49,
Timothy Lisek, s, and a play
mate agreed that a new football
helmet from his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Casimir Lisek, ought
to be tested.
The playmate whacked the
helmet with a croquet mallet and
Timothy went to a doctor for o
stitching job. A sharp ridge of
leather had cut his head.
Evening star., 1953-08-13

A brawl between a Marine, one
jazz band, a diving champ, and
an off-duty policeman who tried
to stop the Scuffle, ended early
today on sour note.
The saxophone player was
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon.
According to Detective Sergt.
Vincent L. Antonelli of MOL Pre-
cinct, the fight broke out at the
Parkside Grill, 823 Fourteenth
street NV. :
The detective gave this ver-
sion:
Marine Sergt. Joseph E. Nor
ino, stationed at the Naval Gun
Factory, prepared to leave the
grill about ! am. It was during
this move, he said, that some
one hit or pushed me-"
The band was Suddenly in the
fight. Involved were Edward E.
Jones, 81, colored, of the 1900
block of U street NV, saxo-
phone player; William A. Jack
son, 27, colored, of the 1900 block
of Kalorama road NV, the
Evening star., 1953-08-13
Policeman and Marine Hurt,
Sdxophonist Heidi Cafe BruwI

drummer, and a man said to be
Major Gee. colored. the piano
player.
Into the fight dove Irving
(Soupy) Bridgers, swimming in
Structor at the Hotel Ambassa-
dor and local diving champ.
Meanwhile, Pvt. Raymond E.
LOOMS, 26, of No. 8 Precinct
rose, identified himself as a po-.
liceman. and tried to stop the
fight. -.
The Saxophone player reached
into his case, police said. and
drew out a switch blade knife.
In the melee, Pvt. Lool11is. was
nicked on the ear and left arm.
The suspect later told police he
used the switch blade to keep
his saxophone in working order.
Pvt. Glenn f. Anderson ar
rived and the fight ended. He.
charged Jones with two counts
of assault with a deadly weapon.
Pvt. Loomis was treated and
released at Emergency Hospital.
The Marine told police he re-
ceived a blow on the head. It
was not serious, he added.
Evening star., 1953-08-13
7 Accountants Beqin
transportation Probe
For Senate Unit

The consultant firm retained
by the Senate to investigate
public transit systems in the
District yesterday got down to
business with a visit to the Pub
lie Utilities Commission here.
James Noon and James A..
Russell, both senior accountants
of the firm of Ernst & Ernst,
talked at length with Robert
weston, the commissions new
est member. Later. all three
talked briefly. and unrevealingly,
with reporters.
Mr.. Noon spoke most of the
few words that were spoken. He
said he is a veteran of 38 years
experience with Ernst s. Ernst;
Mr.. Russell, II years. The firm
itself, with headquarters in
Cleveland, has 81 separate Of
fees. 1t does consultant work
in industrial engineering, &C
countancy and tax matters.
No Inkling of Course.
Mr.. Moons home town is Bos-
ton, Mr.. Russell's Baltimore.
AS for the local job at hand
Mr.. Noon asserted he:
Has mot the slightest idea"
how long it will take; has mo
idea" which local transit COM
pany will be scrutinized first or
which direction the investiga-
tion will take, or how many
people will be required to under
take it.
Commissioner Weston, at any
Evening star., 1953-08-13

rate, made clear that commits
sion records will be entirely at
the Investigators disposal. He
added:
"The Senate subcommittee
work will be of the greatest help
to the people of Washington. It
is bound to be wholesome"
The Senate authorized $23, 500
to pay consultant's fees in the
investigation and another $4,000
to hire counsel for the subcom-
mittee, if need be.
It was understood that head.
quarters space for the consult
ants has been found in the
Securities and Exchange Build
ing near Capitol Hill. The sub
committee has until January 81
to finish it's investigation Of
fiscal, management and opera
tions policies and practices of
public transportation here.
Evening star., 1953-08-13
Worst Pacific Typhoon
Headed for 0kinaWa
By the Associated Press

TOKYO. Aug. ia raging
typhoon-the greatest storm ever
recorded by the Tokyo Weather
Bureau-was expected to slam
into American-occupied Okinawa
Sunday or Monday.
japanese weather experts said
winds of about 180 miles an hour
are at the center of the typhoon
and go mile winds have been re-
corded $50 miles from the center.
The Weather Bureau said the
last storm of comparable inten-
sity hit near the Philippines on
August 18, 1927. It added that
the current storm may hit
Japan if it swerves it's course"
Evening star., 1953-08-13
Date May Be Set Today
For Transit Pension Talks

A date was expected to be set
today for resumption of nego-
tiations in the dispute between
the Capital Transit Co. and the
transit workers union over larg-
er pensions.
The company yesterday noti-
fled Whitley P. Mccoy. head Of
the Federal Mediation and Con-
ciliation Service that it is agree
able to meeting with mediation
officials and union representa-
tives at a time convenient to
all parties.
The union already had noti-
fled Mr.. Mccoy it would resume
negotiations with the company.
Evening star., 1953-08-13
Lody OgiIvy Gives Birth
To Duuqhter in London
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 13.-Lady
Ogilvy. the former Newport,
r. l., heiress Virginia Fortune
Ryan, gave birth to a daughter
today in a London hospital.
Her marriage to Lord Ogilvy,
Scottish nobleman, last october
was London's society wedding of
the year. The ceremony, in st.
Margaret's Church, London, was
attended by Queen Elizabeth, the
Queen Mother and Princess
Margaret.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
RoiIwoy Chapter
Sets Fall Trip
orOctober4 a

The washington Chapter, Ma
tional Railway Historical So
ciety, has set it's fall branch
line rail ramble for Sunday, Oc-
tober 4.
A special train will run over
a freight-only branch of the
Baltimore & Ohio from Wever-
ton, Md, to Hagerstown. Md,
and then over the scenic Cum
berland Valley Division Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad to Harris
burg, Pa. AS passenger trains
over the Cumberland Valley Line
run only at night, this trip af-
fords a rare opportunity to see
the historic and beautiful coun-
try by daylight.
Several stops will be made
along the line for picture taking.
A baggage car will be in the
middle of the train so that
passengers may take pictures
from the doors while the train
is moving.
On the PennSy portion OF the
trip the train will be hauled by
one of its famous K-5-type
steam locomotives.
There will be a short layover
at Harrisburg.
The public is invited. Fare will
be $3.50, including tax, for
adults; children over 5 and un-
der IL, 1925, including tax.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
To the Oceans
Nearest Beaches

House, built In 1888, Is reputed
to be the oldest frame building
dedicated to religious meetings
in America. William Penn occa-
sionally worshipped here. Also
at Easton is Plimhimmon, the
home Of 1t. Col. Tench Thigh
man, who carried the news Of
CORVALLIS surrender at York
town to the Continental Con-
gress in Philadelphia. Talbot
County Courthouse was built in
1894.
Cambridge. on the south side
of the Choptank River. was set
tied in 1884. The Old Trinity
Church in this area was built
between 1880 and 1890.
Salisbury, founded the year
George Washington was born, is
a trading center for the Eastern
Shore, in an important agricul-
tural and industrial community.
Quail and pheasants are raised
here on the Wicomico State
Game Farms.
Princess Anne. seat Of Somer-
set County. Md, is at the head
of the Manokin River and is not
far from that portion of Vir-
ginia which comprises the lower
section of the Delmarvia PENN
sula. Part of the old Manokin
Presbyterian Church, erected in
1765, still remains.
Unusual Town
Crisfield, on the Chesapeake
Bay, derives its livelihood from
oysters, clans and fish. Cris-
field is connected with U. S.
13 over a 15-mile stretch of
State 413 and a visit to this
unusual town will be a real treat
to the motoriSt who wants to
see something different.
Pocomoke City, largest town
in Worcester County, lies almost
midway between the Atlantic
Ocean and Chesapeake Bay.
Snow Hill, Md. on U. S. 113,
was founded in 1886 on the
southeast side Of the Pocomoke
River and Is the seat of Worces-
ter County. Picturesque cypress
swamps are nearby. It was
named after a suburb Of London,
England.
Ocean City, Md, 8 miles east
Of Berlin, is Maryland's claim to
fame as an Atlantic Ocean recre-
ational and resort center. It is
situated on a sandy reef which
separates the ocean from Sine
puxent Bay. Yachting, bay and
surf bathing. deep-sea and surf
fishing and tennis may be en-
joyed at Ocean City.
In the lower right hand corner
Of the accompanying AAA map
Is Chincoteague, Va, where the
annual pony penning takes place.
1t is one of the really noted
hunting and fishing resorts on
the Atlantic seaboard..
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Tourists Again See
Graveyard Of Ships
At Pearl Horbor

HONOLULU, Hawaii.-Ameri-
can visitors in Hawaii again are
going into Pearl Harbor, hob
nobbing with killer subs, snorkels
and other naval tenants Of the
Nations Pacific stronghold.
Korean war security halted
both boat and bus tours of the
great sea and air base, but now
six days a week vacationers may
hear the December z story on
the spot.
Along battleship row they see
wreckage from the japanese at
tack that touched of World War
II. Just OF Ford Island on the
weathered top Of the battleship
Arizona they see a shrine where
more than 1000 men have been
entombed since the fateful bomb
struck IL years ago.
Guides follow in detail both
enemy and defensive action, and
give visitors Navy-written folders
describing the significant Sun
day morning in 1941.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
MACS HEAD, N. C.

ANDERSOM'S COTTAGES
OceAnfront st Kitty Hawk Beach. N. @.
Mod. to 8 bedrooms housekeeping cot
tAgesI Kitchens. baths; pvt. beach, now
write BiN Andersen, mgr, fer info. and
details. Lew Winter rates start SEPT, g.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

and Rehoboth Beaches are all
noted for their wide stretches OF
sand pounded by the Atlantic s
rollers; also for sailing and surf
fishing. The Henlopen, an AAA-
approved hostelry. is the largest
inn at Rehoboth Beach, with 72
rooms.
South from Wye Mills is
EaSton, the seat of Talbot
County. near the Red Avon
River. The Old Friends Meeting
Evening star., 1953-08-16

with Queenstown on the main
land. AS early as 1851 William
Claiborne, of the Virginia Col
ony, set up a trading post on
Kent Island, the first settlement
in Maryland. Today the island
has a large fleet of fishing YES
sells, oysters being particularly
important. Bathing, fishing and
duck hunting attract vacation
erS.
Denton is the seat of Caro-
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Motoring From Washington:

line County and the trading CEN
ter for a wide agricultural area.
Baskets, crates and pearl but
tons are made there. the latter
being cut from the clam and
oyster shells obtained in nearby
Maryland waters.
A few miles southeast Of Den
ton the road forks into two high
ways, one leading to Slaughter
Beach. DEL, where the Delaware
Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean:
the other leading through the
Blue Hen State to Lewes and
Rehoboth Beach and, farther
south, Bethany Beach, Del.
300 Years Ago
Worthy of a visit at Lewes is
the ,Zwaanendael House. at Sa-
vannah road and Kings high
way. This commentaries the
anniversary of the first Dutch
settlement in Delaware. about
800 years ago.
Slaughter. Lewes, Bethany
Evening star., 1953-08-16
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Evening star., 1953-08-16
By Walter W. Hubbord
Ameriean Avtomobile Association

Motorists are already familiar
with the simple routes from
Washington to Annapolis. so this
tour of Atlantic Ocean beaches
makes Maryland's capital the
starting point. Major beaches
for salt water bathing and surf
fishing are included between
Slaughter Beach, DEL, and Chin
colleague. Va.
After the hurricane trouble is
over the trip will be a pleasant
one to make.
The route crosses the new
Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Gra-
sonville and Kent Island.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

Kent Island, directly opposite
Annapolis, is the largest and
most historic of the Chesapeake
Islands. connected by highway
Evening star., 1953-08-16

One Of q series on motoring from Wosh-
inston. Clip and sovs it for future
reference.
Evening star., 1953-06-08
mrs. E. N. H., F1irtGT)

Twenty-one years ago I
bought an iron skillet, un-
seasoned. I creased it lightly
and baked 3 hours in slow oven
till the shiny newnesS turned
dark. Then I secured it with
steel wool and washed with
hot soap suds, rinsed and
dried it.
When I use it frying steaks
or anything that sticks and
leaves a rough film on the
bottom, I always use steel
wool and always wash with
sudsy water. My skillet turned
out perfect and a day never
passes that I don't use it. It's
as smooth as glass inside but
the baked-on flm still remains
on the outside. I also sea-
Soned a Dutch oven the same
way. It is wonderful for
roasting meat.