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Evening star., 1953-05-15

Birmingham. Ala, another dam
aged rural homes In the Ten
nessee Valley section near Ath-
ems, Tenn; q third passed
through the farming community
Of ABBOTT. in Northern Mississippi
and q fourth hit the southern
part Of Lincoln County, near
Fayetteville, Tenn.
Mr.. Meredith said the twister
that smashed downtown Waco
made 800 families homeless, wiped
out 1876 business firms. damaged
376 buildings beyond the. safety
point and damaged 1885 homes
Army engineers estimated the
damage at $50 million, twice orig
inal estimates.
Governor Asks U. S. Help.
Mr.. Meredith and Representa-
tive w. r. (Bob) Poage urged
Gov. Allan Shivers to ask dis
aster area status for Waco and
to request authorization from
President Eisenhower for aid un-
der public law 875.
Such help would match the
utmost the city could do to help
itself. Gov. Shivers, by telegram
asked the President for $2,436.-
600 as a preliminary ALLEGATION.
The Governor, in addition,
aswed for "Such additional per-
sonnel, equipment and material
as may be determined necessary
following consultations between
representatives Of Federal, State
and local governments, and as
you may approve" -
Central search headquarters,
under Mayor Ralph Wolf, be-
Evening star., 1953-05-15
BY the Assoeirtsd Press

EDGEWATER PARK, Miss,
May 15.-Three ST. Louis doc
tors predicted today that new
industrial chemical compounds
called silicones may have many
wide medical uses. both on the
skin surface and beneath the
skin.
The three are doctors. James
Barrett Brown. M. P. Fryer and
Peter Randall, all of the Wash
ington University Medical School.
DR. Brown described these
medical uses for the silicones:
J.. Waterproofing the skin to
protect it from irritations such
as diaper rash.
2. Providing a protective COW
ering for burns.
8. Preventing sogginess Of skin
surrounding wet dressings.
The three spoke before the
Evening star., 1953-05-15
military Units Help
Waco Hunt for Dead ;
Storm Toll Sef at liz
BY the Assoeia..d Pres.

| WACO, Tex, May 15.-rhe
hunt for more bodies in the ruins
Of downtown Waco's tornado
ravaged buildings speeded up to-
day as refreshed Air Force and
Army units rejoined the grim
search.
Civilian crews, using heavy
cranes and giant bulldozers,
worked methodically through the
night while the military units
took a respite from the toll.
Highway Patrolman r. w,
Robertson said no more bodies
had been found. Official expec-
tation was that no more re-
mained In the rubble.
James Meredith, Waco civil
defense administrator, announc-
ing the 112th body removed from
the ruins last night, said he
estimated SOB persons were in
jured in Mondays destructive
deadly storm.
Twisters Hit 3 States.
Three other Southern States
were hit by small tornadoes yes
terday, causing. scattered dam
age in rural areas.
One twister hit near Nauvoo,
about so miles northwest of
Evening star., 1953-05-15
Medical Uses of SiIicones,
Chemical Compounds, Cited

American Association Of Plastic
Surgeons at its meeting here.
| Silicones, used in one form
as bouncing putty for children,
are chemical compounds Of or
ganic and inorganic substances
with properties unlike any other
known material. -
|. DR.. Brown said siicones can
be liquid or solid, are resistant
to temperature extremes, will
stop foaming or floating, have
non-sticking properties and can
be used to cover surface abra-
SionS.
He said that these chemicals
can be taken to frigid or tropi-
cal climates with no change
in their consistency from
weather conditions.
If experimental studies prove
that siliconeS are safe for use
under the skin, these chemicals
may be vastly beneficial in SUBJ
stituting for human cartilage
or bone in the restoration Of
facial and bodily defects.
Cartilage taken from the pa
tents chest wall is used now
when accidents, disease or con-
genital defects have destroyed
ears. noses. chins or other body
parts.
In the future, silicones may
well substitute for this tedious
and difficult process, DR.. Brown
said,
Evening star., 1953-05-15
| Taft Says He Plans
Labor Law Chances;
Democrats Hit DELAYS
BY the Assoei0fsd Press

Senator Taft Of Ohio said to-
day he is writing a new amend
ment to the Taft-Hartley labor
law and hopes to have it ready
in about a week.
/ The Senator disclosed this as
Democratic members of the Sem
ate Labor. Committee chafed at
Chairman H. Alexander Smiths
delay in calling the full COM
mittee together to start work on
Taft-Hartley Act amendments.
Senator Smith has met several
times with Republican col
leagues on the committee, it was
learned, but has not assembled
the full committee. Senator
Lehman. Democrat-Liberal, of
New York said this, together
with the Eisenhower administra-
TONS silence on its own Taft
Hartley views, was amazing"
Testimony Not Discussed.
"We have never sat down once
and discussed the six weeks Of
testimony we took in public
hearings" Senator Lehman said.
He said it was unprecedented for
Evening star., 1953-05-15

bron has risen to three with the
deaths Of two more persons.
Pvt. Edward j. Baker Of Fair
bury died In q hospital here and
Mrs. Evelyn Dorman, IS. Of He
bron died in a hospital at Belle
vile, KanS.
Mrs. Joe Kass, SO, died here
Wednesday night Of injuries suf-
fered when the twister roared
through the town Of 1000 and
destroyed or damaged two-thirds
of its buildings. At least 50 per-
sons were injured.
Tornado damage to the South
eastern Nebraska town has been
estimated at $1.500.000.
Evening star., 1953-05-15

and that Gen. Eisenhower thus
will be able to make a new ap-
pointment almost Immediately,
Senator Taft said he still thinks
the board should have mores than
five members.
Meanwhile, it was learned
Senator Smith has lost some en-
thusiasm for an amendment he
proposed two weeks ago to ex-
empt the building trades unions
and most utilities from the act.
Evening star., 1953-05-15
British Lord Promoted

Lord Baden-Powell. son OF the
founder of the Boy Scout move-
ment. has been promoted to SER
geant in London's Special Con-
Stabulary.
Evening star., 1953-05-15

lieved the 112th death victim
found, George Conrad Roth, g.,
would be the last. Two Still un-
identified bodies were included
in the liz dead.
Searchers Get Some Sleep.
Last night. for the first time
in four days, search bosses re-
laxed and went to sleep. Work
ers who dug valiantly during
miserable hours Of rain and cold
had cleared away enough debris
SO q few bare hulls of buildings
were recognizable. Before, they
were shapeless mounds of wreck
age.
A list Of unsafe buildings was
to be released today. Razing
probably will begin at once. The
weakened buildings will be
blasted to the ground and hauled
away.
It means large scar across
the face Of East Waco, oldest
part Of this town Of about 90, 900
persons in the heart of Texas
blackland cotton country.
San Angelo, 200 miles west of
Waco, continued to clear up its
tornado wreckage. The storm
there killed or fatally injured ten
persons and caused an estimated
$3.5 million IN damage. It struck
two hours before the Waco storm.
Tornado Deoth Toll Rises
ITO 3 in Nebraska Town
FAIRBURY. Nebr., May Is (4).
The fatality toll from last Sat-
urday's tornado at nearby He
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-13

QUESTION: Why is the Sab
bath known as "Parshas Skeka-
limp" tR. s.. Fort Pierce. F1a.)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-13

In The County Judges Court In and
For Duval County, Florida.
In Probate No. 19542-D
IN RE ESTATE OF
Robert B. Glenn.
Deceased
FINAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the UNI
designed on the 18th day of January.
A. D. 1858. filed a final accounting OF
his administration of the estate OF
Robert B. Glenn, deceased, and notice
is further given that after publication
of this notice, once cash week for four
consecutive weeks. application will be
made to the Honorable MCKINNEY ].
DAVIS, County Judge of Duval County.
Florida, for the approval of said ac-
counting and for final discharge of the
undersigned as administrator cum tes-
tamento annexo of said estate.
JOHN r. GLENN,
AS Administrator cum teStamento
annexo Of the Estate of Robert
B. Glenn, Deceased.
First published on: January %, 1883
Goldstein & GoldStein
Attorneys for Administrator
January %. 30. Feb. 6. l3. 1881
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-13

means the Sabbath of the Shek-
els"
s.
QUESTION: Why are these
special portions read on this Sab.
bath2
ANSWER: In days of old, it
was customary to remind the
public through the form of spe-
cial announcement that it was
time to prepare the Shekalim.
This was done just at this time
of the year. Today, simple secular
announcements are discouraged
and in their place some ritual is
instituted to sanctify the call for
the Shekalim. Thus, the special
reading which led to the special
name for this Sabbath led the
people to remember their obliga-
tons for the half shekel tax.
Others connect this custom to the
festival of Purim. 1t is known that
Haman, the villain, gave the fool
ish kings of Persia, shekels of
silver for the right to kill the
Jews. He was able to accomplish
this threat, say ON common
taries, because Jews were dis
united. In later years it was
therefore decreed that Jews begin
collecting their shekels before
Purim to show that they collect
them as symbol of public unity
and aid to the cause, before the
onset of Purim to indicate their
determination towards brother
hood to avoid the threat of out
side prosecutions. The shekel in
modern times has been used by
the Zionists as means to a poll
tax for voting in the Zionist Con-
gress elections. The theme is still
carried out in the synagogue, by
collecting monies for the poor be-
fore Purim.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-13

QUESTION: Why is the Sab
bath known as "Parshas Skeka-
limp" (R. S.. Fort Pierce. Fla.)
ANSWER: On this Sabbath, as
ON the Sabbath preceding the be-
ginning of the month of Adar in
any Jewish year, or on the Sab
bath which happens to fall on
the first of Adar, special portion
is read from the Holy Scroll in
addition to the regular reading of
the Sabbath. This is the portion
of the Bible from the Book Of
Exodus (33:11-16) which describes
the half-shekel tax which Moses
was asked to collect from the Is
raelites in the desert. This was
first contribution to the Taber-
nacle in the wilderness and later
to the Temple in Jerusalem. The
money thus collected was used
for the purchase of daily public
offerings and for the keeping of
the Temple. The prophetic por-
ton of the week is also a special
one which deals with the repairs
made in the Temple QI Kings III.
Since these portions are read on
this Sabbath and they have to do
with the "Shekalim" which are
the half-shekel payments of the
tax, the Sabbath is known as
'Parshas Shekolirn" which means
the portion of the Shekels" or
''Shabbos Shekolim," whic h
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-13

Fr Hu ef noted novelist among celebrities who attended
the opening in New week exhibit sculpture created by the
10 Israel shortly before his death year
The exhibit BY the State q Israel Bond drive includes
Government well typical citizens OF Israel
Shown with Miss studying famous Os bust Prime Minister
Cleft right Mrs Israel Cod Chairman the
Women Division of the York Israel Bond drive; Mira ". Avern
Hartman wyk Brooks leading ucs and critic III; exhibit Of 10
held Israel Exposition which has been set
up Bond drive the products Of Israes
growing industry and agriculture the American public.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-13
The Abraham
Part of Lincoln
Continued from Page 81

Moses named Aaron his head
priest.
Abraham Lincoln was not
believer in doematic religion. but
the influence of the Bible was
strong on him. Certainly. it help
ed him mound his style. In the
Gettysburg address. he did not
say. EightY-seven years ago"
but -four score and seven" THAT'S
closer to the Hebraic Scriptural
style.
Abraham Lincoln ests
many comparisons with the Bible.
The Abraham of the Bible plead
ed with God to spare the evil city
even though it had but one right
eous man. Lincoln too had COM
passion. Perhaps it is less black
and white. A thing is either all
black or all white to them. The
Abraham Of the Bible knew that
this was not so, that even in the
Sodoms there was some good.
Lincoln also knew this.
Some Of the legends about
Abraham of the Bible remind US
of the legends about Lincoln.
Abraham of the Bible was the
son of Terah. an idolator. who ran
little shop where you could buy
images and idols.
One day Papa Terah had to
leave the ship-maybe he had to
serve on a jury. Anyway, he left
Abraham to manage the shop.
When he returned, he found all
the gods lying on the floor,
smashed. He asked Abraham for
an explanation.
1T was like this" said Abra-
ham. the gods got to fighting
among themselves and this was
the result"
Nonsense" said Terah, you
know very well these gods are
made of wood and can't do any,
thing"
80" queried Abraham. why
do you worship them. what kind
of gods are theY?"
This is a story from the old
Jewish legends. I think Abraham
Lincoln must have liked this
story.
Prof. Schechter once tried to
demonstrate that the Lincoln way
Of telling stories as parallels was
similar TO the Talmudic way.
Schechter recalled the story about
the clergYmen who protested
against General Grants drinking.
Lincoln is supposed TO have asked
the gentlemen Of cloth if they
knew where Grant purchased his
whiskeY. He would like TO send
the other generals some Of the
same brand.
Schechter 1ikened this story
with the story told in the Talmud
a bout the son of an alcoholic
father. Once the son came upon
a drunk lying on the road. He ran
home to bring his father to view
the spectacle, thinking that if the
man once saw what a miserable
sight a drunk was, he would fore
swear drinking. But instead, the
father tried to get the drunk to
tell him where he got such good
wine.
The Talmud story points the
moral that the sight of vice may
not always be therapeutic. The
Lincoln-Grant story on the other
hand. impresses the point that a
man is to be judged by more than
. as~~la S@EoaA n.,k hASI. aAa-:~.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-05-15
Eisenhower is The First
Chief Executive To Hold
A Pilots License

President Dwight Eisenhower is
the first pilot ever to land in the
White House.
This fact is revealed in the May
issue of Planes, official publica-
ton of the Aircraft Industries
Association.
The story came to light when it
was discovered that the man who
was Supreme Commander of AL
lied Expeditionary Forces in
World War II has the honor of
being the first President in his
tory to- hold a pilots License.
Coincidentally, President Eisen-
hover assumed the highest public
office in the United States in the
same year the Fiftieth Anniver-
sary of Powered Flight is being
celebrated throughout the coun
try.
President Eisenhower has been
pilot for IA years. He learned to
fly in 1889, when he was stationed
in the Philippines as Lieutenant
Colonel on the staff of Gen. Doug
las Macarthur. The last time he
piloted a plane was in 1947.
The plane he "checked out" in,
an Army Air Corps PT-13, was a
far cry from the swept-wing jets
of today'S Air Force. This was an
open cockpit biplane used almost
exclusively by the Army Air Corps
for primary training at that time.
The planes 22O horsepower en-
CINE had a top speed Of 1875 mph
and the gross weight was about
$500 pounds.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-05-15
Mccarthy Demands
Apology for Cheap
Attack by Attlee

WASHINGTON, R- Sen. Nc
Carthy said today Britain should
apologize for what he termed a
"cheap" attack by former prime
minister Attlee on President
Eisenhower and the American
people.
Conservative Party members of
the British parliament, Mccarthy
said, sat silently last Tuesday
while Attlee made zone Of the
most insulting speech ever made
in the legislative body of recip-
lent nation against an ally which
has been pouring out her econ
omic life blood for her"
In a speech prepared for Senate
delivery, Mccarthy declared:
"The American people are en-
titled to an apology for this cheap,
uncalled for, fantastic attack upon
the President and people of the
United States.
1--WE are entitled to an explain
alton as to whether the majority
party in Britain agrees with Mr..
Attlee, who was rejected by the
British people"
One by one Mccarthy took up
Attlee's reported declarations that
"there are elements in the United
States that do not want a truce
in Korea; chat the presence of
Eisenhower or any American
might hinder" direct peace talks
with the Russians; that "the Am
orleans Constitution was framed
for an isolationist state" and that
"the Americans do not wish to
have anything to do with Eu
rope"
McCarthy's prepared text con-
tanned no mention of Attlee's
statement that zone wonders"
whether Eisenhower or Mccarthy
yields the greater power in us.
foreign policy.
'What shocked me-" Mccarthy
said, twas that no members Of
the majority party arose to con-
test what he had said"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-05-15
Attorney Awarded $4,000
Damages In Libel Suit
Against Drew Pearson

WASHINGTON, IA federal
court jury awarded Norman M.
Littell $4,000 compensatory dam
ages and ST punitive damages to-
day in one of his two 100000
libel suits against columnist-com
mentator Drew Pearson.
The jury failed to reach a YER
dict in the other suit, and US.
district judge Charles McLaugh-
lin discharged it.
Pearson told reporters the case
will be appealed. He said he had
obtained additional evidence
which was not available in the
trial.
The verdict in favor of Littell
stemmed from a column by Pear
son in April, 1949. It said that the
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-05-15
s1deoskEso&KRD
THURSDAY SCORES
National League

National League
Milwaukee 3-Pittsburgh 2
St. Louis 8-Brooklyn 8
American League
Chicago New York 5
Boston 5-Cleveland 4
Washington 2-St. Louis !
Philadelphia 5-Detroit 8
Coast League
San Francisco Portland 2
San Diego 8-Los Angeles z
WEDNESDAY SCORES
American League
New York 9-Cleveland 4
Boston 3-Chicago 0
Philadelphia 2-St. Louis l
National League
Milwaukee 11-New York l
Coast League -
Seattle Hollywood 0
Portland 3-San Francisco 0
Oakland 4-Sacramento l
Los Angeles 3-San Diego !
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-05-15

Justice Department had received
reports Littell was acting as
propaganda for the Dutch GOV
eminent although not registered
as a foreign agent.
Littell denied that he ever
worked for the Dutch govern
ment.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-05-15
Rained-Ou Games Nets Rainers
Half Game Lead In Standings
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

They didn't swing a bat or
throw a ball, but Seattle's Rain
iers climbed another half game
ahead of the pack by watching
the raindrops in Sick Stadium on
Thursday night.
Seattle is four full games in
front of Los Angeles in the Pacific
Coast League standings because
ca Los Angeles lost to San Diego,
81, and CD Hollywood and Seat
tie were rained out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-18

The Home Builders class of the
Church of Christ will meet in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Vert
ner this Thursday night.
Mrs. Arthur Pugh and son Jack,
and Mrs. Eva Arnold attended a
recital given by pupils of Mrs.
Stella Marshall in the Grace Men
MONTE church in Pandora, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 7. Arnold have
returned from a two weeks outing
at Indian Rive, Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Green are
spending several days in Columbus.
The Vesperian Class of the Meth
odist church held a hamburger fry
at Foust's roadside park Sunday
evening.
Miss Bernice Huber's pupils gave
a recital at the Methodist church on
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Lillian Anderson entertained
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Donald An
derson and son of Col. Grove and
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Anderson
and son of Cairo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd McGinnis were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Gerdeman of Lima.
Mrs. c. E. Kramer is a patient
at Memorial hospital, Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Trautwein
have sold their home here to Mr.
and Mrs. Rice of Lima and have
purchased a residence property in
Upper Sandusky where they will
move in the near future.
Mrs. J. p. Pennington of Elcho
Wis, who has been spending several
weeks with her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Solomon, returned to her home or
Monday. Her mother, Mrs. Solomon
has sold her home here and viii
go to Mineral Ridge, Ohio, to re.
side with her daughter, Mrs. Myror
Tiefel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Amstut;
and son Galen left Monday for thei,
home in Etna, Calf, after an ex
tended visit in the parental home
Mr.. and Mrs. /. J. Amstutz anC
other relatives.
A Fathers day program will b
given at the Methodist church o.
Sunday morning. All welcome.
Mrs. Cynthia Elliott attended tn
45th annual Burns family reunion
at Riverside park in Findlay las
Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-18

Buttons little leaguers con-
tinued their winning ways last
week annexing their fifth con-
secutive victory in an. extra
inning game with Ada, IL to IL.
The thriller was extended two
extra innings beyond the regula-
ton seven-inning game when the
score was knotted 10 to 10. Ada
scored again a run in the eighth,
but Bluffton tied it on a single
by Jerry Montgomery and
triple by George Burkholder.
In the ninth frame Pitcher
Dave Scoles pounded out two
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-18
BedUerddnl Phone
Rate HPnrinU June 25

Hearing of a request for an 8.3 to
% per cent rate increase asked by
the Lima Telephone Co. in II area
communities including Reaverdam,
Lafayette and Ada, as well as Lima,
has been set for 10 a. m. June % in
Columbus.
The hearing will be before the Pub
lie Utilities Commission of Ohio, with
which the telephone company has
filed the petition for rate increase, the
second asked in the last three years.
An earlier rate boost was granted eff
fective March 81, 1851.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-18
Teen-Age Dance
Set For .IunP rs

A dance for Bluffton community
teen-agers will be held from 8 to
11:30 p. m. Friday, June &c, in the
American Legion hall, with the party
supervised by adults.
These dances, of which series is
planned, are for the teen-age youth
of the community. Any teen-agers
who wish to serve on the dance COM
mittee are asked to contact Harry
Bogart.
Daryl Badertscher is heading the
committee in charge of arrangements
for the June 26 event.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-18
Rainfall Scdnt
In Pandora Area

Although Bluffton and the area
Immediately surrounding it, have
been more favored, the records of
Ray Burkholder, official weather
observer of near Pandora, indicate
that only .26 of an inch of rain has
fallen in that area in a 24-day per-
iod up until Monday.
On June 8 Burkholder's instru-
ments showed precipitation of .16 of
an inch, on June 10, .03 of an inch
and on June IL, .01 of an inch.
Warmest day of the week was last
Friday when the mercury reached 88
Sunday was the coolest with a high
of 70 degrees and low of 40.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-18
Little Leaguers Win Fifth Straight
From Ada Nine In Extra Inning Thriller

Dagger and scored the winning
run when Mike Diller singled
home with two out.
This week the local boys meet
Allentown there on Wednesday,
and on Friday they will play
Lima here at Harmon field at 6
p. m.