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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Complete Overhaul
Of Ordnance Corps
Predicted by Byrd
Lecture on Red Tape
In Pentogon Delivered
At Ammunition Probe
By John A. Giles

Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of
Virginia predicted today the Sen
ate ammunition inquiry woulc
result in complete reorganization
of the Army Ordnance Corps ano
very extensive changes in al
Pentagon administrative pro-
cedures."
II certainly do not want tc
cast reflections on our military
leaders as strategists and leaders
in combat" he asserted. But
the people generally are dis.
gusted with the business man
agement of the military and the
time has come to stir things up
1T was just pure inefhciency
that brought about the Army's
ammunition shortages. There
was some excuse for not going all
out in letting contracts before
the Chinese Communists entered
the Korean war.
cites Red Tape.
But when they did enter that
should have been warning
enough that our reserve stocks
would be depleted to a very dan
gerously low level. However, il
was almost a year before the
Pentagon became aware that the
ammunition situation was be-
coming acute"
The Senator, who delivered a
3-minute lecture on military red
tape to Secretary of the Army
Stevens at yesterdays hearing
recalled testimony that in some
cases it required nine months tc
make a munitions contract. The
papers Travelled a distance OF
10000 miles in corridors and Of
fees and more than 200 persons
passed on them.
THAT red tape is not IN the
law" Senator Byrd declared
They can come up here and talk
about laws requiring that small
businesses and distressed areas
get portions of the contracts all
they please but they cannot ex-
plain the situation away that
way.
Needs MiScalculated.
Congress appropriates the
money and leaves it to the execu-
tive department to make the
contracts. I'm afraid We'll have
to put the business of actually
contracting in the hands of bust
.nessmen to get something DONE
The Senator, whose SHARP
questioning of witnesses has beer
a feature of the hearings by q
special S e n a tie subcommittee
said the military plainly mis-
calculated the rate of fire ir
Korea"
THE calculations were baseC
on the type of fluid war we hac
in Europe which takes less am.
munition of the types now ir
short supply, he said. They
(See AMMUNITION, Page A-10.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
'Bebop' Bandit Gets 500
In Gas Station HoIdup

A f1ashily CARRIED bandit, at
tired in hepcat style, early today
held up the attendant at a gas
station at 40 Florida avenue
NE. and fled with more than
500 in cash.
The victim, Donald Gray, %,
of $40 Seward square Sc, told
police the bandit. described as
colored and wearing a checkered
topcoat and "bebop" cap, forced
him at gunpoint into the wash
room, took the money and fled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Wounded Veterans
At Church Services

RELIGION WITH A MEANING
Battlefield incidents sometimes deepen
a mons foith in God. Wounded Ko-
reon veterans. reeuperotins OF Walter
Reed HospitOI. find added significance
in the church services conducted at the
hospitoI. Stor Stoff Reporter Mary 1.
Voushon tells their story on Pose AS.
HUMAN SIDE OF RELIGiON-How
Boptist minister and his fother got
TO the Holy Lond, ond how Christion
Koreans in United Notions prison
comps ore problem for prisoner-of-
war nesotiotors in Koreo ore told in
The Stor's church news editors column
tOdoy. See The Humon Side Of Religion
by Cospor Nonnes on Pose AT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Youth Slain at Border
Fleeing Eust Germany
BY the Asseeiated Press

BRUNSWICK. Germany, April
11.-West German police re-
ported today that Communist
border guards shot and killed a
17-year-old East German youth
last night as he was trying to
flee into West Germany. An
other boy accompanying him
reached West Germany safely.
Police said the shooting &C.
CURED near HelmStedt. Soviet
soldiers and Communist police
were seen cordoning off the
scene, they added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Peron Closes Stores
And JaiIs Merchants
On Eve Of Election
Campaign on Initiation
Demanded by Labor
Launched in Argentina
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
April IL. President Juan D
Peron's anti-profiteering squads
have closed 80 stores and jailed
$50 Buenos Aires merchants in
the start of a labor demanded
campaign against imitation.
The arrests were announced
last night, at the close of the
first day under new price CELL
ings covering almost all essen
tial goods. The move came on
the eve of provincial elections.
The campaign was ordered
after leaders of the General Con-
federation of Labor-long one
of Peron's most potent political
WeaponS-told him workers were
growing restless under the slump
in their living standards.
8 Ousted as RumOr Mongers.
The Peronista Party also
ouSted Col. Domingo Mercante
former Governor of Buenos Aires
Province, and seven members OF
Congress on charges of rumor
mongering. The labor leaders
had warned the President that
wild rumors against his ad-
miniStration were knitting him in
the back.
Despite the nations economic
and political crisis, Peronista
candidates appeared virtually
assured of victory in tomorrow
elections in the newly created
Provinces of President Peron and
Eva Peron. These were formerly
the national territories of Chaco
and, La Pampa. They were
raised to province status through
congressional law sponsored
by Eva Peron. wife of the Presi-
dent, who died last year.
No Opposition Candidates.
Opposition parties refused to
present candidates and have told
their members to stay away
from the polls. They charged
they were unable to campaign
freely. They also complained
that under Peronista-adopted
constitution for President Peron
province labor union members
will be able to vote twice, once
as individual citizens and again
as union members. The conSti-
tuition gives government-recog-
nized unions the right to elect
half the provincial legislature.
The new price ceilings showed
little drastic change over the
ofticially-fix prices ruling ur
to yesterday. Beef was scaled
down, but flour and bread were
up. A survey indicated little
change in the supply of most
foodstuffS and butchers counters
looked about as empty as they
did before the labor leaders ap-
pealed to Peron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Farley Visits President

James A. Farley, former POST
master General and Democratic
national chairman in the Frank
lin D. Roosevelt administration,
made a brief courtesy call on
President Eisenhower today. He
came here from New York to at
tend tonight's dinner of the
Gridiron Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Fifth ABB st
In Series SET Off
In Nevada Flat
Does Not Seem as
Strong; Los Vegas
Feels No Shock

LAS VEGAS, New, April IL
An experimental atomic device
was detonated at 4:45 am. pa
cif1c standard time) today atop
a 100-foot tower at the Yucca
Flat proving ground and the
Atomic Energy Commission an
nounced desired effects were
obtained"
No other details were given.
The explosion, fifth of the
spring test series, did not seem
as forceful as some of the pre-
viouS blasts.
The orange flaring blast pro-
duced a relatively small white
cloud over the test site, rs miles
northwest of Las Vegas. The
cloud was not visible here, al
though smoke from most pre-
viouS blasts have been.
This was the first time the
Acc has announced the use of
a 100-foot tower. Most previous
tower blasts have utilized a 300
footer. No reason for today's
switch was given.
Planes Circle Area.
About 20 planes were in the
air over the test site, the usual
complement Such craft are
used to track the cloud, survey
terrain and measure radioactivity
in the atmosphere.
Neither troops, cars nor ami
mails were involved in the expert
ment. All have been used in
previous blasts in the series.
The sound wave, reaching Las
Vegas about seven minutes after
the blast, was heard here as
two seperate low rumbles. No
shock wave was felt here.
The shock wave from last Mon
days blast, however, heaviest of
the season, broke a plate-glaSs
window in a downtown store.
The Monday bomb, dropped from
a high-fying plane. exploded at
a record height of more than
5000 feet.
New Disclosures Made.
Meanwhile, at a press confer
ence yesterday, the Acc made
some new disclosures.
One is that between so and 70
large trees will be moved to the
proving ground between Mon
clay and April % in readiness
for a later test. They are COM
ing from Lee Canyon near Mount
Charleston, an Acc spokesman
said, and will be 80 to 60 feet
tall with branches 8 to 16 feet.
The spokesman declined to say
whether they would be set up
in the form of a forest.
Radiation from test No. 2 on
March "a contaminated a 3-mile
stretch of Yucca Flat. The con-
tamination was such that prep
arations for an explosion orig
inally planned for today had to
be postponed.
Crews Kept From Area.
Construction and scientific
crews were unable to get into
the area to work. The Acc did
not say whether it is still too
radioactively hot.
Five volunteers have offered
to substitute for department.
store mannequins whenever
there's another test Stimulating
humans undergoing an A-blaSt.
The Acc, which used NAME
quinS in test houses and cars in
the first test March II, replied
that it won't subject humans to
atomic explosions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11
Stocks in the Spotlight

sales tadd O0D. high low, closing price
and net change of the 20 most active
stocks for the week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11

Washington's Seventh Annual Home
Show opens today. Read about it in The
Stars Real Estate Section. Also see how a
to Page B-1.
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Continued on Page A-24, Col. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11

(See ASTIN. Page A-10)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-11

(See RAID, Page A-2.)
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(See TRUCE. Page A-3D
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
j. B. DALEY, FORMER
DARE BUILDER, DIES
Built Many Coast Guard Stations;
Once Dare County Register
of Deeds

Joseph Benjamin Daley, 70, a
native of Cape Hatteras, a former
resident of Manteo, and for the
past Is years a resident of Baby
lon, New York, died at his home
Friday of last week. He lived in
Manteo about 20 years, and once
served a term as Dare County
Register of Deeds.
Mr.. Dailey's active life was
spent in contracting and building.
Nearly all the Coast Guard sta
tons in North Carolina built
since 1918 were built by him. He
also erected many other build
ings, including the Bank of Man
teo and the Manteo High School.
He was the son of the late Capt.
and Mrs. B. B. Daily. The hus-
band of Mrs. Armecia Wilson
Daley. He was a member of the
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church of
Manteo where the funeral was
conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday by
Rev. H. r. Ashmore.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons; ]. B. and Aldon Daley of
N. Y; and by three grand
children. Also by a brother, Josh
Daley of Elizabeth City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
TALMADGE OF
GEORGIA HUNTS
IN HYDE COUNTY
Governor Spends Two Days
at Edison Baum Home
Near Lake

Governor Herman Talmadge of
Georgia left Hyde County We'd
nesday for home with a party of
friends, after a two-day hunt in
the Mattamuskeet area, spent
with their guide, Edison Baum.
Representatives from the N. c.
Wildlife Commission accompan
led the party on the IS mile trip
from the Washington, N. C. Air
port where they landed Monday.
The party included, Talmadge's
11-year-old son, Gene; Georgia
Game and Fish Commissioner
Bill Austin, and Bill Austin, Jr.,
10; two Baptist preachers, the
Rev. Ed Shivers of Atlanta and
the Rev. James Westberry, presi-
dent of the Atlanta Ministerial
Assn, and the following Allan
tans: Wade Johnson, Otis Bowen,
John Buckley, c. o. Moore,
Charles Hamilton, J. w. johnson
and Pilot John King and Co-Pilot
Rollin Smelling, both of Georgia's
Air National Guard.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
RARE ANIMAL CAUGHT
AND KILLED at RODANTHE

When Jethro Midget of Ro-
danthe bagged or found a giant
super-muskrat on Hatteras Island
recently, the animal turned out
tc something else, and one
~ Id not be identified until
NJ calls had been made to
\ ~ Davis of the State Mus
euna The animal looked like a
muskrat, except its fur was al
most bristled and its tail was
large and round, instead of the
hairless PERPENDICULAR flat of the
muskrat. The tail measured IA
inches, and the animals body,
(not including taiD was 10 inches
long. The animal weighed seven
pounds.
After getting description of the
animal, Davis described it as
South American coypu with nu-
tria fur. He stated that a few of
the animals had been released on
Hatteras several years ago by the
owners Of Phipps Clubhouse
near Buxton and Avon. They are
seldom seen or caught by trap
pers in the area.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
WOOLW'RTH HEAD
AND PARTY HUNT
IN HYDE COUNTY
Chain Store Executive Ar
rives Sunday At River
Forest Manor

A. L. Cornwe1l of New York,
the president and chairman of
the Board of Directors of the F.
w. Woolworth Co. chain store
system, arrived in Belhaven Sun
day evening for a hunting eX-
petition into Hyde County. He
was accompanied by"Sam Huber
of Dalton, Pa, one of the Com
pany's directors, Robert Hopper
and DR.. H. M. Richardson of Mid
lothian, Va, and Richard Bulling-
ton. They are stopping at River
Front Manor in Belhaven.
The middle-aged Mr.. Cornwell
is folksy and friendly, and as
easy going as ones family doctor.
He began as a bundle boy with
Woolworth, and worked his way
up, to store manager, and finally
head of the organization.
The company operates 1000
stores in the United States, Can
ada and Cuba, which had retail
sales last year of 700 million
dollars. The company employs
10000 people. In addition it owns
subsidiary stores which operate
in England and Germany. Bust
ness is particularly good in Ger
many, according to Mr.. Cornwell,
who says reconstruction in that
nation is moving along rapidly.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
RECKLESS DRIVING FINE
AGAINST TRUCK DRIVER
Jas. E. Richard Appeals From $50
Fine in Case Involving Injuries
to Four People

James Edw. Richard, negro
truck driver loose on the road
early in November with a Croa-
tan Fish Co. truck of Manns Har-
Dor, appealed the $50 fine and
costs imposed for reckless driv-
ing, in Dare Recorders court this
week. He was represented by F.
V. Dunstand of Elizabeth City
in a hard fought case.
The big trailer truck driven by
Richard, was partially across the
road, and not visible, witnesses
said, when the new Chevrolet
driven by Earl Green of Manteo
ran into it. Richard got out and
cursed the four people in the
Green car, all of whom sustained
broken bones and other serious
injuries. Mr.. and Mrs. Green and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Gaskins were
the injured parties. The car was
total loss.
The negro, it appeared, had
been enjoying the evening, driv-
ing the big truck around Manteo,
and until after midnight.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
FORTY THREE PEARLS
TAKEN FROM OYSTER

Hatteras. = Forty three pearls,
three of them glossy black were
taken from one oyster here this
week by Mrs. Andrew S. Austin
from the product of nearby
oyster bed in Pamlico Sound.
Many local residents believe
this is the greatest number of
pearls taken from a single oyster
on the North Carolina coast. 1t is
not unusual, however to find
occasional pearls and sometimes
two or three in an oyster.
1t is said that pearls form in
oysters that have become i'll with
indigestion, or some other all
ment which in no way makes the
meat harmful to the person eat
ing same.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
ANTI-BEER ZEAL
BOILS OVER ON
BANKS SATURDAY
One Third of Population
Casts Vote, Banning Beer
Sales 3o7 to 1862

Growing public resentment for
20 years against lack of law en-
forcement and punishment of
offenders illuminated Saturday in
a decisive vote against the sale
of beer and wine in Hatteras and
Kinnekeet wnships, Dare
County. The vote was 397 to 1852
against the beverage.
Chief contributor to the situa-
ton have been the greed of sew
eral beer retailers through the
years, who were not willing to
abide by the rules for selling
beer. They sold to minors, on
Sundays and after hours, and the
situation developed a lot of re-
sentiment.
Although the weather was wet,
the people voted dry in their fer
vent zeal that complete sobriety
will come and temptation be re-
moved from the young. But those
who voted to retain beer contend
that Hatteras Island will now
have far worse troubles, in that
it will be bootleggers paradise,
and if local authorities could not
cope with beer out in the open,
they surely won't be able to
handle bootleg booze sold in
secret.
Moreover, the rum heads can
still get drunk easily, for by re-
quest of somebody, the last legis-
lature passed law removing re-
Strictions from the sale of lemon
extract in Hatteras township.
Lemon extract has long been a
favorite potion with old topers.
The vote by precincts was
Waves, Rodanthe and Salvo, 10
for and 81 against; Avon II for
and 161 against; Buxton, 33 for
and 81 against; Frisco, II for and
20 against; Hatteras, 81 for and
103 against.
1t was a mighty big turnout
The vote equalled one third OF
the entire population of Hatteras
Isl" and was much create,
t. ~ interest aroused in the
up IS for better schools and
II d last year and in 1949.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS
AT MANTEO CHURCHES

The churches in Manteo are
planning special Christmas pro-
grams, and the public is invited
to attend.
Manteo Baptist
The Manteo Baptist Church
will present a Christmas pageant
at 7:30 ON the evening of Wednes-
day, December %. The young
people taking part will be assist
ed by both the adult and junior
choirs of the church. Mrs. Camille
Podolski is in charge of the pa
geant and Mrs. w. R. Pearce is in
charge of the music, and will
accompany on the church organ.
Immediately following, Santa
Claus will make his traditional
annual appearance and will have
treats for all children present.
Mount Olivet Methodist
The following schedule will be
followed at Mount Olivet Metho-
dist Church: On Sunday De-
cember 20, there will be special
Christmas program by the
Church School. At five o'clock
in the afternoon a vesper SER
vice will be held. At this time a
film 1.-THE Other Wise Man" will
be shown, and fellowship
supper will follow in the educa-
tional building.
On Tuesday, December %, the
primary department will have a
party in the educational building
at 2::30 in the afternoon.
On December "a, at 1880 P. M.
the young people will put on a
pageant "The Shepherd and the
Angel, and at $3.50 the WYE will
go caroling.
On December 81, New Years
Eve, there will be special Watch
Night Service.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
HYDE HUNT AND
HOSPITALITY WINS
EDERER'S PRAISE

Clarence Ederer and his brother,
Eugene, famed as manufacturers
of netting as we'll as sportsmen
the world over, left Belhaven dur
ing the week end, highly praising
the sport among the geese and
ducks of Hyde County and the good
food at River Forest Manor il. Bel
haven.
Never have we found finer food,
said Mr.. Ederer, speaking of the
Manor's fine seafood. They were
accompanied on their visit by a
friend, Clarence Faunt, Chicago
Foundryman. The party spent the
entire week here, hunting every
day.
Clarence Ederer, head of the
well known mills that manufac-
tured netting for four generations,
has hunted and fished on all the
continents, and his office and home
are filled with trophies-many rare
species of big game fish and an
imals.
Recently the Ederer Bros. sold
their holdings and they are now
owned by the American Net and
Irvine Co., which owns the Linen
Thread Company.
The Ederer Company has long
been a boon to fishermen in North
Carolina and will long be CRATE
fully remembered because of the
company's liberal credit aid to
them in time of need.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
CROSS OCEAN TO
DARE COUNTY IN
MERE 7 HOURS
Royal Air Force Flyers APP
pear at Dinner at Kill
Devil Hills

At the closing luncheon at Kill
Devil Hills Thursday, for the 50th
Anniversary celebration, two Bri-
fish filters who crossed the ocean
in seven hours and arrived SO
seconds ahead of time, were pre-
sented to the party at the Caro-
linian Hotel They brought greet
ings from England for the ce1e-
bration.
Wade Mari, Elizabeth City'S
masterful POSTMASTER presided
and closed the meeting with
great eloquence and fervor. This
meeting followed a thrilling air
show at the hill, with jet army
planes flying in close formation.
A host of notables and army
officials were presented at che
meeting. Principal speakers were
Luther Hodges, N. C. Lieutenant
Governor, General Doolittle, Con-
rad Wirth, Director of the Nation
al Park Service, Fred Kelly, the
Wright Biographer, Congressman
Carl Hinshaw of California, and
several others.
Mrs. H. H. Arnold, widow of
the late General was also pre-
scented.
Carl Goerch, State Chairman,
thanked numerous people for
their help. Great praise went to
Ralph Whitener, and he in turn
expressed great appreciation to
those who had helped in the sue
cessful arrangement of the cele-
bration which he headed.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
REBEKAiS TO HAVE ~
CHRISTMAS PARTY

Manteo Rebekah Lodge No. So
will hold its regular meeting
Monday night in the lodge hall.
The meeting will be followed by
the annual Christmas party, with
exchange of gifts among the
All members are urged
to attend. Mrs. Sue Ballowe,
Noble Grand, says those who. fail
to be present will miss a treat.
There will be an initiation of new
by the degree staff.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
BOY FLOWN TO
SEA LEVEL HOSPITAL

Sea Levels new hospital got a
patient from Ocracoke, and a
helicopter from the Air Base in
Elizabeth City may have saved
his life Monday. David Esham,
IL, suffering with ruptured APP
pendiX and his mother, Mrs.
Elisha Esham were taken from
Ocracoke in a As mile wind, by
Capt. D. B. McDermott, accom-
panied by Pat Jackson, hospital
corpsman and Billy Blake, mech
anic.
Igor ,Sikorsky, inventor of the
helicoptor is spending several
days this week at Mays Head.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
HATTERAS MEN INJURED
AS CAR OVERTURNS

Randall O'Neal and Clyde
Stowe, both of Hatteras, were in
jured Wednesday when the car
in which they were riding left the
road and overturned just south
of Wright Memorial Bridge. They
were brought to Manteo by
Patrolman R. c. Holt for first aid,
and later taken by Twiford am
bulance to the Albemarle Hos
pital, Elizabeth City. Mr.. Stowe,
driver of the car, was released
after treatment for minor injries.
Mr.. O'Neal was more seriously
injured.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
CHILDREN'S PARTY
BY MANTEO v. F. w.

A Christmas party to which all
children are invited will be
staged Thursday evening, De-
cember "a, at 7:45 by the Manteo
VFW post at the Christmas tree
in front of the VFW quarters in
Manteo. Santa Claus will be on
hand with bags for all children
attending. He will arrive on fire
truck in time to distribute
packages at eight o'clock.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-18
COMMUNITY SING

A Community Sing will be held
in Manteo at $3.50 on the evening
of Sunday, December 20, and the
public is invited to be there in
full voice. Christmas carols will
be sung on the courthouse lawn,
in front of the nativity scene
which is erected there each year
at the Christmas season.