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Evening star., 1953-06-28
Two Young Bank Bandits
Grab $1,000 in Illinois
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BENSENvHLE, H., June 27.-
Two young gunmen held up the
Bensenville State Bank today
and escaped with an estimated
$4,000 In cash.
BenSenville is 20 miles north
west Of downtown Chicago.
Raymond A. Franzen, presi-
dent of the bank, said the rob-
bers, wearing sports clothing and
dark glasses. entered the bank q
few minutes before closing time.
Mr.. Franzen said about 20
employees and IS to 40 customers
were in the bank. WELDING re-
volvers. the robbers leaped over
counters and entered two teller'S
cages, where they scooped all
available cash into canvas bags.
The robbery was carried out
within seven or eight minutes
and many of the customers and
employees were unaware that q
holdup was in progress.
The robbers fed in an auto
mobile.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
Kerr Challenges
Treasury Aide on
His Bank Holdings
By 'he Asseeioted Press


DEs MONIES, June 27.-sen-
ator Kerr. Democrat. Of Okla
homa, tonight demanded to
know If Randolph Burgess. dep
uty to the Secretary Of the
Treasury. receives a pension
from and holds stock in the
National City Bank Of New York.
CMr. Burgess, through a
Treasury spokesman, quickly
answered the demand. He said
that he had disposed Of all
his National bank stock be-
fore assuming the Treasury
position. He added that he re-
tired from the bank last De-
cember 81 and receives q
pension to which he had con-
tributed. The pension, he said,
Is paid by an insurance COM
pany and is not revocable.
(Treasury officials here cited
q letter from Secretary
Humphrey, printed in the
June % Congressional Record,
in which the Treasury chief
said that Mr.. Burgess has
qualified himself in every re-
spect and has diveSted himself
of his bank stock and complied
with all provisions Of the
laW.")
Lyon Case Is Cited.
Senator Kerr. in a speech pre-
pared for a Polk County Dem
ocratic dinner, said the National
City Bank profits greatly from
the hard money policies and
higher interest rates" he said
Mr.. Burgess had helped bring
about. b..
Noting that other nominees
had been forced to sell their
stock and that President EiSen-
hower's appointment of Tom
Lyon as director of the Bureau
of Mines had been Withdrawn
after Mr.. Lyon testified he is
receiving a revocable pension
from the Anaconda Copper Min
ing Co. Senator Kerr said the
same rule should be applied to
Mr.. Burgess.
Senator Kerr said it is the
general impression" that Mr..
Burgess, appointed to a post
which does not require Senate
confirmation, draws . retire.
ment pension from and Is q
stockholder in the National City
Bank of New York"
Issues Challenge.
st challenge him to TELL" Sen
ator Kerr said, ''how much
higher the prime interest rate
collected by that bank is today
than it was on November 4 and
the first Of this year when he
resigned as an official Of that
bank to take his present i'm
portant policy-making job with
the United States Treasury"
Senator Kerr said the higher
interest rates paid by the Treas
ury on its bonds have increased
the cost Of carrying the Federal
debt but have not defeated the
cost of living despite a sharp
drop in farm prices.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
Star Spongled Banner Script
Bought for $26, ,428 as Gift

part Of his art collection. The
gallery bought it from his estate
after he died.
The manuscript is what Key
wrote in his hotel room here on
September IA. 1914. the morning
Of the defeat of the British feet
which bombarded Fort McHenry
in Baltimore harbor.
He had jotted down notes
on the back Of an envelope while
watching the battle from a boat
in the harbor, aboard which he
was a temporary British prisoner.
Key gave his four verses to
his brother-in-law. Baltimore
judge, and the judge had it
printed on q handbill and passed
it out to the celebrating residents
of the city. One Of the two re-
naming copies of the handbill
goes along with the hand-writ-
ten manuscript.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
AT Cadet Gets Death
In Staying Of Texas Girl
BY the Associated Press

VERNON. Tex, June 27.-A
West Texas jury ruled tonight
Walter Whitaker. jr., Air Force
cadet. must die for the strangling
Of Joyce Fern White.
Whitaker. 81, of Hartford,
Conn, sat impassively as the jury
decision was read. He had shown
no emotion throughout his week
long murder trial.
His parents also sat motionlesS.
The elder Whitaker bowed his
head.
Whitaker was convicted Of
murder with malice.
Whitaker led officers to a
prairie grave and dug up Joyce
Ferns body on January %.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
World Tensions Obscure
BIessings, Educators Told
= me Atsociolod Fess

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, June 27.
Americans have become So
deeply concerned about subver-
sion and dangers threatening
the world that they have lost
sight Of their blessings. 500 edu-
Gators we're told today.
I'VE have been so busy pro-
testing what We are against, that
we have paid too little attention
to what we are for" said Abram
L. Sachar. president Of Brandeis
University Waltham. Mass.
Mr.. Sachar spoke at a joint
session Of State school commits
sioners and the National Com
mission on Teacher Education
and Professional Standards.
The two groups met in ad-
vance of the annual convention
of the National Education Asso-
citation, which opens Monday.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
By the Assoeiaisd Press

BALTIMORE. June 27.-The
first complete version Francis
Scott Key wrote Of the Star
Spangled Banner was bought for
$26, ,428 today and turned over
to the Maryland Historical So
ciety as the main exhibit for q
permanent memorial to its au-
thor.
Mrs. Thomas Courtney jenkins
Of Baltimore, made the gift to
the society, in honor Of her
mother -in-law, Mrs. Catherine
Key jenkins. whose father was
Keys cousin.
The Walters Art Gallery here
has owned the manuscript since
1884, buying it then at public
auction in New York for the
same price. Henry Walters had
owned it since 1907. but not as
Evening star., 1953-06-28

Completed and installed in
one day. For 72-inch straight
one-wall plan with window up
to 80 inches wide. Same as
plan one, ex-
s:Ss.,s:,. 81 sss.s:, f. 's'! an 1895
Evening star., 1953-06-28
3 Die in Fiery Crash
As Train Hits Gas Truck

WICHITA, Kans., June 27.-
A Rock Island passenger train
smashed into gasoline trans
port truck near here today, and
the truck driver and two train
crewmen died in the fiery crash
Police said a witness told them
the transport stopped before
reaching the crossing. Then il
started ahead and the train hit
it. The truck exploded and
rolled down the track for more
than a mile.
The Diesel engine and three
baggage cars caught fire and
were damaged before the blaze
was put out. One baggage clerk
jumped from the train and was
slightly burned.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
Divorce cuse Mystery

The Mordaunt divorce case Of
80 years ago continues a mystery
in Britain. and even privileged
historians today are denied ac-
cess to the court records.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-01

and tear on tires, automobiles and motor
trucks, and loss and accidents which better
roads would help prevent.
els it too much to hope that those who
have such a vital interest in the matter
might get together and formulate fair and
well-balanced plan Of taxation which would
solve this problem-a plan which would
spread the new or increased tax equitably
over those individuals, groups and interests
which will benefit in the greatest degree
from modern highway system-a network
OF highways extending over the length and
breadth of Montana, as well as throughout
the rural areas of the state" inquiries Frank
G. Connolly, Chairman of the State High
way Commission. 81 do not believe that this
IS too much to hope for. In fact, I firmly be-
ieve that an informed and aroused public
will demand that such plan be formulated
and enacted into law"
The people of Montana have avoided fac
ing up to the road problem long enough. The
time for action is at hand. In the long run
poor roads cost the citizens more than would
be required to develop and maintain an ade-
quate farm-to-market road and primary
highway system.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-01
Price Support Plan for Beef?

increases from taking place, such as on
converted tobacco acreage of Kentucky, the
marshlands of Florida, the cornbelt, and in
some other parts of the country where di-
verted acres are seeking other uses.
Those who oppose beef cattle supports
point out that the regular full-time growers
would find comparatively little opportunity
for an increase in production. Their land is
already fully stocked, their winter-summer
feed is in balance. Their production would
remain about the same, any increase coming
primarily from better management of pres
ent facilities
Many growers have been encouraged by
the results of the meat promotion programs
that have been developed, and by the gov
eminent buying that is under way. Per
capita consumption of beef has risen sharply
this year. Beef is a perishable product and,
while price adjustments are frequently of
drastic nature, they lead to stabilized mar
kets more quickly than is usually the case
with storable commodities like grain cotton
or tobacco.
There is reason to believe that the beef
price problem may be less acute by the time
Congress gets around to doing anything
about it.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-01
Editorials

TNHERE are three major divisions of opin-
l. ion among cattle growers as to what
should be done about price supports for beef
Many of the larger operators think the
government should keep hands off and let
the problem work itself out as it has in the
past Other growers are opposed to direct
price supports but favor an extensive federal
beef purchase program in order to give the
market general support.
Still others, including few of the larger
producers, numerous smaller operators and
some who have gotten into the cattle busl-
ness in comparatively recent years on a
more or less speculative basis, feel that a
direct price support program should be put
into effect quickly.
The pros and cons of beef price support
program have been discussed at association
meetings and wherever groups OF growers
get together There are differences of opin-
ion as to whether plan could be devised
that would be workable without intolerable
restrictions and controls.
Many cattlemen feel that the long-range
dangers of a support plan would outweigh
the immediate benefits Spectators, dis
couraged now, might take new lease on
life. So would the other in-and-outers. 1t
would be difficult to prevent production
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-01
A two-price system for wheat has been

A two-price system for wheat has been
put into effect in the United Kingdom.
When the guaranteed wheat price is above
the world market quotations, the British
Ministry of Agriculture and Food will COM
pete with the foreign traders by offering
British wheat at free price. This free
price is based ON world markets but will be
agreed to weekly between the Ministry and
the domestic trade. The difference between
this price and the guaranteed price will be
paid by the taxpayers out of the treasury.
To insure maximum disposal of home grown
wheat, millers will store wheat on behalf of
the Ministry and pay the farmer the guar
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-01
Montana's Road Problem

YyHE people of Montana-all the people
u are confronted by serious road prob
lem Rather than being adequate for present
day needs, our road system is many years
behind the times. Funds that are available
are insufficient for a proper maintenance
lob on the roads that have already been
improved. New construction is too much a
hit and miss proposition with no adequate
provision for any comprehensive program.
At its monthly sessions the State High
way Commission spends most of its time lis
tening to delegations from different parts of
the state seeking action on road development
that is badly needed.
Tax revenue has never been sufficient to
match federal aid funds. Current revenues
have had to be supplemented in the past
with money from debenture bond sales so
that progress could be made with the states
primary highway system. The result is that
now 81 900 of tax revenue is required
each year in order to retire outstanding de-
benture bonds.
Other reasons for present difficulties are
the sharp increase in construction and main
tenance costs in recent years, and the change
in type and volume of traffic the roads must
carry. Roads built 20 or 80 years ago are
failing rapidly under the wear and tear of
present day travel.
Farm and ranch people, perhaps more
than any other group, realize the made
quacy of the present road system. Thou
sands of them have to travel unimproved
roads all or part of the way to market. Like
other citizens they also use the primary
highways and realize the unsatisfactory anc
frequently dangerous condition of many O.
them.
All motorists pay the cost of good roads
whether they have them or not-in wea
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-01

anteed price. After the mill processes the
wheat, he will be reimbursed on the amount
by which the free price may be below the
guaranteed price at the time.
While opposing direct price supports for
cattle, the American National Cattlemen's
Association asks for revised and enlarged
beef buying program sufficiently extensive
to materially improve present price levels.
The association criticized the government
for CD being too deliberate in starting the
buying program, (2) contracting for future
delivery, thus permitting speculation, (3)
not pressing professors to buy, az not ex-
panding its program of food rather than
dollars for foreign relief, (5) failing to spread
contract buying over all producing areas
and (6) not informing the public as to the
operation of the buying program.
A reduction of 10 per cent in federal in
come taxes is scheduled for 1854. In some
cases farmers can save money by holding
some of their products for sale after the
first of the year. In this way part of the
income would be included in the 1854 return
and would be taxed at the lower rate. On
the other hand, farmers who anticipate a
loss on some phases of their business may
be better off to sell before the end of the
year. Losses on some operations would then
tend to offset gains on others, thus reduc-
ing taxes while rates are higher.
Government purchase of surplus us.
farm commodities for disposal in foreign
countries is provided for in the Mutual Sc
curity Act of 1858. 1t is stipulated that be-
tween $100000,000 and $250,000000 of the
funds available shall be used for this pur-
pose. Nothing much has been done along
this line up to now but recent pressure from
farm organizations is bringing action. This
program will now be pushed agressively
and there are indications that the next ses-
sion of Congress may provide substantial
additional funds.
Here's what cornbelt farm paper says
about the wheat acreage allotment pro-
gram: "AcreS taken out of wheat and cot
ton may be put in feed crops. That would
be tough on corn. Congress had better patch
up the law" This illustrates the completely
of the agricultural adjustment program
What helps one agricultural region some
times complicates the problem in another
region.
It is generally understood that Secretary
Benson will recommend two-price systems
for wheat and certain other basics. But it i
now virtually certain that Congress will pa,
: little attention to these recommendation
and will provide for continued 80 per cen
supports for an ther year or two at least
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-01

December l. 1852
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-01

anteed price. After the mill processes the
wheat, he will be reimbursed on the amount
by which the free price may be below the
guaranteed price at the time.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
By Betty Miles

Every weekday morning, an
Arctic blue car pulls up in the
parking lot between the Smith
sonian Institutions turreted, red
brick administration building
and the Renaissance-i inspired
Freer Gallery. A couple emerges
and each goes to work in one of
the buildings. At days end, they
climb into their car and set of
for home.
An ideal arrangement, this, for
commuters like the John Alex
ander Popes, interested in art in
general and the Smithsonian In
stitution in particular. Art his
torian Annemarie Pope is chief
Of the institutions 112-year-old
Travelling Exhibition Service,
currently circulating more than a
dozen exhibits here and an equal
number abroad. with many in
preparation. Her husband is
assistant director of the Freer
Gallery. In their home on Reser-
voir road, Ming Chinese porce-
lain, collected by Mr.. Pope, a
specialist in Chinese art, lives
peacefully with Mrs. Pope's
paintings by the modern artist,
Paul Klee.
Mrs. Pope, a witty, green
eyed blonde who brings warmth
and vivacity 10 her job, has a
background as international as
the shows she sends around the
country and abroad. She was
born in Germany. received her
doctorate from Heidelberg and
studied in Paris and London.
She fell in love with the United
States while spending an en-
tire year travelling all over the
country. The travelling fellow
ship she received from the Elm
hirst Foundation in 1885 took
her to Mexico and Canada, too.
When I studied abroad. very
little was taught on American
art" Mrs. Pope explained. with
a trace of an accent. She learned
about museums in New York and
Boston and that was all.
But in her travels here. she
became acquainted with muse
unS and their curators in cities
large and small, an experience
she regards as invaluable for
her job today.
Museums, and Many
Even native Americans are not
aware that smaller communities
have had fine museums for years.
Mrs. Pope has found. In cities like
Colorado Springs, Manchester,
N. H. and Louisville, KY, for ex-
ample, there are most charm
ing and well-run museums. All
Evening star., 1953-05-06

graphs by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rapher Eliot Porter. will open at
the American Museum Of Natural
History in New York.
Exhibits are sent to foreign
countries under a grant from the
State Department. One abroad
currently is Mississippi Pano-
rama" consisting of 10Th CEN
tury paintings, drawings and
prints of that region. 1t includes
photographs of Louisiana plan
tations by Clarence Laughlin.
Two are travelling to schools in
Europe. One of these is on Paul
Revere, patriot and silversmith,
the other is about the city of
New York.
Mrs. Pope hopes to circulate
more and more exhibitions US
ing Smithsonian material. Some
of the work of George Catlin-the
Institution has several hundred
of his paintings-is being as
sembled and may travel abroad
as well as in this country. Shows
from the National Gallery's In
dex of American Design have
been touring the country under
the Travel Exhibition Services
auspices. Circulating now, too,
is "Art and Magic in Arnhem
Land" (Australia). with material
collected and selected by DR..
Frank M. Settler, head curator
of the Smithsonian's Department
Of Anthropology.
This summer, the Popes plan
to travel cross country with Mr..
Pope's two children. They toured
the Middle East and Europe in
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Via Travel Exhibition Service
Mrs. Pope Puts Smithsonian
Shows on the Road

up and down the West Coast,
every little town has museum
and they all educate" she added.
II want our exhibits to edu-
cate, too-that's why the Smith
Sonian was founded, you know. I
believe we can do things for
smaller museums they can't do
for themselves. Their directors
can't go to Europe every year,
for example, as persons associ-
ated with larger ones can, to find
shows they would like to exhibit
here"
The Travelling Exhibition Serv-
ice makes it possible for them to
have these exhibits. Mrs. Pope's
f1rst-hand knowledge of the size
and capacity of the various mu-
Seums helps her to place them
effectively.
The service was set up by Mrs.
Pope in September, 1851. under
the National Collection of Fine
Arts. directed by Thomas Beggs.
It is partially, financed by
the Alice Pike Barney Fund.
established in January of the
same year.
In order to operate as eco
nomically as possible, exhibits
are often routed regionally. II
couldn't live without a map"
Mrs. Pope exclaimed. She is
enthusiastic about all of the
shows, but admits that her IA
vorite was the first big exhibition,
that of 176 French drawings
which opened at the National
Gallery of Art here last Novem-
ber.
At the Smithsonian's invita-
ton, the British government
sent the Design from Britain"
show, seen at the Corcoran Gal
lery in April. Contemporary
Swiss paintings sponsored by the
Swiss government and shown
here at the Corcoran and con-
temporary Cuban paintings first
presented at the Pan American
Union also have been circular
lied
Sending a Science
Circularizing is a science in
itself. The exhibits are pack
aged'-catalogues, lists of slides,
book lists, press releases and pic
lures accompany each one. Pack
ing instructions go along with
each exhibit, too, with the result
that the breakage has been prac-
tically nil. Each picture is placed
in a certain slot in a specially
constructed box and when ce-
ramics are involved, each piece
is packed in a separate box,
which in turn is packed in a
larger one. Testimony to the
success Of the system and to the
cooperation received from mu-
seums is the fact that of the 176
drawings in the French exhibit.
all under glass and framed, not
one was damaged.
The variety of the shows is
endless. An exhibition of chill
dren's books from so countries,
presented in cooperation with
the DepartmentTof State and the
American Asseciati0M1of Univer-
sity Women. was % popular it
had to be broken into two sec
tions for simultaneous circulation.
Next October, Birds in Color. "
handsome, action filled photo
Evening star., 1953-05-06
AIunnoe Benefit

A combination tea and fashion
show for the. benefit of the
Golden Jubilee Fund of the Col
lege Of New Rochelle will be
held at 2 pm. Saturday at st.
Matthew'S Cathedral Club, 1914
N street NV.
The benefit will be under the
sponsorship of the Washington
Chapter Of the College of New
Rochelle Alumnae Association.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Officers Nuned

Miss Georgeanna Meuth will
head the Washington Area
Chapter of the Randolph
Macon Woman's College Alum
nae for the coming year.
Other officers are Mrs. Thad-
deus A. Lindner, vice president,
Mrs. M. w. Blankinship. secre-
tary. and Mrs. Philip w. Barn
hart. treasurer.
Named as counsellors were
Miss Marion Magruder, Mrs.
Robert H. Davidson. jr.. the re-
firing president, and Miss Mari
lyn Meuth. sister of the new
president.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
To Address Council

Robert L. Green, public rela-
tions counselor and theater critic
for WGMS, will address the Mo-
ton Picture and Television
Council at a meeting at 10:45
am. Friday at 819 Sixteenth
street NV. His topic will be
Motion Picture Criticism" IL
Gerson Nordlinger, jr., pro-
gram chairman, will introduce
the speaker and Mrs. Virginia
Rollwage Collier, president. will
preside.
Evening star., 1953-05-06

1850, visiting museums there. of
course.
This time, though. "It is def
nitely a scenic trip" Mrs. Pope
declared. 1T won't be a study
Evening star., 1953-05-06

trip in the first place as my other
trips have been.
I'll visit some museums,
though" she added.
1T wouldn't be natural not to"