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Evening star., 1953-04-13

to Have a Plumber Around
the House" Soloist Arthur
Pierce and Bill Raymond won
considerable applause as usual,
and Secretary Wilson's shoul-
ders shook with laughter when
he heard himself portrayed as
singing, Brother, Can You
Spare a Dime?" Mrs. Wilson
hummed to herself Anywhere
I Wander" as Marshall Mcneil
sang it in the role of Adlai
Stevenson.
The Eisenhowers left imme-
diately after the hour-long
performance while others
stayed to sample the bar and
buffet. There was Secretary of
Interior Mckay, Mutual Sc
curity Director and Mrs. Stas-
sen, Senator and Mrs. Lyndon
Johnson-the Senator receiv-
ing much praise for his speech
of the evening before; House
Majority Leader and Mrs. Hal
leck, Senator and Mrs. Homer
Ferguson, House Whip Leslie
Arends, Mrs. Harry Woodring,
the Gould Lincolns, Marian
Henle in a smart navy and
white polka dot outfit; Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel H. Kaufman,
Legal Adviser to the State De-
partment and Mrs. Herman
Phleger. Edith Gaylord and
Ted Koop, Senator and Mrs.
Stuart Symington. Senator
Prescott Bush, Chinese Ambas-
Sador and Nine. Koo, the WAL
ter Ridders and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Lincoln O'Brien. Mr..
O'Brien has been a Gridiron
member since 1899.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Ensign Baker
To Take Bride

Announcement is made by Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur w. Rueckert OF
Dunkirk, NY, of the engage
ment of their daughter, Nancy
Jane. to Ensign John Hardee
Baker, U. S. N. r., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie S. Baker OF
Arlington.
Miss Rueckert is an alumna OF
Mount Holyoke College and is
now associated with the New
York Life Insurance Co. at their
main Office in New York City,
Ensign Baker has been as
signed to the U. S. S. Rizzi since
he received his commission at the
Newport, R. I. Naval Training
Station a year ago. He is a
graduate of Amherst College
where he was president of Theta
XII fraternity.
A fall wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1953-04-13

Andrew Snow with Mrs. Bob
Humphrey, the Robert LIE
Barons and the Sam Beaches.
French Minister of Defense
Rene Pleven arrived with
French Ambassador and Nine.
Bonnet. He had also attended
the dinner the night before.
Did he think the show that
poked fun at the men who are
in power was a good example
of democracy? The tall. Smil-
ing Frenchman answered that
he thought it was a good ex-
ample of "a, witty democracy"
Without wit does democracy
become totalitarian, the Min
lister was then asked. "No,
boring" was his quick reply.
He arrived an hour before the
dinner Saturday and he will
leave here tomorrow for the
University Of South Carolina
where he will receive an hon.
orary doctor of laws degree.
Cabinet Members Arrive
Secretary of Defense and
Mrs. Wilson brought their son
Edwin who flew here for the
week end to talk farm" he
said, with his father. The Sec
retary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Humphrey, the Attorney
General and Mrs. Brownell and
the Postmaster General Arthur
Summerfield and his pretty
wife were there too. The Will
sons. Summerfields and Kyes
were all going on afterwards
to the Columbia Country Club
to an 8 o'clock supper that
Gridironer Martin Hayden and
his wife gave.
Some guests took time for a
cocktail before going into the
Presidential room where the
show was to be held. Others
went in Immediately upon ar
rival in order to find a good
seat. BY 6 o'clock the entire
company had vacated the Con-
gressional Room and were
awaiting the arrival of the
Presidential party-the signal
for the opening of the show.
Vice President and Mrs.
Nixon came in first, escorted
by Mr.. Paul Wooton, Mrs.
Nixon in a black lace and
marquisette dress and hat of
pale pink petals.
1t. Col. William F. Santel-
mann, leader of the Marine
Band and Gridiron musical di-
rector. struck up the opening
bars of Hail to the Chief"
and the Presidential party was
within the room.
Gen. Eisenhower looked
handsome, suntanned and fit
in his natty navy blue suit.
Mrs. Eisenhower was beauti-
fully turned out as usual in a
midnight blue taffeta dress
topped by a silverblue mink
stole and small white hat.
Their daughter -in-law, Mrs.
John Eisenhower, was also
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Mr.. Weakly Host

A brunch was given yesterday
in honor of the Cherry Blossom
Queen and Cherry Blossom en-
trants along with their escorts.
Host at the occasion was Mr..
Frank E. Weakly, General Chair
man of the Cherry Blossom Fes-
tival Committee and President
of the Carlton Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
Exclusively Yours--- BETTY '=>-z

President Eisenhower regis
tered everything from audible
laughter to Thoughtful solem-
nifty at last evenings repeat
performance of the Gridiron
Clubs songs and skitS of Sat-
urday night. Mrs. Eisenhower
chuckled as much or more at
the goodnatured roasting her
husband and his cabinet re-
ceived.
The President doubled over
with laughter when funny club
member Dwight Rorer imper-
Sonating Herbert Hoover sang,
This Amt the Army, Mr.. Ike!
You've had your own way in
things before, but you won't
have it now any more"
But come the final number
when George Myers portray
ing Senator Alexander Wiley
sang with the Gridiron chorus,
I'VE believe that freedom,
peace and dignity are mans
estate, We believe that truth
and light and confidence will
Danish hate" the Chief Execu-
tive listened with an express
sion Of serious interest-appar-
emily taking in the full mes
sage being aimed at him by
the nations top journalists.
The seven or eight hundred
guests who received the COW
eted invitations to this recep-
ton that regularly takes place
the day after one of the Grid
iron Clubs famous white tie,
stag dinners, relished the songs
as much as the President. The
onlookers get a big kick out
Of the ribbing club members
give the Government leaders
whom they cover daily on the
Washington scene.
The to 8 party at the Stat
Ter Hotel started on the dot of
time when Gridiron President
Duke Shoop and his wife and
Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall Mcneil took their places
in the receiving line.
At least 200 persons had al
ready lined up outside the door
to the Congressional Room be-
fore the opening hour. They
rapidly passed through the line
headed by the Washington bu-
reau chief of the Kansas City
Star whose jovial and popular
boss, Roy Roberts, joined him
for a while before the line
finally broke up.
HolI and Hogerty Attend
Among the first to go
through were new Republican
Chairman and Mrs. Leonard
Hall who were quickly sur
rounded by congratulating
friends; the Presidents Press
Secretary and his wife-the
likeable Jim Hagertys; United
States Treasurer Ivy Priest,
Deputy Secretary of Defense
and Mrs. Roger Kyes. Erwin
Canham, editor of the Chris
tian Science Monitor. and his
wife: Miss Bertha Adkins. as
sistant chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee:
Fleur and Mike CoWles, Mrs.
Evening star., 1953-04-13
ENGAGEMENT

Mrs. Vincent B. johnson of
McKeesport, Pa, announces the
engagement of her sister, Miss
Lillian V. Bergius, to Mr.. Bertil
G. SwenSon.
The bride-elect is with the Of
flee of Protective Services, De-
partment of State. Mr.. Swenson
is associated with the Joseph
LaRonge Real Estate Co. in
Cleveland.
Evening star., 1953-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hinman
Partridge of Akron, Ohio, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Marguerite West, to
Mr.. Robert Eugene Higgin. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Colin Higgin of Marshalltown,
Iowa.
Miss Partridge is a graduate Of
Wellesley and the School Of
Library Science of Western Re-
serve University. She is a men,
ber of the Junior League Of
Akron. Her fiance was graduated
from the University of Iowa and
during the last war, he served in
the Naval Air Corps and the
Army Air Force.
The wedding is planned for
early June.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-02-01
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Il Short Story
Bv ERWIN d. STEPHENS

looking across the fields at the heat
waves sucking the life out of the
prettiest crop we ever had. knew
she was counting big on that crops
paying us out of debt and getting
her a new washing machine. She
had even limited about bicycle for
me by Christmas.
What fretted Ma so was to see all
her hopes go aglimmerin' and moth
ing she could do about it. Every
morning first thing she would go
out and look and listen for signs of
rain. If she heard a mourning dove
cooling or a rain crow calling way
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-02-01

MIA WAS peeved with Pa. She
Nl was worried sick about the
dry weather and the crops. Pa just
took it all as a matter of course, as
usual.
It was the middle of July and not
a drop of rain had fallen in over
five weeks. Every day the sun
blazed out of blue-white sky until
the plowed land was fluffy as ashes.
The corn blades twisted into slender
rolls of green. Indian Branch had
dried to a trickle between the min
now pools.
Time after time Ma would stand
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-02-01

was worrying about the debt and
the washing machine.
WE WENT back to hoeing, but
kept thinking about them rain
frogs. 1t was hotter than ever. The
dust logged up and caked on our
wet faces and clothes. could feel
the sweat trickling down my back
and thighs. We settled down to
work and hoed up and down the
field without speaking. About the
middle of the afternoon we stopped
to cool a minute in the shade. 7
saw Pa peering toward the west.
There, low down near the pine
tops, was tiny speck of cloud.
might be a cloud in the making"
said Pa. We went back to work.
Every time 1 looked up, the cloud
was getting bigger and bigger. We
hoed few more rows and then I
felt GOODNESS, as a shadow crept
over the field.
A deep cloud piled up in the sky,
covering the sun. Low down it was
black as the chimney back, with
grey holsters of clouds sweeping up
under. could hear low rumblings
as light breeze sprang up.
"'Spec' we better get in, boy"
said Pa. Looks like we gonna get
gully washer. Hear that roaring
way back yonder?"
I could smell the rain as a few
big drops spattered the dust. We
got sprinkling before we ran up
on the porch where Ma was wait
ing, all smiles now.
Inside, Pa pulled a chair up to the
window and sat looking out, not
saying a word. I wondered if he
was pouting because one of Mas
signs hit right for the weather.
THE RAIN roared on the roof, and
I could see the corn leaves waving
in the wind. Ma picked up her sew
ing. began thumbing through a
farm magazine.
After awhile, Pa stirred restlessly.
I looked out. Water was gushing
across the yard in muddy streams,
and I could see the terraces stand
ing level with water in the fields
below the house.
The thunder rumbled far over in
the east now. The sky was smooth
grey-black and the rain kept pour
ing.
''This rain will save many farm
in Spring Hill community said Ma
Pa didn't answer. He just KEEP
squirming in his chair and peerine
outside. Finally he went out on the
porch and looked around. He came
. back, put on his raincoat, and wen
> out again.
t / saw him go across the yard t.
the edge of the field and on down
. the hedgerow. I turned back to tn
magazine and looked at the picture
q until the roar of the rain faded il
p the distance.
"Where you reckon your Pa wen
e proging?" said Ma.
: ITO see about the terraces,
reckon. They were flooding"
/. wasn't no need of his getting
e soaking. Can't do nothing until tn
r water runs off," said Ma.
d WE WENT OUT. The clouds ha
S. broken and the sun was splashin
/, red against the sky above the pine
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-02-01

in all holp up.
maybe it'll come today" she
would say hopefully.
Signs is the Devils work,
P'scilla," said Pa, shaking his head.
s'What is to be will be, and there
amt no good in fretting. The good
Lord will send the rain according to
his plan"
That was what riled Ma so with
Pa. She wanted him to encourage
her hopes with talk, but Pa was not
a talkative man. He kept right on
working the crops long after the
neighbors had quit theirs, waiting
for rain.
WE WE'RE HOEING the corn for
the last time, knocking out a bunch
of crabgrass here and there. The
loose dirt in the middles was like
an ash bank, scorching to my bare
feet. I kept looking up for clouds,
but Pa kept his eyes on what he was
doing, up and down the long rows.
About the middle of the morning
I saw Ma coming down the hedge
row with jug of water for US. Old
Spot tagged along behind and sat
down to pant in the shade of
tree, while Ma came up the row
to US.
Ma looked across the parched
cornfield while Pa elbowed the jug
up to drink.
'I heard some tree frogs hollering
down by the spring." she said.
They're powerful good signs for
rain"
Pa took few more swallows and
then handed me the jug.
Cali signs fail in dry weather."
he said. "Only the good Lord knows
when it'll rain, and it's not for US
to question His plan" He went back
to hoeing.
| Mas lips trembled, but she didn't
say anything. 1 wished Pa could
have encouraged her little. Most
everybody knows rain frogs aholler-
in is sure sign of rain.
Ma poured the water out of the
jug and went off without a word
Old Spot set up barking at the
hedgerow, and Ma peered through
the dogfennel at him.
"Come here, Glenn" she called
tits the biggest copper-bellied moe
casin you most ever saw
The snake was all quirled up il
the weeds and aforkin' his tongu
at Spot. Pa called Spot and told m
to hold him. Then he came dow
hard with the blade of the hoe
There was thrashing in the dog
fennel. Spot jerked loose and joine
in the fracas.
PA PULLED the twitching snak
out straight to measure it. ''They'r
powerful pizen, Son." he said. Don
ever fool with one"
Hang him on the limb" said M;
''Why, Map" asked.
"Old folks used to say hang
snake on limb and it'll rain befor
shutdown"
1--WE amt called on to interior
In the Lords plans" said Pa so
: emily.
"Why, Glenn Padgett," said M
her voice hard and bitter. ''You1
preached it at prayer meeting ev,
since we been married that the Lol
helps them that helps themselve
I don't believe you want it to raj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
More Comfort Wearing
FALSE Teeth

Here is a pleasant way to overcome
loose plate discomfort. FASTEETH. an
improved powder, sprinkled on upper and
lower plates holds them firmer so that
they feel more comfortable. No gummy.
Eooey. pasty taste or feeling. It's aka
line (non-acidl. Does not sour Checks
plate odor" tdenture breath) Get
FASTEETH today at any drug store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
BY the Associatsd Press

KODIAK, Alaska. Feb. TO-
Famed Mount Katmai on the
Alaska Peninsula. quiet for Al
years. blew its celebrated top late
yesterday in a major eruption
that sent a column of smoke
towering 10000 feet into the air
and started filling nearby valleys
with ash.
Military flyers who flew near
the 7,250-foot volcano said it
still was belching fire and smoke
last night.
Mount Katmai'S last big ram
page in 1912 covered Kodiak
Island, 10 miles to the south
east, with two feet of ash and
deposited 500 feet of ashes in
the Valley of 10000 Smokes close
by. The towns of Katmai, on
the peninsula, and Kodiak had
to be evacuated.
But Kodiak residents were re-
assured last night by frequent
bulletins from the Navy base
here there was no danger from
the new eruption. The Kodiak
civil defense organization was
alerted. however, for possible
emergency duty.
Navy and Air Force planes
both skirted the volcano after it
blew up yesterday at 4 pm. %
pm. EST. The Air Force pilot
reported that so minutes after
the eruption the pillar of smoke
had reached 10000 feet. The
Navy flyer radioed that ashes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Clark King Also Asks
Curb on Bottle Clubs

Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark F. King last night Joined
Commissioner F. Joseph Dom
ohue and other District officials
in a plea to Congress to restrict
bottle clubs.
Mr.. King, who appeared on
the District Roundtable over
station WWDC. also declared
that a relaxation in the ABC
regulations prescribing the hours
of bars and restaurants would
make it less profitable to run
illegal clubs.
Mr.. King. who recently an
nounced he would summon to
court all patrons found in an
after-hours club when raided by
police, declared that most of
them ARE not really clubs"
"They are commercial estab-
lishments operated by men for
a profit and by persons not
morally qualified to obtain an
ABC license" the prosecutor
said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
PAT Wards Coach
Is Called 10 Testify
In JeIke Vice Trial
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 16. A
worldly-wise blond who allegedly
coached Minot F. Mickey
Jelke's girl friend how to act
the part of a prostitute was
called to the witness stand today
to testify in Jelke's trial on
charges of procuring.
The trim, 31-year-old divorce,
Barbara Harmon, her eyes flash
ing resentment, scorned report
ers' questions as she was led into
locked courtroom.
Prosecutors have described her
as the woman who taught Pat
Ward "how to act and what to
say" as a high-priced call girl,
after Miss Ward was allegedly
forced into the profession by
Jelke.
Miss Harmon, a one time tele-
vision bit player, strobe mutely
through the crowd of neWsmen.
Ruling on Ban Near.
Meanwhile, an aide to State
Supreme Justice Benjamin F.
Schrieber said it may be late
afternoon before the judge rules
on petition to lift the ban on
press coverage of the trial.
Five newspapers, two wire
services and a feature syndicate
are pressing the action, protest.
ing the order by General Sessions
Judge Francis L. Valente exclud-
ing press and public.
In still another phase of the
sensational case, another judge
postponed decision on a request
to reduce the $45, 900 bail of Ray
Russell Davioni, a time press
agent.
Like Jelke, he is accused of
Turing girls into prostitution, ped
ding their charms in cafe So
ciety, and living off the earnings
of prostitution. He also is &C
cused of conspiring with Jelke.
The bail reduction was sought
on grounds that the State has
delayed overly long in prosecut-
ing its case against him.
Both Are Accused.
The State claims that both
he and Jelke convinced Miss
Ward she should sell her love to
help the 23-year-old Jelke finan-
cially until he comes into in
herited wealth when he is IS.
He is the heir to an oleomar-
garine fortune, and son of q
socially registered family.
Before Miss Harmon was
called to the stand. Elmer F..
Deubler, 60-year-old employee of
the Bankers Trust Co., testified
at the closed trial for an hour.
AS he left, he told reporters
he had identified" some checks.
The State claims some of the
checks Miss Ward received in
payment as a prostitute were
jointly Endorsed by both her and
Jelke for caShing.
Miss Ward, 10, one of three
women Jelke is accused of fore
ing into prostitution, ended q
week on the witness stand FRI
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Lincoln Could Meet Issues
OF Today, Barley Says
BY the Associated Press

Former Vice President Alben
w. Barley said yesterday that
if Abraham Lincoln were alive
now he would meet current
problems as we'll as he did those
of his own day.
Mr.. Barley, in the third Of
his folksy NBC television inter-
views, Meet the Weep" said:
In view OF Lincoln's char
acter, patience. tolerance and
deep understanding of people
and of issues. I believe he would
meet the challenge Of our day
no less than he met the chal-
lenge of his own day."
Lincoln, the former Vice Presi-
dent said, faced the challenge
of physical slavery.
To-day we are confronted
with the threat to shackle not
only our bodies but our minds.
spirits and hearts," said Mr..
Barley.
Lincoln's example, he added,
should provide inspiration to
face the modern worldwide issue
of freedom versus slavery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Bill for Another Judge
In Virginia Opposed
ey he Assoeiated Press

A pending Senate bill for an
additional Federal Judge for Vir-
ginia is opposed by a Virginia
House member.
Representative Poff, Republi-
can, of Virginia, said he is
against the proposal because the
bill would provide that the next
vacancy occurring in the West
ern Virginia district would not
be filled.
He said the bill provides that
the proposed new judge, who
would reside in Norfolk, would
serve both the eastern and
western districts after such
vacancy occurs.
This would mean," Mr.. Poff
said, "that the western half of
the State would be served by
only one Federal judge, because
as practical matter, a judge
residing in Norfolk would rarely
find time to visit the courts of
the western half of the State"
He emphasized that he is not
opposed to an additional judge
for Eastern Virginia provided
the work there justifles it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Auto and 26 Keys Stolen
From Used-Car LOT

A thief took an almost new
automobile and 26 sets of igni-
ton keys, police said yesterday,
from a used car lot at 5000
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, owned
by Representative Frank Small,
jr., Republican, of Maryland.
A salesman, Byrce Morgan,
reported a window in a small
Office on the car lot had been
forced and the keys taken. The
culprit then evidently tried the
keys until he found pair that
fitted q 1852 light green Ford
sedan.
In case the auto proves I'M
satisfactory. the thief took along
all 26 keys which Mr.. Morgan
told police fit the remaining
autos on Mr.. Small's lot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Second Bomb Damages 81. Louis Mans propehy

and more than so windows were
shattered.
The bomb exploded on q win
dow sill.
Mr.. Callahan and his brother.
Lawrence Callahan, head Of the
AFL Steamfitters' Local $50, said
they knew of no reason for the
bombing. The ex-sheriff recently
was named director of the locals
educational and welfare fund by
his brother, a $150-a-week job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Mount Kotmoiin AIoskoErupts
After Being Quiet III Years

were filling valleys near the
angry peak.
The eruption had been pre-
dicted by the Rev. Bernard Hub
bard, Alaska expert known as the
Glacier Priest" who said three
years ago the pattern of volcanic
activity along the Aleutian
Island chain pointed to a big
blow-up by Katmai in 1858.
The volcano, in the Aleutian
range, is in the Mount Katmai
National Monument. a park set
aside in 1919 by the late Presi-
dent Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
BY the Assesiussd Press

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16.-The Of
fee building of Thomas F. Gala
han. Democratic political leader
and former st. Louis sheriff, was
bombed last night. 10 days after
his home was damaged by a SINH
lar blast.
The explosion of a crude bomb
apparently made of heavy metal
pipe and black powder ripped a
hole in the brick wall of the
building. Furniture was wrecked
Kodiak mirror., 1953-08-01
Monkey Bus At Q D17 u1s The fss

Cary Grant. Ginger F,ogers. Marilyn Monroe anc c rles goburn fo m the comedy quar- 5et to be seen starring to- morrow at the Orpheum Thea tre. The picture is also show ing Monday
 Monkey Business is the title of the finn. The story ravolves arounl a reses rch oh mist's discovery of a raversion,to- youth formula. Tho Igl he be- gins experimenting on the playful chimps the scientist soon gives way to the tempta- tion of trying the magic potion on himself.
 Tuesday and Wednesday the film is Clash By Night with Barbara Stanwyck. Paul Doug- las, Robert Ryan and Marilyn Monroe. The story is filled with emotion and drama.
 Thursday, and for one day only, is The Sellout. It has a fine cast including Waiter Pid- geon, John Kodiak, Audrey Trotter and Paula Raymond.
 Friday and Saturday is a double feature and the show times have been changed to 6:45 and 9:05. One show is The Forbidden Land and the other Is Talk About A Stranger.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-08-01
NOTICE

The Informal Group of Christian Scientists meet for Sunday services in the main floor of the Bank Building every Sunday at Il am.
 Sunday School is held at the same hour.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-08-01
sify fseaiii1 OMc.r Says Water OK.

Although the city wa CT cur rently looks bad, smells bad and tastes bad. there is noth- ing in it that is injurious to health, Dr A. Holmes John- son, city health officer, said
Kodiak mirror., 1953-08-01

tnfS @eeh. ...-. l..
 We have a new water sys tenn and there is a lot of vege tation in it, 7 he tx olained, "but it is being properly ch'or mated and is being tested re. . ularly," :" he emphasized.