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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29

Agency has shown a steady increase
in policyholders and amount of insur-
ance in force.
At present there are approximate
~ 100 agents in the field prepared
to service every member with any
type of insurance that may be needed.
The Farmers Union Property &
Casualty Co. has 18TH policy-hold
ers with paid premiums of $5O6,978
at the end of the third quarter. The
loss ratio is very favorable which
goes toward reduced rates of 1919 to
farmers with no reduction for nom
farmers.
Farmers Union Life Insurance
Companies have in force $6,932,41O
held by 1923 policy-holders Facili
ties for handling insurance in Mon
tana Farmers Union Mutual Fire In
surance Co. have been improved and
the Farmers Union State Insurance
Agency can now give the best serv-
ice possible to members.
There have been 1900 policies
written in the last year with pre-
miums of $4,000.
Over one million dollars in Hos
oital Insurance is in force in Mon
ana and the company is continually
improving policies.
Crop hail insurance will be avail
lble in 1855 which will make a COM
,lete coverage for the farmers needs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29
Owned Cooperutves Made Steady Growth in Past Year

Grain marketing supply service and insurance
tves all recorded increased volume during the last
cordng the seth annual convention of Mon
Farmers Union last week The made by the
conventions Committee Cooperatves, composed of Claude
Hookham Emgrant chairman Mrs. Joseph Tomano Intake
and Albert Mcleod manager of Farmers Union OIL Havre
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29

policies and lessened risks. We COM
mend them.
FOUR MACHINERY CENTERS
SET UP
In order to more properly render
service to the owners of farm
machinery, new distribution pro-
gram was inaugurated. 1t has been
evident for some time that many
of our co-ops do not have sufficient
capital, personnel or experience to
conduct a complete farm machinery
operation; therefore it was agreed
after holding series of meetings
of boards of directors, to set up at
strategic locations farm machinery
tablished at Havre, Conrad, Laurel
and Great Falls-the machinery CEN
ter in each instance is managed and
operated by the local Coop Oil Com
pany-and agreements have been
entered into between the machinery
center and the other local co-opera-
tives in the area whereby all machin-
cry sales, service and parts will be
channeled through the farm machin-
cry coop. The outlying co-ops who
bring in a prospect to the machinery
center will receive a percentage of
the margins realized by the sale of
the machinery and parts, all fl
nancing trades and service to be
furnished by the machinery center |
which relieves the local outlying COM
panies of any obligations.
Farm supply co-operatives suffer-
ed great loss in the past year with
The death of Walter Good. Walt was
a great coop builder and helped
many local oil co-operatives
md the F.U.C.E. He was one of the
original board of directors. At the
ime of his retirement he was super
,isor of Montana field service for
7.U.C.E.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29
PIPELINE is YEARS MAJOR
PROGRAM

| PROGRAM
Participating, in the new 5 mil
lion dollar pipeline from Laurel to
Glendive is the major program OF
the year The new tank farm at
Glendive where 100000 barrels of
storage is provided alone represents
S200,000.00 investment. 1t is ex-
pected products will be available
there by December LIST. During the
last part of 1866 it is anticipated
that products will also be available
at pipeline terminals at Bozeman,
Helena and Missoula.
In the production department,
thirteen wells were scheduled in
the Montana Wyoming area. of these,
six have been dry holes, four are
good producers, and three are yet to
be completed. Of major Importance
was the strike in the Big Pole Cat
field where an excellent producer
was drilled.
New services were added in the
form of warehouses at Minot and
N. D. and Fox River, Wis
consin.
Fifteen LIP. gas plants owned
and operated by F.U.C.E. had a vol
ume of 4,176,634 gallons through
June 1, 1854 which is an increase
81 $500 over the same period last
year.
A comparison of the F.U.C.E.
with rs major farm supply co-oPs
in the U.S.A. shows the Central
Exchange to be sixth in total vol
ume in dollars, first in tires and
auto accessories, first in farm ma
chinery, second in petroleum prod
ucts, and first in amount of saw
ings.
Much more could be said about
his fine record, but we may con-
lude by emphasizing that it can
nd will be improved if hundreds
f farmers who are not yet patrons
i'll be encouraged to join our ranks.
1t should be challenge to each
{ us to familiarize our neighbor {
it'll this success story. I
The number one problem of our c
is still accounts re- S
ivable and the committee urges
Try careful attention to their con- e
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29
iva EARNED
HUGE PROFIT
DURING YEAR

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-(LDNS)-
The Tennessee Valley Authority said
its power system earned net profit
of $3.50 million on an $500 million
investment in the 1854 fiscal year
ended June 80. The authority said
gross power revenues for the year
totaled $133.9 million while OPP
Grating costs were $105.1 million.
IVA has paid the United States
treasury, during the two decades it
has been in existence, return aver
aging more than per cent annually
on that part of its investment allo-
Gated to power facilities. Some of it
is paid into the treasury's general
fund and some is plowed back into
income producing property which the
treasury owns and from which the
treasury receives still further re-
turns.
1887 SITUATION
In 1897, when the Tennessee Valley
was still largely served by private
utilities, those power companies plus
IVA plus the municipal and cooper
ative distributors of IVA power paid
a total of 1914 million in taxes and
in lieu of taxes to state and local gov
ernments. In 1858, IVA and the dis
tributors of IVA power paid total
of $8,6 million to state and local gov
ernments in lieu of taxes.
While return of A per cent was
being paid to the Federal Treasury
and payments to state and local gov
ernments were being more than
doubled, the iva price advantage
saved $50 million last year alone for
1.3 million consumers-more than
four times as many consumers of
electricity as there were in the Ten
nessee Valley when IVA began.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29

kept up to date. This year new
boiler and house costing $4,000
was added; also new Ethyl plant. A
new fifty-five thousand barrel burn
er fuel tank was built as we'll as
many lesser improvements. No one
can really appreciate the magnitude
of their plant until they see it. We
invite you to visit the refinery.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29
Insurance

Your Farmers Union Insurance
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29

troll. Some companies have greatly
improved their position with new
policies and lessened risks. We COM
mend them.
Evening star., 1954-11-10

the nfSE steps Ds1
toward economic austerity to
counterbalance loss OF income
caused by lower coffee prices.
The Colombian Foreign Office
announced that the Colombian
Battalion" will be withdrawn
from Korea but that the frigate
Captain TonO" (TOH- -noh) will
stay under United Nations COM
mand.
In Lima LEE-mah), Peru,
President Manuel Odria (Mah-
noo-EL Oh-DREE-ah) has stated
that, for the first time in Pc
ruvian history, women win have
the right to vote in the 1856
presidential election.
Cuba held its own presidential
election with a single candidate.
namely Fulgencio Batista (Ful-
CHEN -cee-oh ah-TEES-t -tah) /:
The other candidate, DR.. Ramon
Grau San Martin (Rah- NOM
GROU Sam Mar-TEEN) with
drew "a hours before the elec-
ton in protest against the
arrest and persecution" of his
followers. Grau stated, eve will
go to elections when they are
free"
(All Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Word to the Wise By Mrs. f'o"t Colby

@. Is it correct to say. II see
by the paper that -?
A. The expression Is not good
usage. Also avoid, "it says in
the paper that -" Better say:
The paper states that -.
@. Please tell me how to pro-
1ounce the word PUREE.
A. Best English usage is: pew
RAY.
@. How should one pronounce
the word KOWTOW?
A. It should rhyme with "gc
now" thus: Koe-TOW.
@. / am told not to say. ''They
visited my wife and l." Why
not?
A. "They visited T.? No
They visited my wife. and they
visited me, also. Therefore
They visited my wife and NE
(Also avoid: my wife anc
myseh.").
Columbus: Why do we speal
Of buying q "pig In q poke?
A. The noun poke. an old
English form of the French
word poche. means pocket;
bag; sack" AS any farmer viii
tell you. it is pretty risky bust.
ness to buy q pig in a poke
that is to say, sight unseen.
@. In Psalm 111:9. the titls
Reverend" is used to address
the Lord. is it ever proper tt
address . mere man as "Reyer.
end?
Evening star., 1954-11-10

A. In the verse quoted, REV
erend" does not designate q
title. The wording is" -. holy
and reverend is his (the Lord's)
name" The adjective rev
erend" is simply used in the
archaic meaning Of sacred:
revered." Reverend" is not a
title: it is an adjective of respect.
Distributed by McEaught Syndicate Inc. J
Evening star., 1954-11-10

J4A0U VAN 80 ~
lillian govern
nlent may ask
for the recall
of United
States AmbaS-
sador James
s. Kenper be-
cause he pre-
dicted a. fall
in coffee
prices. Co
lonbia an
nounced that
the govern
nlent Is taking
49, A~.k e%nv.a
Evening star., 1954-11-10

Tomorrow: Make flag for Veterans Day.
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Names in The News
tAnd how to pronounce them)
By Constantine Chekrezi

In Rio de Janeiro (REE-oh
deh Zhann-AY- -roh) the news
paper Correio de MAMMA (Kor-
REH-yoh dah MAN-yah) stated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
UHF Video Station
Permits Granted

A permit for construction Of
the Washington areas first ultra
high frequency television sta
ton, to be completed early next
year, has been granted the
United BroadcaSting Co.
The grant Is the first on the
UE5F channel so and the first
issued for area use since lifting
Of the television freeze In 1852.
The UBC operates Radio Sta
tons WOOK and WFAN-FM In
Washington: WINK In Rockville:
-WARK. Hagerstown? WANT In
Richmond: VINO, Cleveland:
WSID In Baltimore, and WSID-
TV In Baltimore Essex.
Richard Eaton. UBC president
and general manager. said the
tower is to be built at Riggs
road and First place NE. as q
part of the new projects to cost
$13O,840.
The Federal Communications
Commissions action yesterday
left two allocated TV channels
still unassigned. They are Chan
mel 26, for q non-commercial
education station. and Channel
20, for which WGMS and WEAM
have applied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Foes Chalk Up Dement'S Of Bill For A. c. Report Cards

tenn formed the Parents Public
School Committee and persuaded
the county lawmakers to intro
'duce the bill.
David s. Jenkins, Anne Ariln-
del County school superintend-
emit. told the committee yester-
day the bill Is positively dam
gerous because 1t attempts 10
settle by legislation q question
professional educators are unable
to agree upon.
He said he has no reverence
for the s and N report card be-
ing tried in the county. but he
believes each county and Balti-
more city should have the right
to work out whatever grading
and reporting systems suit them
best.
The proponents of the. bill
maintained that legislative ac-
ton is their only hope.
William s. Shields. education
adviser at the Naval Academy
here and president Of the Par
ents' Public School Committee.
said his group had had "difa-
Guilty in dealing with the educa-
tional bureaucracy
"They look down their long
noses at us lay people," he de-
clared.
Edward T. Hiser, q professor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
D : s.aff cor..pond.ns i h. s,ar


ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 25.-Legis-
lation to require all Maryland
public schools to use the A. B. C.
D system Of report cards faced
rough shedding today In the State
Legislature.
The House Education Com
mittee. which Is scheduled to de-
eide on the measure tomorrow.
gave every indication it would
vote for an unfavorable report.
A majority Of the committee. in
GLIDING Chairman Perry o. VIII
kinson, Democrat, Of Prince
Georges. told reporters they
would vote against it.
About 600 persons jammed the
House chamber and its galleries
yesterday for a hearing on the
bill sponsored by the Anne
Arundel County delegation. The
bill arose from q well-organized
protest in the county to o new
Anne Arundel report card sys-
tenn being tried out this year.
The experimental card. drawn
up by q committee q rs teachers
last summer. grades children
with either an s for "satisfac-
tory" or an N for needs i'm
provement."
The opponents Of the new sys-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Palm Springs 'ExiIes' Two
Who Tried 10 Meet Ike
BY The Associated Press


PALM SPRINGS, Calf, Feb.
25.-Two men who tried to call
on President Eisenhower at his
Smoke Tree Ranch vacation re-
sort Tuesday have been ordered
to stay out Of Palm Springs for
two years.
John d. ortega, 48. q Mission
Indian, was convicted Of drunk
enness and Carl Lee Kinsey, IS,
part Indian, was found guilty Of
vagrancy In Justice Court yes
terday. Both live on the Pala
Indian Reservation south Of
here. 81
Judge Eugene E. Therieau gave
them their choice Of the exile or
serving 10 days In jail. They
chose the exile. Secret Service
agents seized them when they
drove to the ranch gate and
asked IL they could shake hands
with Ike" The Secret Service
agents found an unloaded az
caliber rifle in the back seat Of
their dusty s1936 sedan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

at the academy, said the present
Anne Arundel County reporting
system seeks ito reduce all chill
dren to one level"
1--WE believe" he said. that.
IL the schools teach the three
RS and provide teachers worthy
Of imitation. they've done their
job"
Prize witness for the parents
committee was Edward s. Lee, q
Is year old Annapolis High
School student, who said that.
when the report card is mean
ingless. school becomes mean
inglesS and the student seeks
other less desirable means Of
recognition"
DR.. jenkins and other OPP
ponents Of the bill. who came
here from all over the State.
bitterly criticized a provision Of
the bill that all Maryland school
children would have to he
graded according to "a recog-
nized standard"
Standard Course Cited.
Joseph A. Hunter Of Dundalk,
president Of the Maryland Con-
gress Of Parents and Teachers,
also pointed out that the bill
calls for q standard course Of
! study. who's going to pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Womon Reporter Edits Paper From Her Auto

room. office and mailing depart.
ment. The paper Is printed in
nearby Mocksville.
I'm not competing with any
one" she said. II just felt there
was q place for q newspaper Of
this type"
Her readers agreed. Now Mrs.
Long. who has hired . business
manager, plans to expand her
newspaper on wheels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

STATESVHLE, N. G. III
Mrs. Mary Hill Long. so. worked
for the Statesville Daily for 20
years. It was sold last spring,
leaving Mrs. Long joibless. Using
her savings only to buy stamps.
she packed her typewriter In the
back seat Of her car and started
publishing the weekly four-page
County News.
The back seat serves as news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

ask for his advice on whether
the Board Of Education has the
legal right to pass on o matter
Of report cards"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Board Seeks Legal Advice
On Report Card Action

BALTIMORE, Feb. Is. Pr
The State Board Of Education
decided yesterday to ask for
legal advice on whether 1t has
any business getting drawn into
the report card controversy in
Anne Arundel County.
Walter w. Goodhue. secre-
tary Of the Parents Public
School Committee which has
been fighting the new grade
system in Anne Arundel County,
had requested the board to hold
o public hearing on the issue.
The members voted to pass
Mr.. doodhue's letter Of request
on to the Attorney General and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

scribe that?" he asked.
1--WE must remember that this
bill would apply to Baltimore
city and all the counties" Mr..
Hunter said. Most counties are
well satisfied with their report
cards"
State school officials have said
that less than half the counties
still use the A, B, @, D report
cards. The trend, they say. is
toward less competitive grading
systems.
Evening star., 1954-06-03
Police Still ProbEg
Drowning Of Two
Young Brothers

Police today are continuing
their investigation of the drown.
ing Sunday afternoon Of two
brothers.
The bodies of Joseph Hodge,
8. and Edward F. Hodge. 4. who
lived at 1915 Twenty-eighth
street NV. were found yester-
day. floating in the water where
Rock Greek joins the Potomac
River.
Police Pvt. George M. Nelson.
of No. Z Precinct found Joseph's
body at 10:15 am. floating in
the creek behind a fallen log
that forms natural dam. Pvt.
Nelson found the other body an
hour later, 100 yards down.
stream.
Pvt. Nelson began his search
after Mrs. Josephine Hodge re-
ported her two boys missing on
Sunday night. Some Of the boys
playmates told him the brothers
had said they were going to pick
mulberries along the bank of the
creek.
Both Capt. Richard Felber.
head of the Homicide Squad. and
Assistant Coroner Dr. Richard
Rosenberg said the deaths ap-
peared to be accidental.
Evening star., 1954-06-03
By the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, June 3.-The head of
Russia's mission to Japan left
yesterday for Moscow-and per-
haps the Muscovite doghouse.
Gregory Alexandrovitch Paw
lichev was accompanied by his
wife, 10 wrestlers and wrestling
Officials" and considerable con-
fusion.
Pavlichev's chief spy, Yuri
Rostovorov, went to the United
States and spilled secrets about
Russian espionage in Asia.
Russia can't legally send any
one to get mission members who
get Moscow's dander up. Japan
says the mission is illegal.
So last January the Russians
sent small skating team and
a batch of skating officials"
Rastovorov had played on the
spy team of Lavrenty P. Beria
the late head of Russia'S secret
police. Rastovorov took one look
at those skating Officials" anc
bolted.
Russia, next sent q squad o1
wrestlers and Officials"
These officials" were in charge
yesterday when Pavlichev ar.
rived at the airport.
Evening star., 1954-06-03

he did say he had talked. among
others, with Maj. Gen. (Iron
Mike) O'Daniel. head Of the
United States Military Assistance
Mission in Indo-C China, who few
to Manila to meet the Secretary
there.
The United States originally
wanted Asiatics represented in
the military conference that
opened here today, but yielded
to Commonwealth pressure for
the five-power arrangement.
Carney Represents u. S.
Admiral Robert B. Carney,
chief of naval operations. rep
resented the United States.
Others attending included Sir
John Harding, Chief of Great
Britain's Imperial General Staff /;
Australian Chief of Staff 1t.
Gen. Sir Sidney Rowell; New
Zealand Chief of STAFF Maj. Gen
w. G. Gentry, and Gen. Jean
Valluy, French representative on
the standing group organized
here under the North Atlantic
Treaty.
President Eisenhower empha-
sized anew yesterday that the
Pentagon conversations would
involve only military matters.
Political decisions. the Presi-
dent made clear, would be up
to political leaders.
Gen. Eisenhower said that in
no manner or means has he
decided to ask Congress to au-
thorize the use of American
troops in Southeast Asia.
Evening star., 1954-06-03
Bridges
Continued From First PageO

Mr.. Broyhill proposed that the
Federal Government pay for the
whole project. Subcommittee
members, however, made it plain
during hearings that they felt
the States and the District should
be responsible at least for ap-
proacheS.
Hopes to Speed Action.
Mr.. Kearns said he hoped the
full District Committee could
take up the Jones Point bill late
next week so it could get to the
House floor by June IA, the next
day scheduled for District legis-
lation. The Senate has not yet
moved on the bridge question.
Five members of the nine-man
subcommittee showed up today
to vote for the Jones Point span
and the other four favored it in
proxy letters, Mr.. Kearns said.
The chairman indicated no fur
ther move would be made in this
session to revive the bitter CEN
trail area bridge fight. That is
sue became deadlocked when Dis
trict highway officials and the
National Capital Planning Com
mission couldn't agree on a site
The highway experts fought for
a bridge at E street NV. and
the planners insisted on an alter
nate site at Reaches Run, Va.
lone thing this has proved to
me is that these people are go
ing to have to get together be-
fore they bring their proposal up
here for us to consider" Mr..
KearnS said.
The Pennsylvania Republican,
obviously irritated by the con-
f1icting expert testimony, has
introduced a bill calling for a
joint House-Senate planning
committee" which would have
it's own planning staff to make
extensive probes of such area
disputes.
Mr.. Kearns said he hoped the
bill would BE reported by the
Rules Committee SO that a COM
mittee technical staff could be
ready to revive the downtown
bridge question in the next ses-
sion.
"I still think we have to have
one more central bridge" he
said. But if we can't agree on
Evening star., 1954-06-03

a location, we will have to tun-
mel under the river. That's the
only alternate I see."
No Action on improvements.
In addition to a Jones Point
bridge, District Engineer Com
missioner Louis w. Prentiss has
suggested extensive improve
ment to existing downtown
bridges. The Kearns subcom-
mittee took no action on this
suggestion.
During. bridge hearings early
this year, Maryland and Dis
trict officials indicated they
would be willing to build neces-
sary Jones Point approach roads.
Virginia baked at financial
participation, but officials later
said urban aid funds available
to Alexandria might be used for
more limited approaches than
were proposed by Mr.. Broyhill.
Subcommittee officials said
the Budget Bureau has not yet
taken a stand on the proposal
that the Federal Government
pay for the bridge proper.
Evening star., 1954-06-03
Five Nations Discuss
Asian Problem in
Military Parley Here
BY james {. Roper

A five-power military confer
ence convened at the Pentagon
today to discuss what might
happen If the West decides to
fight Communist armies in
Southeast Asia.
"A cluster Of generals and ad-
mirals. meeting behind closed
doors, planned to consider the
military prospects for each of a
variety of political coalitions
that might develop in the Far
East.
Gathered at the Pentagon
were representatives of the
United States. Great Britain,
France, Australia and New Zea-
land.
British Commonwealth sources
appeared optimistic that the
talks could help soothe allied
differences over the Far East
American officials, wever
didn't place much faith in the
military talks until the West
makes more political headway in
it's own ranks as well as among
the Asiatics.
Wilson Outlines Problem.
Secretary of Defense Wilson,
returning from a Far Eastern
tour, said last night that the
problems of Southeast Asia are
more political than military.
Asiatics, he said, do not have a
general recognition that Com
munist aggression is involved in
the Indo-China war.
During a three-week tour, Sec
retary Wilson visited Japan,
Korea, Formosa, Hong Kong and
the Philippines. where he con-
ferred with military leaders.
II think they (Asians) feel
that Southeast Asia is q diff
ferent proposition than East
ASIA" he said, adding "it's more
involved with the remains Of
colonialism, which also COM
plicates the problem.
Mr.. Wilson said his swing
through the Far East did not
take him to Indo-China. But