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Homer news., 1954-12-23

Fa5G Ut Mr. Ande rson ras willing to hol ae land until such time as it could | lrchased. Virgo Anderson considere lis bona fido inquiry and on Nay 4 353, wrote the follow ing letter:
 Box no
 Homer Alaska
 Nay 4, 1853 Kcnai Public Utility Board Konai Public Utility Dis trict No. Home r, Alaska
 Gent lemen:
 It Ia s been bro ught to my attent ion by Ar. Harry Greg ire, 5ecre tary- Ire asurer of the Uti lity Board, that the Board is interested in the pur cha SC of thr % acres of land Tfl ch adjoins tho one acre Of land whi oh I have donated as community hos tai site. The land ir que sti on is all sur- veyed and usable, represent ing some Ol LuG CLIO 1CG LaQQ OH Gl1S HCAlS- stead; however, since 1t is to be used for the We1far Of the conmun- ity, I of fer the three acres to you for six hundred dollara l$6O0.0O) per acre. If you deci do to purchase this land and mako public announce mont to that effect, would like it enphasi god that my land is not for alo to the general public be- cause I do not vi sh to be "houndod" by people desiring to buy land at the s eme pri @ that an offering the Utility Board.
 Please feel free to contact me at any time for any fur the r informa- tion you may desire. I also wi sh to point out that I will be go ing ii shing within approxima tely three weeks. It would be advis able to complete these negott ati ons before that time.
Homer news., 1954-12-23


 Later it vas decided that the Heal lth Center pro ject would be our first at.- tempt at community betternent, and a meet ing of the PUD Board and he Horer Health Council was arranged to disu ss the hospital, prior to which Virgo And-- arson wrote the following letter for present ti on at this meeting:
 Box 11O
 Homer. Alaska
 February l2, 1853 Kenai Public Utility District No. l Homer, Al as ka Gent lemen:
 In the fall of 1850, the Homer Cham Der of Comne rec inaugurated cam-- paign to raj SC funds for the pur- pose of bui 1ding hospit al in Ho- mer. At this time several loca- ti ons were offered or the building site, and an attempt was made to carry out a community sur rvey to de- termine the most desi rable site. As a result, a committee from the Chamber visi ted tho pro spe ct i've sit es ard the gene ral concensus of opinion vas that the 1ocati On on my hone stead was preferreds Ther efore, offered to give one acre of land as the hospit al sit e-~--the Chamber asking that one ad joining acre be also set aside for fu ture purcha SC by them. To tn is I agreed It is, of @ urse, a known ia ct tn at the amber of Conner ce has dropped this pro je ct, and that a co immunity hosp ital is mW in the hands of inc Public Utility District. Since it [ was not my int enti on to donate land to the hamber, as su oh, but rather to the community for q hosp it al site, I wish at tn is time to of fer again this acre of land for tn is purpose. The and In question is surveyed, and I an prepared to give a deed to this land to the Public Utility District, the only stipula- tion being that 1t must be US ed a a hosp it al site.
 I invite the Utility Board or q hosnita1 c0nrni tt:aa to inSDe ct this
Homer news., 1954-12-23

land or comnni cate with ne further about th is natter
 Sincerely yours,
 tsigned) Virgo :. Anderson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Robert Gabriel, Operated
La Sale Du Bots Here

Robert Gabriel, so, who
opened the La Sale Du Bots
Restaurant here in 1941 and
sold the business last year. died
yesterday at Eure, France, ac-
cording to word received here by
friends.
He had been visiting in
France since October. His
home was at 1854 Chevy Chase
boulevard. Chevy Chase, Md.
Mr.. Gabriel came to New York
City from his native France in
1918. He formerly operated the
La Fourchette Restaurant and
two La Sale Du Bots Restau-
rants in New York before he
came to Washington in 1941 and
established his restaurant at
1900 M street NV.
A golfing enthusiast, Mr..
Gabriel was member of the
Confessional Country Club, the
Washington Gourmet Society
and the ChevalierS du Tastevin
Survivors are his wife Dorothy
who was with him in France
a sister, Mrs. Mathild Berangel
of Bonnie, Cote dor, France
and a brother, Albert Henry
Gabriel, 1915 M street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
D. {. Man in Race
For Seat in Senate

A Washington attorney, once
active in Nebraska politics, is a
Republican candidate for the
short-term Senate nomination
from that State.
Friends placed on the ballot
the name of H. Malcolm Bald
ridge, 2101 Connecticut avenue
NV, a former Republican Rep
resentative from Nebraska.
In his home State, Mr..
Baldridge served as a deputy
county attorney. a member of
the State Legislature, and chair
man of the county Republican
committee. He also was a dele
gate to two Republican national
conventions. For the past 10
years, he has lived in Washing
ton, but has maintained his legal
residence in Nebraska.
The short-term election was
made necessary by the death Of
Senator Griswold, and the win
ner will serve from late Novem-
Der through December. when
Congress probably will not be in
session.
Senator Eva Bowring. who was
appointed to Senator GriSWold'S
seat until the coming election,
said today she will not be a
candidate for the short term
on the Republican ticket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Mrs. Benjamin Rich,
Jewish Civic Worker

Mrs. Benjamin Rich. 81, who
was active in Jewish civic affairs,
died Monday at Doctors Hospital
of a heart ailment. She lived at
the Brandywine Apartments,
4545 Connecticut avenue NV.
The former Rose Plotnick,
Mrs. Rich was born in Balti-
more. She came to Washington
80 years ago from Lakewood,
N. j.
She was a member of the
board of the Hebrew Home for
the Aged Ladies Auxiliary
HadasSah. B'nai Birth Argo
Lodge. Jewish Consumptive Re-
lief Society, Progress Club Wom-
ems Auxiliary and Eastern Star
Temple Chapter.
Surviving are her husband
in the drug and hotel business; a
son, Irwin, 1913 Roswell drive
Silver Spring: a daughter, Mrs
Ann Schaffer, 1901 Argonne
place NV. and four grandchil-
dren, Norman and Donald Rich
and Robert and Joan Schaffer.
Services will be at 1920 am
tomorrow at Danzansky's funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Adas
Israel Synagogue Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30

thermidor and had demonstrated
his cooking ability on several
television shows here. But at his
home at Is Hamilton street
NV. he never went into the
kitchen. He liked his wife'S cook
ing.
His brother, Michael, is maitre
d. hotel at the Hamilton.
Mr.. Pugliese was a member Of
the Epicurean Club.
Besides Michael, who lives at
1902 Fifteenth avenue. Langley
Park, Md, he is survived by his
widow, Evelyn; two daughters,
Mary. of the home; Mrs. June
Andrews, Is Gallatin street NE:
two other brothers, Peter, of
Nyack, N. Y, a lawyer for RKO
pictures; James, of Wheaton,
Md, an airplane designer; five
sisters, Mrs. Lillian Trapletti,
Altoona, Pa; Mrs. Theresa
Truhzo, Niagara Falls, NY; Mrs.
Margaret Bocek and Mrs. Betty
Marconi. both of Silver Spring,
Md; Mrs. Clara BUTLER, $3.50
First street NV, and a grand
son.
Services were today at st.
Gabriel'S Catholic Church, with
burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Veteran Of 6 Army Campaigns
ToBe Buried in SIdnting Tomb

No one seems to know why
Sergt. Frank Grove left inStruc-
tons to be buried in q slanting
tomb and packed in cement.
But tomorrow. in Onarga. ILL.,.
his burial instructions will be
carried out as he requested.
The war veteran, who once
appeared in Believe It or Not"
because he fought in six cam
paignS during his SO years. had
lived at Soldiers Home in Wash
ington for about 10 years. He
died Monday at Walter Reed
Hospital.
Set at 45-Degree Angle.
A decade ago in Onarga he
built a tomb standing at a As
degree angle. He often showed
the tomb with pride to his
friends, but none of the elderly
Onarga. residents recall why he
built it on an angle.
Elmer Natterstad, Onarga
mortician, said he had been
instructed to remove the body
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Mrs. F. ). Jackson,
Catholic Worker

Mrs. Frederick S. Jackson, &C.,
active in Catholic affairs in
Alexandria for many years, died
yesterday at her home, 10 Cedar
street, Alexandria, Va.
A lifelong Alexandria resident,
she was the former Marie T..
Fannon. She was graduated from
st. Mary'S Academy in Alexan-
dria and in 1907 she was queen
of Alexandria'S homecoming cell
ebration.
Mrs. Jackson was past presi-
dent of the Sodality of the
Blessed Virgin Mary of St.
Mary's Catholic Church, a mem
Der Of the National Council of
Catholic Women, a promoter of
the League of the Sacred Heart
and a member of the War
Mothers of Alexandria.
Survivors are her husband. a
retired engineer with the Army
Engineer Corps; a daughter and
four sons, Mrs. Rose Marie
Sandweg; Searle, Robert, Rich
ard and Frederick Jackson, all
OF Alexandria; three brothers
and three sisters, Francis, Ches-
ter and Howard Fannon, and
Mrs. William Lambath, all of
Alexandria; Sister M. Rose
Thomas, Columbus, Ohio; Sister
M. Jean Andre, st. Mary's Col
lege, South Bend, Ind, and IL
grandchildren.
Services will be held at $50
am. Friday at St. Mary's Cath
olic Church, Alexandria. Burial
will be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Capt. John 0. Huse,
Retired Navy Officer
And Diesel Expert

Capt. John o. Huse. IS. vice
president and sales manager of
the Chrysler Motor Parts Corp.
and a retired Navy Diesel engi-
neer expert, died Monday at his
home in Detroit, Mich.
A 1918 Naval Academy grad
uate, Capt Huse was assistant
naval attache in Berlin in 1923
until he came to Washington in
the Bureau of Engineering in
1880. He was in the bureau
again until 1896, when he be-
came navigation officer of the
carrier Tuscaloosa.
Two years later he was in the
Naval Engineering Experimental
Station at Annapolis. coming to
the Bureau of Ships here in 1910.
On Meuntbatten's Staff.
In 1912, Capt. HuSe was senior
engineer officer on the staff of
Lord Louis Mountbatten in Lon
don and for this service received
an honorary appointment as
commander of the Military Di-
vision of the Order of the Brit
ish Empire. Later in World War
II he was in command of spare
parts distribution for the Pacific
Theater. He returned from the
Bureau of Ships here in 1916.
Born in Massachusetts, Capt.
Huse served on destroyers off
France in World War I and then
was in the submarine service.
He had pioneered many mod
ern improvements in subs, par
ticularly in the field of diesel
engines. His articles on diesel
engineering were published in
many languages He held three
Bronze Stars.
Member of Several Societies.
Capt. Huse' membership in
cluded the Army Navy Town
and Country Clubs here, Chevy
Chase Club. the Society of Naval
Architects, Society of Naval and
Marine Engineers, Society of
Automotive Engineers, Society
of MechanicaI Engineers and the
Newcomer Society.
Survivors are his widow Marie,
1920 East Jefferson avenue, De-
troit, and a daughter. Mrs. Sam
uel Ryburn, Dover, Mass.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
Friday at Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
French Publisher Slain
On CasabIanca Street
BY the Associated Press

CASABLANCA, Morocco, June
30.-Emile Eyraud, publisher of
the ewSpaper La Vigie
Marocaine and a member of the
Government Council, was assas-
Sinated by terrorists today in
the heart of CaSablanca.
Police said MI. EyrNud was
walking to work when he was
shot twice Ill the back by two
gunner. Two other persons
were slightly wounded by stray
bullets.
One of the aSSasSins escaped
up a narrow alley but police said
the second had been arrested. He
was identified as a 26-year-old
common laborer.
Moroccan Nationalist have
been carrying on a terror cam
paign of assassination and
bombing to back UP their de-
mands for the independence of
this French North African pro-
tectorate.
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from the coffin, wrap it in
canvas and encaSe it in cement.
The tomb has this inScrlp-
ton:
HE was well born and is
sealed in cement beneath"
Kept to Himself.
Sergt. Grove is remembered
at Soldiers Home as a person
who kept to himself. When he
didn't wear an overcoat, he
carried it hung over his left
shoulder. He was a big man.
about 6 feet tall and weighing
about 200 pounds. Various
writings in French, German and
Italian were found in his possess
Sions at the home. His will,
which provided money for his
burial, named a friend, Willis
Cane of Onarga, as executor,
Soldiers Home officials said.
Sergt. Grove had fought in
the war with Spain, the Mexican
border expedition, World War I,
China, Siberia and Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Marine Maj. {. 6. Hall,
Formerly Of Arlington

Marine Maj. Emmett G. Hall,
So, former Arlington resident,
died Saturday at his home in
Vallejo, Calf. He was the father
of Mrs. Harlan Wood, jr., 1882
South Wakefield street, Arl-
ington.
A Marine for SO years and a
veteran of World Wars I and II,
Maj. Hall retired in 1913 after
duty in the South Pacific. He
had also seen service in Europe,
the Caribbean and China.
During part of World War
and in the 1920s and 30s, he
was stationed in Washington in
the finance and payroll division.
A former resident of 4511
North Seventeenth street, Arl-
ington, Maj. Hall went to Cali
fornia to live in 1948.
Besides Mrs. Wood, he is sur
vived by his widow Mary: a
brother, Willard Hall, of Oregon,
and grandson. Clifton Robert
Wood. Services were held at the
Preside in San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Radford Warns Of Moves
BY Which Foes Gain Time
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, June 3d.
Admiral Arthur Radford said
today the primary aim of Amer
lean military men is to prevent
war but I'VE must be skeptical
Of moves which would merely
postpone war until some time
more advantageous to the enemy
and more disastrous to u.s."
Therefore, the chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff said,
I'VE must never hesitate to step
forward in Official councils with
our military advice to our civil
ian leadership as to what is
needed for adequate defense"
In an address prepared for the
graduating class of the Armed
Forces Staff College, Admiral
Radford said the primary objec-
tive is mo war at all" and to
deter aggression and discourage
war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Maurice-J acquet, Opera
And Ballet COMPOSER
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 30.-H.
Maurice Jacquet, French born
composer of operas, ballets and
other works, died yesterday.
Born at st. Mande, France,
Mr.. Maurice-Jacquet began his
musical studies at the age of 7
at the Paris National Conserva-
tory, later studied in Germany
and made his debut as a pianist
at the age of 9.
He toured Europe as a con-
ductor and soloiSt, received the
Legion of Honor from the
French government, and formed
and directed the Union Des
FemmeS Artistes MuSiciennes in
Paris.
His works include American
Symphony" Spanish Love"
operas "Romantiza" and Mes
saouda," and THE Mystic
Trumpeter."
His widow is a harpist who
appears professionally under the
name Andree Analou.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Scholarships Awarded
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, June 3d.
Twelve Maryland residents in
tereSted in the rehabilitation OF
alcoholics have been awarded
scholarships to the Yale Summer
School of Alcohol Studies, the
State Health Department an
nounced yesterday.
They include: Miss Mary
A. Thompson. Prince Georges
County Department of Educa-
ton, and Miss Pauline Kessler.
University of Maryland PSYCHE
atric Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Lynn Riggs, 81, Wrote
Green Grow The LiIacs'
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 3O.-Lynn
Riggs. 81, whose play. Green
Grow the Lilacs" was used as the
basis for the famous musical
oklahoma !"-in 1943, died to-
day at Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. Riggs was born at Clare
more, Okla, August 81, 1899
and was educated at the Uni
versity of Oklahoma.
He described himself as a
dramatic author. and among his
plays were Big Lake." 1927:
Roadside" 1880; Green Grow
the Lilacs" the following year:
"Russet Mantle" and 1.-THE Lone
some West" both in 1896; THE
Cream in the Well" 1941:
Laughter from Cloud" in
1947.
MIR. Riggs play "Borned in
Texas ran briefly on Broad
way in August, 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Ralph A. pugIiese,
Chef
Al ; Hotels, Dies

Ralph A. Pugliese. 43, super
vising chef at the Hamilton and
Annapolis Hotels and the Hay
Adams House. died Saturday Of
cancer at Doctors Hospital. He
had been i'll since February.
Born in RoSsiter, Pa, Mr.. Pug
liese began working in the
kitchen of the Mayflower Hotel
when he was II AT 10 he went to
the Hamilton Hotel and later
was chef there for IL years. He
became supervising chef Of the
three hotels six years ago.
He specialized in dishes like
chicken cacciatore and lobster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Dr.. EdeeII, Fine Arts
Museum Director
BY HE Associofed Press

NEWPORT. N. H., June 3d.
DR.. George Harold Edgell. 81,
director of the Boston Museum
of Fine Arts since 1885 and a
former dean of Harvard Uni
versity'S faculty of architecture,
died yesterday.
DR.. Edgell, one of the worlds
experts of Sienese paintings and
a distinguished architectural
historian, received in 1913 the
first Phi. D. in fine arts ever
given by Harvard University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30

CRAVEN GERTRUDE MARION. In
gyms ~. m nWHT Of GERTRUDE MAR
Love sweetness; goodness: in her
person shin'd SC cl Eat FAMILY
Of our dear departed Wife ov and efSsT
JULIA E. CROWDY. who passed on
three years ago today, June 30,' 1861.
When the evening shadows are falling.
:, And ! am sitting all alone.
II you only could come home.
Gone from this world of grief and
cc To lands Of peace and rest.
LOVING H fTs aSH5 AND sisrpf FAM Sfff
GALLAWAY. CURTIS A. A tribute of
love and devotion to the memory of
my devoted husband. CURTIS A GAL
LAWAY, who passed away one year
ago today, June 30, 1858.
No one knows how much I miss him,
No one knows the bitter pain
! have suffered since lost him,
Life can never be the same.
He had smile for every one,
A heart as pure as gold:
To those who knew and loved him
HIS sif bR nsIHEg WI WIFE PevsT uE sESw old
LAWAY
FORD, ADELAIDE E. In memory Of my
dear friend. ADELAIDE E. FORD, who
departed, this life one year ago, June
Her life is a beautiful memory,
Her absence our silent grief;
She is asleep in Gods beautiful garden
In ths SuH wHo S S1 gsEfect
OF our dear father, H. CYRIL IRVING.
who passed away a year ago today,
June 80, 1858.
You left a beautiful memory,
sorrow too great to be told:
But to US who loved and lost YOU.
Your memory will never grow old
TIM IRVING.
JARMON, DONALD E. In. loving MEM
DRY 81 our dear husband and father.
DONALD F. JARMON; who passed away
one year ago today, June 30, 1888.
A cherished memory. sweet and true.
With greatest love we think of you:
Gone is the face we. loved SO dear,
Silent the voice We, love to hear.
The best is always. the first to die.
We miss your smile and loving ways.
The memory of those happy days:
OF one we loved and never will forget
DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN.
LEE, MABEL. In loving memory of our
sister, MABEL LEE, who left US ten
years ago today, June 80, 1914.
IN our neaTlS IncTG j
More precious than silver or gold:
1t is q picture Of our dear sister,
Whose memory will never grow old
| HER SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
our dear mother. MABEL N. LEE, who
departed this lie ten years ago today
June 80, 1914
Memories are treasures no one can
Her S des tn left a heartache nothing
car, heal
Some think she's forgotten now that
But wen always remember, no matter
HER nG pTEvoTED CHILDREN. EDGAR,
| MAURICE, VIVIAN AND FURMAN.
ONLY. LAURA. In loving memory Of
cur dear sister. LAURA ONLY. who
passed away two years ago. june
| 80, 1852
Just a line of, sweet remembrance.
Just q memory, fond and true:
.Jus( a token of loves devotion,
| That we will always have Tor you
! CLARENCE WOODIE AND ELIZA.
POPE, FIERCE. In memory Of our dear
husband and father. PIERCE POPE who
passed away six years ago today JUNE
80. 194S.
Althoush our paths lie far apart.
pEv ED WIFE. GEORGE, ANr
CT EDREN. DELoRES AND cLAR
ENf1E pOPK
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Luigi Gasparotfo, 81,
Former Italian Official
By the Associated Press

VARESE, Italy, June 30
Luigi Gasparotto, former Italian
Defense Minister, died last night
at the age of 81.
He was named Minister of
War in the cabinet of Ivanoe
Bonomi in 1921. After the ad-
vent OF MusSolini., he served
briefly in his government as
press chief but broke with the
FasciStS in 1924.
In 1947 ne was named De
GaSperi's Defense Minister. Fol-
lowing his retirement from the
government, he became presi-
dent of the Milan Fair and IN
1852 was elected president Of
ANSA, the National Italian Press
Association.
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Darn uf Chunks

GREENE, CHARLES M. We wish to ex;;
press our thanks TO our friends and
neighbors for the beautiful noral LTD ,
ing the illness and at the death Of my
husband. the late CHARLES, =, M
GREENE. THE GREENE FAMILY.
JENKINS. ERNEST +. We wish to ex-
press our sincere thanks to our frlenoS
ard neighbors for the beautiful noral
tributes and kind acts of service our
ire the illness and at the death OF my
husband. the late ERNEST l. JEN-
Mrs. NELLIE E. JENKINS AND FAM
lily
PORTER. GEORGE W. The family OF
10 express its sincere gratitude to
their many friends for their kind ex-
pressions OF sympathy extended to them
in their hour Of bsreavemenl'
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Chewing Didn't Help

When police raided Walter
Galonska's home in Frankfurt.
Germany. they found him chew
ing up documents. A few frag.
ments rescued proved to be
forged loan guarantees. Gallon
ska was sent to Jail for six
months.
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In Mpnlnriattt

BAILEY. AMANDA B. In loving mem
DRY of my dear aunt, AMANDA p.
BAILEY, who departed this life nine
years aEo today June 80. ls4o.
Throughout the years, not for today
Your place within my heart remains
DEvST Ed NIECE. coTEAL c.
THOMAS