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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17

program recommends gradual
changes.
. He would restrict downward
changes in parity to not more
than five percentage points from
the old parity figure in any year.
Q He would restrict downward
changes in price support levels to
one percentage point for every
two points Of excess OF existing
supply over anticipated demands.
Supply" includes all stocks on
hand plus expected production
and imports. Demand" is the
anticipated consumption during
each coming year.
Since present supplies Of major
crops include huge SURPRISES &C
cumulated and stored by the gov
eminent in past years, supplies
outweigh demand sometimes by
more than 100 per cent, indicating
a drastic drop in the supported
price under the one-for-two
formula.
To avoid such a drop, the Presi-
dent recommended that much Of
the surplus simply be renamed
"set-asides" and not be figured
into the new program. The set
asides would be unloaded in the
form Of foreign aid, disaster relief
and school lunch programs or be
designated as national emergency
Stockpiles.
The Cleon Slote
The new program would then
start with q clean slate, unhamp-
cred by what used to be called
surpluSes.
To introduce still more hexibil-
ity, the President recommended
that each crop be treated as a sep
arate problem. Under the exist
ing law the six "basic crops" for
instance, are treated alike-Sup-
ported at 80 per cent Of parity.
The Eisenhower plan would let
wheat, cotton and peanut support
prices vary with the supply within
IS to 80 per cent of parity, limited
by the "one7for-two" rule. Rice
would not be supported at any
specific level. Corn would be sup
ported at rs to 80 per cent, but
reductions would be permitted at
the ratio of -for-one. Tobacco
supports would remain at 80 per
cent when marketing quotas are In
effect.
Most interesting special program
was the one recommended for
wool. For it was nothing less than
the most castigated feature OF the
old, "socialistic" Brannan Plan:
Production payments.
Gen. Eisenhower himself had
called the Brannan Plan moral
bankruptcy" during his campaign,
but here 1t was in his new farm
program.
It was, Of course, only minis
cule part Of his program, and 1t
was brought in to meet peculiar
problem.
Wool is expensive to produce in
this country. Yet domestic pro-
duction is considered vital to the
economy in time OF war. Imported
wool Is much cheaper, so two
thirds Of the wool consumed here
comes from abroad. The Govern
ment buys up almost half the do
nestle wool to keep the price high
and the industry going.
The administration does not
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want to cut of imports or reduce
them through q higher tariff, SO
this scheme is advanced: Let the
American wool growers sell in q
free market. The lower price
would stimulate consumption and
use up the surplus. Meanwhile
Uncle Sam would make up the diff
ference between the market price
and present high support levels
by paying each wool grower cash
subsidy.
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for instance, to supply all national
needs for a full years. q con-
slant threat to normal markets.
To keep these SURPRISES from
growing even larger, farmers are
subject to irritating restrictions
on acreage and marketing. But
despite restrictions, farmers still
grow too much Of the wrong
things; and despite high, rigid
supports, fam income has fallen
steadily for the past three years
while urban income has risen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
How Nearby Senators Voted Last Week

VOTES Senators from Maryland and Virginia the major
roll calls during the period January through January
Is given in the appended tabulation.
O
Committee
Welfare
Public Works Committee District of Co
provide that additional Committee Adopted by
Republican Senators may have seats vote of 84-1
sst u g. Nd, R Rs5s @n d.
CcmpueA euartey
Evening star., 1954-06-09

looked on for o moment and
turned downriver again.
The plays ranged from George
Washington Park Custis' "Poca-
hontas." written about 1880. to
Eugene O'Neill's Beyond the
Horizon" 1920. Arranged chrono-
logically. the fragments were
designed to show "the changing
pattern Of our native drama
through the years."
For. the delicate palate of
jaded theater-goers. the II
pieces offer wealth of variety.
For rhetorical vigor. there is the
voice of the embittered Indian
brave, whose homeland has
been violated by the white man:
BLAST we these serpents who
would ensnare us in their coils
and sting us to DEATH"
For terseness there is the ex-
change. ''It is useless, sir, he is
Evening star., 1954-06-09

sports coats. wine -colored srnok-
ing jackets and identical orange
and green paisley patterned
shirts.
Mr.. Rabaut declared that
singing is the only thing on
earth that we know for sure is in
heaven"
The official contests. all sched-
uled for Washington's fanciest
barbershop, Constitution Hall
will match 40 quartets and "a
Choruses.
Quartet semi-flnals will be
sung of at $3.50 pm. tomorrow
and 10 am. Friday. Finals will
follow at 2:30 pm. Friday, and
the chorus contest at $3.50 pm.
At $3.50 pm. Saturday the los
ing quartets will sing lust for
fun" in q Grand Jamboree. Then,
at $3.50 PM. the nve top quar-
tets will settle the Medalist COM
petition.
Between now and then, any
thing goes-except sour notes
with the Commissioners blessing
They have officially proclaimed
the next four days Harmony
Week" in the District.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Rare Washington Atmosphere:
Harmony ANOver the Place

on his good-natured theme,
There is Always Harmony in
Washington" he was all but
drowned out by the strains Of
"Wait Til the Sun Shines.
Nellie" produced by q quartet
rehearsing one floor below.
The rehearsing group was in
turn drowned out when Repre-
sentative Rabaut. Democrat. of
Michigan, an old funerals-and-
weddings baritone. lifted up his
rich, moving vibrato to lead a
quartet in Sweet Adeline," the
only song officially banned by the
society.
Local quarters, in a variety Of
uniforms, entertained the visi-
tors at the luncheon The songs
ran from ''Roses Are Blooming
in Picardy" to Down on Toidy-
Told and Told" The uniforms,
equally cheerful, included tweed
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Deceptive Practices
Charged 10 Store

A Federal Trade Commission
complaint has charged Bond
Vacuum Stores. Inc. of 610 Ninth
street NV. with using decep-
tive advertising and sales prac-
tices in connection with sales Of
vacuum cleaners and sewing ma
chimes.
The complaint alleges the
store advertiseS reconditioned.
name brand vacuum cleaners for
$10.95 and sewing machines for
$21.50 while realizing the apph-
ances would not do a satisfac-
tory job"
Statesmen demonstrating the
appliances knew their worth.
made no effort to sell them and
attempted to sell different and
much more expensive" items, the
complaint says.
It also accuses the store Of
increasing prices on appliances
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THE EVENING STAR 30
Washington. d. c.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE o, 1854

dead. !. Can it be possible? =.
Apoplexy."
For suggestive innuendo there
is. This man has left his desk
in the War Department in order
to have the pleasure of persecut-
ing me-"
The player groups participate
ing are the Adventure Theater.
Little Theater of Alexandria,
Falls Church Community Thea
ter, Inc. and the Foundry. st.
Margaret's, Kensington. Mount
Vernon. Garrett. Montgomery.
darlington and Arts Club
Players.
Sponsoring groups are the Rec
reation Department, National
Capital Parks. United Commu-
nifty Services, the Greater Ma.
tional Capital Committee of the
Board Of Trade and the Junior
Chamber Of Commerce.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
II Groups at Wotergote Span
30 Years of American Plays

Weather permitting and low
flying aircraft Notwithstanding
II devoted groups Of Wash
ington actors win give another
performance Of 80 years Of
American drama tonight and to-
morrow night at the Watergate,
The historical potpourri
opened last night in beautiful
weather.
About 800 persons saw the pro-
duction, but not all at one time.
They came and went in the cool
evening air, with about the same
frequency as the airplanes, but
more quietly.
The canoes that used to cluster
about the big barge for symphony
concerts were absent. One small
motorboat purred alongside,
Evening star., 1954-06-09
By Harry Boeos

Enough quartet singers to en-
tertain In q hundred barbershops
'converged on Washington today.
Some 1000 are here for the
18th annual international con-
vention and contests Of the So
ciety for the Preservation and
Encouragement Of Barber Shop
Quartet Singing in America, Inc.
Members Of the international
board Of directors, holding pre-
1iminary business sessions since
yesterday. startled travellers in
the Hotel Statler with frequent
bursts Of impromptu harmony.
At a welcoming luncheon given
by the Sertoma Club yesterday,
Commissioner Renah Camalier
invited the singers to "sing all
over Hades and back while you're
here"
AS the Commissioner expanded
Evening star., 1954-06-09

to cover trade-in allowances, Of
advertising the regular prices Of
certain items as much higher
than the manufacturer custom
arily sold them and Of charging
a so-called recording fee." which
was retained by the company.
The firm has 20 days to an
swer the complaint. A hearing
has been set for August 5.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
cocktoiIs for Cots
Keep EN- Purrinq

Cocktails for cats are q recent
scientific sideline. London re-
ports.
In an experiment, Is cats were
taught to take their dinner from
a box. And, purposely it was
made difficult for. them.
So the cats worked up what
scientists called hunger fear
conflict such bad one that
they din't want their dinner.
Then they were given alcohol
and they managed much better.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-05
4i:tEa3!n31|1|R
ROADS DISCUSSED BY
HYDE COUNTY BOARD

The Hyde County Board of
Commissioners this week dis
cussed the widening of highway
264 and the paving of Oyster
Creek Road with highway Off
Gals at the regular board meet
ing in Swan Quarter. Other rou-
tine business was also attended
to during the two-day session
Monday and Tuesday.
w. N. Spruill, highway engin-
eer, and John C. Guilberts, dis
trict engineer, talked about the
proposed paving of Oyster Creek
Read from Swan Quarter to
Oyster Creek, a distance of about
2 miles. They suggested grading
the road up and leaving it for six
months before paving it in order
to have better roadbed.
When questioned about the
widening of us. 264 between
Belhaven and Swan Quarter,
Spruiu explained that the one big
problem is the narrow bridges.
He said that the present narrow
bridges must be replaced before
the roads could be widened.
In other action, the board ap-
pointed Troy w. Mayo to serve
as Rabies Inspector for Hyde
County, and received and ap-
proved a petition for the state to
take over and maintain one-half
mile of the Slocum Road in Lake
Landing township. The usual
monthly reports were given by
the various county officials.
The board announced that
from March IS to April S they
would receive complaints per-
tanning to the recent revaluation
of property in Hyde County.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-05

good standing as to their truth
fulness and intelligence will ad-
NIT having seen this apparition.
Some of them have described the
supernatural pageant as follows:
Chat and Thomas emerge from
their respective graves, both of
them being buried nearby, and
ascend into the air until they are
above the tree tops. Then they
fly together and struggle in their
immortal combat briefly, and re-
turn to their graves until another
dark and miserable summer
night.
Fantastic! Well, maybe. But
should you be in the vicinity of
the old plantation of the late DR..
S. A. Long, keep your eyes open.
If it is summertime and there is
no moon YOU may see Chat and
Thomas come out for another
round of their century-old con-
flict.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-05

group met here at the home OF
Cyrus G. Gray for the regular
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Road
cap and children, Anita Dale and
Kathy Elizabeth, Mr.. and Mrs.
John E. Herbert, Jr., and Miss
Jazania MP. Herbert spent the
week end here with their par
ents and grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. John E. Herbert, Sr. Kathy
Elizabeth, baby daughter of the
Roadcaps was christened Sun
day, January 81 by Rev. Pm.
Porter, pastor, in the Fair Haven
Methodist Church.
Miss Norma B. Gray spent the
week end here with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian L. Gray and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert K. Mid
gett visited in Norfolk this week,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-05
RoDANTHE PERSONALS

Mrs. Eliza Gould, Mrs. Rowena
Midget and daughter, Rowena,
spent the week end here with
relatives.
Miss Rowena Midget of Wan
cheese and Mrs. Lille Meekins
from Manteo spent the week end
here with Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
L. Gray and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred O'Neal and
son, Jimmie, spent the week end
in Norfolk visiting their children
and families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Toler and
Baby daughter, Patricia, from
Norfolk spent the week end here
with Mrs. Toler's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. B. Payne.
Marilyn Gaskins, little daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Selby Gas
kins is in the Marine Hospital,
Norfolk, for eye treatment.
William S. Midget, in boot
training camp, came home this
week end to be with his family
and see his new baby boy for
the first time.
The M.Y.F. District meeting
met here Sunday night al the
Fair Haven Methodist Church,
with a large attendance. The
following Monday night the MYF'
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-05
$4,000 FOWL KILL
ESTIMATED THIS
HUNTING SEASON
Fewer Geese and More Ducks
Reported Slain in Hyde in
Season Just Closed

The hunting for wildfowl at
Lake Mattamuskeet is all over
for another year, and the final
results on the fun are all in. The
general opinion is that, while
goose hunting was not quite as
good, the duck kill was much
better. Of course, the duck shoot
ing in the fields is never too
good, and it was reported that
the goose hunting was not up to
previous years.
According to Speedy (Swift)
Tunnel, State Game protector
for the Lake, and the man in
charge of all Lake shooting, APP
proximately 5000 geese and 1000
ducks were killed by $500 rapid
fire hunters. This does not mean
that $500 different people enter
ed the Refuge, but indicates the
number of permits that were sold
for $3.50 each. In other words,
one man staying for two days
hunting would count two toward
the total. The goose kill in the
fields around the lake, where
many more blinds are used, is
estimated at $4,000 with the num-
Der of hunters probably slightly
in excess of this figure.
The Lake geese were killed in
the two areas where hunting is
allowed, the Eastern and the
Western. Both sections are in he
central southern part of the lake,
and cover about 10000 acres out
of a total lake area of 49,517
acres. The two shooting sections
are about equal size. The West
ern Area starts at No l Canal
West and extends to No 6 canal
West, and then back around the
border of the refuge to No l
canal. The eastern Area starts at
No l Canal East and goes to the
Lake. Landing Canal, then fol-
lows the general line of the re-
fuge back to No l, East. Between
No l East and No l, West, a dis
lance of 3 miles, with the Lodge
and Refuge Offices as the center,
no shooting is allowed.
A fair and efficient system has
been set up in the assignment of
hunters to each of the "a blinds
which are now being used on the
Refuge. On the afternoon and
evening before the day of hunt
ing, the sportsmen who have re-
servations come to the office of
MIR. Tunnel, land using regular
punchboad, determine the num-
Der of the blind they will use,
The guide for each blind is as
signed at the start of the season,
and generally speaking, does not
change. So, when a man draws,
he draws both guide and blind.
The charge for the guide de-
ponds on the number of hunters
in the blind. Two hunters pay
$12, three pay SIS, and four,
which is the maximum, pay $18.
This money is collected from the
hunters by Speedy, who keeps
the record for each blind, and
pays the guides. The highest pay
received by guide for a weeks
work Give days. in this past sea-
son was $144, with several draw
ing over $500. During the off
parts of the season-moonlight
nights-the take-home pay was
lower. The difference in the
amount earned results from the
number of hunters that the guide
=
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takes out each day.
Speedy and Refuge Manager
Willie Gray (BilD Cahoon place
the count for wildfowl using the
refuge this season at an estimated
$4,000 geese and in excess of 3d.
900 ducks.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-05
Heat and Cold

Heat waves approach gradual
ly, but depart abruptly, with a
thunderstorm; cold waves re-
verse the process-they come
with sudden storm and depart
gradually.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-02-05
THE GHOST FIGHT
LEGEND HANDED
DOWN IN HYDE
More Than Century Ago,
Chat" and Thomas"
Slew Each Other
By JOHN WATSON

Engelhard. - Chat and Thorn
as, both dead these hundred years
and more, have thus far given the
community of Slocum its only
claim to immortal personalities.
Not by their deeds alone are they
remembered, for the good people
of this community would gladly
cleanse their memories of the in
cidents giving rise to this story,
but phenomena natural or other
wise cause them to be remember
ed and add additional chapters to
this serial.
Sometime more than a century
ago Slocum was very little differ
ent from what it is today; it was
comprised of several thousand
acres of farmland, sparsely
settled, and situated between
Lake Landing and Last Chance
las the crow flies" On this land
some of Hyde County's oldest
families had settled and esta-
blished plantations. Count try
lanes facilitated communication
and neighborliness and the fam
lilies enjoyed being good neigh
bors. Halcyonic conditions pre-
vailed and might have until this
day had not certain outside in
forocfc interviewed
The Reverend Jim Watson kept
slave named Chat who bore the
further appellation of Watson to
identify him with his master.
Chat was a powerful Negro and
remarkably sassy. He bullied the
other Negroes into open recog-
milton of himself as a sort of
leader. He caused them to stand
in awe by producing a butchers
knife, always concealed upon his
person, and slashing his own
flesh as in an ancient tribal orgy.
This was in the latter days of
slavery and alien forces subver-
sive to the best southern interests
had infiltrated the South to urge
the Negroes to imprudent action.
Chat fell victim of such propa-
ganda for he became increasingly
independent and the Reverend
Mr.. Watson found himself with a
slave of whom he was no longer
the master.
Bad Actors Matched
Cade Thomas, the overseer on
DR.. S. A. Longs nearby planta-
ton, had the reputation of being
able to get along with slaves
peaceably or otherwise. He boast
ed of his ability along those lines
and the Rev. Mr.. Watson offered
him the services of Chat with the
hope that Cade might teach him
the futility of INSTRUMENTATION.
The deal was arranged. Chat
worked, but not without showing
his resentment toward Thomas,
and eventually bringing about
showdown between himself and
the overseer.
Chat was blowing. There was
an understood rule that each man
was to feed and water the horse
he used before and after each
half-day's work. Thomas noticed
something about the manner of
the horse which suggested that
he had not been fed. He ques-
toned Chat about it and an argu-
ment ensued. The Negro flashed
his butcher-knife and made for
Thomas, who swung a hoe. Chat
caught the hoe, wrenched it away
from the overseer and proceeded
to MORTAL xUoI1nd Thomas he
Kodiak mirror., 1954-04-24
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.,teti states ,nent of tht- Intro tni dtaig a.n Asa Gfvv Fensusry IT, l95i Jcrt ;F FOR PUBLICATION af qerahv given that AK AL Nakne' \ aka h. a ap ,lieatian fnr Homes, und Y tn" act ot May 26. l93l GAS Stat. M91 Anchorage Serial No 0lS268 for a tract of land described as .U s. Survey Ne. 3l94. situ ated on the north bank or lNaknek River about . mile easterFy from the Village of Naknek. adjoining U. s. Sur vey No. 287O and dependent resurvey line 2-3, U. s. Sur Iveyl Na.. 287o. Latitude ''5so4S' s' 47"GM:, Longitude 157oOoH g" w. at corner No. l, con tsinjng sE acres, and s jsgits tis 1 now in the -filessof thesEand- Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claim ing adversely any of the above.
 mehticnee& land gd 4 4 should ne. their adverse Claim in the Land Office within the period
 .o'f publication or .thig.ty days days, i thereafter, Of they #ih be 'bafc
 red by the provisions of the i Statutes.
 Virgil Q. Seiser, Manager
 First Publication:. t3Y27-54. Last Publication; i5-22. .54j
Kodiak mirror., 1954-04-24
NOTICE

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Kodiak mirror., 1954-04-24

.rJtly .. .n.A .taer5 IS a cr.n. :. :; .::- -,lt fslanl ls law' y accap Il J. j, Deputy M'rshai .5g3eF
 The ;i5s ud Group of
 hristian t'ciectlsts meet for .. sapvi .es in the main loor ot the Bank Building v.rv Sunday at Il am.
 Sun lav s:h oi is held at the sameEheur.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-04-24
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Evening star., 1954-11-21
Great Still See Lovely Anderson House

surely the visiting dignitary
who is entertained there, or
the interested tourist who
visits the museum when it is
opened to the public daily
between 2 and 4 in the after
noon, must sense that this was
a home Of gracious living and
exquisite taste, from its neo-
classic facade to the tiniest
oriental objet dart.
And one could not fail to be
impressed with its beautiful
marble floors. its baronal din
ing room with 18th century
French tapestries, its lavish
French salon done in white and
gold with Aubusson tapestry
covering the carved and gilded
furniture. just past the French
room is the large English
drawing room--a marked con-
trast in decor, full of serenity
and dignity.
On this same floor Is a long
gallery which extends for 70
feet along the front of the.
house. And upstairs are some.
20 bedrooms, now maintained
by the 13 State Societies Of the
Cincinnati and at the disposal
of members when they are in
town.
On the first floor, in the
room which once was the bill
lard room, the society now has
its museum. Displayed against
the background of dark Eng
lish oak walls with elaborately
carved pilasters are various
items from the Revolutionary
War period, which the society
continually is adding to its
growing collection.
Evening star., 1954-11-21
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