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The Nome nugget., 1954-12-17
ASTRONOMY NOTES
 By OLAF HALVERSON

In spectacular grandeaur and beauty, Venus is displaying an unusual appearance during this season of the year.
 The planet is at an advanta- geous position in it's orbit to be observed at this time of the year and everyone should look for it during the morning hours from six to nine o'clock. It is located in the southeastern sky and greatly exceeds its brightness of last year.
 Venus, being a planet whose orbit lies inside that of the earth, passed through all the phase sim liar to that of the moon. These phases of full, quarter, and new were first discovered by Calico in 1610 with his telescope.
 Saturn, which is close to Venus at this time, is distinguished by it's rings. It is larger planet but distance makes it appear smaller. One can notice the changing posi- tions of these two planets each day. = Ie
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-17
By LOUIS R. HUBER

BARROW, Alaska - D1SaSIer seemed to portend for this Eskimo community, northernmost settle ment of the continent, about year ago when the United States Navy terminated nine years of exploration in it's Petroleum Re- serve No. 4 near here.
 Happily the result has been quite different, thanks to an un- usual display of native enter prise-which may be a guide to similar achievement elsewhere in Alaska.
 Five productive oil wells and natural gas in commercial quan- tity were discovered by the Navy in the 37, ,000-square-mile reserve, but the wells were capped and the work was halted nonetheless.
 The S6O,OOO,OOO spent in this exploration had given jobs to hundreds of EskimoS - as tractor drivers, mechanics and laborers From life of whale and seal hunting they had been suddenly propelled into the white mans workaday world.
 It was the quickest change ever made, perhaps, from an essential ly Stone Age existence into mod ern civilization.
 Barrow Eskimos welcomed it, however, and so did many other Eslimos who came here from sur rounding areas. The population shot up from about 400 in 1914, when the work began, to 951 for the 1850 census.
 Barrow quickly changed from a village composed mainly of rude huts into one of modern frame buildings, specially insulated against winters cold and equip ped with all the conveniences found in the average Stateside home.
 Then suddenly the economic basis for this new standard of living - employment was taken away.
 What happens in such cases?
 Can you step back from mod ern civilization into the Stone Age?
 Best opinions a year ago were that you can not. Gloom and doom radiated from every dis cussion of the Barrow Eskimos' plight.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-17
Barrow Eskimos Show The Way
 Toward Economic Independence
 After Shutdown Oil Exploration

"We'l try to find jobs for you in some other part of Alaska" ," was the best that officials of the Alaska Native Service, an Inter for Department agency, could say.
 In this solution lay large risk: whenever Alaska natives are a minority in a center of white pop ulation, many of them fall easy prey to the white mans evil of liquor.
 Only one hope was held out: Wien Alaska Airlines of Fair banks wanted to make Barrow a tourist attraction, bringing DC-3 planeloads of vacationers to the village five days a week.
 Each group of visitors would stay two or three days and return. The attraction, mainly, would be the Eskimos themselves, but also the surrounding Arctic. The scheme would bring a steady flow of money into the community.
 Only trouble was: Barrow had no hotel.
 This was where the Eskimos took action. Out of savings still left from their Navy oil-explora- ton employment, they subscribed $35,000 for tWo-story hotel, cen- trally situated, with windows looking out on the Arctic Ocean.
 When it was finished, they rais- ed more money for building a clean, modern restaurant; then still more money for motionpi ture theater.
 Needless to say, the enterprise has paid Barrow we'll. Although the new source of income has not nearly equalled that of Navy-em- ployment days, it has kept the community intact.
 The Eskimos have turned back to former activities of whale, seal, Walrus and oogruk hunting-but these have provided entertain ment for tourists as well as they have supplemented empty Eskimo larders.
 Too, the travellers can boast of having eaten muktuk (beluga whale flippers) or whale steak if the catch happens to be large enough while they're at Barrow.
 With the Alaska tourist indus try growing every year, Barrow residents look to the future with confidence.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Moving Van Bandits
Loot Eleventh Home

The moving van bandits"
burglarized their 11th house in
the Oxon Hill section of Prince
Georges County on Thanksgiving
Day, police reported yesterday,
raising the total loot in the series
of housebreakings to more than
$4,000.
County police said the burglars,
dubbed moving van bandits" be-
cause Of the way they have
cleaned out furniture, clothing,
rugs. curtains. bedding and food
from a number of homes in
southern Prince Georges County
since last September, ransacked
the home of Winslow r. Zykes at
6216 Livingston road, Oxon Hill.
The burglars took $40 in coins,
television set. a .22-caliber
rifle and clothing from the
zykes' home. police said, and
turned the house upside down" I"
1t was the bandits first foray
after dark.
Mr.. Zykes told police the bur-
glary took place between Z pm.
Thursday and 1890 am. Friday
while he was away. ssT
The loot has averaged about
$1,000 a house in earlier thefts,
according to police. Before this
one, the burglaries always were
staged in the daytime when the
householders were away. In the
zykes case, as in all the others.
rear door was battered down
although the lock could have
been opened by smashing a
small windowpane.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
MARYLAND Asks New
Address for Auto Tags

Maryland's commissioner Of
motor vehicles, Thomas B. r.
Mudd, is pleading for correct
addresses from the States auto
mobile owners before the rush
for new tag applications begins.
The department is ready to
prepare applications for new
license plates and requests that
owners notify the department
Immediately if their addresses
on. registration cards or driving
licenses are not correct because
of moving or for any other rea-
son.
Persons with new addresses
should send the information on
a post card. upon receipt Of
which a temporary license will
be mailed. This may be used 20
days from the date Of issuance
while forwarding present licenses
and registration cards to the de-
partment for correction.
Last year over $4,000 applica-
tions were returned because OF
incorrect addresses. Notification
of change In address is required
under Maryland law within 80
days.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Alexandra Court Awards
$4,000 for Auto Injuries

A Chicopee (Mass.) policeman,
injured in an auto accident in
Alexandria, Va, while on his
honeymoon in 1851, has been
awarded $4,000 judgment in
the city's Corporation Court.
The policeman, Paul F. Pei
lissier, zee charged that Mrs.
Mabel Frye Walters of Peola
Mills, Va. was responsible for
injuries he suffered in the acci-
dent. which occurred at Wash
ington and Montgomery streets.
Mr.. Pellissier said he suffered
extensive neck, head. chest and
back injuries, which cost him
$i,400 in medical bills and great
pain and mental anguish"
The suit said Mrs. Walters
Car rammed the Pellissier auto
while the. policeman and his
bride were waiting for a traffic
light. Mr.. Pellissier said he was
unable to work for a year and
was deprived of income.
The suit, which had asked for
$3.50 damages, was heard by
a jury and Judge William p.
Woolls. Mr.. Pellissier was, rep
resented by Attorney William w.
KoontZ of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
RI. 3O1 Body Identified;
Believed Hif-Run Victim

A man found dead near Route
301 last Wednesday has been
identified as Nathaniel Howard,
so. colored, q Mellwood tMd1
farmer.
Detective Sergt. c. II. Nally Of
Prince Georges County Police
said identification was made by
q relative.
Mr.. Howard apparently was
the victim Of q nit-run driver. He
suffered o fractured skull, and
both legs were broken.
The body apparently lay In the
ditch from late Saturday night
until it was seen by q school girl
on Wednesday. The girl noticed
the figure in the morning but
paid little attention, thinking
the man was intoxicated. In the
afternoon, the body was still
there and she notified authori.
ties.
Police said Mr.. Howard visited
In Mitchellville on Saturday
night and apparently was walk
ing to his home near Upper
Marlboro when he was struck.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Driver Held in Death
OF Child in Accident

James Gilchrist, 40. of the
900 block of Patrick street, Alex
andria, who figured in a fatal
accident last Saturday, was or
dered held for grand jury action
by a coroner's jury today.
Gilchrist, who is colored, was
named by police as driver of a
car that rammed the rear of
a taxicab, causing the latter
vehicle to run into a streetcar
loading platform in the 800 block
of Florida avenue NE.
Lawrence Gaines, 6. colored,
of 1853 Third street Me-. was
fatally injured. and his brother,
Robert, 4, and grandmother, Mrs.
zephna Clark, injured.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Rover Denies He Fed
Stories 10 Press on
Monroe Bribe Case

Affidavits filed yesterday by
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover and three of his assist
ants rejected charges that news
papers were "fed" stories about
the bribery and gambling con-
spiracy cases of suspended Po-
lice Capt. John B. Monroe, De-
tective George e. Prather and
13 gamblers.
The affidavits stated that Miss
Miriam Gutenberg, Evening Star
reporter, requested and was
granted an interview with Off
cials in the United States Attor-
ney's Office on September 16,
in which she obtained informa-
ton on the case.
The following day, on Sep
tember II. the affidavits stated,
Alfred E. Lewis, a reporter for
the Washington Post and Times
Herald, was granted an inter-
view at his request.
Mr.. Rover's affidavit men
toned the release of general
information to the press by
Police Chief Murray the night
of the arrests. The affidavits
were filed in the U. S. District
Court for tn District of Colum-
bia. They were in answer to
questions posed by Attorney
Myron G.. Ehrlich, representing
Capt. Monroe.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Municipal Court Man, 81, Killed
Cufin Backlog Crossing Street;
OF Cases Hailed Driver Held
Justice Department
Coils Judge Welsh S
Record Impressive

The Justice Department yes
terday praised Municipal Court
Chief Judge Leonard p. Walsh
for ''impressively" cutting the
courts huge backlog in criminal
and civil cases, as reported in
the annual report for the fiscal
year July /, 1858. through June
80. 1854.
A letter signed by William P.
Rogers, acting Attorney Gem
eral. pointed out that the record
represents an achievement of
considerable public Importance. :"
At the beginning Of fiscal year
1854 the court faced o grave sit
uation, the letter said, with q
substantial backlog of cases in
both the civil and criminal di-
visions.
In one years time, however,
the backlogs have been reduced,
the report showed. The average
rate of monthly dispositions by
civil juries increased from II to
So and from lat to 1876 criminal
jury cases. That means a 35 per
cent increase Of civil jury cases
and a 80 per cent increase in
the disposition Of criminal jury
cases.
The Municipal Court for the
District of Columbia seems well
on its way to clearing its
dockets." Mr.. Rogers wrote Judge
Walsh. 1t will be the first time
in over 10 years.
I'm the face of the highest
monthly average of new cases
ever recorded in the history of
the Municipal Court, this is an
Accomplishment of conspicuous
merit" Mr.. Rogers wrote.
Judge Walsh's report pointed
out that the cash income of the
court increased by % per cent
over that of the fiscal year 1858,
to reach a total of 81, 1865, AL, in
cluding fees, fines and for
FIXTURES.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
District Police AIerted
For virqinia Fugitive

Virginia and District police
are seeking Lloyd May. q con-
vict who "can be dangerous. !"
after his escape yesterday from
q State road gang working near
Gainesville.
May, 80, described as s feet
I inches tall and weighing 167
pounds, was wearing brown pris-
on clothing when he walked
away from the road gang. which
was working out Of State Prison
Camp No. 6 at Woodbridge.
Police said May might have
headed for Alexandria, where
he was sentenced for grand lar
.ceny in 1852. or Washington.
where he lived at that time.
May has used many aliases,
State police said, but always
has selected Lloyd" rs q first
name. They advised caution Id
approaching him.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Midway Civic Association
To Receive The Star Trophy
Cleanup Is Cited;
Federation Elects
Butler President

The Midway Civic Association
was named by the District Fed
Grafton of Civic Associations last
night to receive The Evening
Star Cup for 1854.
The cup is awarded each year
to the association which pro-
notes some form Of civic i'm
provement.
The Federation cited the Mid
way group for it's cleanup cam
paign staged on Labor Day.
Dutton Ferguson, president of
the association, will accept the
cup December Is at the Fedora
tion's annual banquet.
The trophy Is one Of several
donated by The Star to feder-
ated citizens groups in the Dis
trict and nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
In another action. the Fedora
ton named George o. Butler, an
economist with the Labor De-
partment, as its next president.
Mr.. Butler, Of 1860 Hamlin
street NE, succeeds DR.. c. Her
bert Marshall, jr., president for
the last two years.
Other officers elected for 1855
were:
Darlington Parker, first vice
president: Ella r. Foster, second
vice president; Edith Thomas,
recording secretary; Russell Pax
ton, assistant recording secre-
tary; Leslie Perry. corresponding
secretary.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Youth Council 10 Compile
Prince Georges Directory

Mrs. Irma Bagdanoff, Chair
man of the Prince Georges
County Youth Council, today
urged all county organizations
interested in youth activities to
notify her.
The purpose Of her request. she
said, is to coordinate activities
of other groups with the youth
council so duplication can be
avoided. The data will be in
cluded in a directory to be COM
piled by the Youth Council to
acquaint the public with various
youth facilities available.
Notices may be sent to Mrs.
Bagdanoff at her home, 53O5
Second street NV.
Evening star., 1954-11-27

Also, Matthew Jefferson. as
sisfant corresponding secretary:
Mrs. Martha K. Simpson, finan-
cial secretary; Charles Norris.
treasurer; ]. Franklin Bourne.
parliamentarian; Patrick Tolli-
yer. chaplain. and Mrs. Ernestine
Fleming, archivist.
Named to be honored for OUT
standing civic work were Mrs.
Minnie L. Wright, Mrs. Edith P.
Thomas and Charles w. Will
liams. The three will be hon
ored at the December 16 banquet.
Frank D. Mckinney was nomi-
mated to receive the award Of the
National Association for the Adj
yancement of Colored People.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
3-Day Suspensions
Ordered for -Four
D. {. Liquor Permits

Four District restaurants yes
terday were ordered to observe
a three-day liquor license sus-
pension by the Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board.
The New Amsterdam Cafe, in
the $500 block of Fourteenth
street NV, which has been
fighting an limits designa-
ton invoked by the Armed
Forces Disciplinary Control
Board, was one of those listed.
The board voted the suspen-
sion effective from 8 am, De-
cernber 13 to am. December
16, after finding that two in
toxicated women were permitted
to remain on the premises of
the New Amsterdam Cafe on
September Is.
The K Street Restaurant, Inc,
in the 900 block of Fifth street
NV, was also suspended by the
board which found a minor girl
had been sold beer on two occa-
sions on June 2.
The same suspension was in
voked against the New Triangle
Cafe, listed in the 1900 block Of
North Capitol street. The board
ruled the establishment guilty Of
selling beer to an apparently in
toxicated woman and permitting
her to remain on the premises
on September 81.
The Gayety Buffet, in the 500
block of Ninth street NV, by a
2-to-1 vote. was ordered under
the same suspension on a find
ing that the licensee used loud,
profane and indecent language
on the premises on October 5.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Engineers 10 Begin
Study Of Route for
Anacostia Freeway
Star STAFF Photo by Francis Routt.

Engineering studies to select
the route of the proposed Sc
million Anacostia Freeway, which
will connect East Capitol street
and the projected Potomac River
bridge at Jones Point, are slated
to begin Monday.
District Highway Director
John N. Robertson said yesterday
he has ordered the Baker-Wib-
berley engineering firm Of
Hagerstown, Md, to begin the
study. The firm has been
awarded a $4,000 contract for
the job.
He said the engineers will
determine a suitable location
for the highway. estimate the
cost and make recommendations
about obtaining rights-of-way
and on the size of the road.
The freeway will connect with
the east end of the new East
Capitol street bridge and will
run south along the east bank
of the Anacostia and Potomac
Rivers to the District line at
Oxon Bay.
North of the freeway, Kenil-
worth avenue will connect with
the Baltimore and Annapolis
parkways at the Kenilworth in
terchange, just northeast of the
District.
Mr.. Robertson estimated the
survey will take six months. The
Jones Point Bridge. estimated to
cost $14,847. 900 in Federal funds,
may not be started until Mary
land and Virginia have money
to finance approach roads in
their States. Maryland must put
up $685., 900, and Virginia.
$7,466, 900.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Thieves Steal Two
Loaded Mail Sacks

u Thieves cut loose and stole
two 75-pound mail sacks in Ar
lngton yesterday afternoon,
county police reported.
Police said heavy holiday
mails have made it necessary to
tie some mail bags to the out
side of residential mail boxes.
The Government mail bags
stolen were attached with ropes
and locks to combination mail
boxes at Sixth and South Wayne
streets and Thirteenth and North
Nash streets.
Arlington postal officials said
thefts of the mail sacks, believed
TO contain mostly magazines.
papers and advertisements, were
reported by local letter carriers
at the two locations. Inspector
John Beall of the United States
Postal Inspection Service in
Alexandria is investigating the
thefts, with the cooperation of
the Arlington Police Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Yu|e Shoppers
Jump Season,
Jam Stores
Curb Decorations
Worth ST., 900 to Be
Lighted Monday

The Christmas shopping sea-
son opened with its traditional
rush throughout the area this
week end, as downtown mer-
chants prepared to flood the
streets with Yuletide lights and
decorations.
At a Sis pm. ceremony Mon
day, District Commissioner Sam
uel Spencer will throw a switch
lighting up downtown mer-
chants $4,000 curb decorations
on streets bordering the shop
ping district.
The ceremony, sponsored by
the Merchants and Manufac-
t,lrers' Association. will be held
in front of the Civil Service
Building. Eighth and F streets
NV.
Throngs JAM Stores.
Meanwhile. the dsy-after-
Thanksgiving boom yesterday
lived up to expectations, as
thousands of shoppers jammed
city streets and packed stores in
what officials said was one of
the biggest rushes they had
ever seen.
Police officials sent more than
100 officers to keep traffic NOV
ing. Large store officials said the
crowds were definitely larger
than the post-Thanksgiving Day
rush last year.
The downtown decorations in
clude candy" canes IL feet high,
enormous snowf1akes, Santa
Claus plaques illuminated from
within and lights strung on gar
lands connecting the canes.
The decorations are on F.
street NV, from Seventh to
Fourteenth streets; G street
NV, from Eleventh to Four
teenth; Seventh street, from
Market space to K, and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. between Tenth
and Eleventh.
Lighting Every Night.
The decorations will be lighted
every night through New Years
Day.
Herbert J. Rich is general
chairman of the downtown deco
rating committee.
Team chairmen of the fund
subscriptions include Charles
Kotzin, Harold Singer, Abraham
j. Beyda, Sam H. Elkins, Henry
Trachtenberg, Maye Wooten, FL
lott Kapstein, Joe Haber, Larry
Nathan, Gilbert Hahn. Harry
Swigert, sr.. and Reyburn Miller.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
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Evening star., 1954-11-27
Body Of AIexandrian
Found HANGING in Garage

Coye A. Donovan. 43, an
Alexandria landscape gardener.
was found hanged last night in
a garage at his home, 2201
Mount Vernon avenue.
Police said the body was found
about $50 pm. by a brother.
Charles c. Donovan. The vic
tim had looped a rope over a
rafter in the garage, police said.
No note was found. DR.. John
A. Sims, city medical examiner.
was to issue a certificate in the
death today.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Gas Firm Plans 10 Extend
Lines 10 Town Of Fairfax

The Washington Gas Light Co.
plans to extend its lines five
miles into the town Of Fairfax
in nearby Virginia.
The utility has filed applica-
tions with both the State Cor
poration Commission and town
officials for approval of the pro-
posed extension. The $3.50. 900
project would extend gas service
from its present terminus in the
town Of Vienna to Fairfax.
A spokesman for the utility
said the extension was being
sought primarily for a new SUBJ
division of 266 homes at Fairfax.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
AIexundrio Rent Levy
DeudIine Is Tuesduy

Deadlinei for filing the first
tax return under Alexandria's
new transient room rent levy
is Tuesday. city tax inspectors
warned today.
Returns for the month OF
October, due November 80. will
be subject to a 10 per cent late
payment penalty after that date,
tax officials said. The tax Is q
3 per cent levy on the receipts
Of boarding houses, motels and
hotels with accommodations for
five or more persons. Boarding
houses where patrons are regis
tered for more than 80 days at
d time are exempt. according to
TAX Inspector James T. Malone.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Man Gels Two Years
In Theft Of Pocketbook

Percy i Childs. 44-year-old
Alexandria truck driver, was
sentenced to serve two years in
the Virginia State Penitentiary
in Alexandria Corporation Court
yesterday for the theft of q
pocketbook containing $50.
Childs. who is colored, was
sentenced by Judge Franklin P.
Backus after pleading not guilty
to a charge Of grand larceny.
Police said Childs. Of 1920 Prin-
cess street, stole the pocketbook
of Mrs. Caroline /. Robinson
from a counter at the Frost-E
Frozen Custard, 102 South Pat
rick street, September 13.