davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
u. ). Merchant Fleet
Declines in TONNAGE
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 23.-The
worlds merchant shipping fleet
expanded by 8 million tons dur
ing 1928 to a new postwar
peak of SO million tons. The
United States had the biggest
feet but showed a slight decline
in tonnage.
Shipbuilding spurted ahead in
Japan and West Germany, &C
cording to the 1854 appendix to
Lloyds' Register. The German
merchant fleet increased by 1884,
600 tons to 1.750,000 tons while
Japanese tonnage scared by 463,
900 to 3.250.0O0.
But both countries fleets still
were a long way from pre-war
strength.
Other big increases were re-
corded by the Norwegian fleet
which was boosted by 357, zoo
tons of 6.263 900. Liberals regis
tered tonnage went up by $50. 600
to l,434, 900 and Sweden's fleet
expanded by $4,000 to 2.575, 900,
The United States and Britain
stayed in No. l and No. spots
respectively as far as the size
Of their fleets. American ton
mage declined by 5000 to 27,-
200, 600 tons while British ton
mage was 1880. 900. down 10000.
However. Britain kept ahead
Of the United States in merchant
tonnage actually operated.
United States merchantmen in
the reserve feet were estimated
to total IL million tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Yugos|avia Forbids
Stepinae Stamps
BY the Assoeieted Pes.

BELGRADE. Yugoslavia. Jan
23.-Yugoslavia outlawed today
the entrance of all mail bearing
stamps portraying Alojzijc Card
inal Stepinac, spiritual leader OF
this country's seven million
Roman Catholics.
In a statement signed by In
terror Secretary Svetislav Steva-
movie. the government decreed
that it is thereby forbidden to
bring and distribute the
printed matter which is in the
form of a postal stamp bearing
the name of Alojzijc Stepinac.'
The decree. printed in the
Official Gazette. said the STAMP
carried also a map of Croatia
part of Yugoslavia. which Italy
attempted to set up as a puppei
state In World War II.
The Official Gazette said the
stamp tends toward propa-
eating national and religious in.
equality, hatred and dissension.
Cardinal Stepinac. i'll with a
blood disease. has been confined
to his two-story home under
parole conditions in the little
Croatian village of Krasic since
his release from prison in 1851
He had served five years of q
16-year term after being con-
victed on charges of conspirine
with the Axis occupiers..
officials did not specify from
what country the stamps bearing
Stepinac's image were coming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
DC. School Officials to Use ~
For Teachers Meeting Friday

Washington's public schools
will try something new next FRI
day-a teachers meeting by tele-
vision.
Two associate superintendent
are planning to address the city's
1000 grade school teachers and
principals from a television STU
dio Friday morning.
Report Card Revision.
Subject Of the special program
Is report card revision. The
school system is planning to in
vite pupils and parents to listen
in If they wish. Friday-last day
Of the semester-is q holiday for
pupils.
The school system has mad q
committee working for about q
year on grade school report cards,
Associate Supt. Carl F. Hansen,
director of curriculum. mas a
tentative new one to show the
teacher audience Friday.
The committee and school
officials haven't made their
minds UP yet on the subject,
however. and the teachers-and
parents. too-will be asked to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
DR.. BIasko, VA Aide
Named Connecticut
Mental Health Chief

DR.. John j. Blasko Of zoos
Beechwood road, Lewisdale.
| Md, will be Connecticut's new
Commissioner of Mental Health.
Gov. John D. Lodge announced
the appointment in Hartford.
Conn. today.
DR.. Blasko III. Is chief Of psy-
chiatric training at the Veterans
Administration. He plans to as
sumo his new duties by July 1
or as soon as the VA can find
a successor
Born in Carbonate. Pa, June
20. 1912. DR.. Blasko obtained his
pre-medical education at Scran-
ton University, Scranton. Pa. His
medical degree was obtained
from st. Louis University. He
did postgraduate work at WASH
ington University. st. Louis, and
at Columbia University.
DR.. Blasko served as clinical
director of a State Hospital at
Fulton, Mo-, before serving in
the Naval Reserve during World
War II.
He joined the Veterans Admin
istration in 1916. He is on the
psychiatric faculty of George
Washington University's School
of Medicine.
DR.. Blasko is married and has
one son. John Charles, age IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Officers Are Reelected
By Temperance Council

Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker
of Washington last night was
reelected president Of the Ma
tional Temperance and Prohibi-
ton Council.
The council, concluding q
three-day annual meeting here
also reelected Mrs. D. Leigh
Colvin of Evanston, ILL.,; Maj
Clayton M. Wallace of Washing
ton and DR.. Sam Morris of SAL
Antonio as vice presidents.
In other actions, the council
urged State legislatures 10 ban
all beer, wine and liquor bill
boards visible from any main
highway and suggested elimina-
ton of all places selling alcoholic
beverages from the neighborhood
of main travelled highways as a
partial approach to the traffic
accident problem.
The council passed a reso-
luton commencing President
Eisenhower for his personal
conduct and his willingness to
shatter precedent in an effort
to raise the moral standard in
Government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
State AIIots S2S,95o
For Martinsburq Armory
speeiol pi.po,eh 10 The sior

MARTINSBURG, w. Va. Jan.
23-An ALLEGATION of $28,950 has
been granted by the West Vir-
GINA Board of Public Works to
the State Armory Board towards
purchase of the American Lee
glon Armory here.
This Is to be the States share.
which matches funds to be pro-
vided by the Federal Govern
ment.
The State for two years has
held an option on the property
which is owned by the American
Legion Armory, Inc. a group of
local men of which Richard c.
Greenland is president.
The Armory was built about
% years ago by local capital.
most of it provided by Legion
members. Since that time the
second floor has been leased for
use as a National Guard Armory
with the first and basement
floors rented commercially
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
| Talks Fail 10 Settle
Row Over Ohio Tax
On Incoming Trucks
BY the Assoeiossd Press

ATLANTA, Jan. %. - Long
hours Of talk failed today to
settle a multi-state ruckus over
Ohio's axle-mile truck tax and
unless other peace efforts meet
better success, retaliatory. rnea-
sures may cripple truck trans
portation In much Of the mid
west and south.
Gov. Frank j. Lausche made
a detailed defense Of Ohio's new
levy before the Executive Com
mittee Of the National Cover
nors' Conference.
Ten Southern States have
reciprocity agreements with Ohio
under which they exempt Ohio
trucks from their State licenses
and fees in return for the same
exemption for their trucks in
Ohio. They have threatened to
cancel automatically the agree
ments by March unless Ohio
extends reciprocity on its axle
mile tax, ranging from half a
cent to, az cents per mile, de-
pending on the number Of axles
q truck has.
Rejecting any idea of exempt
ing carriers from the Southern
States. Gov. Lausche sought to
have the Governors Executive
Committee call for delay in
any retaliatory action until the
whole problem can be considered
by the National Governors Con-
ference.
Although the Ohio Governor
apparently won some support
from Cows. Robert Kennon of
Louisiana and James F. Byrnes
Of South Carolina-the commit
tee refused ID intervene.
But it did agree that truck tax
reciprocity is an issue of such
major Importance that it should
be the first considered at the
next meeting of the conference.
Executive Secretary Frank Bane
said a special spring session may
be called to study the problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Mrs. Marie Kavanauqh,
Noted Opera Goer, Dies
By the A,,oeiaisd Pres,

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-Mrs
Marie Miller Kavanaugh. 81
year-old socialite and familia,
figure for many years at open
ings of the Metropolitan Opera
died today at her Manhattan
residence.
She was the widow OF
Col. George Washington Kav-
anaugh, a retired cotton con-
verter and former Republican
State assemblyman. who died
in 1851 at the age of 80.
Mrs. Kavanaugh, who was re-
ported to have attended about
80 openings of the Metropolitan
Opera, last saw one in 1852
when she appeared in ermine
white gown and diamond and
emerald necklace.
she naQ q summer nome In
Spring Lake, N. j.
Surviving are two daughters
and three grandchildren.
Mrs. Kavanaugh was born in
Washington, D. c., a daughter
of Real Estate Dealer Andrew j
Miller.
Mr.. Kavanaugh was her Sec
ond husband. Her first husband,
William Haberle. a real estate
man and an official of Haberle' s
Congress Beer Co.. died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
vaccaro Is Installed
As 46th President Of
National Press Club

Ernest B. (Tony) vaccaro.
executive representative Of the
Associated Press here, was in
stalled as the 46th president of
the National Press Club last
night. Vice President Nixon adj
ministered the oath of Office.
President Eisenhower contrib
uted. by letter, zone word Of
warming"
by popular choice. you are
now an elected official. That
means that your former col
leagues will expect you to reduce
their club dues. balance the
clubs deficit, and serve bigger
and better meals and refresh
mentS at drastically lower prices.
IF you find out how to do it.
please let me know"
Other officers beginning terms
were Lucian C. Warren. Buffalo
Courier-Express. vice president;
Donald r. Larrabee, Griffin News
Service, secretary: George w.
Combs. Baltimore Sun, treasurer;
Ed Edstrom. Louisville Courier
Journal, financial secretary.
The new board of directors
consists of Frank Holeman. New
York Daily News, chairman;
Ben j. Grant. U. S. News &
World Report. vice chairman:
John L. Cutter. United Press;
Luther A. Huston, New York
Times: John v. Horner, Wash
ington Star; w. H. Lawrence.
New York Times: Arthur Syl-
vester, Newark News.
An inaugural ball followed the
swearing-in.
The Commercial Appeal of MIR
Vaccaro's native Memphis. Tenn.
got out a special inaugural edi-
tion." covering. with many
friendly barbs, the elevation to
Office of its one-time reporter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Reds Will Never Free
I Nazis, Paper Says
D. the A.soeiossd Pres,

MOSCOW, Sunday, Jan. a.
New Times, authoritative Soviet
weekly, gave notice today the
Russians would never agree to
grant clemency to the seven top
Nazis serving war crime sem
fences under Horsepower custody
In Berlin's Spandau prison.
The Journal sharply con-
demned the request on Janu-
airy 8 Of West German Chancel-
lor Konrad Adenauer that the
British, French and American
foreign ministers discuss with
Soviet foreign minister v. M.
Molotov the future Of the seven
prisoners at the Berlin confer
ence that begins Monday. CDR.
Adenauer did not make clear
whether he was asking that the
prisoners be released, or that
the conditions of their imprison-
ment be eased.)
NeV Times said DR.. Adenauer
was intervening on behalf Of the
prisoners because honorary
places already are prepared for
them on the staff of revanchists
and militarists who presently
are ruling in Bonn and leading
Germany toward a new war"
The magazine said the inter-
ests of peace and security de-
mand that the seven be kept in
prison. The seven. Walter Funk,
Admiral Erich Raeder, Rudolf
Hess. Baldur Won Schirach. Kon-
stantin Won Neurath. Admiral
Karl Doenitz and Albert Speer.
have been in custody at Spandau
since 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

write in their own suggestions.
DR.. Hansen said yesterday the
committee will even be glad to
have children make some.
Some youngsters already have.
he said.
Some have written urging us
to return to the old A-B-C-D
markings" he reported. Present
cards use check marks along
side a variety of qualities indi-
eating pupil progress.
DR.. Hansen didn't want to say
in advance just what viewpoint
he'll take Friday. Miss Edith A.
Lyons. associate superintendent
in charge Of the colored elemen-
tary schools. will present the
committees report. Both white
and colored teachers are to tune
in.
Normally, teacher meetings
are held in an auditorium. But
the school system puts on q Is
minute TV show for classrooms
at 9:45 am. daily, and station
WNBW-which does the tele-
casting free-agreed to Fridays
show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
French Blame Spain
For Moroccan Crisis
BY the Associated Press

RABAT, French Morocco, Jan.
23.-Gen. Augustin Guillaume.
French resident general of
French Morocco. today charged
that a Spanish officer prepared
the Moorish petition calling on
Spain to separate Spanish Mo-
rocco from the French Zone.
The petition, presented the
Spanish commissioner in Te-
tuan Thursday by an assembly
of 10000 MoorS. caused a flu
rore in Paris and has created
strained relations between
France and Spain.
Gen. Guillaume told a news
conference 'it was a Spanish
officer who had travelled for
weeks among the tribes who
prepared this petition"
The resident general said the
French had sent a force of 1000
troops north toward the Span
ish zone border. The French
fear terroristic activities in the
Spanish zone against the new
sultan of Morocco, Moulay Mo-
manned Ben Arafa, who was
enthroned by the French last
August in place of Sidi Mo-
manned ben Youssef, exiled to
Corsica.
Gen. Guillaume said terror
lists have killed So persons. in
Guiding Is Frenchmen. and
wounded 121 others since then.
MADRID, Jan. %. - Consul
General Cristobal del Castillo,
SPANS representative at Tan
gier in the International zone
of Morocco, arrived by plane
today for government censulta-
tons over the Moroccan crisis
The consul general. SPANS
SECOND most important official
in Morocco after the High Com
missioner in the Spanish zone,
was driven Immediately to the
Foreign Ministry.
Moslems of the Spanish zone
have demanded that the Span
ish prctectorate be separated
from the French zone as a
consequence of the deposing of
Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben
Yousset last August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
St. Louis Area Flooded
By Water Main Breok
~ the AssoeIetsd Pres,

ST. LOUIS. Jan, ga break
in a 36-inch water main flooded
q two-block-square area in
Northside st. Louis today. Water
In some spots was as much as
five feet deep. .
First floors Of some homes
were flooded. Some residents re-
ported their homes without heat
because Of flooded furnaces.
No injuries were reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
South CoroIinu to Get
So Million Wool Plant

COLUMBIA. S. c., Jan. %. -
The Nations largest professor of
raw wool will build a huge new
plant in eastern South Carolina.
Johnsonville in Florence county
has been selected by Nichols and
Co. Inc, of Boston for the site
Of So million plant.
The announcement was made
here today by Arthur o. Well
man. company president, and
Director L. w. Bishop of the
State Research. Planning and
Development Board. Mr.. Bishop
said it marks the first entry into
the Southern field of a basic
wool treatment plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Frozen Strawberries
Second to Orunae Juice

LOS ANG ELES. - Frozen
Strawberries are the most popular
Of the frozen-food items-next
to orange juice.
Leading berry State is Cali
fornia: whose growers sent about
95 million pounds of fall-picked
berries to the freezer, some go
per cent more than in 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
3 Arrested, Linked
To Numbers Ring
Netting $500 a Day

Police yesterday arrested eight
persons they said we're connected
with a $500-a-day numbers ring.
The police obtained search
warrants after having watched
one man about whom COM
plant had been received, ac-
cording to Capt. John B. Layton
of the gambling squad.
Capt. Layton and seven other
gambling squad detectives ar
rested the eight. all colored, in
the first block Of M street NE.
the 400 block Of r street NV.
and the first block Of K street
NE.
They are scheduled to appear
before United States Commits
sioner Cyril Lawrence tomorrow
on charges of operating a lottery.
Capt. Layton said that Frank
Moore, AZ, Of the r street adj
dress. was top man" in the
group arrested. Moore, he said.
runs the Theatrical Booking
Agency, in the 1900 block Of
Wallach place N. W., but it is
not connected with the numbers
charges.
Others arrested were Booker r.
Hardy, 81, of the r street adj
dress, the alleged pickup man:
Julia j. Ezell, So. Of the 500
block of Call place S. E.; Bertha
Thomas, alias Sister. SO. Mary
j. Hagens, 81, and Johnnie
Burns, AZ. of the first block Of
M street N. E.: William HALEY.
80. of the first block of K street
N. E., and Georgia A. Allen, 20,
Of the first block of K street NE.
An undercover man made a
play at one spot. and cash and
numbers slips were found at the
r street address Capt. Layton
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Privute Eye-inq Bio Business

NEW YORK. There are an
estimated 5.000-odd private de-
tective agencies in the United
States. Their revenue exceeds
$3.50 million yearly. with four or
five large agencies getting 80 to
40 per cent of the business.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

words with Gen. James Doo-
little, a special Air Force con-
sultant, whom he bumped into
in the corridor. ION the
Secretary's desk Is a copy of
Quentin Reynolds book, The
Amazing Mr.. Doolittle.")
Back in his Office at 1885,
the Secretary posed for a
couple of newspaper pictures,
called in his personal aide,
1t. Col. H. L. Hogan III, to
check on arrangements for an
important reception, hurriedly
looked over an official docu-
ment somebody handed him
and then, at 12:45, left his
Office to have lunch with
Secretary Weeks at the Com
merce Department.
The day was only half
over
Evening star., 1954-04-18

table-at 1l:1O-and quietly
drank two cups of coffee as
he pored over a stack of cor
respondence, chain smoking
as he read. Gen. Twining
appeared from an adjoining
office 10 minutes later, finding
the boss in shirt-sleeves.
At noon Secretary Talbot
got an interoffice call from
his executive officer, Brig.
Gen. William G. Hipps, re-
minding him of a / o'clock
luncheon engagement. More
coffee, another cigarette.
Suddenly, Mr.. Talbot arose
and hurried from his Office
and down the hall to chat
with Trevor Gardner. special
assistant for research and
development. On the way, he
paused to exchange a few
Evening star., 1954-04-18

At 10 am. Mr.. Talbot was
having his hair cut in his
private Office. Gen. Nathan
H Twining, Air Force Chief
of Staff, sat nearby, talking
shop. In the preceding hour,
the Secretary had conferred
with Eddie Rickenbacker,
president of Eastern Airlines,
and C. r. Smith, president of
American Airlines.
At 1890 the Ambassador to
Cuba, Arthur Gardner, jr.,
was announced. It was a
personal call-he and Mr..
Talbot were boyhood friends
at Hill School, Pottstown, Pa.
Secretary Talbot was later
graduated from Yale.
After Mr.. Gardner had left,
Secretary Talbot wearily
moved himself to a coffee
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-11
Personals

Rev. and Mrs. C. w. Crutch
field and daughter, Ronnie, ar,
mentioning this week at Ores
cent Beach.
Mrs. Cecil Mercer and daugh.
ter, Charlotte, and Mrs. Eugene
Cook and daughter. Susan, spcn
last week at Ocean lie.
Mrs. A. v. Elliott, Sr., is inn
proving after a several weeks ILL
ness.
Miss Vera Corley of Lexington
is a guest in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. NJ. McGougan. The Nc
Gougan's daughter, Mrs. w. d.
Martin, Jr., and sons, Dan and
John, are arriving today for a
visit.
Katrina Holt has returned from
Duke hospital, where she was a
patient for several days.
DR.. and Mrs. Eugene Cook and
daughter, Susan, were the week
end guests of DIR. and Mrs. Leon
ard B. Isbister and son. in Jack
sonville.
Mrs. Sam Glover and son, Sam,
of Raleigh, recently spent two
weeks here with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. V. Elliott, ST..
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Martin and
LeVerne Ward spent the week.
end at Carolina Beach.
Mrs. Lewis Gore and children,
Scooty and Norris, vacationed last
week at Lake Junalaska. They
were accompanied by MIR. and
Mrs. Steve Giddon of Whining
ton.
Mrs. Evelyn Hammond visited
her daughter, Linda Jean, at the
Little Women Camp, Salembuurg,
during the weekend.
Martha Brooks Bell has re-
turned from visit with Peggy
Addington at Myrtle Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Bell, Jr.,
and children, Ronnie and Terry,
spent the weekend in High Point
with her mother, Mrs. Nina
Grady. Ronnie remained there
for a visit.
MIR. and Mrs. Earl Norris and
family of Charleston, w. Va, are
visiting his mother, Mrs. Albert
Norris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Cavanaugh
and sons. of Baltimore, Md, are
mentioning this week at Cres-
cent Beach. Mrs. Cavanaugh is
the former Leona Williams, who
resided here for some time.
Sgt. Floyd H. Norris of Cherry
Point is here for a visit with his
family. He is to report for duty
overseas at an early date.
Miss Martha HARRISON has re-
turned to use. after spending
the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Coy HARRISON.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-11

Bruce HARRISON of Ashevill,
is vacationing with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Coy HARRISON.
Edward Norris and James Gar,
rell, who are in Live Oak, Fla.
on the tobacco market, spent the
weekend here. Mrs. Carroll &C.
companied Mr.. Carroll to Live
Oak, where she is spending the
week. Their children are visit
ing with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Q. Graham, IN
Loris.
Lynwood Carroll, who is on the
potato market in Fort Pierce, Fla,
spent the weekend at his home
here.
Grover Hardee returned Mon
day night from Mcclure hospital,
Richmond, Va, where he was Il
patient for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Simon Wis
tied Sgt. and Mrs. Bennett Gin
burg and infant daughter, Nancy
Gail, in Columbia, Sunday.
Eddie, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Granger, has returned
from the Conway, S. c., hospital,
where he underwent an appendix
operation last week. Mr.. Grain
ger was an overnight patient there
during his sons illness due to an
attack of kidney collie.
Mrs. Mary Carmachiel is ill at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Gomez Prince.
Capt. and Mrs. Q. L. Marsh
and daughters, Cheryl and Teri,
Of Randolph ALB, San Antonio,
Texas, are visiting with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Coy Harrcl-
son. Capt. Marsh is with the in
terceptor Division of CTAF Head
quarters, Randolph.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-11
Richard Gordon
Is Bridge Host

Richard Gordon entertained the
Mems Bridge Club at his home
here Thursday evening. High score
award was won by Ben Nesmith,
III, while DR.. j. l.. James received
the low.
A dessert course was served by
Mrs. Gordon during the evening.
Guests were Ben Nesmith, III,
don Hughes, Willard Wright,
Frank Nesmith, Frank Boswell,
DR.. ]. L. James, and DR.. H. C.
Cameron.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-11
Mrs. F. M. Jernigan
Is Bridge Hostess

Mrs. Fred M. Jernigan enter
tanned her bridge club at her home
recently. Mrs. Arthur Prince re-
ceived the award for high scorer.
A dessert course was served by
Mrs. Jernigan to Mrs. Prince, Mrs.
Ebert Shelley, Mrs. LiSton New.
Mrs. Grover Hardec, Mrs. Richard
Gordon, Mrs. Cecil Mercer, Mrs.
ames Brice, and Mrs. Wayne
Baxter.