davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Buby Bunterv-No. II
Make Him Talk Through His Hat
Can you make with the smallS

Can you make with the small
talk?
Take q look at that young
fellow to the right. What's he
saying?
The caption printed beneath
the picture gives the words put
into his mouth by Constance
Bannister's 1855 calendar. Can
you beat It? II your wits keen
enough. q cash prize awaits you.
Each day for the next 13 days
The Star will print q new Ban
mister baby picture. Under each
picture will appear q caption
from the calendar. Your Job is
to write a better caption In Is
words or less.
For your convenience a coupon
will be printed with each picture
but 1t isn't necessary to use the
coupon. You can sketch one Of
your own. Just make sure your
coupon tells which picture you're
captioping. either by number or
by a pasteup Of the photograph.
Daily prizes will be given for
the best and most original cap
tions First prize win be SIS.
second prize $40 and third prize
SIS, A grand prize Of $1OO will
be awarded for the best caption
submitted during the 30-day
contest. In case of any tie,
duplicate awards will be made.
The contest is ,pen to any one
except employees OF The Star
and The Evening Star Broad
casting Company and members Of
their families. Contestants may
submit any number of captions.
All captions for picture No. II
published today, must be re-
ceived in The Star Office not later
than noon Saturday, November 6.
Prize winners will be an
nounced one week after publica-
tion Of each picture. Judges will
be members Of The Stars staff
and their decisions will be final.
Mail your entries to Baby
Banter" The Evening Star.
Washington 4. D. c.
The coupon may be pasted on
a postal card. if you prefer
Winners Of Baby Banter Con-
test No. 9 Are Announced Today,
Page B-2O.
Evening star., 1954-11-03

gative action was announced by
United States Attorney Robert
Tieken, who earlier assigned
three assistants to watch for ir-
regularities in the Chicago
voting.
County Judge Edmund K.
Jarecki, ex-officio head of the
election board. com m MT e d,
"Never before in the history of
the election board has this been
done"
Mr.. Tieken declined to say the
basis upon which the precinct
officials and records were sub
poenaed.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Jury Subpoenas Records
In IA Chicago Precincts
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Nov. Sin an un-
precedented action, a Federal
grand jury yesterday subpoenaed
election officials and records of
IA Chicago precincts for exam
ination at 10 am. today.
The summonses were served on
John s. Rusch, chief clerk Of the
Board of Election Commission
ers.
The lightning Federal investi-
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Slide Buries IS Homes

MEDEILIN. Colombia. Nov. s
ia landslide buried Is
homes in the village Of Ell Limon
about so miles east Of Medellin
Monday night. Fifteen bodies
were recovered and authorities
believe the death toll will ex-
ceed 80.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Beacon Wax Wins Big Vote for
Giving Longest Lasting Clean
Tests Prove New Lasting Gleom Makes
'Beocon' Worlds Big Wox Borgoin

Today's style of having a
bright cleaning floor as the
mark of a good housekeeper is
no longer q problem, thanks
to the amazingly new long,
cleaning Beacon Wax Scuff
marks that used to mess-up
the floors are now q thing Of
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Mines Tox Free

OTTAWA-Earnings Of new
mines in Canada are tax-free
for the first three years Of opera
ton.
Evening star., 1954-11-03

the past due to this new mir
acle of science that has be-
come one Of the worlds biggest
selling floor wakes. It's amaz-
ing gleaFn outshines and out
lasts ordinary wakes to such
an extent it wins q big women's
vote for Beacon
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13

interest of national security" 1t ther
amended the bill to allow the Secre
tary Ito dispose, by lease or sale, OF
property, including wells, lands OF
interests therein not valuable for hell.
um production"
There was need of remedial legis-
lation. Three years ago, Congress
amended the Act to take away the
Secretary's authority to dispose of
helium production by-products,
even though they were not needed
for government use. This was
mistake since sale of these by
products made the helium program
self-supPorting.
In returning to the Secretary the
authority to dispose of these by
products, this Congress neither by
letter nor spirit intended to terminate
our national security nelium business.
Since passage of the 1854 amend
ment, however, there have been con-
flicting statements from the Interior
as to Administration
plans.
Press reports on July 29 quoted
Secretary of Interior Mckay as say
ing he had approved recommends
ton that the Federal government get
out of the helium business which Con-
gress set up nearly 80 years ago in
the interests of national defense. Mr..
Mckay said he had directed that the
be put into effect
within six months if possible.
The press on that date quoted On !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13

terror Department spokesmen" as say
ing they don't know whether leglsla-
ton would be needed to permit sale
or private operation of our helium
plants. 1t certainly would be.
Four days later Mr. McKay's under
secretary, Mr. Ralph A. Tudor, told
a House committee that the Interior
Department has no immediate" plans
to sell our helium plants. He said this
was general recommendation" and
that helium could we'll be IAN eXcep-
ton to this premise" He said it
should be clear that the Secretary
by adopting the survey teams report,
has not as yet certainly recommended
disposal of the governments helium
paints.
This certainly was not made clear
by MIR. McKay's previous state
ment which was even more confus-
ing since we had before us a re-
quest for an appropriation of SIS
million to build a new government
helium production plant. ! believe
it is premature to say the least for
the Secretary to be talking about
disposing of 81 million plant be-
fore we had even acted upon his
request that the government build
it.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13
MCKAY premature" in PROPOSING
SALE OF HELIUM FACILITIES
BY CONG. LEE METCALF

The Helium Act was passed in 1925
when Calvin Coolidge was president.
1t placed authority in the Secretary
of the Interior through the Bureau of
Mines to conserve, produce and sell
helium gas in the interests of ma
tional security. 1t authorized acquisi-
ton by purchase, lease or condemna-
ton of helium lands. 1t provided that
helium gas-bearing lands on the pub
lie domain be reserved. 1t authorized
the Secretary to maintain helium
production and republication plants,
drill gas wells, construct plants, pipe
lines and perform any other acts
necessary for production of helium.
It's sole provision for disposal of
surplus helium said that any such sur
plus may until needed for govern
ment use, be leased to American citi-
zens or American corporations under
regulations approved by the Presi-
dent. And any gas belonging to the
United States after the extraction of
helium, or other by-product not need
ed for government use shall be Sold"
When the Act was passed, this
inert, non-explosive gas was used
to initiate dirigibles. This
basic piece of legislation, including
the rigid export controls, has come
down to US pretty much in its original
form.
Helium is still a national security
concern with about 1910 of produc-
ton still requisitioned by federal
agencies. The navy alone used 500
of total production in 1850, the
latest year on which the figures
are available. The army, air force
and weather bureau were among
other federal agencies requisition-
ing helium that year.
Congress was asked this year to re-
write the Helium Act to authorize
he Secretary ITO dispose, by lease or
ale, of property, including wells,
ands or interests therein" acquired
Inder terms of the Act.
The House Government Operations
Committee took a long look at that
hrase, wondered in its report wheth-
+ it "would permit the Secretary of
he Interior to declare excess, prop
rty that is valuable for helium pro-
uction or helium reserves in the 8
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13
icCarthy's Batting Record
JoE's LONE hit TURNED OUT TO BE JUST a LONG FOUL

State Denartment infiltratiOn has been OF
ficially rectified from .O12 to 900.
OF the 81 persons on whom Mccarthy fixed
in 1850 as State Department Communists, only
one ever was indicted. Although Indictment
is not conviction, by some rules of scoring
Mccarthy could have been credited with one
hit in 81 swings. But now the official scorer
in this case the Justice Department-has
washed out the indictment, explained it was
obtained on misrepresentation by the prose
cutor to the grand jury, and fired the prose-
cutor. So McCarthy's lone chit shows up as
an error in the record book.
That leaves him exactly no hits in 81
turns at bat He's batting a flat 900! How
long must he go on missing at the plate be-
fore he's hooted out of the league, not to
speak of merely pulled out of the lineup?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13
SENATE GROUP TO PROBE
RISK-L0AN COMPANY TIES

WASHINGTON, D. ca Senate
Judiciary subcommittee will look into
ties between small loan firms and in
surance companies, starting in Kan
sas sometime in October. The group,
headed by William LANCER Urn. D.
has been looking into monopoly of
power and price. discrimination.
Sidney Davis, subcommittee coun-
sci, said August l the group had
numerous complaints that small loan
firms require borrowers to take out
life insurance before getting loan.
Most credit unions carry this insur-
ance for all their borrowers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13

MEXICO CITY-For the first time
in the memory of citizens here politi-
cal leaders and newspapers are throw
ing out the harsh truths about the
country. They are admitting that
everything is not as has long been
claimed and that voting is by no
means free. How long or how far
the new freedom will go is still the
big question.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13

Reprinted from the Dayton Daily News
Suppose Stan Musial-yes, even Stan "The
Man" Musial-went to bat 81 times and got
only one hit. How long would he stay in the
lineup at an .012 clip? How long would even
manager, fellow players and grandstand man
ayers?
Suppose, after Musial had hit for pur-
ported .012, the official scorer should rule
belatedly that his lone 'hit'' was not hit but
an error How long would he last with bat
ting average of .000-no hits in 81 turns?
Incredible as it may seem, there still are
those who retain mistaken faith in the Com
munist- hunting prowess of Sen. Joe Mccarthy
after his batting average in 81 cases of alleged
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13
People Lose If Power Trust
Builds HeNs Canyon Dam
Labor's Daily News Service

Who will build dam at Hells Canyon-greatest remaining
undeveloped hydroeecc site in the naon-a private
utility which will charge high which plans power
the Federal Government which
cheap power?
That's the question confronting the legal engineering
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-13

groups, co-ops, prominent citizens
and other Pacific Northwest forces
interviewed. These groups, organized
first in a regional association and
then in the National Hell's Canyon
Association, filed objections with
FPC.
They raised funds, hired legal and
engineering help, and carried on the
fight to save the Hell's Canyon site
for federal development Their law
yers included former Interior As
sistant Secretary C. Girard Davidson
and former Interior Attorney Mrs.
Evelyn Cooper. Mrs. Cooper carried
on the bulk of the gruelling day-to-
day battle in the hearings.
Other propublic power groups, and
liberal congressman joined the fight
They charged that the administra-
tons moves in the Hell's Canyon
fight were aimed at giving this great
resource-capable of developing over
a million kilowatts of power-over to
the utility. Mckay denied this, claimed
neutrality.
But the administration aided the
utility by refusing to object to the
firms application, by forbidding Rec
amation Bureau engineers for a long
time to testify or tell anyone what
hey knew about the merits of the
,wo alternative plans, and by refusing
% ask Congress for a go-ahead on
he federal plan.
Later Mckay relented-after much
public pressure-to the extent of let
ing Reclamation Bureau experts adj
Use the National Hells Canyon Asso-
iation staff and of letting the bu-
eau's experts testify. They testified
or high dam, not for the low dams
dvocated by the company. FPC staff
MEMBERS testified too, but nobody
new what they favored.
'LDS' TESTIMONY STRICKEN
Hearing Examiner Costello, who is
bought to have been guided by the
ew COP majority of FPC members, !
peeded up the hearings and refused
ne association lawyers enough time
} prepare their case. He also struck
rom the record testimony by labor I
nd other witnesses on the import
nee of enough power at low enough
ates. EXPO Chairman Leland Olds'
estimony was among the stricken
lateral.
When the hearings ended, four
illion words of testimony had
cen taken in year and three days
Now the FPC staff lawyer, the
laho Power Co. lawyers, and the
'sociation lawyers must file main
'iefs by Sept. 10. The FPC lawyer "
as promised that in his brief he II
i'll reveal what he favors. :.
Then all sides will have until Nov. II
to file rebuttals. The company
wyer will then have another month :
which to file his reply to the as =
citation rebuttal. y
UT, ELECTIONS MAY PREVAIL r
Costello will make his ruling some II
ne about March l. Whatever he a,
les, someone will appeal to the 4,
&c itself, and oral arguments before =
at body will take place probably in =
ay. Whatever FPC rules, someone
obably will appeal in the counts. /
By the time the courts act, the
ople will have had at least one
ance-Nov 1954-and maybe. two
Nov. 1956-to have their say-so,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
Cites Snow Shutdowns.

Fairfax schools opened ahead
of the rest Of the area, a county
official explained. so that classes
would not run too late into June
next year.
Last year, when six school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
Four Held in s4O0 HoIdup
'Of els al Forf Meade

Police held four men under in
vestigation today after q report
last night that q group Of Fort
Meade soldiers were robbed at
gunpoint of $500 to $500.
The four men. all colored and
ranging in age from 10 to 90.
were picked up about midnight in
the TOO block Of Kenilworth ave-
nue. NE. when police stopped
their car. Police had received a
lookout on their car, a 1850
Buick. after the holdup report.
Detective Sergts. Charles /.
Smith and William r. Shelton
spotted the car entering the Dis
trict.
Police said the four men adj
mitted being at Fort Meade
earlier In the evening but denied
any holdup. They said they fire.
quently went out to Meade to
gamble with soldiers, police re-
ported.
Found In the car were five
pairs Of crooked dice. police said,
and a deck of marked cards. A
toy pistol was picked up by po-
lice In the front compartment
of the car.
Police said the four men were
carrying $500 in cash.
They are being held for action
OF the FBI or Maryland police
authorities, it was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
THE EVENING STAR washington, D. c. 3
i.

bound stretch. with q new east
bound roadway to be built to
the south.
The committee said it felt the
standard 100-foot right-of-way
containing both the east and
Westbound lanes twill serve the
long-range development needs
of the Four Corners area more
efficiently"
The roads agency and con-
sulting engineers claim expan-
sion OF the present roadway,
rather than two separate roads,
win necessitate condemnation OF
large portions Of three gas sta
tions at the intersection and
the Stone House Inn and thus
be more costly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
Last of Manned Lighthouses
On Potomac to Go Automatic

already has left for his North
Carolina home.
! The two coast guardsmen. as
signed as helpers. are staying
aboard" until the conversion,
having no contact with the
mainland except by boat and
radio.
Comdr. Clarence N. Daniels,
chief of the Aids to Navigation
Section, 5th Coast Guard Dis
trict, at Norfolk, said the Mary
land Point conversion Is q part
Of a long-range economy pro-
gram.
OF seven original lighthouses,
beginning in 1887 with Lower
Cedar Point, near Dahlgren, Va,
only three remain with their
bungalow like superstructures. 9
They are Maryland Point,
Upper Cedar Point and Matthias
Point, of the Charles County,
Md, and King George County,
Va, shores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
Four Corners Group
Protests Plan 10 Split
Bladensburg Road

A proposal TO divide congested
Old Bladensburg road into two
separate one-way thoroughfares
in the Four Corners area of Sill
yer Spring has drawn strong op-
position from the civic group
fighting for its Improvement the
past two years.
/ Rebuilding Of the road State
Route 193-is a top priority prof.
ect of the Maryland State Roads
Commission. Bids are expected
to be received by the end Of this
year and construction on the
first leg-from Four Corners to
Baltimore boulevard-is slated to
begin next year.
Last night. however. opposi-
ton was voiced by the State
Route 1913 Improvement Com
mittee, meeting in the Office Of
it's president. Attorney Joseph M.
Matthias.
The group adopted a resolu-
ton urging the State Roads
Commission to abandon its plan
to make two roadways, some 200
feet or more apart where Route
1913 crosses Colesville road. It
asked that the improvement be
accomplished by widening Old
Bladensburg road.
It did so after receiving q re-
port from an eight-man special
Subcommittee headed by Willard
Morris.
The subcommittee noted that
plans call for the present road
way to be converted into q west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
BY the Assoeiated Press
FREDERICKSBURG va, S

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
1.-The Coast Guard said yes
terday that on October Is. Mary
land Point Lighthouse. about IL
miles above the Potomac River
Bridge. will be converted to auto
matte operation.
Two coast guardsmen. ending
a lonely tour of duty. will head
for shore and electricity will re-
place the light from lamps
which have guided vessels there
since 1892.
Maryland Point will be the
last of seven offshore lighthouses
on the river to succumb to mod
ernization. Keeper George w.
Austin. civilian who made his
home in the 42-foot steel-stilted
structure since August Is. 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01

days were lost because Of SHOWS.
classes could not close down un-
til June Is. The official ex-
planned that after June 10. stu
dents drop out in large numbers.
probably due to vacation plans.
AS a result the average daily
attendance" figures drop with a
consequent loss in State aid to
the county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
Arlington Boy Injured
In Fall From Tree

A 4-year-old Arlington boy
who fell from a tree yesterday
was reported in fair condition
today at Arlington Hospital.
He is Alfred Howar OF 846
South Irving street.
The hospital held the boy for
observation after he complained
OF pain in his side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
Housing Aide ousted

CHICAGO. Sept. (R.-Miss
Elizabeth Wood. executive sec
rotary Of the Chicago Housing
Authority. was dismissed yester-
day, climaxing q long dispute
with the commissioners OF the
city's public housing projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
$1,000 Pupils Return
To Fairfax Classes,
First in District Area

Fairfax County public schools
today became the first in the
Washington area to resume
classes after the summer vaca-
ton.
Nearly $4,000 pupils attended
halliday sessions this morning
but win take up q full schedule
the rest of the week. The Labor
Day holiday will be observed
Monday.
Other Washington suburban
area schools viii begin classes
Tuesday. District schools open
September Is.
At the new Annandale High
School today, some children and
teachers went through the usual
first day preliminaries while
workmen still added finishing
touches.
In one classroom students were
sizing up their new teacher while
men on scaffolding installed
huorescent lighting fixtures over
head.
About 1000 students showed
up at the Annandale School
which is drawing from territory
heretofore served by the over
crowded Fairfax and Mount YER
non High Schools. County Supt.
w. T. Woodson was. on hand,
personally supervising the un-
Grating Of desks and installation
Of equipment.
He said it would be about a
week before the Annandale
School cafeteria would be in
operation and students would
bring their lunches in the mean
time. It win be somewhat longer
before the gymnasium is ready,
he said.
Await Segregation Policy.
There win be no change in
the policy in Fairfax County of
segregating Negro and white
children until the Supreme
Court hands down its final de-
cree on the matter and the
State Department of Education
formulates a plan of procedure.
For the first time, Negro high
school children will be taught in
the county in the new Luther
jackson High School at Merri-
field. which opened today.
Heretofore, Fairfax had Joined
other nearby Jurisdictions in
supporting regional high
school for Negroes at Manassas.
Fort Belvoir School Dropped.
Also for the first time, opera
ton Of the Fort Belvoir Ele-
mentary School has been aban-
doned by Fairfax County because
of the Federal Governments
policy Of migrating Negro and
white children in classes held on
military reservations.
Cites Snow Shutdowns.
Fairfax schools opened ahead
of the rest Of the area, a county
official explained. so that classes
would not run too late into June
next year.
last wear when sly school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
| 300 Auto Plants

DETROIT - Manufacture of
automobiles and parts is carried
on in more than 1900 plants in
the United States. most of them
in the region Of the Great Lakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-01
U. S. Top Power Source

NEW YORK. - The United
States produces AZ per cent of
the worlds electric power out
put. Russia is second with los
per cent.
Evening star., 1954-11-21
The Reversal

Senator Case is a quiet, conserva-
tive. man who was expected, when
appointed to the Watkins commit
tee. to be cautious about censuring
Senator McCarthy-or any other
Senator. But he joined in the
unanimous recommendation of CEN
sure.
Last week, however, he said he
had changed his mind on one count.
He said he had just discovered the
extent of Army non-co-operation in
the PereSs case and therefore was
convinced Senator Mccarthy should
be excused for the rough question:
ing of Brig. Gen. Ralph w. Zwicker
the core of one count against Sem
ator Mccarthy.
Senator Case had previously indi-
Gated that Senator Mccarthy need
only apologize to wipe out the Sec
ond count Gnvolving alleged con-.
tempt of an 82d Congress investisS
eating subcommittee so the pro-
Mccarthy faction was sure it had
gained an important convert. The
united front of the Watkins COM
mittee had been broken.
Evening star., 1954-11-21
Chinese Islands

On Monday four Communist tor
pedo boats cruising north of the
Tachen Islands sank destroyer,
formerly part of the American Navy.
that had been turned over to the
Chinese Nationalists.
The attack was significant mainly
as sort Of coming-out party for
the Chinese Red l.. Navy and as a
test of how far United States war
ships would 60 in backing up Chang
Kai-shek.
Although President Eisenhower
earlier vetoed American air attacks
on Chinese Communist buildups
around Quemoy Island. the White
House did not want this to be.
considered precedent. Every time
the Reds embark the President
wants 1t known that he is COM
pletely free to change his mind.
Senator Knowland. obviously, hopes
Mr.. Eisenhower will change it soon
and stick to the new decision, even
to the point of holding relatively
unimportant islands.