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The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
Cole Told It's His Public Duty" to Tell Who Won UnWarranted Profits

WASHINGTON, R-Sen. Byrd O-Va) told Federal Housing Chief Albert M. Cole Saturday it is Coles public duty" to make known at once the identity of those who have reaped "uncon- scionable and unwarranted" prof it's out of governmental apartment construction loans.
 Byrd made public letter in which he criticized what he termed Coles admission that the Federal Housing Administration FHA has no record of actual project costs in postwar middle income" housing program that died in 1850.
 Byrd's joint congressional com mittee on reduction of non- essen tial federal expenditures and the Senate Banking Committee have been holding separate investiga- tions into charges that apartment house promoters made as much as a half billion dollars in excessive profits by obtaining FHA-insured loans bigger than their construc- tion costs. Also under investiga- ton are alleged abuses in FHA's home repair program.
 Byrd wrote Cole:
 You have been housing and home finance administrator with responsibility to act since March g, 1853. You have had knowledge of the situation in view of your agreement that the fact should be made public, it is un- comprehensible to me that, at this late date, you should say the Bureau of Internal Revenue is still the principal source of your information"
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
800 Homeless in Flood

BONNERS FERRY. Idaho, R)- The Kooenay River started level ing off Saturday and it appeared the tide had turned in favor of flood fighters protecting the town and what's left of the Kootenai Valley.
 The river stood at 34.8 feet Sat urday.
 The losses have been heavy. Some 5000 acres of rich farm land in the valley is under water up to 12 feet deep. Homes have been ruined. More than 800 per sons have evacuated.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
Korean Paper Criticizes US. Rehabilitation Work


 SEOUL, R-The Korean Re public, a government-subsidized English language daily newspa- per, Saturday editorially rapped Americans and the reconstruc- ton program that have promised so much-but have delivered so little"
 The editorial was accompanied by a three column cartoon enti- tied, "How not to rehabilitate Korea" It depicted large amount of paper work being done by men resembling "Uncle Sam. 7
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
Shemya l. to Be Closed as Refueline Stop to Orient

WASHINGTON, R-Hopes that Shemya Island in the North Pac- fife could be retained as an ai1 base for commercial flights from Seattle to the Orient apparently were dashed by Civil Aeronau- tics Administration ruling last week.
 Washington States Congressman Pelly said he had a letter from F. B. Lee, administrator of Civil AeronauticS, which read:
 "This administration has defin- itely decided that it cannot justify the continuation of any of the facilities on Shemya for civil op- erations after the withdrawal of military personnel.
 Ways and means of arranging for rehabilitation and operation of enough facilities at Cold Bay to permit it's use as refueling stop in lieu of Shemya are currently being explored"
 Final closure of Shemya Airport has been slated for July 1. Cold Bay is on the Alaskan Peninsula
 The use of Cold Bay instead of Shemya will force reduction in the minimum payload of North west Orient Airlines' Boeing Stratocruisers of one fourth, or from 16,OOO to 12,O4O pounds, Lee estimated.
 There will be no payload pen alty in a Cold Bay-Tokyo opera tion when the several 1O49-E con- stellations now on order by North. ern are available for this route, possibly by mid-1955," Lee added.
 Congressman Pelly made speech in the House last April IS on Don't Throw Shemya Away" He concluded in that address that the only answer lies in maintain ing a skeleton housekeeping crew of Air Force personnel on Shem- va. Ut doesn't make sense, mili- tarily or economically, to throw this vital base away" Congress man Pelly concluded
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
Betty Hutton Divorce

LOS ANGELES, R-Actress Betty Hutton charged extreme mental cruelty in a divorce suit filed Friday against dance direct or Charles O'Curran, 39.
 The 33-year-old star asked re- turn of her maiden name and said there is no community property The couple married March Is, 1852, in Las Vegas, New, and sep arated last April 20.
 Miss Hutton divorced Ted Bir- skin, Chicago camera manufactur- CT, in April 1850 and again, after reconciliation, in January 1851.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24

The psychiatrist was consoling the wife over her husbands delu- sion that he thought he was a re- frigerator After some delibera- ton the wife replied, q guess he'll get over it all right, doctor, if you say so but at night he sleeps with mouth open and the little light keeps me awake"
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
40 Horses Die in Fire

DETROIT, R-A disastrous fire late Friday night destroyed 40 to 45 horses stabbed in a wooden barn at the Detroit Race Course track in suburban Livonia.
 The fire, of unknown origin, was discovered at HAY pm. and within minutes it raced through the 250-foot-long 60-stall barn To- cated on the western side of the track.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
No Apples In Germany?

KOENIGSDUTTER, Germany, R-A glass of schnapps a day keeps the doctor away. That's the advice of Mrs. Karoline Matkow- ski, Germany's oldest resident, who celebrated her 104th birth day anniversary today.
 Mrs. Matkowski settled in this small village near Brunswick after she fled from her native Romania ten years ago.
 A single orchid seed pod can contain a million seeds.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
German Subway Crash

HAMBURG, Germany, R- Twenty-eight persons were in jured Saturday when three sub way trains, jammed with people, collided in Hamburg station at the height of the morning rush hour.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
Increase in RadiOactivity
 Over Stockholm Reported

STOCKHOLM, R-Temporary increases in radioactivity over Stockholm have been registered for some time following the hy- drogen bomb explosions in the Pacific.
 Dr. Torsten Magnuson of the Swedish Defense Research Insti- ute said the increases were in significant and harmless.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-24
MIMI HOSPITAL

Admitted: Helga Engstrom and Helen Joe. Discharged: c. Dimmick Jr.
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which the Eisenhowers will
give in the spring. though the
date hasn't been announced
yet. To find fault with Mary
James statement is to make
much ado about nothing.
If you want to feel sorry for
somebody at these parties be-
sides the hosts. who stand for
an hour and shake a thousand
hands as a rule, pity the
guests. While they creep slow
ly forward in a roped off line
that extends to the floor be-
low, we butterfly reporters
sally up the unroped side of the
stairway in our finery like
privileged characters. We line
up like a guard of honor in
the favored spot just outside
the Blue Room where the Chief
Executive and his wife will re-
ceive.
When suddenly the Marine
Band bursts into a stirring
fanfare trumpeting the arrival
OF the President and Mrs. Els
enhoWer, we reporters are
about the only persons present
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said Mrs. Marshall. II was under
contract when I didn't know I
could write. I probably broke all
rules. I didn't have even an out
line. I bought a book on how
to write a book but that thor
oughly confused me-" When the
MarShall'S were married they
were given a Scrap-book which
Mrs. Marshall filled with clip
pings about her husband. At the
time of DR.. Marshall's death she
had three thick Scrap-books con-
tanning material that she found
to be invaluable for her book.
First I wrote everything out in
longhand, then I spoke it into an
ediphone. 1t was then typed in
rough draft which I corrected.
It took me 10 months to write
the book. The success is so sud-
den that it is difficult to realize
and even more difficult to adjust
to. 1t is now necessary for me
to have full-time secretary"
At this point Of the interview her
son, Peter John now IA, came
into the room. He is tall with
fair hair, blue eyes and ruddy
complexion-just like his father.
After he had left the room, his
mother said, "All this rolls right
of Peter. like water rolls off
ducks back"
Mrs. Marshall hoped to write
a sequel to "A Man Called
Peter" but gave up the idea
temporarily when she signed the
contract for the movie. She will
probably go to the West Coast
again for consultation. However,
she will publish another collec-
ton of her husbands sermons
and prayers.
1T amazes me the way God
instead of cutting off Peters
ministry, is continuing it." said
Mrs. Marshall. He is better
known today than while preach
ing. I feel the movie will be just
another step in the extension of
his ministry. AS Christians, we
need to use our modern media,
such as TV. radio and movies, in
stead of leaving those fields to
people who care only about
money. Church people should use
constructively the media at hand,
instead Of leaving it to the use
of those who promote juvenile
delinquency" Mrs. Marshall
modestly attributes the sale of
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House receptions are not treat
ed as well as the guests for
whom the parties are given.
That's sheer nonsense. They
are treated a lot better.
The stew started when Mrs.
Eisenhower's secretary, Mary
Jane McCaffree, told one
neWSgal that she understood
that it wasn't customary for
reporters to go through the
receiving line.
She was right. Although
individual reporters have oc-
casionally stepped into the
line. it hasn't been the custom
for a quarter of a century, say
White House usherS who have
been around that long. And
to search back further than
that, says one usher, reminds
him of what Will Rogers said
of oxtail soup: It's going a
long way back for little
nouriShment.
Actually it never occurred
to most of us to offer our
white gloved hands to the
President and his lady at the
five annual traditional recep-
tions. They are given for
diplomats, the military, Con-
gress. etc. not the press, so
why should we? We get our
turn at the press reception
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over $4,000 copies of her book
to the trend of the times. u
feel there is every evidence OF
the fact that the nation is turn
ing to God as almost never be-
fore in our history. You see it in
editorials. best sellers, movies,
DR.. Peale's books, etc. Publishers
say novels about sex are not SELL
ing as heretofore. I don't think
it is just fear. I think there is a
sense of being fed up with ma
terialism and people are reach
ing out for something and that
is why this type of book sells.
She added almost wonderingly
without my doing anything
about it, I have a writing career
The extraordinary thing is to be
able to earn living doing the
thing I really love to do"
Peter Marshall lighted a torch
and Catherine Marshall Is carry
ing 1t on.
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the front to the beautiful
marble terrace and garden in
the rear used to be something
akin to early Pullman. Susie
painted the walls cream to
match the marble floors and
lined the walls with big ported
trees. Now it's more like an
indoor garden path. The mar
BILE terrace is used for dancing
under the stars after dinners
in the big dining room, which
seats 70 at one table, or in the
small one that seats Is.
The bedrooms are also love-
ly. One is the butterfly one
that Susie lifted intact out of
her Palm Beach house. The
bed Is draped in transparent
toile dotted with butterflies
and sandwiches of real but
terflies are on the wall. If
you are not already envious.
remember that the embassy
also has a beautiful blue swim
ming pool flanked with bath
houses.
MEATLESS STEW STIRRED
Washington can get off on a
tangent at the drop of an eye
lid. It got off on one recently
when the impression was
spread around that Capital So
ciety reporters covering White
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who can see them come down
the stairs. And it's an impress
sive sight when the President in
white tie and tails and his lady
in a beautiful evening gown
enter this court-like scene.
They give us a grin, pause in
front of us for the first bars of
Hail to the Chief. ;. then dis
appear into the Blue Room.
Whereupon we Immediately
sweep into the State Dining
Room and chat like mad with
the biggest bigwigs as they
emerge from the line.
In the meantime, the great
bulk of guests have waited an
hour in the distant East Room
for a quick greeting with the
hosts that usually lasts by the
clock six-tenths of a second.
BY the time they reach the
punch and cookie department.
the bigwigs have been swal-
lowed up in the crowd or into
the night. Figure out for your
selves who gets the shortest
end of the deal. It's not the
in-garbed society reporters.
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Exclusively Yours 's'r .tp=
Gordnes Do Fabulous Decorating Job Havana Embassy
White House Comment Stirred UP Much Ado About Nothing

The Arthur Gardeners have
done a fabulous redecorating
job on the American Embassy
in Havana to make it one Of
the most beautiful American
Embassies in the world. Susie
has all but. stripped her Palm
Beach house to fix up the
United States residence in
Cuba at her own expense.
The Government took care
of the painting and one or two
odds and ends. but at no time
would you catch the Govern
ment pouring out the where
withal to almost entirely re-
furnish an embassy from top
to toe. Nor would 1t be apt
to sacrifice the long-range
practical viewpoint in favor
of beauty. Governments don't
and can't behave that way.
But the beautiful, harmoni-
GUS and cool effect has been
attained by Mrs. Gardner
though it took about a boat
load of her Palm Beach fur
nishingS to do 1t.
The huge living room is all
white and aquamarine blue.
with 18th century English
furniture upholstered in those
colors. plus some fine old lac
Quer pieces. The library is all
brown and white-mahogany
furniture. white carpet, big
brown and white print dra-
peries and small brown-and-
white print upholstery. Two
bright red cushions afford the
only other touch Of color.
The hallway that leads from
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| Mrs. Davis
| Endorsed
Office

The Woodbridge Book Club has
announced its Endorsement of
Mrs. Arthur G. Davis for the
Office Of president OF the District
Federation Of Women's Clubs.
Now first vice president Of the
federation, Mrs. Davis is a for
mer president Of the Woodbridge
club.
The group will hold it's month
ly meeting at 10 am. Tuesday
at the McKendree Methodist
Church. South Dakota and
Rhode Island avenues NE.
Reviews will be given by Mrs.
Ellsworth De Alley and Miss
Rosalie Manning.
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Founders Day Tea

A founders day tea will be
held by Phi Epsilon Omicron at
4 o'clock today at the headquar-
tiers of the American Home Eco
Monies Association, 1900 Twen-
tieth street NV. Guest speaker
will be Miss Francis Urban, ma
tional council president Of the
organization.
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Southern Trip

Mrs. Sue Cleek will leave on
February 20 for a Florida vaca-
ton. She will be accompanied
by her niece. Miss Susan Rus
misel from Long Island. N. Y
They will stay at the Westwood
Hotel. Miami Beach.
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DRESSES

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juniors woods and rayons: plaid
taffeta, failles; sizes 1913, 9-l5,
Sc
(60) S17.9S to S29.95 Dresses, fine
wool and silk: all from better
makers: new fashions and colors;
sizes 1913, 9-l5, Sill
SPORTSWEAR
t60l Juniors and Misses Skirts,
WoolenS and rayon novelties,
sizes Tbs, 1913, in good colors.
1907 $685. to $685. Skirts, S1.99
1907 S1O.98 Skirts, $3.50.
$500 to $500 Costume Jewelry;
necklaces, baroques, chokers, etc.
all desirable, 3 for 81
Sl.95 to $3.50 Belts, 99c
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Mrs. GokseII
TOBe Visitor

Mrs. H. GokSell. the former
Selma Ertegun. daughter of the
late Turkish Ambassador, will
arrive tomorrow to spend several
days with Mrs. Julian Gillespie.
The friendship of the Gillespies
and the Erteguns dates back to
1924 when they met in the
Turkish Capital.
Joining Mrs. Gillespie and
her visitor are the formers SON.
in-law and daughter, DR.. and
Mrs. jacques Kelly who will
come from their New Jersey
home for the week end. Mrs.
Kelly. formerly Miss Ann Gill
lespie. is a life long friend of
Selma Ertegun and they will
have their first reunion since
the death of Mrs. Goksell's
father.
DR.. and Mrs. Goksell came to
this country in the party of the
President and Nine. Bayar and
have been with them through
most of their extensive tour of
this country. They will join
the official party in New York
next week and sail with them
February % for Italy on their
way home. When Mrs. Goksell
leaves she will carry many mes
sages to Mrs. Gillespie Critchell,
daughter of Mrs. Gillespie, now
in Turkey.
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Lady Ross
Weds Here

Mr. Francis deMoleyns and
Lady Ross of Balnagown Castle.
Scotland, were married here yes
terday. The ceremony was per-
formed by Judge George WASH
ington of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D. C.
Circuit IN his chambers.
Lady Ross was given in mar
rage by Mr.. Philip Perlman.
former Solicitor General of the
United States. She is the widow
of Sir Charles Ross.
M deMoleyns is heir to his
brother, the present 7th Lord
Ventry Of Ventry, County Kerry.
Ireland.
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Exclusively Yours.
Austrons Being Feted Daily Before Taking Off for Rio
Jeroud and Phyllis WRIGHT to Make Home in Norfolk

In the meantime, untrump-
eted parties being given in
their honor include the Allen
Dulles dinner on February
10-the CHA chief and his wife
were also the first to entertain
the Austrians when they came
here; the Argentine. Embassy
dinner on the 18th; the Ger
man Embassy luncheon on the
10th; the Swiss Legation din
ner on the 18th; Austrian
Counselor and Mrs. Platzer's
dinner last night; the Uru-
guayan Ambassador and Sc
nora de Mora's dinner tompr-
row night: the Undersecretary
of Commerce and Mrs. Walter
Williams luncheon on Sunday;
the Dean AcheSons' Cinner on
Monday and the Robert Woods
BlisSes' dinner on Tuesday.
On the 18th the LOeWenthal
family will emplane for Rio.
They don't even have time to
take the boat trip.
PARTY CANCELLED - Air
Vice Marshal Dick Atcherley
no sooner arrived here this
week to take over the top
British air post than he had
to return at once to the United
Kingdom. He checked into
Washington Tuesday after
noon. walked into his Office
Wednesday morning and was
greeted with the shocking news
that his father, Gen. Atch-
erley had taken suddenly i'll
and had passed away. He is
not expected back for two
weeks. The party to be given
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Army Staff and Mrs. Charles. L.
Bolte were in the company and
also Deputy Chief of Staff and
Mrs. Lyman L. Lemnitzer and
Deputy Chief and Mrs. Walter L.
Weible.
Rear Admiral H. G. deWolf,
chairman of the Canadian Joint
Staff. and Mrs. deWolf: Maj.
Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis. jr., chief
of engineers, and Mrs. Sturgis:
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen L. Scott and
Mrs. Dorothy Forsythe COM
pleted the company.
South Africans Hosts
South African Ambassador and
Mrs. G. P. JooSte were the rank
ing guests at the party which
the Press Attache and Mrs. H.
M. Moolman gave yesterday in
their home on Seventeenth
street.
There was no guest of honor.
but DR.. Frank L. Warren held
an impromptu reception of his
own. He is in this country on
a grant from the South African
Council for Scientific and Indus
trial Research. He will visit re-
search laboratories and other in
situations concerned with re-
search including the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology,
Harvard University and the Ma
tional Research Council in Cam
ada. DR.. Warren is professor
Of chemistry and chemical tech
nology at the University Of Natal
in South Africa.
Mr.. Waldo Campbell of the
State Department and Mrs.
Campbell were there and also
First Secretary of the British
Embassy and Mrs. H. w. King,
Press Secretary of the Austrian
Embassy. and Mrs. Hans Thai
berg, Australian Press Attache,
and Mrs. R. r. Mccartney. Coun-
Selor of the Israeli Embassy, and
Mrs. Y. Harry Levin. the chief
OF British Information Service
in Washington, and Mrs. Charles
Campbell and a number of cor
respondents in the Capital OF
newspapers and news services.
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Guests at Fete
BETTY BEALE

in his honor on the 23rd by
the man he succeeds, popular
Air Vice Marshal J. D. Breakey
and his wife, has been can
celled Of course.
CAPITAL POTPOURRI:-
The news that Admiral Jerauld
Wright has been made SUI
preme Atlantic commander
means that he and Phyllis will
be living in Norfolk from April
on, They'll have to give up the
Nays lovely place outside
London. but they were there
during the most exciting time
coronation year. and they
come back to Al quarters. of
course. Formerly stationed in
Norfolk, they acquired a house
in Virginia Beach which they
are currently renting.
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heCurneys
Are Hosts at
Reception

The Chief of Naval Opera
tions and Mrs. Robert B. Carney
gave another of their very de-
lightful receptions early last
evening. They were hosts in
Admiral's House at the Naval
Observatory, which was partic-
ularly lovely yesterday with the
soft spring like atmosphere
without. Inside there were
quantities of early spring bios
SONS to carry out the illusion
that winter is past.
French Ambassador Bonnet,
without Nine. Bonnet who
is i'll, was among the callers
last evening, others from
embassy row included Italian
Ambassador and Signora Tar
chiani, Greek Ambassador Atha-
nese Politis, Burmese AmbaSsa-
dor and Mrs. James harrington,
Argentine Ambassador and Sc
nora de PaZ, British AmbaSsa-
dor and Lady MakinS, Pakistan
Ambassador and Begun Ali,
Dominican Ambassador and Sc
nora de Moya, Finnish Minister
and Nine. Nykopp and Spanish
Minister and Sonora de Prop
per de Callejon.
Congress Included
Senator and Mrs. Styles
Bridges were among those from
Capitol Hill at the party and
others invited were Senator and
Mrs. Homer Ferguson, Senator
and Mrs. Guy Gordon and
Senator and Mrs. Bourke B.
Hickenlooper.
Representative and Mrs. w.
Sterling Cole, Representative and
Mrs. Harry R. Sheppard and
Representative and Mrs. George
H. Mahon were there from the
Lower House.
The Chief of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff and Mrs. Arthur Rad
ford chatted with many of the
officers recently arrived for sta
ton, and their wives, as well as
a number of retired officers
and their wives in the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix de Weldon
were especially invited to the
party yesterday, the former hav-
/ ing executed the Two Jima me-
mortal to the heroic Marines who
took the Stars and Stripes to the
peak. Marine Maj. Robert B.
Carney, jr. who was among those
on Two lima. has returned to his
post on Formosa after a brief
visit with his parents in WASH
ington.
One Of the most important
guests at the party, though ne
didn't receive an invitation, MAS
Vip, the Carney's French poodle.
He had a special combng trotn
Mrs. Carney in time for the patty
and as shutting him alone in a
room for the last party resulted
in teeth marks in the woodwork,
he was allowed to mingle with
the guests yesterday.