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by 6llkyson
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TRADE-INs

L0nsburgh s--MAJ AJORAPPLIANCES-418 Se0enth st.
or through. Arct,D0y. Main Building 1
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AUCTIONS SAILS


AUCTION SALE FRIDAY. OCT. 22.
At 3 P.M.--Antiqties, p. china. glass;
etc. Parish Hall kte l23, g MO
huetioneers-Apprsisers,
TRUSTEES SALE OF QUEST HoUsE
FURNISHINGS AND EQuIPMENX
CONTAINED IN PREMISES 16yX
lash STsHEG NScqfE MN ss1itfNs,s AMR SERITiAs RIi
LEASEHOLD INTEREST
BY virtue OF q Chattel Deed Of Trust
recorded IN Liber PASS. Folio 4io
the reaaest q the parity Secured
viii sell. By public auction. at the
BAY. ocTosTs ssnisss4 1854 az AT Ten
O'CLOCK AM, large quantity OF
furnishings including complete beds.
chests Of drawers. mirrors, chars.
smps sssss, saas siainr Dnss mas Gsnfs shna 'sSi
refrigeration, kitchen equipment, heH
linen, towels. etc. more pArtieuiafIX
dessripsd IN said trust. trust, = also % Lsss s,,;
will be announced at time. Of sale
Terms: subject TO the unpaid balanxe
of prior Chattel Deed Of Trust N
RUSSELL r. BARRETT ~
JAMES A. PURCELL, u,
Trustees,
ocl3.lS.21 1904 M ST., NV.
G. q. SLOAN d CO., INC, Auctionecrs.
7I5 18th Street NV.
Washington, ID. c.
SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS. PER-
SoNAI. EFFECTS, ETC, FOR sToR-
49, [ ha,shS r,,vay, that IN SAT.
URDAY. NOVEMBER SIX, 1854,
STARTING AT TEN O'CLOCK Am:
and continuing each Wednesday ana
Saturday thereafter until all is dis
posed of there will be sold at public
auction in the auction rooms sof
c. @. Sloan & Co., Inc. 7l5 18th
Street NV, WashingtonS D. c.. TO
enforce leins for storage and other
charges due and unpaid. all furni.
ture, personal effects. etc, stored
with US in the following names: Lot
No. 1O750, Mrs. Grace E. VanHorn.
~ MANHATTAN STORAGE
g. TRANSFER CO,
$50 New York Avenue NV.
washington, -. G.
M. KRE5SIN.
oc21,29 General Manager!
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RADIOS s&PHoNoGRAPHs &

Orig. NOW
3 1854 Fomous Make Portfolio Rodios $3.50 1899
3 1854 Fomous Make 3-Speed Hi
Fidelity Record Poyers Mahogany
.veneered cobinet -----l3o.5O 1899
! 1854 Fomous Make Push Button
Tope Recorder Demonstrotor- so 1889
! 1854 Famous Make Clock Rodio
Ivory pIostie case. Floor sompie
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| 1e54~5- speed Portable Record pIoy-
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1854 Webcor Portable 3-sPeed Au-
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Record Ployer ------------- ee.e5 1920
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AUCTION SALTS
THOs. j, OWEN d SON. Auctioneers.
ILL 3 81. NV.

Trustees, Sale of Valuable BRICK
DWELLING KNOWN AS Al FENTCN
PLACE. NORTHWEST.
BY virtue OF 3 certain deed Of trust
duly recorded, In Libef No. 9SS6,
Folio 10 ct seq.. OF the land records
Of the District of Columbia, and at
the request Of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustees
Will sell. at public auction IN front
OF the premises, on MONDAY, THE
FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, AID.
100. AT TEiREE-FoRTY-FIVE
O'CLOCK PM, the foliowing-
IN the District Of Columbia. and
4 bered Ninety-six 1881 in Square
numbered six Hundred Twenty lone
l6s1 in George j. Mueller's subs
division, as per plat recorded in the
Once of the Surveyor for the Dis
trtct nf Columbia In Liber l3, at
Terms: Sold subject TO prior deed
Of trust for approximately $4,000
further particulars OF which VIII ne
chase price above said trust to be
paid in cash A deposit OF 100000
required. Conyeyancing, recording,
etc, at purchasers cost. Adjust
ments made as of date Of sale.
Terms to be complied with within
4 thirty days, otherwise deposit for
feited and the proptery may be
advertised and fesold at the discre-
ton Of ths trustees sIpr,,.srrrN
oca1, 3,26,2S.30 Trustees.
THOS. J. OWEN q SON, Auctioneers,
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THos. ]. OWEN q SON, AuctiOneers.
I111 e st. NV.

Trustees Sale Of Valuable TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING BEING
KNOWN AS PREMISES NUMBER
546 SHEPHERD STREET. NORTH
BY Virtue Of certain deed Of trust
=. duly recorded, in Liber No. 1Ql2l,
Folio 231 ct sea-, of the land records
Of the District Of Columbia. and I
thereby, the UNDERSIGNED trustees
will sell. at public auction IN front
OF the premises, on MONDAY, Tie
lMENIE,FIaTlH hMp < IaIl AP PAK FtSRTafRTY 1E 3EtEY
O'CLOCK PM. the following-de-
scribed land and premises, situate
in the District Of Columbia, and
as and ea9as Ssns Lot sxIy
subdivision Of lots in Square sey-
ton to the City Of Washington
s ep per pas aor be In ths 3e
Columbia In Liber County. 10 at
three (73) being now known for
purposes of asssssment and taxa;
and Thirty-two t3a3S).
Terms: Sold subject to a prior deed
Of trust for approximately $6,950:00
further particulars Of which Will
purchase price above said trust to
s5o6.oo required. convesancins.
recording, etc.. at purchasers cost.
Adjustments made as of date Of
sale. Terms to be complied with
within thirty days, otherwise de-
may be advertised and resold at the
discretion of the trustees.
l.. CASS LEIGH
EVERETT G. PHELPS.
oc14,16.I9,21,23 Trustees,
THOS. j. OWEN q SON, Auctioneers.
1111 Z st. NV.
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THOS. j. OWEN g SON. Auctioneers,
I'LL e 81. NV.

Trustees sale of Valuable DETACHED
FRAME DWELLING BEING KNOWN
AS PREMISES NUMBER 2S25
TMEMT VI Us EVENTH STREET.
BY Virtue Of a certain deed of trust
duly recorded, in Liber No. 10039,
Folio 3SS ct seq, of the land records
OF the District of Columbia, and at
the request Of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustees will
sell, at public auction in front OF
the premises, on MONDAY, THE
FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER A.D.
1854, AT TWO-THIRTY O'CLOCK
PM, the following described land
and premises, situate in the District
OF Columbia. and DESIGNATED as and
being Lot IA in Square 4341 in
Warren's subdivision. as per plat
recorded in the once Of the Surye-
yor for the District of Columbia
In Liber 63 at folio 80. Subject
building restriction line as shown
on said plat.
Terms: Sold subject to a prior deed
OF trust for approximately S7.S15 80
further particulars Of which will be
chase price above said. trust to to be be
required. Conyeyaneing. recording.
ments made as Of date OF sale.
Terms to be complied with within
thirty days, otherwise deposit for
vertised and resold at the discretion
~
Evening star., 1954-10-21
EUGENE r. LANE, Attorney.
Columbian Building

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District Of Columbia, Hold.
sae snf W. pFSna5s simpson Gaines Deceased
No. S6l17. Administration Docket
1S0.--Application having been made
herein for probate of the last Will
and testament Of said deceased. and
estate. by David Duvall Mcdaniel,
Sr., it is ordered this goth day OF
October, AID. 1854. that the ur-
known heirs at law and next OF kin
of the deceased. and all others con-
Monday, the goth day Of November.
A.D, 1854. at 1000 o'clock AN,
to show cause why such application
bspsoa s9sd b. not paSlRea Ss sSsnsa a The Let WRSS
ington Law Reporter" and Ths
successive weeks before. the return
day herein mentioned, the first pub
days before said return day. Wit
ness the Honorable BOLITHA J.
LAWS. Chief Judge OF said Court.
this goth day OF October, AID. 1854.
ISsalo Attest: MELVIN ]; MAR
Ss bistTes Rsesty Of ResissG g. Gi isi
the Probate Court. Aoc2l .2S-no4
Bldg. and j. FONTAINE HALL, 7I9
18th 81, NV, Attorneys.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District of Columbia, Holding
Probate Court. No. S4,794. Ad-
mtnistration. This is to Give Notice
That the Subscribers, which were BY
the United States District Court for.
the District of Columbia granted let
ters testamentary on the estate Of
Mary Louisa Wilson, deceased. have,
with the approval of the United
States District Court for the District
of Columbia, holding Probate
Court, appointed Monday. the 18th
day OF November. 1854, at 1000
o'clock am, as the time and said
Court room as the place, for making
payment and distribution from said
estate, under the Courts direction
and control, when and where all
ceritorS and persons entitled to dis
tributive shares or legacies. or the
residue, or parts thereof, are notified
to attend, In person or by agent or
attorney duly authorized, with their
claims against the estate properly
vouched Given under our hands
this 10Th day of October, 1854.
MONA K, MASON, 1884 Wisconsin
Ave, NV and NATIONAL SAVINGS
AND TRUST COMPANY. BY: BRUCE
BAIRD, President. iSeal.) Attest:
MELVIN J. MARQUES, Deputy
Register Of wills for the District Of
Columbia, Clerk OF the Probate
Court oc21 ,2S-noA
(EORGE JORDAN. Attorney
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AUCTION SALES
Zed 4. williams d Zed 4. Williams. Jr.
AuctioneeEs and Appraisers.

Notice is hereby given to Mary Day.
last known address Spring Hill, Nd,
that unless S32S 90 past due storage
Is paid on or before Oct. 20. 1854.
that furniture, furnishings, goods.
feets win viii Be sold By public auction
at the Williams House. BIS New
u York Ave. NV. Wash, D.. c..
commencing At z Pm. and continue
bys s sarrett ns e. Transfer nsn fUa d so storsse CO.
Of 1902 Otis st. NV. RUSSELL +.
ssfEl55I oefE.I5, ,Is.iT' iHs'Hi Il. .eo.a,
THos. J. 9MEN Y1S ! 4 ss, SOY Nv. Aaetiensers.
IpESsfsfI pWssIrNa az BEING 81 saldsS1e sSowa As
PREMISES NUMBER 1884 SEC
OND STREET, SOUTHWEST
BY virtue Of certain deed OF trust
Folio Si3 et seq. Of the land rec.
ords Of the District Of Columbia. and
at the request OF the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustees
g u tSs Ss pSssss e RSsc a Il fsSas
THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY or
OCTOBER AID. 1854. AT THREE
THIRTY O'CLOCK Pm, the fol-
situate in the District of Columbia,
and designated as and being part
OF lot A in Mars Subdivision OF
lots in SQUARE 5g7, as per plat re-
corded In the once OF the Sur
veyor for the District OF Columbia
in Liber Ia at folio 13a: being more
particularly described by metes and
bounds in said deed o.. trust. Now
known for purposes OF assessment
and taxation as Lot SIS in Square
TERMS OF SALE. ALL CASH. A
deposit Of $500. .0i, viii be required
at time of sale. All conpeyancing,
recording. revenue stamps, etc. at
to be complied with within. thirty
DAYS from day of sale otherwise
the trustees reserve the right to re-
sell the property at the risk ana cost
Of defaulting purchaser. after FIVE
days advertisement of such resale
in some newspaper published in
WasniagLnIno " p n.y,s ,n
RICHARD ]. CARP,
oc16,19.21 ,2a2R Trustees.
THOS. ]. OWEN a SON, Auctieneers,
I'LL st. NV.
Evening star., 1954-10-21

AUCTION SALE FRIDAY. OCT. 12.
At s P.M.----AntiQties, china. glass,
etc. Parish Hall, Etc. l23, at Mo-
Lean, Va. oc2l II
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THOs. ]. OWEN q SON, AnctioneeTs,
l111 e st. NV.

FRANK e. ScRIvENER, Attorney,
705 Perpetual Building.
oc2I pa. %. 28.30
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Federal Fund Cut /
TocrippIe Fighter
W and tuberculosis

The fight against tuberculosis
and venereal disease in WASH
ington win be slowed down be-
cause the grants from the Fed
efal Government win be cut of
July l. according to the District
Health Department.
The department said $4,000
has been cut from tuberculosis
control and $72. 900 from venereal
disease.
The department operates three
venereal disease clinics. in addi-
tion to those at the District Gen.
eral Hospital and Freedmen's
Hospital. Both clinics will have
to be cut. A total of 19 employees
Of the Venereal Disease Bureau
have been notified they will be
dismissed in July. 2
Five employees of the Tubercu-
loSis Bureau have been notified
their services will no longer be
required after July /. These in
clude three clerks and two tech
nicianS.
The cut in venereal disease
funds will be hard blow to the
District, according to DR.. s. Ross
Taggart, head of the Venereal
Disease Bureau. He said syphilis
brings about so patients a year
to st. Elizabeths Hospital here.
The bureau believes there are
between $4,000 and 100000 un-
discovered cases of syphilis here.
Last year the bureau discovered
1000 cases of syphilis in the Dis
trict, DR.. Taggart said.
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Commissioners Get
Gifts From SeIossie
At Brief Ceremony

Emperor Selassie yesterday
reciprocated for the Key to
the city which the Commits
sioners gave him by present.
ing them with some ornate
war equipment and n
mounted set of two huge
elephant tuSks.
Alta Fantaye Wold Yo-
hannes, director general of
finances of Ethiopia. handed
over the objects in brief
ceremonies in the ofice of
Commissioner Samuel Spen-
Ger. The items included a
silver-tipped. ivory : banded
spear, an ancient and men,
acing-looking Eth iopians
Saber in o gorgeously fili--
greed scabbard. and Q hide
covered shield equally or
nate. A
Allswere inscribed with the
insignia Of the Emperor.
Evening star., 1954-05-28

from the Rules Committee and
subsequently getting it enacted
by Congress, President Eisen-
hover will veto the bill, Post Of
flee officials declare.
These officials say the Presi-
dent Is completely opposed" to
the measure and has declared
he would veto it.
Should the postal pay raise
measure be bottled up in the
House Rules Committee or be
vetoed by the President, 1t could
kill the chances Of any classi-
fed employe pay raise bill this
year.
MORE OPTIMISTIC.-On the
other hand, classified ernploye
leaders are hopeful that the
House Civil Service Committees
action in approving a postal pay
raise bill will expedite action on
classified pay legislation.
Chairman Rees said, after his
committees action yesterday,
that his group will meet in
closed session within the next 10
days to report q classified en-
ploye pay raise bill. While not
saying how much he thought
they should receive. Mr.. Rees
said he thinks classified en-
ployes should be treated on an
equal basis with postal workers.
Representative Broyhill. Re-
publican, of Virginia, q member
of the committee, said he feels
a compromise on the admins
tration's 312 per cent average
pay raise proposal for classified
employees will be approved by the
committee. Regardless Of the
fate of postal pay legislation,
such a classified bill will be ap-
proved by Congress and signed
by the President, Mr.. Broyhill
predicted.
The compromise would add
another 500 to the first 10
grades on top of the administra-
tion's original 31a per cent plan.
This would give Federal classi-
fed employees an average raise
of about $3.50 to $500. although
those in the first four grades
would get increases ranging
only from 500 to SITS. Mr..
Broyhill said he feels the pro-
posed compromise bill isn't lib
eral enough, but he said that is
the only legislation that has a
chance of passage.
Evening star., 1954-05-28

Inflated carrier Leyte that
caused the blast which cost 81
lives in Boston last october.
Admiral Carney said with ref
erence to the Bennington's cata-
pult apparatus:
II have been told that at the
time of the blasts jet planes had
just been launched by catapults
from the. Bennington and the
propeller-driven aircraft were
being prepared to take off,"
The court of inquiry, headed
by Rear Admiral John s. Hos
kins, commander of Fleet Air at
QuonSet Point, is a fact-finding
board. 1t will inspect the
stricken carrier. call witnesses
and gather information about
the disaster. It makes a formal
report to the Navy Department
in Washington, but does not Ak
puniShmentS.
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Nensof Bennington Tell How Ship Met Disaster

Salem. Mass. called the tragedy
eworse than Pearl Harbor. " He
vas at Pearl. s.
Il saw some horrible sights
during the war but none worse
than this. It was some consola-
tion To know that we were able
to save some lives through first
aid and transfusions.'
Thrown Against Bulkhead.
Donald Schmitt, 20-year-old
seaman from Rochester. N. Y,
told about it with his face black
ened by smoke.
''It was about $40. I was COM.
ing out Of my compartment.
There was q roar. I was thrown
against q bulkhead (wal1) about
Is feet.
Pretty soon there was smoke
and flame everywhere. I don't
know what happened after that
next thing ! knew ! was
fighting the fre."
Meanwhile the Bennington
had flashed word ashore. alert
ing Quonset and Newport Naval
Bases.
AmbulanceS, doctors and
nurses were mobilized at Quon-
set. Two wards were set aside
for casualties at the base hos
pital at Newport. Wire litters
were stacked at the dockside.
Truesdale hospital IN neighbor-
ing Fall River, Mass, was asked
to be ready for an emergency.
The Navy sent two helicopters
from the Weymouth, Mass. Air
Base and summoned four from
the Coast Guard base at Salem,
Mass. Orders went out to crash
boats.
The 'copters made trip after
trip to the Bennington's flight
deck, speeding the victims ashore
where medical corpsmen and
ambulances waited to complete
the mercy journey to Newport
Base Hospital and the infirmary
at QuonSet.
AS soon as the hawSers were
looped over the bollards. walk
ing injured and others in litters
were taken of the ship to watt
ing ambulances.
Men lined the ship, many with
smoke -blackened faces and some
with oxygen masks on their
shoulders, as the Bennington
sailed into port.
Anxious relatives, service
buddies and friends watched the
transfer ashore.
Scores Gather in Theater.
Scores more gathered in the
base theater, some sitting si-
lently, blank eyes staring at a
blank motion picture screen, and
some nervously pacing.
The Navy served coffee and
sandwiches to sustain them in
their anxious waiting, but some
couldn't eat because Of nervous
emotion.
Chaplains were there to con-
sole the bereaved and those
whose kin were hospitalized.
Several tainted and were re-
vived by Navy doctors, nurses
and medical corpsmen not busy
with disaster victims.
At least one sailor owed his
life to a change in routine.
Seaman Carlo Ceyoli, %, of
East Greenwich, r. l., normally
eats breakfast in the forward
mess hall. Wednesday he decided
to g0laft. sim a lucky man." he
said afterward. II might be
dead"
Evening star., 1954-05-28
The Weather Here and Over the Notion

Wind-Southeast to south, 12-
18 miles per hour tonight and
tomorrow.
es . Il - ~. saes
5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, May 29-June 2.
Temperatures win average 2 to
4 degrees above normal. WASH
ington normals are 70 high and
so low. Warm tomorrow. Cooler
Sunday and Monday followed by
warmer Tuesday and Wednesday.
Showers tomorrow and again
Tuesday or Wednesday totaling
about three-fourths inch.
Evening star., 1954-05-28

Regarding the threat that the
postal employe pay bill win be
killed either by Congress or the
President, postal employe lead
ers say they are not worried
over such q possibility.
They say they have enough
strength to discharge the bill
from the Rules Committee via a
discharge petition, II they have
to. And. they declare, they are
sure that in this election year
President Eisenhower will sign
the bill into law.
Consequently, they say, classi-
fed employees also will receive a
pay raise. since Congress always
has voted a classified pay in
crease whenever it raised the
salaries Of postal workers.
%'A So III
IN THE BALANCE. - Only
time will tell who is right. Never
in the history Of Congress has
there been such q bitter fight
over Federal pay legislation.
Postmaster General Summer
field insisted that Congress en-
act his compromise $3.50 average
postal pay reclassification plan
or nothing at ali. MIR. Summer
field feels the 7 per cent In
crease approved by the House
group would only make worse
the outnoded postal salary
structure.
It is doubtful whether men,
bers Of any committee in Con-
gress were subjected to such
pressure as was applied to House
Civil Service Committee mem
bers from both sides. oat
The 2 per cent postal pay in
crease bill was approved by a
vote Of IA to 10. The 10 members
voting against it were in favor
Of Postmaster General Summer
fields plan.
In approving the bill, the
committee provided that the in
crease 60 int effect on July /
and continue on a temporary
basis to october /, 1855. At the
same time, the committee
adopted a provision setting up
a joint Congressional commit
tee to study the postal salary
reclassification problem and
make its recommendations to
Congress by next May /.
This was done in an effort
to appease the Post Office De-
partment. But Mr.. Summerfleld
and his aides feel nothing will
result from such a study. They
feel the group would be sub
jected to such pressures that the
only result would be to make
the 7 per cent postal increase
permanent.
They also declare that the
committees action in approving
an additional longevity increase
for postal workers in many cases
would give clerks and carriers a
greater pay raise than their
supervisors and foremen. The
committee voted to liberalize
postal longevity pay provisions.
allowing postal workers 500 in
creases when they reach 13. II.
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Secrecy on Payments
To Farmers Is Lifted
By the Assoeioted Press

The public hereafter will be
able, to look at the records Of
payments to individual farmers
under the Governments huge
price support and soil conserva-
ton programs.
Such records heretofore have
been secret, but Secretary of
Agriculture Benson said yester-
day he has ordered county off,
ces to make such information
available to those requesting it.
"All pertinent information
will be made public" Mr.. Ben
son said in a statement. He
added this would not include,
certain confidential information
supplied by individual farmers.
Evening star., 1954-05-28

preparing for their days sched-
uleS.
1.-THE damaged area (was)
on the third deck, below the
hangar deck. on the forward port
side =. the No. fire room. the
port catapult room and living
quarters of the general service
crew.
Immediately after all the
planes were launched we ordered
them to proceed to Quonset. We
then proceeded to Quonset."
Admiral Saw Smoke.
Admiral Cruise told newsmen
he went to the flag bridge at
$50. $50 >.
II had watched the launchings
Of the jets" he said. II noticed
smoke, at first. white, then black.
coming out of the starboard side
of the hangar. I yelled to Capt.
Raborn over the speakers and
he told me he had seen the
smoke.
1.-THE fire control warning was
sounded and then there was a
minor explosion. A second ex-
plosion rocked the ship.
"The skipper kept me informed
and I stayed on my own bridge
so as not to interfere with the
captain, who handled the entire
rescue work.
Smoke subsided in about 80
minutes but I understand the
heat was so bad in the affected
sections rescuers were unable to
stay more than a few minutes at
a time. =
From what I can determine
something exploded in the for
ward area Of the ship. The force
buckled the 5-inch armor plate.
n Had we been hit by a torpedo
1t could not have done as much
damage"
Ensign Robert Grant of