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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27
Photo.


Miss Martha Devine McIlnay.
daughter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
DIN Foster McIlnay of Bethesda
became the bride on June 26 OF
I'd 1t. George Eugene Webbing.
He is the son of Capt. and Mrs.
George w. Webbing of Lubbock,
Tex.
The ceremony took place in St.
Mary's Chapel of the Washington
Cathedral with Chaplain Charles
I. Carpenter, chief of the Air
Force chaplains officiating. There
was a reception at the officers
Club of the National Medical
Center in Bethesda. Following a
southern wedding trip, 1t. and
Mrs. Webbing will reside in Har-
lingen, Tex, where the BRIDE
groom is stationed.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12

MIS- r. E p .Blanton ana Miss
Many Wilson inHored to Rich
mond Thursday
An:-ngst the callers at Vista
Wood Sunday. were Mr. and MIS-.
Iugh Fdppen Of Ashland Logan
Richie ana son. " Richmond. Mi
and Mrs Bruce Spencer OF Farm
}ille ana Miss Sarah and Pauline
Cotson, Of Guinea Mills
Miss Ethel Wilson. Of Rich
nond, spent the week end with
her sisters MISS Sallcy and Mary
Wilson
Maurice LARGE Of Farmvlle was
business caller here Friday
Mrs Earl Nj. Dandridge spent
the day in Richmond Friday
Mr. and Mrs. S. 3 Hurt have
moved into then new hcme
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12
Meheff,n News

The Amateur program went oil
nicely AT Afehcrun school last
Wednesday March 3. with 225
present Nh r. ~ Dlinkum,
mother Of tht Rex r L Dtlnisum.
received a prize for 4 podln shc
gave she won being the oldest
person who entered the contest
There we've many prizes given to
these VINO did 50 well with their
parts The Neherrin Strnna Band
had a prominent part on the pro-
gram Many children took part
The talent program was a dem
onStrauon OF the fine cooperation
on the part Of various organiza-
TONS CT MtheTin There We're
five different groups that took
part WSCS, Ruitan Home Dem
onsuation' Club. and the Boy
Scouts of Meherin The object of
this prOeranl was to secure funds
to fix ZIP a club room fer the com
munity
Rev r z Dunkum attended the
Ministers Conference Of the Con-
cord Association March g. The
conference met at Dundas Va Nh
Dunkum also attended the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra con-
cert at Jarman Han, LongWood
COLLEGE, March 8. According to
MI Dunkun there was large
crowd present and enjoyed the
musical plosram thorouehIy
Civil Defense Glass
There was 4 study class at Me
helrin public school Saturday
night for tile ones who are to OPP
crate the Meherun Observation
Post Set Sykora was the instluc-
tor A good number Of Meherrin
citizen attended TINS class There
win be another class in Aprl or
May p il. Fowler Is supervisor
and r Hubbard is chief OBJ
serer These men are doing a nice
lob in Getting this post in opera
ton
Mn ana Mrs J J. Anderson
visited relauveshrre during the
week end
Nh and MIS- Clarence saXby
and Mrs. Traylor Of Richmond
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12
MehefF,h News
Crowd OF rs Enjoys Talent Show
Given 10 Raise Community Club Funds

Mr.. and Mis- ] r Gherman re-
Gently
Mrs Tucker Mrs. Grace Ander-
sons moth4 had a fan and is
confined 70 her bed
Rio hmona Visitor
Mrs. French viii return home
this week. She has been visiting
her daughtfl Mrs. L. B Clark.
and other relatives in Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hawks.
of Blackstof e spent the week end
recently with MI. and MIS- Trent
Throckmorton
Mrs. Bobby Taylor, OF Gladys. is
spending some time with Mr.. and
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12
Antioch

The W. S. G S. Of Antioch
Church met in the home of Mrs.
Cecil Brown a st Wednesday
night. with Is members present.
Mrs. Gates led the devotionals.
Mrs. H. Z Coffey was in charge Of
the program After the business
session, ! social hour was enjoyed
with refreshments served by the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12

hit@ G. l.. SpiiT IuGk
Riley DaFIart Of durham, n
c., spent last week end with this
mother, Mrs Rosetta DeHart.
The WMU society Of the Bap-
tist Church met last Friday night
at the PARSONAGE to observe Week
Of Prayer for home missions.
MI and Mrs. Joe Jenkins spent
z few days recently at Halifax
with Ills sister AIRS Ernest Owen
Mrs iohn FoUlkes hus returned
home aftn spendlng Il week IN
Portsmouth @i,h relatives
Mfrs Dennis Bowman. Of Jewel
Ridge spent a WeeE more with hcl
father J III Ward
Evening star., 1954-04-16

Frank Ford, San Francisco
News: I don't look for much
change in the Congressional dele
CATION lineup in California this
year. I mean in numbers of
Democrats and Republicans
There may be some shifting
within the delegation.
James Roosevelt probably will
be defeated. Condor will be
beaten. Representative Bramblett
will be out.
Senator Kuchel (who was ap-
pointed as successor to Vice
President Nixon when the latter
left the Senate) should win elec-
ton.
People in California seem to be
pulling for Ike, they want him
to come through.
Our paper took a poll recently
on Mccarthy. The surprising re-
suit in our Catholic city was
4 to l against Mccarthy. That
was after Ike took him on with
the implied criticism.
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Editors See Good COP. Chance in Fall

. q y ,a y Is
about the same balance we have
had.
Jack Foster, Denver Rocky
Mountain News: On the Demo-
cratic side. former Representa-
tive John Carroll has announced
as a candidate for the Senate
seat being vacated by Senator
Ed Johnson.
Carroll is an enemy of John
son. The Denver mayor, Quigg
Newton. is head of our local non
partisan government. But he has
declared himself a Democrat and
will be in the same primary con-
test.
In the background is former
Secretary of Agriculture Charles
Brannan. He has until July to
make up his mind. The party
conventions are in July. and the
primaries in September.
Ed Johnson won't back John
Carroll. but his support of either
Newton or Brannan would be
important within the party.
Dan Thorton. our Republican
Governor, has announced he is
not planning to run for political
Office. But his statement was
phrased so he could be drafted.
If he is drafted for the Re-
publican Senate nomination, the
Democrats have a real fight on
their hands. Ike Eisenhower is
at least as popular as ever out
our way. possibly stronger. He is
a close friend of Dan Thornton.
It seems to me the Republicans
might pick up a Senate seat this
year in our State.
Evening star., 1954-04-16

With six months to go until
congressional elections. some Of
the Nations leading editors be-
lieve the Republican Party
stands a good chance Of retain
ing control on Capitol Hill.
To many members Of the
American Society of Newspaper
Editors. it is too early to make a
prediction on the November vot-
ing. But they see nothing to in
dicate that an important shift of
power is imminent.
In poll conducted at the
ASNE convention here, various
editors expressed opinions that
their own States would not dis
turb the present lineup between
parties-that the division be-
tween Democrats and Repuhli-
cans probably would remain the
same. even if some new faces are
substituted for incumbents.
Among the comments were
these:
Wright Bryan. the Cleveland
Plain Dealer: We are having a
primary in May but as yet there
is relatively little excitement
about it. The campaign is just
beginning to warm up.
The greatest interest to date
is in the race for the Republican
nomination for the Senate. This
is between Representative George
Bender and William Saxbe,
Speaker of the State House of
Representatives. It is for the
Taft seat now held by Senator
Tom Burke. Democrat, who is
unopposed in the fall.
This is the only Statewide race
in which any interest has been
shown. The pace is being stepped
up.
Regarding the national scene,
it depends very largely on
whether there is an upturn in
business. If business slides off,
the Democrats stand a good
chance of winning. If business
turns better, Republicans will
retain control by a narrow mar
gin. In any event, it will be very
close.
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Newspapers Given
FEC Permission 10
Oppose Tv Licenses
BY the Assoeiossd Pres,

The Federal Communications
Commission. in a precedent set
ting action has ruled that a
newspaper may oppose a tele-
vision station application on
grounds the station would be
its competitor for advertising
and cause economic injury" to
it.
The commission voted yeSter-
day. AS. to permit the Clarks-
burg Publishing Co., publisher
of the Exponent and Telegram
at Clarksburg, w. Va, to become
IAN interested party" in con-
sideration by television service
for that city.
In announcing its decision,
the commission postponed effec-
tiveneSs of a channel-12 tele-
vision construction permit for
the Ohio Valley Broadcasting
Co., and said a hearing would
be ordered. A date for the hear
ing was not set.
Competitive Media.
The publishing company had
asked to enter the case on
grounds that newspapers and
television stations are competi-
tive although it said it was not
arguing against Legitimate COM
petition.
The publishing company said
1t wanted to raise questions con-
corning the manner in which
the grant was made and the
qualifications of Ohio Valley
Broadcasting.
Ohio Valley had argued a
newspaper was not party in
interest in a televiSion case. 1t
said the publishing company's
allegations were based on fear
of competition rather than upon
facts which would justify argu-
ments that it would suffer eco
nomic injury. as defined under
the commission rules.
The commissions majority
opinion said the publishing COM
pany had established evidence
that 1t is a party in interest"
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Tito 10 Join Turkey
In Military Alliance

ANKARA. Turkey, April 16.-
Yugoslavia's visiting President
Tito has agreed tentatively to
form an outright alliance with
Turkey NATO's easternmost
member. He plans to press
Greece. another NATO neighbor
in the Balkans, to join in the
plan.
The decision was announced
last night by Yugoslav Foreign
Minister Koca Popovic as a cli-
max to the state visit here by
the Communist leader who has
defled Moscow and leagued his
country with the West.
Mr.. Popovic said Greece's ap-
proval is necessary for the alli-
ance since the three Balkan
neighbors, in their pact signed
February %, 1858. agreed to con-
suit each other on military mat
terS
In Athens, a foreign minister
spokesman confirmed that mill
tary representatives are eXplor-
ing the possibility of expanding
the 3-nation agreement into
full-f1edged military pact. The
spokesman added that his nation
would view such a change in "a
favorable light"
Evening star., 1954-04-16

could test our home defense
against aerial assault with the
"loss Of only a few planes and
crews" He said anti-aircraft
missiles could only be effective
when attacking planes are not
too numerous and when the
guiding devices are not para
lyzed by jamming or confused by
decoys."
Needs Remain Same.
Gen. c. L. Bolte, Army Vice
Chief of Staff. declared there
was nothing to indicate the
demands on our manpower will
be less in any future war" de-
spite the advent of new weapons
and strategy.
DR.. John A. Hannah, Assistant
Defense Secretary. told the edi-
tors the military now has made
quate reserves for any future
hostilities. He said consideration
was being given to the possibility
of drafting men for the National
Guard and reserves. But the
problem there, he added. was
what effect such a program would
have on voluntary enlistments
for the services.
The three hour Pentagon
briefing was opened by Secretary
of Defense Wilson and closed by
his deputy, Roger M. Kyes. Other
speakers were Army Undersecre-
tary John Slezak, Navy Secretary
Anderson, Admiral D. B. Dun
can, Vice Chief of Naval Opera
tions. and Assistant Defense Sec
retary Wilfred j. Mcneil.
Evening star., 1954-04-16

William p. Steven, Minneap-
oils Star & Tribune: Our pa
per's most recent poll shows
Senator Hubert Humphrey en-
joys an 8 or 9 per cent margin
over Val Bjornson, the State
treasurer. who wants to come
to Washington on the Republi-
can ticket.
The margin for Humphrey in
this poll is somewhat greater
than his margin over Harold
Stassen, when he was mentioned
for the race a month ago.
Bjornson's father has been a
country newspaper editor in
Minnesota for SO years. Val is
q good bluff and hardy hand
shaker. He should do especially
well in the country.
But either Stassen or DR..
Mayo probably would have run
better against Humphrey. ]
think we in Minnesota will keep
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Effort 10 Speed Up
Information 10 Press
Forecast by BrowneII

Every effort will be made here
after to make Government in
formation public as soon as the
reasons for keeping it secret have
passed. Attorney General Brown
ell said last night.
He addressed an audience of
newspaper editors and publish
erS from various parts of the
country. as well as diplomats,
Senators and Representatives, at
the annual editors dinner of the
Women's National Press Club in
the Hotel Statler.
''AS a result of a new preSi-
Dental order issued. last fall,
there has been definite increase
in the flow of information from
the Government to the public
which should not be withheld"
Mr.. Brownell contendeG.
Sees Balance Established.
Mr.. Brownell added the "indis-
criminate description" of infor-
nation as security information"
also has been ended. The new
order of the President, he said,
achieves the proper, balance be-
tween the needs of defense and
the needs of a free press.
The Justice Department, Mr..
Brownell explained, also has CO.
operated with the press in max
ing it easier for news photog-
raphers to obtain pictures of
Federal prisoners.
EARLY this year" Mr.. Brownell
said. "the United States marshals
were directed that neither they
nor their deputies shall, under
any circumstances. interfere with
a reporter or photographer TAX
ing a photograph on the street
or in other places outside of the
Federal courthouse"
Cites Kentucky Case.
The speaker emphasized that
the Justice Department is not
only making the job of the
press photographer easier in
getting his pictures in Federal
cases, but also is guarding him
against unlawful State inter-
ference.
Mi. Brownell cited the case
INVOLVING the conviction OBJ
tanned by the department. of the
police chief of Newport. KY, for
violating the Civil Rights Act.
The chief had seized the camera
of a photographer Of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal, destroyed
the films taken during the
course of gambling raid and
then arrested and jailed the
photographer.
This. Mr.. Brownell COM
mented, is believed to be the
first civil rights conviction
against unlawful State inter-
ference with freedom of the
press.
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Army Population
In District Area
TotoIs 36,8O3

The Army had SO. .803 civil
ian and military personnel
in the District area last De-
cember 81, of whom. 1926
were in the Pentagon.
The department furnished
the data to q House Appro-
priations subcommittee dur
ing recent hearings, which
were released today.
It also stated that last
June 30 there were 36,508
civilian and military person.
mel in the area-14.032 at
the Pentagon.
OF the December 81 PEN
tagon total, 3,642 were
military.
Evening star., 1954-04-16
BrowneH Wonders
Why Nellie Bly, Left
Office for Book

Attorney General Brown
ell, in paying tribute to
women reporters last night,
cited the accomplishments
of the legendary Nellie BLY,
of the Old World in New
York.
He told how she had her.
self declared insane so she
could be committed to
Blackwell's Island to inves-
tigate conditions there,
which subsequently were re-
ferred to a grand jury. Her
stay there also furnished
material for a book. Ten
Days in a Mad House" Mr..
Brownell then added this
comment:
Nov, from what I've seen
of some of the hectic times
around a newsroom, a re-
porter need not go to an
asylum to gather material
for a book of that title"
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Mrs. Arnold Gets
Only SIS Pension,
Talbot Reveals

The widow Of General Of the
Air Force Henry H. (Hap) Arm
old gets only $75 month pen
sion.
Secretary of the Air Force
Talbot made that statement
yesterday in a talk to the Amer
ican Society of Newspaper Edi-
tors as he declared the morale
of air personnel sis being seri-
ously affected because Of the
benefits we feel they are entitled
to but are not getting" He men
toned several types of benefits
which have been curtailed, in
Guiding medical care of depend
ents and pensions.
He contrasted the pay of an
Air Force major flying a jet
bomber with that received by q
pilot for big airlines $1,000
against $4,000 year.
All Of this makes it difficult
to hold men in the Air Force and
other services, Mr.. Talbot and
other speakers stressed. They
sought the aid of the editors in
correcting what they termed un-
attractiveness of service careers
in comparison with civilian jobs
Evening star., 1954-04-16

Blair will have to defeat q De-
troit man named McNamara,
who already is in the party race
I think Moody can do that.
But Williams would have had
a better chance to unseat Sem
ator Ferguson tRepublican) in
the general election. AS it now
stacks up, / think Homer Fergu-
son can win over Moody.
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Radford Says March
Of Reds Must Halt
AT Present Line

Admiral Arthur w. Radford
believes "the free nations" coali-
ton absolutely cannot afford to
let the Iron Curtain ring down
on a single additional area"
The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff made that state
ment yesterday in a worldwide
summary of the military situa-
tion before the American So
ciety Of Newspaper Editors.
IF communism is permitted
to gobble up parts of the world
by one, the day will come when
the Soviet bloc will be so power
full that no corner of the world
will be safe" he said.
The admiral gave a section-b by
section world report, beginning
with Europe.
France and Italy, he said,
must sooner or later face up to
their problems realistically and
realize" that their future pros
perity and security lies in unity
with western Europe, including
Germany.
The NATO alliance, he said,
needs a German contribution,
and above all, it needs Franco
German unity" Both France and
Italy. he added, have been slow
to bring about the fulfillment of
this unity concept.
Middle East Threat.
Of the Middle East. the senior
military adviser to the admins
tration said that the current in
tense feeling between Israel and
the Arab states is "a bar to any
unity of action between them
and is a menace to peace in the
area"
The admiral devoted much of
his briefing to the problems Of
Asia, particularly Indo-China.
He described Indo-China as
the focal point of the global ex-
pansion of communism. The
United States, he continued,
would continue to give military
and moral support to Indo-
China.
But he added this country
has mo desire, however, to as
sumo responsibility for the con-
duct of military operation" in
that seven-year- -old war. He
supported Secretary of State
Dulles call for united action"
to save tsoutheast Asia.
Vice Chief Speaks.
Gen. Thomas D. White, Air
Force Vice Chief of Staff. told
the editors there was no longer
any question of the ability of the
air arm-with hydrogen-atomic
weapons-to destroy a nations
ability to continue fighting a
modern war"
He said the world needed the
outlawing of weapons of mass
destruction as an integral part
of a disarmament program in
volving all forms of warfare, in
cluding the conventional.
But he warned that if there
should be any question about
outlawing "the most powerful
and effective weapons available
to us, then the size of our force
must be increased beyond our
present plans"
Saying that the principal ef-
feet of the atomic bomb in war;
fare is to shorten the time to
reach a decision, the general
noted that the most devastating
air raid in all history was not
either the atom bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but the
fire bomb raids, with conven-
tional weapons, launched against
Tokyo.
Gen. White said an agressor
Evening star., 1954-04-16
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operative attitude" and the Post
Office Department now has a
more liberal policy.
Secret Sessions Hit.
Nevertheless. the report de-
plored a tendency of congress
sional committees to hold secret
sessions. 1t said 40 per cent of
the meetings at the last session
of Congress were conducted be-
hind closed doors.
The committee said it still
finds the handling of military in,
formation somewhat unSatis-
factory" although President Els
enhower Cancelled an order of
former President Truman, there
by stripping % agencies Of the
power to classify material as
confidential or secret.
Postmaster General Summer
field detailed his reasons for an
increase in postal rates to put
the Post Office Department on a
business basis and explained his
proposal for a modern salary
plan for postal employees.
Theodore C. Streibert, director
of the United States Informa-
ton Agency, urged the editors to
continue cooperation in getting
the American story to people
throughout the world. He said
many tangible results have been
obtained under the reorganized
agency'S program.
In another report, Jenkin
Lloyd Jones. editor of the Tulsa
Tribune, told the editors jour-
nalism is losing it's ability to at
tract bright boys and girls" in
part because 1t has not ycoun-
tered libel Of the profession.
Poor Pay Held Myth.
Mr.. Jones said enrolment in
schools Of journalism have fall
en- of twice as fast as college
enrolment generally. He said
one deterrent has been an out
dated reputation for poor pay.
He declared low pay is q thing
Of the past.
Mr.. Jones also blamed news
paper executives for stressing
hard work, long hours and low
cay. as we'll as movie and tele-
vision programs featuring "the
boozy editor or the venality of
a rich and crooked publisher. :"
He urged newspapermen to
Offset the effect of years Of
libel" by telling the truth about
their business.
Evening star., 1954-04-16

Wallace Lomoe, Milwaukee
Journal: Politics in Wisconsin
are always unpredictable.
This year we have no Senate
contest but. of course, all the
House seats must be filed. l
think the State will keep the
present lineup of eight Repub-
licans and two Democrats.
AS everyone knows. the Demo-
Gratis took heart last year when
Lester johnson won that 9Th
district seat. That was not q
clear-cut Democratic Party VIC
tory because of the progressive
questions raised locally. The
farmers were disturbed then by
the Eisenhower administration
farm policy.
Conditions could change be-
fore the 1854 election. Also, we
may have a fight over a House
seat in the Milwaukee area, but
chances are the present division
will not change and we'll send
the same number Of Democrats
and Republicans to Washington.
y
Kenneth Macdonald. DeS
Moines Register and Tribune:
We are in a predominantly Re-
publican State. Our House dele
cation will be safe for the Re-
publican Party this year.
Tom Martin, as the Repub-
lican nominee for Senate, could
do well in November except he
is running against real vote
getter in the Democratic incum-
bent, Senator Gillette.
Gillette's decision to seek re-
election could mean saving a
seat in the Senate for the Demo-
Gratis. Yet. the race may be close
when election day rolls around.
Evening star., 1954-04-16

because the station and the
newspaper would be in direct
competition for the same adver-s
tiSing. n
Dissenting Opinions.
The three dissenting commis@
Sioners objected to this finding.
Commissioner John C. Doerfer
said it is an absurdity to believe
the publishing company success
fully asserted it is a party in
interest, and Commissioner Rob-
ert E. Lee said he didn't believe
Congress had intended for the
party in interest" clause to
stretch that far.
Commissioner Robert T. Bart
ley said he would deny the pro-
test because it was not "suffici-
emily factual."
Evening star., 1954-04-16

SACRAMENTO (P.-Califor-
MIA has more than 6 million mo-
tor vehicles for the first time.
Announcing the total had in
creased to 6,003,952. or 376,243
over 1852. Paul Mason. director
of the Department of Motor We
hicles, commented, mo easing
of traffic problems in California
is in prospect"