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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Agriculture Symphony
Hos Great Moments
By Homer Ulrich

Department of Agriculture SYM
phony Orchestra. Frederick Fall, con-
dIctoT RaSmond Montoni viola o sS.9
in jefferson Memorial Auditorium, De-
partmeut of Agriculture. Program:
Overture to Libussa. Smetana; Trauer-
No. |, Beethoven: Nuages and Fetes,
Debussy: Pavane for a Dead Princess,
Ravel; Hungarian March. Berlioz.
Last nights concert by the
Agriculture Department SYM
phony Orchestra served one of
music's most laudable purposes
that of giving pleasure to the
performers and their friends.
The program was played with
zest and vigor. and occasionally
rose to a professional level. But
that was only incidental to the
main purpose.
Smetana's rarely heard over
ture to "LibuSsa" long ago be-
gan to show its age. Under
Frederick Falls competent di-
rection it sounded more Wag-
merriam than Bohemian. and gave
evidence that the orchestra pos
sesses a sonorous brass section.
Hindemith's eloquent "Trauer-
musk" disclosed that the strings
are competent also. More i'm
portantly, it brought to the fore
a viola soloist, Raymond Mon
toni, who is a firSt-class musi-
clan. In tone, information. tenn
permanent and general style. Mr..
Montoni was superb. Rarely has
Hindemith'S music sounded more
appealing.
Charlotte Eisler, piano soloist
in Beethoven's C-major con-
certo, is a pianist with good
command of the keyboard. with
one rather limited set of dy-
namics, and with amazing
aplomb. Occasionally the piano
keys were not where she ex-
pected them to be. But the re-
sulting wrong notes did nothing
to throw her off her stride. af-
feet the regularity of her accents
or the metronomic precision of
her rhythm.
The peculiar deafness of the
piano tone she revealed may be
laid to the acoustics of the JET
ferSon Memorial Auditorium.
The hall is draped with enough
black curtains to make any con-
ductor unhappy, and the sound
of both orchestra and soloist was
affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
Montgomery Women
Oppose Bricker Proposal

The Montg o m cry County
League of Women Voters has
voiced its opposition to the
Bricker Amendment to curb
treaty-making powers Of the
President, asserting that 1t would
seriously cripple our ability to
deal with foreign affairs"
It's views were made known in
letters Of protest to Senators
Beall and Butler. both Republic
cans. Of Maryland.
Mrs. Thomas Lee Smith. the
leagues president, urged the two
Senators to vote against the
measure and said a careful study
Of the measure has convinced
the membership Of over 900
women that the present treaty
law is not a danger and there is
no need for a constitutional
amendment.
The league protest added: "To
curtail the treaty powers Of the
Government in this atomic age
would be to imperil national sur
ViVal."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26

have been repeatedly made
against me in my district" and
the voters have repeatedly lex
pressed their confidence in me
as a public servant"
II think" he said, "that some
persons are trading for political
advantage upon the passions of
fear and hatred. Mere opposi-
ton to Communists. while i'm
portant, is not enough. We must
have a much more positive polit-
ical philosophy If we are to
avoid both the horrors of World
War III and to stave of an acute
economic depression at home and
among our allies"
He took up the reported &C
cusations and statements in the
Acc memo. one by one, and
denied each Of them.
AS for the accusation of Com
muniSt Party membership, Mr..
Condor said:
Il am not now nor have I
ever been a member of the Com
munist Party. and to the best of
my knowledge my wife is not
now and has never been q mem
Der OF the Communist Party"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
| Tongay Will Appeal
10-Year Sentence,
Posts $1,000 Bond

MIAMI, Fla. Jan. 26.--Russell
G. Tongay. husky father Of the
child swimming stars. "The
Aquatots." faces 10 years in pris-
on for manslaus liter in connec-
ton with the death of his s.
year-old daughter Kathy.
Tongay. a former Coast
Guardsman. showed no emotion
when a six-man jury found him
guilty yesterday nor when Grim
inal Court Judge Ben c. Willard
sentenced him to 10 years at
hard labor. He did not take the
stand.
Defense Attorney Louis Jepe-
way filed notice of appeal and
Tongay's bond was set at SIS, 900.
Tongay posted bond and was re-
leased.
Florida law provides for six
man juries in criminal cases not
involving capital punishment. In
cases where the death penalty
may be given. 12-man juries are
required.
Jury Out 81 Minutes.
The jury deliberated 81 min
utes before returning its verdict,
affirming the States contention
that Tongay sent his daughter to
her death by forcing her to dive
from a 33-foot tower.
Mrs. Betty Tongay. slender
blond school teacher and mother
of the Aquatots, took the stand
to describe. Kathy's illness and
death. She also testified that
Tongay was a good father and
said she was Every happy" with
his efforts to make swimming
stars Of Kathy and her brother
Bubba. 8.
Assistant County Solicitor A. c.
Dressler told the jury Tongay's
motive was pure selfish gain"
Attorney Jepeway commended
the State did not prove that a
dive was the cause of death.
Body Badly Bruised.
DR.. Victor Calderin. who per-
formed the autopsy on Kathy,
said her body was badly bruised
and that the cause of death was
peritonitis brought on by an in
testinal rupture. He said a pad
dive from 80 feet or any violent
blow to the back or stomach
could have caused the rupture.
Kathy died last May. She was
the second Tongay child to die a
violent death. Russell. jr., died
in commissions in l945 at the age
of 10 months. An autopsy
showed his death was caused by
a hemorrhage brought on by a
head injury and an inquest was
held. but no charges were fled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
Not AIRED, Never Was,
Never a Synpathizer,
Condor Tells Probers
BY The Assoeioted Press

Representative Robert L. Con-
don. Democrat. of California,
denied categorically to a con-
gressional committee today that
he is now or ever was a Com
munist or a Communist SYM
pathizer.
The 41-year-old first-term
legislator referred to himself in
testimony prepared for the Sem
e-House Atomic Energy Com
mittee as "a liberal Democrat
who follows the policies Of the
New Deal and the Fair Deal"
Mr.. Condor asked an oppor-
tunity to testify under oath
after being denied access last
summer to an atomic test in
Nevada to which he and other
Congress members had been in
vited. and after having been de-
scribed as having attended a
Communist meeting in 1948. He
previously had denied any Com
munist affiliations, past or pre-
sent, in a speech to the House
and in public statements.
Cites Undisclosed Witnesses.
Commenting that the Atomic
Energy Commission acted to bar
him from the Nevada test on the
oasis of statements of undis-
closed witnesses, Mr.. Condor told
the committee he takes "little
comfort that the same brush is
being used to smear other Amer
leans prominent in public life"
Too many people. he said, Jun
thinkingly accept an accusation
as a conviction" and "evaluate
malicious gossip on the same
plane as credible evidence"
Il am charged with proving a
negative" he said, that is, that
certain allegations are not so and
that certain inferences should
not be drawn. The negative it
self is obviously founded in hear
say of unknown witnesses whose
credibility cannot be tested"
Pleads Burden of Proof.
Contrary to "all our American
concepts Of Justice" he contin-
ued, II apparently will have the
burden Of proving my Innocence
instead of my known accusers
proving their charges.
Mr.. Condor said a memo fur
nished him last June by the
Acc after he had been barred
from the Nevada tests made
many charges and statements.
He said the Acc conceded all
of them had been reported" and
none of them identified the per-
son who did the reporting.
He has been unable. he said,
to see the original documents
on which the Acc memo was
based.
On every occasion that he has
run for public Office. Mr.. Con-
don said. charges that I was
a Communist or Communist SYM
pathizer. that ! have had i'm
proper associations in the past,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26

role d, this changing picture through incest.
nnents that help create netc jobs, and the fnanc-
ing Of ne,0 homes.
For example, by the end Of last year, the life
insurance companies had loaned nearly $s4 bill
lion of policyholder funds for the development
of business and industry. As new plants, facto-
ries, mills and Office buildings go up and as
old ones are expanded and modernized = they
create new jobs and attract workers from many
parts of the country.
In addition, the life insurance companies are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26

First reports from Lancashire
County police headquarters said
the craft was an American B-29
bomber. But later it was learned
the plane was one of a number
of BIOS transferred to the Raj
by the United States Air Force
some years ago. In Britain this
type of bomber is called the
Washington.
Boats from the Fleetwood and
BarroW-in- Furness Coast Guard
stations put out into a blizzard
to search the 16-mile-long. 10
mile-wide bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
St. Potrick's to Offer
Afternoon Masses

st. Patrick's Catholic Church.
Tenth and G streets NV. has
announced that an afternoon
mass will be offered at $50 pm.
each Wednesday for the remain
der Of the Marian Year.
Novena prayers In honor of
Our Lady Of Perpetual Help will
be recited after the mass. The
Marian Year, proclaimed last
November by Pope Plus XII, will
continue through December 8 to
mark the centennial of the
formal definition of the dogma
of the immaculate convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
81 million people will move this yea,

America is on the move! Families are NOV
ing to better homes in the same area .
from one section of the country to another.
City people are shifting to the suburbs.
Families are getting larger and need
homes for three, four and FIVE or more chill
dren. And with Americans living longer
these days, more and more elderly couples
are moving to homes better suited to retire
ment living.
Lite insurance funds are playing a major
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
BY the As.eeio.sd Pres.


BARROW IN-FURNESS, Eng
land. Jan. ga Royal Air Force
bomber vanished early today
after radioing that it was in dis
tress in a snowstorm and that
the 10 men aboard were prepar-
ing to bail out at sea.
The bomber, bound for the
Azores, had been forced to turn
back by severe icing conditions,
and when the distress message
was received. the pilot said he
was over Morecambe Bay. an in
let of the Irish Sea on the West
coast of England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26

hel ping build new homes. At the end of 1853,
they had invested over $23 billion in real estate
mortgages three and one half times as much
as they had invested in 1915.
And portion of the funds needed to build
housing developments and rental dwellings has
come from life insurance companies.
These are among the ways in which the life
insurance companies promote the welfare of
our communities while guarding the security
of our indiuidual families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26

In Chantilly. Va. the Mother
March on Polio" tomorrow will
be conducted from Z to 8 pm
Volunteer collectors will visit
homes where porch lights are
turned on or contributors may
call the firehouse at Herndon
60-J-1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
Democrats Prepare
To Rejoin Mccarthy
After Concessions

By Allen Drury

Senate Democrats were pre-
pairing to return today to
Senator McCarthy's Perma-
nent Investigations subcommit-
tee after forcing a list of conces-
sions from the Wisconsin Repub-
lican which will sharply curtail
his control of the subcommit-
tees staff and operations.
Their victory came yesterday
at the end of a day-long series
Of meetings climaxing a feud
which began last July 10 when
Senators Mcclellan of Arkansas.
Symington of Missouri and
Jackson of Washington resigned
in protest of Senator McCarthy's
unchecked authority to hire and
fire staff members. Their walk
out was precipitated by a dispute
over his appointment of j. B.
Matthews as staff director. Mr..
Matthews subsequently resigned.
Six Board Concessions.
In a series of unanimous votes,
Republicans Mccarthy, Mundt
of South Dakota, Dirksen of II
linois and Potter of Michigan
agreed to these changes in sub
committee procedure:
/. Senator McCarthy's exclu-
sive right to hire and fire, given
by Republican-sponsored reso-
luton on July 10, is rescinded.
Hereafter all subcommittee staff
members will be hired with the
approval of a majority of the
subcommittee members. Sub
committee members may also
request the dismissal of any
staff member. and the request
will be decided by majority vote
2. The minority will be given
their own $l1,600-a-year minor
ity counsel. and one present
member Of the clerical staff
agreeable to the minority will be
assigned to assist him.
3. The minority counsel and
all minority members will have
full access to records of all in
vestigations being conducted by
the subcommittee.
Public Hearing Policy.
4. Public hearings will be held
unless the three Democratic
m m bers unanimously vote
against it. If they do. the issue
must then go to the full parent
com mitt ee, the Government
Operations Committee. If
majority upholds the subcom-
mittee Democrats. the hearings
will be closed. Otherwise. they
will be public.
5. To provide for the minority
counsel's salary and expenses.
the subcommittee will request
the Senate to raise its proposed
budget for the year from $780,
900 to $4,000.
6. The subcommittee will ask
the FBI to make a full field
check of all employees, present
and future.
The Justice Department may
not grant the request because it
usually does not investigate
stats of legislative committees.
but Chairman Mccarthy said he
will present the request person
ally to Attorney General Brow
nell.
All three Democratic members
praised the concessions. although
they said they would defer a
formal decision on returning
sometime today. They agreed
however. that the Republican
action cleared the way for re-
newed Democratic participation
in the subcommittee activities.
regardless of whether the same
three Senators are selected to
serve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
Wakefield PTA MEETING

The Wakefield High School
Parent-Teacher Association will
meet at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
newly Opened girls gymnasium
at the school. A panel of four
students will discuss Building
School Citizenship"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
Gillette and Gordon Plan
To Run for Reelection
BY the Associated Press

Two Senators today announced
their candidacy for reelection
Senator Gillette, Democrat. of
Iowa, and Senator Gordon, Re-
publican, of Iowa.
Senator Gillette, who has
served 18 years in Congress, will
be IS on February 8
Senator Cordon's announce
ment ended doubts that had
existed since he said last fall
that his personal preference
would be to retire to private life.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
MEETING
Continued from Page One)

who spoke at length upon the
history and development of the
state highway system, its prob
lens of today, and its future
needs.
In the business meeting at 2:30
Rev. Alexander Corey of James
vile was unanimously elected
President, and County Vice
Presidents elected are as follows:
Dare, Melvin Daniels; Hyde,
George M. Cuthrell of Fairfield;
Martin, c. L. Gray of Robertson
vile; Tyrrell, D. M. Sawyer of
Columbia; Washington, Mrs. j.
R. Campbell of Plymouth; Beau
fort, Bill MCGEE of Aurora. M. A.
Matthews of Columbia was re-
elected Treasurer.
c. w. Tatem, P. D. Midget Jr.
and D. V. Meekins were named a
committee on bylaws. Reports
were made by various committee
chairmen. Votes of thanks were
expressed for the hospitality of
Beaufort County; for the splen-
did dinner at River Forest Man
or; for the good work # h e
Secretary, Mrs. Wilton Smith of
Bath. 1t was voted to present Dr.
w. T. Ralph scroll suitable for
framing in recognition of his
outstanding work as president
during the past year. High praise
was given him for the arrange
ment of the meeting which was
called the best yet held.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
PTA OF KITTY HAWK
MET LAST THURSDAY

The Kitty Hawk Parent
Teacher Association met Thurs
day, October 21st at 7:30 pm. at
Kitty Hawk School Total en-
rollment as of that meeting is
101 members.
Final plans were made for the
Halloween Party at the Kitty
Hawk School on Friday, October
20 at 7:30 pm. Mrs. Robert
Young is Chairman of that COM
mittee assisted by Mrs. George
Fearing. Mrs. Oscar Sanderlin.
Mrs. Claude Parker, and Mrs
Charlie Perry. Entertainment
will be movie Man With Nine
Lives, cake walk, fish ponds,
taffy apples, homemade pies and
cakes, hot dogs, and candy.
Prizes will be given for best
Halloween costumes.
Miss Alyce Summereel was
asked to report at the next meet
ing on school participation in the
Civil Defense program. Mr.. Jack
Twiford reported for the play
ground committee saying that
the committee has decided that
seesaws and slides were the most
needed playground equipment.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
IMPRESSIONS OF STATE FAIR
Lost Colony Maintains Booth in Arena Manager r. e
Jordan Expresses Sentiments

up. Every other person you saw
clutched a stuffed panda doll list
ed at S1.25 each in Billboard maga-
zine, for which they paid anywhere
from $3.50 to $1,000, depending on
how skillful or lucky they were at
throwing nickels in china plates
or knocking down milk bottles or
breaking old yictrola records with
baseball. The vendors of cowboy
hats did a land-office business and
every school child thought himself
Ia miniature Roy Rogers or Gene
Autry.
The permanent buildings were
jammed with interesting objects,
displays and educational exhibits
if one took the time and trouble to
see them. However, it seemed to
the writer that the basic idea be-
hind the Fair-that of educating
the public-was completely lost
and overshadowed by the conces-
sionaires, clip joints, skin games
and carnival attractions, but |
guess it is just human nature to
spend our money on such trivial
ties and miss out completely on the
artistic, educational and cultural
exhibits for which the Fair was
originally designed.
1t was a wonderful experience
and well worth the money that was
spent by the Lost Colony to main
tain their exhibit; however, and l
quote Al Bell, who helped me build
the exhibit: 81 would not trade one
bucket of Manteo soil for the
whole of the State Fair grounds.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
LOST COLONY
18TH SEASON
FOLDER ISSUED

Manteo-The Lost Colony will
begin its 18th season in Water
side Theatre at Fort Raleigh on
Roanoke Island next July l and
continue through September 4, it
has been announced by General>
Manager R. E. Jordan. Already
the new information folder for
the 1855 season has been pub
lished and last week in Raleigh,
at the State Fair, more than
$4,000 were handed out to visit
ors, most of whom were school
children.
'Since schools of the state
opened in September our office
and Dare County Tourist Bureau
have received more than 1000
individual requests from pupils
and students asking for Lost
Colony material and other area
brochures" said Jordan. "Seve-
raj more thousands of requests
are expected, as the students of
schools studying early American
and North Carolina history, be-
gin usually with English-speak-
ing Americas beginning in the
New World, a 10th Century
event which occurred here on
Roanoke Island"
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
ROBERT G. GASKINS WINS
HONORS WITH MARINE CORP

A former Cape Hatteras boy,
Robert G. Gaskins, recently won
first honors as recruit of the week
at Paris Island, w.,ere he is in
the Marine Corp. Pvt. Gaskins is
in platoon 400. He is a graduate
of CRANKY High School, Norfolk,
where his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gaskins, now reside at
9570 First View ST. He completed
a year in mechanics at the Norfolk
college of William & Mary, and
plans to follow the field of aviation
mechanics.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
THERE MAY BE EFFORT
TO ENFORCE ATTENDANCE

Once in its history Dare Coun-
ty has attempted by prosecution
to enforce attendance at its pub
lie schools, and this attempt re-
suited in the celebrated DeFabio
case which cost thousands Of
dollars and accomplished n o
good.
1t now appears that there are
many instances of truancy in
the county, and we may well
wonder what will happen if an
other attempt is made to enforce
the law. The following from the
Grand Jury Report in Dare
County this week is of interest:
discussion was made con-
cerning reports that many chill
dren under the age of e16 were
staying out of school Upon in
vestigation it was decided that
this fact may not be known to
the county officials and it is ur-
gently recommended that this
situation be investigated and
that proper steps be taken to
rectify it. Mrs. Marguerite
Umphlett testified in the absence
of the superintendent of public
instruction and discussed the
procedure now taken to keep
children in school. This proceed
ure seems adequate if everyone
involved is diligent in their duty.
This body would like to recon-
mend that a Truant Officer be
employed to ferret out nom
attendance in school and to see
that such non-attendance is
stopped"
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
CARNIVAL
AT GYMNASIUM TONIGHT

This years Halloween carnival
will be held in the Manteo school
gymnasium, Friday night, October
29, with the usual games and con-
cession stands open. The evenings
entertainment will begin at 1880
pm. when costume judging will
be held in the school auditorium.
Several groups will be judged, and
prizes will be awarded.