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The frontiersman., 1954-10-21

The amendments to the Social Security Act which President Eisenhower signed into law oal September l, 1854, are of partRu lar importance to both farm op- orators and farm workers in AL aska, James c. Browne, manager of the Juneau Social Security Dis trict office, said today.
 The new law extends sacial se- cuIity protection to almost all farm families after this year. Ma tionWide. about 3,600,000 self employed farm operators will be covered for the first time in much the same way as other self-em- ployed persons already under the program. Approxiately 2,l00,00O more hired farm workers will start building old-age and sur vivors insurance protection for themselves and their families on January l, 1855.
 This means that by the time they have worked through two more crop years, elderly farm people may be insured. so that they can receive monthly social security checks after age 65. A farmers family will be protected, too, so that if he should die, at any age, the widow and young children would receive monthly payments. For a retired farmer and his wife, the payments will be from S45 to almost $163 a month, depending upon his earn ings, while the family of an in sured worker who dies will re ceive from $45 to $200 a month.
 The amended law does away with the complicated regularly employed' test whereby a work CT had to be continuously employ ed by a farm operator before his work started to count toward so- cial security. Also eliminated is the provision that he must ther be employed by the same farm operator on a full-time basis fo1 at least 60 days during the fol lowing quarter. The amended law replaces this test with the requirement that, beginning Janu ary l. 1855. an agricultural em- ployee will be covered by socia security in any calendar year 1T which he is paid as much as $10( in cash by one farm employer.
 While this amendment to the Social Security Act will bring
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21
Road Commission
 Asks Lund Withdrawals

The Alaska Road Commission, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has requested a withdrawal from the Public Do main of approximately five acres of land rear Mile Post 2706 of the Glenn Highway (Mile Post GA Tok Cut-off) near PoTcupine Creek and a request for with drawal from the Public Domain of approximately five acres of land located upon the Richardson Highway near Stewart Creek at approximately Mile Post 47.
 A. F. Ghiglione, commissioner of roads for Alaska, states that the land area to be withdrawn near Porcupine Creek will be us- ed by the ARC as a permanent camp for purposes of construc- tion and maintenance of a DOT ton or segment of the Glenr Highway, and will be designat. ed as the Porcuoine Creek Camp
 The second camp, to be desig hated as the Richardson Highway 47-mile Camp, will be used fol purposes of construction anc maintenance of a portion or seg
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21
Square Dance Program To Open for Season

Swing your partner! Everyone is invited to attend an evening of square dancing to be held at Moose Hall Friday evening, Octo- Der 22, beginning at 8;30 pm. The Square Dance club of Pal mer is planning square dances for each second and fourth Friday of the month through the winter evenings. Any and all interested persons are invited to attend for an evening of fun. An offering is collected to defray the expen- ses. other than that, there is no admission charge.
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21
Sorority Plans
 Halloween Party

Members of Theta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi will hold Hal lowe'en party on Monday night November l. The program will begin at the regular meeting time of 8 pm. and will be held in the Extension Service craft room. Following the party a cul- tural program will be held.
 During the October 18 meeting, held at the home of Norma Richie, Lee Ehrardt and Ann Woodruff capably presented the cultural program and led the dis cussion period which followed.
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21
at)lAElAhkERS CLUB
 NOTES
E7ppy Valley Club

The Happy Valley Homemak- ere' club held its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Marvel Woods on Wednesday, October Is. There were 12 members present and three guests, of which two later joined the club.
 Mrs. Smith gave an interesting report on the talk by Mrs, Lydia Ann Lynde. Plans were made for the Achievement Day program and Christmas workshop.
 Following the business meeting lovely refreshments were served by the hostess.
 The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Louise De- Priest on November 10 at 1:3O p.m-
 Palmasilla Club I On Tuesday evening, October l3, the Palmasilla Homemakers' club met at the interesting, new home of Mrs. Charles Schaefer. Plans for the annual Achievement Day were discussed.
 The hostess very capably led a discussion on Family Life that was previously given by Mrs Lydia Ann Lynde, family life specialist from Washington, D. C Following this discussion, de licious lunch was served by the l hostess.
 Cheecbako Club
 The regular meeting of the Cheechako Homemakers' clut was held at the home of Mrs Billie DeJulio on October II with Is members attending.
 Refreshments were served fol lowing the business session, witt Mrs. Ruth ZimoWske and Mrs Claire Milestone assisting the hostess.
 The November 8 meeting vii be at the home of Mrs. Claire l Milestone.
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21
TRUMPETER SWANS GAINING IN
 SURVIVAL FIGHT

The rare trumpeter swans, nearly extinct in this country 50 years ago, now show a population of 642 birds, the Fish and Wild life Service announced this week.
 This years annual census, con- ducted recently by the Service and the National Park Service, shows a gain of 65 over last years count of 577.
 Federal refuges and parks sheltering the species accounted for the majority of this years swans. In national wildlife re- fuges in Montana 2S0 birds were found and national parks in Wyo- ming sheltered 99.
 Only recently. trumpeter swans were reportedlY heard by local man while visiting several miles up tbe Glenn Highway.
 The swans were given limited Federal assistance in 1907, when small flocks were discovered at Red Lakes and Yellowstone Park, and preliminary restoration ef- forts were launched. Federal pro- lection by a law, which imposed penalties, became effective in 1924. In 1885 Red Rock Lakes re- fuge was established and the pro- lection program was stepped up Only 73 trumpeters were account 1 ed for at that time.
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21

Bureau of Reclamatior Co., struction during the past year a5- ded about 3,7O0,000 acre-feet of storage capacity in new reser- voirs, 240,000 kilowatts of hydro electric generating capacity, and 700 miles of irrigation canals, pipelines and laterals.
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21

Shale-oil reserves in north western Colorado are estimated by the Bureau of Mines at nearly 5O0,OO0, 100000 barrels, Is times the proved petroleum reserves in the United States.
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21

The official nine-color map of he United States, authorized by the Bureau of Land Management is 5 by 2 feet and is on sale for $4.00 from the Superintendent of Documents. Washington 25. DC.
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21

get an application blank at the post office and mail it to the above address.
The frontiersman., 1954-10-21

ment of the Richardson Fl by the Road Commiss.a.2-
Evening star., 1954-10-17

and Holy Cross, Duke is In his
eighth season at Maryland,
where he holds the titles of
head trainer of all athletics
and associate professor of
physical education. Expert
ence has convinced him that
football games are won just
as much In the training rooms
as on the field, and that
through proper precautions
the injury rate can be cut
almost in half.
When the whistle blares for
the opening kickoff, the crowd
r0ars to its feet and the ball
goes sailing down the field,
Wyre frets anxiously on the
bench, his eyes straining to
take in the action at q dozen
points. The kickoff, he ex-
plains, Is the most dangerous
part Of football.
Evening star., 1954-10-17

Wyre sits right beside Coach
Jim Tatum. Tatum watches
the plays; Wyre watches only
the. players, keeping a sharp
eye on the way accident-pro-
ducing situations shape up,
so that If a player is injured,
he will have an idea of how
the accident occurred. This
is, Of course, vitality important
in various muscular strains
because the treatment must
fit the injury, and the player
often can't tell how he got
hurt. In practice sessions,
Duke carries a whistle and
has authority to stop any
activity at any point where he
can see danger threatening.
A staff of four backs up Wyre
both on the field and in the
dressing rooms.
Formerly a trainer at Yale
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Mrs. Harold Thomerson,
Wife Of Congress Aide

Mrs. Harold w. Thomerson, 38,
whose husband is secretary to
Representative Chatham, Demo-
crat, of North Carolina, died to-
day at her home, 2l33 Suitland
terrace Sc.
The former Helen Craft, Mrs.
Thomerson was born and edu-
Gated in Winston Salem, N. c.
Her husband was formerly deputy
clerk of Superior Court in
| Winston-Salem. The Thomer-
sons came to Washington about
| Il years ago when Mr.. Thomer-
son was secretary to former Rep
resentatitve Folger, Democrat,
of North Carolina.
Mrs. Thomerson was active in
civic groups in Southeast and
was a member of the North Caro-
lima State Society and North
Carolina Democratic Club OF
Washington.
Besides her husband. she is
survived by a son, Harold Wayne,
jr., IS: her mother, Mrs. H. B
Burton, and a sister, Mrs. James
A. Crooks, both of Winston
Salem.
| Services and burial will be held
| in WinSton-Salem.
Evening star., 1954-12-09
John A. Wilson, Is,
Sculptor, Instructor
By the Associofed Press

NEW GLASGOW, Nova Scotia,
Dec. 9.-John A. Wilson. 78,
sculptor of many military monu-
ments in the United States and
long an instructor of sculpture
in Boston, died at Aberdeen Hos
pital yesterday after several
years of failing, health.
Mr.. Wilson went to Boston
from his home in Nova Scotia at
the age of 19 and at the Cowes
Art School began developing a
childhood talent for woodcarv-
ing. 4 = -: ~
In 1905 the State of Pennsyl-
vania commissioned him to exc
cute the pennsylvania Volun-
teer" monument to Civil War
dead which was erected before
independence Hall in Philadel-
phia. Lorado Taft. in his his
tory of American sculpture,
lauded the statue for Its "com-
pelling power"
After studying at Cowes and at
the Boston Art Museum, Mr..
Wilson began teaching in Massa-
chusetts. He held posts at the
Copley Art School, The Boston
School of Fine Arts and Crafts
op1 tho Iorxyord TT1;1,axe;%~,
School Of Architecture.
While at Harvard he was COM
missioned to design a series of
United States Navy monuments
which were placed across the
United States. Mr.. Wilson never
married. The closest survivors
are cousins. ...s.
The funeral will be held to-
morrow with burial at Riverside
Cemetery here.
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Civil Rights Congress
Called Red-Swayed
BY the Assceiatsd Press

A former official of the Civil
Rights Congress testified yester-
day that all of the organizations
decisions were subject to review
by the Communist Party.
Leonard H. Goldsmith of
Louisville, KY. said elected Of
f1cers had very little choice" in
the congress.
He said he was member OF
the Communist Party from 1882
to 1946 and co-operated with it
until 1949. He testified that all
congress decisions were subject
to review by the Communist
Party through Patterson" Will
liam L. Patterson is executive
secretary of the congress.
/ Mr.. Goldsmith testified at q
Subversive Activities Control
Board hearing on a petition by
| Attorney General Brownell to
have the Civil Rights Congress
branded as Red-front.
! He related that Gerhard Els
ler, the international Communist
leader who skipped bail and fed
to East Germany to avoid going
to Jail for passport fraud. was
carried on the CRC payroll. Mr..
Goldsmith said Eisler got SIS q
week, but did no work for the
! CRC.
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Stephen Penrose, Head
OF American u. Of Beirut
by the Associated Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. g.
DR.. Stephen Penrose. president
of the American University OF
Beirut. died today of a heart
ailrnent.
The 46-year-old educator be-
came head Of American Uni
versity - Americas oldest and
largest overseas educational in
stitution-in october. 1948. But
he first served the university as
a young instructor of physics for
a three-year term beginning in
1928.
His knowledge of the Middle
East became of value to his coun-
try in wartime when he was a
special assistant in the Office OF
Strategic Services. During 194T
and 1948 he was an assistant to
Secretary of Defense James For
restal.
DR.. Penrose, a native of Walla
Walla, Wash, obtained his B.A
degree from Whitman College
there. He was a member of the
faculty and also dean of men
During 1897 and 1888 he was
an assistant professor of philos-
ophy and psychology at Rockford
College in Illinois.
Survivors include his widow
Margaret Pressly Dale, and three
children. He will be buried In
the American Cemetery in Beirut
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Editor Criticizes
New-Car Designs
BY the Asseeiated Press

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Dec. 8.
--Erick Larrabee, an associated
editor of Harper's Magazine,
criticized new-car designs today
and said, They look like a
tipped-over luke box on wheels. "
Mr. Larrabee. spoke at the
18th annual Ann Arbor Con-
ference on architecture and de-
sign.
Further criticism of new-car
designs came from Carl Mas.
art director for Standard Oil
Co. of New Jersey. who said,
Personally, they have lost a
customer"
Sponsored by the University
of Michigan. the conference runs
two days and will investigate
the relationship of current de-
sign to the American consumer
There was no immediate COM
ment from the Automobile
Manufacturers Association.
Mr.. Mas said the aim of the
conference was ito know what
makes people like the things
they like. And we have to know
the group pressures that help
them make their decisions"
He added, 1--WE are not going
to worry about the designer. be-
cause the American designer
never had it so good"
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Top Red Finishes Term,
But Is Being Held Again
BY the Asseeisssd Press

LEAvENWORTH. Kan. Dee.
9.-Irving Potash was released
today from the Federal Peniten-
tiary here after serving a Ave
year term for conspiring to teach
and advocate the overthrow OF
the United States government.
but was ordered held under q
bench warrant to face another
charge.
Potash. one of the top
eleven" Communist Party leaders
convicted in l949. was released
in custody of q United States
deputy marshal and taken to
Kansas City, Kan.
Federal Court officials said
Potash was being held on q
charge alleging he has been a
member Of the Communist Par
ty. The bench warrant was is
sued by the Southern District Of
New York.
A copy of the indictment was
not available here. but court Of
ficials said it apparently was un-
der a recent statute outlawing
the Communist Party.
Potash was sentenced in New
! York,
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Col. Harold Rayner,
Retired CavaIryn,aIl,
Aide 10 Presidents

Col. Harold Marvin Rayner,
66. retired cavalryman who had
been aide to Presidents and
royalty and was an outstanding
Army athlete. died yesterday in
the Veterans Hospital in Mont
rose, N. Y.
Col. Rayner was aide de camp
to Presidents Wilson and Hard
ing and to Gen. John J. Pershing.
He was military aide to King
Albert of Belgium and Crown
Prince Olaf of Norway. He re-
ceived the Order of the Crown
by the King of Belgium.
On General Staff Here.
He was on the general staff
here during part of World War I
and later was in intelligence at
the War Department. At cne
time he was chief of war sales
for the War Department.
Col. Rayner was born in Bloom
field, N. j., and was a West
Point graduate in the class of
1912. He attended French cav
airy schools, the Army War Col
lege and various other Army
schools. He was an instructor
at Fort Riley, Kans.. and master
Of the sword at West Point.
Col. Rayner's military service
included tours on the Mexican
border; in Hawaii, with the 18th
Cavalry at Fort Brown. Tex;
commander of the 18th Cavalry
in California. and liaison Of
ficer with a Mexican general.
Olympic Team Member.
He was a member of three
Olympic teams in 1912. 1920 and
1928. At one time he was a
national champion fencer. He
was on the Olympic fencing team
in 1920 and competed in a fenc-
ing meet in Great Britain in
1921. He participated in pen
tathlon events at the Olympics.
Col. ,Rayner retired from the
Army in 1916.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Josephine Robertson Rayner,
Glen Ridge, N. j.; brother.
Charles B. Rayner, 67 Observa-
tory circle NV, and a sister,
Miss Isabel H. Rayner. Glen
Ridge.
Graveside services will be held
at 3 pm. Friday at Arlington
Cemetery,
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Georgia church,
Cleric After He Halls
Integration Ruling
BY The Asseeioted Press

SHELLMAN. Ga, Dec. "a
young minister who last June
hailed the Supreme Court rul-
ing against segregation in the
schools as a just decision has
been ousted as pastor of the
Shellman Baptist Church.
He commented that II the
town does not intend to abide
by the decision it should "secede
from the United States"
The Rev. Henry A. Buchanan.
80, and his wife moved from
the pastorium into an apart
ment after the preacher told
his congregation Sunday he in
tends Ito shake the dust Of
Shellman from my feet"
Charges Prejudice.
MFR. Buchanan failed his con-
gregation with charges of pre-
judice at q called church confer
ence at which the board of dea-
sons asked his resignation.
when first came to Shell
man I thought the members Of
this congregation were seekers
of the truth" the minister said.
But I have found that is not
the case"
Mr.. Buchanan called the con-
ference Immediately after Sum-
day School.
The board had met two weeks
earlier and recommended that
the church get a new pastor, but
stipulated that Mr.. Buchanan be
given an opportunity to resign.
The motion was made that the
congregation accept the boards
recommendation. 1t passed, 78
to II.
Scratches Name From Roll.
Mr.. Buchanan then went to
the church roll, scratched out the
names of himself and his wife,
writing in the margin beside
them, Cast out"
Truitt Martin, church secre-
tary, said the Buchanans were
not being cast out, claiming that
the church only needed change
of leadership.
why quibble with words?'
Mr.. Buchanan asked.
He said he was not sorry fol
the stand he has taken on segre-
cation and added that If She'll
man does not intend to abide BY
the Supreme Courts ruling il
should "secede from the United
States"
Most of the congregation left
the church while the minister
was speaking.
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Anthony |. Aste, SO,
King Of The BootbIacks
BY the Associated Press

} NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Anthony
L. Aste, 88. a bootblack who de-
cided there should be brown as
we'll as black shoe polish and
went on from there to build the
worlds biggest shoe polish firm
died yesterday.
known as the king of the
bootblacks," Mr.. Aste founded
the Griffin Manufacturing Co
and built it to top position in
the field before turning his at
tention to horse breeding and
racing.
Mr.. Aste began shining shoes
after school and in 1885 rented
a stand in the produce exchange
He claimed the invention of the
high chair for shoe shining.
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Slayer Of Family Of 4
Wounds Himself Fatally

NEWLAND, N. c., Dec. "a,
34-year-old crippled former men,
tai hospital inmate, whom po-
lice said wiped out his family
of four. then shot himself. died
at Grace Hospital in Banner Elk
last midnight.
Andrew w. Sparks did not re-
gain consciousness after being
admitted to the hospital earlier
yesterday, DR.. Lawson Tate re-
ported.
It was still a mystery just
when the attack occurred In the
old two-story frame dwelling in
the nearby mountain village Of
Minneapolis.
Mrs. Norma Oils Sparks. 81,
died from a rife bullet through
her chest and seven stab wounds.
Her body was found on the floor:
the childrens' bodies in their
beds.
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Judge Joseph Mish !.
OF 4th Circuit Dies;
On Bench Since 1910
BY The Assoeiofsd Pres.

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec. 8.
Chief Judge Joseph D. Mish of
the 4th Judicial Circuit. died last
night in Washington County
Hospital here after an illness Of
several weeks.
The 55-year-old jurist had
been a patient in the hospital
since November 81. the day after
he suffered a heart attack while
returning to Hagerstown from
Baltimore where he had presided
for several weeks in branch Of
Circuit Court there.
Although he showed signs Of
recovery shortly after he en-
tered the hospital, his condition
became progressively worse the
past few days.
Appointed In 194O.
Before his appointment to the
bench by former Gov. O'Conor
in December. 1910. Judge Misn
served in both houses of the
General Assembly and was a
former member Of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee
of Washington County.
Judge Mish was appointed to
the bench to succeed Judge
Frank G. Wagaman who retired.
He was elected to a full 15-year
term in 1912.
Judge Mish was educated In
Washington County schools and
was a graduate of Mercersburg
tPa.) Academy and Princeton
University. He received his law
degree from the University OF
Maryland in 1926 and shortly
after admission to the bar
joined in legal partnership with
former Gov. William Preston
Lane. jr. They remained law
partners until Judge Mish's ele-
vation to the bench.
Elected to House In 1880.
A lifelong Democrat, Judge
Mish was elected to the House
Of Delegates in 1880 and was
chairman Of the Washington
County delegation. He was elec-
ted to the State Senate in 1884
and was serving his second term
when appointed to the bench.
A former president of the
Washington County Bar Asso-
citation. Judge Mish also was a
member of the State and Amer
lean Bar Associations.
Survivors include his widow
Edith; two sons. Joseph D. Mish
jr., and Frederick C.. Mish: a
brother, Frank w. Mish, jr., OF
Maidstone on he-Potomac ano
three sisters, Mrs. Jesse Frank
lin Hakes of Cooksville, Mrs
Elinor Graham of Freeport, Me.
and Mrs. Sara Mish Medford ot
HagerstoWn.
Evening star., 1954-12-09
3 Flee With $1,000 as Man
Interrupts Third Sofecrocking

liams, who had been working in
the plant. rushed - the office
thinking it was on fire.
He said he saw a man stand
ing by the Office.
What are you doing here?'
Mr. Williams said he asked.
The man turned to two ac-
completes and said, Let's get
out of here"
The smoke Mfr. Williams saw
apparently came from an acety-
lene torch the men were using.
They. had succeeded in taking
$500 in cash and 5000 in checks
from two small safes and were
working on a third when inter-
rupted.
Evening star., 1954-12-09
| Miles H. hcMiNen, 81,
Ex-Newspaper Official
by HE Assoeioisd press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
Dec. s.--Miles Hunter McMillen,
81, retired newspaper executive,
died at his home here yesterday
A native of Marysville. Ohio
MFR. McMillen was taken to
Kansas as a child Of 5. He joined
the Western Newspaper Union
a Nationwide organization fur
nishing weekly newspapers with
editorial and advertising matter
and mechanical supplies. al
Topeka.
He spent 20 years with the
organization, in Topeka, Hous-
ton, Dallas, Omaha and Chicago
retiring in 1912.
He and his wife celebrated
their 6Oth wedding anniversary
lastAApril.
Evening star., 1954-12-09

Mrs. Robert Garrison, IS, a
lifelong resident Of the Silver
Spring area, died yesterday at
her home, 622 Ritchie avenue.
She was a member Of Wood
side Methodist Church and for
several years took honors at the
annual mother and daughter
banquets for having the most
daughters - 10. One of her
daughters, Mrs. Sarah E. Burg
dorf. died in April. Mrs. Garri-
son also had "a grandchildren.
So great-grandch children and one
great-great-grandson
The former Mary Elizabeth
Barnes, Mrs. Garrison was the
daughter of Mary Ellen and
James Frederick Barnes. Her
husband. who died in 1926, was
a carpenter.
Her daughters are Mrs. Edith
Clark, Takoma Park, Md: DR..