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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-09-24
Chicago Visitors: Mr.. an

Chicago Visitors: Mr.. and Mrs.
Grandy1lle Adams and Mrs. Clara
odell Of Chicago, are visiting in
the city and are guests of Mrs.
Alice Young and Mr. Ernest Fin
ney Of 1920 Portland Az. They
have enjoyed fishing at the lake
home Of their host and hostess IT
Lake Adney.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-09-24

IT'S !. just this simple. In 81.
Paul the leading Negro paper Is
the RECORDER, In Minneapolis
Il IL the SPOKESMAN.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-09-24
Social and Personal
x ST. PAUL x

Ball And Chain Club: The Ball and Chain Club met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Donald Bantam of 1892 Rondo
Saturday September 10 Members enjoyed playing bonanza
followed by refreshments served by the The next meeting
will be October g. with Mr. and Mrs Charles Curry 73l
Mar all Ay as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
Stale Coconui Milk
Blamed In II Deaths
By The Associcsed Press

PORT MoREsBY. New
Guinea. Sept. q. Seventeen ma
Etives Of q remote New Guinea
village have died after receiving
infections Of stale coconut milk
for yaws. q tropical disease. a
health official said today.
The health director, DR.. John
Gunther. said q native medical
orderly who made the injections
apparently had used the coconut
milk instead Of the distilled wa
ter prescribed for dilution of the
injections. The doctor said fresh
coconut milk had been used thus
during World War II as al emer-
gency substitute but, was no
longer allowed.
Or. Gunther gave this ac-
count: The orderly used the coz
conut milk at one village with
out III effects. He then walked
on to another hamlet two days
away. carrying the same COCO
nut. On arrival he left it in
the sun for three hours before
mixing the vaccine.
Five natives died an hour af-
ter injection and IL more died
in the ensuing two days. Five
others are seriously i'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
New Social Security Act
Pensions 5farf al $50

s The. Social Security Act signed
by, President Eisenhower vester-
day expands benefits of the
system and sets a minimum
monthly payment for a retired
worker at $50 instead of the
former $25 minimum.
In a dispatch yesterday from
Colorado. where the President
Is mentioning, The Star errone-
ously put the new minimum at
$3.50 and the old minimum at
$27.50 for a retired single worker.
The dispatch also said the
new act raised the minimum for
a retired worker and his wife
from $41.30 to $48.50. The cor
rect figures are $3.50 and $45.
Another statement was that the
maximum monthly benefit goes
up from $85 a month to $1O8.5O
Tor single persons. The maxi
mum for those now retired goes
Immediately to $3.50. The
$108,50 amount will not be
reached until after the amount
of a workers salary on which
social security taxes are paid is
boosted from $500 to $4,000.
The error apparently resulted
from consulting a table made
public with a House Senate
conference report which began
listing benefits based on an aver
age monthly wage of $50 instead
of beginning with benefits based
on an average monthly wage of
$34 or less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02

from the fact that Mr.. Williams
himself had received no advance
copy of the excerpts being read
into the record. Steps were
taken Immediately to supply that
information.
When Mr.. Chadwick read one
excerpt in which Senator Nc
earthly was questioning the Presi-
Dental directive on security-the
Wisconsin Republican called it
"the Truman blackout order
Mr.. Williams suggested this was
not germane to the charge
against the Senator. ''It's not q
call to any one to disregard any
thing" the attorney said.
Mr.. de Furia said the matter
was included because it was
thought it would "show some
light on the mental processes OF
Senator Mccarthy" and it was
believed lit is evidence the COM
mittee should have"
It was explained the commit
tee was receiving into the record
"all pertinent facts" and Senator
Watkins added:
1T may show the other side
1t may show the charge was
groundleSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
s11,55o Check
Pays Court for !
HousingC Gases

Walter r. Bramhall, clerk Of
the Municipal Court. today an.
nounced he has received a check
from the National Capital Hous-
ing Authority for $11,559.38
representing fees for filing land
lord and tenant proceedings since
1886.
Mr.. Branfhall said he has
worked for the past year to obtain
this largest check for fees we
have ever-received."
Mr.. Bramhall said the housing
authority had wanted the court
to bill it, but that the court was
not set up to handle such ac-
counts. The authority finally
agreed to go over its books and
draw up a check. he added. =
Arrangements eventually were
made with the General Account
ing Office which gives the au-
thority enough leeway to make
regular payments.
The money will be credited TO
the District Government and the
United States Marshals Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
Wedding Of Shipping
Heiress Is Cancelled
By ihs Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-The
wedding of Laura M. Franklin,
shipping heiress, and socialite
Clifford Vain Brokaw III, set for
next Tuesday. has been Cancelled.
The young Womarf's father.
John M. Franklin. president of
the United States Lines. an
.rloinced yesterday the engage
rnent ehas been terminated by
mutual consent" !,
4 The announce cement added that
all invitations for the wedding
at fashionable st. Bartholomew
Church were withdrawn"
No reason was given for the
abrupt cancellation.
Miss Franklin is Is. Mr.
Brokaw, 20, is a graduate Of
Yale University and served with
the Marines in Korea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
McC orthy Drama IS a 7 urkey;
Even Principal Players Yown

strings. They were two calm
newspapermen. who were not
even members Of what Senator
McCarthysused to call the left
wing, bleeding heart press"
Even choosing up sides among
the inpassive committee menu
bers presents a problem. They
look more or less alike, and con-
vey a unanimous impression Of
being able to take care Of them
selves, individually and collec-
lively.
AS for the junior Senator from
Wisconsin. his most ardent par
tisans could hardly be stirred by
the sight Of him when he so
often isn't there. Senator Met Car
thy has changed his seat, but
not his tactics. Apparently con-
WINGED from the relentless read
ing Of the record that he may
have said enough, he continues
to say nothing. In the chill of
the Caucus Room. he is wither-
ing away like q tropical bird in
Canada.
Yawn, Yawn.
The Legionnaires who caper
SO gayly elsewhere in the city
are cowed by the overpowering
atmosphere Of dignity, decorum
and boredom which prevails
Several of them, who asserted
themselves to the extent of keep
ing their hats on in the Caucus
Room, were observed nodding In
their seats. They may possibly
have been set of by yawns Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
By Mary McGrory

Any housewife who bankers
for the sound of the gavel in
her living room these mornings
should go do the dishes grate-
fully. Bar-patrons whose thirst
for legislative soap-opera was
unslaked by the Army-Mc-
sCarthy hearings are better of
looking into their drinks.
Except for a three-minute
dustup the first morning, the,
Watkins committee has been
providing as much excitement as
q quiet AFTERNOON in the public
library.
The drama is apparently going
to be restricted to the wings. To-
days little episode was provided
by Senator Mccarthy, who has
had to shoulder the Whole bur-
den of providing surprises. The
one time he opened his mouth
inside the caucus room, however,
/ he practically had his head
knocked of by Senator Watkins
gavel.
No Watkins Outside.
But Senator Watkins juris-
diction does not extend to the
outside hall, and it was there
that the heretofore silent and
absent Senator strutted his stuff
under the warm light of friendly
television cameras. He attacked
this newspaper. He opened his
burning heart on the subject OF
Senator Watkins. who pays him
no mind in the droning mo.
notony of the caucus room. He
sounded off against Senator
Johnson, who has heard Senator
McCarthy's lawyer question his
qualifications to be there with
the indifference Of . drowsy
buffalo.
What the hearings conSpicu-
ously lack - in a d ditto n to
Charles Laughton to take over
the reading from Committee
Counsel Chadwick-is some one
to be sorry for.
In the old days. of course, that
was no problem. Old ladies
watching Secretary Stevens gulp
and Stammer through his long
ordeal knitted him socks through
their tears. Hardbitten charac-
tiers were hard hit at the sight
of Army Lawyer Welch's upset,
and there were those who felt
that Committee Counsel jenkins
should be punched in the nose
for "badgering" Pvt. Schine.
Two Nom Bleeding Hearts.
The first two witnesses called
by the Watkins committee would
almost certainly not have
plucked at the Nations heart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02

Two NOH-0lee0lng hearts.
The first two witnesses called
by the Watkins committee would
almost certainly not have
plucked at the Nations heart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
S. 7. Austin, Jr., Named
Mayor of Woynesboro
By The Assoeiosed Press

WAYNEsBORo, Va, Sept. 2.
City Council yesterday elected
s. Y. Austin, jr., 46-year-old in
dustrialfst, Mayor of Waynes.
boro. w. c. Caldwell was named
Vice Mayor.
Mr.. Austin succeeds Harper A.
Brewer,
The council, organized with
two new members. reappointed
City Manager w. T. Wells for
one year and named Paul w.
Freed. retiring councilman, to
the City School Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
Chairman Watkins. who was
clicked at six in Is minutes.

Chairman Watkins, who was
clicked at six in is minutes.
Senator Mccarthy, driven away
by the sound Of his own words,
tiptped back into the hearing
room a few minutes before the
gavel fell and woke everybody
up. The reporters crowded
around him as Of old and pressed
him for his views on the subject
of Senator Johnson's qualified
tons to be one Of his judges. AS
his lawyer, young Mr.. Williams,
looked apprehensively ON, he had
a few things to say. But he said
them in hushed tones as II some
formidable librarian might de-
scend on him with her finger to
her lips. .z So -
Ho-hum. S. N f.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
johnson to sit as a member of
the committee.

Johnson to sit as a member of
the committee"
Quotation "C0nfirmed."
Failing in his effort to get
Senator johnson to say more
about the accuracy of the Den
YER Post interview, Mr.. Williams
wired Robert w. Lucas, author
Of the Post article, asking if his
quotes were correct. Mr.. Lucas
wired back a one-word answer:
7 Confirmed"
Near the end of the tele-
vision interview, Senator Nc
Carthy was asked to hold up
the copy Of yesterdays Star so
the cameras could catch the
wording of the headline. He re-
fused to do so, adding he didn't
wish to give The Star any adj
vertising.
( Takes judicial Notice.
While Senator Mccarthy was
speaking. the hearing continued
with the eerlsure committee tax
ing judicial notice" Of the Nc
Carthy-Army hearing reports in
relation to two Of the i've main
charges against Senator Me
Carthy. These were:
/. That Senator Mccarthy en-
.couraged Government workers to
Iyiphte the 4aY and their oath of
office or Executive orders by
turning classified information
over to him.
The Wisconsin Republicans
Isilse of a two and one-quarter
page condensation of a classified
FBI document warning the Army
of possible security risks at the
Fort Monmouth radar labora-
tories. @
Both occurred during the pro-
longed Mccarthy Army televised
hearings. IS
Various excerpts from the
Army-McC arthy testimony bear
ing on the two matters were
read into the censure hearing
record by Committee Counsel
E. Wallace Chadwick ande As
sistant Counsel Guy g. de
Furia.
Quoted on Oath.
| One of the excerpts quoted
Senator Mccarthy as saying 81
would like to make it clear that
I think the oath which every
person in this Government
takes, to protect and defend this
country. against all enemies
foreign and domestic. that oath
| towers far above any Presiden-
tial secrecy directives.
! Another excerpt cited Senator
McCarthy's statement during
the Army hearing that II would
like to notify those two million
Federal employees that I feel IL
is their duty to give us any in
formation which they have
about graft, corruption and trea-
son, and that there is no loyalty
to a superior officer which car
tower above and beyond theil
loyalty to their country"
Senator. Mccarthy was not
present for the first so minutes
of today's morning session. His
attorney Mr.. Williams. followed
closely the reading of the ex-
cerpts, and from time to time
suggested additional materia
from the McCarthy-A hear
ing to reflect as he said more
accurately what went on anC
what Senator Mccarthy hac
said.
Protests One Excerpt.
At one point Mr.. William.
protested mildly that an excerpt
read by Mr.. Chadwick 'doesnr
present the full picture" and wa.
almost out Of context"
1 MFR. Chadwick said that II
that instance the material sug.
gested by Mr.. Williams .shouls
go in the next item that woult
be reached in the statement o
excerpts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-02
Orchestra Popular

With 10000 subscribers, sgd
ney (Australia) Symphony Or.
chestra claims to have more than
any other orchestra in the world.
Evening star., 1954-01-11
TOZAL POUZER"ESSO EX7Rk
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against knock protection against sang and protection
against valve sticking Here is gasoline engineered to
meet the total power and antnock requirements of even
the highest-compresson For millions of older
better working horsepower and better total
engine performance If you've tried it, you know what
we're talking about is the finest gasoline made by the
ESQ Standard Oil Company in its many years of product
leadership by far the largest-seng premium gaso-
line in the area served by ESQ Dealers See your ESQ
Dealer for a tanfu today.
THE BEST GASOLINE YOU CAN BUY!
Evening star., 1954-05-10
Msgr. Sheehy Says
D. c. Vote Would ,StiI
Spirit Of Patriotism

Washington might become a
"great dynamo of patriotism" If
the city had the right of suffrage,
the Right Rev. Msgr. Maurice s.
Sheehy, head of the Department
of Religious Education at Cath
olic University. said yesterday.
TOO many people here are
getting too much for doing too
little" he told the annual COM
munion breakfast Of the Catho-
lie Police and Firemen'S Society
at the National Press Club.
I'VE can serve our country by
serving one another better" he
said. There will be more de-
votion to this city and this COM
munity when every one is re-
qulred to do a little more than
pay taxes" he asserted.
'The right of suffrage and the
feeling of responsibility conse-
quent upon it might make this
city what it is not at the pres
ent tlme-a great dynamo of
patriotism" he said.
Praises .Firemen, Policemen.
Msgr. Sheehy, who also is a
rear admiral in the Navy's Chap
lains' Corps, had praise for po-
licemen and f1remen, who, he
said, 'are receiving too little
(credit) for doing too much"
He hailed crime prevention,
especially among juveniles, by
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment. The Metropolitan Police
Boys Club, he added, has done
immeasurable good to the youth
Of this vicinity"
He urged sitter penalties
against local vendors of porno-
graphic literature and movies.
Work Is Lauded.
MSgr. Sheehy also said he
heartily concurred" in the rec
ommendation that the United
States attorney should decide
what cases involving juvenile
offenders should be referred to
District Court. He referred to
the recommendation of Judge
Alexander HoltZof of the. u. S.
District Court for the District
of Columbia.
The Fire Department also
Evening star., 1954-05-10
Thief Loots Auto
AS Woman Chots;:
Loss Is $1,000

A friendly chat with a neigh
bor- cost District school teacher
possessions worth $4,000 last
night.
Mrs. Valeria s. Olson of 100 C
street NE. said she returned
from a trip to Pennsylvania to
visit her mother and parked her
car outside her home. She had
taken some Of her school work
on her trip and carried that and
a vacuum bottle into the apart
ment first, leaving the car un-
locked.
She met a neighbor and
chatted with her. When she re-
turned to her automobile 80
minutes later, it had been
looted. Among the items miss
ing was a suitcase containing
clothing and a star ruby ring
which included 18 small dia-
monds. She estimated her loss
at $4,000.
In addition to her public school
work, Mrs. Olson teaches in the
evenings at the Washington
School for Secretaries.
Evening star., 1954-05-10

came in for praise from the
speaker. He said the department
works around the clock with
inspections, tests and lectures" on
fire prevention.
IT fear our community may be
little blase about the risks
which both firemen and police
ment are expected to take" he
said. He recalled that 4S fire.
men were injured in a single
fire last year, and five policemen
were killed in line of duty during
the year.
Before the breakfast, more
than 600 members Of the police
and firemen's society attended a
Communion mass celebrated by
the Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle,
Archbishop of Washington, at
st. Patrick's Catholic Church.
Evening star., 1954-05-10

CHICAGO--A Chicago doctor
has invented q new kind Of
''television program" that stars
the nerves and muscles of his
patients with nervous hearts.
BY means Of these movies the
patients can see a dramatic rec
Evening star., 1954-05-10
Rebels Kill Priests

MANILA lRJ.-Msgr. Silvestre
M. Sancho. father provincial Of
q Dominican mission, has
brought back word from Indo-
China that four priests were
killed by Communist Wet Mimi
rebels in the past four months.
Evening star., 1954-05-10
Nerves and Muscles Star on. ''TeIeUsion'

ord Of the tension on their
nerves and muscles even when
they think they're relaxing. The
doctor says this ''neuromuscular
television"- helps patients learn
to relax, and this eases the
heart strain.
Evening star., 1954-05-10
II Aces but I Kinq

PORTLAND, Conn. (P.-Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Cunningham's
first grandchildren were all girls
Ill of them. The 18th was a
boy. Commented the happy
grandmother: "a king after II
queens"
Evening star., 1954-01-17

ATTENTION: Certain toilet preparations, luggage,
bifolds. etc and jewelry subject to 2O% tax under
Federal Internal Revenue Act effective April l. 1914
Alarm clocks retailing at not than $500 and
watches retailing At not than S65.OO subject
to 1915 taxi all others taxed eos.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Survey Shows Brighter Picture of Leqion Spending Here

ton, said registrations actually
totaled $1,000.
On the basis of experience at
the last five conventions, Mr..
Harte said, only one out of four
Legionnaires goes through the
formality of registering. Thus,
the attendance in Washington is
figured at $4,000.
About SIS Daily Average.
Mr.. Harte said trade and
manufacturing reports reveal
that Legion conventioners spend
on an average of from SIT to $40
per day. If each of $4,000 visi-
tors spent $18. the expenditure
was we'll over So million per day.
Thus. the So million total predic-
ton would have been exceeded.
In addition to the visitors for
whom housing accommodations
were made, thousands of Legion
naires and members of their
families came to Washington for
parts of the convention but did
not remain overnight. Mr.. Harte
said these visitors drove in from
populous Legion States, such as
Virginia. West Virginia, Mary
land, Delaware, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey.
Furthermore, he said, innu-
merable visitors stayed in town
as guests Of friends and rela-
tiveS.
Many Washingtonians ex-
pressed doubt about prelimi-
nary estimates of 100000 spec
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Arlington Extends
Registration Hours

The Office of the General Reg
istrar in Arlington will be open
from 7 pm. to 8 pm. today, in
addition to regular business
hours, 8 am. to 5 pm.
Deadline for registration for
the November 2 general election
is October 2. Persons who have
registered previously in the coun-
ty are not required to do so
again.
The Office, in the Investment
Building on Courthouse Square,
2049 North Fifteenth street, also
will be open from pm. to 9
pm. on September 16.. September
% and September 80.
Residents also will be able to
register at these additional places
OH the dates shown between the
hours of Z pm. and 9 pm.
Tuesday, Walter Reed School,
1914 North Mckinley road, and
Bauserman's Service Station,
Columbia pike and South Glebe
road.
September 21, John Marshall
School, 4751 North Twenty fifth
street. and Abingdon School, 3035
South Abingdon street.
September %, Arlington Rec
reation Center, North Park
drive and Third street; Jefferson
Firehouse, South Twenty-third
and Eads street.
On deadline day, october 2,
the general registrars Office.
usually closed on Saturday, will
be open from 9 am. to S pm.
Evening star., 1954-09-09

tators for the parade. Mr.. Harte
noted today that Police Chief
Robert v. Murray's official esti-
mate, after a personal inspec-
tion, was million.
Herbert j. jacob, president of
the convention corporation, said
accountants and budget officers
are still working on books of
his organization but that from
all appearances at this stage,
we will not only break even but
will be able to return the money
advanced by contributors who
underworld our operation"
Budget of $125,OOO.
The corporation had a budget
of about $125, 900. If its collec-
tionS from registrations, conceS-
sions and the sale of parade-seat
tickets are as heavy as expected,
the corporation will refund a
$25, 900 appropriation made by
Congress for pre-convention ar
rangements.
One appropriation that will
not be returned is an $4,000
item included for the District
Government to defray the extra
expense of policemen and related
services.
The Star survey shows that
downtown businesses Jared gen.
orally better than those removed
from the hotel district and pa
rade route.
One of the more enthusiastic
businessmen is Douglas A. Stalk
er, vice president and general
Evening star., 1954-09-09
F. H. Burch Retires:
Served IS Years

Frank H. Burch, longtime
employe OF the Navy's Bureau
Of Medicine and Surgery, retired
last week after As years of serv-
Ice with the Federal Govern
ment.
Mr.. Burch, of $50 Second
avenue. Silver Spring, received
letters of appreciation from the
Secretary of the Navy and the
bureau. Rear Admiral Lamont
Pugh, surgeon general of the
Navy, made the presentations in
a ceremony at the bureau.
Mr.. Burch enlisted in the
Navy in 1906. After 16 years
OF service he transferred to the
Fleet Reserve and was placed on
the retired list in 1887 with the
rank of pharmacist.
He began his career as q civil
Ian employe in the Bureau of
Navigation in 1924 and subse-
quently was transferred to the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
He recently worked as admin
iStrative assistant to the head
of the Physical Qualifications
Branch Of the division.