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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
I Die in Michigan
As Fire Destroys
Home for the Aged
BY the Associated Press

HARTFORD, Mich, Feb. 90
Seven patients - four women
and three men-died in a fire
that raced through a GONZALES
cent home for the aged late last
night.
In 80 minutes the fire de-
stroyed the two-story frame
building three miles west of
Hartford in Southwestern Mich
igan.
Police and firemen probed the
ruins for the bodies of Harley
Babcock. rs, of Watervliet; Fred
Sayles, "a. Of Glenn: Mrs. Lucy
Sparkling. 81. of Coloma; Samuel
Lutz. SO. Of Covert: Mrs. ,Adeline
Blakeslee, 81, and Miss Louise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
Tornado Kills Convict
AT Louisiana Prison
BY the Associated Press

ANGOLA. La, Feb. 20.-A tor
nado ripped through a part of the
Louisiana State Penitentiary last
night, killing one convict and
injuring two others.
Warden Maurice Sigler iden-
titled the dead man as R. D.
Hemphill, 46, a trusty from
Monroe.
The tWister hit about 9:25
pm, toppling guard towers, lift
ing the roof from a dormitory
and knocking out all power and
light in the camp. 1t lasted about
| five minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
Editor in South Koreu
Executed for Spying
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Feb. 20.-South Ko-
rea S Defense Ministry announced
yesterday the execution of a
South Korean newspaper editor
Chung HOOK Fun. He was SEN
fenced to death by a military
court on charges of spying fol
the Communists.
A public execution had been
scheduled for last month, but
was delayed. The execution was
carried out Thursday in secret
repeatedly after President Syng-
man Rhee gave final approval
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20

Police also arrested James E.
Burns, IS. of the same address
Tenth Precinct Detective D. M
Smith said Burns furnished the
gun used by Sullivan and had
mapped out an escape route
Burns also is charged with rob-
berry and possession of a black
jack, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
Kimble Leaves Hospital
After Minor Surgery
BY the Assoeiafed Press

CUMBERLAND, Md.-Senator
Robert B. Kimble, Republican
of Allegany was released from
Sacred Heart Hospital here yes
terday after undergoing minor
surgery ON Monday.
The Senate minority leader
who was visited by Gov. Nickel
din before he left the hospital
yesterday, said he plans to be
back at the General Assembly in
Annapolis on Monday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
Town to Number
Its Houses After
Two-Century Delay
By the Assoeioted Press

bY mo NssocIdTed FTesS
LENOX. Mass. Feb. 90
The postman is due for a
break in this Berkshire town
of $500.
For the first time in 200
years, streets will be named
and houses numbered.
A $500 appropriation
was voted last night at a
town meeting for the name
and number project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
Mrs. Roosevelt Agrees
With Stand on Red China
By The Asseeiosed Press

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. 20.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says
she agrees with the Big Four
foreign ministers decision to
permit Red China to take part
in a Geneva conference for set
Element of the Korean question.
But the former United Ma
tions delegate told a news con-
ference yesterday that she does
not think Red China should be
admitted to the U. N.
Mrs. Roosevelt addressed q
meeting of the women's division
of the United Jewish Appeal yes
terday at which $1,829,00 was
pledged in behalf of refugee and
distressed Jews in Israel and
other parts of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20

party are flying in from Saigon.
They have already visited Japan,
Korea, Formosa and Indo- China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
STAR PICTORIAL
MAGAZINE

This is the only locally
edited newspaper mag
azine in Washington. De-
voted exclusively to excit-
ing stories, people, places
and events of local inter-
est.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-12-11
Shupp. Chase & Tolbert

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Kodiak mirror., 1954-12-11
NOTICE
United States
Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management
 Land Office
Sept. 28, 1858
Notice For Publication

Notice is hereby given that John L. Pearson has made ap- plication for a headquarters site under the act of March 8, 1927 GA Stat. 1864, Anchorage Serial No. 017549 AS U. S. c. Section 461) for a tract of land described as U. S. Survey No. 304p situated about II miles northwestof Dillingham; Lat. 59od2' 38" N, Long. 158o29' 55.6" w., containing 4.88 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, An chorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claim ing adversely any of the above mentioned land should file thelr adverse claim in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be bar red by the provisions of the Statutes.
 Virgil o. Seiser, Manager Firgt Publication: 10-l6-54 Last Publication: 12-11-54
Kodiak mirror., 1954-12-11
CITY of KODIAK DELINQUENT TAX ROLL

lax Roaof Real
 ln'p9caon At The Off f AI n tax roll will Territory
 rof the 'oe'on or as soon theretera he matter rcan eheard
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Kodiak mirror., 1954-12-11
NOTICE

1 ALASKA, THIRD DlVlolON KODIAK PRECINCT, Before The HONORABLE UNITED
 STA ES COMMISSIONER and EX-OFFICIO PROBATE
 JUDGF THEREOF
 In the Matter of the Estate of FRED SARiENT, Deceased. | No. 27l Probate
 | Notice Of Rendering First and Final Account and Petition for Distribution and Discharge of Administrator with the Will Annexed
 Notice is hereby given that NEIL SARGENT, administra- tor with the will annexed or the estate of Fred Sargent. de- ceased, has filed in the United States Commissioners Court | for Kodiak Precinct. Third Division. Territory of Alaska, his first and final account and ! report of his acts done in the administration of said estate, together with a petition for distribution and determination of heirship and for discharge of the administrator with the will annexed and exoneration of his bond; and
 That Tuesday, the 25th day of January, 1855. at the hour Of II o'clock 4. M. of said day, at the office of the United StatesCommissioner at Kodiak Alaska, has been set as the time and place for hearing and settling such account, and for determination of the heirship of such deceased, and for hear ing the petition of such admin istrator with the will annexed for distribution discharge and exoneration of his bond, and at such time and place the un- dersigned Commissioner will also hear any objections there Ito.
 All perons interested in said estate are hereby notified then and there to appear and make their objections, if any they have, and to show cause, if any there be, why the said ac-,
 
 count should not be settled. and allowed and such petition granted.
 Reference is hereby made to such account and petition for. further particulars.
 Dated at Kodiak. Alaska, this 22nd day of November 1854.
 Mabel M. Fenner I United States Commissioner
 and ex- OficiO Probate Judge. First Pub. 11-N Last Pub. l2-18
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24

Federal Government should arm itself with q
standby emergency program in which large
scale tax cuts and public works should be major
parts President Eisenhower has said several
times, Of course that Government planning to
meet real economic crisis Is going on and that
he will not hesitate to make use Of such a pro-
gram If necessary. Secretary of Commerce
Weeks expressed similar determination in his
address at Toronto this week.
The CED was being constructive, however,
in its reminder that the responsibility for sup
porting the national economic welfare is not
one for the Federal Government alone-that
the States and private interests, down to the
level of an individual business concern, must
accept part of the challenge. And 1t spelled
out ways in which this might be done.
While the committee specifically said its
study was not designed to be "a blueprint for
action" it is a blueprint for thinking that can
be studied profitably by those having an honest
concern for the economic health of the Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
This and That

for winter protection. A rat would
surely eat the victim.
Both flying and gray squirrels make
large nests Of leaves, resembling the
nests of very large birds, such as the
crow.
These are placed in crotches of trees
20 feet high or more. The nest is made
entirely by the female, and it is used
both for the nursery for the babies and
for winter refuge.
Sometimes. however, a gray squirrel
will detect something in bird house,
and then he will work to find out what
it is. If the house is large, he can enter
in time, and there kill and consume the
rightful owner" at least the prior
occupant.
Nature is not at all mice" in our
human sense; it supplies food for each
species in turn from the lives of others.
This has been going on so long now
that it may be called standard practice
in nature; if we humans, now and then,
do not like it, there is not much we
can do about it, because each species
has its enemies, quite as clever as itself.
Life among the animals and birds is
based. then, on sharp eyesight and
hearing, to protect them. and fear, to
keep them as alert as possible.
X
If any one wants to help them. the
best thing is eternal vigilance. This Is
not, however, always possible, since
much Of the nefarious work is done at
night.
If one keeps sharp lookout, in such
- case, he may detect the first inroads
Of the sharp teeth on an entrance, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Replacement for Nc urthy

I have noticed recently that some
people are writing to The Star COM
planning that you have criticized Sena-
tor Mccarthy too harShly.
Let me say that have been reading
The Star for many years and it has
always been fair in It's editorial policy.
You are to be congratulated In your
courageous stand against Mccarthy.
Our President has voiced his con-
fidence in Secretary Stevens. believe
that the preponderance OF Americans
are opposed to the methods Of Nc
earthly in fighting communism. In his
fight against Communists or those sus-
pected Of being fellow travellers. Nc
Carthy has unwisely and with full i'm
munity attacked innocent and fine
Americans who have performed valu-
able service to their country and who
were not in any way being investigated.
The chips are down now and it is
high time that some Senator on whose
integrity and morality we can rely,
take over and show Mccarthy that we
can drive the conmies out Of Govern
ment and do it without causing one
crisis after another, without causing
disunity within the Republican Party
and without attacking the high officers
of the administration.
certainly hope that the impending
hearing in the Mccarthy Stevens con-
troversy will clear up once and for all
the questions that bother many Of US
as to the integrity of Mccarthy.
Republican.
In raffaire Mccarthy, certain indis-
putable facts stand out:
The Senator's opponents object to his
ends, not his methods. This Is apparent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24

when 1t is considered that these same
opponents attack with the same fury all
the investigating committees of the
United States Government. Nixon him
self knows this; and if he had not in
sisted on pursuing the investigation of
Alger Hiss to the end. that traitor would
today be carrying on his activities
against his own land and people.
Senator Mccarthy has to deal with
slick. tough, arrogant, tricky. hard
boiled and insulting individuals in his
work. not average citizens. Any one
who has read or listened to the conduct
Of these people should be glad that we
have, in the Senator. q man who will
not be inundated or bullied or de-
TERED by evasions.
The Senator's rabid opponents Gin
Guiding The Starr, those who honestly
have no sympathy for communism, are
adopting an ostrich policy In pretending
to assert that danger to this country
will come, not from within, but from
without. These people are inexcusably
ignorant of very recent history. The
countries that lie in chains behind the
Iron Curtain lost their freedom, not by
armed invasion, but by internal infll-
tration and treason. If the United
States should ever (Heaven forbid) join
these unhappy nations. it will obviously
be accomplished by the same methods.
The men and groups who ally them
selves in these days with the Daily
Worker will some day be known to all
as the grave-diggers of America.
If the Senator should 60. some one
will perforce take his place. Let the
left-wingers and fellow travellers 60 on
record right now. Dare they say that
they will not try to cruelty McCarthy's
successor as they are trying to cruelty
him? Will liberal" scientists continue
to hide behind the fifth amendment?
Let America beware. before 1t Is too
1"'e' Observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Building Guards Protest

The Association of District Police
men recently attacked the uniform
building guards, saying that it was
a problem to tell building guard from
q District policeman. and when some
one saw a person in blue uniform
with a badge drunk it was likely a
building guard or bus driver.
At a recent meeting of the United
States Special Police Association Lodge
No. SAT this item in The Star was dis
cussed. It was pointed out that build
ing guards are not allowed to take their
uniforms home. Furthermore, the
building guards had the blue uniform
before the District Police Department.
One spokesman Of the U. s. S. P. said
that District police should change their
uniform.
Building guards have not had to be
reminded of their conduct in uniform
because it's impossible to see one drunk
IN uniform in tavern.
James A. Howard,
Publicity Chairman.
Joseph A. Doyer,S
President.
United States Special Police
Association, Lodge No. SAT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
LAUREL, Md.
Dear Sir:


Dear Sir:
1.-THE recent high wind tipped one Of
our bird houses and when we reached
to straighten it. little flying squirrel,
heavy with unborn babies, Sluggishly
crawled out Of the opening and ran a
short distance UP the tree.
For the past two years these shy
creatures have nested in our bird houses.
One would never know they were there
unless they were disturbed accidentally.
1--WE have discovered on two occasions
that the mother was murdered in her
bed by a carnivorous animal that
gnawed the opening larger in order to
get in. When we investigated. only the
skin and crushed skull remained as
evidence of the outrage.
1--WE are worried about this present
occupant and fear for her safety. Please
tell us something about the habits and
potential enemies Of the flying squirrel
so we can protect this little expectant
mother.
1.-THE gray squirrels feed at our bird
feeder but so far we have made no at
tempt to tame them, because they are
very wild. Our house is located in the
woods away from any other residence.
Cordially, B. B. p"
+
The flying squirrel Is much smaller
than the gray squirrel. and easily in
undated and harmed by the latter.
In all probability, the culprit in the
above story was some male gray squir-
rel. He 10 capable Of gnawing out q
bird house entrance, and often does It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
By Charles E. TroceWen

may be able to patch it up faster than
the marauder can cut 1t out.
The flying squirrel Is a specialized
member of the squirrel family. He has
a hair-covered membrane Of skin on
each side Of the body, between the
fore and hind legs, and attached to
both as far as the wrists and ankles.
He does not really fly, in any true
sense, but rather glides. The tail is
held to act both as rudder and para
chute.
Hawks and other birds can capture
both gray squirrels and flying squirrels.
Neither squirrel is great enemy to
bird life. It is the red squirrel, found
widely through the Middle West, that
seems to specialize in catching and
eating both bird eggs and nestlings.
Neither gray nor flying squirrel boards
food in its nests, although in yard
where bird feeding is practiced In the
winter it would not be unusual to find
a few seeds and grains in such a nest,
particularly If the animal was using q
bird house, where the solid wood floor
and sides would keep the seed from
rolling out or falling through.
The flying squirrel is, Of course.
nocturnal animal, and that is the rea-
son why it Is not seen very much in the
daytime. Sometimes one will get into
house, where its wild flight down the
staircase is guaranteed to cause great
CONSERVATION among the human in
. habitants. Often the poor squirrel is
slaughtered before its utter harmless
ness is realized, then thereafter for
long time the killer regrets his hasty
deed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Tidyinq Up Students

The article in your distinguished
paper March Is relative to the action
on the part Of the faculty. the parents
and the Student Council Of Montgom-
cry Blair High School (adopting a
code Of dress frowning on Sloppy Joe"
fashions and aimed at eliminating
sloppy attitudes" as welD fills my
heart with joy and hope that other
student bodies. faculties and parents
will follow suit and instill personal
pride in students. Lack Of this per-
sonal pride means slovenliness within
and that, in my opinion. is one Of the
causes Of teen-age delinquency.
I have had many ships under my
command during my 40-odd years in
the Navy and those with sloppy crews
lacking in personal pride were ever
the poorest in efficiency.
C. r. Train,
Rear Admiral, U. S. NJ, Ret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Night Brings Forth the Stors

The daylight gildS the earth. and in
the sun
Great cities build, and gnyeSt
laughter rings
Through hours that giUe before the
day is done,
But night brings forth the stars.
Each planet swings
In GDesome Splendor. and tue sober BY
Titanic lamps that food the great
tDhite tD1y.
HoW small the ,Dorld before the star
lit Skyi
Such majesty Is not revealed by day.
So NTH our ives . We do not kno,p
until
The darkness creeps across the hours
once bright.
And all the laughter IN our hearts 10
still,
The majesty 1oithin our souls, the
might
OF courage, patience. lore. There are
no bars
That withhold greatness Night
brings forth our stars.
Avis Turner French
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Stronger Thon Ever Before

The Committee for Economic Development,
q non-proft and non-partisan businessman's
research group, has made some notable con-
tributions to American economic analyses since
1t was formed in 1912. It has now produced
another one in its report on Defense Against
Recession" Although there is an obvious time
illness to the study, it was started at time Of
Still-rising prosperity and has not been rushed
to completion for purposes of meeting some of
the current and slightly panicky demands for
action.
In brief, the committee finds that the
national defenSes against economic decline are
stronger than ever before. And it lists some of
these points of strength as follows: Business
and farm debts are lower, relative to assets
and earnings. Private debt, notably mortgages
is on longer-term basis. The total Of con-
sumers' assets is large Banks and other finan-
cial institutions with the Federal Reserve Sys-
TEN able to supply funds as needed and with q
heavy proportion of deposits guaranteed, can
keep credit channels open and encourage ex-
pansion. Longer-term planning by business has
increased" It mentions, too such cushions as
unemployment compensation, social security
benefits in several categories and farm price
supports The reminder Of these factors is
appropriate at q time when administration
critics are talking so gloomily about the busi-
ness situation and seem bent upon pushing the
Government into new spiral Of heavy spend
ang increased deficits and greater public debt.
the committee does recommend that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24

ment that properly aimed it would
pierce Uhlan and the horse beneath
him. ..#
I offer this for what it may be
worth. OF course, the weapons evalua-
ton section Gin this case probably an
ad hoe body will quite properly retort
that what with one thing and another
there aren't many Uhlans around these
days, with or without horses. but this
will Immediately be recognized as a
wholly specious argument. I suggest
we consider the evaluation to have been
completed and get the steel mills
humming.
Believe me, sir, to be your most
faithful reader. who is firm in his con-
viction that the true weapon Of the
future is the flint axe.
John L. Zimmerman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Cruel and Unusual

John Patton Davies, jr, has not been found
guilty of any offense. No formal penalty has
ever been imposed upon him. In all but the
strict legal sense however, and despite the Ian
guage of the Eighth Amendment to the Con-
stitution, he has been the victim of cruel and
unusual punishment.
His case stands out as a monumental dis
grace to any loyalty security program. Over
the years he has been investigated, interro-
gated browbeaten, smeared and, in the end,
exonerated. Now, Secretary Of State Dulles has
decided to convene another hearing board to
investigate Mr.. Davies once again-for the ninth
time, according to the arithmetic Of Star re-
porter. How much longer can this sort Of thing
go on?
It may be instructive to review a few Of
the more significant dates and events in the
Davies ordeal In 1851 the Senate Internal Sc
curity Committee asked the Department Of
Justice to seek an indictment against Mr.. Da-
vieS for perjury. The request was rejected on
the ground of insufficient evidence. The COM
mittee tried again in the summer OF 1852. No
official report has been made public, but the
department revealed unofficially last month
that the evidence would not warrant grand jury
proceedings. Meanwhile, in December 1852,
Mr.. Davies had been cleared by the Loyalty Re-
view Board, which found that there was no
reasonable doubt as to his loyalty. That board
was headed by former Senator Hiram Bingham,
and The Star is satisfied that its investigation
was searching one
This generation made no impression, how
ever, on Senator Mccarthy. Last November "a
he, INDUCED in smear; attack on Mr. Davies,
and, not very indirectly on President Eisen-
hover. This is what the Senator said:
We still have John Patton Davies on the
payroll after II months Of the Eisenhower
administration. . E. Davies was ID part and
parcel of the old Acheson-Lattimor Vincent
White-HiSS group which did so much toward
delivering our Chinese friends into the Com
munist hands; CD he was unanimously re-
ferred by the McCarran Committee to the
Justice Department in connection with a pro-
posed indictment because he lied under oath
about his activities in trying to put Commu-
niStS and espionage agents in key spots in the
Central Intelligence Agency.
One would have thought that this reckless
charge had been adequately refuted by the
Loyalty Boards finding, by the informal report
that the Department of Justice has found no
basis for perjury proceedings, and by the
testimony In support Of MIR. Davies from such
men as General Bedeu Smith and George
KEENAN,. But now another investigation looms
ahead.
Presumably Mr.. Dulles, who is not SYM
pathetically disposed toward persecution, has
what he regards as sufficient reasons for his
decision. One earnest hope may be expressed
however: If Mr.. Davies is exonerated in this
ninth inquiry he should thereafter be left
alone. Enough is enough. If someone comes
along and demands tenth investigation, Mr.
Davies should be entitled to invoke the protec-
ton of the Eighth Amendment.