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Evening star., 1955-07-29
RADIO TO PLANE HEADS OFF
LETHAL DOSE FOR ACTRESS

NEW YORK tE9--Most people hate to take medicine
and it's good thing British actress Joan Greenwood like
everybody else.
She kept putting on the matter after picking up a
prescription from her London pharmacist days ago
She still hadn't done by the time she boarded a
plane later in the day for the United States but she put
the medicine in a travelling to carry with her.
High the Atlantic her airlner got frantic radio
message from the airlines Londen ofhce message
said the pharmacist reported he had made mistake
compromising the medicine and that what he had given
her deadly poisonous.
Miss Greenwood, needless to say. only glad to
comply with his urgent request that she not take the
medicine.
Evening star., 1955-07-29

credit above the master degree
level. That class of teachers was
put into a new Group C by the
Senate. with an increase of $500
annually. The House struck out
the group, but the conferees
agreed to reinstate Group C and
give these teachers a $500 in
crease.
Raise for Corning
With the exception Of the
Group c teachers, the salary in
creases in the conference version
are those approved by the
House - 500 more than the
Senate figures.
For School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning, the Senate had voted
an increase of from $4,000 to
$4,000. The House changed this
to give the Superintendent of
Schools $4,000 with bachelor
of arts degree. $4,000 with a
master degree and $4,000 only
for an earned doctor of philos-
ophy degree.
The conferees took the House
version, which would give an in
crease of $4,000 to DR.. Corning,
who has two master degrees
but no earned doctors degree.
Evening star., 1955-07-29
Two Gunmen Rob
.Ohioun of $50, 900

LONDON. KY, July 20 (R.-
A Bowling Green (Ohio) busi-
Inessman was robbed of $50, 900
here yesterday shortly after two
Unidentified men picked him up
at the London -Corbin airport,
State police reported.
officers said Robert Close few
into the airport, where he was
met by two men in an automo-
bile.
officials quoted Mr.. Close as
saying they were en- route to a
London bank to get additional
money to close a business trans
action when the men pulled the
car over to the roadside and
took the money at gunpoint.
State police said they were
holding a suspect but declined
to give his name or information
about the getaway car.
Evening star., 1955-07-29
Tokyo Asks Kokurtu
To Free Fishing Boot

TOKYO, July 20 (P.-Japan's
Foreign Ministry today asked
Indonesia to release a Japanese
fishing boat and its crew which
lit has held in custody since
July "a.
The ship, the No. 3 Hanei
Maru, and its crew have been
detained at a Celebes island port
by local officials pending ap-
Iproval from Jakarta to let the
vessel leave. Kyodo News Serv-
ice said the skipper and one
crewman were held by police.
The Japanese ship entered the
Celebes port towing an Indo-
nesian boat it had found drifting
helplessly south of Mindanao last
week,
Evening star., 1955-07-29
a Killed, 10 Hurt
In Sudan Riotinq

KHARTOUM, Sudan, July 2s
(P.-Police opened fire on 1000
rioting workmen who stormed
through the town of Mara in
the Southern Sudan Tuesday,
robbing and looting shops and
offices. Four men were killed
and 10 injured.
Reports reaching here yester-
day said troops from the nearby
town of Yambio brought the sit
uation under control.
The reports said the rioters
armed with spears, axes. knives,
bows and arrows-swept into
Mara on Tuesday, attacked cot
ton mill offices there and as
saulted the staff. They then
moved into the market, looting
shops and injuring some mer-
chants. Police used tear gas
against them and finally opened
fire.
The rioting followed the con-
viction in Yambio on Monday
of a prominent politician accused
of threatening to kill Sudan
chiefs who refused to support
unity with Egypt. He was SEN
fenced to two years in prison,
Evening star., 1955-07-29
CIogue and Brown
Nominations OK'd
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Labor Committee
today approved the nominations
of Newell Brown to be Federal
wage and hours administrator,
and Evan Clague to head the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The approval was by voice
vote at a closed door meeting
after Mr.. Clague had testified
he is mot a Socialist" and has
never advocated socialism in this
country.
Chairman Hill, Democrat of
Alabama, told reporters he
heard no members vote against
the confirmation of Mr.. Clague,
but that he did hear some mo"
votes on approval of Mr.. Brown.
Some labor union witnesses
opposed confirmation of Mr..
Brown.
Evening star., 1955-07-29
japanese in MuniIu
To SALVAGE Vessels

MANILA. July 90 tP.-The
first 10 of 800 Japanese salvage
workers arrived here today to
salvage ships sunk in Philippine
waters during World War II.
They were whisked through i'm
and taken to a special
housing area north of the city.
Mai. Fernando E. Ricaforte.
chief security officer for the sal-
wage operation, said: "The Phil
ippine government is sparing no
effort for the safety of the Jep-
anese." He appealed to residents
to avoid incidents. -.
War-generated feeling against
japanese still is strong here. "a
Evening star., 1955-07-29

three hours behind his schedule
to complete the 22,500-mile jour-
ney in 80 flying hours and Ill
total elapsed hours.
In Rome Mr.. Lerios made a
quick change to a British Euro
pean Airways plane-held for
him IS minutes-that would get
him in London in time to catch
a Pan American flight to New
York and home within his set
time.
Evening star., 1955-07-29
Freeman Named Heed
Of Electrical Workers
BY the Associated Press

The AFL International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers has
selected Gordon M. Freeman OF
Cincinnati, Ohio, as its new
president and H. B. Blankenship
of Canton. Ohio. as union vice
president succeeding Mr.. Free
man.
Mr.. Freeman was selected by
the IBEW board to succeed
Scott Milne, who died recently
Mr.. Freeman named Mr.
Blankenship, an IBEW inter-
national representative, as his
successor as vice president for
the unions 4th district includ-
ing the States of Kentucky
Maryland, Ohio, Virginia. West
Virginia and the District of
Columbia.
Evening star., 1955-07-29
Drowning Of SO Schoolgirls
Laid to Teachers Errors

2. They ordered the girls to
swim closest to the danger area,
thinking the strong-willed boys
of the class would protest.
8. They failed to check the
depth and tide before the class
started.
Police also said artificial res
piration was started too late
after bodies were recovered.
In Tokyo, Education Minister
Keno Matsumura said in a
statement "the school authorities
were at fault" in the disaster.
The assembly of this village
As miles southwest of Nagoya
voted $4,000 yen tabout $l70) to
the parents of each victim.
Evening star., 1955-07-29

TSU, Japan. July % P.-
Three errors of school authori-
ties contributed to the drowning
|of So high school girls near here
yesterday, a teacher told police.
Officers quoted Keeichi Och
ial, chief instructor Of Kyohoku
Junior High School. as saying
school authorities made these
mistakes shortly before a giant
wave washed the group of SWIM
ming students out into the Sea
of ISe:
/. Instructors extended the
swim area SO feet closer to a
danger area than usual to allow
more space for final swimming
ability test,
Evening star., 1955-07-29
Woman Slain
In Jersey Home;
Husband Held.

CLIFTON. N. j., July 20 up.
A hail of bullets early today
killed pretty blond housewife
as she fed her fashionable home
in a dressing gown minutes after
her husband found another man
there.
Belmar police apprehended
the husband. James Cerce. So.
several hours later in his sum-
mer apartment at the shore
resort. Cerce. q witness before
the Kefauver Senate Crime
Committee, faces sentencing in
two weeks for income tax evas-
ion.
The body of Mrs. Roberta
Cerce, about As, who police said
had been married four times,
Including twice to Cerce, was
found sprawled at the foot of
her back porch. She had one
bullet in her throat and another
under her right ear.
Held as Witness
Held in $50. 1000 bail as a ma
terial witness in the Staying was
Mario Moreschi, SO. a bartender
Iof New York City who police say
fled the Cerce apartment in the
nude after being struck by Cerce.
Belmar Police Chief Alber A.
ISola said Cerce, a stocky man
five feet five and graying, offered
no resistance when police came
to his shore home. at Belmar,
but refused to answer questions.
Mr.. Isola said a chance in
quiry by a Belmar merchant
who recently asked him how he
could collect q $500 debt from a
James Cerce speeded up the
search and led to the early
arrest.
Met by Chance
Clifton police quoted Moreschi
as saying he met Mrs. Cerce in
an avon bar year ago and met
her there again last night by
chance. They left the tavern
together. stopped off at another
bar and a restaurant and then
went to her apartment.
Police said Cerce arrived un-
lexpectedly and Struck Moreschi.
The bartender fled to the street
The bartender fled to the street
and hid in the bushes while
Cerce circeled the block three
times in his Cadillac. When he
felt it safe. Moreschi told Off
GERS, he ran to his own car, broke
in and got a spare pair of trou-
sers and shirt. Then he walked
to a highway and asked youth
at a roadstand to call police.
Evening star., 1955-07-29
Coffee SmugeIer

RIO DE JANE1RO.-In South
America there are more than
four billion coffee trees, many
of which stem from a single plant
smuggled across the Atlantic in
I1723 by a French naval officer.
Evening star., 1955-07-29
Globe Gird|er
Leaves Tokyo

TOKYO, July % (P).-Susan
Bryan, flying around the world
as Miss San Francisco Inter-
national Airport, arrived in
Tokyo at $40 pm. G:20 AES)
tonight.
She left 40 minutes later on
the Pacific crossing to San Fran
cisco, the last leg of her globe
circling race by airline planes.
She expects to reach San Fran
cisco Saturday.
Andrew Lerios, travel agency
executive, is flying the opposite
direction.
After 10 hours in the air 21-
year-old Susan insisted she was
not at all tired. A fellow pas
senger said, She's bushed. She
slept most Of the way from
Manila"
ROME, July 20 (P.-A San
Francisco businessman made a
quick plane change here today
in an effort to recover three
hours lost on a globe -circling
record try by commercial airline.
He is Andrew Lerios, IS. who
set out from San Francisco mid
night Monday. He has been
flying by Pan American. kim
Dutch Air Line) and Air France.
Engine trouble at Beirut put him
Evening star., 1955-06-12
Mory's Perfect Holiday
A Slow Freighter Trip

testified that Heller had "eaten
every Bit"
A charming girl with ex-
quisite manners. Heller ap-
peared with her mother in
peter" and also has a part in
Teeth"
Unfortunately, we won't be
able to stay in Paris after the
play Closes" Miss Martin said.
1--WE will fly back here the very
next day. I will be doing some
Of Noel Coward's pieces on TV
this summer and I'll have to
begin rehearsing right away.
Human Race All One
II love going abroad. It's
such a wonderful experience.
When you travel to different
countries you realize the hu-
man race is all one. People are
really the same everywhere. I
would dearly love to learn
some foreign languages so that
I could do an international
tour with repertory company.
We could present American
shows to the people in their
own languages. 1t would be
thrilling" .
In spite Of the fact that she
speaks no foreign languages,
the star explained, she and
her husband have never had
any real difficulty in making
themselves understood when
abroad.
I'VE get along by mining
our requests" Halliday said.
Gestures are international
and with a little practice you
cay say practically anything
without speaking"
Doesn't Always Work
Mining on an international
scale is probably a lot easier
for an experienced actress.
however, than it would be for
most people. And even for
Miss Martin it som e times
brings unexpected results.
During our South Ameri-
can holiday" she recounted,
I'VE went into a lovely shop
that sold marble. We collect
marble and pick up pieces
wherever we go. This shop
had some beautiful things and
we were poking around, ges-
turing furiously at the clerks
because we didn't see anything
suitable for our collection.
Suddenly. through a door
that swung open, I Spied some
beautiful marble squares COW
ering a wall. They were lust
Evening star., 1955-06-12
BRANCH DRIVEN

6l2 Nj. South D. c. Line via sroneh
Ave. S.E., Nd. Route 5. RE. 1886.
Tonight and Mon. Starts 900. DANA
ANDREWS and DONNA REED in 3
HOURS TO KILL" Color. 300:
Funniest Hit Of 1855. at l0:40, Starts
Tues, THE GAME MUTINY.'
Evening star., 1955-06-12
BY GEORGE N. ALLEN
NEW YORK.

NG" 4O3O1As
Mary Martin, hailed across
the Nation as a superb fiier,
is really a sailor at heart.
She's mad about boats-big
ones, little ones. any kind"
vacation-cruising in a small
power boat off Block Island
on the East Coast several
years ago, she and husband
Richard Halliday were caught
in hurricane.
1.-THE men aboard thought
I would be scared stiff" Miss
Martin said this week. But I
had a roaring good time. In
fact, I think I was the only
person who did-probably be-
cause I was the only one who
didn't realize the seriousness
of the situation.
MY idea of a perfect vaca-
ton is to get on a slow
freighter that is doing a long
voyage and just relax"
Miss Martin, her husband
and their daughter, 12-year-
old Heller, did board a Nor
wegian freighter for long
slow trip to South America
after "Peter Pan" closed. By
all accounts they had a Won
derful time.
But don't get Mary started
talking about that trip" said
Halliday, shell never STOP"
"Teeth" Great Fun
Miss Martin and her hus-
band we're relaxing in their
New York apartment after a
days rehearsal of "The Skin
of Our Teeth" The Thorn
ton Wilder Pulitzer-prize play
opens June % for a one-week
run in Paris as part of the
Salute to France" festival.
I'm doing Sabina, a part
I've wanted to play for a long
time" Miss Martin explained.
"It's great fun-except for the
high heels. In most Of the
shows I've done during the
past few years I've worn low
heels. I have to do a lot of
jumping around in Teeth and
I'm still learning how to do it
in high heels without break
ing my neck"
The top star of the musical
comedy stage is still wearing
her short peter Pan" haircut.
Her husband. who is also her
manager, explained that Miss
Martin would have short hair
for the rest Of the year as they
intend to revive the children's
classic for four weeks next
December. It Is also scheduled
for a second Nationwide tele-
vision performance, with Miss
Martin flying to Never-Never
Land once more, in November.
For Every Child
"We're reviving Peter be-
cause we think 1t is a wonder
full show for children to see
around Christmas" Miss Mar
tin confided. 1--WE would really
like to make sure that every
boy and girl in the United
States sees it. Let's hope we
come close to that goal with
the second TV broadcast"
Heller suddenly bounded into
the room and the interview
was suspended while she listed
the items that constituted her
dinner. Agnes, the family maid,
Evening star., 1955-06-12

what I wanted. I gestured to
the clerk, asking him to show
US similar pieces. He didn't
understand at first. Finally,
he got 1t and began waving
his arms furiously. I couldn't
understand what he was try
ing to say, so I walked over
to point out the pieces I would
like, pushed open the door
and marched. in :"
1t turned out to be the
mems room.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1955-06-12

Always Best Food at the ABC.
Chicken, Shrimp. Milk Shakes, Ice
Cream. Large Cones, Hot Dogs,
steaks, Pork Chops. Hambursers.
Barbecue, Etc.
Evening star., 1955-06-12

GUEWMWYT p otssnbslf. Nd.
HnkakMDkAaA oR. 3.2222. Free Porkins
shows Cont: / Pm winner Of 9 Ased5 At;
THE WATERFRONT" Also Cartoon.
Evening star., 1955-06-12

Fri.-Sat.
Fabulous Out-of-School Party.
Evening star., 1955-06-12
SUNSET DRIVEN s.. s;:'bS,a :,

UVAUWNB WHtA WHHN Pike r..
At Baileys Crossroads.
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Evening star., 1955-06-12

Abe DRIVEN Aw9c z,oo IGsiG" Id z'ass; s.;
Largest Screen In the Southeast"
Open 7;15 PM. Riddles Free. Cinema
Scope and Color. THE LONG GRAY
Also GLENN FORD. 'REDHEAD AND
THE COWBOY" 11:45 PM. Only.
Cartoons
Evening star., 1955-06-12
SUPER CHIEF DRIVEN

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Children Under 12 Free
Playground. Tasty Hot Pizza. Thick,
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DIAMOND WIZARD" at 9:lO.
Evening star., 1955-06-12

PALMER essn. Fsia.r aIa11'; a11 VI, Gee, S..
feuse Hwy. 10 Rt. TOI, Turn Right,
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Woman IsSIain,
.MadmanSought

ST. LOUIS. April 81 R1.-A
series of four street shootings in
which one woman was killed and
two wounded early today started
a police investigation to deter
mine whether all were the VIC
Tins of a Negro mailman.
Miss June Lytz, 81, was found
fatally wounded in a parkway
about 6 am. today and two per-
sons reported hearing a shot
about 1890 am Three other
victims told police they were
fired on by young Negro driv-
ing a dark-colored car.
Patrolman Bernard Goclowski
reported Miss Lytz. dead from a
gunshot wound in the back, was
found lying face down in a tri-
angle-shaped parkway.
He said he was led to the body
by the woman's small black dog
while walking his beat. Miss
Lytz operated a massage parlor
located a few blocks away.
Helen Forester, a 34-year-old
waitress, told police she and two
friends were approached by q
Negro in a car about 1920 am.
She said she told him to leave
after he called Hey. baby" He
fired two shots, one striking her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

Emulating its New York coun-
terpart after Gotham's big strike.
the Times carried a 12-page sup
plement which summarized the
lost news day by day.
On the front page-where they
always appear-were four solid
columns of birth, death and mar
rage announcements. 1t was
the first installment of a hugh
backlog.
The Telegraph published an
eight-page supplement highlight-
ing the lost 26 days and most
other newspapers hit the high
spots in smaller condensations.
The papers reappeared with
such headlines as Here We Are
Again." NRead All About tt"
and Good Morning, ALI"
Strike Led by Reds
In their editorial columns, the
newspapers took serious view
of the Communicated strike and
called for a government guaran-
tee against any repetition.
The presses were stopped
March 26 by a walkout of TOO
electricians and maintenance
men seeking higher wages.
They belong to the Amalga-
mated Electrical Trades Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Churchill Back in News
As London Strike Ends

LONDON, April 81 (R.-A
columnist in the Daily Sketch
started of today: CAS- I was
about to say when I was SO
rudely interrupted :"
The News Chronicle stoutly
denied that it is dead.
A Daily Express cartoon
showed q gentleman in a bowler
hat crawling around with a
newspaper in his mouth while
his wife explained to a neigh
Dor: HE has to teach Rover
all over again-how to fetch our
paper"
And the Daily Telegraph gave
thanks that Britons now can
stop trying to dig such Yankee
1--WE as "Redwings Rip Leaves as
Canadians Blank Bruins.
The great London newspaper
strike is over.
rs Days in Muzzle
After 26 days in muzZle, the
nationally distributed dailies.
most of them in expanded edi-
tions, set out to tell their Is mil
lion readers what they had
missed.
Such chit-chat, for instance.
as the retirement of Sir Winston
Churchill and that a general
election is coming up May rs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. 80 Asst


torney's Office nor Commissioner
Lawrence required Mr.. Spivak
to appear for today's action and
the dismissal action was accept
ed by his attorney. Alexander
Boskoff.
The decision of the United
States Attorneys Office to dis
miss the charge resulted after
a hearing before Assistant
United States Attorney Kenneth
Wood. at which he decided there
was no evidence to support the
charge.
Mr.. Spivak. a $100-a-week
Treasury worker, owns the
apartment house in which he
lives in the 1900 block of Fort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Spivak Cleared
In Theft Case

Joseph H. Spivak. Is. well-to-
do apartment house owner. to-
day was cleared of a So larceny
charge when the case came be-
fore United States Commission
er Cyril S. Lawrence.
Motion for dismissal of the
charge was made by Assistant
United States Attorney Alexan-
der Stevas.
Neither the United States At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Liberuce Boomse
Las Vegas Hotel

LAS VEGAS. New, April 81 tP1.
The ninth luxury resort hotel
on Las Vegas booming strip
the Riviera-opened last night
with the flying fingers of Liber-
ace sounding a $50.000-a-week
high note.
The popular TV pianist held
the stage for more than an h~ua
before a celebrity studded audi
ence. He is being paid $50. 900
for his three-week engagement.
Liberace, complete with can
delabra, his brother George, and
Mama at ringside. played every
thing from Beer Barrel Polka"
to Chopin.
1t was the second opening of
a luxury hotel here in as many
nights. The Royal Nevada OPP
ened Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
JACK HELPS FREE
GIRL. 10, TRAPPED
IN TREE CLIMB

DETROIT Up. Ten
year-old Charlene W b b.
usually adept at swinging
through trees, caught her
foot between two branches.
She hung on like a mon
key. Her, father unsuccess-
fully tried to free her.
He called the police. They
couldn't do it either.
They called the fire de-
partment.
Ladder Group 10 changed
to the scene. The f1remen
had the answer.
Out came q hydraulic
jack. The branches were
split apart and Charlene
climbed down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

which is bossed by Communists.
and the Amalgamated Engineer
ing Union. which has strong Red
influence in its London branches.
They demanded a raise of $8.l9
a week and finally settled for
81 40 for day workers and Sill
for night men plus q promise
Of industry wide negotiations
later. With the increase. wages
will be $31.08 for day work and
1868 for night work. The aver
age weekly industrial wage in
Britain is a bit more than $28.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Concer No. z Killer

CHICAGO.-Cancer has moved
up to second place as a cause Of
death in the United States since
1900. when it was in eighth
place. Average disqualification
cost per cancer patient is esti-
mated at $685..
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arrested March 81 and accused
of taking three 81 bills from a
metal cash box owned by a
friend. Dave Haransky. operator
of variety store at Fourteenth
street NV.
He denied the charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

in the back. She is in serious
condition at City Hospital.
Luvida Hodge, a 22-year-old
Negro, was wounded in the leg
at 1880 am. in the alley behind
her home by a man she described
as a tall young Negro driving a
black car.
A cab driver also reported he
was fired on by a Negro autoist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Sero-Tex Paint
low-Cost Moster-Mixed
Wa, s,.,s 2.59 cal.

One eoot covers most svrfoees.
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Sears 1 Stores
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Lotex Bose Paint
Interior Mostes-Mixed
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marks never show. Apply with
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