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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-11-15
By RALPH MERCER

the snow may be blowing and the rats
and mice will have gone indoors for the
winter. We hope this is not the case,
but if it is and you haven't all the holes
and cracks sealed in your storage bins,
you most likely have contaminated
grain on your farm at the present
time. If you had all these details taken
care of at the time your storage space
was filled, maybe it isn't that way now.
Maybe the wind came along and
loosened part of the structure just
enough to let some moisture in; maybe
there wasn't adequate ventilation and
the sweating of the grain has set up
moisture situation that is just as bad
as a leak; maybe those doors were not
as tight as you thought they were and
have sagged enough for a mouse or
two to enter; and maybe that vent was
not screened at the time of filling and
few pigeons have moved in All of
which is to say it's mighty easy to get
contamination in your grain.
Also, it isn't always certain that once
you have taken proper precautions,
that the situation will remain that way.
1t would be well to make regular pc
riOdic checks of your storage to see
that everything is in place and in order.
AS the requirements for clean grain
that goes on the commercial market
tighten, as will be the case on July 1,
1856, so it becomes necessary to de-
velop program and construct storage
space that will keep it clean.
BE Sure of Variety
You as a producer are very much a
part of the quality grain production
program in Montana What the indi-
vidual, as well as group of growers,
produces in an area may in time de-
,ermine the quality of grain marketed
from that area. It is becoming in
more important that consid-
Grafton be given to the baking and
Milling qualities of varieties grown as
we'll as the total yield per acre. Quality
If grain depends on its purity and
cleanliness as well as test weight per
'ushel and protein content
1t is evident that producers are prone
o try many varieties that research has
hOwn not to be of satisfactory quality
r sufficient yielding ability to be rec
for production in this state.
On most varieties there is research
alta available which will tell the pro-
ucer something about a variety he. is
bout to purchase. A visit to the branch
tation of the Montana Agriculture Ex-
Station or the county Exten-
on office will result in obtaining the
formation needed This information
ill be based on facts and figures.
A case in point is the introduction
to the northern part of the state this
ii of KharkOf winter wheat for seed
G in that area. Khark0f or Khark0v,
winter wheat that was produced
Montana in the early 2Os. 1t has been
most entirely replaced by Karmont
I'd Y0go in all the winter wheat pro-
cling areas of the state. Karmont is
selection of winter wheat out of
rkey red.
Research information shows KharkOf
be a weak straw variety that tends
shatter rather badly. Both of these
aracteristics are very much in dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Christmas, 1859,
Arrives EorIy
For Potent Bow

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 81 (4,.
A little Columbia boy has his
dream air rifle today, but he'll
probably never know about the
people who wanted to buy it
for him.
The story started Christmas
1854, when the gun caught the
Negro youngsters fancy. He
plunked down a 50-cent deposit
and left. This Christmas he did
the same thing. but the story of
MS pay-by-the-year purchase of
a 50 air rife got out.
1t brought Christmas Eve
offers from the Milwaukee Jour-
nal. the Chicago Bureau of the
Associated Press and from a
Raleigh, N. c., man to purchase
the gun.
Meanwhile. the store owner
said the boys parents had come
through with the money to buy
the gun. Unless the store pro-
prietor recognizes him, a proud
little boy with a shiny new air
rifle will never know how many
people thought his Christmas
dream had waited long enough.
There's still a present in the
ot1ing. The Milwaukee journal
copy desk said it would furnish
the pellets to 60 with the gun
Journal staffers made the offer
after they learned that the
Chicago A. P. had beaten them tc
the punch in arranging to buy
the gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
History Scholars
To Open Annual
Sessions Here

Americas leading historical
scholars began arriving here to-
day for the seventh annual
meeting of the American His
torical Association at the May
flower Hotel.
An estimated 100 papers will
be presented to the more than
1000 historians expected to
attend the session beginning at
10 am. tomorrow and ending
Thursday.
The association is primarily
concerned with viewpoints on
the Interpretation of history
rather than what is taught or
how it is taught in American
schools.
The papers are expected to
cast new light on events of the
past through Interpretation OF
history
The associations council was
meeting today at the Mayfiower
to develop policy recommended
tons to be submitted to a busl-
ness meeting scheduled for
Thursday. The papers will be
presented in a series of daily
meetings by association men,
beers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
King Won't Seek
Reelection in IS

MORRISVILLE. Pa. Dec. 81
R).-Representative Karl C..
King. Republican of Pennsyl-
vania, said today he will not
seek reelection next fall from
the 9th Pennsylvania district of
Bucks and Lehigh Counties.
Mr.. King, who won a second
full term in 1854 after a rugged
campaign against John P.
Fullam. Democrat from Fairless
Hills. said he wants to give his
undivided attention" to King
Farms Co., a family business in
which he is the senior partner.
Mr.. King has been in Congress
since he succeeded the late
Albert c. Vaughn in a special
election in 1851. A member of
the House Agricultural Commit
tee, he has been opposed to the
rigid price supports urged by the
Democrats and in favor Of the
system of flexible supports en-
ployed by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Benson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Mrs. Justin Dunton
Formerly Active
lin Club Group

Mrs. Justin Danton. 66, wife
Of an Arlington. Va, furrier
died last night at her home
602 Crest place. Falls Church
Va.
Mrs. Danton was the former
Lulu May Seymour. a native OF
Matthews. Md. Until two months
ago. she lived at 1901 Twenty
first avenue, Arlington.
Mrs. Danton was active in the
Daughters of America until she
became bedridden four years
ago. She was past Virginia
State councillor and past ma
tional deputy councillor Of thai
organization.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by two sons, Justin, jr.
Coral Gables, Fla: Albert j.. OF
the home address: her father
Sam Seymour, Arlington, who Is
IS; a brother. Tilghman Sey-
mour. Lansdowne, Md; two
sisters, Mrs. Florence Horn, Sar
Diego; Mrs. Irene Williams, Ar
lington. and four grandchildren
Services will be held at / pm
Thursday at Mount Olivet
Methodist Church in Arlington
Burial will be in National Me-
mortal Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Roy Dayton, Former
Newspaper Editor

GABRIELS. N. Y, Dec. 81 (P)
Roy Dayton, former newspaper
editor and secretary of the Tru-
deau Foundation for 81 years,
died Sunday night In a sanitari-
UNI here. He was 70.
Mr.. Dayton. a native of East
Tawas, Mich, served as a re-
porter and city editor on the
then Rochester Times in 1905
and 1906 and as an editor of
the North Tonawanda Daily
News from 1905 to 1903.
He was named secretary of
the Trudeau Foundation in 1915
and served continuously until
illness forced his retirement in
1858.
He lived in Saranac Lake.
where the foundation operated
Trudeau Sanitarium.
Survivors include his widow.
the former Florence Ethel Evans
OF Albany. and a daughter.
Eleanor, of Boston
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Mistinguett, 81, Famed
For Her Legs, Stricken

PARIS. Dec. ~ (R.-Mistin-
guett, once possessor Of the
worlds most beautiful legs"
was only partly conscious today
following a stroke six days ago.
The toast Of French music halls
for half century, she is now 80.
The famous singer and dancer.
who for years claimed her legs
were insured for So million, was
stricken after she came north
from her French Riviera villa
to spend Christmas with rela-
tiyes.
Friends were optimistic that
she would recover. They re-
ported that her condition was
improving. Her temperature is
normal and there are no compli-
cations.
Mistinguett was stricken at
the home of her brother, a
few miles outside Paris. Her only
son., DR.. Leopold Lima "a silva,
is attending her.
Christened Jeanne arie
Bourgeois. she made her debut
at the Casino de Paris before the
turn of the century. By 1908 she
was q great star, the symbol Of
the glamor, spicy humor and
frothy song and dance Of the
Paris music halls.
For years she sang and danced
in revues and operettas. played
comedy and dramatic roles. and
appeared occasionally In films.
During the Nazi occupation Of
France she lived quietly on the
Riviera, but came out of retire
ment at the liberation of Paris
to star again for several years
For five years between the
wars she was noted for one song.
mon Homme my Man," which
the late Fannie Brice made pop
Iular in the United States.
Maurice Chevalier made his first
Jump to fame as her dancing
partner at the Folies Bergeres in
1911. Years later she said he
was the love of her life.
Mistinguett tried American
audiences only twice, neither
time successfully.
In 1928 she quit Broadway
after two nights in Innocent
Eyes" a musical comedy for
which George Gershwin wrote
the music. But she was pre-
sented to President Coolidge at
the White House during that
visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
mrs. Charles 6. Patterson,
Active in Army Women Clubs

terson taught in the elementary
schools of Newport News. Va.
She later volunteered to teach
school in the Philippines in 1885
and 1886 while her husband was
stationed there.
Mrs. Patterson lived here from
1913 until 1853 while her hus-
band was assigned to the Office
of Defense and the National War
College. At present he is with
the Continental Army Command.
Surviving beside her husband
are a daughter, Peggy Patter-
son, a student at Syracuse Uni
versity; her father. J. M. Powell
of Cape Charles, Va, and a sis
ter. Mrs. Paul P. Smith, also OF
Cape Charles.
Funeral arrangements have
been tentatively set for tomorrow
or Thursday at the Smith fu-
neal home, Hampton. Va. Burial
will be at West Point, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
ATTACK BY DEER
DAMAGES D. C.. CAR, DOE DIES

Virginia whitehall deer yesterday bagged Wash
ington New jersey but lost her life in the
Mark Mensh market of $500 Seventh street NV.
reported the incident took place the Garden State park
way Monmouth Park Race Track
He tipping along in his big sedan with his sons
Marvin IT, and Alan, a. when three fulgrown whiteta
suddenly bounded from a clearing.
buck sailed practically the cars hood. One doe
barely missed the second doe slammed into the right
door.
1T like a Kamikaze attack" MIR Mensh said today,
he refu surveyed $500 damage to door and fender
Moreover he said he couldn't bring the kill home
in traditional hunter fashion
IT reported the thing to the game warden but he
wouldn't let take it," Mr. Mensh said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Church Fire Set
For Excitement

MATAWAN, N. j.. Dec. 81 (P).
Russell Henry Apgar, a member
of the First Presbyterian Church
for 10 years, will be arraigned
today on charges of arson in
connection withe the fire which
destroyed the historic structure
Christmas night.
Monmouth County Prosecutor
Vincent P. Keuper quoted the
30-year-old Apgar as saying he
set robes afire in the choir room
because wanted to see some
excitement"
The Christmas night blaze was
the second in "a hours at the
114-year old church. Mr.. Keuper
said Apgar also admitted in a
signed statement that he threw
a box of lighted matches into
a box of paper handkerchiefs in
the Sunday School on Christmas
eve.
Damage In the second blaze
was estimated at S175,000. Only
the walls and white belfry re-
manned standing and the belfry
was pulled down by rope yester-
day to eliminate the chance
that it might topple to the street.
Firemen from eight communi-
ties battled the fire and man
aged to save the cross. COM
munion set, baptismal font and
vital church records.
The Rev. Chester A. Galloway
said Apgar's name was on the
church rolls but he never at
tended.
The pastor said the accused
man helped transfer church rec
ords to another room after the
first fire and Prosecutor Keuper
said he had helped paint the
church during the renovation in
1852 and 1858.
I'VE felt he was an individual
who needed the church." Pastor
Galloway said. 80 we were re-
luctant to take his name off the
rolls"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
County Choirmen Predict
Nixon-Stevenson Contest

Vice President Nixon and Ad-
lai Stevenson will be rival cam
didates for President in 1856, ac-
cording to the results of a poll
Of Republican and Democratic
county chairmen.
Mr.. Stevenson received SIT
per cent of the votes Of his
party's chairmen. Averell Har-
riman was runnerup with 1919
per cent and Tennessee's Estes
Kefauver received 40 per cent.
Mr.. Nixon was less than a ma
jority choice of the Republican
chairmen. President Eisenhower
received 36.9 per cent of the vote
and Chief Justice Earl Warren
81 per cent.
Magazine Poll
The poll was conducted by
Look Magazine after Mr.. Eisen-
hower's September "a heart at
tack Written answers were re-
ceived from more than 40 per
cent of the 5000 Republican
and Democratic cahirmen-l,36
from Republican chairmen and
1927 from Democratic chairman
OF the 546 chairmen who
picked Mr., Nixon as the Re-
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publican presidential candidate,
l42 thought he would be de-
feated in the November cleo
ton.
Fourteen Republican chairmen
thought the party should nomin-
ate DR.. Milton Eisenhower, the
Presidents brother. On the DEM
ocratic side. seven voted for Sem
ator Lyndon B. johnson Of
Texas, three for House Speaker
and two forecast that
Senator Russell of Georgia would
be the nominee.
Warren Favored
In another poll, a union news
paper reported today that MIR.
Stevenson and Justice Warren
are regarded by union leaders as
tops in appeal to labor voters
among possible nominees.
The Machinist, publication of
the international Association of
Machinists, said it polled the
presidents of ISL unions, in
Guiding all those affiliated with
the AFL-CIO.
Its question as to which Re-
publican would have greatest
support among union members
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27

Mrs. Charles G. Patterson, As,
wife Of Col. Charles G. Patter-
son. currently stationed at
Fortress Monroe, Va, died yes
terday of cancer at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center.
The former Elsie Powell of
Hampton, Va. Mrs. Patterson
entered Walter Reed on Novem-
Der q after being taken i'll at
the Virginia Tidewater Army
post.
Long active in Army women's
club activities, Mrs. Patterson
was program chairman of the
Fortress Monroe Women's Club
She is a graduate of Mary
Washington College for Women
of the University of Virginia
Col. and Mrs. Patterson were
wed on August "a. 1884. at Will
Harrisburg. Va For a few years
prior to her marriage. Mrs. Pat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Algerian Death Toll
|26 Durinq Week End

ALGIERS, Dec. 81 R.-The
Christmas weekend death toll In
Algeria was raised to at least
26 today with the report of two
children killed by a Nationalist
hand grenade.
Six other Europeans were
wounded by the grenade, which
was thrown into a crowd Sunday
night in the village of Corneille,
about Is miles from Constantine
One Of the children was Is
years old, the other seven
months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
DR.. T. A. Shallow,
Noted SURGEON

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. ~ tP.-
DR.. Thomas A. Shallow, 50. noted
Philadelphia surgeon and former
president of the international
College OF Surgeons, died yester-
day in Jefferson College after a
long illness.
A faculty member of Jefferson
Medical College. Dr.. Shallow was
director of surgery at the sub
urban Delaware County Hospital
from 1887 to l947. He also served
on the STATS of a number Of
other hospitals In the area.
He was one of the founders of
the American Board of Surgery.
His widow, Myrtle, survives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Heads
.Three-Country
.ArabComrnand

CAIRO. Egypt. Dec. 81 B.-
The military forces of Egypt
Saudi Arabia and Syria. all Arat
opponents of the Western-backec
IBaghdad pact, stood united to-
day under the command of one
Egyptian.
He is Mai. Gen. Abdel Hakim
Amer, Egyptian commander in
chief and war minister. He is
generally considered the likeliest
choice for supreme Arab COM
mander should fighting break
out again between Israel and the
Arab states.
Joint Command Set Up
Egypt and Saudi Arabia an
inounced yesterday they had
established a joint army CON-
mand headed by Gen. Amer in
accordance with the anti-Bagh-
dad alliance they signed last
October.
Egypt and Syria previously
named Gen. Amer head Of 9
unified command formed under
their recent mutual defense
agreement.
The three Arab nations drafted
! a Joint defence treaty last spring
but could not agree on financ.
ing a unified army. Spurred BY
the rival Baghdad alliance o.
Arab Iraq with Turkey, Pakis'
tan, Iran and Britain. the Egyp'
tians have gone ahead with BIZ
lateral defense agreements.
Furnish Major Support
Egypt. Syria and Saudi Arabs
also want to link Jordan, an
other Arab state, with them b.
furnishing the major financia
support her army has been get
ting from Britain. A British
proposal to bring the Jordaniani
into the Baghdad pact set of
widespread riots in Amman ant
other Jordan cities and resulted
in the fall of two governments.
! One of the unlucky Jordan
Premiers, Hajja Majali, blamed
the riots on propaganda financed
from abroad and directed against
the Baghdad alliance. He charged
the Communists were at least
partly responsible and that hi
country would benefit politically
militarily and economically from
joining the pro-Western pact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
PATRON REFUSED
DRINK IN TAVERN,
STAGES HOLDUP

LOS ANGELES (P).-
Jimmy Ostroff, bar owner,
yesterday refused to serve a
demanding patron a vodka
and orange juice drink
known as a screwdriver. So
the fellow said:
If ! can't have a screw
driver, how do you like
this?"
Forthwith he pulled a re-
volver. herded Mr.. Ostroff
and the other patrons to the
end of the bar and took Mr..
OStroff's wallet containing
5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
1t. Col. IL. Dies;
Historian Killed in Koreo

1919. During his five years here
he wrote a book called "The
Personnel Replacement System
in the U. S. Army" He lived at
5l06 Columbia pike. Arlington,
Va, before going to Korea a
year ago.
Col. Lerwill worked on the
news staff Of the Yakima Daily
Republic from 1926 until 1912
when he went into the Army. He
was city editor Of the newspaper
during his last years there.
Survivors include his widow
who lives in Yakima. Col. Ler-
Wills body is expected to arrive
about December 80 in Yakima
for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Lawrence M. jack,
Viroiniu Banker

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Dec. ~
.(P.-Lawrence Mckay Jack, IS,
chairman of the board Of Mer-
chants and Planters Bank here,
died Saturday at his home.
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday.
Surviving are his widow, three
daughters. Mrs. Archie T. Hud-
gins and Mrs. William r. Bruce,
both Of Portsmouth. and Mrs.
William g. Griffin, of Arlington:
two brothers. E. Alexander Jack,
jr., of Sarasota, Fla, and Capt.
Raymond L. Jack, of Fallbrook.
Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27

1t. Col. Leonard L. Lerwill.
who was formerly on duty in
Washington with the special
staff of the chief of Military
History of the Army. was killed
recently by a land mine in
Korea. according to word re-
ceived here by friends.
Col. Lerwill a student of Civil
War and Northwestern frontier
history was a member Of the
Washington Civil War Round
Table.
A South Pacific veteran of
World War II who afterwards
served in Germany, Col. Lerwill
was assigned to Washington in
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feminist dogma, he suddenly
feels himself superior to his par
ents and the adult world around
him. He now has all the an
SwerS.
There is no doubt" the Sem
iators said at another point. that
the Communist network holds an
attraction for adventurous spirits
who thrive on the conspiratorial
atmosphere within the party,
the secret meetings, the resort to
aliases. the paraphernalia of il
legality and opposition to con-
stituted authority"
Those who rebel against tradi-
ton and convention-"the Bohe-
Imians and nonconformists of ali
stripes, are naturally attracted
to the Communist movement.
according to the Senators. as are
"timid souls, persons with a dis
tinct inferiority complex who are
inspired to holiness when they
become part of an aggressive
group"
Vehicle for the Embittered
Finally the report states:
The party is, in a sense. a
vehicle for anyone with an AK to
grind, for anyone who has be-
come embittered either by some
unfortunate personal or emo
tional experience. a victim OF
some serious physical ailment OF
handicap. a second-rate artist,
a lawyer without clients. a doc
tor without patients. a writer
without an outlet, or a preacher
without a parish, whose personal
ego is soothed by the thought
that it is all the fault Of the
capitalist system. !. :"
In a statement accompanying
the handbook, Senator Eastland
said he wished to draw atten-
ton Ito the vast difference be-
tween the Communist organiza-
ton and the American concep-
ton Of a political party.
Despite the vociferous and
vigorous assertions of the Com
munist spokesman, it should be
iobvious that. as the handbook
says, the so-called Communist
Party is in fact "a Russian-in-
Ispired. Moscow dominated, anti
American. quasi-military con-
jspiracy against our Government
our ideals and our freedoms"
The foreword describes the
document as "a convenient
handbook for Americans in ar
effort to counterfeit current mis-.
information regarding the Com.
lmunist movement"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Chicago Church Burns

MIDDLETOWN. Conn, Dec.
81 iP).-Fire of undetermined
origin destroyed part of st. Paul's
Evangelical Lutheran Church
shortly after l pm. yesterday,
causing damage estimated at
SIS. 200. John Facius, church
treasurer. said the roof was de-
stroyed and much of the interior
of the church was damaged by
fire and water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Ernest Clayton. 66,
Bunk Director

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Dec. q
tP.-Ernest Clayton, 66, a prom
inent Rhode Island banker. died
yesterday.
He had retired in 1853 as
president Of the then Industrial
Trust Co.. before its merger with
the Providence Union National
Bank to become the Industrial
National Bank, which he con-
tinued to serve as a director I'M
til his death.
Mr.. Clayton was a former
president of the Rhode Island
Bankers Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Louis J. Jacobs

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 81 up.
Louis j. Jacobs. 48. a figure
in night club and coin machine
operations here for several years.
died of a perforated ulcer yes
terday. He came here from Chi
cago in 1948 and was considered
an expert in the entertainment
end of night club operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Milton A. Coine, 70,
Mining Executive

NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y, Dec
q (P.-Milton Alexander Game
70, a mining executive and engi-
.neer, died Sunday in New
Rochelle Hospital.
He was a director and execu.
tive vice president Of the Ten.
Inessee Corp. of New York City,
director and vice president Of
the Tennessee Copper Corp; vice
president of the Miami Copper
Co, and director of the New
Haven Copper Co