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The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
Only First Wheat
Acreage Measure
Free to Farmers
"a THE SIDNEY HERALD
4ThursdaY. Sept. 2s. 1855

Under the 1856 wheat acreage
allotment program only one free
measurement will be made to de-
termine compliance with a farm
acreage allotment, Leo S. Kolstad,
State Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation administrative
officer, has announced. If addi-
tional measurements are needed,
they will be made only at the ex-
pense of the farmer and at his
request.
The only exception Kolstad ex-
planned, will be where there is a
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
Sunshine
Homernakers

Sunday visitors at the Richard
Croy home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Peterson and Steven, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Peterson and
Debie.
Tom Croy and Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Croy attended the oil
festival in Williston Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Green accompanied
them home to spend an extended
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gullickson,
Jimmie and Marianne were Friday
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Minimum Puy
Rise Ordered

Increased pay rates for 20,-
600 women and minors in the
District are provided In two min
imurn wage orders which 60 into
effect tomorrow.
The District Minimum Wage
and Industrial Safety Board OUT
lined the orders this way:
The new order applying to
women and minors in the hotel.
restaurant and allied industries
provides a weekly pay rate Of
$33 for non-service employees for
q 40 to 48 hour week and rs
cents an hour for hours above
10. The old rate was $50 for 48
hours.
The minimum for non-seryice
employees who work from 36 to
40 hours q week Is $50. with
rs cents an hour for part time
employment of less than SO hours
q week.
Mattresses are to receive $3.50
for a 80 to 40 hour week and so
cents an hour for hours above
40. and so cents for part time
work Of 80 hours or less. The
former base pay was $22,50 for
D 48-hour week.
Building service employees
tcleaners, etc. are TO receive
$3e for a 36 10 40 hour week.
rs cents al hour for hotirs over
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Russians Visit Douglas,
Tour Newspaper Plant

Seven Russian newsmen visit
ing Washington called today on
Supreme Court Justice Douglas
and then inspected a news
paper plant.
At the Supreme Court they
had As minutes with Justice
Douglas. who had spent six
weeks In Russia last summer
The Russians reported that the
Justice had visited Russian
places where none Of them had
been.
The conference with the JUS
|tice was for the Russian visitors
alone and Washington newsnnen
had to rely on others for what
was discussed.
One Of the Russians quoted
Justice Douglas as saying he had
been impressed by the achieve
ments Of Russian courts, lawyers
and judges. A court attaehe
n owever. who was present
phrased 1t that the justice said
he was impressed with the quail
ity of the lawyers and judges.
The visitors said Justice Doug
las also remarked that in the
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Maryland Women
Honored by UCW

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. IL
tSpeciall. :. Three Maryland
women were among Sc from 1s
States who were cited here yes
terday for Christian citizenship
reflected in active participation
in making and maintaining good
government" by the United
Church Women.
They are State Senator Mary
L. Mock of Wicomico County,
Mrs. D. Ellwood williams. jr.,
of Annapolis, and Miss Fannie B.
Murphy of Salisbury.
The three were nominated by
their local council of church
women and selected by q ma
tional committee Of the UCW.
Yesterdays citations featured
the last Of the four-day pro-
gram Of the Seventh National
Assembly Of the UCW.
Evening star., 1955-11-11

newspapers and magazines with
q total Of ~ million circulation.
he added that the daily news
paper Pravda has . circulation
|of I'VE million
The visitors were the guests at
q luncheon at the Hotel StatIer
given by Washington news
papers. Their schedule then
called for q visit to the State
Department to see a film on the
peaceful use Of atomic energy,
and then a tour of the National
Gallery Of Art. They will also
be here sightseeing tomorrow and
Sunday.
The visitors are Boris N.
Kampov-P Polevoy. A, secretary
of the governing board of the
Union Of Soviet Writers and
chairman of the delegation;
Viktor v. Poltoratski, 40, an
|Isvestia department head: VAL
!entin M. Berezhkov, 80, deputy
chief editor Of New Times;
Nokolai NJ. Gribachev. 81, mem
|ber Of the governing board OF
the Union Of Soviet Writers;
|Aleksei !. Adzhubei, 81, member
of the governing board Of Kom-
somolskava Pravda; Boris r.
Izakov, 50. member Of the edi-
torial board of International
Life, and Anatoli v. Sofronov.
A, manager Of Ogonok maga-
zine and q playwright.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Andrews Airmun Gets 2 Years
For Looting Homes Lost Muy

An Andrews Air Force Base
serviceman. tagged by Prince
Georges County police as a .'cat
burglar" today was sentenced
to no more than two years in
Maryland's new Patlixent Insti-
tute for Defective Delinquents.
Raymond Ybarra. %. pleaded
guilty in Circuit Court to two
counts of burglary involving
housebreakings which county
police said totaled SO. Seven
other burglary charges were
nolle pressed.
The break-ir1s plagued resi-
dents In the Hillcrest Heights,
Forest Heights and Deer Park
Heights section last May, police
said. The defendant was COM
United to the institute on the
motion Of his attorney, A. Gwynn
Bowie.
Addressing Judge ]. Dudley
Digges, the defense attorney de-
|clared there was no criminal in
tent In the mind OF his client
who stole a little over 500 in
cash and property combined
when he could have taken al
much as $4,000.
There Is an explanation fol-
this behavior other than Grim
inal instinct Mr.. Bowie said
and recalled Ybarra's back
ground of q fight-for -existencs
Eupbringing In Mexican tene-
Iments in California.
Evening star., 1955-11-11

give an advisory opinion to the
agency head.
347 Saved Jobs
The Importance of the hearing
boards to accused employees can
be gauged from the fact that, Of
the 760 employees who were given
hearings. 347 Of them managed
to clear themselves and were
restored to their jobs.
csc Chairman Philip Young,
in his testimony before Congress
sional committees on the security
program, has testified the secur-
Iity cases are listed when there
lis ian adverse security determi-
nation" rather than on the
manner Of separation.
In other words. agencies can
fire an employe under the less
troublesome civil service suit
Iahiiisy procedures and stu list
the employe as q security risk
|so far as the official records are
concerned.
Administration officials have
mot given any clear-cut answer
Ito the question as to whether
employees fred in this manner
Iare listed as security risks" In
their individual personnel fold
Iers. without having knowledge
that they are thus labeled.
The total Of 2.778 security risk
Efirings reported by the admin
Iistration covers the period from
October |. 1858. to June 30. 1855.
the latest date for which figures
ARE available.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
u. 5. P|ansCurb
On Red Visitors
BY JAMES E. ROPER

The Soviet-Americanl romance
over cultural exchanges has gone
sour.
The United States has decided
that the Soviet wants to send
missions here TO pick up indus
trial and scientific know-how
without giving much, If anything.
in return.
AS a result, the United States
Us working up a program to al
low Soviet groups to come here
only II Moscow allows American
groups to make reciprocal visits
in the Soviet Union.
Freedom TO Roam
The exchange Of visits would
have to be reciprocal In almost
every way-in size of mission,
areas visited and freedom to de-
viate from fixed schedules.
Already. the United States has
started sounding out Russian
officials on hoy they feel about
the new American attitude. So
far. the Russians have been non-
committal.
Perhaps the first victim Of the
new American sternness was q
group Of Soviet farm officials
who wanted to tour the United
States just as another farm
group did this summer.
Newsmen Begin Tour
The United States stalled on
the Soviets' requests to come
here, pointing out that such trips
have to pc reciprocal. The Rus
slams argued that the United
States already lowed" the Soviet
one more agricultural tour, but
American officials were not con-
vinced.
A group Of Soviet journalists
began a tour Of Washington to-
day, but the United States felt
they were here on a reciprocal
basis-tha As. in exchange for
Russia's allowing a number of
American newspapermen to tour
the Soviet Union.
Evening star., 1955-11-11

mood of the people and char
Iacteristic there is much in
common between Americans and
Russians.
They quoted him as saying
he could not converse with them
lin Russian since he knew only
three words in that language
no and thank you.
The visitors were interested
in seeing the Supreme Court
room and asked where the press
sat.
They then visited the WASH
lington Post and Times Herald
and were shown over the plant.
The Russians were without
hats or topcoats and said that
when they looked out this morn
Ing they saw It was sunny and
thought it would be rs warm
as it was In Phoenix, Ariz.. yes
terday. But they added that the
Washington weather was mild
in comparison with that of Mos
COW. They arrived from Phoe-
nix last night.
One of the group explained
that the seven men represent
Evening star., 1955-11-11
South Africo Seen Endino
Cold War With Indio.

vancement Of Colored People.
who pleaded the cause Of the
Negroes in the Supreme Court
school segregation cases.
Earlier yesterday Mrs. Rose G.
Kramer Of the Montgomery
County Board Of Education told
the women the Maryland State
Board Of Education is reluctant
to provide proper leadership to-
ward complete integration Of
schools In Montgomery and else
where in the State.
She said that. in Montgomery.
three members Of the board are
ready to go ahead with cdm-
plete integrations in the school
system but that the other fpur
want to ssits tight
Mrs. Kramer was one Of sev-
eral speakers including Or. Don
Shoemaker. executive director OF
Southern School News. and Or.
j. Rupert Picct, director Of the
Virginia State Teachers Associa-
ti0n.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
$4,000 OFFERED
FOR cULPRIT'S NAME
IN CRASH KILLING AZ

CHICAGO IA $25 900
reward has been posted by
United Air Lines for ''in-
formation leading to the ar
rest and conviction Of the
person or persons respon-
sible" for the November !
Crash OF q United plane near
Longmont, Colo.
All ~ persons aboard the
plane were killed.
In announcing the reward
yesterday, UAL called atten-
tion TO a statement by its
president, w. A. Patterson.
that ..the explosion was
completely foreign to the air.
craft or to operations in the
airline industry"
Evening star., 1955-11-11

Mr.. Bowie added the Air Force
having had no trouble
with the airman.
Judge Digges. in sentencing
Ybarra. noted the mans back
ground could not be used as an
excuse for his conduct.
Il can't override the duty Of
any court to protect people in
their homes" the judge said.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
ToDAY'S WEATHER REPORT

degrees below the normal high
OF 81 and low Of 40. Warmer
tomorrow, colder Sunday. rising
temperatures Tuesday and
Wednesday. Showers likely
Saturday night, rain. or snow
Sunday night or Monday totaline
one-half to inch.
River neport
tFrom U. 8. Engeneersl
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear At Great Fails: Shenandoah
clear at Hafpers Ferry.
Temperatures Tor Yesterday
tReadings Washington National Airport)
MidniGht -=- 81 Noon ----4-~- ~
TN - "a Pm, -- 4
Record Temperature This Year
Highest. 96. on July % and August 2
Lowest. 10, on February 3.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
FOR AUTO BARGAINS
SHOP THE STAR

You cant afford to overlook the
moay asfe borooins listed 10 The Star
Classified. From . vide attractive list
ING Of best outomotiye offerings no
doubt yoa'ii find iust the used-eer
buy you've been locking for st q price
you con efford to poy.
Remember, for the widest soriety Of
good guaranteed used cars, shop The
Star Classified first before you buy.
Evening star., 1955-11-11

District and vicinity--Fair to-
night with low around A. Partly
cloudy and mild tomorrow with
chance Of evening showers.
: Maryland and Virginia Some
cloudiness tonight. low 38-44.
Partly cloudy and mild tomorrow
with scattered showers In west
In afternoon spreading east to
coast al night.
Wind Southwest to south 10
10 miles per hour tonight and
20-30 miles per hour tomorrow.
S-Day Forecast for Washington
And Vicinity. November ILLS.
Temperatures viii be 8 or 4
Evening star., 1955-11-11

Employees. based on Civil Service
Commission official figures.
The AFGE charged the figures
show one of two things:
/. That agencies have bypassed
the Security Hearing Boards
safeguards promised for en-
|ployes and have fred them
under regular civil service ''un-
suitability" proceedings, which
give employees no such hearings
Variation In Cases
2. The bulk Of dismissals were
not considered as security cases
at the time the action was taken
but were included. nevertheless
as security-related dismissals in
the quarterly reports made to
the csc.
Under President Eisenhower's
Executive Order 10450. setting
up the Federal Employe Security
Program. there is a provision
guaranteeing employees the op-
portunity TO disprove or explain
derogatory information In Their
iiles. 1t was designed to give
employees a chance TO clear their
names and save their jobs.
The President ordered the
establishment Of security hear
ling boards made up OF at least
three competent and disinter.
ested Government employe.
from outside the department OF
agency concerned" These board:
hold hearings. questions wit
nesses, examine evidence anc
Evening star., 1955-11-11
HE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Few Fired as Risks
Were Given Hearings
By JOSEPH YOUNG

Only 43 of the 278 employees the administration says have
fred from the Government security risks given
the right appear before Security Hearing Boards established
President Eisenhower part of the security program
These facts disclosed by the Government Standard
publication of the American Federation of
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Best Seller in Osokc

OSAKA. Japan. Nov. II tR1.-
One book Is among the top five
In popularity in Osaka's II iarg-
est libraries. The book: "Gone
With the Wind.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
ZAP Wirephotn.

v. K. Krisllna -Menon, chair
man of the Indian delegation to
The United Nations General As
eembly. predicted last night tina;
the little cold war between South
Africa and India eventually will
end with South Africa coming
around to India's view.
The South African delegation,
with hot accusations directed at
India. stalked out of the U. N.
on Wednesday In protest over q
q. N. decision TO push an inquiry
into racial segregation In South
Africa. The chairman Of the
South African group accused
India Of forcing the decision.
THE time will come Mr..
Menpn said, when the South
African delegation not only win
vote with us, but win also speak
Tor US. because wrong cannot
survive"
Dates Back to Gandhi
Ihe indian South African dis
pute Is an old one. dating back
20 the youth Of MoIandas X.
Gandhi, when the Mahatma
brought his doctrine Of non.
violent opposition to Indians In
South Africa. who are denied
many rights by the South Afri-
can government.
Mr.. Menon addressed the Ma
tiofaal Council Of Negro Women
1t rs goth annual convention IN
the Departmental Auditorium.
He said India became free be-
cause Gandhi taught its people
how not to be afraid.
He said piecemeal war Is now
impossible.
III there is war In one place.
there win be war everywhere, .
he said. "And In the war of to-
morrow, there will be no victors
and no yanquished. because there
win be no one here to count
thern..
Mrs. Mason Prcsides
Presiding was Mrs. William
q. Mason, president Of the ma
tional council. Music was fur
nished by the Howard University
Choir. the Air Force Headquar-
ters Command Band. Pianist
Vivian Scott and Soprano Char
lotte w. Holloman.
Mrs. Edith Sampson, former
representative to the United
Nations, was to address the con-
vention's international luncheon
today in the willard Hotel. The
sessions end after a meeting al
8 pm. tomorrow in the Willard
The speaker will be Thurgood
Marshall. counsel for the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
Evening star., 1955-11-11

40, and rs cents an hour for
employment Of So hours or less,
Some building cleaners former
ly received $26.
Evening star., 1955-11-11

-coRoNADo-D.J.K.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
HiEh and Low Of Last ~ Hours
High, 40 at 2:16 pm.
Low, 80 at 1908 am,

Ihe Sun nnd Moen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-02
Most of Aged Vets at Soldiers Home
Welcome WAC, First in Their Midst

John Anstett IS. walked away
from an argument with a
communicating fellow resident of
the home. I'm tickled to death
to see them in here" he said.
They're as welcome as we are.
There'll be more OF them after
this. I guess. The Anderson
Cottage won't be big enough.
They'll have to build them a
barracks"
In a week or so, following
her hospital examination, Miss
Jones will move into Anderson
Cottage, President Lincoln's
summer home.
Miss Jones moved to the
home from q friends rooming
house in Hyattsville. Reared in
Washington. she volunteered in
the WAC in 1913. In 1945. she
developed cataracts in Egypt.
Eye doctors blamed them on
the sand and soaring sunlight.
Joe Kufschak. Sc, told an
interviewer to ignore "the ones
who don't want women here,
You take them old ladies. they
need help the same as we do.
They're untitled to n, same as
we are.s Say we're all happy
Ito have her with u.s."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-02

snapped banter good-naturedly
with the bench-riders. A gall
liant of 3-score-plus years called
to her: you'll love it here"
The minority faction declined
to go on record favoring a 100
per cent male population at the
home. Several played it cagey.
saying it wasn't up to them to
say yay or nay, but merely go
along with decisions Of the Board
of Governors.
Others were more vocal. II
didn't get a welcome like this
when I came" a veteran Of the
Spanish War said. and stamped
off.
Jack F. Hickson, 70, stuck up
for the former WAC private first
class. "WACs did as good as we
did," he said. Some of these
guys say she shouldn't be adj
mitted here because she was
never near the firing line"
John X. Kristof, 81, showed up
with his accordion to serenade
Miss Jones.
Someone asked her about
chances of finding a boy friend.
'"L;ll have to locate a 6-footer, "
she said. grinning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-02

The Soldiers Home went coed
today and its first WAC invasion
drew fire from some old hard
backs, but a welcome from most
Of the troops.
Miss Regina C. Jones, Al, be-
came the short end of an 1900
toll male population. At that,
it was the shortest odds on dis
taft warriors in the homes l04
years.
Tourists viewing the home
from sightseeing buses receive a
brochure stating plainly lit is a
home for the enlisted men and
women of the Regular Army and
Regular Air Force"
Miss Jones arrival was the
first time the women" in the
pam hlet hasn't been superfiu-
GUS.
Clarence Nelson, So, shouted
Good dealt" as she approached
crowded benchloads of aging
warriors
Very good" said Michael J.
Calico, IS. II hope she plays
pinochle." ts"
Miss Jones, whose service-con-
nected disabilities have cost her
"a leg and dimmed her eyesight,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-02
High Voltage
Kills Worker

One workman was electrocuted
and six others seriously burned
in Wheaton, Md. today. when a
power crane hit a high-tension
wire.
The contact sent $4,000 volts
of electricity through a suspen-
sion cable into a piece of equip
ment on road project.
The victim was Lawrence
Ambush. 81. colored. of DECKER
son. Md, one of seven brothers
employed on the project.
Montgomery County Police
Capt. c. E. Peters said the work.
men were guiding a concrete
leveler onto tracks in a new
roadway on Fern street and Old
Bladensburg road, two blocks
west Of Georgia avenue.
Leonard Ambush, IS, the VIC
tins brother, said when the
crane touched the high-tension
wire, "there was a sound like q
cannon going of and then it
was like fireworks and the men
fell"
The scene was Uttered with
pieces of charred clothing and
shoes knocked of the injured
men.
The six injured were taken to
Washington Sanitarium where
they were reported in serious
condition.
The Sligo Engineering Co.,
contractors on the job. identified
the injured as Floyd Ambush,
another brother of the dead man;
William Davis and Eddie Dickens,
all colored, and Yose Lourenzo,
Yose Dago and George Manaia.
All six live in upper Montgom-
cry County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-02
Transit Load OFF
1870 During Week
Following Strike

Capital Transit Co. passenger
loads dropped an estimated IS
per cent from pre-strike loads in
the first week of service resump-
ton. 1t was disclosed yesterday.
The figure was mentioned by
F. Gloyd Await. Capital Transit
attorney. during the closing
session yesterday of q Public
Utilities Commission hearing on
the Suburban Transit Co.'s pro-
posal Ito run rush-hour buses
from Montgomery County to
downtown Washington.
Capital Transit hay not yet
released official figures on pas
senger loads since resumption Of
service after the prolonged
strike.
A transit company official said
that the approximately IS per
cent figure referred to by Mr..
Await during a discussion of
passenger loads was an estimate
based on first week post-strike
experience. He added that loads
have been picking UP a little
every day.
Capital Transit opposed the
Suburban Transit Co.'S proposal
for downtown service from the
Wheaton, Glenmont and Silver
Spring areas. Capital Transit
now transports the Maryland
firms passengers from the Dis
trict line at Georgia and Alaska
avenues.
Union employees Of Capital
Transit also opposed the subur-
ban firms plan during yester-
days session, contending the
proposed extension would have
an adverse effect on the traffic
handled by Capital Transit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-02
Police PUSHING
Probe in Death
OF DC. Woman
Husband Reports
Finding Body After i.
He Slept Fl Hours

Police today were investigating
the death Of a 44-year-old wom-
an whose husband told them he
found her body in their apart
ment after he had slept more
than 81 hours.
Detective Sergt. Carl A. Rud-
beck, jr.. Of the Homicide, Squad.
said Mrs. Evelyn Virginia Dod-
son of 1911 sherwood street
NE. was pronounced dead at
1l:55 O'Clock last night, but
that she apparently had been
dead for some time"
Husband Questioned
Her husband, Bernon Simkins
Dodson, Al, a truck driver for
the District Division of Santa
ton. was being questioned at po-
lice headquarters.
DR.. Christopher j. Murphy. as
sistant District coroner. said Mrs.
Dodson died from a brain hem
orrhage induced by "a blow or a
fall" He told homicide detec-
tives he found no outward EVIL
dence that a blow had been
struck.
Sergt. Rudbeck said Mr.. Dod-
son told this story:
He came home Wednesday
night after work, had a few
drinks Of whisky, then went to
sleep On a sofa in the living room
of his apartment. He awoke
about 9 am. yesterday.
He called his boss, told him
he had oversight and would not
report for work that day. Then
he went back to sleep, again on
the sofa, and slept until
$3.50 pm
Tried to Arouse Wife
When he awakened. he went
into the bedroom and tried to
arouse mis- wife, but was unable
to do so.
He said he then drove to the
home of his mother-inslaw,
Mrs. Viola Priddy. who lives on
Fifty-third place in Rogers
Heights, Md.
Mrs. Priddy returned to the
apartment with him. and from
there called for an ambulance.
A physician on the ambulance
from Casualty Hospital pro-
nounced Mrs. Dodson dead.
The Dodsons were married in
Rockville, Md. seven years ago,
police said. ~