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The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
US. and Red China Begged Down in Geneva Talks

GENEVA, R-The United States and Red China were reported to- day to be begged down over pro- cedure on the proposed repatria- tion of civilian nationals of the two countries.
 After meeting of almost 212 hours, Ambassadors U. Alexis Johnson and Wang Ping-nan called another 48-hour recess without announcing any progress.
 The discussions up to now have been confined to the problem of releasing 40 American civilians held by the Peiping regime and repatriating an indefinite num- Der of Chinese students the Chi nese Communists declare are be- ing detained in the United States.
 A Chinese Communist source indicated the talks were tied up on two main points:
 I. Chinese Communist demand for list of Chinese nationals liv- ing in the United States.
 2. A Chinese Communist de- mand that India be permitted to act as a third party in represent ing the interests of the Peiping regime on the question of civilian repatriation.
 The US. was understood to be insisting that no Chinese were being detained against their will and to be demanding that the Chinese Reds furnish lists of any they contend are being held.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
Statehood Convention
 Officials Conduct Studies Preparatory To Meeting

Tom Stewart, executive admin iStratOr for the statehood conven- tion, accompanied by Wendell C.. Schaeffer of the Public Adminis- tration Service of Chicago, ar rived yesterday from Fairbanks and are conducting studies pre- paratory for the statehood con- vention, collecting first-hand in formation from local residents and civic leaders on what plan the convention should follow.
 Schaeffer is under contract to the group making the preparatory studies; discussing with the can didates for the convention the work that will be involved dur ing the convention, and also re- leasing educational and informa- tive bulletins to prepare the dele gates for their work.
 They met with residents of Kotzebue yesterday and attended luncheon here today with a group of candidates, legislators and interested citizens.
 Schaeffer stated that informa- tive material will be released from now until the convention in November so that the public may be kept informed and will better understand the problems which will come before the state hood convention.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
Public Welfare Board To Meet in Juneau

Henry A. Harmon. director of the Department of Public Vel fare, has announced that the Ter ritorial Board of Public Welfare will hold a meeting in Juneau on Aug. 10, II, and 12.
 The present board consists of the Rt. Rev. G. Edgar Gallant, V.G., representing the First Divi- sion; Mrs. Omie Mccarthy, rep resenting the Second Division; MT. Paul w. Nelson, representing the Third Division; and Dr. Ivar Skarland, for the Fourth Division.
 MT. Nelson was recently named by Gov. Heintzleman as mem Der of the board and will meet with the other board members for the first time.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
House Territories Group Schedules Nome Hearing Sept. 19 With Bartlett

WASHINGTON-Twelve cate gories have tentatively been scheduled for hearings in Alaska by the House subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs.
 Hearings will be held in Nome on Monday, Sept. 19, by the mem bers, including Delegate Bartlett.
 They will hold hearings also in Fairbanks, Sept Is and 16; hearings and visiting in Anchor age, Palmer, Seward, Homer and Cordova, Sept. 2O-24; hearings at Kodiak Sept. 26; Juneau, Sept. 27-29; and Ketchikan, Oct. 3
 Visits will be made to Barrow, Kotzebue, Dillingham;, Sitka, Pe- tersburg, Wrangell, Craig, Hyda- burg, Klawock and Metlakatla, with the trip to conclude Oct. 2.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
Ancient Aircraft Flown 1900 Miles to Appear
 In Movie About Lindberg

RONKONKOMA, NY, R-An aged, flimsy airplane struggled down to Long Island landing field last night in the midst of a rain storm.
 It was the end of touch-and- go journey of more than 1,20O miles for the creaky 1926 model Curtis Fledgling, which left St. Louis week ago.
 The plane was brought here for use in a movie about Charles A. Lindberg. It is said to resemble the craft in which Lindberg once flew the mail.
 The craft, owned. by St. Louis aviation enthusiast Paul Mantz, was flown in short hops to Pitts burgh by Pilot Joe Ager, who turned it over there to Pilot H. Dubois for the rest of the trip.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
President Sends Greeting To Atomic Scientists Meeting in Geneva

GENEVA, R-President Eisen- hover said today atomic science is the newest and the most prom ising tool of all to help clean up the "dark breeding places" of dis orders and wars.
 He sent message of greeting to the opening session of the Uni ted Nations conference on peace ful uses of atomic energy, to be read by Chairman Lewis Strauss of the US. Atomic Energy Con- mission.
 In it, the President reaffirmed his pledge of Dee. 8, 1853, to the U.N- to find ways to apply this science to the welIbeing of man instead of his death.
 We appeal not alone to gov ernments to join us in the cooper ative endeavor," he said. "We are hopeful also that business and professional groups throughout the world will become interested and will provide incentives in finding new ways that this sci- ence can be used"
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
Months of Torture Used by Chinese
 Reds to Get Statements From Airmen

'1Oh4O, R"ln6 OnIn0S6 heUS used months of excruciating phys ical and mental torture to wiring statements from 10 of the II air men downed in Korea and then used them to convict them as spies, Col. John Knox Arnold Jr. told a press conference here yes terday.
 The II men, released last Thurs day at the Hong Kong border, are scheduled to leave Tokyo We'd nesday morning for home in two US. Air Force transports.
 Arnold led the others yesterday in telling of their treatment dur ing 213 years in China.
 "They used persuasion that civilized people simply do not know about he said.
 He told of being slugged in the face with his hands tied behind him, of tourniquet-like manacles, of being forced to stand until you started screaming" Then he broke down briefly.
 "They told me sooner or later they would get from me what they wanted-but they didn't get it" declared the thin, tired-look- ing colonel. He said he never had confessed to intruding over China or to being on a spy mission.
 "But I told those people things that would have been better if they did not know. I am very much ashamed. am not proud of it." he said.
 The only statement he signed, he said, was one that his air unit had come to the Pacific to aid countries in danger of being over run by nations opposed to democ-  cracy. At the trial in Peiping, later, other statements were add ed to this which made it sound as if he had confessed to spying mission.
 T repudiated that statement at the trial" he said.
 His navigator, Capt. Elmer F. Llewellyn also denied the Red charges.
 "We were never in their god damned China" Llewellyn shout ed, his fists clenched, as he turned from a large map of Korea. He had just pinpointed a spot on North Korea's west coast, 40 miles south of the Yalu River boundary, as the one where their B-29 was downed in flames by combined Mig and anti-aircraft fire.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
Pope'S Sister Dies

ROME, Josephine Pacelli, 83- year-old sister of Pope Plus XII, died of pneumonia at her home here last night. She had been paralyzed for more than 20 years.
 The 79-year-old pontiff, now at his summer home at Castel Gan dolfo, was reported Every de- pressed" at his sisters death.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
Indian Scientist Predicts Energy of Hydrogen Bomb Will Be Harnessed
 For Peaceful Use in 20 Years

GENEVA, R-lndlan scientist Homi J.. Bhabha opened the first International Atomic Energy Con- ference today with the prediction that the way may be found to harness the titanic energy of the hydrogen bomb for peaceful use
 Bhabha, president of the 72- nation scientific barley, said such a solution might be found within the next 20 years.
 When that happens" he said, "the energy problems of the world will truly have been solved forever, for fuel will be as plenti- ful as heavy hydrogen in the oceans"
 His forecast came with note of caution:
 ''The rise of an atomic power industry in many parts of the world, development of which is necessitated by the growing de mands for energy, will put into the hands of many nations quan- titles of fashionable material, from which the making of atomic bombs will be a relatively easy step. A widespread atomic power industry in the world will neces- sitate an international society in which the major states have agreed to maintain peace"
 Bhabha spoke as the hundreds of delegates gathered at the open ing plenary session of the confer ence, just 10 years and one day after the first atom bomb leveled Hiroshima.
 The conference in the Palace of Nations, designed to parade atom ic energy in it's role as an ally of industry and potential boon to agriculture and medicine, will continue until Aug. 20.
 The scientists also heard a mes sage from JUN. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, who said that i've have long road ahead of us to traverse before nations can hope to eliminate the threat of atomic destruction"
 Hammarskjold said that while the scientists deliberations are nonpolitical, "it would not be cor rect to say that they have no poll tical significance"
 II am sure, he continued, "that their (the scientiStsD cooperation will ease tensions. I am sure that their exchange of scientific data will inspire confidence, and I am sure that the trend of their dis cussions will turn mems thoughts from war to peace"
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
HOT SPELL BROKEN
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cool air and thundershower which broke the summers long est and most intense heat wave over the weekend reached the Deep South today, and in parts of the north there was a touch of autumn.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
spRY oLDsTER UNHURT

LOS ANGELES, R-Mrs. Essie Madsen suffered only minor cuts and bruises, police said, when hit by an automobile Saturday while running to catch a street car.
 Mrs. Madsen is 87 years old.
The Nome nugget., 1955-08-08
SUMMER SNOWFALL

GARMISCH PARTENKIRCH- EN, Germany, R-Four inches of snow fell today on the Zugspitze, 9719 feet, Germanyis highest mountain peak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
A WORD TO THE WISE

mot know 1t at the time, actually
exists in Tibet"
The name Shangri-La Is now
borne by one Of the greatest
carriers Of the q. S. Navy. The
ship was deactivated during the
early part Of l947.
@. / cannot. for the life Of
lme, distinguish between q sta
llactite and a stalagmite. except
that one grows upward and the
other grows downward. Is there
any way to help me remember
which is which2 B. b.
A. Going back to the Original
Greek doesn't help much, for
stalactite Is from stalaktos,
E"oozing out in drops. and sta
ilagmite is from stalagmos.
dripping"
| Roth formations are caused
lby water seeping from the CELL
ling; but the stalactites form on
1.-THE ceiling and grow downward
while the stalagmites form or
1.-THE floor and grow upward. The
words stalaCTite and stalaG Mite
ldiffer only in the 9Th and It'll
letters, CT and GIN. Think
then. of CT as standing fol
feeling trickling":: and GIN al
standing for ground mounting. =
Perhaps that will help.
/ Correct RECOMMENDATIONS are:
lStalactite: stuk-LAK-tite: sta
|Ilagmite: stuh-LAG-mite.
1 Distributed BY McNauEht Syndicate. Incl
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By MRS. FRANK COLBY

@. Is there actually such
place as Shangri-La7
Mrs. w. M. w
A. The Japanese once though
so when the late F. D. r. an
|nounced that Jimmy Doolittle''
planes. which FIRST bombet
Tokyo. were based on shangri.
Ia. 50 H3YEu sltaYa3
Actually the place callet
|Shangri-IA Is . fieti0nal Utopis
in James Hilton's novel. Los'
Horizon"
A few years ago ! asked author
Hilton for the origin Of the namt
and whether it had Q meaning
HE sent me this explanation:
There is not much that ] car
SAY except that La is q genuin'
lTibetan word meaning noun
tain pass The word 'Shangri
II invented as seeming to have I
rather Tibetan sound. and this j
confirmed by . letter ] receives
asking II 'Shangri' was anothe
spelling Of 'Kangri' q plac'
which apparently Though ] dit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
OUR PRESIDENTS
BY HONORE M. CATUDAL

i-"If in the house Of Hades
men forget their dead, yet win
II even remember my dear, COM
lpanion" is the English trans
IIation OF the Greek verses from
the Iliad which a future Pres
Iident inscribed on the tomb OF
his dead wife. Martha. Which
President?
(which President had q
son-in law in his Cabinet?
3--Who was the first Pres
Iident to cross the ocean in an
lairplane?
ANSWERS ON next page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28

There are hundreds Of different kinds
keep learning the most common near
your you out the used in books,
you can up your names It's always fun to recognize
Ia tree Just it is to recognize q friend.
usually provide the easiest OF recognizing
tree Sometimes they SINGLE sometimes there several
of them slender STEM Sometimes they smooth around
the edges, sometimes deeply cut.
study the to gather and press
them big book for two Gather them while they
they make pretty keepsakes
Another good trick is to make patter pictures Spread
newspaper table lay sheet Of clean white
Above the leaf hold of wire Dip old tooth
brush colored ink rub the brush the
that the ink splattes Let the ink
then, like spar another coat Of different colored
ink When it all dries. lift the leaf and will pretty
impression ##
TOMORROW: The Leaves Come Tumblng Down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28

LIE utuOttt8s
South West North East
2NT Pass 3NT All pass
Sometimes the covering OF an
honor has d more subtle pur-
pose that Of blocking one Of the
enemy,s suits. Mrs. Fusty han
died such q situation beautifully
In today,s deal.
She led the king of hearts and
It was permitted TO win. The
queen Of hearts also won and .
third heart lead was won In the
closed hand with the ace. dummy
discarding 4 small spade.
Mrs. Keen saw that she could
not hope to bring home the con-
tract without developing the club
suit. She didn't have the entries
in dummy to try the club finesse,
so she laid down the ace. Mr.,
Dale co-operated by playing the
eight. A play Of high-low In this
situation tells partner you have
an even number Of cards In the
suit led. Playing low. then high,
indicates an odd number.
Mrs. Keen continued with the
queen Of clubs ttlle jack herr
would have made things tougher
for the oppositionl and Mrs
Fusty won with the king. Shs
knew that If Mr.. Dale had Thu
jack Of clubs left o. no clubs 81
all. then her play made no differ
ence. But II he had q small club
left Mrs. Keen would have the
lone jack. And it would block
the suit.
But Mrs. Fusty's problem
wasn't over yet. II she had
cashed her last heart at this
point. Mrs. Keen could have dis
carded the offensive Jack Of
clubs. Realizing this, she at
tackled dummy's entry by lead
ing q spade.
That was the killer. II Mrs
Keen put up the ace she would
be In dummy for the last time.
Hopefully, she played low from
the board, but Mr.. Dale won. with
the king and returned q heart foi
the setting trick.
Mrs. Fusty had to cover spe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
lS48 Gold Rush

SACRAMENTO. - CALIFORNIA;
gold was discovered in 1848, only
10 days before the treaty ending
the Mexican War and transfer
ring the territory to the United
States was finally signed.
Evening star., 1955-09-03
BY the Associated Press

A prominent nature lover
stepped forward today to defend
the whooping crane against the
United States Air Force.
There are only 81 whooping
cranes left in the country, Rich
ard w. Westwood said yester-
day, and they will be driven into
extinction if the Air Force is
permitted to go through with
its plan to hold bombing ma
neuvers on the edge of their
wintering grounds in Texas.
Mr.. Westwood heads the COM
mission on public information
CT the International Union for
the Protection of Nature and is
also president Of the American
Nature Association.
He said the Air Force wants
$4,000 acres along San Antonio
Bay and the Gulf of Mexico
closed to permit night photof1ash
bombing, which will produce
glares visible for 100 miles. When
similar maneuvers were held near
the Salt Plains National Wildlife
Refuge in Oklahoma, he said
Evening star., 1955-09-03
U. S. Sabre Jets
Move to Formosu

TOKYO, Sept. 3 (P.-F86F
Sabre jets of the United States
18th Fighter Bomber Wing be-
gan deploying from Okinawa to
Formosa today for 80 days OF
mobility training on the Chi
nese Nationalist island, the Air
Force said.
The move poises the entire
striking might Of the 18th on
Nationalist territory for the Sec
ond time since the Formosa
crisis started. The 18th was on
Formosa in force during the
Tachen Islands evacuation last
winter.
The Air Force said today's
move from Kadena AIR Base,
Okinawa, to FormoSa, invloves
the 18th and 44th Fighter Bomb
er Squadrons Of the 18th wing.
The 67th Squadron has been
training on Formosa since
July 3.
Supporting the shift of about
40 Sabres are CHA Globemas-
tiers and Cl19 Flying Boxcars,
airlifting ground crews and
equipment of the wing.
The 18th. nicknamed the
Truck Busters of the Korean
war, is commanded by Col
Glendon P. Overing. On For
mosa it will be under Air Task
Force 13. commanded by Brig
Gen. BENJAMIN o. Davis, jr.
Evening star., 1955-09-03
Arms-Cut TuIks
Must Succeed,
Stussen Wdrns

SPRINGFIELD, I1l., Sept. 3
P.-Harold E. StasSen said, to-
day the stakes are so high for
all mankind that the search for.
ways to reduce armaments must
proceed with conviction that
failure is impossible"
Mr.. Stassen, special presiden-
tial assistant on disarmament.
made his second plea in as many
days for success of current
United Nations disarmament ef-
forts in speech prepared for
the Department of Illinois Amer.
ican Legion convention.
He is deputy United States
representative on the U. N. dis
armament subcommittee. He
spoke in Boston yesterday to
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr.. Stassen said today the
forthcoming October meetings of
the Big Four foreign ministers
should give evidence Of the true
measure of progress made at the
Geneva summit conference last
July.
But at this moment" he
added. "it is clear that the dam
gers of war have receded while
the prospects for peace have ad-
vanced."
Evening star., 1955-09-03
Cleric Sees Church
Guininq in Russiu

GRAND LEDGE. Mich, Sept.
I3 (R.-A world official of the
'Seventh-day Adventist Church
said today religion is prospering
i'm Russia and the Iron Curtain
countries.
DR.. Walter r. Beach of Wash
ington, D. c., general secretary
of the denomination, told lay
men delegates to a church con-
vention that the Adventist men,
'bership In most of the Com
munist-dominated countries has
doubled since World War II.
He credited the quiet. per-
sonal piety and good works Of
individual Christians" for the
surge in membership.
Even in difficult circum-
stances, the faith will go forward
ii you are good people," DR..
Beach said. THAT is all. It takes
no more"
The five-day convention ends
tonight.
Evening star., 1955-09-03
; Killers Die
In Jersey Chair iii

TRENTON. N. j., Sept. 3 tP,,
Three convicted killers died
in the electric chair at New
Jerseys State Prison last night
for the holdup killing Of a Union,
IN. j., police sergeant.
The three--Alfred Stokes and
Harry and Albert Wise, all
.colored. walked into the death
chamber and seated themselves
in the electric chair with the
|aplomb Of persons boarding a
bus.
The youngest Of the three, 23-
Harry Wise, noncha-
lantly dropped a partially
smoked cigarette on the floor,
stepped on it and sat in the
chair.
His brother. Albert, 25, the
last to be executed. came into
the room with a smile on his
face. He was still smiling when
"a black leather mask was ad-
justed over his face.
Stokes. "a, the first to die,
was described as the triggerman
of the trio charged with the
Staying Of Sergt. Clinton E. Bond
in a 81 400 holdup of the Tuscan
Dairy Farm, Inc, in Union,
February IL, 1854.
Gov. Robert B. Meyner refused
clemency and Supreme Court
Justices Burton and Frankfurter
refused to stay the executions
YESTERDAY.
Evening star., 1955-09-03
ILLEGAL SATURDAY
PARKERS WARNED
BY POLICE NOTICES

Many downtown shoppers
found warnings on their
windshields today as police,
for the second week, moved
to discourage parking viola
tions on Saturdays.
Motorists. the Police De-
partment said, fell into the
habit Of parking nearly any,
where during the transit
strike and have been par
ticularly lax on Saturdays.
The departments Traffic
Division, however, has been
ordered to enforce parking
regulations on Saturdays
just as effectively as on
weekdays.
whereas many illegal
parkers received notices to-
day, they will be given park
ing tickets next Saturday
when the real breakdown
starts.
Evening star., 1955-09-03
Couples Wed so Years AGO
Renew Vows at Same Church

ST. MARYS. Pa, Sept. 3 (P.-
Fifty years ago four couples
walked up the aisle of st. Bon
iface Roman Catholic Church at
nearby Kersey and pledged their
solemn marriage vows.
They promised that if alive in
1855 they would renew the VOWS
at a solemn anniversary high
mass at the same altar in the
same small church.
Three of the coupies-all in
their late Cos or early 70s-will
keep their pledge tomorrow. The
surviving member of the fourth
couple will be an honored guest.
She is Mrs. Carlo ParHniciani of
Coal Hollow. Her husband died
Just four years ago.
The other couples are MIR. and
Mrs. Louis Angelo of Weedville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Giacomo Caimi Of
Evening star., 1955-09-03
Wolf Whistle
Staying Probed

GREENWOOD. Miss, Sept. 3
(P. - Authorities apparently
have abandoned the search for
Mrs. Roy Bryant. the 27-year-old
Mississippi white woman who
repeatedly was the object of wolf
whistles that resulted in the
kidnap-slaying Of a l4-year-old
Chicago Negro.
District Attorney Stanny
Sanders Of Indianola, Miss, said
yesterday there were mo plans
at present for picking UP Mrs.
Bryant"
Her husband, 24-year-old
former paratrooper. and his
half brother, J. w. Milan. face
kidnap and murder charges at
a session Of the county grand
jury Monday.
The Governors Of Mississippi
and Illinois have called for a
complete investigation into the
Staying of Emmett Till, whose
nude, battered body was found
in the Tallahatchie River three
days after the wolf whistle
incident.
The Mayor Of Chicago has
called on President Eisenhower
urging that the Federal Govern
ment utilize all its facilities 80
that the ends of justice may be
Young THIS body was returned
to Chicago yesterday.
Three Mississippi newspapers
condemned the kidnap Staying in
stern-worded editorials, but the
Jackson Daily News accused the
National Association for the Ad-
of Colored People OF
trying to stir up hatred against
the South and Mississippi by
CHASING the death as lynching.
Evening star., 1955-09-03

tempt at abortion. There was
no abortion in the sense of
completion. but there was. an
attempt at an abortion by the
insertion of foreign bodies.
Gould this have been done
by this young woman? ! say
Iemphatically no. This was done
by person or persons un-
known :"
The mother, Mrs. Gertrude
Silver, however. did not appear
to testify. She had accompanied
her. red-haired daughter, who
DR.. Aston said was six to seven
weeks" pregnant, to the apart
ment of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Schwartz. There the girl. who
eloped last June "a to Folkston,
Ga. with a Miami Beach FlaD
motorcycle policeman, Earl
Oestreicher. died. A few weeks
ago she came home, separated
from her husband.
Mrs. Silver was reported by
her physicians to be confined to
the bedroom of the Silvers' Mel
rose Park home in what, they
termed bereavement shock"
Bernard Bryman, attorney for
the medical examiner. said In his
summation that "the essential
witness, the cornerstone witness,
Gertrude Silver. the mother of
the girl, is missing, and I believe
that she can tell us what hap
pened that night"