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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22

and responsibility for implement
ing the program.
The results so far have been
little short of spectacular.
The first seven m o n h OF
1855 saw Federal employees SUBJ
nit 1873, 900 suggestions for more
efficient and economical opera
tons in their agencies. Thirty
five thousand of these sugges-
tions were adopted.
/ Under another phase of the
program, 1880 superior perform
ance awards were presented to
employees. In many cases this
led to promotions for the en-
ployes.
/ Cash awards granted to en-
ployes during this sevon-month
period totaled $l.5l9.462. and
the American taxpayer benefited
to the tune of $40.724,215 in
savings to the Government.
Good as this record is. csc
officials feel that it is only the
beginning and that incentive
awards to Federal employees and
resultant savings to Government
will greatly increase in the years
ahead.
The first seven months of 1856
represented a 38 per cent in
crease in Federal employe par
ticipation in the incentive awards
program over the preceding pc
Rod in 1854 under the old pro-
gram.
csc officials expect that just
as much of a spectacular gain
will be shown in 1856 over the
1866 figures. For they explain
that the new incentive awards
program has lust started roll
ing" and that great things are
ahead.
There are several major rea-
sons for the great success of the
new program. First. Congress in
creased the awards to employees
up to $4,000 to an employee or
group of employees. and as high
as $4,000 If approved by the
Civil Service Commission.
II also encourages prompt ac-
ton. through decentraliZed adj
miniStration. 1t permits an en-
ploye to receive awards from all
agencies that benefit from his
suggestion, instead OF just his
own agency. And 1t provides for
special honor awards by the
President, in addition to agency
awards, in very special cases.
/ The csc also has set UP an
extremely active and effective
Office OF Incentive Awards
headed by Bernard Rosen. which
superyises. the entire Govern
ment-wlde incentives program
BOILING JOBS-Bolling All
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flee personnel here. The changes
primarily affect the VAS De-
partment of Insurance and the
Department of Veterans Bene-
fits. In the DVB, the chief Of
ficer previously was deputy ad-
ministrator for the Department
of Veterans Benefits. Under the
change. his title will be chief
benefits director.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
.BeIvoir Group to Play
Suntu at Junior Villuqe

The 91st Engineer Battalion,
10th Engineer Group. at Fort
Belvoir, will hold its annual
children's Christmas party at
Junior Village al 2 pm. to-
morrow.
The group has raised over $500
for gifts. with which it plans to
buy an indoor slide. jungle oars
and a photograph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22

youn Stevenson father from
Chicago. said there probably
would be no permanent disabil-
ity. although the kneecap might
have to be replaced. Surgery will
be performed in Passavant Hos
pital at an undetermined date
Young Stevenson lower jaw
was broken. He lost five upper
teeth and five lower teeth were
loosened. He had cuts on the
forehead and lip. His car was
demolished.
Adlai, jr. came here from the
Chicago home of his mother, the
elder Stevenson's divorced wife
She had planned to accompany
him, but decided to wait and see
her injured son at Passavaat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
PhonY Surgeon
Quits Texas Job

HUNTSVILLE, Tex. Dec. 2:
tPJ.-O. g. Ellis. general man.
ager of the Texas prison system
today identified an employe Of
the system as an imposter Ca.
madam physician who performed
major surgery on the Korean
battlefront.
Mr.. Ellis said the employe hac
packed his belongings and lef
his quarters at the prison aftel
being confronted by Mr.. Eli
with magazine articles concern
ing Ferdinand Waldo Demara
iir. who rs DR.. Joseph c. Cyl
5erved as a surgeon in the Cana.
dian armed forces,
He became very indignan
and denied that he was thu
same man, MI. Ellis said.
Il am not going to sta!
around here and be insulted.
MI. Ellis quoted him as saying
Fellow employees at the dormi
tory. where he stayed, said h
packed and left in his car abou
midnight, shortly after hi
meeting with Mr.. Ellis.
/ Had School Credentials
Mr.. Ellis said that the man
who gave his age as Sc. had eeer
employed in Nay by the system
after he presented credentials
that he held q doctor of educa'
ton degree from Peabody Uni
yersity Of Nashville, Tenn. HI
also claimed degrees from thu
University of Texas and Georgis
Teachers College.
The prison manager said an
other employee found 3-year'
old magazine article which
described in detail the activi'
ties and showed pictures OF thu
Canadian, who had a long rec
ord as an imposter In education
and other fields before he re.
ceived a Royal Canadian COM
mission as a surgeon.
Mr.. Ellis said the pictures Of
the Canadian were exact like
nesses of the employee.
While employed by the prison
he seemed very alert and die
a good Job" Nj. Ellis said.
Served as Surgeon
Ferdinand Waldo Demara
jr., native OF Lawrence Mass,
caused considerable Juror in 1881
after serving as a surgeon In
the Korean war. The Canadian
Navy said he enlisted as DR.
Joseph Cyr Of New Brunswick
He won considerable fame FOL
a series OF successful major
operations he performed on
wounded South Koreans, but
newspaper accounts of his surg
ical exploits aroused comment in
New Brunswick. The real DR.
Joseph Cyr reported his medi-
cal papers had disappeared the
previous winter.
Demara. then 30. was dis
charged from Canada's navy fol
fraudulent enlistment and was
deported from Canada. His
father said at that time that as
far as he knew his sons only
previous medical experience wa:
as an orderly in a Boston eye
and ear infirmary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
81 to Be Drafted

| RICHMOND. Dec. % Pl.---
tVirginia's l29 draft boards will
I'LL a February draft quota of
just 80 men for military service
the lowest number since selec-
tive service was resumed in 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Thomas Heads
Group TO Speed
Missile Project
BY DAVID BARNETT

North American Ne"spHper AlIiance
Secretary of the Navy Thomas
has been made chairman Of a
special interseryice committee to
direct the speedup development
Iof intermediate-range ballistic
missiles. 1t was learned today.
Putting the Navy in the top
spot of the program. designed to
produce missiles. presumably
with atomic warheads. capable
of a range of up to $500 miles.
lis believed in Washington to be
Ianother indication of the emer-
gence of a new Navy"
Until recently, glooal strate-
Igists in the Army and Air Force
have tended to relegate the Navy
to simple convoy work"
Superior work by scientific
personnel attached to the Office
of Naval Research and other
weapons development groups in
the Navy. however, has pushed
the service back into the front
Iof offensive and defensive plan
ming.
Funds for Atomic Warship
Further evidence Of the new
respect at the Pentagon for the
Navy was the disclosure by Sec
iretary of Defense Wilson that
Congress would be asked to pro-
vide funds for the first atomic
powered surface warship-prob-
ably a destroyer or light cruiser.
The announcement was a log
Iical followup to the success of
the Nays first atom-powered
submarine, the Nautilus. The
sub recently travelled under
water from New London, Conn,
to Puerto Rico. a distance of
1900 miles, in "a hours.
improvements are constantly
being made by Navy scientists
Future atomic subs. for instance,
will have considerably less ton
mage than the Nautilus, an in
dication that the Navy may have
found a means more efficient
than massive lead plates to
shield the atomic reactor.
The Navy also is well estab-
lished in the drive for an atomic
powered seaplane.
Navy rs Reprisal Force
Application of atomic power,
which would permit Navy task
forces to range the world indefi-
nitely. fits precisely into the pat
tern for the new Navy outlined
by Admiral Arleigh A, Burke.
Chief of Naval Operations. Ad-
miral Burke sees the new Navy
as sea biased reprisal force. :"
In keeping with that concept
is the newly developed guided
missile cruiser. which the Navy
considers the best launching
sites for even long-range ballis-
tic missiles. AS the new admirals
like to point out, fast-moving
launching platform is much less
likely to be put out of action
than stationary site bedded in
concrete in one of our European
allies terrain.
I In the Nays work TO develop
a portable atomic power plant,
it has. through its scientists,
worked particularly well with the
experts of the Atomic Energy
Commission. The chairman of
the Acc. Lewis Strauss, is a for
mer admiral. The former direc-
tor of the Aces division of re-
actor development. l.. r. Hafstad.
has been signed up as a Navy
iconSultant-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22

Force Base needs position clas-
sifiers. Grade 9. and secretary
stenographers. Grades 4 and S.
Apply to Mr.. Cribs, at Boiling S
civilian personnel Office.
i
LABOR DEPT.-The Labor
Department has given an out
standing performance rating to
David r. Yule. Elizabeth p
Queen was given superior per-
Torrance award. Meritorious
suggestion awards went to Ma
irion E Caswell, Alta Grove,
Anne G. Lannahan and Edith
lRothman.
Il i n
NATI0NA INST ITIfTE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Greatest Year Forecast
For Incentive Program
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

Civil Service officials confidently predict will
greatest the Government employe incentive
both cash awards and promotions for employees and
in savings to the Government.
Congress enacted the Federal Empoye Incentive Law in
1854 and the Civil Service Commission given the authority
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Stevenson's Injured Son
Beinq Token to CHICAGO

GOSHEN, Ind 20 John Fell Stevenson 49, severely
injured highway which killed of his Harvard
collegemates yesterday. left 5-mie ambulance
Chicago today.
His father Adai Stevenson seeking the Democratic
nomination for President again. in 1852 rode the ambulance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
High and Low Of last ~ Hours
High - at :. pm
Low 10 At $50 am.

Tide fables
tFurnished By the United States Coast
and deodetic Survey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22

WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST-The Great Lakes region
and the Northern Plains will have snow tonight while
rain will fall much of the Northwest and along the
Texas coast 1t will be warmer in the East and over the
Ohio Valley with change to colder In the Northern Plains
-AP Wirephoto Map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22

VA-The Veterans Admins.
tration has sinplified and stand.
ardized the titles of Central OF.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-12-29

weather and foreign conditions, for
1866 / forecast moderately higher
prices for the major grains, based on
increased subsidies to be voted by
Congress.
27. Industrial prices will enter
the new year on high plateau and
should be well maintained to possibly
firmer during the forepart of 1856.
Later, as business falters, look for
selective easing in this group.
%. Steel in 1856 win average
higher in price than for all of this
year. Do not look for any price cut in
this key metal, even if business slack
ems.
20. More people will continue dur
ing 1856 to return to the help of re-
ligion. However, statistics on church
membership unfortunately cannot be
entirely depended upon.
STOCKS AND BONDS
30. Interest rates will start the
year at high levels, but later / look
for some easing to help the building
industry. The present Administration
will not allow high money costs to
bring about unemployment.
81. Seasoned dividend payin g
stocks will do better in 1866 than the
more speculative issues. Stocks will
follow individual prospects NOR e
closely, rather than the curve of busi-
ness entirely.
80. There will be one or two bad
breaks during 1856. Railroad stocks
will move lower. Biggest declines
are likely in auto and residential
building-materials stocks. Utilities
will hold up best.
33. / am not making any extensive
recommendations, but prefer to select
smaller, well-seasoned, undervalued
situations for security and good long
range prospects. Those in which /
have great confidence are the top-ten
group of variety chain-store stocks.
81. Aircraft stocks in 1856 may
suffer from increased government re-
negotiation. This will be a serious
threat if the Democrats win next au-
tumn.
35. Soundly financed natural gas
stocks should continue to enjoy good
growth during the year ahead.
36. Canadian stocks have reached
their peaks for this cycle. This in
cludes the uranium craze. On the
other hand, the time is coming when
the greatest stock market profits will
be in connection with Canadian
stocks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-12-29

Case No. f12SO
Mildred Christine Hoover whose last-known
place Of residence IL e/o Burt o. Conner.
Albion. Pene., will take notice that on the
5th day Of December, 1856, the undersigned
Ernest w Hoover filed his petition against
her ~ the Court Of ComnIon Pleas of Allen
County. Ohio, in case No. l5250 praying for
a divorce on the ground f gross neglect Of
duty. Said cause will be TOR hearing on and
after the 18th day q Jsnuary, 1866.
ERNEgT. " HOOVER
By Lyman p Clark. his attorney
Dec. 9, Is. ~22. 20, Jan. s. IL
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-12-29
A LOOK INTO ,56
BabsOn's Business, Financial Forecast

8. Competition will be very severe
in 1856, and with few exceptions will
cause business profits to be less in
1856 than in 1856.
4. Higher wages may also be ex-
pected in 1856, and these could reduce
profits. These higher wages, however,
will largely be spent and should in
crease retail sales.
5. Increased advertising appro-
priations for newspapers, magazines,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-12-29
By Roger W. Babson

l. If no unforeseen event happens,
PRESIDENT Eisenhower will be re-nom-
mated and reelected in 1856.
z The Republican party has an
excellent chance of winning in 1856
with President Eisenhower making
a few key speeches and promising to
oe an active part of the Administra-
ton.
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Fosters Folly Fothered
Todoy's String of Ski Lifts

up over the pulley and back,
started the cars engine-and
there was the first uphill tow!
Coueht on Readily
There were the usual jeers and
Snide remarks about Fosters
Folly" but the idea caught on.
People were ready to pay hard
cash to save their wind, and by
the time the outbreak of World
War II put stop to new install
lations, chair lifts, rope-tows and
Thar lifts were fairly common
place convenienceS.
Dozens more have been built
throughout the Laurentians since
1945. There are at least 68 tows,
lifts and platter pulls at the
leading Laurentian ski centers
and some 27 at Quebec's Lac
BEAUFORT and other points in the
Province of Quebec.
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Novice Urged
ToGet Aid of
TroveI Agent
NEW YORK.

The truly-seasoned traveller
bound for Europe or other for
eignplaces-can map his own l.
itineraries, pick his own hotels
and otherwise govern his destin-
lees. But for the initiated. seek
ing more than a hackneyed holi-
day. the expert aid Of q good
travel agent is needed to keep
him from winding up behind the
eight ball. The travel agent
knows the tricks of the trade.
Such are the views Of Birger
Nordholm. head Of the Swedish
National Travel Once here and
chairman Of the European Travel
Commission in New York. In
this latter capacity he Is spokes-
man for the combined tourist
interests Of 21 countries Of
Western Europe.
Most people now planning
their first trip abroad hope to
pack the maximum amount Of
pleasure into their allotted time"
he said in a recent interview.
"They want to see as many i'm
portant sights and major attrac-
tions as possible without en-
countering aggravating snags or
needless additional expense.
Here is why a good travel agent
can prove invaluable"
Complicated Choices
He pointed out that the plan
ming of an overseas itinerary
with so many routes and destin-
ations open-can be a compli-
Gated matter, especially in the
case of the f1rst-time trans
Atlantic traveller. It is all too
easy to become swamped by a
mass of timetables, rate sheets,
maps hotel folders and similar
material.
"a travel agent, however. has
all the information at his finger
tips" Mr.. Nordholm continued.
HE knows. after talking to you,
what ships, flights, hotels and
local excursions will best fit in
with your personal vacation
wishes. And he can make all
arrangements for you in advance,
relieving you of all speculation
and worry.
IF you have a strict travel
budget. tell him so. You'll find
him understanding and helpful.
In this connection, he may Sug-
guest a European vacation dur
ing the spring, fall or winter
months of Thrift Season when
transatlantic passenger fares,
hotel costs and other travel
expenses can be pared to
minimum.
Gets Accommodations
Another important point Mr..
Nordholm mentioned was that
agents, because they handle such
a large volume of travel business,
have the inside track to steam
ship companies, airlines and
hotel Offices. often, especially
in peak periods, they can obtain
accommodations which a novice
couldn't possibly get.
1.-The travel agent" Mr.. Nord-
holm said, summing up the pic
ture, "can relieve the traveller
of all the detail work of trip
planning, leaving him with
nothing to do but relax and enjoy
the pleasant prospect of an
expertly planned holiday"
Evening star., 1955-02-06

Set UP on the Big Hill at
Shawbridge in Canada's Lauren
tian Mountains, Fosters Folly
of 1882 is believed to be among
the first uphill contrivances in
the world built especially for
SkierS.
Alpine lands, particularly
Switzerland, had for some years
allowed skiers to use the funic-
ulars, built originally for the
transport to high vantage points
of summer tourists. These
mountain railways were made to
carry passengers round-trip and
governments insisted they be
built and maintained to the
highest standards as regular
transportation devices.
Developed Later
It was in 1888 and 1884 that
ConStam developed and perfected
his world-famous lifts, but Ca
madam ski enthusiast had his
apparatus serving the public
before that.
Alec Foster, son of c. B. Foster,
then passenger traffic manager
of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
which company had instituted
the worlds first ski special trains
in the winter of 1867. set up
his tow on a hill right across
from the CPR Shawbridge sta
ton.
Sinking a heavy post in the
ground at the top of the hill
before the ground had frozen,
he rugged it with pulley. When
the first SHOWS fell, he drove an
old four-cylinder Ford to the
foot Of the hill, lacked up a
wheel, took off the tire and ran
a rope around the wheel rim.
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Spring Comes
EorIy to
OF Cornwall
LONDON.

L(1NOS4N.
st. Michael's Mount, the island
which Jack the Giant Killer
wrested from an oversize gentle
man named Cormoran, has been
given to the British National
Trust to be preserved as a
historical site and tourist at
traction.
There may be more truth
and history-than fiction in the
old nursery tale. The evidence:
Some 200 years ago the skeleton
of a man who, in life, stood 8
feet tall was found in a narrow
dungeon cut in the solid rock Of
the island. And to this day, the
visitor can see, beside the steep
cobbled path leading UP to the
castle, the pit where Jack
trapped his foe.
Topping the rocky pyramid Of
the island is the castle itself. a
particularly beautiful example
of l4th and 18th century archi-
lecture. Among the sections
open to the public are the two
blue drawing rooms containing
furniture designed by Chippen-
dale especially for the positions
in which it still stands. The
banqueting hall is a spectacular
room facing south to the sea
from an elevation of 400 feet.
By Cousewoy or Boat
At low tide the island is
reached by causeway connect
ing it with the harbor town Of
Narration. Motor launches also
make regular crossings.
Located at the top Of the
Cornish peninsula. the island
and the surrounding area offer
the late-season and early-spring
visitor a bonus in terms Of
weather. Cornwall's climate is
remarkably mild, thanks to the
Gulf Stream-so mild that the
southern coastline well deserves
the name Of the Cornish Rivi-
era" In December, January
and February, Cornishmen are
busy marketing the spring
flowers which grow in profusion
along both coasts.
The early visitor to Britain
can get jump on springtime by
meeting it in Cornwall and fol-
lowing it on to London and
points north.
Shorp Contrasts
st. Michael's Mount might well
form the apex of triangular
tour Of the whole Cornwall area,
where the rugged northern coast
contrasts sharply with the
peaceful sands to the south.
Points of interest on the north
ern coast include Tintagel
Castle, the legendary home Of
King Arthur. Even nearer the
Mount is st. Ives. a scenic
coastal town long a favorite with
artists.
The southern coast offers a
variety of year-round resorts
which invite longer stay. Fall
mouth is a pleasant and notably
sunny spot, built around a once
busy harbor. Open throughout
the year is nearby Pendennis
Castle. built by Henry VIII.
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Strutford Festivals
Summer PIoys Selected
STRATFORD.

Two Shakespearean plays.
Julius Caesar" and "The Mer-
chant Of Venice" are the choice
of the Stratford Shakespearean
Festival at Stratford, Ontario.
for next summers program.
The festival also plans a lin
tied number of repeated per-
forrnances of last seasons
"Oedipus Rex" The Stratford
Music Festival will be introduced,
to run in conjunction with the
theatrical presentations.
A star actor from abroad,
Frederick Walk. will play Shy
lock.
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Grill Car Fleet
SAN FRANCISCO

SAN cfCANC1OCO.
A fleet of new hamburger
grill cars, designed to reduce
expenses for rail travellers, is
being added to Southern Pacific's
passenger service.
Building of rs additional ham,
burger grill units was started
after recent trial runs of a test
model on the railroads Overland
Route.
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Tournament Until Muy
Fls

The annual Hollywood fishing
tournament is in full swing and
will extend until May /. The
tournament is open to all local
and visiting anglers.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-01-14

labored ancient Israel for failing
to meet the expected mark and
none such reinsurance of the re-
storation as he. To the Irish,
therefore, the present restoration
of Israel came as no surprise.
Jeremiah visiting Erin no doubt
mentioned it to them, and where
better could the Chief Rabbi of
the new Israel come from than
from their own fair land?
Israel and Ireland are. in a way.
two peas in a pod. Both have
undergone exile. even though for
long the Irish were in exile in
their own land. Happily now that
is at end. Both have distinctive
cultures and both have distinct
contributions to make TO the rich
ness of civilization.
The purchase by the Irish Social
Club of Toronto of an Israel Bond
was as splendid as it was a deep
gesture. Rabbi Herzog will long
remember the reception he got
from his kinsmen in Canada, and,
good Irishman that he is, we will
not be surprised to learn that he
took a bit of the shamrock back
with him for planting in Israel.