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The Nome nugget., 1955-01-24

With Exercise Snowbird under way in Alaska Jan 13-Feb. 13 for intensive joint training of Army and Air Force units under sub arctic conditions, temperatures as low as minus 50 are anticipated
 Alaska's Exercise North Star last February was considered unique in that extremely cold tempera- lures were present throughout the period. Temperatures remained in range of minus 13 and minus 45- Available Army records in Alaska indicated that never be- fore had US. Army troops partic- ipated in maneuverS or combat operations under such conditions.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-24
US. Army Private
 Survived Soviet Captivity With Only Minor Ailments

BERLIN, R-U.S. Army doc tors said Friday Pvt. William A. Verdine of Starks, La, survived six years of Soviet captivity with out mourning any serious physi- cal ailment.
 Verdine was released from the Army hospital and placed in the guardhouse pending an inquiry to determine if he is to be tried by court-martial'
 The soldier was released by the Russians on Thursday and com plained of stomach trouble and also expressed fear for his heart. He also said he had. suffered severe coughing spells while working in Vorkuta labor camp in Arctic Russia. But doctors said Verdine's general physical condition is good.
 The soldier disappeared from his unit at Coburg, West Ger many, Feb. 3, 1949, He has been carried on the Army roster as absent without official leave. The investigation now under way is to determine if Verdine shall be tried on AWOL or desertion charges. The latter is far more serious.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-24

CATASAUQUA, PA.-What is believed will be the best-lighted church in America this Christ mas is the Presbyterian church here, founded 100 years ago.
 Ingenious fioodlighting on the spire and on a 15-inch gilt ball on top of it (180 feet from the ground), make them visible four miles away. The effect has been described as finger pointing to Heaven" Nine precious stained glass windows are also lighted, inviting passersby to mediate
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-24
Slot Machine To Warm Your Feet

VIENNA, R-An Austrian has developed a slot machine to warm your feet on cold days.
 Vienna newspapers report the first of the machines is to be installed at a cable car station on 7,000-foot high Mt. Hafelekar near Innsbruck.
 You put coin in the machine, stand on a platform and your feet are irradiated with ultra short waves for IS seconds. It gets the circulation going and that warns the feet, the newspapers said.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-24
Pilot and Two Students Killed in RCAF Crash

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, R-A two-engine Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashed 30 miles southeast of Winnipeg Friday night and all three crewmen were killed. The plane, on a routine training flight out of Winnipeg, carried an RCAF pilot and two navigation students.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-24

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The Nome nugget., 1955-01-24

upon the sacred significance of the scenes which they depict.
 The elaborate lighting system was developed and given to the church by Frank M. Tait, native of Catasauqua, who is now chairman of the board of the Dayton (Ohio) Power and Light Go. and the Dayton Pump 6 Mfg. Co. Tait also has provided a fund which will enable the church to be foodlighted every night as long as it shall exist.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-24

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Evening star., 1955-06-18
Worker Asks Queen to Help
u. S. Couple Adopt His Boby

LONDON, June 18 (P.-A
British railway worker appealed
today to Queen Elizabeth to helr
an American couple adopt his
baby daughter and give her 9
better chance in life"
Thomas McDonagh, earning
pounds ($22.40 a week, wrote tc
the Queen after receiving q
heart-broken letter from the
29-year-old wife Of American
Air Force Sergt. George Vinan-
sky.
The American couple took care
of l6-month-old Joyce, youngest
of six McDonagh children. from
the age of six weeks when the
mother fell i'll. Then the vi
nanskys were posted to South
Carolina from the United States
Air Force base at Burtonwood.
They wanted to take baby
Joyce with them and adopt her.
but the visa application was re-
fused because of legal difiiculties.
Evening star., 1955-06-18

The Vinanskys sailed May %
and Mrs. Vinansky wrote to
McDonagh from aboard ship:
II feel as If my heart has
been torn from me. l cry all
night for Joyce. . only God can
give her to us. Perhaps Our love
for her is being tested before she
is given back to us.
please appeal to the Queen
and the Prime Minister to help. "
Mr.. McDonagh wrote to the
Queen:
Mrs. Vinansky has been a
mother in a thousand to our
baby.
IF Joyce was adopted, she
would have a better chance in
life than We could ever hope to
give her"
Under British adoption laws,
only persons normally resident
in Britain, or British subjects
living abroad. can adopt British
children.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
REBEL OFFICERS
BLAME ARMY FOR
REVOLT FAILURE

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay,
(P).-Some units of the
Argentine Army promised to
support the Navy in it's
Thursday revolt but backed
down, naval officers in ref
uge from Argentina declared
today.
The 1870 officers and men
who took refuge in Uruguay
Thursday night had been
held incommunicado. To-
day the Uruguayan govern
ment permitted reporters to
talk freely with some of
them.
They said the Army ac-
ton. plus fog, which delayed
the arrival of warships to
join the attack. was respon-
sible for the rebellion's
failure.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Chief Justices Lost Suitcase
Returns After Long Travels

SToRRS, Conn.,, June 18 (P.-
That little brown suitcase really
did travel but it's on the way
pack to its owner, Chief Justice
Warren.
The suitcase and the Chief
Justice apparently parted COM
pany last Sunday when State
police Whisked Justice Warren
of bus at Suffield and sped
him tn Amherst (MassD College.
Justice Warren arrived at the
college eight minutes before he
received an honorary doctor OF
laws degree.
The Chief Justice had boarded
the bus in Providence. r. 1. Bad
weather had forced his plane
from Washington to land there,
Eventually the suitcase landed
Evening star., 1955-06-18
BY GARNETT ID. HORNER
Star Staf1 Correspondent

NEW YORK, June 1S.-The
Vests Big Three foreign minis
ters today were ready to tackle
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov at San Francisco next
week in the hope that much can
be achieved in the coming months
toward the goal of peace with
freedom and security"
They wound up two days of
secret talks here late yesterday
on this note of confidence that
the Big Four conference "at the
summit" in Geneva next month
may lead to an easing of cold
war tensions.
Secretary of State Dulles, Bri-
tish Foreign Secretary Harold
Macmillan and French Foreign
Minister Antoine Pinay also made
plans to confer in Paris with
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Seaman Strike
Ends as 3-Year
Pact Is Signed !
Two Unions Order
Return; Tanker
WuIkout Still On

NEW YORK. June 18 P.-A
seamen's strike against shipping
companies operating out of East
Coast and Gulf Ports ended to-
day.
The CIO Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association and the
CIO American Radio Associa-
ton signed three-year agree
ments with dry cargo and ship
ping companies this morning.
The CIO National Maritime
Union, which also struck the
companies at midnight last We'd
neSday, had signed a new con-
tract yesterday.
Union members were ordered
to return to work Immediately.
The two unions plus the NMU
and the AFL International Asso-
citation of Masters, Mates and
Pilots still have to reach agree
ment with some 20 tanker COM
Ipanies. Tanker negotiations were
broken off yesterday with no
time scheduled for resumption of
talks.
Pension Benefits Boosted
Union spokesmen expressed
confidence that "continuin g
unity" of the sea unions would
result in agreements with those
companies.
Both the marine engineers and
the radio operators were granted
additional pension and welfare
benefits. These were the major
points at issue.
Wages were not involved. The
union may take up that question
lon June Is, 1856.
The pier tie-up. which began
early Thursday, had trapped a
growing number of cargo and
passenger ships.
400 Passengers Affected
More than 400 passengers,
whose ships were scheduled to
sail yesterday, had been caught
by the strike, which applied only
to American flag shipping.
Passenger ships that missed
their sailing date yesterday we're
the American Export liner Ex-I
calibur and three Grace Line
vessels-the Santa Rosa, Santa
Clara and Santa Luisa. The Ex-
calibur was to have sailed for
the Mediterranean and the other
three were headed south.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
3 Killed in Crash
Near Winchester

WINCHESTER, Va, June Ia
(SpeciaD Three young service
men were killed early today
when a car in which they were
riding rammeo into a tree along
Route 522 near here.
State Trooper j. w. Witt iden-
titled the victims as Richard S,
IDiewald. %. of Rochester, Mich:
James C. lillian. 20, of Okla
Ihoma City, and Norman L. Vim
son, 81, of Jackson, Mich.
He said Diewald apparently
was the driver.
Evening star., 1955-06-18

back at the Providence airport,
and somehow hitched up with
the luggage of a conference
group bound for the University
of Connecticut.
Officials at the university's
continuing education center
spotted the suitcase. opened it
and saw the academic robe from
the University of California with
the initials "E. W." Recalling
the confusion of last Sunday,
they called Washington and
identified the suitcase as be-
longing to the Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Warren was re-
ported pleased about the find,
since he travels to Illinois today
and leaves for Europe Monday
and wanted the robe with him.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Builders Weiqh
Plan
BY TOM BURKE

At an emergency meeting oil
It me Construction Contractors
Council called for 8 pm. Monday
to consider problems raised by q
Ilaborers' strike, area contractors
will be urged to shut down all
construction projects here.
The CCC, an organization OF
1870 union contractors, will meet
at the Chamber of Commerce
building.
The shutdown will be asked on
the grounds that a strike against
any one of the CCC members is
a strike against all members. The
shutdown would be in effect
until the union calls off its
strike.
Strike Is Selective
The AFL Laborers' District
Council, representing 5000 la
borers, ordered strikes at a
selected number of area jobs
Thursday. The walkouts cli-
NAKED months of negotiating
between the union and contrac-
tors on a contract to replace
one which expired May /.
Officials of the CCC yesterday
retaliated by closing down 10
construction Jobs. resulting in
large scale layoffs of carpenters.
truck drivers. engineers and
other building tradesmen.
Contractors representatives
See STRIKE, Page Az
Evening star., 1955-06-18
NESTS Big Three Ready
For oIks With MoIotoy

Iother North Atlantic Treaty
partners before the Geneva meet
ing opens July 18.
/ In a joint communicate, the
Big Three ministers proclaimed
confidence that "the common
policies which they and their
allies have successfully pursued
in the past will provide the foun-
dation for further progress in
the settlement of outstanding
problems"
United Front Shown
Their meetings here formed a
united Western front for their
approach to Mr.. Molotov next
week in an effort to complete
arrangements for the Geneva
conference. They will seek Mr..
Molotov's agreement that the
top-level meeting shall:
/. Last no more than six days.
2. Have no formal agenda pre-
pared in advance, but be open to
the raising of any problems any
of the Big Four consider relevant.
8. Define the problems and
possible new approaches to them
to be considered at subsequent
lower-level conferences rather
than try to produce any specific
solutions itself.
Mr. Dulles few back to Wash
ington last night. He plans to
fly from there early tomorrow
to San Francisco. Mr.. Macmil-
Ian and Mr.. Pinay remained
in New York to take off from
here tomorrow for San Fran
cisco.
Will Confer With Molotov
In the California city where
the United Nations was organ
lied 10 years ago they will con-
fer with Mr. Molotov next week
during time off from a gather
ing Of the representatives of so
countries to celebrate the 10th
anniversary Of the U. N.
The first meeting of the West
See BIG FOUR, Page AS
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Maryland Youth
browns in Manila

MANILA, June 18 R.-Loui;
Woodward. IA, son of DR.. Theo-
dore e. Woodward of the Univer-
sity of Maryland. drowned Fri
day in a hotel swimming pool.
! DR.. Woodward said he knew
no details of the drowning but
"a witness told me Louis failed
to come up after a dive"
DR.. Woodward, who came here
for a series of lectures. said he
would leave for home tonight
with his family on Pan American
Airways. via San Francisco.
DR., Woodward is head of the
Department of Medicine of the
University of Maryland hospital
in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1955-06-18

An unidentified man who car
ried a rifle, a sheath knife and a
bandolier of cartridges was
sought today in the Northwest
Park Staying of two teen-age
girls.
The report on the man stood
out in a mass of vague informa-
ton which has piled up in
round the clock investigation
since the bodies of the two VIC
Itims were found Wednesday
morning only a few blocks from
their homes.
Police have no suspect, no
motive and no death weapon.
Metropolitan Police 1t. Law
renee Hartnett, one of many
Washington policemen working
Ion the case, this morning told
Inewsmen I'VE do have some
thing new and it looks good, 4"
but he refused to amplify the
statement.
The only person police have
'held-18-year-old Norman Will
liam Hager-went free on writ
of habeas corpus yesterday after
noon after being in custody more
than 48 hours.
Two Minute Hearing
Nervous and tired when he
appeared at the 2-minute hear
ing at Upper Marlboro. Md, the
Northwestern High School grad
uate left the courthouse with his
parents without talking to news
men. His attorneys said they
had advised the family to take
a trip somewhere for a rest" but
told States Attorney Blair Smith
that they will produce him when
ever he is wanted.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
.0uster Secret
Kept 7 Weeks
; Expelled Americans
Have Left Russia

MOSCOW, June 18 (P.-Wal'
ter Walmsley. minister in charge
of the United States Embass!
here disclosed today that three
American Army attaches ex'
PEELED by the Russians left Mos
COW more than two weeks ago.
Expulsion of the men was ont
of the best kept secrets of tn,
Moscow diplomatic colony, ant
apparently was connected with
an American desire to keer
things as smooth as possible il
advance of the forthcoming Biz
Four top level meetings in &C.
neva.
Mr.. Walmsley is head of thu
Embassy while Ambassador
Charles Bohlen is in the United
States in connection with a Big
Four Foreign Ministers meeting
Those Expelled
The three expelled are 1t. Col
John S. Benson of Milton, Mass.
Capt. William R. Stroud of Ke.
vance, ILL.,. and Capt. Walter
Mule of Ft. Monmouth, N. j.
In Denver, Col. Benson, 81
was smiling but uncommunica-
tive in talking with reporters
here yesterday.
Il can tell you nothing" ht
said. ANY information will have
to come from the office of tn,
chief of information, Depart
.ment of the Army, in the Pen
tagon." Col. Benson was in Den.
yer for 10 hours between planes
Ien route to Boston from Salt
Lake City.
Col. Benson was a member OF
the Embassy's military staff for
10 months. He is a cousin OF
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T,
Benson.
The expulsions took place
when Mr.. Bohlen was still here
Mr.. Walmsley returned from q
Scandinavian vacation to be
confronted by the fact. along
with a silence decree that ex-
tended down to garage mechan-
les and to other embassies
where diplomats said they
pledged their American col
leagues not to discuss the case.
The Soviet press has not car
ried the story.
Some western observers be-
lleved the unusual reticence at
the Embassy was result of fear
of rocking the international boat
at a time when the Big Four
conference at the summit is in
the offing.
Latest Move in Feud
The expulsion was the latest
maneuver in a diplomatic feud
between Russia and the United
States which has seen several
diplomats on each side expelled
on charges of espionage.
In Washington, the State De-
partment refused to make any
official comment after the story
broke yesterday. officials ap-
peared upset because a reporter
learned about it, indicating the
department had intended to keep
it secret.
(Reliable informants, however,
the three Americans had
been declared persona non
grata" "a diplomatic phrase
which means they are no longer
acceptable in the Soviet Union.)
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Peiping to Send Back
Five Pro-Red POWs
China Radio
Hints Others
May Return

TOKYO, June l8 (P.-Red
China today said it was sending
home three Americans and two
Belgians who chose to remain in
Red China after the Korean war.
A Peiping Radio broadcast
said 16 others who refused re-
patriation could come home. too,
any time they choose-and
hinted strongly they're home
sick.
There was no mention of II
American f1iers held by the
Peiping government who were
: captured late in the war when
a B-29 bomber was shot down.
-Four Sabrejet pilots also cap.
tured late in the war were re-
leased recently at Hong Kong
and have reached home.
Those to be released are Corpl.
Lewis w. Griggs. Jacksonville,
Tex: Corpl. Otho G.. Bell, Olym-
pia, Wash; Corpl. William A.
Cowart, Dalton, Ga, and Roger
Devriendt and Louis Verdyck,
both Relgians.
No Date Mentioned
The broadcast did not say
when or where the five would be
released but said I'VE are going
through the formalities for their
exit and making all necessary
arrangements"
The five will leave China when
these are completed, the broad
cast said.
OF the original % United Ma
tions soldiers who chose to go to
Red China one died. The Red
radio limited strongly the other
Is are restless and anxious to
come home too, dissatisfied with
life in a strange country with
lower living standards. Of the
original %. one was British, 81
were Americans.
The broadcast said the re-
naming 16 could leave any time
they wish and admitted diff
culties" in keeping them happy
in China.
Two Court -MartiaIed
Two other American prisoners
OF war who at first refused re-
patriation changed their minds
and returned to the United
States. Both were court-mar-
tailed.
Corpl. Claude J. Bachelor of
Kermit, Tex, was convicted Of
collaborating with the enemy and
informing on his fellow piisot-
ers. He was sentenced to life
but this later was reduced to
20 years.
Corpl. Edward S. Dickinson Of
Big Stone Gap, Va, was con-
victed of informing on his com.
rades and currying favor with
his captors. He got 10 years at
hard labor.
The United States Government
said Thursday it would arrange
the return home of any of the
21 Americans who chose to stay
in Red China if they have
changed their minds.
However, the White House.
State, Defense and Justice De-
partmentS warned in a Joint
statement that any who do come
back will be held accountable
for any wrongful act" they may
have committed.
The II Americans remaining
in Red China are: Corpl. Clar-
Ience c. Adams, Memphis, Tenn;
iSergt. Howard G. Adams, Corsi-
cana, Tex; Sergt. Albert C. Bel
homme, Ashland, Pa; Corpl.
Richard G. Corden, East Provi-
Idence. R. l.; Corpl. John r.
Dunn, Baltimore. Md; Sergt.
Andrew Fortuna, Ionia, Mich:
PFC. Samuel D. Hawkins, Okla
homa City, Okla; Corpl. Arlie
H. Pate, Carbondale, ILL.,; Sergt.
Scott L. Rush. Marietta, Ohio;
.Corpl. Lowell D. Skinner, Akron,
Ohio; Sergt. Lawrence v. Sulli-
van. Omaha, Nebr.; Pfc. Richard
R. Tenneson, Alden, Mimi: Pvt.
James G.. Veneris. Hawthorne.
Calf; Sergt. Harold H. Webb,
Fort Pierce, Fla; Corpl. William
C. White, Plumerville, Ark;
Corpl. Aaron P. Wilson, RAMA,
La, and Pfc. Morris r. Wills.
Fort Ann Al Y n
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Man With Rifle Hunted
In Park SIoying Case
Workers Soy They Sow Him in Area
Where Two Girls Were Killed Wednesday

One Of the attorneys, George
McLeish, told reporters insofar
as this particular suspect is con-
cerned, I am thoroughly con-
vinced the police had the wrong
person. I am convinced of his
innocence"
Tight-lipped police - almost
half the Prince Georges police
force-are continuing their dog
ged investigation on a virtual
round the -clock basis. Only
noise in their silence was terse
comment from Chief George
Panagoulis that investigators
have turned up certain new in
formation" which will be ex-
plored today. He refused to
elaborate.
Report of the rifleman came
from workers on a construction
project nearby - one of them
Rodney Shomette, an uncle of
one of the victims. He said he
saw the man go into the wooded
picnic area Tuesday night.
Talked to Workers
Mr.. Shomette said the man
reappeared about 10:30 am.
Wednesday. stopped for a drink
of water and talked to some of
the workers.
They apparently had heard no
shots from the park. although
police are receiving new reports
of persons who did hear firing
in the area Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Shomette said some of the
workers said the man had men,
toned being a patient in an
armed services mental hospital.
Continued on Page A-26, Col. 1
Evening star., 1955-06-18
HOW TO BEAT
APARTMENT HEAT

NO AIR CoNDITloNER--Eyen
without cooling unit there ore woys
to moke on apartment somewhat
more beorobIe during Woshiuston's
summer. Norma and Don expIoin in
the Apartment Forum column on poss
BIZ.
BETTERING BoLLlNG--A prosrom
TO bring Boiling Air Force Bose men
into the spiritual and social life OF
the city hos been getting results the
post Yeur. Its workings ore described
on poee A-S.
Evening star., 1955-06-18

tiers outside of Washington ap-
parently ruled out an admins.
tration program calling fol
presidential powers. MOI
was there any indication Presi.
dent Eisenhower would ask fol
an expanded Federal civil de-
tense organization and additional
funds.
AS the exercise in relocating
the Government away from
Washington ended, Mobilization
Director Arthur S. Flemming
said decision to rely on the
Presidents in erent powers
rather than on any standby leg
islation in the event of an actual
was "the most i'm
portant of the test"
Acts After Getting Data
The President exercised these
powers in pretense by declaring
a mock state of martial law
during the test. Mr.. Flemming
said the President acted after
being informed at his own secret
relocation center of "the full
facts of the devastating attack
See COMMAND, Page A-S
Evening star., 1955-06-18
Nixon Will Speak

NEW YORK, June 18 P.--
Vice President Nixon will speak
here June "a at the annual press
awards dinner of the Global
News Syndicate. a cooperative
agency serving the Negro Press,
it was announced yesterday.
Evening star., 1955-06-18
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Stocks in the SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK A. - Following are the
sales add 00D, high, low, closing price
and net change of the 20 most active
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Evening star., 1955-06-18
H-Bomb Alert
Results Studied
Mobilization Task
Weighed by CD
BY CECIL HOLLAND

Government officials who fled
from Washington under ar
imaginary H-bomb assault were
back home today from a three
day national civil defense exer-
else with some decisions on
mobilizing the country in the
event Of a real attack.
The decisions reached in secret
hideaways at 81 relocation CEN
Evening star., 1955-06-18

Text Of Eisenhower's Views on Alert.
Page All
Evening star., 1955-06-18
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight, low near 66. Tomorrow some
cloudineSs and warm. Full report plus
resort forecast on Page A-20
Evening star., 1955-06-18

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