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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-22

Indian leading a Dixieland Band.
Item: Senator William LANCER
got on Billy Johnsonis Open
House" on WTOP radio the other
morning and demanded that the
State of South Dakota immedi-
ately return to the State Of North
Dakota those bones Of Sitting
Bull. They got only part
of the bones when they stole up
there in the dead of night to
fitch them, said the Senator.
North Dakota still had most of
them, but he indicated that this
was a, well. grave matter.
Item: Intercepted interoffice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-22

memo from TED Church Of CHS
to Mark Evans Of WTOP:
Friend of mine called this
afternoon. She's IN a bit of
trouble. Seems somebody lost
three Palomino horses and they
have congregated on her front
lawn. ;. She already has a horse
of her own and keeps a few more
for her friends, and she's being
eaten out of horse and home, so
to speak. Incredible part of it
is she can't find anyone who has
lost three horses. Seems to me
if ! lost three Palomino
horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-22
ON THE AIR
ON THE AIR
Zenith Is Suspicious
Of Free Time Offers
By HARRY MACARTHUR

The day hardly passes now
without its flareup on the sub
scription television front. CHS
may have refused to let the
Zenith Radio Corp. discuss
Phonevision in its commercial
period on Omnibus" but Zenith
is managing to be heard from
anyhow.
1t is. for one thing, regarding
with open suspicion the network
Evening star., 1955-07-10

existence sponsored by Mr..
Nehru.
Prior to the Bandung pledge
British Prime Minister Eden
wrote Mr.. Nehru asking him to
investigate q suspected Com
munist plot to take over the
80. .000-square mile Laos king
dom. A British spokesman said
he was sure the Pathet Laos
were getting weapons and sup
plies from Ho Chi Minis forces.
United States Secretary Of
State Dulles visited Vientiane.
the government capital Of Laos.
last February and assured Lao
tian leaders they need not worry
about invasion because the Ma
mia pact's striking force in the
Pacific would act as a deterrent.
The Manila defense organiza-
ton was set up to prevent Com
munist aggression In Southeast
Asia.
In Washington Senate Repub-
lican Leader Knowland said last
month that unless there is
prompt compliance" with the
Geneva armistice provisions, the
alleged violations by Commu-
nists in Laos should be cited be-
fore the United Nations as q
threat to world peace.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

lis Laos true king-not the IL
,year-old ailing incumbent King
Sisavang Wong. Souvanna Wong
lis a half brother of the Laotian
prime minister. Prince Souvanna
Phouma.
Near Earlier Invasion Point
The Laotian military COM
munique, published by Wet
Namese newspapers here. said
the fighting was in the Moungi-
|peun area, 25 miles southeast
of the town Of Sam Neua, the
Jumping of point of the 1859
invasion of Laos by the Com
Imunist-led Wet Mini. The in
Ivading troops drove southwest
100 miles almost to the out
skirts of Luang Prabang, royal
capital Of Laos, before suddenly
breaking of and abandoning the
invasion.
Prime Minister Nehru visited
Wet Mimi leader Ho Chi Mimi
in Hanoi last october and won
Ia promise from Ho to respect
the sovereignty of Laos and
Cambodia. Last April at the
Asian-African conference at
Bandung. Indonesia, Laos and
North Wet Nam signed q pact
not to molest each other. Laotian
officials said it was based on the
five principles of peaceful CO.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
JULIUS J. THOMSON
Banker Detained
5 Years in Chino
Returns to u. S.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 up,
After more than five. years OF
detention in Communicated
Shanghai, Julius j. Thomson,
<6, q banker. came home today
TO join his wife and three chill
dren who left China ahead of
the advance of the Red army.
Mr.. Thomson, who represented
the Chase Bank Of New York
In China, declined to discuss
his detention. He said his New
York Office asked him not to
talk.
AS he stepped from the plane
that few him from Hong Kong
Mr.. Thomson embraced his
pretty French wife Denyse.
Mrs. Thomson and their thret
children have been living in
Calistoga, Calf. and Mr.. Thorn
son said he was going to be with
them there "for some time" be.
fore going to New York to re-
port to his bank.
AS the Communists advanced
on Shanghai, Mr.. Thomson sent
his family to the United States
He elected to remain in China
where he had lived since 1881
and look after the banks in.
terests.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

hearing and reprieve pending
consideration"
The crime. on April 3, 1850,
was the fatal shooting of a
messenger for Readers Digest
magazine. It netted $4,000 In
cash and a batch Of non-nego-
table checks.
The trio, all possessors of long
criminal records. were first SEN
Itenced to die in the week Of
February IL, 1851. A long series
Iof appeals kept putting off the
date, until the time was set for
last Thursday night. Then their
lawyers won an eighth stay, for
48 hours, in an effort to go again
before the Supreme Court.
The effort was in vain and the
stay expired tonight at II
O'Clock.
Stein was the first killer to
walk the 30-yard corridor to the
execution room. He looked
frightened, said nothing. He was
pronounced dead at 11:07 pm.
Cooper. cool and tough to the
last, was the second to enter the
chamber. He looked around.
smiled and winked at the official
witnesses. He was dead at l1:13
lp.m.
Wissner, was last. He, too, had
nothing to say. His death came
at 11:19 pm.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

Ford. vice president Of the Ford
Motor Co.. who resigned after
holding that Office since 1851.
Long active in civil affairs Mr.
Fairless last April received the
conferences gold Brotherhood
award for distinguished service
in the field Of human relations
In addition to activities in
the conference. MIR. Fairless is a
trustee of the National Safety
council. the National Founda.
ton Of Infantile Paralysis, the
Thomas Alva Edison Founda.
ton, Carnegie Institute. Carne.
gle Institute Of Technology, Ohio
University and Wooster College
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Laos Troops
Strike Back
-
AT Red Forces

SAIGON. South Wet Nam.
July 9. Rl-Laotian government
troops today struck back at
attacking Communist-supported
Pathet Lao forces in mountain
Gus northern Laos. The Laotian
government said violent fighting
has developed.
| ALaotian communique charged
the Pathet Laos had broken the
Geneva armistice agreement by
launching a heavy attack on
government positions Thursday.
Late reports said Laotian troops
had counterattacked and the
IPathet Laos were withdrawing
toward Communicated North
Wet Nam. about so miles east.
In London a Foreign Once
spokesman expressed Britain's
deep concern. Indications were
the Big Three Western powers
would bring pressure on India s
Prime Minister Nehru to take
action. The 1854 Geneva agree
ment ending the Indo- China war
gave India the Craftsmanship of
ian international control COM
mission intended to prevent
violations.
Linked With Red Guerrillas
/ Indo-China consists of the
states Of Laos. Cambodia and
Wet Man,. Laos. Cambodia and
South Wet Nam were placed
Ioutside the control of the Com
munists under the Geneva pact.
North Wet Nam went to the
Wet Mini regime of Moscow
trained Ho Chi Mini.
The Pathet Laos and Com
lmunist guerrillas in northern
Laos have long been linked
Iideologically and militarily.
Under the Geneva terms the
Pathet Laos were regrouped
pending an overall political
settlement in the two northern
Laos provinces of Phong Sally
and Sam Neua. From these
positions the Pathet Laos and
their Red allies have been
charged with plotting to take
lover Laos, a jungle kingdom of
2 million persons.
The Pathet Laos declare their
leader, Prince Souvenna Wong,
Evening star., 1955-07-10

ASHIYA AIR BASE. Japan,
Sunday. July 10 R.-Huge
Iglobe-master transports rode
swift tailwinds into this western
Japan base like clockwork last
might and this morning with
hundreds Of paratroopers fresh
from the United States In the
ATmy's biggest and longest aerial
troop movement.
The husky. shouting para
troopers Immediately sat down
to meals of steak, potatoes
desert and coffee.
A tent city was rising next to
this Kyushu Island base as the
lC-124s roared in at two-houl
intervals with about 90 para
troopers in each.
Within three days, 43 Of the
mammoth planes are due to
transport the entire 4.000-man
508th Airborne Regimental Com.
bat Team across the Pacific from
Fort Campbell, KY. The flights
require 46 to So hours.
The 508th is relieving the
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Comdr. Goodhurt
Leeds Field in
Scoring Contest

Comdr. H. c. N. Goodhart, OF
the British Embassy here and
one of Britain's top glider pilots
led a field Of ~ in the 22d Ma
tional Soaring contests at Ell
mira, N. Y.
The contests continue through
next wednesday. with the an
nuai awards dinner scheduled In
Elmira Thursday night.
Comdr, Goodhart brought his
official point score to 625 yes
terday in completing q l69-mile
goal flight TO the airport at Troy
through poor soaring weather
and limited visibility.
Eighteen sailplanes were
towed aloft from Harris Hill
yesterday as pilots pursued goal;
of their own choice, the Associ-
ated Press reported.
One task flight will be to the
airport at Niagara Falls, where
three trophies and $3.50 in prize
money win be awaiting the lead.
ers. The prizes are the Bell Air
craft goth Anniversary Speed
Goal Awards.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

kill 2 in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 8 (P).
-Thunderstorms ripped Ken
lucky again today. causing two
new deaths and boosting q dam
age total that already was over
the million dollar mark.
Russell Gree. 54, Of Cincinnati,
was killed near Falmouth when
he lost control Of his car during
the storm.
Clyde Kennedy, 23-year-old
Ideckhand, was struck by light
ming while his towboat was pass
ing through an Ohio River lock,
The Manchester (Ohio) victim
was standing on a wall Of the
lock at the time.
The storms, similar to those
which battered Garrard and
other central Kentucky counties
yesterday, left an estimated 81
million damage in Powell Coun-
ty. More than 5000 acres OF
corn, tobacco and pasture land
were under water.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
.3-Cur Ohio Crash
Takes Five Lives

HILLSBORO, Ohio, July 9
tP<-Five persons were killed
tonight in a three-car crash on
Ohio 73 four miles north OF
lHillsboro.
The State highway patrol
Identified the dead as:
Raymond R. zugg, 80. of Will
mington, Ohio, and his son.
John Stephen Zugg, 6.
| Wiley A. Gross, 80. Carl w
Hill. 80, and John F. Rammel
20, all of Dayton, Ohio.
The patrol gave this account
of the tragedy:
| Mr.. Zugg's northhc'"~
mobile SID
south by Opal M. Mace. "a, Of
Dayton. rh,..
veered across the hignwa. ....u
icollided headon with Mr.. Gross
car.
| No other details Of the acci-
dent were available.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Biggest Troop Rototion
BY Air Runs on Schedule

Korean war-tested ls7th Air.
borne regimental combat team
on Hyushu. The le7th on Tues
day viii start leaving on the
same planes for its new home
lat Fort Bragg. N. c.
The first plane In the airlift.
10 part Of Operation Gyroscope"
In which the army rotates whole
units instead Of individuals.
landed about six hours ahead of
schedule because Of the tall
winds.
The troops in general ap-
Ipeared to enjoy the swiftness of
transportation. Their families
are en- route by ship.
The C-124s doing the lifting
are from the 18th Air Force
most Of them from the SD
Troop Carrier Wing at Donald
son Air Force Base. S. C.
Never before, said the Army
and Air Force. have so many
persons been fiown so quickly
such vast distances. The round
trip journey is $4,000 miles.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Ninth Reprieve Denied,
Three Die in Sing Sing

Z OSSINING, N. Y, July 8 (R.-
Three hardened criminals were
executed tonight. for the 1886
payroll Staying Of d Readers
Digest messenger. They hao
fought tenaciously to escape Sing
Sing prisons electric chair anc
had won reprieves from the
death sentence eight times.
The last hope for the trio
ended when acting Gov. George
B. De Luca denied their plea for
executive clemency.
Gov. De Lucas statement was
issued at his New York home
less than an hour before the
men were led into the execution
chamber.
Gov. De Luca, acting in the
absence of Gov. Averell Harri-
man, noted that Gov. Hartman
had reviewed the whole case and
had denied them clemency.
Their original sentence called
for them to die AZ years ago.
Attorneys for Harry Stein. Sc,
Nathan Wissner, 40, and Calman
Cooper. Al, made the appeal to
Gov. De Luca for o "clemency
Evening star., 1955-07-10
First Negro Joins
White House Stuff

President Eisenhower yester-
day selected the first Negro for
Ia high post on his executive
office staff.
Everett Frederic Morrow of
Hackensack, NJ, who for two
years has been a business affairs
adviser to Commerce Secretary
Weeks, will become admins
Itrative officer for the Special
Projects Group in the Presidents
office tomorrow.
Mr.. Morrow came to the Com
merce Department from the
Columbia Broadcasting System
where he was public relations
counsel. Previously he had been
field secretary for the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Missionary Society
Meeting Here Today

About 5000 churchwomen are
expected to gather at Uline
ArenS at 1880 pm. today for the
formal opening Of the third
Iquadrennial convention of the
Women's Missionary Society.
Participants will include some
l 500 delegates from African
Methodist Episcopal Churches
throughout the United States
and 20 foreign countries. The
convention will continue through
Thursday.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Interfuith Group
Picks FuirIess
To Succeed Ford

The election of Benjamin F..
Fairless, former chairman of
the board Of the United States
Steel corporation, as national
Protestant co-chairman of the
National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews was announced
yesterday by conference ofiicials
in New York.
Mr.. Fairless succeeds Benson
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Czech Cor Priced Hiqh

VIENNA. Austria, July Q R.---
A 1899 model Plymouth auto was
offered for sale In the Czech
paper Lidova Demokracie re-
Gently for $4,000 crowns--ss,4TO.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

Russell announced that Frances Jean
Frederic Joliet-Curie, Nobel prize winner for
chemistry. sent his approval but too late for
the prepared statement.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
Sheldon Jackson College
1st in Alaska With Course
In Radio BrOadcaSting

SITKA-After 70 years Of edu-
cational service to Alaskan resi-
dents, Sheldon Jackson Junior
College, Sitka, has accomplished
another first" the first junior
college in Alaska to present a cir
riculum in radio broadcaSting
from its own studio and transmit
ter facilities.
The head of the radio depart
ment, Hendrick Van Dyke, mana
ger of KSEW, announced that as
the class expands more and more
of KSEW's programs will be ham
died by college students. Mr.. Van
Dyke said:
''The course that we are pre-
senting here is a blend of radio
broadcasting theory with the
practical laboratory work of actu-
al broadcasting. Each student will
become familiar with the business
phase of a radio station as well as
programming, continuity writing,
engineering, and broadcasting.
Vivian Paddock, of Pelican,
who came into the class to spe-
cialize in the business work of
radio, finds herself preparing to
go on the air with a daily wom-
ems program. Such training, aside
from preparing the student to OBJ
tain employment in radio work,
gives them the broader view of
communication in the world to-
day"
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
THE GOOD OLD DAYS

The New York Public Library has been given a
complete microfilm set of Sears, Roebuck catalogs
dating back to 1892 The library finds that these cata-
logs reflect the mode of life in past years about
accurately any other single record.
The catalogs, placed in the science and technology
department Of the library bring back many memories
For example, back n the ninetes Sears, Roebuck had
cracking good bargains You could get king oak
we'll bucket for SO cents.
And who remember dimes Improved Steam
Washer potbelled stoves at $780, and butter churns
that were powered by dogs, goats sheep? And can
anyone remember Bixbys shoe backing-three cents,
fivepound tube of apple butter at forty cents, and
blackstrap molasses and maple syrup at thirteen cents
a gallon?
Rejecting the different hair styles Of that day,
the catalog of the nneties offered both Emma
and feather bangs for thin-hared ladies' Gentlemen
offered full boards wire and even ventilated
boards, and mustaches at ten cents!
All in all, looking through the pages of these old
catalogs brings back memories to those who lived thru
that The catalogs actually valuable part of
Americana of history and the way of life in the years
they issued They also show that while we often
talk Of going back to the good old days. if we really
had the chance no one would.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
Ivy Center Adds
Carpentry and
Cooking Groups

Two new groups will be added
to the Lavinia Wallace Young
Community Center program this
year, Miss Esther Mccoy, direc-
tor, has announced. The Center
will open October Is, she said.
A shop program for boys in
grades seven and eight or ages
1915 will be held weekly in the
Ivy Shop next to the Methodist
parsonage. The proposed program
will be training class and work
period designed to teach the use
of basic hand carpenters and
sheet metal tools. Simple furni
ture construction and repair, sim
pie household maintenance and
basic carpentry will be stressed.
Rev. Mecklenburg, a skilled car
penter, will be group leader. The
membership will be limited to Is.
If men in the community wish to
use the shop they may work out
the time with Rev. Mecklenburg.
A cooking group for older girls
will be held at time convenient
for those girls who wish to learn
to cook. The girls will decide what
they learn to cook. Emphasis will
be placed upon balanced diets and
cooking for a family Of low in
come. This group will be limited
to IL members. Girls who wish to
join should contact Miss Mccoy.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
George L. Cameron,
Publisher, Industrialist,
Dies on Way to Work

SAN FRANCISCO, R-George
r. Cameron, who rose from paper
carrier to be one of the Vests
leading publishers and industrial
lists, suffered a fatal heart attack
Monday as his car arrived at the
Chronicle, which he had headed
since 1925.
The 82-year-old orpublish-
er of the morning newspaper died
an hour later in St. Luke's Hos
pital.
A man of widespread interests,
Cameron played numerous roles
for the West and the nation.
His ingenuity figured promin-
emily in rebuilding Pearl Harbor
after the japanese sneak attack.
A ship, operated jointly by
Cameron and Henry Kaiser, saved
manpower, money and time by
sucking cement in bulk into her
interior by motors, fans, blowers
and pipes, then siphoned it out.
on arrival. 1t thus delivered tons,
of bulk cement to wrecked Pearl
Harbor for quick reconstruction.
He contributed much to the oil
industry. He was responsible for
the first deliveries of fuel oil to.
Hawaii and Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
New Mail Rates for
PAA and Northwest Will
Save $5,9OO,OOO a Year

WASHINGTON, R-The Civil
Aeronautics Board proposed new
transpacific mail rates for Pan
American World Anyways an
Northwest Airlines yesterday. 1t
estimated this will save the gov
eminent $5,9OO,OOO a year.
The proposal would give North
west AZ cents a ton-mile of mail
for flying mail between Seattle
and Anchorage, 1855 between Sc
attic and Honolulu, and 46.44 be
tween Seattle and Tokyo.
Pan Am would receive 1885
cents ton-mile between Seattle
and Honolulu, 1924 cents between
San Francisco and Honolulu, 32.77
between Los Angeles and Homo
lulu, 1914 between San Francisco
and Tokyo and Seattle and Tokyo.
In order to equalize the qualifi-
cations of the two airlines to car
ry mail despite the difference in
mileage Of their U.S.-Tokyo routes
the CAB decided to compute the
mail ton-miles between San Fran
cisco and Tokyo, and between Sc
attic and Tokyo, on the standard
of 5,078 miles, the shortest and
most frequently operated routing
that of Northwest between Sc
attic and Tokyo. Pan Americans
shortest normal routing between
San Francisco and Tokyo is 6,688
miles.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
Democrats Gain Nine
Towns in Connecticut's
Municipal Elections

NEW HAVEN, Conn, RACon-
tinuing a trend which started sew
eral years ago, Democrats made
more inroads into normal Re-
publican territory as 1913 of Con-
necticut's 169 towns elected NUM-
cipal officers Monday.
The final tabulation gave the
Democrats a net gain of 8 COM
munities. They ousted Republican
administrations in Is towns, but
lost 6 towns, which they previous
ly held, to the COP.
Most of the voting Monday was
in small towns, Republican strong
holds where Democrats have been
gaining strength in recent years.
Mondays results were proof
that the people appreciate and APP
prove the good government they
have received under Democratic
administration" said Democratic
State Chairman John M. Bailey.
Republican State Chairman
Clarence T. Baldwin, said "a vast
majority Of the towns still re-
main in the COP column, and
that the elections "were decided
on local issues"
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
Pope Plus Gives Motorists
Golden Rule of the Road

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Up
Pope Plus XII gave motorists
golden rule of the road today
do as you would be done by.
The 79- year : old head of the
Roman Catholic Church spoke to
road experts from all parts of
the world, in Rome for the second
world meeting Of the Information
al Road Federation.
Deep penetration by road, he
said, had opened up regions that
once were difficult to reach. But
traffic and road progress has also
brought with it an increasing
number Of accidents, "too many
accidents" the Pontiff added
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
WIEN AIRLINES

From Fairbanks: Sgt. D. Moffet,
Louis and Jim Huff, Isetta Stein
baugh.
To Fairbanks: A3c Joseph NAL
lally, A2c Herbert Olson, A2c
Aaron HARRISON, 1t. Richard Blu
bank, A. Geo. Anderson, George
Smith, Don Brown, Mrs. Jose
phine Cannon, Abraham Kisseak,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Salisbury,
Joseph Jaleski, id. Crawford, G..
A. Gustafson, Mrs. Hubert Neal,
jim and Louise Huff, Mrs. Isetta
Steinbaugh.
From Kotzebue: Capt. Ernest
Kimball, 1t. r. Olson, Mike Sulli-
van, Frank Simon.
To Galena: Carroll Hughes.
To Kotzebue. VIM. d. Lennon,
III. Slower, Olive Walker.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
Walsh Well Qualified

The recent announcement by Governor B. Frank
Heintzleman that NJ J. Walsh had been asked to fill
the vacancy for the Constitutional Convention which
created by the death of Senator Howard Lying has
brought almost unanimous response from the people
of this area who know how capable efficient and we'll
qualified Mr.. Walsh is for this important position
We know he will work for the best interests of
the people he will represent and for the future state
He has the time, the ability and the background which
cannot be equaled, and we hope he will accept the
offer.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
Fire Prevention Week
October 9 Through Is

Do you always watch TO make
sure there are no clothes or cur
tains or furniture near any stove
or heater in the house?
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05

The moth of the silkworm has
lost the ability to fly and is COM
pletely dependent upon man for
survival.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-05
PAN AMERICAN

Arriving yesterday from Fair
banks were Mr.. Carlisle, Mr..
Bowen, Miss Christensen, Miss
Jacobson, and Larry Calvin.
Departing for Fairbanks were
G. j. Grant and John Cook, who
was round-trip passenger.
Departing for Seattle were Art
Johnson, Daryl Trigg, Christ Oh
sen, Mrs. T.. Moser, Richard Ner-
shak, Elmer Green.