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The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02
Nehru to Send
Aide to Peipingg for
FOrmOsa Peace

NEW DELHI, India, R-Prime
Minister Nehru is sending B. K.
Krishna Menon, his chief foreign
policy adviser, to Peiping in a
few days to spur Formosa peace
talks. Nehru announced Saturday
he is doing this at the request Of
Premier Chou En-lai of Red
China.
Nehru disclosed the move in
report to Parliament on the Asian
African conference at Banding,
Indonesia, which ended April "a.
The Indian Prime Minister and
Menon, his most active lieuten
ant in the foreign affairs field for
three years, have been working
behind the scenes on Formosa up
to now.
In announcing Menon's trip, a
step diplomats here said commit
ted India further on the Formosa
situation than it has ever gone
before, Nehru told Parliament:
eve cannot speak for other
governments and can only form
our own impressions and act &C.
cording to our judgment of them
eve have increasingly felt that
efforts to bridge the gulf were
imperative in view Of the gravity
of the crisis and the grim alter
native that faces us if there are
10 be no negotiations.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02
Group of LII Men and Woman Sets Out
For North Pole to Get Scientific Data

TETERBORO, Nj, R-T h e
American Polar Basin Expedition
took off Friday though rain and
mist from Teterboro Airport for
scientific exploration of the
North Pole area.
Left behind as the plane head
ed for its first stop at Montreal
was half of the expeditions gear,
35 sled dogs and the teary-eyed
wives of the male members of
the group.
The plane carried IL men and
one woman. After reaching Goose
Bay, Labrador, the plane will re-
turn to Teterboro to pick up the
remainder of the cargo, the dogs,
and one member Of the expedi-
ton, Keith Bryan, Of Laconia, N.
H., left behind to watch the dogs
and gear.
Peggy keenan,, the lone woman
of the expedition, plans
to try to make radio broadcasts
directly from the North Pole She
is the wife of 1t. Col. John F.
Stanwell-Fletcher, of the Air
Force Reserve, leader of the ex-
petition. The red-haired woman,
if the expedition succeeds, will be
the first woman to reach the
North Pole.
The expedition includes ocean
ographers, cosmic ray specialist
and cryologist, who will take
daily soundings, chart ice move
ments and study natural phenom-
ena.
They plan to collect mud sam
pies from the bottom of the Arc
tic Ocean, by dropping 1900 feet
of wire to collect specimens.
On the return, the party hopes
to bring with it the first soil
sample and perhaps the first an
tibiotic from soil to be dredged
from the sea in the North Pole
They also plan to measure ice
thickness by a device dropped
from the plane.
"A spokesman for the group said
the trip has been underwritten by
40 American firms.
DR.. Wilson A. Swanker, New
York physician, plastic surgeon
and explorer, is second in COM
mand
After establishing a base camp
at Alert, on the northernmost tip
of Ellesmefe Island, the group
will be transferred to ski
equipped plane to go to the North
Pole. A section of the expedition
will use sleds in the polar area.
The cargo includes picnic bas-
kets, beer, sleds made in Brook
Ign, and cases Of dog food for the
huskies to be used in the 30-day
exploration.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02

tom I knew once I went off the
cliff I was done for"
Mckinney and the ice slab
parted company at the edge of a
1,000-foot chasm and Mckinney
tumbled 10 feet to narrow ledge.
He landed on his hip.
II couldn't think. / was froze."
Below him, Mckinney said,
were jagged rocks and ice. 81
tried to move" he said," but /
slipped 10 feet to the bottom and
that ledge wasn't very wide"
His friend, who had sidestepped
the ice slab as it started its wild
plunge down the mountain, went
for help. "A rescue team used a
rope to work themselves and a
litter carrying Mckinney up the
mountain to a waiting tracked
weasel and an Air Force doctor.
The Boston airman was philo-
sophical about the whole expert
ence: I'm sure glad / was wear
ing heavy flight pants. They real
ly saved me. But l don't want to
fly in them that way again."
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02

Rabbits are born without fur.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02
CATS RIGHTS PRESERVED
BY GOVERNORS VETO

BALTIMORE, R-Every dog
has his day, but the cats in Prince
George County will still have
their night-thanks to a veto by
Gov. McKeldin last week.
The bill would have provided
for the control, regulation and
restraint of cats running at large"
in the county.
"The cat is, by nature, a roamer
and prowler," the governor
noted, and, like his distant cous-
ms, prefers the gentle cover of
night, both for reason Of romance
and pursuit Of prey"
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02
UNDERSTANDING PRINCIPAL

WALSENBURG, Colorado, R-
School Principal John Mall was
as understanding as most people
when he learned one of his stu
dents had a chronic disease.
The lad. absent for a day, pro
duced a note from his mother
reading:
please excuse my boys alb
sence from school. He has spring
fever. He gets it every year at
this time. Thank you"
Mall did.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02

Presidents Of the United States
have used armed forces abroad at
least rs times without congress
Sional sanction.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02

The mongoose was introduced
into the West Indies to control
snakes, but has now become a
worst pest than the snakes.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-02

There were about 10000 Negro
soldiers in the Union armies dur
ing the Civil War in the United
States.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

Ksp1G PUnaPtGlpl "a snserieas sesseable--
eonsss next wssk rsaAy see ThaahssivIns
dsnnes. it's H.ads q nsol1sd pnadsns sessn.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
s3ers's hos % nsalre ti,ls
PennsylvanIa Dutch
dried-apple pie
Ted Gaas
nomE sAkER. aar.- F,.. 's.-. -. r.s,s.., aH.A..
ny cLEmENTsME PADDLEFoRD
This Week Food Edftor
HUNcERFosD. Pa.

HURGERFU0D, Pa.
here are always pies IN the Pennsylvania Dutch
country. Pie for breakfast, for dinner. for sup
per, for the bedtime bite. It's there that PIE has
been developed to its last possibility. Every kind
Of food has been used as PIE timber. There are
fruit pies, cake pics molasses pics, custard pies,
milk pies, vinegar pies.
A PIE has been created for every occasion.
Funeral PES are those packed with raisins. firm,
substantial kind Of filing that could take long
ride over country roads and come through with
out casually. In the old days before wide ribbons
Of macadam tied town 10 town. lOmile trip TO
. funeral and back was days journey. Il was
customary for everyone to bring supper foods
and all eat together before the trip home.
FIstsen PIss At a Time
There were preaching pes made like half-moon
tarts, made with dried apples (ncser dripl gwen
tothe children 10 keep them from fideefine during
the long Sunday service. In the eariy days, pics
were the real test Of the good cOok. Prs were
chalIenee 10 the imagination, seldom baked fewer
than IS At time in outdoor Dutch ovens.
One of The everyday reliabis was .schniz'' or
dried-apple PIE. Sour green appies were used
cOred, quartercd, sun-dried. ! Rad heard, al my
Life, about schntz pc. bsil had never tasted one
until this autumn when was in Huneenogd. Pa,
tosee vegetable canning operation. Mr.. William
Free, the owner, insisted come 70 his house
for luncheon Is Mrs. Free. he said, had baked .
schnitz pc just fof ne 70 ny. TIE Frees live on
The edee Of loWn in ranch-iype home built on
two Ieveis. patio in the rear backing into wood
land. Here We had cocktails before luncheon and
Mrs. Free talked about the giOFies of PcnnsyE
vania Dsilch cooking.
= can brag abCut their art, Z she explained,
because I'm not one of thcm They consider
modessy prime virtue Next 10 being lazy 81
untidy, Inc greatest crime 3 'brasging On your
self' Born and raised here ii York County, I
know food from my Penn Duich neishbors
wanted the schniiz pc recipe for Tins WEEK.
readers. but Is Mrs. Free warned, You can't
buy this exact kind Of dricd apples everywhere
cise." She sase me pound of schnitz for recipe
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Mcasls

testing. We tried the pie using also the regular
commercial dried apples and goodl
Mrs. Frees cupboard IS loaded with canned
vegetables. She tests her husbands pack against
competitors. One interesting dish she has devel-
oped IS this sreen-bean-oniDn casserole.
Sclsnitx Dried-Apple Pie
Iponnd dried. sour lseaspoons sya,ed
scknifz Os0ntee riRd
4 gmavY cold wafer " cup O1aags jnice
Put the schnitz and water into covered saucepan
and eentiy cook 10 sofl pulp, about 30 10 IS
minutes. Add cinnamon, sugar. grated Orange
rind and Orange juice and mix we'll toeether. Linz
ape pan with pastry. ii With The schnitz makine
and cover top with pastry: make slits in top crust.
Bake In 45OpF oven for 10 minutes, Reduce the
heat to 35OoE and continue baking 30 minutes.
Dutch OnIon and CFeen-Benm
CasserOse
> fabiewoons bmnev one-ponsd cas ca
Or RamSWine green braW
} sabiePOoss 1Ow MIX
fabkeYooa prepared i one1powldc dcan Whole
RsnyfaSd 0siOhS, dkaiar6
n IeaVO0a salf cap bsffered bread
M ieapoOa 7dbasrO rnby
Meit butter II saucepan; stirin -four, bend. Add
mustard. saIt and Tabasco. Drain and measure
liquid from beans: add enough milk 20 make w
cups. Add 10 flour mixture: cook until ihickened,
stirring constantly. Add beans and onions. Four
into I-quart creased casserole; border with but
tered bread cubes Bake ID 375'F. oven about 30
minutes, Or until bread cubes arc crisp and golden
brown. Yieid: 20 servings.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

unions will demand Is a mini
mum 10 per cent raise for postal
workers, instead of the average
6.5 per cent administration pro-
posal.
Meanwhile, Chairman Murray
hopes to end the postal phase
Of the pay hearings by Wednes-
day and start on classified pay
raises. The Senate Civil Service
Committee resumes its pay hear
ings today with Postmaster Gen.
eral Summerfield as the witness
= 4
CREDIT-The American Le-
gion gives Chairman Murray of
the House Civil Service Com
mittee full credit for "persuad-
ing" the Civil Service Commis-
sion to change its rules and
make it mandatory on Federal
agencies to hire veterans found
qualified for Government jobs.
Previously. the csc contended
that it did not have the author
ity to force agencies to hire
veterans ahead of lower ranked
non-veterans. when the veter-
ans were found by the csc to be
fully qualified for the jobs.
+ \ X
FOREIGN GRAFTON
ADM. Representative Williams.
Democrat, of New Jersey, will
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Musicians Bus Hits
Underpass, II Hurt
BY the Associated Press

CLIFTON FORGE, Va, Feb.
IA chartered bus carrying 80
members of the St. Louis Sym
phony Orchestra skidded into an
underpass here yesterday and
as a result the symphony had to
cancel a concert at Portsmouth,
Ohio.
Seventeen persons aboard the
bus-one of three transporting
the orchestra from Roanoke,
Va, to Portsmouth-were shaken
up and slightly injured. Three
required brief disqualification but
were released.
Police said the wrecked bus
skidded in icy slush and
cracked into the railway under
pass with terrific force. The &C
cident happened near Low Moor,
about four miles west of here,
on Route so.
The other two buses, preced-
ing the third bus by about 10
minutes. cleared the underpass
successfully and didn't learn of
the wreck until they were some
rs miles distant. They con-
tinued on with so musicians.
The orchestra is conducted by
Vladimir Golschmann, who was
in one of the front-running
buses.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

call for a full scale congress
sional investigation of political
patronage" in the filling of For
eign Operations Administration
jobs.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - Sir
Ernest Covers. an English civil
servant for many years. has
written a book that might well
be taken to heart by Government
officials here. It's called Plain
Words: Their ABC" and is pub
hshed by Alfred A. Knopf. Sir
Ernest, in urbane and witty
fashion, tells how much more
effective it is to use short, SIM
pie words and sentences to get
your point across. :. Robert NJ
Reid. general counsel. and Reu-
ben H. CHASER. assistant chief
auditor. of the Federal National
Mortgage Association. Housing
and Home Finance Agency; have
each over 1000 hours of unused
sick leave to their credit. :.
The Post Office Department to-
day opens its regional opera
tions Office in New York City.
The Navy's Bureau of Aero
nautics has given cash awards
for beneficial suggestions to the
following employees: DR.. Charles
H. Harry, John S. Attinello,
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Windsor Tries to Help Himself
In Union Station Lunchroom

tie Powers, another waitress,
bounced up to Mrs. George with
the news: That's the Duke Of
Windsor"
The Duke, affable to every one.
soon was surrounded by other
mattresses and busy signing his
autograph over shirred eggs
topped with creamed turkey,
grapefruit juice and coffee.
Mrs. George offered him an
apron and said it would be per-
fectly all right if he wanted
to help himself at the steam
table.
The Duke laughed.
II had him sign a page Of a
book I had," Mrs. George said.
The book was Applied Business
Law He seemed interested in
it .. tipped through 1t. He
said he'd like to have a copy"
Soon the Duke had departed
back to his train bound for New
York from Florida.
"We're never surprised by
any one we see here" Mrs.
George said today. She didn't
even say it was a small world.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

Barbara A. Mintmier. Julian 3.
Thompson, Hugo @. Sheridan
and Edwin j. Formulas. =.
Arthur v. Sullivan recently
started his 46th year with the
Treasury Department. John
w. Macy. jr.. executive director
of the Civil Service Commission,
will address the District of Co.
lumbia Chapter of the Army
Finance Association at a dinner
$50 pm. tomorrow in the Naval
Gun Factory Officers Club.
Representative Harden, Repub-
lican. of Indiana. has been ap-
pointed a member of the House
Civil Service Committee. Rep
reSentative Clark. Democrat. of
Pennsylvania. resigned from the
group for another committee
assignment. An exam for
apprentice mechanical trades. at
starting salaries of SLIP day,
has been announced by the Ma
val Gun Factory. Naval Research
Laboratory. Naval Ordnance
Laboratory and the David Tay-
lor Model Basin. No previous
experience is necessary. Appli-
cation form 500-AB can be OBJ
tanned at the Civil Service Com
mission or at the main admins
tration building at the Gun Fac
tory, Eleventh and N streets Sc.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

more than 80 per cent OF the
2.3 million Federal workers have
joined-might be enough to re-
duce their rates and even in
crease their benefits.
Under the program, Govern
ment workers now pay Is cents
per bi-weekly payday per $1,000
worth of coverage. The amount
of the policy is based on the
upper thousandth of an en-
ploye's salary.
The Senate group also wants
to correct loopholes whereby re-
tired and former employees who
had insurance policy with en-
ploye insurance companies face
the loss of their policies. Many
of these private companies, un-
able to compete with the Gov
ernmept's program, are faced
with going out of business.
Also, there are some present
Government employees who are
members of these groups and
would like to continue their
policies.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

"Now I should know that
face" a waitress thought to her
self yesterday looking into the
somewhat sad eyes of a former
king of England.
The little man had walked
into the Gateway Lunch Room
at Union Station early yesterday
and had mistaken the place for
cafeteria. With that, he had
gone behind the counter to the
steam table and was about to
help himself.
Mrs. Roxie George. the wait
ress. was standing close by. She
heard the voice with the Eng
lish accent say, Lets see what
we can have :"
Mrs. George told the customer
he was not allowed behind the
counter. She showed him to a
table, knowing the face was
familier but failing to recognize
the Duke of Windsor.
"a lot of people think this
place is cafeteria" Mrs. George
said. They might get hurt there
near the steam table"
A moment later, Mrs. Chariot
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Fornosu
(Continued From First Page.)

NNOLltlIlucu FIOIIl T 1toL EdSCD
lung from the Tachens today.
They had boarded their landing
ship before the decision to evac-
uate had been made.
Communist artillery pointed
at the Tachens from newly-cap-
tured Yikiangshan, and hun
dreds of RusSian-built MIG-l5
jets we're poised on mainland
bases but there was no report of
major interference.
Other Islands Being Evacuated.
Nationalist press reports said
the evacuation of the Yushan
Islands. 35 miles northeast of
the Tachens, and Pishan, 80
miles southwest of the Tachens,
also had started.
Red China's Peiping radio
called the United States decision
to help evacuate the TachenS a
war provocation fraught
with the danger of starting a
major war" The broadcast said
the Red army was closely
watching the development of
this situation"
AP Correspondent Forrest Ed
wards, aboard the carrier York
town, said Navy Banshee Jets
roared off carrier decks shortly
before midnight to fly patrol over
the Tachens.
The evacuation was expected
to take from seven to ten days.
Mr.. Becker reported that a
strong amphibious task force
had Joined the 7th Fleet for the
operation. Under command .of
Rear Admiral Lorenzo Sherwood
Sabin. jr., a tough Texan. the
amphibious force steamed into
Formosan waters from Saigon
where it had evacuated Indo-
Chinese from North to South
Wet Nam.
Will Fire If Attacked.
"If I am fired upon I will fire
back" Admiral Sabin said. If
we are in there evacuating when
we are fired on we will assume
they are firing on us"
Mr.. Becker said the 7th Fleet
armada coursing off the China
coast was made up of rs war
ships.
Navy sources in Washington
we're more specific. They listed
six fast carriers-the Midway,
Wasp, Kearsarge, Essex, York
town and Princeton-two cruis-
ers, 36 destroyers, five submarines
and Is mine sweepers among the
combat ships.
These did not include the
amphibious ships of the United
States and Chinese Nationalist
Navies which we're assigned the
actual evacuation task.
The evacuation of the Tachens
was tough chore, even with
out Communist opposition.
Beaches there are few and
rocky. Tides run from 16 to 18
feet Admiral Sabin said load
ing time would be cut to only
six hours daily.
Much heavy equipment must
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Mcclellan Denies
He Fired Agent for
Exposing Red Gift

Senator Mcclellan. Democrat.
of Arkansas. says he has asked
and received the resignation of
Investigator Charles Tracy, but
knows nothing of a report that
Mr.. Tracy had information link
ing a Democratic Senator with a
campaign contribution from a
Communist.
Senator Mccarthy. Republican,
of Wisconsin said in Milwaukee
that a Democrat whom he re-
fused to name had knowingly
received $500 from a Communist
Party official on the West Coast.
He said Mr.. Tracy had stumbled
onto" the information and was
being fired as a result.
But Senator Mcclellan, who
succeeded Senator Mccarthy as
chairman of the Senate Investi-
cations subcommittee for which
Mr.. Tracy works, said Il never
heard of it before"
Four Submit designations.
Senator Mcclellan said he had
advised six subcommittee staff
members who had worked under
Senator Mccarthy that they
would not be recommended for
confirmation" in their old jobs,
because II didn't want to retain
them-period."
-Four of them have rendered
their designations, including
Tracy" Senator Mcclellan said.
"I don't know what information
Tracy may have given Senator
Mccarthy. 1t certainly wasn't
made known to me-"
Senator Mccarthy. in Milwau-
kee for an address last night.
said in an interview he had a
Photographic copy of a $500
bank draft to the unnamed Sem
ator. and added:
There iss no question this
Senator knew from whom the
money came or what his busi-
ness was.
I'm not going to name this
man until he has had the op-
portunity of testifying under
oath as to just WHY he accepted
this money"
Demanded Bank Draft.
Senator Mccarthy said the
money first was sent to the Sen
ator as a personal check, but
the Senator refused the check
and demanded the bank draft.
1--WE came upon this quite by
accident, but it's there all the
same" he said.
Senator Mccarthy made no
mention of campaign contribu-
tions when he said last week
that the Democrats had asked
seven staff members to quit.
Senator Mcclellan said that in
addition to Mr. Tracy. he has |
received designations from three !
men Mccarthy had named as
assistant counsel to the subcom-
mittee-Thomas Lavenia, DAN
iel Buckley and c. George Anas- /
tos. !
Senator Mcclellan said most |
other staff members will con-
tinue in their jobs
Evening star., 1955-02-07

Members Of the Senate Civil
Service Committee also want to
study the financial setup OF the
insurance program, whereby
Metropolitan Life. Prudential
and one or two other firms get
the bulk of the 81 billion pro-
grams business.
Committee members say the
Government insurance program
is a good thing. but that i'm
provements can be made to the
advantage of Federal employees
and their families.
y 4
PAY-The House Civil Service
Committee has asked the postal
employe unions to present their
alternative to the postal salary
Redistribution plan proposed by
Postmaster General Summerfield.
The National Association Of Let
ter Carriers and the National
Federation of Post Office Clerks
have declared that reclassifica-
tion is needed. but object to
many of Mr.. Summerfield's pro-
posals, declaring that too much
power would be accorded the
Postmaster General. They say
the plan in its present form is
unacceptable to them.
Representative Dowdy. Demo-
crat, of Texas, asked William C..
Doherty, president Of the NALC,
to submit suggested changes in
the Summerf1eld plan which
would be acceptable to the
unions. If we know exactly
what your objections are and
what safeguards and changes
you want put in the legislation.
then we can come-up quickly
with a bill" Mr.. Dowdy declared.
One of the things that the postal
Evening star., 1955-02-07
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

1929 in west and north and
26-32 in southeast.
Wind-Northwest 1925 miles
per hour diminishing tonight
and becoming gentle and 'vari-
able tomorrow.
Road Conditions (AAA).
Pennsylvania Turnpike - Slip
perry spots.
West via U. S. 40 and U. S, So
Slippery spots in mountain areas.
River Report.
From 8 Engineers
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and 1T Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
HarperS Ferry
Evening star., 1955-02-07

District and vicinity-Fair and
colder tonight with low about %
in the city and "a in the suburbs.
Increasing cloudiness and moder-
ately cold tomorrow.
Maryland-Fair and colder to-
night but some cloudiness with a
few snow f1urries in the noun
tains. Low tonight in the 20s but
1920 in extreme west. Increas-
ing cloudiness and moderately
cold tomorrow.
Virginia-Fair and colder to-
night and tomorrow. Low tonight
Evening star., 1955-02-07
.AP Wirephoto.

Nationalist troops and civil
ians from the Tachen Islands.
be moved over the Tachen
beaches. The Nationalist we're
dug in with heavy equipment
for long stay.
Nationalist sources estimated
there were at least Al, ,688 regu-
lar troops. guerillas and civilians
on the TachenS, Yushan and
Pishan.
Gen. Chiang's 46th Division,
about 10000 troops stationed
mostly on Upper Tachen, will be
brought to Formosa.
There were indications that
1000 guerrillas on the Tachens
would be taken to Matsu and
Quemoy after a stop on Nanchi-
shan Island, 80 miles south of the
Tachens. Such a redeployment
would be carried out by the Ma
tionalist navy with the United
States 7th Fleet covering only
Withdrawals to Formosa.
Most Civilians to Leave.
Most of the $4,000 or more
civilians were on Lower Tachen.
Sources said most had signed up
to go. preferring to leave their
homes rather than live under
the Communists.
Chinese press reports said
some had placed placards on
their doors inscribed: I'VE are
gone but we will come back
before long"
Chinese press reports said
Nanchishan would be held as a
northern shield for Formosa. "
About 5000 troops were reported
stationed there.
Yushan, a small island group
which the Reds have attacked
repeatedly, has about 500 civil
ian fishermen and $50 guerrillas.
Pishan, a base for past Ma
tionalist raids on the mainland
IL miles away, has 2,400 guerril-
las and 1.173 civilians.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

isn't as sound
as it should
be.
For on e
thing, Demo-
Gratis feel that
t h e r a t e S
charged Fed
eral employees
may be too
h i g h. They
feel that the
large partici-
patton of Gov
ernment en-
ployes in the