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Winds Better Area Crops.
But Roins Are Welcomed

There was a brighter picture
lin Fairfax County. County
Agent Joseph Beard said the
|rain-bearing storms brought nc
harmful effects. and three main
benefits. These. he said, were
replenishing Of farm ponds and
streams, prompting growth IN
pastures, and adding water to
underground streams.
Mr.. Beard said Fairfax Coun-
Ity farmers have very little to-
Ihacco, cotton or peanut crops
which would suffer from wind
and rain. On the other hand
new growth In the meadows will
Ibe converted 10 valuable fodder
for the county's dairy cattle and
pigs.
Boosters Wells
The heavy rainfall. he added
should in several months result
lin increased water in county
wells. Earlier this year wells In
the western and northern Sec
tons we're reported going dry.
Damage to Virginia crops gen
Ierally, hit hard by Hurricane
Connie last week. could not b
Immediately assessed. Tobacco
battered and bruised by Connie
seemed likely to have been dam
aged the most. Corn also wa!
heavily damaged.
The same was true for much
Iof southern Maryland.
Preliminary estimates Of farm
crop damage by the two hurri'
canes in North Carolina put thu
figure at between $40 and $2i
million Damage to tobacco wal
set at 50 to $40 million; corn 81
to $40 million, and soybeans, 81
to 81 million.
Cotton was damaged less thar
some other crops in North Caro-
lima but the continuous rains
made 1t impossible to keep poison
on the plants to combat boil
Iweevils.
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Two big storms within a week
Hurricane Connie and Hurri-
cane Diane-have caused heavy
damage to crops in nearby
areas.
MONTGOMERY County authori-
tics said that the bigger storm
last week heavily damaged corn
and peach crops In that area.
County Agricultural Agent
IDelbert Foster said high winds
blew corn down and swept ripe
peaches from the trees.
The storm. he added, was a
mixed blessing.
I'VE needed the rain badly.
lit has been very helpful for
seedlings and pastures" he de-
Iclared.
1900 Bushels Lost
Guy Lewis. ST.. who farms on
Route 90 north Of Jamestown,
reported the loss Of TOO bushels
of peaches and 200 bushels OF
apples. He said he lost another
1000 bushels OF apples on q
farm near Thurmont In Fred
erick County.
1.-THE wind blew of about hall
a bushel per tree" he said.
Mr.. Lewis said many othel
peaches not blown down were
damaged by wind and would rot
before harvesting. He added
that 900 new peach trees planted
this spring had been uprootee
by the wind.
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High Tides in Potomac
Surge Over Hoins Point

Blackstone, Va. A. inches;
Gordonsville, Va, 4.48 inches;
Richmond, 4.28 inches, Roanoke,
2.04: Lynchburg, 2.66; Front
Royal, 2.66: Martinsburg, w.
Va, 1876. and Baltimore. 2.12.
Four inches Of rain were re-
ported early this morning in
the Blue Ridge area of North
western Virginia and still rain
ing. Some flooding has been
reported in Northwestern Viz
ginia and Northeastern West Vir-
ginia. 2
Mother, Daughters Found
Police and flremen near Luray
searched last night for q young
mother and her two daughters
one only a week old-after their
home was found surrounded by
water.
After four hours they were
found, walking along a noun
tainside. The mother. Mrs. Pau
line Breeder. was carrying hel
baby and the other daughter
Is, was walking beside her.
when / saw the water coming
and my husband wasn't home
/ decided to get out" she said
She and her children we're taken
to q hospital at Luray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
Lifting Of Cote Permit
| Upheld by District

The District Commissioners
today upheld a decision by the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
revoking the cafe style liquor
license of the Caverns Club at
200l Eleventh street NV.
The city heads decision was
made despite a plea for modifi-
cation of the ABC order last
week by harrington d. Parker,
attorney for the Caverns Club
The club license was revoked on
charges that sales he'd been
made after legal hours and on
Sundays.
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&U@SS~A~n-~~ = 800 = - -
ming to overflow its banks In low
places.
Mr.. Page said water is backing
up along Forty-ninth avenue in
Edmonston.
"All we can do now is sit and
wait" he added.
At New Alexandria, a blocked
drainage sewer caused water to
stand over roads in the SUBJ
division. and flood Easements
there again.
Far up the Potomac at Cum
berland. Md. officials opened the
Savage River Dam to allow some
water to run on during the night.
creating room to catch and hold
back some Of today's expected
rain.
Moorefield Isolated
MoorefieId. w. Va, 100 miles
above Cumberland, was reported
isolated by high water covering
all roads into and out Of the
town. Petersburg. w. Va, also
was isolated.
An evacuation center was set
UP In a church hall at Moorefield
for at least Is families evacuated
from their homes.
The river section Of the
Weather Bureau said that its
prediction Of the crest for the
Washington area was based on
the fact that the heavier rains
In the Potomac basin, except In
the Cumberland area, appeared
to be about over.
Rainfall measured during the
past "a hours at Washington
National Airport was SO Of an
inch, but 1t was reported much
heavier further upstream.
The rain brings August's rain
fall to 1l.87 inches, far above
the ATS inches average for the
month. The August record OF
I4.41 inches was set in 1928.
Storm Diane moved across
Virginia today toward eastern
West Virginia and central Penn
sylvania.
Diane didn't do much damage
In her passage over the Carolinas
and Virginia yesterday and last
night after she came ashore in
the morning. The Weather Blu
reau had no trouble predicting
her movements as 1t did In the
case Of last weeks hurricane, a
more destructive storm.
Winds Diminishing
The Weather Bureau, which
stopped calling Diane q hurri-
cane as early as 8 o'clock last
night shortly after her entrance
into Virginia, said her winds
would continue to diminish as
she moved north.
Her sustained winds had dwin-
died to 20 to IS miles an hour
Along the Atlantic Coast
southwest storm warnings which
had flown for days when Diane
was at her worst, were hauled
down at 2 am, and only small
craft were warned to stay ir
port until the seas subside.
A special bulletin this morning
centered Storm Diane ovel
northwestern Virginia about 81
miles south southwest Of Wash
ington.
The bulletin added:
Here at washington Nationa
Airport peak gusts Of 40 mile.
an hour were recorded at 7:3;
pm. last night and 4:46 am. thi'
morning. Tides are running
about four feet above normal II
the Potomac. a.
1.-THE total rainfall UP tot
o'clock this morning was meas
ured at 90 OF an inch here a.
National Airport. The heaviest
rain fell in the path OF tht
storm center over Eastern NORTH
Carolina, central and north
western Virginia. Some rainfall
amounts reported up to 8 O'Clock
are:
Raleigh, N. c., Ais inches;
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-01
Augusta, Georgia
Center of the Southeast"

and gradually his business started
on the upgrade.
In the late summer Of 1908
things were going well, and the
date had been set for his marriage
on September 8 to Miss Bessie
Tanenbaum cher name just
spelled one letter different from
mine"-in Atlanta. But -.
It was the last big Savannah
river flood that was to sweep over
Augusta street. The 1evee was
built after this.
'This time," recalls Tanenbaum,
81 had every other kind of insur-
ance-except flood"
He hired a boat and was pad
died to his store, where he found
the pressure of the water had
burst the door down and found
his merchandise, which wasn't in
the safe, swirling around in the
water. He padded around for
h ours retrieving his jewelry
wares.
But he got married on schedule
and went on his honeymoon and
then came back and started all
over again.
The years after that are a re-
cord of business with the vicissi-
tudes of a normal business as it
steadily climbed to success. He re-
calls other businesses operated by
Augusta merchants-J. B. Whites,
Rice and O'Conner's McElwee and
Thomas, Won Ramp, Vaughn and
Gerald Maxwell Furniture Co.
all gone now except Maxwelrs
and Whites the latter now oper-
ated by a corporation.
He recalled the dark days of the
Depression when a man gave him
a bale of cotton for a $40 watch.
"Cotton was valueless, then" Be-
fore the Depression was over, he
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work on the morning Of July /,
he found that the fragile back
wooden wall Of the store had a big
hole beaten in it-and his store
had been cleaned out.
tAll that had left was a hand
full Of dollar Watches" Mr.. Tanen-
baum related. "And / didn't have
a penny of burglary insurance"
Backed Him Again
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AUGUSTA Jewish Merchant
Celebrates 5Oih Year in Business

There was nothing to do but
write the two statesmen who had
backed him. And, such was his
reputation for integrity, that they
backed him again and replaced
the entire stock.
''That really made me feel
good| Tanenbaum said, 'but I
knew I had to work harder be-
cause, now, I had twice as much
to pay back"
So he patched up the wall tight,
took out insurance, and went in
business again. By dint of hard
work he was able to meet his OBJ
legations at the end of the year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10

Seated Els DESK the 1855 business executive ocetote silk
ioeket looks like dresser but when he gets
I'd to leave you discover he's following the tread for
comfort and wearing Bermuda shorts and orgys The oeket
runs obou SIS and the shorts S. The oees mode Of cotton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
Cool Man. Cool!

TNOR EVERY MAN who has enved the girls In their
summer dresses here's good This the long
swelterng ydwellng male be the fair SEX
and look smart at the time.
In past most American faced the problem Of
summertime with clothes with about the relish they saved
for long, winter underwear clothes felt they often
looked baggy And they looked they often
clngng.
For the bright days Of S. manufacturers and
designers have been working overtime to masculine
apparel specifically designed for the male like the
garments shown here Many be washed saving
expensive and frequent dry ceanng designs pictured
by McCregor.
Evening star., 1955-07-03

@residuoI shrinkooe not more
thon | %
WGl-Ooytime Dresses,
3rd Floor olso
Chevy Chose ond Alexondrio
Evening star., 1955-07-03
center - scoop neckline
frock with pretty pique in
10y ond side Upper. Also
in oroy. Il to 20 and
l4h2 to 22H2. 8.09

right - soft-skirted coot
dress with Ioce on orqon-
dy botiste yoke and cuffs.
Also in oroy. II to 20
800
Evening star., 1955-07-03
PARFAIT CHAMBRAYS

in fine
Dectabe strawberry pink bueberr <e77
with white Misses in Sizes. -
Evening star., 1955-07-03

left-button- front dress
softly handled with Ioce
over self color and cuffs
ond impressed pleots flow
ing into O full skirt. Also
brown. II to 20 and
l42 to 22H2. 8.W
, 1955-05-21

has therefore, issued the fol-
lowing memorandum to all De
partment heads, Government
Of the Virgin Islands:
you are herewith advised
that a rangements should be
made to excuse all military re-
sesrvists in your department
who may be required to attend
the annual summer camp at
Camp Salinas, Puerto Rico,
from June 5, 1855 to June 10,
1855, inclusive. This leave may
be taken as annual leave, if
any remains to the credit of
the employee, or leave with
out pay"
, 1955-05-21
ATTORNEY .

ment Of Trade was an interest
ing and challenging exper-
fence for me and I always will
recall with appreciation your
sincere, enthusiastic support
Of the program of the Depart
ment. that you and many 9th
ers have made complimentary
expressions concerning the
new ideas | introduced into
the tourist promotion program
is most gratifying to me.
please do not hesitate to
call upon me whenever | may
be Of assistance to you"
Governor Alexander replied
in part:
This will acknowledge re-
ceipt Of your letter Of May 10,
1855 in which you tender your
resignation from the Depart
ment of Trade. Your resigna-
ton is accepted as Of today.
1T is a source of regret to
me that your abilities and en-
thusiasm will no longer be
available to the Department
, 1955-05-21

IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF SAINT c3oIy AT cHRIsT1ANsTED
In the Matter of the Estate of Probate No. 2.1955
CHARLES K. IVES, deceased
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO WHOM IT A CONCERN:
PLEASE FAKE NOTICE that pursuant to an Order Of
the District Court of the Virgin Islands, dated April 18th,
1855 the undersigned was appointed Administrator eta of
the above named Estate. All creditors of the deceased.
Charles K. Ives, are requested to file Their claims with the
undersigned Administrator at the office of Young & Rogers.
his attorneys, Christiansted, ST. COX, v. T. within six Q)
months Of the date of this notice. Persons indebted to this
Estate are requested to make payment within the same time
to the Administrator or to his attorneys.
Warren II. Youny
Administrator eta.
Christiansted, st. Croix, Y T.
Dated: April 18th, 1855
Young & Rogers. Esqs.
, 1955-05-21


CHRSTIANSTED THEAIDE
III HOUSE or OOD PICTURES
Saturday, May 81 : RAIDERS
Johnny Nc Brown Tex Ritter
and Chapters Is & IA Of OVERLAND MAIL
Sunday, NAV % THE STARS ARE SINGING In Tech)
Lauritz Melchior Rosemary Clooney
"a delightful musical from ramountInternation that YOU will
thoroughly enjoyD
Tuesday, May "a LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER
Tex Ritter johnny Nc Brown
and the final chapter Of OVERLAND MAIL
Wednesday,, May IS ME- TRAEs DE UN ALA Qn spanish)
Tin Tan Silvia Pinal
Thursday, May 26 STOP YOU ARE KILLING Me warner
Color Broderick Crawford Claire Trevor
Saturday, May % Big Double Feature Show:
WHO DOM IT
Bud Abbott Lou Costello
SWORD IN THE DESERT
Dana Andrews Jeff Chandler Marta loren
Sunday, May 20 ANCHORS AWEIGH
Gene Kelly Kathryn Grayson Frank Sinatra
(Another splendid motion picture which we take pride in present
ing, and which you will all enjoyD
ATTORNEY 90. Of Trade. / have always had
the highest regard for you
net = 4" - = ideas for the development Of
ls ao tourism.
fence for me and I always will
recall with appreciation your Thank you Tor your offer
sincere. enthusiastic support Of continuing assistance. l
If the program Of the Depart shall take advantage Of it"
ment. that you ana many ON vERNo ...
ers have made complimentary
. az has therefore issued the fol-
, 1955-05-21
SWORD IN THE DESERT

Of Trade. | have always had
the highest regard for you
ideas for the development of
tourism.
Thank you for your offer
Of continuing assistance. |
shall take advantage Of it."
, 1955-05-21

Dated: April 18th, 1855
Young & Rogers. Esqs.
Attorneys for the Estate
p. 0. Box 982
christiansted, St. croix, V. I.
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Vicinity Of 500 North washington ct.
Qgnsr or good virsinia home. XII,
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FOUND

BEAGLE FLUFFY, found w. Hyattsyiiie,
Sept. rs. UN. 1887 after
DOG, black, stub tail, collar. no license
NV. vicinity. RIA. 6-Sb74.
DOG, small. male, black brown and
Tinvi5a s snd co 9ne, y9iHn9 WEI s's o.
DOG, female. black and white, annooth
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public school, where Patricia is
Ia member of a Brownie Scout
troop. The Nixons are making a
point of raising their girls like
ANY other children Of the
|neighborhood.
Since his election as Vice Pres
Iident. Mr.. Nixon has been en-
|ployed extensively by President
Eisenhower as a goodwill am
'bassador. He has made several
trips to foreign countries. In
GLIDING a 38.o00-mile. 72-day
Journey to all Of the nom Com
munist countries of Southeast
Asia in 1853. Reporters covering
the trip said both the Vice Pres
ident and Mrs. Nixon made a
terrific impression" in all the
countries they visited. Mr.. Nixon
spent considerable time talking
to the men in the street" IN
the various countries, while his
wife. among other things. made
a point of visiting hospitals and
orphanages.
Role of Mediator
Mr.. Nixon in the last few years
also has been LEADING spokes-
man for the Eisenhower admin
istration and a mediator OF Re-
publican family quarrels. Gen.
orally he has been successful in
patching up iritra-party differ
ences. but his efforts in early
1854 as peaeemaker in the bitter
controversy between Senator Nc
earthly and former Secretary Of
the Army Stevens failed COM
.pletely.
After Mr.. Nixon apparently re-
solved the controversy at a lunch
con of Republican leaders at his
Capitol Office. the feud erupted
anew and the result was the
heated Army-McC arthy hearings
While the Vice President Ii
well liked by most of his party
leaders, the Democrats, to put
it mildly. have no love for him
He long has been a Democratic
target. the opposition frequently
accusing him of using NC
Carthy-like" tactics. Among the
many charges the Democrats
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have made against Mr.. Nixon
are that several times he misin-
terpreted deliberately the rea-
sons for dismissing Government
employees in an effort to show
that the Truman regime har-
bored a large number of Com
munistS.
The October issue OF Demo-
cratic Digest, the official party
organ, takes three cracks at Mr..
Nixon.
And Gov. George M. Leader
Of Pennsylvania told a San Fran
cisco audience recently that de-
feating Mr.. Nixon for President
would be like taking candy from
a baby's hot. sticky little hand. I"
The goings ON In Washington
during the Truman and Roose-
welt regimes are fayorite topics
OF Nixon speeches. He gained for
mer President Truma..'j hatred
by remarks which Democrats said
amounted to calling Mr.. Truman
a traitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
By MARY McGRoRY

Vice President Nixon is the
man Of the hour in Washington
today. Wherever he goes--and
his whereabouts are matter of
minute-to-minute concern-he is
followed by q troop Of reporters
and photographers. Every word
he says-and he is saying very
little for publications. eagerly
recorded.
In the somnolent halls Of the
Senate Office Building, where
only a handful Of Senators quiet
~ come and 60, and a few tour
lists wander aimlessly, the area
outside his Office is a brightly
lit strip of tension. Outside room
36l, a row Of folding chairs has
been comandeered for the wait
Ing press. A fioodlight is at the
ready.
The door Of the Vice Presi-
dents Office is different from
merely senatorial doors by virtue
of a sign with star-encircled
eagle and THE Vice President"
lettered in gold on it. Inside. at
first there seems to be a .pusi-
ness-as-usual" atmosphere. But
something in the low tones in
which the STAFF members confer
with each other suggests that
crisis is in the air.
AS for the Vice President him
self, he looks grave and he speaks
in tones that probably would be
no lower If he were in the sick
room at Denver. BY 10 a battery
of television and neWsreel cam
eras had been set up in the adj
joining Banking and Currency
Committee ONCE. Mr.. Nixon
stepped briskly into the glare
took his seat on the dais and
looked the camera straight in
the eye with a grave expression
He was wearing a suit of blue
and white mixture, a tie of blue
and red so vibrant it looked pur-
pie in the glare of the televisior
lights. He seemed perfectly COM
posed. He made a statement in
which he expressed his concern
for the Presidents complete re.
covery. 1t was a repeat of 9
statement made yesterday. Wher
he had finished, he was asked tt
say it again. This he did. anc
then a third time. He did II
patiently and letter-perfect. hi.
face always IN the same earnest
lines. his voice never faltering
During this routine, Mr.. Nixor
looked the picture Of the younf
executive. deferential but self.
confident.
| With reporters at his heels
the Vice President strobe bach
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father was an Ohio Democrat.
but his father joined the Re-
publican Party and there was nc
further political deviation.
Excelled in Debate
| At Whittier College, a small
Quaker institution, Richard
Nixon excelled in debate. In 1894
Ihe won the Southern California
extemporaneous speaking title
Later he went to Duke University
Law School on q scholarship. He
was president of the student
body both at Whittier and law
school. He was graduated from
Duke in the upper 10 per cent Of
his class,
MFR. l.ixon always wished to be
Ia football star. but he never
made it.
81 went out for football four
years in Whittier College" he
said once. II never made the
team. ;. ;. ! was not heavy enough
ito play in the line. not fast
Enough to play i1alfback and not
smart enough TO play quarter
back"
Because Of his mothers urging.
MFR. Nixon took music lessons
during his early years and be-
came an accomplished pianist.
He played the piano in the
Friends Church Sunday School
in Whittier.
| After his graduation from
Duke. Mr.. Nixon practiced law
lin Whittier for several years. In
1892 he came to Washington to
work for the ONCE of Emergency
Management. a wartime agency
That summer he was commits
stoned a lieutenant, junior grade,
in ;ne Navy and served nearly
four years.
| Mr.. Nixon was a ground officer
for the Combat Air Transport
Command at Vella Layella, Bot
lgainville and elsewhere in the
South Pacific and was cited for
meritorious service. He received
two battle stars and two COM
lamentations. but he speaks lightly
lof his war record.
II was there when the bombs
were dropping" he said, "but
didn't get hit and didn't hit
ANYONE. All I got was q good
lease of fungus"
/ MFR. Nixon returned to the
United States in 1914 and served
out the war In contract settle
ment work.
| In 1940. Mr.. Nixon married
Patricia Ryan. They have two
daughters. Patricia. 8. and Julie.
II. The family lives here In an
'lunpretentious house In the
Spring Valley section. The chill
Idren attend nearby Horace Mann
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Everywhere Nixon Goes.
Press Is Sure to Follow

to his once. They converged at
the door. and he. in l1ushed
tones. refused to comment on
anything. He had had reports Of
the Presidents condition. he
said. as the photographers were
busy but he wouldn't repeat
them because he didn't think a
layman should be interpreting
medical terms. He promised to
keep the press in touch with any
unusual appointments.
The press went back to its
vigil in the corridor.
At 1918. the Vice President
accompanied by a Secret Service
man came out again. Hat In
hand. he gave the reporters a
look that plainly asked them not
to ask him anything and went
of to lunch at the White House,
He returned at 3:15. walked
into a popping of flash bulbs
from photographers sitting on
the steps outside the Senate
Office Building. and a hail OF
questions from reporters. He
smiled ingratiating1y and again
said nothing.
He told Of his modest plans
for the evening, dinner at home
perhaps a visit from friends. He
stepped into the inner Office.
A caller came into the re-
ception room with a camera
over his shoulder. He went pur-
posefully to the desk. and an.
nounced himself as the chairman
of the Carmel Heights, Ohio mfr
Republican Dinner"
I'VE want a letter from the
Vice President" he said. strik-
ing the one really routine nott
in the day Of the Vice Presi.
Dental Office.