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Evening star., 1955-02-20
Exploring Virgin

TRUNT, GROAN. slither and slide
" those were the magic sounds and
deeds that opened an ancient world of
darkness and beauty to band Of teen
age spelunkers recently.
A bright sun was turning the snow to
slush that morning they tramped along
the side of Jack Mountain, near
Burnsville, Va. about 100 miles from
Washington.
There it is, lads" shouted Donald N.
Cournoyer, chairman Of the District of
Columbia Grotto. National Sociological
Society. who was leader Of the expedition.
Ten boys, from Is to II, clustered around
him. Peering 80 feet below, they made
out q gently Sloping sink hole. There
was the entrance to Breathing Cave
And here was the beginning of an ad-
venture for Scouts of Explorer Post l29
of Alexandria-an ali-day excursion
through several miles of turning twist
ing paSSageways deep into the earth's
bowels.
At the cave mouth, the Scouts lined
up in single file. some with flashlights.
others wearing helmets with miner lamps
attached. Three adult post leaders
Ernest A. Wood, william A. Peterson
and Charles P. Mead-accompanied the
boys to this cave. said to breathe"
because Of air currents whistling in its
corridors.
Rats Hotel. first STOP" said Mr.. Cour-
noyer. who took the lead. He pointed
to small chamber off Of long, sloping
hall leading from the entranceway where
rodents had brought in large amounts of
debris for nesting,
Now we Separate the men from the
boys" Mr., Mead exclaimed as the line
of Pickering lights moved on. Directly
ahead the cave narrowed into small
opening.
That amt much bigger than gopher
hole" some one yelled from the rear.
Each Scout Topped on his stomach
Pulling with the elbows like a soldier
going under a barbed-wire fence and
using leg motion similar to a swimmer
doing sidestroke, the group inched
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
ICC Ruling Ends Segregation on
 Interstate Trips

WASHINGTON, R-The Inter state Commerce Commission to- day ordered an end to racial seg- regation on interstate trains and passenger buses. It ruled too that segregation of interstate travellers in public waiting rooms is unlaw- full.
 The Commission in years past has gone along with the theory that separate accommodations for the races met the requirements of the Interstate Commerce Act, so long as they are equal.
 But it said in today's ruling:
 'The disadvantage to a traveller who is assigned accommodations or facilities so designated as to imply his inherent inferiority solely because of his race must be regarded under present conditions as unreasonable.
 "Also, he is entitled to be free of annoyances, some petty and some substantial, which almost in- evitably accompany segregation even though the rail carriers, as most of the defendants have done here, sincerely try to provide both races with equally convenient and comfortable cars and waiting rooms"
 The ICC returned it's findings in two separate cases. One was initiated by the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored Peo- pie against 13 railroads, operating principally in the South.
 The other case was brought be- fore the Commission by Sarah Reyes, New York City beautician. She charged that while serving as WAC in 1852, she was refused further transportation by the Car olina Coach Go. of Raleigh, NC, when she refused a drivers de- mand that she move to the back of the bus
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
DixOn-YateS Contract Cited by Kefauver as COP FayOritiSm

WASHINGTON, R-Sen. Ke- fauver O-Tenn) says the repudi- ated Dixon-Yates power contract lis merely one instance" of what he terms Eisenhower Administra- tion concern for ''the selfish inter ests of private power Hobbies"
 Promising a continuing Senate investigation, Kefauver said last night the governments decision to pay no damages on the can celled contract will not slacken the public vs. private power bat tie.
 Kefauver is chairman of a Sen ate antimonopoly subcommittee which heard testimony that great ly influenced government deci- sion to regard the contract as in- valid.
 That decision was announced Wednesday by the Atomic Energy Commission, which held that the contract, which it signed at the direction of President Eisenhower, involved a conflict of interests"
 The Dixon-Yates group disput- ed this, saying it would challenge the action in court.
 In taking credit for the AEC decision, Kefauver and other Democrats made it clear they look on the Dixon-Yates matter as a potent political issue.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
Football Game Rioters In Russia Receive
 Stiff Prison Sentences

MOSCOW, R-Stiff prison sen- tences have been given 12 persons for starting riot at a football game in Armenia.
 Veteran Western observers say the severity of the sentences, ranging up to 25 years, indicated political motivation in the rioting and smoldering discomfort in the area.
 The 12 were tried by the Arme- nian supreme court. They were charged with fomenting the riot Oct. 12 after disputed decision by referee at Yerevan, capital of the Armenian Soviet Republic.
 Observers pointed out that in addition to the length of the sen tenceS, it was extremely unusual for defendants in such cases to ap- pear before the supreme court and for the case to be publicized.
 The riot and court action were reported in the Yerevan newspa- per Kommunist, which was re- ceived here. The newspaper said groups of hooligaQs and crimin- als using dissatisfaction of part of the crowd at the result of the game started riots"
 It said attempts were made to lynch the referee, spectators and militiamen were stoned and the 'sriot was accompanied by vio- fence and resistance to the repre- sentatives of authority"
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
Fairbanks Man Kills Wife Accidentally in Attempt To Give Her a Kiss

FAIRBANKS, R-The kiss that Aultman B. Boatner said he at tempted to give his wife last night was the kiss of death This is how Boatner told police his wife Doro- thy, 20, died.
 Boatner, an airman first class at Ladd AFB, slipped up behind his wife as she was cooking dinner and attempted to kiss her. A play full scuffle ensued and the hammer of pistol he was carrying appar- ently caught in her clothing and discharged.
 The bullet struck her in the temple and she was dead on arri- val at hospital. Boatner also was hospitalized for shock.
 Both the Boatners were of Fair banks. Her father is sergeant in Korea. The couple had two small children.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
Truman to Speak In Seattle Tomorrow

LOS ANGELES, R-Harry s. Truman plans to fly to Seattle to- day for the first of three West Coast fund raising dinners for the Truman Memorial Library at In- dependence, Mo.
 The former President arrived from Kansas City last night and was the house guest of Edwin w. Pauley, ex-treasurer of the Dem ocratic National Committee.
 After the $10O-a-plate dinner in Seattle, he is scheduled for simi- lar gatherings here Monday
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
Police Disperse
 Mobbing Fans With Tear Gas

SAVANNAH, Ga, R-Police fired tear gas bomb into an un- ruly mob which rioted in the heart of Savannah last night after the annual Savannah High-Bene- dictine football game.
 One well-placed bomb did the job-but not until six policemen had been injured and hundreds of dollars worth of fire-fighting equipment destroyed. Several per- sons were arrested for disorderly conduct.
 The disturbance centered about Savannah's main intersection, where victors in the annual cross town football rivalry traditionally burn the coffin of the losers. Savannah won the game 9-6.
 Police said between 5000 and 1000 students, adults and specta- tors jammed the area at famed Bull and Broughton Streets.
 Some members of the crowd said police had not right to inter fere with the celebration"
 Ut was just one of those things" !" said one police officer. Tt happens every year-only this time the students worked up a little more enthusiasm than usual"
 When students from Savannah High set fire to the "coffin," fire men were summoned to douse the blaze before it damaged the pave ment. Soon after the firemen ar rived, dozens in the crowd set upon the. hose, fire extinguishers and other fire fighting equipment.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
ICC Chairman Resigns, But Says
 Charges of Improper Conduct False

GETTYSBURG, Pa, R-PreSi- dent Eisenhower today accepted the resignation of Hugh w. Cross as Interstate Commerce Commis- sion chairman. Cross has been un- der fire by Senate investigators.
 In his letter of resignation, dat ed last Wednesday, Cross said that charges of improper conduct that were made against him were s'baseless," but added:
 ''I am realistic enough to know that, unfounded as they are, the mere presence of such charges im- pairs my further service on the commission and it's proper func- tioning in the public interest"
 Eisenhower, accepting Cross resignation effective immediately, did not comment on the investiga- ton of the ICC head by the Sen ate Investigations subcommittee, but said he fully appreciated Cross reasons for quitting.
 The President voiced ssapprecia- ton for the years of diligent ser vice you have rendered with the commission and for the construc- tive contributions to it's work that you have made"
 Cross, a one-time Republican
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
JUN. Drops Algerian Problem; Leaves Way Open for France to End Boycott

UNITED NATIONS, NY, R- A major LIN. controversy was re- solved today when the General Assembly dropped the Algerian problem from it's 1855 agenda and cleared the way for France to end its two months boycott.
 The action came quickly and without opposition, but the sue cessful formula was found only after several weeks of intensive work behind the scenes.
 India's V. K. Krishna Menon finally won agreement yesterday of all parties on a proposal which stated that: 'The General Assem- bly, decides not to consider further the item entitled the question of Algeria and is therefore no longer seized of this item on the agenda of the tenth session." In non-tech- nical language, this means that the issue has been dropped from the agenda of the current session
 The Donation Political Commit tee quickly approved the proposal this morning in 7-minute meet ing without debate. The General Assembly itself then met one hour and later ratified the motion by a unanimous vote.
 The 12-nation Disarmament Commission neared the end of it's current round of talks, with the East and West Apparently as far apart as ever.
 Russia rejected a French com promise plan yesterday, terning It part of Western maneuver to avoid arms reduction by putting the emphasis on a control setup.
 The French plan called for a ban on the use of atomic weapons which the Russians want-and prohibition of nuclear weapons tests, but included demands for effective disarmament controls and implementation of President Eisenhower's plan for reciprocal U-S.-Soviet inspection and ex- change of military blueprints.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25

lieutenant governor of Illinois, said that in addition to his Con- gressional troubles he has moved to resign because of "concern about the health of my wife as well as the uncertain condition of my own health
 Cross was questioned earlier this month by the Senate investi- gators. The sessions were held be- hind closed doors, and there has been no official disclosure of what took place.
 Reporters learned, however, that the questioning revoIved about the issue of whether Cross had exerted any influence in con- nection with award of a contract to Railroad Transfer Service, Inc, of Chicago to carry passengers in it's buses between Chicago rail- road stations.
 Cross was reported to have de- nied anything improper but to have acknowledged that he had had "indiscreet' contacts with two railroad presidents.
 Cross was appointed to the ICC in 1850 by former President Tru- man.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
Troop Exercise To Test Dropping Versus Hauling

WASHINGTON R-The Army's Exercise Moose Horn in Alaska this winter will include test of the relative merits of two types of arctic supply-dropping material from planes and sending it over land by big snow tractor-trains of SledS.
 This was announced last night in report on the three-week op- eration planned for January and February in which the Army will use about 1000 troops from the Fist Infantry Division at Fit. Lew is, Wash.
 In the overland supply phase each tractor will haul four 1O-ton sleds of ammunition, food and fuel.
 A battalion combat team will journey overland up the Alaska Highway to join six other teams from Alaskan bases.
 Operating in an area described as the coldest on the continent, where winds hit as much as 30 miles per hour and the tempera- ture drops as low as minus 65, the troops will operate across rugged country, without roads.
 The 5th Battalion Combat Team of the 5th Infantry Regiment will leave Ft. Lewis on the 1,2OO-mile overland trip on Jan. 4. The plan calls for return to Ft. Lewis about March l.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
Lela Oman Wins
 Award for Entry in Writers League Contest

Lela Oman, writer of authentic Eskimo legends, won an honorary award for her entry in the annual contest sponsored by the League Of Western Writers Alaska Chap ter at Anchorage.
 Harold Salisbury, last years poetry winner, received both sec ond and third prizes for his en- tries, one of which was published in the Nugget recently.
 Twelve prizes are awarded an nually in four writing categories -non-fiction, juvenile, fiction and poetry.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
British Jets Get Evidence of Reds Super H-BOmb

LONDON R--The News Chron- icle said today that British jets flew to 50,OO0 feet and gathered samples of the radioactive fallout from Russia's recent nuclear weapons test.
 Official sources declined to dis cuss the report.
 The newspaper said the Russian test was so powerful that Soviet authorities must have cleared an area in their Siberian testing grounds twice the size of England and Wales to conduct it.
 The News Chronicle said the samples were collected yesterday and added:
 From first tests on the samples atomic scientists at Harwell and Aldermaston British atomic re search stations) believe that the explosion was no ordinary H. bomb, but the far more devastat- ing hydrogen-u uranium bomb.
 Yesterdays rainfall is being studied for any signs of increasing radioactivity in the lower atmo- sphere"
 According to the story, the Uni ted States fired a similar bomb al Bikini in March, 1854.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
Sharp-Eyed Seaman Credited With Rescue
 Of 16 DOWned in Strait

VANCOUVER, B.C. R-A sharp eyed seaman who caught sight of Royal Canadian Air Force plane coming down through a misty overcast yesterday afternoon was credited with the rescue of Is sur vivorS, taken aboard a fish packer in the area.
 Three persons died and four were injured when the plane crashed in the rough waters of Johnstone Strait, 130 miles north west of Vancouver. Their bodies were believed to be in the wreck, which was being lowed to shel- tered waters by a rescue vessel.
 Seventeen aboard the huge am- phibian were RCAF personnel. Two were civilians.
 RCAF said the cause of the crash was unknown.
 The survivors were rescued by the 140-foot fish packer Western Challenger. Alex Karaunieks, the mate aboard the packer, spotted the distressed plane a mile and a half away in the seconds before it plunged into the sea.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25
CATS GET THE TURKEY

LOS ANGELES, R-The night before Thanksgiving, Mrs. Ernest Lopez roasted a turkey for ex- pected company.
 She left it on the drainboard overnight.
 Mrs. Lopez has five cats.
 End of turkey.
 End of story.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-25

THERE ARE ONLY 25 MORE SHOPPING DAYS REMAINING UNTIL. CHRISTMAS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
|Cumero Flash Bulbs
introduced in 1890

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
lamps were introduced for the
first time in the United States
August /, 1880.
The first bulbs. which out
NODDED the practice of igniting
fash powder on metal trays.
were the same size as today's
Il50-watt household lamps. They
contained oxygen gas and q
loose filing of crumpled thin
aluminium foil. The sheets Of
foil were so thin they could be
Iignited readily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
By the Associated Press

House investigators continued
a drive today to determine the
Communist Party's role in the
long campaign to prevent the
1853 execution Of Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg, convicted atom
spies.
Chairman Walter, Democrat.
of PENNSYLVANIA, scheduled more
testimony before the House Un-
American Activities subcommit-
tee.
Between March 20, 1851, when
the Rosenbergs were convicted Of
spying, and June 10, 1858, when
they went to their deaths in the
electric chair, their case captured
worldwide attention.
Numerous committees were
formed to seek clemency for
them.
Drew 80 Years
Now, committees for Morton
Sobel are reported. Sobell drew
a 30-year sentence in the case
and Is now at Alcatraz prison.
Committee Counsel Frank s.
Tavenner, jr., described Sobell
committees as successors" to
the Rosenberg groups.
An FBI undercover agent from
1949-54. James w. Glatis Of Bos-
ton, Mass, testified yesterday
the Boston committee to seek
clemency for the Rosenbergs"
was among a number Of Com
munist controlled fronts" he
Joined on Communist Party in
structions.
He said the party didn't give
q boot" about the Rosenbergs
hut seized on the issue for anti
American propaganda and to
raise money for party purposes.
Then the subcommittee got
into some heated exchanges with
five witnesses. All five refused
on Constitutional grounds to say
whether they are Communists.
Mr.. Tavenner said other wit
nesses had identified four Of the
five as party members.
None would answer questions
eoncering activities for the
Rosenberghs and Sobell. Most
said the cases were q vicious
frameup."
Mr.. Walter said once: you're
no more interested in the RoSen-
hergs than the man in the moon.
Answer the question"
The i've were:
/. Herman TamSky, 40, of
Bos, who said he was employed
in the printing trade in 1858 but
who wouldn't tell whether he
was chairman Of the Boston
committee.
Refuses to Tell
2. Don Rothenberg, 81, Cleve-
land. Ohio, who refused to give
his present occupation or to say
whether he is chairman Of the
Progressive Party in Ohio.
3. Mrs. Mildred s. Rothenberg.
Don's wife. and the only one Of
the five Mr.. Tavenner had not
said was identified as a Com
munist. She remained mum
about activities In connection
with the Cleveland committee
for the defense Of the Rosen-
bergs.
4. Philip Koritz, 80. q one
time union organizer who said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
House'Group Is Pressing
For Red-Rosenberq Link

he's now q Boston salesman. He
declined to answer whether he
was a chairman Of the National
Civil Rights Congress or whether
the Congress had anything to do
with the Boston Rosenberg COM
mittee.
5. John Gilman, "a, q small
businessman from Milwaukee.
Wis, who wouldn't say whether
he Is now chairman Of a EMIL
waukee Committee for Justice in
the Sobell Case"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
PILGRIMS Fare HuIved

BERLIN.-A railroad-fare re-
duction Of 50 per cent for pill
grims visiting the shrine Of the
Luxembourg Mother Of God"
in Krevelaer, Germany, has
been granted by the German
Federal Railroads. From June
to October each year some $780,
900 pilgrims visit the shrine,
which was erected In 1851.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-05-15
Siilage
CONTINUED from page y

silage has been found, under usual
farm practice, to insure the production !
of better quality more palatable feed
1t must be granted that, under ideal
conditions with respect to stage of 4
maturity, chemical composition and I
moisture content of the grass, efficiency
of packing in the silo and exclusion of !
air, good silage can be produced with I
out preservatives. However, the pro- +
duct viii vary in quality from foul ]
smelling dark-cOlored, Shiny mass to
bright green, swett-smelling, highly
| palatable feed, depending on the de-
| gree to which the ideal conditions have
been approached.
| Even if the average farmer has a
thorough knowledge of how to deter
mine and control these variables, it is
obvious that he has to contend with
weather and other uncomfortable fac .
tors AS a result, production of top
quality grass silage without preserva-
tives may sometimes be a matter of
good fortune in meeting favorable con- {
ditions. 4 e
A mixed legune-grass forage will ! =
provide large yields per acre and !
makes very good siEage. Harvesting
part of the forage when the grass is
at boot stage may be necessary in r.
order to get all the silage made before r
the forage becomes too mature. IF this 1 .
forage contains a large percentage of
Ladino clover, the moisture content
will range between 80 and IS per cent. o
With this high moisture content,
seepage will be reduced and the siIage II
will be eaten in the largest quantities n
if the forage is first wilted slightly or "a
dry concentrates or dry hay are added "a
in the silo.
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directly and ensiIed without condition ~
ers, it may result in excessive seepage n
and higher storage losses and will IA
greatly increase the possibility of a ! ,r
disagreeable, strong-smelling silage.
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the silage fermentation will be better
if such forage is stored in a stack or M
snow fence Nj
Forages will provide maximum Ml
quantities of digestible protein and PHI
total digestible nutrients when the pr
grasses are cut at an early head stage
and when legume-grass mixtures are
cut when the grass in the mixture is at KO
a full head to early bloom stage. At RO
hese stages the forage will make good SCI
,iIage in either trench or tower siIos. car
Where most of the forage is harvested -.
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mixtures will Iengthen ST.
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nade TO,
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nth trench and stack siIos that viii
nore than offset the usually larger Buzz
forage losses in these siIos as COM cor
AIRED to tower silos On the other hand, -
leather conditions in some sections S'|'
lay be such that tower siIos are more GRE
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gher filling and feeding costs. Pow
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areful filling and sealing methods are sHgI
sential. Careless methods result in ~A1o,
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-05-15

y. MAURICE sMfTH, of
Johnston, South Caro-
lima, is a prominent cot
tom grower and active
Grange member. He has
won many state prizes
and holds the record for
cotton yield FROM nom
irrigated acreage.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-05-15
LUCKIES TAKE THE
PRIZE WITH Me-"

"Euer since first
started smoking,
0bOz1tt1Uenty-t1sree
years ago, Luckies
have b cen my
choice. - saws +.