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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
D. shs Assoeiused Press

Slightly lower prices. steady TO
better income. more jobs. and
somewhat higher profits are
what the Governments econo-
mists foresee for 1855.
The new year, according to the
experts. will be q year Of infia-
tionless prosperity. Some call
it prudent prosperity" some
competitive prosperity" But
for sure, prosperity.
For the average wage earnez
this might mean that his dollar
will buy q couple more cents
worth Of groceries or dry goods
q year hence. His pay check may
not grow much fatter. but It
should come more regularly.
No Tax Relief Seen.
He probably won't get any sub
stantial tax relief. II the Eisen-
hover administration has Its
way. Neither viii the company
-. ,,,c,.l,. Tar
- r,,,sse ,,rosnects rest IN Z basic
.se,,,r,,tinn "A which the ereat
,, ..,,-, ~ yUasbirctnn econo.
$50, ,,,;sts ,,ow s,,hscrins that tlne
s 1900 h,,siness recoverv INV
evident will not collapse but will
rain strength through early
ioss
Another assumntion is that
tlSe soiid confidence 81 business
r ~. e,,-ref,ected IN. { hnIlish stock
n,ar,ret won,t blossom into fun
blown imitation.
Economic consensus
r5ere e 8 consens,is al eco
4,,o,,f;r. -or,ininn in washington on
r,hat 1ass holds.
prices . Consumer prices
sriftad down All autumn ana the
trend shonid continue Barely
nercentihIe monthly declines ay-
erassnc nerhars. no ner cent 4
MONTH NAV extend throurhout
ia tl1sey vsar for 4 total decIine al
3 ~ al rer cant
Food costs will lead the rarade
r4o,,se f,,rn;shinrs viii drop 4
Iittle helned downward by the
VA, hetween adisco,,nt" houses
a,,d .traditional. stores
TIo,,sing cnsts VIII he fairly
stable auto prices steady Or
siirhtiv lower Rents are still
crearino IN Init mora SLOWLY
TJtiiities will continue to rise
pr,c. yrd.x CITED
Aftsv tirsa . consecItive months
~ decline the consumer price
index for OCTOBER stood at ii4.5
Der cent Of the le47-9 average.
It was still less than / per cent
below the all-time cost-of- living
peak in October. 1858.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
United States Possesses
Half Of Worlds Phones

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The
United States has more than
half the 80 million telephones IN
the world.
In relation to population. the
United States has about 81 tele-
phones per 100 people. Sweden
was second with % and Canada
third with "a. Switzerland and
New Zealand have %, Denmark
10. Australia and Norway 16.
Eleven countries have more
than a million telephones.
New York City with It's $685.
300 telephones has more than
any country outside the United
States except Britain.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16
Only 5000 Jews Left in Polish City
And They Feel Like Aliens, Pepper SoYS

man told the American correspon-
dent. A Jewish woman told him !:
'The only good thing about this
government is that if it were not
around, our Polish neighbors
would wipe the streets with us. "
The woman lived through five Nazi
concentration camps only to re-
turn to Lodz to feel herself un-
wanted in the city of her birth,
the correspondent remarks.
"Lodz was not badly damaged
during the war, but the former
Jewish quarter no longer exists, f"
the correspondent reports. "The
buildings were razed by the Nazis.
The Jews were sent along with
the rest of their 6,O00,0 900 co-relig-
ionists to the flames of Auschwitz
and other concentration camps.
The few Jews who came back to
Lodz do not relish the city. They
speak hopefully of migrating to
join relatives in Israel and the
United States"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16
Jews Hit School Spiritual
Guide; Gen+iIes Support It

Council of the City of New York
has made its tentative approval
public. The full text of the nine
page guide has been referred to
the Protestant groups Depart
ment of Christian Education for
further study. Advocates of h e
move have maintained that h e
complete absence of religion and
belief in God from classrooms
means, in effect, the teaching Of
atheism.
Earlier, the rabbinical group
had reaffirmed its belief that "re-
ligious education and training is
the exclusive responsibility of the
home, church and synagogue" and
commented that the Intrusion of
the state-through the publ i C
schools clearly neither desir-
able nor welcome" While Jewish
groups have generally been joined
in this firm stand by ProteStants
in the past, the latest tentative"
approval tends to indicate a shift
of sentiment in that quarter.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16

NEW YORK, (JTA) = A guide
for public school teachers here,
which calls upon them to incul-
cate sense of moral responsible
ty in their pupils and to exemplify
such values as Justice, love, kind
ness, humility, idealism and belief
in Cod" and which is vigorously
opposed by the New York Board
of Rabbis, has won public appro-
val of Catholic and Protestant
groups.
The guide has been approved by
the board of superintendents and
is now under study by the
board of education. If adopted
by the latter body, it might mean
a break with the tradition of keep
ing all religion out of public school
claSSroomS.
Atheism Feared
The Roman Catholic Archdio-
cese of New York has approved
the guide, and the Protestant
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16

NEW YORK, (JTA) = Jews in
the Polish city of Lodz feel like
"aliens" and wish to emigrate to
Israel and the United States, the
New York Times reported in
cable from Lodz, which had pop
ulation of tbout 100000 Jews be-
fore the Nazi occupation. At pre-
sent there are only 5000 Jews in
the city, the Times correspondent
reports.
"You must realize that Jews are
not well-liked in Lodz," a young
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16
Israel Orders Rios

NEW YORK, (JTA) = Orders
for $2,500, 1000 worth of oil-drilling
equipment have been placed n
the United States by two Israel
companies, it was announced by
Jacob Nowak, director of Lapidoth
Israel Petroleum Co. of Tel Aviv.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16
IsraeIis Visit Queen

BRUSSELS, (JTA) = Que e n
Elizabeth has received Prof. Ben
mamin MaZar, president of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
in an audience. Also present was
Israel Minister Ariel and several
officers of the Belgian Friends of
the Hebrew University.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16
Medical Exhibit Opens

NEW YORK, (JTA } An exhi-
bition, consisting of 40 panels tell
ing ''The Story of the Kupat Hol-
im," the medical network of the
Histadrut, opened here under the
sponsorship of the National Com
mittee for Labor Israel.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16
BeIgians Expel Nazis

BRUSSELS, (JTA) = For the
second time in 18 months, Belgian
authorities have expelled a group
of former German S.A. and SIS.
men who had come here to carry
on undercover neo-Nazi activities.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16

Seventeen million dollars in Is
rael bond money have been in
vested in Haifa's Industries, port
expansion and other projects.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16

Haifa has a 20-year plan to de-
velop into one of the most modern
industrial and residential centers
in the world.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-12-16
NAZI 'STERILIZER' ARRESTED

BONN CTA)-Dr. sterized
a
the Schlew ministry
Justice scientist chief medical officer
concentration recently released by
number of Clauberg
now in a institution medical advice.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
Booker I. Washington Birthplace
Memorial Purchased By Daughter

Booker Washington Birth
place, Va.,-Purchase h ere
last Saturday of the proper
ties formerly held by Booker
I. Washington Birthplace Me-
mortal treasures the object
of a fitting commemoration
of Booker T. Washington on
the plantation where he was
born a slave.
The POT acre farm was sold
at auction on the $4,000 high
bid of Mrs. Portia Washing
ton Pittman, daughter of the
famous educator. Mrs. Pitt
mans bid was made in be-
half of the newly created
Booker T. Washington Ma
tional Monument Committee,
which is headed by Sidney j..
Phillips, who founded and was
president of the former me-
mortal corporation. Through
the efforts Of Phillips, in
terested friends provided a
loan of $4,000 to redeem the
Washington birthplace reser-
walton which contains the re-
stored birth cabin and to
which the former memorial
administration made extern
sive improvements.
Phillips states the overall
purpose of the Booker T..
Washington National Monu-
ment is a five point program
for a suitable and lasting
monument at Washington's
birthplace in Franklin County.
The plans include:
/. Forming a national COM
.mittee of outstanding citi-
zens, both Negro and white,
to perfect the announced OBJ
jective.
2. Organizing similar local
committees in various cities
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
INSANE MAN FOUND
TIED TO BED HERE
SENT TO PETERSBURG

Grayson B. Peters, 46, was
found chained to his bed last
week. He had been chained
t h ere, internationally, for
over a dozen years. At his
residence, 229 Patton, N. w.,
he was found by Deputy Sgt.
Cannady, who went to take
the man into custody on a
lunacy warrant. The chain,
whose lock was rusted, was
bound around one leg with a
piece of rope, connecting him
to the bed. The padlocked
chain was cut off after Peters
had been jailed.
Police have ascertained,
with the help of an uncle who
swore out the warrant, that
Peters has been insane for
most of his years, One young
man remembered Peters from
other years, when his mother
would take him walking, and
how, sometimes, it was neces-
sary for the youngsters in
the neighborhood to help the
mother get the boy back
home.
The mother, who apparent
ly took care of the insane
man, died last December.
The father, 85 years old or
more, recently suffered a
paralytic stroke and since
that time has been unable to
do anything for himself or
his son. Since the death of
the mother, an ado opted
daughter has been coming in
and preparing meals for the
two men.
Some years ago, the man
was committed to Petersburg,
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
REV. e. III. GLASPIE TO
SPEAK AT GAINSBORO
BRANCH LIBRARY

The Gainsboro Branch Lii
brary Reading Club will have
as it's guest speaker the Rev.
F.. Fl. Glaspie, pastor of the
Shiloh Baptist Church, of
S a ] e m, Va, an Monday,
March 7, at $50 P. M.
Rev. Glaspie will review the
current religious book en-
titled, ''P ers al Security
Through Faith" by l.. L..
Ditzen.
This is one of the features
by the library in the obser-
vance of the Lenten, Season.
Miss Katherine Pullens will
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
YOUR READY RESERVE
by M/Sgt. McClanahan

This week our column is
aimed primarily at the young
man in the 1918 year age
bracket who is beginning to
think about his approaching
military obligation and is in
terested sin making this mill
tary service a useful and con-
structive experience.
An able-bodied young man
in this age bracket can expect
to put in two years of active
military service and six years
in the Reserve to fulfill his
military obligation to his
country. Under present con-
ditions he can expect to be
drafted somewhere between
his twentieth and t w n t y
first birthday. Many of these
young men have the mis-
taken impression that their
six years of reserve service
must follow two years of ac-
tive duty. This is not SO. A
young man of seventeen can
start serving his six years in
the reserve right now by en-
listing in an active reserve
unit and attending one two
hour meeting each week and
two weeks of annual summer
active duty training. When
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05

to work among the people to-
ward fuller understanding
and appreciation of Booker
I. Washnigton's birthplace.
& 3. Broadening the interest
and support Of the American
public of both races, that
their contributions might re-
pay the loan of $4,000 thru
which the historical site has
been restored for public use.
q. Promoting legislation by
Congress which will establish
the birthplace of Booker T.
Washington as a National
Monument to be maintained
by the federal government.
5. Completing the program
in 1856, along with a nation
wide Washington Centennial
in observance of the Tooth an
niversary of Booker T. Wash
ington's birth.
Further commenting, Phil
lips states his belief the pro-
gram will receive support of
the American public, as evil
denced by numerous tele-
grams received following a
press announcement Satur-
day. The activities of the for
mer memorial organization,
he states, have developed a
nationwide consciousness of
Booker T. Washington's con-
tributions to the nation and
Of the significance of pre-
serving his birthplace.
Phillips points out that
while the original project ac-
complished numerous objec-
tives of permanent worth, its
self-supporting plan is less
favored than a federally adj
ministered tribute, such as
George w. Carver National
Monument at his birthplace
in Diamond, Mo-, the estab-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05

Catchem can consider his mill
tary obligation more or less
completed when he is released
from active duty, at which
time he will be about twenty
two years of age. Consider,
too, that Hugh has been
counting out $145 (Ser-
geant's pay or more per
month at the pay table while
on active duty and has had
all the privileges and respon-
sibilities of a non-commis-
stoned officer.
Continued next week.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
DIR. Butler Heads
Third Division
Red Cross Drive

The Third Division of the
Roanoke County Chapter of
the American Red Cross will
hold it's Kickoff Meeting,
Monday, March Z, at Hunton
YMCA at 1880 P. M. All cam
paign workers are urged to
attend.
A brief talk will be given by
Col. H. Grady Moore. Mr..
Moore is a member of the
newly formed speakers unit
recently set up by the local
chapter. Mr.. Page Wright,
executive director, will give
out supplies at that meeting
to volunteer workers.
The Colonel for the third
division for 1866 is DIR. w. H.
Butler and Mrs. l.. G.. Down
ing will serve as Lit. Col. Ma
jors are:Dr. Walter S. Clay
tor, Mrs. M. H. Law, Chaplain
Robert Johnson Smith, Mr..
Richard Beane and Mr.. S. r.
Harvey. The complete roster
of campaigners is in the max
ing and will be announced at
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
HINTS FOR LENT

The following meditations the second week of the
Lenen Season breed from 1.-The Riches of Christ by
Monday February u.s. This Beloved Son in whom
day have begotten Thee" ops. 1171
~ Almighty God is Eternal and Interchangeable and All
less than He is always has been and always will be- God
words of Him. actions ascrbe to Him used
IN the same sense that we use them Of created hings
and TSy ali s s
shall be called d Wonderful" Qsa 9a:s3
as we are capable Of comprehendng all that He is The
Himself the way the nh he %e son Of God Son
Man Living Bread, the Door, the Good Shepherd the
in Him all things; every perfection and Of
dwes in Him who is One with God Primal Cause Final
Wednesday, March 2: "All things were made by Him
and without Him was not anything made that made
sion s se s Maa only the
is the complete and adequate expression of all creation and
especially hys Of man M the head and of creation
be wh m% 6 wisdom nd fc in Him hid all
the and as empfS Of jesus the first
and constant need Of our lives? For three
alone We are enabled to See the truth CONCERNING our
attain that end The nature and meaning
their accomplished perfection the highest which possible
to them
Word which God sent the children Israel preaching
The teaching of Jesus is not to be that
OF any other who have rod this earth true
their words be- for but reterating
some truth which had been taught by Others He does
with an authority which they did authority
of One who say, Truth for He that sent Me
true and speak to the world those things which have
heard of Him -
Saturday, March 5: "And the Word made flesh and
dwe among (and behed His glory, glory as of
the only begotten of the Father full and TRUTH
(John 1:14.)
w 80 far we have been thinking of Jesus Eternal
WORD OF God the Same yesterday today in that
Eternity which God is. the Word by whom whom
all things were made, in whom all things consist j. e. are
established and held being the Word be known
as outside and before and above history place and
work IN history to be understood Love and the
especial property of love is to dfuse ITSELF give itself to
another wholly and entirely ~
Sunday. March s. "And he that there was no man
and wondered that there ntercessor" sa 59i6J
God alone could both hear answer the pitifu crv
OF our wounded humanity Lord he whom Thou lowest
is SICK John 11:3), the Lord life alone respond Il
Will come and heal him" Matt 7:7) Behold YOUR God
will come and YOU. lisa. 35:4) "Thou shalt call His
name Jesus for He shall His people their sins
(Matt 1:210 For there is other Name under heaven
gwen among men, whereby must be saved" Acts 4:12
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
Hearing Set
For March Is
Shooting

A Municipal Court hearing
yesterday was set for March 10
for Archie o. Jones, 33-year-old
building contractor, charged with
shooting his neighbor with a
sawed-off shotgun Sunday night
at the Jones home. 1706 Downing
St, NV.
MEANWHILE, the victim of
the shooting. Joseph C.. Grogan,
80. was transferred to the Veter-
ans Administration Hospital and
his condition remained serious
last night.
Police continued their investi-
cation of the case.
bet. Capt. K. E. Altman said
the shooting grew out of atten-
ton which Grogan allegedly was
paying Jones' wife.
Jones was quoted by the cap
tain of detectives as saying he
pretended to leave home and then
waited in the basement for Gro
gan to keep date with his wife.
The shooting occurred in Jones'
home with his wife as an eye wit
ness.
The mans wife was first held
as a material witness and then
released.
The full blast from the
sawed-Off shotgun caught Gro
gan in the back, leaving a large
hole in his jacket just below
the right shoulder blade. An
attending physician at Burrell
Memorial Hospital, where Gro
gan was first taken, said some
of the pellets entered the mans
lungs but most of them went
into his shoulder.
Veteran officers marveled that
Grogan was able to get in car
and drive downtown to the Mu-
nicipal Bldg. before collapsing at
the rear entrance.
Capt. Altman said he expects
to confer with federal authorities
concerning the gun. Possession of
a sawed-off shotgun violates a
federal statute.
Jones was taken into custody
at his home by police in response
to a telephone call reporting the
shooting which occurred about
IL: 80 pm. Sunday.
Grogan was transferred from
Burrell Memorial to the VA Hos
pital yesterday afternoon.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05

Mrs. Edna Lockhart pre-
sided at the II o'clock serv-
ice. The guest speaker for
the hour was Mrs. Roxie
A rnol d, Of the Mt. Zion
Methodist Church of this
city. Mrs. Ella Rice sang a
very beautiful and appropri-
ate selection for the occasion.
and the church choir render I
other selections.
The afternoon service be-
gan at 4 o'clock with Miss
Thelma Johnson presiding.
Mrs. Lula Golden sang a solo
for the setting and Mrs. Nina
Medley, of st. Johns, deliver
ed the afternoon address.
Mrs. Maxine Young followed
the address with a solo. The
church choir rendered selec~
lions.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05

preside at the meeting. Mr..
E. l.. Phillips, principal of Adj
Olson High School, will serve
as news commentator. The
opening and closing thoughts
will be presented by Mrs. An
ME Spragins.
The meeting will be held in
the Lecture Room of the Ii
brary.
The public is invited to at
tend.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05

but because of the lack of
proper committal papers, was
released.
Indications are that the
bearded recluse was kept tied
to his bed as a preventive
measure rather than out of
cruelty.
The 46 year old Negro was
committed to Central State
Hospital at Petersburg last
week end.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05

he reaches the age when his
draft board is ready for his
services he can volunteer for
two years active duty thru
reserve channels and will 20
on active duty in his reserve
grade and in the branch of
service he has chosen to serve
with. When he is released
from active duty, he will
serve the remainder of his
six-year reserve obligation.
Imagine, if you will, that
Hugh Catchem decides to join
the active reserve now while
he is seventeen years old. He
will enter the reserve as a
Private Ell. In four months
he is automatically promoted
to E-2 and after six more
months is promoted to Pri-
vate First Class. After nine
months in grade as a Private
First Class, he is eligible for
promotion to Corporal and
after an additional twelve
months he is eligible for pro-
motion to Sergeant. 1t is not
at all improbable that by the
time he reaches draft age he
will hold the rank of Ser
geant or at least Corporal in
the Army Reserve, and will
have completed three years of
reserve service. He is eligible
to apply for two years active
duty in that grade. When he
is released from active duty
at the end of the tweny-four
month period, he will have
completed five years of his
military obligation and can
serve the remaining three
years in the Standby Reserve
in which he need not partici-
pate in active training. The
Standby Reserve can be called
TO active duty only in case of
mobilization, so Hugh
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05

lishment of which was largely
aided by the former Booker r.
Washington Memorial organi-
cation. He adds that the COM
mittee will have advantage
and benefit of experience of
the previous memorial orga-
nization in these plans.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
WOMAN'S DAY AT
ST. JOHN A. M. E.. ZION

The ST. John A.M.E. Zion
G h urc h observed Won1an's
Day on Sunday, February 20,
with two very interesting
and inspiring services.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05

Louise Savage
alderman Library
university Of virginia
Charlottesville. Va.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
DAUGHTERS STATEMENT

"The fact that the birth
place of my father has been
saved affords me great re-
lief and pride. Nine years
ago, at my request, Mr.. S. j.
Phillips was urged to use all
the resources at his COM
mand to insure its perpetual
ton.
This was done in a splen-
did way and | am grateful,
not only to Mr.. Phillips, but
also to his friends who be-
lieve in his ability and I'M
ceasing energy, and who have
stood by in helping him to put
over job.
81 am happy also that God
has spared me to take part
In this program which is de-
signed further to honor my
father, to whom the great
American public has given
many hOnors in many ways
more, perhaps, than have
been received by any other
person of my race.
"It is my earnes, prayer
that the people of America
will rally in support of this
memorial, realizing that in
helping this project, they
give encouragement and in
spiration to all of the youth
in our land of freedom and
opportunity"
-Portia Washington Pittman
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-03-05
Staff Photos

this meeting.
DIR. Butler, as the leader of
this division, hopes that it
will exceed it's quota as it did
during the last three cam
paigns.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-17

children have moved to the John
ME Jones farm, that the Stordahl's
vacated.
Mrs. Carl Mastvelten and Lyla
visited at the Joe Hart home Fri
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Miller at
tended church services at the Pei
la Lutheran church Sunday in
Sidney and visited friends there in
the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gebhardt
and grandchildren Marvin and
Margie spent Sunday at the Dale
Clark home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sigurd Jonasen
went to Sidney Monday and took
Mr.. and Mrs. Nils Herigstad to
Glendvie to make the final prep
arations for their trip to Norway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Spithoven
spent Friday evening visiting at
the Landin Bergstedt home.
Mr.. and Mrs, Hugo Lauer vis-
tied at the Soren Miller home
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs: Soren Miller Wis
tied at the Godtfred Miller home
Sunday.