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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Damascus Students
Denounce Turkish Pact
BY the Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria. Mar. 26.-
More than $4,000 students walked
out of their classrooms today
and demonstrated in the streets
against the Turkish Iraqi de-
tense pact. They shouted slo-
gans denouncing Turkey for
allegedly bringing pressure on
Syria to stay out Of a Syrian
Egyptian-Saudi Arabian pact.
Turkeys legation was placed
under heavy guard but the
crowds dispersed without Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
5 Airmen Killed
In Two Jet Crashes
STAFF Photo.
BY the Assoeiosed Press

Ell PASO. Tex. Mar. 26.-Two
flaming jet plane crashes killed
five airmen Friday night.
Three were killed in a BAT
bomber which plummeted into
a residential area. narrowly
missing the houses but setting
two of them aflre.
Two were killed when a Navy
TV-2 in which they were riding
plowed into sand hills about Is
miles east of Ell Paso.
Both planes were trying to
make International Airport dur
ing a binding sand storm which
cut visibility at times to one-half
mile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
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NSO4lt4110SA x4OAA AoS 096t
not afford q government crisis
which would inevitably delay
ratification of the Paris treaties.
The course of the coming con-
test is considerably harder to
predict. On the other hand it is
quite clear the French govern
ment has very belatedly decided
to do something about. the ifs
cal rebellion" which got its start
two years ago in the small vii
lage Of Saint Cere In the Depart
ment of Lot in Southern France.
At the time, everyone treated it
as something of a joke when a
group Of merchants, advised that
government tax inspectors were
on their way to examine their
books. yelled for help from their
municipal councillor, Pierre Pou-
Jade Most people who heard Of
the incident were inclined to adj
mire the spunk Of the good look-
ing, football-playing former Raj
pilot when he gathered shop
keepers together as a band of
vigilanties and sent the tax peo-
pie packing.
There was. after all. good
deal to be said on the side of
the rebels. French tax laws,
which require the most laborious
bookkeeping by shopkeepers. are
VIGOROUSLY unjust and in same
cases actually make economic
survival next to impossible when
literally applied. And since
cheating is an accepted part of
the system. the practice Of send
ing out touring flying squads"
with unlimited inspection pow
ers to catch offenders-although
it produces some 20 billion
francs a year for the govern
ment-naturally created bitter
ness In q country where taxa
ton has always been synony-
nous with government oppres-
sion Mr.. Poujade almost imme-
diately found himself in the
position of a hero with a grow
ing popular movement in his
hands.
100000 in Movement
1t was a role which he found
agreeable. AS his movement
spread from department to de-
partment throughout France the
fame Of the unknown bookseller
grew with it. Last January Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
States he does not intend to give
them up.
Can Commit u. S. Forces

States he does not intend to give
them up.
Can Commit U. S. Forces
Mr.. Eisenhower has reserved
the right to decide at the time
any attack occurs on Matsu or
Quemoy whether that attack is
really aimed at Formosa. If he
decides 1t is. under congressional
authorization already given. he
may then order the United
States Navy and Air Force to
help defend Matsu and Quemoy
as part of the defense of For
moSa.
The administration has not
wanted to be pinned more def1n-
itely than that. It would prefer
not to fight for the. coastal
islands unless combat appeared
absolutely necessary. However,
military men and some others in
the administration contend that
continued fuzziness in the United
States attitude may encourage
the Chinese Reds to attack in the
belief that the United States will
back down.
That is one argument which
the President apparently must
consider fully. Another has been
advanced by Secretary Dulles.
On Far East tour recently he
became convinced that If the
United States did not stand and
fight. if necessary. it was in
danger Of losing all Asia to COM
munism. He has not said publicly
that it must fight for Matsu or
Quemoy but privately he is be-
lieved to be convinced that if the
Reds elect to challenge the
United States over one of those
islands retreat from showdown
would be disastrous.
Little Sentiment for Matsu
Persons who have checked
congressional sentiment report
that despite the threat of For
mosa and the Dulles conviction
Of the dangers of any retreat.
there is only sporadic enthu-'
siasm at the Capitol for a stand
fast policy on Quemoy and
MatSu.
Furthermore, Mr.. Eisenhower
is confronted with the knowl-
edge that Britain and other
European allies do not consider
Quemoy and Matsu to be very
good reasons for getting into a
fight with Red China which
could engulf all Asia.
Knowing this. the Reds may
be trying to use the islands to
split up the United States and
divide it from its allies. officials
said that is another Of the ele-
ments to which Mr.. Eisenhower |
must give full consideration.
Some military leaders believe |
it is highly probable that Chi
nese Reds will actually attack
Matsu in mid-April. They argue
that the United States Govern
merit and the Nation must face
up to this danger.
Other officials. however, think |
it is more likely that the Reds
would not attack before the |
meeting of African and Asian |
countries to be held at Ban
dung, Indonesia. in late April. |
The argument of these officials,
including many in the State De-
partment. is that the Chinese
Communists want to go to Bum
dung in the role of a peaceable
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
729 in Two Planes Safe
After Trouble Over Pacific

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calf, Mar 26 R.-Two big
military passenger planes had
engine trouble at opposite ends
of the 2,400-mile skyway from
here to Honolulu today.
An Air Force C-97 VA So
men aboard developed s)uble
in one of it's four engines while
800 miles off the California
coast.
The C-97, en- route from Homo
lulu, was met by an SA-16 AL
batross from Hamilton ALB and
escorted safely to Travis.
The second plane, a military
air transport service C-87 from
Travis ALB, with 81 passengers
and 9 crewmen, also developed
trouble in one engine while 347
miles from Honolulu.
An air force BIO rescue plane
escorted the transport safely to
Hickam Field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
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Continued From First Page)'

had landed intact on the rela-
lively calm sea and that Gllree
loaded life RATS were floating
about.
Three other ships which ar
rived at the scene too late to hid
in rescue operations reported
that by 1890 pm. nothing re-
manned but a giant oil slick,
some life preservers and other
small wreckage.
The weather was clear and a
slight wind was blowing. pos
sibly keeping the death toll
down. The sea was relatively
calm.
The Bayfield,. en- route to
Seattle from San Pedro. Calf.
with a boat load of soldiers who
had participated in maneuvers
continued toward Seattle, where
it was expected to arrive about
3 am. tomorrow.
Treated Aboard Ship
No attempt was made to
transfer the injured to other
craft. The Bayfield, was equip
ped with a complete sick bay
and medical facilities.
Pan-American officials in Sc
attic said the passenger fatali-
ties were the company's first
since the line commenced oper.
ations in the Pacific in 1895.
A Pan-Am crew was lost in
1888 when a survey plane dis
appeared in the South Pacific.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
French Government Preparing
For Fiscal Rebellion Bottle

Pouiade invaded Paris, filling
two huge halls with an audience
which found his attacks on gov
eminent and Parliament t"cheat-
ers, excretions and scayengers
highly entertaining. Today. the
movement claims 100000 mem
bers tmore than twice the mem
bership of the French Commu-
mist Party and is growing at a
rate of 800 a day. Mr.. Poujade
is reported to have 800 deputies
on his side in the current Parlia-
ment dispute. =.
The methods of the group in
dealing with tax problems are
simple and direct. Anywhere in
France, a person threatened with
government inspection of his
records simply calls up the near
est Poujadist official. who in turn
alerts the local vigilante group.
When the inspectors arrive. the
store is surrounded by several
hundred highly unfriendly
guards. In city after city. local
police and security forces have
declared themselves quite unable
to cope with the problem and
government collectors are having
a thin time of it.
In one small town in cent, al
France. tax collector was seized
by Poujade gang, nailed into
a coffin and paraded through the
streets. Others have been man
handled in less dramatic ways.
At Roanne, when police arrested
several tax delinquent shop
keepers, 10000 members Of the
movement set up camp in front
of the city Jail, forcing the re-
lease of the offenders in less
than "a hours. On a number of
occasions, when property of de-
faulting businessmen has been
put up at public acution, Pou-
jadists have filled the hall. bid
in the whole lot for next to
nothing and returned it to the
original owner.
Nor does Mr.. Poujade wait for
people to get into trouble with
tax authorities before taking &C
ton. For some months the move
ment has become nothing less
than a general strike against all
taxes levied on small businesses,
Mr.. Poujade's order is: No more
taxes will be paid until his de-
mands for fiscal reform are met,
The official membership card for
the movement is the pink gov
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-04
Reginald N. Whitman
Replaces Kalbaugh as
Head of Alaska Railroad

WASHINGTON, R-Reginald
N. Whitman, division superinten-
dent of the Great Northern Rail
way in Seattle, has been named
general manager of the Alaska
Railroad.
AS boss of the 47O-mile line
which links Seward and Anchor
age with Fairbanks, and is gov
ernment-owned and operated,
Whitman will receive $4,000 a
year
He succeeds Frank E. Kalbaugh,
who has been ION loan" to the
government from his post with
the Southern Pacific Railroad in
Ogden, Utah.
Kalbaugh has been appointed to
vice presidency of the Southern
Pacific and will be in. charge of a
pipeline the company is construct
ing between Los Angeles and Ell
Paso, Texas. He has been general
manager Of the Alaska road since
September, 1858
Whitman began with the Great
Northern as a telegraph operator
in 1927, working up through the
ranks.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-04
F.

NOOHIluUGU HUH dSS OIlSi
enough margin Of financial safety
He also said it would eliminate
about $500 small cannery work
ers, mostly women, from benefits
because they do not make $3.50
year, which is one of the start
ing points for qualifying for bene-
fits.
The bill carries these other pro-
visions:
Maximum benefits of S45 a
week for unemployed workers in
Alaska, plus S. a week for each
child up to five
An unemployed person who
goes to the states to draw bene-
fits would get only $25 a week
and would not be entitled to any
dependents allowances.
Workers TO Contribute
Workers will have to pay into
the fund for the first time under
the terms of the bill. The rate is
one-half Of one per cent on pay
up to $500 a year-or maxi
mum contribution of $18 a year.
That provision will be in effect
only for two years.
Employers will have to pay their
ESQ tax on the first $4,000 of a
workers pay, compared with the
present level of $4,000. That
means the employers will have to
pay $18 a year extra into the
fund for each employee who earns
up to $4,000.
The controversial seasonality
clause, which drew such vigor-
Gus protests from organized labor
leaders in the House, was thrown
out Of the bill.
To draw benefits a person will
have to have earned at least $3.50
and must have earned at least
one-quarter as much during the
rest of the year as he did during
his three months of highest in
come. That point is included to
eliminate people who are not
what is generally considered as
part Of the labor force. It cuts
off many workers who have jobs
only for brief period during a
single season.
The act calls for a five-member
commission to break the present
deadlock on the four-man man
agement commission. The present
four members would continue in
their posts and would elect a fifth
member by majority vote.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-04
THE NORTH POLE, THEN AND NOW
Christian Science Monitor)

We have been told of three who, as boys on
a sma-ry camping trip, stayed awake all night argu
ing whether Cook Peary first discovered the North
Pole. Millions today knew there such a
controversy have forgotten it.
There was man then who had be been several
thousand miles nearer could have told those bays it
was Admiral Robert E. Peary and that he knew it
because he was there. That man Matthew A.
Henson who 46 years ago come April 6, Admiral
Pearys sole companion the final dash to the top
of the world.
His recent passing underlines not only the story
of an outrageous hoax and heroic accomplishment
but also the distance the American people have travelled
in many ways
Henson had accompanied the famed explorer on
seven polar expeditions. He deemed the best dog
driver in the 1909 party and the only man who could
build snow house He had been Admiral Peary's
personal attendant during all Of that time Yet because
he was Negro, his choice for the last dash
criticized and he was heckled numerically on an
attempted lecture tour when he returned 1t only
in his later years that he honored Congress-
the Chicago Geographical Society," and by the Explorers
Club in New York
Today commercial airline makes flights
the Pole between California and Denmark carrying
passengers and freight Matthew Henson knew what it
meant cover every mile of the arctic waste on foot
Il hated like heck to vote for Democrat" said
independent voter, but it the only way I
could vote against Republican,
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-04
US. Permits 76
Chinese Students
To Leave Country

WASHINGTON, Rl-The Uni
ted States is permitting rs Chinese
students to leave the country in
the hope Red China will do the
same for American filters and civ
ilians held there.
The State Dept. announced Sat-
urday perm ssion had been grant
ed to the rs Chinese who came to
the United States for technical
training. This means they now are
free to 60 home to China, now
under Communist rule. The deci-
SION was joint one taken by the
State, Justice and Defense Depts.
The immigration Service is to
decide the cases Of about six other
Chinese students shortly. They,
too, are expected to be cleared to
leave.
State Department officials say
no deal with the Chinese Reds is
involved. But the move regarding
the students is reported to have
been taken in the hope it would
lead to Red China's freeing is
American filters and Al civilians.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-04

Bill Brown. of the US. Engi-
neers, in charge Of Nome Harbor
operations, accompanied by Mrs.
Brown, arrived yesterday from
Anchorage to prepare equipment
before the summer activities get
under way.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-04
Softball Results

The Bering Sea Club softball
team swamped the Air Force team
As to 2 in Friday evenings game
at the school gym. Ruth, pitching
very fast ball, was almost I'M
touchable and the Boring Sea
Club had little trouble getting. to
the Air Force pitcher, Wilberger.
In the second game, the high
school won over the merchants
% to II. Willoya's pitching plus
teamwork and not too many err
rors gave the high school their
first win.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-04

The Arctic Tern flies about
$4,000 miles each year between
the arctic and the antarctic.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-04-04

Il hated like heck to vote for Democrat" said
an independent voter, "but it was the only way I
could vote against a Republican,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-04-08
Hadassah States Passover Meetinq
al Temple Ahavath Chesed

meeting Of the Jacksonville adassah
Tuesday April IL 1880 p Temple Ahavath
messed hour featuring refreshments keeping with the
PASSOVER holiday will precede the meeting.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-04-08

slate of officers for the year
1856.
The program chairman, Mrs.
Henry Cristol, announces that a
card party will follow the bust
ness meeting.
A tableau. What Is Passover"
will be a feature of the meeting
of the Hannah Senesch group to
be held April II at 8 P. NJ. at the
Jacksonville Jewish Center. Mrs.
Max Brown. program chairman.
announces that traditional Seder
songs will be presented for a COM
munitY sing.
Following short business
meeting, bingo games will be held
Mrs. George Berkowitz. hospi-
talitY chairman. and her commit
tee will serve refreshments in
keeping with the Passover.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-04-08

Rabbi Irving Miller of Wood
mere, Long Island, was reelected
Chairman of the American Zion
list Council, public relations arm
of the American Zionist move
ment, at the annual meeting Of
the Plenm governing body of
the Council, held last week at the
Hotel Shelton, 49th Street and
Lexington Avenue. He was first
elected to this post on February
Is, 1854.
Attended by representatives of
the Councils eight constituent
Zionist organizations with a COM
bined membership of 100000, last
weeks Plenary meeting also
elected as Vice Chairmen: Rabbi
Mordecai Kirshblum, President of
the Mizrachi Organization Of
America; Ralph Wechsler, Mem
Der of the Presidium of the Labor
Zionist Organization of America
-Poale Zion.
Other officers reelected are
Charles Bick, former President of
Hapoel Hamizrachi, as Treasurer;
Paul Goldman, General Secretary
of the United Zionist Labor Party,
as Secretary.
Rabbi Jerome Unger was re-
named Executive Director, a post
he has held since 1949.
DR.. Abba Hillel Silver of Cleve-
land and Louis Lipsky of New
York were reelected Honorary
Chairmen.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-04-08

Mrs. Stanley Weintraub, Had
sab Supplies chairman, will
resent a "Greenback Shower"
Which takes the place of Hadas-
abs annual linen shower. The
aamission charge will be the price
0f a piece of linen, with all pro-
eeeds going to Israel to purchase
snpplies for Hadassah hospital
projects there.
Mrs. David Armel. chapter
president. reports that the nomi-
hating committee will present a
Evening star., 1955-05-15

. SIipcovers sLomps
sDroperies sCurtoins
. Bedspreods . Tobles
Charge Accounts Invited
Evening star., 1955-05-15
MissSheldon
Engaged to
Mr.. Wapp:ler

Announcement has been
made of the engagement of
Miss Audrey Sheldon, daughter
of Mrs. Merch Sheldon Of
Amagansett, L. l.. and of Mr..
Huntington D. Sheldon of this
city, to Mr.. Reinhold Danforth
Wappler, son of Mrs. Frederick
C. Wappler of New York City.
and Bowerbank, Me-, and Of
the late Mr.. Wappler.
The prospective bride is a
graduate of st. Mary's in-the-
Mountains in Littleton, N. H.,
and attended McGill Univer-
sity. She is at present COM
pleting her studies at Finch
College In New York. Miss
Sheldon was presented to
society in Boston in 1851 and
is a member of the Lands
downe Club. Berkeley Square.
London.
Mr.. Wappler was graduated
from st. Marks School in
Southboro. Mass, studied at
Harvard, where he was MEM
ber of the Spec Club, and
served in the United States
Army. At present he is at
tending the School Of En-
gineering at Columbia Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
Miss Beatrice Macarthur
Is Wed to Mr.. Thenault

Miss Beatrice Ashmead
Macarthur. daughter of Mrs.
Lttlefield Macarthur and Mr..
Bowman McCalla Macarthur,
yesterday became the bride of
Mr.. Georges Spencer Thenault,
son Of Mrs. Georges Thenault
Of Paris, France, and the late
It. Col. Thenault.
The Rev. Malcolm Marshall
performed the ceremony in st.
Margaret's Episcopal Church.
A reception was held following
the ceremony in Dumbarton
House.
The bride, given in marriage
by her cousin, Mr.. Malcolm
Macarthur, wore a gown of
ivory satin with a fitted bodice
of Chantilly lace. Her full veil
of silk illusion was held by a
bandeau of illusion caught
with orange blossoms and
finished with a wide band of
heirloom lace. She carried a
cascade bouquet of white car
Evening star., 1955-05-15
Miss Swingle
To Be Murried

Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H.
Sw;ngle of Hartford. Pa. an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Velma Jeanne,
to Mr.. Robert Stanley Sweck-
er. son of MIR. and Mrs. j.
Preston Swecker. A June we'd
ding is planned.
Miss Swingle is a graduate
of Hartford High School.
Mr. Swecker is a graduate
of Sidwell Friends School and
is attending Cornell Univer-
sity, Sibley School of Me-
chanical Engineering. He is
president of the Cornell Au-
tomobile Club.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
To MARY
In June

Nine. Louis Rougier of Paris.
France. announces the en-
gagement of her daughter,
Miss Beatrice Camille Free
man, to Mr.. Donald A. Fink.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee E.
Fink Of Gary. Ind. The we'd
ding will take place on June
IL in the Yale Chapel in New
Haven, Conn.
Miss Freeman, who is also
the daughter of Mr.. Max
Freeman of Arlington, attend
ed the Lycee Francois de New
York. studied at the Institut
d'Etudes Politiques in Paris
Evening star., 1955-05-15
--Hessler Photo.

nations and stephanotis.
Her attendants were Mrs.
David L. Carpenter, Miss
Laura Macarthur and Mrs.
Wendell d. Vest.
Mr.. r. Tupper Barrett was
best man and the ushers were
Mr.. A. Dawson league. Mr..
David L. Carpenter, Mr.. c. F.
Norment III, Mr.. Evan GAL
braith and Capt. Wendell N.
Vest, USMC.
The bride is a graduate of
Holton Arms School and at
tended the Sorbonne in Paris.
She is a member of the Wash
ington Junior League and
made her debut several sea-
sons ago.
Mr.. Thenault, whose father
was for many years Air Alta
che to the French Embassy,
is a graduate of the Georgia
School of Technology.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thenault will
reside in Washington.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
Miss Stanton
Engaged to
Mr.. Knight

The Rev. and Mrs. Rufus
Burleson Stanton of Arlington
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Marjorie Mae
to Mr.. Gearry Lloyd Knight.
jr., son of Mrs. Knight Of
Rushville. Ind, and the late
Mr.. Knight.
A June wedding is planned.
Miss Stanton is a graduate
of Baylor College in Bolton,
Tex. and Louisiana State
University. Mr.. Knight was
graduated from Purdue Uni
versity and is studying at the
George Washington University
Law School.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
Miss Monqolos Engaged

Mrs, James Mangolas Of
Arlington announce the
engagement of her daughter
Patricia Diane to Mr.. Edward
w. Connolly, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. r. Connolly of Rock
Hill, S. c. The wedding will
take place this coming year.
Mr.. Connolly served three
years with the Armed Forces.
Evening star., 1955-05-15

and is a graduate Of Bryn
Mawr College, She is pres
emily engaged in graduate
work at Yale University.
Mr.. Fink was graduated
from Yale College in 1852. He
received a masters degree in
economics in 1854 and is pres
emily engaged in work toward
the doctorate in economics at
Yale University.
Evening star., 1955-05-15

Miss Lauterbach Is q grad
uate Of the Kutztown State
Teachers College and Is pres
emily teaching in Sherwood
High School In Sandy Spring.
Md.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
To Be Morried

Mr.. and Mrs. z. W. Lauter-
bach Of West Chester. Pa, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Mildred to Mr.. Rob-
ert D. Doud of Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
Virginiu Campbell
Enoooed to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Doug
las Campbell announce the en-
gagement of their daughter
Virginia to Mr.. Everett Walter
Holt of Arlington.
The wedding will take place
in June.
Evening star., 1955-05-15
Vividn Andrews to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Don D. An
drews announce the engage
ment of their daughter Vivian
Marie to Mr.. Robert v. Tomp-
son, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Tompson of Moberly, Mo.
A June wedding Is planned.
Evening star., 1955-05-15

Mr.. Doud Is O graduate q
the George Washington Uni
versity and is associated with
the Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory In Silver
Spring.