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Evening star., 1955-06-14
Nevada Swept
by Flash Flood

LAS VEGAS, New, June IA
I(P.-Flash floods unleashed BY
Itorrential desert cloudbursts hi
Nevada last night, backing out
this city and derailing a train
in the northern part of the State
There were no injuries report
led but the damage in Las Vegas
was expected to run over $780,
900 and perhaps up to half q
million.
While power was quickly re-
stored in most sections, an esti-
mated 80 per, cent of all tele-
Iphones remained out of order
early today.
Mayor c. D. Baker said there
was a strong possibility he would
declare a state of emergency and
ask for Federal f1ood-control aid
It was the worst storm here in
I30 years, he said.
The Western Pacific Railroads
California Zephyr was begged
down So miles west of Winnie
Imucca. The engine and 10 cars
went off the track when the
tracks gave because of the food
Isoftened roadbed.
The railroad said it would take
at least IL hours to clear the
track ana get the train and its
800 passengers moving again
The cloudburst here lasted an
hour. depositing between 2 ano
3 inches of rain and hail or
the downtown area. Scores OF
shops and homes were flooded
and hundreds of cars were stalled
in water which Swirled a foot
deep on main streets.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Senators Vote
Austrian Pact
The Senator Foreign Relations

The Senator Foreign Relations
Committee today approved unan-
imously the treaty restoring
Austrian independence with its
boundaries re-eStablished as
they were in 1888.
Chairman George expects Sen
ate ratification this week. Within
80 days after all of the parties
have acted the occupation forces
will march out of Austria.
It will be the first withdrawal
of Russian troops from occupied
territory in Europe since 1945.
The unanimous vote included
the ballot of Senator LANCER,
Republican, of North Dakota,
who said it was the first treaty
he has voted for since being as
signed to the committee.
Austria has decided to declare
itself a neutral and not join any
military alliances. But the gov
Iernment intends to raise a sub
|stantial armed force to defend
Its independence and neutrality.
In public hearings last week
Secretary of State Dulles said
the United States will aid Aus
'tria in setting up its defense
forces If requested.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
How to
Make Your
Rugs Last
Longer
Look Lovelier!

Is your rug really clean? You
may think so, but did you know
that unless a carpet is put
through professional cleaning
processes, using modern scien-
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OF the grease and CRIME cannot
be remoUed? Ordinary do-it
yourself methods do only half
the job.
Grease is the bugaboo of lovely
carpets. 1t intpriSonS dirt and
CRIME down in the roots" of the
pile, causes it to mat" down
and stiffen. A rug loses much
of its texture and residence un-
less every iota of grease is re-
moved.
So, in the long run, prolonging
the life of your carpets by send
ing them for thorough cleaning
at least once a year, SAVES
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Our methods are based on those
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now about our repair and stor-
age facilities.
Evening star., 1955-06-14

statement as it was interpreted
here:
I. Tass said there is no prob
lem arising from Communist
rule of the countries Of Eastern
Europe and that they will not
allow anyone to interfere in
their internal affairs" President
Eisenhower and Mr.. Dulles have
insisted repeatedly that there is
a grave problem arising out of
the satellites captivity" and
that this is a major source
of world tension. Moreover, it
is the American position that
the nations were ''enslaved" only
because the Soviet government
in 1944-48 repeatedly violated the
Yalta agreement and forced
Communist regimes on otherwise
free nations.
SubversiOn Argued
2. Tass said the activities of
international Communism" are
not a proper subject for discus
sion. Mr.. Eisenhower and Mr..
Dulles have said subversive ef-
forts Of the Cominforn against
free governments are a source
of tensions. The Tass statement
asked what Mr.. Dulles would
think about bringing up at the
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Krishno Menon AIerts
u. S. Ears on Arrivinq

about the Reds. His criticisms
of the United States are frequent
and bitter.
Dealing with Mr.. Krishna
Menon as diplomat is no more
difficult than dealing with him
as a person. Most of the time
he is personally gracious-a
slim. ascetic vegetarian who likes
to sip tea. nibble on nuts and
argue esoteric subjects as if he
were an ancient philosopher.
Burst of FerOcity
Suddenly, however, he can be-
come as carniverous as a tiger,
threatening to consume anyone
who, with or without reason,
has aroused his anger.
He can carry his cane as snap
PLY as a London dandy or he can
swing it like a bludgeon at a
news reporter who asks an i'm
pertinent question.
He can dress in Western
clothes to please the diplomats
at the United Nations, or he
can dress in flowing Oriental
garments to please diplomats at
such gatherings as the Asian
African Conference.
In his So years, Mr.. Krishna
Menon has been law student,
Boy Scout leader, teacher. writer
and a London agitator for In
dian independence. This won
him a place in the Indian diplo-
matte corps and started him on
his way toward his present job
as chief foreign policy adviser
of Indian Prime Minister Java
harlal Nehru.
Mr.. Krishna Menon gave him
self his present assignment of
trying to ease the East-West
tension in Asia. 1t is a task
which has produced nothing but
failure for other diplomats dur
ing the last 10 years.
It remains to be seen whether
the time has come for someone
to succeed.
Evening star., 1955-06-14

ton, who had been with the main
body of searchers.
Mrs. Marston had returned to
her home in Bonita, Calf, with
her three other children from
the family campsite 80 miles
south of the American border.
Some $50 peace officers, United
States Coast Guardsmen and
Mexican officers, aided by blood
hounds and IA planes, conducted
the search.
The elder Marston heads the
Marston Co., San Diego's oldest
department store, founded by his
father.
Evening star., 1955-06-14

Expansion Of Bancroft Hall
Idormitory for midshipmen at the
Naval Academy, and a big new
Ifill at the academy grounds
Ialong the Severn River were ap-
Iproved today by the House
Armed Services Committee.
The projects were authorized
as part of the $2.3 billion mill
ltary naval and air construction
bill approved and sent to the
House floor for action by the
committee.
The expansion of Bancroft
Hall was authorized in the
amount of SIS million, a project
which would take up some of the
Iathletic and drill field at the
academy.
To compensate for this loss Of
space and to add 32l2 acres tc
the present field, the committee
authorized expenditure of $3,-
785, 900 to dredge the Severn
River and provide a fill adjacent
Ito the field.
Backed by All Concerned
Representative Lankford, Dem.
'ocrat. of Maryland, whose
amendment to the big bill wa!
approved, explained that the two
projects had the backing of al
interested agencies in Annapo.
lis. including the academy, the
Chamber of Commerce and the
marine industries.
The construction bill carries
many projects in the District
Maryland and Virginia, includ.
ing funds for the proposed new
headquarters building for the
Central Intelligence Agency.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
By JAMES E. ROPER

v. K. Krishna Menon, India's
peripatetic peace emisSary
steamed into Washington today
to confer with President Eisen-
hover on the easing Of tension
in the Far East.
Alighting from the plane at
Washington National Airport
Mr.. Krishna Menon greeted re-
porters with:
Things look a little better,
don't they?"
Although he declined to dis
cuss his mission specifically. he
said, I'm sure the United States
will do what is right and neces-
sary, but it is not for me to tell
the United States what to do"
Mr.. Krishna Menon. who de-
scribed his visit as one of Eek
treme delicacy." osberved that
''in the general context of any
problem and where there is diff
flculty everyone has got to do
something"
Hopes for Settlement
He said he hoped for an easing
of tensions and for peaceful set
tlement, without mentioning the
United States and Communist
China.
"These matters will not be
settled by optimism, but by
faith. Faith is not a temporary
thing" he said.
Before entering his limousine
to go to the White House,
a reporter wished him good luck.
THANK you, I'll need it." he
replied with a smile.
Mr.. Krishna Menon came here
almost directly from Peiping,
where he talked with Chinese
Communist Premier Chou En-
lai.
Along with Secretary of State
Dulles and Indian Ambassador
G. L. Mehta, Mr.. Krishna Menon
spent 40 minutes in Mr.. Eisen-
hower's Office.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty described the
meeting as preliminary" and
announced that Mr.. Krishna
Menon and Mr.. Dulles would
confer again later today.
Mr.. Hagerty also announced
that Mr.. Krishna Menon would
confer with the President and
Secretary Dulles again at a later
date.
Discussed Many Things
Asked to expand on this re-
port, Mr.. Krishna Menon re-
piled that he gave Gen. Eisen-
hover my impressions of va
rious things in the world" He
said he had been around the
world since he saw the President
last and SO had much on which
to comment.
He declined to answer report
ers' questions about specific sub
jects that might have come up,
but said that, aside from today's
conference. he felt that Com
muniSt China's release of four
American flyers had opened the
door to the release of others.
Asked if he were personally
hopeful that others might be re-
leased, Mr.. Krishna Menon COM
mented that, IT'S not hope you
require in life, but faith"
Mr.. Krishna Menon is the
current darling of the Chi
nese Communists and pos
sibly can speak with extraor-
dinary authority. Ever since the
Asian-African conference in
Bandung the Reds have been
giving him a buildup in inter-
national diplomacy. To further
that buildup the Reds might use
him to deliver a vital message
on Far Eastern problems. Amer
lea must listen.
Uncertain on Role
The difficulty is that United
States officials cannot be sure
whether Mr.. Krishna Menon
speaks as a conscientious medi-
ator for neutral India or as a |
cloying messenger for Red China.
AS Indla's permanent repre-
sentative at the United Nations,
Mr.. Krishna Menon poses as a |
neutral. But he never seems to
have anything unkind to say
LOST
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Youth Accident Toll

CHICAGO.-About "a per cent
of all drivers involved in fatal
auto accidents during 1854 were
under the age of Is years.
Evening star., 1955-04-03
Baltimore Livestock

BALTIMORE w.se Apsil .asht,- Cattle; .sess
mostly steady. spots lower on commercial
changed; cows fully steady fo so: spots
more HIGHER with most advance on
utility and commercial grades; bulls
to u G isasy hsSs 'Ssk Fsk fas osas and s smey ssae
lots choice and prime $751; .001 lb;
and choice S27-l 291 lbs 23.50-26. SO:
ise ia.ooase g. HRa Few sood sood and choiee $50
1000 ib. heifers 20.00-23.50, some
1900 up: utility and commercial 1900.
1900: some good 1900 1880: scattered
llG llsG5o u u.ility Ssal sna com commsTeiai Young
commercial l3.50-16.00; eanners and
sosterS sosa Sss soo,hs9e s euk 1900 Up Fey
ners and. cutters 9.0O-13.5O. Bulk good
sssd.t and choice e42 b stGcssr css and
q 90 a5 90: bulk medium and good 500:
972 lbs. 1S.00-a2 rs: common and
medium 6s7-SSs lbs l350-l7.00: few
lots inferior ad and common 400-740 los'
Calves: Compared last week; Generally
steady. ODD head sorted prime yealers
y az 90: bulk choice and prime eo Sson. =, 90.
utility and Commercial ii .oo-.a. 90; cuils
1000 downward
Hogs: Compared last week: Not enough
on offer either Friday to compare prices.
Barrows and gifts mostly 25 higher;
sows generally 25 lower Thursday S
quotations choice 160-24O ID. barrows
and silts 1T.75-17.s5. mostly 1890
1875 for 1S0-22o lbs: 24O-270 lbs.
17.0o-lS,25; 270-30o. lbs. 1B.50-I7.a5;
II 0a-1T.15: 1I0-1f0 lbs. 1T.60-1S.25.
Choice sows under 400 lbs. nulked at
1900 400-450 lbs. 1900: 450-5O0 lbs.
H.; few over q lbs. IL 90 down. Staes
discounted 2.00-300 from same weight
sows. few lots garbage few hogs mostly
LOO under same weight grainfeds.
enough lambs or ewes on sale any day
to permit COMPARISON of prices. Quota
tions nominally unchanged
Evening star., 1955-04-03

dial equipment in the Brookland
and Georgia dial centers.
Mr.. Vogel said the company's
net income for the IL months
ending February % amounted
to $5,686,929, compared with S.
l54,744 in the preceding IL
months, an increase Of s532, 1875
or 10 per cent.
Operating revenues of $51,,
118,105 were up 1881, ,23S, while
operating expenses Of $36,421.-
966 were $640.846 higher. OPP
Grating taxes totaled $685., ,626,
a gain Of $539,763.
Plant in service at the end
Of February was valued at $780,
343,389 VS.. $133, 1886 a year
earlier. The IL months return
on average plant was 4.40 per
cent VS.. Ala per cent in the pre-
ceding IL months.
February net income was
$501 .401 VS.. 1886, ,280 year ago.
Operating revenues of S4,285,-
1856 were up $334.427, while op-
Grating expenses Of $2,951, ,O89
rose only $80,544.
Evening star., 1955-04-03
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. April . lP.-Butcher hogs
closed steady to p cents higher. while
eS Se maTkef o this week
Cattle receipts were about 10 per cent
higher than last week and the com.
parative week year ago, Steers sold
treme cases. Feiters lost 80 cents to ST !.
and and cows; bulls and vealers all worked
CUsDAl-saiable hogs, 200; total.
1000 estimated. Compared week ago:
Choice No. l and No. 2 grades barrows
and ,gil.s. under e3o pounds, steady to
~ higher; :., other barrows a10 and gilts
ly scare: at, the close most choice 100
23G-pound butchers, l7.a5-1s.oo; short
dses choice No. Il; sround 20 pounds
1926: :300-a6o- pound, 15.75- lG. So few
up to 400 pounds down to 15.5n. sows.
under $50 pounds, l4.T5-l5.75: few
neaa,s nead lg'99; bqlk no larger lots 45o-doo
Salable cattle 100. total 600 (estimated,:
compared week ago: Prime steers steady
to so lower; good and choice grades un-
mostly ! a00-2.00 lower with extremes
OF $50: utility and commercial mostly
30 to LOO lower: heifers mostly so to
stances off 90; bulls steady to so lower;
yealers steady to l 90 lower: stockers and
feeders mostly STEADY; high choice and
for load 11G5 1b Iowa steers and for
load, Kansas beeves weighing 134l ib:
loadlots mixed choice and prime steers
2s 800. 90; early bulk choice steers and
steers scaling 1176-1342 ID 27.00-27,75
bulk good TO low choice steers and year.
alngs late .oO-23.00 with some, mostly
good GRADES as low as 1900: loadlots
commercial Holsteins 165O-IS50: few
utility steers 1900 down: few head prime
heiiers $500: losdlots high choice, to low
and choice heifers 70. .0o-24.75; few loads
COMMERCIAL to Icy good heifers closed at
late mostly 1200-l5.0o with few high
commercial young cows and scattered
most Gamers and cutters late. 1000
commercial bulls late i4a5-l6'5o; good d
heavy heavy fat bulls l30o,14;oo good and
commercial .vealers l2.0O-af 90; good
en- and ~ choice no feeding steers and yesrlings
:. saIa6is Sal 5 sheep none, total 100; COM
good to prime weighing under 40 ID.
lambs showing the, most decline; slaugh-
Yer sneep mainly steady. early bulk good
to prime Wooled lambs under 1l0 10.
G0.24 so: later most good and choice
ywoolsd lambs, 23,o0-s3.50 with only
lambs weighing ll0-125 ID. 21.00-23. Is.
the latter price early in the week: load
l25 lb. woolskfns at 81 90 at midweek
from same feedlot and OF similar weights
to lambs which brought 2aassa early; Gull
to 10 wgood lambs mainly 15.00-2l 80.
early load of choice 95 Id. No, i skin
shorn lambs on shipping account 22.50:
other mainly choice No, skin and fall
Shorn lambs weighing l07-110 b. a1.5-
y %; Gull to choice wooled slaughter
ewes in small lots 5000. 80 and similar
grading shorn ewes downwards from
Evening star., 1955-04-03

CaIl lOiiOW up WIFI something
bigger. II business is sagging in
1855. they can argue the drop
wouldn't have happened II the
G. O. P. had let the tax cut go
through on time. Or if business
Is booming, they can Justify a
fight for a bigger tax bonanza.
A reason the G. o. p. was so
furious about the maneuver was
that it was shrewd politics.
Alice-What tax cut might we
get next year?
Father William-A reduction
resulting from a boost in personal
exemptions is what key Demo-
Gratis are discussing. But the de-
tails aren't as important as the
outcome, which will be: Millions
of taxpayers will be eliminated
from the tax rolls and the big
gest percentage cuts will go to
lower-income groups. It'll be
definite stimulant.
Alice - But won't it probably
mean another budget deficit?
Father William-Probably.
Alice-Won't that be directly
inf1ationary?
Father William-It depends on
the size of the deficit and the
way it is financed. Anyway, you
might as well resign yourself to
the fact that, while most people
act Mortified about imitation,
deep-down most like a little of 1t
at time. That's the way it is.
Alice-I recited to the Cater
pillar a poem about you. 1t be-
gins:
"You are old. Father William"
the young man said,
And your hair has become very
white; =
And yet you incessantly stand
on your head
Do you think, at your age, its is
right?"
Father William II know the
next verse!
I'm my YOUTH" Father William
replied to his son,
I feared it might injure the
brain:
But now that I'm perfectly sure
have none,
Why. do 1t again and again."
Alice and Father William to-
eether-Let's send copies of the
poem to all the Washington tax
strategists!
'e'' 's''' i'S',, ,..., sS''-H'n ! Indicate
Evening star., 1955-04-03
Output, Sales, Jobs
Up in First Quarter,
Inventories Steady
BY WALTER BREEDE. Jr.
Associated Press Business Writer

NEW YORK, April 2.-How
was business in the first quarter
of 1855?
The record began to take shape
this week. It showed: Produc-
tion. sales and employment on
the rise; inventories steady. Auto
output headed the rise in indus
t'ial activity. In January. Febru-
ary and March factories turned
out 2,125.612 cars. That's more
than in any other three-month
period in history.
Retail trade, estimated at
$40.5 billion, was also at an all
time peak. Here. too, Detroit
made hefty contribution: Auto
retailers sold nearly 1.8 million
new cars. Elsewhere on the re-
tail scene, department store sales
were up 7 per cent from last
years first quarter. Merchants
across the country, polled by
the Associated Press, foresaw
banner Easter season.
For further evidence of record
smashing activity you could
look at heavy construction. Heavy
engineering contracts awarded
through March (for oil refineries,
power plants and other big jobs
amounted to well over $4.5 bill
lion-56 per cent ahead of last
year and per cent above the
previous high of January March,
1858.
Steel production this week
scheduled at 93.6 per cent of
capacity or 2,258,000 tons-was
within striking distance of the
record week of March %, 1853.
Output should reach its peak
this month. let down in the sum-
mer and turn up again in the
fall when the auto makers come
out with their 1856 models.
Evening star., 1955-04-03

Father William-If we're not
in a shooting war when Congress
convenes next year, sure: a tax
cut for you will be the first order
of business. The administration
has all but guaranteed this. The
Democrats have now established
an income tax reduction for 1856
as key political issue.
What was all the fuss
ing about then?
Father William-Plenty. Tax
cutting is top way to win votes.
The Republicans want to lead on
this and get credit for what is
done next year. The Democrats
wanted to grab the ball and vote
the cut for 1856 in advance SO
they'd get the credit. Since con-
troll of the White House and
Congress will be at stake in
1856. the fussing was normal.
Alice--Dear me. playing poll
Tics with taxes. How shocking.
Father William-Its not ex-
actly new, you know. 1t has
been done since I can remember.
And what's so shocking about
politicians acting like politicians?
Do you expect them to act like
economists? If they did. they'd
not last long in Washington.
Alice-I bet the Democrats
are mighty sore about their de-
feat.
Father William-On the con-
trary, l think they're secretly
pleased. Now they have a made
to-order issue. First. they can
say to you. I'VE tried to get you
a cut but were turned down ny
the. Republicans" Then. If the
O. Q. p. beats them in introduce
Evening star., 1955-04-03
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 M1. - Cotton
futures prices rallied late this week
after getting on to an inauspicious start.
The overall trend was moderately higher,
although some deliveries lagged behind.
New York Cotton Exchange recorded a
net price range which varied from 80
cents bale lower to 65 cents higher for
the week
Early weakness was attributed to sew
eral factors. One was tired long liqui-
dation. Another was selling induced by
adyices from Washington" on exports
and the carry -oyer outlook. Others
were: Continued dullness In the spot
cotton and textile markets. weakness on
the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, unceT-
tainty over United States policy on ex-
ports.
The rally came late in the week. It
short covering, and buying prompted by
an unexpected rise in the mid March
parity price. Also on the bullish side
were reports that there would be no in
crease this year in cotton acreage allot-
ments
The Agriculture Department reported
a downward revision of its estimate Of
originally forecast that exports for the
current season would approximate 4.5
million bales. The new estimate is AZ
million.
Exports for the week ended Tuesday
were estimated by the New York Cotton
bales. compared with 107 900 the previ-
Gus week and los. 900 in the comparable
week last year.
This would raise the total for the
season to 2.s5S.000 bales VS.. 2.372 900
at approximately the same time last year
Evening star., 1955-04-03
McKeIWay Elected
"A Vice President.
OF The Star Company

Benjamin M. McKelway, editor
Of The Star, has been elected a
vice president of The Evening
Star Newspaper Co.
Under the bylaws of the COM
pany he may hold both the Office
of editor. to which he has been
reelected annually since 1947,
and the additional Office of vice
president.
! His election to a vice presi-
dency provides the company with
two vice presidents, the other
being r. M. Kaufman.
Mr.. McKelway Joined the staff
of The Star in 1920. He was
elected editor October %, 1916,
to succeed the late Theodore w.
Noyes
Two additional directors have
been elected by the company;
John H. Kaufman and Will
mott Lewis, il.
Mr.. Kaufman Joined the
staff of The Star in 1949 and
since July, 1852. has served as
assistant advertising manager.
He is the son of Samuel H.
Kaufman. president of The
Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Mr.. Lewis also joined The
Stars staff in 1949 and since
January, 1852. has served as
production manager. He is the
son of the late Sir Willmott
Lewis, for many years Wash
ington correspondent of the
London Times, and is a grand
son of the late Frank B. Moves,
president of The Evening Star
Newspaper Co,