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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
Trucking Group
Police

The efficient Job turned in BY
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment during last sum n er'i
transit strike was praised last
night by. the District Trucking
Association at It's third annual
banquet In the MayfioWer Hotel
The tribute was In the form Of
o plaque and glowing words
Police Chief Robert v. Murray
accepted on behalf Of the depart.
ment.
Presentation Of the plaque was
made by Morris Davidson, out.
going president Of the associa.
ton. and Samuel Spencer, pres
ident Of the Board cf District
Commissioners.
200 Attend
More than 200 members and
their guests witnessed the cere-
monies. as well as the installa-
ton Of the organizations new
|officers.
Mr.. Davidson. official OF David
son Transfer and Storage Co,
praised Chief Murray and his
men for having done D "heroic''
job Of keeping trafiic moving
during the 53-day strike BY
Capital Transit Co. workers.
Had not Chief Murray had
such an efiicient force Mr..
Davidson said. "he could never
have risen TO the emergency"
The outgoing president en-
|phasized; moreover, that the
award was made not entirely
for the police work during the
strike but for. aoutstandina
achievement for many years"
Plaque Inscribed
Inscribed on the plaque Is q
commentator for Washing.
toms finest for willing and I'M
selfish service In the public
Interest"
Judge Joseph c. McGarraghy
Iof the District Court. former
general counsel Of the associa-
ton for many years. praised its
growing awareness Of civic re-
Isponsibility and urged the or
ganization to become q still
more important factor In COM
munity life.
Installed as new officers were:
Y. K. Howat. Of Howat Con.
crete. president; Arthur Claren.
don Smith. jr., Of Smith Trans
fer and Storage, FIRST vice pres
|ident; Hugh NJ. Steinberger, oil
Jacobs Transfer, second vice
president; Sidney r. Johnston
|of Sidney r. Johnston. Inc.
third vice president: Donald r
Forbes, Of Kane Transfer. Sec
Rotary, and w. H. Thomas, Of
Union Trust Co.. treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
Air Academy Tests
Slated at BOILING

Applicants in this area for the
United States Air Force Acad-
|emy's second class beginning in
July win be tested October II
lat the Boiling Air Force Base.
The first class at the academy
lot Lowry Air Force Base in Col
|orado began with 800 cadets last
July. Glasses will be increased
each year until the total author
|ized strength Of 2.496 cadets has
been reached.
Applicants must be II to "a
years old as Of July /. 1866,
American citizens Of good moral
character. single and never be-
fore married. at least 5 feet 4
inches, but not taller than 6
feet 4 and physically qualified
for flying duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
Fire Prevention Parade Crowds
Given Shower BY District Boot

Spectators and officials at the
annual Fire Prevention Parade
In Fairlawn Park got an un-
scheduled shower yesterday as
cascades Of water tossed aloft by
the District Fire Boat were
sprayed onto the reviewing stand.
AS United States Park Police
Chief Harold Stewart led the
parade from Eleventh Street
Bridge along Fairlawn avenue
toward reviewing stand the Fire
Boat began shooting tall streams
of water skyward. Then cap
ricious wind began blowing to-
ward the reviewing stand. Sew
eral hundred spectators, the
Queen Of the parade. her prin-
cesses and various officials
squealed loudly enough for ofi-
Gals to call q halt to the ex-
hihition.
More than so pieces Of fire
equipment. o dozen bands, and
marching units from military.
civic and cadet organizations
participated in the hike from
Eleventh Street Bridge to Sousa
Bridge where the parade dis
banded.
Prixewinners Named
Prizewinners were, best APP
pearing pumper, Hillandale. Md;
best appearing ladder truck,
Cottage City. Md; best appear
ing ambulance, Oxon Hill, Md:
best Cub pack troop, No. 375 OF
the District: best youth band.
Oxon Hill High School Band;
best drum and bugle corps,
stephens City (Va.) Drum and
Bugle Corps: best military band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
New Comic Strip, Freddy,
To Be in Star I Tomorrow

The first appearance OF the
new comic strip. Freddy. In The
Star tomorrow Is . dream come
true to washington artist Bob
Baldwin.
Mr.. Baldwin. Of 3734 Benton
street NV. left the Government
last spring on Q plunge with q
new idea for Q strip. Freddy's
FIRST appearance in The Star and
I'm many other paperA> from here
Ito California marks his 43rd
birthday.
The strip has q cast Of charac-
tiers headed by Freddy. q space
man, bronco buster, warrior,
athlete and dreamer. The idea
came from the five Baldwin
children, Mark. Il. jeffrey, 8,
Joelly. s. Tommy. I, and Anne
Marie, 3.
With such D family. Mr.. Bald
win figures. you have to be In
|terested In the subject matter.
land q cartoonist's interest in
|the subject is the only way he
can hold the attention Of the
public.
The artist was born In the
District and is q graduate Of
Western High School and the
|Ccrcoran School Of Art in 1885.
Afterwards he vent into the
comic book field working on
everything but with = few. fea-
lures Of my own.
For the last few years he
worked as . graphic artist for
the Defense Department and
lived on OkinaYa for two and q
half years Until his return last
spring.
There the Baldwins adopted
Tommy. an orphan they fen in
love with.
II did the groundwork for
Freddy while overseas" Mr.
Baldwin explained. THE char
|acters don't exactly represent my
children, but they certainly are
Influenced by them"
How did he do 1t?
"Well." he said. you get .
general subject and then sort Of
fool around with some cilarac-
tiers. Finally one sticks. 1t In
wolves literally thousands Of
drawings taking two or three
minutes apiece"
1T probably takes an expert
enced cartoonist several hum
bred hours to come up with
something salahle."
So he brought the idea and
sketches back to Washington
with him.
Then came his big decision
He quit his job and went to New
York to sell his strip. Mrs. Bald.
win didn't mind. II guess she
just knew ! could do it"
In New York he overcame two
of the three big hurdles q car.
toonist must face. Freddy wa.
selected from hundreds nf oti1al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
Bishop Dun to Speak

The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Episcopal Bishop of Washington,
win speak at two meetings this
week of vestries and officers OF
parish churches. They win be
held at 8 pm. Monday at st.
Adams Church, Massachusetts,
and Wisconsin avenues NV,
and at 5 pm. Friday at st.
Marks Church, 3Ol A street Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN

Veterans Of the exploration for
the route and construction Of the
Madeira Mamore Railroad. built
through the jungles near the
western border Of Brazil. gath
cred last night at the Willard
Hotel for their annual banquet.
The Minister and Counselor of
the Brazilian Embassy here.
Adolpho de Camargo Neves de-
livered the address Of welcome.
The railroad. constructed to
tap the rich natural rubber for
ests Of FL Benz in Bolivia. runs
from Guajara Merlin to Porto
velho. But the increase in culti-
waited rubber In Malaga spelled
the doom Of the ambitious un-
dertaking. Now. only about one
train a week runs between Porto
Velho and Guajara Merlin. car
rying passengers. cattle. hides
and coal.
The Madeira is q principal
tributary Of the great Amazon
River.
Life for Every Tie
1.-THE railroad Of death. rep
resents "a life for every tie laid
down." for its 200 miles through
the unexplored jungle. 1t. Col.
Robert P. Waters Of 1922 Wooten
drive, Falls Church (Va.). secre-
tary Of the Madeira Mamore
Association, declared. The rail-
road skirts 10 falls and rapids on
the Mamore and Madeira Rivers
above Porto Velho. Percival
Farquahar, internationally
known financier. financed the
construction Of the railroad In
1906.
The association, with o mem
bership Of lat now. represents
the survivors Of about 500 Ameri-
cans. For six years tl907-19l3)
10000 men. recruited from many
countries, labored TO push the
railroad to completion. During
its building. 1000 died, the sur
|vivors said last night.
THE lack Of knowledge about
this railroad. an engineering feat
more difficult than the Panama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
Brazil RoiIrood Of Death
Survivors Convene Here

Canal, Is due to the fact that
1t is located and constructed in
the most remote and inacces-
sibie part of the Western Henri
sphere" Col. Waters declared.
Overshadowed by Canal
During its construction. the
world focused its attention on
Theodore Roosevelt's pet scheme
the Panama Canal. And the
Balkans were afiame when the
railroad was flnished--the start
Of World War /. But the railroad
we built was q great piece Of
engineering and 1t afforded OPP
portunity for pioneering in treat
ing tropical diseases"
r. M. Gibson. q civil engineer.
who was with the Bethlehem
Steel Co. for 80 years and spent
90 years In the Far East, another
veteran Of the railroad construc-
ton. last night declared:
"Quinine and canned goods
built the Madeira-Mamore Rail-
road"
Frank Kravigny Of New York
City. who wrote O book 1.-THE
Jungle Route" about the expe-
dition TO survey for the rail-
road. also attended last nights
dinner.
j. B. Joyce came from Hawaii
with his wife to celebrate with
his former jungle colleagues.
James C. Bolton came up from
Santiago, Cuba.
92-Year-Old Member
William e. Doyle. 90 years old,
of RID. No. 2, Culpeper, Va.
the structural steel expert who
put in the bridges for the rail-
road, participated in last nights
gathering.
Quincy Tucker. now Of St
Petersburg Fla.), an associate
member. who was sent to Bolivia
to buy rubber for the Safety
Insulated Wire q Cable Co., now
part Of General Gable Co.. aided
in forming q syndicate to launch
the railroad. He also attended
last nights banquet, recalling
how the Brazilian politicians de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
GeoIoqist to Speak

DR.. John Reed. senior geologist
Of the United States Geological
Survey, will address the Naval
Reserve Civil Engineer Corps
Company Of Washington at 8
pm. tomorrow at the Bureau Of
Yards and Docks Annex, Arling-
ton, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
Cathedral Report

The second report luncheon Of
Washington Cathedral's autumn
campaign for sustaining and
building funds will be held at
1880 pm. tomorrow at the BUR-
|lington Hotel. Mr.. Montgomery
Blair, q member of the Cathedral
Chapter, will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
Businessmen Meet

The Columbia Heights Busi-
nessmen's Association win hold
Q iuncheon-meeting at 1915 pm.
Tuesday at the Kenesaw Cafe,
Sixteenth and Irving streets NV.
Dr.. H. H. Rosenttal win address
the group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
G. G. Meeting
Set 10 Revise
Voting Method
Changes Indicated
By New Low for
Primary Election

The Republican State Com
lmittee for the District viii meet
to revise its procedures In line
with the city's new primary
election law at Sis pm. Tuesday
lat the Willard Hotel.
The new District Board Of
Elections, sworn In last week,
has set to work establishing
machinery for the registration
Iof voters and the conduct Of
the first election held here in
more. than 80 years. The cleo
Ition win be next May.
One Of the first things to be
considered by the Republican
leaders when they meet Tuesday
Is how to elect their committee
members.
New Law Outlined
Under the new law, the Board
LOT Elections viii take over the
work Of conducting public bali
|loting for delegates to presiden-
Itial nominating conventions and
national committee members. s
Local Republican and Demo-
cratic committees may decide
whether their own members
should be elected on the same
ballot or by some private method.
The Republican committee
comprises 86 members, and It is
considered ''unrealistic" to think
that q voter would mark his
ballot 100 times-the minimum
number with no contest for s6
lcommittee posts. six delegates.
six alternates and two national
|committee members.
This might be solved BY .
plan to elect 20 or 50 members
on the city-wide ballot and then
have that group elect the rest
Iof the committee.
Old Method Noted
The committee might also cut
down its size. but Q big COM
lmittee has been considered to
have the advantages Of broader
representation and wider In
terests.
Another way would be to con-
Itinue the precinct-city conyen-
ltion election method Of the past.
but this would mean q duplica-i
ltion Of expense when the party
could take advantage Of the
space available on the Board Of
Elections ballot.
Under the previous method.
the local Republicans had the
city divided into 43 precincts
based on population. Registered
Republicans in each precinct
detected o delegate to q city con-
Ivention. The 40 elected - more
members ut large. The committee
of s6 then elected the delegates
and national committee mem
beers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09

Canal, Is due to the fact that
1T is located and constructed in
the most remote and inacces-
|sibie part Of the Western Henri
sphere" Col. Waters declared.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-24
MOlOtOv Will Disclose
 His Future as Minister At Geneva Conference

MOSCOW, R-V. M. Molotov said Saturday he would disclose at the, coming Geneva conference whether he intends to relinquish his post as Soviet foreign minister.
 Asked by an Associated Press correspondent whether he intend ed to resign, Molotov replied:
 T will give the answer to that question in Geneva and only at Geneva"
 Molotov, affable and smiling at a gala Kremlin reception for Bur mese Premier U Nu, seemed re- luctant to discuss his plans in fur ther detail.
 The question of whether Molo- toy, for more than a decade the spokesman of Soviet foreign poli- cy, might be leaving the foreign ministry arose after he confessed to an theological error" in the magazine Communist, which lays down the party line.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-24
Henry Wallace
 FavOrs Ike Over 5 Demo POssibles
BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss

Adlai E. Stevenson stirred pol itical talk among Midwest Demo cratic leaders Friday with a strong endorsement of 90 percent of par ity price supports for basic farm crops.
 Sen. Kefauver Tenn), another prominent possibility for the Dem ocratic presidential nomination next year, also hit heavily on the farm problem in his first major political speech of the fall.
 And New York's Gov. Averen Hartman gave a major address Saturday night.
 None of the three possible Dem ocratic candidates won the en- dorsement from Henry A. Wal lace, however.
 Wallace, a onetime New Deal Cabinet member and vice presi- dent under President Roosevelt who now calls himself an indepen- dent, said in South Salem, NY. he favors President Eisenhower for President again next year to fur ther the cause, of world peace" 
 Wallace, the Progressive Party nominee for president in 1948, said he had ''the greatest admira- ton and respect" for Stevenson, Kefauver and Hartman. But Els enhower represents more than any other man the worlds hope for peace" Wallace said, and ''This outweighs all other consid- erations."
 Kefauver, in his first appear ance at a Democratic rally since returning from a round world tour, said at Erie, Pa, that Ezra T. Benson ''has been a failure as a secretary of agriculture.
 The senator offered a solution of his own to what he said were the price declines and mounting surpluses during Benson's tenure: higher price supports for the out put from smaller farms, with the subsidy rate to go down as a farms output goes up.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-24
ALASKA AIRLINES

From Anchorage: Richard Neil son, A.W. Smith, Brene Canaday, Guy Whitney, Dick Ball, Sean Brady.
 From Unalakleet: Larry Daw, George Chapman.
 To Anchorage: Francis Gra- ham, Sean Brady, Frank Paul, F. A. Campobasso, Art Johnson, Linda Londberg, James Bystedt, LeRoy Miller.
 To McGrath: Sig Krogstad and Jenny Coplin.
 From McGrath: LauriS Parker.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-24
Americans Airdrop Rice To Help Avert Famine
 In IndOchinese Kingdom

BANGKOK, Thailand-Ameri- cans are airdropping tons of rice to help avert famine among Lao tians in the rugged, mountainous areas of the Indochinese kingdom near the Communist border, it was revealed Saturday.
 The US. government bought 5000 tons of milled rice from Thailand to help the Laotians, whose last two crop years were poor because of weather and Com munist disturbances.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-24
THE BLUEBELL BROWNIES

The Bluebell Brownies had their first meeting last Wednes- day Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Swim are our leaders.
 We divided into patrols. Sally Siegwart is the leader for Patrol No. and Mary Walsh is treasur- CT. Linda Lenert is the leader for Patrol No. 2 and Rosemary Barber is treasurer. Randy Asbridge is the scribe.
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-24
Contract Awarded for
 End of 3 Alaska-States Short Wave Radio Bldgs.

SEATTLE, R-A contract has been awarded for installing the second of three high frequency radio equipment buildings, the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. announced Friday.
 The building, to be built near Sequim, will be used in installa- ton of high frequency radio system between Port Angeles and Seattle to carry Alaska calls to and from Seattle and the rest of the nation.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

there might be . slight" in
crease, but 'by and large" II
would be the same.
Mr.. Hatoyama said the "eco-
nomic factor plays an important
role" in japanese rearmament
He indicated he felt Japan's sag
ging economy could not support
an increase at this time. despite
the fact that Japan's defense
budget is one Of the lowest in
the world.
Psychological Factor
He added that the psychology
ical factor should be considered
"The Japanese people hate war
They must be informed and ed
ucated before we can proceed
with rearmament," he said.
He added that Japan would
like to cut her share of the cost
of keeping American troops here
and use part Of the money fol
housing.
"The United States wants tc
strengthen Japan and a housing
program would indirectly aid
this" he sale.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
H-Bomb Scientist Accepts
Aircraft Industry Post
By she Asseeioied Press

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Mar. IA
A hydrogen bomb scientist, DR.
Frederic de Hoffman,. is leav-
ing Government service, it was
announced yesterday, to become
a vice president of an aircraft
building company.
He will be in charge. effective
April Is, of nuclear planning fol
Convair Division of General Dy-
namics Corp.
John Jay Hopkins. chairman
and president of General Dy-
namics, said DR.. de Hoffman,
would direct investigation of new
applications of nuclear energy
both military and industrial. fol
Convair and head research or
current nuclear projects.
Convair's Government con-
tracts, some of them secret. in
clude experimental work at its
Forth Worth (Tex0 plant or
nuclear powered aircraft.
DR.. de Hoffman,, 81, has beer
connected with the Government.
Los Alamos scientific laboratory
since 1914. He was deputy tC
DR.. Edward Teller, assistant di-
rector for weapons development
at Los Alamos, from .1949 to 1851
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO Mar. Il Up USDA)-
salahle hogs 10000: active; butchers un-
evenly 15 TO fully 25 higher instances
up more; sovs 25 or more higher; choice
19O-23O-lb, butchers 15.75-l6-25: q few
loads and lots choice No. l and 2s 600
10. down 1885 and 10 40: latter price
Iof around three decks; part deck $50;
4c-29o-lb. 15.25-15.S5: 30O-3SO-lb
II 4;5O-l5 %: choice sows 4S0-lb. and
nghter l3.75-l so: 45O-600-Ib. 1878
1879; good clearance.
Salable cattle 10000: salable calves
200; steers grading and better slow,
steady to 80 lover: utility and CONNER
eisl steady: heiters mostly steady; COWS
steady to 25 higher: bulls steady to
strong: vealers steady; stockefs and feed
ers scarce. steady: several loads mostly
prime l,2O0-l,215-lb. steers 80 90: sew
eral loads held higher a few loads
mixed high choice and low prime steers
"a .5n-29.5 30; bulk choice steers and
yearlings 24.00-27 90: good to low choice
10 .oO-23 so: few loads commercial Hol-
stems 16.5o-1S.50: a load of prime heif-
eTs held above $500: bulk good and
choice heifers 9.O0-24 90; few loads
- %: low commercial to low good grades
13-00-l $50: utility and commercial COW
! .32-l 3 30; Gamers and cutters 900
II p: utility and commercial bulls
- 1900: good and choice vealers
n .00-26 90: few head light culls as low
as 100; several loads good yearling feed
ing steers 20.00-2I .25: part load me-
dium SOO-lh. weights 1850
Evening star., 1955-03-14
McAIIister to Speak

Walter w. McAllister, chair
man of the Home Loan Bank
Board, will address the three-day
convention of the Society of Saw
ings and Loan Controllers, which
opens Thursday, March "a at
the Roosevelt Hotel, New York.
This will follow the sessions of
the annual conference of the
American Savings and Loan In
stitute at the same hotel during
the early part of that week.
The Society was organized by
the Institute in 1949 to promote
the use of improved accounting
methods and procedures among
the nations savings associations,
officials explained.
Jennings Randolph will ad-
dress the dinner meeting of the
Progress Club at the Hotel 2400
tomorrow on "The Human Side
of Business" He is assistant to
the president of Capital Airlines.
Three Appointments Posted
Fabricators Steel Corp, 3404
River road, Bladensburg, Md.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
IPepco Board Proposes Increase
lin $40 Common to 10 Million

announced these appointments:
Edward Stern, assistant general
manager; Victor Siegel. assist,
ant treasurer and credit man.
ager; S. H. Burgess. sales man
ager. fabrication division.
Oficials said the plant oper-
ates the largest power brake
press in the Washington area for
industrial use. They said this
press has a capacity rating Of
300 tons for bending plate and
forming other materials.
Representatives of the H. j.
Heinz Co. will conduct the meet
ing Of the Washington. D. c.,
Stewards Association at the Ho-
tel Willard at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row. School officials will be
guests.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Mar. IA H.-Foreigr
collars. others in cents unbalanced un.
less otherwise noted:
Canadian dollar In New York oper
market i ,e5J J32 per cent premium OF
101.7Sls United States cents up II32
Great Britain tpoundl So 79is. up u
80 day futures 2.7S 29/32, up IL: sc
futures -2.7s llI32 I'D IL: Belgium
dranc( 1857: France Urancl 2Sss ot
cent: Germany (westernl (Deutscht
MARK % IS: Holland tguilder 2630
italy Qira) 16h of a cent: Portuga
tescudol 3.50: Sweden tkrona) 1894
Switzerland francl (free) 3.33R; Den.
mark (krone 1880
Latin America - Argentina (free'
7.24: Brazil tfree) %: Mexico S.02
Venezuela (bolivarl 3O.03.
Far East-Hong Kong dollar II so.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Wedding Champagne e

A winery firm in Paarl, South
Africa. now supplies champagne
for weddings with the names of
bride and bridegroom and the
wedding date specially printed
on the labels on every bottle.
Brides seem to like it.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

Co., W h ic h
foreSeeS con-
tinued expan-
sion in tn e
ye ars jus t
ahead.
To aid in A.
nancing this
growth, COM
mon stock
holders W ill
be asked to-
increase $40
par va lu e
common stock
to 10 million
from SIS mil
Evening star., 1955-03-14

representative
for the elec-
tronicS divi-
sion.
Since 1882,
Mr.. En- g e i
mann has been
a S S o c i a ted
with the auto
motive indus
try. Formerly,
he was with
the Chrysler
Corp. Since
1899, he has
been w a S h =
ington repre-