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TELEVISION FURNITURE

orig. NOW
Il Mahogany finished TV Cort for
tobIe model TV. Bross handles
side Handy shelf for plants, books,
etc. Eosy roll plostic casters.
22x24" top ----------------- 1895 799
4 Lined Oak Finish TV Cot like
] Blond Bose for tobIe model TV.
Adjustable to fit most size sets.
On coster r----------------- Z4.9o 4SS
! Mahogany finished Bose with cloth
grill front for Il" Admiral TV On
eosters -------,~--------- 2I.e5 4ss
z Swivel Top Black Iron TV TobIes 5.e5 s.ss
Lansburghs-TV AND MAJOR APPLIANCES-418
Seuenth St. or through Arch,0ay, Main Bldg.
Evening star., 1955-05-19

TELEvlSIoN

1855 Famous Moke Il" Console
TV, oIuminized tube 1885 1895
1855 Forous Make Il" Console TV,
new top tuning -------------- 5Z9.9o Z4T.SS
1854 Famous Make Console TV full
length doors, n oIuninized tube $3.50 1898
1854 Fomous Make Il" Toble Model
TV, Cordovon plostie covered wood
cobinet revert 1850 1899
1855 Fomous Make 81" TobIe Model
TV. Cordovon blond plostic COW
cred wood cobinet -------- 229.5O 1922
2 1855 Fomous Moke II" Consolette
TV. Cordovon or blond pIostic COW
cred wood cobinet -.- 1880 1897
1855 Fomous Make 2l' Toble Model
TV, mahogany veneered eobnet 249.50 1917
1855 Fomous Moke 7" Toble Model
~ i11'|O '''''S
i 1855 Fomous Make u" TobIe Model
: " V,.------s-------,- - ---lss5 so 1899
1855 Fomous Make II" Toble Model
TV. New top controls, blond plostic
finish 1873 so 1899
Ldnsburgh'S-TV AND MAJOR APPLIANCES-4lS
Sepenth st. or through Archwdy, Main Bldg.
Evening star., 1955-05-19
GAS AND ELECTRIC
RANGES
I00p SAAplES Orin

1854 Arnold 3o" Cos Range with
built in covered oriddle- 1895
Gos Ronoe o,''9 '''0-. 2eo. 90
1854 RCA Estote 30" Cos Ronqe 2O9.95
1854 Toppon 4O' deluxe Automatic
Cos Ronee ------------- -----3oA.oo
Evening star., 1955-05-19

REFRIGERATORS
FLOOR SAMPLES AND DEMONSTRATORS

.OTTg. NVW
1854 Admiral o-cu.-ft. Refrigerator 1895 1892
! 1854 PhiIco l-cu.-ft. Refrigerator
Freezer -----fZS'So SiS13
F,ee1er naz r'''-o l.' Ne 3s9.95 z74.ss
1855 Fomous- make o-cu.-ft. Re-
friqerotor, automatic defrost- 1925 1897
1855 Fomous- make O.o-eu. IT, Re-
frioerotor, automatic defrost --329.95 Z44.99
1855 Fomous-moke g. -cu.-ft. Re-
frioerotor ------Zoooo ZISSS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. APPLIANCES-41S Seventh
St. or through Archlndy Main Bldg.
Evening star., 1955-05-19
AIR coNDITIoNERs

20 1854 Magic Chef la-H.P. Window
Model Room Air Conditioner ----- 329.95 lz7.7
s 1855 Fomous Make 34-H.P. VIM
dow Model Room Air Conditioner 1895 247.7
IS 1855 Famous Make 12-H.P. Win
dow Model Room Air Conditioner 3l9.So l77.H
1855 Famous Moke l-HP. Win
dow Model Room Air Conditioner -4499o Z97.7
6 1855 Forious Make 34-H.P. Win
dow Model Room Air Conditioner --329.95 z47.77
Lansburghs-MAJOR APPLIANCES-41S Seventh
St. or through Arch,oay, Main Bldg.
Evening star., 1955-07-13
Hacker Admits:
Rape Sayings

JAMESTOWN. N. Y, July 10
R.-An unemployed taxi driver
has admitted the rape Staying of
his sister-in-law and her 19-,
month-old daughter. police say.
Joseph Reade. &c., who de-
scribed himself as a damn
maniac" was to be arraigned
in City Court today on two
counts Of first degree murder.
The stocky. sandy-haired
Reade signed statement, police
said last night. admitting he
strangled and beat to death Mrs.
Beverly Reade, 26. and her
daughter, Cheryl Lynn, early
yesterday.
"Inwardly I feel that want
to be the best Christian in the
world and outwardly I'm a damn
maniac" he told police. Il can't
control the outward part and I
don't know why"
Francis Reade, "a. the hus-
band and father, found the nude
bodies on a blood-stained mat
tress in a bedroom of his four
room apartment as he returned
home from work on the night
shift at the jamestown Metal
SpecialtieS, Inc.
Evening star., 1955-07-13
London Woman
Dies on GaIIows

LONDON. July 13 P.-Ruth
Ellis, beautiful blond mother of
two children. died on the GAL
lows inAondon's Holloway Prison
for Women today for the Easter
Sunday murder of the lover who
tilted her.
The 28-year-old divorce, a
former model and night club
hostess, was the 14th woman to
be hanged in Britain this CEN
tury and the third since World
War II. Her sentencing revived
q Nationwide controversy over
capital punishment, which con-
tinued unabated today.
A crowd of 1000 persons
some weeping, others laughing
stood in the grimy North Lon
don. street outside the iyy-cov-
cred, red-brick prison as Hang
man Albert Pierrepoint pulled
the death trap.
Sobs Self to Sleep
Reports from inside the prison
said the icy calm that Mrs. Ellis
had maintained during her trial
in June and ever since finally
broke last night. Prison sources
said she sobbed herself to sleep,
screaming, II don't want to die. ~
The matrons let her sleep
until the last minute, foregoing
the usual $50 waking hour.
Earlier in the night she had
said goodby to her mother and
father. who reported she was re-
signed to her fate. The woman
had refused to appeal for mercy
Home Secretary Gwilym Lloyd
George. the only man who can
recommend royal clemency.
earlier this week turned down
petitions signed by more than
$4,000 persons. >
Mrs. Ellis at her trial ad-I
mitted tracking her lover, 25-I
year-old David Blakely, to a
London bar and pumping four
bullets into him. Claiming her
jealousy had disturbed her emo
tions, she tried to get the murder
charge reduced to manslaughter.
The court threw out that de-
fense and jury Of 10 men and
2 women found her guilty on
June 81. after only "a minutes
of deliberation.
Two Women See Execution
Only government and prison
officials witnessed the execution
today. Two of them were
women: DR.. Charity Taylor, the
39-year-old governor of the
prison, and the prison matron.
More than 80 policemen,
standing shoulder to shoulder,
kept the crowd outside away
from the massive oak gates into
the prison yard. Just before the
execution Mrs. Ellis brother,
Julian Arthur Nelson, strobe
up to the gates. beat on them,
and handed bunch of white
carnations to a guard.
Returning to the crowd, his
face ashen and his lips trem-
bling, he said, II just told him
to tell Ruth I would never for
get her and God bless her."
Evening star., 1955-07-13
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Evening star., 1955-07-13
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Evening star., 1955-07-13

Don't give up your figure for the sum-
mer! With Boi-"hi' you eon have the
some curves os in your regular BROS
even though it's stropIess! The secret is
in the special wiring - that stoys put
without pinehine!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-25

role of Wise Man in Christmas play
at his Sunday school. The words were,
"Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
breathes a life of gathering gloom"
Fred was six at the time.
This year, Fred is giving for Christ
mas lifetime memberships to his Allen
Relaxation Society. It's an idea he con-
ceived years ago, then forgot. He credits
columnist Art Buchwald not only for
reminding him of the basic concept, but
squirting him on to the development Of
fresh refinements.
Hereafter any beneficiary who des-
perately needs relaxation but cannot
spare the time for it has only to press
buzzer and Allen sends substitute to
take the relaxation for him. The men,
Der then can overwork himself to death
or to his hearts content.
I'VE took care of one magnate,"
recalls Fred, whose doctor ordered him
to go off with his wife for long, health
restoring cruise. We produced man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-25
Aliens SaIIieS
8y BENNETT CERT
sy BENNETT CERT

For instance, the week Gino Prato,
the genial little shoemaker, walked off
with $4,000 bonanza, Fred limped
into our theater in his stocking feet
"Gino was putting new soles on my
Shoes" he explained, but his stores
been locked up tight for the past four
days
When the Allen best-seller, Tread
mill To Oblivion" appeared, an admir-
ing delicatessen magnate on Broadway
filled his window with copies. adding a
few biographies Of Joe E. Lewis, George
Burns and Groucho Marx for good
measure. IF this trend continues
observed Fred drily, ''Brentano's will
soon, have to festoon their displays with
spaghetti and liverwurst!''
Fred Allen was born in Cambridge,
Mass, intentionally close to 60 years
ago. His real name is John Florence
Sullivan; he borrowed the Fred Allen"
from an agent when he broke into
vaudeville after World War with what
he called 1.-The worlds worst juggling
act" A placard onstage read, "Mr.
Allen is quite deaf. If you care to
applaud, please do SO loudly" Fred
wore suit obviously too big for him.
Il had it made in Jersey City" he ex-
planned to his audience. I'm a bigger
man there than am here"
Fred's very first chance to utter words
on a stage came when he assumed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-25

who not only took the cruise for him,
overate for him, undertipped for him
and got seaSick for him, but flirted so
shamelessly with cute blonde for him
that his wife went into huff all the way
from Cherbourg to Juan-les-Pins."
The last straw. One dySpeptic
member of the Allen Relaxation Society
presented a special problem. I'm known
as the meanest hombre in six states" he
boosted. Twill my stand-in act despic-
ably enough to sustain this hard-won
reputation?"
Allen turned up with thoroughgoing
scoundrel who had earned $50 week
last year as department-store Santa
Claus, then was caught cadging about
60 more on the side picking the kid
dies pockets.
That's my man." exulted the men,
Der. This will be the happiest Christmas
Day of my career"
1T will, too" agreed Fred, IF
he lives through it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-25

One Of the reasons have so much fun
being on the What's My Line?" tele-
vision panel every Sunday evening is
that Fred Allen is on it too. That gives
me the opportunity to spend half hour
in the wings with him before we swing
into action.
Fred is not only one Of the authentic
wits of the theater, but as unaSsuming
and generous fellow as you'll meet in a
lifetime. His bon mots become common
currency within hours of their utterance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-25

mated II million people will compete in
some 24O nationwide consumer contests.
y C.N.D., Naples, Fla.
Family Kitty What was The
average american family income in 1854?
S4,l73, slightly less than in 1883, but
almost $500 more than in 1882.
- Mrs. RG.W., Chdska, MINI.
NameSakes The State Depart
meHf has opened an exhibition in Berlin,
showing all The american towns named
Berlin. How many are there?
One in each of the following ID states:
Connecticut, Georgia. Illinois, Mary
land, Massachusetts,, New Hampshire,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-25

Flying How many woman he'll
cOPfer pilots are there in the US?
Nine - and only one in the world
with an instructors rating. She's Mrs.
Marilynn Riviere, of Washington, D. c.
ING, Baltimore
Special What is Mrs. Dwight d.
Eisenhower'S JavOTife recipe?
It's for making pumpkin chiffon pie.
She contributed her recipe to the new
Congressional Club Cookbook.
Mrs. E.C.A., Morrison, Mo.
Loot How much do b0x-f0p con-
fesfanfs expect 10 win this year?
Approximately $4,000, 600. An esti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-25
Questions and answers from the news
BY TOM HENRY

New Jersey, New York, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Vermont and Ohio.
-EW., Middleiown, N. Y.
BoWled Over How did Cafhy and
M0rge Weiss, I6-ve0r-oid twins Of
PdSSaic, N. j., amaze officials Of the
american Bowling Congress?
Each scored 1871 in the first game, 81
in the second and 80 in the third, for
identical tallies of 396 in Clifton, N. j.,
''bowlero." RS, DeS MoineS
NOTE. We will pay 81 for question ond onser used his
column Questions bosed current and clipping Of
source must oceompony Address Tom Henry
THIS WEEK. 42o lexington Avenue New York ". N. v Un
accepted contributions Be acknowledged returned
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children visited Mr. and Mrs
Lenard Slsyton during the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert spalley and
Lnu and MRS Andrew TnrcCk :
horton spent Sunday with Nj
aiid Mrs Trent Tnrockmorton
At Meherr.n
Chatham Visitors
Afr and Mrs. Tulane Tnrock :
norton o, Chatham. stopped by
fr home If Mr. and Mrs Andrew
Tarpckmorton .or a feW minutes
sunday on their way TO attend 4
funeral Of hen cousin Mrs Ruby
Cagwile Wseland
The Throck Home Demonsua-
Ion CLUB met In the home Of
Mrs Lenard Slayton for an ali-
nv meeting and luncheon SIN
Numbers ana two visitors vere
phesent for the occasion.
MIS- John Graft and little son
hi Tappahannock spent last Veek
with nei parents. MI ana MIS-
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the latter Part M the week 20 ac-
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-01-28

All Prices In This Ad Effective Thsu sat Jan. 20
Evening star., 1955-07-26
President Asks
Added Funds

President Eisenhower today
formally asked Congress to ap-
prove supplemental appropria-
tions amounting to $144, TAO. .355
which were submitted unof1icial-
ly to the Senate Appropriations
Committee by the Budget Bu-
reau last week while the Presi-
dent was in Geneva.
The requests include $50 mil
lion for ship construction sub
sides and national defense al
lowances to speed a program of
orderly replacement of outmoded
vessels in the American Mer-
chant Marine.
The White House said this ap-
preparation was asked because
more merchant ship operators
have agreed to move forward
with construction of new vessels
under the Government program
of orderly replacement to pre-
vent mass obsolescence of the
present merchant fleet in the
early 1960s.
A total of $40 million of the
requested supplemental appro-
priation is to meet the costs
of new legislation either already
enacted or expected to be passed
before Congress adjourns, the
White House said.
Included is nearly $50 million
for speeding construction of the
Inter-American Highway.
A 50 million fund was asked
to finance expansion of Public
Health Service facilities for test
ing biologics, including polio
vaccine.
Another $4.5 million was asked
Evening star., 1955-07-26

on duty. others after their daily
shifts are over, or on their days
off.
When a guards turn to give
plasnsa comes UP. he reports to a
small research laboratory con-
tanning the blood fractionator
He lies down on a raised table
and a needle is inserted into the
vein in his arm. The blood then
begins to pulse through a tube.
Before entering the machine
itself the calcium is removed so
it will not clot.
When it gets into the machine,
the blood is whirled around in
"a centrifuge, which separates it
into plasma and red blood cells.
The apparatus also is refriger-
ated, bringing the blood down
from body temperatures to al
most freezing. This prevents
destruction of white and red
blood cells.
After the blood has been sep
arated, the red blood cells then
are sent coursing back into the
donors arm. During the whole
process, which lasts between 20
and Is minutes. the needle is
never removed.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
Fire and Police Raise
Now Up to President

understanding that any such
stock dividend would still re-
quire the approval of the Public
Utilities Commission.
Authorize any regularly sched-
uled national annual conven-
ton of professional hairdressers
Ior cosmetologists to meet in the
District Armory.
Retirement Credit
Also approved by the House. but
with an amendment, was a Sem
ate-passed bill to give to employees
the Senate to give to employees
of the public school system who
worked in school lunchrooms
prior to establishment of the
schools department of food serv-
ices credit toward retirement
benefits for their earlier service.
Passed and sent to the Senate
by a vote of 76 to "a was legisla-
Ition to encourage return of
small loan and pawnbrokers
businesses to the District. An at
tempt to insert a provision for
insurance on small loans was de-
Ifeated by a standing vote of
So to Al.
Also passed and sent to the
Senate was bill exempting
automobile dealers from paying
District taxes and fees on their
automobiles while ON loan to
lnon-prof1t public or private
schools to be used in driver
training programs.
The House put over for future
action a bill shifting from the
Department of the. Interior to
the Department of Commerce
the responsibility for consruc-
ton of the Potomac River Bridge
at Jones Point, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
19Men Become Factories
In PIosmo-BuiIdinq Test

PHILADELPHIA, July 26 up.
Nineteen city park guards have
become part-time blood fac
torres" in an experiment scien-
fists here hope will go a long
way toward ending the worlds
shortage of life-giving plasma.
The guards. all hardworking
ala active. have been donating
their blood every two weeks dur
ing the experiment. about five
times the frequency approved
fo' the average donor by the
American Red Cross.
Ir the unusual part of the
experiment, the blood is broken
down into plasma and red cor
ruscles and the red blood cells
art Immediately returned to the
donors system by the apparatus,
known as. the Cohn blood frac-
tiunato1.
II is the loss of these cells
through normal donation that
limits the number of times and
tho frequency a person can give
blood. 1t takes about a month
TO the body to build up red
blnno cells. but lost plasma can
b. replenished overnight.
Joseph Smolens, bacteriologist
in charge of the project at the
Children's Hospital in Philadel-
phia, said the Fairmount Park
guards have shown no i'll effects
in the three-month-old expert
ment, the first of its kind.
He said the new process may
enable persons to give up a pint
of blood a week, or about SO pints
a year. That would be 10 times
the amount now permitted. In
case of a national emergency
this could mean the saving of
thousands of lives.
Mr.. Smolens said the expert
ment will continue for another
nine months. All the guards,
whose duties include horse back
riding and directing traffic in the
the city's busiest arteries. are
volunteers. Some make their
pint contributions before going
Evening star., 1955-07-26
Pedestrian Injured
By Embassy Auto

A pedestrian crossing F street
just west of Eleventh street NV.
was struck by Danish Embassy
auto and taken to Emergency
Hospital with leg Injuries today.
Injured was Thomas Holmes,
SO, of 1928 Vermont avenue NV.
Police Pvts. T. S. Mangum and
J. A. Costanzo of the Accident
Investigation Unit said the
vehicle was driven by Danish
Army Sergt. Knud Hansen, "a,
an Office worker at the Embassy
Mr.. Holmes, a counterman.
stepped from a streetcar loading
platform into the path of the
auto, police said. No charges were
placed.
Evening star., 1955-07-26

Neither side has made an official
statement on the progress of the
talks.
Further talks were scheduled
today.
UAW negotiators indicated the
company's offer was not fully
acceptable. but that it formed a
basis for negotiation.
The Chrysler proposal, a COM
pany source indicated, included
a layoff pay plan similar to the
one obtained by the union in its
new contracts with Ford Motor
Co. and General Motors Corp.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
ChrysIer Contract
ulks Progress

DETROIT, July 26 (P).-
Chrysler Corp. and the CIO
United Auto Workers Union were
today to have reached a
broad area of agreement in nego-
tiations on a new contract, but
details have yet to be worked out
Chrysler submitted a proposal
to the union eight days ago. The
union replied to the offer at the
resumption of talks yesterday.
Evening star., 1955-07-26

The House yesterday passed
and sent to the White House a
bill raising the pay Of f1remen
and policemen of the Metropoli-
tan, White House and United
States Park Forces by rs per
cent.
Also passed and sent to the
White House after sharp debate
was another bill for these uni
formed forces giving them regu-
lar pay for duty performed on
their days off when such days
of are suspended during an
Emergency.
An attempt to defeat the
measure was lost when the bill
passed by voice vote. Police were
praised for their extra duty dur
ing the transit strike.
/ A measure establishing a do
meStic relations branch in the
Municipal Court, amending a
ISenate-passed bill, was put over
for future action by the House on
request of Chairman Mcmillan
of the House District Committee.
The House passed and sent
back to the Senate, a Senate
passed measure substantially
amended to give the employees of
the public school system a pay
raise.
500 Higher Raise
The House District Committee
amendments, approved by the
House, raised the pay of most
clasSifications by $100 more than
was provided by the Senate.
Senate bills passed and sent
to the White House would:
Exempt from real estate taxes
the property of the Jewish War
Veterans U. S. A. National Me-
mortal, Inc, here.
Repeal the requirement by
law that the Potomac Electric
Power Co. must submit annual
reports to Congress.
Repeal a prohibition against
paying dividends in stock by
public utilities here, with the
Evening star., 1955-07-26
Last Meeting Planned

VIENNA. July 26 up. - The
-four power Allied Council in
Vienna has agreed to hold a
final formal meeting on the day
Austria's state treaty goes into
effect. This will be followed by
a brief ceremony of lowering of
flags of the four occupation
powers.
Evening star., 1955-07-26

Ito expand research and control
of air and water pollution.
The Weather Bureau would get
So million, under the Presidents
request. for research to improve
its hurricane and tornado warn
ing service.
Evening star., 1955-07-26
T0DAY-l955

Serving 3,lo2,s7s passengers in 1854, with l6s,4oo
scheduled flights in and the present arpors capab
tiles were taxed to the and inadequate
the immediate futures anticipated needs.
The Administrations expenditure of
S3l25,ooo to improve facilities will provide comfort
to foday's travelling public by adding few gate
POSITIONS some ground handling and baggage facilities
(al of which have been badly needed for number of
years) but uM not Proride any more capacity.
An additional parallel northsouth runway costing about
4oooooo wod provide for the handling of 55.65 flights
per hour in all types of weather the number of opera.
tons presently needed handle todays air transportation
requirements in Metropolitan Washington
Evening star., 1955-07-26
YESTERDAY-1937

At the of construction of Washington National
Airport in 1887 the plans generally considered so
elaborate constitute white elephant in year
when the scheduled arlnes of the entire ord carried
only 100000 passengers.
In its first full year of operation (io42) Washington
National served 49, 3o6 Travellers who arrived or departed
on 47,1Ol scheduled flights