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Evening star., 1955-09-03
P. U. {. Refuses
To Take Blame
In CTC Strike
Commission Defends
Delays, Seeks to
Set Record Straight

The District Public Utilities
Commission lashed back yeSter-
day at charges that its delays
were to blame for starting or
prolonging the recent 52-day
Capital Transit strike.
Dismissing the company's June
8 request for fare increases.
which were outdated by the
strike and the settlement made
by the District Commissioners,
the utilities commission issued a
majority opinion which said it is
essential that the record be set
straight"
At the same time a minority
opinion by Commissioner Robert
M. Weston fatty attacked fare
increases granted to Capital
Transit by the District Commis-
sioners on recommendation OF
the utilities commission to settle
the walkout.
Both opinions emphasized
that any transit operation here
after CTC goes out of business
next August II should be an
all-bus proposition.
Streetcar "ObsOlete"
They branded the streetcar
system as economically obsoles-
cent" and declared that If Capt.
tai Transit had been operating
an all-bus system last year it
would have had lower expenses
and, thus, $2.9 million more gross
income than it actually received.
The majority opinion also
noted company estimates that it
costs SO cents a mile to operate
streetcars and only So cents a
mile for buses.
Both opinions emphasized
that a modern bus system can
provide adequate service at rea-
sonable rates and earn a fair
profit. The commission is look
ing for some one to run an all
bus system after next August IA.
Defending the time it took on
the case, the majority opinion
said that the granting of a
quickie rate increase to CTC
would have involved a violation
of the statutory responsibilities
of this commission and a denial
of due process"
Responsibility to Public
"It would be interesting to
speculate in this regard as to
the position which would have
been taken by Capital Tranist
on these issues If the commits
sion had disposed Of them sum-
marily on a basis which the
company considered unfavorable
to It," the opinion said. 1.-THE
responsibilities of this commits
sion to the consuming public
were certainly no less than its
responsibilities to the company"
The company had called for a
quick rate increase and blamed
the commissions refusal to
grant one for beginning the
strike. The company. which re-
fused to bargain with the AFL
transit union before the strike,
said it could not afford to pay
any wage raises without first
getting a fare increase.
Both opinions indicated the
commission was giving serious
consideration to writing down
the company's investment in
property serving the public by
ruling that streetcars and tracks
Continued on Page AS, Col. 5
Evening star., 1955-09-03
.EI Salvador Shaken

SAN SALVADOR. Ell Salvador,
Sept. 8 (PD.--A strong earth
tremor shook Ell Salvador today.
The first shock was felt at 6:38
am. 1888 am. EDIT. No cas-
ualties or damage was reported.
Evening star., 1955-09-03
Two-DoyLull.
Broken With
New Attacks

JERUSALEM. Sept. 3 (R.-
New sraeli-Egyptian warfare
erupted today on the tense GAIA
frontier, ending a two-day lull
under an unofficial cease-f1re.
An official Egyptian spokes-
man in Cairo said an Israeli
Evening star., 1955-09-03
HOW TO AVOID
GETTING STUNG

DON'T ARGUE-chorIes TroeeweII,
in This and Thot," hos some tips
on how to live with bees, wosps ond
other stinsers. for city and country
folk olike. See Pose "A.
WHERE TO WoRsHlP-With the
Labor Doy week end, most Of Wosh"
inston's voeotionins ministers hove
returned to their pulpits. News Of
tomonow's services and other church
information is on Pages A-l0 ond
All.
BUILDERS BUSY-Home builders
whose models have been chosen for
The Stor's Fall Festival Of Homes
ore rushing lost minute proportions
for the opening doy of this big event
next Saturday. See Pose B-l for
detoiIs Of this exciting observance and
be ready to tour these homes on the
opening doy.
Evening star., 1955-09-03
81 to Be Released

TOKYO, Sept. 3 (P).-Thirty-
four japanese war criminals
10 convicted by the Netherlands
and IS by the United States
will be released from Sugano
prison Thursday.
Evening star., 1955-09-03
STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK O9. - Following are the
sales tadd 00l, high, low. closing price
and net change of the 20 most active
stocks for the week:
Evening star., 1955-09-03

Mop Showing Scenes Of Gozo Sheliins
os Reported by lsroelis. Pose AS
Evening star., 1955-09-03
Guide for Readers

Hove The Stor Delivered to Your
Home Daily and Sunday
+. Diol Sterling $1,000
Evening star., 1955-09-03

Temperatures Today
Evening star., 1955-09-03

Cloudy tonight and tomorrow with
occasional rain likely. Gull report plus
resort forecast on Page A-2)
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
Puget Sound
 Pintail Reported Killed in Siberia

SEATTLE, R-State Game De- partment officials have received word of a couple of banded pin tail ducks from Puget Sound be- ing killed in Siberia.
 The word came from A. Malin- onskii, head of Russia's national parks and game management, via the US. Fish and Wildlife Service Gn case you might want to drop him line, Comrade Malinonskii's address is Moscow 139D
 But the duck dope must have looked like top secret stuff to the Russians for a while. It took sev- eral years for the information to come out from behind the Iron Curtain, although the ducks re- quired much less time to get there.
 One of the pintails was banded Oct. 2, 1948, near Padilla Bay, Skagit County. It apparently flew north and west to breed and was shot the next May 19 on the west side of Kamchatka Peninsula.
 The other was banded Sept 23, 1949, near Camano Island and was killed May 21, 1851, more than a year and half later, in a north ern Siberian province It is pre- stunned by bird experts that it may have been on its second trip when it was bagged.
 The flights are estimated at 2,500 to 2,800 miles.
 But the mileage is no record for West Coast pintails. Enos Brad ner, Seattle Times outdoors edi- tor and an author on wildlife sub jects, reports a pintail was recov- cred in New Zealand in 1949 after having been banded in northern California. That was about 4,500 miles.
 But, of course, it was flying over friendly waters and didn't have to fly through any Iron Cur tains.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
Frank Whaley
 Named Director Of AVA Group

Frank H. Whaley will take over as director of the Alaska Visitors Assn. Oct. l, it was announced in Juneau this week by Second Vice President B. F. Dunn, who re- turned this week from Seattle where the AVA executive com mittee met earlier to choose a director
 Since September 1853 and the resignation of Jim Chadwick, the Alaska Visitors Assn. has oper- ated without director, but with succeeding executive secretaries Mary Barrer and, presently, Bernice Morgan.
 Whaley, who will take over at the end of the mining season which will see him operating his Rainbow property north of Nome, completed a three-month publicity and public relation cross country trip for the Alaska Visitors Assn. in April and reached an audience of several million newspaper read CTS, TV and radio listeners.
 Nome has been home to Frank Whaley most of the time since he came north 21 years ago. He has been miner, bush pilot, mem Der of the Territorial House of Representatives in 1941 and 1943 and in the Senate in 1945 and 1946 and has written and pro- duced color films of Alaska for TV. He is 48 years old.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
ASTRONOMY NOTES
 By OLAF HALVERSON

The star in the constellation Gemini which is just below Castor is called Pollux. It can be diStin- guished by its superior brightness. It is the more southerly of the Irwin Stars"
 When the constellation Gemini appears in the western sky it is a sign of spring, the lengthening of days, and the first robin. It is mentioned in the poem Maud, :" written by Tennyson.
 If we follow an imaginary line through the pointers in southern direction about 45 degrees, we come to Leo, "The Lion," which is an important zodiacal constella- ton. It consists of a sickle-shaped group of bright stars.
 Leo is one of the finest constel- ations. It is high in the sky and is associated with the spring and summer months. The bright star in the handle is Regulus.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
COMMUNITY METHODIST
 CHURCH

COMMUNITY METHODIST
 CHURCH Second AUenue at West C Street REEVES C. RAVENS, JR., MINISTER and LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER MISS ESTHER MCCOY, DIRECTOR Attend Church EUerv Sunday.
 Prdy eUery day.
 SUNDAY 9:45-Sunday School and Pre- paratory Class. 11:00-Worship service. Anthem by the choir. Sermon topic: The Com 171unity and the Home. 4:0O-Junior Fellowship. Evening service-Participate in Nome School Baccalaureate ser vices at 500 pm.
 WEDNESDAY 7:O0-Senior Choir Rehearsal.
 THURSDAY 7:3O-Prayer service. Bible study The Vacation Church School will be held May 31 through June 10.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
NOTICE OF

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the partnership of Samuel D. Parkinson, Ann B. Parkinson, Herbert Engstrom, and Helga Elisabeth Engstrom, d/b/a Basin Creek Mining Company has been dis solved by mutual consent of all of the partners.
 Herbert Engstrom and Helga Elisabeth Engstrom will continue the business under the name and style of Basin Creek Mining Company.
 This dissolution is effective as of the second day of May, 1855.
 Saneul D. Parkinson
 Ann B. Parkinson,
 Herbert Engstrom,
 Helga Elisabeth Engstrom,
 all of Nome, Alaska. Publish May 6. l3, 20, 1855. IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND DIVISION, TERRITORY OF, ALASKA
 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN STRACK, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aarnout Castel, of Nome, Alaska, has been duly appointed the Administrator of the Estate of John Strack, deceased. All persons having claims against the said Estate should present them, with proper vouchers attached, to the said Administrator at Nome, Alaska, within six (6) months of the date of this notice.
 Dated this 2nd day of May. 1855.
 Aarnout Castel, Administrator James A. Uon der Heydt, Attorney for Administrator. Nome, AIdsled,
 Publish May 6, 1s, 20. 27. 1855.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
$6OO,OOO for Airports at
 Anchorage and Fairbanks

WASHINGTON, R-The House Appropriations Committee yester- day recommended $60O,OOO for operation of airports at Anchorage and Fairbanks in the year begin ming July 1.
 Although $150,OOO less than the amount asked by President Eisen- hover, the committee said the sum is adequate" to permit operation at present levels.
 Fine Job Printing at The Nuqaei
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
THE EVANGELICAL. MISSION
 COVENANT CHURCH

Front St. and West B REV. ROALD ANIUNDSEN, PASTOR, ASSISTED BY REV. DONALD J. BRUcKNER
 SUNDAY 10 to 40 a.m.-Lesson by pastor, classes, handwork, and special illustrative material. 7:30 p.m.--Evening Service
 MONDAY
 Covenant Navigators
 TUESDAY Cottage Prayer Service
 THURSDAY 7:30 p.m.-Prayer Service at Church
 FRIDAY Services and Songs in Eskimo Dialect
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
CHURCH OF THE NAzARENE

of Third and DiOiSton
 LEWIS |. HUDGINS, PASTOR 10:00 a.m.-Sunday School.
 HOO a.m.-MORNING WORSHIP Subject: The Journey to Canaan 6:3O p.m-JUNIOR SOCIETY. Miss Cathrin Francis, Supervisor.
 6:30 p.m.-YOUNG PEOPLES Musical Program. Rose Ann Savok 7:30 p.m.-High School Audi torium. In honor of the gradu- ating classes we are dismissing our evening service and hope to see you at Baccalaureate service.
 WEDNESDAY
 7:3O pm.-Midweek Worship. Tes- timony, Melody, Bible study, Wor- ship Prayer. Bring your Bible and friends.
 You are inuited to enjoy tDith US
 dny and all of these SerUiceS.
 THE FRIENDLY CHURCH WITH THE SINGING TOWER
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
Negro Educator Dies

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, R- Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune, 79, who rose from a plantation back ground to found Bethune-Cook- man College here and become one of the best known Negro women of her time, died Wednesday of a heart attack.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20

ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH Steddmdr and Thtrd Ape. REV. NEIL MURPHY S. J. SUNDAY MASSES 800 and 10:00 am. 400 pm. at Nome Field Chapel DAILY MASS
 TOO am. SATURDAY CONFESSIONS 400 and 7:30 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
INVITATION TO BID

The Department of Education. Terri tory of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, an- nounces the invitation to bid on furnish ing of Construction materials for one classroom addition at Teller Territorial School, Teller, Alaska.
 Interested bidders may obtain specif- cations and bid forms at Room 318, AL aska Office Building, or by writing to Box 1841, Juneau, Alaska.
 Sealed bids will be received until 1O:3O am, May 31, 1855 and then pulp licly opened.
 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
 Commissioner of Education
 Don M. Dafoe Publ May 13, 20, 27 1855.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20

Fine Job Printing al The Nusset
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
Friday. May 20. 1855
Boring Sea Club Team Emerge Winners at
 At End of SOftbaIl Season

With the close of the indoor softball season, the final standings of the five teams are listed below.
 Eight games were played by each team and all participants en- joyed the sport for the exercise as well as for the fun. It is hoped that in the future greater interest in indoor softball will be awak- ened in the community. It is a well known fact that in past years this sport was an important activ- ity in this area.
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Third AUe. West HARRIET E. BROWN, MISSIONARY IN CHARGE
 SUNDAY 10:00 a.m.-Combined Sunday School and Morning Worship. 7:30 pm. EvangeliStic Service.
 TUESDAY 7:30 p.m.-Prayer Service.
 THURSDAY 7:30 p.m.-Bible Study.
 FRIDAY 7:30 p.m.-Fellowship Hour EVERYBODY WELCOME
The Nome nugget., 1955-05-20
NOME GOSPEL HOME

sos Front Street Christians Gathered Unto the Name Of the Lord Jesus Christ
 LORDS DAY 800 AM Breaking of Bread 1O:0O AM Family Bible Hour 2:OOPM Bible School 7:OOPM Gospel Meeting
 WEDNESDAY 7:O0PM. Prayer, Bible Study
 THURSDAY 4:OOPM Boys Craft Class 7:OOPM. Gospel film, Quiz
 FRIDAY
 400 PM. Girls Craft Class Verse for the week And tt came tC pass lUhiIe He blessed them, He 1UdS parted from them, and carried up into hedUen. And they lUorShipped Him. Luke 24:5l, 52
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-05
Miss Harris Feted

Mrs. +. NJ. WhItIock and MIS-
Sydnor Newman entertained at a
Coca-Cola party. Friday morning
at 10 30 a m in the former 5
home on First Avenue honOring
Miss Elizabeth Harris, whose
marriage to Robert Floyd viii
axe place tins month.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-05

Never before has SIS brought such
hearing aid clarity. compactness.
convenience and operating econ
omy' The ~3-h" Is hYdly larger
than a pocket lighter, yet ii offers
performance eq.ai to some aids at
least fsics its size ard many selling
for al least three times lis pr.cc.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
ENGAGEMENTS

the University Of Nevada. At
present he is serving with the
United States Army.
DELAHANTY-MAWHINNEY
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w.
Delahanty announce the en-
gagement of their daughter
Anne to Mr.. Robert F. Nav
Kinney, son of DR.. and Mrs.
Robert F. Mawhinney of Be-
thesda. A July wedding is
planned.
Miss Delahanty attended
Dunbarton College of Holy
Cross. Mr.. Mawhinney was
graduated from Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute.
GUSTAFSON-BAKER
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Gustafson
of Hampton, Va, announce the
engagement of their daughter
Evening star., 1955-06-09
McALIsTER-RoYsE

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas C.
McAlister Of Little Neck, Long
Island, announce the engage
ment of their daughter Edith
to Mr.. Frank Royse, jr., son of
Col. and Mrs. Royse of Mill
Valley, Calf. A November
wedding is planned.
Miss McAlister, a graduate
Of the Columbia Presbyterian
Hospital School of Nursing, at
tended the University of vir-
gia and was graduated from
Teachers College. Columbia
University. She is currently
employed at the National In
Stitutes Of Health in Bethesda.
Mr.. Royse received his degree
in geological engineering from
Evening star., 1955-06-09
Miss Kathleen Lee
Becomes Bride

Miss Kathleen Lee, daughter
Of Col. and Mrs. Francis Good
wyn Lee Of Jefferson Village.
Falls Church, was married
recently to Mr.. John Sanford
Rohrer, jr., son Of Mr.. and
Evening star., 1955-06-09

Mrs. Rohrer Of Harrisonberg.
Va.
The Rev. Arthur Roach
performed the ceremony in
Evening star., 1955-06-09

Barbara to Mr.. Lloyd n. Baker.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Baker of Brightwaters,
Long Island, N. Y.
Miss Gustafson attended
Mary Washington College Of
the University of Virginia.
Mr.. Baker attended Colgate
University, New York Univer-
sity Law School and is now
serving on the legal staff of the
Federal Housing Administra-
ton.
MIRMAN-GELB
Mrs. Ida Mirman announces
the engagement Of her daugh.
ter Anne to Mr.. Joseph D. Gelb.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Gelb of Glen Lyon, Pa.
Miss Mirman, who is the
Evening star., 1955-06-09

the Crossman Methodist
Church in Falls Church. A re-
ception was held following the
ceremony.
Evening star., 1955-06-09

daughter Of the late Mr.. Hy-
men Mirman. is a graduate Of
the University Of Maryland.
Evening star., 1955-06-09

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sizes in regulars, shorts, longs.
Mems Clothing, End FL, Washington;
st. FL, Silver Spring and PARKington
Evening star., 1955-06-09

Deluxe quality fabrics, deluxe tailoring
for a mere $25! Miracle blends of
dacrons", rayon, wool. Broken sizes.
Mems Clothing, 2nd FL, Washington
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-06-01

where. But if they'd knock off work
some day and find a quiet place to
lay where they could watch the
clouds and sky, perhaps they'd
realize just why a farmers life is
quite a treat, it's something that is
hard to beat because he's got so
darn much more than others to be
thankful for.
Some folks live where they seldom
see thing as lovely as tree, and
they can't see the sky SO blue except
in tiny patches through maze of
poles and wires. by gee, or masts
for picking up TV. But even if they
had a place where they could look
up into space, the city's constant
changing din would hem all restful
thinking in, or else they'd only see
the sky as something IN which bomb
ers fly. That's why. out here where
we can rest and get some thinking
off our chest. it seems to me it's
such crime TO stick to working
all the time.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-06-01
What About Leaf Feeding
As a Fertilizing Method?

nutrients applied to the leaves would
then come through the roots.
Based on the increase in yield per
pounds of plant food applied, efficiency
in the recovery of plant nutrients may
be greater with leaf feeding than with
soil application This is particularly
true for phosphorus and certain of the
minor elements
Even though plants are efficient in
using phosphorus applied to the leaves,
they are able to take in only a limited
amount of the substance by this route.
In the case of nitrogen, it can be shown
that recovery of this plant food may
be as great from soil application as
from leaf applications.
In the evaluation of leaf feeding as
a medium of application of plant nu-
trients, the following points should be
considered:
1. Plant nutrients can be absorbed
through the leaf but in limited quanti-
ties
2. The plant requirement for nu-
trients is the same, regardless of the
method of application.
g. The cost of phosphorus per unit
plant food in water soluble compounds
fused in leaf sprays is higher than in
regular solid fertilizers.
4. Minor elements, because of the
small amounts required and the pos
sibility Of their immobiIization by the
soil, are often more efficiently applied
through the leaves.
S. Leaf feeding can be used to good
advantage where spray programs are
necessary for disease and insect con-
troll. If spray programs aren't used for
other purposes as well, then the added
cost of equipment and labor may make
the foliar application prohibitive.
g. Nutrients may be applied in dusts
for leaf feelings. but generally dusts
aren't as effective as spray.
T. In severe cases of plant nutrient
deficiencies. it will generally take more
than one spray application to correct
the deficiency completely.
8. Spray applications of nutrients can
be a useful tool in soil fertility re-
search.
9. Leaf feelings Of the major plant
nutrients should be considered sup
plement to. not substitute for, the
regular soil application of fertilizer.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-06-01

The following is a summary of
basic principles concerning leaf
feeding as a method of applying
fertilizers as worked out in studies
at Michigan State College.
is IT PRACTICAL to Ieaf-feed crop
plants?
Much confusion now reigns as to
what leaf feeding can do. Growers, as
well as the manufacturers of liquid
fertilizers for leaf feeding. are uncer-
tain about the ACCESSIBILITY of applying
fertilizer in this manner.
Lack of information has led to ex-
aggerated claims about the benefits
which may be expected from foliar
applications of plant food.
The fact that plants can absorb nu-
trients through the leaves has been
demonstrated by many research work
ers. The problem under consideration,
then, is:
1. How much of the requirement of
any plant for any particular nutrient
can be taken in through the leaves.
2. The practical application of this
method in the overall fertilizer pro-
gram.
One pound of plant food, when taken
in by the plant so that it can be used
in plant processes, will produce the
same amount of dry matter, regard
less of the method by which it was
was applied.
Yield increases have been reported,
however, which cannot be accounted
for by the actual amounts of fertilizer
applied. This possibly may be due to
plant stimulation during the early
growth or under adverse weather con-
ditions.
The amount Of minor elements such
as copper, manganese and iron required
by plants is not great. 1t is easily pos
sible to meet the plant needs for these
elements by leaf feeding.
However, to supply all the nitrogen
and phosphorus required by a 100
busheI corn crop through the leaves,
80 to SO sprays of urea and phosphoric
acid will be required during the grow
ing season, provided 100 per cent OF
the spray is utilized.
1t is, of course, impossible to have
all this spray adhere to the leaves.
Some Of it falls to the ground Obvi-
ousIy, part of the absorption of plant
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-06-01

IF NEIGHBOR and all slaves like
him who work all day with so much
vim would stop to ponder on their
lot, they'd realize what luck they've
got. Like all who work their lives
away, those birds complain most
ev'ry day that they've got twice the
cares to bear of other people any
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-06-01
By OSCAR [. MoLDENHAUER
JDne I 10 IS

THREE GENERAL periods
result
northern Wyoming during the Another period
mainly Wyoming without
will be the moisture
and in in distribution.
this forecast region,
especially divide and the Canadian border
Days with above temperatures
growing and small grains will be abundant
quick eaO
of
bu three days
a Ieastth of
Evening star., 1955-06-13
ANSWERS
TO OUR PRESIDENTS

Woodrow Wilson was Presi-
dent, when Cadet Eisenhower
finished West Point, 40 years ago
June IL, 1915.
2-Gen. Winfield Scott was
born near Petersburg. Va, june
|13, 1876. He was general n
chief of the United States Army
during the Mexican War and al
the beginning of the Civil War
3-Grover Cleveland used tc
call his wife Frank" her name
being Frances.
(Questiens on preceding page)
Evening star., 1955-06-13

Whether you live in city country you should earr
Ito the birds Bird study the hobbies
Ior girl
It's both easier and harder than think There
lot of birds-perhaps 100 for and child il
country there lot of different knds-about zoe
for North America a whole.
the best learn about birds to start with
of the familiar around home
The redwnged blackbrd together with similar species
the West Coast familiar to people In parts of the
country they stay all in others they the earliest
arrivals spring They like to live in marshy places and they
many weed seeds and grasshoppers
Color Mr. Red Wings wing patch bright red except the lower
border which should be yellow AS he is jet black Mrs
Wing should be Streaked green
and the water blue You this to start collection
bird pictures.
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