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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-18
A5HEVILLE, N. {.
In the Land of the Sky"
Son Of Durham, North Carolina
Mayor Writes Of Trip To Israel

cred by and armies surged
through. and where people simply
lived in their own crude pleasures
Of discomforts.
Parts of Jerusalem live under a
martial tension; you wonder how
long people can tolerate interdic-
tory fire like this, whose only pur-
pose is harassment and hatred
it's been six years now with a
settlement DINNER now than then.
And yet the people have adopt
ed a personal resolution which en-
compasses guarded existence but
reserves final judgment. It's far
from pleasant. but day TO day life
goes right on living. So they still
serve lunch on the King David
Terrace in plain view of Arab
snipers in the old City: Shops and
Bazaars on border streets go right
on selling to a jostling clientele.
prepared always TO seek the cover
of the nearest gutter; little kids
play next to and into no mans
land. and families sit down to eat
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-03-18
LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
intends to register with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Duval
County, Florida, in accordance with the
Fictitious Name Statute of Florida, the
following fictitious names under which
his businesses are carried on, to-wit:
~ Towards VANDERBILT BAR &
COCKTAIL LOUNGE, 238 West
Adams Street, Jacksonville. Fla.
(2) ST. JOHNS BAR & PACKAGE
STORE, 107 Julia Street, jack
sonville, Florida.
Howard L. Baranov
Sole Owner
GoldStein g. Goldstein
Attorneys at Law
Jacksonville, Florida
Feb. Is March 4-11-18-1955.
Evening star., 1955-05-19
Eastern High School
choruses Will Sinq

The fifth annual spring sere-
made of Eastern High School viii
be presented at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row in the school, Seventeenth
and East Capitol streets.
Miss jeanette Wells viii direct
the 180-voiced mixed chorus In
a program of religious and secu-
lar arrangements.
The chorus win be accompa-
MED at the piano by Sylvia An
gell and Carol Vereka. Holden
Roach will act as master Of cere-
monies for the evening.
Evening star., 1955-05-19
Security Law Defended
By Cain; ADA Cheers

present form. he told his audi
ence. II know that the Attorney
General Is giving serious con-
sideration to taking the list
of 275 organizations and telling
you Americans something about
it."
The former Senator has urged
Attorney General Brownell tc
remove from the list organiza-
tions that have gone out OF
existence. He has urged, too, that
the prescribed groups be cate
gorized so the public will know
which are Communist. Fascist
totalitarian and Subversive.
Won't Talk Candidacy
He declined to answer a ques-
ton designed to smoke out his
thoughts on re-entering the
political arena as a candidate
for Congress.
Later. he told reporters that
"it seems to me that I'm out OF
that business. once and for ALL.
Evening star., 1955-05-19
ADVERTISEMENT
H0RRIFIEb IN KITCHEN,
WOMAN WRITES

DEAR PRUDENCE: Last night
was Mortified to find reaches in
my kitchen. ! have tried numerous
products hut nothing works. What
can you recommend?
ANSWER: Reaches can be found
in even the best homes. john
ston'S NO-ROACH is the most
effective roach killer that l
have used. Brush it just where
you want it. The colorless,
odorless, stainless coating kills
reaches and ants, and is effec-
tive for months. No-Roach is
available at all department,
grocery, hardware and drug
stores.
Evening star., 1955-05-19

tions subcommittee was made
public today.
When a purchaser defaults. VA
is obligated to pay the holder of
the mortgage. Mr.. Brownstein
said the number Of such pay
ments by VA was 728 in the first
quarter of the fiscal year begun
last July /, 835 in the second
quarter and $40 in the three
months ended April 1.
He said VAS outstanding home
loans at present total 3,041 900,
and that foreclosures can always
be expected because of such fac
tors as deaths, divorces and
people moving out of a COM
munity.
Evening star., 1955-05-19
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

Former Senator Harry P.
Cain last night defended the
Internal Security Act in speech
before members of an organiza-
ton which once sought his recall
and fought the 1850 legislation
tooth and nail.
When the Republican from
the State of Washington con-
cluded his remarks, 125 mem
bers Of the District Chapter of
Americans for Democratic Ac-
tion made Pierce Hall resound
with their applause.
Recalling that the ADA had
opposed the McCarran bill.
urged President Truman to veto
1t and then called on Congress
to sustain the veto. Mr.. Cain
asserted that the internal Sc
curity law represents the best
idea yet put together" to balance
individual rights and the Ma
tion's security.
No Fears Realized
A member OF the Subversive
Activities Control Board, which
was created by the Internal Sc
curity law, Mr.. Cain said:
you feared it would legiti-
Matte itch-hunting. You feared
thought-control. You feared the
SACB would be a rubber-stamp
for the Attorney General.
I'm my considered judgment,
none of your fears has been real
lied in any way, whatsoever"
Replying to question, he in
dicated he favored amending
the Internal Security Act to
make it the responsibility of the
Attorney General to prosecute
Fascist as well as Communist or
ganizations before the SACB.
A severe critic of the Attorney
Generals SIlhverSive LIST in its
Evening star., 1955-05-19
VA Loan Defaults
Reported Rising
Rx th. Associated Pres

The Veterans Administration
today reported an increasing
number of defaults on the home
loans that it guarantees.
However, P. N. Brownstein,
the VAS loan management chief.
said the foreclosure percentage
rate has not increased and is still
very small compared with the
overall number of VA-backed
mortgages. His May II teSti-
mony before a House Appropria-
Evening star., 1955-05-19

He said 1t was a practical mat
ter-I'm 5000 miles away" (from
his home State).
But he left the door open. how
ever, by saying that. should q
number of persons prevail upon
him to run for Office. "I'd give
1t serious consideration" AS a
final observation, he noted:
There haven't been con-
siderable numbers of people
asking me-"
Evening star., 1955-05-19
Euypt Woos Tourists

Egypt'S tourist organization
will spend $1,472.000 in 1855.
10 times last years expendi-
lures to encourage tourism,
Cairo reports.
Evening star., 1955-05-19

TODAY. get PAR-TPAK true Fruit Flavors, Sparkling
Water Ginger Ale, Tom Collins Mix In the full 81
large bottle full 1907. 6bottle cartons at
leading grocery stores everywhere and drug stores
Evening star., 1955-06-30
Croigie, First Jet Pilot,
Retires | odoy at Boiling

1t. Gen. Laurence C. Craigie,
63, the first armed forces pilot
to fly q Jet aircraft, was to be
retired in full-scale ceremonies
ct $3.50 pm. today at Boiling Air
Force Base.
Members of the cabinet. Con-
gress, senior members Of the
Air Force and many old friends
of Gen. Craigie in Government.
professional and business circles
were to attend.
Gen. Craigie piloted the XP-59
on its initial flight at Muroc Dry
Lake, Calf, In October. 1942.
to become Americas first Jet
pilot.
i After being graduated from
West Point, ne became a second
lieutenant in 1928. His early
flying training was completeH ct
Brooks Field, Tex. He was
graduated from advanced flying
school at Kelly Field, Tex. IN
1924. and then completed four
years as a fight training in
structor at Brooks.
During his SO years in the Air
Force. Gen. fCraigie held, among
command assignments. the New
Evening star., 1955-06-30

Democrat, Of Tennessee. MI
Burgess. a recent witness beforl
lthe subcommittee, was asked t,
furnish copies of the President'I
proclamation and outline what
steps the Defense Department
undertook. in an exercise way
| to carry it out.
His statement revealed, among
other things, that the presiden.
tial proclamation, issued as q
part Of the national civil defense
exercise. would not have affected
the conduct Of elections.
II would have suspended the
writ of habeas corpus only with
respect to Federal offenses.
Civilian courts would not have
been affected ito the extent that
the functions of such courts dc
mot materially affect the war
effort"
Whether this pattern would be
followed in the event of actual
martial law is another matter,
Evening star., 1955-06-30

lmander Of the Far East All
Forces at Tokyo in 1850. In No.
vember. 1884,. he returned Il
Washington as deputy chief oi
staff Of development. He tool
over command Of the Allied Ali
Forces in Southern Europe in
April, 1854, and served in that
capacity until he went on con-
valescent leave last March.
A fiy-by Of B-57 Night In
truders and F-84F jet fighters
will participate in the final Air
Force tribute to Gen. Craigie.
Evening star., 1955-06-30

and one apparently on which the
administration has reached no
decision. Mr.. Burgess wrote that
the implications Of the martial
law declaration are "of vital In
terest to all Federal agencies.
ut is intended that these Inn
plications viii be sought out by
the Executive Branch IN the
weeks to come" he added. The
Department of Defense will be
an active participant In this
study"
Evening star., 1955-06-30
|x-Roy Units on Tour
MARTINSRIIRG M. Va

MARTINsBURG. w. Va. june
80 tspeciar Two State mobile
x-ray units viii operate in this
three-county Eastern Panhandle
during July and August, Dr.. L
]. Roberts. Tri-County Health
Department director. said here
yesterday. One unit will operate
in Berkeley County July 28-
August 8: and the other July 26-
80 in Jefferson County, and the
third August IA In Morgan
County.
Evening star., 1955-06-30
Burgess Clears
Confusion on
Martial Law
BY CECIL HOLLAND

A little more light on the cir.
eumstances of President Eisen.
hower's declaration Of mock mar.
tial law during Operation Alert
and some indication of whai
martial law might mean in the
event of an actual H-bomb at.
tack has been given by Assistant
Defense Secretary Carter L. Bur.
CESS.
The information Is contained
IN a supplemental statement filed
with the Senate Armed Services
subcommittee on civil defense
headed by Senator Kefauver,
Evening star., 1955-06-30

1t. GEN. LAURENCE c.
CRAIGIE
York Fighter Wing. the 87th
Fighter Wing, at mitchell Field,
and the SD Fighter Wing OF
the 18th Air Force.
He was named vice COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
|Stossen | Hopeful Russia
Will Accept Arms Plan

Mr.. Stassen gave his news
conference no specific reasons
why he felt 50 confident. The de-
bate in the five-nation subcom-
!mittee give little grounds for
optimism except that the nego-
tiations have been carried on
with dignity and without name
calling.
Mr.. Stassen, however. also has
held a series of private CONVEX
stations with Soviet Delegate
|Arkady Soboley. Mr.. Stassen
consistently has refused to dis
|cuss the contents of these ex-
changes. The situation, however
has led to speculation that Mr.
Sobolev. speaking In private. may
have given Mr.. Stassen grounds
for optimism.
The Disarmament Subcoin-
mission recessed until after the
Big Four meeting In Geneva. As
the subcommission broke up. II
was begged down on issues Of
the timing of various phases Of
any inspection and disarma-
ment program, and upon the ex-
act intentions and meanings Of
the various proposals that have
been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Oct
le.-Harold z. Stassen said today
he was increasingly optimistic
that the Soviet Union ultimately
win accept President Eisenhow.
er's proposal for q viet-Ameri-
can exchange of military infor-
Imatio nand aerial inspection.
Ever since Premier BuIganin
wrote q special disarmament
message to President Eisenhower
Mr.. Stassen said, The odds have
become q trifie more favorable
to ultimate disarmament"
Mr.. Stassen is the United
States representative on the U. N
Disarmament Subcommissior
which has been carrying on pre-.
liminary negotiations prior tc
tossing the problem back to the
Big Four foreign ministers meet
ing which convenes in Geneva
October ~.
II believe" Mr.. Stassen told
a news conference. that there
is increased evidence that not
rapidly. not specifically, but
slowly and securely the major
powers win move to a we'll
inspected. soundly controlled
agreement to the limitation and
reduction Of ornaments.
MY attitude Of cheerfuIness
LIS based on the overall situa-
ton.
All countries agree that there
lis no presently known method
Iof detecting hidden atomic
weapons. All agree that q search
for such q method should be
made"
Mr.. Stassen expressed belief
that the United States can per-
|siade Russia to accept Mr.. Eisen-
mowers arms-inspection propos-
ais and put them into effect even
before the United States ana the
Soviet agree on any compfehen-
Isive arms reduction plan. Mr..
Stassen emphasized that the
United States believes that the
inspection plan Is only q prelude
TO disarmament
! feel that we can make them
ftfe Russians1 confident that
reductions In arms would fol-
low
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09

Iican, whose district includes
Jefferson County.
"A reporter for the Madison
Courier, q young fellow named
Phil Cole. was wandering around
the cemetery and noticed the
gravestone. He got to wondering
who this major was. and looked
up the background. Mr.. Allen
said.
Started Campaign
Reporter Cole told his boss
what he had learned and the
newspaper started q campaign
TO raise money for a cemetery
monument.
Madison businessmen thought
the Defense Department might
have money available for such
tributes and stone. They asked
Congressman Wilson to ind out
about 1t. A Pentagon source said
no. there were no such funds.
but wait a minute. II that's
THE Sam Woodfill he ought to
be In Arlington. not In some
country cemetery,
Mr.. Wilson asked Sans sister.
Mrs. May Chambers. Of veyay.
Ind. near Madison. If she
wanted her brother buried in
Arlington, In an area Gen.
Pershing selected for World War
dead. Mrs. Chambers agreed.
So next Sunday the body will
arrive in Washington. A plane
load Of Madison and Indiana
viii be here for the
Arlington ceremony. The Society
Of the Fifth Division. Sans COM
bat outfit, win be here. Veterans
groups will be represented, A
week from tomorrow the Army
will lay away the quiet soldier
who wrote q chapter that kept
getting lost from view
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09
Greatest Of 1918 Heroes
To Get His FinoI Tribute

smack onto a German crawling
toward the silenced gun. Sam
shot him with his pistol.
Another German came rushing
around corner Of the trench
Sans trigger damned. There
was a pick-mattock stuck In the
trench. Sam wrenched 1t loose
with both hands, slammed it on
the Germans head and the man
dropped.
The pistol-shot German was
still alive. firing a Luger at Sam.
Sam finished him with the pick.
Up ahead. Germans were re-
treating. Sam picked of one
with his rife. There was noise
behind the lieutenant and he
wheeled. His own company had
arrived.
The rest Of the war was an
anti-climax for 1t. Woodfill.
Shortly after the Germans sur
rendered, he was at Bordeaux.
"A telegram arrived ordering him
TO General Headquarters at
Chaumort. Sam asked and re-
ceived leave. It didn't occur to
him to mention to anyone he
was going away to receive the
Congressional Medal Of Honor.
A few days after that he was
promoted to captain and even
tually returned to the States
and was mustered out.
Lost In the Shuflie
Civilian life didn't At him.
Soldering was his only trade.
He re-enlisted. at his prewar
rank Of sergeant. Not even a
commission. He was content to
be lost in the shuttle.
It went that way until 1891,
when Gen. Pershing was culling
the list Of outstanding soldiers
to be pallbearers for the IN
known Soldiers burial here.
From 5000 citations q commit
tee selected 100 men.
Gen. Pershing was to pick
three A. E. F. men from the hun
dred. He selected Sergt. York
the former major, now Col.
Whittlesey Of the Lost Battalion.
and Sam Woodfill.
Coming upon Sans name.
Gen Pershing exclaimed, why,
I've already selected that man
as the outstanding soldier Of the
A. E. F." Reporters heard about
1t. And so. three years after the
war. the Nation learned of the
Indiana sharpshooter.
Belated honors poured in: ne
was a pallbearer for the IN
known Soldier. He was intro
duced at the White House. At a
tl1eater performance he sat in
tne presidential box and the.
actors stopped the show to ap-I
piaud him. Congress adjourned
IN his honor. The House and
Senate hanqueted him.
Inc glory parade continued In
New York. Marshal Foch, then
curing America. hailed him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-09

When Sam visited the Stock Ex-
change. trading was suspended
in his honor. Later Lowell
Thomas wrote q book about him.
Fame flashed past quickly and
Sam returned to the Army. A
note was coming due on his farm
and the sergeant couldn't pay it,
He obtained three months leave
to work as a day laborer to earn
enough to meet the note. The
note got into newspapers and
some theater men passed the hat.
collecting enough to pay the
mortgage and buy an insurance
policy to boot.
In December. 1923. Sergt.
Woodfill retired. Press notices
were brief. And Sam went back
to his Indiana farm.
He was called back into uni
form in World War II, and
thousands Of CTS heard his lee
lures and wondered at the intro
duction given this big, balding
major in spectacles.
The Woodfill farm is near
Ind, the jefferson
County seat. Sam returned there
after the second war.
His wife died and Sam stayed
on alone at their place. Friends
called at the house one fall day
in 1851 and found his body. He
had been dead several days OF a
heart attack. His funeral was
brief. The grave was marked by
4 small stone reading:
Maj. Samuel Woodfill
1883--l95l
The world at large knew MOTH
Ing about the grave until about
tour months ago. And here the
story is taken up by Gordon
Allen. administrative assistant to
Representative Wilson. Repub-.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-12-19
Eleven Alaska Students
Pass Semi-Finals for
College Scholarships

CHICAGO, R-Eleven students
from Alaska are among 5,O78 high
school seniors who have passed
semi-final tests leading to college
scholarships. Their names were
announced yesterday by the Ma
tional Merit Scholarship Corp.
They are the survivors of more
than $4,000 top-ranking seniors
who took initial examinations in
late October in 10000 high schools
in the US. and its territories.
The winners will take a second
exam Jan. IA, cutting the field to
1900. Subsequent screening will
reduce the number of scholarships
to about 500 The tests are part of
the largest independent scholar
ship program in the history of
American education.
From Anchorage came of
the Alaska test passers; from Ju-
neau, 3; Spenard, 2; Fairbanks, l;
and Ketchikan, /.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-12-19
Americana isOners
In Red China .JaiIs
Treated Cruelty

WASHINGTON, R-The State
Department is compiling white
paper" Of cruel and inhuman
treatment which it says Americans
held in Communist China are suf-
fering at the hands of the Chinese
Reds.
Officials reported this as the
State Department Friday night
disclosed iU.N. Ambassador u. AL
exis Johnson has protested to Red
Chinese envoy Wang Ping-nan at
Geneva against such treatment of
Americans.
The US. officials indicated that
Johnson's protests, SO far as they
know, have brought no change in
treatment.
The State Department also an
nounced Johnson has repeatedly
protested, to Wang against the fail
ure of the Reds to permit US. citi-
zens to leave China in accordance
with the Johnson Wang agree
ment announced last Sept. 10.
There are still IA Americans
held in Chinese Communist pris-
ons. Beginning last Sept. 6, q
Americans have been permitted to
leave China but the US. contends
that this partial release is not
enough and that the IA should also
have been allowed to come home
long since.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-12-19
Alaska District Corps of
Engineers Bid Openings
Will Run in Multi-MilliOns

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS were
awarded this month by the Alaska
District Corps of Engineers to-
tailed more than $1,O0O,OO0 and
bid openings will run into the
multi-millions Contract awards in
the first half of the month include:
At King Salmon US. Air Force
auxiliary field, $1,001,043 to Ma
cri Construction CO., Anchorage,
for bulk petroleum storage tanks
and jet fueling facilities.
AT Galena Air Force auxiliary
field, .$434,24 to Peter Kiewit
Sons Co., Seattle on two sched-
ules of their apparent low bid of
$2,677, 1927. They were awarded for
airfield and taxiway lighting and
base rocket storage building with
steam line. Apparent low bid Of
$2,601,272 for construction at Ell
mendorf ALB of underground jet
fuel and avgas systems was Of
fered by Pacific Alaska Co. of Ia
coma, Wash.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-12-19
Astronomy Notes
BY OLAF HALvERSON

The sun is still close to the
moons node at this particular
time. That means the sun, moon.
and earth are in straight line at
new moon and full moon. Eclipses
of the sun and moon occur during
this time and such an eclipse oc-
Cured last Wednesday but was
visible only in Africa, India and
China.
At the time of the last new
moon the moon passed between
the earth and the sun and, being
in direct line, it caused ar eclipse
of the sun. However, because the
moon was at its greatest distance
from the earth then ca condition
called apogee) the conical shadow
did not quite reach the earth's
surface, and a ring of sunlight
was left surrounding the dark
moon. This type of eclipse is called
an annular eclipse because of the
annulus or bright ring of sunlight
left shining.
Nearly 90 annular eclipses of
the sun take place every century
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-12-19
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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-12-19
Civil Service Exams
For Phone Operators
Open At Anchorage

ANCHORAGE-The Joint Board
OF US. Civil Service Examiners at
Anchorage announces open COM
petltlve examinations for career
conditional appointments to posi-
tons Of telephone operator train
ee), GS-l, telephone operator, GS-
z and 3, and telephone supervisor.
GS-4, 5, 6, and 7. Salary range is
from $500 to $685. per annum,
plus 25 percent territorial cost Of
living allowance.
Registers established as the re-
suits of this announcement will be
used to fill both present and future
vacancies of federal agencies in
the Greater Anchorage Area, I'M
less eligibles specify on their ap-
plications that they are available
for employment in other areas
within the Territory of Alaska.
Additional information on this
examination may be obtained at
any First or Second Class Post
Office.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-12-19
Truck Driver Shoots Man
For Refusing Aid With Car

DETROIT, R-Albert Brown,
So, told police a truck driver shot
him Friday night when he refused
to push the mans stalled truck
with his automobile.
Brown, druggist and chiropo-
dist, was admitted to Harper Hos
pital with a chest wound and a
fractured jaw.
Brown said the truck was stand
ing in parking lot near his car
and the driver asked him to give
him push.
II told him my bumper was too
low for the truck bumper and that
l would damage my grille" he
said. Il was driving off the lot
when the bullet struck me-"
The assailant escaped.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-12-19
CALIFORNIA u. BUDGET OF
SOS MILLION APPROVED

LOS ANGELES, R-Regents of
the University of California have
approved a $95 million budget for
the eight campuses for 1867.
Estimated enrolment for 1856
81 is 1859 for the eight campuses
TT percent higher than the pre-
vious year.