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IF. w. Hickman,
VALoon Agent

Frederic w. Hickman, SO,
loan agent for the Veterans Ad-
ministration. died Thursday at
his home, GOT Mississippi ave-
nue., Silver Spring.
Mr.. Hickman was a native Of
Bradford, Mass. He was a dis
bursting officer for Stone and
Webster, Boston construction
firm. and worked in many parts
Of the world until he enlisted in
the Army during World War I.
He came to Washington in
1888 TO work for the Home Own
lers Loan Corp. as an accountant.
He transferred to the Civil
Aeronautics Administration dur
ing World War II and to the
VA at the end Of the war. He
was going to retire in January.
He is survived by his widow,
Gladys O.; a son, Frederic. IT,.
lof Savannah. Ga; two daugh-
lters, Mrs. Charles Russell Of
Baltimore and Miss Martha II.
Hickman Of the Silver Spring
address: two brothers, J. Harri-
son Hickman. executive director
of the American Red Cross IN
New York City, and H. N. Heck
man. professor Of economies as
the University Of Georgia: seven
sisters. and six grandchildren.
Services win be held at 1890
pm. Monday In the Warner z.
Pumphrey Funeral Home. s45l
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring,
Burial win be IN Arlingto
Cemetery.
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the task Of caring for the Hun
garian refugees reaching our
shores, according 10 Mr.. voor-
hees.
But. he added, "the last thing
we want TO do is 10 play Mr..
Big Much has been given TO US,
and we have much 10 give"
He also observed that with
Switzerland taking care Of 10, 900
refugees, IF l65 million Ameri-
cans can't take care Of 21.500--
most Of them heroes-it will be
a sad day for America"
Mr.. Voorhees, met reporters at
the White House yesterday 10
answer questions. He announced
that william Hallam Tuck Of
Upper Marlboro. Nd. and Mai
Gen. Carl A. Hardigg, retired.
2917 Forty-fifth street NV, are
leaving for Vienna today.
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POLAND

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cation to grade and high schools
for children whose parents re-
quest it.
2. Permission for chaplains to
work in hospitals and prisons.
3. Establishment of a govern
ment commission to arrange for
the return of exiled priests and
nuns to the Western territories
which Poland took over from
Germany after World War II.
4. Recognition by the church
that the state has a theoretical
voice In church appointments.
1t was understood, though not
written in the agreement, that
the government promised not to
veto appointments in the church.
Future appointments Of clergy
will be subject to a law to be
drafted joinly by church and
state. 1t will replace q govern
ment decree vetoing the appoint
ment Of bishops and excluding
priests from their parishes.
The communique noted an
agreement for the return to their
dioceses Of five bishops whose
appointments had been vetoed
by the state since 1851.
The arrest or exile Of leading
prelates and the suppression Of
religious education by the Mos
cow-dominated Communist re-
gime that preceded Mr.. Gomulka
we're the two courses that stirred
the keenest resentment among
the faithful In predominantly
Catholic Poland.
simultaneously with the an
Inouncement Of the state-church
agreement, an authoritative
source said Archbishop Eugen
Baziak, apostolic administrator
lof Krakow and second ranking
Catholic prelate in Poland, had
returned 10 his archdiocese after
three years in exile. Arrested In
1858. he spent a short time In
jail and then was barred from
Krakow.
Cardinal Wyszynski has re-
sumed his duties a. Archbishop
of Gniezno and Warsaw.
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lington, Va. They had lived al
S46 South Ivy street.
Mrs. Shiffers, the former Lisa
Strauss, was born in Austria ir
1915 and came to this country
in 1898. Her late father, Hugo
Strauss, a doctor Of laws, settled
and practiced in Chicago.
Mr.. Shiffers, also a native O.
Austria, arrived in the United
States in 1899.
After their marriage the couple
entered the merchandising field
The Bo-Peep Shops specialize IL
children'S wear.
In addition to Mr.. Shiffers ant
the two children, Mrs. ShifferI
is survived by her mother, Mrs
Sophie Strauss, and a sister, Mrs
Hedwig M. Dewton, both of 420l
South Seventh road, Arlington
Services will be held in thu
Goldberg funeral home, 421'
Ninth street NV, at ii am. to.
morrow. Burial will be in Ma,
Itional Memorial Park Cemetery
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Co. here. In 1920 she returned
to GAINESVILLE to work with q bank
and later did the same in Cleve-
land. She returned to Washing
ton in 1881 and Joined the Met
ropolitan Bank.
Aided Christian Home
Miss Burwell was a charter
member Of the Business and
Professional Women's Club OF
GAINESVILLE. In Washington she
was a member Of the board and
past president of the Young
Women's Christian Home of the
Zonta Club and Of the Bank
Women's Club of Washington.
Services will be held at 4 pm,
Monday at the S. H. Hines fu-
neral home, 29o1 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be pri-
Vate.
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Arthur Lunge, 81,
Conductor, Writer
.OfMovie e.Scores

Arthur Lange, 81. composer
and conductor, who worked
mainly in the movie industry
died yesterday at Doctors Hos
Ipital.
Mr.. Lange had conducted the
Santa Monica Symphony Or
chestra for the last 10 years. A,
one time he headed the music
departments at several film stu
dios. including MGM. RKO-
Pathe, Goth Century Fox and
international Studios. He came
to Washington a week ago for
medical treatment with his wife,
the former Marjorie JoeSting,
Miss Washington, D. c., of 1925
Miss .Joesting, who was run
nerup to Miss America, met Mr.
Lange in New York. They were
married in 1892.
He scored many popular mov-
les. including "The Great Zieg-
field" and the films in which
Shirley Temple won stardom as
a child actress. He was author
OF a book on arranging dance
music.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr..
Lange worked in Tin Pan Alley
before World War l and COM
posed melodies such as "Amer-
lean Here's My Boy" 'In the
Sweet Long Ago" and virginia
Lee" He later wrote a sym.
phony. He was a member Of the
American Society of Composers.
Authors and Publishers.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
Monday at Gawler's funeral
home, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be at Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
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Kenworthy Service
Planned at School

A memorial service will be
held at 8 am. Wednesday at the
Sidwell Friends School, 1901
Wisconsin avenue NV, fol
David Kirk Kenworthy, 10
honors graduate and president
of his high school class for foul
years.
Young Kenworthy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carroll Kenworthy
1425 Forty-fourth street NV.
was killed in an auto accident
Monday near Greenville, Ohio
His father is foreign news edi-
tor for the United Press.
Memorial services were held
Wednesday at Earlham College
Richmond, Ind. where David
IKenworthy was q sophomore and
president Of the freshman class
last year.
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Annptlinn

BRAGOFF, ETHEL. monument in
memory of their beloved mother,
her daushters, Mrs. Charles Piver and
Mrs. David Cohen. at the Elesavetgrad
Cemetery. 3233 18th. pl. Sc, on SUM-
day. December q, 1855, at 2 p,m.
Friends and relatives are invited. 8
memory Of DAVID JAFFE n HRxfiiins Wiii bs held u
on sunday, DECEMBER 9. 1888, At IL
Cnureh, Va. Relatives and friends
ROSENBLATT. GABRIEL. There will be
an unYeilinR to the memory Of the late
GABRIEL ROSENBLATT at the Adas
israel Cemetery on Sunday December
= 1916. at 1880 pm. Relatives and
ABE AND MEYER RosENBLATT
YOCKELSON, MAURICR-There will be
an unyeiling in the memory Of Maurice
SSoscakelson' on Sunday, December 8.
2:3O pm. at the Ohev Sholom Gene
terry. Relatives and friends invited.
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Mrs. Stephan Shiffers, Owner
Of z ChiIdren's Wear Shops

Mrs. Stephan ShifferS, 40, who
with her husband owned and
operated the Bo-Peep Shops in
Bladensburg and Suitland, Nd,
died Unexpectedly on Thursday
at the family residence, 1886
South Portal drive NV.
She was stricken with a heart
attack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shiffers, with
their two children, Eva, IS, a
pupil at Coolidge High School,
and Judith, IL, who attends Paul
Junior High, moved to the Dis
trict only last month from Ar
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ROCKET
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Naval Research Laboratory here
top outfit in the whole program
plans to reveal some of the Sc.
crets Of that device next week.
The satellite will circle the
earth at a speed of $4,000 miles
an hour for a couple of weeks
Most Of that time the final
booster will accompany it on itl
orbit.
The Viking is the first stage
rocket to be employed. While
the technologiSts profess to bt
equally sure that rocket stage
No. 3 will work as well, the test
now being conducted are in.
tended to test the soundness o.
their hopes.
For reasons which the sci.
entists decline to state, the test
now under way and those x
follow employed only stages one
and three.
Navy Announcement
The Navy announcement said
After taking of from the
launching platform 1t (the Vik-
|ing) ascended vertically a short
distance. From that point on
IL was turned slowly toward the
horizontal. 1t reached a peak We.
locity Of 1000 miles per hour
and climbed to an altitude OF
l25 miles, ending its fight in the
Atlantic Ocean about lS0 miles
from the launching base"
"A 'minitrack' radio trans
mitter similar to the one which
will be employed in the satellite
was elected from the rocket at
an altitude Of so miles and
tracked by Navy scientists sta
toned at the AFMTC.
THE rocket also carried tele-
metering equipment and track
ing beacons similar 10 those
planned for the satellite rocket.
AFTER $50 seconds Of flight
the instrumented nose cone was
separated from the rocket and
allowed 10 descend independ-
emily, telemetering information
on the temperatures and pres
sures 1t encountered.
"Since the scientific earth
satellite will be launched from
the AFMTC. another objective
OF tonight's firing was to check
out the newly installed launch
ing facilities and ground equip
ment.
Evening star., 1956-12-08
Miss Winifred BurweII,
Bonk Trust Officer, Dies

Miss s. Winifred Burwell, 70,
assistant trust officer of the
National Metropolitan Bank of
washington, died of a heart
attack yesterday in her apart
ment at 3945 Connecticut avenue
NV.
Miss Burwell was one Of the
first Of her sex to become a bank
officer in Washington. She was
Washington's first woman trust
officer. according to Thomas H.
Reynolds, the banks vice pres
ident and trust officer.
"She was always proud of the
activities women were able to get
into-and she helped many, -
Miss K. B. Stiles, one of Miss
Burwell's assistants for many
years, declared.
Organized Women's Group
Miss Burwell was appointed a
trust officer in 1891 and was
active in that position until her
death. She organized the WASH
ington group Of the National
Association of Bank Women In
1941. She was regional vice
president of that organization
from 1946 to 1948. In 1858 she
was in charge of the associations
national convention here, at
tended by 5000 members.
She was past chairman of the
Women's Committee of the
Washington chapter, Americas
Institute of Banking, and a past
member of the National Wom-
ems Committee, ALB.
A native of Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Burwell was reared by her
grandparents in GAINESVILLE,
Ohio. She came to Washington
during World War I. She be-
came secretary to the assistant
general manaOer nf tho pi,IIvoay,
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Darn nf Thanka

GRANT, JOE. The family OF JOE
GRANT wish to thank the many
friends and neishbors for their many
kindnesSes at the time Of our bereaVe-
EsTELLE GRANT AND CHILDREN.
LUNCEFORD, HULDA f. The family
OF HULDA z, LUNCEFORD wish to
express very deep appreciation for the
sympathy received from the members
of Ruth Chapter, No. ], o. Z. g., and
other friends at the time Of their be-
CLARENCE g. LuNcEFoRD AND
LOUISE LUNCEFORD, AND HULDA
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street fights yesterday. The
strikes disrupted work in sew
Ieral factories.
A street fight broke out at the
same place in Budapest where a
clash Thursday took 8 lives by
of1cial account and II according
to unconflrmed reports. No
deaths were reported in the
second incident, provoked by the
anger Of a Hungarian crowd over
the arrest Of a young man by
Russian troops.
Hungarian police charged the
crowd, swinging clubs and firing
in the air. Police carried sew
eral truckloads of men and
women from the scene.
Belgrade Recalls Envoy
Yugoslavia, meanwhile, called
Its Ambassador home from Buda-
pest amidst signs that relations
with the current Hungarian re-
Igime are growing more chilly.
There was no hint, however, of
q breaking of diplomatic rela-
lions. President Tito's govern
ment is irate because former
Hungarian Premier Imre Macy
was arrested and apparently de-
ported after leaving the Sanctu-
ary OF the Yugoslav Embassy in
Budapest,
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FUNERAL DIRECTOR
FUNERAL DESIGN

GEO c. SHAFFER. INC.
HxBressivs Fioga friru;es Moderate
prices Open daiif sln ngiicaya phoue
crdsrs also Arceuted ~ y ppm week
riEhts Qp0 ietN g. NV NA e-ntna
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= December 8, 1855. SAMUEL BurLER
of 1856 Monroe 81 W, devoted father
81 Mrs. Horiense 3. Willisms and
Samuel Butler, IT,. grandfather OF
sandra and stephen Butler, brothet
oi Mrs. OeorUia Webb and Mrs. Mamie
brooks OF New York City and the
late Walter J. Butler Also suryiylng
are ether relatives and many friends
After ~ noon sunday, December y,
friends are invited 10 call At the
Mcclure Funeral Home. lk2O Htn 81.
nv where services viii BE- held on
Monday, December 10, at 10 an.
interment Harmony Cemetery.
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BELL, LINWOOD. On Frlday' ,DL0e5Ci,aI DeCgIaI-
Der z. 1855. at Freedmens Hospltsh
Beloved ,mWh husband Of Francenia Bell. son
Of Mrs. Nohe Bell, nephew OF MIS-
Ora Hampton. MRS. Sarah Moore, Mrs.
liam ian ANS Iandy He also is survived
bv other relatives and friends. The
late Mr. bell may be viewed at the
Stewart Funeral Home 80 II s.; ne ne
where services will be held on Tues
day, December II, at 1 pm. Inter-
ment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. 10
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the law" said Acc Chairman
Lewis L. Straus.
I'VE didn't write that into
the law" Senator Anderson re-
piled.
1t was Senator Pastore. Re
publican of Rhode Island. who
posed the question as to what
the situation would be If a man
gets an idea for super-duper
thermo-nuclear weapon" with
out having access to any secret
information.
Clearance With acc
He wanted to know If such q
man would be subject to
prosecution" if he published his
idea without clearance with the
Acc.
Mr.. Strauss said he believed
the man would be. Mr.. Mitchell
added that If publication of such
an idea were innocent of
intent" to compromise the secu-
rity of the country, prosecution
would not be possible"
Mr.. Mitchell said his inter-
probation constituted mo con-
troll on thought" but did call
for "a restriction on COM
munication of ideas" when
such ideas involved matters
touching on national security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Quick Soviet. Ard
lmpressinq Asia

TOKYO, Feb. 8 (PD.-A jap
anese. diplomat said today the
Russtshs have made propaganda
progress in Southeast Asia by
quickly implementing one Of the
promiSs made by Premier Niko-
lai Bulsanin on his recent tour.
Taksp Mkt. who returned
from a visit to eight Southeast
Asian lations as Prime Minister
Hatoyana's envoy, said less than
a month after Mr.. Bulganin and
COMMUNIST Party Chief Nikita
Khrushshev toured Burma Rus
sian teshnicians were there to
begin wprk on a technical insti-
tute.
That speed in getting started
on an ad project has favorably
impressed many in Southeast
Asia. ndt only in Burma" Mr..
Mkt sa d in an interview.
The diplomat said he thought
United States aid to Southeast
Asian nations lis being well used
on the whole, but there is criti-
cism that the United States is
dumping SURPRISES that the ma
lions neither need nor want"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Senators 0kay
Bowie for Post
BY the Associated Press


The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee has unanimously in
dorsed the nomination of Rob-
ert RI Bowie to be Assistant
Secretary of State.
Senate action on confirmation
h not expected until late next
week.
Senate Republican Leader
xnowlahd and Chairman Bridges
Of the Senate G. o. p. Policy
Committee had indicated earlier
they might oppose the nominal
ton.
They said there were reports
Mr.. Bowie. now director of the
policy planning staff Of the State
Department, was not as adamant
to Red China's seating in the
United Nations as they felt he
SHOULD be.
Chairman George, Democrat
Of Georgia. said Mr.. Bowie told
the committee at a closed hear
ing Yesterday that under all
the present circumstances and
conditions, he is opposed" to Red
China being seated in the U. N.
Senator Knowland said he was
satisfied with Mr.. Bowie's testi-
mony and IF there are no ad-
ditional facts presented to me
contrart to those developed by
the conmittee, I expect to sup
port tho nomination"
Senatar Bridges reserved COM
ment until after he has read the
transcript of the hearing.
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he heads, on the status OF peace
full uses of nuclear energy. The
hearings continue today.
What touched off the remark
was a statement by the Aces
general counsel, William Mitchell,
that if a man not having access
to secret information had an idea
for a "super-dupe. thermonu-
clear weapon" he could transmit
1t only Ito someone who is under
the law authorized to receive it. "
Class led Information
Mr.. Mitchell also said that if
any type of atomic information
falls within the category of
restricted (secret) data, the in
dividual is under obligation to
treat it as classified information
even though it originates with
him"
Senator Anderson commented
that under such interpretations
there's an absolute Iron Cur
tain around thought"
You congressman wrote
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Atom Quiz Hears Blast
AtMentoI Iron Curtoin'
BY The Associated Press

Senator Anderson Democrat of New Mexico contends that
the Atomic Energy Commissions Interpretation of the law
atomic information puts IAN absolute iron curtain around
thought"
Anderson made the yesterday at the
ing hearing by the Atomic Energy Committee which
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WASHINGTON STORE: Open Thursday. 30 TO pa.
CHEVY CHASE: Open Thsrsdsy sN to 30
ALEXANDRIA Open Thvr,dsy. 40 50 to $50
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-07

God are not supernatural. They are
very much part of our lives They
are the symbols of self-pride; the
automobile that far outreaches the
needs of a man for transportation,
but has become trademark for
success-the closets that are filled
with clothes not necessary and sell
dom used, except as a matter of
showing off-the homes that have
ceased becoming places where
people love and live. but have be-
come vehicles for the expression
of pride in personal accomplish
ment We live within. and for our
selves too much mot just in this
day and age" for this has always
been mans problem). Each gener-
alton, each person has to learn
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Meshodist Church Activity


No church service on SUNDAY.
June TO, as Pastor Shaffer is at
tending Conference this week.
WSCS Officers Installed
Installation services were held
Sunday morning, June 3, at the
Methodist church for new officers
of the WSCS for the year 1856
1857. Rev. j. d. Shaffer was the
installing officer. Those installed
We're: President, Mrs. Cecil Schroy-
er; vice president, Mrs. Ross Selbv:
secretary, Mrs. John Williams:
treasurer. Mrs John Holman: sec
rotary of promotion Miss Nellie
Friend; secretary of Missionary
education, Mrs. OrVal Rush: secre-
tary of Christian Social relations
and local church activities. Mrs
Julia Skidmore; secretary of Stu
dent work Mrs. Owen FrantZ; sec
rotary Of Youth, Mrs. Charles Hook;
secretary of Supplies, Mrs. Owen
Frantz; secretary Of Literature and
Publications, Mrs Lawrence Friend
and Spiritual Life secretary. Mrs
Ernest Friend. Mrs. Russell Wright
is secretary of Children's Work.
Lutheran Activity
Worship service for Sunday, June
10 in the Lutheran church is at
1915 a m with Pastor William
Calson in charge Sunday School
at 9 a. m.
The Choir of the Lutheran church
is sponsoring a Song Service, Sun
day evening, June 10, at s o'clock
at Grace Lutheran church The Of
fering will be used for the pur-
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FB'SeEsGgSUiEEe Notes

chase Of new choir robes. The pub
lie is invited.
Rotary Meeting
Members of the Oakland and
Grantsville Rotary clubs and MEM
bers Of the Garrett County Historic
cal Society were guests of the
Friendsyille Rotary club on Mon
day evening in the school cafe
terra. The turkey dinner was
served by the cafeteria staff MIR.
William j. Mahoney, Wilmington
Del. was the guest speaker
3 & o Engineer Is Retired
A veteran b & O Railroad engi-
neer, Charles J. Umbel, native of
Friendsville, has retired after more
than 50 years of service
He has been a resident of Con-
nellsville since 1905 and was in
service on the Columbian and
Shenandoah passenger trains be-
tween Pittsburgh and Cumberland
for IS years prior to his retirement
He was born on a farm at
Friendsville, May 23 1888. He be-
came an engineer in 1910 at the
age Of %.
Mr. and Mrs. Umbel have two
children, Mrs. Jennie Ferguson.
of Canandaigua, n. Y, and Mrs.
Naomi Chamberlain. Of Twenty
nine Palms, Calf, and two grand
children. Mrs. Umbel is the former
Ruth Blosser, of Smithfield, Pa.
Mr. Umbel is a brother of Mrs.
Minnie Friend and Roy Umbel of
Friendsville area. of Mrs. Cora Ev-
ans, HazeltOn. w. Va, and also a
brother of Perry UmbeL of Pitts
burgh, Pa. He was a brother of the
late Clarence Umbel, Sand Spring.
Several other brothers are de
ceased.
Participated in Parade
The following fire companies and
bands participated in the Firemens
parade here ON Friday evening:
Kingwood, w. Va. Fire Dept Res
cue truck; Forestry Department
truck and exhibit Deer Park truck
Markleysburg, Pa, truck and fire
men, Northern High school band,
Accident truck, Grantsville truck,
Bruceton and Brandonville, w. Va,
trucks, Confluence truck, Oakland
truck, Corriganville truck. VFW
Post ambulance and the host truck.
Due to rainy and cold weather
the B. and G. Carnival was not
able to be open Saturday evening.
Brief Mention
Memorial day dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hileman were
Mr. and Mrs George Reese. Wash
ington, D. c.; Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Watson, Terra Alta. w. Va; Mr..