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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-29
wOMBLE-RoGERs

Miss Mary Womble became the
bride of Desmond A. Rogers, Jr.,
at s pm. on June % in quiet
ceremony at the Methodist Par
sonag in Manteo. The Rev. Louis
Aitken officiated. The bride was
dressed in navy with white Access
series.
Those present at the ceremony
were Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Womble
of Manteo, parents of the bride;
Mr.. and Mrs. Desmond A. Rogers
of Manteo, parents of the bride
groom; Miss Betty Rogers of
Manteo, sister of the bridegroom,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Glenn
Gaskill and Miss Glenda Gaskill
of Wanchese.
Mrs. Rogers attended Madison
High School in Lynchburg, Va.
Mr.. Rogers attended Manteo High
School and Oak Ridge Military In
stitute. The couple plan to reside
in Manteo after trip to Florida.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-29
FLOWERS AT LAKELAND

Lakeland Air Force Base, Texas.
james Ray Flowers, Is, son, of
Mr.. and Mrs. James P. Flowers,
Manteo, is completing his Air
Force Base. the Gateway to the
Air Force"
Lakeland, situated near San
Antonio, is the site of Air Force
basic military training for men
and home of the USAF Officer
Military School, of which the US
AT Officer Candidate School, the
USAF Pre-Flight School and Off
GERS Pre-Flight Group are operat-
ing units.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-29
ATTEND All CAMP

misunderstanding All Camp
at Manteo this week are seven
teen Tyrrell youths: Freddie Nit
chell, Jack and Jane Harris, Nor
ma Lee Simmons, Lorine Simmons,
Don. Chaplin, Dale Davis, Thadine
Hopkins, Angela Hopkins, Brian
Hopkins, Freddie Swain, Gary
Comstock, Flora Ann Hollis, Cath
crime Howett, Don Weatherly, Lor-
eta Brickhouse, and Carmen Har-
rell.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Ann E. Davenport, Tyrrell County
Home Demonstration Agent, and
Donald E. Staegall, Asst. County
Agent.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-29

and frankie have returned to
Manteo after spending a week here.
Nick Gray is visiting in New
louisville, N. ],
Mrs. Victor Williams and chill
dren Vic and Mary Susan are Wis
iting her parents in Washington,
N. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Pritchard
of Elizabeth City spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Moody
Meekins.
Mrs. Charles Williams was a
recent visitor in Elizabeth City.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-06-29

Liverman, Jane Walters, Teresa
Weatherly, Junior Reynolds, Kath-
ryn McCraney, Janice Mailer, j.
D. Brickhouse, Carol Combs, Nancy
Hassell, Mary Ruth Woodley, Anne
Jordan, Katie Basnight, Neil Spen-
Ger, Kathryn Howett, Thadine
Hopkins and Terry Everett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
DORIS FLEEsON

Adlai Stevenson will go West
next week for a brief holiday
in Arizona to be followed by q
full weeks campaigning in
California. After another short
rest then with friends near San
Diego he will return by the
northern route with stops in
Portland, Greg, Seattle and
Salt Lake City.
The journey so far in ad-
vance Of the June presidential
preference primary in Cali
fornia is his tacit acknowledge
ment of the threat Senator
Kefauver poses to the Steven
son candidacy. Both men will
be running in California as
hard as they can; both have
organizations already set UP
and collecting funds.
A defeat by Kefauver in the
second most populous State
would do massive damage to
the Stevenson candidacy, per-
haps end it. Both are claim
ing the State and the pattern
runs true to form. The Or
ganization and party leaders
are for Stevenson, and Ke-
fauver is playing for the under
dog vote Of the rank and file.
The climax of the Steven
son tour will come about Feb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
THOMAS L. STOKES
Political Shells in Magazines

publicans have picked out
shrewdly If not with originality.
Korea Is getting bit dated,
though still used, and some
more recent illustrations Of
how this administration is
keeping the peace were needed
for the approaching campaign
and so our Secretary Of
State obliged.
What was first shrugged on
as one Of those casual CONVEX
sations a Secretary of State
might fall into with a maya
zine writer who just happened
to be passing down the corri-
dor now turns out by Mr..
Dulles own explanation to
have been not casual at all. but
very carefully arranged. For
there was q tape recorder to
take down all that was said
between him and Jim Shepley
Of Time-Life SO that the writer
and the Secretary could check
on what was said. Newspaper
reporters, however, are not be-
ing permitted to hear the tape
recording.
Well have to wait now for
the next issue Of our maya
zines to see what other catas-
trophies, real or imagined, we
have been saved from, or may
be saved from between now
and election day in November.
It's enough to set you tingling
IN excited authorization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Western Stump Acknowledges
Threat Posed by Kefnuver

ruary 4 in Fresno when both
he and Kefauver address o
conven tion of Democratic
clubs. These clubs are a rel
atively new element in the
always confused Democratic
picture in California and they
are in themselves a subject Of
controversy. Many Of the
Democrats in Congress from
the State are wary Of them.
fearful that they may be in
flltrated by the radical ele-
ments which in the past
caused the party much trouble.
Others defend the clubs as
grass roots rebuilders Of party
strength. In any case they
have been growing in num-
Der and have won general &C.
ceptance as the Stevenson
Kefauver response to their in
vitations proves.
Major policy speeches are
expected from Stevenson along
the way and there will be q
maximum Of public receptions
and handshaking.
Stevenson's problem is to
speak with weight and i'm
portance while being careful
not to trespass against the
party line as 1t Is being devel-
oped in Congress. While he is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Stevenson to Hit California Trail

on the road. for example, con-
gressional leaders are planning
to open up major lines Of at
tack on foreign policy and the
state Of United States de-
lenses. Senator George. chair
man Of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee, viii tee of
on Secretary Of State Dulles.
Senator Russell. chairman Of
Armed Services Committee,
plans to give Gen. Ridgway,
former Army chief Of staff. OPP
portunity to voice his COM
plants in public.
George earlier had appeared
to be in opposition to the
Stevenson views regarding
Dulles. and Speaker Rayburn
stepped up to bat instead. It
Is now said that George has
changed his mind and believes
1t his duty to make some OBJ
servations" on the current
brink Of war" fracas.
Another Stevenson problem
in California will be to avoid
ENHANCEMENT In a brisk fight
building for the senatorial
nomination to run against the
Republican incumbent, Sena-
tor Kuchel. AS usual, too,
there are various State rival
ries which SOW the outsiders
path with minefields.
Early as 1t Is the Stevenson
journey then may be a telling
If not major development Of
the campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Being hot water nothing for Secretary Of State
Dulles He's been in hot water from the word Goa.
million shares of Ford stock the market. It's
the saga Of America Grandpa took chance Ford-and
the whole contry's specializing
The Chambers Of Commerce Ike of spending
much Truman But Due to buyer
resistance always costs to keep Republicans in Office
Harry Truman calls Barney Baruch publicity An
impartial would have admit however that he
either wearing shrinking violet in his
button-hole.
and wives would lot Of time they learned
to ignore what each other simultaneously
Ikes cabinet gives him Grandma Moses painting Ike
thinks it's relief to have American primitive in the
White House who isn't Republican looking for job
The Bureau says the average work week is ~
hours good by Washington
ofcials-expaning what they said during the other 40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Truman Defends Loss of China

the Treasury experts" who
held 1t up, but he writes:
Gen. Marshall devoted his
brief stay in Washington
(March-April, 1946) to talks
with Government officials re-
garding loans for China and
aid in the form Of shipping
and surplus property. / in
structed the Treasury Depart
ment to cooperate with him
in every way, and an agree
ment was reached for an i'm
mediate loan to China of
$500 million. Unfortunately,
nothing but the Chinese sigma
ture was lacking on this docu-
ment. Chang Kai-shek's rep
resentative. the Chinese AM
bassador In Washington. in
sisted on changes before he
would sign. And to compli-
cate the matter further. the
generalissimo on the same
day made O speech in China
that was In effect q call to
arms. 1t is no wonder that the
Treasury experts felt that it
would not be in line with our
policy to make a loan If
political settlement was not
forthcoming in China. They
were correct"
This is by no means all Of
the story, but 1t is a sensa-
tional paragraph nonetheless.
1t shows that Mr.. Truman
either didn't know how the
loan was being squelched by
some persons in the United
States Treasury Department
friendly to the Communists or
else that he naively accepted
the superficial explanat ion
which he now repeats.
For certainly Chang Kali
shek had to keep on fighting.
The Communists were refusing
to dissolve or disarm their
forces, Already betrayed by
the Yalta agreement which Sc
cretly gave Soviet Russia adj
vantages in Manchuria that
paved the way for the con-
quest Of all China by the Com
munist Chinese, the National
list government Of China was
deserted at q critical time by
the United States Government,
which WEIGHED on its promises
and involuntarily built UP q
Communist regime in the Far
East that any day may bring
the world to the brink Of
war"
Reproduetion Rights Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19

AS q corollary to Secretary
Dulles intended indiscretions
in an article In Life magazine,
the question is being asked
now by the supporters Of the
Secretary Of State: why not
broadcast to the world that
we are determined TO fight
whenever necessary for the
preservation Of peace and
freedom? Why all this bally-
hoo about the bad reaction
Of Mr.. Dulles revelations
among our Western European
allies and providing the Com
munist propagandists with
fresh anti-American material?
Actions have always been
stronger than words. and the
few firm steps we have under
taken in the past have been
camouflaged or concealed"
AS a matter Of fact. little
criticism is being heard in this
country and abroad Of the
British policy Of sending
ground forces. paratroopers,
and additional warships to the
Eastern Mediterranean to pre-
serve what is left Of Britain'S
colonial empire in the Near
East. Yet British public opin-
ion was reported in an uproar
because during Mr.. Dulles
stewardship Of our foreign re-
lations he had barred Amer
tca's teeth on three occasions.
AS a matter Of fact only once
was he successful-in the
Formosan Strait last year. The
rest were negative attempts.
He may have prevented the
Communists from renewing the
war In Korea after President
Syngman Rhee liberated some
$4,000 Chinese prisoners who
did not want to return to the
Communist paradise. But We
never accomplished our goal Of
unifying KoreA-one OF the
purposes Of the costly war in
that country. Quite the con-
trary. Today the military posi-
ton of the Communists, who
have broken all the terms Of
the 1853 armistice. Is far
superior to ours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Reporters Turn to Periodicals
For Latest on Peace and War

articles beginning this week
in the Saturday Evening Post
which snap at the Eisenhower
administration for not follow
ing his counsel on national
defense.
Democrats have bounced on
the magazine writer's identified
with this administration with
the zest of a fielder pulling
down an easy fly ball to make
the last out. They are sound
ing of in exultant blasts of
righteous indignation in the
Senate and in statements for
the newspapers, and in radio
and television interviews.
In truth, they are almost
too eager. which is under
standable. At last they are
finding release in issues of
foreign policy from the frus-
trations they have been suffer-
ing as President Eisenhower
pre-empted their domestic
issues by taking over a snowy
portion Of their New Deal
Fair Deal line Of goods.
The magazine. article fracas
also offers what might be
termed escape literature" for
some Democrats who are hope
full 1t will. divert public atten-
ton away from the sorry spec
tacle the party's leadership is
making Of itself in the Senate
in trying to put over the bill
to exempt natural gas pro-
ducers from Federal Power
Commission regulation.
In this election year pay-off
to big oil we see the play of
politics, as we see it too in
the Secretary of States maya
zine confessions about his skill
in the art of keeping the peace
by daring to edge up to the
brink Of war, and in the Demo-
cratic criticism of Mr.. Dulles.
The Secretary, who has al
ways been able to Accommodate
himself to the political neces-
stiles, merely was contributing
from his particular jurisdic-
ton - foreign policy - to the
peace" half Of the peace and
prosperity" slogan which Re-
q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19

"What magazine do you
write for, sir, or confide imp"
That might very well be-
come the approach around
this town for the inquiring
daily news reporter who once.
before the new canned inter-
view and ghost-written maya
zine article era, could ask
questions Of high public Of
ficials and expect to get some
sort Of direct answers.
Now his beat" Is the maya
zine stand to wait patiently
for the next issue with the
latest advices about peace and
war.
Perhaps we should be thank
full that the new magazine
confessional habit has not
reached the summit, and that
the President has not got him
self a portable typewriter and
taken to writing for the maya
zines as a hobby interspersed
with his painting.
1t used to be that a public
official would wait until he
got out Of Office, and some
times for years, before he
wrote himself UP and told
what a fine offlcial he had
been. how good a Secretary
Of State he was, for example;
how he had stood right on
the brink Of war like the boy
on the burning deck and
saved us from war, and not
just once, but thrice.
Take former President Tru-
man. He at least waited until
he got out Of Office before he
wrote himself up--if not very
long afterward.
This Capital City of the Ma
ton, and of its politics, has
been literally In a fever and
fret for several days now over
articles In magazines - about
Secretary Of State Dulles in
Life and Mr.. Truman's second
installment of his memoirs
starting specialization In that
same magazine. and with Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, former
Chief Of staff Frightening UP
his retirement by q series Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
DAVID LAWRENCE
Chang Blamed for UNFOLDING Stand;
GO. p. Should Profit From Account

20 that mine enemy might
write q book"-it's an old
slogan and has its applica-
ton to the 1856 presidential
campaign. For the latest In
stallment of the memoirs OF
former President Truman
seeking to defend the loss Of
China to the free world Is
about as useful q piece Of
political ammunition as the
Republicans could acquire this
year.
When, as Mr.. Truman de-
clares in the current INSTALL
ment published In Life maya
zine, the loss of China Is due
to the fact that Chang Kali
shek wasn't "conciliatory"
enough toward the Chinese
Communists, the whole issue
surrounding the Democratic
administrations tragic policies
in the Far East Is revived.
The American people have
not only been brought to the
brink of a war" In Formosa,
but they lost 100000 casualties
in Korea in an actual war be-
cause the policies Of the Thu
man administration turned out
to be to the advantage Of the
Communist government in
China.
Mr.. Truman says that Gen.
Marshall tried to get Chang
Kai-shek to agree to a "coali-
ton" government. The gen.
eral, to be sure. was acting on
the basis of detailed instruc-
tons prepared for him by
experts" in the Department
of State whose fidelity to the
best interests of the United
States versus Soviet Russia
came into question later In
hearings before congressional
committees. Nobody with q
sense of fairness has ever Sug-
gested that Gen. Marshall
knew the sinister influences at
work in the Department Of
State. For, as a good soldier.
he followed orders. But the
fact Is that the idea Of a
&C o a lition" government in
which the Communists and
the Nationalist would particle
pate was a hoax from begin
ming to end.
The coalition" idea had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
British. While Protesting Dulles Stand,
Are Sending Troops to Near East

Disregarding the provisions
Of the armistice. the Com
muniSts increased their ground
combat forces to more than
three-quarters Of q million
men; they brought In under
the benevolent eye of the
armistice commission modern
tanks and heavy guns and
have built under the disguise
Of Commercial airfields" over
20 new military airfelds ca
pable of taking care Of the
latest type jet planes. At the
same time, we provided the
ROK forces with only re-
placement equipment Of the
same vintage rs that they had
to discard. And we must bear
In mind that an armistice is
not a peace,
Our brink Of war" policy
has not yielded fruits in
Northern Wet Nam either. 1t
is true that after our warning
Chinese troops poised on the
Indo- China borders did not
pour into Wet Mini. But
their direct Intervention was
unnecessary: After the fall Of
Diem Bien Phu-which our
allies did not permit US to save
by air Strikes-whatever viii
the French forces had to fight
quickly evaporated. The In
huence of the Reds in South
east Asia has been on the rise
ever since.
Despite the denials and
bitter controversy which fol-
lowed Admiral Robert Carney's
"indiscretion" last spring that
the Chinese Communists
would attack Formosa in April,
the story viii be borne out
whenever the administration
decides to publish a new batch
Of secret documents In years
to comes Although the Reds
preparedness in the Fukien
Province was not as complete
as it is today, they did then
have the capability Of striking
at the Matsu and Quemoy
islands.
Whether Admiral Carney
now retired-Spoke out Of turn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19

already resulted in the sell
out Of the people of Poland
through the Yalta agree
ments, and it isn't 'hindsight."
as Mr.. Truman argues now, to
recall that point. For the
whole world knew the Com
munists were using the "coali-
ton" trick to gain military
supremacy. Indeed, they no.
titled the American negotia-
tors in China that they would
not integrate their armies un-
der any circumstances. How
could Chang Kai-shek agree
to q coalition" government
while his enemies were main
tanning an armed force to con-
tinue their military pressures?
Mr.. Truman says. In effect,
that the Nationalist should
have surrendered because they
didn't have q chance militarily
to win, and Gen. Marshall
thought SO. too. but the opin-
ion Of other observers, includ-
ing the American Ambassador.
Leighton Stuart, an educator
of wide experience In China.
was that the failure Of Ameri-
can aid to come at the oppor-
tune moment was the real
cause Of the weakness Of the
Nationalist and the disinte-
grafton Of their armies. Many
Nationalist commanders went
over to the enemy because
they saw the United States
withdrawing moral support
from Chang Kai-shek.
Mr.. Truman boldly defends
what the Treasury did. He
doesn't mention the late Harry
Dexter White, named in con-
gresSional hearings as q Com
munist spy. who sat in the
Treasury Department with full
power to say when the money
promised Chang Kai-shek
would be forwarded or held
back. The former President
commended Harry Dexter
White in writing on April 80.
1916, even after j. Edgar Hoo
yer. director Of the FBI, had
in November. i945, and Feb
ruary. 1916. called the Presi-
dents attention to the ques-
tionable record Of Whites
relations to the Communists.
On the subject Of the loan.
Mr.. Truman doesn't identify
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Why All BHnk-of-Wor BoIIyhoo?

or used the forum Of q private
dinner with newspapermen a.
q vehicle to sound the alarm
gong is not clear. But there
is no doubt that the men in
Peiping had been served with
a solemn warning that an at
tack against the Nationalist
islands would be answered with
q full-scale attack on the mill
tary installations and lines Of
communications on the Chi
nese mainland. The invasion
plans were Cancelled when the
Communists realized they
would be subject to severe
punishment from our naval
and air forces. The scuttlebutt
in diplomatic circles was then
that Moscow itself had adj
vised its Chinese ally that
discretion was frequently the
best part of valor. Had these
hrm warnings not been given
in time, the world might have
been faced with a situation
similar to that in Korea IN the
summer Of 1850.
We have been spending,
since the end of World War II.
hundreds of billions of dollars
for our national defense. The
taxpayer who has had to fork
out the cash does not resent
this expenditure. beca1se he
knows that it is the best in
surance for the Nations sur
vival. Our biologists and
others have been ,hipped on
describing our military force
as q strictly defensive force
with the connotation that we
would never use it unless we
were directly attacked by the
enemy. If the Communists
become convinced that we are
going to use our strength only
in the protection Of our bor-
ders or in selected spots Of
Western Europe. they will be
able to continue their nibbling
against other areas which are
equally vital to our own and
the free worlds survival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
It's Chase E Sanbo
new UlI-0odied ms
xted Best Favor
"1% 2%f

AGAINST LEADING INSTANT CONTEST AGAINST GROUND Contest
In carefully conducted tests where housewives had knowledge
Of brand type of coffee served-hey chose this boded
instant euea over ground coffeesl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
|RoiIwuy Society

The Washington Chapter Of
the National Railway Historical
Society will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow in room 304 at Union
Station. Larry Sagle Of the B65O
Railroad will address the group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Relic of 1901 Trip

ALLESUND, Norway, Jan. 10
R.--A buoy believed to have
been thrown overheard from the
windjammer America in 1901
during the Baldwin Ziegler
North Polar Expedition recently
washed ashore near here. A
plaque attached to the cork float
identified it as q relic Of the
United States expedition that
had to turn back without reach
ing its goal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19

District voter registration is
under way. Have you quail
fed TO vote In the elections
May 1? Registration head
quarters are on the ground
fOor. Of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-10
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEREL

The Ike administration employment record
MONTH RepublcanS say prosperity is matter of timing They
picked the right time to apply their policy nothing
Manager Frank Mckinney says Gov Hartman will be
nominated for President the fifth ballot He figures the
Democrats will four ballots looking somebody who can
beat Ike before they up
The hat-hour televon drama thanks the usual three
commercials. runs the gamu of human promotions
Gov Happy" Chandler of Kentucky says he wants TO be
PRESIDENT now before he gets old Chandler wants to get this
thing over with SO he can start drawing security
Vice President Nixon has reformed Instead o honnino
about the country making the mad he's hopping
about the world, making the mad
lndlVduast kid who insists stalking the neighbour
MOOD wyatt carp gunghers while wearing last years Dayy
Crockett hat - -
Leaders drive to adjourn Congress before August Theyd
IKE 70 qu earlier put there still important pro-
grams that haven't been pigeonholed vet =