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Evening star., 1956-12-30
Old Dominion Bank Names
Zal0kar Vice President

Directors of the Old Dominion
Bank have promoted Robert H
Zalokar to vice president, David
G. Walker to assistant vice pres
ident and William Barrett to
assistant cashier.
Mr.. Zalokar came to the bank
from the Federal Deposit In
surance Corp. in 1855 and has
been in charge Of the Lee high
way branch.
Mr.. Walker formerly was as
sistant cashier and joined the
bank in 1858. He is in charge
Of the mortgage loan depart
ment. Mr.. Barrett joined the
bank in 1853 and HAS been in
the mortgage loan department
Evening star., 1956-12-30
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WEEKLY SUMMARY


Quotations furnished hy the Associated Press
Hlgh Low d.y. rate Add 90 High Low Close chs
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to an offer of $3.50 q share
from Imperial. The deadline
for the offer was 2 pm. Friday.
Mr.. Martens declined to dis
cuss his company's plans for
American Fire pending an or
ganizational meeting Of direc-
tors under the new ownership,
scheduled at II am. tomorrow
Imperial first made the $780,
la-share offer for American Fire
December S and stipulated that
at least 1900 of the 1000 shares
would have to be deposited with
NBW by December IA. De-
posits were Just short Of the
goal by that time and the offer
was extended.
Some Of Stock Owned
For Three Generations
Edmund M. Emmerich has
been president Of American Fire
and In connection with Imperial'i
offer. said the days Of the small
single-hne insurance company
have passed. Only big companies
can afford the winning combina-
ton Of big volume and low rates,
he said. Some American Fire
stock has been owned by the
same families for three genera
tionS.
In recent years there have
been several attempts by uniden-
titled persons to gain control of
American Fire. which has sub
stantial assets, including its
building at 511 Seventh Street
NV, next to the downtown
store Of the Hecht Co. The upper
floors have been leased to the
daY1a rfynant efnra
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Nash Is Vice President
Of Thompson & Co.

Andrew H. Nash will Join
John I. Thompson g. Co., Wash
|ington engineering firm as vice
president, effective Wednesday.
Mr.. Nash is retiring from the
Naval Gun Factory after a serv-
ice of 19 years. He has headed
the publications branch there
and more recently the quality
control engineering branch.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
CAP Telephone Reports
Increase in Earnings

Net income of Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. increased
to $6.632,835 in IL months ended
November 80, compared with
$6.530.355 in the preceding IL
months. Vice President H.
Holmes Vogel reported.
1 Operating revenues for the IL
months amounted to $56,509 ,999,
a gain of $2,364, 1862 from the
previous period. Operating ex-
penses Of $39,453.365 were up
$2,003,341.
For November. however. net
of $537,418 was slightly below
lS550.669 in November last year.
November revenues of $4,747, ,015
were $l72,621 above a year ago,
while operating expenses Of $3,-
370.843 were up $206,17O.
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Prudential Insurance Co.
Plans Arlington Agency

Prudential Insurance Co. will
expand its sales and service &C.
ltivities in the Washington area
by opening this week a new
ordinary agency in Arlington, ii
was announced by Charles w
Campbell. vice president OF
south-central operations.
The new agency will be man.
aged by John H. Hall, chartered
life underwater. and will be
in the Mace Building on Wilson
boulevard.
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Imperial Acquires 80 Pct.
Control of American Fire
By DONALD B. HADLEY

Imperial Insurance Inc, has acquired 177l of 80
od American Fire Co., about go per
the outstanding total of 1000 shares
This announced yesterday by Harry Martens pre
dent Of Imperial The acquired American Fire shares
deposited with the National Bank WASHINGTON
Evening star., 1956-12-30
II. Z. Foreman to Leave
Post With Contractors

The Executive Committee oi
the Associated General Contrac-
tors Of America. with headquar.
ters here. yesterday announced
it accepted 'regretfully" the re-
quest Of H. E. Foreman that he
be relieved of his duties as man.
aging director of the association
effective April /.
Mr.. Foreman has been manag-
ing director since October, 1910
and the committee paid tribute
Evening star., 1956-12-30

to his outstanding achievements
in behalf of the association. He
made his request for reasons of
health which do not permit him
to devote full time to the duties
iof managing director. He will
continue to serve as an adviser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Mrs. Eisenhower Seeks
AidHere for Stricken Bow

John P. Utz, acting chief OF
clinical investigation for the Ma
tional Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases.
The clinical center accepts
patients only on the reference
Of private doctors. and only II
their ailments fully meet re-
quirements Of the research pro-
grams involved.
Craig's doctor will be asked
for a full medical description
and history Cystic fibrosis was
described as invariably leading
to death through infection in
observed cases. A spokesman
said there is no specific treat
ment for the disease itself, but
only treatment Of the infections
Mrs. Eisenhower's secretary
Mrs Mary Jane McCaffree. yes
terday telephoned Mrs. Grady C
Edwards, Aiken County Hospital
nurse who had started the cam
paign TO raise funds for Craig s
care al a specialist center.
Mrs. McCafree said she un-
derstood arrangements had been
discussed for sending the child
TO New York expert on the
disease for care next week.
Meanwhile. the NH is await
ing word from craig's physician
with the prospects looking
bright for expert care either in
lev York or Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

An act of kindness by Mamie
Eisenhower may bring an 49,
month-old South Carolina child
suffering a disease regarded as
fatal, to the National Institutes
OF Health in Bethesda for special
care.
The child. Craig Wooten. is
stricken with cystic fibrosis. a
congenital notwithstanding of the
pancreas gland. which leaves its
victims helpless against the raw
ages Of infection.
Craig, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Tom P. Wooten OF Edgefeld. is
now patient at the Aiken
County S. c. Hospital Public
interest in hts plight has raised
about $4,000 in contributions
from the South Carolina Georgia
region,
Mrs. Eisenhower learned OF
the case from a newspaper
woman. and yesterday had the
Presidents physician. Mai. Gen
Howard Nice. Snyder. check or
whether any such cases are un-
der care and study at the NH,
Clinical Center.
A research program on tbs
disease has been under way 4,
the center for about Is months
q spokesman said. and pr
Snyder was told that craiz',
physician should contact Or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Silver Spring Man, As,
browns While Fishing

A Silver Spring well driller
was drowned today while fishing
in a lake near Temple Hills and
Brinkley roads in the Oxon Hill
area, Prince Georges County po-
lice reported.
The victim. Paul c. Hart. As.
OF 10805 Keller street, was pro-
nounced dead at the scene by DR..
James /. Boyd, county medical
examiner.
Pvt. Robert Snyder said he was
told by Mr.. Harris fishing com
panion, Ralph o. Estes of 23I
Eighth street Sc. that the pair
arrived at Beaches Lake early
today. Mr.. Hart left the shore
to cast in the lake and waded
into deep water. Mr.. Estes said.
The body was recovered by the
Oxon Hill rescue squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Labor Day Toll
In Traffic Rises
To IS Deaths
By the AAsoeiated Pres.

The count Of deaths in Labor
Day weekend traffic accidents
rose slowly today.
BY IL am. EDIT IS motor
vehicle fatalities had been re-
ported. There were two deaths
by drowning and five from other
causes TO raise the overall acci-
dent toll to AZ.
The National Safety Council
has estimated that 4S0 Ameri-
cans will be killed in traffic dur
ing the holiday week end.
Deaths by States. with those
in trafic, drowning and miscel-
laneous classes listed in that or
der, included:
Georgia 0 0, Illinois 2 o 8.
Indiana 3 0 0. Iowa o o KAN
sas 2 0 0. Kentucky / 0 0, Michi-
gan ! 0 0. Missouri 4 0 0, New
Jersey 0 0. New York 5 2 /.
New Mexico 0 0. North Carolina
] Q Q. Ohio 5 0 /. Oklahoma o 0.
Pennsylvania o o. Texas S o o,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower today
praised American labor for max
ing itself "the greatest enemy OF
enslaved labor in any corner OF
the earth"
The President spoke at a cere-
mony on the White House lawn
celebrating the issuance of a
special Labor Day postage stamp
Mr.. Eisenhower said he wanted
to pay tribute to labor for going
beyond efforts to improve its
own conditions, and contributing
to the cause of peace.
American workmen, he said,
have applied themselves in such
a way that workmen in other
corners of the world have ex-
amined their methods and
wanted to copy them"
They have been quick to
make their skills available to
workmen OF other nations" the
President added.
They have been doing far
more than working for their own
continuous rise in living stand
ards. They have created re-
spect for the ideals of human
The President said American
labor is today "the greatest
enemy Of enslaved labor in any
corner of the earth, Of which /
am aware"
Mr.. Eisenhower spoke soon
after George Meany, president
Of the AFL-CIO, expressed the
labor organizations appreciation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
.WeutherPIune
Crash Kills
III in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. ]
fPO.-A four-engine Air Force
weather plane plowed unexplain-
edly into a tiny island in the
Susitna River yesterday ano
burst into flames. apparently
killing all II men aboard.
An Air Force rescue team
which went to the crash scene
so miles northwest of here re-
ported 10 of the crewmen per-
ished and the other is believed
dead.
All that remained when hell
copters landed at the crash scene
was a smoking pile of rubble, the
B-50 broken into bits.
The island into which il
plunged was too small to permit
Air Force helicopters to land
there and they were forced to
land on a mud bank a quarter
mile away.
The weather plane had
checked in at 1902 am. while
over Talkeetna, a check station
so miles north of the crash
scene. Five-and-a-half hours
later the smoking wreckage was
spotted by a rescue service flyer.
The plane belonged to the 58th
Weather Reconnaissance Squad
ron at Eielson Air Force Base,
26 miles from Fairbanks. The
squadron makes regular flights
over the North Pole. the Aleu-
tan Islands and the Bering Sea.
Names of the crewmen have
not been released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

arate early morning raids into
Egyptian territory, killing two
Egyptian soldiers near the town
of GAIA. five near Rata in the
southern part of the Egyptian
held GAIA strip and six in the
Ell Auja demilitarized zone near
the Sinai border.
The Egyptian complaint fol-
lowed by a day Israeli's charge
that two Israeli soldiers were
killed and three wounded by a
land mine in the Negeb Desert
near the Israeli-Egyptian border.
Israel showed no disposition
to minimize the border clashes.
Her chief delegate to the
United Nations, Abba Eban.
loosed a blast at Egyptian Presi-
dent NasSer's government in a
statement at U. N. headquarters
in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
President Calls Labor
Contributor to Peace

for the issuance Of the stamp.
Mr.. Meany said that one of the
things that distinguishes the
American union movement is its
freedom.
1.-THE trade unions must be
free to make their contributions
along economic. social and poll
tical lines" he added.
In speaking after Mr.. Meany
Mr.. Eisenhower com m n { e d
freedom will remain ours If we
use it,"
Every citizen, the President
continued, must go through the
processes of voting and other
things needed to show he is ready
to do his part as an American
citizen and in so doing to make
sure that freedom grows stronger
as the years go on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
French Troops SAIL
.Nasser Talks Slated
I own Plans Home Guard
After Indignation Rioting

CLINTON. Tenn, Sept. Up.
Clinton officials today planned
organization of a "home guard"
unit after an unruly mob. fired
up by an outside segregationist,
held the town in a reign of ter
ror for several hours last night.
Attorney Buford Lewallen, son
of Mayor w. E. Lewallen, said
the home guard would be organ
lied this afternoon and would
be on hand at a scheduled segre-
cation rally at the. Anderson
County courthouse tonight.
Tennessee'S five pro-segrega-
ton organizations announced
they will jointly sponsor a court
house rally here tonight.
Arthur A. Canada, president OF
the Tennessee Society to Main
tain Segregation, said in Chat
tanooga that tonight's meeting
will be the first combined effort
by the groups against, integra-
ton. He added:
We're pinch hitting for Kas-
per tonight"
John Kasper of Washington,
D. c., an officer and organizer of
the Seaboard White Citizens
Council, was sentenced to one
year in prison yesterday at
Knoxville, Tenn, after U. S.
District Judge Robert Taylor
/ found him guilty of violating a
restraining order which the
court issued Wednesday. KaSper,
26, began a speaking campaign
against indignation in the school
when he arrived in Clinton last
week end.
Meanwhile, this east Tennes-
see town where violence has
flared since indignation of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Celestial Music
GRAND FORKS. N.

GRAND FORKS. N. OAK, Sept.
l P1.-christmas music was
broadcast by radio station KILO.
and Program Director John Doyle
explained: ITS for the people
who'll go out driving this Labor
Day week end and may not be-
around to hear 1t at Christmas
time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

front while Egypt is preoccupiet
with the Suez Canal crisis.
Egypt complained to U. N
truce headquarters here yester-
day that Israeli raiders killed II
Egyptians.
Later the u. N. truce men
found the bodies of two Egyptians
killed in the first of the three
clashes and reported that foot
prints to the scene led to and
from the Israel border.
Truce teams were still investi-
eating the other incidents.
Egyptian army headquarters
in Cairo did not say anything
about the border clashes until
several hours later. Then its
announcement brief and vague
In It's complaint to the truce
referees, however, Egypt said
Israeli forces made three sep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

lnIelllgence Drle1ngS should b(
authorized for him as Democratic
presidential nominee. Without
them. he said, he would be un.
able to comment with assurance
on some of the most critical
aspects of American foreign
policy. Specifically, he felt re-
Stricted on what he should say
on such subjects as the Suez
Canal crisis or nuclear diSarma-
ment.
When reporters in Washington
asked Mr.. Hagerty today whether
Presto emit Eisenhower would
make the offer. the press secre-
tary replied:
"Of course. The President ha.
always expected to offer this.
would expect that a formal Offer
will be made next week"
Practice in the Past
Similar offers have been made
previously to avoid harm to ma.
tional security through bitter
partisan conflict in the presi.
dental campaign and to provide
continuity in the conduct o.
foreign affairs in the event of 6
change in administration.
Mr.. Hagerty said that, as ir
the past. if Mr.. Stevenson &C.
cepts. intelligence information
would be given the Democratic
nominee by the Central Intel.
ligence Agency.
In 1948 Thomas E. Dewey, the
Republican presidential nom
inee, received information from
President Truman. A similar
offer was made to Mr.. Eisen-
hover as the G. o. P. candidate
in 1852 and he accepted with
reservations.
The Truman offer to Mr.. Eisen.
mower included an invitation tC
attene a cabinet luncheon in
August, 1852, for a briefing or
foreign affairs. The Republican
candidate rejected the invitation
saying he wished to remain free
to analyze publicly the policies
and acts Of the Truman admin.
istration.
Mr.. Eisenhower told Presidenr
Truman he would welcome
weekly reports from the CHA bur
added:
I'm line with my view, how.
ever. that the people are entitled
to all the facts in the situation
save only in those cases where
the security of the United State.
is involved, / would want il
understood that the possession
of these reports will in no Other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
HOW TO BUILD
a NEW CHURCH

NUCLEUS At WoRK--A smoIl
church. which doesn't seek 10 get
much bigger is IN the early stoqss
Of its development here. us aor,,
work and oims ore described in q
story on pose As.
SECURITY w oETAlL--Deioils Of
the soeiol security laws. which bottle
menS ore explored in o series Of
questions and onsvs,s in the column,
Security for YOU" on Poss Sill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Cyprus Comp Hit
By Bomb BIusts

N1cOSIA. Cyprus, Sept. CP)
The British announced series
OF bomb explosions damaged the
closely guarded Episkopi canton
ment OF the Joint Middle East
Command headquarters early
today.
A gasoline bomb set off a fire
that was later extinguished.
A communique said a SER
geants mess was destroyed and
the roofs Of two officers messes
were damaged. An unexploded
time bomb and an unexploded
gasoline bomb we're found in the
debris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Eisenhower Spends
Afternoon GoIfino

President Eisenhower went "
Burning Tree Club in nearby
Maryland today Cor a little golf
His press secretary. James c
Hagerty. said II was so warm he
was not sure the President would
play a full round. At the time
Mr. Eisenhower left the White
House the temperature was In
the mid-s0's and expected 70 &C
into the 9o's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

way limit my freedom to discuss
or analyze foreign programs as
my judgment dictates"
Mr.. Hagerty would not say
whether the President would in
vite Mr.. Stevenson to the WhiN
House.
In the 1852 campaign. Presi-
dent Truman also offered weekly
reports to Mr.. Stevenson.
Lack Detailed Information
The question of Government
brlefings arose in connec-
ton with the Suez dispute
Both Mr.. Stevenson and Sem
ator Kefauver seemed anxious
to say something punchy on
the subject. But both admitted
that their lack of detailed in
formation on the course of nego-
tiations and the delicacy of the
subject prevented them from ex-
tensive comment.
Mr.. Stevenson asserted:
1.-THE important thing is the
well being and the improvement
OF the economic lot of the Egyp-
tians. I earnestly hope that
Col. Nasser (Egypt's PRESIDENT
doesn't let his Egyptian nation
alism do damage to the eco
nomic future of his people"
The use of the Suez Canal
said Mr.. Stevenson. land open
traffic on the canal is impera-
tive to the economic life of the
West as we have known it-at
least until the fluid traffic
through the canal presumably
he meant oil can be replaced
by a pipeline"
Apart from these comments
however. both candidates felt
they we're in no position to make
a statement on the Suez crisis
In answer to a question, Mr.
Stevenson said he would well
come any offer from the admin
istration to fill him in on the
See STEVENSON. Page A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
Thousands Quit
City for Holiday
Highway PeriIs Cited
AS Cars Jam Roads

A lot of our neighbors are
missing today. having left town
for the Labor Day week end.
The exodus dwindled today
and the influx of traffic will
begin late Monday when most
vacationers will be heading
home after the only three-day
weekend holiday of 1856.
Stay-at-homeS are due for
scattered thundershowers late
this afternoon and early tonight,
the Weather Bureau announced.
Today'S high temperature was
forecast at about go degrees, and
the showers won't bring much
relief, the weathermen added.
Tonight's low is expected to
be near 70. Sunday will be
partly cloudy and warm, with
showers likely. but turning cooler
in the afternoon and night, the
bureau said.
Showers at Beaches
The showers scheduled here
are tied in with rain forecast
for early today along the Sky
line drive and later today along
the beaches in this region.
More than 100000 Washing
ton area travellers, riding in more
than 10000 autos, left yesterday
and today. the American Auto
mobile Association reported.
Thousands more took off via
train, bus and airplane. Extra
carriers were put in service.
But those who departed were
replaced by as many inbound
visitors, the agency reported.
Washington is a favorite spot of
tourists over Labor Day.
Washington's public libraries
will be closed Monday. Most of
the city's stores also will be
closed, a spokesman for the
Washington Board of Trade said
But Uncle Sam is keeping the
monuments. memorials. parks
and Smithsonian Institution
open
The highlight of the holiday
here will be the annual Labor
Day mass at 10 am. Monday in
the Shrine of the Sacred Heart,
Sixteenth street and Park road
NV.
Police Details Boosted
Police details on highways
around Washington were in
creased as officers prepared for
the usual holiday slaughter on
the roads.
The traffic toll count began
See HOLIDAY, Page A-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01
DEMANDING
China Pay for
DoWned Plane
Officials DepIore Act
But Hope to Avoid
international Row
By JOHN A. GILES

The United States today de.
manded that Red China pay
damages for Navy patro
plane and the loss of life of its
Is crewmen, which it last night
accused the Communists oil
shooting down without warn
ing"
But, while the joint statement
Of the State and Defense De-
partmentS called the attack
"unjustified," it was evident
that the administration did not
want to create an international
incident that might set off the
tinderbox Far East. And Com
munist China. in rare display
of consideration for American
interests. said it could not but
express great regret" if its
planes shot down the Navy air.
craft.
valued at ~ MllllOn
The PAM Mercator, unof.
ficially estimated to be worth
more than So million, apparently
was blasted out of the sky by
Chinese Red fighters August %
Two bodies and parts of the
wreckage have been recovered
by the Seventh Fleet. which
still is continuing the search.
The announcement said for.
NAL bill for damages would bf
presented Through appropriate
diplomatic channels" That bill
will go through British offices
since this country never has rec.
ognized the Chinese Communis
government.
Secretary of State Dulles il
expected to handle the matter
when he returns from a Labol
Day vacation.
Statements Issued
! Earlier yesterday, President
Eisenhower promised that ar
exhaustive statement" on thu
shooting down of the plane woulC
be forthcoming within "a hours
At 6 pm. both the State anc
Defense departments issued one
1t fatty turned down Chinese
Communist claims that the plane
they admitted having shot down
was a Chinese Nationalist
| (Chiang Kai-shekl aircraft about
A miles east of the China main
land, near the Red-held islands
/ of Maan and Chengtze.
"The Chinese Communist au-
thorities say that if the plane
turned out not to be a Chinese
Nationalist plane but a United
States naval aircraft, they could
not but express great regret,
the statement said. Also they
say the aircraft was in fact vio-
lating Chinese territorial air and
territorial sea"
| The plane was on a flight OF
six and one-half hours duration
the announcement stated. Posi-
ition reports received during the
/ flight indicated the navigator
See PLANE. Page A.;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-01

high school last Monday, was
tense but quiet.
Mayor Lewallen had asked
assistance of the State Highway
Patrol or the National Guard.
His son said nothing has been
heard fro mthe State" He added
Its a hot potato and they don't
want to touch it.
The speaker at the segregation
rally tonight is to be Raulston
Schoolfield, Chattanooga attor-
ney who was an unsuccessful
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