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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27

Chairman Bonner of the COM
mittee said the body planned to
hear one more witness at a later
date and that the record would
be kept open for statements.
Mr.. Meckling testified the
Coast Guard boarded his vessel
three times in 1854 and had
given him boarding cards" in
dicating the vessel met safety
requirements. There was no hull
inspection, he said. and the
Coast Guardsmen's checks were
on the number Of fire extin-
guishers and life preservers in
relation to the number of pas
sengers.
He was asked whether he had
ever observed rot In his vessel
He replied that he had. But he
said the keel and ribs were
sound. He conceded side plank
ing could have rotted although
he said the hull was reprinted
and caulked every year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
By a Star stan Correspondent.


RICHMOND. Jan. 27.-Bills
to make it more difficult for
cities to annex county territory
came up for hearing last night
before the Senate and House
Committees on Counties, Cities
and Towns.
The legislation would require
a referendum in the area to be
annexed. A negative vote would
end the annexation attempt.
At present. three-judge courts
decide annexation cases. with no
vote required in the city or the
annexabfe area.
Among interested observers of
the bills progress are representa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27

ton study may be completed by
October, 1857.
The study. which has beer
underway since last June. is at
tempting to define present and
future highway. mass-transit
and auto needs. 1t is being
made with a 100000 Fedora
grant which will be augmented
by a second 100000 appropria-
ton.
Mr.. Watt estimated about
half the work has been COM
pleted on the regional plan
ming end" Of the transportation
study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
BY MARY LOU WERNER
Star stan Correspondent

RICHMOND. Jan. 27.-The
town of Fairfax today had high
hopes of expanding its sewage
treatment plant on Accotink
Greek, after winning support
from Fort Belvoir, which in the
past has opposed any increased
sewer facilities in the watershed.
Fort Belvoir, which takes its
water supply from Accotink
Creek, told the Virginia State
Water Control Board at hear
ing here yesterday that eXpan-
sion of the Fairfax plant prob
ably would result in a better
quality water in the creek be-
cause the present plant is over
loaded.
The towns application to in
crease the capacity of its plant
from 100000 gallons to 2 million
gallons is among six applications
from, municipal and private de-
velopers seeking to enlarge or
build new treatment plants on
Accotink and Pohick Creeks.
The hearing was held to deter
mine what degree of treatment,
if any, should be permitted on
the two streams.
The Water Board took no
action Immediately, but Chair
man E. Blackburn Moore indi-
Gated the municipalities could
expect more favorable considera-
ton than private developers.
Better Guarantee
THE board looks with more
favor on municipal than private
operators" declared Mr.. Moore.
I'VE feel there is a better guar
antee Of a continuing operation
with a publicly operated plant. :"
Added support for the towns
application came from the Fair
fax County government.
County Executive c. c. Massey
read a resolution adopted by the
Board of Supervisors. saying they
recognize the critical position
of the town and do not oppose
expansion of the plant.
A delegation of town officials,
led by Mayor John c. Wood, told
the water board that the present
plant was operating at capacity
and no new homes could be built
without expanding the plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27

desk ransacked. her pocketbooks
Istrewn over the floor and the
house "in a general mess"
II was scared to death and
waited on the porch with the
mailman until police arrived. "
Mrs. Britt said.
Part Of the money was for the
payroll for Mr.. Britt's employees
in a tree-trimming business.
I'VE were going to Florida for
two weeks but that's out the
window now" Mrs. Britt said.
Its the only time of year my
husband can get away"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Fairfax Sewer Expansion
Backed by Fort Be|voir

Mayor Louis Moore of Vienna
discussed his towns application
to build a new treatment plan,
on Accotink Creek above the
town of Fairfax. Vienna proposes
to build a small, new plant to
serve a section of the town that
does not flow naturally to exist
ing sewage treatment facilities.
Opposed by Belvoir
Fort Belvoir opposed the vi.
emma application. urging that
sewage in the Accotink drainage
area Of the town be pumped into
existing treatment facilities.
1t. Col. F. S. Berry, of the
Surgeon Generals Office. COM
mented that, When you get a
glass OF water at Fort Belvoir
now. it is half second hand
water" He added that bigger
plants-such as the one proposed
by the town of Fairfax-usually
are better operated than smaller
plants, like the one Vienna wants
to build.
Speakers in behalf OF other
pending disposal plant applica-
tons included Homer Hoyt. who
wants permission to build a
plant for $50 homes on Rabbit
Branch, which is tributary Of
Pohick. He said small. private
treatment plants should be en-
couraged because they are nee
essary for scattered. planned
communities.
Opposed in Principle
Mrs. Anne wilkins, member of
the Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors. pointed out that
the Fairfax supervisors are on
record opposed in principle to
scattered. private plants.
About 100 people attended the
hearing, which moved to the
mosque from the water board
Office to accommodate the crowd
Only four county residents spoke
against the applications, how.
ever. They protested that any
increased treatment facilities or
the two streams would jeopardize
their purity. About a half dozen
spokesman representing devel-
opers argued that building would
come to a standstill in a large
section Of Fairfax County II
treatment plants are denied or
the two streams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Baltimore Mayor
Offers Plan to Bur
Transit Wulkout

BALTIMORE, Jan. 81 R.-
With a threatened transit
strike less than two days away
company and union negotiator'
scheduled another round Of con
tract. talks today.
Last nights 5-hour negotiat'
ling session broke up at l am
today with the two sides still
in disagreement.
Representatives had before
them a plan which Mayor D'Ales'
andre said he was confident
would avert a strike.
Mr.. D'Alesandro. who con.
Iceived what he called a con.
crete proposal" would not dis.
close the details. He said only
that he had appealed to bott
sides TO prevent a transit strike
and had offered them a course
which would lead to a settle.
ment.
Operating and maintenance
employees of the Baltimore Trans.
lit Co. have authorized theil
Transit Workers Union to call &
strike at any time after the cur.
rent contract expires Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
School Boord Reception

Current and retiring members
Iof the Arlington County School
Board will be honored at a re-
Iception from 3 to S pm. Sun
day in the Little Theater at
Washington-Lee High School.
1900 North Quincy street: The
Arlington Council Of Parent
Teacher Associations will spon-
lsor the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27
Legion to Have Dinner

American Legion Post No. 100
of Falls Church, Va. will hold
AN oyster clam shrimp dinner at
Is pm. tomorrow at the club
house at 400 North Oak street.
Falls Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-27

It's easy TO register and
qualify as a District voter. Go
TO registration headquarters
on ground floor of the District
Building and sign up.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02

House, 1881 Lee rd. An Obligation
ceremony will be held for new
members.
All veterans eligible are urged
to attend this meeting. National
Service Officers Albert Nigoff and
Sixth District Commander julius
Pinkis will be present to answer
questions.
The Terrace Garden Club will
meet on Monday, February 7th at
the home of Mrs. William H.
Morris, 1862 Rosemont rd.
Dessert will be served at 1:15.
Immediately after lunch, Mrs. F.
Alex Mason will speak on Sugar
n Spice"
The officers for 1856 are as fol-
lows: President, Mrs. Donald D.
Burdette; 1st Vice President, Mrs.
j. c. Little; 2nd Vice President,
Mrs. w. E. Forsythe; Recording
Secretary, Mrs. S. A. Salter; Cor
responding Secretary, Mrs. w. Ray
Kroner; and Treasurer, Mrs.
David j. Davies.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02
Clubs

New president of the Huron
Road Hospital School of Nursing
Alumnae Association is Mrs. Marie
Jarm of 267 East 214th st., Eu-
cid. Other officers elected for the
year are:
Vice President, Ruth Lawrence;
Recording Secretary, Annie Koz-
dram; Corresponding Secretary,
Gleria Douglas; Assistant Cores
ponding Secretary, Shirley Patch
en-; Treasurer, Veronica Virostek;
Trustees, Laura Burton, Hide
garde Boyd; Program Chairman,
Alice Melkerson.
Kiwanis Ladies will hold their
February meeting in the home of
Mrs. Alfred W. Benjamin, 154O9
Brewster rd., Monday, February
9th. The assistant hostesses will
be Mrs. L. l.. Myers, Mrs. Clar-
ence. J. Wehrle. Following the
luncheon, Walter Greve will show
his pictures of Lake Louise and
other scenes in the Canadian
Rockies.
Tale Tellers of Church of the
Cross will be the guests of Mrs.
William Furze, 8S3 Selwyn rd.,
Monday, February 7th, at 7:45
p. m. Mrs. Clarence Carlson will
review "The Gentle House" by
Anna Perrott Rose.
An old fashioned valentine Tea
Party" is being observed at the
East Cleveland Woman's Club to-
day, Februar..- End, 2 p. m. at
which time Mrs. Richard S. Horan
will give an interesting character
sketch of st. Valentine.
Memories of school days will be
recalled when Cupid distributes
valentine to each one present.
Mrs. Arthur E. Griffith, pro-
gram chairman, will present Mrs.
Marie Abergg, Grapho-Analyst,
who will entertain with character
analysis as revealed by ones hand
writing.
A Valentine Tea will climax the
party, with table decor done by
Mrs. Clair Cleary. Hostesses pour
ing will be Mrs. Max D. Gustin
and Mrs. Anna Holdsworth.
A Hearts and Flowers" bridge
luncheon party is scheduled for
members and guests Of the East
Cleveland Woman's Club for
Thursday, February 9th, 1890 pm.
at the clubhouse.
Circle Two is n charge Of this
welfare fund raising affair with
Mrs. Harold A. Burrow, captain in
charge assisted by co-chairman
Mrs. Alfred d. Rigot.
Western Reserve Chapter No.
127.
Disabled American Veteran will
hold their regular monthly meet
ing Thursday, February 9th at
8:l5 p. m. in the new YMCA
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02
Resigns Post

After having served as secretary
to the principal at Shaw High
School for thirteen years, Mrs.
]. G. Hoge, 13438 Shaw ave., has
submitted her resignation, effective
February 1st.
Succeeding to the post is Mrs.
Peggy Oliver, 142O8 Sciota ave., who
has been previously employed at
Harshaw Chemical Co. Mrs. Oliver
has twin daughters, Donna and
Kathleen, enrolled at Mayfair Ele-
mentary School.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02
ia.
HONOR PAST PRESIDENTS

HONOR PAST PRESIDENTS
On the evening of February Sth
Kirk PTA Board members will be
hosts at a dinner for the past pres
idents of the Kirk Parent Teacher
group. The dinner is in honor of
the 25th anniversary of the group
which was founded when Kirk
Junior High School was opened.
Mrs. Keith Weigle and Mrs.
Arthur E. Griffith, will be the
principle speakers for the evening,
Shaw High School string ensem-
BILE and a vocal group will entertain
during the dinner hour. The reg
ular PTA meeting will follow at
500 p. m.
Guests at the dinner will also in
clude Mrs. NJ. E. Williams, widow
of NJ. E. Williams, Kinks first
principal, and Miss Elsa c. Berg,
of the East Cleveland Leader.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02

lowship session. During this later
informal hour the four young peo-
pie who conducted the worship
hour posed in front of a replica
of their church fashioned in sugar
by Mrs. Vera Yarosh whose hobby
it is to create with spun sugar.
Shown left to right are: Gail
Miller who gave the charge to
youth; Douglas Barnes, George
McHendry and Douglas Kline,
each of whom gave a portion Of
the sermon.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02
CHAMBERS ROOM
MOTHERS CARD PARTY

Would you like an afternoon
filled with fun and fellowship =?
Then plan to attend the annual
Room Mothers Dessert Card Party,
to be held on Wednesday, February
9Th, from 1:15 to $3.50 p. m. in
Chambers School Auditorium.
Dessert will be served as the
guests arrive, and cards will be
furnished for bridge, pinochle and
Hearts. Those wishing to play
Canasta or other special games,
please bring their own cards.
There will be individual favors
and table prizes.
Tickets may be obtained from a
Room Mother, Board Member, or
at the door. Small children will
be cared for.
Mrs. Raymond Nausner, chair
man (LI. 1926 and her assist
ant Mrs. Noel Cornez, (PO. 1882
urge guests to make up a party
and join the Room mothers for an
enjoyable earefree afternoon.
Following the party a Bake Sale
will be held by mothers of the
Deaf Group, announces Mrs.
Charles A. Greenlee, chairman of
Ways and Means.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02
Identical Twins

Girls, identical twins, were born
January 18th to Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam S. Hayner, 1896 Melbourne
rd. Mrs. Hayner is a graduate of
Huron Road Hospital School of
Nursing and her husband is a price
analyst at the Euclid Division,
General Motors.
The girls, Deborah Jean weighed
five pounds three ounces, and
Diane Lynn, weighed five pounds
IA ounces. All are doing well.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02
MILLINERY COURSE
AT CHAMBERS

Mrs. Frank Chernay, chairman
Of Adult Education at Chambers
School, has arranged a Millinery
Course to begin on February 7th,
at Chambers School from 100 to
$3.50 p. m.
The instructor, Mrs. Cicily
Mueller has over fifty years of
millinery experience.
Anyone interested In this fasci-
mating art may enroll for the six
week course by calling Mrs.
Chernay at Ii. 1-1135.
Ladies who are taking the
course are asked to please bring:
needle, thread, scissors and fab
ric or felt to work with; also any
one owning Head Blocks are kind
ly asked to bring them along. Mrs.
Mueller will also have new mate
rials on hand.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-02

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert F.
Knight, 1880 Terrace rd., a girl,
Holly Susan, January 9th.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

In Stain Square the massed
thousands roared approval when
laborers slipped steel hawserS
around the neck of Stains statue,
and struggled to pull it down. Fin
ally it crashed and they crowded
around the cold metal, hacking
at it with pick-axes, kicking it,
splitting on it.
No shots were fired there.
But at the other point the
Budapest radio building. tragedy
waited. The radio building was
packed with armed AVN men, the
toughs and killers of the secret
police
Things happened fast there.
Who spilled the first blood?
The students said they sent a
delegation into the building-to
compel the radio to broadcast their
demand that Soviet forces get out
of Hungary-and that AVN men
refused to let the young men come
out.
The others then tried to break
down the gates and rescue them.
Shots were fired.
The AVN later said the students
killed eight of their men. They
fired back through the gates.
A 21-year-old man. namelesS and
unsung. fell dead beneath the bare
branches of an acacia tree. He was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

subsidies. conservation payments
and soil bank allowances.
Much Of the damaged country
in Eastern Colorado. worst hit Sec
ton in the State, looks deceptively
good at first glance.
At some places. particularly on
big ranches and in irrigated valleys,
things seem almost normal. A few
Gases have been saved by local
showers. Windmills tapping under
ground springs help other spots.
But gradually It becomes appar-
ent the ranges are almost empty.
Before the drought there were 10
times as many cattle as people in
these sparsely settled counties; now
the ratio Is more nearly even.
The Arkansas. Southeast Colo
radios major river, can be jumped
on foot. The bottom Of the giant
reservoir behind John Martin Dam
Is caked and cracked. For nearly
two months the l05-mile Fort Lyon
Canal. the irrigators' lifeline, has
been dry.
Crops for livestock feed are only
half or q third Of normal. fore
shadowing trouble this winter.
Already some wheat fields are
In condition 10 drift. Even the
comparatively mild breezes Of fall
stir W whirling dust devils.
In . few places the bowling
winds which came with drought az
the beginning Of the sos are Great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

freedom riots in Poznan, Poland,
and the lenient sentences handed
down by the courts. Submissive
imitation of Soviet methods harms
Hungary" an official said.
Then a Soviet puppet, Matyas
Rakosi. resigned as Premier AM
other. Emo Geroe, replaced him.
Subterranean forces were heaving
beneath the strata Of the Com
muniSt high command.
September Rumors circulate
that former Premier Macy will re-
turn. He had been deposed in 1855.
His fall conceded with the fall Of
Stains successor, Georgi Malen-
kov. Both had been guilty of
promising the people better living
conditions, more consumer goods.
October 100000 grim-faced
Hungarians marched past the ex-
humed coffin of "Titoist" Rajk.
A few days later. Macy was re-
admitted to party membership.
Events in Poland rang like a
liberty bell in Hungary. They were
slow and undramatic but unmistak-
able in meaning. The new Polish
leader, Wladislaw Gomulka-like
Macy, returned after being deposed
said Poland would "set its own
course toward socialism," inde-
pendently of Moscow.
The fuse begins to hiss in Buda-
pest.
On october 20. Szeged University
students, 5000 strong, pulled out
of the Communist Party organiza.
ton.
The next day, they confronted
the government with a 15-point
ultimatum. Among their demands:
Freedom Of the press. Abolition
Of the death penalty. PermiS-
sion to travel in the free Western
countries. An end to the en-
forced study of Marx and Lenin.
They put a two-week deadline
on the ultimatum.
Next. they demanded that Russia
pull her troops out of Hungary.
Tuesday. October %, saw the
beginning of the great Budapest
uprising. It started with peaceful
student demonstrations.
For few hours, the government
tried by proclamation, to suppress
them. 1t couldn't.
The students thronged into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

the first victim of the nine-day
rebellion,
Serious rioting exploded. People
smashed the windows Of the radio
building, set fire to a secret police
squad car. Students climbed to ball
comics. calling the others to attack.
Tear gas spurted from the
windows.
At that moment. Hungarian army
tanks-made in RusSia-thundered
over the cobbles. The crowd burst
into frantic cheers. People mounted
the steel monsters, waving the red
white-green flag Of Hungary, en-
bracing the soldiers.
The tanks attacked neither the
radio building nor the crowd But
their crews passed out arms and
ammunition to the students.
During the night, events took a
sharp turn.
Emo Geroe, then first secretary
Of the Communist Farty, went on
the radio. He condemned the stu
dents. And he appealed to Russia
to rush tanks and troops to Buda-
pest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

come with him. After the war he
had been Q high-ranking officer in
the Hungarian army, under the
Communists.
Now he was fighting the Rus
SLAMS.
An entire battery of Soviet tanks
was destroyed in the approaches to
the Maria Terezia barracks. The
proudest boast in Budapest at that
time was to say, II fought with
Maleter."
Meanwhile. the rebellion had
caught fire throughout Hungary. In
the towns Of Gyoer, BAGS and
Sopron. Russian or secret police
fire moved down the people by
hundreds. But in PEGS, near the
Yugoslav border, workers in the
all-important uranium mines sue
ceeded in defying the Communist
ultimatum to put down their arms.
The whole country-geographic-
ally the size Of Indiana and with
population Of 10 million, like Illi-
nois-was in revolt.
In Budapest, fighting ended on
Wednesday. October 81. That was
the day the Russians retreated
into the countryside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

desert-like. and tell you they used
to be good pasture. Some Of this
property was cultivated FIRST a
generation ago. some at the start
Of World War II and some Of 1t
within the last decade.
When ample rain fell, as it did
throughout the '40s, wheat stands
we're excellent and farmers paid
of the whole purchase price Of
their places within a year or two.
When the drought came. crops
failed. one after another. Now.
some Of the land is so powdery and
dry that seed won't even spout.
cottIemen Blame U. S.
Cattlemen blame the United
States Government along with the
farmers for the present situation.
Without guaranteed wheat prices.
they argue. much Of the land never
would have been plowed. Without
crop insurance. they add. the plow-
ing never would have continued.
Without Government disaster loans.
conservation payments and soil
bank program allowances. they say.
a lot OF land would be given Up and
sold--and reseeding 10 grass could
begin at once
Typical Of the comments from
stockmen is this from lifelong
resident: They've raised he'll with
a he'll Of q good country. And what's
worse. the Government II giving
them q reward for doing II"
A lot Of farmers working the land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
FARMLAND INTO DESERT
Drought Brings Dust and DesoIotion to Wide Area

today aren't the ones who owned
1t during the golden times of quick
profit. Some Of them bought it
after service in World War II or
Korea, and they lacked the time
to get on their feet before the
weather turned bad.
Even those who owned the land
in the good years point out that
a big part Of their earnings was
siphoned of by income taxes and
successive crop failures have dis
sipated their savings.
Morteo9ed Again
Some Of the land which once
was paid for is mortgaged again.
Machinery essential for big opera
ton is wearing out and replacement
is a problem.
Such conditions. multiplied many
times, have created a pinch in the
small towns sprinkled across the
country. They have vacant store
buildings. and there are empty
houses, even though some farmers
have moved into town to take jobs.
Many a man in Eastern Colorado
IS supporting the farm which once
supported him. He gets a town
Job and uses part Of his wages to
pay taxes on the land.
The stockman especially the
"small" operator with only a few
sections Of lands finding things
as difficult as the merchant and
farmer.
Ranges are as dry as fields, II not
so barren. Even where there is
grass the stand isn't as good as
it used to be and lack Of rain makes
replenishment slow. The tendency
is to hang onto as many cattle as
possible because prices aren't high.
AS result. some Of the pasture is
badly overgrazed.
The selling Of Of cattle, which
has been going on by degrees for
years. has had the effect OF boost
ing area bank deposits.
I'D rather not have the money"
one banker said, because I know
HAAAt ~ ANRAGoNAAbos We " oil UE
better of II 1t was in livestock"
The Government has tried TO help
the stockman. Like the wheat
grower, he has been allowed loans
which banks couldn't handle. He
has been permitted 10 purchase
stored grain at reduced prices. The
Government subsidies a hay and
roughage purchase program TO try
TO get stock through the winter.
II obtained reduced freight rates
for shipment Of stock from distress
areas. It Is purchasing some types
Of cattle 70 support the market.
Despite the difncult days. most
residents In the country remain
optimistic. Even those who have
had 10 leave their lands haven't
abandoned it-they're ready 70 20
back when the rains come.
fThs Aasosistsd PrsssJ