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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Algeria Unrest
Seen Growing

KLGIERS. Algeria. Feb. II up
Algeria finished a week OF
crisis today with new and un-
tired minister governor general
in charge and the country clear
ly more divided than before.
Moslems who wanted to CO.
operate with the French in shap-
ing a new and more independent
Algeria could only look on In
disillusion and encouragement
For they know that their country
slowly Is falling under the sway
Of terrorists or government by
rebelling Moslem leaders they
neither know nor respect but
only fear.
One French official from the
Aures country estimates that
half the population already is
under the control of the rebels
and the number is growing daily
It was this situation which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Phillip Otterbock,
Served as Official
OF RuiIwuy Group

Phillip Graham Otterback. a
native of Alexandria and Secre-
tary of the Association Of West
ern Railways. died Of a heart at
tack Thursday at his home in
Evanston, III.
Mr.. Otterback was buried in
Rock Greek Cemetery yesterday
after services at the S. H. Hines
funeral home.
He had made Chicago his
headquarters since 1925. when
he went with the western rail-
ways group, but came to Wash
ington on business regularly dur
ing the years.
The son of Phillip and Blanche
Elizabeth Graham Otterback. he
attended schools in Alexandria
and Washington. He was gradu-
ated from Colgate University
where he was a member Of Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma Nu. in
the class Of 1918. Mr.. Otterback
worked in Washington for many
years with the Bureau Of Rail-
way Economics before going to
Chicago.
Surviving are his widow. the
former Virginia Lee Williams,
and his daughter. Mrs. John
Peters of Little Rock, Ala.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Henry E. West, so.
Cable Salesman

Henry Eugene West, so, Ana
conda Wire and Gable Co., sales
man here from 1851 to 1855, died
yesterday in a New York City
hospital after a short illness.
Mr.. West was in charge Of gov
eminent. utility and contractor
sales for Anaconda and lived in
the Westchester Apartments,
Wisconsin and Massachusetts
avenues NV. He was transferred
ito the home Office in New York
last year.
Mr.. West is survived by his
widow, Frances Fletcher West:
sons Jackson B. West, Charlotte,
N. c.. and Eugene c. West,
Nashville. and a brother. L. A.
West. Portland, Greg.
Services will be held Tuesday
at the National Funeral Home
| in Memphis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Mrs. Johunnessen,
Former EmpIoye
OF Telephone Co.

Mrs. ALI Johannessen, SO. diec
Friday at Washington SAM.
tarium.
Mrs. Johannessen lived at Is;
Fleetwood terrace, Silver Spring
She is the former Hazel M
Burke. Her husband is part own.
er Of a restaurant In Northwest
Washington.
She was a native of Kemptown
Md, but came to Silver Spring
and attended Montgomery Coun.
ty schools.
She was employed for IL years
with the Chesapeake and Poto.
mac Telephone Co.. first as ar
operator and later in the bust.
ness Office.
Besides her husband she Il
survived by a daughter, Antonio
8; her mother, Mrs. Marguerite
Burke, a sister. Mrs. Hilda Lemly
and two brothers, Arthur ane
George Burke. all Of Silver
Spring.
Funeral services will be helc
at the Warner E. Humphrey Flu,
neral Home. 8434 Georgia ave.
nue., Silver Spring, at IL am. to.
morrow. Burial will be in Provi.
dence NJ. E. Church Cemetery
KemptoWn, Md.
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Phyllis Cook, SO, Leader
In Red Cross Programs Here

working first in Dover. Del. She
came to the District chapter in
April, 1852. She served with the
National Red Gross in disaster
work in Kansas as a case worker
before coming to Washington.
A graduate of Chatham Hall,
Chatham, Va. Miss Cook also
studied for a year at the Penn
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts
in Philadelphia.
Miss Cook was the daughter
of the late Philip Cook. Episcopal
Bashop of Delaware. She is sur
vived by her mother. of 2102
North Bancroft Parkway. viii
Imington: two sisters and three
brothers.
Burial will be In Wilmington
The family requests that expires.
Isions of sympathy be sent to the
ID. C. Chapter of the American
Red Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

brought Guy Mollet. newly
chosen Premier Of France, to Al
giers this week. He came last
Monday with q semblance of .
new proposal for Moslems and
Frenchmen to live together in
Algeria, and q new resident min
lister on call to administer it.
MIR. Mollet returned to Paris
today disquieted after having
withdrawn his first choice as
minister, the 79-year-old Gen.
Georges Catroux, and replacing
him with an economist and war
time resistance fighter-Robert
LaCoste.
Before he left, Mr.. Mollet con-
ceded he had been much i'm
pressed by the determination Of
the French population here to
keep alive the ties now holding
Algeria to France. Standing be-
fore a massive monument to war
dead. many Frenchmen took
oaths at various troubled cere-
monies during the past week to
live or die on French soil in
Algeria.
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New Horbor Master
Wanted to Be q Minister

Lieutenant Joseph L. Proctor
so, who will attain the rank Of
captain when he takes over the
Harbor Precinct March l. is a
Bible class teacher and an ex-
prizefighter. He succeeds Cap
tain Otha o. Sanders. who is
retiring.
1--WE always thought about
being a minister" the quiet
spoken policeman said yester-
day. but ] never thought I was
just quite good enough"
AS for following the career OF
a pugilist-given up years ago
1t. Proctor said after getting
trimmed a couple of times. !
saw the light" He was at one
time heavyweight South Atlantic
Area titleholder.
For more than 80 years, the
policeman, who lives at 1909 q
place Sc, has been Sunday
School and Bible class teacher
at Anacostia Methodist Church.
He is a teacher In the King
Bible Glass.
1t was perhaps his devoted
interest in church work. more
than the trimmings" he got.
that caused him to give UP a
promising boxing career. But for
a livelihood. he became a police
man on September /. 1884.
First attached to the old trafilc
division bureau, the officer served
in various capacities until he be-
came a corporal about 10 years
later and was assigned to No. !
precinct.
He later went to other pre-
cincts. being assigned to No. IA
i'm August, 1851, at the time he
was made a lieutenant. He was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12


transferred to No. 8 precinct In
November. 1854, and has been
there since.
He'll find things a little dill
erent at his new headquarters
as most Of his policing" win be
on water. In fact, It's. all "sea'
duty. including the docks. And
he'll be Harbor Master.
1t. and Mrs. Proctor live at the
q street address with their three
children: Patricia, %. q fashion
model: Janice. 20, an artist al
the Navy Department. and Jos.
eph. IL, a Cramer Junior High
School student and an amateur
magician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Mrs. Jennie {. Hill,
Native of District

Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth Hill. II
"a native of Washington, diec
Friday evening in her home. BAL;
r. street NV. She had lived here
all her life.
Mrs. Hill operated Hills Gro
Gerry store at 1I46 Twenty-first
street NV. with her husband
William E., from 1908 to 1914
Mr.. Hill. who died in 1888, later
worked for a bakery and the
Treasury department.
Survivors include three sons
Edgar w. and Leonard E.. both
of Washington; George c., Be-
thesda. and six grandchildren
A mass will be said at 10 am.
Wednesday In Holy Trinity
Church, Thirty-sixth and @
streets NV. Burial win be In
Glenwood Cemetery. Chambers
Funeral Home, 3o72 M street
N w.. is in charge Of arrange
mentS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

Joseph E. York, 40, Farmers
Home Administration official
collapsed and died of a heart at
tack in an airport in Portland
Ore, yesterday while waiting foi
q fight to return to Washington
Mr.. York had been on field
trip in Oregon and Washington
for the past week.
He Travelled extensively In his
post as assistant to the director
Of the FHA's Real Estate Loan
Branch in the Agriculture De-
partment. Before coming here
eight years ago. he served as q
field officer in Denver. Colo, and
Montana. He had been with the
department for about 20 years.
A native of Billings, Mont, Mr.
York was a graduate of Montana
State University, class of 1882.
He was a member OF the Ma
sonic lodge in Silver Spring. and
of the Washington Censistory.
He also was very active in the
work of the church and Sunday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Joseph E. York, 48, Served
Agriculture for 20 Years

school of Woodside Methodist
Church in Silver Spring.
Mr.. York lived at 2003 Osborn
drive, Silver Spring. He is sur
vived by his widow, the former
Ruth Watkins. whom he mar
ried in 1895, a son. Robert, Is
a student at Montgomery Blail
High School. and his mother
Mrs. Carrie York. of Bakersfield
Calf.
Also surviving are five broth
ers and two sisters. Wesley York
of Ell Cerrito, Calf; Burton
York. of Sacramento; the Rev
Lyle York. of Chicago. Edwin
York, of Tekoa, Wash, Park c
York of Santa Ana, Calf. Mrs
Mildred Harris, of Spokane
Wash. and Mrs. Elizabeth Ware
of Bakersfield.
Services will be held at 2 pm
Thursday in the Warner E
Humphrey funeral home. 8434
Georgia avenue. Silver Spring
Burial will be in Parklawn Gene
tary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
|MoIIett Stoned
Paris Mob in
Algeria Protest

PARIS, Feb. II (R-Premier
Guy Mollett returned tonight
from rebellion-torn Algeria and
found q stone throwing demon
|stration In progress against any
French concessions to Arab ma
tionalisn.
About 1000 demonstrators.
most Of them Of student age but
Including many French Indo-
Chinese war veterans. scuff1ed
with police on the busy Champs
Elysees. At least 100 Demon
|strators were arrested.
Immediately upon his arrival
Mr.. Mollet called a cabinet meet
ling for tonight to report on his
findings in Algeria and offer his
ideas for hating violence by
Arabs demanding self-rule. The
15-month-old Algerian revolt al
ready has taken a heavy toll In
hundreds, II not thousands, Of
lives.
Mr.. Mollet. whose experience
lin Algeria included a shower of
rotten tomatoes from angry
French colonials opposing Arab
concessions. was comforting with
French President Rene Coty only
a few blocks from the scene of
tonight's demonstration.
The shouting demonstrators.
|defying a bitterly cold wind as
well as q police ban, smashed
glass windows in the office Of
lL'Express. This is the newspaper
Identified with former. Premier
Pierre Mendes-France, State
Minister in Mr.. Mollet's cabinet
and with him a leader in the
|left-of-center Republican Front
movement.
To much of the French public,
MIR. Mollet and Mr.. Mendes-
France represent a policy Of
reaching agreement with North
African nationalism through
compromise.
The demonstration started
shortly before 8 pm. when 300
youths assembled near the Arch
of Triumph to protest Mr.. Mol
lets policies. Soon they were
Joined by hundreds more. shout
ing Down with Mollet. Down
with Mendes- France"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

Miss Phyllis Cook, SO, co-ordi-
nator of volunteer entertainment
for hospitalized service personnel
in hospitals in this area for the
District Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, died yesterday in
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Bal
timore.
Miss Cook was victim OF pull
monary apprehension, a rare
heart and lung disease.
In her post as an administra-
tive assistant in the entertain
ment and instruction service OF
the chapter, she made plans
for entertainment in hospitals
trained hostesses to visit the
hospitals, and arranged for the
hospitalized men and women to
attend the theater and other
events here. She lived at 1928
Thirty-third street NV.
Miss Cook had been associated
with the Red Cross since 1914
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
William Southern, Jr.,
Retired Editor. Writer

INDEPENDENCE. Mo, Feb. IL
Pl.-Col. William Southern. jr.,
81, retired editor of the hide
pendence Examiner, died today
at his home here.
Col. Southern. who founded
the Examiner in 1898. retired
January 81, 1851.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Secretary MeKuy
Confined by Cold
By the Associated Press

The Office Of Secretary of In
terror Mckay reported yesterday
he is confined to his home with
IA heavy cold"
He missed work Friday, a
spokesman said. and his sched-
Iuled appearance Monday at a
session of the Joint Congressional
Economic Committee was post
!poned until next Friday. The
committee is considering the
1855 presidential economic re-
port.
The Interior Department
spokesman said Mr.. Mckay plans
Ito keep Lincoln Day speaking en-
|gagements next Wednesday in
Chicago and Muncie, Ind.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Label
On Postal Parcels
Muy Be Lifted

The words MAY Be Opened
For Postal Inspection" now re-
quired on sealed parcels will no
longer be necessary if changes
being considered by the Post
Office Department are carried
out.
Postmaster General Summer
field announced that the change
applying to fourth class and par
eel post mail may be made be-
fore November. Thus patrons
would enjoy the convenience
when mailing Christmas parcels
this year.
The may be opened" indorse-
ment has never been required for
first-class mail. This is sealed
and is not subject to inspection.
Since the law states that fourth
class and parcel post mail may be
opened for inspection If neces-
sary, the requirement of the
may be opened" legend, the de-
partment believes. results in an
unnecessary inconvenience to the
person who uses sealing tape on
his packages. a growing practice.
Patrons are invited to submit
their views on the matter, writ
ing Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Norman r. Abrams here.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Sunny
and hot. chance of scattered
thundershowers late this after
noon or tonight. low near u.
Tomorrow considerable cloudi-
ness and hot with scattered
thundershowers. cooler at night,
Maryland-Partly cloudy and
hot In western portion, sunny
and hot in east, with scattered
thundershowers in north and
west tonight. Low SO to SO in
west. elsewhere SO to rs. Tomor-
row partly cloudy and continued
hot with scattered thunder
showers.
Virginia - Partly cloudy and
warm with scattered thunder
showers over west and northern
portions. Low 70 to "a in east
and 65 to ~ in western portion.
Tomorrow considerable cloudi-
ness and hot with scattered
thundershowers followed by
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Appliance Men
Hear Banker

The Second Annual Institute
of Management for Appliance
and Television Dealers at Ameri-
can University yesterday heard
John A. Reilly president. Second
National Bank of Washington
give tips on how to work with
ones bank.
Mr.. Reilly also praised the Fed
eral Rerserve Board, calling ii
"the chief bulwark against in
fiation.' He said:
1.-THE Treasury and the Fed
eral Reserve Board are our chief
line Of defense against the de-
terioration Of monetary values. y
In dealing with ones banker,
Mr.. Reilly made these suggeS-
tions: Don't try to deceive your
banker. Use certified public ac-
countants whenever possible
Consult your banker first as a
financial doctor if things are not
going well in a business way
Keep your assets clean and
charge off all known losses.
Signatures of important Of
ficers should appear as indorsers
in newly created corporations
Stick to the business you know
best. Maintain a high level Of
management at all times. Don't
try to do too great a volume, OF
business If your capital funds
will not justify 1t. Maintain an
adequate control Of. your de-
posit relationship with your
bank. Create and maintain ar
adequate reserve for debt losses
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Liner Homeric Hits
|Moored Vessel;
No Persons Hurt

QUEBEC. Aug. 10 (P.-The
18,152-ton liner Homeric, packed
with 1000 passengers from Eu-
rope, collided in dense fog with
a moored vessel, the 9,SO0-ton
Columbia, in Quebec harbor to-
day. No injuries were reported.
The Homeric, under tow to
her berth, ripped a cash in the
Columbia's side and crushed
some lifeboats.
Harbor officials said there ap-
peared to be no panic on the
Homeric, owned by the Italian
Home Lines. No passengers were
aboard the Columbia, a Greek
Line ship. She arrived yesterday
from Bremerhaven, Germany.
A spokesman for the harbor
pilots office said fog was so
thick tug crews could not see
the other shore of the st. Law
renee River, about a half mile
away.
A harbor worker reported the
Homeric was proceeding slowly
and the collision was relatively
light.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Library Quiet Replaced
BY Keep Your Shoes On

LONDON. Aug. 10 R.-The
word to the reader at London's
Kensington public library today
wasn't quiet" 1t was keep your
shoes on and tightly laced"
Thursday a man slipped his
shoes of while reading in the
reference room. When he started
to leave, he found his shoes had
vanished.
Police we're inclined to dismiss
the incident as q Joke, however,
because the man gave a fictitious
address.
But yesterday John Craine,
67-year-old retired sea captain,
settled down in the same room
to peruse a book on model ships.
His shoes were snug. He eased
them of.
Time and ships passed and
the captain reached down for
his shoes. Finding nothing but
the floor, he summoned q IL
brarian.
Some blighter has pinched
my shoes" reported the captain.
Yes SIR" replied the librarian,
I'VE have heard that one al
ready"
I'm not joking" said Mr..
Evening star., 1956-08-18
NIGHT lNTRUDERS
BEING CRUEL TO
RICHMOND SPCA

4 RICHMOND. up. - The
Richmond Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals apparently has not
convinced a certain group
its name means what it
says.
The citizens are making
nocturnal raids on the
SPCA headquarters and
freeing dogs and kittens.
The intruders in their
raids over the past two
weeks also have changed
identifying collars on some
pets and removed records.
THE situation is getting
desperate" one SPCA off,
clal said. 1T seems as if
when we have records we
have no dogs and when we
have dogs we have no rec
ordS.'n
Evening star., 1956-08-18

bringing his movement to the
public attention "as the days
go by"
At his four-room suite in the
st. Francis Hotel, Mr.. Stassen
plunged Immediately into the
serious work of button-holing
delegates. A photographer who
waylaid him. requesting a pic
ture of Mr.. Stassen wearing an
Ike-ChriS button. was turned
down.
mo gag Shots" Mr.. Stassen
said sternly.
Apart from this interlude, the
serious work of the convention
rolled along with almost depress-
ing efficiency toward its official
opening Monday.
The Platform Committee,
meeting in executive session,
started the laborious process of
drafting and redrafting the
major planks of the 1856 G. o. P,
platform. After an evening ses-
sion yesterday. Senator Bush OF
Connecticut, the committee
chairman, told reporters that he
expected the job to be finished
on schedule some time today
No major last-rninute snags
seem to upset the timetable.
Capehart Halls Nixon.
Around the fringes, anxious
publicity men busily corralled ar
irving party lights and showed
them before news hungry re-
porters. Among them, Senator
Capehart, after his arrival
promised that the Indiana dele
gaiton would support Nixon 100
per cent Mr.. Nixon, he said
looks like a particularly good
candidate, compared to Mr.
Kefauver, the Democratic nomi-
nee.
Nixon has been Vice Presi-
dent for four years, and con-
seQuently has the experience to
do the job" Senator Capehart
declared, adding:
"I've disagreed with Harry
Truman on a lot of things in
the past. But / agree with him
all the way when he says that
Stevenson is a loser. You've got
to admit that Truman is a prac-
tical politician and he knows a
loser when he sees one" In a
more serious vein, Secretary OF
Labor Mitchell called his first
press conference to brand the
Democratic labor platform as a
"phoney."
The labor plank, said Mr..
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Jordan Reports
Trading Of Shots
With IsraeIis

JERUSALEM, Aug. l8 (P.--
Jordan's army announced Israeli
and Jordan patrols exchanged
fire today in the Tulkarem area
and one Israeli was killed. 1t
said none Of Jordan's men was
Init.
A complaint dispatched from
Amman to the mixed armistice
commission charged four Is
Iraelis. riding in a jeep. pene-
trated 100 yards into Jordan's
territory and shot at a police
patrol. The jeep was reported
set afire and abandoned in the
Exchange, while the three Israeli
survivors dragged the body of
their companion back across the
lime.
The incident was reported as
United Nations truce observers
pushed their investigation of a
Iflareup of violence along the
Israeli Egyptian frontier.
Truce team members said nine
Egyptian soldiers were killed In
two Israeli attacks Thursday
might inside the Egyptian-heid
GAIA strip. Gunfire was reported
continuing yesterday. Egypt
earlier charged Israel with the
ATTACKS.
The violence followed by a day
IA complaint from Israel that
three Israeli soldiers and
woman were killed in an ambush
of a bus in the Negeb Desert
southeast of the GAIA strip.
Truce supervisors were pre-
pairing a report on the outbreaks
at the request of U. N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold, who
negotiated the cease fire that
leased a threat of major Israeli
Arab fighting last April.
At his headquarters in New
York, Mr.. Hammarskjold warned
both Egypt and Israel to avoid
retaliatory attacks in violation
of their cease-fire pledges.
"Such acts cannot be consid-
erred as acts Of self-defense," he
said.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
|PINKERTON AGENTS
GUARD TICKETS TO
|G. or. CONVENTION
SAN FRANCISCO (R

SAN FRANCISCO R). =
ALLEGATION of $4,000 tickets
to the five sessions of the
Republican National Conven-
tion = for all delegations
except Louisiana-was COM
pleted yesterday in an opera
tion guarded by armored car
and 10 Pinkerton agents.
Harry Darby. Kansas ma
tional committeeman and
ticket chairman, reported he
and his staff took no chances
on disputes in delivery Of the
tickets assigned in advance
to each State and territorial
delegation.
An armored car delivered
all to the Mark Hopkins
Hotel distribution room. Ten
Pinkerton officers stood by
while State delegation heads
lined up to claim their
tickets.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Alligator Turns Up
Under Pink Auto

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Aug.
l8 tR.-"An alligator under a
pink convertible" had police be-
lieving yesterday their informant
was a tippler under the influence
But just to make sure they
picked up a Humane Society rep
resentative and investigated.
Sure enough, they found a To-
inch alligator lying placidly under
a pink convertible.
Officers said they had no idea
where the alligator came from.
They turned it over to the zoo.
Evening star., 1956-08-18
Des Moines Gets
The Boss Premiere

DES MONIES, Aug. 10 PJ.-
Movie Producer Frank Seltzer of
Hollywood. Calf, said yesterday
that his picture, 'The Boss" will
have its premier in Des Moines
August 20 because of objections
raised by the Mayor of Kansas
City to a first showing in that
city.
Mr.. Seltzer said that Mayor
H. Roe Bartle of Kansas City
has criticized the move as re-
flecting on an era of Kansas City
politics.
Mr.. Seltzer said Mayor Bartle
claimed that the picture is the
life story of Thomas Pendergast,
former Kansas City politician.