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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
City Loofs Its Way Out
Of I'd Holiday Week End

Washington was loafing a.
second big holiday week end In
how by tomorrow it might feel
Except for a rising tide of
town streets were quiet. Most /
to the home fires, feeding the
OF Christmas wrappings. fallen
tinsel and the old years regrets.
In the great majority Of
homes. groups huddled in front
of television receivers to partake
of the years greatest football
feast, the four major bowl games.
The weather was mostly fair.
with temperatures expected TO
creep a few degrees above freez-
ing. Tonight, they win sink to
o low Of about 20 degrees. To-
morrow will be q little milder.
Windup Of Pageant
One of the outdoor activities
expected to draw Washington-
ians into the fresh air was the
windup of the Christmas Page
ant of Peace on the Ellipse. The
final program of the two-week
spectacle listed a series of dance
features, at pm. and 4 pm, a
religious service at 8 o'clock to-
night and recorded music
throughout the day. The closing
ceremony is set for Q pm.
Ambassadors and diplomatic
representatives, from is coun-
tries yesterday broadcast New
Years greetings to the world
from the Pageant grounds. The
Voice of America carried their
messages of hope for a peaceful
1856 to far corners Of the world
BY short-wave radio. Messages
came from Japan, Lithuania,
Wet Nam. Jordan, Panama,
Thailand, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia,
Pakistan, Cuba, Syria. China,
Spain and the Philippines.
Hospitals throughout the area
checked in with reports OF the
first babies of 1856.
The Districts No. / child was
born at one second past mid
night, 1856, in Walter Reed Hos
pital. That was early enough to
give her the unofficial title for
the entire Washington area.
She is the 5-pound. 5-ounce
daughter of Army Pvt. and Mrs
Philip A Somers of 1862 Raleigh
avenue, Alexandria.
First in Montgomery
First born In Montgomery
County was the son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert r Collins, jr.. OF
4521 Raleigh avenue, Alexandria
born at lao am. yesterday al
Bethesda Naval Hospital.
First in Arlington County was
the 7-pound. 3-ounce son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne McAlarney OF
1922 North Troy street. He ar
rived at 1898 am. in Arlington
Hospital. still early enough fol
the county title.
In Alexandria, Mrs. James A
Luistro, of 1914 Bayliss drive
gave birth to the city's first
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PHONE SERVICES
FOR TODAY

The Stor's telephone services will
observe the following closing hours
today:
Classified Department, 3 pm.
classified DDS may be pIoeed in
person OF the business counter in
The Stor lobby until 9 PM
Circulation Department, $50 pm.
Main Switchboard. " pm.
Night service lines will be ploeed
in operation after the moin switch,
board Is closed.
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District and vicinity-Cloudy
tonight with low about %. Partly
cloudy tomorrow with high
around 80.
Maryland-Partly cloudy and
slightly warmer tonight and to-
morrow. Low tonight in thu 20s.
Virginia - Mostly cloudy to-
night with low $3.50. Partly
cloudy and slightly milder to-
morrow.
Wind-Easterly 1918 miles per
hour tonight becoming south
easterly tomorrow. Good visi-
bility.
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SUDAN

Continued From First Page
agreement. britain and Egypt
agreed.
Vote Is Unanimous
Premier Ell Azhari leapfrogged
that agreement December Is,
however, when he announced he
was going to proclaim outright
independence. He got q unani-
mouse vote from parliament for
such a move four days later.
Britain and Egypt again said
they would agree and recognize
the country's independence.
A temporary constitution was
approved by parliament Satur-
day to serve until a constituent
assembly can draw up a perma-
Inent charter. A flve-man COM
mission was sworn in to take
over the governor generals
duties.
The Sudan is a 967 ,500-square-
mile country of cotton, desert
and jungle. Extending from
Egypt's southern border to Brit
Iish Uganda, it controls most OF
the reaches of the upper Nile
Egypt depends on these waters
for irrigation and power.
Will Share Waters
| Egypt said last May an agree
ment lin principle" had been
reached on sharing the waters
/ Egypt said Saturday she
would send Maj. Gen. Mahmoud
! Self Ell Yazal Khalifa, a soldier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
Humphrey Sees
Senate Fight on
Farm Program
BY the Associated Press

Senator Humphrey, Democrat,
of Minnesota, predicted today
that a dispute over new legis-
lation designed to bolster sagging
farm income will cause the hot
test battle in the Senate this
session"
Senator Humphrey. member
Iof the Agriculture Committee.
opposes the flexible price support
system strongly backed by Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Secretary
Iof Agriculture Benson.
He is one of. a number of Sen
lators who have forecast a tough
fight. generally along party lines.
over how best to reverse the
downward trend of agricultural
prices and income,
Jibe at Benson.
Senator Lyndon B. johnson of
Texas, the Democratic leader,
took a crack at Benson yesterday
in telling reporters the Senate
will be asked to act early this
year on a cure for "tkrec years
lof Bensonizing the farmers
Terming the low level of farm
income "the No. trouble spot"
in the Nations economy! Senator
johnson said:
ut is generally admitted
even by some Republican leaders
that their program has been a
failure and has got to DE re-
worked -. Something has TO
be done early in the session"
He did not spell out details ri
ANY Democratic legislation, but
said most members of his party
"contended all along that the
Benson program would not
work"
Special Message Likely
''Now we hear that the ad-
minisration comedies the anne
thing BY announcing it will seek
new legislation at this session, =
Senator johnson added.
i Mr.. Eisenhower is planning to
submit new farm legislative rec
Concentrations in a special mes
sage. perhaps later this month.
| Senator Francis Case. Repub-
Ilican Of South Dakota, said in a
separate interview that unrest
lin the farm belt could cause
the retention Of Democratic con-
Itrol of Congress in the Novem-
her elections, but that he does
mot think that will occur.
II think conditions in Novem-
Der in farm areas will be much
better than they were this fall,
Senator Case said.
He and other interested Re-
Ipublicans. as well as some Demo
Icrats, have predicted that a sol
bank program will be enacted
this year. Mr.. Benson has indi-
lcated support for such a pro-
gram.
/ Seek Special Subsidy
The idea is to provide a special
Treasury subsidy to farmers who
take land out Of crops now caus-
ing SURPRISES and plant grass or
other fertility building crops
The theory is that this will get
additional income into hands OF
hard-pressed farmers, halt the
accumulation of farm SURPRISES
and build up the soil.
Thirteen Democratic Senators,
urging Government action to
prop up livestock prices. said yes
terday the administration has
not kept its 1852 pledge to give
"equal treatment" to raisers OF
lperiShable commodities.
/ The Senators, in a letter 10
Mr.. Benson which they made
public, suggested expanded pur-
chases Of livestock for the school
lunch program and for relief dis
ltribution, followed by new legis-
llation aimed at bolstering prices
! They told Mr.. Benson a hog
buying program has failed tc
support producer prices and that
benefits are going mostly to meat
packers.
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Yueoslnv Population Up

BELGRADE, Jan. q R.-Yu-
goslayia estimated today it now
has 17,705, 900 inhabitants. That.
the Federal Institute for Statis-
tics said, Is an increase of 778. 900
since 1853 and of 1926. 900 since
1913. There are 441,000 more
women than men. the institute
added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

are employees in other Federal
agencies.
The Wriston group, after a
study Of department organiza-
ton. called for indignation into
the career foreign service Of the
departments Washington per-
sonnet and some other groups.
The indignation program got
under way in August, 1854. The
first selection board to pass on
both the regular and newly inte-
grated foreign service officers
met last summer. Its recommen-
dations for promotion have not
been made public, but the House
committee has obtained a break
down showing how the two
groups Jared.
Henderson Blames Records
10y w. Henderson, deputy un-
Idersecretary for administration
told the House group the new
officers are not supposed to be
Disseminated against. But he
acknowledged a temporary in
equity" exists.
The main reason for the dis
parity in. promotion, Mr.. Hen
Iderson said. is that personnel rec
ords of the non-foreign service
officials aren't as complete as
those Of the regular officers. The
selection board tended to rec
ommend mostly those about
whom it had better information
he said.
He said also that civil service
practice is to have records that
tend to be stereotyped. fiat, I'M
informative and, in general, less
impressive" than foreign serv-
ice performance records.
He said efforts are under way
to put more complete and de-
scriptive information in the files
on the newly migrated officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

child at 2:03 am. in the Alex
andria Hospital.
A Prince Georges County
family did not produce the first
but deserved credit for some
thing like the most. The son
born to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Underwood of Piscataway, Nd,
in Prince Georges Hospital was
the couples 18th child.
The holiday weekend drawing
to a close had tones Of reverence
and sadness underlying the main
theme of rejoicing and revelry,
Area church attendance was
unusually large for the second
Sunday in row. Many sermons
stressed the responsibility each
individual must shoulder for the
task of making the new year q
better one. In Catholic churches
yesterday was DAY of Repara-
ton" Across the country, Catho.
lies joined in special prayers fol-
Christians, Jews. Hindus, Mos
lems and others prosecuted by
Communists for their religious
beliefs.
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StromboIi Erupts

STROMBOLI. Italy, Jan. 2 up.
This bleak islands volcano
lerupted last night, thrilling
tourists who had come here to
spend the New Year holidays.
There was no damage.
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by the departments latest Sc
lection board, the House group
has learned, about 400 are
ticketed for promotion.
Committee staff officials who
disclosed this said they are now
writing a report critical Of the
way the department has been
carrying out recommendations Of
a commission headed by DR..
Henry M. Wriston. president of
Brown University. The report is
due for committee action this
Committee Gets Breakdown.
For years. the departments
diplomatic duties abroad have
been conducted by a corps of
career officers known IS the
foreign service. Meanwhile,
many Washington positions have
been filled by officials covered
by the Civil Service System as
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TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

Low 5;i4 am. 6.35 a m.
Iigh --. 1l;4l am, l2:1l am
Low - 600 pm. 7;04 m
The Sun and Moon
Sun, today 7:21 am. SO a. m
Sun tomorrow T:27a.m. 457 am.
Moon, today 1928 pm. 1915 d m
Automobile lights must be turned or
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation In inches In the
Capital Current month TO date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

River Report
From u s. Engineersl
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls: Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
tReadings Washington National AirporD
Midnight 90 Noon -. --- 40
am. - 4 pm. ---.- ~
X am. ~ pm. 30
Record Temperatures Since Jan. I, 1893
Highest, 9S, on July 90 and August
Lowest 10, on February g.
Hish and Low Of Last ~ Hours
High. Al. at 5 pm.
Low. -, at 7:05 am.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High ll:lS AN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

You can't vote in the Dis
trict If you don't register. Now
is the time to qualify. Regis
tration headquarters on ground
floor Of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
Promotion Probe Due
For Foreign Service
By LEWIS GULICK
Associated Press Staff Writer

The State Department is likely to get verbal knucke-
rappng House investigators regard as shoddy
of its foreign service officers
Government Operations Subcommittee headed by
Hardy Democrat of Virginia. that Of about
ntegrated foreign service only
present slated for advancement.
But of 1900 oldne foreign service officers reviewed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

Washington oafing and laughing its out of its
big holiday end In today hoping that
how by tomorrow might feel ready for work again.
Except rising tide of returning travellers the down.
quiet Most househoders sticking close
to the home fires feeding the flames with the last remnants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
CONGRESS

over the year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-27
Workday Pin-Up

LILLIAN MEME pronounced Men-nay but she's Irsh)
IL 10 when she ad in the George Washington
University Ratchet about job on Capitol Hill. The
employment people thought she had lot of nerve and
countered with Form ST. That got LIS Irish up and
she went back a month later and landed the job Now
she's of eight valued staff members in Vice President
Nixon'S office
Lillian, native of Washington, was graduated from
Western High School, then took job while she attended
GNU at night taking such non-commercal subjects
religion philosophy, psychology and American liter
ature She did few amateur theatrica and last
landed walk-on part in Skin of Our Teeth when it
played here.
She keeps very busy at the Capitol as receptonist,
file GIRL telephone and doing correspondence
Working for Mr. Nixon is tops she says Her spare time
longer spared She is going to marry Jim Alvey,
high school claSSmate at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and headed for the Air Force
She likes swimming, water skiing and tennis. She's
also expert in showing visitors around the Senate wing
of the Capitol, but that's work.
Lillian and Mr. Nixon both have birthdays in January
year 81 and scratched out her first ballot
in the D. c. primaries this month. QUENTIN R MOTT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11

helpful assistance about the
Nations Capital can be OBJ
tanned.
The sums which our service
men pay across the desk are
so far below cost that they
fail to defray the salaries of
the paid staff. Money has
come for the past two years
from the clubs inclusion by
the Department of Defense as
one of the agencies named in
the Package Drive" Funds
from these sources and endow-
mentS come to within $4,000
of the total costs. The mem
bership drive must provide the
remainder.
Annual membership is but
81 per year. and members are
asked to bring at least another
member. There are 1000
members at the moment and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
Service Club Opens
Membership Drive

so that the men might have
song tests.
Through many vicissitudes
the group has changed its
name but has ever chung to
the main theme of providing a
home away from home for
men of the armed services.
The present name is a change
over from the Women's Army
and Navy League.
The doors of 1918 L street
have never been closed since
it was opened in 1898. Vet
Grams of the Spanish Ameri-
can War, the Mexican border
skirmishes. World Wars ! and
II and the Korean conflict
have enjoyed its comfortable
and homelike atmosphere. It
is the only club of its kind
in the United States owned
and operated by service
women.
The club offers servicemen
comfortable lodgings and
wholesome meals at minimum
cost. For relaxation there is
an attractive lounge with TV
and radio; a well-stocked IL
brary: a recreation room with
card tables. piano and pool
table; a lovely garden patio
and an information desk where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11

The Soldiers, Sailors. Ma
rines and Airmen's Club has
opened q drive for new mem
bers.
The organization, at 1918 L
street NV, is open to moth
ers, sisters and wives of Of
ficers Of the armed services.
active reserve officers wives
and officers of the women's
services.
The 1856 project of the club
is electric rewriting of the en-
tire club. Many more new
members are needed if the
project is to be realized.
With the exception of a man
ager-secretary, three night
duty men, four housemen and
three kitchen helpers, the
clubs functions are manned
by volunteer women and the
Junior Army Navy Guild or
ganization. The latter group
began as junior members of
the Women's Army and Navy
League.
The club started out in 1872,
as the Ladies Union School
Mission, q group of women
dedicated to aid soldiers under
their husbands command. At
that time the need seemed to
run to the transporting of
melodeons to PARKWAY places,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11

Democrat Margaret Truman at the
American Newspaper Womens cub-and lost his coat! "a
brandnew Burberry at that and the modest Congressmans
pride and joy) 1t purely nonpartiSan mxup though
Navy officer mistook Mr. Kearns coat for his and
being in uniform several days thereafter didn't discover his
ARRANGEMENTS were made to effect an exchange at s,bse
quent the club Kearns an associate
member But Representative Kearns declined his wfes
time" he explained warly
EISENHOWER, THE FARMER-w Atlee Burpee of the
seed company of that is still wondering
onion sets President Eisenhower ordered
Supreme Commander of word came that the
General would like of variety onion Burpee
personally got up package But admit curious
there 40 varieties he said telling story recently
Later the vegetable had
NATo Chief on his return to this country
gestured Il left them all for Ridgway!"
Mr. Burpee recalled the incident the he and
Mrs Burpee gave for Mrs Theodore Chapman president
the General Federation of Womens whose name has
been given to the new Helen Chapman marigod."
THERE'S NOTHING NEw-wtty Gertrude carraway,
on hes he OF the Of the Revou
establish her eligibility for the genealogical society When she
alegance to King George was pointed out that this was
hardly the qualification OF Revolutionary patriot Oh he
retorted Ne-e
NEW FAN-When the Duchess of Windsor heads so,th
for holiday her wardrobe will four costumes bv
Simpson Back in the sos they confused by hotel
the Simpson name) Recently the Duchess admired Leonora
Coroet Adele Simpson costume and later ors
One pink and white print edged with lace fls with
matching was-ength cardigan another straight Empire
ne dress OF SILK shanung printed with field flowers silk day
dress in notified print of tangerne with semi
attached panel at the back which gives delicate movement
e Silhouette and sleeveless srtwaist Well Dwight D.
Eisenhower has Mollie Pars maybe Adele Simpson
can claim a Duchess a pet customer
GLAMOUR PLUS-One of the women here for the Repub-
can Woens National Conference vvacous red head
She is the epitome eminnity don't let it fool YOU for
she has brains too She Mary G. Roebng president of
the Trenton Trust Co. And talent famy-her son
Is playing in The Lark with Julie Harris.
FOR THE LOVE OF IKEA group of G. O. P women
toasted the President last with glasses raised on high
The only trouble that the tribute proposed with water
supposedly very bad luck.
POLITICAL PUzzLE-At the Republican Women's National
held last week there huge pictures of
dent Eisenhower and Vice President the speakers
platform But at the end Of the stage there were
also two pictures-both Of the President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11

the goal is for more than twice
that many.
The roster of the clubs Of
f1cers reads like a page Of the
ranking members Of the
armed services. Honorary
president is Mrs. Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Honorary vice
presidents are Mrs. Arthur
Radford, Mrs. Arleigh Burke,
Mrs. Nathan F. Twining, Mrs.
Maxwell D. Taylor, Mrs. j.
Lawton Collins, Mrs. Randolph
McC. Pate and Mrs. Alfred C.
Richmond.
Mrs. Herman Feldman is
president. and vice presidents
are Mrs. Ralph Canine, Mrs.
Charles P. Cabell, Mrs. John
P. German and Mrs. William
K. Ramoser.
For further information call
or write the club at 1915 L
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11

The affair will honor the
States Cherry Blossom Princess
Miss Faye Arnold, Of Raleigh
who is also Miss North Carolina
The Connecticut State Society
will hold reception for its Con-
gressional delegation at $3.50 pm
Wednesday in the Senate Caucus
Room,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
BY THE WAY
PentQqon Guard Had an Answer;
He's Taking No More Chances

FOR MEN ONLY?-Repre-
sentative Marguerite Stitt
Church recently went to the
Pentagon to attend a dinner
party. When she arrived she
was stopped by a guard and
told that she couldn't go in.
The Representative then iden-
titled herself but to no avail.
The guard replied, Look, lady,
think up something else-even
I know there are. no women in
Congress"
\ \
CASE OF THE MISSING
COAT-Republican Represen-
tative Carroll D. KearnS at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
State Societies
To Have Parties

The North Carolina State So
ciety will hold its annual Cherry
Blossom Reception and Ball from
$50 pm. to / am. Saturday In
the West Ballroom of the Shore
ham Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
Those Versatile
NY. Yankees
By FRANCIS STANN

DABE RUTH dominating figure in the
ID history of the most versatile,
hitter all his bulk he
exhibitions often performed
a
Yankees
Griffith
their
the Yankees
quady the last nine
Ia unparalleled,
pennantS.
championships
1854 winning l03 gameS).
place Bucky Harris fired manager
finishing from the top.
the best hitting pitchers in
who only broke games Tor
with the addition OF Maury
o. CONTINUED
Arkansas State press., 1956-11-02

"A boy and his dog"-how many
times have you read this phrase
or seen il pictured in books and
magazines? The idea behind It is
so universally appealing that 1t
has been used in advertising cam
paigns for products as diversified
as life insurance and linoleum.
In our everyday picture taking
too. children and pets are among
the most popular subjects there
are. Someone recently pointed out
that more cameras are aimed at
kids, CANNES and cats in one day
than at the Grand Canyon In a
whole year.
Its interesting TO note that both
youngsters and their favorite AMI
mails actually have a great deal In
common as subjects. Both OF them
whether pictured together or
acknowledgements plenty Of &c
ton can be alternately angelic
and aggravating, demand eonsid-
cradle patience on the part OF the
snapshooter, and view the world
from a much lower eye-level than
we adults do.
ut is by capitalizins on these
speeial characteristics that the
nicture-taker can succeed in get
Arkansas State press., 1956-11-02
A Boy and His Dog

ting really superior snapshots.
Shooting kids and their pets is by
no meant "kid stuF'-but the re-
suits are rewarding and make
whatever efforts involved thor
oughly worth the little extra time
II takes 10 achieve Just the effect
you want.
In many cases. some perfect
shots Of children and pets we've
seen wouldn't have been possible
at all unless the picture-taker had
come down 10 their level Inhibi-
ton thrown 10 the Withstand
armed with a few appropriate
props like lollipops, balls and bis
cuits-the snapshooter should be
prepared to caper about, laugh
and play with his young subjects.
Lively is the word for any child
and his pet. So your camert must
be ready 10 catch them ain action"
at precisely the moment when
the small youngster and kitten
together discover the pleasant
warmth Of an electric blanket, or
the tiny pup takes to gnawing on
the child's bunny-eared slipper.
To tell your story, don't rely on
one shot only-make : series OF
them. John Van Guilder