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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Area Store Sales Show
5 Per Cent Gain From 1855

Department store sales in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
during the week ended Septem-
Der % were up 81 per cent from
the previous week and S per cent
ahead Of the like 1855 week, the
Federal Reserve Bank Of Rich
mond announced.
Area store sales in four weeks
ended September % were 8 per
cent behind a year ago, but those
for the year to date remained
per cent higher.
Excluding suburban branches,
sales Of downtown department
stores, alone rose II per cent
above the previous week in the
week ended September %, but
were 2 per cent behind the like
1855 week. Four weeks sales
were of 10 per cent from a year
ago. while sales for the year to
date were down 3 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Hoover ElectrOnics Buys
College Park COMPANY

Purchase of Radio Frequency
and Antenna Consultants, Col
lege Park, Md. firm, by Hoover
Electronics Co. Of Baltimore, was
announced yesterday.
The suburban firm will become
subsidiary Of Hoover Electronics
and will operate as the Hoover
Microwave Co. It will continue
to occupy its 4,000-square-foot
office and laboratory at $685.
Baltimore avenue. College Park
Werner Koppl and William H
Clark, partners and senior en-.
Igineers of Radio Frequency, have
been named vice president-re.
search and vice president-en.
cheering, respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28

99.2973 for a 81 per cent coupon.
representing a net interest cost
to the railroad Of 1893 per cent.
It is the first installment of a
total not to exceed $2l million
OF certificates under the third
equipment trust Of 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28

OH on June 80 ana 81 1888, 314,-
156 on October S, 1855, date Of
the fall bank call last year.
A feature Of the call was a
sharp gain in deposits of the
National Bank of Washington
which rose to 1921, asa, 500, a gain
Of $l2,693. 762 from a year earlier
Gains Of $3.475,l72 for the
Bank of Commerce, $3,43l, 254
for the National Metropolitan
Bank and $3,261,034 for the
Munsey Trust also were out.
standing.
Individual bank totals for Sep
TENDER rs and a year ago are
given below:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Bank Clearings Behind
Year Ago In August

Total SI.35O,584, 922 St,333. 314,15t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
New Appointed Trustee
For New C. e. C. Issue

The National Bank Of WASH
ington has been named trustee
and dividend warrant paying
agent for the new 50 million
issue of Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
way Co. serial equipment trust
certificates placed on the market
today.
1t is believed to be the first
Washington bank to receive this
type of out-of-town business.
President Barnum L. Cotton of
NBW is a C. & o. director and
member Of the railroads finance
committee.
The issue was awarded to Hal
sey Stuart g. Co., on a bid of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Sept. as R.-Poreirn
exchange rates follow Great Britain
in dollars. others In cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open
I02. 349s Y. 8. cents up 1882 Of 4 cent.
Europe-Great Britain lpound) 2.7SIs,
up il Of 9 cent; Great Britain 30-day
I Rr,s5.s sS 55il; up !. Of 2 cent; Great
9 cent: Great Britain oO-day futures
22.l6is, UP Il Of cent: Belgium (francl
2:OOls, on OOH Of cent; France
many fWesternl fDeutsche mark $50,
enchanted: Holland (guilderj 20 ~. on
.OO.z Of cent: Italy tliral 1914 Of 4
cent. unchanged. Portugal fescudo1
!. 30. UNCHANGED. Sweden Ckrona) 1924,
UNCHANGED; Switzerland lfranc) tfreel
1884, unchanged: Denmark tkronel
1850. unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28

Washington bank clearings
dropped behind a year ago in
September for the first time in
many months, William N. Grad
lin, clearing house manager; re-
ported today.
September clearings Of $517,-
663,673 were down 4 per cent
from $539.808,527 in September
last year. They also were down
enthusiastically from $3.50, 424,-
712 in August this year.
Nine months clearings of
$4,999. 1887. 800 were the highest
on record for that period, with
q gain of 4 per cent from $4,793,-
6S1 .228 in the same 1855 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Cooper Appointed
BY AII-Americun
Insurance Co.

Daniel Cooper has been named
vice president in charge OF
agency and promotion Of ALI
American Insurance Co. Of
Washington. effective Septem-
Der II.
A native of Washington, Mr..
Cooper was educated in District
schools and later attended Biz
Imingham Southern College,
George Washington University
and Ben Franklin University. He
served in the Army in World
War II.
For the last four years. he has
been an executive with First Sc
curity Insurance Co. of North
America in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Louis PIaksin Heads
Furniture Club Here

Louis Plaksin. sales represen-
tative for the Rowe Furniture
Corp, has been elected president
of the Furniture Club of WASH
ington.
Joseph Gary, president Of the
Gary Furniture Co. of College
Park, Nd, is vice president.
E. A. Pritchard, executive vice
president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers, was renamed
secretary treasurer. and Nathan
Ikluft, president of Eagle Bed
ding Co., was reelected SER
lgeant-at-arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
Washington Gas Reports
Larger August Deficit

Washington Gas Light Co
Yesterday reported a seasonal net
loss OF $4S4,3SO in August, COM
pared with a deficit of 1851 ,O67
for August last year.
August operating revenues OF
81 ,844 $50 were well ahead Of
$l,622.325 a year earlier.
Net income for the first eight
months of this year amounted
to $4.20S,313, compared with
$3.037.26l a year earlier. Operat-
ing revenues aggregated $34, $751;
674. compared with $29,642, 0S5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
'' e BUSINESS
Capital Bank Deposits
off Slightly Since June
BY DONALD B. HADLEY

Deposits of Washngons II banks trust companies have
declined 2S per cent since mdyear but S per cent
ahead OF year ago. preliminary data for condition call
from the controller Of the currency revealed today
Deposits at the close Wednesday September a. date al
the call aggregated $135o564922 compared with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-28
NALU Ceremonies Held
On Building Site

Government officials and lead.
ers of the National Association
Of Life Underwriters attended a
ground-breaking ceremony on
the site of the NALU's new ma
tional headquarters building here
today.
The ceremony at Twenty
second and C streets NV, was
on a corner of the lot already
acquired by the association. The
remainder Of the site which the
Government plans to turn over
to the association is in litigation
Heading the NALU officers at
tending the ceremony was A
Jack Nussbaum Of Milwaukee
newly elected president, Vice
President Albert C. Adams, I'm
mediate Past President Stanley
IC. Collins and Managing Direc-
tor Lester o. Schriver of WASH
|ington.
Arizona sun., 1956-01-06
Big Show Planned For Phoenix First
Porade Of Homes Show January 1929

show window for home shoppers.
They can see, in one convenient
package, a varied selection of 18
homes of today.
The 18 homes, all in the $4,000
to more than $4,000 class, will
have the latest luxury features in
Guiding swimming pools, built-in
kitchens, radio-intercom systems,
rooted and enclosed patios, and
luxury baths.
Entertainment will be offered on
the opening Sunday, January Is.
City and state officials will speak.
The parade site will have con-
Arizona sun., 1956-01-06
PAGE THREE

cession stand from which all pro-
ceeds go to the crippled children Of
Maricopa County. There will be a
special playground for children
whose parents are attending the
exhibit. Free parking facilities for
1000 cars are available.
An experiment in flower growing
never before tried in this area will
be a feature of the parade. 1t will
be an $4,000 display of flowers
blooming in January under plain,
white floodlighting.
The flowers, being grown in
nursery here, will be planted in
yards in front of the homes and
artificially heated to keep them in
bloom.
Arizona sun., 1956-01-06

PHOENIX = A big show is
planned for visitors to this city's
first Parade of, Homes, due to be
one of the largest cooperative real
estate ventures Of its type in the
Southwest.
The Parade of Homes, to be
staged January 1929, will feature
Is modern homes styled for Ari-
INA living, each designed by a
different builder. 1t is sponsored by
the Phoenix Association of Home
Builders.
A S5O0,000 display, this "show
window" of homes will be compact
ly and conveniently displayed at
Royal Crest Villa, Seventh Street
and Hayward.
Dell Trailor, parade chairman,
said 10000 advance tickets already
have been sold. Explaining the Pa
rade of Homes, Trailor said:
Unfortunately, shoppers can't
go to a store and see homes lined
up like clothes, for easy selection.
They have to depend on blueprints,
pictures and lengthy trips from
one house to another. The Parade
of Homes comprises, in effect, a
Arizona sun., 1956-01-06
False Filings
Bring Sentences

Al j. Flood, Justice of the Peace,
West Phoenix Precinct Justice
Court, recently imposed sentence
on three persons who pleaded gull
ty to charges of filing false unem-
ployment insurance claims.
Edward C. Erb, who resides at
2233 North 22nd Place, Phoenix,
was fined $25 on one count. A five
day Jail sentence on the second
count was suspended provided de-
fendant pays the fine and that res
titution of the $39 overpayment is
made to the State within six
months.
Charles R. Ross, who resides at
1880 East Broadway, Phoenix, was
fined S25 on one count. Sentence on
the remaining three counts was
suspended provided restitution OF
the S38 overpayment is made to
the State within six months.
Louis Moore, who resides at 11O1
West Mohave, Phoenix, was ord
cred to pay fine of $25 or five
days in Jail on one count. A five
day Jail sentence was suspended
provided restitution of the over
payment is made to the State with
in six months.
The law provides for maximum
penalties of a 5000 fine and /or sixty
days imprisonment for each fraud
ulent claim. In addition, offenders
are required to repay to the Com
mission the amount of the illegal
benefits received.
Arizona sun., 1956-01-06
DR.. Howard
(Continued from Page u


Pittsburgh Courier, which support
ed Eisenhower in 1852, said in part:
"The state is Mississippi and the
reign of terror which is sweeping
this section of our nation needs i'm
mediate attention.!
ut has been proven beyond the
shadow of a doubt that these Negro
citizens have no protection under
the law of the state in which they
Rive. State, city and county officials,
sworn to uphold the law, have
made a mockery of those laws,
when the laws apply themselves to
Negro citizens!
Because this is fact, Mr.. Presi-
dent, we request that you declare
a state of chaos in Mississippi!
1--WE further request that you
send United States soldiers into
Mississippi to protect the civil
rights of million Negro citizens
of that state, who constitute 1870
of the states population"
Aaother Miss. Killing ............ ..........
The open letter then recites the
long list of murders and lynchings
recently committed with impunity
by Mississippi white supremacists.
(Since then a new victim, Clinton
Melton, father of five, has been
brutally killed by Elmer Kimbell, a
friend of the Till lyncher J. w. Mi
lam. Melton made the mistake of
filling up the racist's gas tank in
stead of putting in only $500 worth.
Klmbell thereupon shot the Negro
gas-station attendant to death.
Sheriff Strider, who pretended at
the Till trial that the body pulled
from the river wasn't that of EN-
NETT Till, is busy looking "for the
Negroes gum" This is a bare-faced
attempt to establish the Staying as
case of self-defense, although the
white owner of the gas station de-
clares that Melton had no gum
The politicians of both Big Busi-
ness parties were able to toss Ma
ACP and labor demands for action
on the Till case in the wastebasket
because they felt that nothing more
Would follow such demands. Al
march of one million people, de-
manding action, could not be ig-
nored. The mere threat of such a
March on Washington, raised by A.
Philip Randolph in 1941, scared the
Roosevelt administration into or
dering federal FEPC.
The Negro people and the labor
movement have the millions who
want to do something effective
against Jim Crow and the reign
of terror in Mississippi. Here is
the opportunity to make that
power and that determination felt
Every Negro organization and
every union local should begin
preparations for a March on Wash
ington to demand the sending of
troops to Mississippi.
Arizona sun., 1956-01-06

II pounds of manganese per ton
makes steel much harder and more
durable = too hard to be machined
properly, in fact.
Arizona sun., 1956-01-06

Cash and Due from Banks 4
U. S. Government Bonds -
Other Bonds and Securities =.
Loans (Federally Insured or
GuaranteedD -. 80
Other Loans and Discounts 3. .,
Accrued Interest Receivable
Customers Liability on L/C =.
Bank Buildings
Furniture and Fixtures -
Other Resources .
TOTAL RESOURCES So
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
ST. Patrick P.T.A
Discuss Homework

The February meeting of the
st. Patrick P.T.A. held last We'd
nesday evening was presided over
by Dr. Harry B. Crawford. A
program of special interest to
all parents had been planned as
the topic "Homework" was up
for discussion.
The program carried out by a
group of parents representing
children of various grade levels
under the following categories.
Mrs. James Hennigan, Whose
Homework Is It?";; Mrs. Joel Cut
Ter do Parents Expect too much
from their Children: Mrs Rob-
ert Zinser, rs too much Study In
furious to Health %; Sam Lands,
THE Methods to be Used by
Parents to Help Children to
Study?"; and Bernard Schumann,
The Advantages of Homework. 4"
The consensus of opinion reach
ed following the discussion was
that homework is an individual
problem for each student and that
generalities cause much of the
difficulty in this problem.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
Barrow Show Has
Good Attendance

Over 325 market hogs were
shown at the State Barrow Show
at the Madison County fairgrounds
on Saturday, February Is, accord
ing to the Madison County Exten-
sion office. There were all swine
breeds represented plus a cross
breed class shown as individual
pens of three and pens of ten.
Over 30 different counties were
represented in the show.
The Madison County Swine Com
mittee cooperated in making the
local arrangements and assisted in
the handling of the hogs. V. Y.
Overturf is the county representa-
tive TO the state sponsoring group
which is the Ohio Swine Feeders
and Breeders Association. Mr..
Overturf was vice president of the
state show.
The Range Grange served the
Friday night banquet and the
meals for the group during the day
on SATURDAY..
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
Windstorm Causes
Damage In Country

Saturday mornings minor hur-
ricane did considerable damage in
the county as well as the city. The
high winds, reported Of velocity
reaching, 80 miles an hour, tore
roofs off buildings, blew barns a.
way and caved in home and store
windows.
The Ohio Bell Telephone Co re-
ported damages estimated at $1,000
with more than 300 telephones out
of service On the Drury Road, a
careening barn tore down six spans
of wire and nine poles were broken
in the area. On East High st. a
falling tree cut the West jefferson
trunk and subscriber cable in two,
cutting off service east of London
on 142 to the Glade Run Road.
Crews worked all daylight hours
Saturday and Sunday and by Mon
day morning, there were approx
mately so cases of mo phones"
left. There were numerous isolated
cases of wires down and broken.
The Ohio Edison Company also
reported damage to their lines and
poles.
There were reports of several
minor injuries suffered by resi-
dents battling the high gales.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
BeryI Brown, Il,
Killed In Crash
Brings Death Toll
To 4 In County

Three accidents occurred near
London over the weekend, one fa-
tai, causing the death of Beryl
Brown, 81 of London Route A.
Brown was killed instantly, ac-
cording to Coroner w. T. Bacon,
when his auto crashed head -on in
to another car driven by Carmel
Van Hoose Sr., also of London
Route A, on the Big Plain-Circle-
vile Road on Friday afternoon.
The accident occurred about three
miles southeast of London. Van
Hoose was taken to Mt. Carmel
Hospital suffering head, chest and
shoulder injuries.
Brown was born In Wakefield,
o. on January 81, 1885. He served
with the U. S. Infantry in Japan
and was discharged from the army
on November 80, 1855. He was
employed by the Halterman Con-
struction Co. of Columbus. Sur
vivors include his mother, Mrs.
Lucy Brubaker; father, Raymond
Brown; three sisters, Joyce and
Linda Brown and Mary Lou Bru-
baker three brothers, William,
Edward and Virgil. All are of Lon
don, with Virgil and Edward ser
wing in the U. S. Army
Funeral services at 2 D. m. Mon
day at the Schlechty-Fichner Fun
eral Home, Pastor Larry Rugh Of
ficiating. Interment in Kirkwood
Cemetery.
On Friday at 4:30 pm. two cars
side-swiped at the S-curve on
Route 142. Drivers Eva Kinsey,
So of Columbus and Edward Wir-
tz, 30, of Columbus, were uninjur-
ed. Wirtz forfeited $50 bond in
London mayors court after he
was charged with driving left of
center.
On Saturday morning on Route
i2 three miles north of London,
Mrs. Jessie Frey, 70, Western
Avenue, London, was injured when
her car was struck in the rear by
an auto driven by James Forrest,
5S, of Covington, Kentucky. For
rest and his wife, Winona and a
passenger in their car, Anna Sal
yers. as we'll as Mrs. Frey, were
treated at a local doctors office
for injuries and released. Forrest
was fined SO and costs in London
mayors court for failure to stop
within assured clear distance.
Madison County's traffic toll to
date in 1856 reaches four with the
death of Mr.. Brown.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Jacob Beathard has return
ed TO her home at 81 Logan Aven.
ue following treatment at Mt. Car.
mel Hospital.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
AH-County Team
Selections Made

Midway defeated West jefferson
Saturday, winding up the Madison
County Tournament with Plain
City Midway and West jefferson
as one, two and three. In the Jun
ior High League game Saturday,
Monroe defeated Mt Sterling
Following Saturdays game ,tro-
phies were awarded to the winners
and runners-up, with the Sports
manship Trophy going to Monroe.
chosen by an unknown panel of
impartial judges for craftsmanship
in competition, win or lose.
The AIl-Madison County Team,
selected by the coaches, was an
nounced by Bob Trehearne, execu-
tive head of Madison Local. The
members are: Ray Justice, Mid
way: Duane Maynard, plain City;
Fred Wells, Madison Local; Rob-
ert Smith, Plain City; Matthew
Peterson, Fairfield; William JUS
tice, Nidway' Jerry Phillips, Mt.
Sterling; Wayne Dillon, Monroe;
Dcnald Hay, west jefferson;
James Freeman, Plain City.
In the Central District Class B
Tournament, Plain City was seed
ed and drew a bye and will meet
Claridon on March / at Z p. m.
at Capital U. Midway will meet
Magnetic Springs on February %
at z o. m. in the Otterbein gym.
The County Junior High Tourn-
ament got underway at the Deer
creek School gym on Monday
night, the first session seeing Mon
roe defeat Canaan by a score of
So to "a in the first game, West
Jefferson defeating Midway by a
score of % to 26 in the second
game. In this group, South Solon
drew bye.
On Tuesday, Fairfield will play
Plain City at p. m, with Madi-
son LEGAL Va. Deercreek at 8 p. m.
Mt. Sterling drew a bye in this
bracket.
Junior high games will be play
ed on February %, March / and 2,
with the finals at s p. m March 2.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
One Point Victory
Thrills Watchers

London defeated Westerville in
the first round of the Class A
Basketball tournament held at the
Coliseum in Columbus on Monday
night, by a score of SO to 81. Ear
lier in the season, Westerville had
defeated London twice.
In nip and tuck game, Wester-
vile took the lead in the first
quarter, IL to 10. At the half Lon
don evened it up, 25 to 25, then
fell slightly behind in the third
quarter, 80 to 40. The fourth
quarter see-sawed until the last
couple of minutes, when the score
was pegged at London So and
Westerville 50.
High man for London was Dill
lion with 10, followed by Reynolds
10, Byerly 9, Baker 8, Seedle 5
and Fugett 2. Rothwell and Hume
also played.
London will meet the winner of
the Columbus West-North game to
be played at 6 pm. February 2S,
on Friday, March 2 at 7:15.
Other games in the first session
of the Class A tournament saw
Columbus East defeat Grove City,
IA to 33; Delaware over Waiter
son, 96 to 20; Worthington over
Linden, Ga to 81.
London's victory over billiards
Friday night by score of go to
81. the winning three points being
made in the last two minutes of
play by Dick Mmner, put their rec
ord for the season at five wins in
18 starts. Mid-Six League stand
ings at the final were Marysville
and Worthington tying for the
crown with nine wins and one loss
each; Westerville won four and
lost six, Hilliard won three and
lost seven, London won three and
lost seven and Grove City won two
and lost eight
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
Sunday Fire Loss
Set At $1,000

A fire loss of $1,000 was re-
ported on Monday morning follow
ing a fire on the H. H. Tucker
farm northwest of West Jefferson
on Route %, which occurred at
3:f5 p. m. Sunday afternoon.
Tucker is a professor at the Ohio
State University The farm is op-
Grated by Joe Yoder.
Authorities said the fire was
probably caused by an incubator
lamp kept in the barn where the
fire occurred, for about 30 PIGS.
The pigs, six sows, other stock,
farm machinery and about 20 tons
of straw as well as the new barn
burned Loss on the barn was es-
tinlated at $4,000 while contents
were valued at $1,000
The West Jefferson Fire De-
partment was assisted by the tank
er from the Central Townships
Fire Department.
Electrical equipment at the Lon
Ion Prison Farm caused fire
alarm on Saturday. The Central
Townships Fire Department also
answered this call, but the small
fire was kept under control. Some
damage was caused by smoke.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
Student In First
Place In Speaking

Roger Flannery, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Flannery of London,
won first place in radio speaking
in David Lipscomb Colleges an
nual Intramural Forensic Tourna-
ment.
The week-long tournament in
cluded class and individual COM
petition in drama, debate, speech,
oral Interpretation and Bible read
ing, with the Junior Class named
winner on total points scored.
A graduate of London High
School, Flannery was member of
the National Honor Society. He
participated in debate and speech
class work and had parts in sew
eral plays. He is completing his
sophomore year at Lipscomb as a
ministerial student
He is a member of the Church of
Christ.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-28
Workers Move In
For Phone System

Approximately 25 workmen of
the Western Electric Company,
manufacturing and supply unit of
the Bell System, moved into Lon
don this week to begin the job of
installing cable, wiring and dial
equipment in the new telephone
building.
The men are under the supervis-
ion of L. L. Chandler, foreman.
According to r. P. Redman,
Ohio Bell commercial manager,
the installation of the new dial
equipment will be completed in
late summer and the changeover
to dial operation is scheduled for
October z.
Work on the new building is vir-
tually completed, Redman stated.