davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1956-05-23
u. S. Census Bureau
Estimates Population
l67.44O.0OO

The Census Bureau report
ed that the nations popula-
ton stood at an estimated
l67, 44O, 900 on April |. This
was a gain Of 10000 900, or
1913 per cent, since the 1850
census.
In the six-year period since
1850, the bureau said, some
%, 5OO,O 600 babies were born,
the number of immigrants
rose by 100000, and about
5000, 900 persons died.
, 1956-05-23

The convention was held in
Holy Trinity Church in Fred
eriksted, of which the Rev.
Gerald c. Wise is pastor.
Among the distinguished cler
gymen at the convention were
the Rev. DR.. G.. Lawrence Him
melman, head of the Pitts
hurgh Synod and DR.. William
Arbaugh, who represents the
Board of American Missions
in Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands.
The next convention will be
held at the First English
church in San Juan, whose
pastor is the Rev. Evaristo
Falco who, incidentally, was
, 1956-05-23
a former Catholic priest.

a former Catholic priest.
All the pastors and dele
gates who visited St. croix for
the first time expressed their
delight not only with the Is
land but the hospitality of
the people, which will bring
the two islands closer.
, 1956-05-23

gulate the practice of Public
Accountants; No. 254, Grant of
pension to Mrs. Max Daniel,
and No. 255, the Wage and
Hour Law.
The Finance Committee met
with the Department of Insu-
, 1956-05-23

special flights Of Caribair
planes. chartered especial
lY TO transport the dele
gates and Pastors of the
twelve congregations in
Puerto Rico.
DR.. Eduardo Roig. Pas
tor of a Lutheran congre-
CATION in San Juan. was re
elected President of the
Synod. He was the first
President and has been re-
elected at each convention
since.
Pastor Victor Astacio of
the GetSamani congrega-
at Dorado. was elected Sc
cretarY. and Gilberto Ora
riani. a distinguished lay
man. was reelected trea-
, 1956-05-23

411 Wv III D1S41 Dill IL
Improve Airport Here
Governor Gordon met with
representatives of the Virgin
Islands Airport Committee on
schedule today and indicated
that he would sign the bill in
to law, as requested.
Attorney R. H. Amphlett
Leader presented the case for
the Committee. The Chief Ex-
ecutive listened carefully. He
told Mr.. Leader and Ron de
Lugo, Chairman of the Com
mittee who accompanied him,
that he can tell his committee
that to date he has gathered
no impression other than
would indicate his approval.
Governor Gordon also stat
ed that there was nothing
that Attorney Leader had said
that he could take exception
to. AS a matter of policy, His
Excellency said that he could
not state definitely that he
will sign the bill as the Legis-
lature is the first to be in
formed.
The chairman of the Com
mittee, Ron de Lugo predicted
that the Governor would sign
the bill before June 80.
The Committee had request
that the Governor also notify
the Federal Government so as
to make available the 100000
in matching funds for the
100000 that will be appro-
'priated by the local govern
, 1956-05-23
lar Affairs.

lar Affairs.
The Legislators have also
decided to hold meetings
every day at 1890 am. and
200 pm.
, 1956-05-23
FIFTH LUTHERAN CONVENTION CLOSES
DR.. EDUARDO ROIG REELECTED PRES.
The Fifth Annual Convention o

The Fifth Annual Convention of the Caribbean Evange-
.l7csl Lathe~an sYr7d e-ne TO : close IT II noon yesterday.
relieving the readinn and adoption Of the minutes. All the
delegates from Puerto Rico and ST. Thomas returned on two
, 1956-05-23

surer. Like Dr.. Roig. Mr.. Graciani's work has been so out
standing. that indications are he will be continued in tina
post as long as he is DESTROYS of keeping il.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Romeo and Juliet
Benefit Set
February 4

The first performance in
Washington of Romeo and
Juliet" by the famed Old Vic
company of London will be a
benefit on February 4.
1t is to be sponsored by the
Washington branch of the
Evening star., 1956-12-26

White mink, ranch mink, and other lux
uy furs on polished sleek black and COL
ored woolens. Very specioI group. Junior,
misses, pettes.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Pretty Posies Create
Many a Holiday Hat

Pretty poses may pose problem for the horti-
cuIturist But for the mliner they the answer to
the kind Of holiday hat thot women will want to wear
Flowered hots composed of petals and petals of
troele silk fobrc, delightful combinations of sotin
and ponne flowers plus the flowers that bloom only
in the fancy Of mner ore used for the converso-
tion-mokng hots
"They just seem to 90 with everything" sold
one -hot-weorine woman to US recently And
we know exoctly what she meont-Een
Evening star., 1956-12-26

English Speaking Union, un-
der the patronage of the
British Ambassador and Lady
Caccia.
Tickets for all-orchestra
seats are available now through
the Office of the English Speak
ing Union and will not be Of
fered after January 5.
Proceeds from the benefit
performance will go towards
the Unions exchange student
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

the chapters Volunteer Re-
cruitment and Training Com
mittee, are eager to reach the
hundreds of important wom-
ems organizations through
their various heads and repre-
sentatives.
They explained that while
more than 40 leaders of civic.
fraternal and women's organ
izations have accepted the in
vitation to attend the tea, they
would be happy to have as
guests those that haven't been
contacted but who wish to
serve.
There is an urgent need for
IS daytime and night staff
aides and 80 canteen workers,
Mrs. Roberts points out.
staff aides are needed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

serve as blood donor aides in
the Washington Regional
Blood Center. on bloodmobiles,
at st. Elizabetns Hospital,
Warwick Cancer Clinic, Chill
dren's Public Welfare Office.
George Washington University
Hospital, Walter Reed Hospital
U. S. Soldiers Home. Mt. Alto
Hospital, Emergency Hospital,
D. c. Village, and D. C. Gen.
eral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
PEG to Hold
Convention

! The District Chapter Of
PEG will hold its annual con-
vention on Tuesday and We'd
.nesday at the Kennedy War
rem. Mrs. Russell Hogin, presi-
dent, will preside.
The principal speaker on
Tuesday will be Mrs. Alice
Spensley Rinehard, first vice
president of Supreme Chapter
PEG. Her subject will be
f"Growth Through Understand
{ ing"
The group will hear an adj
dress by DR.. Howard Mitchell
Wednesday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
BY GEORGE FLYNN

Americans are letting fine
American antiques flow in a
steady stream to nations over
seas. The movement is rapidly
{ thinning the supply of such
antiques in this country.
The extent of the trend is
difficult to gauge, but one
Washington observer, Eric B.
Stanley believes it is con-
siderable.
He is in good position to
watch the situation. LAS an
auctioneer in Georgetown, he
notes the purchases of mem
bers of the diplomatic set who
reside in the area.
Most top-level diplomats buy
for their own enjoyment. Some
in the lower echelons, however,
turn fast franc or lire by
buying for resale in their
native country.
Both Have Taste
Mr.. Stanley credits both
types of bidders with acumen
and taste. They are quick to
recognize a fine period piece
and willing and able to bid
high for it.
Their current activity re-
fleets a reversal in the flow of
antiques in the last years, Mr..
Stanley notes.
Immediately following World
War II, erican buyers
"sWarmed" over Europe. DOL
lar-hungry Europeans relin-
pushed shiploads of antiques.
Now Europeans have dollars
and they consider American
antiques-as we'll as their own
"a fine investment.
Continentals, he says. rank
s herat ton and Hepplewhite
pieces as the most desirable.
Chippendale falls in third
place. American pine pieces
are scorned.
Pieces made in New England
and Philadelphia are especially
sought by Europeans. In keep
ing with their zest for 18th
Century antiques, they are &C
tive bidders, too, for Georgian
silver.
Buy For Their Homes
American diplomatic per-
sonnet of course, add to the
flow of antiques overseas by
acquiring fine furnishings for
their homes in foreign lands.
A proportion of such pieces
never come home again.
Mr.. Stanley says that in
creasing prices of European
antiques have slowed imports
into our country. Diplomats
have told him prices have
doubled in recent years.
And England has thrown
up such barriers that it Is
virtually impossible to get a
top-f1ight English antique out
of the country. Proposals have
been made here to classify
our best pieces of early crafts
manship as a form of national
trust and restrict their ex-
port.
Such barriers eventually
may be necessary.
u X
This is the time of year
when antique fans begin plot
ting a course of summer travel
that will cover museums, his
toric homes and, inevitably.
antiques shops. All too often,
the collector fails to go equip
ped with research guides.
A canvass of local book
stores found shelves we'll
stocked with a varied supply
of books on antiques, ranging
from 35-cent furniture guide
for the beginning collector, to
priced books for special
lists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
ANTIQUES ALMANAC
American furniture
Being Sent Abroad

OF special interest to wom-
en- is a Price Guide to Pat
tern Glass; published by the
Barrows Co. AS an aid to
buying, such books usually re-
turn the purchase price in a
short time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Red Cross
Call Out
For Aides

Recruitment of Red Cross
volunteers gets underway
Tuesday at 2:30 pm. at the
chapter house, POPS E street
NV.
Leaders and representatives
of all women's organizations
are extended an open invita-
ton to attend the program
and tea. Mrs. David E. Fin
ley. chairman of the chapters
Volunteer Services. and Mrs.
Bruce Roberts, chairman of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Mothers Day Tea

The Ladies Aid Society of
the Rupert Home for the
Aged will hold meeting and
Mothers Day tea at / pm.
Tuesday at the home, 1900
Good Hope road Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
WEDDINGS
Dowell-Fickert


Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hill
Fickert of Red Bluff. Calf,
announce the marriage OF
their daughter Babette to Mr..
Arthur Edward Dowell III, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ed
ward Dowell, jr. The wedding
took place Friday in st. Adams
Church. The couple will live
here.
Meegon-Bruder
Mr.. and Mrs. William E.
Bruder. jr.. announce the
marriage of their daughter
Grace to Mr.. Vincent P,
Meegan. son of Mrs. Mary
Meegan of Bayside. l.. l.,
N. Y, and the late Mr..
Lawrence Meegan. The we'd
ding took place yesterday in
the Nativity Church. The
couple will live in Bayside.
Th0ne.Gothof
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
William Gathof Of Bethesda
announce the marriage OF
their daughter Mary Ann to
Mr.. Frederick Lyston Thane,
son of Mrs. Benjamin Thane.
also of Bethesda. and the late
DR.. Thane. The wedding took
place yesterday in Our Lady
of Lourdes Church in Bethesda,
The couple will live in Silver
Spring.
Winterholter-G othright
Mr.. and Mrs. Alan Gath
right Of Toledo, Ohio. for
merly of this city, announce
the marriage of their daughter
ACNE Anne to Mr.. Richard j.
Winterhalter. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Winterhalter. The
wedding took place yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
. PsYchiotrist to Speak

DR.. Fred Schwarz. a psychia-
trist and surgeon from Sydney,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
Ropist Gets
Sentences UD
ToAO Years

A man was sentenced today
to serve prison terms totalling
from Is years and 4 months to
20 years for rape and commit
ting a perverted act.
He is Samuel r. Small, jr., 81
colored. of the 1900 block OF
Second street NV. He recently
had pleaded guilty to attacking
a 54-year-old white widow last
September IA in a garage in the
300 block of Ninth street Sc.
Small was sentenced by Judge
Alexander Holtzof of District
Court. Judge Holtzoff gave the
defendant from 10 to 80 years
on the rape charge and from
40 months to 10 years on the
perverted act charge. The judge
then ordered the two sentences
to run consecut!Vely.
In another sentence TODAY,
Judge Edward NJ. Curran ordered
Elvie r, Brown. 26, colored, of
the 1900 block of Irving street
NV. to serve from 3 to l3
years for a $50 hold-up last
October of a cleaning establish
ment in the HOO block Ninth
street NV.
Judge Curran sentenced two
California youths to serve from
two to seven years each for a
SIT hold-up of a gasoline station
at Third and H streets NV, last
November 80. The two are Rus
sell j. Figueiredo, 20, of La Mesa,
and David NJ. Platt, II, of Ell
Cajon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

pened. The confusion was SC
great that the fellow keeping
tabs for the Democrats got the
vote 46-45 one way. The teller
at the desk got it 46-45, but with
the other side winning.
Both were wrong. 1t was a
45-45 tie. giving Vice President
Nixon one of his rare chances
to vote.
The confusion could have been
avoided, Senator Neuberger says,
il the Senate had put in a vot-
ing machine.
During the hassle, precedents
were dug up, and Senator Russell,
Democrat of Georgia. recalled a
time when the Senate passed a
bill and didn't know about it
until the next day.
The verdict was announced at
1885. Since no one could find
Vice President Wallace, the bill
was lost. But the next day SEN
ator Russell saw he wasn't reg
istered as having voted. although
ne had said Aye"
Fortunately. the Republican
leader, Charles McNary, remem-
bered how Senator Russell had
voted, and the Journal was
changed to read Passed"
But things move slowly in
the Senate, and machines may
be a long way off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
Health School
Accord Seen

Agreement on location of {
new crippled children's schoo
near Thirteenth and Upshul
streets NV. appeared to be il
the offing today.
| The buildings, and ground
committee of the Board of Edu.
cation approved a plan yester.
day to build at the Upshur site
instead of on Mount Olivet road
NE. as proposed earlier.
Officials said the Commission
iers have indicated they will try
to get funds for construction this
year, assuming the full school
board approves the change next
week as expected.
The House Appropriations
Committee dropped the projected
81 million school from the pend
ing appropriation yesterday be-
cause of a dispute between par
Ients and school officials over the
location. The Health School PTA
opposed the Northeast site for
various reasons.
Supt. Hobart M. Corning still
expressed preference for the
Mount Olivet land, but he in
dorSed the other site as an alter
native. The committee rejected
another alternative. to build an
addition to the present Health
School.
The Health School is near the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

Name. A statesman may answer
in anything from a loud bawl to
a humble. When all 96 names
are called. the clerk goes ovel
the names of those who failed
to answer, to give tardy ones a
chance to vote.
Unfortunately. the Senate
sometimes sounds like an I'M
supervised play period at pro-
gressive kindergarten.
The other night, during a vote
on a wheat amendment to the
farm bill, the inevitable hap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
IRudio Ham Talks
With Anturcticu

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16 (P.-
An amateur radio operator early
today contacted the United
States expedition near the South
Pole. The operator there called
lit the first American ham radio
contact with Little America
tAntarctica.
Arthur E. Beechinor. "a, a
ILockheed Aircraft Corp. re-
ssearcher, made contact from his
home in suburban Encino with
lKC4USA, headquarters station
tof the Antarctic expedition. Mr.
lBeechinor's 800-watt voice trans
mitter, W6JHB, was operating or
14.200 megacycles in the 20
meter band.
For nearly a half hour he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
Mayor Will Oppose
Erwin for Senate

WINSTON SALEM, N. c.,
Mar. Is Mayor Marshall C.
Kurfees today announced his
candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for the United States
Senate to oppose Senator Erwin
of Morgantown in the May &c
Democratic primary.
Mayor Kurfees left by auto
mobile this morning for Raleigh
to pay the filing fee. He is serv-
ing his fourth tWo-year term as
Mayor of Winston-Salem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

projected site of the replace
ment, which is to be larger.
The Commissioners are ex-
Ipected to ask Senate restoration
Iof the item. officials said.
William Rich, Health PTA
president, told the COMMITTEES
his group favored the plan
which was adopted.
Board members heard a plea
from Paul Cooke of the District
Teachers Union for approval Of
a plan to allow teachers to re-
tire after 80 to IS years service,
which is earlier than at present.
Members promised to take the
idea under consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
Undermining Of Senate,
Voting Machine Asked
BY ARTHUR EDISON
AP Eevsfeatures Writer

Neuberge of Oregon has embarked
campaign to modernize the Senate.
He thinks it's time that Senator what the is
after each legislative is
introduced bill for electric voting machine
Whe nthe Senate the clerk calls each Senator's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

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, 1956-03-16

lconversed with Navy Comdr. H
~ Whitney. Arlington. Mass
commanding the expeditionary
force in Admiral Richard E
Byrd's absence. and 1t. Comdr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

You feel the sofeushioned comfort Of the Magic Sole
in each Of these foopomperine, moothttne Air Steps!
They mould your foot with the provebo eovef hug your
heel where slipping most likely ocour sleek your toes
yet give them plenty Of room Open sandal tailored pump,
halter sling you'll want but several pors for spring
wardrobe of perfectly beautiful Shoes Az to TO- AAAAto B.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09

Harold Carter, Bob Satterfield
and Heinz Neuchaus are not seri-
Gus contenders.
Moore figures to win over
Pompey, despite the Britishers
youth and reported stamina.
Moore, it seems from this corner,
has too much on the ball for
Pompey. In boxing, however, one
must never rule out the element
of surprise, and Pompey, on that
basis, must be given a chance to
win.
AS for ..tHurricane" jackson, its
a different story. The moody New
Yorker will probably be insulted
by ringtime by odds making him
an underdog to a fighter who, al
though noted for his natural
ability, is nevertheless not even
rated among the first 10 conten-
ders in the heavyweight division.
And this thought alone might
make Jackson even more reckless.
That, of course, would prove his
undoing. For Tommy would learn
that ii takes more than Glowing
and crowding to defeat a sharp
shooter like Patterson.
Still, who can tell what jack
son might do. Like his geogra-
phical counterpart which shifts
its course and vary its intensity,
Hurricane is as unpredictable as
the outcome of the heavyweight
tussle itself. Anything can hap
pen when Jackson enters the
ring" a fight observer once re-
marked. Nevertheless, beyond his
remarkable stamina, / cannot see
any tangible asset on which he
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09
AT THE RINCsIDE
BY Charles J. Livingston for AMP
PREDICTING NEXT
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP,
DIFFICULTY JOB

Predicting who will be the
next heavyweight champion OF
boxing is a difficult matter, for
many reasons. So many IFS enter
into the calculation that one
dares not venture out too far on
the fistic limb.
There are, for instance, a
couple of tests coming up which
could considerably change the
heavyweight picture such as
it is. Archie Moore, the No. l
heavyweight contender, faces a
problem in having to scale down
to IT'S pounds to defend his light
heavyweight laurels against Yo-
lande Pompey in London, June
S. Tommy Hurricane" Jackson,
the No. 2 heavyweight challenger
faces an acid test in his 12-round
elimination bout with young
Floyd Patterson in New York's
Madison Square Garden. June 8.
To remain in title contention,
both must win: Moore, because at
this stage of the game he can't
afford loss to someone in his
own division and seriously chal-
lenge in the heavier division;
Jackson, because he's gone the
limit under present conditions
and a loss to Patterson would
definitely eliminate him.
There are other fellows who are
also angling for title considera-
ton. But for the time being at
least ii doesn't seem feasible to
consider them as likely candi-
dates to succeed to the champ
ionship. Hulking Bob Baker and
Johnny Holman have already been
eliminated, and others like Johnny
Summerlin, Willie Pastrano,
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09
THE MIAMI TIMEs-The PeopIes Newspapers
SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1856 PAGE Is

letter to the National Elections
Board seeking to have the cleo
tions totally annulled" and at
the same time requesting I h e
board to cancel the presentation
of credentials to de la Guardia
and vice president-elect Tennis
tocles Diaz and Heraclio Barlotta.
The Board denied the defeat
ed candidates request but noted
that il would await his formal
and legal submission OF fraud
within the S-day period required
by law.
Meantime rumors are persis-
tent that followers of the Liber-
al Party are bidding time to re-
bel against the decision of the
electoral board and the election
on a whole. z
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09
SEEKS TO HAVE
PANAMA
ELECTIONS
ANNULED

PANAMA CITY, RIP - CAMP
- Charging fraud at the polls
during the general elections Of
May Is, Victor Florencio Goytia,
prominent Panamanian lawyer
and standard-bearer for the pres
idency of the opposition National
Liberal Party is seeking to have
the election annulled.
Goytia, who received, accord
ing to the National Elections
Board only 81,737 votes against
CPN's Ernesto de la Guardia's
LIT 1883, said he would submit
evidence this week to prove fraud
and irregularities to cover more
than 100000 fraudulent ballots"
Late last week Goytia sent a