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ningham attended the burial OF
Mrs. Jessie Booker Davis at Pros
pect Wednesday afternoon.
Visitors for the holidays with
their home folks were. Mr.. and
Mrs. Garland Gillian and daugh-
ter. Of Richmond. Claud Morris
and family, Of Andersonville.
Miss Ann Baker. Mr.. and Mrs.
Watson Booker. George William
Booker and family. all of Rich
mond. Hugh Cunningham. \Jr.,
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton
Cunningham and family. of Farm
vile and Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Bradshaw and family, of Durham,
N. c.
Mrs. Johnny Williams. Mrs.
Bobby Williams. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Kaminisky and little. 10 Ann. Of
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Hixburg

! E. P. Sears returned to his home
on Wednesday after spending the
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Sears in Farmville.
Lester Sears and family visited
in the neighborhood on Sunday.
Mrs. Cook Hix and Miss Bessie
Hix. of Prospect. were the guests
of Miss Maggie, Hix on Thursday
j. D. Hix. of Townsville, N c..
will visit w. D. Hix. Jr., from jan
uary 10-12
/ DR.. TWyman Williams. Mrs. Bes-
sic Grinstead and Miss Carrie Hix
were dinner guests of Capt. and
Mrs. E. A. Covington on Sun
day
Z Mrs. f. A. Covington attended
the funeral of Mrs. Ben Powell,
her aunt in Roanoke. on Satur
day.
r. w. Covington and family
were dinner guests of Mrs. c. c.
Rosser on Sunday.
The All Club enjoyed Christ
mas party in the home of MI
and Mrs. Rob Martin on Friday
evening
Col and Mrs Day and Mrs.
Jarratka, of AppomattoX. attend
ed services at the HiXburg Church
on Sunday.
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lay woodward Wednesday.

Ray woodward Wednesday.
Mrs, Edward Frank spent last
week with her sister Mrs. Harry
Wilkerson and Mr. Wilkerson in
Altavista. Mr.. Frank joined them
for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Bradshaw
of Halifax were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Marshall and
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Cook Thurs
day evening. Their dinner guests
on Friday evening were Mrs. Pat
tie Dickerson of Pamplin and Mrs
Mary Lipscomb of Farmville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Bradshaw
and children were dinner guests of
Mr.. and MRS. Lawrence Gardner
Jr.. at Carrsville Sunday and also
visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Hub
bard at Sedley.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Bondurant
Mrs. II. L. Bradshaw and Mrs. w
A. Oldham were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Weaver last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Blanton ano
Diane. w. T. Lindsey and c. J
Allard spent Sunday with Mr. anc
Mrs. NJ A. Ayres at Falls Church
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Pamplin Route 2

Mrs. E. M. Terry returned to
Union Hall with her sisters. the
Misses Burger. to make her home.
She will be greatly missed in the
community. ).
Miss Mary E. Booker and Mrs.
Harry Martin. of Washington. D.
c.. visited home folks 70 rthe hoh-
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Dinwiddie.
of Gainesville. Ca. were visitors
in the neighborhood with kinfolks
recently on their way back to
Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Hamil-
ton spent the holidays in their
home here. Their daughter. Grace
Kilborn. of Richmond and son
Bobby. and his wife, Of Blackstone
also spent the week end here.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Booker. w
H. Booker. Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Booker and Mrs. E. N. Gun
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Rice

Mr.. and Mrs. e, G. Bass and
Roy Morton were dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs Calvin Bass Tues
day evening. Mr.. and Mrs. BASES
dinner guests on Friday evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Hit
and daughters of Richmond and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Oldham and
Judy.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Garrett.
Vcnable Garnet and Writ Cham
berS were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs Richard Chambers Fri
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. James and
children. Of Suffolk spent Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. S. NJ.
Hughes.
Mrs. C.. NJ. Payne and Miss
Mable visited Mr. and Mrs Ber-
nard Payne in Crewe last week
Dinner guests of Miss Marjorie
Garnet last Tuesday evening were
Miss Lucy Doyne, Avert Simpson
and Alan Dahl of Farmville.
Il, DR.. and Mrs Charles Mason
and daughter Eleanor. of Crewe
were luncheon guests of Mr.. ano
Mrs. w. D. Mason Thursday.
Clarence Bradshaw. of Durham
N. c., spent the week end with
his mother. Mrs H. L. Bradshaw
Mrs. Bradshaw an dchildren were
dinner guestsof Mrs. H. L. Brad
shaw on Monday.
Miss Ethel Sims left Monday
after spending the holidays at
her home
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Estes, OF
Charlotte c. H., Mr.. and Mrs E
g.. Estes, Mr.. and Mrs Johr
Lindsay were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. F. B. Sims Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. c. Bass spent
Thursday with his sister. Mrs
Eva Simpson in Norfolk Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Weaver visited Mr. and
Mrs A. w. Weaver
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Marshall
Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Cook and
Marshall were recent dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs c. J
Oliver and Mrs. Branch Clements
in Crewe.
Miss Margaret Sheppard visited
Mr.. and Mrs Webster Farney in
Lowville. NJ Y during the holi-
days
Mr. and. Mrs. John B. Lind
sey. of Richmond were the week
end guests of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Lindsey
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Farley
and sons spent Sunday and Mon
day with her mother Mrs. w. H
Wick at Branchville.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hubbard,
Mrs. S. M Hughes. MI. and Mrs
Thomas Layne and Tommy, Miss
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Essex. N. c.. spent Tuesday in the
E. NJ Cunningham home.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Crute. of
Richmond. visited in the home Of
Dayton Dillon recently.
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The Budget Bureau has been
asked by the Atomic Energy Com
mission to. approve an outlay OF
s9,5o0.000 to train nuclear en-
gineers under program OF direct
Federal financial aid to college
students
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he left to 60 back to the Army
base in Kentucky after spending
a furlough here. While in Lynch
burg, Mr.. and Mrs. Daye visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Engledone.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-06

cARolYh kRAu. Il. who has
been chosen 70 skate in the
Olympic Games at Cortina,
Italy, gives Q demonstration Of
her all, IN London. Just two
months indde the age limit, Car
ely1 = Tie youngest competitor
70 represent Great Britain. She
gets up Ut 6:4s AM. on school
days - practice On IN Ice rink
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-06

CHS Columbia cuts color tele-
vision set prices.
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gets to your table faster!
Just tasfe It! You'll say that even
the highest priced spread good
as it is-can't beat Mrs. Filberfs
fresh-made flavor!
Richer In vifuminsI 4 times as
much sunshine vitamin d as in
the expensive spread. At least
$4,000 units of vitamin A in every
delicious pound.
Spreads smooth, even ice cold.
Tonight, try Mrs. Filbert's. Dis
cover real freshness! ). mildest,
sweetest flavor! Only a woman
could make it taste so good!
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Road Programs Must Be Sold
To Public, Engineers Told

he has heard: Lets get road
building out Of politics"
1--WE viii have to get away
from that idea" he declared
Those charged with the re.
sponsibility for road building
must sell their programs"
Good politics should be in
iected into the situation. Mr.
Leech said.
Other speakers included Com
missioner John A. Volpe Of the
Massachusetts, Department OF
Public Works; Theodore r. Mort
Iof the Engineering, Research and
Planning Division In the Illinois
Highway Department: H. s.
Wiley. New Mexico highway on
lcial. and l.. N. Ress, Nebraska
highway ofiicial.
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Jennings "quarter-of-a-century
Of keen interest In the member
ship committees activities"
Among those attending were
Robert Mclaughlin and Brig.
Gen. Thomas A. Lane, District
Commissioners: James B. Nor
|rison. president Of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.: Police Chief
Robert v. Murray, william b.
Mullett, chairman Of the mem
bership committee; Edward r.
Carr. president Of the Board of
Trade, and Robert w. Fleming,
son Of the guest Of honor.
Also at the head table were
Christian Heurich, IT.. Harry L.
Merrick, H. L. Rust. jr., and
Morris X, fairfield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19

Sell highway programs to the
public and State legislatures in
layman's language, Commits
sioner w. M. Leech Of the High
ways and Public Works Depart
ment Of Tennessee today advised
his colleagues.
He spoke at the 35th annual
meeting Of the Highway Re-
search Board. meeting at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
MIR. Leech said the engineering
profession knows how to solve
the problems. because 1t has the
knowhow. But, he added. the
engineer has to explain his pro-
grams In everyday language
that the public understands.
Often. Mr.. Leech pointed out.
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corn would plant 100000 acres
in three large-scale test plots in
Russia this year,

District voter registration Is
under way. Have you quail
fled to vote in the elections
May 1? Registration head
quarters are on the ground
floor Of the District Building.
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Reds Buy Seed Corn

CHATHAM. Ont, Jan. 10 up
Soviet farm experts I. Emelia-
nov and G.. Galeev on a tour
here With Nikolai s. Nikitin OF
the Soviet embassy in Ottawa
buying 20 carloads OF
Warwick hybrid seed corn In
Kent County. They said the
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the Year"
Presentation ut Dinner
The presentation was made at
a testimonial dinner at the CO.
lumbia Country Club, 1900 Con-
|necticut avenue NV. More than
$50 persons attended.
Mr.. Fleming. who served as
president Of the Board Of Trade
In 1894, received the award from
Fred A. Smith, chairman Of the
dinner committee. Edgar Morris
was the greeter.
Prettyman Speaks
Judge e. Barrett Prettyman OF
the u s. Court Of Appeals for
the District Of Columbia was the
principal speaker. He traced Mr.
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Woman fIees
Street Attack

A 25-year-old airline ticket
|employe was thrown to the pave
|ment and slapped about the face
early today rs she neared her
home In the 800 block Of Farragut
street NV.
Miss Nell Stevens. q Northwest
Airlines employe. tried to fee her
lassailant, she told police. when
he threw her to the paving and
warned III you scream, I'll smack
you"
She was only . few doors from
her home about 1870 an. when
the colored man approached her.
He pursued her when she ran,
struck her In the mouth with his
hand. She screamed and the
man ned.
He was chased by Robert Rein
ling. IT,, II. Of 236 Farragut street
NV, who had just parked his
car, but the man escaped.
Detective Sergt. Robert Weaver
said Miss Stevens suffered only
bruises.
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fleming Receives Award
As Man of the Years

Fleming. chairman Of the board Of Riggs National
Bank last night received award as Man Of the Years.
participation in District affairs prompted
Washington Board Of Tadc Membership Committee donor OF
add the Esq to the title The committee makes
ward tn he of
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Mrs. FilbertS has a flavor secret

Milder, swester-natUrully!
This is Mrs. Filbert's own recipe.
And it takes a woman to zip her
margarine onto your table so fast
it tastes tresber than even most
expensive spreads!
There's more then one secret
TO that extra.fresh flavor! First, on
ly the finest, freshest ingredients
20 into Mrs. Filbert's. Each just
made golden quarter is wrapped
instantly in aavor-tight gold alu-
minum foil. There's a protective
outside wrapping. But above all,
its so fresh because no other spread
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Voice Exploits U. S. Split
With Allies on Mideost

The United States sought
today to exploit the new con-
trast with Britain and France
in its more sympathetic attitude
toward Arab nationalism in the
Suez Canal and Arab-Israel con-
fiicts.
Voice Of America newscasts
are being vastly" expanded, the
United States informal ion
Agency announced yesterday.
Primary emphasis" the
agency stressed. lis placed on
making known to the peoples in
this area the views OF the United
States Government
President Eisenhower's IS
minute report TO the Nation last
night was the first major piece
of news carried on the expanded
broadcast schedule. increased
from Ia to ga hours. It was
.bluntly critical OF the British
French military action against
Egypt. LUSIA Director Theodof e
c. Streibert did not meA. IN
what he had in mind in planning
TO correct conflicting reports. .
Previously. however, Arab, Israeli,
British and Communist broad
casts had been carrying con-
sistently conflicting reports about
political, military and economic
developments in the Middle East
without srouslng any special
VOA interest.
The new element in the pie
ture Is the emergence OF Grea,
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Britain and France as active par
Elephants in Middle East hos
tilities. The United States pre-
sumably wants to avoid being
Identified with the stern British
French policies.
Developments in the next few
weeks. USIA officials believe.
should provide the United States
with a golden opportunity TO
recoup some Of the losses it has
sustained among Arab nations In
the last few years by its close
identification with Britain and
France.
Mr.. Streibert said his agency
expects 70 provide late news
on Developments in Egypt and
Israel and on actions taken by
the United Nations, the United
States and other interested
governments.
Transmitters serving the Md
ole East are located on tie
United States Coast Guard cut
ter Courier. anchored in the
Eastern Mediterranean of
Rhodes, and at Tangier.
The new program viii con-
sist Of a hye-minute news report
every half hour and Is minutes
Of Arabic and Western music.
Earlier the Voice had ex-
banded It's East European Ian
guaae services behind the Iron
Curtain 70 carry round-the-
clock news Of the upfisings in
Hungary. Poland and other Com
muniSt satellite areas.
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ACTION IN EGYPT
ISN'T WAR TO
BRITISH OFFICIAL

LONDON pa Foreign
once spokesman sale today
Britain does not consider
herself at war with Egypt.
He did not specify what
the government considers the
present military action
against Egypt TO be.
He also announced that
Britain has assured Jordan
and Libya British bases in
those countries will not be
used in operations against
Egypt Both Arab States
have made clear in the past
they would not allow British
land and air forces TO move
against Egypt from their ter
ritory.
Britain is arranging 20
withdraw the 400 civilians
who had been left In charge
81 Suez Canal zone military
installations a. caretakers,
the Spokesman said.
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Stocks Advance
On Brood Front

NEW YORK, Nov. / l9-The
stock market advanced on a
broad front today. making up
much Of its loss in nervousness
over the Egyptian crisis yester-
day.
The rise began with a rush Of
opening transactions and gains
were held as the pace Of the
market slowed. Shortly before
noon the rally picked UP further
strength in stepped-up trading.
Gains ranged from a few cents
to around So a share.
The advance OF commodity flu
lures prices ground to a virtual
halt today. A few commodities
continued the rise touched OF
by fears OF disrupted shipping
due TO the Middle East situa.
ton, but there we're more de-
clines than gains.
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Winds Increasing
In Bahamas Storm

MIAMI. Fla, Nov. l up. -
Wind velocities increased to 40
miles per hour and possibly
higher today as a low pressure
area moved in a north-north-
eastward direction through the
Central Bahamas Islands.
A Miami Weather Bureau bull
letin at l1:15 am. said winds
of 80 to 40 miles an hour had
been reported by ships as far
as 300 to 500 miles northeast
of the storm center.
Some areas in the northeast
quadrant of the disturbance
may be getting gale force winds
in squalls. the bulletin added.
On the northwest side of the
disturbance. winds reached out
TO the Florida east coast and
small craft warning flags flew
from Daytona Beach southwark
to Tavernier in the Florida
Keys.
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Developers Of ronsistor
Share Nobel Physics Prize

Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, SO. OF
oxford University. He and Pro-
lessor Semyonov worked inde-
pendently. but have been friends
and correspondents for some Is
years. The Briton visited his
Russian colleague in Leningrad
soon after World War II.
Long Under Consideration
1t was known that the Ameri-
can TranSistor team had been
figuring high among the Nobel
physics prize candidates for sew
eral years. They had long age
been declared prizeworthy by
Nobel committee experts.
The micro-ampliners known as
transistors perform virtually
every function Of vacuum tubes
in electronics and communica-
tons but need only a fraction
of the current and space Of the
old vacuum devices. They can
be made of various semiconduc-
tor solids. Transistors work by
directing the flow Of electric cur
rent through holes" in the
crystals.
Mr.. Shockley. IS. a native Of
London. was graduated from
California Institute OF Technology
and obtained his Pho. from
Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology.
He initiated and directed the
general research program ct the
Continued on Page Al, Col. 4
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Syrions Report
Successful Sortie
On IsrueI's Front

DAMASCUS. Syria, Nov. / up.
AN army spokesman said
Syrian forces entered Israeli
held territory last night and
withdrew after a skirmish with
out losses.
The spokesman said Syrain
patrols on the southwest frontier
lclashed with armed Israeli pa
trolls.
Some Of our units penetrated
into Israeli-held territory in re-
taliation and carried out certain
missions TO insure the situation
on the frontier" he continued.
The enemy attempted to en-
circle these units but failed. Our
units returned safely to their
positions without losses"
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Ship Reported Sent Down
In Channel by Allied Planes
AirfieIds Hit
In Attacks
On Egypt

LONDON. Nov. / (P.-British
and French planes carried on
nonstop attacks on Egyptian
Iairfields today and Cairo an
|nounced attacking aircraft sank
ian Egyptian warship in the Sues
!Canal-blocking traffic and cut
ting of oil shipping to Europe.
Cairo said British and French
warplanes raided Egyptian troops
at crossing points along the
canal and in the operation sank
the Egyptian warship Aka in
Timsah Lake just south of Is
MALTA, midway point of the
canal.
Britain and France launched
military operations against
President Nasser's regime last
night with the declared purpose
of protecting the Mideast water
way from fighting swirling be-
tween Egyptian and Israeli forces
in the Sianai Desert.
The Egyptians gave out no
Official information today on the
fighting with Israeli troops. But
the Lsraelis claimed Egyptian
troops were in retreat and would
soon be cut of in the Sinai
Peninsula.
Shipping Turns Back
Even before Egypt announced
blocking of the canal shipping
was reported turning back from
its approaches because of dan
ger from military operations.
Egypt asked other Arab states
to block another source for
Middle East oil--the pipelines
from the main production cen
tiers to Mediterranean ports.
Egypt broke of diplomatic
relations with Britain and
France. Jordan broke relations
with France.
Cairo dispatches said five air
raid alarms sounded in Cairo
UP to early afternoon and
Egyptian military headquarters
claimed six British planes were
shot down over the Nile Delta.
Troops of the Western nations
had not showed up in the area
of operations, but their landing
on Egyptian soil was expected.
Egyptian Airflelds Attacked
British planes with cannon and
rocket fire we're reported in Of
fetal announcements here and
at Cyprus, their base. to be strik-
ing hard at five Egyptian air.
fields in the Suez zone and Nile
Delta in an effort to destroy Col.
Nasser's Soviet-built MIG air.
forces on the ground.
British pilots said they had de-
Continued on Page AS, Col. 1
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STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Nov
Il R.-The 1856 Nobel Prize in
Physics was awarded to three
United States scientists today
for their development Of the
tiny transistor.
The winners, who worked in
the laboratories Of the Bell Tele.
phone Co. are William Shockley
of Pasadena. Calf; John Bar
deem Of Urbana. ILL.,. and Walter
II. Brattain. Murray Hill, N. j
The S38.633 physics award
to be split three ways among the
winners-recognized the swift
advance Of science and technol-
logy into the vast new field OF
physics Of the solid state.
Chemistry Prize Shared
A Russian and an Englishman
won the chemistry prize jointly
for discovering the rules Of con-
duct when molecules blow up
in chain reactions or combine
smoothly.
Their work laid the founda-
ton for the development OF
plaStics and was a factor In
later atomic research.
The winner OF the FIRST Nobel
award ever given TO a Soviet cit
zen is Nikolai N Semyonoy
bearded 60-year-old Moscow
professor of physical chemistry
and the organizer OF much Of
RussiaS chemical science.
Sharing the S3s.s33 award 4
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Stevenson CurtoiIs Trip.
For Talk on Mideost
BY CECIL HOLLAND
@star stan Correspondent

EN- ROUTE WITH STEVEN,
SON, Nov. 1.-Adlai E. Stevenson
will speak to the Nation tonigh
on the Middle East crisis ant
"the bankruptcy of the Eisen'
hower-Dulles foreign policies
which he said has brought thu
whole world to the brink of war.
Mr.. Stevenson Cancelled part o.
an all-day campaign swing
through upper New York STATE
in a last-minute change of plan,
to prepare for the radio and tele.
vision broadcast.
New York Closed in
The nominee had planned tt
fly into New York for his broad
cast. However. weather which
closed the airportS there forced
a change and efforts were being
made to make the address from
Buffalo. N. Y, or possibly from
Pittsburgh.
Mr.. Stevenson planned to keer
his speaking engagement In
Buffalo some time after the
broadcast. He had Cancelled il
earlier.
The Stevenson camp was still
waiting at noon for word
whether all the networks would
accord him free time for the
broadcast. At that time only