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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
The
Rambler
cowtown Beefed
About Roundup
BY JACK JONAS

June Dairy Month shouldn't
be allowed to pass without
some mention of Cowtown, al
though Poundmaster Sam
Einstein no longer lodges
brickbats and bottles there In
pursuit of his hazardous duty.
Cowtown was a more or less
thriving dairy center, as dairy
centers went in the 1905, de-
spite its small size.
1t ran from Seventh street
road--now Georgia avenue
west to Sherman avenue. It
was just over the boundary
line separating Washington
city and county, and extended
several blocks north.
1t was sparsely populated,
and there was plenty Of room
for cattle-the real basis of
Sam Einstein's troubles.
Nearly everybody there kept
at least one COW, and there
were many who kept more. AS
long as there was a COW, of
course, there had to be other
animals.
Most of the Cowtown resi-
dents also kept pigs, geese
and goats-aS many as they
could afford to have around
and the number Of dogs
seemed limitless. Since most
of the milk peddlers depended
upon team drawn wagons,
there were horses.
This would all have been
very well, and Mr.. Einstein
would have had no difficulties,
except that the animals quite
naturally did not recognize
such things as boundaries be-
tween the city and the county,
and often strayed across.
Then, too, the people just
this side of Cowtown felt their
neighbors should not be the
only ones with cows, and there
were some within the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The American Electro
platers Society continues its
meetings in the Hotel Stat
Ter.
The American Association
Of University Women con-
tinues its presidents con-
ference in the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
The American Society Of
Heating and Air Condition
ing Engineers opens a three
day session in the Shore
ham Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18

cope with her many children and
her lack Of money.
Karen loves her mother, and
somehow could never adjust to
the foster homes in which she
lived. Perhaps she felt disloyal
/ if she found herself becoming
attached to substitute parents.
One after another foster home
situation was a failure, win Ka-
rem always the badly behaved
outsider in the home. The sha-
dow Of her own unhappy home,
and the ties that still bound her
to it, made foster home adjust
ment impossible.
Result Was Miraculous
Then Karen went to camp.
The result was miraculous.
Karen was everything at camp
she was not at home. All Of her
capabilities came out there, she
got along with her counselors
(who gave glowing reports of
herr, she learned to swim, she
belonged.
Social service workers handl-
ing her case realized that Karen
lived more successfully in a
group than in a home. The old
shadow disappeared, and she was
able to accept and enjoy life with
youngsters her own age.
So arrangements were made
to send her to |, boarding school
for children whose parents aren't
able to provide for them.
Camp Was Right Answer
The answer camp gave was
the right one. The school is
delighted with her record. She
wasn't doing good work in school
before. Now, she has a B average.
She has a new foster home, too,
where she spends vacations
successfully.
Karen hasn't forgotten how
wonderful camp can be. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
| Proqrom for TONIGHT

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with the Film Center Of WASH
ington and the recreation de-
partments Of the District and
Arlington, Prince Georges and
Montgomery counties.
In addition to the movie pro-
gram, O-Gee, The Clown and
Ventriloquist Alex Houston,
WMAL-TV stars will make q
personal appearance at Logan
Playground, Third and @ streets
NE. at 7:45 pm.
Washington. AZ Dusk
Jsnney, wisconsin avenue and Abe
marie street NV.
!. Rudolph. Second and Hamilton streets
Iansden, Twenty-sscOnd and Franklin
! Francis rvsnty-fOurth and N street.
Monroe. oeorsia avenue and cOiumbia
Losan. Third and 9 streets NE.
Ridge Ridse road and Burns street
Hoover, second and N streets s.w.
Douglass .Jr. High. Douglass and
Stanton roads Sc.
simon Fourth street and Mississippi
Arlington County. $50 Pm.
Jennie Dean. South Seminary road
Barrett. 4400 North Henderson road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
'baffIed Police
'CheckAII Leads
In Girls Killing
No Valid Clue Found +;
Cause Of Death Still
Insure in One Case

Another day Of check and re-
check faced police today in the
murder Of two Maryland teen
ayers as lead after lead fizzled
out.
Maryland and Virginia State
police admitted they still are
completely in the dark as they
beat trails and bushes for the
slayer Of Mary Elizabeth Fellers
and Shelby Jean Venable.
The body Of Mary Elizabeth,
Is, of Beltsville, was found June
9 in the Potomac River near the
Brunswick (Md.) bridge. That
Of her constant companion,
Shelby Jean, is. of North Laurel,
turned UP last Thursday in
Catoctin Greek in Loudoun
County. 8 miles from the first
body.
Names to Be Checked
AS another week Of the inves-
tigation opened, police working
out of the Waterloo barracks
said they would re-check tips
received to date, and continue
to question names Of persons
found in the girls notebooks.
Sometime today they hoped to
learn from a report Of the Vir-
ginia State medical examiner
what caused the death of Shelby
Jean. Physicians said there was
reason to suspect sexual mott
walton. but proof may be impos-
sible because of the condition of
the body.
Detective Sergt. Wilton r.
May said nobody thus far con-
sidered has been ruled out as a
suspect, including a man jailed
June 6 for burglary south of
Baltimore. The 32-year-old ex-
convict had driven a car of a
color which could have matched
"a blue car the girls supposedly
drove away in from Route ! in
Beltsville.
While squads Of detectives
from both Maryland and Vir-
ginia were beating the backroads
for any traces of information,
the investigation has been di-
lrected principally at Fort George
C. Meade and the Laurel race
track.
One Clue Checked Out
/ Thus far nothing has been
turned up in the questioning of
many soldiers and race track
habitueS. Sergt. May said as
many as 1000 persons might be
linked with a race meeting at
Laurel, but an effort was being
made to talk to everyone who
might supply information.
One lead reported yesterday
has been checked out and found
unsubstantial. This threw sus-
lpicion on the driver of a light
blue Ford seen in the Prince
Georges area where the two girls
Lived.
! A bakery deliveryman from
Falls Church, Va, said he saw
the car on June /, the day the
girls disappeared. and jotted
down a part of its Virginia Ii
cense tag. He said the driver had
acted suspiciously, refusing to
enter filling stations where other
cars were parked.
But Sergt. May said a check
of the license had turned up
nothing conclusive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
Food Poisoning Hits Is

KEARNEY. Mo-. June Is (P).
"A stomach and intestinal ILL
ness suffered by Is picnickers
following Kearney's centennial
celebration Saturday was attrib-
uted by doctors to mild food poi
soning. Two were admitted to a
hospital. two others were treated
and released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
it to The Evening Star,
Washington 4. D. c., or
bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost-$36.40 for IL
days, 1920 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
Six Prisoners Escape

KANSAS CITY. June Is (P.-
An alert was out today for six
municipal farm prisoners who
sawed their way to freedom yes
terday through the bars on a
boiler room window. Supt. Cyriel
Brown believes a hacksaw was
Struggled into them by another
Inmate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18

first thing she asked at schools
end this year was, did you put
my name down for camp"
This will be Karen's last
chance to 60 back to the camp
that has meant so much for her,
since she will be too old to 60
next year. She still needs happy
times and happy memories to
build on for the good future now
before her. You can give these
to her by your contribution to
The Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund.
The following camp fund gifts
are acknowledged today:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
Court Here Cuts Recess
To Tighten Docket Load

The full bench of the United States of Appeals here
will start work monthly early after its
trict Court will stick to the october opening of its full
The plans of the two courts revealed end
after the Justice Department disclosed offer for its
to try throughout the months Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Key to Koren's Future
Is Summer Vocation
Camp has been the key to Karer's future

Camp has been the key to Karen's future
An unhappy confused little girl few years ago TO-DAY those
who know her sure she will up to be worthwhile
citizen.
Karen is IL now Her father died years ago. and she
has been getting foster home since Her mother cod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18

1T GOT so bad the pound
master began stopping at the
old police station on Georgia
avenue to pick up a couple
of mounted policemen to ac-
company him on his raids.
Then the police and Mr..
EinStein would invade the
area. The residents usually
had word he was on his way,
and began hastily trying to
corral their pigs and dogs and
sheep, or, failing that, pre-
pairing to defend their prop
erty.
Throngs of curious who
gathered to watch added to
the confusion.
The appearance of Mr.. Elm
stein and his wagon, followed
by the policemen, was the
signal for battle, and brick
bats and bottles began flying.
These forays usually ended
in three results: Mr.. Einstein,
and sometimes one of the po-
licemen, cut by flying missiles;
Mr.. Einstein successfully cart
ing off a wagonload Of ami
mails, and the police carting
of one or more citizens for
obstructing the law.
Little remains of Cowtown
In June Dairy Month, 1856.
The streets, no longer dusty
or muddy from churning, re-
main in about the same places
they were.
But the expanses which
caused Sam Einstein trouble
have long since been elimi-
mated by the builders, and
there's no longer room for
cows.
Rambling
L. Miller wants to know
where he can view a thornless
honey locust at It's best in this
area. He says he's made sew
eral inquiries, without luck. :.
Hilmen J. Lund, a real
estate broker, Lutheran and
punster, was listening to the
Washington Cathedral con-
cert on his radio set the other
night when that homemade
bomb went of. He thought it
a bit unusual at first, he said,
but then decided that "our
Episcopalian friends were
merely firing one of their
Ncanons." -.
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Gunnar Olof
son and daughter spent g few
days In Canada fishing.
Robert McGinnis has beef
haying near Savage the pas
two weeks and is staying at tn,
Leo McGinnis home.
MI. and Mrs. Ludwig Norb,
and Bonnie called at the Jessi,
Roberts home at Crane Wednes'
day.
Friday evening Dick O'Connol
and niece Eileen Craven called
at the Cattaneo home.
The hail storm that hit the
south Sioux Pass locality did
considerable damage to the crops
on the Baue, Andrew Petersen
and Ed Lewis farms.
MI. and Mrs. Duane Witt call
ed at the Bob Witt home Sum-
day evening.
Larry McRae of Sidney has
been helping Ray Cattaneo the
past week.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles O'Connor
and granddaughter Katie Hagen
of Williston called at the AID
worth home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Iona Randolph of Trilla,
Ill, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Nc
Ginnis has been visiting at the
Ernest McGinnis home the past
week. Mrs. Randolph's daughter
and her husband of Sidney, MIR.
and Mrs. Wilfred Miller returned
to Illinois with her to make their
home.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Sjostrom
were fishing in Canada a few
days this past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Tveit and
called at the Joe c..
Steinbeisser home at Sidney last
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lewis and
Mrs. Ray Norby and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. William Baue
and sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Johnson and sons called at the
Andrew Peterson home on We'd
nesday evening to help Andrew
Peterson celebrate his birthday.
During the severe storm last
Wednesday, lightning struck a
large hay stack at the O'Connor
farm and in a few minutes it
mad been completely consumed
by fire.
John Tveit was honored on his
birthday by a party held at their
home. Those who called during
he evening we're Mr.. and Mrs.
ludwig Norby and Bonnie, Mr.. J
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

An appeal to the Russian peas
ants, which might have more
effect than more expensive prop
uganda efforts, has been made by
Madam Leon Trotsky. Trotsky, it
will be remembered, was finally
hunted down and killed by Stall
inists, after he broke with the
dictator, now repudiated.
The reputation of Stain now
gives Madam Trotsky's words
significance and her plea TO the
Russian peasants is a major
stroke in the effort to get them
to throw off dictatorial govern
ment.
Said Madam Trotsky, in a ra-
dio appeal aimed to Russia by
Radio Liberation: g. No adj
missions and promises can save
the decayed Stalinist o~ligarchy.
/. The task of overthrowing
Stalinism is the task of the Rus
sian worker and peasant I
send you my greeting and fiery
confidence in your victory"
Madam Trotsky not only told
Russians, in her radio appeal that
Stain had murdered her hus-
band, but she said it was her
husband who had first argued for
industrialization, which was OPP
posed by Stain and only later
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

from I,700,000 units In Januar,
to approximately 100, 600 unit
1.-THE annual rate) in May.
The cost-of-living index ha!
shown an inflationary trend. In
January, the index stood at abou'
114.6 and today it is estimated t.
be about ZIG. Meanwhile, con-
sumner credit continues to expand
and the index has risen from S.
in January to approximately S6.s
in June.
Another indicator shows that
general business inventories,
measured in billions of dollars,
have risen from Just ove AZ bill
lion dollars in January to about
48 billion dollars in June.
The trends, then, r confusing
since some of them point in one
| way and some in the other.
There Is no secret about the
fact that farm income has been
depressed for three years and
that farm prices took a turn up
ward in the spring for the first
time in many years. If this trend
is maintained, it will be an i'm
portant omen on the good bus
mess side of the ledger.
On the other hand, the decline
in industrial production is real,
and the steel strike is certain to
affect this index even more Sc
verely until the strike is ended.
From Washington there are e
ports that the Government is
ready to act swiftly if the econ
omy seems to be turning down a
recessionary road.
Credit controls would be eased
and the Soil Bank program is
ready to alleviate some of the
troubles of some of the nations
farmers. This being an election
year, the Administration is nat
urally highly sensitive to the eco
nomic trend.
Perhaps a majority of econo-
forecast a business pickup
in November of this year. The
recovery and slight rise of the
Stock Market Immediately be-
fore the steel strike, obviously
a suspicion of initiation
on the part of investors.
For anyone to fatty and con-
tidently predict the economic
trend, as a certainty, is an i'm
possible task at this time.
However, it appears that 1856
to be partly an adjustment
year, such as was part of 1858
and 1854. No depression is in the
ards apparently, and few econ
,mists we have read believe the
lation is faced with an imminent
major depression. This is
encouraging and a source
# comfort at a time when bust
less is at a turning point, SO to
peak. !
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19
THE ECONOMY:
WHICH WAY

The economy of the United
States now constitutes something
of a puzzle to economists. True,
there are soft spots in the econo-
my, but there are also signs OF
inflationary trends and exception
ally good business in the six
months ahead.
The major indexes show, for
instance, that automobile produc-
ton has dropped from 900, 900
units a month in January, to
about 100000 units in June. In
dustrial production, using a base
of 100, which represents the I947-
40 average, dropped from 143 in
January to approximately 142 in
May.
Home building also dropped
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19
A MOUNTAIN OF
MEAT is MOVED

The best thing to do with q
surplus of any commodity is to
encourage people to buy it and
to use it. That truism has been
followed with outstanding sue
cess by the meat industry and
other interested groups.
In 1855, livestock and meat
production reached new high
records. 1t was clear that all this
meat couldn't be moved smoothly
from the farms and ranches of
the producers to the homes of
the consumers unless something
special was done. That was done.
The National Live Stock and
Meat Board generated consumer
interest with educational activi-
ties in and out of the schools.
The American Meat Institute,
representing the packers, and in
dividual companies in the meat
industry, further stimulated con-
sumner interest through advertis-
ing and promotion.
TIE Department of Agriculture
carried on a program in which
public attention was drawn to
the excellent values meat offer
ed.
Retailers cooperated to the full
in promoting increased meat
The mountain of meat" was
moved - and moved into con-
sumption, not storage.
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

IKE TO Run

A&
Senator William Knowland's
announcement that President Els
enhower would be a candidate
for the Presidency again this
year surprised no one. The man.
ner in which the announcement
came, however, was somewhat
unexpected
We had said on earlier occa-
sions that the President was sure
to run for reelection and that his
operation and q successful re-
covery would present no OBJ
stacle in the path of his candi-
dacy.
Moreover, we have pointed out
that - at this late date - it
would be more difficult for the
Presiden. to step down than it
would have been before most of
the states primaries were held.
Had the President stepped
down at this late date, it would
have seriously handicapped his
party's chances in November, and
therefore, there vas this addi-
tiona1 compelling reason for his
continuing in office plus the con-
sideratiops of last March.
The Presidents statement will
put an end to excessive specula-
ton over possibilities that he
would withdraw from the race.
of this was wishful think
ing. 1t makes it clear that the
nominee, whether
Stevenson or someone else,
will have to beat President Els
enhower in November, and that
will be a rather hardy undertake
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

and Mrs. Bill Witt, Mr.. and Mrs
Bob Witt and daughter and Mr..
and Mrs. j. c.. Steinbeisser and
sons of Sidney.
The Sioux Pass Homemakers
club are holding their annual
chicken supper at the hall Sat-
urday evening at TOO p. m. July
81. People attending III asked
to bring fried chicken for their
family and one other item, their
own dishes and silverware. Rolls,
drinks and ice cream will be
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19
Sioux Pass

MIR. and Mrs. Bill Witt have
as their house guests from Wis
consin, a brother of Mrs. Witt,
Ernest Anderson and Mrs. An
derson and also a sister, Mrs.
West and Mr.. Willard West. On
Sunday relatives and friends
gathered at the Witt home. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Gail
Witt and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Niehenke, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Jensen and family, Mrs. ST.
mard and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Bud
Simard and family all of Sidney,
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin of Glen
dive, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Tru-
dell and family, MI. and Mrs.
Jean Witt and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bob Witt and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Daune Witt.
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19
AMI RISKS

AAkl <A4SG hA1kho
81 wish I had an oil welli'
You've heard that said a thou
sand times - probably you've
said 1t yourself. For oil wells
have become a popular symbol
of wealth.
And there Is no doubt that q
big producing oil well would be
a nice thing to have. At the same
time, getting an oil well, and
then making something valuable
out of the crude, is a mighty ex-
pensive and risky business.
For instance, last year oil pro-
ducers spent more than $2.5 bill
lion drilling some $4,000 wells
in this country. A great many of
them turned out dry and USE
less. The drillers just had to try
again and hope for better luck
next time.
One well, in Louisiana, was
sunk to a record 22,570 feet -
more than four miles - before
traces of oil were found. The
cost was s2.4 million.
Much oil now travels via pipe
line - and it costs about S32
thousand to lay just one mile of
l2-inch pipe.
Modern gas engines demand
fuel of much higher octane con-
tent than used to be the case -
the average octane rating of gas
oline has risen from IA to 81 in
the past 26 years. 1t costs oil
companies $500 million to i'm
prove gasoline quality by just one
octane number.
The oil industry offers great
rewards - and, with them, great
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

Charles Smith of Savage, Gel
ebrated his 9th birthday, June
20. A buffet supper was served
on the lawn at his home. The
guests of honor were his two
sisters, Mrs. Nora Huss and Mrs.
Stella Reed and nephew Charlie
Huss from Idaho. There we're 81
guests and 81 candles on the
birthday cake baked by Mrs.
Delmar William, his granddaught-
ter. Five generations were rep
resented. The supper was pre-
pared by his daughters, grand
daughters and great-grandaugh-
ter, all of the Savage community.
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

drinks and ice cream viii be
be a program.
MI. and Mrs. Ernest McGfnnis
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
and family attended the Ducello-
Weiderrich wedding which was
held at the Assembly Of God
church at Sidney Saturday eve
ming. Robert McGinnis was one
of the ushers at the wedding.
Pfaff Sewing Machines --
QUALITY CLEANERS. Sidney.
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The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

adopted by the late dictator.
The next few months, or per-
haps the next year, might tell the
tale in showing how much un-
rest and resentment is simmerina
In the heart of the average Rus
sian. Radio appeals like that OF
Madam Trotsky are highly useful
at this moment, just as Stain is
being repudiated. Such appeals
add to the chances that the Rus
sian people will eventually ov-
erthrow the tyrannical govern
ment they have lived under for
so many years.