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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

under the unit rule-Will give 9
complimentary vote to Senator
johnson, Democrat of Texas, be-
fore swinging to Mr.. Stevenson
Senator Byrd. Democrat Of
Virginia, joined Senator Robert
son, Democrat of Virginia, last
spring in calling Senator Johnson
a man of presidential caliber.'
Battle Is for Stevenson
Gov. Stanley, the delegation
chairman, has not specified a
choice. But the vice chairman
former Gov. John S. Battle, said,
I'm for Stevenson because ]
think he is by far the best man
who has. any chance of securing
the nomination"
On the question of n vice
presidential Candidate, most OF
the delegates are not committed
but some of them indicated pref
erence for Mr.. Battle.
OF the presidential aspirations
of New York Gov. Averell Harri-
man, Arlington's r. Wade Pear
son said: Hartman? Never
heard of him."
Hes the best man that ever
was not elected President said
Thomas J. Broyhill of Airing
ton of Mr.. Stevenson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Freight Train DeruiIed

ALBERTA, Va, Aug. l (Pl.-
ITwenty-seven loaded coal cars of
a northbound Seaboard Air Line
freight train were derailed at
'3:45 pm. yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Midshipmen Return

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. / (R.-
Some 1,700 midshipmen returned
yesterday from a summer train
ing cruise to Europe and got
ready to head home on leave.
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Virginia Delegates
To Support Stevenson

RICHMOND Aug. lP9.-Ada Stevenson count on Is
supporters Vgnias delegates Democratic
National Convention Statewide poll by
showed today.
Another 10 they preferred strictly conservative candi-
date but expected to the former Illinois
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

THURSDAY ONLY, 9 AN. TO 9 Pm.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

ing for Senator Kefauver even
on the first ballot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-25

tR-44Al This big home laboratory is pocked with
chemicals opporotus and lectures found in more ex-
pensVe outfits includes Autonic Energy Unit pre-
csion bolonce ocohoI lomp removable test tube rock
and other essentials to perform over $50 experiments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-11
Answers to Our Presidents

Minnesota entered the Union
as the 32d State on MAY II. 1858.
while James Buchanan was Presi-
dent.
2--This is from President James
K. Folks message. asking for a
declaration of war against Mex
leo, May IL. 1916.
George Washington was 81
when he died.
Questions on Preceding Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-11
LULU
MUTT AND JEFF
Why We Soy

When we refer to the high
seas We mean all seas which are
not the property OF a particular
country beyond the three-mile
limit. The word high" here is
in its older meaning OF public"
as It is also used in highways
which are really public" ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18
|Ex.Teacher, Is,
Takes $4,000
Quiz Winnings

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 R.-
Mrs. Mabel Morris. a 75-year-old
retired school teacher who has
been receiving city financial aid.
took her $4,000 winnings and
quit 1.-THE $4,000 Question" CHS
ltelevision quiz show last night.
She said doctors had examined
her pulse and told her the excite
.ment Of. trying for the grand
prize would be too great.
Mrs. Morris. an English-born
widow. had reached the $32. 900
mark in four previous sessions
Iof the show by answering COM
plicsted questions about Charles
Dickens and his bookseller
chosen category.
She has been a resident Of the
Home for Aged and Infirm
Hebrews for several years.
Mrs. Morris has said she would
repay $1,000 or 81 900 to the City
Welfare Department. which has
contributed to her upkeep at the
home. Approximately $4,000 in
Federal taxes and $4,000 in State
taxes will have to be paid.
Even though she will have
about $1,000 or $4,000 left for
herself. an official at the home
said her desire to remain there
would be worked out.
Two previous contestants on
the program have gone for the
top prize of $4,000 and won.
Six have won $4,000 and quit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18

acter of 1855 tfor Martyr on
the Perry Como show Saturday.
Trendex rates the top 10 eve
ming programs tas of January
15 this way: The $64, 900 Ques-
ton, Red SHELTON. Lucy. Hit
Parade. Disneyland. Do You
Trust Your Wife, Dragnet. Ed
Sullivan, Person to Person and
Perry Como.
The surprisea The new Edgar
Bergen shows lofty rating.
Ed Murrow visits Nanette
Fabray tanother NBC starr and
the Drew Pearsons on Person to
Person January 27. The
Pearsons will be at home In their
Georgetown residence, not the
Virginia farm.
Viewers increasingly irked by
sloppy promotion" or house
spots on all TV channels. f.
ABC's new Afternoon Film Fes-
tival, mindful of the heavy COM
petition from MICS Give" Mat
inee Theater, in the 3 to Z seq
ment, should permit only the
minimum Of breaks in the films
continuity.
There's an unusual sports fea-
ture tonight CWMAL-7 follow
ing the Sandy Saddler fight
Championship judo matches Of
the District Of Columbia club
will be presented as a special
offering of Sports Spotlight. I"
There'll be five matches
between junior and senior
champs.
George Crawford's Saturday
night show on WMAL-radio will
be interrupted from time to time
for Bill Malone's coyerage of the
windup Of the Star Games" at
the National Guard Armory.
Unhappy timing: Sean
O'Casey's Red Roses for Me. >
which could have benefited from
Sundays interview with the
noted Irish dramatist on the
MICS elder wise men" series.
closes Saturday night in New
York for want Of theater
Another spot was sought but
none could be found.
NBC news dispatch: A school,
child somewhere in the United
States viii make some lucky in
structor happy Monday. January
%. when three judges select q
Teacher Of the Year" in a con-
test conducted on the NBC-TV
"Pinky Lee Show" OF a
couple Of teachers ! know win,
the judges had better frisk them
for concealed weapons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18

Lewis picture STEALING scenes
from jerry and be wildly hi
larious on the Lux Video Maui
solemn, as he was several weeks
ago. should be unperturbed and
even stimulated by the frenetic
atmosphere that prevails on
this show.
Eddie. you may remember.
tried TV several seasons ago
with That's My Pop." -, The con-
sensus was that he was always
funnier than the material Il
can think of a trio on the air
now that suffer by comparison.)
incidentally. all Eddie did on
Lux as Otto Kruger's guest was
to "brief" viewers on the plot of
Artists and Models" leading UP
to the scene being previewed.
He got more laughs on Lux than
he and Lewis got in the entire
picture.
4 i
Afternoon Film Snafu: ABC
pulled a bonehead play in
launching its heavily advertised
Afternoon Film Festival" series
this week.
When the first in the series.
THE Lady Vanishes." turned
out to be a defective print tsome-
thing they should have discov-
cred weeks ago (they Immediately
moved up al. the following films.
Thus. THE Cruel Sea 3" sched-
uled for yesterday, ran on Mon
day. And viewers who missed
Mondays program, and therefore
the networks explanation, were
UNDERSTANDABLE agitated when
a different movie showed yester-
day. Some people, / understand,
even stayed home-having relied
on the stations newspaper ads
and announcements-to see it.
This we did find out yesterday.
1.-THE Cruel Sea" will be rerun
next week on Friday. II that's
any consolation
=
Inching Along: One TV
weather report Monday night
lit was beginning to snow irked
suburban viewers. driving
conditions in the District would
be fine. the report said. emitting
any word about the suburbs.
What's the matter with news
and predictions for Prince
Georges. Montgomery. Arlington
and Fairfax drivers?
II
Offbeat Casting: It's difficult
to imagine Jack Lennon as John
Wilkes Booth but that's the way
the TV playful will read when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18
TODAYS RADIO
HiGHLIGHTS

1880, WGMS - Symphonic Va
rieties: Berlioz. Overture to
King Lear; Hoist. the Perfect
Fool.
500, WMAL-The World and
You: One of the six segments
is a trip to a police auction.
$3.50, WTOP-FBI in Peace and
War: FBI agents uncover a
wanted criminal in THE
Nice-Looking Boy"
$3.50, WMAL - The Story OF
Jazz: The program deals with
New York style Jazz and pre-
sents the music of George
Wettling. Eddie Condon's All
Stars. andthe Rampant Street
Ramblers with Wilbur De
Paris.
$500, WMAL - Sound Mirror:
Unit 80 takes listeners on the
chase as a police patrol car
chases teen-age bandits 80
city blocks at 80 mph.
10000, WWDC - Pan American
Rhapsody: Featuring the
popular melodies of the day
favored by our South Ameri-
can neighbors.
11:05, WGMS-Music Til Mid
night: Handel. Concerto
Crosse in E-minor:: Mozart,
Horn Concerto No. 4: Grieg,
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18
III. S: Loss in Jordan
Exceeds $3.50, 900

AMMAN, Jordan. Jan. 10 up.
Losses to American installa-
lions during recent disturbances
i'm Jordan are estimated by a
United States Embassy cfficer at
over s250,000
Besides the American Baptist
I60-bed hospital at Alum, which
was burned and looted. other
American installations damaged
Include the American consulate
general in Jerusalem. the agri-
cultural experiment station of the
American Friends Service Com
mlttee at Dibbin. and the Metho-
dist Hospital near Bethlehem.
The Embassy spokesman said
1.-THE Ambassador will see the Jor-
dan premier soon to discuss COM
lpensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18
TODAY'S Tv
HIGHLIGHTS

$500, WMAL 7)-Film Fes-
tival: Always a Bride
u940l.
1880, WMAL tD-Disneyland:
Animated story Of Uncle
Remus" and his famous tale
Of Br'er Rabbit and the Tar
Baby.
500, WRC tD-Screen d.
rectors Playhouse: mo. 5
Checked Out" thriller
about deaf girl who shell
tiers bankrobbers: Teresa
Wright. Peter LORE.
$3.50. WNAL t71-MGM Pa
rade: Astaire and Kelly dance
$500, WRC t4)-Kraft Theater:
THE Devil Is a Roaring
Lion" story of New England
family's reaction to apparent
miracle during financial
crisis; James Whitmore.
500, WMAL t7)-Ogden Nash
and Ilka Chase try to guess
identity of disguised celeb
rites.
10000, WTOP t91-U. S. Steel
Hour: Arnold BENEFITS
classic story. THE Great Adj
venture: Jessica Tandy
Hume Cronyn.
1900, WMAL ~ - Boxing
Sandy Saddler meets Flashy
Elorde in 15-round feather
weight match.
10:45, WMAL t7)-Sports Spot
light: Championship matches
of the District of Columbia
Judo Club: Bill Malone.
11:l0, WTTG (5)-Featurama
Film features including
Thrill River" a safari into
the jungles Of Africa: "Stars
on Parade" a galaxyaof. ia.
nous stars of yesteryear.; the
1855 Army Navy football UP.
set.
n:25. WNfAL tD-All-Star The.
alter: A mothers obsessivt
love for her son ruins both
his marriage and her own;
Sylvia Sydney and Mark An.
drewS.
1880, WTOP t9)--Police Call
While in "Tangiers," two
policemen watch the every
move of a visiting thief, whom
they apprehend in short
order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18

Paul Gregory presents jim
Bishops The Day Lincoln Was
Shot" as the next Ford Stal
Jubilee show February III
Comedians love to play straight
roles. but ! doubt If any of Lem.
mons colleagues would dare tt
go this far afield.
Wonder hcw far our eyebrows
would have scared If Gregory hac
cast Raymond Massey twhol
play Lincoln. Of course a.
Booth? eTlle odd thing is. he
could do it'll
Scoreboard: The Robert Mont.
gomery and Studio One dramas
were from the same i1ackneyet
mold. Pulp stuff-witt
dialogue and performances t.
match. tBlue Monday
Sid Caesar and his merry
stock company did it again Mon
day-a minor masterpiece Of q
silent" movie. The Drunkard's
Daughter
The idea of Lucy missing Eei
ship and taking helicopter to
catch 1t should have provided
her writers with wonderful OPP
.portunities in the last II Love
Lucy episode. tThey missed
the boat, too
4
Excerpts from the mailbag:
b. L. NJ. wants the name of the
song that was played throughout
WMAL's Sunday afternoon
movie. Young Widow"
Answer: A tuneful oldie called
"An OF a Sudden My Heart
Sings"
Mrs. c. Russell wants TO know
if Victory at Sea" could be
Also. what hap
pened to Diane Cameron, for
merly on WTTG-5. :. Answer
Victory at Sea" was repeated
at least twice-maybe it will be
again. Diane is on the
WGMS sales staff.
Betty H.: 1T made me happy
to see was not alone in my
opinion of the reporters ques-
tioning and questions on Face
the Nation I felt the Interrupt
lions were rude and Mr.. Steven
son handled the situation ex-
tremely well. all considered. >
Mrs. A Hall is miffed at pro.
lducers of December Bride"
Had it occurred to you that prob.
ably one-third. possibly one-half
of your TV audience are mothers.
in-law and that the constant
appearance on your December
Bride program of a neighbol
who seems to feel free to dror
in every night and rant about
his mother-in-law can become
boring and tiresome?"
On the Run:
Ernest Borgnine gets the New
York Film Critics Award as best
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Ernest Borgnine gets the New
York Film Critics Award as best
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U. N. Chief in Athens

ATHENS. Jan. 10 gu. N,
Secretary General Dag Ham
msrskjold arrived in Athens by
plane yesterday from London on
a world tour. He is to confer
here with Foreign Minister Spy
ros Theotokis and Premier Con-
stantine Karamanlis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18

in the bedlam of q Martin and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18
BALTIMORE ~

CHere are evening programs or
nearby Baltimore stations which
differ from those available or
local channels.)
500 tO-Gene Autry and Car.
toonS.
500 dD--Officer Happy's Ras'
Gals.
800 Cl3)--Pioneer Club.
$3.50 tl3)--Hold the Phone
6;45 d3) Captain FRO.
700 t11)-Superman.
1880 t2l-Quiz Kids.
1920 Dbl Led Three Lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18

'IstsII,I Denotes Pr'rr'ns TaI's,st = csI'T
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18
ON THE AIR
Eddie Moyehof
To the Rescue
Nv BERNIE HARRISON

The Acid Test: Eddie Mayeho comedian Of high skin and
higher will be added starter the un-Cenlica
Sunday (WRC4 and the thought that Eddie
fails click NBC should Immediately start shopping for replace
ment. For the show-not Mayehoh
Any performer who deliver in the bedam Of Martin and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-15
Quiz Champ Writes Books
BY RICHARD FREEDMAN


swered the multi-part s64 900 question, he
his de luxe wooden leg
He has two: One which he can wear
shoe on gala full-dress occasions the other the
standard pegleg Of the salty sea captain.
They became necessary additions to the
Freuchen get-up when the explorer amputated
his own toes up in the Arctic some 80 years ago
The wooden leg the fierce Morse beard and
the gently twinkling eyes have made Freuchen
one Of the s64 900 Questions most popular con-
testants In addition, he's known the answers
sometimes only in Danish-to some tough ones
Author of October Book
Freuchens droll wit, his fund of stories and
his encyclopedia knowledge have made many
viewers exclaim, HE ought to write book"
He has Several. ranging from fiction to
travel-adyenture and autobiography. His new
est, slated for october publication, is the true
tale Of slave freed after the Civil War who
became an outlaw in Canada'S Hudson Bay
But the strangest yarn Freuchen has ever
told has been his own life which he recounted
in luSty detail in book published three years
ago entitled, "Vagrant Viking"
Scandinavian Huck Finn
Freuchens adventurous life began 10 years
ago in small Danish town His boyish pranks-
reminiscent of a Scandinavian Huck Finn-up-
set the staid townsfolk, but were looked on
indulgently by his parents
Early deciding that m die Inc ana the
academic life were not for him, young Peter
Joined an expedition to then UNEMPLOYED Green
land where he remained for two years a
meteoroogist One winter he spent alone in
an igloo under the constant threat of avalancheS
and prowling wolves.
Freuchen next journeyed to Thule with the
famed explorer, Gnud Rasmussen, the greatest
man l ever knew" They founded a trading
post Freuchen stayed there 10 years, and
married an Eskimo girl Kavarana, with whom
ne had two children
Kavarana'S death in 1921 aroused Freu-
chens wanderlust until he became, in his own
words, the best Eskimo-style traveller of any
white man" Hampered somewhat by the loss
Of his leg. Freuchen settled down to farm in
Denmark and to writing His first novel
Eskimo" was made into a movie, and Freu-
chens adventures in Hollywood are as bizarre
as anything he experienced in Baftin Land
The Nazi invasion of Denmark returned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-15

SALTY EXPERT-Pete Freuchen, the
1854 900 Question" winner. whose re-
plies about the lore of the seven seas
were sometimes in Danish, scored a
tremendous hit with viewers. His
books make exciting escape" reading
for landlubberS.
Freuchen to the active list He joined the under
ground: helped refugees escape the country
and soon had a price on his head
When the Nazis captured Freuchen they
contiScated his wooden leg to prevent him from
escaping He escaped anyway, nailed in
wooden crate and was rescued by the Swedish
coast guard
Since then Freuchen's life has Gained down
somewhat. He became United Nations CORE
spondent for Politiken, the Danish newspaper
with which he has been associated for half
century.
"Vagrant Viking" Julian Messner, N. Y, So
has a startling adventure on nearly every page
Taken in small doses it is enormously entertain
ing. But read continuously, the strenuous prose
tends to wear the reader down. 1t is like an
Arctic gale blowing full blast for Ala pages.
Gtsleassd ~ MANA
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-03
SCHOOLS NEXT?

Swiftly following enactment of the 13 year, 25 billion dollar Federal Aid Highway and Highway Revenue Acts of 1856, have three bills, all de- signed to establish new Federal highway authority directly under the President with sub-Cabnet rank and which would supersede absorb the Bureau of Public Roads.
 Thus if it is not already clear who is going to be in charge of roads in the 48 states from here on you might discover in the acts passed with such loud cheers that the Secretary of Commerce is directed study among other things the need for Federal assist ance in enforcement of highway safety and speed quirementsl
 Perhaps it's too late to prevent the states from signing over to Washington previous authority over and control of the roads within their borders But this might still be warning against the temporarily de- feaed plan to take our schools via Federal aid
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-03
Slim Rydeen Reports Former NOmeites Meet At Hotel in Seattle

"Slim" Rydeen, former clerk of the US. District Court here, reports on attending meeting of a group of former Nomeites held at the Stewart Hotel in Seattle recently.
 Some of those attending were Buster Keaton, Miss Wright, Miss Leak, Mrs. Gaddie-all for mer nurses-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daugherty with their son, wife, and 7-month-old granddaughter, MT. and Mrs. Vic Hill, MT. and Mrs. Tjernable, MT. and Mrs. Thor Stenson, and pr. and Mrs, Thomas Morcome.
 Rydeen also states that Andy Nylin, formerly of Solomon and in his nineties, is now bedridden.
 Andy Nordlind of Bergen, Nor way, sends greetings to friends in Nome.
 Father Joseph Bernard, now 82 years old, who used to be at Mary's Igloo, Council, Candle, Deering, etc, sends greetings to all who may remember him.
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-03
IN VODKA THERE IS TRUTH

Congress and the Pentagon not laughing at the drunken antics and denuncations of Khrushchev x Co.,, which have leaked to the press through closed committee doors To officials there's nothing funny about the antics of men who could plunge the world into at midnight and not remember any thing about it the next morning.
 Urged to report frankly on his Moscow visit Air Force Chief of Staff General Twinng is much dis mayed that his confidential picture of Soviet gaiety reached the press-hence the subsequent efforts to play down the story.
 z In protecting the nation against such madmen, however, duty comes before party manners And cer- tainly the American public-who suffer the conse- quences-Should know the truth
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-03
Pan Am Ground Crew Stops Work, Protesting Non-UniOn LoaderS

MIAMI, Fla, R-A walkoff of commissary employees idled 2,400 Pan American World Airways ground force personnel here yes- terday in dispute over who should load food aboard airliners.
 The company said it's flight schedules were not disturbed. It called the Walkoff a wildcat work stoppage over use of mechanical lifting equipment to put provi- sions on the planes.
 The union said the workers didn't object to the use of ma chimes but did balk at use of non- union employees to load the craft.
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-03
Court . Martial
 Board Deliberates McKeon's Fate
By BEN PRICE

PARRIS ISLAND, sc, iR- The fate of Marine S. Sgt. Mat thew C. McKeon was submitted to a court-martial board of six marines and a Navy doctor at 12:37 pm today.
 McKeon is charged with invol- untary manslaughter, oppression of recruits and drinking on duty and in the presence of recruit.
 Convicted on all counts, he could receive a maximum sen- tence of six years at hard labor and a dishonorable discharge.
 Defense Attorney Emile Zola German made his final plea to the board right after Maj. Charles B. Sevier, prosecutor, summed up the governments case.
 Sevier contended McKeon was just mad" when he led "A re- cruits on a night disciplinary march into a marsh where six drowned He made no effort to be dramatic. He spoke as one military man to another:
 "Gentlemen," he said, those are six marines who will never take their place in the fleet ma rine force, will never go to sea, will never be artillerymen, nor tankers"
 Berman contended McKeon would never have been brought to trial had it not been for poll tics in high places-yes, even the halls of Congress ."
 German contended that Me Keon was teaching discipline" in the highest traditions of the military service" when he ordered the recruits out for the march
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-03
Commerce Sec. Weeks Now Sees Prosperity For US. Into 1857

WASHINGTON, R-Secretary of Commerce Weeks has changed his mind about a possible business slump in this quarter and now forecasts healthy prosperity" in- to 1857.
 Weeks said yesterday "the out look is bright for fresh bounce in business" and high employ ment during the rest of this year, adding:
 "The prospect is top notch summer and fall. The recent steel strike did not upset the apple cart"
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-03
Fairbanks Republicans Choose Dr. Haagland To Seek Senate Seat

FAIRBANKS-A longtime Al aska physician, Dr. Paul B. Haag- land, who recently took over a seat on the Fairbanks city coun4 cil, has been chosen to seek pos ition in the Territorial Legisla- ture.
 Haagland, who has served as a city councilman for less than a year, was the unanimous choice this week of the Republican divi- sional committee as the COP can didate for a tWo-year territorial senate seat vacated recently by Ralph J. Rivers.
 Fred J. Randall, president of the Fourth Division Republican Club, notified the clerk of the Fairbanks court, John B. (DiXie) Hall, of the action taken at the meeting. In a letter to Hall, Ran dall stated that the well-knoWn orthopedic surgeon and city faith CT had the unanimous support of Fairbanks COP party leaders.