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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
Charles Benemun,
District Newsmun

Charles Henry Beneman. So
veteran of Is years of newspa-
per work in Washington, died
last night at Doctors Hospital
after a two-week illness.
He was an associate editor OF
the Army Times Publishing Co.
at the time of his death.
Mr.. Beneman was a lifelong
Washington resident and virtu-
ally all his newspaper experience
was gained at the old Times
Herald. Be began working there
at the age of II as a copy boy
He undertook college studies in
the meantime, and in short Or
der obtained bachelor of arts and
master of arts degrees from
George Washington University
Mr.. Reneman was assistant
telegraph editor of the Times
Herald and also served period
ically on other desks in the edi-
torial department.
Following the sale of that pa
per, Mr.. Beneman joined the
staff of the Army Times Ia
months ago.
Funeral arrangements have
not yet been completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
Avalanche Kills 6
In Austrian Alps

ST. ANTON, Austria. Jan. %
pa woman SKIER from Penn
sylvania. th,ee Britons and two
Germans we're killed today by o
roaring avalanche In this Alpine
winter resort.
Police identified the Ameri-
can as Janet Lester Neville, ~,
of West Chester. Pa.
1t was the worst tragedy OF
Austria's winter holiday season.
The avalanche struck q group
Of nine skiers. led by an Aus
TRAN instructor. while practic-
ing near the Timer Mountain
hut at 5000 feet altitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29

Miss Harriet Isabelle Beach,
long time employe of the veter-
ans Administration and a for
mer high school teacher In
Virginia. died Friday in Doctors
Hospital.
Miss Beach, who lived at 1927
Kansas avenue NV. had been
under treatment for heart all
ment for the previous four days.
A resident of Washington for
IS years, Miss Beach was en-
ployed for the last Is years as a
supervisor IN the VAS statistical
division.
She was born in HARDWOOD,
Va. where she received her
early education. After being
graduated from Mary Washing
ton College, Fredericksburg. she
taught high school for IL years
IN HARDWOOD and in Calverton.
Va.
Miss Beach was a member of
the Rainbow Glass of Mount
Vernon Methodist Church.
Her family survivors include
three sisters. Mrs. Ella Stephens,
OF Midland. Va: Mrs. Corrinne
Courtney. OF HARDWOOD, and Mrs.
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to 60 to q bank and adjoining
grocery store she operates here.
and open two safes from which
they took $4,000.
It was revealed after that rob-
berry, however. that the bandits
had overlooked another safe
which contained $4,000. Off,
GERS theorized that the same
three men returned today intent
on forcing Mrs. Gray to open
that more important strongbox.
Shot Arouses Neighbors
II feel lousy, but it was just
something q man Is compelled
to do" Mr.. Gray told newsmen
after the shooting. II love it
here. I love 1t so much I'll pro-
tect it."
After the MORALLY wounded
Ross fed the Gray home, Mr.,
Gray fired once through a win
dow to attract neighbors. The
shot and subsequent excitement
aroused the entire community.
Undersheriff Vernon L. Rob-
inson and a next-door neighbor.
Dean Kroese. manager Of a grain
elevator owned by Mrs. Gray,
picked UP a trail Of a second
man behind the house. Within a
few hundred yards they found q
screwdriver. O light felt hat, q
bow tie and a pair Of horn rim
med glasses similar to a pair
worn by one Of the January 2
robbers,
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save 1900 to 1000
Mems Suits
:}4''o

BNHy UWsWW HAHU OOsUU
For three doys only. you may purchase these hand
soneIy toored oII-wooI suits for 1880 After these
three doys' selling, they will oil go back into our
regular stock OF 5000 and $500 You'll find an
excellent selection Of fonnels shorkskns cheviots
and Needs in this group Of wnterweeht oII-wool
suits. There ore two and three button single
breasted models in both medium and dark shodes.
In regulars, shorts and longs.
WGL-Ths Mems Store End Floor, Washington Store only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
Prof. Myers
OF Princeton

PRINCETON, N. j., Jan. 20
IP1.-William Starr Myers, 70,
professor emeritus of Princeton
University's Department Of Poll
tics. died Unexpectedly today.
Prof. Myers was stricken with
Ia heart attack while dining at O
nearby restaurant and was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at
Princeton Hospital.
A member of the Princeton
faculty, Department Of Politics,
from 1905 until he retired in
1913, Prof. Myers was widely
known for his courses in Ameri-
can constitutional government
and political parties.
A prolific author, he wrote
American Government of To-
day." Foreign Policies of Her
bert Hoover" a three-volume
STORY of New Jersey" and
edited 1.-THE State Papers Of
Herbert Hoover"
Prof. Myers was born in Balti-
more and was educated at the
University Of North Carolina.
He received his doctors degree
from Johns Hopkins University
in 1900.
Before he was called to Prince
ton by Woodrow Wilson, he
taught history for six years at
the Gilman School in Baltimore.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Margaret Barr Myers of
Princeton; two daughters, Mrs.
Minot c. Morgan Of Princeton
and Mrs. John H. Mclean of
Kinston. N. c.; and a brother.
John N. Myers Of Summerville.
- C.
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Robert H. McC ALLAN, ST., Dies;
Typogrupher Here IS Years

Union. serving on the wage-scale
committee. He held the union;
40-year-service pin which also
recognized his earlier typo
graphical work in Jersey City
N. j.
A resident Of Mount Rainier,
where he lived at 4014 Thirty
fourth street, Mr.. McCallam was
a past master Of Chillum Castle
Lodge No. 1856, AT. & AM. In
his earlier years he was a mem
Der of the Mount Rainier Volun-
teer Fire Department. He was a
member Of st. Johns Episcopal
Church. Mount Rainier.
Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Ethel M. McCallam. and a
son, Robert H. McCallam, jr.,
both of the Thirty-fourth street
address. and a daughter, Mrs.
Mary Milan. of Brockton. Mass.
Also surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. Edna Cliento. of Railway.
N. j: Mrs Ella Pounding, OF
Jersey City, and Mrs. Llano
Imam. of Staten Island. N. Y.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 a m. tomorrow at St. Johns
Church. Burial will be at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29

ROSS, rs, OF DallaS. Inc Kansas
Bureau of Investigation said he
had q record in Texas Of mail
theft. forgery, burglary and rob-
berry.
At least one and possibly two
unidentified companions of the
slain man escaped after the
shooting.
Ross was killed by Andrew
Gray, 43, whose wife, Georgia
Neese Clark Gray, SIS, was Treas
urer of the UnIted States during
the Truman administration. Al
though Ross fired four shots
wildly as he fed the Gray resi-
dence. neither Mr.. Gray nor his
wife was injured.
Aroused by Pet Dog
Mr.. Gray and his wife were
aroused by the barking Of their
pet beagle hound, Mamie, and
the husband was lying in wait
for Ross as the bandit crept up
stairs. Mr.. Gray said he fired
through the second-fioor ban
nisters as the man made q turn
on landing a few feet below.
The shot struck Ross high In
the back. pierced his neck. The
man. after vainly trying to shoot
the lock of a rear door and fir
ing other wild shots, escaped
through q pantry window by
which he had entered the house
He ran for about two blocks
and fell near a roadside ditch,
where he died. His body was not
found until nearly six hours
later.
Mr.. Gray positively identified
Ross as one Of the three men
who forced entrance to the home
January 2. At that time, the
men took the Grays by surprise.
While two Of them held Mr..
Gray bound and captive in the
house, q third forced Mrs. GRAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
German Wife of Airnon
Loses Flight for Life

was freezing rain to a height Of
5000 feet.
THE heavy C-118 plane
couldn't get up through that in
time 10 keep it from icing up"
THE Air Force tried to ind
another plane at another air.
port that could take her, but my
wife needed pressurized cabin,
and there weren't any other
planes like that around"
After staying Thursday night
at Landstuhl, the hospital plane
started Friday morning for the
Azore Islands. taking the south
ern route across the Atlantic.
Before it arrived, the pilot was
notified that weather had closed
in the field. He changed course
for Burtonwood. England.
"a group Of doctors came
aboard to see If they could do
anything. Ground crews and
gas trucks were on the ramp
waiting for US. We took OF
again as soon as possible"
Skips Goose Bay
The flight plan called for the
regular stop at Goose Bay, Lab
rador But the pilot, having
enough gas. decided to fly d.
rectly to Washington. The plane
landed at Andrews Air Force
Base about 8 am. yesterday.
"She had always said she
wanted to. see America, and
my folks. When we were over
the Maine Coast, told her
there's America She smiled.
when we landed. / told her
We had come to America, Just
as she had wanted to. She
smiled. She was happy. She was
even smiling in the ambulance
just before she died"
The doctors tell me she died
because her heart Just couldn't
take it any more. It had been
under tremendous strain"
Sergt. Prouty, q thin. red
haired radio technician with 51a
years service in the Air Force.
left yesterday afternoon for
Corning. His wife's body will
follow today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
Fred w. Howard, II,
Structural EnQineer

BURLINGAME. Calf. Jan. %
(P.-Fred Wilbur Howard. II. a
nationally known structural en-
gineer. died yesterday after a
long illness. Mr.. Howard, born
at Brainerd. Mimi. was chief
Of the Windsor tunnel
between Windsor. Ont, and De-
troit.
He was a captain in the Corps
of Army Engineers during World
War /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
BY FRANK SARTwELL

Mrs. Carolina E. Prouty. Ger
man wife of an American service
man. for years wanted to come
to America.
She arrived yesterday, in time
to smile with pleasure at the
landing.
A few minutes later. as an
ambulance rushed her to Walter
Reed Hospital. she died.
Mrs. Prouty had been flown to
Washington from Frankfort,
Germany. in a race against
death. After the 5000 flight.
the race was lost in the last few
miles.
Twice the flight was delayed
by bad weather.
Mrs. Prouty. "a. was the wife
of Air Force SiSergt. Robert w.
Prouty. 26, of Corning. NY. AS
her husband explained the flight
to The Star:
Ill Last Week
Mrs. Prouty became sick a
week ago with an infection in the
pelvic region. Antibiotics failed
to cure her. Surgery was tried.
For 5l2 hours Monday night
she was operated on. She was
given IL transfusions-enough to
change her entire blood supply
IL times.
1.-The doctors thought she
would die on the operating
table" Sergt. Prouty said. But
she pulled through and was feel
ing better Tuesday and Wednes-
day"
Then her kidneys stopped
functioning. The Air Force doc
tors at the Wiesbaden Hospital
decided she needed treatment
with an artificial kidney. There
was none in Europe.
(The machine takes over the
blood purifying work of the kid
neys.)
Bad Weather
The long fight to America be-
gan Thursday from Frankfort.
At Landstuhl. Germany, 1t was
forced down by weather-there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29

Robert H. McCallam. ST.. 81, a
retired typographer who worked
on Washington newspapers for
IS years. died Thursday at Sibley
Hospital.
Mr.. McCallam put in most of
that time with the old Times
Herald. After that paper was sold
he worked part-time for The
Star.
He was an active member of
the Columbia Typographical
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Posses CPA Exon

John j. Koback Of 234 Mich
olson street NE, has passed
the examination of the District
Board of Accountancy and re-
ceived a certificate to practice
here as q certified public &C.
countant,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
Miss Harriet Isabelle Beach,
Of Veterans Administration

Sallie Beach. of Midway Island
Va, and a brother, Harry Beach,
of HARDWOOD.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow at Joseph Gawler's
Sons, Inc. with burial in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
wv Benefit Dinner

The Norbeck YWCA Of Mont
gomery County will hold a BEN
eft dinner and musicale Feb
ruary IL. The dinner will begin
at / pm. and the music at 2:3O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
'Dietetic Group Meets

The District Of Columbia
Dietetic Association will meet at
% pm. Tuesday In the library OF
the Medical Society building.
IT'S M street NV. Plans for
1855 will be discussed.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28

Dafne
Our family has eagerly awaited
the release of this book. for we
met its author several years ago
in Israel In King Solomon's
Horses" Mrs. Kubie's love of the
land is revealed along with her
familiarity of its landscape and its
history -. Her understanding and
love Of horses is also displayed in
this latest writing venture of hers
I. An amateur archaeologist. she
lets her Imagination take full rein
in describing the ancient places
of Megiddo and recently exca-
vated Hazor :.
This book is a full expression of
its author, and, consequently, her
best to reach the market Her
former offering for children in
clude: "Joel," king Solomon's
Navy" and "The First Book OF
Israel" The latter she wrote
and illustrated
King Solomon's Horses" sells
for SITS
-
We reached Miami the day OF
an Israel Bond rally Abba
Eban was scheduled to appear
here E. He was busy in the Uni
! ted Nations and was not able to
arrive here at the appointed mo-
ment ;. Not long ago Golda Meir
had been announced as a B'nai
Birth Bond Rally speaker
She, too, was unable to be on
hand
This has happened so often
there and elsewhere) that the
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28

L eIJOyeo every moment of the
story
The setting of this tale is in
ancient Israel when Solomon was
king. and his stables at Megiddo
housed the most beautiful horses
in the Middle East =. This was
also a time of turmoil when the
chief lieutenant. Jeroboam. plot
ted to overthrow Solomon with
the aid of the Egyptian. King
Shistak
How Jeroboam's treachery was
disclosed to the King, and how Is
rael was saved from her enemies
by Dan, a young soldier of the
Kings charioteers, is the story of
"King Solomon's Horses"
However, the central figure of the
tale is Bala, the horse, whose
emergence as a foal lost in the
woods changes the whole course
of Dams life, and finally leads
him to the arms of charming
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28
BY Ethel Teddy" Moscovitz

miami Beach, = The incongruity Of
II all! We are staying at the Suez
Motel with Egyptian motifs in wallpaper
carpets and tableware But the man.
asement is well aware of Jewish-Egyp-
tlan feelings at this time and above the
roof flies high the American flag +. All
is therefore good -.
In harmony with the setting is nv
choice of book: "King Solomon's
Horses" by Nora Benjamin Kubie, pub
lshed by Harper Brothers (New York;
-. This book is listed for "ten year olds
and up" I am slightly 'up" but
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28

public is becoming a trifle annoy
ed Why schedule people who
are so busy with the political
scene that they cannot keep pub
licallY announced engagements?
If / may venture an opinion
it is not quite cricket one way or
the other The public loses
trust, and the speaker is strained
to make public appearances while
keeping close to the political
scene
Israel has many fine ambassa-
dors which il has not yet used for
American forums She has tai
ented and charming actresses and
performers who can speak with
skill and conviction -.
Surely, Golda Meir would not
be called away to speak to a Bond
Rally that cannot promise more
than $4,000 Israel should
guard the strength of it's states
men There are other voices
which could be raised
And incidentally. isn't it time
that the booming speeches of
Abba F4illel Silver be heard in the
land? American JewrY needs
to be awakened from within once
again =.
= = y
Speaking of awakening: we
were discussing the loose ends at
which modern youth seems to find
itself >. remarked that young
people who have been brought up
with hobbies never become de-
linquent Many times, too,
these pastimes develop into ex-
pressions which lead to eventual
livelihood and financial reward.
Having King Solomon's Horses
with me. I mentioned Nora Ben
jamin Kubie Then someone
took us to see James MELONS
"Autorama" at HYpoluxo (eight
miles south of Palm Beach on
U. S. No. ~. -. With his wonder
full display of automobiles from
the very conception of the We
hicles and their manufacture. Mel
ton has an american Room" .
This room has a mural dipicting
the history of our country from its
discovery by Columbus to the
building of our great cities follow
ing the earthquake in San Fran
cisco -.
The entire time we spent at the
Autorama was a delight to all of
us To our ten-year-old son
the shiny, elaborate cars Of other
eras was revelation -. The
American Room taught him
American history as he had never
seen it depicted before To us
old timers there was the same
keen interest =.
y y
What a panorama this trip TO
Miami Beach has provided US 4.
Down here there is always some
thing you never did" before =. {.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01
Farm Mechanics
Tn Field and Shop
By E. B. WILSON
Damp-Cure Concrete

MOIST CURING greatly increases
the strength of concrete. Tests show
that concrete damp for days
will be approximately so per cent
stronger than similar concrete which
is permitted to dry out.
Cover with wet burlap, canvas, sand,
straw or paper as soon as it can be
done without marring the surface. Keep
the covering continuously wet by
sprinkling. When cover is not used,
wetting should be started as soon as
possible after finishing, and the sur
face should not be permitted to dry
during the curing period.
Floors, sidewalks, pavements and
other flat surfaces require careful at
tention as moisture is lost very rapid
ly by evaporation due to the relatively
large exposed surface. Pending (flood-
ing) is a good method of curing flat
surfaces. With this method the surface
to be cured is surrounded by small
earth bikes and then kept flooded with
water.
Walls and other vertical surfaces can
be protected by leaving the forms in
place temporarily, or by hanging can
vas or burlap over them. Such cover
ings are kept constantly moist by
Sprinkling. Curing should continue for
at least days, and for longer periods
of time when it is practical to do so.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01
Save Tractor Fuel

FUEL REPRESENTS about 40 per
cent of tractor operating costs. Fully
10 per cent of tractor fuels are wasted
through poor storage and faulty use.
A few pointers to remember should
make each gallon of fuel do more
work.
1t pays to build a shade over gaso-
line tanks. Small tanks filled frequent
ly are better than large tanks filled
once or twice a year. Tests have shown
that an unshaded tank will lose about
Is to 20 per cent of its fuel during the
months of May, June, July and August.
A shaded tank will lose about one-third
of this amount. Thus, it will pay to
have small fuel tanks in the shade.
AS far as the tractor itself is con-
cerned, the time taken to adjust and
repair it will be time well spent. The
four factors most important in saving
fuel are carburetor adjustment, spark
timing, grinding valves and cleaning
the air filter.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01
Easy-Out

IF YOU PULL too hard on nut, stud
bolt or cap screw and twist it off, then
what? Well, if you are loosening it,
perhaps you should have applied some
light oil or kerosene to loosen the rust
first. Or, if you had hit it light tap
or two, it would have loosened so you
could turn it with your wrench. Some
times hitting the fastened part will
cause it to loosen.
Perhaps you did all or some of these
things and still got yourself in trouble
by twisting the bolt off. How will
you get it out?
The best way is to use a screw
extractor, often called an ''easy-out".
After you have drilled good sized
hole down through the middle of the
bolt, you can select an easy-out that
will fit the hole and allow you to back
the bolt out. An easy-Out has left
hand coarse tapered thread which
draws it into the drilled bolt. The more
you pull counter-clockwise on it, the
tighter it grips the bolt.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01

in
reliable
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-03-15

ments was that the meat-type hog. program
really gained momentum and Roadway.
Agricultural college people, farm pub
locations and broadcasters, general farm
organizations, pure bred associations, the
U. S. Department of Agriculture and others
are now backing the movement to get rid
of the over-fat, chuffy lard-type hogs In
their place, we should have hogs which yield
a larger percentage of leaner hams, pork
chops, pork roasts and picnics.
Buying meat-type hogs on the basis of
their value and yield presents difficulties,
but we made considerable progress In that
direction, too More and more of the mar
ket reports mention the higher prices paid
for meat-type hogs, and you can expect
that tendency to spread.
While we need the meat-type hog to get
away from the unsightly internal fat in
pork cuts, Armour and Company took a
big step forward last fall when we estab-
standards for the principal pork cuts.
We are particularly encouraged by the
many organizations of farm and ranch
people who have started programs within
their organizations to promote the sale of
meat. They are giving their time and their
money to these efforts, and there is no
doubt that they will prove to be well re-
warded.
AS you can well understand, when an
Armour salesman goes into store, he knows
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-03-15
&n~ Ap1Vt M ewt Industry

In the future, we may look back on 1855
as the year that marked the beginning of
new understanding and spirit in the live
stock and meat industry.
Livestock producers, meat packers and
retailers proved in 1855 that they could
raise, process and sell ISL pounds of meat
per person in America-a per capita record
since 1908 and an all-time record for total
tonnage produced The United States meat
supply for 1855 was estimated at 80 AGO.
900 hogs, Sc, $780, 900 cattle and calves, and
16,60O,00 sheep and lambs In addition,
there was near record supply of 1885,
100000 pounds of poultry of all kinds. On
the basis of ready-to-cook poultry this fig
ures about 27 pounds per capita.
You farmers and ranchers have made an
outstanding contribution to raising the
standard of living of all of our people, and
you are to be congratulated.
The disappointing factor in 1855 was that
neither the livestock producers nor the
professors were adequately compensated for
all of the work they did, for the huge
amounts of money they have invested, and
for the risk that is always present in the
livestock and meat industry.
In 1855, however, various elements of
our industry got together and took some
very positive steps to correct the financial
situation, and we look forward to more of
this constructive cooperation in 1856.
One of the most encouraging develop