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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
Writer'S CoIorfuI Life
10 Be Filmed by MGM

to bed when he slipped and
fell downstairs. There were
only nine stairs. but he fell
hard. The dent that his head
made still remains in the wall
of the house."
Taught Self to Walk
Wead broke his back. The
doctors told him he would be
forced to face the life. of an
invalid, but he refused to &C
cept their decision. He taught
himself to walk, slowly and
painfully. with the aid of canes.
His Navy career apparently
doomed. he turned to writing,
especially about flying. which
he loved. He was associated
with some of the memorable
air pictures Of the '30s and
'40s. Among his credits: Hell
Divers" TEST Pilot" olive
Bomber" 1.-The Citadel" They
Were Expendable," Ceiling
Zero" Blaze at Noon" "a
Yank at Oxford"
1t was natural that the
dedicated Navy man would
urgently desire to take an &C
tive part in World War II.
His physical condition made
that seem impossible. But his
inventive mind came up with
a battle plan that the brass
couldn't ignore.
One Condition
"One of our big weaknesses
in the Pacific was that the
big carriers would have to
withdraw from battle when
their planes were depleted"
Schnee explained. THE big
ships were helpless without the
planes.
"Wead proposed a plan by
which smaller carriers would
stand by 40 miles from the
battle and supply the bigger
carriers with planes when
they were needed. This was
credited for much of the
success in the Marianas and
other battles.
"Wead'S condition was that
he be allowed to assume active
duty. He did, and expended all
his energy. His doctor, who is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
His Misspent Youth
Serves Tony Well

HOLLYWOOD P). = The
entire cast and crew were bet
ting against Tony Curtis when
he tackled a pool-shooting bit
for a scene in mister Cory"
He was supposed to sink
three balls on one shot: the
six-ball in a top corner pocket.
the IL in a side pocket and
have the cue ball come back
to drop a third ball into a
lower corner pocket.
Director Blake Edwards was
prepared for a long series of
takes. But Curtis just barely
missed the third ball on his
first attempt and he made all
three on his second try.
Nov you can see how I
misspent my youth" Tony
quipped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
BY BOB THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4 R.-
A decade or two ago, a familiar
figure on the MGM lot was a
crusty Navy man turned screen
writer. Spig Wead. who hob
bled about on two canes.
He probably would have
hooted at the notion of having
his own life story told on the
screen. Yet last week his own
studio started to film The
Wings Of Eagles" the amazing
story Of Spig Wead.
When MGM bought the
story Of the screen writer, it
didn't take any convincing to
sign John Ford to direct it.
Ford was one of Wead's best
friends. Likewise it was a
cinch to sign John Wayne to
play the leading role. He had
also been a friend of Wead's,
had worked with him and Ford
on "They Were dependable"
That was in 1945. Wead died
IN 1947.
I learned more about 1t.
Comdr. Spig Wead's life from
Charles Schnee. himself a
screen writer ("The Bad and
the Beautiful'D and producer
of the film biography. 1t is a
labor of love for Schnee, a
proud member of the Writers
Guild of America.
Nickname Stuck
TITS a real pleasure to do a
picture about a screen writer"
said the producer. Its seldom
that you find a writer who has
led so exciting and dramatic
. life"
He was born Frank Wead,
Schnee explained, but his An
napolis nickname was Spig
and that stuck with him to the
end of his days. Spig was one
Of the great naval names of
World War II. But something
happened to cut his sea career
short.
He was living in a new
house in San Diego" Schnee
related. HE got up in the
night to look at one of his
daughters and was going back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05

helping us with the picture,
said he would have lived much
longer if he hadn't gone on
active duty"
Schnee said the film will con-
tain a lot of early stunt flying,
battle scenes (the Navy is CO.
operating fully and clips of
Wally Berry and Clark Gable
fighting in Hell Divers" and
Gable and Spencer Tracy in
"Test Pilot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05

striction went by the boards.
"You never can tell what the
public will like" he says,
turning over a long list of
proposals for the months
ahead.
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Nixon Accuses Stevenson of Playing
 Politics With American Security

upholding the administrators stand, said yesterday "it isn't feasible" for this nation to stop the tests without an ironclad agreement with other nations.
 Harold Stassen, Eisenhower's disarmament aide, said Sunday Stevenson "has been misinformed and misled and is) thus mistak- en" on the H-bomb issue.
 Sen. Sparknan D-Ala), appear ing in the same television session with Stassen, said he thought the tests are a proper campaign issue. He also defended Stevenson's po- sition on the draft, saying.
 "Gov. Stevenson did not pro pose the immediate discontinu- ance of the draft. He said we ought to study other programs to make it possible to end the peace time draft. I see no reason why everyone could not agree to that"
 Ten nuclear scientists from the California Institute of Technol- ogy issued a joint statement yes terday supporting Stevenson's stand on the H-bonb and calling for free and open discussion of such proposals.
 Noting that Eisenhower has ex- pressed regret the test program had become a campaign issue, the statement continued:
 "On the contrary, we find 1t regrettable that discussions of our military strength, of our mili- tary strength, of our vulnerability and our foreign policy in relation to H-bombs have thus far repre- scented such a small proportion of current political discussions"
 But University of California physicist, Dr. Luis Alvarez, called the statement irresponsible" He said "the subject is much too ser ious to be injected into politics"
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
By the Associated Press

The controversy over Adlai Ste venson's H-bomb proposals con- tinued to rage over the weekend.
 His suggestion that the military draft might be ended in the fore seeable future, when national se- curity permits, also drew replies from administration spokesmen.
 Vice President Nixon, speaking Saturday in Alexandria, Minn., accused Stevenson of playing politics with Americas national security on the draft issue"
 Then, referring also to the pro- posal on the H-bomb, Nixon said Stevenson "could not have made two statements 1. which would have been more harmful in dis couraging our allies or in encour- aging our potential enemies"
 At Crossroads, NM, yesterday, Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler called on Eisenhower to "reconsider" his earlier rejec- ton of Stevenson's proposal and join the Democratic candidate "in a mutual effort to halt the nuclear arms race"
 Butler said it should be consid- cred mot as an election year pro- posal, but as an American pro- posal, by an American dedicated to the goal of world peace"
 Secretary of Defense Wilson,
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
AtOmic-POwered Merchant Ship Wins Approval

WASHINGTON, R-President Eisenhower today ordered gov ernment agencies ito proceed as rapidly as possible" with design and construction of Americas s first atomic-powered merchant ship.
 q am confident that the ship will be the forerunner of atomic merchant and passenger fleets which one day will unite the na- tions of the world in peaceful trade" Eisenhower said.
 His statement was issued in connection with a White House ceremony at which a go-ahead construction was authorized.
 The ship will be combination vessel designed to carry about 100 passengers and have dead weight cargo capacity of 12,000 tons.
 Construction was authorized by Congress during the last session. The ship will have service speed of 21 knots and will be about 595 feet long and 78 feet across the beam. The spending limit set by Congress is $461z million.
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Tugs Back in Seattle After Trip to Arctic

SEATTLE, 1.-Two tugs of the Alaska Freight Lines are back in Seattle after completing a 5000 mile round trip into the Arctic Ocean to deliver supplies to Is radar stations, some of them as far east as Shepherd Bay, Canada.
 That is 1,600 miles east of Point Barrow. This is directly north of Duluth, Minn., and only 150 miles south of the North Magnetic Pole.
 The arctic trip was made with out aid of icebreakers.
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Secret US. Documents Found in Stolen Car

LONDON, R-Scotland Yard said today a stolen automobile with secret US. documents in the trunk "has been found in London with everything intact"
 The Yard spokesman would not say where in London the car and its valuable contents were found or give any of the circumstances of the recovery.
 "The car and papers are being returned to the American author ities," he added.
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Egan Thanks Voters

VALDEZ, R-William A. Egan, Democrat, who apparently has been elected a US. senator from Alaska under the Tennessee Plan, issued the following statement Saturday:
 q am deeply grateful for the confidence expressed in me at the polls on Oct. g. Let me say that l shall exert every effort to merit the trust you have placed in me. "
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15

LONDON, R-A Royal Air Force spokesman said today a British ship has picked up the wheels and part of the undercar- riage from the US. Military Air Transport Service plane missing in the east Atlantic with 59 US. servicemen.
 'sIt gives us new hope that there might be dinghy or dinghies in the area with survivors" the RAF officer said in Cornwall, "A new search is now being gradually built up around the area in which the Wreckage was found.
 The missing plane, GLIB
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Industrialist Urges Policy of Gradual Tariff Reduction

WASHINGTON R-A policy of gradual and selective" tariff re- duction was urged on Congress today by industrialist J. D. Zeller- bach, chairman of the Committee for Economic Development.
 "The committee believes that the expanding American economy will be better able to maintain it's dynamic forward movement in a climate of trade liberalization than in a climate of trade restric- tion," Zellerbach said in state ment filed with the House Ways and Means subcommittee on tar riffs.
 Simultaneously, our expand ing economy will tend to absorb those adverse effects of trade lib- eralization which may be felt in particular segments of domestic industry"
 The CED is a private, non- profit research organization of 150 leaders in business and education. Zellerbach is president of Crown Zellerbach Corp, San Francisco.
 He emphasized that CED "does not favor unlimited free trade"
 He said Congress should follow a policy which would be fair to industries threatened with hard ship because of foreign imports and which would not injure do- mestic industries that are truly essential to national security"
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Search Continues for Survivors of
 US. Transport Plane With 59
 Aboard Missing Since Wednesday

Liftmaster with crew of nine Navy men, was carrying 30 Air Force men back to the Air Force base at Lincoln, Neb., from duty in Britain. It disappeared We'd nesday night.
 The debris was picked up by the British tanker Navicella about 250 miles southwest of Lands End, the most southwesterly point of Britain.
 The US. Air Force announced earlier that it's search for surviv- ors from the Liftmaster would continue indefinitely.
 Search planes Saturday spotted what at first was believed to be two liferafts in the Atlantic area where the giant airliner vanished but one of the supposed rafts later proved to be decomposed whale.
 / The search planes crew radi- 'oed they saw no sign of life on or near the objects in the ocean off Spain.
 Spurred by an SOS signal, 100 planes were in the air Friday searching for survivors, or some hint as to the big planes fate.
 Saturday morning, German and British ships picked up SOS sig nals which turned the search planes to an area 30 miles off Cape Finisterre, the northwest tip of Spain.
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
US. Embassy Clerk In CZechOslavakia
 Denies Spy Charge

Vera Margaret Osso, a US. em- bassy clerk ordered out of Czech oslavakia by the Communist gov ernment, took refuge in the Amer ican embassy in Berlin today.
 An embassy spokesman said Miss Osso arrived from Prague last night and refused to see any reporters or photographers be- cause "she is in very disturbed mental state"
 The spokesman added she will leave for the US. on the first available plane, not later than tomorrow. She is 31 years old, graduate of Ohio State University and gives Yorkville, Ohio, as her home.
 Miss Osso was accused by the Prague government of travelling around Czechoslavakia un CT false Identification papers which were made out in the name of Czech woman.
 The US. admitted the charge was true but denied any espion- age was involved. It blamed the affair on a Czechoslovak man "who influenced her to accom- pany him on motor trip to Slo- vakia during which he provided and presented false documenta- ton for her"
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Some Island, Not Alcatraz, for Nixon Says Gov. Leader

NEWARK, NJ, Rt-Gov. George Leader of Pennsylvania says he never suggested Alcatraz as a re- tirement spot for Vice President Nixon.
 Speaking to delegates to New Jersey CIO Political Action Com mittee conference last night, the Democratic governor said the Re publicans themselves had linked Nixon with the federal prison in San Francisco Bay. And he said $1,000 will go to charity if anyone can show otherwise.
 Five top Republicans Saturday denounced Leader for what they said was his Alcatraz suggestion at party rally in Oakland, Calf. Thursday night.
 He was quoted at that time as saying, with obvious reference to President Eisenhower's farm at IetIySDurg, fd..
 "We in Pennsylvania will have to provide a place of retirement for the general"
 And then he was quoted as adding: q hope you can find an offshore island for :" but a roar from the crowd drowned Leader out before he could finish his statement.
 Two of the Republicans joining in the denunciation-GOP Ma tional Chairman Leonard Hall and Pennsylvania State COP Chairman George I. Bloom-sug- gested that Stevenson speak out against what they termed "this scurrilous statement.
 But Leader ridiculed the Re publican charges. He said what he had in mind when he mentioned an "offshore island were either Seal Rock off San Francisco, which he termed an appropriate place to retire "the trained seal of the reactionary Republican ad- ministration," or Treasure Island, between Oakland and San Fran cisco in view of Nixon's success in raising campaign funds.
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Bleak Alternative

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, RLCrew members of four Amer ican destroyers which wound up a four-day visit today were extra careful to rejoin their ships before they sailed.
 They had been told any man who failed to turn up in time would be drafted for the Ameri- can Operation Deepfreeze crew which is to spend year in the bleak antarctic.
 Not one man missed his ship.
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-15
Gravel Taken From New Federal Bldg. Basement Spread on City Streets

Excavating of the basement for the new Federal building is now under way with Q Trucking Co.,, doing the digging and hauling.
 Three thousand yards of good fill material is being spread on the city streets including grav- cling of Fourth Ave from B St. east.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-12-27
Automatic Washers
Repuired Reasonable
Randolph 1880

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25
MoxweH Tuylors
Give Dinner
For Visitor

The Army Chief Of STAFF
and Mrs. Maxwell Taylor en-
tertained at a black tie dinner
at their Fort Myer quarters
last night in honor of Gen.
Antonio Alcuhllla Perez, chief
Of staff of the Spanish Army.
other guests invited to the
dinner were Col. lingo Arteaga
Falguera, Duke Of Infantado.
who is accompanying Gen
Alcubilla on his five-day visit
here: the Spanish Counselor
and Sonora de Garay, the AS
sistant Secretary Of State and
Mrs. C.. Burke Elbrick, the
Spanish Military Attache and
Sonora de Miranda, the Assist
ant Secretary Of the Army and
Mrs. Chester r. Davis, the AS
sistant Chief of Staff for Army
Intelligence and Mrs. Robert
A. Schow. Roger M. Kyes.
former Assistant Secretary Of
Defense. and Col. and Mrs.
Caesar F. Fiore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25
READERS CLEARING HOUSE

never eat cookies and milk
in the living room and I'm
sure they are none the less
happy. Even a small child
take pride in q home or the
neatness of his room without
being frustrated. Oh that
word!)
Good luck on your home.
Now, for NJ. L. H. of Whea-
ton: You've received lots of
advice regarding rugs, but
might I add that we have
found a wool braided rug most
practical and less expensive
than many broadlooms. They
don't show soil, offer a variety
Of colors without the BUSINESS
of q patterned rug and. best
of all, they are reversible so
you get twice the wear. How
ever, one should be sure to get
a wool one, not cotton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25
Dry as a Bone Now
Anon, LQnhGm

To M. L. K, Brandywine:
Regarding dampness from
crawl spaces, we have a base
mentless home that is on very
low ground, but. thank good
ness, we have a crawl space in
stead of a cement slab so were
able to correct the problem of
dampness.
First my husband dug a
small trench all around the
house SO no surface water flows
into the crawl space. Then he
scattered gravel in the lowest
spots and covered the entire
area with tar paper. Also. be
sure you have enough crawl
space ventilators and that they
are open. We added one and
also made a screened lowered
door for the crawl space en-
trance. The crawl space is now
dry as a bone; the upstairs is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25
Democratic
Women
Plan Gala

Old-fashioned party games
will be brought up to date at
the Democratic Women's Day
gala" Friday in the Presi-
Dental Ballroom of the Statler
Hotel. Booths set up at the
4-to-7-p.m. event will feature
such election year favorites as
PIN the Hat on the Donkey"
and dart throwing. with a pic
ture of an elephant as a target.
Mrs. Harry Truman, honor
airy chairman of Democratic
Women's Day, plans to attend.
Mrs. Estes Kefauver has
promised to paint both a dom
key and an elephant to be used
as backdrops for these games.
At one booth guests will
have a chance to Match the
Hats to Winning Democrats"
Pictures of several prominent
Democratic candidates will be
displayed, along with hats
they have donated. The per-
son who correctly matches
each candidates hat with his
picture will win a sun lamp,
These candidates hats will
also be included in the auction
of celebrities hats to be con-
Quoted during the afternoon by
Tom Blake. In addition, new
hats can be purchased at a
special hat bar set up under
the direction Of Mrs. Stephen
Burke and Mrs. James Muir
ray.
Highlignt of the afternoon
will be the parade of cam
paign issue" hats. Prizes in
this contest will include a free
ticket to the 500 a plate Ste
venson Kefauver Campaign
Dinner, October 20, two tickets
to the Inaugural Ball if and
when the Democrats win, and
a noted designer hat.
Tickets can be obtained at
the door the day of the party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25
Her Discovery

Mrs. w. F. D.. Washington
I enjoy this column so much
and would like to pass on one
of my own discoveries.
Last fall / had about five
geraniums in my flower box.
Before the frost could kill
them, I broke off branches
and put two or three in a jelly
glass with about a third of a
glass of water and set them in
various windows throughout
the house, where, in a short
time. they grew roots and kept
on blooming. l never changed
the water; just kept adding
fresh water as it went down.
This spring / had about 10
plants to set out. Those /
planted in a shady or partly
shady location did better than
those in the full sun all day.
/ am getting ready to do the
same again pretty soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25
TALK ABOUT CAREERS
Look for Womonpower Facts
In Study Due OFT Press Soon
By TRULY HOWARD

/. The need for more real
istic. long-range guidance and
counseling of young women
from the ninth grade through
college and frank discussion
and exploration of conflicts
and choices to be made contin-
ually in combining woman's
role as homemaker with that
of professional worker or
breadwinner.
2. REORGANIZATION Of curri-
cula by liberal arts colleges and
universities to remove existing
barriers against older women
who pursue second careers
after 40; study of experiments
granting degree credits based
on experience in certain fields
and the issuing Of professional
options to qualified women
entering graduate school.
More COunseling
8. The need for more coun-
selling and placement services
for older women workers and
part-time workers in Federal
and state-supported placement
agencies as well as privately
owned and operated ones.
4. REORGANIZATION Of dis
criminatory barriers against
women in trade unions, APP
prentice training programs,
professional organizations and
industries which have come to
regard womanpower as a nee
essary evil in times of emer-
gency, rather than as a con-
tinuing manpower resource Of
growing national Importance.
5. More industry-school CO.
operation at the high school
level; setting up of appren-
tice-training programs. Offer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25

quite dry and warmer in winter
now with the tar paper pro-
lection.
An exhaust fan in the kitchen
also helps the dampness pro-
blem in this area as would a
fan in the bathroom to take
of excess steam.
(By the way, my children