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The Nome nugget., 1956-08-08
Pribilof Seal Ship Loads For 1856 Expedition

SEATTLE, R-The annual seal ship to the Pribilof Islands is in Seattle to start loading for her 1856 expedition.
 The Navy attack cargo ship Washburn is expected to said at midmonth for the islands of St George and St. Paul in the Der ing Sea. In the north she'll de- liver supplies for the islands and return with belts taken this year by US. Fish and Wildlife Service hunters.
 In 1855, the Navy brought south 65,638 pelts worth $612 million.
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-08
Grade School Boys Vandalize and Set Fire In The Arctic Club

Several juveniles have been ap- prehended by City, Territorial and Federal authorities in con nection with the fire at the Arctic Club last Monday evening.
 These grade school boys had entered the building and built a bonfire in the center of the dance floor to roast marshmallows. They also made use of the kit chen where they stirred up quite mess of available ingredients. both liquid and solid. Bottles of liquor were placed in the oven of the flamo range and allowed to explode from the heat and bar materials were used to make a coffee brew in the big 40-cup coffee maker.
 According to Fire Chief Webb fire damage amounted to about $50 while malicious damage to the interior, furniture and fix lures will be between three and four hundred dollars.
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-08
l6lst Known Suicide From Golden Gate Bridge Since 1897

SAN FRANCISCO, R-Joseph L. Gallagher, an estimator for a contracting firm, wrote his wife q just overrated my ability to do what this job and life expect of me-" then leaped to his death from the Golden Gate bridge.
 Gallagher was listed by police as the 161st known suicide from the bridge built in 1887.
 He eluded several persons who tried to stop him from jumping.
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-08
HICTIIICITS FROM EISENOWERS NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY
Final Health Checkup Before Nov. 6 Election

WASHINGTON, R--President Eisenhower today announced he will undergo another complete physical examination before the November 6 election. If it shows him unfit for a second term, he said, he will go before the people and tell them.
 This promise to keep the voters informed of how he feels about his fitness to serve was made by Eisenhower at a news conference
 He also predicted the Republi- can convention will reorient the partys purposes and policies and help rebuild its strength and vigor.
 Asked by reporters what he would like to see in the way of changes, Eisenhower said he be- lieved this was something which must wait until the party writes its platform in San Francisco.
 But Eisenhower said he believes the platform will reflect a re- shaping of purposes, policies and programs in manner that will strengthen the party's position.
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-08
DEMOCRATIC ANTHEM IS A FAMILIAR TUNE

CHICAGO, R - Democratic headquarters said today it has chosen an official campaign song, "The Democratic March" The melody should be fairly familiar to most voters. It's "The Yellow Rose of Texas"
The Nome nugget., 1956-08-08

Eisenhower said the S48 billion figure was not budget item but just a collection of estimates re- flecting what the defense people would like to have.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Group toFight
Greek EROSION

A group of Maryland and Dis
'trict residents yesterday formed
an association dedicated to CON-
batting erosion. floods and faulty
conservation practices along the
22-mile course OF Rock Greek
from Laytonsville to the PoUo-
mac River.
At a meeting in Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, the
group elected Is supervisors for
the newly formed Rock Greek
Watershed Association.
Association leaders declared
their first goal is to focus public
attention on the present losses
and prospects of future damage
in the rs square mile Rock
Creek watershed.
An early move by the. group
will be a request for Federal aid
under Public Law 566, the Gov
ernment's watershed and flood
control assistance program
adopted in 1854. Subject to the
approval of controlling agencies
and governmental bodies, the
Montgomery County Soil Con-
Iservation District members will
apply for Government aid, the
first phase Of which would be q
detailed survey of Rock Greek
problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Pair Quizzed
In Thefts of
.Refrigerotors

! A Fairfax County man and a
juvenile, arrested Saturday night
on breaking and entering charges
were being questioned today
about a series of refrigerator
ithefts amounting to about $4,000,
/ Henry Nokes. colored, 30, of
!Shreve road, is being held under
$4,000 bond pending a hearing
"Wednesday. Police said a 16-
Iyear-old youth was arrested with
him
Police said that Nokes and the
youth were arrested in a vacant
house at Cherry street and Ar
Ilington boulevard after police
had arranged for a resident to
buy two stolen refrigerators from
them.
Police said after the arrange
ments were made Nokes and the
boy stole a refrigerator from q
housing project in Sleepy Hol-
low and another at Bailey's
Crossroads.
The pair was arrested when
they showed up to deliver the
stolen refrigeratorS, police said
Detectives said several police
men participated in the arrest
Sheriff John Taylor, who him.
self lost a refrigerator to thieves
about a month ago, also tool
part in the arrest.
Police said about $4,000 worth
OF refrigerators have been stoler
from new homes within the pass
few fnSnths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
.Sofe With $4,000
Stolen in Double
Foirfox Burglary

A safe containing $4,000 In
cash and checks was stolen from
a Fairfax County store early
yesterday.
A hardware store next to II
also was entered, police said
apparently by the same thieves
seeking tools to open the safe
Fairfax County police said the
burglaries took place some time
between $3.50 and am, the
times when police made a routine
check of the stores.
The safe was taken from the
Fort Hunt Pharmacy, 1907 Fort
Hunt road. The tools-a wreck
ing bar and hacksaw later found
on the sidewalk outside the drug
store-were removed from the
L. G. Hoge Hardware Co.. 1905
Fort Hunt road.
The money in the safe-about
81 500 in cash and the rest in
checks represented receipts
from Saturday, police were told
A battered safe. answering the
description of the stolen one
was found this morning in a
back yard at ITO Monroe street
NE, District police reported
The contents were gone. 1t
Irving Lubore. head of the Po-
lice Safe Squad, said it was the
missing safe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
NAVY WILL NAME
PATROL VESSEL
AFTER ROCKVILLE

Rockville, the county seat
of Montgomery County, has
been chosen by the Navy
as one of three Maryland
communities after which a
Navy patrol vessel will be
named.
According to the Asso-
ciated Press, the Navy has
adopted a new program of
giving names instead Of
numbers to l41 submarine
chasers, escorts and rescue
escort vessels. The small
ships are to be named after
American communities with
populations between $500
and 10000.
A rescue patrol vessel now
operating out Of Washing
ton, D. c., will be named the
Rockville" Two sub chasers
in the reserve feet at Nor
folk will be named after the
Maryland municipalities of
FNstburg and Bel Air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Priest Opposes Approach
To Bridge Via old Town

He also said the Fairfax and
Royal street approaches would
destroy the whole atmosphere
of the old town area where hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
have been spent in restoring old
homes"
The ST. Mary's Mothers Club
passed out leaflets at all masses
yesterday urging Pensioners to
attend a council meeting tomor-
row night to register their oppo-
Sition.
The Old Town. Yates Garden
and Alexandria Civic Associa-
tions are scheduled to ask Coun-
Gil tomorrow night to go on rec
ord against any approaches east
of Washington street. A delega-
ton from the Merchants AsSo-
citation is expected to appear in
favor of such approaches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

I saw wave knock Jimmy of
the boat" he said.
Mr.. Parkinson chung to the
frail boat and finally manuevered
it to the District shore where
he climbed onto rocks. DaZed
he started walking inland and
met a boy who lent him his
jacket. Mr.. Parkinson made il
to the canal towpath and walked
until he came to Fletcher's
Boathouse, a half mile below the
bridge.
At Fletcher's were rescue units
from the D. c. Fire Department
several ambulances, members Of
the Chevy Chase Rescue Squad
with their boats, and Harbol
Precinct patrol craft.
The kayak, which Mr.. Park
inson bought last year in Ger
many. and some of the supplies
that were in it, were recovered by
police.
MIR. Parkinson is the son OF
mfr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Park
Ilnson of 69l3 Oakridge avenue
Chevy Chase, Md. He is mar
lried, has a old son and is
employed by the Aetna Life In
,surance Co. Mr.. Fry also worked
for that firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Fother of Five Vonishes
In Potomac Kayak Spill

James c. Fry, jr.. 81, Of 81
Kennedy street, Alexandria, ia
Their of five children, vanished in
the Potomac River yesterday
near Chain Bridge when a wave
washed him from a capsiZed
kayak.
A companion, Richard w.
Parkinson, 25, of 1901 East-West
highway, Silver Spring, chung
to the canvas craft and reached
shore. He was released from
Emergency Hospital after treat
ment for exposure.
Harbor police resumed their
search for the body today.
Mr.. Fry was graduate OF
West Point. His father, a major
general. is chief Of the career
management division Of the Ad-
jutant Generals Office here.
Two-Day River Trip
The tragedy climaxed two
day trip up the river. Mr.. Fry
and Mr.. Parkinson loaded sleep
ing bags, cooking equipment and
a tent into the kayak Saturday
morning and showed off on the
CSC canal in Georgetown. They
padded to a spot above Glen
Echo. where they camped over
night.
They started. back yesterday
morning.
I'VE again took the canal be-
cause the river looked too
rough" MIR. Parkinson told a
reporter at Emergency Hospital.
I'VE came on down the canal
but we got tired of so many
locks so we switched to the river
above the dam just before High
Island. We portrayed around the
dam. intending to hug the Mary
land shore as we came down.
We did all right until we got
about 500 yards above Chain
Bridge. whert we were sucked
out into the current.
Knocked of by Wave
The next thing l knew the
nose of the kayak dug under a
big wave and we tipped over.
We both grabbed onto the kayak
and we drifted about so yards. p"
Il was still hanging on when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

Opponents Of Jones Point
Bridge approaches through the
i"Old Town" section of Alexan-
di'ia got a boost yesterday from
the pastor of st. Mary's Catho-
lie Church.
Msgr. Edward L. Stephens, the
pastor, said an approach on
South Royal street would create
a traffic hazard at st. Mary's
Parochial School at Green and
South Royal streets.
Father Stephens told parish
oners at the 1890 am. mass
that he was opposed to any APP
proaches east of Washington
street. The Bureau of Public
Roads released tentative plans
last week showing approaches
on South Fairfax and South
Royal streets and others west
of Washington street.
Father Stephens said the
Royal street approach would
create a tremendous" safety
hazard at the point where buses
load and unload children. About
/ 900 children attend the school,
He also said the noise and
dirt would make it difficult for
teachers and children to carry
on classroom work.
The pastor noted that the
Alexandria Retail Merchants
Association is on record for ap-
proaches east of Washington
street because the merchants
feel it would draw trade from
the District and Maryland to
downtown Alexandria.
"One child's life is more valu-
able than any economic gain
Alexaudria merchants would
realize" Father Stephens said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Cooperative Food
Distributors of America con-
tinue their session at the
Statler Hotel.
The Tax Executives Insti-
tute, Inc, begins its second
day at the Shoreham Hotel.
The National Association
of Supervisors of the De-
partment of Defense begins
a three-day meeting at the
Shoreham Hotel.
The American Hospital
Association begins a five day
Seminar Workshop on Hos
pital Planning at the Shera-
son Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Transit Strike
.InquiryPus|ned
In Maryland
State House Begins
Grand Inquest Into
Streetcor Stoppoge

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. Is (P.-
Maryland's House of Delegates
sets itself up as judge and jury
today to try to find out why Bal
timore's transit company and
transit union won't come to
terms and end a two-week-old
strike.
The Maryland Constitution,
ratified in 1867, gives the House
almost unlimited powers in con-
Quoting Investigations.
1t says the delegates may in
quire, on the oath of witness.
into all complaints, grievances
and offenseS, as the grand in
quest of the State. and may COM
NIT any person. for any crime,
to the public jail, there to re-
main, until discharged by due
course of law"
Never before has the full
House of Delegates used this
privilege.
Money Issue Paramount
Negotiations between the Bal
timore Transit Co. and its ALL
ICIO union begged down, mostly
over money matters. The COM
pany has offered 13-cent in
crease. over the present $50
hourly pay. in three-year con-
tract. The union rejected this
by a vote of 1852 to "a, and
stuck by its demands of a 20
cent hike in a one-year pact.
Both the company and union
have promised Mayor Thomas
d'Alesandro they will continue
to negotiate while the grand in
quest is going on here. Is miles
from Baltimore. The Mayor was
disturbed that the inquiry would
Icurtail negotiations.
Last night Mayor d'Alesandro
suggested that the city's business
interests should consider buying
out controlling interest Of the
transit company from the Ma
tional City Lines of Chicago,
which controls the Baltimore
system. and operate it them
selves.
Issues Statement
He said in a statement:
"Since next to the general
public, the business interests Of
Baltimore suffer most from tran
sit strikes and inadequate transit
service, even when there is no
strike. I believe local business
| interests should very. seriously
consider acquisition OF control
ling interest in the transit COM
pany."
| The city's business trade has
been off about IS per cent since
the strike started January 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

4:30 am. Friday the jailed mar
was noticed bleeding from the
nose and coughing blood. anc
was removed to District Gen.
Eeral Hospital. While the wager
awaited him. he was treated fol
nose Bleed and returned to the
precinct station, police said.
He was not hospitalized unit
after a court appearance Friday
morning. when he complained
of intense pain. Examination
revealed necessity of the brair
operation, which was under.
taken Saturday.
Before the accident, Mr.
|Stoner had left his job at 10
pm. to pick UP his mother-in-
law and two other women at
tending a church meeting at a
Southeast home.
Finding the meeting would last
longer than expected. he met his
brother law. Arthur Glenn
lents. 1919 Twenty-fourth street
Hyattsville. Mr.. Clements sale
Mr.. Stoner had two beers before
Beer Found in Car
departing for the women.
/ Police said they found two
bottles of beer in Mr.. Stoner's
wrecked car. Three other per-
sons were injured in the acct
dent. but only one was hospi-
talized.
Funeral services will be held
at l pm. Wednesday from the
Lee Funeral Home with burial
in Arlington Cemetery. Mr.
Stoner was an Army veteran
with overseas service in World
War II.
He is survived by his widow
son, Robert, II; two daugh-
tiers, Shirley, Is, and Phyllis
Ann. 6. and three brothers. Guy
Stoner, 3539 East Capitol street;
Dean Stoner, Fredericksburg
and Morris Stoner, Phoenix
AriZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
The
Rambler
Watching Others
Work Is firing, Too
By JACK JONAS

This town could use a Ma
tional Nothing Week. too.
The Mayor of Birmingham.
Ala, has proclaimed one, and
that ought to be enough to
set the District Commissioners
to thinking.
Consider it-a whole, long,
happy week of nothing.
A cab driver was saying the
other day that he started out
at 6 o'clock the morning be-
fore He drove until noon, got
a bite to eat, then was back
in his cab again until S pm.
He went home for a few
hours rest, but was on the
street once more at $3.50 pm.
and drove until / am. And
here he was, doing the same
thing all over again.
with 10000 cabs on the
street, you got to keep NOV.
ing" he said.
That hacker could use a
week of nothing.
A Government lawyer was
talking about a report he had
finished for a March deadline.
I've really been going" he
said. II work on it at the Of
flee, and take my stuff home
at night so l can get in a few
more hours work after dinner.
Worked all last week end, too.
But it's shaping up" he added,
proudly.
And what will he do when
he gets the report finished?
He seemed surprised that
anyone would ask.
III start on another report,
of course" he said.
The lawyer doesn't know it,
but he also could use a week
of nothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

died at 4:45 am. yesterday al
Leland Memorial Hospital.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid. issuing a certificate of &C
cidental death, cited cerebral
hemorrhage as the cause.
Police Chief Robert v. Murray
said an phases Of the accident
would be investigated. He indi-
Gated there was no reason &c
suspect negligence or mishan-
ding of the case.
In Scar Collision
Mr.. Stoner. who lived at 800s
Twenty fourth avenue. Hyatts-
vile, was charged also with un-
reasonable speed and driving or
the wrong side of the street after
his car collided with two Others
in the 1000 block of Nichols ave-
niue Sc.
| That was just before midnight
Thursday. According to investi-
eating police Pvts. Allan L
Nairn and Robert A. Kelly, Mr.
Stoner said he was not hurt
Police said he was staggering
and talking thickly. They sale
he had the odor of alcohol or
his breath.
| Later physicians who operated
and removed a large blood clot
from the victims brain said the
pressure of the clot very prob
ably caused him to simulate the
symptoms of drunkenness. Such
an injury might even fail to pro-
duce pain at first, a physician
said,
Taken To Station No. IL
One witness at the accident
reported Mr.. Stoner was bleeding
from the mouth and nose. He
said the motorist was placed in
side an ambulance, but removed
when he apparently remon-
strated.
Mr.. Stoner was taken to the
No. IL police station. About
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Donohue to Speak

F. Joseph Donohue. campaign
chairman for Senator Kefauver.
Democrat of Tennessee, will ad-
dress the Young Democrats of
Prince Georges County at $50
pm. Tuesday in the Marlboro
Hotel, Upper Marlboro. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Adults to Register
AT z High Schools

Gaithersburg Md Hig h
School will register adults for
CLASSES in art and shop work
from 1880 to $50 tonight at the
school.
Damascus High School will
register adults from 7:30 to $3.50
tomorrow night for a woodwork
ing class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Street Scenes

A man walking his green
ribboned tiger-striped cat on
a leash on Seventeenth street
near Massachusetts, avenue
N. W.
A girl carrying a Valentine
box to school on Reno road
N. w.
A woman motorist, stopped
for a traffic light at Western
and Wisconsin avenues, using
the seconds to read a few
words from a magazine. :.
A Western Union messenger
riding his bicycle sidesaddle
on Fifteenth street near Penn
sylvania avenue.
A woman on K street, say
ing to another woman, Il re-
member everything about my
last trip to Washington. We
went to the National, had box
seats. / had my gold watch
stol4t. Everything" ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
D. {. Area Man
Killed in Fire
Confusing Alarm
Delays Firemen

Frederick w. Artois, So, was
burned to death this morning
in a fire at his home, 5815
Thirty first avenue. West Hyatts-
Vile.
Mr.. Artois was employed by
the District Department of
Buildings and Grounds until a
ago. He had been living
alone in the house for several
weeks.
Hampered by a confusing fire
alarm, firemen were delayed sew
eral minutes in reaching the
burning house.
HysttSville Fire Capt. Wayne
Read broke down the front door
and discovered Mr.. Artois' body
on the NAH noOr.
A woman resident Of an apart
ment house two blocks away
turned In the first alarm at 4::32
am. when she smelled smoke.
The Hyattsville Fire Department
responded to the address. 5723
Twenty-ninth avenue, laid their
lines in the roadway but found
no fire.
Second Alarm Turned in
Realizing that the fire was
two blocks distant and that 1t
would take time to load up their
lines and equipment again, they
turned in the second alarm at
4:39 am
The Mount Rainier and Brent
wood Departments answered the
second call and found Mr.
Artois' home in flames.
The fire was confined to the
basement and one bedroom of
the asbestos-shingled two-bsd-
room home.
Hyattsville Fire Chief Charles
DiVincenzo said the fire ap-
parently began in a basement
fuse box directly beneath the
bedroom in which Mr.. Artois
was sleeping. He said there
were signs the fire had been
smoldering for about seven hours.
Collapsed in Hallway
He said the fire ate upward
into the bedroom. Mr.. Artois
apparently awakened to find the
room in flames, staggered out
into the hallway and collapsed
there.
Prince Georges County Medi-
cal Examiner DR.. John T Ma
loney pronounced Mr.. Artois
dead at $40 am.
The only furniture in the
house was in Mr.. Artois' bed
room. Hyattsville Police Pvt
James Adams said Mr.. Artois
had been living alone since his
wife left with their two children,
7. and Susie Marie, ]
to live with her mother at 1906
Bradford road. Silver Spring
Mr.. Artois resigned from his
job in the contract management
division of the District Depart
ment Of Buildings and Grounds
about a month ago. personnel
officers said. He had been en-
ployed there for several years
Mrs. Artois said she left her
husband and started divorce
proceedings while he was serving
a 25-day sentence in the Marl-
boro jail on charges of drunk
enness and assaulting their T.
son. He was released
January 30.
She said two years ago he had
spent six weeks In the Maryland
State Mental Hospital at Spring
Grove.
In the nine years of their
she said, he had been
several times for as
her.
Frederick Artois. jr.. %, a son
by a former marriage. is a stu
dent at the University of Vir-
ginia. A sister. Mrs. Helen De
Bios. lives at 1914 Fitzgerald
lapc Parkfairfax. Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

OCCASIONALLY THERE is
talk that those people up on
the Hill are particularly adept
at doing nothing. But that's
only Democrats talking about
Republicans, and Republicans
talking about Democrats.
Representative Frelinghuy-
sen. New Jersey Republican,
sent a letter to his constitu-
ents recently listing some of
the things he'd done, and been
called on to do, during one of
his days.
On the list was breakfast
with one group, committee
meetings, visits from home
folks, lunch with another
group, work on bills and an
evening meeting. He ended by
saying something about "home
in time to kiss the kiddies
goodnight"
Those fellows at the Capt.
tol could use a week of MOTH
ing.
A redcap at Union Station
was carrying a heavy load of
bags across the concourse for
a man who got off a train too
late to catch one of the bag
gage carts. He set them down
on the concrete floor and
flexed his shoulders.
"I'm tired he said. Jus
plain, double -dog tired"
A week of nothing would set
very we'll with him.
A fellow was saying things
about his newly bought house.
"I've been planning off the
doors, setting a few bricks
back in the fireplace, putting
in bookshelves, getting ready to
repaper the bathroom, dab
bling paint on spots the paint
ers missed, looking around for
bricks for a patio l want to
put out in the back yard,
scraping paint off the win
dows. :"