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Man Who Threw Switch
Quizzed on rain PiIeup

SPRINGER. N. Mex, Sept. 6
Up. A train crewman was being
queried today at an inquest in
into the crash of a
railway streamliner and a side
lined mail train.
Twenty persons were killed and
35 were injured when the Santa
Fe Chief slammed head-on into
the waiting mail train in the pre-
dawn hours yesterday.
The 312 passengers aboard the
Chief escaped death.
A railway official said a Santa
Ee workman threw a switch,
turning the 13-car Chief onto a
bypass where it smashed into the
mail train, which was waiting
for 1T to pass.
The railway spokesman. ]. P.
Reinhold, vice president in charge
of public relations. said the Chief
was travelling 40 to As m.p.h.
when it rammed the mail train
at 3 am. The debris was cleared
about IA hours later. after the
body of the Goth victim was
found.
officials identified the last VIC
tim as Brakeman Lawrence Nc
Cormick. Ration, N. Mex, and
said the body was found in the
wreckage of a dormitory car on
the Chief.
The other dead also were rail-
way workmen, either trainmen
or dining car employees. Most
were sleeping in the dormitory
car.
officials said the mail train
fireman became confused and
set the switch the wrong way
after his train had pulled of the
main line to let the Chief pass.
Mr.. Reinhold said the fireman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-06
Legion to Hear Nixon
Reply to Stevenson

LOS ANGELES. Sept. s (P.-
Vice President Nixon addresses
the American Legion national
convention today, giving the vet
Grams a full political sweep from
the earlier appearance of Demo-
cratic Presidential Candidate
Adlai Stevenson.
Mr.. Nixon still was working
on his speech late last night,
and only bare indications of its
contents seeped out Of his tenn
porary headquarters at nearby
Whittier.
He was reported planning to
list achievements of the Eisen-
hover administration and to
show what it has done for
veterans.
Political observers said Mr..
Nixon could be expected to an
swer some of the statements
Mr.. Stevenson made when he
addressed the convention yes
terday.
Fathers Funeral Tomorrow
Mr.. Nixon, saddened BY the
death of his father. Frank A.
Nixon, II, in Whittier Tuesday
night was able to work on his
a ddress only sporadically.
Friends visited the fathers home
throughout yesterday, extending
sympathy. Arrangements were
being made for the funeral serv-
ices to be held tomorrow.
The illness of his father twice
summoned the Vice President
from the Republican National
Convention in San Francisco,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-06
Polio Decrease
Shown in Week
BY the Associated Press

The States listed S87 new polio
cases last week. This was Sc
fewer than in the week ended
August Is. which may turn out
to have been the peak 1856 week
with 943 cases.
AS has been the case most
Of the summer. the total last
week was the smallest for any
comparable week since 1947 and
the 887 was far less than half
of the 2,056 listed in the COM
parable 1855 week.
The Public Health Service said
the drop in cases last week was
the first time during the 1856
polio season that there had been
a decrease from the preceding
week.
Cautious on Conclusions
"The peak week last year was
the week ended August 81" it
said. and the 5-year median
peak week, the second week in
September.
due caution should be OBJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-06
Stevenson Says 6. 0. P.
Talks Like Democrats

material for the speech said they
wouldn't change a word If 1t
had to be given over again.
Clayton Fritchey. Mr.. Steven
sons secretary. told a reporter
Mr.. Stevenson wasn't upset over
the booing evoked by what Mr..
Fritchey called one Of the most
significant speeches Mr.. Steven
son will make during the presi-
Dental campaign.
Maybe the mixed reaction
will be a good thing. if it sets
people to thinking" Mr.. Fritchey
said.
Still, some Of the people
around Mr.. Stevenson conceded
they were surprised at the vol
ume Of booing.
1t began. as an overtone to
laundering applause, before the
Democratic nominee said a word,
when he walked onto the stage
of the shrine auditorium in Los
Angeles with Senator Kefauver
1t reached a peak near the end
of the speech. when Mr.. Steven
son remarked that those who
play politics with foreign policy
are enemies of peace, adding:
II would remind you that the
Republican-controlled 83d Con-
gresS harassed the Republican
President so much that he even
considered forming a third
party"
There was a rumble of mingled
and some booing. Then
the booing crescendoed. J. Ad-
dington Wagner, the national
commander Of the Legion, moved
to Mr.. Stevenson's side and
tapped the lectern in an attempt
to restore order.
Mr.. Stevenson finally was able
to go on--and got more applause
and booS at the conclusion of
his text.
Smiling. he added postscript:
I'VE can't always agree on
everything in this country. But
it is nice to live in land where
we have the right to disagree. Z"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-06
Democrats See
arm VOteFight
By The Associated Press


Senator Douglas, Democrat Of
Illinois. said today that President
Eisenhower's projecte d farm
speeches indicate that the Presi-
dent realizes his farm program
has not worked and has hurt
most of the farmers"
Senator Humphrey, Democrat
of Minnesota, another consistent
critic of Republican farm poll
cies. agreed with Senator Doug
las that the Midwest farm belt
will certainly be a major battle
ground in this years campaign. >
Mr.. Eisenhower told his news
conference yesterday he plans to
discuss the farm situation Sep
TENDER 81 at one of the National
Field Days" at Newton, Iowa
and make a major nationally
Itelevised farm speech a week
later.
Stevenson Also to Speak
Adlai Stevenson, the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee, pre-
Iviously had agreed to make q
farm speech at Newton on Sep
TENDER %, the day following the
Eisenhower appearance.
Both parties apparently retain
vivid memories of the 1913 preSi-
Dental voting in which President
Truman surprised the G. o. p
by carrying Iowa and other
normally Republican farm belt
states and winning reelection.
Republicans got a boost earlier
this year when average farm
prices moved up about IL pei
cent from a 14-year low in mid.
December. More recently JULY
prices were down / per cent anc
mid : August levels dropped
another 3 per cent.
Secretary of agriculture Ben.
son credited these declines to 3
seasonal downturn at harvest
time, but Democrats are certain
to use the drop as campaign am.
munition throughout the farm
belt.
Seen Aiding HickenIooper
Mr.. Eisenhower's appearance
in Iowa also was seen as ar
effort to help Republican incum.
bent Senator Hickenlooper. who
faces strong Democratic opposi.
ton in r. M. Spike" Evans, for
mer chief of the Agricultural AID.
juStment Administration.
Senator Douglas and Hum.
phrey plan to help Democratic
senatorial candidates in several
key Midwest States where Re.
publican seats are at stake
These include Claude Wickard
former Democratic Secretary Of
Agriculture, who is opposing Sem
ator Capehart, Republican of In
diana; Richard StengeI, Illinois
Democrat who is running against
Senator Dirksen. Republican OF
Illinois, and Cow Frank Lausche
OF Ohio whose opponent is SEN
ator Bender, Republican of Ohio
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee
the Democratic vice presidential
nominee, also plans an invasion
OF Ohio. Michigan. Wisconsin and
other Midwest farm States later
this month after q campaign
visit to Florida.
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Continued From First Page
the past-with holiness, with
imagination, and with the en-
ergy, wisdom and faith of a
democratic people"
Social Security Vote Cited
Republican Senators and Con-
gressmen. he asserted. cheer
President Eisenhower's words
but vote against his proposals.
Putting it into figures. Mr.. Ste
venson said that IS per cent Of
Senate Democrats voted to pro-
vide social security benefits to
disabled persons at age SO.
whereas 86 per cent Of the Re-
publicanS voted no. He said that
is "a fair measure of the differ
ence between the two parties. I"
The measure passed and Mr..
Eisenhower signed it, along with
its provision for lowering the
eligibility age for women bene-
f1ciaries from IS to 81.
Furthermore, Mr.. Stevenson
said, Mr.. Eisenhower had told
the Nation the individual must
have safeguards against personal
disaster and then threw the
whole weight and power of his
administration against Demo-
cratic efforts to provide them. /"
Shows Little VexatiOn
The applause and cheering
for Mr.. Stevenson at the Legion
Convention was more frequent
and in greater volume. But the
booing still added up to one of
the severest hecklings any man
running for President has re-
ceived in recent political his
tory.
Some of Mr.. Stevenson'S asso-
ciates were saying the booing
was a demonstration of bad
taste and manners, inasmuch as
Mr.. Stevenson had been invited
to address the Legion Conven-
ton.
But the Democratic nominee
himself showed little vexation.
And aides who helped assemble
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please a goddess who lives inside
a mountain so that she will make
COWS yield milk and calves.
The most obvious Sumerian
word used in the rite means
goddess Of the mountains.
He does not propose, Prince
Peter said. that the ritual itself
comes from ancient Sumeria, but
1t may be a relatively modern
adaptation in which some parts
of an ancient ritual have been
retained.
The Todas apparently are a
dying people. The latest Indian
census showed only 484 still
alive.
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committed an "error in judg-
ment," and the mistake was
Just one of those things that is
hard to figure out. He just does
not know why he did it."
The official identified the fire.
man as P. C. Caldarelli of Ration,
who late last night still was in a
state of shock.
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Suez Pilots Accepted

BRUSSELS. Belgium. Sept. 6
R.- -Four Belgian candidates
have been accepted by Egyptian
authorities to serve as pilots on
the suez Canal. a spokesman
for the Egyptian Embassy said
today. Asked whether there
were many applications, the
spokesman said: I'VE have a lot
Of them each day."
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SUMERIA
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village leaders all night and
finally obtained permission for
the Prince to attend the rite.
But a few days after the
ceremony the villager again
was beaten up very severely.
Why the SECRECY? One reason
given, Prince Peter said, is that
it would offend the gods. Prob
ably a more potent reason is
that the Todas are surrounded
by peoples to whom meat-eat-
ing is a profane thing. and they
don't like it known that even
once a year they indulge in such
a sacrilege.
He was primarily interested,
he explained. in the language Of
the ritual. 1t was not difficult,
he found, to pick UP known
Sumerian words surrounded by
Toda phrases.
The Todas themselves have
no idea Of their origin. They
live isolated at an elevation of
about 1000 feet and seldom are
visited by outsiders. Ordinarily
Prince Peter found them quite
hospitable.
They live primarily on milk
products. Preparation Of curds
and cheese is a sacred and Sc
cret process carried on only in
side the milk temple. When a
cattle owner dies his cows are
killed to accompany him to the
hereafter.
Language Is Difficult
The language. he said. seems
unrelated to anything else in the
world and Is extremely compli-
Gated and difiicult. He played
recordings Of this tongue as used
in the ritual. The Todas give
different versions Of the origin
Of the calf sacrifice. but most
eSnmonly 1t is said TO be TO
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served, in view of the variability
of both occurrence of previous
peak weeks and of late small
rises te. g.. 1852 and 1880, in
drawing conclusions about the
current poliomyelitis season."
Chicago. which has been the
only area with a severe polio
outbreak. reported 81 cases last
week. down from 100 in the pre-
ceding week. 1t was the third
successive weekly drop.
Illinois Total Down
Illinois also reported a drop in
cases outside Chicago, with So
last week and 81 the week before.
Illinois. with 100 cases last
week. was the only State listing
more than "a. Iowa had "a, Cali
fornia So and Michigan 81.
For this polio disease year
which started April there were
7,848 cases through September /,
compared with 1923 in the
comparable 1855 span.
The total for the 1856 calendar
year was 8,915 compared with
1871 in 1855 on the correspond
ing date.
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where he was renominated for a
second term, and called him back
from Washington last Friday.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
Elizabeth RoWiand

Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland, II
years, 3016 Burdette Street, passed
away Friday morning, June 29th at
a local hospital. Mrs. Rowland
had been a resident of Omaha
twenty-five years and was on the
Mothers Board of St. John Bap-
tis. Church.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Blanche Rowland, Omaha;
brother, Mr.. John R. Brown, one
of the leading BARRIERS of Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin; nephew, Mr.
Thomas Brown, Milwaukee; aunt,
Mrs. Sally Rucker, Clarksville,
Mo-; two cousins, Mrs. Edith
Watts, Bollen Green, Mo-, Mrs.
Nora Mozee, Clarksville, Missouri;
other relatives and a host of
friends.
Tentatively funeral services have
been set for two o'clock Tuesday
afternoon from St. John Baptist
Church with the Rev. E. D. John
son officiating with burial at
Mount Hope Cemetery and ar
rangements by Thomas Funeral
Home.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
RosoIind Fisher

Mrs. Rosalind Fisher, age So
years, of 2020 North Is ST., died
suddenly Saturday, June Is, 1856
at her home.
She was an Omaha resident 40
years.
Mrs. Fisher is survived by her
husband, Mrs Andrew Fisher of
Omaha; and three sisters of Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, June p, 1856 at 200 PM.
Interment was at Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
Psllbearers Messrs c. Davis, J..
Anderson, N. Gilreath, E. Lee and
l. Fisher.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
God Bless You Is
July IS Topic On
The Lutheran Hour

The Christian benediction will
be the subject of July Is mess
age on The Lutheran Hour deliv-
cred by the Rev. George w. Witt
mer, pastor of Messiah Lutheran
Church in st. Louis and summer
guest speaker on The Lutheran
Hour.
In addition to Pastor Wittmer's
message, listeners will hear an
Overseas Report" on Lutheran
Hour activities in Great Britain.
Speaker on the report will be the
Rev. E. George Pearce Of London,
England.
In his message over the Nation
al Broadcasting Company, Mutual
Broadcasting System and inde-
pendent stations, Pastor Wittmer
will point out "day after day God
gives us everything we need for
body and soul-and we 60 our
way as if he owed us these
things"
He will say that "The Lord
bless thee, and keep thee; The
Lord make His face shine upon
thee, and be gracious unto thee;
The Lord lift up His countenance
upon thee, and give thee peace"
is the assurance of providence
and protection and pardon and is
also the guarantee of peace, "the
peace of God that passes all un-
derstanding."
In addition, Pastor Wittmer will
say, the benediction guarantees
the privilege of coming before
the face of the King"
what God has for you is not
merely psychology. 1t is the GER
tain pledge of Him Who always
keeps His word" the st. Louis
pastor will conclude.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
This Is The
Termife Season

This is the season for swarm.
ing of winged termites, accord
ing to Robert Roselle, Uniyer
slty of Nebraska Entomologist
He says that flights Of the wing
ed termites seen emerging from
holes in the lumber inside OF
outside of the buildings indi.
Gates the need for control mea.
sures But he warns home own
ers against INSCRIPTIONS control
operators who attempt to fright
en- them into an immediate and
usually costly control job. Ros-
ellie recommends that estimates
for the job be obtained from
several reliable operators and
comments that since termite
damage is slow, there will be
ample time for this precaution.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
Whuf's With
Willie Mays?

New York (CNS) Willie Mays
the boy wonder of the Giants in
bygone years = is having such a
disappointing year so far that
few newspaper folks hang around
him.
Has marriage caused Willie to
lose his baseball touch? Or is it
just the general sluggishness of
the Giants as whole that is con-
tagious enough to catch on to
Willie?
Even Giant manager Bill Rig
ney is completely perplexed by
wonderless Willie. Frankly he
puzzles me-" It looked for while
last week that he was coming on.
But now he has slipped back a.
gain. Willie is swinging as hard
as ever, except that the ball is
going straight up in the air in
stead of soaring toward the fences
as it once did. - All in all, the
Giants are mired in the cellar
without too much hope
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
Montgomery Bus Co. Has
Half Of Drivers Since Boycott

Montgomery, Ala. (CNS) Before
the historic bus boycott begun a.
gainst the Montgomery City Lines
last December 5th, the company
employed 20 drivers. In a new
economy move this week, it laid
Off Il more drivers-leaving the
number yet employed by the
company to thirty-seven drivers.
More buses have been taken out
OF service, too. Office personnel
has been cut to the bone so that
there are only five on the pay
roll and this includes office work
ers as well as maintenance per-
sonnet. The manager, ]. H. Bag
ley, made the new announcement
as to how hard the six month old
boycott has hit the company.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
Rev. Geo. Wilmer
Lutheran Hour
Guest Speaker

The Rev. George w. Wittmer.
pa S t or of Messiah Lutheran
Church in st. Louis, will begin a
two-month series as summer
guest speaker on The Lutheran
Hour July 8 when he speaks on
the topic, I'VE Would See Jesus. I"
The broadcast will also feature
the first in series Of Overseas
Reports" on Lutheran Hour actiy-
ity. Missionaries and native past
ors from countries around the
world will participate in these re-
ports throughout the summer
months.
Pastor Wittmer will tell hrs
audience on the Mutual network,
NBC, and independent stations
that "our greatest desire must be
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
uNcF EDUCATIONAL
CONSULTANT APPOINTED
CHIEF ADVISOR TUSKECEE.
INDoNESIA PROJECT

Dr. L. Fl. Foster, president. Tus
kegee Institute, recently announ.
ced the appointment of Mr.. 4. l.
Washington as Chief Adviser OF
the Tuskegee-Indonesia Project
Mr.. Washington is relinguishine
his post as consultanr on educa.
tional and fiscal problems for the
United Negro College Fund, an
organization composed Of thirty
one private accredited Negro col
leges.
Mr. Washington "a graduate en-.
glneer of Massachusetts Institute
OF Technology, has had over twen.
ty-elght years of administrative
and related experience in the de.
velopment of programs of higher
education. Prior to his associa.
ton with the UNCF, he served as
Business Manager of Howard Uni
versity, Washington, d. c. His
earlier experiences include the
deanship of the School Of Mechan-
lcal Industries Of Tttskegee Insti-
tute, and of the School of Mechan-
&c Arts of A. & T. College. He
has also served as Administrative
Assistant to the President of Tus-
kegee Institute and Director Of
Aeronautics of Motion Field. He
was educational consultant to the
Ministry of Education of the Ba-
hama Islands and to the Governor
OF the Virgin Islands. suq
The Indonesia-T -Tuskegee Project
Is contractual agreement be-
tween Tuskegee Institute and the
Ministry of Education of the Ile-
public of Indonesia, subsidized hy
the Federal Government through
the International Cooperation Ad-
Under this program,
Tuskegee Institute is providing
technical, advisory assistance and
teacher-training for the technical
teachers of Indonesia.
Through the release cf MIR.
Washington for this service, the
UNCF is rendering valuable asis-
tance to the Federal Government
in its effort to up grade the teach
ing personnel Of Indonesia. Tus-
kegee Institute has at present a
staff of twelve technical special
lists and teacher-trainers in Indo-
nesia. M
Mr.. Washington assumed his new
responsibilities as Chief Advisor
Of the Tuskegee-Indonesia Project
on June l. He will leave for Dja-
karta, Indonesia, in late June to
take over the direction of the pro-
ject by July 1st.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
Tri-Stote Art
Exhibit in Wyo.

Artists from Colorado and Wyo-
ming will again have an oppor-
tunity to exhibit their pictures in
the Second Annual Tri-State Ex.
hibif at Cheyenne.
The final date for filing entry
blanks has been extended to
July 8, 1856, at which time ex-
hibits will also be due at the
Cheyenne Art Center.
Over $5OO.OO in prizes will be
awarded by jury of well-known
Artists. The Exhibits will be
open to the public from July %,
1856 to August %, 1856.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06
CHAMPIONS IN SPORTS

A preview of winners in tht
forthcoming Olympic games il
Melbourne, Australia, feature:
the Fifth Anniversary edition oI
"Go-Guide to Pleasant Motoring. =
The University Of Pittsburgh's
stellar half miller Arnie Sowell;
Tennessee States speed queens
Mae Faggs and Isabel Daniels,
are featured along with their
records.
The brilliant record Of the
NCAA Basketball Champions,
the fabulous San Francisco Dons.
with Bill Russell and X. c. Jones;
1855 World Champions Brooklyn
Dodgers; Gene Baker and Ernie
Banks of the Chicago Cubs; The
Milwaukee Braces Bill Bruton
and Cleveland Indians Big Gun,
AL Smith, occupy favored posi-
tions in the 1856 edition.
Edited with the Negro travelor
In mind, "Go-Guide to Pleasant
Motoring" is designed to assure
him of first class accommodations
wherever he goes in the United
States, Canada, Alaska and Mex
leo. The listed Hotels, Motels
and Resorts have been carefully
screened for cleanliness, whole
some and inviting atmosphere
frlendliness of employees and
management, available services
and reasonable prices. Each
place is adequately described SO
that prospective guests know ex-
actly what to expect, and the
prices charged. Guests are adj
monished throughout the book
to always secure confirmed reser-
vatlons in advance, something
that most Negroes are loathe to
do, and therefore suffer needless
disappointment, said Jackson
who heads Andrew +. Jackson e
Associates, 918 F. Street, N. w..
Washington 4, d. c.
AS a medium of travel, sport.
convention and historic informa-
hon for Negro motorists, Co
Guide to Pleasant Motoring, is
vltally important to more than
TWO million Negro families with
automobiles.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06

listeners, you will have to make
the descent into eternity. You
will go down the steep mountain
side of death. Have you accepted
Jesus as your guide? Do you trust
Him for your salvation from the
deadly power of sin and your
safe passage to heaven?
People around us who are in
need, who are anxious, fearful
frustrated, lonely and insecure.
fail to realize that "basically they
are out of harmony with Cod"
Pastor Wittmer will say.
In an Overseas Report" the
Rev. Fred c. Kreiss, a native of
France, will discuss the work of
The Lutheran Hour in that coun-
try. Pastor Kreiss is stationed
in Paris.
The Omaha guide., 1956-07-06

earned rest.
Perhaps you have a vacation
cabin that needs to be put in
order after being closed since
last year. Once again, Wisk Is the
answer for cleaning everything
from the kitchen sink to floors
and window-sills-with no extra
boxes or bottles or other cleaners.
Remember, a vacation is SUP.
posed to b. fun and tie simpler
you keep tso neccssary duties,
tho NOR, tia:e you'll kavs with
your fan.i!y.
% make yocr list. follow !.
ard before, during and at..r this
happy time OF tao yc1r--doRt
forget tbs Wisk.