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Also arrested here yesterday
were Dwight Holdorf and James
B. Carr. both accused of con-
spiracy in the case.
-Four others were arrested
Wednesday night,
Edgar r. Errion, 60. who is
under court order not to sell
plywood securities in another
case, was picked up at Seattle
on charges of mail fraud and
violation of the Securities and
Exchange Act. His bond was set
at 100000.
Arrested at Salem. Greg. were
Glenn r. Munkers, IS; Archie L.
Bones, SO. and Charles w. Will
hanson, 70.
All were accused of selling
memberships in the Mount Hood
Hardboard a. Plywood Co-opera-
tive. The Securities and Ex-
change Commission held hear
ing on the coop last August. A
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Pharoah's palace, cost $3.50, ooc
alone.
But the old man knew what he
was doing. The result is more
"a religious experience than a
movie. It's an armchair pill
grimage.
Has All Ingredients
The picture has all the famed
.DeMille ingredients-sex, bathing
scenes, dancing girls and racing
.chariots. plus his second parting
of the Red Sea.
He did it before in a silent
version of "The Ten Command
ments," made in 1923. That was
the first picture to cost more
than a million. Ironically, Para
mount fired Mr.. DeMille when
the cost hit the million mark, but
had to rehire him.
Charlton Heston plays Moses
and does a superb job, as does
Yul Brynner as Rameses II, the
despotic Pharaoh of the Exodus
Mr.. DeMille used a record
number of eXtras-25, 000-foI
the Exodus scene.
II just hired nomadic tribes
through the Shiek," he explained
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commission attorney said about
$650,000 worth of memberships
were sold, but only $3.50, 900 re-
manned when members took over
The members finally built a
plant, which has been operating
a month near Estacada, Greg.
but it was a quarter million
dollar facility instead of the
once-promised So million opera
ton.
Il don't know anything about
it, because l was in no way con-
nected with it, said Mrs. Daven-
port, who long has been active
in women's clubs and patriotic
organizations here. She is the
widow of a real estate operator
who headed the Davenport cor
poration here prior to his death
in 1858.
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seem to worry the accountants
All DeMille pictures make mil
lions. His King of Kings" has
never stopped showing since II
was made in 1927.
Much of the big cost was due
to Mr.. DeMille's insistence on
shooting such scenes as the
Exodus on the actual locale
Egypt's Sinai Valley.
And only Mr.. DeMille, with
characteristic lavishness, would
build three pyramids and IL
sphinxes less than 5 miles from
the real ones. That set, for the
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lion of Paramount's money to
put the life of Moses on the
screen. The budget almost dou-
bles the 81 million spent on QUO
Vadis," and more than triples
the amount spent on Gone With
the Wind"
8 Years to Break Even
The latter picture. which
crossed $25 million, is the all
time box-office champion, but
Paramount expects THE Ten
Commandments" to bring in 500
million over the next 20 years.
The studio doesn't expect to
break even on the picture for at
least eight years, but that doesn' I
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yesterday and said it would re-
new its contract only after the
question of canal operation is
settled.
The dredges were pulled out to
sea by tug and will be taken to
Rotterdam. Other material will
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Commandments Seen
As De Mile Masterpiece

HOLLYWOOD Oct, 5 H9.-Holywood has had a preview
look the expensive movie made"The Ten Com
mandments"-and it'll take bigger and better adjective
colossal to describe it.
It's 75-year-old Cecil De Miles roth picture easily
the masterpiece of the master Snowman
Mile spent hours day years plus S135 mil
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'Suez Dredgers Quit,
To Await Settlement

PORT SAID, Egypt, Oct. S (P),
-Holma, the Dutch company
that dredges the Suez Canal,
pulled its two dredges out of here
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ern Presbyterian Church here.
The couple will reside in the
Philippines.
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MRS. MESTA-HOSTESS,
DIPLOMAT, AND NOW CUPID?

In New York yesterday, Mrs Pere Mesta denied that
she had definitely planned dinner in honor of Frances
Prince Napoleon Murat to which she would invite Miss
Virginia Warren and therefore play the role of cupid
Mrs Mesta said she met the Prince at a dinner in
Chicago and asked him to visit her in Washington And
he viii. too If he come" she added.
In story from New York yesterday, the Associated
Press quoted the New York Herald saying
Mrs. Mesta had picked UP possible bride - Virginia
Warren a. daughter Of Chief Justice and Mrs. Earl
Wagren-for Prince Napoleon Murat."
According to the APP story. the bachelor prince 80
Of the few living descendants Of the Bonapate family
He is wealthy. feet and is in America his first
visit guest Of honor Of Alliance Franchise Of Chicago
which sponsored a dinner in his honor.
Columnist Joe Hyams writing from Hollywood said:
The prince and Mrs. Mesta dormer United States
Minister Luxembourg met at cocktail party In his
honor The conversation centered around Grace Kelly and
her hance Prince Rainier III OF Monaco.
would you like to marry Americana he asked
He answered Maybe
Mrs. Mesta said know just the right girl for YOU
Virginia Warren
THE prince bushed and Mrs Mesta told him Leave it
it me-
Mrs Mestas campaign includes party in the Princes
honor in Washington with Miss Warren the guests
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TUESDAY, JANUARY II, 1856 XIX 81
Sweet Potato Champs
Visit Capitol Hill

The sweet potato, valuable
for its high quantity of vita
min A. is one vegetable that is
native to America. Early rec
ords show it was discovered
by Columbus and his ship
mates in the islands Of the
West Indies.
Early Spanish explorers are
thought to have taken it to
the Philippines and East Indies
and from there it Travelled to
India, China and Malaga. It's
a tuber that thrives in a hot,
moist climate. For that reason
it has never been popular in
Europe, not even In the sunny
Mediterranean areas. Curious
as 1t seems. the sweet potato
is now the third most impor-
tant food crop in Japan. In
fact, a friend stationed in
Japan writes that the sweet
potato is about the only famil-
lar vegetable she sees in the
huge vegetable markets Of
Tokyo.
Victor r. Boswell, USDA
horticultural. in an article
In the August l949 National
Geographic Magazine, says
there's q strange fact about
the two types of sweet pota-
toes. The "dry-fieshed" ones,
such as the Big Stem Jersey
and the Little Stem Jersey,
have more water content than
do the moist fleshed" ones,
namely. the Puerto Rico and
Nancy Hall.
He goes on to say that the
soft, rich moist" varieties are
enormously called "yams" in
the United States.
This confession in names is
unfortunate" he says, since
the yam is an entirely diff
Continued on Page B-4, Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-17
By VIOLET FAULKNER

Ten proud South Carolina
teen layers were honor guests
at luncheon yesterday on Cap
itol Hill as a reward for grow
ing record crops of sweet
potatoes.
The boys were winners in
the 1855 South Carolina sweet
potato production contest
sponsored the past 10 years by
the United States Department
of Agriculture Extension Serv-
ice. AdSP stores and Clemson
College.
Their hosts were Senator
Olin D. Johnston and Repre-
sentative John l.. Mcmillan.
All but one Of the winners,
incidentally, came from Mr..
McMillan's district.
The young farmers had every
right to feel proud of their
accomplishments. Their aver
age yield this year was better
than 1923 bushels of sweet po-
tatoes per acre, more than
three times the average COM
merciai yield for South Caro-
lima.
Cliff r. Severance, jr.. Is. OF
Lamar. S. c. +. a city-bred
teen-ager set a near record
on his acre of ground and pro-
duced 500 bushels Of market
able vans. When asked how
he liked his sweet potatoes,
Cliff answered. Il like sweet
potato pie the best"
Luke Hamilton, State ex-
tension marketing specialist
from Columbia, S. c.. who was
in charge of the trip, took
the boys on to New York yes
terday afternoon. There they
will follow a carload Of their
sweets" from market place to
retail store.
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Element OF Surprise
added to Luncheon

Members of the Republican
Club seemed to take to the
element Of surprise as they ate
their luncheon which had
come a full two floors up from
the kitchen on the Jefferso-
MAN invention, the dumb
waiter.
I'm sure it's a man." said
one. The idea of "it" being a
woman seemed less appealing.
The surprise: Earle D. Ches-
ney Of the White House staff.
He is assistant to Deputy As
sistant to the President Will
ton B. Persons.
Mr.. Che sney entertained
members for a short 10 min
utes with drawing appropriate
political cartoons which he
said he felt were about equal
to thousands of words, II one
took the old adage Of a pic
ture being worth a 1000 words
seriously.
Even he admitted to being
a little surprised at being at
the luncheon.
Among the almost so per-
sons at the affair at 2l4 First
street NV. were Mrs. w. Ran
dolph Burgess, wife OF the
Undersecretary Of the Treas
ury; Mrs. Maurice H. STAINS,
wife Of the Deputy Postmaster
General: Mrs. Wilton B. Per-
sons; Mrs. Everett M. Dirksen:
Mrs. j. Harry McGregor. wife
Of Representative McGregor;
Mrs. James c. Auchincloss.
wife Of Representative Auch-
incloss twho thought up the
idea Of the mystery guest);
Mrs. John Phillips, wife Of
Representative Phillips; Mrs.
William H. Brett. wife Of the
Director of the Mint; Mrs.
william c. Culbertson, chair
man Of the entertainment
committee; Mrs. August H.
Andersen. wife of Representa-
tive Andersen; other club
members and guests.
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built up during the war and
added losses which ensued
when cutbacks occurred.
Senator Butler told the
G. o. P. women Republicans
did not want to put the farmer
on the spot and pointed out
farm prices had fallen on the
market before President Ell
senhower came into office.
The reason they did fall. he
added, was because of the
huge SURPRISES built up under
the war program.
He charged the Democrats
lacked the courage and vision
to meet the question squarely
in correcting legislation put
through during the war period
to meet this surplus.
Senator Butler said present
food SURPRISES should be made
available to this country's peo-
pie and to the world.
Prior to the luncheon, the
Republican women elected the
following new officers for the
coming year: Mrs. Louis A.
Gravelle. president; Mrs. }.
Mark Trice, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Albert E. Conradis,
second vice president: Mrs.
Thomas M. Leitch, recording
secretary; Mrs. Peter Cameron,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
John j. Boyd. treasurer and
Mrs. T. Paul Freeland, assist
and treasurer.
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Both Sides
Talk Farm
Policies
Yesterday

Both Democratic and Re-
publican club women heard
discussions of the farm pro-
gram under the two admini-
STATIONS at separate luncheons
yesterday with both speakers
laying the blame for the farm
slump on the opposite party.
Guest speaker at the Wom-
ans National Democratic Club
luncheon in the clubhouse was
Representative Harold Cooley
of North Carolina, chairman
of the House Agriculture Com
mittee.
Senator John Butler. OF
Maryland, was the other
speaker, who addressed the
Rock Greek Women's Republic
can Club at their election meet
ing and luncheon in the Ken
wood Country Club.
Mr.. Cooley praised the
Democrats record in agricul-
ture "all the way through" and
said that most people think
only of price supports when
they think of the farm pro-
gram. but actually it is COM
prised Of 1913 laws. He added
the program was passed I'm Ter
Democrats and has stood the
test all these years" with no
one even advocating repeal Of
q single part.
THE Eisenhower admini-
stration is trying to purloin the
Democratic farm program built
up over a period of 20 years."
he charged. adding that Secre-
tary Benson rendered a dis
service to the people and
farmers by denouncing the
Democratic program. when his
tBenson's) program is the
same thing"
Mr.. Cooley attributed the
current plight of the farmer to
the result Of over-expansion
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WEDDINGS


Announcement is made Of
the marriage of Mrs. jamie
Ruth Sheffield Robinson Of
Savannah. Ga, to Mr.. Louis
B. Toomer United States Reg
lister of the Treasury. also of
Savannah. The wedding took
place December % in Ridge
land, S. c.
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Mrs. Frederick Morton Of
Little Rock. Ark. announces
the marriage of her daughter
Elizabeth Lucille to Mr.. Jo-
seph Hunter Crute. jr., son of
Mrs. Crute and the late Mr..
Crute. The wedding took place
December 20 in the First
Methodist Church in Little
Rock. The couple will live in
Gatesville, Tex.
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Word-Blune

Professor and Mrs. William
Writ Blume of Ann Arbor,
Mich. announce the marriage
Of their daughter Juliet Fran
ces to Mr.. David Andrew
Ward. son Of Mrs. Marguerite
F. Ward and the late Mr..
George M. Ward Of Newton
vile, Mass. The wedding took
place January IA in the West
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IBurku-Kossow

Dr.. and Mrs. Maurice j.
KoSsow announce the mar
riage of their daughter
Frances Ann to Mr.. Leonard
Walter Burka. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Burka. The we'd
ding took place December ID
in the Adas Israel Synagogue.
The couple will live in Ar
linRton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-17
BY ANN MOFFETT

Ambassador Clare Boothe
Luce? Attorney General Herb
ert Brownell? Senator Everett
Dirkson? Or possibly Peter
Rabbit?
Those were the ideas rang
ing through the imaginations
Of members OF the Capitol Hill
Club yesterday as to whom
their mystery guest" after
the ladies' luncheon would be.
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'Builey-Swonn

Dr. and Mrs. T. M. Swami
of Luray. Va. announce the
marriage Of their daughter
Marjorie Lee to Mr.. Russell
Franklin Bailey. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Grover Bailey Of
Stanley. Va. The wedding
took place January 10 in the
Methodist Parsonage in Luray,
The couple will live in Ar.
lington.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Archie w. VIII
son of Arlington announce the
marriage of their daughter
Betty Ann to Mr.. John Travis,
lr.. The wedding took place on
December 20 in the Calvary
Church OF the Nazarene. The
couple will reside in Long
Beach, Calf.
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by the end of the week, ant
sending it on to the House.
Senator johnson Of Texas. thu
Democratic leader. said that with
most of the big items out o.
the way, an hour should b
enough for discussion of any
amendment.
In his press conference today
President Eisenhower pointed
out that the planting season j:
about here and said we need a
farm bill now. Asked for COM
ment on the Senate's action oil
yesterday in adopting a possible
two-level price support plan fol
wheat, Mr.. Eisenhower said he
wanted to wait until the bill as
whole was before him before ex.
pressing any opinion regarding
individual provisions.
To Recess for Easter
Congress is planning to quit
OH March 20 for an Easter holi-
day running until April 8, anC
with the planting season coming
up-and an election in the offine
emphasis will be on speed tc
get the measure to the White
House by the last of the month
so it will be effective for the
new crop year.
The Senate still must grapple
with the main feature of the bill
the soil-bank, which provides fol
a big acreage cutback in major
crops, and the diversion of some
Is million acres of cropland to a
conservation reserve, in maJo,
effort to reduce commodity sur
pluses. There is general agree
ment on the soil-bank principle
a new venture in regulated agri-
culture, but the project I'M
doubtedly will be explored amply
on the floor.
There are three price-support
issues still to be fought out also
but up to now, advocates of a
departure from the flexible sup
ports favored by the Eisenhower
administration have but one
victory to show for three at
temptS.
Party Lines Cracked
This came late yesterday,
when a 54-39 vote that cracked
party lines, opened the posi-
bility that the 1857 wheat crop
will be marketed under a two
price system.
First of all. however, the pro-
posal will be put to a referen-
dunn of wheat growers and must
be carried by a two-thirds ma
jority. Then, the Secretary of
Agriculture would decide if it
should be put into effect.
Sponsored by Senator Carl
son, Republican of Kansas, the
plan would provide 100 per cent
parity supports for wheat used
domestically for human con-
sumption. This is about half the
normal crop. The rest would go
into the open market at the low
err world price.
Backers say the plan would be
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self liquidating, as professors
buying the wheat would pay the
difference between the market
price level and the parity price
They in turn, obviously, would
pass this cost on to the ultimate
consumer of bakery products.
/ Backers contended that the
added cost would be inconse-
Iquential.
Farm bloc Republicans and
liberal price minded Democrats
voted for the plan. although
Senator Knowland of California
warned that Secretary of Agri-
culture Benson said it contained
many dangers.
Senator Russell, Democrat OF
Georgia, tried to whip through
a similar deal for cotton, but the
move was defeated by nearly a
81 vote. There was even some
dissent from the cotton bloc
with Senator Eastland. Demo-
Icrat of Mississippi, arguing that
to peg cotton prices at a high
level would only encourage the
use of synthetics. Senator
Aiken, Republican of Vermont,
and Senator Anderson, Demo-
crat of New Mexico, declared
that dumping more cotton on
the world market would hurt
this country's relations with
such cotton producers as Egypt
and India.
The Senate still must pass on
IA two-price plan for rice that is
included in the bill. and also a
section that would raise the base
for figuring parity. Milk pro-
Iducers also want higher sup
ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

Ition Of the agency by the Wis
consin Senator, USIA staffers
had stayed as far away as pos
.Sible from all Communists and
from those who might be termed
sympathetic toward the Reds.
The memorandum was prompt
ed by expressions from USIh
field personnel that, in certain
circumstances. there were adj
Ivantages to the United States
lin approaching with information
even editors of Communist
papers overseas.
/ Agency officials refused to
comment on the memorandum
on the grounds that it was elias
sified"
| But, it was learned the policy
paper says, in effect:
There are no restrictions on
such contacts, but CSIA officers
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Tax Evasion
Denied by Lane

| BOSTON. Mar. IA (P,.-Rep-
resentative Thomas c. Lane
57-year-old Democrat of Law
renee, Mass. pleaded not guilty
yesterday to indictments charg-
ing he evaded Federal income
taxes of $38.542 from 194e
through 1851. +
| United States Judge Charles
E. Wyzanski, jr., ordered bail of
81 900 without security and set
March 20 as the date for filing
of motions.
Mr.. Lane, who never has lost
a political campaign, answered
mot guilty" when asked to plead
to the three-count indictment by
Joseph j. Duwan, court clerk.
Mr.. Lane was first elected to
Congress in a special election in
1941 to succeed the late Law
renee J. Connery of Lynn. He
maintains law Offices in Law
renee and Lynn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

i in attempting 10 make use OF
anti : American contacts. must
work through the highest State
Department officer in the foreign
area.
The directive makes clear,
however, that it is not to be in
Iterpreted as a complete go-ahead
for indiscriminate determination
with Communists.
The Russians recently un-
leashed a drive to set up in Dem
ocratic countries popular front"
governments made up Of Com
lmuniSts, Socialists and workers
groups.
| Many elements Of the nom
Communist left wing in Euro
Ipean countries. particularly the
trade union movement. so far
have resisted Communist entice-
ments to join forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14
IUSIA Removes
Curb on Staff
By DAVID BARNETT

Nortn Amerlcan NeWspaper AIIlance
The United States Information
Agency has informed its person.
mel that they may make contacts
with anti-American persons
including Communists in the
drive to sell United States poll
lcies abroad.
The agency thus knocked out
one of the last influences on the
service of Senator Joseph R. Nc
lCarthy's attack on the informa-
ton agency in 1858.
AS a result of the investiea-
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Senate Speeds Farm Bill,
Votes Wheat Supports
Nv JOSEPH A. FOX

Senate baled the farm bill speeded-up sched-
today after putting crack in the commodity prcesupport
lne-but soundly rebuffng effort widen the gap
With amendments still awaiting action the Senate early
night decided hour the twohou debate limit
proposal with the faint hope of wrapping the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

Register now at the District
Building, and vote in the Dis
trict election May /.
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Diamond Argyle stretch sock OF
1000 nyIon that doesn't ride down.
Springs new eoIors. Sizes 10 to a.
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"44ss CONN.

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VA. Open $50 to 9 Thurs. Fri.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-23
RAINBOW GIRLS INVITED TO EXPLORERS BALL
 FRIDAY AT EIELSON AFB

Misses Shirley Foote. Sharon Johnson, Carol Horton, Barbara Du- wall, and Dell Mcclure, members Of the activities planning commit tee for the Fairbanks assembly No 1, Order of Rainbow for Girls, met last Thursday evening to plan ac- tivities for September.
 All Fairbanks Rainbow girls have been invited to the Explorers ball at Eielson Friday evening, August 31. Buses will take the girls to the base at pm. and return with them. All girls planning to attend should make reservations with Dell Mcclure at 333I.