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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

IN the State, Department and
other Federal agencies.
The association proposed two
changes:
/. That annuities not be de-
MED employees when the offense
involved occurred previous to
the persons employment or re-
employment by the Government.
unless the employe has failed to
inform the Government of the
commission of the offenses prior
to his employment.
2. That an appropriate board
or commission or Government
official be given the authority to
allow the granting of an annuity
in cases where only minor Of
lenses had been committed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
Actor Steel Fined

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 5 tP).-
British actor Anthony Steel, hus-
band of buxom Swedish beauty
Anita Ekberg. pleaded guilty to
ia misdemeanor charge of drunk
driving and was fined 500.
Municipal Judge Leo Freund also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

schools and the elementary
schools of various areas.
The meetings will be for rep
resentatives of all schools in
various high school areas ac-
cording to this schedule:
Western and Wilson High
Schools, meeting at 8 pm.
Wednesday at the Office of Civil
Defense. The Office is at 1920
Howard street NV. in the rear
of Alice Deal Junior High
School.
Spingarn and Eastern High
Schools, meeting at 8 pm. Janu-
airy 10 IN the parish han OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

Chapel of the Atonement, SOFA
East Capitol street.
Roosevelt and Coolidge High
Schools, meeting at 8 pm. jan
uary % at the Civil Defense
Emergency Hospital, Fourteenth
and Upshur streets NV.
Cardozo and Dunbar High
Schools. meeting at 1880 pm,
January 80 at the Thomson
Elementary School. Twelfth and
L streets NV.
Anacostia High School, meet
ing at 1880 pm. February at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
Federal Bar Unit
Asks Modification
of Hiss Statute

The Federal Bar Association
Yesterday asked Congress to
modify the provisions of the So
called Hiss law which denies
retirement annuities to Federal
workers CONVICTED u various
offenses.
The law was approved by
CONGRESS several years ago,
prompted by the fact that Alger
Hiss, the convicted perjurer.
would have been eligible for a
Government pension at the age
of 81 as a result of his service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

the YMCA, 1911 Seventeenth
street Sc.
Mckinley High School, meet
ing at 8 pm. February Is at the
Brookland Methodist Church,
1913 Lawrence street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
D.. c. Civil Defense Unit
To Hold 7 raining Series

The District Civil Defense Office yesterday
of civil defense training workshops for representatives
parent teacher organizations in all the schools
The meetings will start Wednesday and will be held
Wednesdays They designed bring
together civil defense chamen of the high and junior high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-06-27

available for comparison. The ex-
eremes records we can rely on
have been produced by the
Weather Bureau.
Extreme Temperatures
The coolest section of the Unit
ed States is the Northern Great
Plains States. 1t is logical to ex-
pect to find the lowest tempera-
ture there. On February 9, 1888 a
temperature of Sc F. was re-
corded at Riverside Ranger Sta
ton, Wyoming, in Yellowstone
Park.
Alaska, being further north, has
still lower record. On January
IA, 1884, the temperature fell to
-78' F. at Fort Yukon.
BY comparison, the worlds low
est record on the surface of the
earth is that of February S and
Z, 1892, at Verkhoyansk, Siberia,
when it reached 90 F.
The lowest mean annual tenn
perature is at an elevation at g.
600 feet at the South Pole. It is
below -22' F. This is an estimate.
At Framheim, Antarctica it is
Ia F.
The hottest places in our coun-
try are not the southernmost
points as southern Floriad and
Texas. The highest recorded tenn
perature was on July 10, 1913 at
Greenland Ranch, Death Valley,
California when it reached 134'
F.
By comparison, the worlds
highest record is only 1867 F.
from Azizia, Liba, North Africa,
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-06-27

Continued From Preceding Page
century now the Smithsonian In
stitution has been interested in
weather records. Their interest
and records turned toward the
theoretical aspects of climate and
meterology. .a4y.~
At first the Army records were
kept by tn eMedical Department
then the Signal Service. 1t was
not until 1870 that the Congress
required observations be made at
all Army posts. These posts lack
proper geographic distribution.
1t was in 1890 that the u. S.
Weather Bureau was established.
Since then it has grown and ex-
banded its services to take care
of our needs fairly adequately,
except that the Air Force pro-
videS its own meteorological serv-
ice. Reliable records are now
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-06-27
Tree Acreage
Passes Two s. f.
Million Mark ~

Mississippi has pushed her
way past the two million mark
in tree fran acreage, according
to r. C. Allen, President of the
Mississippi Forestry Association.
Allen said that the certification
of II new tree farms at the
June directors meeting of the
Association gave the acreage
needed to pass the two million
acre mark.
The Association, composed OF
individuals, groups and COM
panies interested in the advance
ment of forestry, operates the
tree farm program to recognize
private cumberland owners who
are practicing good forestry.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-06-27
Award Contract

The Mississippi Game and Fish
Commission awarded a $50, 126
contract for construction of a
lake in Monroe County to Raley
Construction Co. of Aberdeen
The project, initiated by COM
mission Vice-Chairman Carl c..
Tubb of Amory, calls for 100
acre Lake Monroe" between
Amory and Aberdeen to be
stocked with fish and developed
into a recreational area.
The site was decided to the
State by the County.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-06-27

on September 10, 1922.
The highest mean annual tenn
perature of the world is So F. al
Massawa, Eritrea, Africa.
Extreme Precipitation
The United States has consid-
cradle variation as to annual rain
fall. Louisiana is the wettest state
with an average of SSH inches
for the state, per year. Nevada is
a desert with an average of only
8.81 inches for the state, per year.
The whole country averages about
20 inches per year.
The wettest place is Wynoo-
chez Oxbow, Washington, with
an average of 1903 inches of
rainfall. In the eastern part of the
country, the wettest place is a
small area in the southern Appa-
lachians of Tennessee and North
Carolina where the average is
more than 100 inches per year.
A cloudburst of 1922 inches OF
rain fell on New Smyrna, Florida
on October 10-11, 1924.
The Philippine Islands reported
"a hour period of rainfall to-
falling rs inches at Bagino, Luxor
on July 14-15, 1911.
There are some wetter places ir
the world. At Cherapungi, India
$50 inches of water fell in five
days and 241 inches in one month
and 426 inches is the annual av-
erage. Some of the mountain tops
of the Hawaiian Islands get more
than 300 inches of rainfall pei
year.
Snowfalls have such records as
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-06-27

60 inches at Giant Forest, Calf.
in one day. In Angola, N. Y, az
inches fell in two days. In Dalles,
Ore. "a inches fell in three days.
In Vanceboro,. aine, 96 inches fell
in four days. In one year a total
of 884 inches fell in Tamrack,.
Calf. !
Hailstones weighing IL lbs.
were weighed at Potter, Nebras-
ka, on July 6, 1928.
Dry places are found in our
country, also. Bagdad, Calf, had
only 1893 inches of rain in five
years. Greenland Ranch in Death
Valley had only 1875 inches in one
year.
These extremes show us what
can and does happen. The wealth
er is exceedingly variable. What
happens at one place one year
may be repeated at unexpected
places in the future.
It should be noted the the va
ration of the weather from year
to year is normal. Changes, in
Guiding the extremes cannot all
be caused by the release of radio
active material into the atmos-
phere.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-06-27

The highest peak in Greece is
Mount Olympus, 9A,730 feet.
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07

dle East, either direct or indirect.
 He said it would authorize the employment of the armed forces of the United States to secure and protect the. territorial intteg- rity and political independence of such nations, requesting such aid, against overt armed aggres- sion from any nation controlled by international Communism. /"
 At one point he said, Russia $ rulers have long sought to dom mate the Middle East"
 Nothing 10 Fear
 At another point, the President said, "the reason for Russia's in terest in the Middle East is solely that of power politics. :" He added:
 Considering her announced purpose of Conlmunizing the world, it is easy to understand her hope of dominating the Mid dle East"
 Eisenhower also said:
 ''The Soviet Union has nothing whatsoever to fear from the United States in the Middle East, or anywhere else in the world, so long as its rulers do not them selves first resort to aggression. 5
 That statement I make sol emnly and emphaticaly."
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
U.U. Group Proposed To Investigate, Study The Hungarian Situation

UNITED NATIONS, NY, R- Secretary General Dag, Hamniar- skiold today proposed the cl'ea- tion of a special LIN. committee with broad powers to investigate and study the Hungarian situa- ton.
 The proposal was in line with United States views that the JUN. should set up machinery to hear first hand accounts of the Soviet military actions in Hungary and to keep an eye on developments.
 Previously, the General Ass em- .bly had given HaInmarskjold the task of Investigating the Hungar- ian situation. He had re'ool-ted their inability to get sufficient reliable information.
 Hammarskjold's recommerlda- tions were contained in a report to the Donation Assembly.
 In view of the refusal of the Communist Hungarian govern ment to permit the entry of JUN. investigators, Harnmarskjold said, "the only course of new and di- rect information, under these cir cumstances, possibly available
 
 might be hearings with refugees from Hungary conducted, in the first place, in neighboring cpun- tries"
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
Alaska's Unofficial Delegation Starts Second Week in Capital Still Waiting For Cue to Come Before Congress

tory's objections to any plan which might grant statehood only to a part of Alaska.
 Like supporters in Congress of statehood for both Alaska and Hawaii, the Alaskans find them selves marking time while await ing President Eisenhower's State of the Union message to Congress and introduction of a promised administration bill for both Alas kan statehood.
 Efforts to meet personally with Eisenhower to present the gifts brought to him from the territory have been unsuccessful.
 The bill will provide the terms under which the President would accept Alaska's admission as a new state. The message, Alaskans hope, may provide clue as to now strongly the administration, previously cool to Alaska's aims, intends to push Congress for pas sage of a statehood bill.
 Altho several statehood bills for Alaska and Hawaii were intro duced on opening day, little if any consideration of such legis1a- ton by congressional committees is expected prior to submission of the administrations Alaskan pro- posal. Altho it has been suggested the Alaska delegation might be made ex- -officio members of the House and Senate Insular Affairs Con- mitsees which consider statehood bills, the prospect was killed this week by Chairman Engle O- Calif insofar as the House com mittee is concerned.
 A strong supporter of statehood for both territories, Engle told 2 newsman that House rules make 10 provisions for seating of ex- officio members. He said any such move would ,oe certain to draw objections from committee mem bers not favorable to the state
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALvERsoN

The most interesting constella- tion that we pass while journey ing around the sun is Orion. It is the most magnificent and impres- sive of the star groups.
 Orion is not only one of the largest of our cancellations but it's stars are most uniquely ar ranged in design. Their arrange ment is noticed by even the cas- ual observer.
 All the ancient legends agree that Orion was a giant of extra ordinary height and the greatest of the hunters. When Orion was placed in the sky, he was allowed to bring along his lions skin, which hangs on his arm, his sword, which swings from his girdle, his great club above his head, and his two dogs, who watch his battle with the red eyed bull.
 At six o'clock in the evening Orion is on the eastern horizon, and by ten it is high in the south ern sky.
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
Eisenhower Asks Joint Session of Congress for Advance Authority to Use American Forces to Curb Armed Aggression in the Middle East Area

the nation attacked" and "sub- Ject to the overriding authority of the United Nations Security Council 7
 Eisenhower said "Our thoughts turn naturally to the United Ma tlons as a protector of small na- tions." But, in the light of the Soviet Unions Jealous indiffer- ence" to JUN. censure of it's mili- tary oppression against Hungary, Eisenhower said:
 ''The United Nations cannot be wholly dependable protector of freedom when the ambitions of the Soviet Union are involved" !"
 New and Critical Stage
 Eisenhower said the Middle East "has abruptly reacshed a new and critical stage"-a situa- tion which, he said, is made the more threatening because inter national Communism needs and seeks a recognizable success" af- ter it's troubles with the rebel lious eastern European satellites.
 His message, carried national ly on TV and radio, also asked Congress to authorize regional program of military assistance and cooperation with any nation or group of nations which desires such aid"
 Communist Aggression
 Eisenhower said his program is designed to deal with any case of Communist aggression in the Mid
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
NO RUSH

CROSWELL, Mich. R-Jeweler Harold Nehmer has been waiting patiently for the owner to pick up clock that we left 20 years ago for repairs.
 A man walked into the store yesterday and asked the amount of the bill.
 The jeweler said it was $2.29.
 ''I'm a little short of money now, but I'll be back next week, 5 the man said, and left.
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
By FRANK w. vAILLE

WASHINGTON, R-Alaska's unofficial delegation began it's second week in the capital today, still waiting offstage for the. cue that would bring it before the House or the Senate.
 The first formal action may come late this week in the Sen ate, where Sen. Holland O-Fla) has. agreed to ask permission for the proposed states two senator's elect to present credentials and spell out the territory's reasons for seeking statehood. No request would be made that the delega- ton be seated in advance of state hood.
 On the disposition of this re- quest in the Senate will rest de- cision by the Alaskans for sim liar move in the House.
 The Alaskan trio-SenatorS- elect William A. Egan of Valdez and former Gov. Ernest Gruening, and Rep.-elect Ralph A. Rivers of Fairbanks-were chosen by Alas kans in October to come to Wash ington and press for statehood. Altho technically office holders without office at the present time, they would assume their elective positions if statehood were at tained
 Despite the press of congress sional organization which blocked any chance to appear before the House or Senate, each of the Alaskans spoke enthusiastically of the first weeks maneuverings on Capitol Hill.
 Members of the group have met individually during the week with more than 50 members of the House and Senate. The reaction to these visits was described as generally favorable.
 Credentials were presented to Secretary of the Interior Seaton. During this half-hour conference fhe Alaskans outlined the terr--
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
John Shumaker Weeds Pennsylvania Girl

John Shumaker IT,, who de- lighted Nomeites with his fine tenor voice while stationed here with the armed forces, was mar ried in Hershey, Penn, Dec. p tD Portia Frost at the An-Saints Episcopal Church.
 They will make their home in Carlisle, Penn.
 Shumaker is active as a soloist in his, church and is working while continuing his higher edu- cation.
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith

WASHINGTON, RAPresident Eisenhower Saturday asked Con gress for advance authority to use American troops to curb any s'am- bilious despots" or "power-hun- gry Communists" who might re- sort to armed aggression" in the Middle East.
 In a special message prepared for personal delivery to the joint session of the Senate and House, Eisenhower also said he will seek $400 million for a two-year eco homie aid program for Middle East nations.
 Burdens and Risks
 Eisenhower acknowledged that "the policy. which I outline in wolves certain burdens and in deed risks for the United States" !"
 But he said "the occasion has come for us to manifest again our national unity in support of free dom and to show our deep re- spect for the rights and indepen- dence of every nation"
 He said he wants a free hand to use American forces ito de- fend the territorial integrity and the political independence of any nation in the Middle EasD area against Communist armed aggres- sion."
 Subject to JUN. Authority
 He said such authority would be used only lat the desire of
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
George Goshaw Writes From San Francico

George Goshaw writes from San Francisco, where he spent Christmas and New Years Day, that he enjoyed the Christmas rush as well as the. sunshine in the big city.
 He had welcome surprise on New Years Day when he said Happy New Year" to cab driv- CT and then discovered he was speaking to Phil Wil1et, who is employed by Alaska Cab here during the sunmR months.
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
Cadillac Driver Jailed For Drawing $1,O71 in Unentitled Welfare Funds

SEATTLE, R-Mrs. Irene Roe co, 29, convicted of larceny by welfare fraud, was sentenced last Friday to spend six months in the county jail without her 1855 Cadillac.
 She was found guilty of draw ing $1,071 in welfare funds to which she would not have been entitled if she had disclosed her earnings as clerk and payments from her ex-huSband.
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
R A DIO PROGRAM M

I11:00-Bob Crosby .l1:15@Latin Americana l1:30-Make Up Your Mind 11:45-Masters of Melody .l2:J0-News 12:15-Behind the Story Il2: 30-Platter Parade
 1:00-Hillbilly Jamboree
 2:00EMatinee
 2:30--Music a la, Carte
 4:O0-Curt Massey
 4:15-Dinah Shore
 4:30-One Mans Family
 4:45-Bing Crosby
 5:00AMarines In Review
 5:3O-Music for Dining |. 6:OONNews 6:151SportS Caravan
 6:301Revenuers' Romp
 7:3O-Invit. to Learning
 8:00-Howard Barlow 8:30-The Honeymooners 9:O01John Steele, Advfatr 9:30-Johnny Dollar 10: 00-One Night Stand 10: 30EMartin Block 11:OO-News 11:15-A Joy Forever 11:3OHLand of Dreams 12:0O1Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
KoIb and Grotha Boys Are First Babies Born Here Tn The New Year

 The first baby born in 1857 at the MNM Hospital was Andrew Cooper Kolb, son of Maj. and Mrs. Robert Kolb and is the third son for the family. He weighed pounds, I ounces at birth.
 Major Kolb is Army adviser for the Alaska National Guard. The second baby of the year, oorn the same day, Jan. 3, was also a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Ted Grotha. This boy, named Robert Allen, weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth.
 Ted Grotha is night patrolman for the City.
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
Wednesday

6:58-Sign On
 7:00-News
 7:15-Weather Roundup
 7:18-Rise & Shine
 8:15-Morning Devotions 8:30-Breakfast Club 9:00-Coffee Concert 10:O0-Turn Back the Clock no: 30-Spotlite on a Star llO:45-Rex Koury |11:00-Bob Crosby |11: :15-Swinging thru Dixie Il: 1:3O-Make Up Your Mind -11:45-Masters of Melody 12:0O-News 12:15Behind the Story l2:30LPlatter Parade
 1:0oAHillbilIy Jamboree
 2:OO-Matinee E 2: 3OLMusic a Ia Carte
 4:0O-Curt Massey 4:15-Frank Sinatra
 4:3O-One Mans Family
 4:45-Bing Crosby
 5:0O-Jack Carson
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07
Monday

5:3O-Music for Dining 6:00-News
 6:15-Sports Caravan 6:30-Revenuers' Romp 7:30-Conversation 8:00-Music fir. America 8:30-People Are Funny 9:00-Rocky Fortune 9:30-FBI in Peace & War 10:0o-One Night Stand 10:30-Martin Block l1:00-News 11:15-Musical Express II: :3O-Land of Dreams 12:O0-Sign Off
 Tuesday
 6:58-Sign On 7:0O-News 7:15-Weather Roundup 7:18-Rise & Shine 8:15-Morning Devotions 8:30-Breakfast Club 9:00-Coffee Concert 10:00-Turn Back the Clock 10: 0:30ISpotlite on a Star 10:45-Rex Koury
The Nome nugget., 1957-01-07

hood cause. He added, however, that the Alaskans would be given friendly recognition'' before the House committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-12
Anybody Confused?

When Admiral Radford, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of staff, testified before
Senator Symington'S airpower subcom-
mittee last summer, he said this:
There is good reason to believe that
we normally overestimate Communist Ca
pabilities in almost every respect -. I
think we are in a dangerous position Wis
avis the Communists in that respect today,
because there has been an almost hys-
terical assumption of great capabilities
on the part Of the Communists, some OF
which, in my opinion. actually do not exist
A few weeks later, on October %,
Admiral Radford made a speech. And
on that occasion he said this:
Until recently. we we're accustomed
to thinking Of the Soviets as laggards in
the development OF aircraft, particularly
late-model, long-rangc bombers. But the
past few wears have been different Soviet
skils are greatly increased. In fact. the
rapidity with which the Soviets developed
their long-range jet bombers and their
atomic weapons has been something of
shock to free nations. -. Up TO now. Com
munist nations have not been able to
match the superiority of our airplanes
our pilots, our designers, or our industry:
nor have they been able to match the
extent to which we employ them privately
commercially Oh militarily. But because
OF the developments which have de-
scribed cannot guarantee that this will
always be the case