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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
THOMAS GRANT
REPORTS THEFT
OF THE EGG

WORCESTER, Mass.
(AP).-B. Thomas Grant
called police last night and
reported the theft of an
egg.
Now this is no ordinary
egg. To Mr.. Grant and his
neighborS it is The Egg.
Mr.. Grant told police The
Egg, a hens egg, had been
resting under the stairs in
his barn since. he bought
the property ID years ago.
The previous owner, a
chicken farmer, told Mr..
Grant the egg had been
there for II years.
Mr.. Grant says neighbour
hood children used to knock
at his door and say "Mr.
Grant can we look at The
Egg?" He obliged and
they'd come in and Just
look.
Someone broke into the
barn yesterday and took
only one thing-The Egg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
Newspaper Chain
In Britain Sold

LONDON, July II (AP).-
Roy H. Thomson, Canadian
publisher, is taking over the
Kemsley newspapers, one Of
Britain's largest chains.
Viscount KemSley announced
last night the sale Of his ma
jority holding for $14 million.
There are Is daily or Sunday
papers and a group of small
weeklies. The most promi-
nent is the influential Sunday
Times, not connected with the
Daily Times of London. The
total circulation is nearly IA
million.
Mr.. Thomson, IS, founded
his publishing and radio en-
pire at a small radio station
in Ontario. He now owns a
score of Canadian papers and
two in the United States, at
st. Petersburg, Fla, and Peters
burg, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17

playing disc OF IL of her, ole
numbers. made this spring. II
was called Lady Sings the
Blues"
Miss Holiday was born
Eleanora Fagan-in Baltimor'
on April 7, 1915.
Father Was Soldier
Her father went on as {
soldier in World War I, anC
picked up guitar playing IL
Paris. After his discharge. HI
got a job in a band back home
And from then on it was one
night stands for the family fol
a few years.
Billie heard her first JAZZ
music-Louis Armstrong anC
Bessie Smith records-aS {
child in a Baltimore brothe
where she ran errands for thu
madam and the girls.
She started smoking mari
juana at the age of IA. BY thu
time she was 25-in 1940-Sht
was on Herein. It was on-and'
of the stuff after that.
She came to New York il
1928. Ten years later she wal
singing with Artie Shaw'S banc
and was one of the first Negroes
to appear with a top name
band.
Before she hit the name banC
rank, she had sung in Harlem
night clubs during the depres.
sion. She got the nickname
Lady Day" in the Harlem
clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
Billie Holiday Dies
In New York Hospital

NEW YORK, July II (AP).-
Billie Holiday died today in q
city hospital bed-a shadow Of
the once great blues singer who
packed night clubs.
Bouts with narcotics and
liquor had cracked her style,
and she had been in eclipse in
recent years.
The Negro entertainer
called Lady Day"-died at
Metropolitan Hospital. Her
husband, Louis Mckay, was at
her bedside.
The immediate cause Of
death was given as congestion
of the lungs complicated by
heart failure.
Miss Holiday, A. was taken
to the hospital unconscious on
May 81 after she collapsed in
her apartment.
When death came, she was
under arrest - charged with
possession Of a pack Of heroin
in her bed.
First Recording
Miss Holiday, who had a sor-
did childhood in her native
Baltimore, hit the entertain
ment heights In the 1930s.
She made her first recordings
in 1888.
In the 1950s she started to
slip badly-arrests on narcotics
charges in several States; a
,"cure" in a Federal hospital
that didn't work; bouts with
the bottle and only small jobs.
Lady Days" last major Jazz
concert appearance was on
September IS, 1858, at Town
Hall. Her last public appear
ance-at an of Broadway the
ater-was shortly before she
was taken to the hospital.
Because of her arrests police
had banned her from enter
tanning in night clubs here in
recent years.
In Better Days
In better days Miss Holiday
had appeared with Benny
Goodman and Louis Arm
strong. Among her big song
hits were Them There Eyes"
Strange Fruit" and IT Cover
the Waterfront"
She also wrote the words
to God Bless the Child" Fine
and Mellow" and Don't Ex-
plain" The last record bear
ing her name was q long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
McEIroy Gets
Carver Award

Secretary of Defense McElroy
yesterday received the annual
gold award of the George
Washington Carver Memorial
Institute.
Previous recipients of the
award, commemorating the late
Negro scientist, are President
Eisenhower and former Secre-
tary of Defense Wilson.
The presentation, in Mr.
McElroy's Pentagon Office, was
made by retired Brig. Gen.
Benjamin o. Davis of Wash
ington. -
The citation accompanying
the award lauded Mr.. McElroy
for outstanding contributions
to human welfare, the better.
ment of race relations and con.
tributions to the arts anc
sciences"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
LOST

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Edmoaston, Nd. UN. 4-7264
BASSET HOUND, tan and white. fe-
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BELGIAN POLICE DOG, gray and blk
Pepper" SIS reward. WI. 2-3i6i
BRIEFCASE, black plastic, initials -.
Il; on D-4 bus Friday. Reward.
CAT, 1907 hack. male, on Sat. vic
24th I'd n. Arl. ia. $3.50. after
DOG collie ve.5 mos D OLD s tema s name
Call Miller, CIR 3-5767.
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GREEN CLUB CHAIR. of truck. Re-
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IDENTIFICATION FOLDER, plastic,
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tains Walter Reed outpatient card
and Public Health outpatient card
Reward. CO. 5403O.
KEYS, in brown leather case. at 4th
and Kennedy SITS. NV, about . pm.
Fri. Finder please call OIL. 4-47Ig.
LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE DOG:
answers to the name of Lucky: lost
in Twinbrook area Reward No
collar. GA. 4-63s7.
NOTARY SEAL AND STAMP, NV. sec
ton. Reward Call WO. 6-4332.
PARAKEET blue. named "Lonnie"
Adelphi area. Reward. Call after
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RHINESTONE WATCH, bet. Peoples
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SIAMESE CAT, female, disappeared
l7O2 Lewis ave-, Rockville, July 3
Reward. GA 4-S169.
SIAMESE CAT. altered male; vic Bur-
louisville, Md: reward. Please call
WA. 4-4717.
WALLET, at Savoy Theater. Friday:
Sonlelns personal papers and police
oaoss. NO. 6l7. Reward. NO. 7-1267
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Bank Robberies
Hit Record 764

An all-time high OF 764 bank
robberies were committed in
the United States in the last
IL months.
A fiscal year-end report by
the Federal Bureau Of InveS-
tigation showed q break-dow
of 445 robberies, 233 burglaries
and So larcenies. FBI Director
J. Edgar Hoover said there has
been nothing to equal the 1883
SO robberies since the gangster-
ridden year of 1882 when sos
violations were recorded.
Mr.. Hoover said, There ere
some people who have dis
counted the soaring crime rate
in the past few years by at
tributing it to joy-riding juven-
lies, pranksters and hubcap
thieves. Every trigger-hap-
py bank robber is a potential
killer and should be treated
as such"
The FBI director said the
only way to stem the tide Of
bank robberies is for witnesses
to assist in identifying Chc rob-
Der, followed by swift solution,
vigorous prosecution and i'm
position of sentences suiting the
gravity of the crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

of the Big Four to arrive. He
flew direct from Moscow.
United States Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter is
leaving Washington today. He
is due here tomorrow along
with British Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd and French For
eign Minister Maurice Couve de
Murville.
Also leaving for Geneva today
was West German Foreign Min
lister Heinrich Won Brentano.
Demand Peace Treaty
Mr.. Bolz told newSmen that
workers and peasants of East
Germany in many meetings
during the three week confer
ence recess demanded better
cooperation between the two
German delegations particu-
larly in order to seek conclusion
of a peace treaty for Germany"
The West German delegation
throughout the first session of
the conference had refused all
contact with the East Germans.
In the West German capital
of Bonn, officials said they were
hoping the next meeting will be
able to back into an agreement
with the Soviet Union on the
explosive Berlin problem by
tackling other questions first.
German officials said they are
less optimistic now than before
the start of the first meeting
in May. but they still have
moderate hopes that something
will be achieved.
West Berlin Mayor Willy
Brandt said today the people
Of his city would not blame
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

instruments abreast OF techni-
cal developments.
The disadvantage Of the low
level network, the scientists
said, would be blind spots in
certain areas. The blind spots
could be easily calculated by a
would-be violator and would
have to be checked by other de-
lection devices.
Scientists Draw Praise
Western sources were lavish
In their praise OF the scientists.
One ranking Western official
said Russia and the West have
never before achieved such a
complicated agreement in such
a short period.
The scientists opened their
discussions June % and held
many sessions lasting far into
the night. Their report-which
does not commit their govern
ments to acceptance Of the rec
ommendationS-will be studied
at government level and is ex-
pected to be written into the
draft test ban treaty later.
The nuclear test treaty still
has a long way to go before it
becomes reality. The East and
West are badly split on an air.
tight inspection system to pre-
vent cheating. The Russians
object to United States and
British proposals to install in
ternationally manned inspec-
ton teams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

Soviet FOREIGN Minister Gro
myko June %.
Mr.. GromyKo'S statement i'll
dicated Moscow is not insisting
on a deadline for ending any
temporary agreement reached
on Berlin or abandonment of
allied rights to the city there
after. The allies had reached
a contrary conclusion from pre-
vious Soviet utterences, which
they denounced as threats.
officials said Washington
had received no private assur-
anceS from the Kremlin back
ing up the Gromyko statement.
Mr.. Herter intended to pin
down the SovietS on this first
thing at Geneva.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Collision Sinks
British Ship

DOVER, England, July II
(AP).-The 6S0-ton British
coastal ship St. Roman was re-
ported sunk in the English
channel today after a collision
in a fog with a vessel identified
as the Mount Athos. Three of
the st. Romans crew were re-
ported missing.
Coast Guardsmen said seven
members of the st. Roman
crew were picked up after the
crash. They added that the
vessels skipper was badly in
jured.
A Mount Athos is listed in
Lloyds register as a Greek YES
sci weighing 7,176 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Satellites Seen
AsW'atchdoq'
0nAtonl Blasts

GENEVA. July II (AP). -
East-West scientists urged the
United States, Britain and
Russia today to provide in q
nuclear test ban treaty for a
network Of satellites to detect
violations hundreds of miles
above the earth.
Western delegates said the
scientific report was a consid-
cradle step forward in the
three-nation talks for a test
ban treaty. 1t implied Soviet
agreement to participate in a
Joint program to launch the
control satellites although the
report is not binding on the
three powers.
For three weeks United
States, British and Soviet sci
entistS discussed how nuclear
tests anywhere above 80 miles
altitude could be controlled
Their 3,000-word report called
for a satellite detection net
work, supplemented by other
devices operating from fixed
control posts on the ground.
The satellites would radio in
formation to the control posts.
Project Called Very Costly
The scientists said the best
control system would be to fire
five or six instrument-packed
satellites into orbit tens of
thousands of miles above the
earth.
Such satellites would be ex-
tremely costly. They might re-
main inorbit for centuries, and
certainly would outlast the eff
fectlvenesS of the instruments
they contained.
AS a cheaper alternative, the
scientists suggested a system
of lower-level satellites, orbit
ing at attitudes below 420 miles.
Such satellites might disinte-
CRATE after one year and would
have to be replaced by others.
This would permit keeping the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

clause which said the 1861 re-
view should take into account
any changes that may have &C.
CURED. Three times since Rus
STA has moved to dispel that
suspicion.
Mr.. Macmillan and Mr.. Lloyd
yesterday ranged over the
whole situation in talks in the
Prime Minister'S country resi-
dence. Mr.. Lloyd flies to Geneva
tomorrow to join his colleagues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

idea Of a Khrushchev visit to
America.
Republican Senator Cape
hart Of Indiana said he Ger
tainly would not be opposed.
Senator Fulbright. reporting
what Mr.. Hartman had told
the committee. quoted him as
saying the Russians are "going
to get stronger all the time"
After his earlier talk with
Mr.. Nixon, newsmen understood
Mr.. Hartman to say that Mr..
Khrushchev regards Mr.. Nixon
as the next President of the
United States"
Later, after calling on Secre-
tary Of State Herter, Mr.. Harri-
man said all he had meant to
say was that Mr.. Khrushchev
would welcome Mr.. Nixon on
his coming visit to Moscow as
possibly the next President"
Sees Democrat as President
He said he replied to Mr..
Khrushchev that the next Pres
ident would certainly be a
Democrat.
II told him to write down the
names of four Democratic
Senators and Mr.. (AdlaD
Stevenson on slips of paper,
put them in a hat and stir, and
then pick one out" Mr.. Harri-
man said. And that way he'd
have as good a guess as anyone
about who will be the next
President.
He did not identify them, but
the Senators he meant evil
IDENTIFY were Kennedy of Mas
sachuSetts. Humphrey of Min
neSota, johnson of Texas and
Symington of Missouri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Talbot to Head
u. N. Observance

Philip M. Talbot has been
named general chairman of the
United Nations Day and United
Nations Week observance here
next October, Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin an
nounced. William H. Press is
co-ordinating committee chair
man.
Mr.. Talbot, special assist
ant to the chairman of the
board and president of Ma
tlonal Savings and Trust Co..
is a past president of the United
States Chamber of Commerce
He has long been active in To-
cal and national civic projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

Mr.. Herter If the conference
ends in failure.
The people know, Mr.. Brandt,
said that Mr.. Herter will fight
for Berlin with all power at
his disposal"
Mayor Brandt added that the
"only thing that could make
Foreign Minister Herter and
his colleagues unpopular in
Berlin would be concessions
that would affect this city's
right to live"
Mr.. Brandt'S statement was
issued in reply to one Mr.. Her
ter made in a Washington news
conference Thursday. Mr.. Her
ter had said he would visit West
Berlin after the conference
provided Berliners would have
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

Sador 10 MOSCOW recently re-
turned from a Russian trip. He
earlier reported that Mr..
Khrushchev took a very tough
line in talking with him about
the Berlin crisis and other
EaSt-West areas of conflict.
Mr.. Hartman talked with
the Foreign Relations Commit
tee after a conference with
Vice President Nixon in his Of
fee just of the Senate floor.
The meeting was Mr.. Nixon's
idea.
Mr.. Harriman's views on
easing United tateS-Russian
tension got considerable sup
port from committee members.
Fulbright FavOrs Summit
Chairman Fulbright, Demo-
crat of Arkansas. said he felt
very strongly there should be
a summit conference. or even
a series Of them, in a patient
effort to solve these problems.
He Endorsed the idea that
Mr.. Khrushchev should be in
vited to visit the United States,
either for a summit talk or
just to learn more about the
country.
President Eisenhower, while
showing no great enthusiasm
for a KhruShchev visit, has
not ruled it out. But he has
said it would be strictly cere-
monial and personal, not for
any negotiations between the
United States and Russia.
Capehart UnOppOsed
Senator Green. Democrat of
Rhode Island, seconded this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Some Hope of Progress
20 Killed in Buqhdud

BEIRUT, July II (AP). -
A series of clashes in Baghdad
during the last week between
Communist street mobs and
Iraqi troops resulted in more
than 20 deaths and many in
jured, the newspaper Daily
Star, said today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Soviet Again Reossures
Britain on Berlin Crisis

LONDON, July II (AP).-
Britain got a strong private
indication from the Kremlin
yesterday that Russia is ready
to respect Western rights in
disputed Berlin at least until
early 1861.
Competent sources said it
was the third assurance passed
to the West that the Soviet
Union is prepared to freeze
the Berlin crisis if various
Improvements" can be agreed
to ease tensions in the city
and all Germany.
These hitherto-secret de-
velopmentS clearly lay behind
the oft-expressed confidence of
Prime Minister Macmillan's
government that an East-West
summit conference is a GER
tainty. The best guess of
knowledgable authorities here
is that the first of a series of
summit meetings will be held
in Geneva in late August or
around mid-September.
Talks Provide Test
Soviet intentions are due to
be tested next week when the
Big -Four foreign ministers re-
sumo their talks in Geneva.
Then American Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter, Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd and French Foreign Min
lister Maurice Couve de Muir
vile will press Russia's Andrei
Gromyko to spell out precise
terms the assurances privately
conveyed.
RussiaS reported assurances
center on the plan for a Berlin
compromise put up by Mr.. Gro
myko to the West the day be-
fore the Geneva talks recessed
June 20.
In that plan Mr.. Gromyko
said if East and West Germany
could not agree within 10
months on a program to re-
unite their country, then the
Big Four should meet again to
review the situation. In the
meantime, the Berlin situation
would be guaranteed to stand
still.
West Fears LOOphOle
But the West spotted what
they took to be a loophole in
Mr.. Gromyko's scheme-one
that might rob them of their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
HERTER

Continued From First Page
lister John Diefenbaker and
External Affairs Minister How
ard Green.
He commented in mentioning
the Canadian conferences, that
lin the difficult period ahead
the continuing close friendship
between Canada and the United
States on the basic issues in
volved will be invaluable"
He will leave Ottawa at 6
pm. EDIT. for Geneva via a
fueling stop at Harmon, New
foundland, and is scheduled to
arrive at the Swiss city at 9
am. tomorrow Geneva time.
The Canadians were believed
likely to put in a plug for the
British view-that a summit
conference should be held re-
gardless of whether the foreign
ministers make progress at
Geneva Mr.. Eisenhower says
the Geneva talks must make
some Roadway to justify a
meeting Of the heads of state.
The Soviets, who also are
pushing for a summit parley.
touched of the German crisis
by demanding an end to the
postwar occupation Of Commu-
nist-encircled West Berlin.
Britain, France and the United
States refused to yield the city's
access to the free world.
Some Hope of Progress
Authorities said Secretary
Herter is returning to Geneva
with the same allied plan re-
jected by the Reds before the
recess three weeks ago. But
they saw some hope for prog
ress from a statement issued by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Hartman, FuIbright
Back Summit in u. S.

W. Averel Hartman, Democrat and former diplomat adj
vocaes summit meeting in the United States with Russas
Nikita Khrushchev invited.
Hartman tossed this idea the table yesterday dur
ing 70-mnute meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
The former Governor of New York and time Ambas-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
Leaders Arriving
For Geneva Talks

GENEVA, July II (AP).-Partcipants in the EastWeSt
foreign ministers conference began to arrive here today
for the reopenng of the talks Monday.
Foreign Minister Lothar Boz of Communist East Ger
many, who has adviser status at the parey the first
of the foreign ministers to return.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrea A. Gromyko the first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
FOUND

COCKER, black, found vicinity of A6OO
PIX; River I'd. NV. WASHINGT0N
animal RESCUE LEAGUE, NO
20 $50.
WHIST WATCH, lady's, found in
Posln Delicatessen on Ga. ave
owner may have by identifying. Call
after pm, RA. 6-9465,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

PUblishsd Daily and Sunday
OF 225 Virginia Ave Sc.
Seeond-eloss Postage Paid
al Washington. D {.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11
West Fears LOOphOle

But the West spotted what
they took to be a loophole in
Mr.. Gromyko's scheme-one
that might rob them of their
rights in the city. 1t was a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
xal1 in Gang Held
After March Into
Enemy Territory

NEW YORK, Sept. % Cap
Eleven members of the VAL
iant Crowns gang marched into
enemy territory last night to
visit the Bronx funeral home
where their slain leader lay.
They all wee arrested.
Police said the boys were
MYSTERIOUS after visiting the
funeral home which is in ter
ritory claimed by rival Royal
Knights. The boys marched
together for mutual protection,
police said.
A group Of Royal Knights
killed 16-year-old John Guz-
man Monday on the steps of
Morris High School in the
Brpnx. Edward Peres. 16, is
accused Of firing the fatal shot
and six other teen-agers of
having accompanied him. All
are charged with homicide.
Both gangs are predom-
inantly Puerto Rican.
A magistrate set bail at
$4,000 each for 10 of the youths
arrested last night. The 18th
boy arrested was charged with
juvenile delinquency because
he is only Is years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
Morton Calls
Nixon, Rockefeller
Best Party Ticket

TRENTON, N. j., Sept. %
(AP).-The Republican Ma
tional Chairman said yesterday
a Nixon and Rockefeller ticket
would be the best the Republic
cans could offer in 1860.
Chairman Thruston B. Nor
ton. who also is United States
Senator from Kentucky. told
Ia news conference here, II
can't think of coupling two
better fellows than those two"
Asked If he thought Vice
President Nixon and New York
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller would
battle over the presidential
nomination. Senator Morton
said. Il have no choice except
to assume a contest"
He added, however, that he
does not know Gov. Rockefel-
ler'S intentions.
He said he himself was not
taking a position on whom the
party should offer for Presi-
dent. He said Mr.. Nixon has
more support among the party
politicians now, but that can
swing very rapidly If the peo-
pie should swing"
Senator Morton was in New
Jersey to attend a fund-rais-
ing dinner in Atlantic City for
Republican legislative candi-
iates in South Jersey.