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Evening star., 1959-12-09
PEOPLE
BUSINESS

Henry J. Kaufman & Associ-
ates will celebrate the ad agen-
cy's 30th anniversary at the
annual Christmas dinner-dance
at Woodmont Country Club on
Friday evening, December l8
Henry j. Kaufman founded the
agency in 1929.
Spencer G. BOstwick of Falls
Church has organized a new
motion picture writing service,
Planf1lm, Inc, with Offices at
1647 Wisconsin avenue NV,
He has had wide experience in
this field and has won four film
awards.
James A. MalOney was named
sales manager of Fontana Lith-
ograph Co. as the company an
nounced an overall expansion
program.
Grahame T. SmalIwOOd was
promoted to account executive
in the Washington Office of
Trans World AirlineS.
w. F. Geiger was named
manager Of the Pentagon Fed
eral Credit Union. effective De-
cember l. He has managed the
Washington Telephone Federal
Credit Union since 1858.
Moore -Grear Motors, Mer-
curry dealer, named Courtland
D. Ferguson, Inc, to handle
advertising.
Evening star., 1959-12-09
Advance Fee Racket

disclosed that the price in
Grease was recommended SIM
ply 20 provide an excuse for
increasing the fee, which
ranged from $3.50 to more than
81 900. Evidence obtained by
the Federal Trade Commission
also revealed that Trans-Con-
tinental seldom succeeded in
selling listed properties, and
refunded the fee only in rare
instances.
The racket has been the
subject of an extensive investi-
cation by a permanent sub
committee of the Senate Com
mittee on Government Opera
tions. Local enforcem n
agencies, under the present
statutes, are unable to cope
with the problem. The Federal
Trade Commission has taken
aggressive action.
In New York State this year
the Legislature on my recon-
mendation enacted a law to
regulate and control the pub
hcations of advance fee agents.
New Law Outlined
This new law provides that
no solicitation of such advertis-
ing can be made in New York
State unless "the publisher
shall first file with the Secre-
tary Of State a full statement
OF fees, form of contracts, and
complete information as to
names. addresses and criminal
records, if any, of all persons
connected with the publica-
ton" Under the law, the Sec
retary of State is empowered
10 oeny permission for Solicita-
ton Of the advertising if it is
found that the organization is
engaging in fraudulent prac-
tees.
This new legislation should
provide an effective weapon
against the advance fee"
racket-and it we'll may be a
model for other States.
In the meantime. your most
effective weapon against the
advance fee" racket is knowl-
edge that it exists and deter
mination not to be victimized
by it.
Evening star., 1959-12-09

/ More than $50 million every
year is lost by property owners
and the real estate industry al
a result Of the advance fee
racket.
This scheme is aimed al
homeownerS, farmers, rancherS
and the owners of hardware
stores, taverns, motelS and
other small businessmen who
are interested in selling Their
properties.
1t is promoted by high-pres-
sure statesmen who claim to
have buyers for properties
when ali they really do is list
the properties and business op-
portunitieS for sale in a catalog.
Victims are told by the sales
men that because they have
contracts with thousands of Ii
censed real estate agents and
brokers the property can be
quickly sold. The statesmen in
duce the potential seller to pay
for this service" in advance
hence the name advance fee."
(Thls misrepresented opera
ton, Of course, should not be
confused with the legitimate
business methods of licensed
real estate dealers.)
Tricky Contract
A very tricky contract is in
volved. The only guarantee in
the contract is that the prop
erty will be listed in a catalog.
These confidence men merely
advertise the properties. They
are not real estate brokers. They
maintain no records. They have
no prospects" for the property.
But they induce their victims
to part with hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
The catalogS have never re-
ceived wide distribution. and
the So-called sure prospects"
are often no more than persons
to whom the directories are
mailed.
In one case the Trans
Continental Clearing House,
Inc, has been ordered by the
Federal Trade Commission to
stop using deception to obtain
advance fees for advertising
real estate, and to stop failing
to make promised refunds when
it fails to sell the property.
Investigation Cited
Trans Continental was
charged with misleading many
would-be sellers of small busi-
nesseS into paying it large ad-
vance fees claiming that:
Cd 1t had prospective buyers
available who were interested
in purchasing the specific prop
erty; % the property would
be sold as a result of its ef-
forts; go the property was
underpriced and the asking
price should have been raised;
"a the listing fee was merely
an advance on the selling COM
mission and would be refunded
If the property was not sold
within a year.
Investigation by the Federal
Trade Commission in this case
Evening star., 1959-12-09
Demand Deposits Rise
With Loans in Week

Demand deposits of Washngons largest banks rose
substantially in the week ended December gross loans
turned upward data from the Federal Reserve
mond disclosed today.
Demand deposits of Riggs National Bank American Sc
curity Trust Co, and the National Washington
Evening star., 1959-12-09
OVER COUNTER

Washington listin9s on over-the-
counter markets furnished by the Ma
tional Association of Securities Dealers
as Of pm. Wednesday, December 8:
Evening star., 1959-12-09
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 CAP. YESTERDAY
closlng overthe-cOunter United States
Government Treasury bonds
Evening star., 1959-12-09

Prices quoted in dollars and thirty
seconds.
Subject to Federal taxes but not h
State income taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Chicago Studies
Raising Bid for
GO. P. PurIey

CHICAGO. Mar. 81 (AP).-
Chicago may boost its cash bid
to land the 1860 REPUBLICAN, Ma
tional Convention. q. o. p.
leaders limited today.
James c. Worthy, president
of the Illinois United Repub-
lican Fund. indicated Chicago
might add $4,000 to its pre-
vious cash offer of 100000 in
an effort to head off bids from
Philadelphia and New York.
But Mr.. Worthy said he will
use Abe Lincoln as his prime
sales approach when he leads
a Chicago delegation to Wash
ington March 80 to shore UP
the city's faltering efforts to
obtain the convention.
Republicans can hardly ig-
more Illinois on the anniver-
sary of Lincoln's election as
President, Mr.. Worthy said.
New York offered the G. o. P
$780, 900 yesterday to stage the
convention there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Steinberg Named
President of
Family Agency

Alvin j. Steinberg has beer
elected president of Family
and Child Services Of Wash.
ington, former president Russell
Schneider announced yes.
terday.
Mr.. Steipberg. who also is q
director Of the Health and
Welfare Council of the Ma
tional Capital area, is presi-
dent Of the Capital Credit
Corp. the Potomac Credit
Bureau and the Alexandria
Credit Bureau.
Other officers elected by the
board of trustees were:
aubrey e. Robinson, jr.. first
vice PRESIDENT; Mrs. Wayne
Coy, second vice president:
Mrs. Gerard Reilly. secre-
tary; Wilfred Nerlion, treas
urer. and w. r. Willoughby. as
sistant treasurer.
Chosen as new board men,
bers were: Mrs. Tillman Leigh
N. Eugene Otto. j. Mitchell
Owens, Mrs. Ganson Purcell
Mrs. Matthew Ross, Charles A
Stott, Mrs. Douglas Whitlocl
and Canon Richard Williams
A United Givers Fund sup
ported agency, Family ant
Child Services is Washington
non-sectarian family counsel
ing and child placemen
agency. 1t is in it's 18th year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
|bM Discounts
Missile Plant
OF Scientist

BINGHAMPTON. N. Y, Mar
81 (AP).-The international
Business Machines Corp. said
today that one Of its scientists
was voicing only his personal
opinion when he questioned
the value Of the United States
missile and space program.
Charles Benton. jr.. general
manager Of the military prod
ucts division. said the scientist,
DR.. A. r. j. Grosch, was not
speaking for the company.
DR.. Grosch, at a scientific
meeting last night in Pasadena.
Calf. shouted from the floor:
Our missile program is the
swan song of a dying civiliza-
ton"
Mr.. Benton said today: His
views don't agree with my views
nor with those of the company.
IBM supports the program fully.
he said.
A spokesman for IBM said
there were no plans to fire DR..
GroSch.
Mr.. Benton declared: mo
technical challenge Is more inn
portant to our country's secu-
rity than the challenge of mis-
siles and space. We are conf
dent that our scientific and
military communities will con-
tinue to meet this challenge"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Both Roof Falls In;
Women Are Killed

TEHERAN, Iran, Mar. II
(AP).-The roof Of a bath COL
lapsed in the holy city Of
Meshed today, and a number of
women were reported killed.
The evening newspaper Key
han said more than 100 naked
women rushed into the main
street. They were taking their
bath for the Iranian new year,
which starts today.
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Cars Jump Track

CHARLOTTE, N. c.. Mar. %
(AP) -Thfrty-two cars of a
100 car Southern Railway
freight train left the track
near here today. scattering fiat
cars and box cars up and down
q long stretch Of track. There
were no injuries. Railroad men
predicted 1t would take several
days to clear the wreckage.
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teams were concerned only with
with conventional weapons.
Now have come the nucleai
bomb, mine, missile and tor
pedo. The safety Of q city in
stead of q ship may rest with
the skill Of specialists. Yester.
day you could dispose of ar
explosive by blowing 1t UP where
1t lay, with little or no damage
to surrounding areas. You
can't get rid Of today's nucleai
weapon In that manner. II
would take the surrounding
scenery and citizens with 1t
Two-Fold Mission
The mission of EOD is two.
fold: To find and disarm United
States weapons dropped acct
dentally into coastal, river OF
hardor waters; to find and dis
arm weapons planted by an
enemy.
For security reasons. officials
Of the EOD school here decline
to say how many disposal ex-
perts are in the Navy. but de-
scribe the total as relatively
small"
The men and officers are vol
unteers. What attracts them
to the job is something other
than money. For their danger
GUS job they get SIS a month
extra.
The public. watching tele-
vision and movie drama. has
come to believe that all divers
work in sunlit. limpid water
where colors are brilliant and
vision unlimited.
They don't. Most OF the time
they grope around in turgid,
Opaque rivers and harbors,
fioundering in waist-deep bot
tom mud laced with entangling
bits of discarded steel wire,
broken bottles. beer cans and
diSintegrating dead cats and
dogs. When the water closes
overhead. there is brief inter-
val when a faint, brownish
light glows feebly through the
face plate-then complete
blackness.
Hands take the place of eyes.
Only by touch can divers find
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an OBJECT ana reel out itS shape,
trace down to the delicate fuse
mechanism. remove 1t or de-
activate the fuse II the weapon
is armed. often this must be
done with clumsy. three
fingered gloves.
Disarming an A IN erica n
made weapon under those con-
ditions can be difficult enough.
But If Russia should some day
start planting hydrogen ex-
plosive mines or lobbing nuclear
missiles or bombs which become
duds or use delayed action
fuses. the task Of the EOD man
becomes immeasurably greater.
Developments Watched
The EOD school tries to keep
up with the progress in explo-
sive ordnance, at home and
abroad. A large museum con-
tains samples Of almost all
United States weapons and
many Of the more common
weapons Of foreign powers. in
Guiding Soviet and Red Chi
nese weapons picked up in oc-
Icupied areas during the past
two wars.
But the instructors can only
guess in describing to students
what a Russian nuclear mine,
bomb or torpedo might feel like
TO the touch of a divers explor-
ing hands.
One EOD team of men
trained at Indian Head already
has had practical experience in
hunting for a nuclear weapon.
An Air Force BAT bomber was
forced to jettison a portion of
q nuclear bomb into the coast
al waters near Savannah, Ca,
about q year ago after colliding
with another aircraft. An EOD
team from Charleston. s. c.,
Navy Base searched for weeks
apparently without success
for the weapon.
Head Of the school is Comdr.
Brainard j. Belmore Of Crozet,
Va. His executive and chief as
sistant is 1t. Cmdr. Hugh C.
Mason, a native of Norfolk, Va.
Special Qualifications
They say men must come
into the school qualified as
SCUBA divers. SCUBA means
self contained underwater
breathing apparatus. equip
ment now widely used In sport
as well as Navy diving.)
The swimming SCUBA diver
does the initial search work.
But for actual recovery of ord
nance, especially heavy types.
the hard hat" diver is needed,
with his waterproof diving
dress. helmet. air hose and
phone line. The EOD school
trains him in hard hat diving
gear. If he is not already quail
fed. At the school are two
tanks. one used for familiariza-
ton with the deep sea dress,
the other q pressurized tank
which can produce q pressure
equivalent to 200 feet Of depth.
The 5. Sdent who is a SCUBA
diver finds hard hat diving
tough. His dress, helmet, lead
weights and lead-soled shoes
weigh almost 200 pounds be-
fore he enters the water where
bouyancy s.can be regulated.
Motion of the arms and legs
must be forced against the in
ertia Of the water. The sounds
are strange. Air roars in
through the hose. expels with
"a gurgling noise. In deep water.
the voice Of the diver becomes
.high-pitched as he talks to his
tenders on the surface. And
almost always, the diver is
temporarily a blind man, grop-
ing and feeling his way along
the bottom.
knowledge of weapons must
be encyclopedia. In EOD. no
piece Of ordnance ever becomes
obsolete. Even today, the school
includes samples and data on
weapons used In the Civil War.
for reference If called upon to
help locate or identify old bat
tlefield finds.
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Sunken Alarms Pose
Grim De-Fusinq Job

INDIAN HEAD, Nd Mar. 81 CAP).-The Navy has little
Of steeneed divers whose job is to search out and
de~use unexpoded nucear weapons lurking the muddy
bottom OF rivers and harbors.
Until recently the Nays Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Federal Reserve Bank of Phila.
Speaks On The Second Hand Car

old lady who drove only on Sun
days. The Bank divides the diverse
used car sellers into three groups
individuals, Independent dealers,
and franchised or new-car dealers.
The latter are in the business up
to the hilt. A pyramid of trade-ins
enables them to sell 1.8 used cars
for every new one and still have
used cars left to wholesale to other
dealers. Franchised dealers have
been putting more emphasis on
their used-car operations in recent
years to offset the sagging sales of
new, factory-fresh cars.
Auctions are fast rising feature
in the wholesale market where
dealers adjust their inventories
among themselves. From almost
nothing decade ago, auctions now
do more than a billion dollar busi-
ness a year. They have prospered
because they bring convenience,
fiexibility, and integrity to the
wholesale market, the Bank says.
In spite of the impact of the new
compact cars there are important
new strengths to be reckoned with
In the demand for used cars, the
Banks article concludes. Higher
incomes, plus the continuing mi
grafton to the suburbs, will mean
a greater need for second cars, and
user cars make natural seconds.
Used-car sales will soar when the
coming tidal wave of teenagers
reaches driving age. If automobiles
are status symbol for adults, they
are ten times that for teenagers.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01

This car has music and heat
come on, boys, what am l bid?''
Local automobile auctions are
blooming, says the Philadelphia Fed
eral Reserve Bank. The demand for
used cars has been strong, prices
high, and auctions have been doing
a brisk business
High used-car prices, the Bank
explains in it's April Business Re-
view, are also a factor in the i'm
proved sales of new cars. Dealers
can ''sweeten" trade-in allowances
which, in effect, increases the pur-
chasing power of new-car buyers
Used-car prices are expected to
remain firm until fall when the
big Three" introduce their com
pact cars. These new models will
have a special impact on the used
car market for they will be priced
in the same range as many late
model used cars.
Variety and change characterize
the used-car business, the Bank
goes on to explain in its article
The business was born when model
variety and yearly change came to
new cars and gave owners reason
to buy again before their present
cars were worn out.
The words variety and change
also describe the present used-car
market. The buyers are as varied
as a 10 million cross section of our
population, the article says.
Sellers range from the dealer
with the multi-acre lot to the little
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01

Huey Fitzgerald to Wilmington on
Sunday where they visited Mr..
Lynch who is recovering from sur
gerry at st. Francis Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Morgan
entertained at a Barbecue" on
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hud-
son and family of Harbeson, Mr..
and Mrs. Elwood Tucker and child
rem of Glendale and Mrs. Edith
Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Swain, Sr.,
who quietly celebrated their 26th
entertained at dinner on Sunday
entertained at dinner on Suday
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Yingling OF
Berlin, Md, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald
Swain and son, Glen and Miss
Madalyn Bennett.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Glasco on Saturday even
ing were Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Williamson of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Tucker
spent the weekend at Palmyra
N. ]. as guests of his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Heals.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01

A lawyer is another definition of
naturalization.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
LINCOLN
Mrs. Rena Morgan
Phone: GA 2-5139
Lincoln Methodist Church
Rev. w. w. Hamilton, Pastor

Lincoln Methodist Church
Rev. w. w. Hamilton, Pastor
Services for Sunday, May 3rd;
1000 a. m. Morning worship hour.
Rev. Hamilton will be bringing the
message of the hour. The choir viii
be using for their special, 81 Have
A Friend"
11:00 a. m. Church School Sess-
ion. This Sunday being Mission
ary Sunday, Mrs. Cleora Donovan
will be in charge of opening ex-
ercises. Don't send your children
this Sunday. Come and stay with
them not only for Sunday School,
but for worship hour also. Get in
the habit of attending regularly.
400 to 4:3O p. m. Precious
Memories Broadcast" over George
town Station, 900 on the dial.
$50 p. m. Methodist Youth Fell
owship under the direction of
Harry Swain, Jr. Every teen-ager
in and around Lincoln is cord
tally invited to this hour of friend
ly fellowship, whether a member
or not.
1880 p. m. Evening song and
praise service. You will be blessed
as you join friends in the worship
of the Lord. Visitors are always
welcome.
Flowers will be placed in the
Church during the month of May,
by Mr.. Dave Currie's Glass of boys.
Monday evening, 1880 to $3.50
p. m. there will be Bible study
under the direction of Rev. Hamil-
ton.
The Sunbeam Glass, Mrs. Eliza
beth Clendaniel, teacher, will hold
their business meeting on Tuesday
evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Morgan, Jr. Mrs.
Blanche Birmingham will be lead
ing in devotions. Every member is
urged to attend in preparation for
the Mothers Day program to be
presented Sunday evening, May 10
at 1880 p. m.
The Lincoln WSCS, which met
on Tuesday evening in the Church
room, elected the following officers
for 1959-60: President, Mrs. Cleora
Donovan; Vice President, Mrs.
Anita Morgan; Recording Secret
ary, Mrs. Rena Morgan; Promo
tion Secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth
Clendaniel; Treasurer, Mrs. Jennie
Messick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Glasco en-
tertained at dinner on. Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Burnham and son
Donald of Baltimore, Md, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Tucker of Ellendale
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Glasco.
Mr.. Dave Currie left Monday for
Pensacola, Florida for a visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Currie.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Morgan,
Jr. and son, Ronnie spent Sunday
afternoon with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Lyons of Green
wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Benson well
coined their child, girl weighing
8lb. 11oz. at Milford Memorial Hos
pital on Sunday, April 26th.
Mrs. Clarence Lynch, Sr of Mil
ford accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01

Richards and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Richards.
A bouquet of red roses was
placed by Mr.. and Mrs. Casper
Powell in honor of their 25th we'd
ding anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hill accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gourley
of Frederick on shopping trip to
Wilmington on Saturday.
At the meeting of the MYAF held
on Saturday evening in the Fire
Hall the following new officers
were elected: President, James
Sharp; Vice President, Fletcher
Byran, Secretary, Lorna Mitchell
and Treasurer, Derwood Mitchell.
One of the coming projects of the
group is to sell refreshments at
the evening baseball games for the
benefit of the church building fund.
T/Sgt. and Mrs. Wilbur Piet
spent the weekend with M/Sgt.
and Mrs. James Reaver in Hunt
ington, Md. While there they at
tended the wedding of Mrs. Reav-
er's sister, Miss Sally Bowen.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
MAGNOLIA
Mrs. Frances Hart
Phone: DE 5-s16s

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Richards, Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Richards of
Milford and T/Sgt and Mrs. Will
bur Piet and Billy were the din
ner guests last Sunday of Mrs.
May Sipple and Richard in Fred
erica.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Orvis spent
the weekend on a sightseeing
trip through Maryland.
On Sunday the Magnolia Volun-
teer Fire Company was the guest
of the Dover Air Force Base for
a demonstration on aircraft fire.
fighting.
Mrs. Bessie Hart was the din
ner guest on Tuesday evening of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Richards while
on Wednesday, Mrs. Stella Rich
ards of Dover spent the day with
them.
Mrs. John Bowyer of Christians
burg, Va, spent the weekend with
her children, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bowyer and Debbie.
On Saturday the Magnolia Girl
Scout and Brownie Troops spent
the day at Petersburg Recreation
Center for their annual Play Day.
Dot Smith, Anita Swecker, Theresa
Keller, Freelove Locke, and Lorna
Mitchell were chaperones. Approx
mately 300 scouts from Camden,
Wyoming, Dover Air Force Base
and Magnolia attended.
Mrs. Phyllis Piet was the guest
of honor at luncheon given by
Mrs. .sVictoria Warden at the Dim
ner Bell on Friday.
Flowers in the church on Sun
day were in memory of the birth
day of George Richards placed by
his wife and parents, Mrs. Stella
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
MORE RICE FOR INDIA

NEW DELHI (P)- The produc-
tion of rice, a mainstay in the diet
of many Indians, has bounced back
from a poor year to set a record
in latest 12-month period.
The yield per acre rose about z
per cent above the average for the
last five years to 29,700,000 long
tons. The previous high had been
% 100000 tons in the 1956-57 crop
year.
The record crop would provide
enough rice for every Indian to eat
166 pounds year, or less than
half a pound a day.