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consuItont, who will be in our PARkineton
store, Monday; Silver Spring, Tuesday; WASH
neton store, Wednesday,; Prince Georges
Plaza, Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-31

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We've shown just few Of our many styles
for boys and girls.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Poles Find Grave
Of 143 Women
Killed by Nuzis

WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 80
(AP) "A mass grave of 143
women, victims Of Nazis dur
ing World War II, has been
found in a forest near Wejhe-
rowo on the Baltic coast, the
Polish press announced today.
The report said the murdered
women were part of a group
of 400 Polish and Hungarian
women who were brought dur
ing the 1944-5 winter from the
Stutthof concentration camp
and executed in nearby forests
Most of the women had been
shot in the back of the head.
The remains were reburied
in the cemetery of the small
town of Rybnom. A search for
the grave or graves of the rest
of the women is being organ
iZed.
Since the end of World War
II a large number of mass
graves of Nazi victims have
been found in the forests of
Poland. One of the most fa-
nous, the Majdanek execution
site and grave near Warsaw,
was visited by United States
Vice President Nixon when he
was in Poland last August.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

voluntary adjustment to the
metric system" which has as its
length standard a meter of 1887
inches and for weight a kilogram
of % pounds. Only the English
speaking nations use the 60
inch yard and the 16-ounce
pound as standards, and even
in these countries the metric
system is gaining popularity.
A metric pound" of y kilo-
gram would outweigh an ordi-
nary pound by 1.6 ounces.
FavOrs Voluntary Change
DR.. Leake said he will give
priority during his one-year
tenure as A.A.A.S. president to
the missionary task of convert
ing the United States to the
metric system. Il think our
major effort should be directed
toward encouraging educators
to recognize and teach the
convenience and stability Of
the metric program, he said.
The A.A.A.S. president said
he would oppose legislation to
force a measure changeover.
See SCIENCE, Page A-6
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Reds Accept
May Is Date
For Summit

LONDON, Dec. 80 (AP).-The
Soviet Union today accepted
the Western proposal for a May
16 summit meeting, responsible
London sources reported.
Notes from President Eisen-
hover, British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan and French
President Charles de Gaulle
suggesting the May 16 date were
delivered in Moscow only yes
terday to Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko:
The Western notes were a
counter proposal to Premier
Nikita Khrushchev's Christmas
Day letters agreeing to a sum-
NIT meeting in Paris. Mr..
Khrushchev said the Western
proposal for April 27 as a date
was inconvenient,. however, and
suggested April 81 or May 4.
The dates offered by Mr..
Khrushchev conflicted with
Gen. de Gaulle's plans to visit
Canada and the United States,
and with Mr.. Macmillan's plans
for a British Commonwealth
prime ministers meeting in
London on May 8.
Mr.. Khrushchev diSliked the
April 81 date because it comes
only four days before the big
Soviet May Day parade in Red
Square.
Work on preparing the West
ern positions for the summit is
expected to start in Washing
ton next week.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Bevun in Danger
After Operation

LONDON, Dec. 80 (AP).-
Aneurin Bevan, g. year old
deputy leader of Britain's
Labor Party, was reported by
his wife today to be on the
danger list after serious alb
dominal surgery.
Mrs. Bevan, who herself is
a member of Parliament under
her maiden name of Jennie
Lee, told reporters after a visit
to the hospital: Il am sure he
will get well. He has to be
nursed very. very carefully for
the next few days"
A medical bulletin issued by
the hospital earlier had said
Mr.. Bevan had a relatively
comfortable night" and that
"his condition is as satisfac-
tory as can be expected after
a major abdominal operation"
The ailment has not peen dis
closed. but the two surgeons
who operated are both experts
in the treatment of ulcers.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Pacific Isle
Swept byHurricone

SUVA, Fiji, Dec. 80 (AP).-
French authorities rushed aid
today to the New Hebrides Is
lands, battered by a hurricane
that devastated the principal
island of Villa.
Port Villa, French admins
trative center of the island
group in the Southwest Pacific,
was reported uninhabitable
with 80 per cent of the homes
destroyed by the storm. The
French ordered evacuation of
more than 1900 women and
children and began airlifting
them to New Caledonia.
The French naval escort ves-
sci La Confiance was expected
to arrive at Port Villa later to-
day with medical supplies and
a French troop detachment.
The French high commissioner
for the Pacific arrived by air
from Noumea to make an in
Spection.
Most of the communications
Evening star., 1959-12-30

F. Bickers. jr., and j. A. Nutty-
combe, Gao trainmen, from
their beds. They climbed into
their car and sped to where a
C&O engine had been warmed
up for them.
The trainmen's plan was to
get onto a parallel track, run
alongside the Coast Line diesel
until they reached a crosSover,
then follow and couple with
the runaway.
Jump Through window
When they got alongside,
however, they decided to use
an iron-handled grab hook In
an attempt to get into the
runaway. They hooked, burst
through a window and brought
the diesel to a halt.
Only damage was estimated
at $40 to some lugs at a switch.
The throttle on No. 240 had
been set at about IS m.p.h.
Trainmen agreed that some
body set the engines in motion,
and that the somebody" had
knowledge about diesel engines.
On November Is, a New Jer-
sey Central Railroad switch
engine took of on a 22-mile
unattended run after its brakes
were locked but the throttle
left on.
1t was stopped near Perth
Amboy when another engine,
racing ahead, slowly reduced
speed until the runaway
bumped into the rear.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

have been knocked out on the
islands so assessment of the
full damage is difficult. Most
of the plantations in the
islands center we're reported
destroyed and at least one
coastal village was swamped
by huge waves.
The hurricane changed
course early today and headed
east, sparing the main Fiji
Island of Witt Levu. But the
backlash hit a village 8 miles
from Suva, killing one man
and injuring six other persons.
The Matson cruise liner
Monterey, a 15,000-tonner
hove to during the night off
the island of Kadavu and
docked in Suva five hours late
today. Hurricane warnings
were still in force this morn
ing for Kadavu and other
islands in the Southern Lau
group, east of VIII Levu.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

Maine Governor to die in Office
for almost 40 years.
DR.. Joseph R. Crawford said
the cause of death was unde-
termined but "in all likelihood
it was heart or a cerebral hem
orrhage."
The Governor was dead when
DR. Crawford arrived at Blsine
House, the executive mansion
at 2::35 am.
The only member of the fam
lily present was Mrs. ClauSon,
the former Ellen Kelleher of
Waterville.
The Governor also leaves a
See CLAUSON, Page AS
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Korea Fires
On Red Ship,
Soviet Says

LONDON, Dec. 80 (AP).-
Moscow Radio charged today
a South Korean warship fired
on an unarmed Soviet vessel
off the east coast of North
Korea and caused casualties
among the crew.
Moscow said the attack oc-
CURED in an East Korean bay
December %, and also caused
serious damage" to the Soviet
vessel. the hydrogeographical
service ship lingo.
The general area of the re-
ported attack would be the
route two Soviet repatriation
ships, the Krylion and TobolSk,
have been using to ferry Korean
repatriates from Japan to Red
North Korea.
South Korea has threatened
to use force to halt the migra-
ton of the Koreans, long resi-
dents of Japan, who chose
under International Red Cross
supervision to go to North
Korea.
The South Koreans have re-
ported no armed action, how
ever. Seoul newspapers yester-
day said a South Korean Coast
Guard boat exchanged fire
Monday with eight armed Com
munist Chinese fishing vessels
But these reports placed the
action in the Yellow Sea of
Southwest Korea.
Moscow identified the South
Korean warship as "of the
larger Hunter class, No. 205"-
presumably a United States
made destroyer turned over to
the South Koreans.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Gov. CIouson ofMoine
Dies at 64 in His Sleep

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 80
(AP).-Gov. Clinton A. Clau-
son, 64, died in his sleep at the
executive mansion early today.
The one-time chiropractor, a
native of Mitchell, Iowa, was in
his first year of a four-yeaf
term. He was a Democrat.
Under Names Constitution
he is automatically succeeded
by the president of the State
Senate - Republican John H.
Reed, 38. a well-to-do potato
grower from Fort Fairfield.
Senator Reed left for the
capital and is expected to be
sworn in as Governor late to-
day.
Maine has no Lieutenant
Governor. Senator Reeds Of
flee is virtually the equivalent.
Senator Reed said Gov.
Clauson's death "is terrible
news for the whole State of
Maine. He was a much be-
loved man and this is a great
loss to the entire State"
Senator Reed will not neces-
sarily fill out the whole of
Gov. Clauson's term. A con-
stitutional amendment chang
ing the term from two to four
years also provides that in the
event of a Governors death
more than 80 days prior to the
primaries in an "of" year, the
Senate president will serve only
until the first Wednesday of
the next January-in this case
January 4, 1861.
So, a Governor will have to
be nominated and elected in
1860.
Gov. Clauson was the first
Evening star., 1959-12-30

into a Gao engine, pulled
alongside and jumped-cowboy
like-into the runaway and cut
of the throttle.
The other engine made il
only a half-mile before a non
operating generator brought il
to a halt.
Both of the black and pur-
pie yard engines were idling
on separate tracks at the ACL
roundhouse in South Rich
mond about 4 am, their
throttles locked in a neutral
position, their brakes on and
their lights out.
Heads Down Tracks
Then at 4:05 am. startled
railroad workers saw engine
No. 148 calmly roll past and
head down the tracks. II got
only as far as a bridge, how
ever, before the generator
forced it to grind to a stop.
A check with the roundhouse
showed that engine No. 240
also was gone-real gone.
1t forced its way through five
yard switches. through a pair
of Gao switches and headed
west. Although no traffic was
due on the C&O line for some
time, all trains were ordered
halted for 80 miles west.
No. 240, meanwhile. con-
tinued its trip, no lights, no
bell, no horn-across numerous
rural crossings through the
rolling Virginia countryside in
the darkness.
In Richmond, calls reused j.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Alcohol Kills z, FeIIs 2;
NIHIs Believed Source

poisoning. All the victims are
colored.
He said Mr.. Saunders and
Mr.. Boone collapsed at NH
yesterday and were taken to
District General together. The
detective said Mr.. Saunders
was thought at first to be a
victim of a heart attack, but
an examination revealed no
damage to his heart.
Visited Parents
Thereupon, Sergt. Zazanis
said, Mr.. Saunders signed him.
self in for treatment of acute
alcoholism. When hospital
aides started treating Mr.. Saun-
ders, according to Sergt. Ia
zanis, he became violent.
Hugh Ford, police said, had
been visiting his parents and
brothers at the Sheridan street
address and left yesterday with
his wife and three children by
plane to return to his home in
Honolulu. Police said he was
employed at the International
Airport in the Hawaiian capi-
tai as a redcap.
Lawrence Ford, father of the
stricken brothers. a supervisor
in the housekeeping division
at NH. told police he had
found liquid substances around
the house from time to time
and always poured them down
the sink.
Another brother, Clarence
Ford, %, said his brothers had
been drinking a concoction they
had made but that he had not
drunk any of it himself.
1t. Burns said questioners
have not been able to find out
See ALCOHOL, Page Az
Evening star., 1959-12-30

system OF weights and
measures may come even sooner
DR.. Chauncey D. Leake, in
coming president of the Amer
ican Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, made
this clear in an interview to-
day. He hailed Mr.. Eisenhower's
chance remark as IAN admir-
able example of a great lead
er recognizing the wisdom Of
uniformity of measurement
throughout the world"
The Presidents Comment
AS reported in The Star De-
cember IL, Mr.. Eisenhower
asked President Prasad Of India
about the extent of the gardens
through which they were stroll
ling in New Delhi. Mr.. Prasad
replied that the grounds totaled
more than 800 acres.
The American n President
noted that "acres" is a term moi
used in India, which has adopt
ed the metric system. He CON-
mented to the Indian President
II think it's high time that
the countries of the world got
together and adopted some sort
of uniform system Of measure
mentS for such things as acres
miles, kilometers, dollars ano
rubles."
DR.. Leake said Mr.. Eisen-
hover obviously meant "oul
Evening star., 1959-12-30
State-of-UniOn
TaIkSet Jan. 7
ByPresident
Will Reed Message
To Congress Day
After Session Opens

AUGUSTA, Ca, Dec. 80 (AP) E.
President Eisenhower will de-
liver his state-of-the Union
message to Congress in person
Thursday, January Z, the day
after a new session opens.
The annual budget message
will be submitted to the legis-
lators on Monday, January 18,
and the economic message two
days later.
The schedule was set up to-
day when Mr.. Eisenhower con-
ferred with two aides who few
down from Washington, the
assistant to the President, Mai.
Gen. Wilton B. Persons, and
Speech Writer Malcolm MooS.
Gen. Persons has been talking
with congressional leaders about
the timing of the messages.
Speech SmOOthed Out
The trio spent nearly two and
a half hours this morning
smoothing out language in a
draft of the state-of-th Union
message which the Chief Exec
utive brought with him when
he arrived here Sunday for a
weeks vacation.
This Is the message which
lays down in general terms the
administration program for the
year ahead. Details will be
spelled out in supplementary
messages later.
For example, White House
Press Secretary James c. Hag-
erty said there will be a special
farm message.
Today'S speech polishing ses-
sion out Of the way, it was back
to the links at Augusta National
Golf Club for Mr.. Eisenhower'S
fourth round in four days.
For the next two days, over
the New Year holidays, Mr..
Hagerty said the President
hopes to have his schedule clear
for nothing but relaxation.
Then on Saturday Mr.. EiSen-
hover will meet with Budget
Director Maurice Stans and
three other officials for another
check on the spending program
for the 1861 fiscal year which
starts next July /.
In Final Shape
The new budget is just about
in final shape. 1t is expected
to reach a peacetime peak of
around $81 billion but still
avoid red ink.
Coming down with Mr.. Stans
will be Gerald Morgan, deputy
assistant to the President;
Elmer Stats, deputy budget
director, and Robert Merriam,
special assistant to Mr.. Eisen-
hover on inter-departmental
affairs.
Mr.. Eisenhower has delivered
in person all but one of his
state of the Union messages.
The exception was in 1856.
The President had had heart
attack the previous September.
Ordinarily the President sets
up briefings with congressional
leaders of both parties in ad-
vance of submitting his pro-
gram to Congress. Mr.. Hagerty
said he had no information yet
on any for the new program.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Subway in Lisbon

LISBON. Portugal, Dec. 80
(AP). - President eric o
Thomaz maugurated a new
3.1-mile subway in Lisbon yes
terday. This is the first section
of a 12-mile underground to be
completed within 10 years.
Fare has been fixed at / escudo
g cents.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

National Institutes Of Health
officials today investigated the
circumstances which led to the
death of two men and the Sc
riouS illness of two others from
drinking methyl alcohol appar-
emily obtained 1.-THE Bethesda
headquarters Of NH.
Three of the four stricken
men worked at NH and were
taken i'll at work yesterday fol-
lowing a farewell party for the
fourth man Monday night, &C
cording to 1t. Charles Burns
of the homicide squad.
The men were taken i'll at
various times yesterday after
noon, one of them on a Cali
fornia- bound airplane.
Victims Listed
The victims are:
Otto Saunders, AZ, of 1440 r
street NV, an employe of the
National Institutes of Health,
who died at 1870 am. in Dis
trict General Hospital.
Hugh Ford, 38, who was taken
off a TWA plane at Los An
geles yesterday and died later
in a California hospital.
George D. Boone, 46, of 103
Fifteenth street Sc, also an
NH employe, in critical condi-
ton at District General.
Marvin E. Ford, 36, of 101
Sheridan street NE, brother OF
Hugh and an employe of NH
in the transportation division
in critical condition at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Detective Sergt. Peter Ia
zanis said Marvin Ford is under
treatment for methyl alcohol
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Scientists Plan Drive
For Metric System
Adoption Of Meter and KiIoerom
By U. S. Would Enlarge Yard, Pound
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

CHICAGO Dec. 80. - chance remark by President
Eisenhower in an Indian garden may add three inches
your yardstick and to your pound
fore 1880 rolls around.
If the tremendous influence Of organized American
science can do anything about it, the day of conversion to
Evening star., 1959-12-30
QuudrupIets Born

BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela,
Dec. 80 (AP) .-Quadruplets
were born yesterday to Mrs.
Isabel de Torres, 35. She now
has II children, including two
sets of twins.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
2Leop Into Cab, Halt
Diesel in 67-MiIe Race
Two Engines Deliberately Started;
One Stops by Itself After HuIf-MiIe

RICHMOND, Va, Dec 80 AP).-Somebody decided to
play train in big way today-wth two diesel engines of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railway
One of the deSels made 67mile unattended 1t
finally stopped bw two trainmen from the Chesapeake
Ohio Railway who drove to spot Charlottesville got
Evening star., 1959-12-30
NEW TREATIES
FOR ALLIES

TWO TREATIES ore scheduled 10
be seropped soon between the
United Stotes Ond Jopon and the
Philippines, Stor Stof Writer Rich
ord FrykIund reports todoy on PosS
BIO. in the fourth Of his series Of
articles about the Far Eost.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
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OF oregon, lnUO Cne OlSCrlCL
primary May would hurt him.
since they both hold liberal
viewpoints, Senator Humphrey
replied:
II don't really believe so. AS
a Democrat. I welcome the
opportunity to meet my COLI
leagues in friendly competition.
The Democratic Party is not q
closed corporation and is op-
posed to rigged shows of any
kind"
Senator Morse pointed out
recently that petitions have
already placed his name in the
Oregon primary and that he
will decide later what to do in
the District.
Senator Humphrey said he
does not plan to enter the
Florida primary because of an
understanding tn at Senator
Smathers will be a favorite son.
But he declared his intention
of campaigning in the South
as well as other sections and
predicted that "at the right
time" he will have some South
ern delegates in the convention.
Backs Rights Program
But the 48-year-old Minnesota
Senator reaffirmed his support
for a strong civil rights pro-
gram, including a Federal law
to govern registration of voters
which the South is expected to
resist.
Senator Humphrey said he
has never "equivocated" on
civil rights and that his friends
in the South respect a man
See DEMOCRATS, Page AS
Evening star., 1959-12-30
TIE WEATAEp. Full Report
on Poss Al

Fair and a little colder tonight, lowest
around 80. Variable cloudiness and sun
shine tomorrow with not much change in
temperature. High and low of last "a hours:
High 46 at / pm. today; low 80 at $50
am. today.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Humphrey Launches
go Presidential Drive
Will Enter
Democratic
Contests
BY ]. A. OTEARY
Star stah Writer

Senator Humphrey of Min
nesota today became the first
formal contender for the 1860
Democratic presidential nomi-
nation.
The Senator told a crowded
press conference he will enter
his name in the primaries in
the District Of Columbia, Wis
consin, Oregon and South
Dakota.
Senator Humphrey was asked
if he picked today for his an
Evening star., 1959-12-30

nouncement in order to beat
Senator Kennedy, of Massa-
chusetts. to the draw. Senator
Kennedy, who has been the
front runner among Democrats
in public opinion polls, is ex-
pected to make his formal an
nouncement Saturday.
Senator Humphrey dis
claimed any such intention. He
said merely that he regarded
today as appropriate as yes
terday would have been and
better than tomorrow, New
Years eve.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

Humphreys AImonoe Is Guide 10
Stumpins. Poee Al
The Nome nugget., 1959-06-03
Air Force Academy To Graduate 2O7 In lst Commencement

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, LR - The U. s. Air Force Academy will graduate it's first class We'd nesday.
 Bachelor of Science degrees will be handed all POT members of the class, following the commence ment address by Secretary of the Air Force James H. Douglas. Of the graduates, all but two will become second lieutenants and navigators in the Air Force. One will become an officer in the Marine Corps, and another will return to civilian life for physical reasons.
 The cadets, reminded of their privilege by President Eisenhower last month, will start a tradition when the ceremony is over.
 Diplomas in hand, they'll march briSkly away - leaving their shoes in neat rows behind.
The Nome nugget., 1959-06-03
IMacMilIan Disowns Rumors Foreign
 Sec. to be Replaced

LONDON, R III Prime Minister Harold MacMillan told the House of Commons yesterday he hopes to be working together with For eign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd "for very long time" Members of the House cheered.
 MacMillan's statement came after Laborite Emanuel Shinwell asked if the Prime Minister could say who was responsible for ''in- spired statesments that the for eign secretary is to be replaced"
 There have been no inspired statements of any kind," Mac Milan answered, ''but this does give me an opportunity of saying I have been reading newspapers, no doubt as Mr. Shinwe1l has, and the foreign secretary and I hope to carry on our work to- gether for a very long time"
 MacMillan's reference was to series of reports in London news papers in the past few days to the effect that Lloyd might be moved to another job.
 The London Times created the major stir Monday when it re- ported that MacMillan had noti- fled Lloyd he would be replaced sometime in the future.