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Arkansas State press., 1959-07-24
Expect5.OOOa at
Shrine Meet In
Los Angeles


es-year history. more than 5000
MOBILES. delegates from some 80
temples O the Ancient Egyptian
Arabic Order Of Mobiles Of The
Mystic Shrine, are expected n
this city for the 5sth annual con-
ventiOn Of the Imperial Council
q August 1872. Host and hos
sss to the visiting Mobiles and
their sister organization. the
Daughters OF Isis. xill Be Los
Angeles Egyptian Temple No. ;
and Egyptian Court No. ). the
former headed by nlustrions Pc
tentate Kenny Washington ST.. CT
ucLA football fame. and the
latter By Illustrious COMMANDERS
ImOgene P. Clay.
Though headquartered for busi-
ness session a. TIE Embasg.
auditorium. the visiting Negro
Shrine Of Prince Hall affTliation
will make use o. virtually all the
eiay's topmost facilities for balls.
banQuefs and displays O. pagean-
Try. Hollygood's famous Moulin
Rouge has been chosen for the
Shrineris Cabaret Mite On Au-
gust IS and the beautiful Holly
wood palladium viii be The scene
Of the annual Imperial Potentates
bal on August %.
The organization will score an
historic first however. on We'd
nesday evening. August L. At the
tine it viii become the first Ne
gro group 20 use the recently dedi-
Gated Sports arena % stage its
mammoth talent show With q
pageant Of young ladies represent
ing some q temples from al
over the [. 5. The show. design
G % eliminate contestants for
top prizes O. $4,000 in scholar
ships, will also represent a uni
Que first" in that bathing suit
competition will be eliminated as
q point of judging. The winner
will be chosen solely on the basis
of talent
Presiding over the colorful,
six-day convention viii be I'm
perial Potentate Booker T. Alex
ander, of Detroit. who has welded
the gavel over the 15.000-member
organization since his election TO
office in 1855. Under his leader
ship. the popular national group
now has over 100000 in assets.
more than $4,000 of which has
been set aside to be voted upon
and distributed as charitable con-
tFibutions 10 medical research
Any doctor. hospital. clinic or
school is eligible 10 receive
grant from this fund provided
they can qualify by certifying that
they are engaged in medical re-
search. Last year. at the Chicago
Convention. a total Of $4,000 was
voted out for distribution among
six qualifying hospitals and
schools. This year, al the Los
Angeles meet. it is expectd that
a similar sum again viii be given
70 medical research.
Among notables expected 10 be
On hand 10 participate in the fes-
tiFities are nationally famous
comedians Danny Thomas and
Bob Hope. Thomas. who has de-
terminedly sought 10 raise funds
70 build q hospital viii be hon
Ored this year By the visiting
shrines who have chosen him 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-26
[ Want

Christmas tree even if were forced to live
alone.
And then as midnight approaches, | want
Christmas carols. If there is no church within
reasonable reach, IT is good to gather around
the piano as family and sing 20 Little Town
of Bethlehem" The First Noel" and Silent
Night. Holy Night" But find il still better to
join with fellow worshippers in church, where
the music and candIelight mellow our mood,
to hear again the story that never grows old.
IT IS already clear that want to celebrate
L Christmas in a home. Twice in my lifetime
have spent Christmas Day in hotels. Once
was in New Delhi, India, where the hotel had
not even any decorations to mark the day. The
other hotel was in America, and the managers
did much to make it a festive occasion.
Although the hotel announced in the rooms,
This is your home away from home" could
not feel at home there on Christmas Day. No
more ChristmaSes for me away from home, if
can help it,
The Babe born in Bethlehem kindleS feelings
which call for home to give them brightest
glow. Christmas is not only the day which
commentaries the birth of the worlds best
child but also the day when love at its best
is born in each of us. Even the Old Scrooges
feel the lure of love and look longingly into
the windows of homes where Tiny Tins make
glad the heart.
Yet much as ! want Christmas in a home,
prefer not to spend il in my own home Sur
priSed? Well, live in city apartment, and
like house for Christmas. lust about the love-
lieSt sight know is house in Christmas eve
ming dresS-wreathS of holly on the door, red
bells in the windows, the lights of Christmas
tree shining within, and then TO make it per-
feet, the caves framed in the white of snow.
God does not always guarantee us white
Christmas, but we can control the other colorS.
Yes, hope to HE me from my city apart
ment to a home in the suburbs where my
daughter and her husband live. And would you
guess il? There are four little grandchildren in
that same house. Some people say that it takes
children to make Christmas | do not quite
subscribe to that. for the Christmas spirit can
be wherever love is, and love is not limited TO
children. But little ones do add flavor of
expectancy and excitement. In them we see the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-26
BY RALPH w. SOCKMAN

Minister of The National Radio Pulpit
pure springs from which flow the stream of
Christmas joy.
pulled out of bed is on Christmas morning,
when little grandchildren tug at me. They are
inpatient to get through breakfast and get at
the presents stacked around the Christmas tree
But two years ago | saw a little Seven-year-old
boy, who could not wait through breakfast, slip
shyly up behind his father and put at his plate
letter-rack which he had made for him at
school. That gesture made me realize the truth
that 1T is more blessed to give than to receive"
In our family we open the presents one at
a time so that all eight of us can share the
joy of each recipient. And have noted the
extra sparkle in little Lisa's eyes when Mother
or Father opens package prepared by her.
And so with the other children. Oh, they like
to get gifts. Their little fingers tumble fever
ishly in untying the knots, and they squeal with
delight at what they discover But they stop,
look, and listen when others open the gifts they
have given.
ENCH Fromm says that a child does not
really learn what love is until he IS about
eight years old. Up to that time he receives the
love of others, but at about that age he awak-
ems to the joy of giving to others. If Fromm
is right, then Christmas is the ideal setting for
the birth of love in child's heart
After the gifts have been distributed, want
some fun. Yes, and some feasting. The feasting
need not be extravagant, and the fun should
not be artificial To sit as a group while
Christmas story is read land for me Dickens
Christmas Carol never loses its appeaD;
perhaps to play one of the new games which
comes from under the Christmas tree; to sing
again few carols; to hear the students home
from school recount some experiences; to read
Christmas cards from friends who remember
us; and most of all, to look at one another until
we really see each other (which the little girl
in Thornton Wilder's Our Town" said we
never do)-these are some of the things which
make the Christmas ! want
The story of Bethlehem calls us back to the
simple essentials of life-the beauty and wonder
of childhood, the tender love of parents, the
alteration of the humble, and the humility of
the wise. Let us not lose the essence of Beth
lehem in the froth of our modern BabeIs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-26

SHbHrbiG Today. December 1859
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

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The Nome nugget., 1959-07-22

Ike Selects Fairbanks Postmaster
 WASHINGTON, R- President Eisenhower today nominated Wm. c. Ollikainen to be postmaster at Fairbanks. Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1959-07-22
Ike Doubts If
 Summit Talks Will Take Place
By MARVIN L. ARRoWsMITH

WASHINGTON, R President Eisenhower believe the chances for summit conference have be- come steadily dinner in the last 10 days. He feels Russia's atti- tude regarding Berlin now is tougher than ever.
 This Eisenhower pessimism - based on confidential reports from the Geneva foreign minis ters meeting-is known on ex- cellent authority. It embraces his view that Soviet Premier Khursh- chev may not even want a sum- init meeting.
 It is also known on high au- thority that Eisenhower still is dead set against any recogni- ton of Red China. The Commun- ists there still are holding Amer jeans as prisoners.
 It can be reported, too, on sim liar authority that:
 n.d1SO alSSC!H
 l. Despite his pessimism, Eisen- hover remains perfectly willing to attend summit meeting, pro- vided there is decent progress at Geneva.
 2. Regardless of talk by Krem- lin officials, Eisenhower is not convinced the Russians really want summit meeting. He thinks the Soviets' real objective may be to split the Western Allies, parti- cularly the United States and Britain.
 3. The President is convinced the Soviet leaders do not want a major war. But he is fearful that Kremlin miscalculations or some series of developments could touch off a conflict.
 4. If war should come, the Western allies would have to de- eide whether to use nuclear wea- pons. So far as the United States is concerned, it would depend on what is best for the security of the country.
 5. The greatest fear of the Kremlin chief, Eisenhower be- lieves, is a resurgent Germany and a strong Red China.
The Nome nugget., 1959-07-22
Federalizingg g R.R.
 Would Skyrocket Rates, Says Rivers

WASHINGTON, LR - Congress was asked Tuesday to reject eff forts to put the Alaska Railroad under federal regulation lest it's freight rates skyrocket even higher
 Rep. Ralph J. Rivers told a House Commerce subcommittee he is impressed with opinions that regulations would lead to a big increase in freight charges.
 Unless and until a great need becomes apparent for putting the Alaska Railroad under the juris- diction of the Interstate Com merce Commission" he said, q will be opposed to such legisla- tion."
 A different view of the bill was taken by Sen. E. L. Bartlett. Nevertheless, in view of the fears expressed, he suggested a go-slow approach until Alaskans get a chance to voice their opinions.
 As for his own opinion,- Bart lett said:
 Certain Alaska newspapers have published articles indicating that ICC regulations would i'm mediately lead to at least a 20 percent increase in Alaska Rail- road rates.
 'I am informed that this is not so it is hard for me to see how Alaska Railroad rates could or would be increased by acts which provide principally for sta bilization of rates"
 The only way the rates could go up, Bartlett said, would be to have the railroad file for new rates substantially over the present rate level.
 My purpose" Bartlett said, obviously is to put the ship pers in Alaska in a protected posi- ton in this rate and competition struggle that is now going on.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-01
Blind Man Bottles Fox
Attacking His Wife

my pocket knife and stabbed it,
but I couldn't push it through
the skin.
"All I could think about was
freeing her. I stuck my hand
into the fox's mouth :"
Finally, in desperation, he
punched the blade of the small
knife into the fox's mouth and
the animal let go. But only for
an instant; just long enough
for it to grab the fingers of
Mrs. Eddy'S left hand.
Mr.. Eddy grabbed the cane
again and started beating the
fox on the head. The cane split,
but the stunned animal fell to
the ground.
Freed, Mrs. Eddy ran into
the house and got a 80 caliber
revolver. She returned and fired
several shots into the fox, and
then Mr.. Eddy took the gun
himself and pushed it against
the spot he thought covered the
heart, and put an end to the
fox.
Mrs. Eddy went to a physi-
clan for treatment of a badly
lacerated arm. Her husband
said she is still in considerable
pain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-01

MARIETTA, Ohio, July l
(AP.-"It was a terrible or
deal"
That is how Howard Eddy,
70 years old and blind,
described his battle with a
savage fox that had attacked
Il his ailing, '79-year-old wife.
The animal gripped Mrs
Eddy's left arm in its jaws for
many minutes. baking a des-
perate struggle of both hus-
band and wife to loosen its
hold. The couple beat, choked,
stabbed and shot the animal
during the struggle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddy live on
farm near Newport, IL miles
east of here. Monday after
noon, Mrs. Eddy saw a move
ment in the weeds by her mail
box and discovered a gray fox
with a chicken in its mouth.
She picked up a rock and
started beating the animal
over the head.
The fox dropped the chicken
and snapped at Mrs. Eddy's left
arm, gripping it tightly with
its sharp teeth. Mrs. Eddy
screamed.
Mr.. Eddy, who is totally blind.
was inside their home. He heard
his wife scream and hurried to
her with his heavy cane.
Has a snake got you?" he
called to his wife.
Its some kind of animal"
she called back.
When he reached her side,
Mr.. Eddy CROPPED for the animal
and found its throat.
Il choked with both hands,"
he said. Il choked as hard as
l could but it held on. When
that didn't do any good, I got
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-01
Professor Fired

HAVANA, July l (AP).-
Former President Ramon Grau
San Martin has lost his job
as a professor in the medical
school of Havana University.
A special tribunal which has
been hearing charges against
professors and students dropped
him because of his political
activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

Ordeal: Drama Critic Alex
ander Woollcott sat through
the opening of a historical
play which was a bore from
beginning to end. When it
was over, he met the pro-
Queer, who said:
you've no idea how much
effort the author put into this
play. The research alone took
him three years. He inter-
viewed hundreds of people
and travelled $4,000 miles to
gather the material. It's a
wonder he survived the
ordeal"
"And a pity" added Wooll-
colt.
Luck: In the spring Of
1915 Composer Jerome Kern
booked passage on q British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Robert Preston-The Music Man

listened, threw his arms wide.
and yelled: you are Profess
sor Harold Hill"
He was and is II can't
really sing" said Mr.. Preston.
land / can't dance. But
neither can Harold Hill" He
had never played in musical
before, and he may never
play in one again because
1.-THE Music Man" will play
another twenty years and
Robert Preston is Al now.
SO far, the show has played
to is million persons on
Broadway and 1 million on
the road. 1t isn't two years
old. No one wanted to back
the show with money, but it
has returned $40 for each 81
so far.
ROBERT PRESTON was
born in Newton Highlands,
Mass. just as clothtop shoes
were going out. His name is
Robert Preston Meservey. He
was 2 years old when his
parents moved to a poor Sec
ton Of Los Angeles. There.
his mother managed a phono-
graph shop. His father worked
as a shipping clerk.
The young man played in
high school dramatics. parked
cars at Santa Anita, and
played parts at the Pasadena
Playhouse. He met Cathe-
rine Feltus, and married her.
They have been married 10
years and they bought a
house in Rye, N. Y. There
are no children.
BY day, he works with pow
err tools in the cellar. Catita
paints walls with a roller. He
earns 100000 a year and
what doesn't go out in taxes,
they save. They are a COM
pany of two who seldom see
Broadway except at makeup
time.
Copyright, 1859.
King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09

There is a gray melancholy
onstage after the Anal cur
tain. All that remains is a
brazen bulb, some ropes and
the talcum Of old dust. A
moment ago, the magic Of
THE Music Man" had been
on this stage. Now, in the
final wave Of an orchestra
leaders baton, it was gone,
1t was as dead as though
1t had never been written.
This musical comedy, a
scented love letter to the
whole State of Iowa, would
remain in limbo backstage
until tomorrow night. Then,
at the lifting of a baton, it
would come alive again, a
thing of wholesome romantic
joy, lifted to smashing sue
cess by Robert Preston.
Mr.. Preston's dressing room
is on the left side of the stage,
1t has a sign on the door:
1.-THE Happiest Actor on
Broadway" He is a big man
with blue eyes, brown wavy
hair, a square jaw and big
square teeth. He looks like a
Royal Canadian Mounted
Policeman, the role he used
to play in motion pictures.
The people who write the
success stories like to make
it appear that Robert Preston
was a failure before he &C
cepted the role of Professor
Harold Hill in 1.-THE Music
Man" This is not so. He was
a second-rate success. Any
part that Gregory Peck or
James Stewart did not want
to play fell into the lap of
Robert Preston.
IT'S A GOOD LIVING. 1t
fattens the bankroll and
leans the ego. 1t was a
Broadway director, Morton
-Da Costa, who saw more in
Robert Preston than he saw
in himself.
Mr.. Da Costa had agreed
to direct Meredith Wilson's
Music Man. The star was
Professor Harold Hill, a
musical confidence man who
drops into Mason City, Iowa
in 1912 to sell instruments
for a boys band. The play
has been called corn. 1t isn't
It's history written on a
metronome. It's a lacy valen-
tine I might have sent to
my mother. It's as honest as
the squeak of a pump handle
outside a kitchen or the
sound of a pebble dropped
into a rain barrel.
Mr.. Wilson thought that
Danny Kaye or Ray Bolger
should be Harold Hill. Mr..
Da Costa thought that Rob-
ert Preston should play it.
Mr.. Preston learned one
song: "Ya Got Trouble" He
flew to the coast and sang it
for Mr.. Wilson. The author
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
Sueneerbund States
Folk Festival

The washington Saenger-
bund will hold Its Bavarian
style folk festival, Octoberfest
at / pm. Sunday at the Ger
man Orphan Home, 1900 Good
Hope road Sc.
Included in the entertain
ment will be Dave Rosenberg
Schuhplatter Verein (clog
dance and song group, Sex
tons Salzburger Brass Band, g
Scottish bagpipe band ano
singing by the Washington
Saengerbund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
nseaatel b KIaE Ee.L.rssraAle.la

liner for a vacation in Eu-
rope.
Several hours before the
boat was to sail, Kern de-
cided to take a nap, cd !;
his alarm clock. The cloek
stopped, however, and he
oversight. When he awoke, it
was too late for him to reach
the pier on time.
For the next few days,
Kern cursed his luck. But on
the sixth day, q newspaper
headline caused him to
change his tune. The name
of the ship was the Lusi-
tania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
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The Nome nugget., 1959-01-21
AZ Requests Withdrawal Of Lands At Tin City And Mulgrave Hills

The Department of the Air Force has requested withdrawal of 6 acres at Tin City on the Sew ard Peninsula for use as a White Alice Communications Station
 This site will form part of ar important network of similar sta tions throughout Alaska afford ing both military and civilian communications service.
 Also requested for wi Id awal is approximately 230 acres in the Mularave Hills area for classified military use.
 The four tracts of land covered by this request are located on the coast of the Chukchi Sea, about 27 miles north of Cape Krusen- stern and 45 miles north of Kot- zeoue.
 Comments concerning this pro- posed withdrawal may be sent to Richard L. Quintus, Operations Supervisor, Bureau of Land Man agement, P. o. Box 1050, Fair banks, Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1959-01-21
Japanese Demand Return Of Two Surviving Dogs

TOKYO, R mn Education Minis ter Ryogo Hashimoto promised that all possible would be done to secure a speedy return to Ja- pan of two sled dogs that survived II months alone in the Antarctic
 The Japanese Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals as,1ed that the Japanese icebreaker Soya bring the dogs back when i. comes home after landing a new -Xpe-ition at Ongul Island.
 The dogs, members of the dwin- ding Japanese Karafuto breed, were among IS left behind when Japan's Antarctic expedition had Io abandon it's base last February.
 The new expedition reported two of the dogs were still alive ard in good shape. There has been no word of the other 13 dogs.
 Abandonment of the dogs had caused a tremendous outcry from the animal-loving Japanese. The finding of the two alive set. off nationwide re. e.oicing.
The Nome nugget., 1959-01-21
Alaska Telephones Vow Hooked Info
 Nationwide Circuit

"The time required to place tel ephone calls between Alaska and the remaining 48 states and Ha- waii has been cut in half" tNe U. s. Army Alaska Commun;oa-
 ioo System announced Monday. This reduction time applies 10 the cities of Anchorage and Fair banks, the first of the major ci- ties of Alaska to receive automat- ic switching equipment This new equipment will automatically route incoming calls directly to the Alaska subscriber from the Pa cific Telephone Company in Sa- attle. Formerly, these operations had to be performed by local man. ual operations in Seattle and Alaska.
 The Seattle automatic switch ing system and similar facilities in 52 major metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada en- able local operators gto dial direct 70 telephones in thousands of communities on the network. The addition of Seattle to the operator dialing network makes it possible for Anchorage and Fairbanks op- orators to dial direct to telephones. in thoUea1dS of communities on he con inent and even to Hawaii
 A 4,0NO mile call between New York ard Anchorage takes TO longer than to put call through between New York and Phila- 7e1nnia.
 The ACS estimates that 75 per cent of the telephone traffic be- tween Alaska and the rest of the ration originates or terminates in Anchorage and Fairbanks. Juneau and Ketchikan will be next to receive the new automatic switch ing equipment in about a year
 There are 32 circuits carrying telephone conversations between Alaska and the 48 states Twen- ty-seven circuits are in the new submarine cable system con- structed by the AT&T long lines between Seattle and Ketchikan, the remaining five circuits are provided via Canadian and ACS landline facilities.
 In 1858 some 267,O0O calls were made between Alaska and the rest of the nation.
The Nome nugget., 1959-01-21
SECAiUCUS, N. J., R -

SECAUCUS, N. J, (R - Any body lose an orange-eyed cat sometime around December 29?
 IL could have been Los Angeles or San Francisco or Phoenix or Fort Worth or Elizabeth City, N C., or Middleburg, Va.
 The cat wobbled out of Ed Bas- kerville's big van here Friday when the driver opened up the back of his truck for the first time since December 29.
 Baskerville, 36, had parked the van in Los Angeles.
The Nome nugget., 1959-01-21
BUS STOP MARRIAGE :.

DETROIT, lR - Mrs. De5orah Baker told the judge that after the wedding ceremony in ,955 her husband, Lon, took her out to eat.
 ''Then he put me on bus and told me to go home," she testi- fled.
 She was granted a divorce on grounds of deSertion.