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curing about Tuesday. may
average one quarter inch.

average one quarter inch.
Road Conditions-AAA
West-District Of Columbia to Penn
sylvania turnpike. occasional slippery
today: Ohio turnpike. clear; U. s. 40
west Of Ohoi, occasional slippery spots
IN higher elevations: U. s. so west TO
Hse ss.r iDPsrys 80 'P2ts Il
West Virginia, occasional slippery spots
in higher elevations.
seHthmshirley hishyay and y; ,I 8;
clear; District Of Columbia to Char
North and East-District of Columbia
to Harrisburg; Pa, occasional slippery
snow s' covered SU and Slippery: sTA9 District 81
Columbia to Delaware Memorial Bridge
clear: New Jersey turnpike to New
York City, clear; New England, clear.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Shenandoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
i am. = 35 4p.m. -. "a
am. 33 SPIN. 30
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 95 on September 3.
Lowest. 4. on February 2.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High 1925 am, 1:l4a.m
Low - 7:42 am. $3.50 IN.
High ---- 1888 pm. 1:49 o m.
Low ---- s:O7 pm. 9:02 pm.
Evening star., 1961-12-30

from the exertions of their
sprint from Naru and per-
suaded Eroni. who was paddl-
ing in the stern. to turn in
to Olasana for coconuts.
When 1t. Kennedy had de-
parted for Naru with Ross he
had left Thorn in charge of
the other men. All nine were
resting in the bushes behind
the beach when almost siInul-
taneously three or four of them
saw the canoe approaching
with the two natives. The men
we're stunned. After all they
had been through, was capture
to be their fate?
At this point. however, Thorn
made a fateful decision. In a
gamble that involved all their
lives he stood up and walked
out on the beach in sight of
the strangers, who we're now
within 80 feet of the shore.
The sudden appearance of
Ensign Thorn, a tattered and
bedraggled giant with a blond
beard, astounded Biuku and
Eroni. Nothing in their exper-
ience had prepared them for
the sight of such man. In
sheer fright they back-paddled
as fast as their arms would
go.
Navy, Navy" Thorn pleaded,
Americans. Americans"
1 Eroni and Biuku were a suf-
ficiently safe distance away to
pause and listen.
White star" Thorn said,
pointing to the sky, white
star"
At last Biuku and Eroni un-
derstood. Now they were re-
assured that Thorn and the
men who we're emerging from
the trees behind him were AL
lies. Slowly the two natives
padded ashore. The insignia
on American aircraft was a
white star set in a white bar.
The coast-watchers instructed
their native scouts that air.
men who crashed or parachuted
from planes bearing the white
star were to be treated well
and brought with all possible
haste to a coaStwatcher's sta
ton. -.
TOmOrrOw-Lt. Kennedy gets
off a message to 1t. Evans,
the cOaStwatcher.
Copyright 1861.
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.
Evening star., 1961-12-30
BY Peter Loinq

the serving of tea to the
President and the British
ambassador, he inquired:
Who's in there with
Franklin?'
II said it was the British
ambassador.
HE said, I want to see
Franklin. Tell him when he
is through to come to my
room
Il thought: Me tell the
President that you want him
to come to your room?'
Il was flabbergaSted, but
when the ambassador left, /
told the President that Mr..
Howe wanted to see him.
HE said, Louis wants to
see me? Where is hep
In his room, sir"
THE President said to his
Valet McDuffie, Bring the
chair, Mac. I must go to
Louis room. He wants to
see me-"
Evening star., 1961-12-30
Job Picture by Areas
Unchanged in Month

there were 48 major areas in
December with unemployment
rates of 6 to 8.9 per cent, seven
with rates of 9 to 11.9 per cent
and five with rates of IL per
cent or more.
New Britain, Conn, and De-
troit progressed from the g.
11.9 per cent category in No
vember to the 6-8.9 per cent
bracket in December. New Brit
ain benefited from an upturn
in machinery and hardware
plants, and Detroit improved
because auto manufacturing
was brisk.
Atlantic City, N. j., moved
in the opposite direction as re-
sort activities slowed down sea-
Sonally.
The District remained in the
category with unemployment al
is to 2.9 per cer..
Evening star., 1961-12-30
PIT 7Oo-CHAPTER Ia
Natives Spot Costowoys
BY ROBERT J. DONOVAN

1t took the II survivors fully
four hours to swim the 31a
miles across Blackett Strait
from the overturned hulk of
PIT l09 to Plum Pudding Is
land. At the start they were
all close together, but grad
ually 1t. John F. Kennedy
pulled ahead with Mcmahon in
tow.
Their worries increased as
they neared the island. They
couldn't be sure they were not
swimming into a Japanese trap.
The men with the plank did
not know how 1t. Kennedy and
Mcmahon had Jared. With
only a couple Of hours Of day.
light left their hopes Of rescue
before another night were fad
ing.
AS they approached the is
land finally. 1t. Kennedy waved
Evening star., 1961-12-30

The number of major labor
market areas with "substan-
tial" unemployment totaled so
in December, unchanged from
November, the Labor Depart
ment reported yesterday.
The November and Decem-
ber figure compares with the
record high of 101 areas in
this category last March and
April. The total was 81 in No
vember, 1860, before the reces-
sion took hold.
Areas are placed in the sub
stantial unemployment classi-
fication when the joblesS rate
is 6 per cent or more of the
labor force. There were 80
major areas with unemploy-
ment below 6 per cent in De-
cember and November.
Within the broad category of
substan tial unemployment,
Evening star., 1961-12-30
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

SUM MONS: President
Franklin D. Roosevelt had
a healthy respect for his de-
voted political adviser, Louis
M. Howe. relates former
Chief Butler of the White
House Alonzo Fields in My
81 Years in the White House."
HE had a gruff way about
him and he was just as gruff
with the President as with
anyone else. Ond day during
Evening star., 1961-12-30

envelope plus 10 cents to Will
liam Morris, GOOD GRAM
MAR, in care of this paper for
his helpful booklet pointing out
10 of the most common errors
in spoken and written Eng
lish-and tested ways to avoid
them.
Evening star., 1961-12-30

to their problem, and the fear
of disaster was growing among
many of them.
Evening star., 1961-12-30
Police Get Exercise
BY Ston Droke
Roy Crone
BY Dick Brooks
WoIt Kelly
BY Creie FIesseI

ABILENE, Tex. - A private
health club in Abilene is pro-
viding a physical-fitness pro-
gram for city fir e m en- and
policemen on a test basis. The
program is costing the city
$500 a month.
Evening star., 1961-12-30

to them from under the trees.
When they saw him, they felt
the relief of men who had come
safely through the first round
of danger.
From his knob 5 or 6 miles
directly across from them 1t.
Evans was getting off his last
message of the day. Having
seen a flight of Allied planes
and assuming they were look
ing for the survivors, he asked
KEN:
WILL YOU PLEASE AD-
WISE RESULT OF SEARCH
BY P FoRTYS OVER GIZO.
He received no answer that
night.
Natives Sight Japanese
1t. Kennedy spent the next
night swimming through the
dark waters of Ferguson
Passage, trying to find a PIT
boat to rescue his men. While
he swan, the Japanese landed
from 200 to 300 more soldiers
at Kequlavata Bay on the
northern coast Of Gizo Island.
Some of the Gizo Scouts
the natives who we're working
for 1t. Evans-had a camp at
Sepo Island, between Plum
Pudding and the site of the
landing, and they spotted the
japanese reinforcements. They
knew that they must carry this
intelligence to the coastwatch-
er. Early on the morning of
Tuesday. August 3, therefore,
Biuku Casa and Eroni Kumana
climbed into a dugout canoe
and padded down Blackett
Strait on a mission as simple
as any in the greatest of all
wars could possibly be.
Yet by a most extraordinary
combination of circumstances
this mission was destined to re-
suit in the saving of II officers
and men of the United States
Navy, one of whom would be-
come the President of the
United States within the life
time of Biuku and Eroni.
On the morning of Wednes-
day. August 4. Biuku and Eroni
had reached Evans hilltop with
the news of the Japanese land
ing at Kequalavata Bay. Evans
asked them if they had seen
or heard of any PIT boat SUR
vivors in the islands around
Gizo. They said they had not,
whereupon the coastwatcher at
1925 am. messaged PWD:
NO SURVIVORS FOUND
AT GIZO.
AS they left to return to
Sepo Island, the native scouts
were reminded by Evans that
there might be PIT survivors
in the Gizo area.
Partly because he wanted
more coconutS for the crew to
eat and partly because he
wished to be nearer Ferguson
Passage and the boats, 1t. Ken
nedy decided that they would
move to Olasana Island, sit
uated close to the bottom of
the anchor shaft and only one
island removed from the pas
sage. Olasana lies a mile and
three-quarters inward from
Plum Pudding in a southwest
erly direction.
Again the men dragged the
plank into the water, and once
more 1t. Kennedy took the
strap of McMahon's kapok in
his teeth and towed him. He
was running the risk of leav-
ing a safe island for one oc-
cupied by Japanese.
The II survivors gathered in
the trees behind the curved
beach on the southeastern tip
of Olasana, whence they could
look straight across another
half mile of water to Naru Is
land bordering Ferguson Pas
sage.
Although Thursday, August
5. was a day of qualification
for the Allied forces because
Munda fell, it dawned bleakly
for the castaways on Olasana
Island. This was the fourth
day of their ordeal. The longer
they remained in these islands
the greater was the danger they
would be found by the Japan
Evening star., 1961-12-30
UNCLE CHARLIE
WORDS, WIT AND WISDOM
KERRY DRAKE
BUZ SAWYER
THE JACKSON TWINS
Pogo
By WILLIAM MORRIS

Ready for another pair tered words Try to find among
quz On the left you'll find the ettered words word op
st OF numbered Wordsmost poe in meaning to each of
OF them fairly familiar. On the the numbered words If
right similar list of let almost the op-a j. the
Evening star., 1961-12-30

Answers: ii, 81, 3-H, 4-G,
5-F, ga, I'D, 8-B, 9-E, 10-C.
Il *
Interesting in improving your
command of English? Simply
send a self-addreSsed, stamped
Evening star., 1961-12-30

This is the 18th in q series Of l8
ortieIes based on the book "PT l09
john F. Kennedy in World War
IT," published by the Me6row Hill
Book Co., Inc, New York.
Evening star., 1961-12-30

answer IS III. After you have
finished. look below for the
answers. Score 10 for each cor
rect pairing; 100 is excellent,
80 is good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

In his recent book,
Dear Anybody
Julie tells of a favorite
he received from his
late near-namesake, CO.
median Julie Oshins. 1t
was the first night of
Call Me Mister" and
the wire read:
YoU'D BETTER BE
A BIG HIT TONIGHT.
EVERYBODY THINKS
IT'S ME!
Gertrude Lawrence
loved to show a wire
from Noel Coward on
the occasion of her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
BrOad>cay's talking wallpaper

ANOTHER THEATER SEASON is rolling
around, and hundreds of thousands are
looking forward to it -playgoers, actors,
producers, stagehands and the Western
Union Telegraph Co.
Western Union is excited because
during the season about $4,000 opening
night kilograms will be sent to the vari.
Gus Broadway theaters.
The opening-night wire is one of
the cherished traditions of the theater,
but few people realize what proportions
it reaches. Mr.. Matthew Matus, mana
ger of W.U.'s Times Square Office, esti-
mates that he delivers $50 wires to the
average play and 1000 to the average
musical. "'Can,eLot' holds the record"
says Mr.. Matus. "At least in MY seUen-
teen years on the job. We delivered 2,489
uires on opening night"
Stars like Rex Harrison and Mary Martin
get as many as 500 good-luck messages,
and they often actually paper the walls
of their dressing rooms with them.
What are opening-night wires like?
The senders generally try to work the
title of the show into the sentiment, thus:
GOOD LUCK, AND MAY TRINA LA
DOUCE" PLAY AN ACE!
HERE'S TO "CAMELOT" MAY 1T
PAY-OFF-A-LOT!
NOW HEAR THIS: "UNsINKABLE
MOLLY BROWN" WILL FLOAT FOREVER!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

and Peggy are devout Catholics, and the
wire read simply: HAIL MARY, MARY!''
Comedian Jules Munshin, after years
of brain-racking, has now given up
completely, and sends a stock telegram
to everyone: com ,rcx roN,cur
FUNNY WIRE FOLLOWS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

in the first act, or even
in the second act. 1t be-
came obvious that his
big part must be only a
late walk-on at best, so
Buck went across the
street to Western
Union and wired:
YOUR AUNT AND 1 ARE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

a bit on the caustic side. A spear.
carrier i'll Maurice Evans production
of ''Richard H. received the following
classic message:
DON'T JUST STAND THERE - SAY
SOMETHING!
Russell (~Buck") Grouse of Lindsay and
Grouse, is credited with gem. His
stagestruck nephew Dragged that he had
finally got a great part in Broadway
play and that he would knock New York
dead. Buck and his wife attended OPEN
ing night, and the boy did not show up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

The past season pro-
duced only one real
classic that | know of:
Jean Kerr, author of
the comedy hit, MARY,
Mary" treasures the
wire she received from
her good friend, actress
Peggy Cass. Both Jean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

known instance of an actor turning the
tables and sending opening-night wires
to the public. Years ago a rather bad
English Shakespearean actor wished to
insure fine audience, so he sent dozens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

OF wires to famous per-
sonages, announcing
that he would appear in
Hamlet" OH a certain
date at the Haymarket
Theatre.
He received only
one wire i'll return
from James Nj. Barrie:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

MY ACCOUNTANT WISHES YOU
GREAT SUCCESS TONIGHT.
Wires can often be cryptic. Lee Adams,
lyricist of bye Bye Birdie, got this one:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
KNOW THIS WILL BE
ANOTHER MILESTONE
IN YOUR CAREER.
Lee is still trying to de.
eide whether the writer
or W.U. concocted this
touching sentiment.
There is one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

first straight dramatic
role in ''Candlelight."
Certie had been in
musical comedies up
till then, and the wire
read:
AT LAST YOU ARE
LEGITIMATE - WON T
MOTHER BE PLEASED!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
BETTER LUCK NEXT TINE

d AdVOIIlC WIG tIldl IlC
sends to actors who
owe him money. The
wire is considered as
practically a diploma,
because no Broadway
actor can call himself a
real professional till he
has owed Vince a food
bill. The wire reads:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

HAVING FINE TINE IN THE MEZZANINE.
WHY DON'T YOU CONE UP AND JOIN US?
Press agent Dick Nancy remembers one
very bitter wire, but won't tell the name
of the actor who got it. The message was
simply:
BETTER LUCK NEXT TINE
Vincent Sardi, Jr., affable proprietor of
the two famous Sardi Restaurants, has
a foyor;ta 1uira th at he
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20
TSENTIN Ell S eoSNSq' MD'
tuesday. June 20. 1851 3
Germantown Boy Is
Leukemia Victim

A memorial service for eight
year-old Kurt Arthur Brown,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald c..
Brown of Germantown, was
held at the Gaithersburg Grace
Methodist Church on Thursday.
The youth, victim of leu
kemia, died last Tuesday at
Children's Hospital in Washing
ton. He had been a student at
G ermanto wn Elementary.
School until his fatal illness
struck. early this year.
His father is employed as a
procurement officer with the
Department of Agriculture. The
Browns make their home at the
Cider Barrel Trailer Park in
Germantown.
In addition to his parents,
Kurt is survived by a brother,
Craig Edward, 6.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20

breeders in the county, a select
group of top livestock has been
provided for the judging demon
STATIONS, designed to help boys
and girls to develop techniques
in judging dairy, beef, sheep
and swine.
Other livestock judging
demonstrations are scheduled as
follows:
Tuesday, June 81, 8 pm,
Newton and John Stull farm,
Sandy Spring.
Wednesday, July 5, 8 pm,
Drew and Robert Stabler farm,
Brookeville.
Tuesday, July II, 8 PM, Chi
chester, Keys and Riggs farm,
Olney.
Tuesday, July Is, s pm,
Spring Valley Hereford Farm,
Route %, near Beallsville.
Monday, August 81, 10 am,
University of Maryland, College
Park.
Saturday, August 26, 10 am,
Montgomery County Fair, Cath
ersburg.
In addition, dairy cattle judg-
ing demonstrations will continue
for the next two months on this
schedules:
Thursday, June %, 8 pm, w.
l. King farm, Gaithersburg.
Thursday, June 20, 8 pm,
Harold Young farm, Rockville.
Thursday, July 6, 8 pm, Les
lie King farm, Cedar Grove.
Thursday, July 10, 8 pm, Gar
rett Brothers farm, Rockville.
Friday, July 81, 9 am, Nor.
man and Allen Hill farm, How
ard County.
Monday, August 81, 10 am,
University of Maryland, College
Park.
Saturday, August 26, 10 am,
Montgomery County Fair, Gath
ersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20

plan to Damascus area resi-
dents.
The donation of 139 pints of
blood by 154 donors confirmed
the soundness of the plan and
was the largest community eff
fort in Montgomery County in
many months.
On April 10, 1861, a repeat
Bloodmobile visit brought an
other ia pints to Red Cross re-
fligerators and by the end of
1861 a total of over 400 pints IS
expected to have been donated.
This compares with a previous
high of rs pints in a year.
In accepting his award, Mr..
Anamosa paid particular tribute,
not only to the members of the
Damascus Lions Club for both
their work on the project and
their donations, but also to all
the residents of Damascus. He
pointed out that not only had
they provided outstanding sup
port to a human project dedi-
Gated to the saving of life and
the relief of suffering, but they
had pointed the way for other
communities to put the plan
into effect on the same basis as
Damascus.
Already the Monocacy Lions
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20
Maryland Automotive Operations
Generate SIS Billion in Business

Maryland in 1858, totaling 1873
per cent of the States entire re-
tail, wholesale and service bust
ness working population.
Total motor vehicle registra-
lions in Maryland rose by 81
per cent from 1859 to 1860 -
from 1,1O2,25S in 1859 to an
estimated 1,143,000 in 1860.
Maryland motorists paid $685.
447, 900 in federal excise taxes
on motor vehicles, fuel and
parts in 1859, plus an additional
SIS, 446, 900 in special motor user
taxes levied by the State. The
latter comprised 24.2 per cent of
all Maryland tax collections.
Trucks alone provided 25.3
per cent of all State motor user
taxes, or a total of $2,198,0 900.
Truck registrations - 1888 =
made up 1873 per cent of all
motor vehicle registrations.
There were 447 franchised and
800 non-franchised passenger
car dealers, 2707 gasoline serv-
ice stations, and 224 automotive
accessory dealers in Maryland
in 1858. Total retail sales by
these establishments was $685.
$4,000, or 20.9 per cent of all
Maryland retail business for the
year.
The ANA report listed 436 au-
tomotive wholesale business,
including distributors of motor
vehicles, automotive equipment,
petroleum products and tires
and tubes In 1858. They amass-
ed sales of $721,153,00O. Ga
RACES, services and repair shops
numbering 1894 reported re-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20
Kiwanis Plan
Olney Benefit
For Tomorrow

Olney Theater opens it's 10.
week season tonight with mu-
steal, "The Fantasticks" and the
second performance tomorrow
night will be a benefit for the
Kiwanis Club of Bethesda.
Curtain time for the benefit
will be $3.50 pm. and tickets
can be purchased after 6 o'clock
at the box office. Proceeds will
be used for the clubs charitable
work in the county.
"The FantastickS" is an adap-
tation of Edmund Rostand's
Lies Romantiques," now in its
second year of performances
off-Broadway in New York.
Members of the cast include
Carol Guilford, Richard Young,
Robert Books, Henry Sutton,
Daniel Roden, Stanney Jay, Gil
Rathbun and Rudy Carringi.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20

will be a Keep America Beauti-
full message printed on the bot
tom of the company's six-pack
non-returnable carton. The car
ton will be distributed begin
ming next month in Maryland
and 20 other states.
The Baltimore brewing firm
will follow this up with an adj
vertising campaign directed at
those who insist on depositing
their empty beer containers
along highways instead of trash
barrels.
1--WE are convinced" said a
company spokesman, that lit
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20
Montgomery Blair Student
Given Merit Scholarship

Dorita Sewell, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. Webster Sewell of Nor
beck, recently became the sec
ond student in Montgomery
Blair High School history to win
the national Merit Scholarship
Contest.
One of % students in the area
to win the prize, Dorita has ac-
cepted the Honorary Merit
Scholarship, which does not in
clude financial aid, since she
plans to accept a larger scholar
ship from Swarthmore College.
A member Of the National
Honor Society, the Latin Honor
Society, the schools Welfare
Committee and Blair O'Debs,
Dorita plans to enroll in pre-
medical courses at Swarthmore.
She looks forward to career
as doctor because of its
Humanitarian" aspects.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20
St. Johns School
Elects Trustees

Newly-elected members of the
Board of Trustees of st. Johns
Parish School, Olney, have been
announced as follows:
William Candy, Brookeville;
Alexander Casanges, Brooke
vile; Francis Gordon, Ashton;
Richard Hutchinson, jr., Brooke
vile; Mrs. Marian Kelleran,
Washington Diocese, Episcopal
Church; Col. Donald McKnew,
Sandy Spring; William Wesp,
Olney; A. Hotchkiss Young, jr.,
Ashton, and Francis Thomas,
Sandy Spring.
Mrs. Miriam Sherwin is direc-
tor of the school.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-20

Automobiles and trucks give
. big boost to Maryland's econ
ony.
The service station attendant
in Silver Spring, the assembly
line employee in Baltimore, the
new car dealer in Bethesda =
these are only a few of the
thousands of jobs involved in
the business of making, selling
and servicing motor vehicles in
Maryland.
Hundreds of millions of dol.
lars in wages and profits are
collected annually by Maryland
workers and businesses of all
sizes because of the States
highway transportation indus
tries.
The Importance of motor We.
hicles to Marylands economy is
reflected in statistical report
just published by the Auto
mobile Manufacturers Associa.
ton.
The report gathers the latest
available figures from federal,
State and private agencies in.
terested in transportation.
1t shows, for instance, that
automotive operations in Mary.
land generated nearly SIS bill.
lion in business activity in 1858.
Sales of automotive products
and services accounted for 81
per cent of the total sales and
service business in the State.
The ANA report shows that
6214 shops and plants involved
in the distribution, sale and
maintenance of motor vehicles
employed 38,010 persons in