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The Nome nugget., 1963-04-10
Rain Is Where You Find 1t and
 Mt. Waialeale Has 1t
By James Lagier

BY James Ld9ler
 HONOLULU R - Legend has l that the rainiest spot in the worle the top of Hawaii's Mt. Waia leale-once was dry.
 But the menehuneS - mythical pygmies-put up stone idol dedl- cated to their rain god on the summit and then began the deluge
 Since the ancient Hawaiians built a sacred temple there, no, more than a few dozen people have dared the hazardous climb to check the 471.68inch abusing the mountain averages each year
 The nearest inhabited area just 10 miles away has an average an- nual rain fall of slightly more than 20 inches.
 Mt. Waialeale, which means ripping water" is the core of the island of Kauai at the north ern end of the Hawaiian chain.
 All seven of the islands major rivers radiate off its rugged, spongy slopes like the spokes Of a wheel.
 Its 5,O8O-foot summit is swept by constant winds and usually is yelled in a dense mass of water soaked clouds.
 The mountain had great spiritual significance to the ancient Hawai- ians. It's summit was the site of the most sacred of chain of seven Heiaus temples leading from the shore of the island to the sum- init.
 Yearly treks were made to the top by US. Geological Survey team to measure the contents of a 900-inch rain gauge.
 The federal agency discontinued the annual rainfall readings in 1859 when typhoon destroyed the equipment.
 Local officials, fearing Hawaii might lose her title by default, pressed for repairs to the equip ment and the first reading in four years should be made late this year.
 The difficult job of measuring the rainfall and bringing data down from the swampy summit has been the task of the US. Geo. logical Surveys Water Resources Division for more than a half century.
 It involves a perilous climb, rough even for a trained outdoors man.
 Forty to B feet of rain a year has created a Spongy bog one to three miles wide on the summit and extending down the northwest slope for five miles.
 The approach to the bog is through some of the thickest jungles in the islands.
 The last part of the climb must be made through knee-deep swamp.
 Eddie Taniguchi, a Kauai cow boy, acts as guide. He has been to the summit about 25 times.
 From 1880 to 1851, the average rainfall was 51O.91 inches with a high in 1948 of 6241O and a low in 1851 of 335.45.
 Measurements made over 34 years indicates an average yearly rainfall of 476.34, about five inches more than the figure given in world almanacs. Mt. Waialeale competes with Cherrapunni in the upper Ganges Valley of India which has aver aged rainfall of 450 inches year over "A years.
 However, the Indians claim the highest rainfall in one rainy mon soon, 1,O42 inches in 186O-61; the highest for one month, 366 inche: in 1861; and the highest in one five-day period, 12.5 feet in 1841
 The local US. Geological Sur vey Office feels it has determinet to its own satisfaction that Mt Waialeale is the worlds rainies spot.
The Nome nugget., 1963-04-10

Did you ever see a pigeon slip and fall down? So walk pigeon-toed on ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Services Slated
By New Rabbi

Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits, new
ly called spiritual leader Of
Temple Rodef Shalom. win
conduct services for the con-
gregation at 8:15 pm. tomor-
row in the Fink Professional
Building, 200 Little Falls street.
Falls Church.
Rabbi Berkowits, who was
ordained last month at the
Hebrew Union College, Jewish
Institute Of Religion in Cincin-
natl, will have his study at the
temple office now located in
the Ravenwood Towers Apart
ments, 221 Leesburg pike, Falls
Church.
Rabbi Berkowits, IS, is q ma
tive OF Hungary ana went 70
Sweden in 1945 where he COM
pleted his high school educa-
ton. He came to the United
States in 1913 and shortly en-
tered the Army, serving as a
tank corpsman and later as q
chaplain's assistant.
Upon discharge, he enrolled
in the University Of Cincinnati
in conjunction with the Hebrew
Union College. He has earned
an ABB. degree in sociology and
o bachelors degree in Hebrew
letters. He later received a mas
ter's degree in religion from
the college.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Probation Granted
For Women in
Welfare Fraud

A 27-year-old District woman
has been placed on q years
probation after she pleaded
guilty in May to receiving funds
from the welfare Department
under false pretenses.
Rosalie Miller of the 1900
block Of Kendall street NE, a
mother Of five children, was
charged with the offense after
1t was shown that a man was
living in her household. Gen.
eral Sessions Court Judge Mil
ton 8. Kronheim, jr., handed
down the sentence.
Mrs. Miller, who was repre-
sented by Attorney John Nc
Daniel, admitted that she re-
ceived $1,000 from October 1,
1859, to August /, 1860. It had
been pointed out that the de-
PENDANT, who is still taking care
Of her children, was without
funds to make restitution.
Mrs. Miller Is one Of four
persons who have been prose-
cuted in an investigation Of In
dividuals who collected benefits
by giving false statements. The
investigation was spurred by
Senator Robert c. Byrd, Demo-
crat Of West Virginia, who has
pointed out irregularities in the
Districts welfare program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
3Africun Nations
DissoIying Union
After II Years

VICTORIA FALLS. Southern
Rhodesia, July 4 (AP).-The
British-sponsored Central At
rican Federation Of Southern
and Northern Rhodesia and
Nyasaland agreed yesterday to
dissolve itself.
A breakup conference ended
with the establishment Of
working parties to decide on
details and what one observer
called the splitting up Of the
spoils."
The federation was set up IL
years ago and its dissolution
was forced through by African
nationalist in Northern Rho
desia and Nyasaland who
charged 1t was dominated by
white supremacistS.
Federation Prime Minister
Sir Roy Welensky charged In a
television interview that Brit
ish Prime Minister Harold Mac
milan had betrayed the white
man" by pushing through the
breakup.
He said there was still q
future for the white man In
Africa but that, II the whites
left, this part Of Africa would
"go back to the days Of dark
ness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04

wider acceptance for those Of
Oriental ancestry after the
war, giving them better chances
for Jobs and education.
A deeply grounded interna-
tionalist from his childhood
when he was the only Japanese
boy in his community, Jack
married q Yugoslavian model,
Jean zdellar. They have two
boys and q girl, who he says
are normal kids who don't
know what they want to do"
Takes Lead Role
His own career in entertain
ment started off in q Cleveland
night club in 1943 when he
took over for an absent emcee.
Then he went from q minor
role to the male lead in "Flow-
er Drum Song" on Broadway.
He has now settled in Holly
wood, where he has made pilot
firms for q hoped-for TV series
as well as appearing with Dean
Martin and Carol Burnett in
the not-yet-released picture,
who's Sleeping in My Bed?"
Even the cast Of Flower
Drum Song" at the Carter Bar
ron carries out the interna-
tional motif Of Jacks life. Al
though the setting is San
Francisco's Chinatown, only
one member Of the cast. Yin
Sun, is Chinese, and even she
halls from Canada. Others are
Japanses, Filipino or Cauca-
sian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Court UphoIds
Hughes Purchase
Of Airline Stock

Howard r. Hughes, the multi
millionaire mystery man, won
"a temporary victory yesterday
in his effort to keep control Of
Northeast Airlines serving the
lucrative East Coast route
from New England to Miami.
The United States Court of
Appeals affirmed q Civil Aero
nautics Board order temporar-
lily approving Mr.. Hughes pur-
chase Of a majority Of North
east stock through a Hughes
subsidiary, the Atlas Corp, as
the alternative to the airline's
prospective bankruptcy.
Through another subsidiary,
Toolco (Hughes Tool Coz, Mr..
Hughes owns a majority of
stock in Trans World Airlines.
However, the stock ownership
in both airlines has been placed
in voting trusts which bar him
from exercising any direct con-
troll over either of the carriers.
In addition, when Atlas
gained control of Northeast as
"a creditor Of the airline, it ex-
tended a sos million emergency
loan to help Northeast main
tain its competitive position by
changing over to Jets.
Hughes first obtained con-
troll Of Northeast and then re-
ceived CAB approval which the
CAB said was clearly q tenn
porary interim decision in or
der to prevent the financial
collapse Of Northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Dictionary
ChiefDefendS
NewWords
By ROBERTA HORNIG
star staff writer

When is a word q word?
When people say it and its
meaning is understood. says
Philip B. Cove. . man who
writes dictionaries.
Mr.. Cove is editor in chief
of the @. & c. Merriam Co.,
which aroused outcries from
the literati when 1t published
Merriam-Webster's Third In
ternational Dictionary in 1861
and the smaller, Webster's
seventh new Collegiate Die
tionary this year.
Both publications outraged
some linguists and critics, who
claimed the works elevated
once-slang words to good us
age.
Amt, for example, became q
perfectly prestigious word as
did such words and phrases
as yeah, corny, on the lam,
swell and hotrod. The die
tionaries also recognized as
legitimate the modern practice
of turning adjectives into verbs,
such as "finalize," and the use
Of the ending wise" to make
up new words, as in money
wise.
To his critics, Mr.. Cove has
but one word: Nonsense"
"If q word is seen In print
or heard, 1t doesn't make sense
to say it doesn't exist" Mr..
Cove said yesterday in an In
terview.
Most Of the clamor is based
on a complete ignorance OF
what a dictionary is" he said.
"It's the people who use the
language who determine what
words are disable in what con-
text"
1--WE just go out and report"
he added. I'VE don't pass
Judgment on whether what Is
said is good or bad"
Mr.. Cove, who has a Pho.
in English and taught the sub
iect in colleges for II years,
was In town to lecture at How
ard University's Reading Work.
shop for elementary teachers.
He told the workshop that
dictionaries to be up-to-date.
must concern themselves with
the current state Of the Ian
guage. He made his point by
noting that not too long ago it
was improper to say you would
locate" a book instead of a
point on q map: reside" at
rather than live at; attend"
rather than go to q party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
CIemency Asked for z
Convicted Ropists

Attorneys for two Montgom-
cry County Negro youths. sem
fenced to die on charges Of
raping q 16-year-old white girl
near Spencerville in 1861, have
submitted q formal petition for
lclemency to Maryland Gov
Tawes.
The lawyers, Steadman Pres
colt, jr., and Hal Witt, asked
'less than life imprisonment, "
for John, %, and James Giles,
21, because of consideration
Of simple humanity calling for
the exercise Of mercy in this
case"
The Giles brothers, residents
of Spencerville, were sentenced
to die in Decembr, 1861, but
were granted a stay of execu-
ton pending outcome of the
case of Joseph E. johnson, jr.,
third figure in the event.
The Maryland Court of APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
KhrushchevSends
Congratulations
On 4th of July

MOSCOW, July 4 (AP). =
Premier Khrushchev sent
President Kennedy and the
American people warm con-
gratulations and wishes Of
peace and prosperity" today in
a July 4 message.
With his thoughts perhaps
on Communist China's opposi-
ton to his peaceful coexist-
ence policy, MIR. Khrushchev
told the President:
"In our age, the age Of har-
Messing nuclear energy and
penetrating the depths of the
universe, the maintenance Of
peace has indeed become q vi
tai need for all mankind.
I'VE are convinced that If the
governments Of our countries,
at one with the governments
OF other states which have dis
played a realistic approach.
firmly take to the road Of
elimination Of hotbeds of in
ternational tension and Of ex-
pansion Of businesslike Coop
Grafton, the peoples everywhere
will acclaim this as a great
contribution to the strengthen
ing of universal peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Gen. Snedeker
Ends 81 Years
In Marine Corps

1t. Gen. E. w. Snedeker,
USMC, has relinquished
command Of the Marine Corps
Schools, Quantico, Va, and re-
tired after more than 81 years
Of service.
He was replaced as Com
mand, Marine Corps Schools,
by 1t. Gen. Frederick L. Wiese-
man, former Commanding
General. I'd Marine Division,
Camp Lejuene, N. c., in charge
Of com m d ceremonies in
Quantico attended by more
than 1000 Marines and their
families.
Marine Commandant David
M. Shoup headed a large group
Of distinguished guests present
at the ceremonies.
Gen. Snedeker plans to live
In Carlsbad, Calf, after q trip
to Europe with his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
insurance Rates
Secrecy Ripped
By LuWmuker

BALTIMORE, July 4 Cap.
"A member Of the Maryland
House Of Delegates wants in
surance companies to support
legislation which would pro-
vide for public notice Of pro-
posed insurance rate increases
before they are accepted by
the State insurance commits
Sfoner.
Delegate James H. Caldwell.
Democrat Of Wicomico, CO.
sponsor of such q measure.
told the Maryland Association
OF Insurance Agents this week
the public is increasingly dis
turbed by the present all-in-
dustry method Of rate making,
"The public is unimpressed
when the spokesman for the
insurance industry solemnly
intone the absolute necessity
for keeping rate filings q
secret between the industry
and the commissioner Of in.
surance." said Mr.. Caldwell, an
insurance agent.
"They don't believe, nor do
I, that integrity Of insurance
rates is protected only in the
covert manner presently used,"
he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Bar Association
Names DC Man
To Rights Group

James r. Stoner Of 1402 q
street NV, has been named
to q 17-member Special Com
mittee on Civil Rights and Ra-
cial Unrest by the American
Bar Association.
Mr.. Stoner Is chairman Of
the ABA Junior Bar Confer
ence and member of the board
Of governors Of the American
Law Student Association.
The committee was named
in response to President Ken
nedy's plea for volunteer citi-
zen action to ease racial ten
sions.
ABA president Sylvester c.
Smith, jr., of Newark, N. j.. said
that because of the urgency
of the situation" he has asked
the committee to report to the
ABA's House of Delegates at
the associations annual meet
ing, August 1915 in Chicago.
The members of the commit
tee were drawn from all sec
tons of the Nation, including
the South. The committee will
make recommendations on
means by which the organized
bar, including State and local
bar associations, can best con-
tribute to solution Of problems
raised by the continuing civil
rights crisis, Mr.. Smith said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04

peals refused last week a re-
quest to grant Johnson q new
trial. His lawyers, Robert Hee-
ney and Victor L. Crawford,
said yesterday they would meet
with their client before decid-
ing whether to appeal his case
to the United States Supreme
Court or to Gov. Tawes.
The petition for the Giles
brothers asked that the death
sentence be commuted because
at positively appears that no
violence or brutality was used
and the crime was not q vicious
one and the character and rep
utation Of the two principal
witnesses for the prosecution
is extremely bad"
The Giles-John Defense Com
made UP of citizens who
became interested in the case,
that over 5000 per-
sons signed a petition Of elem
ency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
$4,000 Grant
For Salisbury

The Government has APP
proved a grant Of nearly $685.
900 to help finance redevelop-
ment Of an eight-acre central
business district in Salisbury,
Md.
The money from the Urban
Renewal Administration will
cover three-fourths Of the net
cost of the project. plus an
amount for relocation aid. The
local share of the net cost will
be about $4,000.
Representative Sickles, DEM
ocrat Of Maryland, who an
nounced approval Of the grant,
said the Federal funds will
permit Salisbury to begin re-
vitalization of the downtown
area through such moves as
land acquisition and site clear
ance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04

say that the raises we're not in
Fcluded In the school budget
Other school board members
and top school officials contend
that they were covered by an
item boosting the salaries Of all
administrative employees.
Mr.. Harrison wrote the opin-
ion at the request Of Arlington
Delegate Harrison Mann.
He said State law allows a
school board to incur only
the costs and expenses Of such
items as are provided for In its
estimate submitted to the tax
levying body" Changes must be
approved by the county board.
which has the tax power. Mr..
Harrison said.
Supervisors Stuart T. DeBell
and Adelard L. Brault voted
against the motion TO send the
ruling to the school board.
Supervisor John P. Parrish was
absent.
| Mr.. DeBell said I'm Just a
little tired of criticizing the
school board" and stated that
he relied on the school board
members judgment.
Mr.. Brault said he thought 1t
was appropriate to call the rul-
ing to the boards attention, but
added that II don't want to
carry on this controversy any
longer" He said he would
rather hold q joint meeting with
the school board to discuss the
raises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
.4ArIingtoniuns
Are Appointed
To State Boards

Gov. Harrison Of Virginia
has named four Arlingtonians
to important positions on
State boards in his latest
series Of appointments.
Named to the State Board
Of Welfare and Institutions
was Ashton c. Jones, jr. DR..
Harry c. Bates was selected
for the State Board Of Medical
Examiners, and DR.. MORE r.
Bowman was named as the
naturapathic representative on
the same board.
State Senator Charles r.
Fenwick was reappointed to
the State Athletic Commission.
and the State Airport Au-
thority.
Senator Fenewick said he
considered the appointments a
manifestation Of Gov. Harri-
sons desire to give Northern
Virginia an expanded role in
the administration Of State
affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Receptionist
Found Hanged in
Doctors Office

A 24-year-old receptionist for
"a Viena (Va.) doctor was found
hanged yesterday in his office.
according to Fairfax County
police.
The body Of Miss Elizabeth
Ellis, who lived in the Pine
Spring Garden Apartments on
Lee highway, Falls Church, was
found about 4:45 pm. with q
rubber tube from q stethescope
around her neck and fastened
to a cabinet door handle, po-
lice reported.
Police listed her death as g
suicide.
Detective Alvin Sanders
said Miss Ellis had worked for
DR.. Raul r. Garcia in Vienna
since 1861 and was one Of IA
children Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. Ellis Of 410 Druid
Hill road, Vienna.
DR.. Garcia discovered her
body when he returned to the
office for afternoon hours be-
ginning at s pm. He had left
the office about / p.m.. the
detective said.
An autopsy indicated that
Miss Ellis had been dead al
most three hours from strang.
ulation. Police said no notes
were found but learned that
Miss Ellis had been de-
spondent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
DunviIIe Doctor
Accused Of Rope

DANVnILE, Va, July 4 CAP.
"A 44-year-old Danville physi-
clan was arrested yesterday and
charged with raping q 19-year-
old girl.
DR.. Hans Marienfeldt, who is
white, was turned over to Pitt
sylvania County authorities
after his arrest by Danville de-
tectives.
The girl, q Negro, told de-
tectives DR.. Marienfeldt took
her to a house trailer In Pitt
sylvania County Tuesday night
on the pretext Of treating her
for stomach cramps. Instead,
she told police he gave her a
shot In the arm that made
her groggy, and, while she was
In this condition, assaulted her.
DR.. Marienfeldt has been in
Danville about 10 years. He
is q native Of Rich, Latvia, and
Is married and the father of
two children. He is q major
in the United States Army re-
serve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
TODAY.S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear
and cool tonight with the low
In the upper SOS. Mostly sunny
tomorrow with the high near
80.
Maryland-Clear and cool to-
night, low IS to so in the
mountains and in the SOS else
where. Mostly sunny and con-
tinued pleasant tomorrow, high
10 to "a in the mountains and
n to 50 elsewhere.
Virginia-Clear and cool to-
night, low 48 to 81 in the
mountains. near so on the coast
and 50 to So elsewhere. Mostly
sunny tomorrow, high 70 to
SO.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Northwest winds
at 10 to is knots tonight and
tomorrow. Clear tonight and
tomorrow, with a high Of 80.
Visibility over 10 miles.
Resort Area Forecasts
Long Island and New Jersey
Beaches-Sunny today and to-
morrow. High today, rs; to-
morrow, rs.
Delaware, Maryland and New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04

Its budget without first getting
permission from the county
board.
Yesterday, Fairfax supervi-
sor Anne wilkins called the
ruling to the attention Of her
colleagues. The board voted Az
10 tell the school board about
1t.
Mrs. wilkins said she thought
It would be possible to block
the raises If legal experts ad-
wise that Mr.. Harrison's ruling
applies in this case.
The supervisors hit the cell
ing last week when they learned
that the school board had given
81 800 raises to Supt. Earl C.
Funderburk and six subordi-
mates.
Mrs. wilkins said yesterday
she. did not think the super
intendents should get raises
when some educational services
had to be trimmed.
The Supervisors and two
members Of the school board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Top Aides at 6
Schools Shifted

A shift in assignments by the
school administration will
change assistant principals In
six Arlington County junior
high schools.
Intended to broaden the ex-
perience of the administrators,
the change viii send five as
Sistant principals from their
present schools to other ones in
the county. The sixth opening
viii be filled by an admins
traitor returning from a sabbat-
ical leave.
OF the county's seven junior
high schools, only Hoffman
Boston will be unaffected.
School Supt. Ray E. Reid
said the move was calculated
TO give these able people an
opportunity for additional
training in new surroundings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
Virginia Weighs
Insurance Ruise

RICHMOND, July 4 (AP). -
The State Corporation Com
mission yesterday wound up a
hearing on q request by the
Virginia Insurance Rating bu-
reau for revisions in fire in
surance rates and regulations.
The rate adjustments, If APP
proved, would result In an in
crease of about IL per cent in
premiums on dwellings other
than those rated farm, and ap-
proximately ~ per cent on
farm dwellings.
The proposed changes would
not apply to homeowners' pol
icies under which fire insur-
ance is combined with liability
insurance and several other
beverages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
rs Safe in Crash
Of Argentine Jet

CORDOBA CITY, Argentina,
July 4 (AP).-An Argentine
Airlines Caravelle jetliner
grazed a telephone pole on
landing and crashed and caught
fire last night.
All SO passengers and the
seven crew members escaped
death. The pilot, Comdr. Ar
turo Cid, suffered severe bruises
and q passenger a leg fracture,
The plane was bound from
Santiago, Chile, to Buenos
Aires. Visibility was poor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-04
New Navy Vessel
Named Annapolis

A new Navy communications
relay ship scheduled for COM
pletion December 20 in New
York has been named Annapo-
lis, Representative Richard e.
Landlord. Democrat Of Mary
land. has announced.
The Congressman said there
were two previous ships named
Annapolis. the first q gunboat
commissioned in 1897 and the
other q patrol escort craft COM
missioned in 1914.