Former Envoy
to Russia Davies
Dead at 81 Years
WASHINGTON. Iff) — Joseph
E. Davies, former ambassador to
Russia under three Presidents,
died early today of a heart attack
after a lengthy illness. He was
81.
Davies, a wealthy Washington
„ lawyer, was named ambassador
to Russia in 1936 by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Out of his two years as U. S.
envoy to the Kremlin he wrote
‘^Mission to Moscow,” a best sel
ler that appeared in 1942, the
year after Hitler attacked Russia.
The book was credited widely
with galvanizing U. S. sympathy
for the Soviets, who Davies pre
dicted would withstand the Ger
man onslaught.
Davies served as ambassador
to Belgium and minister to Lux
embourg for two years after
leaving Moscow in 1938. He also
held a number of special assign
ments under Roosevelt and later
President Truman.
Last December, Davies asked
the Federal District Court to
name a Washington bank as con
servator of his property.
In a petition filed with the
court, Davies said he was unable
to care for his property himself
because of his physical incapac
ity and age.
Although an avowed capitalist,
Davies got along well with the
late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin
during his service as ambassador
and was the first foreign envoy
to have a personal interview with
the Russian leader.
Customs Classifies
Pictures By Chimp
As Not Being Art
BALTIMORE, Iff) — A U. S.
customs appraiser, saying he just
had to draw a line somewhere,
classified a dozen abstracts by
Congo, the chimpanzee from Lon
don, as not being art and there
fore subject to import duty.
It’s not that the pictures aren’t |
good. In fact, J. Ross Prevost, I
the appraiser, said:
“If we didn’t know they were
produced by an animal we would
have thought they were good
modern art.”
But, after all, Congo is a sub
human animal with no rational j
mind or powers of imagination, I
and this does not meet our tests
for work of art.”
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Navy Says Explosion
Of Missile Was
Normal And Expected
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UP)—
A Polaris test vehicle burst
apart with a brilliant splash of
fire shortly after takeoff Thurs
day but the Navy announced the
rocket behaved as expected.
The trim Lockheed missile,
about 35 feet long, roared up on
what appeared to be a perfect
takeoff.
It climbed vertically for 20
seconds. Then, just as it was
about to level off, a violent ex
plosion occurred and the rocket
appeared to break in two.
The two sections poured out
a twisting vapor trail as they
spiraled downward. Both ap
peared to be burning fiercely.
Two minutes after the launch
ing, a white puff of smoke
swelled up from the Atlantic
some five miles off the coast.
Apparently, one of the sections
had plummeted into the ocean.
“The breakup that occurred
was expected and the test ap
peared normal,” the Navy an
nounced later. It declined to
give further details.
If the test was a* success, it was
another step toward preparing
the Polaris for its operational
goal—a lauching from a nuclear
powered submarine above or un
der the sea.
Acheson Says Chemise
Turns Charmers Into
Bags of Potatoes
DURHAM, N. H., MV-Former
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
threw diplomacy to the wind
Thursday and criticized chemise
dresses.
“There are fashions in every
thing, even in horrors, as the
appearance of the chemise dress
makes us so acutely aware,”
Acheson said in a University of
New Hampshire lecture on “a
study in diplomatic method.”
“By the couturier’s alchemy,”
Acheson told a student audience,
“our most curvaceous charmers
are turned into bags of Idaho’s
famous product—potatoes.”
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Rifle Bullets Splatter
Residence of U. S.
Ambassador To Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, (An—
Time official residence of U. S.
Ambassador Gerald Drew was
heavily fired upon Wednesday
night by unidentified persons.
Drew vigorously protested at
the Haiti Foreign Ministry.
Drew, his wife and their two
grandsons were not injured. Bul
lets apparently fired from rifles
splattered about the residence
at 7:22 p.m.
The attack came when the
ambassador and his family were
about to sit down to dinner.
The ambassador asked for an
immediate investigation to de
termine the identity of the attack
ers, and for assurances the in
cident would not be repeated.
Armed bands have been oper
ating in Port Au Prince and vicin
ity, shooting out lights in homes
after the curfew hour of 8 p.m.
The ambassador’s home is in
the heavily wooded section of the
capital.
Haiti has been under state of
siege since May 2. There was
sporadic gunfire in the capital
area again last night. The cur
few and other •* ertraordinary
security precautions were ordered
after the government discovered
a plot to overthrow President
Francois Duvalier.
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Casper, Aug. 16-31. Would like
correspondence with interested
female party. Am 21 and single.”
He reports six replies and is
looking forward to his Casper
visit.
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