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(Sit ...And Power Tools A-4 THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C. ggnur mm ia, saw HEADLINE PERSONALITY * ' Kishi Evolved Policy Hechinger's has unbeatable • • While U. S. Prisoner ’ Sute To See Our Fabulous New Washington’s distinguished 111*1 f visitor this week, the Japanese Prime Minister, vividly remem. bargains in all kinds of RocMie store bers an American MP guard in ' . New Open te Serve Tokyo who ordered him and Montgomery County other war-crimes suspects to scrub the dirty prison floors "un- til they shine.” ¦ v i £ -v-iilM- B Nobusuke Kishi, Commerce Minister and an expert on war economy Gen. under Hideki Sag • Rf» To Jo. spent three years in allied prisons after the war, but he was never charged with any war crime. When he was released, he de- Power Mowers cided to regard the rest of his 1 1 life as a bonus to be spent re- * building Japan. He considers ¦ m himself a good friend of the *in9io purpose buiU of United States now and shows it 22-Inch Crass Mower Qucsn garden by supporting American policies. ROTARY TILLER America’s Ne. 1 Holds Line on Red 1 tractor manufacturer Trade Has Powerful 2 /2'H.P. / Four-Cycle Gas Engine He has, for instance, held the Japan’s Prime Minister * 2 Horsepower line against the powerful Japa- ¦ % Full.2Vk-H.P., 4-Cyde Engine with Recoil Storter war Japanese politics with Pre- * ’ nese trading group that wants \ > \ Staggered wheel front exhaust that aliiiiinatat icalping _ miers Shigeru Yoshida and Ichi- • to follow the British lead and \ Reversible blade with theer-pin type safety elnteh SI OS Hatoyama. He is S o *** “** Increase trade with Communist ro now some- \ , Large 8" wheels far eose of operation V" • 90-Day I mm* regarded as the • Heavy-duty \ China. And he is not among times ambitious Warranty I M politician V\ • • those who talk of any. quick kind of who enters \\ Trims to within Vi" of walls, trees, shrubs, etc., eliminating tedious hand Sell-Propelled into the party strategy sessions \ trimming X jMm Pay sl4 Down, $lO Monthly . move to admit Red China into • ; to engineer the downfall of wan- Free muleher included at no txtra cost the world community, although hp ing leaders.’ \ mU C he does believe that "eventually” • u q V Tubular-type handle . 8t fjly utjftr “nns*rue’t lon*^*eel?- * should be done. Lost to Ishibashi • this Factory free warranty extended through July 1, 1957 br’"»kmJ Tmm, w*dtßi**J!(i>u”ib?i This is Mr. Kishi’s third visit He helped oust Mr. Hatoyama .UpV jMHi4 f ffpi” j from h\" 20". Top Quality you only lB much hi‘ Jinro4...jj j.gp v her prlced to the United States in his 60 from the premiership, but lost in I .ji \ model* years. He was here last in 1955. a close race with the aging econ- His first trip was in 1926. when omist, Tanzan Ishibashi. for he was sent to Philadelphia as control of the majority conserva- 21" Stearns Riding Reel Mower a young government official to tive party. The margin was set up a Japanese fair exhibit. seven votes. Mr. Ishibashi sud- $c He moved into the Fairmount denly contracted pneumonia last A.951: Park district of Philadelphia and winter, however, and Mr. Kishi ,&•£?., 139m? anti-Japanese , $ • 3-N.P., 4-Cydt ran into some was called in to take his place. •:*; •: j-. : H D"fI Delivery) Clinton Engine with i if f sentiments among the neigh- I - MM I I I ¦•coil Stortar . |MF - JM Japanese leftists regard H * Young Mr. I Seporota Clutch ond Throttle bors. Kishi surmounted Kishi dangerous rightist. ¦¦%{ K An Control by as a this difficulty using a tech- But American officials are find- nique 8 spid*r» that has since become a ing him comparatively easy ONLY K of “heart to MONTHLY H favorite his: The to work with. He is frank, efficient Tires f heart" talk. and intelligent. 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He hits 90 once in ALL SHOPS OPEN awhile—or so the reports from. Japan have Mon. Thru Fri., 9-6, Sot., 8-5 it. Since he Is Shop Open Sun., scheduled to play President Ei- Wheaton 10-2 * senhower a round at Burning vering power and versatility. Tree, some observers speculate 1 this may be part of a clever! ¦ s** mmm Al// DiJSmw II f 1 JF golfer’s play to get a fat handi- " Kiain cap. ' •no v.H.r. iNGiNi w s mower Prime Minister Kiski came to If S1 nn oo _Qe a parting of the ways with Gen. cleaner, governor-canlreMed Speed* 4 En.me wUh I 1111 Up tO Mile* Per Hr. 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