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Evening star., 1947-05-11
A Short Short Story

"A Short Short Story
seC EE, Nom, it's SWELL" Danny said He
" swallowed and looked quickly away
from the corsage on the kitchen table The
corsage that wasn't SWELL that wouldn't do
at all. He was gangling sixteen, tall and
freckled, and going to his first big dance, but
he wanted to bawl Wanted to rush off to his
room, like when he was a little guy, and kick
the bed and sob into the pillow IT'S neat"
he lied The ribbon and all - it's slick"
We'll anyway, it's pretty" his mother
said doubtfully. She kept rubbing her thin,
lined hands on her apron. Hands that had to
be both thrifty and clever to make the food
and clothes 60 around in this big family
Green hands, that could make flowers grow
even in their scrubby back yard Eager, gen.
tie hands that - Danny WINGED - had tried
so hard
Il think it's real sweet Why. I'm sur
prised, myself She laughed, with a mixture
of humility and pride, and looked at him
anxiously. why. it looks almost profess
sionalr'
Almost, Mama, Danny thought sickly
Almost, but not quite. That was the trouble
-. The flowers were so humble, so obvi-
ously home grown in their dainty fragrance
- valley lilies, pansies, violets. clustered
against that frilly bit of paper dolly. You
could see, if you looked close. that the tnfoil
that twined their stems had been peeled
from cigarette pack. The elegant pink satin
bow was still family scented from the candy
Evening star., 1947-05-11

Oh, Mama, don't - he wanted to plead to
her Don't try so hard, don't look so excited
and happy - when it won't do, anyway!
We'll how about that?" she exclaimed as
she tucked it happily through the ribbon
1T looks like regular corsage pin, don't it?"
Doesn't" his mother corrected fondly.
when you're going with such lovely girl
from such lovely people. you've got to watch
your grammar. Oh, son -" she put her thin
little arms around him and hugged him
fiercely, I'm so happy for your
He blushed, realizing now that she guessed
how crazy he was about Betty Beautiful
Betty Landness who danced like poetry and
laughed like music. and whom all the guys
were bidding for 1t had taken him weeks to
work up nerve to ask her to the Junior
Formal 1t still seemed dream that she'd
accepted. Betty! -. Only now -- he'd al
most rather die than take her. how could he
hand girl who was used to roses and gar
denias - sometimes even orchids "a cor
sage of home grown flowers? Even if she was
polite and wore them this time, she'd think
him a cheapskate She'd never 60 again The
Evening star., 1947-05-11

horror of it trembled on his mouth, no matter
how hard he tried to hide it.
why. son. what s the matter?" His mother
drew back little, her blue eyes searching
Nothing" he muttered. I'm just excit-
ed, maybe" He pressed quick kiss on her
troubled forehead. 'Bye, Nom, don't wait
up for me-"
"Good-by; have good time, darling And
tell me" - she tagged him to the door to call
after him - 'how she liked the fowers!'
CLUTCHlNC the box awkwardly, he plunged
down the street in his new white fannels she
had managed to get for him, his brothers blue
serge coat she'd pressed and taken in little
Oh, why, when Nom had said not to worry --
she'd fix everything - hadn't she warned
him about the flowers? Now it was too late
There was florists near by - they might
still be open, if he hurried - but he'd barely
enough money for the taxi and treat after
the party. Still. he thought desperately, be-
ginning to run they might let him charge a
corsage! Maybe they'd let him come back
next week and do some work to pay for it.
But somehow when he came up before the
lighted windows with their smart displays,
their elegantly beribboned arrangements of
carnations and roses and waxy white gar
denias, he couldn't. For one long agonized
moment of indecision, he gazed longingly in.
Then he swung about abruptly and headed
back toward Betty's Better to lose" Mons
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Evening star., 1947-05-11

box it had once trimmed Even the waxed
paper in which the dewy little nosegay ncsted,
bore telltale ffuted edges where it had been
torn from the roll Nom kept for, sandwiches
Now for box, " his mother said. Here"
she fumbled through the sack of them she
kept hanging. for such emergencies, behind
the kitchen door - here s a nice plain white
one. Good, there's tissue paper in it already"
She was breathing rapidly, and her eyes we're
pleased.
1T WAS flattish box - not the deep square
kind like florists use, but he could see it was
the best there was and it would have to do
"Okay," he said. keeping his voice cheerful.
That's SWELL
'And, oh yes, she'll need pin Wait,
think I've got just the thing "a white hat
pin here in my old white felt
She strained to reach the hook, jumping
little. this tiny mother of his, to knock
down the shapeless hat she wore around the
yard How often he d seen her in it., squatting
among her flowers, and the memory made the
shamed anguish in his breast more terrible.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Meeting on Pollution
Near Airport Slated
BY q stoff coresponden. Of The s,ar

SOLoMONS, Md, Sept. 27.-The
Interstate Commission on the Poto-
mac River Basin is planning a con-
ference between public health off,
cials and Virginia agencies in an
attempt to correct pollution at the
south end of National Airport,
where raw sewage from Arlington
County and part of Alexandria
empties into the Potomac River.
Edwin R. Cotton. commission en-
giHeer secretary, today said he has
requested members of the Virginia
State Health Department and the
State Water Control Board to meet
with commission members, public
health officials and representatives
OF Arlington and Alexandria.
Airport officials recently COM
planned that the condition at Four
Mile Run was threatening to foul
flre-control pipes and creates nox-
lous odors at the airport.
Mr.. Cotton said both Arlington
and Alexandria now are considering
plans for sewage treatment plants.
Arlington discharges are partially
treated, while Alexandria empties
untreated sewage into Four Mile
Run.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Bethesda Man 10 Direct
University for Japan Drive

James L. Fieser of Bethesda has
been appointed executive director
of the Committee for a Christian
University in japan, according to an
announcement by the Federal Coun-
Gil OF Churches and the Foreign
Mission Conference of North
America.
Mr.. Flcser was vice chairman of
the American Red Cross from 1922
to 1945.
In his new post, he succeeds the
Rev. DR.. Thorburn T. Brumbaugh,
who recently was named an associate
secretary of the Division of Foreign
Missions of the Methodist Church.
"A Christian University will be
welcomed in Japan" Mr.. Fieser said
in accepting the appointment. TT
is realized that rehabilitation in the
long run rests especially upon new
leadership. A Christian University
with its several colleges for medicine,
social sciences, the humanities and
other fields, would reflect generous
teamplay by victor nations"
Evening star., 1947-09-27
From Yesterdays Last Edition.

(From Yesterdays Last Edttton.)
A suit asking Montgomery County
Circuit Court to decide the order
of death of Mr.. and Mrs. Ross H
Snyder and their foster daughter
Jane Ann, in order to determine
who shall receive the Snyder estate
has been filed in County Circuit
Court at Rockville by Thomas C.
Kelley, administrator of the estate
of Mrs. Snyder.
Mr. Kelley also filed the suit on
behalf of Mrs. Margaret Rodier Rus
sell, mother of Mrs. Snyder.
The Snyders and their adopted
daughter were shot to death No
vember z3, 1916, in their Darnes-
town home by their 15-year-old
adopted son, Robert W. Snyder, who
is serving a life sentence in the
Maryland State Penitentiary.
Named as defendants are George
A. Hospidor, administrator of Mr.
Snyder's estate of approximately
$43, 900, Robert w. Snyder and Il
relatives of Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder
Mr.. Kelley said the principa
question before the court will b.
10 determine whether the estat.
will go to Mrs. Russell, who live
at the Sandridge Rest Home on th'
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Cataract Is Removed
From Terrier sEye

Topper, 7-year -old wire-haired ter
rier whose failing eyesight brought
him to Washington from Detroit
was getting along nicely" today
with cataract gone from his right
eye.
1t will be two weeks to a month
however. before it can be determined
whether cataract in the left eye
will have to be removed, according
to DR.. Mason Weadon of the Abbey
Hospital for Animals, 2119 Eight
eerth street NV, who performed
the operation. If Topper can sec
wei encuch to get around" DR.
Wee Lon said, the second operation
probably will not be necessary.
Toprers blindness first became
evident when his owners, John C.
Bonning of Detroit, his daughter
Lucetta, 81, and son John, jr.. IS
noticed his awkward, funbline
movements.
The dog was flown here Thursday
In the care of Miss Jean Nagle, Cap
ital Airlines stewardess. who will re-
turn him to Detroit in about 10 days
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Judge Raedy Banned
As Driver 30 Days;
Surrenders Permit

Municipal Court Judge Ellen K
Raedy may not drive an automobile
for 80 days as a result of action by
the Board of Revocation and Resto-
ration of Motor Vehicle Operators
Permits, which suspended her license
yesterday.
AS soon as the decision to suspend
he permit was reached by the board
policeman was sent to Judge
Raedy'S home in the Dorchester
House on Sixteenth street NV, with
the suspension order and judge
Raedy surrendered her permit to
him.
The action of Judge Raedy in
surrendering her permit, Mrs. Mary
IL. Silver, chairman CT the beard
said, means she is not going to ap-
peal the decision of the board. Judge
Raedy has the right to appeal to the
District Commissioners for a revi-
sion of the order or a new hearing
The board which decided on
Judge Raedy's permit was composed
of Mrs. Silver and Edward E. Bailey
jr., superintendent of licenses for
the District. Judge Raedy did not
appear before the board.
The suspension was the result of
a charge of leaving after colliding,
in which Judge Raedy forfeited $500
collateral in Municipal Court Sep
tember II.
The charge was placed against
her, following investigation of an
accident on August IS, in which her
car vas involved at First and K
streets NV. Judge Raedy denied
she was driving her car, although
several persons said they identified
her. She said she was at home the
night of the accident and had loaned
her car to newspaperman friend
who was supposed to have gone, to
New York. s@ S, Il
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Black Sambo' Story
Defended by Corning
As No Racial Issue

The use Of material such as Little
Black Sembo" stories in the Ds-
trict's public schools was defended
today by School Supt. Hobart M
Corning following a protest by the
National Association for the Ad-
vancemcnt of Colored People.
The protect, forwarded to DR.
Corning by William Allyn Hill, eE-
scutive secretary of the Washington
branch of NAACP, asked that such
subject matter which stereotypes
any racial Or minority group" be
eliminated from the school system.
"SUch protrayalS ~tend to instill
into the minds of our impressionable
youth stereotypes of the race so de-
p4cted," Mr.. Hills letter declared
These Impressions remain with our
children and all members of the SUBJ
ject race are sufferers therefrom."
The letter asked that the Board of
Education direct the withdrawal OF
all such material.from the schools.
DR.. Corning expressed surprise at
the protest, saying that the book
and the character of Little Black
Sambo has been loved by children
for years. In his opinion, the story
builds up racial understanding
rather than casting ridicule.
Dr.. Corn NJ said he would ex-
anime the hook carefully again
however, 10 see if there are any
objectionable passages OF connota
tions which he might not have re-
membered.
DR.. Corning said the experience
of most teachers is that the children
grow to love the story of Little
Black Sambo both as a book and
as a character.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Miss Sullivan Named
To Social Agencies Post

Miss Marguerite Sullivan, former
office manager for the National
Council of Catholic Men, has been
named director of the volunteer
Office of the Council of Social Agen-
cies. She succeeds Mrs. Robert
Hodgson.
Also appointed was an associate
director, Mrs. Mary Abbie Sturgeon,
who has done editing work in the
Federal writers project and with
the Committee on Economic Sc
curity.
Miss Sullivan, a graduate of Trim
ity College here, served as adminis-
trative assistant to the deputy quar-
termaster general on the British
Army staff from 1941 to 1943 before
joining the Catholic group.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Powder Factory Worker
Injured in Explosion

Joshua Upton, g civilian worker,
was injured slightly yesterday by
the explosion Of powder sample
he was putting into container at
the Naval Powder Factory, Indian
Head, Md.
Navy spokesmen said the work.
er's hands and side were hurt There
was no property damage. Mr.. Upton
was taken to Providence Hospital,
after receiving emergency treatment
at the factory.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Edward Weiss Rites
To Be Held Monday

Funeral services will be held al
noon Monday for Edward A. Weiss
II, retired Federal Trade Commits
sion accountant, who died Thursday
morning at Bethesda Naval Hos
pital.
Following services at Lees Fu-
neral Home, Fourth street ano
Massachusetts, avenue NE, burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Weiss, native OF Washing
ton, lived at 812 East Capitol street
He was educated at elementary
schools here and at Central High
School.
During the Spanish American
War he volunteered for service in
Company G. of the 1st District Vol
unteers, serving in Cuba just before
hostilities ended.
He was employed as an accountant
by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
steamboat company and several
banks here before going to the Fed
eral Trade Commission during the
first World War. He was retired
from the Federal agency about a
year and half ago.
Mr.. Weiss was a member of Har-
den Camp Of the Spanish American
War Veterans and Naval Lodge No.
4 of the Masons.
A bachelor, he is survived by two
sisters, Miss Marie Louise Weiss and
Mrs. Anna K. Beck, both of the
East Capitol. street address, and a
brother, Herman o. Weiss of St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
East, West Still 7 Worlds,
D. {. Lawyer Tells Bar Unii

Mrs Grace Kanode LleWellyn,
Washington lawyer. who worked
with the internal onal tribunal try
ing war criminals in Japan, told the
American Bar Association conven-
tion in Cleveland yesterday that she
disagreed with "one-worJd theorists
who expect an immediate meeting of
Oriental and Occidental mirGc.
Mrs. Llewellyn, who lives at $500
Woodley road NV, returned early
in ,1947 after almost a year in Japan.
Previously, she was in the Office of
the solicitor of the State Depart
ment for 10 years when Robert
Lansing was Secretary.
In convention report on Far
Eastern law, Mrs. LleWellyn declared
the Orient and Occident are de
cidedly two worlds" She cited the
present difficulty of Transforming
feudal tt.ss Ing into the philosophy
of the sa-called Four Freedoms,
democracy and international rights
of man"
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Wounded 1ypist Better;
Suspect Posts $1,000 Bond

Mrs. Thelma Alva Conredi, 33
typist in the District Health Depart
ment, who was shot at her home in
Derwood, Md, early yesterday, was
reported recovering today at Sub
urban Hospital, Bethesda, but was
described as mot out of danger"
Edgar c. Mcfarland, 4s, Naval
Gun Factory employe, charged by
Montgomery County police with cs-
sault with intent to kill, Mrs. Con-
redi, was at liberty on $1,000 bond
pending hearing in Rockville Po-
lice Court. He denied the charge.
saying Mrs. Conredi shot herself.
Hospital attendants said a .38-cali-
ber bullet was removed from Mrs.
Conredi's abdomen.
Police said Mcfarland and Mrs.
Conredi shared the Derwood home
and had quarreled over whether to
sell it. The accused man asserted
he was in an adjoining room when
he heard a shot and that he found
Mrs. Conredi on the floor with the
pistol beside her.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
New Explosives Course
To Be Given at G. w. u.

A new course in explosives will be
offered by the chemistry depart
ment at George Washington Uni
versity this fall, DR.. Benjamin Van
Evers, university co-ordinator of
scientific activities, announced to-
Gay.
The course will be taught by DR..
Duncan MacDougall, lecturer in
chemistry, who is chief of the ex-
plosives division. research depart
ment, of the Naval Ordnance Lab
oratory.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Father Of Policeman
Is Declared Suicide

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
has issued a suicide certificate in
the, death of Richard o. McCarty
SO, of Birmingham, Ala, who was
found yesterday with both wrists
slashed in a patch of woods in
Northeast Washington. He was
found by his son, a District police
man.
Mr.. McCarty had been visiting his
son, Pvt. James McCarty, who is
assigned to the traffic division, at
his home at 1882 Ames street NE
The policeman found his father un-
conscious in a wooded area in the
200 block of Anacostia avenue NE.
with a safety razor at his side. The
father was taken to Casualty Hos
pital and he was pronounced deaS
shortly sfterward.
Mr.. McCarty had been in Ill
health for some years. his son said
He was former employe of the
Dupont Powder Co. in Birmingham
and came to Washington two
months ago.
Surviving besides his son are his
widow, Mrs. Dollie McCarty of Bir-
mingham, and daughter, Mrs
Nina r. Benton of Chattanooga
Tenn.
Funeral services will be held later
this week in Birmingham.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Court Ruling Sought on Order
In Which Snyders Were Slain

Rockville Pike near Bethesda, or tc
Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder's relatives.
He said If the court awards the
estate to the relatives, 1t must de.
eide what share will 60 to each.
Mr.. Kelley claims that if Jane
Ann died first, the estate will &c
to Mrs. Russell. If the girl was the
second or last to die, the bill al
leges. the estate should. go to the
Snyders' brothers and sisters.
Mr.. Kelley also asked the court
to appoint a receiver for the estate
and that subpoenas be sent to Rob-
ert Snyder, Mr.. Hospidor. Rhoda
r. Ruddach, 6017 Broad street,
Brookmont, Mrs. Snyder's sister,
and David M. Russell of the Perry
Point Md Veterans Hospital, a
brother of Mrs. Snyder.
Other relatives of Mrs. Snyde:
named in the suit are Paul H. and
Marguerite R. Connors, Chicago;
Theodore C. and Edna r. Ander-
son, Norfolk, Va, and H. Haig ano
Marian r. Russell, Arlington.
Relatives of Mr.. Snyder named In
the suit are:
Jean c. and Flossie A. Snyder
Emma S. and Orville w. Pierson
Ross c. and Eleanor G. Snyder. Mr.
Kelley said they live in Illinois anc
Texas
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Hines Heads Committee
Licensing Undertnkers

The newly appointed examining
committee for licensing under
takers, an agency of the District
Government, yesterday elected as
its chairman w. R. Frank Hines,
president of the S.. H. Hines Co.
Other members of the committee
are Thomas Martin Hysong, G. o.
Echols, Robert G. Mcclure, jr.. and
Joseph B. Irvine. The latter serves
ex-oficio, representing the Health
Department.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Women Voters Asked
10 Study Welfare Issues

The Montgomery County League
Of Women Voters was asked yester-
dcy to make thorough study OF
welfare services in the county.
The request was made by Miss
Eelaine Todd, of the District OF
Columbia Department of Public
Welfare, who addressed the group
at its first meeting of the season
Miss Todd added that the findings
of such study should be presented
to the public so it would be aware
of the job to be done for the COM
munity."
Then, Miss Todd advised, the cit
Nens can determine how the work
can best be accomplished and
financed through funds, both pub
lic and private.
Mrs. j, Rene Hemingway told new
members of the league that citi-
zen participation in government is
a major aim of the organiza ton.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Georgetown Doctor Cites
Chemical Relief for Cancer

The possibility of lasting relief
through chemical therapy, for VIC
Tins of cancer of the prostate gland
was discussed last night by a
Georgetown doctor at Bethesda
Naval Hospital.
DR.. William P. Herbst, professor
of urology at the Georgetown Uni.
versity Medical School, was the guest
speaker in the first of a series o1
lectures to be held at the hospita.
this fall.
The latest method of treating the
disease, he declared, is to try tt
change the body's chemical structure
and thus destroy the cancer cells
This may be done by administra-
ton of certain chemicals, removal
of sex glandular material, or radia-
ton of the pituitary gland.
Such steps afford great temporary
relief of pain and prolong the pa
tents life by several years. if sue
cessfully carried out. Research is
under way in the Georgetown uro-
logic service at Gallinger Hospital
and elsewhere to improve and extend
the relief, the doctor said.
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Bunch Family Retains
Fitzpatrick for Probe

The family of John Forrest Bunch
announced today John R. Fitz.
patrick, a former assistant United
States attorney, had been retained
to continue the private investigation
of the 61-year-old carpenters death
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, lately engaged in
private law practice here, is former
dean of Columbus University Law
School and at one time conducted
a criminology school for the Metro
politan Police Department.
Mr.. Bunch's death in Gallinger
Hospital August 4 was ruled acci-
dental by a coroner's jury after an
inquest. The family has charged
he was mistreated by police after
his arrest July % for allegedly being
drunk.
The case is under investigation by
the Civil Rights Section of the JUS
tice Department Criminal Division
Evening star., 1947-09-27
Guards to Foil
Boy Liberotors
OF Doqs Asked

It takes two men to catch a dog
in Washington and another man te
keep District boys from rescuing the
dog after it has been caught.
So, at least, says the local pound
masters Office, which included an
item of $4,040 in its 1949 budget es-
innate for the salaries of two extra
men in the dog-catching depart
ment Three trucks are now in op-
Grafton, with two men on one truck
ana only one man on each of the
other two trucks.
Efficient operation requires two
men to handle dogs and the driver
to guard the truck while the two
men are catching the dogs" the
poundmaster explained.
BY leaving the truck unguarded, "
he added, many instances have
arisen where boys have released
dogs already in custody"