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Evening star., 1949-05-23
Platinum Hair Turns to Gold
As StyIists Add Midas Touch

departure from what Michel terms
the military" influence brought
on by the war. The trend Is
back to feminity." the Albanian
reports. Women are getting
away from that broad-shouldered.
military look. Hair styles must
keep pace and Is doing IL with
short. head-hugging coiffures."
The result Is more than a fash
idea someone had. he explained.
Back of it is months Of study.
research and planning In CO.
ordination, with the Nation 8
millinery and dress designers.
The hair-do industry's planning
headquarters Is the Hair Fashion
Council. Of which Mr.. Michel Is
president.
From all these maneuyers comes
q basic style--'perhaps the front
win be q suggestion from Texas.
the top from New York. the sides
from Chicago" Mr.. Michel ex-
planned. That Is what we are
striving for--an American style
combining ideas from al parts Of
the country.
Evening star., 1949-05-23

A feature in The Stars pictorial
magazine of May l showing an ole
cannon being hoisted into a loca
junkyard led to the discovery ano
recovery of a relic of the War OF
1912 which the National Capita
Parks office had entrusted to Fort
Washington for storage, Supt. Irv-
ing C. Root disclosed yesterday.
Good sleuthing on the part
of Stanley Mcclure, historian o1
the Lincoln Memorial and the CO.
operation of The Star has saved
this historic cannon for the peo-
pie of Washington and from the
ignominious fate of being sold fol
scrap iron" Mr.. Root said. Rec
ords in the Parks Office show the
cannon was one of a pair un-
earthed at the foot of 34th street
in Georgetown some years age
when workmen were cleaning ou'
the Chesapeake apd Ohio Canal
Now that the relic is in the
safe keeping of Parks officials
again, it will be put on display
this summer at Great Falls be-
cause of it's association with the
canal project. 1--WE are all very
happy over the outcome and are
grateful for the chance picture
that appeared in The Star" Mr.
Root said.
On the chance that the cannon
might have some historical value
Mr.. Mcclure contacted Star Pho
tographer Francis Routt. who had
taken the picture, and learned the
unidentified iunkyard was that OF
Joseph Smith g. Son, Inc, at 36ls
Benning Road. -
The cannon looked like one the
Parks Office had sent to Fort
Washington about two years ago
for safekeeping He wasn't sur
prised when he learned Mr.. Smith
had hauled it from the nearby
fort on the Potomac River. Army
Evening star., 1949-05-23
BeckIey Defendant
Says Numbers Gave
Him Sudden Wealth

One of three men charged with
stealing q safe containing $50 900
In cash from a former District
police detective In January. test
ified In District Court today that
his sudden acquisition OF wealth
early this year was due TO q hit on
1.-The numbers"
He was Stance James, 20. OF
1882 Ninth street NV. He said he
played SIS on No. 0oi on January
10 and won $10.500. He purchased
a Cadillac for So. 400 in February
according to previous testimony.
Stance and his brother Oliver
James. "A. who lives at 1900 A
street Sc. are charged with bur-
glarizing the home and stealing
the safe of Richard r. Beckiey. so,
former District police detective, on
January ~. A third defendant.
Louis II. Singleton. 20. OF sio
Westminster street NV. is on
trial with them. Mr.. Beckley and
all the defendants are colored.
Brother Against Brother.
Before putting Stance on the
stand. Henry Lincoln johnson. tr-,
his attorney. called witnesses To
attack the testimony OF Charles
Edward James. q third brother.
who testified for the prosecution.
Charles. who runs Eddie q
Chicken Haven" testified that
Stance James came to him after
the burglary and asked him 70
change q 81 900 bill. Charles tes-
tilted that when he told his brother
he couldn't do II. his brother
said he was going into the North
east section where you get s7oo
for a 81 900 bin,
Mr.. Beckiey has identified
Stance James and Singleton rs
two Of three men he encountered
In the alley behind his home al
1900 New Jersey avenue NV. Just
before he found his safe was
stolen.
Quarrel Testified.
Henry Lincoln johnson. jr-, at
torney for Stance James. called
another motorcycle messenger boy
for the Chicken Haven 10 the
stand. He was Denis Warren Flan-
ders. 10. colored. He testified that
ne overheard Charles Edward
James quarrel with Stance and
threaten to get him" when the
latter refused him loan
RAYMOND snead. cblored. The
Evening star., 1949-05-23

On the reasonable assumption
that 1t is simpler to color the hair
than shape 1t like Suffers Mill,
the Nations hair-do industry is
celebrating the is4s gold rush this
year.
Gold Is the word. even If you're
q brunette.
This intelligence came today
from Adolphe Michel Of Atlanta.
who is here for the Washington
Hairdressers and Cosmetologists
Association participation clinic at
the Washington Hotel. With the
information also came q progress
report on efforts TO create an
American hair style that win give
Paris, New York and Hollywood
the trembles.
Instead of having platinum
hair, silver blond hair. we're stress
ing gold-white gold. sun gold and
red gold" he said. Even bru-
nettes can get it-and it's. beau-
tiful.
The hair done In gold has that
natural look"
This year also In seeing aesharp
Evening star., 1949-05-23
Negro Park Policemen
10 Get Cruiser Duty 10
End Racial Charge

The Park Police office appar-
emily has answered charged of al
legged racial discrimination by as
signing three colored policemen
to relief duty with cruiser patrols,
1t was diclosed today.
The Park Police are under juris-
diction of the Interior Depart
ment which. In line with the ad-
ministration's civil rights pro-
gram. has been campaigning for
the last year to force the District
Recreation Board to do away with
segregation in recreation.
One Of the three men now as
assigned to cruiser patrol duty.
Pvt. Grant Wright, was a member
of the committee Of colored po-
licemen which was given a hear
ing recently by Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior Oscar L.
Chapman. A report on the re-
suits of the investigation will be
made from Mr.. Chapman's office
this week.
No Vacancy Now.
Edward ]. Kelly, assistant super
intendent of National Capital
Parks in charge of the Park Police.
said the new assignments leave
no ground for charges of discrim-
ination.
Capt. Mark Raspberry was di-
rected to assign colored policemen
to relief duty with the cruiser
patrols in view of the fact there Is
now no existing vacancy. The
other two men assigned TO this
relief duty are Pvts. Louis w.
Dutch and Eugene Greenfield.
There is now no phase Of
police duty on the park force
that is not open and covered by
colored policemen except in the
case of horsemen." Mr.. Kelly said
Held Hearing.
There now are only two horse
men on the force but when in
creases are granted under the In
terror Department appropriation
bill 1t Is expected six additional
horsemen will be assigned. Al
that time. Mr.. Kelly said. colored
policemen will be available for
horseback patrol.
Some time ago Mr.. Kelly and
Capt. Raspberry gave a hearing
on complaints that colored men,
bers Of the force lacked the op-
portunities of equal service with
white policemen.
The fact that no colored police
men were assigned to cruiser pa
troll duty was the only complaint.
Mr.. Kelly found. that appeared to
have a basis of Justification.
Evening star., 1949-05-23

officials said it had inadvertently
been put into pile with a lot
of old iron which the Smith firm
was going to dispose of as scrap.
Fort Washington is being aban-
doned as an Army post.
The weight of the cannon is
approximately 1000 pounds, Mr..
Root said. He offered in exchange
for it an equivalent amount OF
scrap iron which the Parks office
happened to have on hand.
The cannon was carted away
and installed in the yards at
Fifteenth and C streets S.W.. until
ready to be placed in the Great
Falls museum.
There is very good reason to
believe that the cannon is one
that was abandoned by the United
States forces at the time Of the
Battle of Bladensburg. when the
British burned the Capitol and
White House.
The cannon. along with another
one, was discovered in the latter
part Of 1929 when workmen were
cleaning the muck from the old
canal bed. The other was so
badly damaged it was worthless
and eventually disappeared. A
heavy coat of rust prevents abb
solute Identification of the one
now in the possession Of the Parks
Office.
There are signs, however. show
ing that the weapon was deliber-
ately damaged to make 1t UNFIT
for use by the enemy. The hole
where the powder charge was
touched off had been spiked. The
two trunnions which fitted 1t in
place on the carriage had been
broken off. Also missing was the
cascabel, or large iron knob
around which a rope was tied to
absorb the recoil when the gun
was fired.
Evening star., 1949-05-23

rollment now is about ATS. II is
the main source OF teacher sup
ply for the District public schools.
Part of School System.
The school is a part OF the
public school system OF the Dis
trict and no tuition fees are
charged residents of the city.
Books. laboratory fees and stu
dent activities fees are paid by
the students. however.
At the school also is a nursing
education program which trains
Evening star., 1949-05-23
Wilson Teachers College, Founded in 1873
With Glass of 20, to Hold 18th Commencement
Celebration PIonned; !;
School Is Top Source
For Districts Needs

In 1873 group OF 20 girls
climbed the stairs 10 the attic OF
the Franklin School. Thirteenth
and X streets NV, to start classes
IN the new Wilson Normal School
which offered one-year course
to train teachers.
This week Wilson Teachers Col
iege will celebrate the 18th an
niversary OF that first class which
was graduated a year later In
1874. A convocation at II am.
Thursday al the school will high
lightsthe celebration.
Speakers will include Mrs. Re-
becca H Parker, class OF 1926.
and DR. Harold BENJAMIN. dean Of
the school OF education at the
Univekity Of Maryland. An all
college picnic will be held in Rock
Greek Park at pm. Thursday.
Only girls were permitted TO en-
roll in the Wilson Normal School
when it was first chartered by the
Legislative Assembly OF the Dis
trict. 1t was l3 years before the
rules were changed and the first
man signed UP.
Course Extended.
Under the first principal. Miss
Lucilla Smith, the normal school
developed rapidly and in 1896 the
Board of Education extended the
one-year course TO two years.
Franklin School was being used
as an elementary school in those
days. Now il is the administra-
tive headquarters for school off,
cials.
After years of troubles with in
adequate quarters. the college got
a new building in 1913 bearing the
name of James Ormond Wilson
in honor OF the man who was
superintendent of schools in the
District from 1871 to 1885. Mr..
Wilson was instrumental in es-
tablishing the normal school.
The course at the school was
extended to three years in the
early 1920s and to four years in
1929.
When the course was extended
to four years, # became the Will
son Teachers College with full
college courses leading to the
bachelor of science degree. En-
Evening star., 1949-05-23
80 New Gray Ladies 10 Gel
Their Diplomas tomorrow

Thirty new Red Cross Gray La"
csea. Who vii gise volunteer nesy-
sce In SIN Dtssgaci hospitals. sIi
receive tsaeH pins and espsosnaa
In exercises ~ ii aFn- tasnmTow
a; Walsh H0saae. 2o1o MAss&sl4As.
sstis avenue u W
preEadtng viii be AfFa- A. y j.
Atkinson. Chairman Of ihs 0saY
LADY Service fos tase uastfses Red
crosa Assagrzssrss wraal BE- - sos~
less. George wkAsainx.an Fsnss9a.
tai IL. cnaaarsna : 0aGlnsss.
Z Episcopal. H7rns fow In"
esssa niea, 4, ard scaGlsys Mosse. d.
Evening star., 1949-05-23
Essay Contest Winners
To Be Announced Fridoy

Winers in the high school essay
contest sponsored by the District
Medical Society's section on gen.
eral practice will be announced at
meeting at $50 pm. Friday at
the society auditorium. IT'S M
street NV.
Mrs. Eugene Meyer. wife Of the
chairman of the board of the
Washington Post, will speak.
Evening star., 1949-05-23

L. Welch, said her son could swim
although she didn't know how
well. She said he was q me-
chanic. who specialized In out
board motors.
Mr.. Soper was employed by the
Southeast Sales Co.. 737 Eleventh
street Sc. He is survived by q
daughter. Brenda. 2. who lives
with her mother at sos Eighth
street Sc. The victims body was
taken to Hoppie's Funeral Home,
Annapolis.
Evening star., 1949-05-23

t e m p t / n 6 TO
save an out
board motor,
was recovered
today from the
Rhodes River.
The body of
the second vic
tim, E d W a r d
Soper. %, Of
726 Eleventh
street Sc, was
recovered last
night by Sergt.
Homer Dawson
and Pvt. Will
lia~ Mo1forS of
Evening star., 1949-05-23
Connecticut Dance Set

The Connecticut State Society
will hold a dance In the Shore
ham Hotels west ballroom at 10
pm. June 2. Mayors of Connec-
ticut cities have been invited. in
cluding Gov. Chester Bowles. ac-
cording to Representative Me-
Guire. society president.
Evening star., 1949-05-23

student nurses for Emergency
Sibley and Garfield Hospitals and
an Orientatlon Center for foreign
students sponsored by the State
Department,
The Thursday celebration vas
arranged under the direction o.
Miss Anna Halburg. education
professor. and John Mcmahon. a
junior. One member Of the Plan
ming Committee vas Miss MAY
Breen. member OF the class OF
1893.
Evening star., 1949-05-23
Comic Strip Boil Slated

The sophomore class Of Wilson
Teachers College viii sponsor
Comic Strip Ball" from . pm
10 midnight Friday In the Wilson
gym. Eleventh. and Harvard
streets NV. Prizes viii be
awarded for the most unusual cos
tunes representing comic strip
character
Evening star., 1949-05-23

nrst messenger 10 Lake taf stand.
gave similar testimony Tr1tradsy
Mrs. Mary Z, Hawkins. sister al
the James brothers. testified tssai
Charles Edward James had accused
her Of informing the police and o.
another occasion aeeAsd their SIS
ter Alice OF the ssfn ~tnang.
Evening star., 1949-05-23
Second Body Found
In Drowning Of D. {.
Men Near Annapolis

The body of William Martin. %,
of 703 Twelfth street Sc. one Of
two District men who drowned
near Annapolis yesterday while at
Evening star., 1949-02-06

lat Grace Lutheran Church in
Washington.
Miss Cheves was graduated from
Mercer University dn Macon, then
became a member of the teaching
staff at Normarf Junior College,
Norman Park, Ga. During the war
she became a WAVE, attaining the
rank of lieutenant Gunior grade)
and after her initial training period
was stationed In Washington, where
Evening star., 1949-02-06

st. Gabriels Church was the
scene of the wedding yesterday of
Miss Dorothy E. Harmon, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Edward Ham
mon, jr., and Mr.. Edward r. Kastorf,
son of Mrs. Gertrude M. Kastorf
and the late Mr.. Arthur r. Kastorf.
The brides cousin, the Rev.
Richard Leo Heppler, o. F. M,
officiated at the ceremony, and her
uncle, the Rev. Walter Harmon,
o. F. NJ. and the Rev. John E.
Roeder also were present on the
altar. A reception followed at the
Admiral Club.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and attended by Mrs.
Bryan E. Brewer as matron of honor
and by the groom's sister, Mrs. John
T. Burns, jr, and Miss Edith
O'Brien.
Mr.. Burns served as best man for
the groom and Mr.. Robert j. Ham
mon, brother of the bride, and Mr..
Bryan E. Brewer were the ushers.
After a honeymoon in New York
the couple will reside at 1914 North
Courthouse road, Arlington.
Evening star., 1949-02-06

Mrs. John Langdo6 cheves Of
Macon, Ca, announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Anne Hazel,
to Mr.. Frank Herbert Grunwald,
son of Mrs. Frank Herbert Grun-
wald of Ocean City, N. j. The we'd
ding will take place in early June
Evening star., 1949-02-06

she was supply officer for the Edu.
cational Services Program Of the
Navy. She now Is employed as q
secretary by local accounting firm
Mr.. Grunwald attends the School
of Foreign Service of GEORGETOWN
University and is employed by the
Government. During the war he
served for three years in the South
Pacific as a warrant officer in the
Arn1v
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22

ark, for the best diary of an
imaginary trip through Venezuela.
The prize was $40. Placing second
with prize of $5 was Mrs. Mary
Christopher, of the Laurence
Roberts auxiliary, Wilmington.
The David Harris Auxiliary Unit
of Smyrna won a membership cita-
tion; the Nanticoke auxiliary, Sea-
ford and the Brandywine auxiliary,
Wilmington, won the $3.50 token
prize for enlisting the most MEM
bers.
The following auxiliary members
were selected as delegates to the
national convention: Mrs. Eliza
beth P. Dressner. Mrs. j. Harvey
Dickey, Mrs. George Ehinger. Mrs.
Paul Lovett, Mrs. William Regan,
Mrs. William Cam.
Alternates: Mrs. f. A. Boiling,
Mrs. Grant Garls, Mrs. Carry Sim
mons, Mrs. George Powell. Mrs.
George Grier and Mrs. Cecil Lynch.
Many gifts were rendered to
Mrs. Dressner, the retiring state
auxiliary commander, for her out
standing work. The Laurence Rob-
ert Post No. presented her with
bouquet of American beauty.
roses, while the posts auxiliary
gave her an Identification ring
Other gifts came from Brandywine
Unit No. IL and Mrs. Evelyn Jones
/ president of the ladies' auxiliary
VFW.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22
Milton Business
Group To Expand
tcOntinued ftcn, nrss page,

mer, as chairman, will comprise
the merchant members of the as
sociation, who will be active in pro-
noting money-saving events as
well as civic Improvements
With the beginning of the new
fiscal year, the association is
planning to increase its member
ship with an all-out membership
drive. Harmon nj. Davidson, local
insurance agency proprietor and
vice-president of the group will
head this drive.
Other committees appointed were
the New Industry Committee, con-
sisting of H. Ernest Conwell, VIM
Wagamon, Jr... and Samuel Sha-
pireg Arthur Wagamon will head
the Civic Improvement Committee
Tom Hughes. publicity Chairman
and Samuel Shapiro is chairman o.
the Education and Child Welfare
Committee. The finance and othel
committees. will be named at thu
next meeting. The association will
meet again during the next week
when plans for the Fall program
will be discussed.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22
Dare DeUiL Racing
HighIights '49 Fair
continued from nrss page,


of the finest horses racing on the
Eastern tracks will be entered in
these classes.
Tagged Governors Day" by fair
officials, Thursday will be when
Governor Elbert N. Carvel, MEM
bers of his staff and other state
officials, will be present. State leg
islators and many other prominent
political and business leaders are
also expected to attend the fair
Thursday.
The great attraction Friday will
be the firemen's parade, scheduled
for the late afternoon. Marching
will be volunteer firemen and their
ladies' auxiliaries of Delaware and
the eastern shore of Maryland and
Virginia. On display will be the
new equipment and uniforms of
many companies. Prizes will be
awarded to the participants in the
parade.
The live stock show, under the
supervision of L. d. Caulk, prom
ises to be the largest in the history
of the fair. Arrangements have
been made with the Delaware
Guernsey Breeders Association, the
Eastern Shore Aberdeen Angus As
sociation, the Holstein- -Friesian As
sOciation and the Chesapeake-Del-
aware Ayrshire Breeders Associa-
tion to promote the largest live
stock show ever exhibited.
Many prize winning cattle have
! already been entered for this show
Extra enthusiasm will be added by
! All Club and Future Farmers o
America members who have ar
ranged for a junior show in addi
ton to that of the open classes. Th'
third annual calf scramble will b,
held on Tuesday, Wednesday ant
Thursday.
Since last year. fair officials an
nounced, improvements have beel
made on the grounds. New build
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22
Chance To Win
Calf At Fair
CONTINUED from nrsr page,

CONTEST COMMITTEE, AYR
SHIRE BREEDERS ASSOCIA-
TION, BRANDON, VERMONT. At
ter receipt of all entries. the
breeders group will send entries
from each state to the respective
state heads of the agricultural col
leges. The best four letters from
each state will be selected by the
college heads and forwarded to the
Ayrshire Breeders Association in
Brandon. From these letters a
special committee of judges will
select the final two winners.
The winners will be selected on
the basis of the best and most
clearly stated reasons for a young
ster wanting an Ayrshire calf. En-
tries must be more than 100 words
and not more than $50 words. The
contest is open to all boys and
girls under Is years of age whether
or not they already own any Ayr
shire cattle. Final awards will be
made at the First international
Dairy Exposition in Indianapolis
Ind, on October z, 1949.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-22

ings have been erected for live
stock and other exhibits and thou
sands of dollars have been spent
in reconditioning the track and
providing an all-steel .hub rail-
On the midway the Endy Bro
theirs Shows will look like Coney
Island. It's the newest carnival in
America consisting of 20 shows
and 90 rides and the management
is very fortunate to have contract
ed with this mammoth show full of
entertainment and fun.
The attractions this year include
many novel and amusing acts. "The
Flying Dobritches," featuring
"Wimpy," England's famed and
much loved Flying Clown" will be
highlighted on the entertainment
program. "Ahos and Company
present a phenomenal one finger
balancing act. Other feature acts
include the Sheridan Brothers, u
the original "Sharkey," THE Crazy
Scouts" and Josh Kitchens and his
IL OAlCuo. ACA
are many other attractions includ-
ing Joe Basile's Madison Square
Garden Band, the fantasies Re.
view entertaining in the evening
with a cast of so people, climaxeC
with a spectacular fireworks show
OF the more educational features
you will see the largest machinery
display in many years, commercial
exhibits of all descriptions, Al
I Club and F. F. A. exhibits, poultr!
/ show, horse show including regis
tered Palominos, a swine show o
registered stock. fruit and farm
produce show. This year nothing
has been left out that will add t
the pleasure of the patrons.
Saturday will be wind-up da.
when the Sam Nuis Speedways will
present Big Car AAA sanctione,
auto races featuring many nation
ally known drivers.