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Evening star., 1952-06-17
Traffic Unit Discusses
Question Of Permits
To Drive Sfreetcars

The question of whether street.
car drivers should have operating
permits in Washington came up
for discussion during a meeting
of the commissioners Traffic Ad-
visory Board in Municipal Center
last night. 1t was the last ses-
sion OF the season.
Fred Haller, vice chairman of
the board, said that, at the recent
traffic conference, he was shocked
to learn that Capital Transit Co.
streetcar operators are not re-
quired to have permits. He asked
Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
if there is any reason why the
streetcar operators should not
conform to the Districts motor
vehicle laws.
Mr.. Keneipp said he wasn't
familiar with the reasons why the
streetcar men are not required
to have permits.
A. Julian Brylawski, chairman
of the Education Committee, said
he understands streetcars have no
speedometers. He asked how the
motormen could possibly observe
the speed laws.
Held Customary.
Burton Sexton, a member of the
board and Capital Transit en-
glneer, pointed out that no city in
the United States required street.
car operators to have permits. He
said Capital Transit's training
program for streetcar operators
and bus drivers was the most COM
prehensive in the country, and
pointed to Capital Transit's safety
record, as attested by several
awards.
Mr.. Keneipp, in other business,
said the Commissioners group
studying permit suspension and
revocation held it's final meeting
yesterday, completing testimony
on whether or not to adopt the
Connecticut point system here.
This system grades a motorist by
points representing violations. Ger
tain numbers of points call for
or revocation. The
groups report will go to the Com
missioners tomorrow.
Mr.. Keneipp also disclosed that
he recently met with the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Asso-
Citation to consider the feasibility
iof adopting more one-way streets
in the downtown area. He re-
vealed that, in 1947, when the
matter was discussed, the princi-
pal opposition to this idea came
from downtown merchants. Now
however, he added, the so mer-
chants at the meeting completely
reversed themselves, with only one
expressing opposition.
Unbalanced Lanes Slated.
The Traffic Director also re.
ported that as soon as necessary
street construction can be made
Connecticut avenue NV, from
Cathedral avenue to Nebraska
avenue will have unbalanced
lanes during rush-hour traffic.
He said his department also has
completed studies showing that
drivers over IS become involved
in more accidents. in proportion,
than drivers in their teens do.
Police Traffic Inspector John j.
Agnew said too many accidents
and traffic delays are caused by
drivers obstructing intersections.
Starting Immediately. he will send
out teams of motorcycle men to
watch bad intersections. At first,
Inspector Agnew said, those who
obstruct intersections will be given
warning tickets. If the violations
persist traffic tickets will be
handed out.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Washington and Sandy Hook, Md.

Washington and Sandy Hook, Md,
father Of the defendant.
Mr.. Gaskins recalls that his
daughter sang in the choir at
Calvary Baptist Church.
Mr.. Gaskins told the packed
courtroom his daughter twice had
attempted to take her own life
with overdoses of sleeping tablets.
He said she had been distraught
and nervous when her second mar
riage, to Melvin Swartz Of Wash
'ington, failed.
Evening star., 1952-06-17

frain from pressing the abortion
charges.
The woman told the jury she
suffered no i'll effects from the
first operation, but was stricken
with peritonitis after the second
|one.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Dr.. Astin in New Post

DR.. Allen v. Astin, recently ap-
pointed director of the National
Bureau of Standards. has been
named a member of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronau-
tics.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Peckham Convicted
On Woman S Charge
OF Illegal Operation

was COnVlcCeQ on an aDOrClOn
charge and his attorney, Dorsey K
Offutt, was sentenced to 10 days
in jail on a contempt of court
charge in District Court yesterday
A jury of 10 men and two women
deliberated eight and one-hal1
hours before finding the physician
guilty of performing an illegal
Operation in May. 1851, on a g.
year-old former woman Marine
He was acquitted on a charge OF
performing the same kind of op-
Grafton on the woman in January,
1852.
Immediately after the jury re-
tired, Judge Alexander Holtzofi
cited Mr.. Offutt for contempt, de-
nouncing him for what the jurist
termed "contumacious, con-
temptuous and unethical con-
duct"
Refused to Allow Bail.
Judge Holtzoff refused to allow
bail for Mr.. Offutt after imposing
sentence. The attorney was held
in the United States marshal's
office until the Court of Appeals
ordered his release under $500
bond pending a review of the con-
tempt citation.
When the Jury reported Its
guilty verdict, Judge Holtzof
voiced quick approval.
AT last justice has caught up
with this defendant" Judge Holt
zof said. I'm convicting this de-
fendant I have no doubt you have
done the right thing. This is the
fourth time he has been tried on
similar charges. Three times be-
fore, somehow, he has managed
to win an acquittal."
DR.. Peckham was sent to Dis
trict Jail to await presentence
investigation. He faces up to five
years in prison.
Another Trial Pending.
Another abortion charge against
the physician is awaiting trial
The Government charges he per.
formed an illegal operation on 9
26-year-old Arlington housewife.
DR.. Peckham's trial, which be.
gan May q, was marked by FIRE.
quent clashes between Judge
Holtzof and Mr.. Offutt. In thu
contempt citation the jurist list.
ed 16 allegations of offensive re.
marks; % occasions when Mr.
Offutt persisted in asking ques.
tions that had been excluded BY
the court; seven counts of ad.
dressing the court in a bolster.
GUS. belligerent, discourteous ane
offensive tone of voice" and fivt
counts of persisting in talking
latter the court had made a .'ul.
ling.
Judge Holtzoff referred tn,
contempt citation to the Commit.
tee on Admission and Grievance.
with "the urgent hope that tn,
committee will take immediate
and energetic steps to purge tn.
bar of the unworthy and unethica
methods used by this unworth,
member.
Sees Justice Impaired.
"The fact that he has not beer
Iprecluded from pursuing them ha.
become a reflection on the lega
profession and a thorn in the
administration of justice. I hope
that in the future no judge will
be subjected to the ordeal of hav-
ing this person try case before
them.
If we had many such mem
bers Of the bar the health and
longevity Of trial justice might
be seriously impaired"
4 During the trial DR.. Peckham
who lives at $40 Princeton place
NV, contended he was a victim
|of attempted blackmail. He de.
nied he had ever performed ar
abortion on the complaining wit.
ness, but had treated her for .
kidney ailment and q cold. HI
said she demanded $1,000 to re.
Evening star., 1952-02-27
Federation Plans
Finance Forum

Mrs, William @, Watt, chair
man of the Virginia Federation oi
Women's Clubs Economic Secur'
ity Department, has announced
the Federation will present
finance forum and luncheon
March 6 in Richmond. Va.
The State Planters Bank anc
Trust Co. will be host for thu
affair. Program for the day has
been planned by Miss Virgins
Valentine Of the bank. and Mrs
A. Paul Hartz, president Of the
federation.
Discussions Of investments, es'
tates, insurance and United States
Savings Bonds will highlight thl
programs planned panel discus
Sions.
Reservations may be made
through Mrs. r. H. Burton, execu.
tive secretary of the VFWC
whose address Is the Hotel JET.
ferson, Richmond.
Evening star., 1952-02-27
Modern
Marriage
Creative Hobbies
Can Help to
Cure Jitters
By Dr.. PouI Popsnoe

Life 10 too tense for Mr.. and
Mrs. O'D. I'VE seem To be living
under q strain all the time" she
complains. Were jittery and
fidgety. We're cross with each
other. We can't sleep. I suppose
we can't change the worlds flnan-
cial situation or remove the threat
Of the atom bomb. but isn't there
something that q married couple
can do to get rid Of this tension
instead Of making each other
unhappy"
There are scores Of things you
can do, Mrs. o'D. The fifst Il to
consult your physician. Next, read
Psychologist Roswell H. j6hnsof's
suggestions on how 10 reduce
nervousness.
/. Learn the causes OF yeuF
ldifieuity and the truth about some
Ief y6uf w6fFies, II yeu are really
Bothered by the atom bomb, for
leNafapie, get the facts, seEAe OF
them ore Feassuflagi
q, Express mere leVe for yeuP
husband ~ and Vice versa, OF
course L6vifg and being loved
ere seed remedies for what alls
lyeu,
o. Bevete more time, II possible,
10 creative hobbies, especially cuts
door activities, Sports, gardening
ana creative arts are oil helpful,
4, Take part In more sFeup
activities that contribute semes
thing OF value 10 The world,
| D, Cultivate tho taehnlaua Of
mental relaxation NO that YOU can
20 10 aleep promptly, IN addition
10 whatever your physician may
advise warm bath, hot drink.
ete) put yourself Into the righ6
frame OF mind, This Ii extremely
important 10 d marriage and de-
mAnds some planning, When yeuP
Husband comes home, greet him
affeetl0nately and don't start In
on complaints II you have uns
pleasant things 10 talk about
what family deesn'tN set aside a
special time, during daylight hours,
f0F thaG purpose Plan pleasant
conversation while yeu are Al tho
dinner table, After that read,
listen 10 the radio or take up
something else enjoyable, Above
oil, after you 80 TO bed, keep
away from unpleasant topics, Too
many wives choose that time to
discuss their problems, the budget,
daily household worries, or
m0theF-ln-law, This Ia ruinous,
II you can't talk about something
enjoyable. don't talk at all,
| Plan along these lines for 0
month and ! think you'll ha
astonished to ilnd how much bet.
ter life Is,
Evening star., 1952-02-27

STATS, she pointed out, there is a
growing need for physicians and
dentists. There are about 700
women dentists in Great Britain
she said.
Yesterday, Miss Forrest and the
three other members of the health
mission were guests at a luncheon
given in their honor by DR.. Leon
ard A. Scheele, Surgeon Genera,
Of the United States Public Health
Service, at the Carlton Hotel. Tor
dental officials were among those
attending.
The mission will spend all day
today inspecting the National
Institutes of Health, which in
clude the National Institute o1
Dental Research, in Bethesda
and tomorrow will be the guests
of the American Dental Associa-
ton at a luncheon to be given al
1890 pm. at the Kennedy Warren
Hotel. DR.. c. Willard Camelier
past president Of the A. D. A., is
chairman of the luncheon, which
will be followed by a. tour of the
National Bureau Of Standards.
Evening star., 1952-02-27
Why Grow OLd2
Hunop-ConmonF Fault

fairly straight but her head may
protrude forward.
Many authorities feel that the
focal point Of good posture lies In
the way you hold your head. II Ii
almost impossible to hold II cor
rectly and have round shoulders
or a protruding abdomen. Once
the head is correctly balanced
the body is apt to fall into good
alignment.
To make a bad situation worse
fat often accumulates in this spot
when posture Is poor. You can i'm
prove the situation greatly even
III you are middle aged. The fol-
lowing exercise will be most help
full in doing this.
Lie on the floor on your back.
Evening star., 1952-02-27
CHAPTER Benefit

Bridge and canasta will be fea'
lures of a benefit party to b.
given at 2 pm. Saturday by tht
Stonewall Jackson Chapter No. 20
United Daughters of the Con.
federacy, in Confederate Me-
mortal Hall, 1922 Vermont ave-
nue. NV.
Mrs. Grace Taylor Koob is gen.
eral chairman Of reservations fol
the event, which will include salt
of home made candy, cookies anc
other articles.
Evening star., 1952-02-27
BY Josephine Lowmcn

One OF the most prevalen:
defects In beauty Is the dowager's
hump. the hump at the base oi
the neck, We even see this In very
young girls and virtually all wom-
en- acquire 1t to some extent az
they grow older. unless they work
to avoid 1t.
This Is almost entirely q ques-
ton Of poor posture. In some in
stances 1t is congenital, with one
vertebra unusually large. How
ever, this Is not the usual case
Even when a woman holds herself
fairly well when standing she
often "gives in" at the neckline
when sitting, or her back may be
Evening star., 1952-02-27
u, S, Amy Photos,

close to your knee, Lower trunk,
Repeat, Do not fail to roll the
head back and then lift the shoul-
deFs from the floor before raising
the trunk, I#
It Is worth o serious effort to
IMP this ugly figure In the bud.
Evening star., 1952-02-27

Bend your right knee and grasp
1t with your hands, pulling 1t back
close to your abdomen, Hold 1t In
this position while you roll your
head back and lift your shoulders
from the floor. After this raise
the trunk and bring your nose
Evening star., 1952-02-27
Speaker Noned

Thomas o, Connor, executive as
sistant to the administrator oi
Small Defense Plants, will speak
on the subject, "52, the Year ot
Decision" at a State luncheon
meeting of the Woman's National
Democratic Club, at 1880 pm
tomorrow. htgHF
The clubs Education Commit
tee is sponsoring the luncheon
which will honor the following
States: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsyl-
Vania and West Virginia.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
MaIan Court Program
Is Step 10 Anarchy,
Opposition Declares
By the Associated Press

| CAPETOWN, South Africa, Apri
t16-The South African National
list governments move to bar
courts from halting its race Segre.
Igation policies lay in the lap o.
a bitterly divided Parliament to.
day but still was in the talking
stages. :
j. G. N. Strauss, leader of tn.
United Party which opposes thu
government, warned last nigh
that if Premier Daniel F. Malar
presses on with his attempt tt
make the courts subServient tt
Parliament, lit would lead to a
state of anarchy and revolution"
DR.. Malan was deeply angereo
because the Appeals Court, South
Africa's highest tribunal, last
month threw out his law to re-
strict the voting rights of $4,000
mixed-blood colored persons in
Cape Province.
II
He has outlined - but not yet
introduced in Parliament-a bill
to give Parliament the upper hand
over the courts. DR.. Malan's Ma
tionalist Party holds 86 of Parlia-
ment's 153 seats. His proposed
bill would deny the courts the
right to overrule parliamentary
acts and would make court deci-
Isions subject to Parliament's ap-
proval.
Mr.. Strauss said the issue is
purely and simply that the Ma
tionalist Party wants to entrench
its own power"
The opposition did not wait un-
til Dr.. Malan presented his bill
to begin its attack. It opened fire
yesterday with a move to paralyze
government finances by filibuster-
ing the budget debate unless DR..
Malan accepts the constitutional
power of the courts.
Bitter Dispute Expected.
The dispute is expected to be
long and bitter. DR.. Malan,s par
liamentary majority is expected
to pass its restrictive bill. Then.
it is believed, the Appeals Court
is likely to overrule it, leaving the
whole matter to be settled even
tually at the polls.
Defending the government, In
terror Minister T. E. Donges, who
wrote the original vote-restrict-
ing act, declared, "The Parliament
elected by the people is the high
est authority"
Mr.. Donges said court decisions
must not be above criticism. Par
lament frequently has made court
decisions harmless" by later
amendments to laws, he said.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
$4,000 Daylight
Robbery Staged on
Busy Paris Street
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, April 16.-Five masked
bandits wearing berets held UP a
money changers truck in a busy
Paris street yesterday and escaped
with 26 million francs in gold bull
lion and million in bank notes =
the equivalent of $80,OOO..
1t was one of the boldest day-
light robberies in Paris. The ban
dts forced the small truck to the
curb. Two of them snatched the
gold and money at gun-point from
the two occupants of the truck.
Then the bandits dashed to a
waiting car. Police attempted to
stop the getaway car but were
stopped by a fusillade of sub
machinegun fire.
The driver of the truck, held up
once before two years ago, said
he's had enough.
I'm changing jobs" he said.
I'm too frightened"
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Red Lawyers Attack
Budenz Private Life
BY the Asseeiated Press

| The Communist Party yester-
day opened an attack on the pri-
vate life of Louis Budenz, one
time party functionary who has
since become one of the country's
most-heard-from witnesses against
communism.
Lawyers for the party sue
ceeded. after lengthy legal ma
neuvering. in getting q series of
questions about an alleged long
ago liaison of Mr.. Budenz's into
the record Of a hearing before
the Subversive Activities Control
Board.
Mr.. Budenz was asked during q
1947 deportation proceeding
whether he stayed at a hotel in
New York with a Louise Gahan in
the 1930s. and whether he also
spent time" with her in Stam-
ford, Conn.
AT that time, the transcript
showed, he refused to answer on
the ground that he might be in
eliminating himself.
Peter Campbell Brown. acting
chairman of the control board
ruled yesterday that Mr.. Budenz
need not answer at this time. But
ne nnally agreed to their being
inserted in the hearing record so
that the courts can decide finally
whether or not they are questions
which properly can be put.
In cross-examination Mr.. Bu-
denz said he has received up-
wards Of $4,000 from lecture
ices. book royalties and other
sources-in addition to his SAL
ary-slnce breaking with the
Communist Party seven years ago.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Bon on Jews Defeated

BEIRUT, Lebanon. April 16. (P)
"A proposal to dismiss Jewish
officers from the Lebanese army
was rejected by the Chamber OF
Deputies yesterday by a vote oi
80 to Is. The resolution, intro
duced by Deputy Emile Bustani
was supported by bloc normally
opposed to the government.
Evening star., 1952-04-16
Austrian Schools Surveyed

VIENNA.-Austria has about
1894 elementary schools with a
total pupil enrolment of more
than 800. 900.
Evening star., 1952-12-11

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sosssr neer cabinets: On rs,,s sale
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-01-18
NCCW Directors
Prepare Program
For Fall Meeting

WASHINGTON - (NC) - The
Board of Directors of the National
Council of Catholic Women will
meet in this city this week, it has
been announced. Mrs. Gerald B.
Bennett, Grand Rapids, Mich,
president, will preside.
At the meeting, board members
will have the opportunity of meet
ing with Archbishop Richard J.
Cushing of Boston, for the first
time since he became Episcopal
Chairman of the Department of
Lay Organizations, National Catho-
lie Welfare Conference.
Main points of business for dis
cuSSion are the meeting of the
World Union of Catholic Women's
Organizations to be held in April
in Rome, Italy, and the 26th ma
tional convention of the National
Council of Catholic Women, sched-
uled for September 20 to "a, in
Seattle, Wash. Reports will be
given on the World Congress of
the Lay Apostolate, held last Oc-
tober in Rome, and other national
and international meetings and
tours in which the N.C.C.W. par
ticipated.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-01-18
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Urged By Women's Magazines

UNION CITY, NJ. - "For all
their feminist chatter about wom-
anly independence, women'S maya
zines take care that the women
of America remain dependent on
Them" declares an article in the
January issue of The Sign, nation
al Catholic magazine published
here.
"ThiS is the crux of their partic-
ular brand Of philosophical mater
ialism," says the article, Designs
on Today's Woman" written by Mil
ton Lomask as the fifth in series
evaluating women's magazines lin
the light of enduring religious
principles.
1T is vital to women's magazines
that this situation persist, that
these designs succeed! At stake is
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-01-18

100 billion dollars a year-the es-
timated purchasing power of
American women!" Lomask writes.
I'm the women's and fashion
magazines man is seen in time only
Never in infinity Marriage
becomes pretty formal and ster-
lie affair. 1t is no sacrament. At
best it is rather high sort of ar
rangement. "A solemn business
partnership according to one per-
iodical, "a useful social invention in
the words of another.
I'm the women'S magazines, God
may propose, but man disposes,
and human convenience is the guild
ing principle. Birth control and di-
vorce are matters of individual
preference. So is planned parent
hood in most of the magazines.
"You can read these periodicals
ad infinitum without suspecting
that what makes marriage go
round is not taking but giving, not
egotism but self-sacrifice, not so
much being loved as loving.
Character is out. The stress is
on personality, on adjustment to
society, on getting along with peo-
pie and keeping up with the Jones'
es At least one women'S mag
azine refuses liquor and cigaret ad-
vertising. None refuses ads con-
tanning exaggerated appeals to
greed, fear, vanity and self-indul-
gence.
Among the tares, always of
course, some wheat. Occasionally
there is thoughtful defense of hui
man rights. Occasionally there is a
profound, if too carefully segregat-
ed discussion of real religion. Occa-
sionally hauntingly spiritual
story appears among the tricks and
trinkets of the fashion magazines.
Occasionally the reader is permit
ted glimpse of the fact that an ir-
religious generation, having sowed
the wind, is now lonely and afraid
before the whirlwind."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-01-18
Nuns Charity
Conquers Red
Korean Chief

PUSAN. Korea-(NCl-A Korean
communist leader, deserted by his
comrades, was found sick and star
wing in wretched little hut here.
Obdurste at first, he softened IN
der the spell OF Christ-like charity
at the MaryknoII Sisters Clinic
and died fervent Catholic.
The story is told by Sister NJ.
Mercy, MD, superior of the medi-
cal team of Maryknoll Sisters, now
treating approximately 1,500 refu-
gees q day in this oyercrowdcd war
time city.
"On their daily sick calls, doc
tor and a Korean Sister-nurse came
across a young man in most de-
plorable state" she related. He
lived in a tiny hut with no one to
attend him.
''He had often gone without food
for days. He was dying of tuber-
culosis and starvation and neg
lect as well.
SISTER and the doctor set about
cleaning him up. You cannot inn
agine the gratitude of this man
when he found himself in warm
clean bed in a bright room.
I'VE began to talk to him about
God and Heaven for the man was
seriously i'll.
"'God?' he said. There is no
Godr
'Then we discovered that our
patient was communist leader.
For six years he had spent all his
time indoctrinating others. Two
Korean priests and Sister Agatha
showed him that he had seen
Christ-Iike charity.
"'But how can / believe in God
when | have been teaching others
the communist doctrine for years.
be asked.
Finally, after much praying by
all of us, he said he did believe
in God and was baptized. From
then on he suffered remorse. He
kept saying he did not have peace
since he had led so many others in
to error. But Gods grace won a1c
wonderful calm finally came over
the man.
"He kept muttering the Holy
Names of Jesus and Mary for five
hours before his soul went off tS
Heaven. And this happened dur
ing Mass, which Father Chang wa,
offering for him not three fee
away. Only a partition separated
the man from the altar. How gooC
God isl This one soul was worth
our coming to PuSan."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-01-18
Autobiography of Famed
Priest-Author Published

NEW YORK-(NC)-The Rev.
Edward F. Murphy, S. S. j., author
OF several beSt-sellers, has written
his life story, Yankee Priest, a"
which has been published here
by Doubleday. The book is sub
titled IAN photographed Jour-
ney, with certain detours, from
Salem to New Orleans.
Father Murphy is a Josephite
priest and is head of the religion
and philosophy department at
Xavier University in New Orleans.
He is the author of THE Scarlet
Lily"