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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
Continued from Page L.

Hersey'S new novel, 1.-THE Mar
mot Drive" (KnopD is diSap-
pointing. The heavy symbolism
with which the author of "a Bell
for Adano' and THE Wall"
clothed his story in puzzle rather
than an effective allegory. Mich
olas Monsarrat. whose "The Cruel
Sea" was a well-deserved best
seller. let us down completely with
something called THE Story Of
Esther Costello" (Knopf). Pearl
Buck, Nobel Prize winner, APP
pears to have detracted from her
reputation with story Of India.
Come, My Beloved" John Day..
Ben Ames Williams THE Uncon-
quered" (Houghton Mifnino was
published shortly after his unfor-
tunate death. 1t is clear picture
of the South at the close of the
Civil War.
Alfred Hayes, who won wide
recognition for two war books,
gave us In Love" (Harpe), well
written of its kind but hardly i'm
portant.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. au-
thor of The Yearling," produced
"The Sojourner" (Scribner'S), a
somber monotone concerning an
Eastern farm. Walter Karig, the
Washington novelist and hiSto-
rian. published a sensitive story OF
boyhood, Nicely" (RineharD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
of the Literary Scene

abarger brought out Lord VAN
ity' little, Brown.
Nor were there so many of that
related species, the biographical
novel. Harnett T. Kane had an
other best-seller in THE Lady of
Arlington" doubleday, which
deals with the life of Mrs. Robert
E. Lee. story of particular in
tereSt to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
Life Portraits


Literary biographies: however,
fiourished. Among the excellent
ones were two on a beloved Mid
western novelist: villa Gather:
A Critical Biography" by E. K.
Brown, and villa Gather Living:
A Personal Record" by Edith
Lewis, both published by Knopf.
The two-volume Charles Dick
ems: His Tragedy and Triumph"
by Edgar Johnson (Simon &
Schuster), is generally considered
the best biography of the Victorian
novelist. Andre MauroiS produced
in Leila" Harperl a highly re-
garded life of George Sand. Reg
inald Pounds Arnold Bennett"
Harcourt, Brace is top-notch.
No survey of the years books
would be complete without at
least a mention of DR.. Kinsey's
Sexual Behavior in the Human
Female" (Saunders). I leave con-
illusions to the experts and to
the judgment of readers willing
to pay So for it or able to bor-
row it. Certainly another of the
most talked-about non-fiction
books was The Strange Case of
Alger Hiss" by the Earl Jowitt,
an ex-Lord Chancellor of Eng
land Doubleday.
Many commendable books have
after all, this is a critical survey,
not catalogue, intended to be
Selective rather than exhaustive.
1t is submitted with the hope
that it will be of some help to
readers baked by the multiplicity
of books and confused by conflict
ing opinions about them.
Evening star., 1953-05-07

There were notes of regret from
Saipan and Africa.
Those Present.
The others present were: DON
aid Althaus, 30, collection man
ager for Woodward & Lothrop;
John Beebe. 33, engineer with
the Bureau of Aeronautics; Ro-
bert Camalier, 35, administrative
officer in the Agriculture Depart
ment: Rene Dagneaux, As, agent
for Scneider's Bakery; Joseph
Gulick, 80. electrical engineer
with the Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory.
Also Donald Hamilton, 81, note
teller at the Riggs National Bank.
Dupont Circle branch; George
Lehman, 80, automobile salesman
for Leo Rocca, Inc; William
Murphy. 33, a tile contractor
now starting to build houses on
contract; Bill Quackenbush, Is,
still jumping" from the trucks.
Also the four Kicker brothers:
Arthur, 46; Carl, SO: Charles, 80,
all partners in a neighborhood
job printing shop at Fessenden
street and Wisconsin avenue
NV, and Warren Kicker, 80, a
printer with Riggs National Bank,
and Arthur, jr., who has a route
all in one apartment building,
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Business Conditions
Are Generally Good,
Aide 10 Weeks Saws

Business conditions generally
are good, despite earlier fears
that cuts in Government spend
ing would bring decline, Under
secretary Of Commerce w. WAL
ter Williams said yesterday.
He addressed the final ses-
sion of the three-day convention
of the National Small Business
Mems Association in the May
flower Hotel.
Mr.. Williams said there will
be some readjustment in busi-
ness. but he added he sees moth
Ing to cause fear.
The Undersecretary summed
up his views of the business
situation thus: Plant and equip
ment are in full use. prices are
steady, inventory is high. but
not too high. There is practically
no speculative stockpiling going
on. There is a total public and
private debt of $3.50 billion, an
increase of 25 per cent in the
past three years: but this must
be regarded in the light of con-
tinued imitation during this
period.
Meanwhile. savings are high,
the output of services and goods
is devoted largely to the civilian
market. Some prices are down,
including real estate in some
areas.
A warning that further tariff
cuts will expose small industries
to disastrous competition" was
voiced by Oscar Strackbein,
chairman of the Nationwide
Committee of Industry. Agricul-
ture and Labor on Import Export
Policy.
He declared small business can
not stand the competition the
big mass production industries
can. He said the large industries
benefit from the artificially
stimulated exports during and
since World War II. Imports
have had no such stimulus, he
observed,
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Star and Pop FURNACE Grew
Up Together in Chevy Chase
By George Kennedy
Surprise Dinner Given
For Agent Retiring
After As Years

What happens to newsboys
when they grow up?
The Horatio Alger days have
passed when most captains of
industry would get up at testi-
monial dinners and tell how they
made their start by selling papers
on a downtown street corner.
But the roster of those who
gave a testimonial dinner last
night in the Kennedy Warren
apartment house, 3133 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, to William
(Pop) FURNACE, retiring Star
route agent for the Chevy Chase
area, gives an inkling Of the
situation today.
The dinner was a surprise to
Mr.. FURNACE. He thought he
was being taken by one of his
friends to a Masonic lodge meet
ing.
Mr.. FURNACE started selling
The Star in a downtown area
in June. 1908. near the end Of
the Theodore Roosevelt admin
iStration. In 1911, he purchased
the Chevy Chase territory.
~ Stars Delivered.
Seventy-four Stars in two bun
dies were placed each day on
the streetcar that went out to
Chevy Chase Circle, where the
conductor would throw the bum
dies off. Two boys on bicycles
had no difficulty in delivering
them.
Mr.. FURNACE increased the
number of subscribers consider
ably as the population grew.
Today more than 5000 Stars are
delivered on this side of the
District line and an equal num-
ber beyond it in his original
territory.
In the old days the agents
owned their territories. About
10 years ago The Star pur-
chased them, which has allowed
Mr.. FURNACE. who is sc, to re-
tire on pension. His physician
told him that he was getting
too worried about every one
getting the paper on time.
Some time after his purchase
of the territory he bought a
comfortable house in Cleveland
Park at 3709 Thirty fifth street
NV.
FL NewsbOyS.
What happens to the news
boys? Twenty-one of them were
at the dinner. including young
sters still serving routes or
jumping with bundles from the
trucks. One of the former news
boys was his son, William J..
FURNACE, jr., 10, assistant pur-
chasing agent for the Gardner
Laboratories of Bethesda.
William j. FURNACE III, II, a
student at Richard Montgomery
High School in Rockville and a
former Star carrier, is a student
trainee in the Safeway stores.
Mr.. FURNACE had a hand in
helping to bring up many boys
outside his family. Some were
unable to attend the dinner.
They were in the armed services.
Evening star., 1953-05-07

I the Kenmore, at 5415 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
Also Robert Waters. 80. an in
stallation man for Chesapeake
g. Potomac Telephone Co.. who
arranged the surprise party;
Bobby Samuels, IA, still jump
ing; Bill Waters. 35, public re-
lations man for the telephone
company; Dan Willis, 33. an
economist with the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, and Thomas
Washington, Al, a member OF
the family that gave America its
first president. Mr.. Washington
is an architect with the District
government.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Negroes Get Council Posts
In 5 North Carolina Cities
By the Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N. C. May T.
At least five Negroes started
terms yesterday as councilmen
In five North Carolina cities.
In four of the cities the newly
elected councilmen were the first
of their race to hold such posi-
tions since reconstruction days.
The only repeater was DR.. Will
liam Hampton, reelected to
Greensboro's City Council.
Those elected in other places
we're: Hubert S. Robinson of
Chapel Hill, a janitor at the
University of North Carolina
and former employe in the home
of DR.. Frank P. Graham, former
president of the university; G..
K. Butterf1eld, Wilson; Sam Bar
ber, Gastonia and r. N. Harris,
Durham.
Evening star., 1953-05-07

There were notes of regret from
Saipan and Africa.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

professional massage equipment
built for hospitals, institutions and
health centers.
The units can be used while you
read, rest, or work at a desk. The
deeply penetrating, very comfort
ing massage action win help re-
Heve limb cramps, numbness, cold
feet and other circulatQry ailments.
Also, they'll help relax taut nerves
and firm soft muscles.
A recommended form Of exercise
for those too busy or not physically
able to engage IN active exercise.
eWrite Niagara, Dept. TW4,
Adamsville, Pa, for free booklet
and full details.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
LAST CHANCE TO SAVE OUR CITIES
coniinusd from page hirty-Ons

nomically and socially inseparable.
Fires. burglars and epidemics do
not stop at the city limits. The
only fair answer to the city's finan-
cial dilemma, many experts now
believe. is to create. in large metro
politan areas. a metropolitan tax
ing system, crossing county, town
and city lines.
Sssp Ne. :: RlanninG an& ne-
xonimU
A few Of our cities have admira-
bic. up-to- date zoning ordinances
hut most Of our laws we've passed
Is or 80 years ago and haven't
been touched since. For example,
one defines adequate illumina-
ton as one gas ring per room!
Remember. too, in 1925 there were
20. 900, 600 motor vehicles as
against 5000. coo today.
The industrial areas in all our
major cities are treated as catch
alls where anything goes. Tene-
ments are next to stockyards and
Office and factory buildings have
their shoddy fringes Of greasy
diners.
Too often ugiiness is taken for
granted in our city centers. Archi-
tectural harmony is rare. It is not
uncommon to see on one city block
an imitation Swiss chalet cuddled
UP to a Greek temple facing a
chromium nd-plate-glass store
front and a bank which looks like
Mount Vernon.
To make our old cities and our
new communities safe for the pres
ent and the future. iOe must bring
zOsisg Np 70 date and strictly en-
farce Il.
In many communities which
have good zoning laws there is no
provision for regular inspection
and no enforcement except by
neighborhood protest.
Also, we must plan wisely and
imaginatively for the future. 50
that growth win be orderly and
not haphazard. OF course, city
planners must avoid the tempta-
ton to draw up a pretty picture Of
how the old town ought to look
and try to twist the city around
until it fits. Zoning and planning
should be adapted to what already
Evening star., 1953-04-26

exists, and help steer future growth
in the right direction.
Here, then. Is the i've step plan
which IN my opinion can still save
our cities. Real-estate men
believe it can be done. The
National Association Of Real Es-
tate Boards IN Washington Is set
ting up FIVE national committees
with representatives in all major
cities. They win exchange ideasand
encourage ailing communities to
put the five-point plan into action.
/. Through rehabilitation
whole neighborh0Ods can be
revived. .
Z By re-dcselopmcnt, sse can
eliminate the further spread
Of the slnm blight.
:. Through better mass trans-
portation, wc can make our
existing housing supply unore
accessible and convenient.
Z. BY sOnnder taxation wc can
case the burden ON tho dir
tresscd and spread the lOad ON
the basis Of ability % pay.
8. Finally, By better planning
and re-zOning we cam avoid the
mistakes Of the past and estab-
Iish permanent patterns for
the preservation and growth Of
existing values.
OUR cities are facing . crisis 3
real crisis in the American way.
But America has met crises in the
past and mastered them. Working
together. We can do It again.
Ourreputation for self-reIianceis
atstake. For yearsnow we've com
planned that our hands were tied
by bungling bureaucrats. Today,
throughout the country, We have
new leaders. This is our chance
perhaps our last chance y to build
America better!
NEXT WEEK: More AsssericaRs
are enjoyiPs our libraries,
museums ard sO0s tIsaR eper
before. Yet neUer hGue Our
cultural iRstitutiOns been
more insperiled. Road the facts
in ssNO More Mnselsnss?'
secOssd In TINS WEEK's series,
ssCrisis in Our Anaerican Way"
Evening star., 1953-04-26

football. The mayor of one Mid
west city told me, "We can squan-
der millions on needless sewers,
roads, memorials, drinking fOun-
tains, even build horse troughs
no one cares! But try to raise bus
fares two cents and the whole
town screams!"
Here are some common-sense
transport reforms that could be
instituted right away:
!. During rush hours, reserve some
streets for buses only and adjust
traffic lights to speed public transit
instead of private cars.
Z. Stop the building Of parking
lots. shoppers garages and other
projects within the congested area.
Make it clear that the city's center
IS no place to do al" drive-in" busi-
ness.
:. Stagger working hours.
4. Segregate certain major shop
ping streets for pedestrian use only.
:. Don't allow duplicate transport
systems to run on the same streets.
8. Through increased rates on
parking meters, ETC., make the cost
of individual, private auto use 90
clear to people that the choice of
good public transport will seem a
real economy.
Ssep Igo. 4: Taxaaion
Think you1l escape high taxes
by moving out Of town? Then
profit by the story of Norwell.
Mass. not far from where / live.
!, A few years ago Norwell was a
small residential town 20 miles
outside of Boston. It was proud Of
its fiscal solvency and low tax rates
and had a strong booster spirit.
Attracted by the low taxes, thou
sands of new homeowners swarmed
IN. Schools, public utilities, roads
and other facilities were swamped.
Taxes went sky high. Many fami-
lies who had counted on low taxes
to help them carry high mortgages
were caught in the tax trap they
had helped to build. One home
owner reported that his taxes
tripled in IA years! Today. the
town of Norwell is trying. too late,
to stop growing.
thigh taxes are to be everyone's
lot, we viii manage somehow to
pay them. What worries YOU
and all Of us is whether the
fellow down the block ID paying
his share. In many communities,
assessments are unequal and open
to political and personal influence.
Many tax systems contain legal ,
loopholes that rob our cities of
millions. An industrialist. for ex-
ample. can build his factory just
outside the city limits. He pays no
city taxes, ducksmunicipal respon-
sibility. Yet he is glad to take adj
vantage Of the city, markets. ship
ping facilities and labor pool.
Similarly, many workers earn
their wages in the city but live -
and pay their taxes - to the sur
Evening star., 1953-04-26
H ELP POOR
CIRCULkTI ION
WlTn sIAcARA'S
MoMDEMul. MEM
cusllIOM AllD MAllD
MASSAGE uniTs

These amaz-
ing home mas
sage sets operate
ON exactly the
same principle
aa the Niagara
Evening star., 1953-02-01

is Movie Editor Louis Berg's
kt week: Barbara BrittOn. who
wv her through pOlarOid glasses
Evening star., 1953-02-01

ed for 500, 600 a publicity gag,
sure, but it proves that her legs
noticed by blase press agents.
|vertheless, there are not many
in Hollywood who have suffered so
at the hands of the beauticians to
We the appearance that Hollywood
|ders ideal.
|e trouble was with her hair, which
Foal black.
hn, when / first knew her, was a
Der of the now disbanded Golden.
+" of Paramount top starlets. She
being goomed for stardom. But
he could never achieve with coal
hair. The fashion favors blondes
Fedheads, and so a blonde or red
she had to become. Or else cult
a foreign accent. and spend the
Z of her movie career playing half
girls or foreign spies.
0vezzipe TangeEine
does not look at all like a spy.
face is smiling, her eyes friendly,
expression candid. So there was
Ing to be done but to change the
of her hair. Platinum, or any
kind Of blond was, with her dark
out Of the question. The studio
led to make her a redhead.
wasn't easy. "The first effort came
bright orange, with dark spots, like
Ferripe tangerine,' - says Joan.
e yelped when she saw it, and then
She was afraid to 60 home to her
and, who is screenwriter and play
bit Leonard Freeman, and she was
fed ir- her fears. He hit the roof.
pr waChe pleased when, thereafter,
came home every two weeks -
Continued on next page
is Movie Editor Louis Berg's
1t week: Barbara BrittOn, who
Nv her through pOlarOid glasses
Arkansas State press., 1953-05-15
South Supporting
TN "fEPc"

Washington, p c. (GNSl - In
d somewhat surprising move,
some southern members Of con
sHess announced that they were
IN favor Of an FEpC amendment
To ahc Tat Hartley law
The sautaarner Of the house
sad the controversial law would
make friends oft OF enemies II
it amended as proposed to pro-
teet members Of minority groups
from discrimination by labor I'M
Ions or employers dealing with
labor unions
The amendment as proposed by
New Yorks Senator Irving Nj
ives would ban L Discrimination
by an employer against any mem
Der of labor organization IN
hiring. promoting. etc. on account
of race, religion. color. national
origin or ancestry; p Discrimlha-
tion Of the same nature by a Ia
Dor organization; 81 Segregation
Arkansas State press., 1953-05-15
Jones HI School
Honored Again

Fer the second consecutive year
the N adwark department Of the
industrial Arts department OF
Scinia A. Jones high school has
won FIRST place in the Arkansas
State auth Industrial Education
association held each year at AM
an college, Pine Bluff
The Boys who represented the
carpentry department from Jones
high were Curtis Clay, a senior
and Marion Ray, a tenth grader
This department Is under the
supervision of King c. Byrd who
has headed it for the past ten
wears. Mr.. Byrd has left no stones
unturned in giving his position
full days work, This can be seen
through the many students VINO
have passed out into life, and are
putting into practice the know
ledge gained while being unaef
MS supervision. 40
the hard work on the part OF MT.
Byrd. and the ability and earn
estness of the boys to grasp ms
teaching. they again brought
home the bacon to Jones hlgh
school though in competition win
twelve other schools of the state.
Mr. Byrd, along with Curtis
CLAY and Marion Ray was a
warded a trip to Tuskegee nsu-
t,te to the American Youth In
dustrial Education association. Az
Tuskeeee these boys were honor-
ed again They won third place
out on 6 group representing seven
states.
Others accompanying Mr.. Byri
an the trim were NJ. c, LETTERS OF
Lincoln high school, Forrest City
NJ A. Biakely, supervisor Of trades
at AMIN college, Pine Bluff and
J. x seawood, Pine Bluff.
Arkansas State press., 1953-05-15

The Nest Rev, Joseph Bow
ers, Roman Catholic Bishop Of
Acera, Gold Coast, Africa, pre-
pares to board i Pan American
World Always Clipper at Nj
ami, Florida, en- route to visit
his father, a retired village
school teacher on the island Of
Dominica, British West Indies.
Bishop Bowers is the first Ne
gre Roman Catholic bishop to
be eOnsecrated on U S. soil,
the conservation taking place
at Bay St Louis. Mississippi
recently. The bishop is accom-
panied by his niece, Ivinia
Stephenson.
Arkansas State press., 1953-05-15
Visits



association entertained the ma
tional president, Mrs. Mariona L,
Davis The national headquarters
are located at Tuskegee institute.
Mrs. Davis was accompanied by
her husband, Frank Davis The
DaviseS while here. were en-
tertained at a Saturday -nite-hsh-
fry at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
L ~ Bronson sponsored by the
Little Rock chapter and Phi Beta
Sigma fraternity. DR.. Savage, head
OF the department Of history at
lincoln university and national
historian, was a special guest at
the affair. The cooks and walters
from Lafayette hotel were in
rhsrre. The members of the as
sociation worshipped at Mt. Zion
church for the Sunday morning
service.
Sunday afternoon IL members of
the local chapter had turkey din
ner with Mr., and Mrs. Davis in
the spacious dining room Of the
Oasis hotel The group was the
recipient Of desserts In the beau
tifully designed home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. s. L. Owens. The browning
event was the Open House. later
in the evening In the Oasis hotel
Here Mrs. Davis was presented
formally to the people OF Greater
Little Rock. In the receiving line
were Aaron Higgs, president of
the Little Rock chapter and vice
president Of the national chapter.
Mrs s A. Quarles, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis.
Arkansas State press., 1953-05-15

bills They make and enforce or
dinanees regulating their cities
They conduct their own elections.
They have their own police force
court Of law and administer Jus
tice. The boy has chance to
loaH himself '# nrnment Is
what be makes
Ia be eligible e. membership
Tn Boys State a Bay must be Of
Junior classification In high school
and eligible for d senior ranking
in September. 1858 He should be
selected by a sponsor from a list
recommended by the high school
superintendent Candidates should
have completed the third year in
high school, be mentally alert
and physically clean, enthusiastic,
honest and thrifty. and able to
get along with others.
The attendance fee for the B.
day period is $50 This includes
cost If housing, board, recreation
al equipment, T shirts. badge
note books. etc Attendance fee
is to be paid by the sponsoring
organization when application Is
submitted. Sponsors will provide
transportation TO and from Pine
Bluff.
The American Legion IS appeal
ing for applications to be submit
ted Immediately in order TO meet
the minimum membership Of 100
boys
Arkansas State press., 1953-05-15
Killing
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
He lived with his wife in a farm
shanty as a renter There were 1
children in the Davis family,
seven-year-old daughter who was
home at the time Of tragedy. and
three sons, one of whom Is about
Is years old and was around
shortly after the killing ACQUIRED,
and another who is in the army
and is now reported AWOL.
Mrs. Davis has been charged
with first degree murder.
Arkansas State press., 1953-05-15
Rights


Continued from page onel
slsts OF only seven lawyers, a
memorandum presented 70 Mr.
Erawneu points out, # urged .
three fold increase in the size
Of the staff with fuIltime assign
ment 10 civil rights activities.
Further it asked Tor the appoint
ment OF IN assistant attorney
general 10 direct these activities
and for the establishment OF re-
gianaI offices in key cities thru
out the country.
In a second memorandum, the
delegation charged that the fail
ure to enforce the non-discrimi-
nation provisions in government
contracts has resulted in 'conspie-
nous consistent and widespread
violations and warned that "un-
less corrective measures are tax
en-. a non compliance will con-
tinue.'
Three recommendations YER g
set forth: % That responsibility
for enforcing the non discrini-
nation clause be vested in
single federal agency: t21 that all
applicants for contracts be re-
CURED to certify willingness 70
comply with prescribed proceed
ures for implementing the non
discrimination provision Of the
contract. ard 81 that specific
sanctions other than contract
termination, be applied against
viIfnl violators of this provision.
Arkansas State press., 1953-05-15
Card of Thanks

The family of Mrs. Elnora
Routen Phillips wishes to thank
our friends for their helpfulness
and comforting expressions Of
sympathy during our recent be-
reavenent.
Mrs. Mary r Rauten, mother
Mrs. Victoria Knight sister
o. 3 Rauten, brother
DR. l.. Routen. brother