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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15

would decide when he was to be
released. No one was ever named
to this authority.
Another threat to the program
is q bill recently introduced in
the Senate to cut the Federal
Parole Board from eight to I'VE
members. The three posts In
question were set up by the
Youth Corrections Act to handle
the program. No one was ever
appointed to Ill them. Judge
Laws said.
Society Is Praised.
The Society Of Sponsors is q
group OF about 800 men and
women, each Of whom acts as q
friend Of one boy or girl In local
penal institutions. Judge Laws
praised their work as zone Of
the finest steps ever taken" in
crime prevention.
Yesterdays meeting, the NTH
IN an annual series. Was held
&C the National Training school
for Boys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Henry WhiiIoW Dies;
5th. Precinct Police
Private for Years

Henry w. Whitlow, IS, a 5th
Precinct police private for %
years, died last Thursday at his
home, 12411 Goodwill road, Silver
Spring.
Mr.. Whitlow, who lived at ZIG
Emerson street NV. for many
years, had lived in his new home
only one month.
Born in Lobb County, KY; he
came to Washington in 1911. He
worked at the Government
Printing Office until joining the
Army during World War,I. When
he returned from service he was
employed by The Capital Trac-
ton Co., remaining there until
joining the police department.
He served his entire career in
the 5th Precinct. For the last
several years before his retire.
ment in 1916 he was co-ordinator
of the school boy patrols. He
also was instrumental in spon-
soring Christmas parties for poor
children.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mildred A. Whitlow; two
sons. Howard E., Of 1928 Fiji
tenth avenue. Takoma Park,
and Charles Stanley Whitlow,
serving with the Navy at Little
Greek. Va, and q daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth w. Henderson Of Mid
dlefield, Conn. He is also sur
vived by three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 1890 am. tomorrow at the
S. H. Hines Funeral Home, 1901
Fourteenth street NV. Burial
will be in the Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Resolution Opposes
u More Commissioners

A resolution opposing the
Case proposal to increase the
number Of District Commission
ers to five will be presented at q
meeting Of the Young Demo-
cratic Club at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row at the Roger Smith Hotel.
The group also win hear talks
by Jack Anderson and Ronald
w. May, co-authors Of ''McCar-
thy. the Man, the Senator, the
Ism"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
By Joseph B. Byrnes

A lion will dance in the streets
of Chinatown today, bringing
portentS of joy and good for
tune to those he smiles, upon in
this eventful Year Of the Snake.
Beginning at 2 pm. WASH
ington's Chinese colony, some
1000 strong will celebrate for
mally their New Year. It ac-
tually began at midnight yes
terday.
Traditionally. most Chinese
here conduct festivities on the
Sunday following the New Year
to give businessmen, who would
be working on any other day in
the week. a chance to join In
the fun.
Looks Like Dragon.
The lion. China's symbol Of
joy. will be the leading charac-
ter in the program which will
last until 5 pm. on H street
NV, between Sixth and Sew
enth. the heart of Chinatown.
To Westerners the jumping
and lunging of the man-made
animal that most mistake for a
dragon. is meaningless. To a
Chinese. its every move is a ballet
predicting things to come.
Young Hanford Lee. president
Of the Chinese Youth Club. told
of the painstaking care that goes
into the Dance Of the Lion .
Since September. elders of his
race have been coaching some 80
members Of the club in their
parts.
Two sturdy young mentor
they must be that to last even
is minutes under the heavy robes
that constitute the body Of the
lion-perform at any time. Be-
fore the day is out Mr.. Lee pre-
dicted, all 80 will have partici-
pated in the lion dance.
Following the dictates OF q GUS
tom centuries old. the lion will
work his way down the street
visiting the various restaurants
curio shops and the On Leone
and Hip Sing Merchants Asso-
Citations.
Lion to Collect Funds.
At each he viii stop, mouth
agape, then lunge forward tc
snatch from the hands Of the
merchants red streamers tx
which q money offering is tied.
The funds are set aside fol
Chinese charities. according tC
Mr.. Lee and George Moy. un.
official mayor Of Chinatown.
Throughout the performance
the lion win run q gamut Of pop
ping fire crackers. claShing Gym.
bols and other noises dear t.
every Oriental ct festival time.
The lion will be followed b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Cqpering Lion to Herald Year
Of Snake in Chinatown Today

exhibitions OF Chinese boxing
These matches are actually rit-
ualistic dances symbolic of the
ancient art of defense and are
performed with long poles and
knives. Participants parry and
counter according to a set plan.
Exotic Dishes Planned.
Informally, Chinese mer-
chants and elders will provide
exotic dishes for their Chinese
and Occidental friends at vari-
Gus restaurants along the block.
This afternoons festival cele-
brates the year 1851 in the an
cient calendar. the And "year"
of the Chinese Nationalist Re-
public.
The old year, known as The
Year of The Rat, is replaced by
The Year of The Snake, two
animals foreboding fateful years
in Chinese mythology.
In centuries past, Chinese di-
vided the calendar into Cougar
cycles. each marked by an ami
NAL. Snakes, rats. dragons and
tigers represented eventful years.
Cows. chickens, pigs and domes-
ticated creatures Symbolized
years Of sunshine and peace.
Explanation of Lion.
As for the lion that everyone
insists on calling dragon. p. G.
Ho, an expert on Oriental my
thology. cleared things up little.
The ancient Chinese selected
the lion as a symbol of JOY with
out ever having seen one, since no
lions inhabit China. Tales and
descriptions brought back by
travellers We're the only sources
the artists had.
What with garbled descriptions
and the natural fair Chinese
painters seem to have for fam
tasy. lions came up looking like
crosses between buffaloes and
sea serpents.
The celebration this year has
significance for both Flip Sing
and On Leong associations. Il
is part of similar events held
in San Francisco and New York
honoring President Eisenhower
decision to withdraw the Seventh
Fleet and permit Chinese Ma
tionalist troops to invade thu
homeland. when ready.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Il c. U: FeIIowships,
IS Scholarships Listed

Catholic University viii award
IL graduate fellowships and So
graduate scholarships for the
academic year starting next fall.
Applications must be filed by
March /. with the Committee on
Fellowships and Scholarships,
Mcmahon Hall.
The fellowships cover tuition.
room and board. The scholar
ships cover tuition only. Both
men and women are eligible.
Thirty Of the scholarships are
offered for the first time. this
year by university trustees. Ten
are for members Of religious
communities Of women, 10 for
religious brothers and 10 for lay
men and women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
|. .DonoIlue Backs
Drive Against
Bottle Clubs
Strict Regulation,
If Not Closing. Is
Asked in Report

Commissioner r. Joseph Dono-
hue last night joined the Dis
trict'S drive against illegal after
hours clubs and declared they
should be regulated more strictly
by new laws.
Speaking on Report to the
People" over Radio Station
WWDC. Mr.. Donohue declared
that he wished Congress could
git rid Of the bottle clubs peri
3D." !.
He said he was against estab-
lishnlents that permit all-night
drinking unless it could be def
nitely shown that a Substantial
class of people" would be served
by after hours clubs. The Com
missioner pointed out that all
night drinkers create police and
traffic hazards, and that dis
orderly conduct appears fire.
quently on the streets among
people who patronize them.
Although Mr.. Donohue said he
would like to see bottle clubs
done away with completely, he
added that if Congress believes
the answer to the problem Is
mot to eliminate them but to
regulate them. then I'm in favor
Of that"
Favors 2 AM. Closing.
When it was pointed out that
a bill now pending before the
House Of Representatives might
give the Board of Commissioners
the power to regulate drinking
hours in the clubs, Mr.. Donohue
indicated he would be inclined
to favor the closing of the estab-
liShments by 2 o'clock on week
nights, and IL o'clock on week
ends.
He declared that Congress
would do well to permit the Com
missioners to regulate drinking
hours In licensed bars and res.
taurants. to lessen public de-
mand for after hours clubs.
The Commissioners comments
came in the wake Of two civil
suits filed by Assistant United
States Attorney Hugh j. MCGEE
to shut down permanently the
Downtown Club. COG e street
NV, and the Picadilly Social
Club. 1901 Fourteenth street NV.
Club Permanently Closed.
The Downtown Club was closed
when Federal Court Judge F.
Dickinson Let's issued a perma-
nent injunction against the
establishment. Judge Let's also
granted q temporary Injunction
padlocking the Picadilly Club
until final court action on the
Governments suit to revoke its
charter.
Commissioner Donohue also
declared that after the last Of
April, a public hearing should
be held to determine whether
the Board of Commissioners
should ADVISE Congress to con-
tiiiue rent controls.
He pointed out that 1t is not
only dif1cult for persons in low
income brackets to pay higher
rents, but that 1t is also, difiicult
to control certain commodities
and yet continue controls on
landlords whose rental incomes
have been frozen for years.
There are equities on both
Sides" he said. Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Home Accidents Blamed
For Is Deaths Here

: Thirteen persons died here
last week as a result of home
accidents, the District Red Cross
Safety Service reported yester-
day.
Nine fatalities resulted from
falls, three from burns and one
from Suffocation.
Ninety-Seven others were
treated at hospitals for home
injuries. mostly falls, burns. cuts
and accidental poisonings.
Among the injured were a 3h-
year-old girl who fell into a
bucket of scalding water, a
woman who cut her hand lower
ing a Venetian blind, and a man
whose finger was caught in a
mouse trap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Woodside Association
Would Drop PIonners

The Woodside Civic Associa-
ton Of Silver Spring has an
nounced its support of legislation
which would abolish the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
In another action the aSsocia-
ton urged the State Roads
Commission to plan for extension
OF Sixteenth street. by way of
Arson and Spring streets, to
Colesville road, instead of ending
the extension at Georgia avenue
as provided in the Maryland IL
year plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Bandit Getaway Car Sought
In Shooting Of D. c. Policeman

Washington and Marylandbpo-
lice were running down every
available clue today in an ag-
gresSive search for the bandit
who shot and severely wounded
a No. Is precinct policeman
during a robbery on Georgia
avenue yesterday morning.
Several reports that the get
away" car had been spotted
near Bethesda yesterday after
noon and last night were traced
through license tags and found
to be erroneous.
Meanwhile, Pvt. Joseph H.
Rhodes. SO, who had been shot
in the face, was taken OF the
critical list at Freedmen's Hos
pital. His condition was de-
scribed as fair last night.
Pvt. Rhodes was shot down in
the doorway Of the National
Truck Rental Agency at 2316
Georgia avenue NV, by q Light
skinned colored man who am
pushed him from behind a parti-
ton. ~
Car Spotted in Alley.
The gunman, described as Is to
80 years DID,. 5-feet-eight-or- 10
inches tall. and weighing 1870 to
1875 pounds. may have escaped
in a black sedan bearing Mary
land tags. The car was seen In
a nearby alley just before the
robbery. -.
Descriptions of the man, the
suspected car and the approx
mate numbers on the license
plates were broadcast to police
Of Washington and nearby Mary
land. A number of tips began to
arrive soon after the lookout was
nut on the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Phone Numbers to Be Topic

v. P. Waters. commercial SUE
pervis0r Of the Chesapeake q
!, Potomac Telephone CO., will dis
cuss the recent reshufiiing Of
800, 900 telephone numbers In the
District area ut q meeting Of
the American Public Relations
Association at 1918 pm. tomOr-
row at the Hotel Lafayette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Tryouts for PIuy Slotted

Tryouts for IAN Inspector
Calls" q psychological drama,
win be held by the Barrett Play
ers at 8 pm. tomorrow ard
Wednesday IN the Barrett School
library, 400 North Henderson
road, Arlington. Presentation Is
scheduled for May 8 and ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Mount Vernon Art to Hong

Fifty-seven prints and paint
ings from Mount Vernon win be
displayed at the George WASH
ington University library through
February 20. They were loaned
by the Mount Vernon Ladies,
Association. The library IS ct
2O23 q street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Park Planning
Referendum Is
Study
lofstrond Considers
Public Vote on Issue
Establishing Agency
By Gene Goodwin
Stur Staff correspondenf

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 14.-Sena-
tor Anders r. Lofstrand, Re-
publican, Of Montgomery Coun-
ty. Is seriously weighing" q
referendum on whether the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission should
be abolished.
The question, he suggested,
should be whether to kill the
planning agency and transfer
its functions to the County
Council, or retain 1t and extend
its jurisdiction throughout the
entire county.
The first Of the Senator's al
ternatives is the aim of a bill
introduced in the General AS
sembly by the joint Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges dele
cations. A hearing on that
measure. scheduled to be held
in the State House at 4 pm.
Thursday, is expected to draw
a capacity crowd.
Revealed ut Press Farley.
Senator Lofstrand, who has
held back support Of the bill
put in by his area colleagues,
tossed out his referendum idea
in a statement to reporters
today.
He said he believes that what
ever the General Assembly does
with the planning commission
bill there will be great dis
satisfaction on both sides"
At the same time, the Senator
released two documents sup
porting his tentative opposition
to the controversial legislation.
One was a letter from Joseph
D.. Lehman, chairman of the
National Capital Planning Com
mission, expressing fear that
abolishing the present planning
agency would jeopardize Fed
eral aid for park lands In the
suburban area.
MIR. Lehman also states that
his recently established commits
sion can be more effective, he
believes, with one regional plan
ming group for the entire sub
urban area Of Washington.
The planning commission
now has jurisdiction over the
urban area Of both Montgomery
and Prince Georges. It is q
State-controlled group, estab-
lished by the Legislature In 1927.
Cites COP Platform.
The second document Senator
Lofstrand showed was q COPY Of
the 1850 Republican platform Tor
Montgomery often cited as one
reason the al-Republican county
delegation should push for aboli-
ton OF the planning commission.
The platform pledges the party
to transfer building and electro
cal inspection from the commits
sion to the county, which has
been done, and to do the same
for the recreation program, which
IS in the process Of being trans
ferred.
But it says nothing about
abolishing the commission and
transferring all of its functions
to the County Council as is con-
templated in this BILL" the Sem
ator declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Wonderbirds Hiking Todcy

The Wanderbirds Hiking Club
viii take Q six-mile hike today
from Buck Hollow to Panorama.
va. It win include Q 2,5O0-fo0t
climb on the Appalachian Trial.
followed by dinner In Warren
ton, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
I lecture on.Ausfriu

An illustrated lecture on Aus
tria win be given At 3 pm. to-
morrow In Mcmahon Hall,
Catholic Uniyersity. under aus
pieces Of the schools adult edu-
cation program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Hereford Show Closes

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. IA
CAP. Buyers paid $50. 925 for IS
prize Herefords sold today to
wind up the Southeastern ma
tional polled Hereford show and
sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15

EduCU III examinations,
In Washington, Mr.. Montgom-
cry took his masters degree at
Georgetown University. tried and
failed to pass the foreign service
examinations and became q re-
search economist with the war
Production Board.
He Joined the State DEPART
ment In 1915. resigned in May,
1916. and returned four months
later. For the past year and q
half he had been on the Finnish
desk. At one point. he joined
the Catholic Church, although
he had been raised Episcopalian
Then. a few years later. he came
to DR.. Glenn and asked to join
his church.
/ I'm the Middle Ages" DR..
Glenn said, che would have been
q monk. He should have been q
missionary or q minister. He was
intensely earnest"
i INVESTIGATORS 1ounQ Mr.. Mont
gomery was pre-occupied with
the idea Of getting married. He
would talk about being In love
but he never found what he fire.
quently described as the idea
woman. He consistently became
enamored Of women who were
not interested in him and paid
no attention to women who were
attracted to him.
interested IN Suicide.
He never mentioned suicide hui
he wanted to md out ali about
the death Of "a foreign servic.
ofiicer who killed himself b
jumping from Q roof.
To the maid who served Thu
Braverman home. he was con-
| genial. pleasant butt Occasionally
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Cap and Gown
Cop and Gown
Students From District Area
Graduate at June Ceremonies

Joy Eloise Smith. daughter Of
Mrs. George Leonard Smith, 2614
Wodley place NV, will receive
bachelor of arts degree this
month at the commencement OF
Wheaton College in Norton,
Mass.
Byron w. Wight, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Wight of Fair
fax Va, and Harry E. Yeide,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Yeide,
3619 Ingomar place NV, were
graduated recently from Williams
College, Williamstown, Mass.
4 x 4
George M. Anger. 1882 Six
teenth street NV. will be grad
uated at the 154th commence
ment of Washington and Jeffer-
son College in Washington, Pa.
Shirley P. Frank, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy c. Frank of
Chevy Chase. Md, was awarded
a bachelors degree in home eco
nomics at Valparaiso University.
Valparaiso, Ind.
X \ X
Joseph A. Baird, jr., son of Col.
and Mrs. Joseph A. Baird, 1904
Earlston drive, Yorktown Village,
received a bachelor of arts de-
gree in government at the South
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Geneva Men Voting
On Woman Suffrage

GENEVA, Switzerland, June c.
Geneva's men are deciding today
and tomorrow whether to permit
women to vote.
The all-male electorate of the
canton of Geneva is voting on
an amendment to the cantonal
constitution.
The amendment has gained
the strong support of all po-
litical parties in the canton ex-
cept the conservative Radicals.
but it's approval is regarded as
by no means certain. The men
have three times rejected votes
for women in the past 81 years.
Switzerland is the last nation in
Europe to deny women the vote.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
BidauIt 10 Seek Approval
Of Assembly as Premier
Rx the Associated Press

PARIS, June 6.-Veteran poll
| t;cian Georges Bidault will go
before the National Assembly
! Tuesday or Wednesday to ask for
approval to serve as head of the
18th postwar cabinet of France
on a platform of austerity and
authority.
The former foreign minister
and two-time premier accepted
with a big "if" today President
Auriols invitation to form a
government.
He made it clear he would
undertake the difficult task of
leading the nation only if the
Assembly delegates to him the
power and enough time to act.
A member of the left-of-center
Catholic Popular Republican
Movement (MRP), he will bid fo.'
support from the old right wing
/ Gaullist Rally of the French
People (RPFD. Though he will
not get the support of the Social
lists, observers give him a better
than even chance to break the
political deadlock.
! Mr.. Bidault is expected to as
sumo the post of foreign minis
ter along with that of premier If
he is approved. He is on record
as approving the Big Three meet
ing in Bermuda later this month
on the ground that any later Big
Four conference should find Brit
ain, France and the United States
united in their views.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

ern Methodist University COM
mencement at Dallas, Tex.
\ \ \ 4
Everett Grant Germain. jr..
will receive his bachelor of
science degree in electrical engi-
neering at Virginia Tech gradu-
alton exercises today. He is the
son of Everett G. Germain, 1919
P street Sc.
X X \
Among those graduated from
Riverside Academy in Gaines
vile, Ga, were Donald H. Misner,
son of 1t. and Mrs. Chester C..
Misner, 529 Bellevue drive, Falls
Church, and David M. Page. son
of Capt. and Mrs. D. E. Page,
1928 Kenfig drive. Falls Church.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

Mr.. Page was awarded a post
graduate certificate and Mr.. Mis-
ner a science diploma.
X \ y
Barbara j. Mayer, 1850 Thirty
ninth street NV, will be hon.
ored for her outstanding univer-
sity work at the All-University
HonorS Convocation to be held
Evening star., 1953-06-07

June 18 during the Tooth COM
mencement of the University Of
Wisconsin at Madison, Wis.
X X \ \
Robert D. Unruh, 1895 Cor
man terrace Sc. is scheduled to
receive bachelor of arts degree
from Miami University in OK
ford, Ohio.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Textile Use Increases

NEW YORK.-Within recent
years American per capita an
nual use of textiles has increased
from about 33 pounds to the
present rate of As pounds.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

IN
Evening star., 1953-06-07
HERE'S ALL YOU DO

FIRST, watch your GE Dealers
Theatre on Thursday evening, 8 to
1880 PM. WMAL-TV, Channel Z,
and see the demonstration Of the
GE refrigeratOrs, SO you can be-
come thoroughly familiar with all
their wonderful features.
NEXT, visit your nearest or your
favOrite GE dealer and pick up your
official Slogan Contest Entry Blank.
While you're there, be sure to ask
your GE dealer for any infOrma-
ton and pointers he can give you
about the GE refrigerator. His COM
mentS and suggestions may give
you just the "angle" that will make
your entry the winning one.
So get together with your GE dealer
and give us a slogan like the
samples shown above. YOU may be
the winner of this superb GE
refrigerator. Be sure to enter now.
Entries must be pOstmarked not
later than June 20, 1858. All entries
become the property of the Gen.
eral Electric Supply Company. In
case of tie, duplicate prizes will be
awarded. Everyone is eligible ex-
cept employees Of the General Elec-
trio Supply Company and their
advertising agency. Contest closes
June 80, 1858.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-11

terpiece ....... yet the book is ency-
.clopedic and the author is mas
terly in his method of relating
this ree-thousand-year story
1t is a book. which can be thor
oughly enjoyed by the teen-ager,
and it is one from which students