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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Big Pack Of Awards
Include Scholarships
For First 5 Winners
By c. Steed Evons

A fatter pack of prizes than
ever before will be waiting at
the bottom of Derby Downs hill
for winners of the 18th annual
All-Amerlcan Soap Box Derby
at Akron, Ohio, on August g.
For the $50 boys from the
United States, Canada, Alaska
and Germany who will compete
in the gravity-powered classic,
there will be awards ranging
from gold wrist watches, rings
and certificates to a scholarship
worth $4,000.
Other Scholarships.
The lucky winner will receive
a $1,000 scholarship to the school
of his choice. And this year,
for the first time, the runner
up will get $4,000 scholarship.
The third, fourth and fifth place
winners also will receive scholar
ships worth $4,000, $4,000 and
81 900, respectively.
Other valuable merchandise
awards will be given to the 9Th
through 10th place winners.
officials of the Chevrolet Di-
vision of General Motors, which
sponsors the scholarships, de-
cided that more recognition
should be given to more boys.
Often only split seconds separate
winners.
But the first step toward the
top of the championship hill in
Akron must be taken in WASH
ington. And it must be taken
now.
The Washington Soap Box
Derby will be held July II but
each entrant- has a lot of work
ahead of him.
Takes Time to Build.
: The first step is to register at
your nearest dealer. He will have
free rule books for you and soon
will have a supply of axle and
wheel sets.
But as every Derby veteran
will tell you, the body design is
the thing. And building a VIM
ming car takes time. You should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

spend the time until you can get
your wheels and axles talking
with your father or your shop
teacher at school. Decide first
the shape of your coaster body
and begin collecting the ma
terials for it. Don't wait until
you can buy wheels.
Ali work done on the racer
must be done only by the driver.
You may seek advise from others,
but you must do the work your
self. A clear, easy read dia-
gram of a good Derby car is con-
tanned in the free rule book.
Remember: The work you put
into your racer may pay off in
prizes and a higher education.
So be careful. And start now!
Watch The Star for ne1US of
the Derby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Fredericksburg Man
Wins Rhode Island Suit
By the Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Mar. IL.
"A Superior Court jury re-
turned a verdict of $500 for
Anthony j. Kalanta, 80, of Fred
ericksburg, Va, in a damage
suit against Salvatore Del MICRO,
former Johnston (R. H. night
club manager.
In a companion suit, the jury
found for Salvatore's brother,
Joseph Del MICRO.
Mr.. Kalanta claimed the Del
Nigros assaulted him on the
morning of July 6, 1851, at Sal
vatore's night club. He said he
and his party were ordered from
the place and Salvatore knocked
him to the floor. breaking his
knee in two places. Mr.. Kalanta
was visiting relatives at the
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
BY the Assoeiated Press

PENSACOLA, Fla, Mar. IL
A burglar who didn't believe in
signs wasted a lot of effort in a
burglary at the w. R. Taylor g.
Co. Offices here,
The police report said he
smashed in the glass of door
which had a sign: use other
door,"
Then he removed a sign which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Cunudiun CuttIe Rise

OTTAWA.-Cattle on Cana
dian farms increased during
1852 to 9,173,000 head, of which
100000 were milk cows and
heifers. The number of dairy
cattle rose 2 per cent and that
of other cattle ii per cent over
1851,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Beer From Breed

CAIRO. - The oldest records
found so far show that about
5000 years ago baking and brew
ing were companion arts of the
kitchen and often beer was a
fermented byproduct of bread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
DisbeIievnq Burglar Goes to Lot o. Trouble

said Safe unlocked" and bat
tered the knob off. The safe
was empty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

You can't relax, even on short drive, if
you're cramped or crowded in an unnatural
seating position. The new Plymouth gives
you the lasting comfort and posture pro-
lection of Comfort Level seats. Full-depth,
full-width coil springs-not the common
platform type-always give you correct,
cushioned support. You enjoy the most COM
Portable, as well as the most carefree, ride
ever built into low-priced Car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11

Nothing builds up nervous tension like brakes
that give an uncertain, uneven response to the
pressure of your foot on the pedal But with
Plymouth's SAFEGUARD hydraulic brakes you
drive relaxed, confident of smooth, even brak-
ing at every stop. There are two hydraulic brake
cylinders in each Plymouth front wheel, where
competitive cars have only one, plus greater
areas of Cyclebond brake lining that assure
longer, more dependable braking.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
A-Attack Survival
Keyed 10 Readiness

Regardless of the size of an
atomic or hydrogen bomb, a good
civil defense can reduce casual
ties and property damage. Brig.
Gen. Otto L. Nelson said last
night.
Gen. Nelson has directed a
study of civil defense for the
Federal Civil Defense Admins
tration, the Defense Department
and the National Security Re-
sources Board.
He spoke On a radio program
over the American Broadcasting
Co. network with Val Peterson,
FDCA administrator.
Gen. Nelson declared that
whether the country survives an
atomic attack depends on "how
ready we are when the attack
comes. :"
Mr.. Peterson said the military
now could promise only up to Is
minutes warning in event of at
tack. He said that with only Is
minutes warning he would rec
ommend that residents not try to
leave the area. But, he added, if
the warning time were increased
to from one to three hours, it
would be better to plan and prac-
tice an orderly dispersal from
target cities.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
EOuNn.

DOG, cocker, vicinity Of North Forest.
vile, Md. Call 10 S-9S66. 81
BOXER, fawn color, vic WeStgate, Fri
day. JU. 5-51S3. Monday. before 5
PARAKFET. green breast. yellow head
and throat: band on les. OIL. 4-Iiio.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 29.-Three
robbery suspects were arrested
today when downtown Baltimore
traffic blocked their speeding car
as it was being chased by a
motorist and a policeman in a
taxicab.
The suspects were identified
by 1t. Thomas j. Mooney as
James w. Henson, "a, of
Rutherton, N. c., his wife. Matte
Sue, "a, and Donald Morrison,
18, of Payson, Utah.
The lieutenant said a gun and
bag of money were found on the
back seat of the car.
The car was pursued for about
three miles by motorist, Walker
Krosnwoski. and patrolman Will
liam Clayton who commandeered
cab. Traffic on busy Baltimore
street finally ended the chase.
Mr.. Krosnowski started chas-
ing the car when a woman came
running out to the street yelling
she had been robbed. Krosnowski
Evening star., 1953-08-30

LOST ON NAVY YARD CAR Sunday
morning, black wallet containing S. s.
card. pass. keys. pictures and other pa
pers. Return to Lucy Wallace. 1901
Mass. ave. NV. and receive reward.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Legislator Demands Mail Ban for Kinsey Book

Representative Heller, Demo-
crat, of New York, yesterday de-
scribed conclusions of the new
Kinsey report as highly ques-
tionable. if not downright. ridicu-
louS" and asked that the book
be barred from the mails pending
congressional investigation.
Mr.. Heller, 48-year-old Brook
lyn lawyer, attacked DR.. Robert
C. Kinsey and the book, Sexual
Behavior in the Human Female. !"
in a letter to Postmaster General
Summerfield.
He asked that distribution of
the book be withheld from the
mails pending an investigation
and said he would ask Congress
next January to authorize an
investigation.
The Representative said he
had not seen the book but had
formed his opinion of it from
extensive reports in the press,
The latest KinSey report is
scheduled to go on sale Septem-
ber IA at So copy. 1t was re-
viewed extensively in newspapers
and magazines last week.
From these reports" Mr..
Heller wrote, Il am convinced
that we should discourage the
spread of information such as is
contained in the KinSey book,
and 1 strongly question the ad-
visibility of allowing this book
to go through the mails before
a Congressional committee has
had chance to examine it or
before the Post Office Depart
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Lease Equal to Time
Ant Cun Drink Ocean

BAUME, France. Probably
the longest lease in history is the
one on the Gilbert House in
Baume. 1t is occupied under
18th century lease that reads:
''The duration of this lease is
equal to the time it would take
for an ant to drink the ocean
and for a tortoise to complete
the trip around the earth"
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Mayhem Seeks Office
In Firemen's S Group

Joseph F. X. Mayhem, cap
tain of the Landover Hills VOL
unteer Fire Department, has an
nounced he will seek nomina-
ton for the vice presidency of
the Prince Georges County Fire
mems Association.
The county group will hold
elections at its meeting Septem-
Der II and II in Riverdale
Heights.
An engineer at the Naval Gun
Factory. Mr.. Mayhem is the son
OF retired Chief Engineer Jo-
seph A. Mayhem of the District
Fire Department.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Baltimore Traffic TongIe BoIks
Getowoy of 3 HoIdup Suspects

attracted the attention of Police
men Clayton while trailing the
car.
Miss Louetta Ruppersberg, 61-
year-old clerk in a dry cleaning
store. told police a blond young
man walked in, tossed her a
paper bag and said:
Fill it up. My mother was a
lady. I wouldn't want to hurt
you.
He pointed a revolver. She put
$50 in the bag. The robber
ordered her to back room, but
didn't lock the door. She ran out
after him.
Evening star., 1953-08-30

ment has had an opportunity to
determine whether the material
contained therein is of a sala-
cious and lewd nature"
He pointed out that press re-
ports on the book indicate that
on the basis of less than 5000
interviews DR.. Kinsey drew con-
illusions which are questionable
if not downright ridiculous. He
added:
"On the basis of these press
stories, it appears to me that DR..
Kinsey. who is accusing the bulk
of American womanhood of hav-
ing sinned before or after mar
riage. is actually himself commit
ting the greatest sin against the
women of America.
Accused of Insults.
Under the pretext of making
a great contribution to scientific
research and to social progress,
he is hurting the insult of the
century against our mothers.
wives. daughters and sisters.
He is contributing to the de-
pravity of a whole generation, to
the loss of faith in human dig
nifty and human decency. to the
spread of juvenile delinquency.
to the misunderstanding and the
confusion about sex.
He is helping to undermine
the institutions of marriage and
family life which are the main
stay Of our civilization. Those
weak in mind and spirit will
surely be misled by the so-called
Evening star., 1953-08-30

SETTER, female, white with brown
markings, vic. of Chillum and Sargent
rds.: answers to the name Of Sue"
I'm 4-TOQO 40
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Spending Cut Erases
Need for Increasing
Debt Limit, Byrd Says
By the Associated Pres,

Senator Byrd, Democrat, of
Virginia, and five of his COL
leagues said yesterday a pros
pective 50 billion spending cut
has made it unnecessary for
Congress to boost the national
debt limit.
One of the group Senator
Hunt, Democrat, of Wyoming,
suggested that the savings may
lead to tax reductions but Sena-
tor Byrd discounted this, and
Senator Johnston, Democrat, of
South Carolina, cautioned
against economies which might
wreck the country's defense"
Senator Byrd, who led the
fight that shelved President
Eisenhower's request for an in
crease in the $275 billion statu-
tory debt limit, said he felt the
announcement by Secretary of
the Treasury Humphrey of the
81 billion spending cut "vindi-
Gates Congress action"
Lower Excise Taxes.
"I think this action brought
the administration to the realiza-
tion that Congress is determined
to have economy" the Virginia
Senator said. 1T brought in
the results and there won't be
any special session of Congress
to raise the debt limit"
Senator Hunt said he saw in
the proposed reduction of ex-
penditures in the current fiscal
year to $72 billion some prospect
Of lowering excise and corpora
ton taxes next year.
"As I read Humphreys state
ment. there will be no attempt
to continue the excess profits tax
after January l nor to deny in
dividuals the 10 per cent cut
effective for them on that date"
Senator Hunt said.
1T would be a fine thing if
further economies were made
and I believe they can be made
which would remove the need for
re-enacting some of the corpora
ton and excise taxes which
otherwise would expire next
year"
Cites Main Factor.
He noted that the Government
stands to lose more than So bill
lion IN revenue if these latter
taxes expire, and added that the
international situation is likely
to be the determining factor in
any tax cuts.
Sen. Byrd said, however, that
Mr.. Humphreys estimate that
the Government will go about
81 billion in the red in the fiscal
year ending next June 3O-in-
stead of a larger amount previ-
ously expected-was based on
continuation of the corporation
and excise levies.
The Virginian said also that
the Treasury estimate of S68 bill
hon in net revenues this year
may be too high. He said it was
based on booming business re-
ports.
Evening star., 1953-08-30

facts and conclusions of the Kin
sey report based on the expert
ences of less than 5000 women,
many of them frustrated, neu-
rotic, outcaStS of society,""
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Cadillac Riders
On Buses Kk CTC

E Cleveland Giddings, vice
president of Capital Transit Co.
in charge of public relations. to-
day gave a Senate District Sub
committee this description of
the attitude of bus riders:
"Our customers essentially do
not want to buy our product, for
the reason that the transit
riders, like all other people, are
frustrated Cadillac chauffeur
riders. They must, in the first
place, overcome such obstacles
as getting out of bed in the
morning. They must walk two
or three blocks to the transit
line and then wait a few min
utes If the weather is fine,
that's all right. Then they get
on the bus. The operator may
have a cold cup of coffee and
doesn't greet the rider with a
smile. He goes downtown on
the bus, riding with a lot of
people he has no interest in
aSsociating with, to get to a
place he probably doesn't want
to go to, his job. That gives an
idea of the difficulty we face"
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Driver Can Get Permit
During Suspension Appeal

Motorists whose permits expire
while they are appealing a sus-
pension by the Traffic Depart
ment will be able to obtain a
new permit by signing a waiver
under policy set by the Com
miSsioners today.
Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp asked the Commission
ers for ruling and on the advice
of Corporation Counsel Vernon
E. West the Commissioners di-
rected that a permit be issued
with the reservation that any
decision on the previous permit
would apply to it. The Traffic
Department is preparing a form
to. be signed by the applicants
for such permits.
In another case the Commits
Sioners restored the permit of a
hacker revoked because police
discovered numbers slips in his
cab. His case was nolle pressed
in court, the Commissioners were
told, and they said the hacker
had q good record for % years.
Evening star., 1953-12-10

was to seek better relations be-
tween the company and organ
lied labor.
Mr.. Broadwater recalled that
the company had recurring la
Dor difficulties and that Mr..
Pepper had been extremely
friendly with labor spokesmen.
Therefore, he said, "it was
thought he could perform a
service"
Does Nothing Specific
Next was the case of George
Thomas Dunlop, a veteran with
the transit company as a stock
holder and as former general
counsel. He was being paid
$4,000 a year, but what he did
under the WolfSon management,
Mr.. Broadwater said, was moth
ing specific" He did make vari-
GUS reports, the president said;
but in reality his job was more
in the nature of a pension"
Then. there was Edmond L.
Jones, general counsel, whose
firm received about $4,000 in
1852 for regular and special
services, including the handling
of a normal volume of about 300
suits against the transit COM
pany.
In addition, Mr.. Broadwater
said, about $81 900 was paid to
F. Gloyd Await for services as
attorney for the company at
hearings and rate cases before
the various regulatory commits
Sions dealing with Capitol Tran
sit issues.
The company also engaged
Mr.. Clifford as special counsel,
and Mr.. Broadwater said he
thinks Mr.. Clifford's 25.OO0-a-
year fee was pretty good bar
gain"
Mr.. Clifford. in his own ap-
pearance near the end of the
day. said he had given advice
to Mr.. Broadwater about labor
contracts, interpretations of ex-
isting contracts, notices and ad-
vice on any legislation or con-
gressional hearings on bills that
might affect the company and
so forth.
The Payne subcommittee also
asked about the ban on hiring
Negroes as platform operators
and Mr.. Broadwater said he has
not the slightest objection to
employing colored operators. He
said, however, that he didn't
want to lead with his chin"
because there might be a partial
or complete work stoppage if
the company suddenly changed
the policy.
"Starving to Death"
Given the chance to voice his
views instead of answering ques-
t1ons, Mr.. Broadwater set the
Senators back on their heels
with the declaration that I'VE
have been starving to death
since 1884"
Since that year, he contended
on the basis of a company anal
ysis, the rate of return to the
company has averaged only Sc
per cent in the past 10 years.
mo transit company can stay
in business on that basis" he
said.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
SeIph Staying
Suspect Joins
Most Wanted
FBI Adds Dickerson, ,
Maryland Gunmun,
To Top TO- List

Thomas Everett Dickerson,
who had been asking for it a
long time. today won top Grim
inal billing as one of the FBI's
40 most wanted men,"
Charged in a Chevy Chase
(Md) finance company holdup
last summer and wanted for
questioning in the Staying of
Thomas N. Selph, jr., employe
of a Maryland loan company,
Dickerson hit the criminal list
at the age of 30.
In trouble since his teens, the
6-foot-1, 175-pounder became
vulnerable again last Saturday
only three hours after his arrest
at Sanders Hook, KY, climaxed
long search.
Breaks From Jail.
Picked up for drunkenness, he
lost no time cutting through the
bars and leading five others to
freedom. Two of the escapes
were caught, but Dickerson
evaded capture.
DickerSon become a hot Sus-
pect in the Selph murder be-
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Continued From First Page


real angry" if he had been in
their place.
He said the company made
honest efforts to get the facts
to the press and said there had
been meetings between company
officials and editors and report
erS. He said he did not go off
sulking when the leads on stories
about the company did not meet
his views and agreed that the
press does give both sides of the
stories.
He said it would be helpful
if the company used radio, tele-
vision and newspaper advertise
ments if it had the money to
afford them.
Developments Listed.
The Senate hearing record was
swelled by many thousands of
words on facts, figures and
theories yesterday afternoon, as
four Capital Transit officers took
turns on the stand at a session
running to after 6 pm.
From this extended testimony
came these developments:
/. J. A. B. Broadwater, transit
president under the Wolfson
control: Warned that public
ownership of the company ap-
pears inevitable. unless the COM
pany gets traffic, tax and fare
relief. Invited to give his own
general views, he decried delays
in action by the Public Utilities
Commission on requested in
creases in fares and protested
that Capital Transit had been
starving to death" on returns
on investments since 1884.
2. Doran S. Weinstein. mem
ber of the WolfSon group, who
rose from a $4,000 job as assist
ant to the president in 1949. to
executive vice president at a
salary of $4,000 in 1852. He
denied there was any specula-
ton in Capital Transit stock
that had been sold to separate
WolfSon group partnership
| known as the 101 Ventures Co.
8. Clark M. Clifford, former
adviser to former President Tru-
man, in private law practice here
since February, 1850, has been
special counsel to the transit
company since May Of that year
at $25,000 a year. He said he
was not and never had been reg
istered as a lobbyist and that.
when he first was engaged by
Capital Transit, he had volun-
teered the declaration that he
and his firm did no lobbying.
Flanagan Testifies.
4. James H. Flanagan, former
chairman of the Public Utilities
Commission. who quit Govern
ment service last March / to be-
come a $4,000 vice president
of the transit company. He said
the pre- Wolfson management of
Capital Transit had been lex
tremely conservative. The new
management, he added, had
adopted suggestions he had made
while he was on the utilities
commission that resulted in
greater economies and efficiency.
Chairman Payne and his
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Segregation case Revives Issue
Of Appointing School Board

dealt fairly and firmly with the
board"
Adopted in 1906.
Judges began appointing
school board members in 1906.
The practice, replacing appoint
ments by the Commissioners,
was decreed by Congress.
Citizen groups and some Of
ficials-including former Com
missioner F. Joseph Donohue-
occasionally have advocated re-
turning to appointments by the
city heads, or changing to pop
ular election. A majority of pa
rent-teacher associations in the
city's white schools not long ago
went on record in favor of an
elected board.
The judges themselves are
known not to take any special
pleasure in the duty, which is
the only one of its kind they
exercise.
The 16 judges in the court
have a three-man committee.
headed by Judge James R. Kirk
land, which does most of the
screening and recommending of
candidates. Some citizens have
been critical of the judges
cloSed-door procedure-usually
after new appointee has got
ten involved in controversy.
Defended by Norman.
Mr.. Norman told The Star,
after yesterdays court hearing,
that he sees nothing wrong with
the present system. however.
"Over the years think, in
the main, we've had good school
boards" said Mr.. Norman. who
has handled school legal matters
for about nine years.
The judges have never re-
moved a MEMBER a1Cer MS ap-
pointment or exercised any other
control over the board, Mr.. Kor-
man added.
"If they see they are not do
ing the job well, they don't re-
appoint them," he asserted.
Legal experts said they doubt
ed whether the high court would
become seriously concerned about
the question, but they admitted
they could not be sure.
Of course, the high tribunal
has not indicated yet whether
the lower court ever will be
called on to do anything, or
whether segregation will be or
dered ended at all.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Parker 10 Take Oath
As New RIA Member

Andrew Parker, president of
Woodward & Lothrop's. will be
sworn in tomorrow as a new
board member of the District
Redevelopment Land Agency.
Supreme Court Justice Harold
H. Burton will administer the
oath at a 10:30 am. ceremony
in the District Building board
room. District and land agency
officials will attend and the pub
lie is invited.
The land agency board, mean
while, has authorized purchase
of 19 additional properties in
area B, the 76-acre pilot slum
clearance and redevelopment
project in Southwest Washing
ton.
Officials said 16 of the prop
critics, the owners of which have
agreed to sell, are alley houses.
The other three are commercial
properties on Fourth street S.W.
The agency had reported earlier
that owners of IA other prop
critics had agreed to sell. The
agency must acquire a total of
more than 1000 land parcels in
the area either by negotiation
or condemnation.