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Evening star., 1953-03-27
Piney Branch Sewer
Now Appears Only
Several Floods Away

Home owners in the vicinity
OF Fifth and Ingraham streets
NV. are looking forward, with
out pleasure. to being flooded
out four times before this year
is over.
With pleasure they are watch
ing the slow but certain progress
OF the new Piney Branch park
way sewer.
This 81 million project is de-
signed to give relief to those
residents who have suffered
much from floods in past years
The area is a natural bowl.
There is no way for storm waters
to drain off rapidly. Present
sewers are inadequate.
The District Sewer Division
estimates 100 homes are in the
critical area, with probably an
other 100 also suffering to some
extent from this flood condition.
And it happens on an average
of four times a year.
$2.5 Million for Completion.
Congress. just recently, was
asked to appropriate $2.5 million
to complete the last long section
of that relief sewer. The item
was among supplemental esti-
mates sent to the House by
President Eisenhower for early
consideration.
The new Piney Branch sewer
is designed specifically to serve
what is known as the Piney
Branch drainage area.
Piney Branch, when it was a
creek, wandered through North
west Washington from about the
site of Coolidge High School to
Piney Branch parkway, just
above the Zoo. It's course rough
ly paralleled Rock Creek Park,
coming down what is now Ar
kansas avenue to reach what is
now Piney Branch parkway.
The bowl at Fifth and Ingra-
ham streets NV. is man-made.
Present sewers leading from that
spot just can't cope with any,
thing but dry weather.
Outlet Completed.
!, The outlet of the new sewer,
already completed, joins in with
the Rock Creek diversion sewer
in the Piney Branch Parkway.
The Rock Creek sewer was part
of a tremendous job costing more
than $3.5 million that was COM
Ppleted just before World War II.
This sewer starts in Piney Branch
Parkway near Seventeenth street
NV.
1t goes into a tunnel under
Park road, skirts the Zoo prop
erty and eventually comes out
at the Potomac River near H
street NV.
The new Piney Branch sewer
will connect with the Rock Greek
sewer, but only for normal dry
weather sewage. Everything be-
yond that-When the rains come
will spill over into Piney
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Branch Parkway and then into
Rock Creek.
Here's the status of the new
Piney Branch sewer:
Last December, the first sec
ton Of the sewer was finished.
This cost $500,000, and consisted
Of the outlet structure and a
short section under Sixteenth
street. almost to Randolph street
NV.
The District has about 81 mil
lion on hand now for complies
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ton of the section along Ran
dolph street to Kansas avenue
NV. Bids have been sought and
will be opened on April 8.
It will be summer before con-
struction starts on this second
section of the sewer. The job
will take about 18 months.
The third section up Kansas
avenue to Fifth street. and then
up Fifth street to Ingraham
street NV, is the last step. The
$2.5 million sough from Con-
gress is to do that job.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

PINEY BRANCH SEWER MAKES PROGRESS-This the
route Of the Pney Branch parkway sewer designed
relief from floods residents Fifth
NV The solid black line the section completed. ties
with the Rock Creek diversion at this The dotted
line along Randolph street is the section to be
Work scheduled to begin this Money for the part
represented by the rest of the dotted line being sought
Congress-
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what's new for SPRING..

Bell is showing the styles and fabrics
preferred by weI-dessed men from coost New
hordfnshed worsteds onne imported tweeds gobodnes
and the miracle Orion and Wool fobrcs
Evening star., 1953-03-27
III St. NV. " Republic 7-4737

Lucerne Is q richer nsiM "a better
milk. No other leading homogenized
milk IN the District is as rich in cream
as Lucerne is day after day. Or has
the same creamy-rich favor.
LuceTne sGues you money! Lucerne
Evening star., 1953-09-27

strangers and, of most concern,
small children.
The Dublin zoo is one of the
best in the world for lions. Ar
rangements. were made to send
lola to Ireland, where she would
be well looked after, and would
have plenty of living space.
People at Amboseli built a
crate and managed to get lola
inside it. But it was not a strong
crate, and Taberer insisted that
when she reached the transfer
point at Nairobi, she be put into
something more secure. She went
to Nairobi by truck and from
there was to proceed to Dublin
by air.
lola, in the small wooden crate,
reached Nairobi without Incl
dent. That evening, near the air
port. she began to be curious
about her new surroundings and
lazily pried apart two of the
wooden bars. Then it was easy to
escape. She wandered a few hum
dred yards, and saw a bull terrier
in a garden. Instantly she wanted
to play and advanced happily to
the terrier.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
THE LION WAS A LADY
Continued from page eleUen

very long. But lola adopted it.
And the cub thought that lola
was its mother! Instead of COB
bling it at a bite, lola, on being
presented to the cub, carried it
gently out into the bush and tried
to feed it. Then Mrs. Taberer
had the bright idea of pouring
warm milk over Iola's belly, and
the cub lay there, sucking from
Iola's fur.
W0ll-Ou3
lola was a somewhat f1ighty
movie star at that. 1t took a
month to shoot her sequences.
Movie people are notoriously
slow and almost every day, when
lights and camera and the other
equipment were at last ready,
lola would yawn, glare with dis
taste at the director, wander off
the set. look for Tabs and take a
nap in his room or in a nearby
tree.
Never in her life did lola see
the inside of a cage. Time came,
however, when the Taberers de-
cided that, alas, they had to get
rid OF, her. She was getting too
big, too strong. She was gentle
and had never attacked any
body. But lions are unpredict-
able. Tabs was, and is, convinced
that lola would never have done
a person harm intentionally, but
she liked to play and she might
have swatted a child for fun.
Then there could have been a
tragedy, because she did not
know her own strength.
Cood-by 10 lola
MOREOVER, lions - like most
animals = know it when people
are afraid of them and like to do
a little bullying on such occa-
sions. Suppose someone who did
not know lola should encounter
her Unexpectedly, and start to
scream; there was no telling what
lola might do.
Finally, the Taberers were
moving from Tsavo to Amboseli,
which is in a more settled region.
There would be visitors around,
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Tragedy

A FARMER in a nearby house
saw, to his astonishment, a large
blond lion attacking a dog or
so it seemed. He picked up his
rifle, aimed through a window,
and shot lola.
ut shouldn't have happened
that way" Taberer told us. 1T
wasn't the fault of the chap that
shot lola. But people should have
had a big crate ready, or a cage.
People should have been told
that it was lola who was there" +"
Upaa, the Taberers' boy, was
unable to work for two days. The
whole household was plunged in
grief.
II met an American the other
day." Taberer said. ''de was
curious, too, about the name
lola. He said that lola was an
Indian name for a goddess in
your country long ago. Could it
be true?" The End
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Natures Children syliion Cox A.hsy

brings about cross-fertilization.
Toward the latter part of June
beautiful painted ladies arrive
to visit the thiStles. Each butter
fly matron deposits one green
barrel-shaped egg on the upper
surface of a fat leaf. Within
one week a black Spiny cater
pillar creeps to the underside
of his leaf where he gnaws off
the soft silken surface, which he
blends with silk thread into a
snug tent.
Silk threads soon cover the
plant. After 10 days the leaf
tissue consumer changes into a
chrysalis then into an adult but
terfly. Eggs are laid on fresh
thistle leaves The Spiny cater
pillars are not molested except
by hungry birds and their plant
Is never demolished by hungry
CATTLE
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Take Nv Word for 1t

Elmore, Ohio: I would like to
know If 1t is correct to use the
words hair and rain, with plural
verbs, such as: MY hair are
dirty; The rain are cold?"-
B. E. o.
A. This peculiar scrambling of
singular noun (hair) and plural
verb (are) is a localism of the
North Central States. I have
not noticed it in the vernacular
Of the East, South or West.
Numerous readers have offered
an explanation of the hair are"
idea. In such cities as Milwau-
kee, where many persons are of
German descent, the "hair are"
locution is the result of Ger
man usage, In which the hair (of
the head Is spoken Of In the
plural.
But tn America 'hair" Is 0 col
i6ttive noun, and refers to the
Evening star., 1953-06-20

Toward the latter part Of June
you should search for the thistle
plant. Here you will discover the
painted lady, a beautiful gay
butterfly which benefits greatly
by associating with the very am
bilious thistle.
ThistleS are found all over the
habitable globe. Taking advan-
tage of the wind, the thistle has
provided her seed children with
wings upon which they ride the
airways so her descendants are
sometimes found in very strange
places.
In order to escape the atten-
ton Of hungry grazing animals,
thistles protect themselves with
spines.
Brightly colored flowers are
held high to invite attention Of
cruising butterfly, moth or bee,
whicG carries away pollen that
Evening star., 1953-06-20

to resign his post as head of
the Municipal Court Division of
the U. S. Attorneys Office after
the change in administration,
which resulted in the appoint
ment of Republican Leo A. Rover
to the position of United States
attorney for the District.
Mr.. Diamond was first ap-
pointed to the Office in 1910. He
resigned to resume private prac-
tice in 1947, but returned to the
prosecutors Office in 1851 at the
request of former United States
Attorney Charles M. Ireland.
Mr.. Diamond will establish an
Office in the Columbian Building.
Evening star., 1953-06-20

Pittsburgh: For several months
I have been trying to find the
name of the term used to define
a word that can be spelled back
ward and forward, producing the
same word. Example: Dad, nom,
Bob, etc. If you take notice,
you'll discover that my surname
is one of these: S-t-e-e-t-s1J.
Steets.
Answer: The word you're
searching for is: palindrome, "a
word, sentence, verse. ETC., read
ing the same backward as for
ward" from the Greek palm
dromos, running back" The
creating Of palindromes Is q pop
ular game with word lovers; some
of the most famous are:
Able was I ere ! saw Elba.
Raw was ! ere ! saw war.
Madam. I'm Adam.
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Diamond 10 Associate
With Two Other LAWYERS
HORIZONTAL

Assistant United States Attor-
ney John B. Diamond III today
announced his law association
with Harry j. Ahern and John
T. Bonner when he leaves his
present post next Friday.
Mr.. Diamond, 43, of Rockville,
Md. will practice general law in
both the District and in Mary
land.
A Montgomery County Demo-
crat, Mr.. Diamond was forced
Evening star., 1953-06-20
A One-Minute Test of You
NetDS knowledge
NEWS QUIZ
By Tom Henry

l. PARLEY-Where and
when will the U. S., Britain
and France meet for a par
ley on world affairs?
2. SHRINE - Theodore
Roosevelt's home was dedi-
Gated as a national shrine
on June Ia. Where is it?
8. CLIMBERS - What
honor did Queen Elizabeth
II confer on the two men
who conquered Mt. Everest,
the worlds highest noun
tain?
4. SPEEDY-Wes Santee,
University of Kansas star,
ran the fourth fastest mile
in history last week. What
was his time?
s. QUOTE-To what did
Gordon Dean refer when he
said: Il think 1854 is going
to be a very important year
In our program, and I trem-
BILE to think that we might
slacken off,?
Answers.
!. Bermuda in late June.
2. Oyster Bay, Long Island,
N. Y. 8. Both were awarded
knighthoods. 4. Four min
utes "a seconds, just one
second off the world record
set by Gunder Haegg of
Sweden in 1945. 5. The
atomic weapons program.
Tom Henry's Quiz EN-"
appears every Sunday in
THIS WEEK Magazine with
The Star.
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Word Game
Find 43 or more words in
ROSACEOUS,

Find 43 or more words in
ROSAC ECU S,
meaning, belonging to the rose
family" Average is SO; time
limit, 35 minutes.
Rules of the game. 1. Words must be
Of four or more letters. g. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition Of
"s,' such as bats "cats," are not used.
Proper names are not used.
Answer to PASTRAMI.
past, parts pairs, prism prima, apart
armpat, aria, arms, astir. satrap, smart
str stamp. tamp. tapir. tiara, trap.
tramp, trip, tram, trim, rapist. YaSp,
rAftp, HApt, RATA. mart. mast. mist
Evening star., 1953-06-20

BY Fronk Colby

hairy covering Of the scalp as a
unit. The rule is that when a
word names tnat which is
thought of as a whole. it always
takes a singular verb.
Correct: My hair Is dirty.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate.
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Contract Bridge
Bv EosIev BIockwood

Contract Bridge
BY EosIey BIoekwood
Do you have your own Mr..
Heinsite, who makes your ears
ring with a long and boring
analysis of practically every
hand?
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Muzzy)
72
AQ1053
0.943
%843
WEST EAST
(Mr. Dale) CMrs. Keen)
4 1893 ASA
7K4 09872
o Q65 J1O82
= QQ109 %KJ
SOU1h
(Mr. Heinsite)
AK6
y J6
o AK7
= A7652
The bidding:
South West North East
! club 1spade 3heartS Pass
2NT Pass 3heartS Pass
3NT All pass
Let me tell you a little secret
about him. He does not analyze
everything there is to analyze
about a hand. Not by any
means.
He analyses only that which
suits his purposes or, in other
words, that which makes him
look good and makes his partner
Mr.. Muzzys two-heart bid.
No sooner had Mr.. Heinsite
seen the dummy in today's deal
than he started yelling about
Mr.. MuzZy'S two heart bid.
you need about twice as
much as you had to make a
free bid in a higher ranking suit
than mine" he snarled.
Continuing his complaints all
through the hand, Mr.. Heinsite
played as follows:
The opening lead was the
queen of spades and he won with
the ace. He laid down the jack
of hearts. Mr.. Dale covered
with the king and dummy's ace
won. The queen and ten of
hearts were now cashed and, if
the suit had broken 3-3, 10
tricks could have been taken in
all.
But Mr.. Dale showed out on
the third heart and Mrs. Keen's
nine spot effectively blocked the
run of the suit. Now there were
only eight tricks available and
the contract was down one.
Mr.. Heinsite continued his
verbal chastisement of his part
ner.
Did you ever hear such bid
ding?" he asked. turning to Mr..
Dale for sympathy.
You're right" Mr.. Dale re-
piled. "Muzzy's two-heart bid
was pretty bad. On the other
hand. it wasn't any worse than
your play. Certainly you be-
longed in three-no-t trump and, in
fact. it was ice-cold."
Mr.. Heinsite was stunned into
silence for a moment. If he
hadn't been so engroSsed in
analyZing Mr.. Muzzv'S bidding,
he probably would have seen the
right play for nine tricks.
1t wasn't difficult play. AS
Mr.. Dale pointed out, it con-
sisted merely of letting Mr.. Dale
hold the first heart trick with
his king. Mr.. Heinsite then
would have won the next four
hearts-which were all he
needed for his game.
(Convrfpht 1914 General Eiea turaS rorp \
Evening star., 1953-03-28
Too Much Mostic Can Spoil Your Asphalt Tile Job

may dry out the wood in the
table, causing the legs and other
sections to become loose.
Preparation of Plaster.
Question: We steamed the
paper off our downstairs walls
and would like to know if they
should be scrubbed before paint
ing? If so. is there an easier
way than with soap and water?
I find this method takes several
minutes to do a square foot
patch. Must plaster be sized
before painting?
Answer: It is not necessary to
use soap and water on the walls.
However. the wallpaper paste
and glue sizing should be washed
off with plain warm water and a
large sponge. Allow the plaster
to dry thoroughly, before at
tempting to paint. Bare plaster
should be given a coat Of primer
sealer paint or the first coat of
paint you intend using on the
walls should be thinned as di-
rected on the label. If a water
mixed rubber or resin-emulsion
paint is to be used, sizing or
priming is not necessary.
Vanished Woodwork.
Question: We plan to paint
the woodwork. and since this is
vanished and there is large
Evening star., 1953-03-28

amount of it, is there any prep
aration we could use to dull the
shine or should we use sand
paper?
Answer: Some paint dealers
carry in stock a special prepara-
tion that is made for the pur-
pose of dulling glossy paint or
varnish. If not available in
your community, wash down the
surfaces with a solution of tri-
sodium phosphate or washing
soda, using about a ctpful in
each gallon of water. Thorough
ly rinse off all traces of the
Evening star., 1953-03-28

solution and allow the wood
work to dry. # any traces of
the solution remain, painting
results will not be satisfactory.
Mr.. Whitman offers readers
leaflets on variety Of subjects
concerning home repair work.
If you would like to have his
leaf1et, WIG, Modern Wood Fin
ishes, send 10 cents in coin to
Roger c. Whitman, p. o. Box
SO, Station G. New York 10.
N. Y.
Released by Consolidated News Features.
Evening star., 1953-03-28
By Roger c. Whitmon

Question: We put asphalt tile
in our basement. but now all OF
the black paste comes up. We
sure have a mess. We bought the
tile from a good dealer and he
told us how to lay it. Could you
tell me what to do?
Answer: Too bad your dealer
did not warn you about being
over-generous with the amount
of mastic cement to be used in
laying the tile. It would have
been better if you were a bit
"stingy" with this material. Since
the mastic cement is made of
asphalt, the solvent for it would
also tend to damage the tile. If
the deposit on the surface is very
thick, try taking it up with the
edge Of a knife blade and the
balance might possibly be scraped
off with steel wool.
IF you wish to take a chance,
try Scrubbing one or two of the
tiles gently with steel wool and
benzine. but be very careful of
fire. and use it sparingly. Keep
the windows open and shut off
the heating system. If you are
not successful, am afraid you
will have to take up the ruined
tiles and put new ones in their
place.
Evening star., 1953-03-28
Placement of Table.

Question: Will a kitchen table
with a plastic top be affected
if it is placed close to a radiator?
Answer: The heat from the
radiator will not damage or
affect the plastic itself, but it
Evening star., 1953-03-28
Vanished Woodwork.

Question: We plan to paint
the woodwork. and since this is
vanished and there is a large
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
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Evening star., 1953-09-23
Five on Fishing Trip
Saved After Drifting
On Bay for 70 Hours

Five Washington area bakers
were rescued by the Coast Guard
yesterday after spending 20
hours, shivering and nauseated
aboard their disabled 30-foot
fishing boat on a stormy Chesa-
peake Bay.
The four men and one woms,a
were marooned when their boat
motor stopped at 7 pm. Mon
day about an hour out of North
Beach, Md.
They were Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn Greenfield. owners of the
boat, who live at 7158 Marlboro
Pike, Md: Harry Mayer, 1903
Anson drive, Silver Spring, Md.
president of the Atlantic Bakers
Supply Co.: Max and Hyman
Brenner, brothers, who operate
Brenner's Bakeries in Arlington
and Alexandria.
Storm Came Up.
According to Mr.. Greenfield,
the party left Deale, Md, at 4
pm. Monday and headed for
Sharps Island. While they were
trolling near the island Mr..
Greenfield said, he saw storm
clouds forming and headed back
across the bay. Then, at 7::3O
his motor failed, probably due to
a fouled gas line, Mr. Greenfield
related.
The boats battery was run
down trying to restart the motor
so the fishermen could not signal
for help with their running
lights.
Signals Fail.
Several times we saw other
boats and waved shirts and
jackets and yelled but none of
them saw u.s. Mr.. Greenfield
said.
I'VE just all huddled in the
cabin and got seasick," Mr..
Greenfield said.
A Coast Guard boat found
them at $3.50 pm. yesterday. The
boat was towed into Deale.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Dr.. Sanger to Speak

DR.. w. T. Sanger, president
of the National Society for
Crippled Children, will address
the quarterly meeting of the
Virginia Society at 8 pm. Friday
in the auditorium of the new
building for crippled children,
1910 North Edison street, Arling-
ton. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1953-09-23

degree murder March 20. A new
trial plea was turned down.
Chief Judge w. Conwell Smith
and Judge Charles E. Moylan
are to impose the sentence. They
heard the case without jury.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Vondeerift to Crown
Apple Festival Queen
Speeiul Dispotch 10 The Stur

CHARIOT TESVILLE, Va,
Sept. %. - Gen. Alexander A.
Vandegrift, former Marine Corps
commandant, now a resident of
Charlottesville, will crown Miss
Wendy Barrie queen of the
fourth annual Charlottesville
Apple Harvest festival.
The coronation of the tele-
vision and radio star will take
place at $50 pm. October / on
the steps of Lane High School.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Sentencing Due Friday
In Librarian S Staying
BY the Associated Pres.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 23.-Rob-
ert Lee Terry, II. of Brooklyn,
N. Y, is to find out Friday
whether he faces the death SEN
tence or life in prison for the
fatal stabbing last January of
Miss Leonore M. Naylor, a
librarian.
She was slain last January in
a 50-cent robbery. Terry, who
is colored, was convicted of first
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Welfare Program Exhibit

A volunteer Service Exhibit of
the Districts Public Welfare
Program will be held from 4 to 9
pm. today in the Industrial
Home School at Blue Plains.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-06-12

He literally has been singing al
most all of his life, beginning as
a choir boy at the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine in New York. His
voice helped take him through
prep school; Yale, where he was
a member of the Glee Club that
toured the us. and Europe, and
Columbia Law School. His success
full radio debut after graduation
from Columbia caused him TO
abandon a legal career for the en-
tertainment world
His most recent appearances in
ciude the lead in a touring com.
pany of ga Tree Grows in Brook
lyn" and a hit appearance at LA
Vie en- Rose" famed Manhattan
supper club In addition to his
weekly Mutual Broadcasting Com
pany radio show and Sesqui-Show
appearance his 1853 activities In
clude a concert tour and appear
ance throughout the country in d
concert version of Desert Song"