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Evening star., 1953-10-18
Forge Names Speaker

Mrs. Desta D'soske of San
Juan, Puerto Rico, will be the
speaker at the meeting of the
National Capital Forge, Ameri-
con Public Relations Association,
at 1915 pm. tomorrow in the
Burlington Hotel, 1920 Vermont
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1953-10-18

available daily to passengers in
waiting rooms at Schiphol Air
port. in Amsterdam, the Meth
erlandS.
Rome'S Cafe Greco, which
played host to travellers since
long before trains were invented,
has become an official land
mark by government decree.
Frequent visitors, in their time,
included Benjamin Franklin,
Sir Walter Scott, Washington
Irving, Mark Twain, Goethe,
Keats and Buffalo Bill" Cody.
The Greco is still popular to-
day with tourists and artists,
but went deeply into debt in
recent years. Romans petitioned
the government to establish it
as a landmark and saved it
from creditors.
Greyhound racing starts a o.
day run at Tampa, Fla, on No
vember 16. Other major sports
events for the winter will include
jai alai in the resorts 81 million
fronton, beginning December l,
and horse racing at Sunshine
Park, from January Is through
March Is.
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Free Xocotion

The Desert Empire Commit
tee of the California State
Chamber of Commerce again has
offered a weeks free vacation
for a couple at Southern Cali
fornia'S leading desert resorts
Evening star., 1953-10-18
@..a&a.'@dke

For information, see Jour local Ggent or
Cam0diGs Pacific, 1904 K Street, NV.
WGshisetOs S. D. C., NAtiosGI S.423S
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Announcer Is Fired, ,
EngineerSuspended
ForObscenity Air

Washington Radio Station
WWDC today fired an announc-
er and suspended an engineer
after an obscene word went out
over the Mutual Broadcasting
System last night.
The incident occurred during
the 15-minute Fulton Lewis, jr.,
news program, broadcast from
WWDC.
Mr.. Lewis had just returned to
the air after a break for CONNER
cials when a second voice blurted
out a word that startled listeners
and brought protests from across
the Nation.
The network explained that an
engineer in Washington failed to
cut off microphone on time
and the announcer did not real
ize his word would be broadcast.
At the time Mr.. Lewis had
just finished a bitter attack on
the Farmers Union in the cur
rent controversy on cattle prices
and subsidies. His comment also
was a defense Of Agriculture
Secretary Benson.
Over the signature of Ben
Strouse, vice president and gen.
eral manager, the Station today
telegraphed full apologies to Mr..
Lewis and admitted complete re-
srknsibility for the incident. h
Evening star., 1953-10-29

ever, that some administrative
matters are handled by his
assistants outside these sessions.
DR.. Corning indicated there
isn't much prospect for adding
to the teaching stats at the two
colleges. The examiners said
Wilson was short-handed. Funds
for a business instructor for
Miner Teachers College are be-
ing sought in next years budget.
Report on FraternitieS.
The superintendent said high
school principals will be given a
new report on fraternitieS and
sororities at a meeting next
Tuesday. A committee of prin-
cipals has been studying the fra
ternity problem, and principals
are expected to come up with a
plan for supervising activities of
such groups.
Next Friday elementary school
principals will meet at Raymond
School to hear instructions for
carrying out a tuberculosis test
on 5000 youngsters.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Car Doesn't Enjoy
Mans Tinkering,
Goes on Rampage

A Shirley highway motorist
had trouble with his brakes and
accelerator last night but the
automatic transmission worked
fine.
Arlington police said Charles
F. Michaels, 81, of 6614 Blair
road NV, stopped his car along
the highway because the brakes
and accelerator were not work
ing right.
He got out and started to
make repairs. Suddenly the car
took off, rammed a fence around
Brandon Elementary School and
into a dirt bank.
Mr.. Michaels escaped injury
but damage to the car was eSti-
mated at $3.50 and to school
property at 500. 4
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Chest Drive Workers
To Report Progress
Al Meetings Today

Workers in the 1854 Commu-
nifty Chest -USO Campaign were
to report their progress at three
unit meetings today.
The Residential Unit, which
seeks to raise $278,418 of the $4
million plus goal in door r-to-door
solicitation, was to meet at 1890
pm. in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Nine. Henri Bonnet, wife of
the Ambassador from France,
was to crown as quota queen"
of the week the area chairman
who has achieved the highest
percentage of her quota. The
winner receives gift certificate
for Lily Dache hat.
At 1929 Pct. of Quota.
So far, the unit has reported
1929 per cent of its quota.
William w. Parsons, admin
iStrative. assistant secretary of
the Treasury Department, was
to preside at the meeting of the
Government Unit, of which he is
vice chairman, in the Washing
ton Hotel.
The unit on Tuesday re-
ported so per cent of it's ST.
674.712 goal.
Speakers on the program in
cluded Fred D. Maise, director
of training of the National Cap
ital Area Council of the Boy
Scouts; Mrs. Stuart French, an
Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety supervisor, and Mrs. Mar
garet Boze of IT'S California
street NV, who received treat
ment from a visiting nurse.
Left Eid to Speak.
Scout Thomas Williams, IL,
was to sing "The Lords Prayer"
Left Eid, National Broadcast
ing Co. commentator, was to
speak at the Business Unit meet
ing. also scheduled at the Wash
ington Hotel.
The Business Unit so far has
reported 34.79 per cent of it's
$1.643.562 goal.
Other units stand as follows:
Alexandria, 42.51 per cent of an
$88,262 goal; Arlington, 4697
per cent OF a $65,23 goal: Fair
fax. 1855 per cent of a $41.253
goal; Montgomery, 21.10 per cent
Of a $142.989 goal, and Prince
Georges. 1887 per cent of a
$65, ,568 goal. The overall drive
now ras reached Abb per cent
Of its goal. \
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Rules Manual Ordered
For Revocation Board

The Commissioners today
ordered a manual of procedure
drawn up for the guidance of
Board of Revocation and Resto-
ration of hackers Identification
cards.
Lawrence E. Duvall, G. Adolph
Turner and George A. England,
special assistants to the three
Commissioners who represent
them on the board, said several
court actions have been initiated
by hackers rejecting on admin
istrative procedures followed by
the board and that they were
handicapped by the absence of
any clearly-deflned rules.
Schuyler Lowe, director of
general administration, was di-
rected by the Commissioners to
make the study and prepare the
manual with the assistance of
officials of the Police Traffic
Depar tment, Commissioners
Traffic Advisory Board. the De-
partment of Vehicles and TRAFFIC
and one of the Commissioners
special assistants. ,
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Corning Opposes Increasing
Freedom of Teacher Colleges
Superintendent Hits
Committee Plan for
Two Institutions

School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing today opposed giving more
independence to the city's two
teachers colleges.
The superintendent told re-
porters he opposes establishing a
Board of Education committee to
deal with matters affecting the
two colleges, Wilson and Miner.
He also favors having the COL
lege presidents continue to re-
port to assistant superintendents
rather than to himself, he added.
More Autonomy Proposed.
More autonomy for Wilson
Teachers College was proposed
recently by an accrediting COM
mittee which inspected the in
stitution. The committee sug-
gested closer contact between the
college and the school board.
DR.. Corning said the School
Board might as we'll create COM
mittees on every phase of the
school system if it were going
to do so for the teachers colleges.
The two institutions for some
time have been seeking to by
pass the assistant superintend-
entS and deal directly with DIR.
Corning. The superintendent
said that his Office couldn't
assume the responsibility for all
details" now handled by his
assistants, however.
He pointed out that all meet
ings of the college presidents
and assistant superintendents
are held in his own office, so that
he is aware of what is under
discussion. He conceded, how
Evening star., 1953-10-29
ADA Halls Commissioners
For Discrimination Curb

The Washington chapter Of
Americans for Democratic Ac-
ton today commended the Dis
trict Commissioners for forbid
ding racial discrimination by
firms holding contracts with the
city government.
In a letter to the city heads.
the ADA commented:
Genuine progress has now
been achieved in many aspects
of public and private activities
theaters. restaurants, move
houses. Federal recreational IA
cilities. professional societies
to mention some. But much re-
mains to be done"
The letter said the contracts
policy was a forward step and ex-
pressed hope the Commissioners
would eliminate other types Of
discrimination in the city gov
ernment soon.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
HOIdup Victims Refort
Doesn't Save Cash

A 70-year-old woman had the
retort proper for two holdup
men last night, but it didn't save
the cash.
"Open it yourself" Mrs.
Sophia Kimball told the bandits
when they ordered her to open
the cash register in her hus-
bands market. They not only
complied and took $25 from the
register, but took another $40
from her husbands pockets.
He is Harry Kimball, 65, owner
of Kimball's market, 1888
Twelfth street NV.
He told police both bandits
were colored. one of them wear
ing a blue handkerchief over his
face. Both were 18 to 20 years
old, he reported.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Over 81 Million Collected
In D. {. for MARYLAND

District merchants collected
$1,165,961 in sales tax pennies
for the State of Maryland last
fiscal year, a report from State
Controller j. Millard Tawes
showed today.
Other out-of-state merchants
collected $835,594 of the $32
million record total taken in
from the 2 per cent retail sales
levy during the year which end
ed last June 30.
When Marylanders make pur-
chases out of the State, vendors
are supposed to collect the sales
tax and ship it into Maryland
Golfers.
Baltimore City contributed the
largest share of sales tax rev.
enue-$16 million. Baltimore
County was second with $2.7
million. followed by Montgomery
County with 81 million and
Prince Georges with $1.2 million.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Truck Dealer Hits
Sanitary Group for
'I|Iusory' Bidding

A District truck dealer has ac-
cuSed the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission of main
tanning only "the illusion of COM
petitive bidding" in purchasing
it's trucks.
Officials of the suburban Mary
land water and sewer utility
termed the claim ridiculous
The dealer-Walter P. Hark,
sales manager of REQ Washing
ton Co., Inc.-Made his accusa-
ton in a letter which he sub
mitted in lieu of a bid yesterday
when the sanitary commission
opened bids on the purchase of
nine new trucks.
Suggests Direct Buying.
Mr.. Hark wrote: price quota
tions are requested by the COM
mission for the purpose of Great
ing the illusion of competitive
bidding the commission
should give consideration to ne
gotiating directly with its pre-
ferred sources for purchase of its
equipment requirements"
He complained specifically
about a truck contract awarded
last July. At that time, COM
mission officials said, contract for
five refuse trucks was awarded
to Maloney's, Inc, of 1926 Geor-
gia avenue, Silver Spring.
Mr.. Hark's firm and two others
submitted lower bids than Ma
loney's, the commission spokes-
men conceded, but the lower bid
ders did not meet the specifica-
tions of the truck the agency de-
sired.
Defends Purchases.
Jack Jester, maintenance en-
gineer for the commission, said
most of the refuse collection
trucks the commission owns were
bought from Maloney's, but that
is because "Maloney either has
submitted the lowest bid or has
been the only firm meeting the
specifications"
Yesterdays sale was in two
pieces. Banning & Sons Motors,
Inc, of HyattSville was low bid
der on both, offering five dump
trucks for a net price after trade
in of $14,684. and three pickups
and a chassis for a net of
$4,772.50. Purchasing Agent w.
R. Douglas said he would rec
ommend that the commission
award both contracts to Ban
ming.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Georgetown U. Gets
zoning Approval for
Nurses DormitoY

Georgetown University today
was given permission by the Dis
trict Zoning Adjustment Board
to build a $1.2 million nurses
dormitory adjacent to the uni
versity hospital on Reservoir
road.
The structure will consist of
four stories containing 125 dou-
BILE rooms to accommodate $50
student nurses. The building
also will contain a recreation
room and chapel. In addition,
$50 vehicular parking spaces will
be provided.
The dormitory is one of several
structures announced recently in
the university's long-range con-
Struction program.
The Zoning board deferred
action on petition by the
American Federation of Labor
to build a new seven-story ma
tional headquarters building on
property adjacent to historic st.
Johns Episcopal Church on
Lafayette Square.
A board spokesman said a
decision was held up pending
outcome of a court test of the
provision of District zoning
regulations under which the
labor organizations petition was
filed. The court case involves
another property farther out
Sixteenth street.
The AFL plans to construct a
SO million building that will
house about 800 occupants and
50-car basement garage. The
ST. Johns parish is in favor Of
granting the request, which in
wolves an exchange of property
between the church and the
union.
Church Seeks House.
The building would be located
on the Sixteenth street site now
occupied by the st. Johns Par
ish Hall. The church proposes
to transfer that property to the
union, which, in turn, would
deed to st. Johns the old Free
man House, which is adjacent to
the church on H street.
Construction plans, which al
ready have been approved by the
Fine Arts Commission, call for
garden area approximately 30
feet wide separating the 1877
year-old church from the pro-
posed new Office building.
A further understanding be-
tween the church and union
would permit the parishionerS on
Sundays to use the basement
parking facility of the new build
ing. thus easing an aggravated
parking problem for the church.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
DC. School Children
Will Take Part in
Civil Defense Drill

The Districts 100000 pub
lie school children will take
part in a city-wide civil de-
fense drill next Thursday.
The drill is timed for 10
to 10:15 am. The school
children - and employees in
Federal and District Gov
eminent buildings are
slated to go to air raid shell
ter areas during the alert.
Air raid warning sirens
will be sounded for the drill.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
How You Cun Lend Hand
Boy Who Didn't Seem to Fit In
Gets q New Outlook on Life

In addition to his cowboy
gun belt, Tom wears a white
harness around his shoulders.
1t holds his hearing aid.
He has worn it since Janu-
ary. So, at 7 years, Tom is just
learning to talk and to under
stand. He can say Il want
a ball." "Momma," Daddy"
"shoe," FISH," yes" no."
and other words. He learned
"apple" the other day.
Toms troubles started when
he was one month old. Pneu-
monia. He had it again at 8
months, and again at 18
months. He still has constant
colds, and a deep chest cough.
At 2 years, his deafness was
discovered. Doctors at Chill
dren's Hospital thought he
was retarded. At Johns Hop
kins Hospital he was pro-
nounced deaf.
His father and mother gave
him a lot of attention. Per-
haps too much. His brother
and sister, both younger than
he, learned to watch out for
him.
According to the social work.
ers, he was a behavior prob
lem" That means he liked to
run around, throw things, hit
smaller children. The social
workers figure it out this way:
He couldn't communicate
with other people very we'll.
and wanted to be noticed.
Also, other children, who can
be very cruel, looked on him
as peculiar. That put Tom on
the defensive all the time, so
he walloped people.
Of course, he doesn't fit in
to school life. He's too big for
kindergarten, and way behind
first-graders in learning.
Twice, special schools for the
deaf tried to help Tom. He
pulled his walloping act,
needed individual attention.
and simply didn't fit in to
classes. His mother then kept
him home two years.
Finally he was given the
special help he needed. You
gave it to him through the
Community Chest. which sup
ports the Washington Hearing
Society.
The Public Health Depart
ment contributed the hearing
aid, with the proviso that the
society would teach him to
use it.
Tom didn't like the hearing
aid at first. 1t was uncomfort-
able. Worse, the sounds it
brought him were loud and
confusing. He likes it now.
because he can understand
many of the sounds. He likes
radio music and going to the
movies.
It also enables him to play
with other children on a more
equal footing, so he doesn't
hit them so much any more.
Tom comes to the society's
Offices three times a week.
There he shares a teacher
with one other boy and has
learned a lot. His father, a
part time roofer's helper and
some time grocery clerk, and
filling station a after d ant,
couldn't possibly afford such
training.
Early fears of his being re-
tarded have been found false.
With better hearing and more
participation in life, he has
been passing harder and hard
er intelligence tests-the latest
the low average"
Hes shown so much i'm
provement I'm entally and
emotionally) this year, tAere
Evening star., 1953-10-29
AB&W 10 Increase
Fares Tomorrow;
Zone | Unaffected

Higher bus fares on Alexan-
dria, Bancroft and Washington
lines operating between the Dis
trict and nearby Virginia will
go into effect tomorrow, follow
ing an Interstate Commerce
Commission order granting the
elimination of the 171a-cent
fare and a general scent in
crease in most zones.
The elimination of the token
will allow the company to charge
a fiat 2O-cent fare in Zone 2.
The zone lines remain un-
changed.
Action Halves Request.
The ICC order cut in half the
company's request for a 10-cent
raise to the outlying zones.
The order. issued yesterday.
beat by one day the commits
sion's deadline for ruling on the
request. If it had not ruled by
today, the company would have
been allowed to invoke the full
fare requested.
Zone l, covering the COM
pany's routes between the Dis
trict and military installations
across the Potomac, are not af-
fected by the order. The COM
mission, however, has under con-
Sideration a company request
for fare increases to those
points.
Extra Cents Allowed.
The busline was granted an
additional 5 cents on the 20
cent Zone 3 and the 25-cent
Zone 4.
The commission denied the
company'S request for a 10-cent
fare increase in Zones to 9,
but instead granted the f1ve-cent
increase. The new fares for those
zones will range from 35 to SIS
cents.
Fares for children, ages 5
through II, will be reduced.
Where the fare is 20 cents for
adults, it will be 10 for children;
where it is Is for adults, it will
be Is for children, and 30-cent
adult fare trips will cost chill
dren 20 cents.
R. T. Mitchell, A. B. & w. vice
president, said the fares will go
into effect at 5 am. tomorrow.
He said he does not know at
this time whether the company
will appeal the cut in it's re-
quests.
Mr.. Mitchell said the company
placed an order today for 80
new buses, to be delivered dur
ing 1854.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Pumpkin Supply Good,
For Pies or Halloween

It's a fine thing that Saturday
is Halloween, because it coin
cides with a good supply of
pumpkins on the market.
The harvest of pumpkins has
been going on apace in recent
weeks and stores report they are
of better than usual quality and
reasonably priced.
They are being billed as excel
lent for pies and equally good for
soaring the wits out of people
when properly carved. Other
good food buys reported by the
markets for this week end are
pokk and lamb.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Driver Charged
In Fatal Crash
Admits Alias
Assumed Name
To Get Permit,
Policeman Says

A truck driver charged with
manslaughter in the death Of
two HyattSviille firemen has ad-
mitted he was operating under
an alias after losing his drivers
license, a Hyattsville policeman
said today.
In Hyattsville Police Court the
defendant, George L. Crone, 26,
colored, of Philadelphia, was
given additional time to retain
a lawyer after telling Judge
Theodore L. Miazga he was with
out sufficient funds.
Meanwhile, the Interstate
Commerce Commission said it
was investigating the fatal acci-
dent as it does all accidents in
which Interstate carriers are in
volved in multiple deaths. If
found negligent, the company
operating the truck could be
fined, or under some conditions,
have its licennSe revoked.
SideSwiped Fire Truck.
Crone was driving a produce
truck which sideSwiped a ladder
truck of the Hyattsville volunteer
fire department october 81 on
the Hyattsville railroad overpass.
from the fire truck and
fatally injured were William r.
Stainback, 35, of 4314 Hamilton
street and John T. Streets, 40, of
3107 Lancer drive, HyattSville.
Crone was charged under the
name of Robinson with two
counts of manslaughter, hit-and-
run, driving while drunk, reckless
driving on the wrong side of the
street and having no permit.
Police said he had only a
Pennsylvania learners license I'M
der the name of Crone which did
not permit him to drive a truck.
They said Crone explained it
like this:
License Revoked In 1948.
Under his true name of Crone
he had license which permitted
truck driving, but in 1948 it was
revoked in Pennsylvania when
he was arrested while riding in
a stolen truck driven by another
man.
Because he needed a license
to make a living, he took out an
other permit under the name of
Meanwhile, his rev.
ocation period ended and he
again took out a license under
his real name. This was the
learners license he had at the
time of the accident.
Appearing in court today,
Crone was given until November
10 to try to get funds from rela-
tives in North Carolina for an
attorney.
A safety inspector of the ICC
has been investigating the ac-
cident and in time will file a re-
port.
ICC Can Take Action.
The ICC is empowered to start
proceedings against the truck
company if irregularities are
shown in the safety laws. The
maximum penalty for first Of
tenders is $1OO a day for the
period the violation was in ef-
tect.
Usually, warnings are issued
that further violations might
bring suspension or revocation of
the certificate of public con-
venience which permits inter-
State trucking. This does not
apply to produce carriers. Po-
lice said the owner of the truck
in the accident, Michael Hand
finger of Philadelphia, was Ii
censed for all types of hauling.
Evening star., 1953-10-29

is no comparison" according
to Miss Ruth Hudnut, the
hearing society's executive di-
rector.
In addition to training Tom,
the society has given a course
to his mother. Prominent local
experts - psychiatrists, teach
ers, and others-met with Mrs.
Commager and other mothers
in her plight and discussed
the problems they had met in
raising children with hearing
losses.
All this will give Tom a
good. if delayed. start in life
because YOU gave to the
Community Chest.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
FuirIineton Players

The darlington Players will
cast its next comedy production,
1.-The Butter and Egg Man." by
George Kaufman, at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow. Monday and Tuesday
in the darlington Rental Build
ing, rear entrance, 1900 South
Thirty-first street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
Father WycisIo Named
PupuI Chamberlain

The Rev. Aloysius Wycislo, as
siStant executive director of War
Relief Services for the National
Catholic Welfare Conference,
was named Papal Chamberlain
today with the title of mon
signor.
The appointment by Pope Plus
XII was announced in Washing
ton. Msgr. Wycislo is assigned
to the headquarters of War Re
lief Services in New York. He is
from the Chicago archdiocese.
Evening star., 1953-10-29
On the Radio Tonight

Listen tonight at 10:45
o'cloch as the Commager
f>..l4Iy tells the story of
Tom to Bryson Rash over
WMAL, The Star station.