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Evening star., 1953-09-08
Sweet Potato
Fudue Block.

Down Mississippi way they
have a lot Of odd and yet de-
licious dishes. Among those
least known, and mighty deserv-
ing of attention. are the Sweet
Potato Fudge Blocks that are
so good with coffee or afternoon
tea-or even with fresh fruit as
a dessert
Cream "a cup of fat with "a
cup of sugar. Then add the
beaten yolk OF an egg. cup
mashed cooked sweet potato and
2 tablespoons of melted choco-
late. Stir in slowly "a cup of
milk. Sift cup of flour with 4
teaspoons baking powder, l tea
spoon cinnamon, u teaspoon
cloves, a dash of nutmeg and a
bit of salt. Mix all well with
first ingredients, then fold in
the beaten egg white. Very
lightly, add "a cup raisins and "a
cup nut meats, then bake in
creased pans, cut in squares
and frost with any white OF
chocolate frosting.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
NewWorId for Deaf Today,
But Past Battles Recalled
Retired VoIto Bureau Head
Stresses Parent Education

mitting efforts of Volta Bureau
personnel on behalf of the hard
Of hearing, have created an about
face in that policy.
But public sympathy still is
not easily aroused by the deaf,
Miss Timberlake explained. The
heart goes out to the blind, whose
handicap is Immediately ap-
parent. But the deaf man or
woman, the deaf child, looks like
every one else. His lot can be
lonely. Often it is irritation, not
sympathy. with which he Is met.
Miss Undertakes growing con-
tribution through the years to
the needs of the deaf paralleled,
ironically, her own loss of hear
ing. A graduate Of Mary Bald
win Seminary, she went on to the
Clarke School in Northampton
Mass. for training in work with
the deaf.
Own Hearing lmpoired
u went there with the as
sumption that I had perfectly
normal hearing" she recalled
while I was there. / had ton
silities, which contributed to
! irnpairing my hearing"
! Not long after she began tc
work with deaf children she
realized that her teaching career
would be a short one. She could
not help a child she could not
hear herself.
She taught at the Florida
School for the Deaf. and later
at the Virginia School for the
Deaf in Staunton, her home
town. Her contributions to the
4 Volta Review attracted the at
! tention Of the editor, who asked
her to join the organization a:
his potential successor as editor
of the Review and head of the
ouItdus
| For three years after she came
there in 1919 until his death ir
1922 Miss Undertakes work
brought her into contact with
the dynamic DR.. Bell. When i'm
portant telephone calls came
she was sometimes the one whit
summoned him to the Volta Blu.
reau from his Office across tht
street. The inventor of thai
magical instrument had dis.
covered that If he wanted tt
get any work done there wa!
one piece of Office equipment
he had to eliminate tele-
phone.
DR.. Bell, the son and grand
son of men distinguished in thl
feld of speech, also conducted
a school for the deaf at Scot
Circle. There, he found tina
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Imposing
Structures
By Angelo Potri

AS much as I enjoy the sight
Of q grand building. a poem in
stone and stained glass with a
cathedral-like atmosphere, /
must say that I am filled with
misgivingS when ! am confronted
with an imposing school struc-
ture. For the exterior beauty OF
q school building, while all very
well, invariably means that q
great deal of money has, gone
into the exterior Of the struc-
ture which might well have been
used to better advantage for its
useful functions, which, after
all, are the chief assets Of
school.
Schools for little children
ought to have no stairs to climb
and there should be as many
windows as possible for light
and air, also q washroom for
every classroom, sufficient space
for books and materials: soft
coloring on walls. blackboards, a
good area for the recreational
activities of the pupils; plus
heat, light, water, ETC., regulated
by a competent custodian.
For older children there
should be a library, shops and
laboratories for f1rsthand learn
ing, and sections for household
and industrial activities. not for
training elementary school pu-
pills for trades and careers, but
for them to acquire necessary
information.
All modern schools must en-
courage recreational activities
swimming, team games, dancing.
music, radio, television. Homes
are now so restricted in space
that opportunities for the young
people for social exercises or
games are limited-hence schools
must take over these extracur-
ricular activities if youngsters
are to be brought up as they
should be.
Too many of our schools lack
necessary equipment. In a num-
ber Of instances most Of the al
lotted funds went to the con-
tractors for the fine building,
little being left for equipment.
Trained teachers should receive
adequate salaries.
It is not surprising that the
taxpayer says, TOO expensive"
He is truly overburdened today.
But these schools concern every
citizen. More money ought to
go into the school facilities than
into the facade of the building.
I am not disturbed when an
eight-grade pupil cannot name
all the states, fails to list the
| presidents in order and doesn't
know the date of the Louisiana
Purchase. But I am troubled
when he can't tell me what u.
N. stands for, who is the mayor
of his home town, what is the
chief industry of his community.
or the functions Of the depart
ments Of municipal government.
These questions he should be
able to answer off-hand.
1t is too bad that an eighth
grade pupil has no Unabridged
Dictionary to consult. no good
encyclopedia, no atlas or globe,
no real library, no shop and
nothing that links school with
outside life!
Evening star., 1953-09-08
By Betty Miles

The world is different for the
deaf today than it was "a years
ago when Josephine B. Timber
lake came to the Volta Bureau.
Hearing aids have helped Gre
ate this new world. And more
and more, the public has become
acquainted with what can be
done for the deaf.
Yet Miss Timherlake, who re-
tired this summer as head of the
organization founded by Alexan-
der Graham Bell for the growth
and diffusion of knowledge about
the deaf and hard of hearing,
couldn't even get magazine to
use. a story about the deaf in the
early days. Two world wars and
the handicapped they left in
their wake, as well as the unre-
Evening star., 1953-09-08
McKoy to Speak At @. O. P. Farley

Government and Republican
Party circles will discuss .predom-
inant issues in the 1854 Congress
sional campaign.
Assisting Miss Adkins at the
Chicago affair win be Mrs. Car
roll D. Kearns, president of the
National Federation of Repub-
lican Women.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
ORT Chopter

The newly elected executive
board of the, Northwest Chapter
Of Women's American ORT will
hold its first meeting of the sea-
son at 1890 pm. Monday, Sep
tember IA. at the home of Mrs.
Rebecca Salus, 46lI Fifteenth
street NV.
Mrs. Paul Krause will act as
co-hostess at the luncheon.
Mrs. Sam Bresler, president,
will preside, and members will
discuss plans for the coming year.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Tomato Dish

Serving, scalloped tomatoes?
Try topping them with a little
grated cheddar cheese. Or make
croutons out of cheese bread and
use them in preparing the to-
mato dish.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
YOU ARE INVITED

to meet Morgan Fauth, designer of these
row on our Fourth Floor, and see the Crystal
collection modelled Informally from II am. to
be at Spring Valley on Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Reports Conflict on Plane
Said to Have Been Shot Down
Account Of IS Dying in Swedish Croft
Felled by lsroeIs Lacks Confirmation

The crash is reported to- have
occurred yesterday.
Israel authorities in Tel Aviv
denied that any Swedish or any
other foreign plane had been
shot down by the Israelis.
There is no truth whatsoever
in the reported Beirut story" ?"
a government spokesman in
Israel told the Associated Press.
Authoritative sources in Lon
don, in close touch with the
Middle East, said they had no
knowledge of any such incident.
In Stockholm, the Swedish
press, in stories on the Damascus
crash reported earlier, identified
the two dead as Lars Owe
Goransson, 81. and Fritz Con-
rad, Latvian refugee, both
from Malmo, South Sweden.
Mr.. Goransson, who had only
one arm, was known here as the
flying schoolboy." At the age of
18 he bought an old military
training plane in England and
made several emergency land
ings' while flying home to
Sweden, A few days after ar
irving he crashed the plane into
matchwood.
Despite several other crashes,
GoranSson undertook further
flights with Mr.. Conrad. They
repeatedly were flying a two
scatter German sports plane in
SYRIA,
Evening star., 1953-10-23
ImpeIIitteri Completely
Out Of Mayors S Race
By the Assoeiated Prsss

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Mayor
Vincent r. Impellitteri has an
nounced he will not participate
in any campaign for write-in
votes at the November 3 mayoral
election, and he urges his sup
porterS not to carry on any such
drive in his behalf.
The Mayor, ruled off the ballot
by court order Wednesday, made
the announcement that he was
completely out of the race last
night.
He did not urge his supporters
to vote for any of the three re-
manning candidates.
Mr.. Impellitteri. who issued a
prepared statement at City Hall.
said, 'I have decided to con-
tinue to participate in the af-
fairs of the Democratic Party
SO that my voice may be heard
now and in the future"
Mr.. Impellitteri lost his place
on the ballot when a court ruled
his Experience Party nominating
petitions did not carry the re-
quired $500 valid signatures.
Evening star., 1953-10-23

seems to have pre-judged all
these cases."
Mr.. Fingold was not in court
and could not be reached for
comment. He was represented
by Assistant Attorney General
Caspar Dorfman, who did not
comment.
The release was made possible
under new law which permits
inmates to file a petition to have
their cases considered. If a Su-
perior Court judge finds they
have been illegally committed, he
may release them. Or he may
have the petitioners re-examined
for a 35-day period by psychia-
triSts before making a decision.
In the past, defective delin-
quents-feeble- minded cases with
delinquent tendencies-could be
committed on a petition signed
by a doctor and approved by a
judge.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
BY the Assoeioted Press

BROCKTON, Mass, Oct. 23.-
Seven men, found to have been
illegally committed as prisoners,
were free today after serving
terms in State institutions rang
ing from 6 to Al years.
All seven men wept with joy
when their freedom was ordered
yesterday by Superior Court
Judge Felix Forte on the grounds
their commitments were illegal
and without even a hearing in
some cases.
Judge Forte found one of the
men, Elmer Bridges, had been a
prisoner for IL of his 81 years
on a case of mistaken identity.
The judge said Bridges was
locked up as a boy of 10 on a
charge of truancy from Tewks-
bury schools when, in fact. it was
Bridges brother who was the
kuant.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
By the Assoeiated Pres.

LONDON, Oct. 23.-Reports
reached here from Lebanon to-
day that a Swedish plane had
been shot down in Syria. The
Swedish consul in Beirut was
quoted as blaming the Israeli
air force. But an official spokes-
man in Israel said there was mo
truth whatever" to the story.
There were conflicting ac-
counts of just how many persons
had been killed in the reported
crash. A Beirut message said 35
passengers and crewmen were
killed and that the bodies were
taken to Damascus, in Syria.
But word direct from Damascus
was that the plane was small!
one and that only the pilot and
co-pilot had been killed.
The crash was described as
taking place on Mount Herman
(Jabal AL Sheikh) which rises
to 9.232 feet 25 miles west-south-
west of Damascus, the Syrian
capital.
The Beirut advices pictured
the Swedish Consul, Jean Fatal,
as blaming Israel fighter planes
for the crash. But the Swedish
Foreign Office said it had no
knowledge of an incident and
the Scandinavian Air Lines dis
claimed knowledge of any crash.
This is the only Swedish airline
with regular passenger services.
Evening star., 1953-10-23

Bridges was so overjoyed on
his release he shook hands with
every one in the courtroom, from
the judge to reporters covering
the hearing.
All seven were sentenced to in
definite terms as defective de-
linquentS.
Judge Forte found many of
the men were transferred from
detention homes to State prison
institutions for minor infractionS
during their commitments.
The other six men released
and their terms are:
William j. Bryant, 33, of
Lawrence, committed at the age
of 10 for truancy.
Gerald F. Martin, 27, of Lynn,
one of family of Is children,
in custody IL years for receiving
stolen goods.
Henry A. Gilbert, 48, of North
ampton, a prisoner for "a yeaA5
Evening star., 1953-10-23

He became a musician and
leader of the band at the Bridge
water State Farm.
James Goodridge, 33. of Wren
than, in detention % years after
confinement at the age of 5. He
later was termed a sex case and
confined at Concord Reformatory
and Bridgewater.
Martin j. Perkins, SIS, of Wor-
cester, committed for larceny
of pipe, tobacco and sofa pill
low and confined for 80 years.
Paul Rivers, 25, of Somer-
Vile, committed in 1947 as a
defective delinquent.
During the hearing Judge
Forte criticized State Attorney
General George Fingold who, he
said, opposed release. He went
on. up to now. it seems. he has
found no merit in any of these
cases. The attorney genera
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Hopes for Rain
To Ease Drought
In East Fade
Forest Areas in
Virginia Will Be
Closed Tonight

Hope for quick, saturating
rain fizzled today, making more
precarious than ever the condi-
ton of forestlands ready to go
up at the drop of a match.
The Weather Bureau saw no
chance for rain in the East be-
fore Monday or Tuesday. And
that was evaluated at no more
than a 80 per cent chance.
So critical was the situation IN
Virginia, where more than 5000
acres have burned since mid
summer, arrangements were
completed to close to the public
is million acres in 81 counties
at midnight tonight.
This will include the jefferson
and George Washington National
Forests, popular to mixers, camp
erS and picnickerS, which will be
clOSeQ unCll ample rains ana Cne
threat of devastation.
Hunting May Be Halted.
A tight lid also prabably will
be clamped on Virginia's hunt
ing season today. The sport al
ready is banned in all counties
west of the Blue Ridge Noun
tains and four east of there.
The State Commission Of
Game and Inland Fisheries,
meeting today, was expected to
extend the ban to all counties,
thus knocking out night and fox
hunting. Maryland thus far has
seen fit to keep hunting alive.
The Forest Service made it
clear that roads through the
forests will not be closed. This
means that Skyline Drive in
Evening star., 1953-10-23
'CuItureC Commissars
Blasted by Oman
BY the tssociGted Press

Methodist Bishop G.. Bromley
Oman says he is sure the citi-
zens of California will dispose of
those would-be commissars of
culture" who banned him as a
speaker at Philharmonic Audi
torium in Los Angeles.
The American Civil Liberties
Union had arranged with Temple
Baptist Church, owner of the
hall, to use it for a public meet
ing December IL. The deal was
cancelled after church authori-
ties heard that Bishop Oman
would be invited as a speaker.
The auditorium management
said the bishop-frequently a
critic of the methods of Senator
Mccarthy, Republican. of Wis
consin and the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee and a
target of accusations from the
House group that he had numer-
GUS Communist front associa-
tions-was too controversial" a
figure.
The bishop, from his head
quarters here, issued a statement
saying:
LOS Angeles is beautiful
city and a city of culture. That
proud community of free citi-
zens must not be held response
BILE for the action of a few mis-
guided little men who have been
duped by falsehood and made
fearful by propaganda.
"As an American citizen I am
alarmed, and as a native Of
California I am ashamed.
81 am sure the patriotic citi-
zens of California will dispose Of
those Would-be commissars Of
culture in their own Western
way"
Evening star., 1953-10-23

Shenandoah National Park and
other roads popular in the fall
foliage season will be open this
weekend.
Somewhat to the amazement
of State Forester George w.
Dean. Virginia had no new for
est fires of consequence yester-
day or early today. With timber
the driest in more than 20 years,
foresters are prepared for the
worst. Only extreme caution on
the part of the public, luck and
low winds cam avert a disaster,
they say.
Another Meeting Called.
Seriousness of the drought was
underscored by another meeting
scheduled Wednesday by the
Mobilization Committee.
Carl A. Gustafson, chief Of
the Forest Services fire control
division, said the drought index
in Virginia now has reached
1000, based on normal reading
of zero. This is as dry as was
Maine in 1947 when fires re-
suited in a $50 million loss.
States south of Virginia are
not as bad off, but Maryland.
West Virginia and Kentucky
face situations as critical as
Virginia'S. Mr.. Gustafson said.
40 Brush Fires in Area.
Firemen in the Washington
area were busy yesterday fight
ing more than 40 brush fires. As
a daily event since Sunday, Sill
yer Spring firemen fought a
stubburn brush fire at Colum-
bia boulevard and Red Oak
drive. The fire. apparently con-
quered, had only moved UNDER
ground and later broke out on
the surface.
Another fire burned from 3
am. until 5:39 am. in the 400
block of Whitestone road near
-Four Corners in Montgomery
County. Prince Georges County
appeared hardest hit numerically.
with 20 fires in "a hours.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Discoyerer Of PeniciIIin
Takes His Own Medicine
BY the Associated Press

NICE, France, Oct. 23.-Sir
Alexander Fleming, discoverer of
penicillin, who was scheduled to
be one of the principal speakers
on an international medicine day
program here today, was uable
to be present.
Instead, he sent his wife, who
read for him a paper on THE
Status and Prospects of the Sci
ence of Antibiotics.
MY husband is ill.," Lady
Fleming explained. He was
stricken with pneumonia in Lon
don"
She added, smiling, "he took
some penicnlin and he is much
BETTER
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Dean Reaches Tokyo;
Talks With Reds Hit
Snag Before Opening
Communists and U. S.
Cont Agree on Choice of
Punmunjom Building
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, Oct. 23.-Special
United States Envoy Arthur
Dean arrived today en- route to
Korea for talks with the Com
munistS and said the United Ma
tions command hopes to get the
Korean peace conference under
way no later than December l..
At Panmunjom, however, Com
muniSt and United States dele
gates couldn't even agree on a
building in which to hold pre-
liminary talks designed to pave
the way for the political confer
ence.
Mr.. Dean will represent the
United States command at the
preliminary talks, scheduled to
open Monday in Panmunjom.
Flies to Korea Tomorrow.
Mr.. Dean, special consultant to
United States Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles, will fly to
Korea with his advisers tomor-
row.
The disagreement at Panmun-
jom occurred when the Commu-
nists and Americans met TO de-
eide on a meeting place for the
preliminary talks. The Reds
want the talks held in the Ori-
ental-style frame building in
which the armistice was signed.
The U. N. command wants the
meeting at the new Military
Armistice Commission headquar-
ters.
Another meeting was sched-
uled tomorrow to try to break
the deadlock.
Mr.. Dean said he will have no
authority at the preliminary con-
ference to change the compost
ton of the main political con-
ference but will listen" if the
Communists bring up participa-
ton of neutral nations.
Reds Want NeutraIS to Join.
The Communists want neutral
nations to participate in the
main political conference.
But a United Nations General
Assembly resolution adopted Au-
gust % excluded neutrals at the
main political conference unless
the Reds want to invite Russia
to participate.
Mr.. Dean was met by the
United States Ambassador to
Japan, John M. Allison, and
American Ambassador to Korea,
Ellis o. Briggs.
Mr.. Dean said he would con-
fer with Mr.. Allison, Mr.. Briggs
and Gen. John E. Hull, allied
commander in the Far East and
hopes to meet with President
Rhee in Korea tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Aid toAIIies
To Be Included
InArms Budget
New Plan Prepared
To Give FexibiIity
In Mapping Defense
By Crosby S. Moves

President Eisenhower has
recommended that new appro-
priations for military aid to our
allies be included in the overall
national military budget to be
presented to Congress next
January.
At the same time, according to
Informed administration sources,
1t is proposed that the definition
of military aid" be broadened
to cover the maintenance and
support of foreign troops, as we'll
as their initial equipment.
The plan has been laid before
the cabinet for consideration.
There is little doubt that it will
be approved.
Would Consolidate Program.
The immediate effect will be
to consolidate the military as
SiStance program within the de-
fenSe establishment. At present,
responsibility for the program
and for the appropriation is
shared by the Defense Depart
ment and Harold StassenS For
eign Operations Administration.
The Defense Department is
responsible for actual admins
tration of the program. But the
money comes from the Foreign
Operations formerly the Mu-
tual Security budget, and Mr..
StaSSen has the overall co-ordi-
mating job.
The contemplated shift would
considerably reduce the scope
of FOA's operation. This year,
Congress appropriated $4.5 bill
lion for foreign aid, of which
$3.2 billion was for military as
SiStance, and $1.3 billion covered
all the remaining FOA opera
tionS.
Would Limit FOA.
Under the new scheme, it is
foreSeen that the Defense De-
partment could directly shoulder
a part Of the cost of maintain
ing troops in those countries
such as Greece and Turkey
which now receive So-called de
tense support" aid. If these costs
of requirements, soldiers pay,
uniforms and the like, were in
cluded as military assistance. it
is felt there would be little need
for any more direct economic aid
of the type now administered by
FOA. This would reduce Mr..
Stassen's operation principally
to administering technical as
Slstance and technical co-opera-
ton programs, handling United
States relations with various
multi-national European organ
izations and trying to carry out
the provisions of the Battle Act,
controlling East-West trade.
In part, the decision to con-
solidate the foreign and domeS-
tic military budgets is designed
to counter the growing resis-
tance in Congress to foreign
aid programs" In a total mill
tary budget of we'll over $50
billion, the portion earmarked
for our allies will not loom so
large.
Beyond this, it is hoped that
the new arrangement will per-
nit at least little more latitude
to our defense planners in al
locating money where they feel
it will do most good. The con-
tinued buildup of allied military
power is an essential part of a
long-range plan to reduce our
own ground forces, first details
of which were revealed in The
Star yesterday.
The proposed budget change
is felt to be at least a step in
the right direction.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Spanish Kidnoper
Killed, Victim Freed
By the Associoied Press

GRANADA, Spain. Oct. 23.-
Civil guards killed one kidnaper,
injured another yesterday and
rescued the 22-year-old victim
being held for a 100000 peSeta
($4,000 ransom.
The pair had seized Enrique
Morales Fajardo at his fathers
farm near here and took him
off to the mountains. Following
close on their trail, guardSmen
surprised the pair. The wounded
bandit escaped. Young Morales
was found tied to a tree.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Safe With $1,000 in Cash
Stolen From Grocery

A small floor safe containing
about $4,000 in cash and $400 in
United States Savings bonds dis
appeared from Martins Food
Store, 1890 Wisconsin avenue,
N. w., early today.
Police Pvts. Seymour Olcheck
and Robert Keyes discovered the
theft at $50 am. They reported
that a back door had been jim
mied open and the safe rolled
the length of the store, appar-
emily to waiting car or truck.
The policeman said the safe
was in full view of the street at
the front part of the store when
they checked the building at
Ais am.