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Evening star., 1954-12-19
BIadensburg Traffic
Declines 3 Per Cent
As Parkway Attracts

Daily trafnc on Bladensburg
road near the District line has
dropped more than one-third
since the opening of the Wash
on-Baltimore parkway. a
new survey disclosed yesterday.
This decrease was the sharpest
registered in study just COM
| pleted on the high-speed park
ways effects on city streets.
The traffic counts, made each
day for a week between 7 am.
and noon and l and 6 pm. at
points near the District line,
showed:
Traffic volumes dropped 337
! per cent on Bladensburg road.
25.6 per cent on Rhode Island
avenue, 13 per cent on Kenil-
worth avenue and 8.4 per cent on
Michigan avenue.
/ Lures Drivers.
Motorists who previously used
these streets and now use the
parkway, city officials said. ac-
count for about 85 per cent of
the total parkway volumes. The
remaining is per cent is mainly
induced traffic" - brand-new
trips apparently generated by
the ease. speed and safety of the
parkway.
Such induced traffic is seen on
any big new highway, officials
said. But the high volume on the
Baltimore re-Washington route is
more than was expected by Dis
trict Highway Department ex-
perts who made the traffic
1 checks.
They also were surprised at
the high traffic counts on the
parkway itself. Tabulations last
week, for example, showed 25,-
5l4 cars on Saturday, 25,159 on
Sunday. 22,928 on Monday and
22,066 on Tuesday.
Back Tracking Reported.
Douglas s. Brinkley. highway
planning engineer, said these
figures reflect more short trips
on the parkway to "close-in des-
tinations" near Washington. In
dications are that some motor
lists even back-traek fair dis
| ,tances to get on the parkway
| for relatively short trips.
One check, made on a 24-hour
basis on Defense highway near
Landoyer road. for example,
showed a traffic reduction of
ST. per cent on Defense high
way.
| Counts at points near the
/ parkway's origin at Bladensburg
road and New York avenue NE.
showed:
Volumes on Bladensburg north
iof New York avenue dropped
1892 per cent, those on Bladens-
i'burg south ton the Washington
.side) of New York avenue
jumped by 20 per cent and those
ION New York avenue just west
OF the parkway increased by
28.5 per cent.
Maryland State Roads Com
mission officials said studies TO
be tabulated In a week or so
show .'big reductions" also on
q. s. Route and other major
Maryland roads near the park
] way.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

OlStrlct Cralnc orT1clalS, aQ-
mitting some Of their old files
are in disorder, contend micro
filming is slowly solving their
problem.
Old records also plague all
other departments of the District
Government, according to Di-
rector of General Administration
Schuyler Lowe.
However, he said, a two-year-
old, long-range program is un-
derway to clean up the situation
throughout the District Gov
ernment.
Traffic officials, who started
regular microilming of titles
and registrations two years ago
and also photographed some
of their back records-say that,
within eight years, they will
have on film all the records
they are required to keep.
AS an example of the prob
lem, Mr.. Lowe said. tons of use
less records are still stored away
in file cases.
One such, which he pulled
out recently. was a folder ol
papers on bids requested by the
District in 1913 for the rent o1
a mule team and the explana.
ton of why they were rejected.
! On the other hand. he sale
many documents that almost
never lose their value" ar.
stacked carelessly, are without
ventilation and are almost i'm.
possible to use.
/ Examples are to be found ir
the basement of the Municipa
Center, built in 1910. Originally
intended for a cafeteria 1t has
been partitioned by wire screens
into storage areas for several OF
the city's departments.
In one of these lockers is Q
stack of musty old ledgers more
than six feet high, rs feet Ions
and 10 feet wide.
Stolen Bicycles Stored.
Next to it are more than
score of stolen bicycles in Gus.
tody of the Police Bicycle Squad
And, in one corner. is the
/ locker Of the Department Of We.
hicles and Traffic. Herman S
Cole. assistant traffic director
recalls that the department frs
got the space about 1850
It was then, he says, that tht
records were moved from tht
stable OF the old Ward Baking
Co. in the 600 block of c stree
NV. where the department.
driver testing lot is now located
There. he said, the old records
and driver registration card
literally were "ankle deep" ThiI
charge was made on Thursday b.
an Internal Revenue Servic,
agent, testifying in the trial O
| Gambler Errlmitt Warning.
This. said Agent E. Russell
Kennedy. jr.. was the reason HI
was unable to trace certificate
Of title for automobiles used b.
Warning. He admitted. however
1 he had made his search of ths
files five or six years ago.
| Many such searches have beer
made. MIR. Cole said, and inves.
tigators often fail TO put tn,
records back In order. Now, b,
indicated. it would cost mort
than the records are worth-ir
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Housing Code
Policy Farley
Being Planned
Report Being Drafted
On Major Issues
Now Under Dispute
By Hector Mclean

A major policy conference b
settle principal points at issue in
connection with the Districts
proposed Housing Code is being
planned within a week or two,
it was learned yesterday.
Preparing for the conference,
District staff experts are review
ing the transcript of q recent
hearing on the proposed code to
isolate policy issues which must
be decided by the Commissioners.
Speaking for the staff group,
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert F. Kneipp said he hoped
they could finish their study and
report by Thursday to Commis-
sioner Spencer.
Then. he said, Mr.. Spencer
plans to confer with Charles B.
Dulcan, ST., chairman of the
Housing Code Review Committee,
and set up q policy meeting which
will include members Of the Re-
view Committee, the Drafting
Committee and the Commis-
sioners.
Rewriting Of Rules Seen.
Among the policy issues to be
decided Is whether the District
should abandon use Of the word
tenement" as the legal descrip-
ton for certain types of housing.
This would involve a basic re-
writing Of the License Regula-
tions of 1948. which defined
various types of housing-such
as hotels. apartments, tenements
and rooming houses-and pro-
vided for their licensing.
It also would involve abandon
ment of the city's present Tene-
ment Regulations. Establish
ments which these now cover
would presumably be regulated
either by the proposed Housing
Code or the Rooming House
Regulations which are a part of
the code.
Meanwhile, the Commission
ers have received at least one
vote against a separate tenement
classification from the Executive
Board of the Washington Chap
ter of Americans for Democratic
Action.
The board urged that the
housing code set "the highest
practicable standards" to cover
existing dwellings. and better
standards for future buildings
to raise the level of the COM
munity's housing standards.
ADA States Position.
The ADA letter to the Com
missioners declared:
"We are familiar with the
statement that there Is no need
for concern about new dwellings
because they will be regulated
by the building code, tse coming
code. the fire prevention and
other regulations-despite the
fact that these codes and regu-
lationS now permit, among other
things, gross land overcrowding
with new dwellings.
THE proposed housing code
does have one remarkable re-
versal, however. 1t requires
larger bedrooms in existing
dwellings than the building code
requires in dwellings hereafter
erected. There is an apparent
assumption that after a new
dwelling has been erected and
therefore becomes existing, the
size of its bedrooms will be in
creased"
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Red Feather Directors
|WiIl Vote Tomorrow
On Re-Examination

A complete re-examination o.
the basic aiI11s and methods o1
the Community Chest In ths
Washington area will be voted
on tomorrow at a meeting Of the
Board Of Directors of the Com
munity Chest Federation.
Herbert c Blunck, president
OF the federation, will present
the proposal al $3.50 pm. in the
Hotel Statler The proposal has
been urged as imperative" by
all six area chests and the ex-
ecutive committee of the fedora
ton.
The study which the directors
will be asked to authorize to-
morrow would cost an esti-
mated $4,000 or more and would
examine present methods OF
fund raisir G. distribution OF
funds to participating agencies
and social welfare planning.
40 Would Serve.
If the study is voted, it would
be conducted by a 40-member
"evaluation committee" with the
help of professional consultants,
It's report ana recommendations
would be submitted to the direc-
tors not later than June 80,
1855, and then to the individual
chests for their comments be-
fore the board of directors would
take action.
Several factors have prompted
the call for a restudy of chest
operations In the area:
/. Government agencies in the
Washington area this year an
nounced their intention to set
up their own lone package
drive for charitable collections
unless a united area wide cam
paign could be organized for the
purpose. AT present, there are
a number of voluntary welfare
agencies conducting drives out
side the chests annual cam
paign.
Firms Declined Job.
2. A $4,000 study voted by the
federation executive committee
last April to consider a sounder
method Of allocating chest funds
to the six area chests has not
produced results. Research firms
asked to do the job refused to
undertake it until a more basic
policy re-evaluation had been
completed. At present, the feder-
alton allocates only lump sums
to the six chests, which then
make their own ALLEGATIONS to
agencies in their area.
3. The Montgomery County
Chest has said that it must re-
ceive an increase Of $59.500 il,
its ALLEGATION of funds for 1855
II 1t is to continue in the chest
federation. .
The study proposal which the
board of directors will consider
tomorrow would be the first such
comprehensive survey since the
Community Chest Federation
was organized in 1916. Embrac-
ing the chests in Alexandria,
Arlington, Fairfax. Montgomery,
Prince Georges and the District,
it succeeded a similar organiza-
tion which operated during the
war years as the Community
War Fund.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
ia HospitoIized
By Home Accidents
Here Last Week

Accidents In homes sent ia
persons to hospitals last week,
the District Red Cross reported.
In addition. three fatalities were
recorded, including an infant
suffocation.
A 52-year-old man hooked his
tongue in his dental plate and
was treated at Georgetown Hos
pital. AT the same hospital. a
youngster received treatment
after being hit on the head with
a toy fire engine.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
|MckeIdin Vote
On Transit Study
Due This Week
Rumors Soy Governor
Won't Join District,
Virginia Action

A decision is expected from
Gov. McKeldin this week on ap-
pointment of Maryland repre-
sentatives to a District Mary
land Virginia committee to study
area mass transit problems.
Virginia and District officials
have appointed their delegates
to the proposed nine-man study
group, but no word has been
heard from Maryland since the
State legislature authorized the
representation early this year.
Rumors He win BaIk.
Recently. there have been
rumors that Gov. McKeldin
might not make the appoint
ments at all.
Asked about it, an aide at first
said he understood the Gov
ernor had not decided whether
he would appoint the delegates.
Later, the aide said he expected
to have IAN answer" this week.
The Interstate committee
has been criticized because there
are no funds or technical help
to back up any studies made.
Other officials, however. argue
that it at least provides q
liaison between the three juris-
dictions at the legislative level,
and could work with other agen-
cies on studies.
For example, Representative
Broyhill, Republican, of Virginia.
who intends to introduce a bill
calling for a presidential COM
mission to study area transpor-
tation, said the bill would have
the presidential group consult
with and give consideration to
the views Of" the three-juris-
diction committee.
Second Bill Planned.
eanwhile. Representative
Hyde. Republican, of Maryland
said yesterday he intends to in
troduce another bill to provide
an area regulatory commission
to deal with mass transit facili-
ties. He said its details are still
to be worked out.
The Hyde and Broyhill pro-
posals for separate study and
regulatory commissions were
combined in a single bill which
passed Congress last year but
was vetoed by the President. The
veto message said each of the
proposals had defects which
probably could be worked out
in future legislation.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Tests for Counse!ors Set

Examinations for posts as
counselors in Junior and senior
high schools will be given Janu-
airy 27 and % by the District
public school system. Applica-
ton may be made at Webster
Administration Annex, Tenth
and II streets NV.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

ALA THE SUNDAY STAR
$3.50 Washington. ID. c..
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1884
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-04-07
Tour OF Homes
Planned By
County Agents

A tour of kitchens and yards in
Columbus County will be held
April 9 by the Columbus County
Home Agents.
Members of the tour will leave
the Home Agents office in the
Whiteville Agricultural Building
at $40 a. m, and visit the follow
ing communities - Whiteville,
Antioch, Mollie, Bethel, Sandy
Plains, New Life, East Tabor.
Clarendon, Western Prong, White
Marsh, Mishop Springs, Evergreen,
Cerro Gordo and Chadbourn.
A later tour will be made of the
Eastern end Of the county accord
ing to Home Agents.
April 10
Chadbourn HID Radio Program
Saturday, Ills a. m.
April IL
Fair Bluff Jr. All - Monday
lis p. m.
Fair Bluff Sr. All - Monday
2:15 p. m.
Western Prong HID - Monday
z:3o p. m, at Clubhouse.
April Is
Old Dock Jr. All - Tuesday
900 a. m.
Nakina Sr. All Tuesday 1o.3o
a. m. io''o
halisboro Jr. All - Tuesday
2:10 p. m.
Homemakers HID - Tuesday
1;W p. m, with Mrs. Humphrey
lebanon HID - Tuesday, $50
p. M, with Mrs. ". j. Colombo
April IA
Tabor City Jr. All wewro.
day, 1890 a. m.
Tabor City ST.. All - Wednes-
day, lips a. m.
Hallsboro Sr. All - Wednes-
day, 2:1O p. m.
Clarendon HID - Wednesday
5:Oo p. m, with Mrs. Ed Green
RACES Mill HID - "Wednesday
200 p. m.
April Is
WhlteV1lle Sr. All - Thursday
HOO a. m.
Mishop Springs HID - Thurs
Jay SUI p. m, with Mrs. GEORGE
Davis. eoise
Moliie HID - Thursday, 800 D,
m'' with Mrs. D. M. Jolly.
Al County Council - Thurs
day. E3O p. m, in auditorium of
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-04-07

plans to graduate. Best of luck
Ula, to you and Bobby for a most
successful marriage. Good lucko
to you in your school career.
1t was nice to see several of the
college students home during the
past weekend. Some from our
school who were enjoying spring
holidays were Marjorie Ward, Lois
Williams, Vivian Stanley, Charles
Bullock, and Mary Lois Carroll.
The Seniors are very proud OF
James HARRISON who is back al
school after a week of absence due
to illness. Sorry, James. you were
unable to perform i'll the Senior
play.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-04-07
By Nancy Hardie

Twelve Williams Township girls
attended the State F. H. A. Con
vention held on Saturday in RAJ
leigh. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Fred Mcpherson and Mrs.
Lloyd Thompson, club sponsors.
One of the highights of the
week was the autographing of
yearbooks. "The Aggie" was the
source of many "ooh's" and
"Aah's" as pencils and pens were
put to work writing many flowery
greetings and solutions.
Miss Ula Fowler, a local tenth
grader, was united in marriage to
Bobby Smith. A nice thing is hat
she is still attending school and
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-04-07

F, Our school will be the meeting
place for Columbus County Beta
Club members on Thursday night,
since the Spring Beta Club Rally
will be held here then.
Since time and space are run
ming short l will close by saying
81 hope to see you Thursday night
and l will see you again next week
at this same place and time with
more local Williams news. Au
Revoir!
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-04-07
WILLIAMS FnGIIILGHTS:
This Is What Took Place

The past week has really been
a busy one. Everybody has been
running here, there, and every
where. Many exciting things hap
pened. To begin with during the
first Of the week the movie, Jul
Jus Caesar" was shown.
This movie was greatly enjoyed
by all of the students.
Too, the talent show was re-
peated for those who were unable
to attend on Thursday night.
On Friday night the Seniors pre-
senteed their class play Gone
With The Girls" Also on Friday
night a party was held at the
home Of Melba Faye Spivey.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-04-07

Agriculture Bldg.
Chadbourn Jr. All - Thursday,
12:45 p. m.
Chadbourn ST.. All - Thursday,
2:15 p. m.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-04-07

The trouble with the world is
the younger generation - grown
older.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-04-07

To understand The present, and
foretell the future. its only necess-
airy to understand the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Men of Honor
Shaw Proved TRUSTING
Paul Gregory Got Don juan Rights
Via Phone, Signed No Contract
By Lawrence Perry

alone English: Charles Laugh
ton HAS Laughton been
fool enough to 60 into this
piece Of Insanity" and Sir
Cedric Hardwicke-"Oh, Hard
wicke. Ell? Well. that's bet
ter. But listen to me young
man: I charge is per cent
royalty"
mo. no, no." walled Greg
DRY. MY actors are all high
salaried players"
"All right then, what per-
centage do you say?"
When Paul said 5 per cent
he heard an amused cackle.
Then:
Let's make it 7la per cent"
"Done!" Paul cried. So that
was that. No contract was
ever signed, mutual trust OBJ
tanned.
''Mr. Shaw died a few
months later" said Paul, land
I never saw him-but we have
paid more than $150,000 in
royalties into his estate"
Now PIons a Film
Mr.. Gregory's latest trip to
Hollywood relates to an initial
dip into film production, a
play named Night of the
Hunter, based on a novel by
Davis Grubb, to be released by
United Artists.
Then will follow play
starring Charles Laughton, to
be done. Paul hopes, in time
for the fall season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Macarthur
Continued From Page ELL

~es@ .
Murrow's passionate devotion
to his country and to the fun
damental principles upon
which it is built. 1t also knows
of his equally passionate OPP
position to those who. either
within or outside our boun-
diaries, would subvert those
principles.
Missed No Aword
Mr.. Murrow's achievements
during the past 10 years have
brought honors and distinc-
ton to CHS. They have won
for him acclaim in tangible
form from high officials in the
United States Government and
from the leaders in indus
try, law science. education, and
the arts.
Mr.. Murrow has won over
so awards which attest to his
integrity and accuracy as a
broadcaster. There is no
major broadcasting award COW
ering the presentation of the
news or news subjects which
has not been won by Mr.. Muir
row at least once.
"CBS subscribes fully to the
integrity and responsibility Of
Mr.. Murrow as a broadcaster
and as a loyal American"
It was the Senator himself
who gave us the choice. Either
he doesn't belong in the Sem
ate. he said. or Mr.. Murrow
doesn't belong in millions of
American homes. 1t is awfully
hard to think of Alcoa and
CHS as supporting the Civ
ing of aid and comfort to the
enemy. But it seems fairly
certain that Mr.. Murrow will
continue to be brought into
millions of American homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

can be found. When Sheree
was trying out for Pink
Tights" and Purdom for 1.-THE
Egyptian" they became q test
team - and looked so good
playing together. in color. that
now a new combination looms.
(Released by the NANA.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Ida, Howard May Tour Struwhuts

pie has received offers to tour
the summer circuit in THE
FourpOster.'' They're seri-
ously considering the proposal
and will accept, if film COM
mitmentS don't interfere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
BY the Assceioted Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Ida Lupino and Howard Duff
may cement their reconcilia-
ton with a tour of summer
theaters this year.
The recently reconciled cou-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
New Team, Maybe
HOLLYWOOD

W.T.
A series of tests made of the
two together by Doth Fox may
lead to the co-starring of
Sheree North and Edmund
Purdom if the proper vehicle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Men of Honor
NEW YORK.

NEW YOtLh.
How an important business
deal between two men of
honor and good will can be
simply conSumated was re-
vealed by Paul Gregory just
before he flew to the Pacific
Coast the other day.
Gregory. as you probably
know. is the youthful pro-
Queer of The Game Mutiny
Court Martial" His first big
stage strike came as the
sponsor of the sensational
contribution to Broadway
drama. Don Juan in He'll"
After Gregory had completed
most Of the production de-
tails, the late George Bernard
Shaw, author of the play, had
to be won over.
Without any introduction
the then-unknown producer
called up Shaw at his home
at Ayot st. Lawrence via
transatlantic telephone and
submitted his request for per-
mission to produce Don
Juan" Miraculously the dra-
matist himself had answered
the telephone.
Who are you?" he asked
in a thin. week voice.
Paul said he was merely a
young man with a big idea.
You mean you are calling
me up from Hollywood, some
5000 miles. to propose this
silly venture? Do you realize
you have hit on an impossible
idea?"
He Hod a Cost
Paul replied it was not i'm
possible and that he had COL
lected a group of persons who
could not only make success
possible but also probable,
namely, Agnes Moorehead--
mot a bad actress" Shaw
commented; Charles Boyer
Tut, tut! Boyer can't speak
understandable French, let
Evening star., 1954-04-11
$100 Million Span
To Link Michieon's S
Two PeninsuIus
MACKINAW CITY, Mich

MACkINAW CITY, Mich.
Construction of bridge over
the Straits of Mackinac to link
the two peninsulas of Michigan
will be under way officially May
7. The project will cost just
short of $1O0 million before its
completion in the fall of 1857.
The earth-turning ceremonies
will bring on a two-day celebra-
tion at which downState guests
from Detroit, Lansing and
Grand Rapids will pour into the
straits region by special trains,
led by State and national figures
invited to participate in the rites
at st. Ignace on May 2 and a
repeat performance at Mack
inaw City the following day.
Planned as the elimination
of Michigan week. the affair will
be occasion for parades with
Evening star., 1954-04-11

Gulf Beach hotel. 7 days, 6
nights, pool, beach, recreation,
transfers. As LOW AS
Evening star., 1954-04-11

opera, drama and other color
full entertainment.
Gounod's Faust" and "Ariadne
auf NaxaS" by Richard Strauss
will be presented at the 1854
Opera festival. Faust" will
open June 26 for a run of 81
performances, and "Ariadne"
will start July 3 to alternate
with Faust" for 13 perform
ances. Both operas will close
July "a.
The play for the 1854 season
has not yet been named. 1t will
run from July 81 through
August 20.
Evening star., 1954-04-11

7 days, 7 nights, all-conven-
ience 6 person bungalow.
Free transfer, tennis and golf.
Entertainment for youngsters.
Evening star., 1954-04-11
Exhibit Buildings
On Summer Hours
WILLIAMSBURG. Va

Summer hours at,three Of the
historic exhibition buildings of
Colonial Williamsburg have gone
into effect.
Through the summer. the CO.
lonial Governors Palace. the
Public Gaol and the Capitol will
open at 8 am. daily and close at
S pm. The five other principal
exhibition buildings here will
continue the regular 10 am. to
5 pm. hours daily.