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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-27
Hearings Scheduled
On Charges Of Racket
In Building Unions

A House subcommittee today
scheduled public hearings start
ing Monday to determine wheth-
err any labor union officials de-
manded kickbacks or brides
from construction contractors in
this city and nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Representative Bender, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, chairman of the
misunderstanding subcommittee
of the House Committee on Gov
eminent Operations. said the
first hearings would investigate
operations of the Brotherhood
of Painters. Decorators and Pa
perhangers of America. ALL.
particularly District Council 81
with. jurisdiction in this area.
Information has come to the
attention of the committee" Mr..
Bender said, "that certain rack
eteering practices are prevalent
in this area and that contract
ing firms in and outside OF
Washington who have received
Government and other contracts
here find it almost impossible to
operate, due to pressure exerted
by union officials, without the
payment of brides. In this con-
nection, evidence will be pre-
sented showing vicious kickback
and extortion demands made by
certain union officials on these
firms during the past several
years."
Mr.. Bender and Committee
Chairman Hoffman, Republican,
of Michigan explained that con-
tracing firms are required to
use IS per cent of the personnel
of the local union on all jobs
within this area. They said the
selection of men for these jobs
is made entirely by union Off
Gals. They declared that the
subcommittee investigation hopes
to determine whether slow
down, work stoppages and
similar obstacles are thrown in
the way of contractors. and
whether Corporation" Is OBJ
tanned through payments or
gifts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-27
Two Catholic Institutions
Are Robbery Targets

Two Catholic institutions were
targets for robbers last night, POI
lice said. =
A spokesman for the Francis@
can Order said q cash drawer
containing $40 was taken from
Pilgrimage Hall. Fourteenth ana
Quincy street NE. Entry was
made by cutting a porch screen.
Oficials Of Trinity College.
Michigan avenue and Franklin
street NE, reported an attempt
had been made to loot the chapel
wine locker. Police said they be-
lieved the same persons were re.
sponsible in both cases. @
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-27
Flood Control Bill Passes
House on Voice Vote
BY the Asseeiassd Press

The House passed yesterday q
bill to authorize future construc-
ton Of some 146 food control.
navigation and beach erosion
projects at q cost Of so.2l7.514.
Passage Of the omnibus bill
came on q voice vote after the
House rejected half q dozen
amendments. several Of them
aimed at deleting projects from
the measure.
The bill now goes to the Sen
ate, where the Public Works
Committee has completed hear
ings on similar legislation and Is
slated to act quickly on the bill.
Projects such as those in the
bill must be authorized before
Congress can vote construction
funds for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-27
House Passes Bill
To Tighten Laws on
Condemned Houses

The District has moved q
step nearer to getting rid Of
neighborhood eyesores.
The House yesterday
passed the bill giving the
city the power to force own
ers to tx up or remove
buildings condemned as in
sanitary.
The measure. sought by
the Commissioners as a tool
in their redevelopment plan,
is expected to be acted on
favorably by the Senate
District Committee Thurs
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-27
House D. {. Group
May Rescue ; Bills
Blocked on Floor
By Horold B. Rogers

Three Senate passed District
bills, blocked on the floor Of the
House yesterday, may be given a
new lease on life by the House
District Committee.
On motion of District Commit
tee Chairman Simpson, the
measures later were sent back to
his unit for further study and
consideration.
The bills, held up earlier by
objection of Representative Nc
MILAN, Democrat, of South
Carolina, would repeal the Alley
Dwelling Act, make several
changes in the city traffic law
and require that police arrest
books be kept open to public in
spection.
Question of Quorum.
Mr.. Mcmillan, ranking Demo-
crat on the committee, told The
Star he would be willing to CO.
operate in an effort to see what
can be done with the measures.
He blocked the bills by raising
the point of order they had been
passed by the House District
Committee without a quorum
present.
The alley dwelling measure, to
permit residents to occupy re-
stored and modernized alley
homes, had been amended in
committee, on motion of Mr..
Mcmillan, to let the District
Commissioners allow reconstruc-
ton of a gasoline filling station
at Wisconsin and Massachusetts,
avenues NV.
The surprise blocking of the
three measures was part Of a
busy session by the House yes
terday as it passed IA other Dis
trict bills. three of which went
to the White House.
The bills sent to the President
for his signature would: Cd
Give the Commissioners more
supervision over the Office of Re
corder of Deeds. permit the city
heads to hire assistant assessors
from outside the District, and
call for Federal payment of most
of the cost of a grade separation
carrying New York avenue eX-
tended over railroad tracks.
Bills Sent to Senate
Several other measures were
sent to the Senate. They would:
Give the United States Attor-
ney here authority to place cases
of certain juveniles charged with
capital offenseS for trial in the
United States Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia, instead of
Juvenile Court.
Authorize quartering in public
buildings Of troops coming to
the American Legion National
Convention and empower Dis
trict Commissioners to grant
necessary permits.
Incorporate the Foundation
Of the Federal Bar Association.
Correct several inequities in the
pay Of firemen and policemen.
Authorize the Chief Judge of
Municipal court to refer tax
cases to the District Tax Court.
Provide retirement for the
District Tax Court Judge and
increase the term of such
judge from four to 10 years.
Provide for appeals from 10
District boards and agencies to
the Municipal Court of Appeals.
instead of to the United States
Court of Appeals.
Permit certain statements re-
quired in punishment cases to
be mere written declaration in
stead Of under oath.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-27

DR.. Ross Veal. clinical pro-
lessor Of cardio-vascular sur
gerry at Georgetown University
will honor newly elected officers
of the University Of Alabama
Alumni Club Of Washington
with a dinner tonight at the
Congressional Country Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-27
Rotary Meets Tomorrow

The Rotary Club will meet in
the Mayflower Hotel at 1915
pm. tomorrow.
, 1954-07-23
FRIDAY JULY %, 1854
by ROY W. BoRNN. III al the Trustees Dinner
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. WASHINGTON. Be

1t is with a deep sense OF humility and ateenng OF great
responsibility that | have received the high honor bestowed
highest possible recognition of my efforts to advance the vel
fare of the people of the Virgin Islands. No other form OF re-
cogntion could bring me more profound qualification. Be
lieve me, today will ever remain deeply etched n my mem
cry IS one Of the most significant in my life.
/ accept this cherished honor not as mine alone. | feel, in
IL iaccrity, that it is an honor bestowed upon the Virgin Is
l.nls and their people, Of whom / am both a part and a SYM
Lol. and an honor conferred upon our Virgin Islands Depart
ment of Social Welfare and my faithful colleagues there who
have labored through the years, with untold zeal and self
effacing devotion, to relieve want among and to bring q new
life to our people.
Howard University has ever been a great and good friend
to the Virgin Islands and our people. Many Virgin Islands
youth have secured their higher education within the sacred
walls of this institution, some with scholarship aid afforded
through the generosity of your Trustees and President and
Faculty, and through their concern for the educational needs
Of our Islands. Many Virgin Islands youth have been trained
here in medicine, education, and other fields, and have re-
turned to our Islands to contribute their knowledge and skill
to our common veal. Today, through the honor bestowed
upon me, YOU have given further evidence of your continued
deep interest ! nthe Virgin Islands and thier progress. / thank
you deeply for myself. / thank you sincerely for the Virgin
Islands and their people.
The Virgin Islands are small and young members Of our
great nation. But no more loyal and devoted group Of US.
citizens exist anywhere. We cherish American ideals, our
sons have given their lives for those ideals in World War II
and in the Korean War. We remain deeply loyal and patriotic
to our great nation.
Our social problems in the Virgin Islands are severe and
distressing. Our needs are many, GU resources few. With the
per capita income averaging only Us of the. per capita in
66me IN the United States, the resources Of the local govern
ment ara inadequately to provide basic health, educational
End welfare services on desirable standards. Not many lead
es on the mainland are aware of, or concerned about, what
happens in these distant outposts of our nation. The Federal
Social Security Act came into being in the United States in
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-02-17
Is Injured In Army's
Mass Parachute Jump
Highest I'm History

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Up - Eighteen parachutists were
injured, eight Of them seriously,
Tuesday as the Army staged its
highest mass jump in history, Of
ficials in charge of the event re-
ported
Two of those hurt suffered pos
Sible broken backs, the Army
said, while others had fractured
arms and legs.
Injuries suffered by 10 of the
men were described as minor.
A total of 480 men jumped from
nine Globemaster planes into be
low-freezing weather in the first
Of two demonstrations.
The parachutes almost blotted
out the rising sun at Camp Car
son, south of Colorado Springs, in
the initial leap.
The jump took place 1000 feet
above the ground and 1000 feet
above sea level.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-02-17
ALASKA AIRLINES

From Anchorage: Kenneth B.
Saddler, Kenneth Marquis, Vim
cent Broze.
To Anchorage: Gordon Gould,
Sam and Mary Mogg, Frank and
URSULA Ellanna, Annie Pulleck,
Lea Kunnuck, Bernard Kuzinuk,
John Thomas, John Kokuluk,
Tony Pushruk, Perry Huff, Vim
cent Broze
To Kotzebue: j. Mcdonald,
Mary Attuk.
To Moses Point: Eugene Barato.
To Unalakleet: Frances Aya-
giak, R. E. Curtis.
From Unalakleet: Jarrett Law
horn, Glenn Lenert.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-02-17
us. Adm. Jerauld Wright
Appointed Supreme
Commander NATO Forces

WASHINGTON, tR-The White
House announced today the ap-
pointment of us. Adm. Jerauld
Wright as supreme commander Of
Allied forces in the Atlantic.
Wright will replace Adm.
Lynde D. Mccormick on April IL.
The White House also said
President Eisenhower also is nom
mating Wright to be commander
in chief of the us. Atlantic fleet
and commander in chief of the
us. Atlantic Command.
The Navy said Mccormick will
become president of the Naval
War College at Newport, RI.
Mccormick was the first SUI
preme NATO commander Of
naval forces in the Atlantic. The
post is equivalent to that of the
supreme command in Europe,
first held by President Eisen-
hover when he was a five-Star
general.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-02-17
49, Year-Old Soldier
Arrested For Theft
Of rs Pistols

FAIRBANKS, Rl-An 18-year-
old soldier was arrested here "a
hours after the weekend theft of
Is pistols from a sporting goods
shop.
Police reported 18 of the wea-
pons were found in a box in the
rooming house at which the SOL
der, John Valkavitch, was stay
ing while in the city on a pass
from Laid Air Force Base. The
officers said the youth said he
bought the pistols for $50.
He was released Monday on
$4,000 bond on a charge Of pos
session Of stolen property.
An anonymous tip led to the
arrest. The weapons were stolen
Friday night.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-02-17
10th Radio Downs 23rd
And Alumni Girls Beat
Huskies Tuesday Night

The fans at the local basketball
games last evening were treated
to two close scoring affairs In the
first game the 10th Radio beat out
the Detachment 23rd 1888 and
the Alumni Girls made it two
straight by knocking over the
Nome Huskies 1927.
The 23rd had held 1913 and %
20 leads thru the first half before
the 10th Radio tied up the game
at 1925 midway in the third
quarter, then went ahead 1927.
The teams were deadlocked 30-30
and 1888 then the Radio man
aged to maintain possession Of
the ball in the closing minutes of
the game
Don Knipp paced the winners
with 10, George Tolbert II, Bob
Logan 4, Pete O'Brien 2, Harvey
Tri and Kelly, one each. For the
23rd, Jones 8, Weaver 7, Etherton,
Schrag and Speltz each.
The Alumni Girls came back
with rush in the second half
to halt the high school attack
which had hit for 10 while limit
ing them to S. In the first quarter
the Huskies had rolled UP a 1872
lead.
Hitting for only one basket as
the Almuni poured in II points,
the high school lead was sliced
to 2117 at the end of the third
quarter. While the Huskies were
cooling off, the Alumni got their
shooting eye through the final
period and edged out their rivals
after the game had been tied at
25-25, to win 1927.
Vera Huff scored Is, Marge
Hay 10, and Beatrice Lee 7, for
the Alumni Others seeing action
for the winners were Beatrice
Havercamp, Nellie Sindelar, Lille
Tungwenuk, and Barbara Carl
son.
For the Huskies, Marge Willoya
IS, Nancy Trip 10 and Madeline
Piscoya 4. Lucy and Jeri Eager
strom, Marie Castel, Carolyn Gla-
vinovich, Arlene Muller and Sig
rid Olsen all saw action for the
high school,
Fridays schedule will pit the
two rivals again, the undefeated
Nome Merchants 600 against the
Lomen Commercials (3-3) in the
first game. At 8:15 the Nanooks
(4-2) tangle with the 10th Radio
(2-4.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-02-17
N o r I c E

To accommodate taxpayers. the
Territorial Tax Office will remain
open during lunch hours from
now until March Is. It will also be
open until $500 pm. Saturdays
March S and Is.
Deputy Tax Collector
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-02-17

Only about 48 percent of the
residents of Paris, France, were
born in Paris.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-02-17
RulLT.IN COMFORT
WITH cELOTEX

AZ oae low eosf-Celoiex ceiling end
wall ponels ihlSUlATE os they build %
remodel. Rooms ore cooler in sumner.
wcrmer 10 wiaies-evei bills are cut &C
mveA % Ao9st See your loeoa CsIosez
deoleg.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-23

celebrant from the day of his
birth to the present day by Irving
Zinaman who acted as master of
ceremonies.
Among those who relayed
greetings were David Rothblatt,
Gershon Hecker, Rabbi Morris B.
Chapman and ]. Milchman.
Relatives and friends present
included Mr.. and Mrs. Israel Sch
weitzer, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-23

Friedman, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Revesz, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Grebow,
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris German, Mr..
and Mrs. Hyman Levy, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Rothblatt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Zinaman, Mr.. and
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-23
The Sunshine City"

Mrs. Herman Schimerling, Mr..
and Mrs. Meyer Emsig, DR.. and
Mrs. Philip Kit, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. Censor, Rabbi Morris B. Chap
man, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hecker, and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Lourie.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-23

Thirty-five relatives and friends
were on hand to pay tribute to
the guest of honor in a setting
well befitting the occasion.
A dinner in banquet style was
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-23

movies depicting various events
in the lives of the Gelmans.
Highlight Of the occasion was a
history of the life of the birthday
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-23
Eli Gelmon Of St. Petersburg
Celebrates 18th Birthday

Sunday. April lth of the most colortul events
of Gman when he celebrated his 18th birthday at his
2234 18th Street North in ST. Petersburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

training a body to fit Q dress.
! can imagine, Of course. fall
ing in love with q size IL gar
ment and I can even stretch
my imagination to q dieting
bout that would bring 1t within
reach of me. Except that by
the time ! was down to Q Il.
the dress would be long since
sold or out Of style. And sup-
pose I were size II and adored
a size IS dress? How would
you train the body to fit that?
Dear charming, exciting
Schiap. / guess I'm one of the
20 per cent with an inferiority
complex, and you certainly
heightened it with your cryptic
10th commandment. which
has really got me stopped. Tell
me, just how do you train the
body to fit the dress?
lFron APP Newsfeatures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

And though she doesn't say
what per cent. she hints that
some Of then, are extrayagant.
foolish and even delinquent
about bill paying.
IN reviewing her life. scniap.
thank goodness, avoided the
curious numbo-jumb that ]
had begun to believe was the
stock in trade Of masters
and slaves Of fashion. Then
on the very last. page,
almost as If as an after
thought. Madame couldn't re-
sist any longer and delivered
herself Of IL commandments
for women in search of chic.
I guess the truth is that I
agree with Schiap when she's
talking Of things that / know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Miss Moser to Wed Mr.. Swift !.
--Harris-E wing Photo.

ding viii take place in Febru-
ary.
Miss Moser attended Kansas
City Art Institute Her fiance
was graduated from the Uni
versity of Miami.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. C.
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4 1884

something about: 7 believe in
paying bills promptly. for in
stance, because ! feel guilty If
! have any outstanding debts.
! never run around from store
to store looking for new fads.
chiefly because my feet aren't
UP to it. And I feel pretty sure
that other women are q drag
when you're shopping though
I'm not certain men are any
better.
I should like, however, Mad
ame's explanation as to what
she means by one of. her COM
mandments Never at a dress
to the body, but train the body
to fit the dress. . Those are
her exact words, and I haven't
the slightest idea what she
means.
]. for one, wouldn't have
any notion about how to start
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Morz Moraoret Mcbride soys
Experts Are So Confusing

Twenty per cent Of the
women she has dealt with
have ir1feriority completes, es-
Inmates Elsa Schiaparelli, Ital-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

liam born
Paris dress
maker who
h q 5 s e t
m q n y an
A m e ri
can style.
Seventy per
G e MT of
t h e $ e wo-
men ha v e
Illus ions,
a d DIS Scll-
Jap, as she
calls herself
t h r o u g h
m o S t of
Shocking !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Miss Barrett
IS Married

MFR. and Mrs. Leslie Barrett
of Friendly Crossways, Har-
ward. Mass, announce the
marriage on November Is Of
their daughter Amaryllis to
Mr.. Thomas Lee Cooper, son
of Rear Admiral Thomas
Franklin Cooper, Medical
Corps, U. S. N, and Mrs.
Cooper of Bethesda.
The ceremony took place at
Bryn Gweled, Huntingdon VAL
ley, Pa. The couple will make
their home in Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Moser
OF Youngstown. Ohio, announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter Marilyn to Mr.. j. Stewart
Swift. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William w. Swift. The we'd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

Mrs. Emmett Sebree
To Give Trovelogue
Mrs. J. Emmett Sebree win
give an illustrated talk on her
recent Mediterranean cruise at
the luncheon meeting CT the
District Society. Danes of the
Court OF Honor, to be held at
l pm. Saturday at the home
Of Mrs. Robert Powell Sweeny,
5 West Melrose street, Chevy
Chase, Md. Mrs. Sweeny Bland
will assist her mother as host
ess.
The business session will in
clude a report on the national
society's recent annual confer
ence in Roanoke, Va, by Mrs.
William Thompson CLERK, dele
gate from the District society.
Mrs. Robert Bachman, regis
trar general of the national So
ciety and president of the Dis
trict group, will preside.
The Arizona post., 1954-09-17
between You AND ME

WASHINGTON NOTES: United States officials claim
that they prospect of the Arab states adopting
less extreme attitude toward Israel. This may nothing
but Wshful thinking Washington hopes
will refrain from that would unduIy alarm
Some officials begin show about
reaction toward the possible consequences for the Jewish
State from the British with Egypt
from Americas arming of Iraq and Egypt For the first
tme State Department circles that security
problem exists Even Secretary Dulles show per-
sOnal interest in sraeIs argument that security
affected At the time the sentiment
parment is to avoid the Arabs but
to win slowly methOdicaly cOnciaOry attitude
of the Arab states toward Israel fact only
U.s. but also Britain France will avoid the raising
of of IsraeS problems at the forthcoming the
U.N. General Assembly which starts month. The
Western Powers to feel that placing the ArabsraeI
problem before Assembly interpreted
pressure upon the Arabs. The situation will be diff
ferent if the Arab states themselves placing this
issue the agenda. Such possibility is not excluded
THE JEWISH SCENE: DIR. Nahum Goldman, Ameri-
chairman of the Jewish Agency determined bring the
ZOnsts and nOnZOnsts closer together their efforts for
Israel His idea to have leaders various Jewish
in this country meet from time to tmeas individuals and
voluntary bassand discuss various aspects of the
meetings. which will merely forum for exchanging
opinions And there would be question of dominating
being dominated Most of the nOnZiOnist groups in
Guiding Council of Jewish FederaOns the Jewish
Labor Committee willing to cooperate with DIR. Gold
i'm this project The American Jewish Committee
is thus far the only absainng group. With his usual
optimism, Dr. Goldman hopes to win also the American
Jewish Committee when he his effort right after
Hashanah....
The Arizona post., 1954-09-17
swiftly Will
Hear Reports

Members of SWIFTLY, high
school students attending
Temple Emanuel, will hold
an Oneg Shabbat Saturday to
initiate the new season. They
will hear reports from Robert
Posner, Joyce Goldwyn, De
anna Myerson, Jack Singer
on the leadership Institutes
they attended this summer at
Camp Saratoga in California.
The four delegates will de-
scribe their experiences to the
congregation at a Sabbath
service in October which they
will conduct.
Club plans a get-together
with the allied Phoenix group
during the Thanksgiving holi-
day, probably in Phoenix.
Leadership program was
held at Camp Saratoga in
The Arizona post., 1954-09-17
Need Home
Hospitality
For Military

With the approach of the
High Holidays, the serious
business of serving all the
military is of paramount i'm
pOrtance. Requests are being
received daily for home hos
pitality, for lodging during
the period from both unat-
tached men and married cou-
piles. Many are stationed at
Fort Huachuca.
Mrs. M aurice Margolis,
Armed Service chairman,
frankly says that there has
not been enough response to
fill the requests on hand and
many more will be received in
the next week.
Generous in the past, the
local community is asked to
on t a C t Mrs. Margolis at
5-2588 offering to have the
military dine with them or,
give overnight housing to
both young men and to mar
ried couples.
For many this will be the
first Yontef aways from their
families and they should have
the pleasure of joining with
Tucson families in observing
the holidays.