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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01
Baltimore Builder
And Firm Convicted
Of Fraud Against City
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. April L. DOM
mic Piracci. a contractor, and
his Piracci Construction Co. were
convicted early today of con-
spring to defraud the city of
$42, 1896 in the building of park
ing garage.
Judges Emory H. Niles and
John T. Tucker deferred the
sentence pending an appeal.
Conviction carries a maximum
penalty Of 10 years's imprison-
ment and a $4,000 fine.
Pending the new trial move.
bail of $4,000. half for Piracci
and half for his company, was
posted.
Deliberate Eight Hours.
A Circuit Court jury of four
women and eight men reached a
verdict about 1890 am. after
celebrating about eight hours.
States Attorney Anselm So
daro said Piracci would be called
to trial Monday on charge of
attempting to obstruct justice
by altering and falsifying GER
tain records of the Piracci Con-
struction Co."
In his final summation, Mr..
Sodaro contended Piracci made
it possible for two parking ga
rage operators to erect a $780,
600 garage without hardly put
ting up nickel"
Two Others Convicted.
He referred to Albert Haar
and Samuel Wink. They were
convicted on the same fraud
conspiracy charges two weeks
ago.
The defense argued that Pr
racci made no false representa-
tionS to the city and that the
city lost nothing through the
transactions.
Six other individuals and four
firms face criminal charges re-
sulting from a grand jury probe
of Baltimore'S $40 million off,
street parking program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01
SUPER CHIEF DRIVEN

On Indian Head Hwy. via s. Capitol
st. Bridge, 61k Miles From ID. c. Line.
On the Right. Children Under IL
Admitted Free.
WILL ROGERS. JR.; NANCY OLSON.
boy FROM OKLAHOMA" IColoro.
GINA MAYO. THE IRON MIS-
TRESS." at S:45.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01

it wants to recommend special
priority for any bridge other
than Reaches Run and whether
it will answer sharply -worded
criticism against it yesterday.
John Nolen, jr.. planning COM
mission director, said both those
questions would come before his
group at a meeting tomorrow.
The commission has not voiced
any priority for other bridges.
although it strongly favors the
Jones Point project. On the
matter of answering yesterdays
testimony. the planners are an
gered by District testimony
challenging their estimates Of
Reaches Run bridge costs.
The planners said their bridge.
as well as extensive approach
road improvements in Virginia,
would cost 1858 million. This
estimate did not include some
improvements already planned
by District and Federal officials,
but the planners contend it was
based on figures they got from
the District.
81 Million Disagreement.
District highway engineers
said the improvements proposed
by the planners would cost 1892
million-not 1858 million. But
they contended other improve
ments needed to make the bridge
"a partly workable facility"
would run the total up to sos
million.
The partly workable" COM
ment was as far as any of the
District witnesses went. Basically
and in unequivocable language
they commended the bridge is
impractical because District
streets in the Fourteenth street
N. w. area could not be made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01
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Films of More Than Routine Merit


FROM HERE TO ETERNITY"-The eight way Academy
Award winner.
"GLENN MILLER STORY"-James Stewart the fondly
remembered bandleader
"LHI"-Lesie CarOn captvates in a Paris carnival
IMAM ON fight behind
Iron Curtain.
"THE QUIET NAM Olickng Irish jest by John Ford
"ROMAN HOLIDAY"-Award- Winner Audrey Hepburn
fr0icsOme princess.
"SHANEAan Ladd and Van Hen superior outdoor drama
"STALAG 17"-Wlliam Holden in German prisoner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01

Abe DRIVEN 7 T~v ." fo' 1855 4:ss
Open Nightly 6:I5 PM. Riddles Free.
Ends Tonight. Don't Miss the Years
Big Hit. FROM HERE TO ETER-
NIFTY at 200 and 1910; Also
gLAGK FURY WsRx in in Gol9 %iR1. Fin III
EVERY PORT" Also FLAMING
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01
e. M. LOEW'S
MT. VERNON OPEN AIR

Rt. I, So. Of Alex. so. S-S722.
Tonight Thru sat. Open at 6.
Action as You Like JACK SLADE."
MARK STEVENS, 6:45. $50: Plus
LOUIS HAYWARD in Tech. S:35.
Color Cartoon. Riddles Free. Bring
Them to Our New Miracle Fairyland.
Everything Is Free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01
Arlington
AIRPORT

RUBY GENTRY" JENNIFER JONES.
at 7:O5 and 1925; Plus MAN ON
A TIGHTROPE." FREDERIC MARCH.
S:4S. Cartoon. Located in Arlington
st. Bridge Friday. MISS SADIE
THOMPSON" and SILVER CITY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-01
BRANCH DRIVEN

$500 Branch Ave. Sc. md. Rte. 81
RE. $1,000
P rrSs I'M" FROM i HERE TO ETER-
NIFTY" at $3.50. 9:25. starring BURT
LANCASTER and MONTGOMERY
Cliff. Starts Fri. ROBT. MITCH
UNI in MACAO" and EDMOND
Drive Out Pa. Ave. Sc. From Sousa
Bridge or Out Suitland Pkwy. From
So. Capitol Bridge, Right on Branch
Ave. Sc. Drive GA Mi. SO. OF d. c.
Line. Free Candy to Riddles every
nirhtt Kids ALWAYS fFeei
Evening star., 1954-09-22
New Miracle Upholstery
And Rug Cleaner Cuts
Housework in Half
Also Cleans Walls, Woodwork, Windows, Floors;
Furniture, Etc. Deodorizes As 1t CIeons-
Eliminates Scrubbine-Kind to Your Hands

ness-gone are stale, musty
.odors. Formula "B" applied to
spilled food and drink prevents
staining, eliminates any after
smell" Ideal for the family
with babies and small children.
Even removes grape Juice and
grass stains.
Gentle As A Hand Lotion. Clean
an entire rug with Formula
"B" and find your hands feel
ing soft and smooth. No harsh
ingredients to harm hands, fab
RIGS or surfaces.
Ideal Spot Remover. Try For
mula "B" to remove spots from
garments. Leaves no ring and
deodorizes as it cleans. See how
the colors glow. No need to rub
hard and damage the fabric.
Money Refunded III Not Salts
fled. If you don't agree that
Formula ''B" is the most effec-
tive cleaning agent you've ever
used, send the unused portion
back and your money will be
completely refunded. Only 98c
a quart.
Available at leading super
markets, grocery, hardware and
department stores.
McClelland's Formula "B" Is
the same product used by pro-
fessional cleaners, hotels and
institutions to cut labor costs.
Evening star., 1954-09-22

Probably the greatest boon to
housewives since the develop
ment of detergents, McClel-
lands Formula "B" is fast re-
placing all other household
cleansers. Until Formula B"
came along 1t was necessary to
GO out and buy a variety OF
products; a liquid for mirrors
and windows, a cellulose for
rugs, a suds for upholstery, an
abrasive for floors and tile, a
powder for woodwork and walls,
a chrome cleaner, a spot re-
mover, and so forth. Now
throw them all out-Formula
"B" does everything, twice as
fast, twice as easy!
Cuts House work In Half.
Breeze through your work with
Formula "B" because 1t requires
little or no scrubbing. Use 1t
direct from the bottle-no need
to dilute. Just apply it to
sponge or cloth and wipe on.
Formula "B" leaves no sticky
residue or grit-you needn't
rinse off and rub dry. Simply
sudse 1t on when cleaning up
holstery or carpets. Ideal for
cleaning upholstered foam rub
her furniture.
Deodorixes As 1t Cleans. Every
thing you touch with Formula
81" takes on IN outdoor fresh
Evening star., 1954-09-22
Income Tax Law Panel
Cites SimpIified Forms
EMMY LOU

The day when income tax
forms drove q man to the nearest
Internal Revenue Service expert
for advice may be about over.
It was pointed out last night
that under the new tax law
signed by President Eisenhower
last August Is, the language on
the new forms will be so simph-
fed that anybody should be able
TO understand it.
Evening star., 1954-09-22

This came out during a panel
discussion on the law, during the
opening fall meeting Of the Dis
trict Bar Association, In the
Mayfiower Hotel.
Walter A. Slowinski. jr., cited
the work done on the law by
such groups as the local bar as
sociation, the. American Law
Institute, the American Bar AS,
sociation, Internal Revenue and
others.
Other speakers were II. Cecil
Fitzpatrick, F. Cleveland Hedrick,
jr., and David w. Richmond.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Deaf Children
ToGive 7 dbIedu

Children from the Reinhardt
School for the Deaf viii pre-
sent q Christmas tableau' at
the noon luncheon meeting Of
the Woman's Community Club
of Kensington tomorrow In the
social hall of st. Pauls Metho-
dist Church. Miss Anna B.
Peck Is director Of the school.
The school, with an enroll
rlent Of about thirty students,
includes children from foreign
countries, and other sections
of the United States. The
music department Of the club
will present Christmas carols
and lead in group singing.
Mrs. Thomas w. Fleming, pres
ident OF the Maryland Fedora
tion of Wonien,s Clubs. will
be the guest Of honor
Evening star., 1954-12-12
SCOTS Return
From Mexico

Retired Mai. Gen. and Mrs.
Stanley L. Scott recently re-
turned from q 8 months tour
Of the United States and
Mexico, where they went when
Gen. Scott retired as Chief Of
Army Engineers. They have
bought a house and are settled
at SIT Herbert Springs road,
Collingwood. near Mount Ver-
non. They were In their home
when their son 1t. Gilbert T.
Scott arrived q week ago, from
q tour of duty in Korea.
(, After q leave 1t. Scott viii
be assigned to duty at Fort
Belyoir. His forthcoming mar
riage to Miss Mary KySter was
announced recently by her
parents, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Olaf II. Kyster. jr.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Chonukol1. Porty

The Ladies Aux1iiary OF the
Hebrew Academy win hold It's
annual Chanukah card party
on Wednesday at $50 pm.
In the auditorium of the
school, 6045 Sixteenth street
NV. As an added attraction,
there win be Q bake sale fea-
turing delicacies made BY
members Of the auxiliary. Mrs.
Samuel Benjamin Is president
of the group. Mrs. Reuben
Goodman Is chairman Of the.
party, assisted by Mrs. Ramon
Wender and Mrs. Paul Sper-
ling, co-chairmen.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Jim Gibbons Speaker

Jim Gibbons Of WMAL and
WMAL-Tv Win Be the guest
speaker at the weekly lunch
con meeting Of the Soroptimist
international Of washington
on Wednesday at pm. IN the
Hotel Willard. Mr.. Gibbons
WIN ten the Soroptimists Of his
experience iii operating the
Country Store. for the needy
1t Christmas time. Miss Marye
Efobson WIN be the program
chairman and Miss X. Vir-
ginia Tirnnacns. president Of
the club. win preside.
L
Evening star., 1954-12-12

wonderful honey and beige tones bouquet silk
prints skirts delightful MILDLY lined costumes with
eweed buckle It the top for and seat
fashions sporting egir1 satin sreaners bows giant
satin rosettes. and big wide satin sashes.
Last summers baby doll with the and Of
ruching and lace will be the fashion Samuel
Winsons prettiesta white edged with re and
baby blue cummerbund White looks Ike the leader in the
lineup fashions the entire day and night Brown
like popular choice especially In white and brown
prints
the print dress with accompanying cif
matching print The French knit jersey dresses
with skirts mddytops and wide baby blue ppings and
bands also destined for fashion fame. . 5a 81
+
EMBARRASSING MOMENT: fashion editor recently
giving Womans group and noticing that
though applause and loud her audience gggng
the ladies nudgng each other She concluded her talk BY
emphasizing that NO woman could be wel-dressed we'll
grooed before leaving she always looked into
fuengh mirror everything IN her appearance was In
forgotten to do just that For
discovered she wearing brown suede shoe and
calf We've heard that fashions born this
way, Just by way of consolation
Evening star., 1954-12-12

ing to use the store vernacular.
Speaking OF ball DOtDns. Mrs. Stanley Rum
bough. III. has Just purl1ased beautiful neU
sheath type green satin for the holidays. Mrs.
Clinton Anderson also has chosen green Her
ball potrn Is green net NTH Uhite satin.
4
Those headed for warmer climes during
the holidays or shortly thereafter found lot
Of fashion tips on what TO take at the gala
fashion show last week for the benefit Of
United Cerebral Palsy.
Resort bound women found the Samuel
winston collection an excellent barometer Of
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Foshion Notebook
Merchants Arch Hoppy
White / HouseP Parties
Are FormuI Affoirs
Foshion Notebook
BY EIeni

We hear the White House receptions each Thursday
making the administration big hit with the local merchants
They've stocking fu-length formal bah
than before Business only depart
rnent but long white kid gloves are also arnoy- 8.A
Evening star., 1954-10-15

POoCQ W NC 4AA~ -S S~~tS~-e~
termed In q monastery, is actu-
ally In q prison, Swiatlo said.
The Metropolitan Opera Com
pany Of New York has engaged
the Yugoslav dancer Mia Sle-
venska -tMEE-ah Slah-vEN-
skah) as guest ballerina for the
coming season. From Katman.
du (Katt.mann-Do DoO) Of Nepal.
the Himalayan kingdom, It was
announced that King Tribhu-
bana (Treeb- hoo -BAH-nah) has
left for q six-month visit to
Switzerland. He is accompanied
by his two queens.
The Archduchess Maria Heana
(Mah-REE-yah Ee-leh-ANN-ahl
Of the Hapsburg Austrian dynas-
fy. Is coming to New York in
search Of employment. HassAn
MohamEhed Trio l-TEE-
Evening star., 1954-10-15

roh). a former Indonesian of11-
cial. whose passport was cancelled
by the Indonesian Embassy. was
arrested and taken to Ellis
Island for deportation. Norman
Thomas, former Socialist candi-
date for President, has inter-
vened. Soviet Russia's No. 2
Evening star., 1954-10-15

States, stated
in a press con-
ference that
Polish prisons
are over
crowded with
peasants and
W ork ers. He
added that he,
himself, had
sent many of
them to prison.
Stefan Cardi-
nal Wyszynsky
(Vee-SHEEN-
S K e e), sup
nreol "a ha {,n
Evening star., 1954-10-15
Names in The News
THE FLIBBERTYs
And how to pronounee them.)
By Constantine chekrezi

Jozep SwiatIo tYOH-zepp
Svee-ATT-loh). former Red po-
lice officer in Poland. now en-
joying political asylum In United
Evening star., 1954-10-15

champion chess player. vassily
Smyslov (Vass-EE-lee Smee-
slawf) drew two against Hung
ary. and held the same score
against Yugoslavia and Israel.
The contest was staged in AM
sterdaYn.
tAli rights reserved3
Evening star., 1954-01-04
This and That .

'Do keep on writing ebout the old
days here" says c. r. of Cleveland
Park.
II dimly remember being taken by
my grandmother to the Boston House
when it was still on The Avenue"
This correspondent says she enjoys
the comment about books. ALSO I
appreciate your remarks on the new
style house. AS child lived just
off Mcpherson Square. and now. with
my husband, enjoy a real home in old
Cleveland Park, with porches, a cellar,
an attic, a magnolia tree and all the
un-modern improvements. including; a
faithful treasure OF maid, with the
family for over 80 years-one reason
we can still live in q house with stairs"
There can be no question that stairs.
cellar and attic add to the mystery of
a house.
It is not necessary to hear creaks.
or snapples and crackles in the night.
Such mystery may be just around
bend in the stairs, if one is very little.
The writer here recalls an old house
on Sixteenth street in which he lived
as child.
Here the attic was the fascinating
place. a.
It was finished, with wooden floors.
but before the era Of oak. 4.
The windows were low, almost on the
floor, with wide sills, really seats, O
foot wide, at least.
Evening star., 1954-01-04

It was on one Of these seats that
we found an old medical work, left by
a prior tenant.
The book was about or inches
thick. and was bound in old faded calf.
AS we recall, it was devoted mostly to
boosting camphor as a drug.
Camphor, according to this book, was
Gods gift to mankind.
There were few maladies that it
wouldn't cure.
Every age has seen the glorif1cation OF
one drug. At one time 1t was sarsapa-
rilla. It would even cure syphilis. its
proponents said.
At another time, quinine was king.
Still farther back. tobacco. When
first introduced to Europe, enthusiasts
thought it would cure almost anything.
Coffee went through the same riga
marole.
The mystery of wide window sills for
small boys is puzzle in itself. It was
possible, of course. to curl up in and
on them with book. One could place
toy soldierS.sin rows looking out.
There were the clouds, which seemed
more white in those days. Raindrops
on the panes. which were loaded, made
a picture no artist could paint, except,
perhaps. Emile Zola.
The cult Of the lead soldier was at
its height both before and after the
Spanish American war. Dying down
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Storm Worninu
Even though |

Even though it Is unofficial, there is no
reason to doubt the report that Chairman Dan
Reed of the House Ways and Means Committee
will press for still lower taxes in the new ses-
sion OF Congress. There is no reason to doubt
the report because it is entirely consistent with
Mr.. Reeds known views on this subject
There are certain things, however, which
must be kept in mind. The first is that addi-
tional tax cuts-the Treasury already is faced
with the loss of So billion in revenue from ex-
pired or expiring taxes-are not desirable if the
result is to be larger Federal deficit. And
second Is that our national security must not
be jeopardized to accommodate new tax cuts
without increasing the deficit.
The report is that Mr.. Reed is thinking of
an additional or per cent reduction in the
individual tax rate for this year. It is believed
however. that his ultimate goal is "a per cent
reduction to the pre-Korean level.
This may be fine thing as an objective.
But If it is to be attained at the price of cutting
our defense budget back to its highly dangerous
pre-Korean level, a level which left us woefully
unprepared for the Korean war, the American
people ought to say to Mr.. Reed in unmistakable
terms that they want no part of that.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Religious Freedom Abroad

Senator Mccarthy seems to favor
the idea of the United States refusing
to trade with countries that are trading
with Russia and her satellites, but l
think it more important that we dis
continue giving aid to countries wherein
religious freedom is not guaranteed to
all people.
Although Russia is generally referred
to as being the outstanding power OPP
posed to freedom, it is fact that re-
ligious freedom is not granted to any
great extent in many other countries
A recent press dispatch quoted Pedro
Cardinal Segura, Roman Catholic Arch
bishop of Seville. Spain, as saying
THE Spanish-American agreement puts
Spain in imminent danger of protes
tant infiltration. Spain, which has
lived so many centuries with Catho-
lie unity. cannot for temporal motives
as are dollar contributions, change its
Evening star., 1954-01-04
By Charles E. TroceWeN

later it was renewed after World War
H.
It takes imagination to manipulate
lead soldiers, and boys have plenty OF
it; they put them in ranks, shove them
around, and topple them over, so it
looks to the outsider. but actually there
on the table top, or window sill. the
battle of Waterloo is going on.
The half light of attics is pleasing to
human eyes, as we'll as the eyes of cats.
The glare of picture windows. unless
modified by curtains. is inimical
There would seem to be no real reason
why staircases should have assumed the
bugaboo aspect they have among to-
days older persons: in the old days,
oldsters managed to creep up and down
without thinking much about it one way
or other. It is impossible to know how
much of the vogue of the modern one
story home is due to actual need and
how much to clever propaganda.
The old days had their good points,
one of which was not being beset by so
many ideas. We of today are idea-rid-
den. There always is somebody to pop
up with a new claim, or new gadget
to cut work, and still we seem to have
less time than ever.
Perhaps tits just as well that the old
attics with the windows practically on
the floor have disappeared We wouldn't
be able to get down there any more.
anyway.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Jopon's Economic Outlook

The economic news from Japan is anything
but encouraging. Inflation-a steady rise in
prices and wages during the past several
months has now reached a point of such
seriousness that Tokyo's political and business
leaders have openly warned, in rather urgent
tones, that the country may go into the gravest
kind of tailspin unless prompt action is taken to
check and reverse the present trend.
According to their own experts what the
Japanese must do, among other things is cut
down on their national budget, stop spending
precious dollars and other hard" foreign
money on on-essential imports and inject
more austerity into their already -auStere civil
Ian economy. Without such measures. say the
experts, the country will be unable to attract
private investment capital from abroad and
will find itself in an impossible international
competitive position in seeking markets for its
manufactured goods in Southeast Asia and
elsewhere in the free world.
This situation has been in the making for
some time. Actually, although they have staged
a striking recovery since their defeat in the
Second World War; the japanese have rebuilt
their economy primarily with the help OF two
major stimulants that are no longer operating.
The first of these-which has been cut off since
the summer of 1951-has been American occu-
patton aid adding up to about 81 billion. The
second has been the fact of the Korean war
q fact enabling Japan to earn in the neighbor-
hood of $3.50 million a year through the sale
of supplies and services to our armed forces.
With the armistice in effect, this income has
dwindled away, and the maintenance Of our
post-occupation bases and personnel over there
can hardly make up for it.
But far more important than all this in
terms of their long-range effort to become self
supporting again, is the fact that the Japanese
have lost-aS result of their total defeat in
1945-a vast overseas empire dncluding Korea
and Manchuria) that once served them as a
major source of raw materials and key market
for their finished goods. Further, with their
fast-multiplying population of about IS million
now confined to relatively tiny insular home
land, they are pledged not to carry on any
large-scae or strategic trade with Red China
until that country ceases to menace freedom.
The meaning of this commitment can best be
understood when it is remembered that almost
Is per cent of their prewar exports went to the
Chinese, who in turn supplied approximately
the same percentage of their imports.
In these circumstances, it is obvious that
the japanese must develop and maintain
new complex of export outlets in the Far East
and other parts of the world But they cannot
begin to do so unless they put lid on their
imitation and prevent a price-wage situation
that could render them incapable of competing
on even terms with such countries as Britain
in regions like Southeast Asia. Certainly, since
1t is imperative for them to sell abroad in order
to sustain themselves at home, they must either
do that or risk suffering a grave economic de-