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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Board Votes 10 Check
On Schooling Being
Given D. {. Children
By jones 6. Deone

The Board of Education plans
to take a look at the schooling
being given Washington children.
The board yesterday instructed
Supt. Hobart M. Corning to ar
range a series of brief1ngs on the
public school systems teaching
program.
Time will be allotted for one
such briefing at each future board
meeting until the entire program
is covered, with DR.. Corning's
chief aides probably doing most
of the lecturing.
The brief1ngs may continue
Tor year or two.
DR.. Corning greeted the pro-
posal enthusiastically. suggesting
it would be we'll to condenSe
other board business as much as
possible to devote more time
to it.
DR.. Rowland F.. Kinks, who
proposed the project, said he did
SO because of concern being ex-
pressed about the quality of
public school teaching. He cited
q recent national magazine
article.
Concerned Over Promotions.
Dr.. Kinks, who is president of
National University Law School,
pointed out that he has been
on the board nearly a year land
so far we haven't discussed an
educational problem to date"
IT think it's time we got down
to the meat" he asserted.
The board member said ques-
tions have been raised in his
mind about the schools promo
ton policies. in particular.
I'm interested in what we're
teaching, how we're teaching
and what marks of proficiency
we require to pass pupils along"
he told his colleagues. He added
he is concerned about building
problems and pupil-teacher
ratios but that Eve can spend
too much time on the icing be-
fore we get down to the cake"
Move Applauded.
DR.. Kinks proposal drew ap-
plause froA a large audience
which attended the meeting. 1t
was opposed by two other board
members, however.
The opponents were Mrs.
Frank S. Phillips and Robert R.
Faulkner.
Mrs. Phillips and Mr.. Faulkner
were on the opposite side of the
fence last fall. Then Mrs. Phil
lips proposed setting up a spe-,
cial board committee to review
teaching handbookS. and Mr..
Faulkner said the board ought
to look into the entire cur
riculum.
DR.. Corning opposed Mrs. Phil
lips proposed committee last fall.
Yesterday. however, the super
intendent called DR.. Kinks pro-
posal "a very refreshing expert
ence."
Good Move" Says Corning.
VERY rarely have boards Of
edcuation in my experience ex-
pressed interest in the educa-
tional program" DR.. Corning de-
clared. Il think this is a very
good move"
The superintendent state
ment also drew applause.
In connection with the boards
action, Col. West A. Hamilton
won approval Of an amendment
instructing DR.. Corning also to
answer a set of A questions
asked by DR.. Margaret j. Butch
er. These questions. relating to
comparative conditions in the
colored and white schools. were
submitted to the board last
month, but the board by a 5-to-
4 vote refused to pass them on.
The Negro press and others later
accused the board of gagging
Mrs. Butcher.
Col. Hamilton said it would be
inconsistent to grant DR.. Kinks
request and refuse DR.. Butchers.
The board this time voted. 5 to 3.
in Mrs. Butchers favor. No time
limit was set for the answers.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Guard General Urges
Clear Reserve Policy
BY fhe Assceiafed Press

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 18.-Maj.
Gen. E. A. Walsh, president of
the National Guard Association,
today called for a statement of
policy by the Defense Depart
ment regarding the Nations
military reserve program.
The general, who is from Min
nesota, said that after year Of
discussion the plan was still con-
fuSing and contradictory. He
made his statements in his an
nual report to the association.
in convention here.
He said the association believes
the Government intends to
swallow" the National Guard
into its reserve program.
I'VE of the National Guard
serve notice that we are in the
national defense system to stay.
and have no intention of being
dispossessed. We are in that sys-
tenn for keeps. and have rightly
earned that right by our con-
tributions to the system in peace
as well as war;" he told the as
sembly.
He explained after his talk
that we're still not certain what
this new look Tin the reserve
setup) is. We wish the Govern
ment would explain the plan or
shut up"
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Fire Routsi Mother
Of Dorothy Lomour
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Oct.
18.-Mrs. Carmen Castleberry,
81, mother Of Actress Dorothy
Lamour. escaped with first de-
gree burns from a fire in her
apartment yesterday.
The fire shortly before 3 am.
destroyed furniture and posses
sions in every room except the
bedroom Of Mrs. Castleberry's
apartment. She fled and was
treated for burns on the fore
head. forearms and left hand.
Miss Lamour's husband. William
r. Howard III. took Mrs. Castle
berry TO his home. 4
Evening star., 1954-10-18

in the closing days of the last
session and employees no longer
need to reduce their accumulated
leave. But most agencies at
the start of this year began a
program to require employees to
reduce their leave in excess OF
80 days. It wasn't until July that
the law was changed.
Consequently, some employees
already have used all of their
leave earned during the present
year plus five or six days Of their
excess leave. This means that
the excess leave then cannot be
regained.
For example, say an employe
who had SO days of accumulated
leave at the start of the year and
who earns 20 days of leave each
year, used the 20 days plus S
extra leave days due to his
agency's insistence that he start
to reduce his accumulation. Con-
sequently, this employe now has
only as days of accumulated
leave and cannot in the future
carry over from year to year
more than As days of leave.
Therefore. If employees want
to retain the amount Of annual
leave they had at the start of
this year, they cannot have used
any of their excess leave in ad-
dition to all of this years earned
leave. From now on, employees
can only retain from year to year
the accumulated annual leave
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Adenauer Schedules
Major Address at
Press Club Oct. y

Chancellor Adenauer of West
Germany will have two occasions
during his forthcoming visit to
give the American public his
version of Germany's role as a
sovereign and rearmed nation.
The German Chancellor has
scheduled major public addresses
October 90 at a National Press
Club luncheon here and Novem-
ber at Columbia University.
New York. He comes9to Wash
ington October q. -
The chancellor's schedule calls
for the usual state festivities and
for conferences with President
Eisenhower and Secretary Of
State Dulles.
An honorary doctor of laws
degree will be conferred on Mr..
Adenauer October 81 at Colum-
bia. The next day he will de-
liver lecture there as one of the
Gabriel Silver Series, under an
endowment to foster interna-
tional peace. The only previous
guest speakers in this series have
been President Eisenhower,
former Secretary Of State Gen.
George c. Marshall, and British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
into the hotel with Mrs. Knode
about $50 pm. Saturday.

into the hotel with Mrs. Knode
about $50 pm. Saturday.
A quarrel arose over the
woman's failure to join him FRI
day evening. he told Capt. Fell
ber. He threw a chair at her,
Capt Felber quoted the man.
Price went to the lobby and
told the clerk. Russell Tyree, MY
wife is sick and bleeding, call an
ambulance.
Then he changed his mind and
returned to the room, later reg
appearing in the lobby to tell
Mr.. Tyree he was going to 4
drugstore to get something for
his wife.
Found Body in Room.
When the man failed to return,
Mr.. Tyree went to the room and
found the body.
Capt. Felber said Price sim
plif1ed his arrest by making
many telephone calls to the ho-
tel. He also called the victims
husband, William T. Knode. a
railway mail clerk, and asked if
his wife was home.
We'll, she won't be-" Mr..
Knode said the voice told him.
"She'S dead"
Several times when police
sought to trace the calls, the
man hung up quickly. But finally
the source was traced to the
parking lot where Price was
picked up.
Price. married and the father
Evening star., 1954-10-18

The sisters remain at their
foreign posts for seven years
and then are brought back for
a year or so.
Will Wear White.
The two going to East Bengal,
where Sister Mary Brenda will
teach at Holy Rosary Orphanage.
and Sister Timothea at Holy
Cross Primary School. already
are wearing special white mus
lin habits for the Far Eastern
climate.
Once there, they also will
abandon their fluted caps for
a simpler headgear, since the
starch will not stand up in the
dampness. They are taking a
supply of clothing for the or
phanage children.
Sister Brenda and Sister
Timothea have been studying
Bengali in preparation for their
new assignments. Sister Cather-
inc and Sister Juliette will learn
Portuguese when they reach
Brazil.
The sisters, all of whom vol
unteered to go out to the foreign
missions. are still in their 20s.
Sister Catherine and Sister
Timothea just took their final
vows in August.
The community to which they
belong has about 1000 sisters
from coast to coast. It stafts
or operates some lis schools,
five colleges. eight hospitals and
three orphanages. 1t has had
a mission in East Pakistan for
100 years, with some intervals.
and in Brazil for about six
years.
The missions include an Or
phanage, primary school and
college in East Pakistafl, and
a grade school and high school,
the latter dedicated this year,
in Brazil.
Evening star., 1954-10-18

they had at the end Of a prev
ious year. Employees with less
than 80 days Of saved-up leave
can accumulate up to 80 days.
BREAKDOWN ASKED The
AFL Government Employees
Council has asked that the ad-
ministration give a complete
breakdown OF the cases involv-
ing $500 Federal workers who
were reported by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission as having been
fired or who resigned under the
loyalty security program.
The Council. representing AFL
Federal. employe unions with a
total membership in excess of
500, 900. said it has always strong
ly opposed the employment Of
Communists or subversives in
Government.
But it declared it resented the
program being used for selfish or
political reasons"
It referred to a statement by
Chairman Philip Young of the
Civil Service Commission that
the vast majority of security
risks are fired under regular civilS
service procedures and listed as
security risks later"
The Council declared: "In our
opinion, that is no way to handle
human beings, but all the facts
in the case should be evaluated
and adjudicated before the stig-
ma of security risk or cornmu-
nism is attached to the employees
who are removed or who resign
from the service"
The Council asked the House
and Senate Civil Service Com
mittees to summon Immediately
Mr.. Young and csc officials and
have them give complete break
down of the cases reported by
the Eisenhower administration
as being security risks"
y \
MEETING - csc Chairman
Philip Young will address the
luncheon meeting of the WASH
ington Chapter of the Society
for Public Administration at
noon Wednesday in the Willard
Hotel.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
IL Million Homes
To Be Built in u. 5.
In 1855, Cole Predicts
BY fhs Asseeioted Press

Housing Administrator Albert
NJ. Cole predicted today more
than IL million houses will be
built in the Nation next year
and said the figure could climb
to two million annually in the
mid-'60s.
The 1854 forecast is for IL
million to IL million new homes.
a rate second only to the rec
ord 1.396.000 four years ago.
In a copyrighted interview
In the magazine United States
News and World Report. Mr..
Cole said that-"asSuming that
the economy is right"-house-
building could run well over
a million for years"
BY the mid SOS, when popula-
ton experts predict a boom in
new families. Mr.. Cole said "it
is possible for us to reach a two
million product10n.
Not Up to Government.
The Housing and Home Finance
Agency head emphasized that he
does not favor having the Gov
ernment decide the particular
number of houses to be built or
setting out similar criteria.
Supply and demand" he
said, should decide how many
houses should be built-not the
Government" = go
,Mr. Cole did not go into the sub
ject of irregularities in the hous-
ing program which have been the
target of several Investigations
since last April.
Evening star., 1954-10-18

of a 5-year-old girl, is a re-
frigeration engineer. Mrs. Knode
was the mother of a 14-year-old
son and 10-year-old daughter.
Capt. Felber said Price told
him he often picked up Mrs.
Knode, a nurses aide at Sibiey
Hospital, at 1880 pm, and had
been dating her for about two
years. When arrested, he was
carrying key to the room where
the body was found.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Four Young Nuns Preparing
For Teaching Posts Abroad

Four young nuns, Sisters of
the Holy Cross. will leave Wash
ington today en- route to teach
in Brazil and East Pakistan.
Presently staying at Dunbar
ton College and Holy Cross
Academy at Upton street and
Connecticut avenue NV, they
will take some 35 trunks of
school supplies and children's
clothing with them.
Sister M. Catherine de Ricci,
a 1947 graduate of Dunbarton
and the colleges first graduate
to go to the foreign missions.
and Sister M. Juliette. who is
from Bowling Green, Mo-. are
assigned to teach at Villa Be-
tania, Santo Amaro, at Sac
Paulo. Brazil.
Sister Mary Brenda. from Los
Angeles, and Sister M. Timo-
thea. from Salt Lake City, both
of whom have been teaching at
st. Matthew's School. San Ma
teo. Calf, are going to East
Pakistan.
Sail on Friday.
The Brazil-bound teachers sail
next Friday aboard a freighter,
the S. S. Mormactide. The sis
ters going to East Pakistan will
take the New Amsterdam on
Tuesday, visiting France and
Italy before taking a plane to
their destination.
Sister Catherine, who is from
South Orange. N. j., has been
teaching at St. Catharine's
School, Columbus, Ohio, and
Sister Juliette was principal of
st. Mary's School. Davenport.
Iowa.
A departure ceremony for the
four. who will bring to 18 the
number of sisters at their Or.
der's foreign missions. was held
last Sunday at st. Mary's COL
lege, Notre Dame, in Indiana.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Housewife Found
Beaten 10 Death in
Hotel; Suspect Held

Police held for an inquest to-
day man accused of killing
the woman with whom he said
he had engaged in an extra
marital love affair for the last
two years.
The suspect was arrested about
two hours after the body of
Mrs. Virginia Knode. 33. of the
1900 block of Massachusetts,
avenue Sc, was discovered in
a room of the Congress Hotel,
302 E street NV. at 12:45
am. Sunday. The left side of
her head was battered in.
Charged with homicide was
Daniel E.. Price. %, Of the $500
block Fourteenth street NV.
Price was arrested in a taxicab
lot at First and NJ streets NE.
by police who had been given
a description of the man.
Checked in Saturday.
Capt. Richard j. Felber. hon.
icide squad chief, said Price told
a story of how he had checked
Evening star., 1954-10-18

District and vicinity-Fair and
continued cool tonight and to-
morrow. Low tonight about 40
in the city and "a with scattered
frost in the suburbs.
Maryland-Fair and continued
cool tonight and tomorrow with
some frost tonight with low 30
IS in west and 34-40 in east
portions.
Evening star., 1954-10-18

the new law.
Congress in
1858 approved
a pr v S ion
requiring Fed
eral workers
with m ore
than 30 days
saved-up leave
to reduce their
leave over q
period of years
to a 80 days
maximum.
This law
was repealed
he, Cnr0rncc
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Checked in Saturday.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Virginia-Fair and continued
cool tonight and tomorrow. Some
frost tonight with low 30-35 in
west and north and 34-42 in
southeast portion.
Wind - Southerly 1915 miles
per hour becoming northerly
tonight.
River Report.
tFrom u 8. Ensineersj
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls: Shenandoah
muddy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
The FederoI Spotlight
U. S. Employees Can Avoid Cut
In Leave Accumulation
By Joseph Young

misunderstanding Of the law Is costing
Federal employees OF their accumulated annual leave.
Other employees retain their leave they act in time
Here the situation Congress this amended the law
that employees with than 80 accumulated leave could
retain the amount they had ------------------
Evening star., 1954-10-18
LAP wirvpnoto Map.

Wrepnoo Map
Fair weather is expected to continue throughout most of
the Nation tonight with rain forecast the extreme North
western coastal Southern Florida extreme Northern
New England It will be in the Eastern Gulf States
and the Western Lakes cooler the North
Atlantic New England and the Eastern Plateau States.
Evening star., 1954-10-18

hecOfu IemDefatufeB ThlB Year.
Highest. 103. on July 81.
Lowest. l3. on January 23.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High, SO. at 3:15 pm.
Low, 43, at 5:45 am.
Evening star., 1954-10-18

However. there is a catch to
Evening star., 1954-10-18

Tide Tables.
Furnished hy United States Coast
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-01-15
Edison MICS
Sfurs' Show

Jay Edison, director of activities
at the Jewish Community Center
served as master of ceremonies
last Friday for special USO show
at Yucca Flats, New, featuring
several celebrities of show busi-
ness.
Appearing with him at the atom
ic proving grounds were frankie
Lane, Edgar Bergen, Ann Sothern
and Jerry Colonna, Walter Pidgeon
and Dinah Shore.
Edison, who toured overseas
camps with the USO during World
War II, received special request
from the USO to take part in the
entertainment and did so on a vol
untary basis. He was given special
clearance by the Department OF
Defense to appear at the isolated
atomic site, where research crews
are stationed.
During the war, Edison toured
with such stars as Jack Benny
Frances Langford, Marilyn Mon
roe, Walter Pidgeon and Enrol
Flynn. Prior to coming to Phoe-
nix, he handled publicity for the
st. Louis Browns baseball club
He is a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania, where he played
varsity football.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-01-15
Cen+er
SIu+ed,

A general m e e t n g of
adult members of the Jew
ish Community Center will
be held Sunday evening,
Jan. "a, at the Center to
elect a new board of direc-
tors.
They will have charge of the
management and operation OF the
new Center during 1854.
The pace of Center activities con-
tinued to accelerate, meanwhile.
A series of Monday evening gym
nasium get-together for women be-
gan with an attendance of more
than Is women. One of the fea-
lures is a slimnastics class direct
ed by Mrs. Ronnie Bendheim. Vol
ley ball, basketball and ping-pong
also are being played. Women IL
and over are eligible.
An intramural basketball and
volleyball league for both men and
women is being organized by Ath-
letic Director Allan Weiss. Any
one interested may contact him at
the Center.
Golf Winners Named
The Center golf tournament, held
Dec. 20, was won by Siegel dow
gross and Matt Ritchie (handi-
cap). Second and third place handi-
caps were taken by George Shef-
ler and Sy Siegel. Special awards
went to Dan Inselberg for shooting
a 2-stroke between a g. and a IL
stroke, to Phil Barer for the most
rs. to Bud Barer for the most 8's
and to Joe Burdman for the most
6's.
The next golf tourney will be
held in April.
Activities Director Jay Edison an
nounced that ballet classes for chill
dren to will start soon. Parents
interested may call Edison at
CRestwood 4-5022.
A teen-agers dance was held Jan.
2, with the following winners an
nounced in the dance contest Steve
Silber and Deanna Lebeau, 1st
place; Bob Zinel and Sheila Sing
er, End place, and Gerald Wick
and Charlene Feingold, 3rd place.
judges were Vicki Arwas, Sheldon
Silberman and Ken Citron.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-01-15
How TO Solicit For UJ.W.F.
DRIVE SCHOOL LAUNCHED

Discussions Pckener Metz
Hirsh executive director of
community division they their
Feb.
Pickener said the teaching a
to know about the campaign and its beneciaries Thus she
dO better confident
discuss the campaign with prospective contributors"
Commenting establishment
Bush, president of the council said
'This
the budget discussions
about
make to the board of the council will further
the ALLEGATIONS will be campaign goal for 1854.
The members the
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-01-15
How TO Solicit For U.J.W.F

Preparations Fund in
gained week with appointment of budget
of special school teach workers
the O. solicitation.
Hospital
of the budget commit
group will t requests and establish goal for the
campaign.
Schosberg selection of the following chair
agencies; Feldstein
agencies Soc defense agencies and
welfare religious agencies
The will SUBJ
directors of the Jewish Community Council at
NEE JAM at tn Community Center.
special teach echnques of soliciting funds and
suggestion
chairman of the women division First session OF
held Tuesday,
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-01-15
Social Is Given By
Center Music Unit

The Music Group of the Jewish
Community Center held its first
annual social Sunday evening, fea-
turing a buffet supper and enter
tainment.
Appearing on the program were
Lee Bendheim, Tom Sullivan, Cy
Landau, Kurt Baer and Bill FelSh-
er. The committee was headed by
Sullivan and included the follow
ing: Beatrice Shapiro, refresh
ments; Cy Landau, entertainment;
Lee Bendheim, decorations. Muriel
Sullivan, publicity; Harriet Streng-
er, reservations; Kurt Baer, treas
urer, and Bill and Lillian Felsher,
host and hostess.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-01-15
RegionoI officioI
Luncheon Speaker

Bess Spanner, southwest regional
representative of Moetzet Hapoalot
Council of Working Women in Is
raeD, was the principal speaker at
the annual Moezet Hapoalot lunch
con Sunday of the Hannah Sen
esch group of Pioneer Women in
Phoenix.
The luncheon was held at the
Silver Spur, with Nat G. Silverman
as master of ceremonies. Partici-
pating also in the program were
Rabbi Harry z. Schectman and
Cantor Solomon Rothstein of Con-
gregation Beth Ell.
Pioneer Women is the women's
labor Zionist organization in the
US. Through it's sister organiza-
ton, the Moetzet Hapoalot, it main
tains various activities in Israel,
including children's homes, day
nurseries, rehabilitation centers
and agricultural schools.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-01-15
BIG Fashion Show Is
Scheduled For Feb. 7

The Phoenix chapter of B'nai
Birth Girls will conduct a fashion
show in collaboration with Korricks
Feb. z at the Jewish Center. Tick
cts at 81 may be purchased at the
door
Last Friday evening the Phoe-
nix chapter of BIG, together with
the Wise chapter, held services at
the home of Diane Doro as part
of a national BIG Sabbath cele-
bration.
The annual BIG semi-formal
dinner-dance is scheduled Jan. 80
at the Flame.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-01-15
Israel Aid AppIauded

NEW YORK, (JTA) - Gov.
John S. Fine of Pennsylvania, now
in Europe following visit to Is
rael to survey programs in both
areas supported through the United
Jewish Appeal has informed
friends in this country that "re-
lations between Israel and the
United States are based on ideals
held in common and are too deep
rooted to be strained by temporary
tensions. The governor expressed
particular satisfaction with the
way both American grants-in-aid
and funds of the United Jewish
Appeal are being expended in Is
rael.