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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Catholic Bishop Asks
Lower Taxes and
More Housing Help
by the Asseeiatsd Press

NEW ORLEANS. Mar 24.-The
Most Rev. Michael j. Ready,
Bishop Of Columbus, called on
Roman Catholics today to press
for increased income tax ex-
emptions and more liberal fam
lily housing benefits,
Bishop Ready spoke at a Pom
tificial high mass opening the 22d
annual convention Of the Ma
tional Catholic Family Life Con-
ference.
Our Nation which so wisely
guards its national security from
potential military attack acts
like a bewildered Alice in Won
derland about maintaining the
strength and integrity Of it's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Mash-KeIvinator Merger
With Hudson Completed

DETROIT. Mar. 25.-Consol-
idation of Nash Kelvinator Corp.
and Hudson Motor Car Co. was
completed today.
Shareholders of Nash-Kelvina-
tor and Hudson met in Baltimore
and Detroit and voted approval
of the merger that creates
American Motors Corp.
The merger sets up a corpora
ton with assets in excess of $3.50
million. 1t calls for the opera
ton of Nash, Hudson and KEEL
vinator as separate divisions Of
American Motors.
Three shares of Hudson Mo-
tors stock will be converted into
two of American Motors and each
share of Nash Kelvinator will
continue as one share of the new
concern. There will be 10 million
authorized shares of SIS par value
stock.
Hudson stockholders voted
about Al for the merger. while
the Nash-Kelvinator vote was
about 3-1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
TILE EVENING STAR. Washington, D c.. AIS
WEDNESDAY,. MARCH "a 1854

greatest and best security-the
family" he said.
Congressional investigations
get the headlines on the dangers
Of Communist infiltration, the
menace of juvenile delinquency
and the narcotics evil; the in
element to crime from lewd books
and obscene movies. But after
weeks and months and years of
hearings no legislation is enacted
to curb or to stamp out the
evident grave threat to national
well-being and safety.
ut seems just as difficult to
get needed social legislation to-
ward easing the economic bur-
dens Of the family. Our strong
united voice should call for
greater income and realty tax
exemptions for families in a low
or moderate wage bracket. We
should seek more liberal family
housing benefits, in the form of
lower down payments and lower
interest rates, as well as lohger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24

with him q reaction to the
United States plan for an inter-
national pool Of atomic materials
for peaceful uses. Mr.. Zaroubin
replied. mo, no."
Secretary Dulles gave Mr..
zaroubin concrete plan" last
Friday for carrying out the
atoms-for-peace pool recently
proposed by President Eisen-
hover.
A State Department spokes-
man said today's conference was
on routine" matters not con-
corning the atom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Omer w. Clark Named
DAV Legislation Chief

Appointment of Omer w. Clark
as national director of legisla-
ton for the Disabled American
Veterans was announced today
by Howard w. Watts, national
commander.
Mr.. Clark, former executive
assistant administrator of the
Veterans Administration. was
born in Midland City. Ohio, and
is a member Of the. American
Legion. He is the present COM
mander in chief Of the Military
Order of World Wars. He served
with the VA from August, 1919,
until he retired in 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Ex-Teocher, Nearing SO, Still
Prizes OId-Fushioned Values

she says. II just made them do
again what they hadn't finished.
My eyes were first class. Some
children thought ! saw too
much" She has never owned
a pair Of glasses.
After q short stay there. she
came to Washington to teach at
the old M Street High School.
between First street and New
Jersey avenue NV.
Earned Medical Degree.
She kept on studying and, in
1892, earned a doctor Of medi-
cine degree at the Howard Uni
versity Medical School.
II went where the schools
were" she says, mot attempting
elegance, but where wanted to
go. to learn what I wanted to
know"
These days she keeps pretty
much to her house. She still
takes the streetcar to go to her
bank once a month or visit the
downtown stores. Her book
shelves are full of Emerson,
Whittier, Shakespeare. histories
of England and America. But
she doesn't have much time for
reading. Friends drop in every
day. They find her good lis
tener, as well as a willing talker.
The talk is still about schools.
Teachers used to be earnest
and serious" she says with con-
siderable earnestness and seri-
BUSINESS. Those were not play
schools. We were, proud of our
good schools. Today so many
people seem cheaply trained. It's
only natural that anything cheap
and airy suits them"
That's why she prefers her old
friends and her old furniture.
She has no idea Of installing q
television set. for instance.
1T lacks true appearance. true
action" She said. Sometimes
they have good performers, such
as we used to see in the theater.
But more often they get these
cheap, good-for-nothing people"
Her old friends agree Miss
Riggs Is not at all that sort Of
| person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24

terms Of maturity. We should
rise in condemnation Of the
immoral practice of evicting
from rental properties those who
have children"
Bishop Ready. member of.the
administration board Of the
National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference, Washington, called for
better living conditions because
I'VE know that there is a real
relation and INTERVENING Of
matters bodily and spiritual. e.
He said Catholics must discard
"the heather viewpoint from
which family problems are seen
as issues to be handled and
solved by the pseudo science Of
materialistic sociology"
Archbishop Joseph Rummel Of
New Orleans presided at the
mass. Auxiliary Bishop Abel
Caillouet was celebrant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
By Harry Boeos

Miss Harriet Riggs. being a
woman. doesn't like to tell her
age.
# you insist she'll say, II
might reckon 1t at 10. but I
don't make any fuss over 1t.
There's too much else in the
world"
But records at the Board of
Education show that Miss Riggs
will be So on Monday.
She retired in 1922. after 40
years as an English teacher and
head of the department Of Eng
lish and history in the colored
high schools.
She hasn't retired from the
friendship Of hundreds of WASH
ingtonians, however. A host Of
former students and friends will
crowd into her living room at
418 T street NV. next Monday
afternoon. bringing her a big
homemade cake, as they do
every year.
Miss Riggs came to Washing
ton in the 1880s from Calais,
Me-, where she was born. Her
father was "a really good shoe
maker" who had brought his
bride there from Canada long
before the Civil War.
She was graduated from Calais
Academy with Charles Townsend
Copeland of Harvard Fame.
Natural Teacher.
II wasn't bright" she says,
"but / had way Of prying into
things I wanted to know.
Teaching was natural for me-"
You don't know what cold is,
until you've been up there. But
the people knew how to live.
We were always comfortable.
used to go back every summer
until five or six years ago."
Her first teaching job was In
the little town of Lincoln, in
Loudoun County, Va. Her eyes
sharpen as she remembers how
she kept order.
II never had to whip a boy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
zaroubin Sees Dulles,
Cites Need for More Talks

Soviet Ambassador Georgi
zaroubin conferred for is min
utes today with Secretary of
State Dulles and said later,
There are many, many ques-
tons to discuss with the Sec
rotary"
Mr.. Zaroubin declined to detail
the subject Of the conference,
which was arranged at Mr..
Zaroubin'S request.
He was asked If he brought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Back HospitoIizes
Moi. Gen. Armstrong

Maj. Gen. George E. Arm
strong. Army surgeon general, is
in Walter Reed Hospital with
an acute back condition dag
nosed as a hernated disc, the
Army said today. He was ad-
mitted Sunday.
Maj. Gen. Silas j. Hays, deputy
surgeon general, will be acting
in his absence.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
British Youth Gets Life
In Scout Leader S Staying
BY the Associated Press

WINCHESTER, England, Dec.
l1.--A Boy Scout was convicted
yesterday of numbering the IA
year-old spinster who issued his
troops Scout badges.
A judge sentenced 17-year-old
Barry Musson to be detained
during her majesty's pleasure
equivalent of a life sentence.
The prosecution charged Mus
son stabbed Miss Amy Lloyd 20
times because she threatened to
expose him for forging certifi-
Gates that won him Scout merit
badges as a signaller. pathfinder
and rescuer. Musson admitted
the forgeries in court. but denied
he was the killer.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Area Contractors
Sue Painters Council
On Trust Fund Pact

/ A group Of washington area
painting contractors yesterday
filed q three-pronged court suit
against the Painters and Glaz-
iers District Council No. 81.
The suit asked:
/. That an arrangement CALI
ing for about $4,000 In pay
inents by the contractors to the
Painters Trust Fund (a welfare
fund.- be declared void.
2. That the council be forbid
den from prematurely ending a
collective bargaining contract
which is to expire next May Is.
8. That the council pay $780,
900 In damages to the contrac-
tors for alleged breach of con-
tract. The breach allegedly oc-
CURED in not requiring out-of-
town contractors to pay into the
trust fund and In furnishing la
Dor to 1on-bona fide contractors.
Fund Held Illegal.
The suit declared that the trust
fund arrangement was Illegal as
applied to the period May 15,.
1858. to last November / In tESt
There was no written agreemsnt
Of trust In existence" prior to
these dates. which specified "the.
detailed basis on which pay
ments should be made"
The action was filed in the
q. s. District Court for the Dis
trict Of Columbia by Attorneys
J. e. Bindeman and Theodore
Kligman. .
Plaintiffs were William Dun-
bar CO.. Inc, 1904 Rhode Island
avenue, Brentwood. Md, and
Clifton D. Mayhem, Inc, Arling-
ton, Va, In behalf Of themselves,
and about 100 other contractors.
Named defendants were the
Union council and eight trustees
Of the trust fund.
The suit complained that the
council has threatened to ter
inmate the collective bargaining
agreement unless the trust fund
assessments In question are
paid UP.
Fear Work Stoppage.
The suit asserted that such
action by the council would ad-
versely affect about S. million
worth OF painting contracts. A.
work stoppage also would affect
progress on Arlington Towers,
Sonic Wind Tunnel, Receiving
Building at st. Elizabeths Hos
pital, Naval Gun Factory, Will
hamsburg Junior High School,
Melpar. Inc: Providence Hos
pital. Walter Reed Hospital and
Maryland University, among
other structures.
l.. r.. Gates. one Of the de-
fendant trustees who Is In the
contracting business for him
self. said the painters agreed to-
the trust fund arrangement In
1947 in lieu Of q raise.
He said that In his opinion
II the fund was understood to
be operated legally during the
intervening years, 1t should be
considered equally legal dur
ing the period at issue.
Recently two former painters
union officials were indicted on
charges of extorting money from |
contractors under threat Of |
Tomenting labor disputes and Of |
conspiring to obstruct interstate
commerce.
They are Clayton A. Lowry. |
secretary-treasurer Of the Dis
trict Council, and John e. Sulli-
van, business agent.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
Society

The Exclusive 10 gave their
annual frolic at Labor Temple
Friday night with many charm
ing people in attendance keep
ing step with the syncopating
music. Miss Louise Brooks is the
president.
YWCA in Washington. D. c.,
voted to end discrimination and
extend its facilities to all races.
How human.
Biographies of w. c. Handy.
DR.. Ralph Bunche. Jackie Rob-
inson. Booker T. Washington
and Frederick Douglass were
published last week by Lang
ston Hughes.
The jolly 400 Club" celebrated
their annual anniversary Thurs
day night at the Veterans build
ing with dance. After the dance
groups journeyed further for
late suppers in the downtown
area.
The Detroit Musicians Guild
had breakfast and planning
conference for their years work
at the Presbyterian church on
Woodward ave. Mrs Marguerite
Brettin is president and DR.. Be-
atrice Ebersole is founder of the
Guild. They are a subsidiary O
the Detroit Council of Churches.
The Pinoehle Club held their
regular meeting Saturday af-
fernoon at the home of Mrs.
Eleanor Weiss on Roosevelt. A
perry pleasant afternoon was
spent.
Walter Chapman of Washing
ton ID. c., has been named as
the fair employment officer Of
the State Department.
A group of friends OF wears
standing decided they would sur
prise Mrs. Annie Lewis on Haz-
lette with birthday party which
was most enjoyable to all. Nice
gifts were received and a de-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
Nellie Watts Concerts

Nellie Watts Concerts will
present William Warield,
sunday evening, February
i4th, at 500 pm. at Scot
'lsh Rite Cathedral.
William Warfield's Range
Oh both voice and styles vir-
'ually unparalleled today.
American Baritone who
comes here direct from ex-
'raordinary European sue
Tyesses is master of Opera and
light Opera: French Song;
herman Lieder; Oratorio.
One of the most sensation
+" success stories of many
years in the theatre, motion
pictures, recording, or the
concert world is the story of
yy99ung WILLIAM WAR
field, now called the great
est of American baritones.
me entire saga covers a span
OF only a little more than
'wo years-from a surprise
, voneert debut, March IS,
-'ov to the current season.
While a student at Wash
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13

Made a new milk-rich way, with whole
some unbleached white -four, today's Bond
Bread is better than ever. For now every
loaf contains even more Of the essential
food elements everyone especially grow
ing youngsters needs for good health.
And, Of course, today's Bond Bread is
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
By MARY BELLE RHODES
TRAvELocUE

TRAvELoGUE
Mr.. and Ms. John D. Talia-
ferro OF Scotch ave. are SPEND
ing a month in the West after
leaving Los Angeles, Calf, they
VIII visit friends in Phoenix,
ARR.
MI and Mrs. Barksdale left
The city Monday for an extensive
TIP an California
Greetings from Mr.. and Mrs.
E. L. Reid. formerly of Detroit.
They are still in Mexico ior
this month before taking per-
maneni residence in California.
Mrs Bessie Thomas sem a
barge of postal cards 10 many
friends Saturday from Hot
Springs Ark saying the weather
IS fine and many visitors from
sll over the states arc there.
Nj. Russell Cloud Of Los An
gele Calf, is VISITING MS daugh-
TO- MIS-, Pauline Cloud Rivers
aud other relatives in the city.
Mr. Cloud is winding UP pusi-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
BY LOU LuTouR

NEW YORK (GlobaD - Few
women who want to be charm
ing realize that sitting is an art.
1t certainly is in ad taste to flop
into a chair. taking, no thought
as to how one looks
So. first when approaching
a chair. take a good look at il.
Sc how high il is and how hard
or soft.
Then turn your back to the
chair, let the calf of your leg
touch the chair to assure your
self that you have the exact To-
cation of the chair, and then
lower yourself into it, bending
your knees until you feel your
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
FREE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LECTURE

You and your friends are in
vited to a Free Lecture on Chris
tan Science, entitled christian
Science: Magnifying God in
Prayer by Earl Z. Simms, c. S.
of Austin. Texas, member of the
Board of Lectureship of the
Mother Church. the First Church
of Christ, Scientist. in Boston,
Massachusetts, at Fifth Church
of Christ, Scientist, 17425 Second
Blvd, Tuesday evening, Feb. l6,
at eight o'clock.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
By BETTE ELLINGTON

ington Junior High School in
Rochester, one of his teach
ers, entered him in the vocal
competitions of the Music
Educators National Conven-
ton in St. Louis in 1888.
With a Handel aria and an
English ballad he won the
competition. The prize was
a scholarship at any one of
the big music Conservatives.
Warheld chose the Eastman
School of Music in his own
home town, where he stud
led with, among others, the
noted singer and teacher,
Arthur Kraft.
He was finishing his UNI
dergraduate course at the
University of Rochester
when the war came. War
field was called to military
duty and was awarded his
ALB. degree anyway while
he was a CT at Camp
Richie, Maryland. After the
war, his first step was to re-
turn to the Eastman School
for graduate work under
Howard Hanson. At this
time, Melvyn Douglas, whose
Broadway hit, Call Me
Mister, was about to go on
the road, offered him the role
created by Lawrence Win
tiers.
New York critics were
hailing him as one of the
greatest living singers, and ,
were acclaiming him for the
grandeur of his lieder and
for the elegance of his art
songs.
Warfield was asked by
the Australian Broadcasting
Commission to tour Australia
giving recitals and appear
ing with symphony orches-
tras. SO great was his sue
cess that the tour had to be
twice extended to take care
of requests for repeat APP
pearances in the country.
Until that time the ABC had
never imported an artist
without an established in
ternational reputation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
: Clubs
Society DoINCs
"Call the Lord thy full salvation,
Rest beneath the Almighty shade;
In His secret habitation
Dwell nor ever be dismayed.


licious luncheon served.
All Military post schools
have received notice that seq
regaiion must end by Sept. /.
1855. This notice was issued by
Defense Secretary Chas. Wilson.
The board meeting of the Ma
tional Musicians Association VIII
be held in New Orleans during
Mardi Gras week. and IN August
the Association will be held
there.
Happy to know that Halle Sa-
lassie OF Ethiopia viii not sub
init TO Dixie's discrimination re-
CARELESS to what he might see
while there.
Rev. William Carr is still
very III al his home on Mel.
bourne.
The Social lniormcis Club held
their regular meeting az the
home Of Mrs Mabel Lowry and
completed their yearbook winch
VS. the project for the month.
Mrs. Lois Merriweaiher is pres
ident.
Principal Lloyd Phillips Of
Dayton Ohio. was elected pres
ideni of the public schools
Athletic Board. This is the first
/ for a race man.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
CHARM

self seated.
While you are lowering your
self into the chair. be sure you
KEEP your back straight. Don't
bend over.
If you must smooth your cloth
ing. do so by all means, but
don't make "a production" out OF
il.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13

WILBERFoRcE 1854 QUEEN,
Miss Cora .CourseY of New Jer-
seY was crowned 1854 WILDER
force Queen during a Centen-
NAL kickoff program at Eb-
enezer A. M. E. Church recent
lY while surrounded by her
Ladies in Waiting. Left TO right:
Thelma Grace Lee. Detroit;
Verna Lightner. Penn; Miss
Wilberforce University; The
Rev. Wesley Matthew'S. who
crowned the Queen; Christine
Robinson; J. Caution Mays. De-
troit alumni member.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13

horoeenized -. that extra step before
baking that keeps Bond Bread so fresh and
favorful. To treat your family to the best
in bread, to help keep your child the pic
ture Of health. get Bonds delicious new
loaf todayi 1t tastes better. :. toasts bet
ter...i is better for you'll
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13
Echoes from Detroit Tribune
Friends

III
Friends
One of our local ministers
.sid he likes to read the Tri-
hume. and it is helping him
and others bring more of the
actual news, and spiritual
light to the people to help
I'D them of so much emotion.
Another one of our friend
" WAIVERS said recently, that
he likes the Tribune better
and better every week. And
that threads it from cover to
! cover. He said it is tackling
human problems, and is
reaching out to put forth the
effort to help the general
public. He also said our news,
editorials, entertainment, and
conscientious sense of spir-
itual reasoning are all food
for thought.
One of our friends from
up state says, II have seen
your expansion and progress
and ! want to congratulate
you. | sincerely hope you
continue your progress, and
! know you will"
Let us hear from each and
every one of you; write us a
little note, stop by to see us,
call us by telephone. If you
do not like the Tribune, tell
us; we are always glad to
hear from our friends, and
will try to help you like us
better. We welcome friend
" criticism, as we'll as all
others.
For the best results adver-
tise in the Detroit Tribune.
\ We also do fine job printing.
Century of Progress Club
The Century of Progress
Club is far underway with
plans for the Spring Orator
cal Contest, which is an an
nual affair. The members
are looking forward to en-
trance Of as many of the De-
troit High School as possible.
The regular meeting held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Ellington, Sr., of Vine
wood was very interesting.
After the meeting the bal
ance of the afternoon was
spent discussing current
events, and socializing.
Linnie Miles is president,
and Hattie Winston, sec'y.
~ %% ~
Meet Your Neighbor Club
The Meet Your Neighhor
Club met at the home Of the
Reverend and Mrs. Benjamin
Grain, on Thursday evening
OF last week. The business
was conducted by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Dixie Bennett.
The topics of discussion in.
cluded Youth Delinquency,
and Parking Problems in the
Neighborhood." Other civic
problems were discussed ex-
tenSively.
The club will soon begin
planning for the spring tea.
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Annual Luncheon
THE UNITED COMMUN-
lIY SERVICE WOMEN'S
committee will give their an
nual Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday, February II, at
International Institute, Ill
I. Kirby. There will be re-
ports and surprises.
~ ~ ~
Nellie Watts Concerts
Nellie Watts Concerts will
present William Warfeld,
sunday evening, February
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-13

Annual Luncheon
THE UNITED COMMUN-
lily SERVICE WOMEN'S
committee will give their an
nual Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday, February II, at
International Institute, Ill
I. Kirby. There will be re-
ports and surprises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-27
Man Is Jailed in Oregon
In Kidnap-R Case
BY the Associated Press

PORTLAND. Greg, Mar. IT.
Police yesterday jailed James
Valentine, Al, and charged him
with trying to abduct 9-year-old
George BrIce III here last week
in a ransom effort in which he
forced the boys mother to drive
him to the boys school.
Valentine was held under
100000 bond on three charges:
attempted kidnapping of the boy;
kidnapping of Mrs. Brice and her
maid. and assault with a dam
Porous weapon.
Last Friday Mrs. Brice, wife
of a wealthy realtor and banker,
was forced at gunpoint to drive
to Catlin-Hillside School here
where young George is a student.
Her maid, Lizzie May Brown. was
forced 10 go along. The gunman
said he would take George and
hold him for Sl25,000 ransom.
At the school the Ian was
grabbed by a teacher, Marvel
Schauff1er. The man shot Mr..
Schauff1er in the hand and fled.
Detective Sergt. Bard Purcell
said Valentine has a long record
Of arrests.