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Evening star., 1954-06-08
On the Air
On the AR
Youths Are Not Inhibited
When They Want to Know
BY Harry Macarthur

The way things are going
these days a man has to work
pretty hard at it be be an
optimist. The claw of the sea
puss may get us all in the end
but most of us would prefer to
have that doom arrive normally
and not via airplane or guided
missile. Right now too many
people seem to be in league with
the sea puSS.
There is, however, one breath
of hope available for the inhal-
ing once week. It is Ted Gra-
nik's "other" program, Youth
Wants to Know" (WNBW, Sum-
day, l PM. This comes to us
on film rather than live now,
but its quality is undiluted.
The boys and girls who turn up
here are a perceptive lot, gener-
ally. They can give a politician
a much rougher half-hour than
any political opponent is likely
to give him on Mr.. Granik's first
program, American Forum of
the Air"
4 X = 4
The interrogatorS on Youth
Wants to Know" are polite to
their elders but that is about as
far as it goes. They have no
inhibitionS about the questions
they put to man. A professional
politician may hesitate to ask
an embarrassing question be-
cause he doesn't want one of the
same fired right back, but not
these young folk.
1t is heartening, too, to see
that these quiz-masters are not
being taken in by political fire
works designed to bedazzle the
eye and becloud the issue. Their
questioning of Senator Everett
Dirksen Sunday was sharp and
alert.
They had him taking evasive
action at several points and it
was clear to any viewer that they
knew when he was doing it. They
made it obvious, too, that the
younger generation, at least,
knows the difference between
giving information to a Senate
committee and removing classi-
fed material from a file.
X X X
Senator Dirksen was asked
Sunday if he thought it proper
Evening star., 1954-06-08
HiehIiehts
Television Todoy.
1880, WMAL tD-Cavalcade

1880, WMAL (7)-Cavalcade Of
America: The Shippers
Lady" is the story of q woman
who takes command of a
clipper ship.
$500, WNBW (4)-Milton Berle
Show: Bob Hope. Tony Mar
tin and Ray Bolger substi-
tute for Comedian Berle, who
will not appear on the show.
$3.50, WTTG (5)-Love Story:
Joan Lorring and James
Gregory co-star in For All
We Know" a drama of a
young girl who marries an
Army captain without telling
him of her past.
500, WNBW AZ = Fireside
Theater: The search for a
husband is the comedy theme
in Bread Upon the Waters"
$3.50, WMAL (D-United States
Steel Hour: Diana Lynn, Or
son Bean and Kenny Delmar
head the cast of Good For
You," a drama If couple
in love who consult their psy-
chiatrists to determine q
course of action.
$3.50, WNBW (4)-Top PLAYS
of 1854: Shelley Winters and
William Bishop star in Man
trap"
$3.50, WTOP (9) Suspense:
North Side" is q documen-
tary drama on New York po-
lice methods.
1880, WTOP (9) - Army-Mc-
Carthy Hearings: Filmed
highlights.
1905, WNBW az - Army-Mc-
Carthy Hearings.
Rodio Todoy.
1928, WWDC-Baseball: Wash
ington VS.. Cleveland.
$3.50, WTOP - Mr.. and Mrs.
North: Pam and Jerry be-
come involved with an In
nocent man who Is nearly
framed for a serious crime
In June Widow"
300, WMAL-America's Town
Meeting: Representative
Brooks Hays and Representa-
tive James G. Fulton discuss
what Are the Alternatives
In Indo- -China?"
900, WASH-Concert: A broad
cast Of the United States
Army Band with Chilean
Folklore Singer Olga Farina.
$3.50. WRC-Tribute to General
Alfred M. Gruenther: A spe-
cial program presented in CO.
operation with the British
B 70 a dcasting Corporation
from dinner given by the
English-Speaking Union in
London.
1O:15, WRC, WTOP-Army Nc
Carthy Hearings: Recorded
highlights.
1880, WMAL-Army -McC Carthy
Hearings.
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would never have been brought
to task had someone not come
forward with information.
The boys and girls were ready
Would he like it done in his
office? Well, things went on and
the interviewers were treated to
a great deal of millifluous prose
They did not always get answers
but they asked some questions
These keen minded young men
and women may be just the ones
to cope with the future. We
haven't worried about the
younger generation since Ills
Sunday afternoon.
X X X 4
UNSTILLED VOICE - If II
has not already been confirmed
in the news columns it should be
made official before long that
last nights was not the last
Voice of Firestone" program. II
was the last on NBC, after more
than Is years, but there is q
strong possibility that it will
continue uninterrupted on Mon
day nights over ABC radio and
televiSion.
Discussions between officials OF
the Firestone Tire & Rubber
Co. and the American Broad
casting Co. have been under way
for some time. They probably
started with the NBC announce
ment that it would not continue
the television program on Mon
days.
If ABC brings this off it will
be another indirect result Of the
merger with United Paramount
Theaters. Space for a large
studio audience is one of the
sponsors requirements. ABC, in
bidding for Voice." just hap
pened to be in a position to Of
fer the New York Paramount
Theater for the simulcast.
The Times Square movie house
seats $500 persons. Under the
ABC plan the Paramount would
operate as usual except for four
or five hours on Mondays. Then
it would be closed to movie
ticket-buyers during dress re-
hearsals and broadcasts.
\ \
PROGRAM Danny
Hoctor, who has danced here at
both the Mayflower Lounge and
Capitol Theater with Wife Betty
Byrd, is West Coast bound. In
fact, if he isn't there already
he'd better be there soon. He will
do the choreography for the Hol-
lywood Summer Comedy Hour
shows, which will alternate with
New York originations on NBC-
TV on Sundays at 8. It was he
who staged Mindy Carson's TV
stanza so effectively last year
The opening session in the
hot weather Comedy Hour" this
week was agreeable if not earth
shaking. We can stand a lot
more of the talented Kaye Bal
lard than of Comic Jules. Mum
shin, but this was generally
pleasant. for want of a better
phrase, light summer entertain
ment. Betty Madigan came
home early for her Sheraton
Carlton opening tomorrow night.
Among other old haunts visited
was WTTG. where the zooming
Evening star., 1954-06-08

for an unauthorized person to
pass classified information about
this way. He gave the expected
answer, or non-answer. to the
effect that some wrongdoers
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uation and doubles the life-span
of the suit. But follow this rule
If you buy one: Alternate the
trousers each time you wear the
suit. This way, all three articles
will fade at about the same rate.
If you waited for one pair of
trousers to wear out before using
the other. you'd find the second
quite a different shade from the
jacket.
FACTS ON FABRICS: Did
you know that rayon used to be
called artificial silk?" Next to
cotton it is the cheapest, most
widely used textile fiber. It starts
out as wood pulp or short cotton
f1bers, but spun rayon can be
made to look like wool or linen.
Fine wool can stretch about a
third of its length. Under the
Wook Products Labelling Act of
1889, if a garment is labeled
Wool" the fabric must be new
wool. ''Reprocessed WOOL signi-
fies wool recovered from unused
articles and waste. Reused
wool" is wool recovered from
used articles.
WorSted fabrics, such as whip
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The Male Corner
GI Style Plaques TurnUp
As Fall Postwar Fashions
The Male Corner
By Edword Lawrence

FALL PREVIEW (C'est la
guerre Dept.): Two styles made
popular in and by World War II
are coming back as fashions.
One is the fingertip coat or
jacket, "a to SO inches in length.
The second style to proceed from
the cannon's mouth is the Ike
jacket.
The latter may cause ex-GIs
to vince at the olive-drab mem
cries it evokes, but even they
will admit that, properly fitted.
1t was neat, comfortable jack
ct. This fall and winter, the Ike
will be seen in a number of style
variations and in many fabrics,
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cord and gabardine, are made
from firmly twisted wool yarn
and have q hard smooth texture
with no nap. The word comes
from the medieval English town
Of Worsted. now spelt Worstead.
The word, acetate" comes
from the Latin word for vinegar.
Acetic acid. the essential con-
stituent Of vinegar. is part Of the
chemical compound from which
acetate rayon is made. Funny
thing, though-vineg will leave
pretty nasty stain even on
stain-resistant acetate rayon.
Being true relatives, they just
don't get along in close proxim-
ity.
Pink shirts continue to sell
well all over the country. What
seems ironic is that pink is most
popular in dress shirts.that is,
the kind you wear to work
rather than in sports shirts. In
rep ties and rib socks. pink is
just naturally allied with black
and more so as time trudges
nm.
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Bridge Hostess

Mrs. Kelley Cornwell Of Lees
burg entertained at bridge last
Thursday night and at the same
time was hostess at q surprise
shower for Mrs. Albert B. White.
Miss Mary Page Hutchinson
viii be on vacation in the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
L. S. Hutchinson. until Septem-
Der. after which she win go to
Richmond. Va. to join the
teaching staff at st. GATHERINGS
School. She will instruct in
music in the school there during
the next term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-18

including suede, wool. nylon and
capeskin. Some jackets will have
zippers. but the style trend for
the coming year is buttons.
~
The two-pants suit bids fair
to stay awile. A few years ago,
it was plainly introduced to help
one store beat out a competing
store. But the "two-fer" has
definite advantages which should
not be overlooked. Most men find
that a jacket far outlasts sim
gle pair of pants and they end
up donating it, hardly past its
prime, to a worthy charity. A
tWo-pants suit equalizes the sit
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Bordewisch- Bishoff

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis e. Borde-
wisch of Cheverly announce the
engagement of their. daughter
Carole Lou to Mr.. Amile Bishoff,
jr.. Of University Park. The
wedding will take place in
July 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-18

. Polka dots
: Stripes
. GeOmetrics
. FIOrGls
. Novelties
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Body Of Cab Driver
Recovered in Potomac

Police yesterday recovered the
body of a Washington cab driver
who drowned April 9 while try
ing to rescue a companion who
fell into the Potomac during a
fishing trip.
He was Joseph Slaughter. 81.
colored, 1913 Fourteenth street
NV, the father of three chill
dren.
Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald said he would issue a
certificate of accidental death.
Harbor police found the body
downstream from Chain Bridge.
where the accident occurred,
about $50 yards north Of the
Three Sisters Islands. A citizen
had called police when he spot
ted the body, they said.
The body of the man Mr..
Slaughter was trying to rescue,
William Taylor, 81, of Vienna.
Va, has not been found.
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Easter Egg Hunt SET
For County Children
Al HyattsviI|e Park

The KiwaniS Club of Prince
Georges County and the Sidney
Lust Theaters will stage an
Easter egg hunt for children at
Magruder Park in Hyattsville at
10 am. tomorrow.
This is the 18th annual hunt.
Each year, thousands of chill
dren swarm over the park seek
ing eggs that have been hidden
for them.
Hundreds of the eggs will bring
their finders prizes Of 5 cents to
81. There also will be two golden
goose eggs. worth SIS each to the
finders
Following the Easter egg hunt
will be the coronation of Mary
Ann Luskey, II. a student at Hy-
attsville Elementary School.
Mayor Jesse s. Baggett, assisted
by Walter Bogley and Richard
Melbourne of the Kiwanis Club,
will crown the queen.
Other features of the Easter
Monday outing include enter
tainment by a dance school and
acrobats from the University of
Maryland gymkana troupe.
A pie-eating contest and
races for boys and girls will be
held along with a child-calling
contest for mothers.
Maids of honor will be Mary
Pat Arlington and Janet Metre,
both IL. Twenty-one girls from
schools throughout the county
will act as ladies-in-waiting.
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County PTA Renews
Teachers Pay Plea

The Montgomery County
Council of Parent Teacher AS
sociations again has called on
the Board of Education to in
crease teacher salaries above the
scale currently proposed for the
next fiscal year.
In a letter made public yes
terday, PTA Council President
James @. Reber urges the edu-
cation board to put a full teacher
salary scale increase in effect
next year instead of over a two
year period.
Similar views we're expressed
by PTA spokesman at a hearing
on the proposed $11,892, 256
school budget Wednesday night.
1--WE of course recognize that
to put the full scale in effect
next year would add some 4 cents
to 5 cents on the tax rate" said
Mr.. Reber in his letter. I'VE
doubt that this would impose a
serious burden on many-if any
county taxpayers"
The school board is due to turn
it's budget over April % for in
clusion in the overall county
budget.
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Decision Promised
Soon on Swimming
Pools in Arlington

The long debated issue of
swimming pools in Arlington
County will be clarified soon by
a policy announcement from the
County Board.
Board m m bers yesterday
agreed to announce a swimming
pool policy at their next meet
ing on May /.
A new General Assembly law
permits the county to lease land
to private groups for construc-
ton of swimming pools. Several
groups have announced their in
tention of trying to take advan-
tage Of the legislation.
A petition signed by so resi-
dents of the jamestown School
area was presented to the board,
opposing any such arrangement.
Benjamin F. Carter. 5041 North
Thirty-sixth street, spokesman
for one group, said they are
against "sale, lease or convey
ance by any other form" of
publicly owned land at James
town for a private pool.
Plan Called Unwise.
Recreation Director w. A..
Richardson advised the board he
believes the plan would be UNI
wise Also opposing such prof.
ects is the Waycroft-W oodlawn
Citizens Association.
The board, by a 80 vote, voted
to retain special attorney to
fight a suit involving the coun-
tvs local registrars. Common
wealth's Attorney William j.
HaSsan is challenging the boards
right to abolish precinct regis
trars. The County Electoral
Board already has retained at
torney Frank L. Ball, ST.. to fight
the challenge.
Board members Alvin F.
Kimel, independent, and Wesley
w. Cooper, Democrat, opposed
the majority action.
In other business, A. T. Lund-
berg was authorized to negotiate
for lease of a building at 1904
North Uhle street, on Courthouse
Square, for use of the Police
Traffic Safety Bureau and the
Juvenile Bureau. Both units are
now in the courthouse, where
Mr.. Lundberg said other police
activities are crowded. He was
authorized to agree to an an
nual rental of $4,000 at the pro-
posed new location.
Safety Patrol Ceremony.
School safety patrol members.
Walter Petit, II, Sixth-grader
at Clay School, and Patricia Nc
Intosh, IL, a seventh-grader at
st. Thomas More School, swore
board members in as honorary
safety patrol members. The
students were accompanied by
Police 1t. Frank Palmer, head
of the police divisions Traffic
Safety Department.
Attorney John Paul Jones told
the board he is trying to raise
$500 from public contributions
to buy and repair an old fire
truck recently sold by the
county. The Westinghouse
High School Fireflghters Club
would use the engine, Mr.. Jones
said.
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Someone's Going to Be Elected
In Town Where Nobody Lives

Carrollton Incorporation law
named the developer and his as
sociates as members Of the town
council.
Albert H. Turner, the devel-
oper, thus became a councilman
along with his associates Albert
w. Turner. his son: Herndon G..
Kilby. and Attorneys w. Car
roll Beatty and William L.
Kahler.
The law provides, however.
that an election shall be held to
select a new council in May,
1854. That's next month. Mr..
Beatty said the law was written
that way because they believed
they would have about 200 resi-
dents by now.
Nothing has yet been built in
Corrallton, however, except an
Office and warehouse, MIR. Beatty
said, because the developers and
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission have been un-
able to agree on extension of
sewer lines.
AS for the election, Mr.. Beatty
said he will recommend to the
council when it meets in his
Hyattsville Office tomorrow that
a regular election be held "just
as If we had 1000 voters. ="
Otherwise the legality of the
charter might be jeopardized.
The councilmen, being the
sole property owners in the city,
would be the only persons eligi-
BILE to cast a ballot, he said. Pre-
sumably the incumbent council
will be reelected with mini
mum of campaigning,
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The town council of Carrollton,
Md. will meet tomorrow to plan
for a municipal election to be
held next month.
Ordinarily, that wouldn't be of
much interest. But Carrollton
is no ordinary city.
It differs from most cities in
that it has no stores or houses
and nobody lives there.
If you were to drive past Car
roHton on Defense Highway just
west of Lanham, it would appear
to be just another partially
cleared 400-acre tract of wood
land. But this one is governed
by f1ve-man town council
under charter of incorporation
granted by the 1853 Maryland
Legislature.
The law Incorporating the 400
acres was sought by the owners
and would-be developers. Their
idea, they said. was to build a
1,300-house community with all
municipal services installed be-
fore the first homeowner moves
in.
The device. it would seem. also
would allow the developer to sell
his houses at a price below those
asked for comparable houses in
unincorporated m m u nitie S
since the improvements would be
paid for through town taxes. In
unincorporated new commune
ties. the builder usually includes
the cost OF improvements in his
selling price.
Since a proper municipality
has to have a government, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Free x-Ray Service
Listed for Arlington

The Arlington tuberculosis
and Health Association will
begin free chest X-ray service
next week for residents of Ar
lington. The X-ray machine will
be operated on the following
schedule:
Tomorrow: Peoples Drug Store.
Lee highway and Glebe road
Oee Heights), 10 am. to 6 pm.
Tuesday: Drug Fair. 584l
North Washington boulevard
(Westover), 10 am. to 6 pm.
Wednesday: Bell Drugstore.
2615 Columbia pike. 10 am. to
6 pm.
Thursday: Goldenberg's, 4025
South Twenty-eighth street
(Shirlington), 10 am. to 8 pm.
Friday: Hecht's, Wilson boule-
ward and North Glebe road
(Parkington). to 8 pm.
Saturday: j. c. Penney. Wilson
boulevard and North Highland
street (Clarendon). 10 am. to
6 pm.
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Arlington 10 Draft
$4 Million Program
To Improve County

Arlington County is getting
ready to begin work this sum-
mer on a $4-million program
to build streets and storm sew
ers. improve the water system
and acquire more land for parks
and Fairgrounds.
The county board yesterday
voted to meet at pm. April 90
to sell bonds approved by the
voters last November. The bonds
are to provide $1,720, 900 for
streets and highways. 81 mil
lion for storm sewers and ST.
$4,000 for water-system i'm
provements.
Park and playground funds
available are $4,000 still un-
spent fro ma 1882 ,O00-bond issue
approved for this purpose in
1851. Board Member George M.
Rowzee. jr., said the board has
selected sites and has instructed
planning officials to negotiate
the purchases.
Forty-f1ve projects will be
Forty-Five Projects.
financed by the highway funds
including improvement of Kirk
wood road and parts of Wilson
boulevard. George Mason drive
and Washington boulevard.
Twenty-six sidewalk, curb and
gutter projects are included.
The 81 million for storm
sewers will pay for 81 projects.
county officials estimate. Final
recommendation on both the
highway and sewer programs are
to be presented to the County
Board after the bonds are sold.
Water system improvements
will not be completed in time
to avoid restricting water use
this summer.
Work planned on the water
system includes adding storage
facilities at Minor Hill, increas-
ing pumping capacity at Fort
Ethan Allen pumping station,
and installing $4,000 feet of new
main parallel to Military road.
At yesterdays meeting, the
board received a 10-year water
system improvement program
from Alexander Potter Associ-
ates. consulting engineers. The
work to be started this year will
be the first part of a four stage
Sc million program recon-
mended by the engineers.
Second Stage Plans.
The second stage calls for in
stallation of new feeder lines,
new pumping units and repair
of the Minor Hill reservoir. The
engineers say this work should
be completed by the end of 1857.
BY 1860, the engineering firm
estimates, the present pipes
carrying water from the District
to Arlington under Chain bridge
should be replaced by a $436, 900
underwater crossing just south
of the bridge. The present pipes,
suspended from the bridge, are
highly vulnerable to flood wash
out and serious damage to them
could leave Arlington without
water for domestic use or fire
protection until repairs could be
made, the engineers said.
The firm also predicted that
the Chain bridge pipes may lack
capacity to meet the county's
needs by 1865. BY that time.
Minor Hills storage should be in
creased again and more feeder
lines installed, the report recon-
mendS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
County Board Backs
Arlington S Policy on
Sex Education Books

A vote of confidence was given
the Arlington County library sys-
tenn by the County Board yes
terday.
The board Endorsed unani-
mously a recommendation by
County Manager A. T. Lundberg
that I'VE continue the procedure
for obtaining and issuing books
to adults and children"
At the last board meeting, Mrs.
Ernest j. Holcomb had ques-
toned library policy. One of her
questions was whether children
are permitted to withdraw sex
education books from open Ii
brary shelves.
The report submitted yesterday
included statement by Mrs. M.
G. Blattner. county library di-
rector, that such books are not
available to juveniles on open
shelves. They are available to
parents and teachers on request,
she said.
One branch library surveyed
was found to have two sex edu-
cation books on open shelves but
these are now on a controlled
SHELF" the report said.
AS a rule, parents, not children.
ask for these books. Mrs. Blattner
reported.
I'm meeting its obligation to
provide the county with facts
and thoughts in books and re-
lated materials" the director
said, "a public library and the
personnel operating it cannot be
expected to indorSe every thought
and every book in the library"
Book purchases are recon-
mended by branch librarians and
children's libraries in the county
system. Mrs. Blattner said. Their
recommendations, she added, are
based on standard catalogues and
on book reviews in the New York
Times, The Evening Star and
other newspapers.
Board member, George M.
Rowzee, jr., complimented Mr..
Lundberg on the report.
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Mohoney Ribs Byrd, Forms
II ON, Dick and Harry Club

in his club would be open to
every Tom. Dick and Harry as
well as "all Mary. Joes, Helens.
Bills and all other Marylanders
!. who believe that the rank
and file voters are the bosses
who decide elections"
The candidate said there
would be mo dues and no duties
:. members who are registered
Democrats may express their be-
lief in the principle for which
the club stands by voting for the
Mahoney-D Dorsey Tawes ticket
on primary day-June a."
MIR. Mahoney said space would
be made available in his organ
ization headquarters in Balti-
more for the "club." and that
applications for membership are
being accepted.