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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-08-27

A few of Hollywood's great
stars were sitting around one of
the front tables at the Hillcrest
Country Club, when a stranger
walked over to the table and ap-
preached Danny Kaye. 'Remem-
Der me?" he asked. It's question
that has haunted entertainers
everywhere since the beginning
of time.
"You look familiar" was
Danny's answer. It's the same
dodge all actors use in such cases.
Don't you remember when you
worked for my organization, the
B'nai Birth. about Is years ago."
the stranger continued, "and after
the show we all went out and had
some corned beef sandwiches to-
gether? Remember you told us
that some day you'd become an
important star on the screen, the
stage and the radio?"
eyes, l do recall" said Kaye,
trying to be polite.
$50, tell me, Danny" pressed
the persistent stranger, what
ever happened?"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-08-27

remind them that the first BailY-
stoker Jew to come TO the United
States arrived in 1912. Sincha
Sass was his name. an eccentric
pioneer whose name is still leg
end among his kinsmen. A husky
muscleman with a patriarchal
beard was Sass. longshoreman.
miner. laborer. fisherman. night
Waterman. adventurer and soldier
during the Civil War in McClel-
lan's army. He fought Indians and
pirates and took The trail west
amidst the excitement of the
California gold rush. He was a
piece of America this BialYstoker
eccentric. who died at the age Of
l03 in 1917. even as are the $4,000
BialYstoker in the country and
the hundreds of thousands of
other Jewish immigrants who
were drawn TO the dream and the
hope that was America.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-08-27
Visit to an Old Home
BY NATHAN z1pR1N

release desk has beldeed eIeven
YeaOd boy who set foot American ry-ve years
ago. ne nad arrived aboard the Mauritania after
learned was eventfu trip seaarnqa
crossing that has been by few
Of the modern steamers He fought sleep stealth
lily left the Liverpool cold midnight in December
But ne was everish with eutaon the swim
ming palace proudly srid approach Yors harbor mid
Of the following Thursday.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
|Ex-Convict Tells
OF Conditions In 4
Mississippi Prison

ST. LOUIS IA young ex-con-
vict, wearing a black mask to con-
ceal his identity, charged yestec-
day the Missouri State Peniten-
tiary is college of crime''
where he learned to "crack
a SAFE
The man, called "Mr. X" made
the statements on a radio-televi.
sion show (KWK, KWK- TV) while
appearing with a panel of st. Louis
crime officials.
His identity was kept secret to
protect his family.
The eX-convict, who was still
serving part of his three,year SEN
tence when destructive riot brok
out at tn prison recently, told the
panel poorly prepared food, idle.
ness and too much reliance on
stoo. pigeons by prison authorities
were factor leading 10 the riot.
Four men died as a result by
the riot, 81 others were injured and
damage was estimated at three
million dollars.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
Mexico Moves
To Middle In
School Field
~ LAuRANcE =. sruNTz

MEXICO CITY R-Mexican
government took another short step
away from the left last week in
dealing with the public schools.
The education minister said Mex-
ico's policy is simply to exclude
religious education from the
schools, turning it over to the
home" Minister Angel Ceniceros
made his statement before the Ma
tional Convention Of Normal School
Teachers.
This is long way from the prac-
tice some Is year ago Of requiring
school teachers to certify they
were not members of the Roman
Catholic Church. The retirement
from position has been made in a
series ofo short steps. Ceniceros'
statement is the latest in this Sc
ries.
Mexico's constitution provides
that education must be "socialistic,
aimed at excluding all religious
doctrine and combating fanaticism
and prejudice. 1t adds that the
purpose of education is to "create
in youth a rational and exact con-
cept of the universe and social
life."
Ceniceros said that under his
regime "the state abstains from
deciding whether religious fanati-
cism or religion itself are incom-
patible with scentfic knowledge" !"
A few days later, at the closing
session of the convention, he re-
peated and expanded the modified
government policy.
"The schools of Mexico" he
said, sin imparting their teaching,
win respect the thinking and the
feeling Of the students and their
families. Because the living reality
which should be engraved on the
front of every school can be
summed up In a single word:
Tolerance"
The slight modification Of school
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
Young, But Not-So-Little,
Moose Is Pet OF Household

CLINTON. NC. R-Young Bar
ney is getting downright pampered
and brother, does he love it.
And the Marvin Mayfields prob
ably have the fastest growing
family, pound for pound, in North
America.
The family consists of Marv, his
wife, three little girls, one little
boy and one not-so-little moose,
Barney.
Marv found Barney when he had
been in this world about one week.
The little bull moose was lying
alongside q road near this interior
British Columbia community 200
miles north of Vancouver, too weak
to stand. The mother was nowhere
in sight.
Mayfield had to make a choice.
Should be take the baby moose
or should he leave it there to die?
He knew if he took the little
moose the mother. in keeping with
the law Of the wild, would have
nothing more to do with her baby
after it had been touched by hu.
man hands.
Mayfield decided to take the lit
tie guy. He loaded him into his
truck. At home, he and his wife
first fed Barney with a bottle and
then from a bucket.
Now Barney, six months old, Is
just like one of the family.
At S am. the eldest Mayfield
daughter always goes out to milk
the cows. Invariably the little May
field boy tags along and, as is the
habit Of small boys, leaves the
kitchen door open.
Barney doesn't muh the chance.
In the house he goes, eating any
thing he can lay a tooth to in the
kitchen. The davenport is the next
stop, sort of an breakfast
nap.
Mrs. Mayfield recalls the time
she mixed up a big batch of pan
cake batter and. set it on the side
board only to have Barney gobble
it UP.
No hay for Barney.
But he really goes for milk. He
guzzles six gallons a day. Vege-
tables and fruit help fill up the
empty spots, plus what he can
scrounge in the kitchen.
Mayfield has a fenced-in pasture
near the house and that's where
he will try to keep Barney when
he grows horns, just in case some
trigger happy hunter shows up in
the neighborhood.
One thing worries Mayfield. Bar
rey Is = growing boy oh,
moose and his 800 pounds
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
Thieves Have Big
Weekend In Chi

CHICAGO R-Selective thieves
with expensive and artistic tastes
operated in Chicago over the week
end.
Furs and fur coats worth an es.
timated $250,0OO were taken from
the Margaritis- Mitchell, Inc, Loop
office by eracksmen who smashed
their way into the vault. Most of
the loot was mink.
A collection of stamps valued
at 100000 was taken from the
South Side apartment Of Maj. Cliff
ford W. Yost. The victim told po-
lice the looters left behind many
stamps of lesser value and ignored
his wife's jewelry.
Mrs. Babtte Kornblith reported
someone broke into her station
wagon and took 10 of her own
paintings. She declined to place a
monetary value on them.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
Leftists Win
In Bloody Vote

/. AMMAN, Jordan R-Two left,
lists won parliamentary seats in
Saturdays bloody balloting in Jor-
dan. Their strength was attributed
largely to anti-Western feeling
among Palestine Arab refugees
who blame the West for their ex.
pulsion from that part of Palestine
that now is Israel.
Reports here said the violence
accompanying Jordan's first cleo
tons under a new system permit
ting authorized groups to campaign
as political parties, left eight per-
sons dead and more than A
wounded.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
More Envoys
Sent ntByReds
ToYugoslavia

BELGRADE B - Communist
countries have increased their Dip
lomatic representation in Yugo-
slavia by nearly 800 per cent dur
ing the past two years in what
appears to be an attempt to WOO
President Tito away from the
West.
A diplomatic list published by
the French embassy here records
the names and positions of As Dip
lomats on duty here now from
Russia and its satellite countries.
There were 16 from the seven
countries in 1852, when relations
with Yugoslavia were at low tide.
Russia. Albania, Czechosloyakia.
Bulgaria and Romania have full
hedged ambassadors stationed
here. Hungary has a minister. Sec
ond ranking post in the foreign
diplomatic service, on duty while
Poland does its business through a
charge d'affaires.
This is in sharp contrast to the
period which followed the 1s4s
break when Tito's Yugoslavia was
booted out of the cominform part
nership on charges he and his ton
lieutenants had been pursuing Sin
dependent, nationalstic, Trotsky-
ite policies"
The Russian-cominform denunci-
alton fell only a step short of
diplomatic break. In the months
that followed, all the cominform
countries including Russia pulled
their top ENJOYS out of Yugoslayia.
leaving behind only skeleton stats.
Tito responded in kind, bringing
out all but few of his diplomatic
Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Bucha-
rest, Sofia and Tirana and keeping
at their posts sufficient personnel
to report his determination to stand
firm against domination by the
Kremlin.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
Man Held In
Death OF ex-Wife
InLos Angeles

LOS ANGELES R-James Mer-
kouris is in jail today awaiting
arraignment on charges of mur-
dering his former wife and her
second husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert r. Forbes.
Merkouris, 40, was brought here
from Arkansas yesterday. He lost
fight against extradition follow
ing his arrest by FBI agents in
Hot Springs.
He denies knowledge Of the dou-
BILE Staying in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Forbes were shot to death in their
ceramics shop Sept. 20.
Police say Merkouris has been
identified tentatively from pictures
as the man seen leaving the GER
amics shop about the time of tn
slayings.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
Bus Driver Is
Stabbed Sun. By
Upset Passenger

WELLS, New. @-A Salt Lake City
pus driver brought his Greyhound
Dus !, safely into Wells last night al.
tnough bleeding from . knife
wound In the side.
The driver, D. H. Stump, told
authorities he was stabbed by an
elderly passenger who apparently
went beserk when he told the man
ne couldn't leave the bus on lonely
Pequop Summit, 20 miles east of
Wells on US. Highway 40.
Stump said the passenger slash
ca an unidentified passenger on
the hand who attempted to inter-
vene, and then stabbed Stump in
the side. In the turmoil that fol.
lowed, Stump said, the man es-
capped.
Neither Stump nor the uniden-
tfled passenger was said to be
hurt seriously.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
|DorothyLamour's
Mother Burned

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf. IN -
MRS. Carmen Castleberry, 81,
mother of actress Dorothy La
mour, escaped with first degree
burns from a fire in her apart
ment 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 treat
ed for burns on the forehead, fore
arms and left hand.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18

policy was aimed at quieting
parent-teacher groups which object
to the whole form Of the constitu-
tlonal school provision. They want
the way opened for religion to be
taught in private schools and elm
nation of the ban on schools sup.
ported by religious groups.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18
TT WAS AN ILL
WIND FOR HIM

RICHMOND, Va. R - r. L.
Pierce was counting receipts at
his service station Friday when
Hurricane Hazel swirled In through
a window and whisked away more
than 500 in currency.
Yesterday he got almost half the
money back.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-18

just about blots out the davenport
when he's resting now.
What, asks Mayfield, is going 10
happen when Barney adds the 700
more pounds necessary to fill out
the frame of full-grown moose?
Evening star., 1954-10-30
Sanitary Engineers
Cited for Project

The Districts Sanitary Engi-
neering Department yesterday
received a citation from a ma
tional engineering magazine in
recognition for the department. s
rehabilitation of the Rock Greek
sewage pumping station.
While the award made by
Power specified the agency. ii
was presented to M. H. Kin
signer, chief mechanical super
intendent Of the sewer opera
tions division, who planned and
supervised the entire project.
Mr.. Kinsinger, So, and a vet
eran of SO years in the depart.
ment, also is nearing completion
of a similar renovation Of the
Poplar Point pumping station.
The cost of each job was about
100000. This provided for new
pumps, motors. electrical system
and the necessary structural
changes to the buildings to per.
NIT the new mechanical installa-
tions.
BY employing an already avail
able force Of District workers
and by doing all the design work
Mr.. Kinsinger saved the tax
payers about $4,000 at the Rock
Creek station, one department
official estimated.
The rehabilitation almost
trebled the capacity of the sta.
tion to a new figure of about &C
million gallons of sewage daily
The Rock Greek station waa built
in 1921, Poplar Point in 1915.
Evening star., 1954-10-30
D. {. Youth Pleads
Guilty 10 Forgery

Otis Saunders, alias Psyche
Pugh, a 17-year-old District
youth, pleaded guilty In Arling-
ton Circuit Court yesterday to
charges that he passed forged
checks. including one bearing
the forged signature of Repre-
sentative Broyhill. Republican.
of Virginia.
Saunders was accused by
police of passing a $65 check in
an Arlington shoe store on Sep
tember II and a $62 check on
September "a at the First Ma
tional Bank Of Arlington. Both
checks were made out to Psyche
Pugh. The second check was
signed with the name Joel T.
Broyhill.
Saunders, colored, Of the TOO
block of Second street NE. was
arrested when he took a third
check supposedly signed by Mr..
Broyhill to the Clarendon Trust
Co.. in Arlington. Bank officials
called police. Juvenile authori.
ties later waived jurisdiction on
Saunders
Circuit Judge William D. Med.
ley suspended imposition Of sen.
tence. pending q probation
officers report.
Evening star., 1954-10-30
Chest Official Thanks
Musicians Union for
Free Entertainment
Star stan Photos.

John S. Hayes, general chair
man of the Community Chest
drive, today thanked the musi-
clans and unions who have
donated entertainment to the
campaigns report luncheons.
"The giving of thousands of
dollars worth of time and talent
is in the best tradition of the
entertainment world" Mr.. Hayes
said. ut has helped immeasur-
ably in inspiring Red Feather
volunteers"
Orchestras were provided for
each luncheon by Local 16l,
District Federation of Musicians,
through a grant of the Music
Performance Trust Fund. Mr..
Hayes said
The orchestras of Hank Bry-
ant, Ruth, Bryant. Sande Will
liams. Beach Johnson. Ralph
Graves and Toby Tyler played
at the meetings.
Guest appearances were made
by Actress Celeste Holm, the
Crew Cuts Quartet and Singers
Hank Fort and Lee Meredith.
The fund drive itself stands
72 per cent complete. with
$2.743,411 in hand. It is lag
ging 12,per cent behind the pace
officials planned as necessary to
make the $3.832,000 goal By
Thursday, scheduled end Of the
campaign.
Evening star., 1954-10-30
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Yacht Club Owner
Is Fined $500 in
Slot Machine Case
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 30.-Joseph
E. Rose, owner of Southern
Anne Arundel County yacht
club, yesterday was convicted of
possessing illegal slot machines
and fined $500 and sentenced to
one year in the House of Correcr
ton, for which he was placed
on probation.
Roses conviction grew out of
his arrest last November 16
after police said they found four
illegal slot machines in the Rose
Haven Yacht Club.
Roses defense tried to prove
the machines had merely been
brought to Rose Haven from
Calvert County for repairs, but
the jury took only 40 minutes
to bring back the guilty verdict.
Attorneys for Rose announced
they would appeal.
1t. D. Brooke Meade testified
he found six machines in snack
bar, four of them illegal. Only
nickel machines are legal in
the county.
1t. Meade said there was a
loaded jackpot in a 50-cent
machine and when he informed
Rose the machine was illegal,
he said Rose told him:
Get the hell out of here"
Evening star., 1954-10-30
Woman Drug Addict
Goes 10 Hospital

Federal Judge Alexander Holt
zoff yesterday>ordered a 29-year-
old woman committed to the
Lexington tKy.) Narcotics Hos
pital until cured of dope addic-
ton.
The woman submitted volun-
tarily to police and asked COM
mitment to the hospital under a
new law requiring full treat
ment for addicts who wish to be
cured. She is the fourth addict
to volunteer for treatment.
Police 1t. Todd o. Thoman,
head of the narcotics squad, said
the woman signed an affidayit
stating she was using six cap
sules of heroin every day. She
said she bought the dope at
Eleventh and o streets NV,
and became addicted through
association with Nellie Leach, a
convicted peddler. 1t. Thoman
added.
Nellie Leach testified in the
trial which resulted in convic-
tion of Randolph tCatflsh) Tur-
l1er last year, Turner. at the
time, was credited with being
the biggest drug wholesaler in the
Washington area.
Assistant United States At
torney Edward o. Fennell said
the woman will be held at the
city's temporary addict treat
ment center at District General
Hospital until she can be trans
ported to Lexington.
Evening star., 1954-10-30
Body Bunter-No. 13
He's Waiting for Words From You

Can you make with the small,
talk?
Take a look at that young
fellow to the right. What's he
saying?
The caption printed beneath
the picture gives the words put
into his mouth by Constance
Bannister's 1855 calendar. Can
you beat it? II your wits keen
enough. cash prize awaits you.
Each day for the next 18 days
The Star will print a new Ban
mister baby picture. Under each
picture will appear a caption.
from the calendar. Your job Is
to write better caption In Is
words or less.
For your convenience a coupon
will be printed with each picture
but 1t isn't necessary to use the
coupon You can sketch one Of
your own. Just make sure your
coupon tells which picture you're
captioning, either by number or
by a pasteup of the photograph.
Daily prizes will be given for
the best and most original cap
tions First prize will be SIS.
second prize $40 and third prize
S. A grand prize OF 500 will
be awarded for the best caption
submitted during the 30-day
contest. In case of any tie.
duplicate awards viii be made.
The contest Is open to any one
except employees Of The Star
and The Evening Star Broad
casting Company and members Of
their families. Contestants may
submit any number Of captions.
All captions for picture No. 13
published today, must be re-
ceived in The Star Office not later
than noon Monday, November /.
Prize winners will be an
nounced one week after publica-
ton of each picture. Judges will
be members of The Stars staff
and their decisions will be final.
Mail your entries to Baby
Banter" The Evening Star.
| Washington 4, %. C.
The coupon may be pasted on
q postal card. If you prefer
winners Of Baby Banter Con.
test No. 8 Are Announced Today,
Page B-17.
Evening star., 1954-10-30
ID. c. Count Shows
$1,000 Cars Using
New Parkway Daily

An average of more than 21,-
600 vehicles day have used the
Baltimore Washington parkway
since the new truck-free thor
oughfare was opened a week ago.
Traffic counts obtained by The
Star for the three-day period
ended Thursday were recorded
by the Highway Departments
electronic meters! Figures for
the rest OF the week are esti-
mates.
The meter is located west of
the parkway bridge across the
Anacostia River, just inside the
District line. It registered 21.-
697 vehicles on Tuesday, 21,242
on Wednesday and %, ,287 Thurs
day, for q total Of 65,226.
TIighway Director John N.
Robertson said these figures are
higher than expectations by
about 5000. The parkway is
accessible to such ,densely popll-
lated suburban areas as those
fed by Landover road. Defense
highway, Riverdale road and
Glenn Dale road.
The other meters and their
tabulations are these:
New York avenue overpass of
the Pennsylvania Railroad
Tuesday, ,18,020: Wednesday.
1907; Thursday, 1883, total
ing 54,955.
South Dakota avenue inter-
sections volume Of one was es-
timated Tuesday. 4.157;
Wednesday, 3,479: Thursday, g.
855. totaling 10.491.
South Dakota, Immediately
west of New York-Tuesday. A.
157; Wednesday. 4.085; Thurs
day. 4,235, totaling 12.477.
The light travel on South Da-
kota avenue may increase as a
result of the installation yes
terday of big daylight" incan-
descent lights on that thorough
fare between Bladensburg and
New York avenue,
Night travel on New York
avenue b etween Bladensburg
road and the railroad overpass
may swell further with the in
stallation Of the same type of
lights along the center of that
stretch. Wiring and the light
post bases are already in.
Evening star., 1954-10-30
D. c. Attorney to Probe
North CuroIinu Election
star STAN Photos.
BY the Associated Press

Samuel StW. Washington at
torney, has been appointed to
conduct a preliminary inquiry
into complaints of election ir-
regularities in the 9Th congress
sional district of North Carolina.
S. P Kimmel. head of the staff
of the special House Campaign
Investigating Committee, said Mr.
Still will be in Salisbury, N. c.,
tomorrow to begin his investiga-
tion. Mr.. Still is acting as special
counsel to the committee.
The complaints in the North
Carolina district were filed on
behalf of William E. Stevens, jr.
Republican, who is opposing
Representative Hugh @. Alex
ander. Democrat, of North Caro-
lima, for the districts House seat.