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ROOMS AND APIS. TO SHARE

KOOMS AND APIS. 10 SHAkE
OPPORTUNITY FOR GIRL; approx
IS. to live, in beautiful apt. with
another girl own bedrm.. TV and
every cow; of Conn. ave. NV.
Call NO. t-so6S after pm. 81
GIRL TO SHARE APT. with one other
girl: 1905 18th ST. NV. CO. 5-33S2
Very cow location. ~
GIRL to share apt with another girl:
pvt. bedrm.; S45 mo-: Conn and
Cathedral vic. HO. 3-4135.
Mr.. BARNEY CIRCLE-Refined lady
to share 2-bedrm. apt. with another
LU; l-7161. ewes. and wk ends. -
YOUNG LADY to share downtown
effic. in mod. switchboard. desk serv.
ice, apt. bldg. with another lady;
utils. and phone incl: S45. Anpl,
desk. l4fi " 81. NV.
1920 BELMONT RID. N.W.-One girl
wanted to share lovely 3-bedrm apt
with :! other girls; blk, Conn.
ave. conv. loo. Rent, $50. Call after
q pm. AID. 3-15Sl.
ALL HOME PRIvILEGES-Wo Woman TO
share furn. duplex with lady; twin
bedrm;; S45 mo. EN-. 3-ss52; ia.
$3.50. 20
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AIR-CONDITIONED
LUXURY APARTMENT


For family Or corporation that car
AFFORD the unusual in comfort ano
amenities. Living room 10 IT. BY "a
II. with two exposures and fireplace
rooms and 2 baths. or 3 bedrooms
and 3 baths; 2 unusually large
closets: one or two Kitchens with
electric dishwasher. garbage dispose
unit. clothes washer, clothes drier
and refrigerator with deep-freezs
compartment; 80 It. by 81 #. private
fiagstons terrace WITH adjoining bar
sceentiS eomplet.d g.c nGHr
Carlton House. $500 Wisconsin ave
NV. commanding magnificent view
Of city and Potomac. River valley
Planned for owner Of building anC
never occupied. Secretarial tele.
phone service. garage, basement
laundry facilities and future public
dining room. Furnished transient
guest rooms available in building
ran EN- O-Q200
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The John Kilpen Hotel
2310 ASHMEAD PL. NV.
"a block of Conn. ave. overlooking
Rock Creek Park away from traf.
nc noise; conv. ,transp; dble and
sgle.. rms. pvt baths avail: excel
meals; rates: SIT so wk 10. HO
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ROOMS WANTED

WOMAN WRITER desires room in
quiet house or apt with another
woman. pref. LIST floor, unfinished,
west Conn. ave. K ST.. Dupont Cir;
DU. 1-ll9S. Is
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APIS. FURNISHED. {.
TRENTON TERRACE

GARDEN-TYPE APT. CLOSE TO
DOWNTOWN
Attractive large 1-bedroom apt. com
pletely furnished. All utilities in
cluded. $3.50. 2-bedroom unfur.
nished. $3.50. Rental once l0o(
Mississippi ave. Sc. 10. 2-061S.
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1856 HILLSIDE RID. Sc.
Near Coral Hills Shopping Center
LIST mr.. hedrms.. liv. rn.. kit. and
bath; $6S. 80. incl. heat. and no!
water: avail. immed. Apply Apt,
|13i7 Rhode island ave, NV. Apt
1O4. Vacant. Open. Nedeeorated
WASHINGTON REALTY. RA. B
$500.
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DUPONT CIRCLE-1T35 Riggs pl
attrac. sgle. studio rm.; refgr., grill
S45 mo. Also small sgIe.. S233 mo
CONN. AVE. nr. Tnden: studio rm.
lovely new furn mahog. desk. ex-
ten. phone, full use of kit, semipvt
bath. pvt. home EN-. 2-240j.
PARK RD. N.W-Room. pvt. entr
kit. privils., no objection to child
MI e-SIlu o2
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HOTEL lao

ALTURAS HOTEL
1909 10th ST. NV.
conveniently located rooms running
water or private bath. dining room
$1,000 vk., s. day up. HU. 3-6ll6
GILBERT
1850 leth st. n.w.-Sgle. and dbie
rms some with pvt. bath. maid and
24-hr. PIX service. CO. 5-73Sl
MCLEAN GARDENS
3s1l PORTER ST. NV
Rooms available for immediate occu-
pancv. Men and women. Rates
from $50 80 10 $50 80 single. Twin.
bed rms. at $50 ger mo. per person
Transient rms. az attractive daily
rates. Grounds and bldgs. protected
By Burns International Detective
Agency EN- "-6So1
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ROOMS EURhisHED-sE.-s.w
ROOMS FURN.-MD. 8 VA.

COLORED. = NICELY FURN. RIM,
home privils.; COW. transp. Call
after 4, Ii. 6-2S10. 20
Evening star., 1954-12-21

A old fashioned Christmas II home with
lie family gathered for The singing of carols
nnd he most important meal of the year. We
have Ill The food ind the fixins' baking
supplies in complete variety, candies, NUTS and
cider, fruit and vegetables thst ignore seasons,
beverages and pastries and that all-important.
ovenready Lancaster Turkey. It's happy
scene n which we're pleased 10 play our part.
So, 10 Ill or customers and friends, one and
Al, W wish you Merry, Merry Christmas.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
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1ro6Iey Shoppins centsr Dsfhesdes
Howef Ave. pinsy Dfnneh Red. Silver &pFinas
1915 &itIond Rosd HuEon Aves--opp. Census Busssu
-Four Ccsnsss, Woodnsoss
unbsnzy Lsns 3 Risss Rod, Hyssssvilss
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46I3 Annapslis Rood, BlodsnSbnse, Mds
Moribore PIKE 8 Silver HHI Rcod, pcrkienS
Queens chaps ChiIsm Roods. Qseenssewn, NJ koinss
Nisrx MI GeidIsy Reeds, Wars Mil yllssss
6Sz9 Eeoseia Ave- 8 Ellsworth Dive Silver spsina =
3z9-3I Main 81, knureI, M. I
ALEXANDRIA. VA
FoMhnson 8 Hensy Sts.s
Kinas Mi1hMey 3 Fen Dsivss
6f0Ffnakia St.
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Evening star., 1954-12-21

We don't have 70 waste words If You had the
pleasure Of enjoying Lancaster Turkey from
the Acme At Thanksgiving because you KNOW
why they're preferred.
These broadbreasted, extra meaty, tender
young birds are the most luscious, "ready TO
cook" turkeys that ever graced your table.
They are sold exclusively It our Markets
the best that money can buy, yet they cost no
more than ones you gamble on.
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Both Sides Of Mccarthy Story

congratulate The Star for some
splendid editorials. and congratulate
David Lawrence for an excellent col
umn ("McCarthy Nears Martyrdom")
on March %.
Public opinion is the guiding spirit
that rules the world.
Something unique in history has
been brought to the attention Of the
people in the last so days.
The public has shown itself to be
vitality interested. Any paper that puts
forth an honest effort to present the
Mccarthy Stevens affair to the public
in an impartial way. presenting as
far as possible the whole truth and all
the facts that are obtainable. so that
the public be given chance to form
its own opinion. deserves unQuestion-
able commentator.
In this affair great principle is
nvolved-freedom.
The seriousness of the affair is far
reaching and should be handled with
the utmost care; justice to one and
all should be given first consideration.
Charles G. Hershey.
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Small Print on Health Policies

ask space to try to save older per-
sons from buying what they think is
bargain protection in disqualification.
Another local paper carried a full
page advertisement offering almost
anything one would need in the way
of health insurance. I've had personal
experience with that company, and
they avoid payment of claim because
of high blood pressure before enrol
ment. I think it's safe to say that few
persons Of advanced years, particularly
if little overweight, do not have that
condition, perhaps unknowingly. 1t may
be that this company does not require
physical examinations before issuing
policies because they hope to be able
to use that alibi.
A not very conspicuous line in the
policy states that mo benefits will be
paid for illness resulting from condi-
ton existing prior to issuance Of pol
ICY" or similar wording. Yes, it's per-
fectly legal. but it's also easy for one
to not notice it. or not know one had
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Mr.. Homicide

Inspector Jerry Flaherty's nickname, "Mr
Homicide" has no invidious meaning. The
sobriquet was just his friends way of paying
their respects to veteran police officer who
had specialized in solving murder mysteries and
catching killers. Police Chief Murray will lose
an outstanding detective when the inspector
retires in the near future, as tentatively
scheduled.
There was hardly major murder case dur
ing the past quarter century that mfr. Homi-
eide" did not investigate, either directly or
through detectives under his command After
10 years of precinct experience he joined the
headquarters homicide squad in 1882 and had
risen steadily in the department to his present
post of assistant chief of detectives. Ill health
has led him to seek premature retirement
His departure will be serious loss to the
department. But he has fully earned the
privilege of taking q easy for change.
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This and That

polite inspection Of all the neighbour
hood flies, which got their first. But
nobody seemed to mind. certainly not
the grocer, and certainly not the chill
dren.
A nickel'S worth of dates, and maybe
a big bottle of ginger ale made as much
as any kid could handle.
In summer, the old man Che seemed
at least a hundredD would supply
shaved ice, favored with raspberry, in
a connection called SNOWFALL"
They were a penny apiece, and usu-
ally two were about all any boy could
hold.
There was cheese, in that store, in
big slabs. and barrels of soda crackers.
No packaged goods. in those days.
with the probable exception of Uneeda
crackers, and we are not sure they did
not come along later.
The whole affair could not have been
very sanitary, as we know such things
today, but then nobody knew, and
therefore few cared.
The fly was slowly coming to be re-
garded as a danger, where before he
had been classed merely as nuisance.
In those days the poet invited the
little fly" to perch on the brim of his
cup and sup the same as L"
It was not Of a grocery. however, that
we have the fondest memory, but of
little novelty and odds and ends store,
including toys, that for many years held
forth on Fourteenth STREET at the corner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30

Who remembers the old fashioned
corner grocery store?
Washington in those days was rich
with them. The proprietor was usually,
but not always, a rich old German,
often still talking broken English.
There was bell fixed to the door. so
that when the customer crossed the
threshold, the bell rang ding ding.
The grocer would hurry out from be-
hind the green curtain.
He may have stumbled over the store
cat, or barked his shins on the barrel
of pickles, coal oil, or apples in season.
There was no iron stove in the tradi-
tional New England fashion, for the
National Capital was never New Eng
landish, it was rather Southern in most
of its aspects.
The corner grocery was the place
Johnny was sent scurrying to when the
family ran out of bread, which seemed
rather inevitable in those days.
Mother never had enough bread. The
lady next door may have done a little
polite sneering, when she saw Johnny
run for the store before o'clock, but
it didn't worry mother in the least.
They had a wonderful bread, called
graham with a taste and especially
smell all its own. We do not know ex-
actly how graham bread differed from
modern whole wheat, but any one who
has ever smelled it cannot be fooled.
Even before you opened the door. you
ran into a display outside, including
dates mounded on q stake.
\ The sticky dates were there for the
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Spread Tuxes Thicker?

1t was real pleasure to read that
the tax on dividends was lowered. Now
let's follow it up by reducing the tax
on capital gains from Is to Is per cent
and by reducing corporation taxes by S
per cent.
Let's stop this "soak the rich" practice
and give ambitious and enterprising
citizens better break. They are the
brains and backbone, aye, the pillars
Of our Nation. with not a Red or a pink
among them.
True. we need money and plenty of
1t for the next generation to fight
communism or counter its many global
moves. However, let's get this money
from the masses of the people in whose
hands the real wealth of our country
lies. To accomplish this, let's not only
lower the exemption instead of raising
it, but also have a Federal sales tax.
When we need untold billions to save
all the world from communism for the
next 40 years, does it make sense to
increase the exemption from $500 to
$500? OF course notl
BY increasing the exemption to $700
we would lose million taxpayers and
by decreasing the exemption to $500 we
would gain an additional II million
taxpayers.
Would this be a hardship to the
masses Of the people? No. From 1914
to 1948 the exemption was $500 and
there was less unemployment and less
hardship than today, and many people
held down more than one job at a
time-a regular and part time.
Today we have 100000 people out
of work. How can work be found for
these people? Elementary: Take the
tax load off the shoulders of the enter
prising people who run our big corpora
lions and business establishments and
they'll have more money to operate
with and put millions of people to work.
big business" needs the help and
cooperation of the little man" and
vice versa. For the great American
fraternity to endure and prosper, all
people able to do so from top to
bottom-brain or brawn) must do their
share Of the work and pay their share
of the taxes.
Walter Fielder.
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will give early relief to some; a little
to the small investor, a great deal to
the large investor. But most of our
people will see no difference at all in
their pay check, or in what it will buy.
According to some the non-investor
will receive a small benefit by the
"trickle-down" theory, but this will
not be an immediate reduction. It
may be felt in about five years hence,
and is no answer to possible recession
tomorrow.
A reduction in excise taxes is fine
II we can afford it, but again the relief
which 1t affects applies to a limited
field. depending upon which industries
are selected and the amount of the
tax reduction. Reduction in excise
taxes helps some, ignores others.
Business handling products subject to
these taxes Is kept in a state of flux
as the public waits to see what is going
to happen. Decreasing excise taxes on
few products is only partial answer.
An increase in personal exemptions
will Immediately help all people who
now pay an income tax. It will aid
those who want to buy an automobile,
or refrigerator or fur coat. It will
help those who travel by train, or make
long distance telephone calls or pay
country club dues. 1t will also help
those who are struggling along on very
low incomes. It will help these people
to buy meat. and potatoes and bread;
to buy milk and to pay rent. Those
In the higher Income bracket will
receive the greatest benefit due to their
higher tax rate. and this is necessary
to retain our present income tax
structure. But what is important Is
that every one will have more to spend,
and as result all business and all
industry would receive needed stimulus.
The $500 per person exemption now
in effect has become outmoded by
increased living costs. II $500 was the
floor below which a person was not
expected to pay an income tax in 1910,
it should certainly be raised by Is per
cent today. The removal thereby of
a large number of people from the
income tax roll seems to be entirely
redundant. These people still know
they are paying taxes when they buy
articles subject to excise and sales
taxes. Real estate taxes are not
exactly hidden. believe the extremely
low-income groups would still be carry
ing their share Of the load.
Let's get our personal income tax
exemptions in line first. $500 per
person seems reasonable, and then
tackle the remainder Of the complex
tax situation as best meets the need
of all.
E. ks
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Clear Up This Threat

The Redevelopment Land Agency is under
standably concerned as to what effect, If any,
restrictive language in House Appropriations
Committee report would have on the Southwest
redevelopment program. The restrictions were
directed specifically at the Columbus Circle
redevelopment project in New York City. The
committee said that Federal grants for such
projects Should be made for predominantly
residential undertakings, not for "a coliseum
or other similar project with housing and slum
clearance features of such secondary impor-
lance" The question naturally arises as to
whether this language would apply to the
Zeckendorf plan for inclusion of an opera
house and an auditorium in the Southwest
rebuilding program. The question should be
settled definitely as soon as possible.
There can be no doubt as to the "predomi-
nantly residential" character of the area
encompassed in the Zeckendorf plan for drastic
reconstruction of the rundown Southwest Sec
ton, overlooking the water front. A survey has
shown that more than 80 per cent of this area
Is occupied by dwellings, flats and rooming
houses. All of these outmoded structures
would be torn down and replaced by homes,
apartments, shopping facilities and attractive
public MISUNDERSTANDING the hall and the
alter. All of the present residents Of the neigh
borhood would be given an opportunity to be
rehoused in the new buildings. Great en-
phasis has been laid, it is true on the public
improvement aspects of the proposal for
sweeping face-lifting operation in the South
west, with special reference to broad espla-
made along Tenth street. The Zeckendorf firm
has been authorized to make detailed studies
of such an enterprise. But at no time have
the slum-clearance and rehousing phases been
regarded as Of secondary Importance"
Nevertheless, it is better to have the Ian
guage Of the report clarified right now, while
the big project is in it's initial stages, than to
have legal issues raised later on Congress
should make certain that criticism apparently
intended to apply to a particular project in
another city does not interfere with the very
worth while program for rebuilding one of
Washington's more notorious blighted districts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30
By Charles E. TroceWen

The proprietor was round faced,
white-whiskered lin the best Santa
Claus fashion, man named Knorr.
The children of the neighborhood
thought of him as very, very old. but
probably he was not over so years. He
wore black skull cap all the time. and
had a ready smile for all the children
and an open hand for their pennies.
1t was amazing, the number of things
that could be purchased there for 5
cents. including any of a number OF
nickel novels" These had colored COW
erS and were hung in the window on
string, so that the small fry of that
radio-less, television-less era (goody)
could see what the very latest thing was
in "Old King Brady" THE Liberty
Boys of TO-" Zip Top Weekly" Call
about the famous Frank Merriwel and
later his brother, Dick, "Pluck and
Luck" (the forerunner of modern fan
tastic stories), Buffalo Bill"
Those were the happy days. One
wonders if today's boys are having half
as much fun. Probably they are, since
boys will be boys. The basic thing we
recall about those old boys was that
they never broke or destroyed anything,
and if they did, their fathers were hor-
rif1ed. What is the matter with the
fathers of today, that so many of them
are not properly Mortified at the right
time? 1t took hard work, in the old
days, to own anything; and when you
finally did, 1t meant something to
everybody. OF this secure ownership.
the small grocery on the corner was the
symbol.
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The Weep Plans q Comeback

It will seem like old times to have Aben
Barley back in the political ring again, even
if the only assured step in his comeback is
confined to senatorial campaign in Kentucky.
AS matter of fact, while the former Vice
Presidents campaigning might be contained
geographically within his own State, his words
will be listened to in places far from Kentucky.
For as a keynoter of the Democratic Party on
past occasions, Mr.. Barley in effect may be
filling similar role in leading his partys drive
to recapture control of Congress through the
elections this fall.
AS 1t looks now, the Kentucky race will
match two strong vote-getters. Except for
being defeated once for Democratic guber-
material nomination, Mr.. Barley has been
winning elections consistently since 1905. The
incumbent Senator Cooper, expected to be Mr..
Barkley's rival in November is the only Repub-
ncan elected to the Senate from Kentucky
since the middle 1920s He won contests, for
unexpired terms, in 1916 and 1852 but was
defeated in the race for full term in 1948
Senator Cooper scored his 1852 victory despite
the fact that Kentucky voted against his
party's presidential ticket, circumstance
that underlines his personal popularity
With the Senate currently standing at 48
Democrats, Al Republicans and one independ-
ent every seat being contested this fall has
greater than usual Importance. If the Repub-
lcans suffer a net loss of only one seat, the
Democrats would have a clear control. Ken
lucky is border State that ordinarily votes
Democratic. Senator Cooper's seat is one of
II G. o. P. places at stake this fall. The deci-
sion of Mr.. Barley to come out of retirement
despite his rs years indicates that the Demo-
Gratis are both determined and optimistic.
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Little Boy

He wears face the bright sunlight
has found
Delightful, and the Wind bloUs
through his hair.
The best OF school is its iDide
playing ground;
And all his making hours he has the
air
OF one too busy to oiue lasting thought
To serious things. And there is bound
to be
Time and to spare for crises later
drought
Upon his slate of lies imn1enSity.
Grant him the present Just to be boy
Abroad upon the pastures OF the
earth.
Pray that he may knoW intrinsic JOY
And none of bitter sorroaUing and
dedrth.
May he be friend to laughter these
young gears,
Stranger to woe. save for brief.
transient tears.
: Billy B. Cooper