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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-02-12
PLAIN TALK.
HOW A DEAD MAN
CAN LIVE
BY ALFRED SEGAL

In our town recently there was
. big celebration for very old
Rabbi Isaac M. Wise who has
been dead more than 50 years.
Nevertheless he had kept on being
very. much alive in cities and
towns all over the United States.
You can't say man is dead who
keeps on going the way he does.
He stays vigorously alive. though
the year of his burial was 1900.
I myself attended his funeral
and saw him lowered into his
grave, as if he were dead. But to
this day he remains alive in all
our Reform temples. He set them
straight on the way Of their own
lives.
He can be found in the two
temples Of our town and only
some three months ago I found
him living in the grandeur Of
Temple Emanuel on Fifth Avenue
In New York; alive also across the
street from Emanuel where the
stately building Of the Union Of
American Hebrew Congregations
stands. He started ali that.
He lis living in the Hebrew
Union College which he founded.
He is alive in our temple in Gin
cinnati, which has come to be
named the Isaac M. Wise Temple.
To this, our congregations, he
came in the year 1854 and it was
much more than this congrega-
ton that he served from his pull
pit.
He stands alive as the founder
Of liberal Judaism (called Re-
forml in lis organized form.
Our temple was celebrating the
Tooth year since Isaac M. Wise
came to its congregation to be
the rabbi. Even more, it was OBJ
serving the undisputed fact of his
still being so alive as he is all
around the country.
(But we really aren't all united
in the United Jewish Cemetery.
No. even in death we don't keep
united. Some five miles away
FROM the United" there's q group
Of six cemeteries on q couple Of
hillsides where Jews sleep d.
Vided.l
The celebration of the Tooth
year since he came among us took
place in the temple that was built
some IS years after he arrived. It
started with a procession of a
group of aging gentlemen who
remembered DR.. Wise in person.
I was one of them, not alone by
grace Of my years; / was a stu
dent in Wise's Hebrew Union Col
lege when he was president there.
was hoping then to be a rabbi
some day.
r. We marched down the center
aisle 70 Rabbi Wise's old altar
with l0l-Year-old Dr.. Philip Zen
ner on my arm. Dr.. Zenner as q
boy in the religious school. took
part in the dedication of Dr..
Wise's temple right after the Civil
War. DR.. Zenner has vivid mem
DRY of Wise as a rabbi then in his
40's: the rest Of US remembered
him as . very old gentleman who
foddled very slowly on his walk.
lContinusd on Page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Star Classified Best
Result Producer

After selling something By Tia
Stor Classified, Ms. r. w. had this
to soy obost Washinstea's biggest
classified medium: RI got better re-
suits in The star than any ether
newspaper ] have ever used"
II Yos have something to buy. treds
or sell and want quick results, tell IL
to the long established audience Of.
The Star readers.
Year after year. The Star, o time
tested medium. hos consistently pro-
duced the best yeer- round resulfs
for classified advertisers.
5. lis cosy TO piece en- I'D ia he.
stsr Classified. Just phens Stshias
$500 end ssk fer On sd-fsksE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Use Of Oxon Hill School Site
For Highway Is Agreed On

The Maryland State Roads
Commission yesterday reached
formal agreement with the Prince
Georges County School Board on
use of an oxon Hill Junior high
school site for a super-highway
Thomas s. Gwynn, jr., assist
ant school superintendent In
charge of construction, said that
at q conference In Baltimore yes
terday the roads commission ap-
proved provisions Of q tentative
agreement between the School
Board and Leroy c. Moser, SRC
engineer.
The tentative agreement was
reached November 20 after the
School Board an dthe roads COM
mission were apparently dead
locked over the use Of a 23-acre
tract tagged for the new John
Hanson Junior High School. The
agreement has not been signed
Mr.. Gwynn said, but only an ad-
verse report on test borings tc
be made this week could hold II
UP now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Man Convicted In Staying
OF Father-in-law

A Montgomery County Circuit
Court jury yesterday found
Henry H. Riggs, Olney. Md,
laborer. guilty Of nd-degree
murder in the fatal shooting
last June Is of his father in-law
County police arrested Riggs.
80, colored, after the victim.
Kenneth Johnson, 43. colored,
was shot in the stomach during
an argument in Johnson's home
near Olney. Police said the men
quarreled over a dollar. Riggs
suffered three severe knife cuts.
Riggs, who was charged when
his father in-law died on July 8,
claimed self-defense. His at
torney, Leonard r. Hardy, was
granted q postponement of SEN
fencing until December IA. At
that time the defense will be
heard on . motion for q new
trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Claude Land Elected
By Silver Spring Board

Claude Land, manager Of the
Silver Spring Theater. last night
was elected president of the Sill
yer Spring Board of Trade.
Mr.. Lands election followed
withdrawal Of two other candi-
dates at a meeting held at the
Indian Springs Country Club.
Elected first and second vice
presidents respectively were Will
liam B. Wheeler and Benjamin
C.. Shaw. William j. Brannan,
jr., was elected secretary, Carl
Fredericks, treasurer, and Phil
Kaufman, assistant treasurer,
Richard l.. Beedell defeated
Richard M. Heinecke for SER
geant-at-arms in the only con-
test.
Members of the new board Of
directors include Howard w.
Balm, Bernard M. Buckley, Einar
B. Christensen, Sam Fig. Ted
Englehardt, Frank L. Hewitt, jr.,
C.. Edwin Kline, e. Brooke Lee,
Lawrence B. Maloney, L. E. Mar
tin and David Scull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Reporter Plugs Store Santa,
Finds Yak Hair Beard Is Hot

a Cowgirl suit and q bicycle
and some guns" She had been,
she said, q good girl. Had she
been obedient?
mo"
"Well, Harumph, why not?''
Sometimes she had. Sometimes
she hadn't. To Santa she looked
obedient, even If literal minded,
so he promised he would confer
with his elves and do his best,
if she was obedient until Christ
mas. She hoped down with a
smile. -
One boy Of 6 or 60 said he'd
like a truck. Then he decided
If he was going to make a pitch.
it might as well be good.
-Four trucks" he amended.
-Four trucks are an awful
lot" Santa told him kindly.
Have you been good four trucks
worth?" Turns out he had. AS
the parents eyed Santa with mis-
givings, that old gentleman
ayowed he'd have to refer that
to committee.
A Santa's lot Is not always a
happy one, however, Half "a
foam rubber pillow stuffed inside
a hot red ski suit, and hair
covering all Of the face, except
the eyes, makes hot work
especially with endless streams Of
children climbing on.
But worst is the beard, which
is made Of Tibetan. yak hair. It
has a tendency to curl inward
and snag the teeth. A rnouthful
Of yak hair Is hard on the jolly
old spirit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02

The School Board will swap its
original school site at Indian
Head Highway and st. Barnabas
road for two nearby tracts Of Is
acres and 8 acres. The roads
commission is throwing in side
walks and safety lanes for stu
dents. a cash adjustment on sew
age disposal costs and architects
fees and other inducements. Mr..
Gwynn said.
The deal was proposed by the
SRC after road officials said
they needed the school site, pur-
chased from the Federal govern
ment in August, for an inter-
change on the proposed cir
cumferential highway where 1t
crosses Indian Head Highway
The roads commission in Sep
tember said it had had no adj
vance word that the 5000, 600
school was planned directly on
the route of the highway. School
Supt. William S. Schmidt said
at that time the school would be
built. even II the highway runs
over the top Of it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Herman Girl Friend
Acquitted in BiIking
OF Wealthy Woman
BY the Asseeiaasd Press

RICHMOND. Va; Dec. a.
Mrs. Kathleen M. Nagler, one OF
two principals in a love profiteer-
ing case, has been acquitted OF
charges she participated in the
attempted theft of a $780, 00
fortune from a Florida socialite.
The 38-year-old brunette was
freed late yesterday by Federal
Judge Sterling Hutchinson, who
upheld a defense claim the Gov
eminent had failed to prove its
case against Mrs. Nagler.
In July the Government had
obtained a conviction of the
first principal-Percy w. Her.
man, so, who made q habit Of
counting wealthy women.
Herman, a native of San
Francisco was sentenced to eight
years In prison for illegally
transporting across q State lire
money and jewels belonging to
Mrs. pyoil Up. Ravens of Palm
Beach, Fla. He was fined $4,000.
Herman and the 68-year-old
Mrs. Ravens had married in
March after q whirlwind court
ship following their meeting over
q lighted cigarette at an auction
gallery. He deserted her at q
tourist court near Fredericks-
burg, Va, the day after the
wedding.
The Government produced wit
nesses at Mrs. Nagler's trial who
testified she had lived with
Herman while he was wooing
Mrs. Ravens. Other witnesses
testified he rejoined her in New
York shortly after the desertion,
Defense attorneys conceded
the pair had lived together, but
argued this did not mean Mrs,
Nagler joined in any plot to gain
control Of Mrs. Ravens fortune.
Mrs. Ravens had her marriage
to Herman annulled in June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
By Fronk SortweIl, Jr.

Santa Claus sits today in de-
partment stores around town, his
lap full of children, his speech
full Of equivocation and his
mouth full Of yak hair.
With Christmas drawing near.
The Star yesterday sent one of
its reporters to sit in for the
Arlington Hecht Co. Santa.
Decked out in red and ermine,
with a large wig and an equally
large white beard, the reporter
sat dozens Of little boys and girls
on his lap and rumbled, "And
what do YOU want for Christ
mas?"
No Promises.
"A walking doll and a paint
set and an anagrams game" re-
piled one moppet. Santa-under
strict instructions from store
officials not to promise anything
vowed that he'd see. After q
glance at a smiling mother
nearby, he amended that to say
he'd see the child Christmas eve.
The little girl flung her arms
about him, delivered a kiss and
almost unshipped his beard.
From the end Of the line came
falsetto cries Of "He isl" and
"He is not!" "He's real!" "He's
not!" The boys arguing the
matter evidently came to be of
one mind by the time they
reached Santa's knee, because
no one accused him of being
phony. No one pulled his beard,
either.
Obedient? No!
The oldest clients Santa had
were two brothers, 8 and 10.
Both wanted English racers"
These, 1t turned out, are bicycles.
A pair Of 9-year-olds wanted
football helmets and football
suits. They play football, they
answered gravely, in their own
back yard.
One young lady of 7 wanted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Retains Permit Authority.
Furnace Blast Starts Fire
In Falls Church Home

A fire touched OF by an oil
furnace explosion early today
drove a Falls Church couple and
their two children out Of their
home. Firen1en said the explo-
sion and fire was in the home of
Harold T. Wood, a house painter
who lives on Pioneer road near
Falls Church. Mr.. Wood tried
to battle flames with an ex-
tinguisher. His wife took their
children, Janet. 8, and Douglas.
s.. to q neighbours house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Fairfax Heads
Reiferate Stand
Against Airport
New Resolution Says
Board Still Opposes
Burke AirfieId Plan

The proposed Burke Airport is
still very much opposed by the
Fairfax Board Of County Super
yisors, even though professional
planners employed by the county
recently recommended It as an
asset" to progress and pros
perity.
The supervisors adopted q new
resolution yesterday reiterating
their opposition to the location
Of o new national airport at
Burke-or anywhere else in the
county for that matter. Similar
resolutions have been adopted
three times previously by the
supervisors.
Just one week ago, the pro-
posed Burke Airport turned up in
Fairfax County's proposed mas
ter plan for future development.
Francis Dodd McHugh. planning
consultant employed by the
county to prepare the master
plan, strongly recommended the
proposed airport location at
Burke. The master plan so far
has not been adopted, however.
Presented BY Howe.
The new resolution adopted by
the supervisors yesterday in OPP
position to- the Burke Airport
was presented by Herbert II.
Howe, chairman Of the Burke
Airport Relocation Committee,
and Circuit Judge Paul Brown,
q member Of the same COM
mittee.
Judge Brown said publicity
about inclusion Of the Burke
Airport in the master plan had
created the false impression in
some quarters that Fairfax
County heads might have
changed their minds about OPP
posing the airport.
Representative Broyhill has
told me he doesn't know how
far he can 60 in opposing Burke
if the board has changed its
mind" said Judge Brown.
The judge told the supervisors
it was important to express new
opposition at this time because
Of q study currently being made
by a special committee to recon-
mend where Washington's new
supplemental airport should 60.
He referred to the committee
composed Of Rowland D. Hughes.
director kofs The Bureau of the
Budget: Undersecretary Of Com
merce Rohest B. Murray, jr.. and
Mai. Gen. Wiley D. Ganey, di-
rector of soperations for the Air
Force.
One section of the resolution
offered by Judge Brown and MIR.
Howe was deleted by the super
visors before they adopted it.
The deleted section called the
proposed airport detrimental
and practically ruinous to the
future development of the
county as a residential area"
This same language has been
used in previous resolutions
adopted by the supervisors in OPP
position to the airport, but Mrs.
Anne Wilkins said she could not
go along with that wording now.
AS adopted. the resolution
stresses the loss of tax revenue
that would be suffered by the
county with the removal Of more
than $500 acres from private
ownership.
Copies of the resolution are
being sent to all Of Virginia's
representatives in the Senate
and House and to members Of
the special Federal committee
studying the airport question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Rock Greek Pollution
Fight 10 Be Opened
In Bethesda Sunday

A move to combat pollution Of
Rock Greek will be launched Sun
day at a meeting at the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase High School,
Bethesda, Md.
The meeting has been called
by the Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin for the
purpose Of forming a Rock Greek
Watershed Council to carry out
an intelligent watershed pro-
gram for the entire creek basin.
Lawrence M. Fisher. acting
commission director, said repre-
sentatives from all interested
organizations have been invited
to attend Sundays meeting. He
said members Of other success
full watershed developments will
be on hand to describe how
watershed problems in other
areas have been solved.
Hoke to Explain Work.
Among those expected to at
tend the meeting is Solomon
EIoke, Carroll County. Nd.
farmer and head Of the Monoc-
acy Waterhed Council. Mr..
Hoke will describe how his coun-
Gil is undertaking to prevent
erosion and pollution Of the
Monocacy River and its head
water streams.
Successful demonstrations are
now being carried out on Pipe
Greek, one of the headwater
streams of the Monocacy Basin,
and one that has contributed to
the erosion problem in that
basin.
Other organizations expected
| to send representatives are the
American Forestry Association,
the American Tree Association,
the American Watershed Coun-
ell, the Audubon Society,", the
wilderness Society. the Izaak
Walter League, the Wildlife
Management Institute and the
American Soil Conservative
Society.
To Block Flow Of Wastes.
Mr.. Fisher said the main rea-
son for forming a Rock Creek
| Watershed Council is to prevent
sewage and industrial wastes,
soil washings, silt and other
polluting materials from reach
ing the creek and its tributaries
and ultimately polluting the
Potomac River.
MIR. Fisher said q leading in
fiuence In bringing the meeting
about was the Washington
chapter Of the National Soil
Conservation Society.
The Rock Creek watershed,
including about rs square miles,
extends from the Potomac to
! Laytonsville. Md, distance Of
about "a air miles. It averages
about three and one-half miles
/ in width.
| Mr.. Fisher said that residential
and other developed areas in the
/ watershed occupy about %
square miles, and about 81 square
miles Of the watershed consist Of
| farms and undeveloped areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Board Wants County
To Have Control Of
Recreation Centers

Montgomery County's Board
Of Recreation believing it has
overlapping jurisdiction with the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, wants
operation of recreation centers
and Fairgrounds to be the sole
responsibility of the county.
II think the planning COM
mission should get out of the
operating business" H. F.
Brownfield, a board member.
said.
Lending a sympathetic ear, the
commissioners agreed last night
to ask the county's legislative
delegation what legislation is
needed to transfer the planning
commissions recreation author
ity to county administrators.
Must Pay IS Per Cent.
The county now must pay the
planning commission IS per
cent Of the cost of maintenance
Of recreation facilities in the
regional district.
In 1928, before the county
entered the recreation field, the
commission spent $149,1S8 for
maintenance. The 1854 budget
called for $162, 1913. but the &C
tual cost was $194,649. OF this
the county paid $145,987.
The 1954-5 budget sets the
county'S share at $184 ,462.
Board members considered the
Jump in cost too great. Mrs.
Stella Werner, a commissioner,
said that the county could make
better use Of the money.
The Recreation Board COM
planned that it had been unable
to get an adequate accounting
from the commission Of the
money IL nau spent Tor mamie.
nance.
Retains Permit Authority.
Members also complained they
have been unable to keep in
touch with community recreation
activities because the planning
commission retains the authority
to issue permits for park and
recreation facilities.
Also cited was a lack Of CO.
ordination between two groups in
the layout Of recreation areas.
The board believes all-pur-
pose recreation centers are
needed In Bethesda, Silver
Spring, Wheaton and Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Nurse Director Named

BALTIMORE, Dec. 2 (AP).-
DR.. William Stone, director OF
medical education for the Uni
versity Of Maryland, has ap-
pointed Miss Aurelia G. Willers
to the newly created post Of di-
rector Of nursing services at Uni
verSity Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
warn Car A that ne is coming
through.

Answer / is correct. The Traf-
fic and Motor Vehicle Regula-
tons, Section AZ ta) states:
1.-The driver of q vehicle within
an intersection intending to turn
to the left shall yield the right
of-way to any vehicle approach
ing from the opposite direction
which Is within the intersection
or 30 close thereto as to consti-
tute an immediate hazard; but
said driver having 80 yielded and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Do You Really Drive Well?

Car A is preparing to turn left,
after having given the proper
signal and yielded to Car B.
Motorist in Car c should:
/. Yield right-of-way.
2. Accelerate to clear the in
tersection ahead Of Car A.
8. Sound the horn, or, II at
night, blink the headlights, to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02

Another In . series Of joys Tor logging
memories Regarding District traffic
laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-25

$50 pm. (WNBW). The pro-
gram, titled Road to Spandau,"
will contrast the present life@Of
the top Nazis with shots of their
previous life. at the height .nt
their power.
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PROGRAM NOTES - Eddie
Cantor has signed pact with
xiv Television Programs Co. gtxz
ing it exclusive rights to his radi6
and TV services. On televisicG
this means film. The contract.
according to the Hollywood re-
port, is "hiStory-making," invoavs
ing seven years and more Thea
SO million. The Georges.
Kauflnan-Edna Ferber. Barry.
more-inspired medy, The
Royal Family" has been Selectsd
to launch CBS-TV's color series
1.-THE Best of Broadway" on
September Is. CHS and Westing-
house, the sponsor. clearly aren't
stinting on the budget. The
Royal Family" cast will be
headed by Helen Hayes, Clau-
dette Colbert, Frederic March
and Charles Coburn. Mr.. March
will be recreating an old movie
role as the family member rem
iniScent of John Barrymore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-25

Griff Garwood, jr., anchor man
on the show, will celebrate ms
14th birthday on July 20. =:
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SPECIAL EVENT - G airy
Stindt, NBC-TV's chief camera
man correspondent in Berlin. re-
Gently spent several months
perched atop building near fhe
high walls of Spandau prison.
Came down at night, of course.
When he came down for the last
time it was after he had been
successful at obtaining some lon
distance camera cloSeupS OF the
seven Nazi war criminals M
prisoned there.
These, the first look the out
side world has had of Rudolph
Hess, Admiral Doenitz and the
others since their Nuremberg
trials, will be seen Sunday at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-25
On the Air

The vagaries Of fate which
guide the course of an enter
tainment career take many
forms. Take. for example. the
case of Ruth Clayton. blond
musical comedy singer just in
stalled at the Sheraton Carlton
Hotels Harlequin Room.
Miss Clayton has been doing
all right. understand. She took
over the Ado role in okla
homa!" in New York and fol-
lowed with a long term in the
Chicago company. She plays the
better supper clubs and she gets
notices for songs which have
both freshness and sophisticated
comedy.
She has made a number of
television and radio guest ap-
pearances, too. For two years
she starred on her own network
radio show, emanating from
Richmond. Va, which is where
one of the odder quirks of fate
overlook her.
/ Ordinarily an attractive blond
singer with her own network
\ radio program might expect to
become moderately well-known
throughout the country. Not
Miss Clayton, though. Her
sponsor was a mayonna1Se
manufacturer, or whatever you
call a man who does whatever
is done to produce mayonnaise
What's more he was from the
South, sub, and his national
| anthem was Dixie"
His mayonnaise was too good
for those damyankeeS and he'd
be hanged if he'd enter into any
commerce with them. The farth-
est north Miss Clayton'S voice
and radio reputation reached on
his time was Washington, D. c.
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DOLLS AND GUYS - Louise
Albritton, who has been both a
movie star and a Georgetown
housewife, will play the leading
role in the new NBC-TV serial
Concerning Miss Marlowe." II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-25
Guam Governor Vetoes
Movie Censorship Bill
BY ne AssocIused Press

GUAM. June 25.-Gov. Ford @.
Elvidge vetoed for a second time
yesterday a Guam legislature
movie censorship bill.
He said the threat Of movie
censorship to "the pillars OF
freedom particularly speech
and expression, far outweighted
the evils of bad motion pictures.
He called attention to the recent
United States Supreme Court de-
cision on the censorship issue.
The Guamanian population is
almost without exception
Catholic.
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DTI..-
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proper age, size and weight can
be found. This will surely be by
the time school starts again, a
reprehensible thought to all the
young on June IS. and it may
even get under way before that.