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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
Why Grow Old?
By Josephine Lowmon

We waste an awful lot of
energy hurryipg while standing,
sitting down and even lying
down. You can lie down and
think Of the things you must
do tomorrow and plan how you
will get them all In, and find
yourself hurrying while fiat on
your back. You have uncon-
sciously tenSed up nervously and
frightened your muscles.
When you are rushing for an
appointment and running a bit
late. or when you are waiting in
an outer Office for one and have
other appointments following the
one you are waiting for, you may
expand huge sums Of energy
hurrying while sitting down.
Time to Relox
This is most natural and it
takes quite bit of practice to
put a stop to this leak in energy.
Actually these moments can be
used for short periods of relax
alton. II you are in a taxi or on
q subway or bus, you will not
get to your destination one min
ute sooner because you feel tense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
Our Children
een-Ager,
Nom Should
| ak 1t Over
By Anaelo Potri

II am Is. going on IA. I am.
big for my age. am just as
tall as my mother and ! can
wear her clothes. She viii not
let me use lipstick. / want to
color my nails and she won't
let me do that either. She says
I'm too young and to wait until
I'm 10. How old must / get
to be like the other girls? It
just makes me sick. Please write
to my mother some sensible
IDEAS"
Your mother hates to think
of your becoming q woman so
soon. She knows what you cam
not know. that your girlhood is
the happiest time of your life;
that you will never again be so
You are growing up and out
Of your girlhood. This your
mother cannot prevent and it
saddens her. Both of you will
have to give q little. Your
mother could allow you a lip
stick provided it is light and
that you use 1t lightly. You
could color and lacquer your nails
provided you do that in modera-.
ton. too,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09

child born Of an older mother.
2. II there Is q family history
OF other defects in the ancestry,
they are more likely to appear in
older mothers.
In his summary of the con-
ference, E. c. Cowdry concluded
that any woman is well advised
not to bear children after her
late 30s, il there is any family
history Of congenital abnormal
tiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09

THE BEFO ORE After her
3oth television film for the
janet Dean, Registered
Nurse" series. Ella Roines
sold this lis j" to her long
hair and gave herself the
clipped manicure scissors
couture she now sports.
Don't have time to fool
with my hair. " wos her
reason.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
Wed Last Month

Mr.. and Mrs. Van B. Wood
Of Kremlin. Mont. announce the
recent marriage Of their daugh-
ter. Miss Loretta Ann Wood, to
Mr.. Earl Linrud Thompson, son
Of DR.. and MRS. Oliver Thomp-
son Of Washington.
The bride Is q graduate of
Walla Walla College. College
Place. Wash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Man Who Wounded
Capitol Secretary
Gets Prison Terms

A 25-year-old man was SEN
fenced today to serve a total of
Is to 80 years for wounding a
Capitol Hill secretary with a
pistol shot last November and
for four housebreakings.
Wilbert w. A. Green. colored.
Of the 300 block Of Second street
S.W., was sentenced by Judge
Charles F. Mclaughlin, of the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Judge Mclaughlin gave Green
from 5 to Is years for assault
with intent to kill in the shoot
ing of Miss Elsie Lemke. Al. an
aide to Senator johnson. Dem
ocrat. of Colorado. He then
gave the defendant two to six
years for each of four house
breakings. All of the sentences
will run consecutively.
Miss Lemke. who was shot in
front of her apartment building
at 211 Delaware avenue S.W..
Judge Mclaughlin declared,
was one Of the worst offenses
that had ever come before him.
He told Green that the defend
ant might well have been"
before the court for murder if
the bullet which struck Miss
Lemke had taken a different
course
Green had pleaded guilty.
Charges of robbing Miss Lemke
of property valued some SGT and
of carrying a pistol were dropped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
13-State Lookout Posted
For GreenbeIt Mother, 19

Police in 13 States have been
asked to look for Mrs. Leonore
Craft. 19. a Greenbelt mother
who was last seen at Seventh
and l. streets NV. when she
alighted from a Greyhound bus,
Greenbelt Police Chief George
Panagoulis announced today.
She lived at 6Z2 Plateau place.
Chief Panagoulis said she left
her 3-month-old son with a
neighbor and her 18-month-old
twins at her home. She told
the neighbor her husband had
been injured and she was going
to him.
The police chief said the hus-
band, Robert, 81. a Washington
oil firm accountant, arrived home
not knowing why his wife left.
He had not been injured.
Mrs. Craft was wearing q red
coat, white blouse and black.
white and red plaid skirt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
3OO-GaIlon Still Raided
On Charles County Farm

A 300-gallon still was raided
and destroyed in Charles County
Md. last night by Federal agents
and members of the Maryland
alcoholic beverage tax enforce
ment unit.
Robert N. Lucke, chief of the
Maryland unit, often referred
to as the border patrol. said the
still was located on the McDon-
aid Poole farm of Route 6, near
Ironsides.
He said three men were ar
rested and identified as Harry
Moody. SIS, Of Grayton; Clarence
j. Huntington, 80, colored, of
Grayton. and Annorias Savoy,
II. colored. also Of Grayton.
Huntington is a tenant on
the farm. and the still was To-
Gated In a heavily wooded Sec
ton.
MIR. Lucke said this was the
third still raid this week. Two
smaller stills were uncovered in
Howard County previously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
.House-Senate Grour
Delays Session on
Works Financing

The House Senate Subcommit-
tee studying the Districts reve-
nue. bill to finance the proposed
public works program has post
poned its executive session
scheduled for today until some
time next week.
A House District Committee
spokesman said today that the
fiscal subcommittee members
were unable to get together due
to other business.
The District Commissioners
and their financial aides were
prepared yesterday to discuss
city financing with subcommit-
tee members. They have drafted
new charts. at subcommittee re-
quest. showing possible addi-
tional revenues that would be
raelized from increasing such
levies as the real estate and
sales taxes These charts have
already been sent to Capitol Hill.
In the absence of a summons
to the Capitol. the city heads
spent several hours yesterday
discussing revenues among
themselves. They were holding
similar conferences at the Dis
trict Building today.
Brig. Gen. Louis w. PrentiSs,
the Engineer Commissioner, said
the Commissioners now have
amassed data on the effects of
increasing a total of 20 local
taxes. This number includes
the original miscellaneous" tax
increase proposals designed to
raise $4.5 million to help finance
the 1905 million works improve
ment program.
In public hearings which
ended last Monday. the con-
gressional subcommittee expressed
serious doubt that the Commits
sioners' tax, increase plan would
provide enough money to meet
all operating and capital outlay
expenses in the next 10 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Seven Area Students Win
Science Talent Citations

Seven Washington area stu
dents have been selected for
honorable mention awards in the
Westinghouse annual Science
Talent Search.
Though they failed to reach
the final round in the 18th an
nual contest. and will be unable
to compete for the $11, 600 schol-
arship. all will be recommended
to colleges and universities for
other scholarship awards.
Those named are 10 Ann HUI
mink. II. of 500 Xenia street
Sc; Frank M. Chiffon, jr., II,
Of 2112 North Kentucky street,
Arlington: Elizabeth B. Neal. II,
Of 6205 Pontiac street, Berwyn
Heights, Md: Howard r. An,
drews. II. Of 1904 Broadbrook
drive, Bethesda; John K. Rus
sell, 16. Of 4506 Amherst lane,
Bethesda: Don r. Boyle, II, Of
6407 Elliott place. Hyattsville,
and David z. Labovitx. II, Dam
vile drive. Hyattsville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Contradiction
Judge Walsh Says

Municipal Court Chief Judge
Leonard P. Walsh today an
nounced that the courts civil
division docket is practically cur
rent. for the first time in years.
Judge Walsh, who has con-
centrated on the courts huge
backlog of cases since he was
appointed last June, declared it
now takes only three weeks for
a non-jury civil case to be heard
by judge after it is filed.
The backlog in Municipal
Court non-jury cases has been
tremendous the last few years.
Often it has taken we'll over a
year for case to be heard by
the court.
Last fall Judge Walsh predicted
the backlog would be current by
this summer. Today he said he
was happily surprised" to make
the announcement.
The chief jurist pointed out
that last July there were 1900
non-jury civil cases pending. At
present, he continued, with the
addition of 260 more since then,
there are only 566 cases pending
on the ready calendar. Many OF
those, however, are old and
nearly forgotten by litigantS and
attorneys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Lost Boy, 8, HuddIes
| All Niqht Under Steps

Police today patiently sought
story from an 8-year-old boy
found under the front steps Of a
house at 40 G street NV, where
he spent the night in 30-degree
cold.
The boy. colored. could give
only his name-Nelson Burke
and his age. He does not know
his address. he told police.
Suffering from exposure, he
could give only the vaguest de-
tails from between his chatterine
teeth. Although he appeared to
need only a warm-up. he was
taken to Children'S Hospital fol-
examina ton.
Nelson said he was wandering
around last night, became fright
ened and lost and crawled under
the steps to get warm. He was
found there about 10 am. by
William Glenn. 81, of 361a G
street NV, who saw the boys
foot. He wore a mackinaw and
warm trousers. police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Geological Survey Chief
Receives Fritz Medal

The John Fritz medal for sci
entific achievement was pre-
sented to William E. Wrather,
director of the United States
Geological Survey last night in
ceremonies at New York.
Dr.. Wrather, who lives at 47D
WoodWay lane NV, was Sc
lected as recipient by a 16-man
board representing four ma
tional engineering societies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
ID Seized in 6 Numbers Raids;
$5O,OOO-o-Yeor Ring Broken

Police broke up a $50,000-a-
year numbers ring last night as
they staged six raids in South
west Washington. Fourteen
! persons were arrested
Capt. John B. Layton. who led
the raiders. said his men found
the third floor Of a house in the
800 block of F street S.W. set
up for gambling and confisc3ted
$4,000 found in another room
there
They arrested Reginald E.
Smith. "a. ,colored, and his wife.
Thelma. %. and CHARGED them
with operating a lottery.
Capt. Layton said Smith
showed them a set Of books re-
vealing a $4,000 profit last year
from numbers writing.
Police next raided a house in
the 500 block of Ninth street
S.W. on information that Smith
had been picking up numbers
bets from there.
They arrested Mrs. Willie Louis
Wesley. As, colored.. and accused
her of operating a lottery.
Grocer and Wife Charged.
Two more persons were ar
rested in connection with a raid
on grocery in the 900 block of
F street S.W.. including the own
er. Fred Feldman. As. of the $500
block Of Thirtieth street NV.
and his wife. Sylvia, 30.
Feldman was charged with
possession Of numbers slips and
his wife with operating a lottery
Leander Herbert. 81. colored.
OF the 800 block of F street S.W..
and George Wallace. so. colored.
Of the 400 block of Eighth street
S.W.. were arrested on the street,
and charged with operating a
lottery.
Untaxed Whisky Seized.
A raid in the 600 block of
O'Neill's court S.W. brought no
numbers arrests. but three per-
sons were charged with violating
liquor laws. Police confiscated
seven gallons Of untaxed whisky
= Charged were Alfred j. Wells,
"A. of the 1900 block of Delaware
avenue SW.; George r. Jenkins.
As. of the 600 block of O'Neill's
court S.W.. and Gene E. Bailey.
20. of the 200 block of H street
S.W.. all colored.
Four persons were arrested in
a raid in the 600 block of Third
street S.W. Ada Hutchinson.
%. of the Third street address:
Arthur Carter, 40, of the 900
block Of First street S.W., and
Earl w. Bailey. 40. of the 500
block Of Third street S.W.. all
colored. were charged with
operating a lottery. Lawrence
Frazier. AZ, colored. of the 200
block of Nineteenth street NE
was charged with being present
in an illegal establishment.
The nine persons accused of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
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Rabies Fear AIIayed
On Dog-Bite Complaints

The Health Department has
been getting numerous calls re-
Gently about children being bit
ten by dogs.
Doctors at the department be-
lieve it is caused by the recent
rabies scare in Chicago.
However, there is no cause for
alarm here. they say, because
there has not been a case of
rabies in either a dog or cat
since 1916 when the compulsory
immunization program was put
in effect. There has not been a
case in humans since 1912 when
two cases were reported to the
Health Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Emmett

through a ventilator window,
Mrs. Hawkins told police her
husband recently had been wor-
ried about finances.
Police said Mr.. Hawkins be-
came a District f1ref1ghter in
October. 1912, but resigned
February 7, 1943. and the fol-
lowing day joined the Police De-
partment.
After attending rookie school
he was assigned as private to
the 7th precinct. where he
served until his resignation in
1916. He recently had been en-
ployed by the Capital Transit
Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
NAACP Demands
Resignation Of Two
From School Board

The executive committee OF
the District Branch. National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People, called for the
resignation Of Col. West A. Ham,
ilton and Wesley S. Williams as
members of the District Board
Of Education at a meeting last
night.
At the same time. the COM
mlttee commended the services
Of the boards third colored mem
Der. DR.. Margaret Just Butcher,
who has asked the board to
vote formally that it could not
make colored and white public
schools equal.
Eugene Davidson. president of
the local NAACP branch, an
nounced that the following mo-
tions were adopted at the Ex-
ecutive Committee meeting last
night at 2007 Fifteenth street
NV:
/. That the committee 60 on
record as approving the position
OF and commencing the services
Of DR.. Butcher. and that she be
so informed by letter.
2. That the committee go on
record as recommending that
Col. Hamilton and Mr.. Williams
be requested to resign from their
posts as members Of the Board
OF Education due to their be-
havior inimical to the best inter-
ests Of the youth Of the District
Of Columbia and to the avowed
principles Of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People"
None Of Mrs. Butchers eight
colleagues-six white. two COL
ored, supported her request
January 20 when she called for
the boards formal vote.
Mr.. Davidson himself issued q
statement earlier saying that
Col. Hamilton and Mr.. Williams
should resign. He asserted they
do not represent the colored
population of Washington"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
District Flyer in Koreo
Now Presumed Dead

Air Force LIST 1t. Martin F
Howell. jr.. son of Mrs. George
T. Below. 2511 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. has been listed by
the Air Force as presumed dead
1t. Howell was reported miss
ing in Korea a year ago. The
armed services are reviewing
their lists of the missing fol
possible changes since the pris-
oner exchange and on the basis
of further information from
repatriated prisoners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05

operating a lottery appeared
before United States Commits
sioner Cyril S. Lawrence today
and their cases were continued
until February "a. They were
released under $1,000 bond each.
Feldman, Frazier and the three
liquor violations suspects were
to appear in Municipal Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
'Top-Leve| Farley
By D. {. and 7 States
On Bridges Shapes Up

Efforts were under way today
to arrange a top-level conference
among District officials and the
Governors of Maryland and Vir-
ginia-probably late next month
to seek solutions to highway
and bridge problems in the
Washington area.
Gov. McKeldin of Maryland. II
| was learned. will contact Gov
Stanley of Virginia to propose
a mutually agreeable conference
date as soon as possible after
the Virginia General Assembly
adjourns on March 10.
Gov. McKeldin expressed sup
port for such a meeting after a
session with the Maryland Roads
Commission yesterday. officials
said, and promised to set 1t up
with Virginia and District off,
Gals soon.
Meeting Delayed.
Members Of the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Regional Planning
Council have been working for
such meeting and had hoped
it could be held this month.
Sessions of the legislatures in
both States. however. forced a
postponement.
Presumably, the conference
viii cover not only highway
needs. but possible means of
financing them.
The project Of most immedi-
ate concern to planners is the
proposes outer belt route, which
would encircle Washington, with
river crossings at Jones Point,
Alexandria. and Cabin John, Md.
Maryland Road Commission
plans call for acquiring their
portion Of the land for the belt
road within the next four years.
Virginia. however. has served
notice through its Highway Com
mission that no money is in sight
for such major new projects in
this area. A private consulting
firm told the Legislature in De-
cember that neither Virginia S
portion of the belt highway nor
the bridges needed to complete
the loop would support tolls.
Bridge Hearing.
A House subcommittee, mean
while. will begin hearings on
March on new bridge proposals.
Before it will be bills calling for
a Jones Point span. as well as
one to serve the central area
of Washington at E street NV.
The bridge hearings. as we'll
as the conference planned for
next month. are sure to get into
complex questions of how much
each jurisdiction should pay for
improvements which affect til m
all.
1t was expected that highway
officials and House and Senate
members representing this area
will attend the March confer
ence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
1heafer Screen Darkened
As Cadets Go Haywire

The popcorn, candy and soft
drink concession did a brisk bus
mess last night when an equip
ment failure halted the Capitol
Theater show for an hour.
About 70 per cent of the audi
ence stayed on to see how Robert
Taylor and Ava Gardner made
out in CinemaScope in knights
of the Round Table"
Those who didn't stay were
given rain checks" refunds or
passes to the Palace. where Ty-
rome Power is holding forth in
king Of the Khyber Rifles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
SD Wage Base
For Women Is
Studied Here
Proposal Concerns
Technical and
Clerical Jobs

Establishment of a $32 min
imum wage for a 80 through 40
hour work week for women in
clerical and technical occupa-
tons is under consideration by
the District Minimum Wage and
Industrial Safety Board.
This minimum was recon-
mended in a majority report OF
the tri-partite wage conference
called by the board last Novem-
Der to consider rates for more
than $4,000 women employed in
this category of jobs here.
A minority report filed by
employee members of the panel
objected to the rates on grounds
they were too low to meet the
cost Of living for women work.
erS.
Besides the $32 minimum, the
recommendation called for an
hourly rate of SO cents for work
in excess of 40 or less than 80
hours weekly.
What 1t Covers.
The recommended rates would
cover clerical jobs and technical
work such as medical. dental and
laboratory assistance. practical
nursing, research. statistics and
editorial occupations.
The occupations concerned in
the conference included those
covered in a wage order declared
invalid by the United States
Court of Appeals in May. 1853.
on grounds the wage order was
too broad.
The legal guaranteed weekly
minimum wage in the order was
$31 for a workweek of 80 through
40 hours. For hours IN excess of
40 or under 80. the rate was Sc
cents.
The minority report of the
employe representatives in the
conference now being considered
by the wage board pointed out
that the $32 majority recon-
mendation is only 81 more than
the wage recommended some five
years ago for basically the same
occupations.
Women's Budgets Increase.
Since then. it pointed out,
wages for the average clerical
worker here have increased 1928
per cent, and the minimum bud
get for single women here has
risen 1873 per cent. according to
wage studies.
Members Of the wage confer
ence representing employees were
Peter Henle, assistant research
director. AFL; Robert Prodigy,
business manager of Office EN-
ployes International Union, Lo-
cal No. 2, and John l.. Monaghan,
District director of Communica-
tons Workers of America, CLIO.
Alternates were John Cahill, Mrs.
Josephine Piccolo and Glenn E.
Watts.
Representing the public were
James S. Taylor. chairman, DR..
AlphonSe H. Clemens and Mrs.
Lloyd s. Luther. with Mrs. John
Putnam Marble and Mrs. Kline
Price as alternates. Representing
employers were P. Vernon Cox.
Henry w. Herzog and E. Wiley
StearnS, jr.. with j. E. Heberle.
Lloyd M. Bauman and Mrs. Susie
M. Rubey as alternates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05

Waters, of the
h o m i C id e
squad, S a d
the body of
Kenneth w.
Hawkins, "a.
of II Danbury
street S.W.,
was found by
his wife, Dor
othy.
The motor
of his auto
was running
and a hose
ran from the
4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Dimes Quote Topped

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Feb. 5 Especially The 1854
March of Dimes for Charlottes-
vile and Albemarle has ex-
ceeded its $10.837 goal by almost
$500. with some funds still to be
reported. according to Bernard
Haggerty. fund drive chairman.