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Survey made during the SOS.
Probably the best estimate is
that 1t is over $50 years old.
Right before restoration.
there was little In the exterior
appearance to suggest the
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'55Exposition
ToBe0pened
Next Month
IS Pet. of 2-Acre
Armory Disploy
Area IssAssiened

A Housing Service Center
manned by experts provided by
Government and private agen-
cies will be a new feature Of the
annual Washington Home Show
and Do-It- Yourself Exposition to
be held here next month under
auspices of the Home Builders
Association Of Metropolitan
Washington.
Represented in the center,
which is designed to answer
questions without charge from
Home Show visitors, will be the
Washington Offices Of the Fed
eral Housing Administration and
the Veterans Administration. the
Washington Metropolitan Chap
ter, American Institute Of Archi-
tects. the local organization Of
the American Institute Of Dec
orators and other organizations.
Repair. financing. home de-
sign, construction and decoration
problems will be handled at this
center during the nine-day show
at the District National Guard
Armory. The exposition will open
February 10 and continue
through February AZ. Hours will
be from 2 to II pm. daily and
Sundays. Displays will cover the
almost two acres Of Armory
floor space.
James w. Pearson, executive
vice president of the builders or
ganization and home show di-
rector, said al exhibit spaces
covering rs per cent Of available
floor area have already been as
signed, leaving So booths await
ing specific occupancy.
Angus Lamond is chairman of
this years show, with John C.
Aylor as vice chairman and w.
Evans Buchanan as advisory
chairman.
A big program of "do-it-your-
self" instruction to interest home
handy men has been lined up,
Mr.. Pearson said.
Entertainment this year will
include appearances of Eddy Ar
mold, the so-called Tennessee
Plowboy; the Midwesterners, a
square dancing and tap dancing
act: Eddie Dean and his Texas
Wildcat band, and other acts.
Other features will be daily
fashion shows, the annual home
design competition for students
of Washington junior and senior
(See EXPOSITION, Page Bad
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Another Old House Makes
Comeback on c opitoIHiI

was no one to appreciate this
house any more as the bloom
Of its beauty faded.
The person who came along
a few months ago had money
in the bank, overlooked the
furnished present, saw only
the beguiling past, and used
good taste and ingenuity to
rescue the broken creature
almost miraculously, as you
can see by the photographs
on this page,
This house was not remod-
eled; it was really restored.
From the time 1t was built. it
had vicissitudes by the dozens.
Today, 1t looks Just about the
same as when it was first con-
structed - young, attractive,
and full of warm and simple
charm.
The house is located on
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good lines Of the original
structure. But the Historic
Buildings Surveys sketches of
the exterior were drawn to
scale before the front wall
was hidden by asphalt roll sid
ing made to simulate brick.
Those drawings showed clearly
the classic original facade, and
served as q guide in the resto-
ration.
The house is entirely Of
frame construction. One Of
the most interesting exterior
features Of the front Of the
original building was wood sid
ing cut to resemble stone, in
the same way as was done at
Mount Vernon.
To restore the house to its
original appearance, 8-inch
tongue and groove redwood
boards, laid horizontally, were
given vertical beveIg ID inches
apart so that the beveled edges
would resemble stone jointing.
Use Of q door and shutters
Of a design shown on the scale
drawings also contributed to-
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ward restoration Of the orig
inal appearance, Mr.. Boswell
said.
The house is II feet wide
and % feet long. The lot IL
fairly deep, allowing for Q
terrace and garden in the rear.
as well as parking for an auto
mobile.
When the restoration was
started, Mr.. Boswell found
that. structurally. the frame
work was sound. AL plaster
was removed from interior
walls and the entire house was
replastered. Two bathrooms
were installed and the interior
floor plan was slightly rear.
ranged.
In carrying out the work,
MIR. Boswell said he sought to
retain the detail and materi-
ais characteristic Of o house
Of this period.
Original floors Of random
width pine boards throughout
the house were in good condi-
Continued on Page B-2. Col. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-08
By Robert J. Lewis

Editor OF The Sior Home Section
It's a melancholy thought.
but the magic days Of youth
last only so long, friends leave,
and eventually there is no one
to cherish you any longer.
Time destroys relentlessly
and inevitably.
Butts before the process is
complete. ingenuity and good
taste can soften the effects.
And when it comes to times
effect on houses, the clock can
sometimes be turned back al
most to the beginning.
That is what happened re-
Gently to a slip Of a house
that started out about the
year 1900 with a shapely figure,
genteel upbringing and a
pretty face. Eventually there
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Capitol Hill at % D street Sc.
1t is owned by Mrs. Margaret
F. Luers. Directing the resto-
ration was H. Curley Boswell.
Charles J. Garner was the
architect.
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No one knows exactly when
the old house was built. But
it was included among the
relatively few Washington
houses in the Governments
Historic American Buildings
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OF ! million shares held by nirp-
self. family and friends alone.
not counting the proxy votes.
Other Wolfson observations:
/. Union ownership of voting
stock is counting a breakdown
in the collective bargaining proc
esses. It is all right for unions
to own non-voting stock and
bonds in the companies they
are dealing with, or even voting
stock provided it is not voted in
any manner at all.
2. No family should own more
than 10 per cent of any corpora
ton in America with listed
stock.
/, 8. Sears Roebuck g. Co.,
Wards chief competitor, has
much to admire. But he is
opposed to employees owning 26
per cent of the stock, as the
company now is set up. It is
dangerous to bargain under
such conditions - management
must say Eyes, SIR" or be thrown
out.
4. His committee has made no
deals for union proxies. He has
refused to meet with two officials
of the Transfers Union who re-
quested a meeting.
5. If elected chairman of
Wards board. he will stick to his
policy of a $4,000 maximum
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salary. As chairman, he will de-
vote half his time to the retafl
firms business.
6. Although many proxies
originally given to Ayery's board
have since been turned to the
Wolfson clique. Mr.. Wolfson does
not expect to recover the 1880
shares promised to Avery by the
Transfers. Nor does he think
they viii be crucial.
Z. Six outstanding men in the
merchandising field have been
selected as president and execu-
tive officers of Wards under
Wolfson control, but Mr.. Wolf
son decided it would be unfair
to name them now.
8. His committee mailed prox-.
les to unions holding stock. as
well as any one else
"In fact, we mailed one to Mr..
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frequently. AT one point he
looked serious and thoughtful,
but he responded quickly to the
loyal cheers of the crowds.
At each shout Of "hurrah.
WINNER" and good old Winnie"
his face lit up in smiles. Some
yelled with American accents.
Dozens of American tourists and
airmen, with their familiar
cameras at the ready. milled
among the crowds at both
Downing street and the palace.
Last night Sir Winston held a
farewell dinner and today he met
with his cabinet.
Thanks Cabinet Members
Associates said Sir Winston
thanked the cabinet members
for loyalty and cooperation.
They reported he wore a brave
smile and looked relaxed and
assured.
The old statesman decided UNI
expectedly to spare himself the
ordeal of a valedictory appear
ance in his beloved House of
Commons. where he has served
SIS years.
In two terms, Sir Winston has
served almost nine years as Prime
Minister. He was at the helm
from May 10, 1910. to July 26,
1915. Then his Conservative
Party was defeated in national
elections. They regained power
in 1851 and he resumed the
Prime Ministry october 26 Of
that year.
Sir Anthony was among those
at the cabinet session.
Now 81, Sir Anthony has long
been Sir Winston's chosen sue
ceSsor to head the government
and the Conservative Party.
Since their party has a clear 21-
vote majority in the House of
Commons. Sir Anthopy's APP
pointment is only formality.
Last night Sir Winston and
Lady Churchill entertained the
Queen and the Duke of Edin-
burgh at a resplendent dinner
for so persons at No. 10 Down
ing. It was the first time in
Elizabeth's reign that she has
attended such an affair.
Sir Winston Is to take his first
real vacation in 10 months when
he leaves for Sicily April IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
Eden's Stand for Principle
Won Him ChurchiTs Esteem

inheriting the mantle Of his 30
year-old mentor.
Recalls Fateful Night
The story Of that fateful 1898
night the Churchill Eden part
nership was born was told by
"the old man" 10 years later In
his war memoirs:
Late in the night Of
February 20 q telephone mes
sage reached me as ! sat In my
old room at Chartwell Gas I often
sit now that Eden had re-
signed.
II must confess that my heart
sank, and for a while the dark
waters of despair overwhelmed
me. -. On this night of Febru-
airy 20, 1898. and on this oc-
casion only, sleep deserted me.
From midnight It'll dawn lay
in my bed consumed by emo
tions Of sorrow and fear.
''There seemed one strong fig-
ure standing up against long,
dismal drawing tides of drift
and surrender. of wrong meas
ures and feeble impulses. !.
He seemed to me at this moment
to embody the life-hope of the
British nation.
II watched the daylight slow
ly creep in through the win
dows, and saw before me in
mental gaze the vision of death"
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LONDON (R.-Sevente G n
years ago a promising British
politician renounced his cabinet
post for a principle.
And there was born political
partnership destined to reach
its dramatic climax with Sir
Anthony Eden taking over the
British Prime Ministry from Sir
Winston Churchill.
Ironically. perhaps. it was Hit
Ter who brought together the
two men of such different per-
sonalities who have played such
an important part in the for
tunes of an empire.
At Al Sir Anthony walked out
of the job as foreign secretary
February 20. 1888 in protest
against Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlains policy of appeas-
ing Hitler.
Became Political Protege
The gesture moved the more
experienced Sir Winston, who
had been shouting warnings
against Hitler's rise to power
from a back bench in the House
of Commons. He adopted Sir
Anthony as his political pro-
tege with this stirring tribute
HE seemed to me at this mo-
ment to embody the life-hope
of the British nation"
The Churchill Eden prophe-
cies proved too true to a nation
slow to heed their warnings.
Britain turned to them in
grave peril and together-Sir
Winston as Prime Minister and
Sir Anthony once again as For
eign Secretary-they led the en-
pire to victory alongside its al
lies in World War II.
The team has remained-with
Sir Anthony at the age of 81
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Yemen Army Rebels
Reported Captured
By Kings Forces

ALDEN, April S (R-A reli-
able source reported today that
the king Of Yemen. Imam Ah-
mad. had quelled an army re-
volt against his rule and that
loyal tribesinen had rounded 10
the rebel leaders.
This source said he had re-
ceived information from the
mountain city Of Ta'Izz. IS miles
northwest Of Alden, thst the
Imam had eluded army units
encircling his palace there and
had joined up with tribesmen
from the northern part of his
rs, 000-square-mile Arab king
dom who had rallied to his de-
Tense.
The report did not disclose
the fate Of the Kings brother
and Foreign Minister, Prince ABB
dullah. who earlier was reported
to have been installed by the
~ NY no 1l16k1l,
Abdication Reported
A spokesman for the Yemenite
Legation in Cairo said Sunday
that the Imam had abdicated
'for health reasons" last week in
favor of Abdullah. Yesterday
Ahmad's eldest son, Prince Mo-
manned, cabled the Arab League
headquarters in Cairo that his
father had not stepped down and
was under army siege In his
Ta'1zz palace.
Mohammed led the men Of
the Haashid and Bakeel tribes
In their march to free the King
An earlier report today from
Ia 'Izz said the tribesmen were
besieging the city, that Abdullah
was hiding In an army barracks
and that some army units were
withdrawing from the city.
Prince Mohammed's cable to
Cairo charged that Abdullah led
an army detachment which
opened fire on the Imam's palace
March 81 in an attempt to force
his abdication.
Ruler Since 1948
Ahmad has ruled the little
kingdom of four and q half mil
lion Arabs in the southwest corr
ner Of the Arabian Peninsula,
since 1913. He gained the throne
with the help OF the Haashid and
Bakeel tribes after his father,
Imam Yahya, was assassinated.
Ahmad's dispute with the army
reportedly stemmed from his re-
fusal to let it carry out punitive
raids on villagers who had mo-
Tested soldiers.
Abdullah. however, had long
opposed the isolationist policy the
Imam favored. Ahmad left
Yemen only rarely. and then only
to 60 to neighboring Alden. Alb
dullah has lived abroad and fire.
quently represented Yemen at
the United Nations.
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City Employees Moy Toke
Leave Time Good Friday

The Commissioners told city
department heads yesterday to
let employees take annual leave to
attend religious services on
Good Friday. SO far as prac-
ticable.
The city heads noted that a
citizens committee Of clergy
men and laymen headed by DR..
George NJ. Docherty is working
to obtain voluntary cooperation
of employers in permitting at
tendance at three-hour Good
Friday services starting at noon.
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CHURCHILL

Continued From First Page
ace only a few minutes after the
young Queen arrived there from
an engagement on the Thames
estuary Isle of Grain.
Guards near their sentry boxes
came to the saluate as the
Churchill limousine sped through
The palace gates.
The old mans mood changed
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WOLFSON

Continued From First Page
until after the stockholders
meeting.
Mr.. Wolfson predicted he
would be facing Mr.. Avery on
the Board of Directors. regard
less of whether the Illinois
Supreme Court upholds a lower
court decision banning the pres
ent Wards stagger system of
electing three directors every
three years.
He based this on .tfar in excess
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Trumon Librory Rite Set

INDEPENDENCE. Mo-, April
5 R.-Groundbreaking cere-
monies for the Truman Library
have been set for May 8. the
list birthday anniversary of for
mer President Truman. The
library. in Independence, win
house Mr.. Truman's ofiicial
papers.
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Corn Crop to Dip

A survey of the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service indicates that
the world corn crop for the
1954-55 season is about S per
cent below the near-record crop
of the. previous year. Output is
estimated at 5,480, 100000 BUSH
els.
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Avery. The way he seems to
be signing everything these days.
maybe he win sign that. too"
MFR. Wolfson concluded.
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Drugstore in 1869

HAVANA, Cuba. - Havana's
first drugstore was established
in 1869.
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Mysterious Gunnon in Home
Kills Entering Trio One by One

not know anyone was In the
house until they forced open the
front door and stumbled over the
bodies.
Mr.. Moore, Sc, had two pistol
bullet holes - apparently of .32
calibre-in his head and Mrs.
Moore. So. and Mr.. Cooper one
each. All had on outdoor cloth
ing.
Jury Calls 1t Murder.
A coroner's jury said they were
murdered. Police found no pistol,
no stray bullets, no bloodstains
and Fire Chief j. e. Hardison
said there was no evidence of
arson. but to catch as fast as
it did, it had to be SET"
After a check of the stores
receipts, Homer Copeland, as
sistant police chief, said the
Moores probably were carrying
$500 to $500 with them. Mrs.
Moore's purse was missing as
was Mr.. Cooper's wallet.
Three diamond rings on Mrs.
Moore's hands we're untouched
and Mr.. Copeland said he dis
covered $274 in bureau drawer.
Mr., Copeland said the killer
was in too much of a rush to
get out of there" to take the
rings or look for other money,
Police declined to give details
on the leads. but Chief McAfee
said break in the slayings will
come "once the people around
here really get to talking about
it."
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By me A..osio,.d p,s..

MOUNT PLEASANT, Tenn.
Jan. 3l.-Charred evidence in
dicated today that Dudley Moore,
his wife. Annie Ruth and their
guest walked one at a time into
a dead-shot ambush Saturday
night.
Each had bullet holes in the
face or head. The three bodies
were found sprawled in the
charred living room Of the
Moores' home, only a few steps
from the front door. Police said
the motive probably was robbery.
AS Police Chief Glare McAfee
reconstructed the case, this much
could be assumed:
First came the guest, a jovial
bachelor farmer, James Cooper,
A., who customarily watched
wrestling on television with the
Moores on Saturday nights. The
Moores were childless.
Couple Follows Later.
He arrived at Mr.. Moore's
hardware store a little before
closing time and then went on to
the house to wait for the Moores
there.
About As minutes later Mr..
Moore drove up, let his wife out
at the front door, then put his
pickup truck in the garage at
the rear while she went in.
A little later some boys saw
flames flickering inside. and no.
titled the Fire Department. Fire
men put out the blaze. but did
Evening star., 1955-01-31
U. 5. Still 10 Protest
Security Witnesses

Justice Department officials
said today that reyisions In the
Federal Security Program still
will provide that the identity
of witnesses be kept secret where
national security interests are
concerned.
Attorney General Brownell
and his aides have instructed
Government agencies to afford
greater legal safeguards to ac-
cused employees. Among the
changes is a requirement that
witnesses be required to testify
in person wherever possible, so
that the accused employe may
confront them.
However, Justice officials said
that in cases where national Sc
curity requires that the identity
of a witness be kept secret. this
procedure will continue to be
required.
Evening star., 1955-01-31

chairman Of the board, said the
csc should limit its functions
to establishing appropriate reg
ulations and standards for the
career service, inspecting per-
sonnel management activities In
the agencies. and adjudicating
employe appeals.
He declared the proposed Bu-
reau Of Personnel. operating as
part Of the Executive Once OF
the, President, should develop
general personnel policies with
in the laws and regulations es-
tablished by Congress and the
csc: stimulate, assist and review
personnel management in the
departments and agencies: and
carry on certain types of per-
sonnel activities. especially those
involving the selection of officials
for high-level executive jobs.
which can only be conducted
effectively from the office of the
President"
Mr.. Worthy also urged that a
comparatively small number OF
field jobs "close to the grass
roots" which require no particu-
lar professional or technical
skills, be removed from the merit
Evening star., 1955-01-31

system and be allotted fef patron-
age purposes for ths political
party In power. This Is necessary
TO preserve the two-party system
and prevent pressure on the
merit system. he said.
Mr.. Worthy's remarks we're
particularly interesting to the
personnel ofiicials. since he has
shown the most interest Of
all the. Eisenhower agency ap-
pointees in Federal personnel
management matters. Mr.. Wor-
thy has also enjoyed the friend
ship and respect Of Government
personnel officials.
%s&
! NEW JOB Former Represen-
tative Hagen. Republican. Of
Minnesota has been appointed
Legislative consultant of the eight
AL postal employe unions, Mr..
Hagen, one of the most popular
men in Congress during his IL
years there, will aid the unions
on postal pay and other legis-
lative matters. .
~ -
PAY-Chairman Philip Young
of the Civil Service Commission
testifies today on the admins
tration's classified pay raise pro-
posal before the Senate Civil
Service Committee. Because Of
a change In plans, the commit
tees next pay session win be
on Friday when Postmaster Gen.
eral Summer1eld appears.
y 4 i
SECURITY - There is some
talk that the Senate's forthcom-
ing investigation of the Gov
ernment's security program viii
be undertaken by some group
other than the Senate Civil
Service Committee. There is
some backstage maneuvering
Evening star., 1955-01-31

east. Fair and milder tomorrow.
Wind-Light and southerly be-
coming 8-12 miles per hour to-
night and 1918 miles per hour
tomorrow.
Road Conditions tAAAl.
Pennsylvania Turnpike-Scat-
tered icy spots.
West Virginia-Chains needed
In mountain areas.
Northern New York - Roads
snow and ice-covered.
River Report.
tFrom u g. Engineers.l
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Polish Security Aide
Seized in Aftermath
OF swiaho Detection
By ths As,oeIassd Pres,

VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 81
The head of the investigation
department Of the Polish Sc
curity Ministry has been ar
rested and turned over to Justice
authorities for trial, Radio War
saw announced today.
The broadcast said two other
leading officials of the ministry
have been ousted from the
Polish Communist Party because
they displayed an attitude
hostile to the party"
Western observers in Vienna
believed the Polish action was
an aftermath to the detection to
the West of Jozef Swiatlo. for
mer high ranking Polish secur-
ity Official.
Radio Warsaw said Jacek Ro-
zanskI, head of the ministry's
investigation department, would
be tried on charges Of fragrant
misuse of his authority" and the
fuse OF forbidden investigating
methods" No details were given.
The officials ousted from the
party were the former deputy
minister for public security, Ro-
man Romkowski, who was also
a member of the party's Central
Committee, and Anatol Fejgin, a
department head in the Public
Security Ministry.
Romkowski was charged with
violations Of the peoples JUS
tiee."
The purge in the public Sc
curity ministry had been ex-
pected since Swialto detected to
the West. Last December In
terror Minister Stanislaw Rad
kiewski was denoted and the
secret police organization was
reorganized.
Radkiewski had headed the
secret police. 1t was believed in
Western circles that he was sac
rificed to cover up blunders by
Polish President Boleslaw Beirut,
who indirectly controls the police
apparatus.
Evening star., 1955-01-31

1nterdepartmental Iithographic
Wage Board. representing 81
Federal agencies. has recon-
mended no wage boosts for 2.400
Government workers here en-
gagged in printing and lithogra-
phic work Cash awards for
beneficial suggestions have been
presented to the following Navy
civilian employees: Mrs. Esther
v, Coleman. Mrs. Carol NJ. Finn.
Margaret Hargosh. Mrs. Mary
NJ. Mcguire. Mary A. Snaider and
Mrs. Maria r. Crucet. T. w.
Waters was given the meritorious
civilian service award for out
standing service.