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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04

MOBILE. Ala. Dec. 3 GA
South squad of Is of the regions
choicest football players, includ-
ing eight All-Americas and sew
eral top draft picks. was named
today for the January 7 Senior
Bowl game.
The selection committee. which
described the team as the An
est ever to represent the South. ="
placed a fast, hard-driving back
field behind a big, mobile line.
The North team is to be an
nounced within the next few
days.
Coach Paul Browns Southern
ers will have Bob Hardy of Ken
lucky and George Herring Of
Mississippi Southern as quarter
DackS. HARDY Is one OF the
South's most accurate passers.
Herring directed Southern to
81 record.
D'Agostino at Tackle
Third team All-America Ed
Vereb of Maryland's third
ranked Terrapins heads q stable
of seven halfbacks.
Auburn's bruising Joe Childress
and Arkansas Henry Moore,
twice chosen for All-Southwest
Conference honors. are the full
backs.
The backs will be operating
behind a line sprinkled with ALI
Americas.
Two are at end-Howard
Schnellenberger of Kentucky
first team All-America. and Joe
Tuminello Of Louisiana State
second team.
Frank D'Agostino, 233-pouno
All-America from Auburn, which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
Lido Trying to Cinch
Soccer Title at LuPIuto

Lido will attempt to wrap up
the first-hak title in the Ma
tional Soccer League ut the ex-
pense Of Charles County at ais
pm. today at La Plata. A win
or tie viii give Lido the cham
pionship.
Marlboro meets cellar dwelling
Accokeek at Accokeek, still hold
ing faint hopes OF forcing q
title playoff. Only an upset vic
tory by Charles County and q
Marlboro win will cause q dead
lock. The Royal Air Force faces
Myron Cowell at Twenty-thir
street and Constitution avenue
NV. in the only other game.
also at AIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
THE BASEBALL
BEAT
By BURTON HAWKINS

wasn't disappointed when they
sent me to Jersey City. then in
the triple-A international Lea
que, the following year. ] needed
that experience and I was ready
for the big leagues when they
brought me up again in 194i."
Vernon, recently traded to the
Red Sox. said too many players
obviously unprepared to cope
with major league competition
have been promoted from the
Senators farm clubs at Char
lotte and Chattanooga. 1T
breaks their hearts when they
can't make good" Mickey said.
land It's distressing to them. too.
when they're dropped all the way
back to Charlotte or Chatta-
nooga. A triple-A club is the
answer"
Mickey isn't tuning over the
deal that sent him to Boston.
Fenway Park gives all the breaks
to right-handed hitters with its
ridieulously short leftfield fence,
but the left-handed hitting YER
non batted 1886 there last season.
incidentally. Jim Busby is
perked UP about landing with
the Indians. i've always hit
well in Cleveland" Jim says, and
research bears him out. In his
last full season with the Sen
ators. 1854. Busby was q .349
hitter In Municipal Stadium.
The Senators aren't likely to
hire a pitching coach to replace
Joe Haynes. who has become q
trouble -shooter for the club.
Manager Chuck Dresser likes to
operate his pitching staff with
his own firm hand. Ellis Clary,
the tireless. enthusiastic coach
whose duties include keeping the
Senators bench bubbling, has
returned his signed contract.
Grifith got jolt after the
Senators drafted Pitcher Connie
Grob from the Brooklyn chain
recently. Buzzy Bavasi. Dodgers
vice president, dropped a tele-
gram in front of Cal after Grit
nth had announced his selection
OF Grob. The wire. signed by
Manager Clay Bryant of the Mo-
bile club, where Grob pitched
last season, read, "Grob's arm
bad. Please send us a pitcher
Immediately" Bavasi later adj
mitted he knew the Senators
would draft Grob and faxed the
wire for laughs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
Howard Fast Break
Tops ] Johnson Smith

CHARLOTTE. NC. Dec. 8
(SpeciaD. - Howard University
Of Washington, d. c., ahead all
the way. turned on a fast break
after intermission to score Sc
points in the second half and
ruin the basketball opener for
johnson c. Smith. 94-73, here
tonight.
Towards second victory in two
starts was marked by q Appoint
contribution by Harold Eaton
and % points by John Syphax.
Both Of Towards games to date
were in CIAA competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
Little Registers Ace
|On Washington Ninth

Holes in one remain a COM
Iparative rarity at Washington
IG&CC, where John C. Little
scored only the second ace Of
1885 yesterday The previous
one was made in April.
Little used a three-wood on the
I182-yard ninth hole In a round
with John c. Brinckman, j. D.
Jameson and A. P. Grow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04

Cal Griffith admits the Sena-
tors are attempting to arrange
a working agreement with Louis
vile, due to be abandoned by
the Red Sox as the result OF
Boston's recent purchase Of the
San Francisco franchise. I'VE
want a Triple-A connection SC
we can do a better job Of de-
veloping players, Cal said. land
we're trying to work out some
thing at Louisville.
Two or three parties are In
terested in buying the Louisville
franchise" Cal continued, "anc
If they're successful we'd like tc
send them some players. We
have quite a few fellows who
may not make our club. yet are
too good to be sent to Chat
tanooga. our farm club in the
Southern Association. A link
with the American Association
would help us"
Calvin has conferred with Joe
Cronin. general manager of the
Red Sox. and others interested
In the Louisville situation anc
will continue talks at the majol
league meetings in Chicago
Griffith says the Senators viii
have no financial interest In
Louisville If the working agree.
ment is arranged.
+ 49,
Young Griffith long has Ia.
mented the Senators, lack Of q
Triple-A connection. II think Il
hurts the morale of our player.
to be kept at Chattanooga" Ca
said. when it's obvious thai
they're ready to move up.
Its too much of a Jump from
Chattanooga to the majors" Cal
added. Its a natural, gradual
step to advance players who have
made good in double-A along tt
triple-A. They'll be looking al
a little better pitching. The
competition will be tougher anc
they'll be better prepared tc
make the grade with us after
getting that experience"
Mickey Vernon, here for the
Arch Mcdonald testimonial
Thursday night. said one Of the
Senators weakest points ha.
been failure to possess a triple
connection. Il was lucky,
Mickey said. II moved from 9
d league to a B league, then ur
to A. The Senators brought me
up for half a season in 1889, but
i knew ] wasn't ready and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
Major Meetings
To Study Bonus
Ie.Ton1orroW

CHICAGO. Dec. 8 P.-Base-
balls ever-controyersial bonus
rule. the perennial radio-Tv
problem Of the minors and the
players demands viii keep the
major league owners busy early
next week while the managers
talk trade.
The American and National
Leagues win hold separate sess-
ions Monday and Tuesday. A
Joint meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday morning. although 1.
might be moved up If the leagues
dash through their private
business.
Although proSposed changes in
the bonus rule were rejected by
the minors at Columbus. they re-
main on the majors agenda and
will be considered. The bonus
rule sharply restricts movements
lof free agents signed for more
than $4,000.
Dresser Plan Comes Up
The Detroit club would toss out
the rule altogether, while Balti-
more would like to permit bonus
players to be optioned to the
minors, instead Of forcing them
to stay on the major league
roster for two years.
| This plan. originally suggested
by Chuck Dresser, Washington
manager. would include the OPP
toned bonus men on a clubs
player limit. Another proposal
would permit an unlimited draft
of "second-year men" who have
had at least 80 days service in
each of their first two years in
baseball.
| The Majors also viii discuss
Iloosening the June Is deadline
! for trading. Under one proposal.
one day in July and one day in
August would be set aside for
trades within the same league
only.
/ Interleague Proposal
I Interleague games with the re-
suits to count in the league
standings will be proposed again,
but with little chance Of success.
The ban on commercial radio
TV broadcasts Of big league
games into minor league terri
tory, as passed by the minors,
will be considered. It also is
given slight chance of survival.
Both leagues will consider a
number of requests from the
players. including an increase
in minimum salary from $4,000
to $1,000. and permission for
players to negotiate directly with
winter league teams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
HOYAS
Continued from Page C-1

through with the scores that
opened more margin for the
Hoyas. With two and half min
utes to go, Roanoke's last drive
pulled it to within three points
at 62-59 after a long score by
Paul Houseman, but almost i'm
mediately INSECT scored again.
followed by MOREOVER with a
three point play. and George
town was home safe.
Georgetown's freshmen team
defeated Naval Medical Center,
1882. in the preliminary. Dick
Sweeney led the Frosh with II
points. but high for the game
was Howard Lamley Of the
MeciicS with 40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04

have one of his better years. His
.272 average was well below his
lifetime 1893 figure. But his nits
drove In 108 runs. and many Of
them won important ball games.
The most vital. perhaps. was the
home run with two out in the
ninth inning that broke q 4-4
tie with Boston last September
and put the Yankees In first
place to stay.
Here's how Berra's 1865 figures
stack up against his closest COM
y1afffarc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
Athletics Sell Catcher

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 8 (R.-
The Athletics have announced
the outright sale of Catcher Jim
Robertson to Seattle of the Pa
cific Coast League in a straight
cash deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
Warriors Sell Schufer

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 3 LP)-
The Warriors today sold Bob
Schafer. rookie from villanova
University. to the st. Louis
Hawks for an undisclosed sum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04

Berra won his firSt most val
liable player award In 1851 when
he beat out Ned Carver Of the
st. Louis Browns. 1874 to l57.
He won again in 1854. topping
Larry Dolby OF Cleveland. $50
to 210. He Is the first Yankee
to repeat In successive years
Foxx did it with the Athletics
in 1928; Hal Newhouser Of
the Tigers did it in l944-45.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-14

dine at q famous spot ON the
Merritt parkway.
A livelier art, the drama, these
days.
BULLETIN BOARD: Children's
drama. quiet around here Of late,
returns to energetic life on jan
uary % with the Children's Thea
ter Of Washington production Of
Heidi" Two juvenile casts
will be used for the two per-
formances, 1890 am. and 2:30
pm, at Roosevelt high school
auditorium. These have been
directed by Evvie Cowan Resnick
and Jan Elby, under the general
supervision Of Rose Robinson
Cowan.s =. Tickets are available
at any Recreation Department
Playground or Shows Concert
Bureau. -. Speaking Of children,
the Dance Playhouse announces
a course In creative drama to be
taught by Evelyn Davis. director.
and Dorothy LOCKER. It is q
departure in the Playhouse's pro-
gram. heretofore concentrated
upon the dance. Stratford
Festival authorities announce the
appointment of Peter Bennett Of
Toronto as managing director Of
next summers program. He
will assume his new duties on
February z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-14
Hollywood
TeIevision HeodIiners
All Heading West
BY SheiIoh Grohom'

to know. Bob Crosby signed
Mickey Shaughnessey as the
funny man on his nighttime Tv
show. Duke Ellington will
tour Europe next spring.
"Sir Walter Raleigh" will be
Jay Robinson's first picture in
is months. Jay tells me he
turns over his fan mail to his
monkeys to read. Jeffery
Hunter saw this sign in a res
taurant:: 1--WE serve steak. Ash,
chicken and people,"
The Jack Webb marriage was
a well-kept secret with Estelle
Allardale who had worked on
Dorothy Towne's trousseau 70,
three months. Jackie Lugh-
cry and Guy Mitchell are back
together and will reconcile II
she can keep Guy in his present
happy state of mind. Ray
Anthony gave Mamie Van Doren
a TV set for her bedroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-14
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
They're coming here to do tel
eyision. Milton Berle arrives
next month. and he'll do his
show from here until he calls it
a season in the summer.
Red Buttons is coming to Holly
wood to do likewise. Ditto
Eddie Fisher. Eddie, by the way,
is hoping he can appear in Irv-
ing Berlin's play version of East
Side" before he stars In the
movie.
Betty Cradle paid $4,000 for a
pair Of stockings. One thing
Marie 1.-THE Body" Macdonald is
not allergic to-the alimony set
Element. :. Alan Ladd is not In
terested in a TV series. He mas
too many film commitments,
and is returning all the scripts,
The $1,000 question in Holly
woods Jean Peters still mar
ried? Don't ask her studio, Goth
Century-Fox. No one there seems
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-14
Where and When
| Current Theoter Attractions
And Tine Of Showing

And Tine OF Showing
Stage.
Arena - 'The Misers:: $50
pm. 4
Screen.
Ambassadors - Young At
/ Heart: /. $40. $40. sos and
1890 pm.
Capit0IaGreen Fire: 11:25
am, 1870. 1856. 5:40s 7:45 and
g:55 pm.
Colony = 'Illicit Interiude"::
$50, :05 and Gas pm.
Columbia - Cry Vengeance:
Il1:20 am, las. $3.50. $40. 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Dupont Romeo and Juliet:
II am. 1855, Ais. 6:55 and 9:35
pm.
Keith,s-.20.0 900 Leagues On
der the Sea-; 10 an, 1920.
2:40. S. 7:15. 9:35 and 1l:55 pm.
Little - Garden Of Eden:
1880. 3:15, ASS. $40. $40 and
1905 pm.
MacArthur-"High and Dry:
6:15. 8 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan - Young At
Heart; 11:15 am. 1:20. 3:25,
5:35. TAO and $50 pm.
Ontario - "Three Ring Cir
GUS: 1880. $3.50, $50. 1880 and
$3.50 pm.
Palace There's No Business
Like Show Business; 11:35 am,
2:10. 4:4O. tbs and $3.50 pm.
Playhouse THE Sign Of the
Pagan; II am. 1880. 2:40. $3.50,
$40. 8:15 and 1910 pm.
PIaxa-"The Detective: u.
lao. $40. 5. 6:45. $3.50 and
1918 pm.
Trans-Lux - "Phffft";; 11:25
am. 1880. $40. Also. 6:35. 8:15
and 10 pm.
Warner-"This Is Cinerama";;
and $40 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-14

Bob Stack and Rosenarie Bowe
are a twosome item.
Handsome British actor Mich
ael Rennie laughts at the rumors
Of trouble with his wife that
mushroomed after his dancing
duo with Barbara Hutton. Vac
tually we were In a party Of
eight" Mike told me. But when
I danced with Barbara, sud-
denly from nowhere, cameras
were popping all over the place.
Never saw anything like II"
Mikes wife will leave England
! Continued on Page A-3l. Col. ]. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-14
The Posing Show
The Posing Show
Well, Wedding Breakfast
Got Broadway Reprieve
By Joy Cornody

As editor called Mister said never
leave unfinished IF 1t took so years. he used add
but that when every one had time.
However to finish the Of wedding Breakfast. which
began last week. win not close in
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Building Proposed at Laurel
To Ease Receiving Home Jam
Advisory Council Compromise Plan
Also Coils for Expanding Old Structure

gress appropriated $3.50, 900,
would have enlarged the home
from its present capacity of 43
to a caAcity Of 10.
The other proposal, put for
ward by Commissioner Camalier,
would have involved abandoning
the present home and erecting
an entirely new one.
A third suggestion, which Mr..
Camalier last night said he
would bring up today. would
have involved leaving the
present home as it is and erect
ing an addition to the Juvenile
Training School at Laurel.
Earlier it had been understood
that Mr.. Camalier favored the
new building built at Blue Plains,
where the Home for the Aged
and the Industrial Home School
for Colored now are.
Mr.. Camalier today told the
council that he had said Blue
Plains when he meant Laurel. D."
The compromise grew out of
questioning of Mr.. Shea. who
said that about half the number
of children now in the Receiving
Home could be handled at a Sc
curity-type installation. 1t would
be enthusiastically and physi-
cally impossible. he said. to add
to the capacity of the Juvenile
Training School, which will have
(See RECEIVING HOME, A-4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

Cherry Blossom Festival off,
Gals, beginning to fret about
the possible premature appear
ance of Washington's famous
pink and white blooms, took
heart today from new weather
forecasts.
The cherry buds have already
begun to redden the rim Of the
Tidal Basin, and 1t was feared
that a week of high temperatures
misht bring them out before
festival time, March 20 to
April 8.
The Weather Bureau today,
however. issued a f1ve-day FORE
cast calling for average tenn
peratures near or a little below
normal" Normal high tempera-
ture at this time of year is Sc
degrees.
Edward j. Kelly. superintend-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Funds 10 Commence
Sc Million Ga||audet
Construction Voted
House Group Approves
SIPS. 900 OutIoy for
Two New Buildings
By Harold B. Rogers

The House Appropriations
Committee today approved funds
to begin a construction program
at Gallaudet College here esti-
mated to cost eventually $o.6
million.
An item of $2,225.00O for two
college buildings was included
in the big appropriation bill for
the Departments of Labor, and
Health. Education and Welfare
sent to the House for action
soon.
The structures would be new
girls dormitory, and o building
for several purposes, including
physical education, a heat
ing plant, laundry and shop.
In addition to the construc-
ton funds recommended, the
committee also approved $780,
900 for salaries and expenses.
an increase of $129, 900 over the
appropriation for this fiscal year.
Accreditation Sought.
The committee took these &C
tions in response to request by
Gallaudet President Leonard M.
Elstad. The increased faculty
and buildings recommended
would help Gallaudet, the only
college in the world exclusively
for deaf students, toward &C
creditation.
The committee, in its report,
said "it had been assured that
the amount requested for SAL
aries and expenses was the min
imum necessary to provide the
staff needed to meet require
ments under standards set up
by the Middle State Association
of Secondary Schools and Col
leges." ..'
The condition of the physical
plant as we'll as the deficiencies
in staff, the committee explained.
had been the reasons for dis
approval of the colleges applica-
ton for generalization.
Howard Projects Approved
The Appropriations Commit
tee approved $2,130,600 for four
construction projects at Howard
University here.
A temporary stop to the long
range planning program for fu-
ture projects was ordered by
the committee, however. The
committee denied the request
for $4,000 to prepare plans
and specifications for additional
construction.
During the past several years
construction projects totaling S25
million have been approved"
the committee said. Some Of
these projects are still in the
planning stage. The committee
did not feel there was sufficient
Justification for the appropria-
ton of additional funds to plan
| Continued on Page A-12, Col. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Thoi|ond's Communist Villain
Once Was q Hero to the West
Red Potter in Exile
Spirited Allied Spies
Through Bangkok
By jones E. Roper
Stor Staff Correspondent

BANGKOK, Thailand. - The
biggest individual Communist
threat To Thailand is Pridi Pha-
nomyong, the wartime darling
of the OSS.
During Japan's World War II
occupation of Thailand, Pridi
operated an underground that
spirited many an allied flyer and
spy through Bangkok. Now he
is in Communist China plotting
against the pro- Western govern
ment of Thailand. He Is not an
immediate threat. His potential,
however, is enough to make
Western diplomats worry.
Pridi is well known in Thai
land. His wartime work for
the United States Office of Stra-
tegic Services helped make him
Prime Minister after World
War II.
He ruled until November 8,
1947, when a coup forced him
to flee Thailand in a sampan
while troops knocked at his front
door.
Now he has headquarters at
Cheli in Communist China
Yunan Province. To get to Thai
land, he would have to cross a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Cool Weather Forecast Lifts
HOPES of Blossom Fete Aides

ent of National Capital Parks,
said the prediction means pros
poets are excellent" for the
blossoms to appear about the
end of next week. Since the
customary blooming period is 10
days. he said, such a schedule
will carry the blossoms through
the festival period.
He warned that two days Of
temperatures 10 degrees or above
would be enough to bring them
out earlier, however.
The Weather Bureau predicted
clearing weather today, with a
high of about A and a low near
IS tonight.
Last nights snow wasn't
enough to measure here, but it
had piled UP to a depth Of 3
inches near Harrisburg, Pa, and
in higher ground to the north
and west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
New York Traffic SnarIed
By Heavy Snowstorm
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. ia late
winter storm that is expected to
deposit four to five inches Of
snow in suburban areas hit the
New York metropolitan area
today.
The snow, which started few
hours before dawn, made high
ways treacherous and snarled
morning rush hour traffic. Many
incoming commuters were from
minutes to more than half hour
late getting to their Offices.
Traffic was slow on Long
Island, Queens, Brooklyn and
WeStcheSter County highways.
Speed limits we're reduced from
60 to 35 miles an hour on the
New Jersey Turnpike and the
Garden State Parkway, also in
New Jersey.
Visibility was so poor in New
York harbor the driving snow
delayed the docking of the liner
lie de France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
| GIobaI Attest Ban
Urged by DR.. Pau|ing
BY the Associated Press

PASADENA, Calf, Mar. 10
A ban on testing Of nuclear
weapons by either Russia or the
United States has been urged
by DR.. Linus Pauling, Nobel
Prize winning chemist at the
California Institute of Tech
nology.
The 51-year-old scientist says
continued. dispersal of radio
active materials into the atmos-
phere is creating a critical situa-
ton. DR.. Pauling gave his views
in addressing the Franklin Del
ano Roosevelt Club here Wednes-
day night. =
He called for a halt in the
arms race and for the launching
of peace talks among nations OF
the world, including Red China
Radioactive rain has fallen in
Germany and Japan, DR.. Paul
ing said, and the resulting IRA
diation may have started a new
cycle Of leukemia victims or new
hereditary mutations.
In Washington, an Atomic
Energy Commission spokesman
said yesterday the agency would
have no comment on Dr., Paul
ing's remarks.
Last Saturday two scientists at
the University OF Colorado medi-
cal center said fallout of radio
active dust in Colorado has
reached point where it can no
longer be ignored by those con-
cerned with public safety and
health.