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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
u. S. Postmen Delivering
Record Loods Smoothly

Washington and. the Nation
ARE handling all-time record
loads Of mail this. month, the
Post Once Department an
nounced today
Late reports from a cross
section Of the largest post ofices
show a s per cent increase in
letter, mail and a 9 per cent In
crease in parcel post. Postmaster
General Summerf1eld said,
In Washington, q check today
with the City Post Once showed
incoming first-class mail totaling
so, 1882 pieces so far this
month. The count runs through
Wednesday, the last day on
which records are available. The
figure compares to about 48 mil
lion at the same date last year
Outgoing is even heavier Can
collation. of letter-size mail from
December through Wednesday
reached 85,148.958, compared to
about rs million year ago, ac-
Icording to City Postmaster Roy
M. North.
The all-time one-day outgoing
record was set on Monday, when
1859 ,464 pieces went through
the Washington Post Office.
The Postmaster General said
his department Is handling the
record mail more smoothly than
ever before. principally because
public cooperation in mailing
early is better than ever before. .
principally because public CO.
operation in mailing early is
better than ever before"
! Mr.. Summerfield credited the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
10 Archdioceson Priests
Elevated by Pope Plus

The Right Rev. Msgr. Peter P
Rakowski. pastor of Mount CAL
vary Church, Forestville. arch
diocesan .consultor and dean OF
Prince Georges County.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Philip j.
Brown, pastor OF st. Ambrose
Church, Cheyerly, archdiocesan
Iconsultor, director Of the Holy
Name Union and director OF
cemeteries.
The Right Rev. Msgr. John
Tracy Ellis. Catholic historian
and professor of American
church history at Catholic Uni
versity.
Named as papal chamberlains
we're:
The Very Rev. Msgr. John B.
Roeder, pastor of Immaculate
Conception Church, vice chan
cellor Of the archdiocese, and
director of the Sodality Union.
The Very Rev. Msgr. George
L. Gingras. administrator of st.
Augustine's Church and direc-
tor of the St. Vincent de Paul
Summer Camps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Stewart Gets Delay
Of Execution Dote

The execution date. for Willie
Lee Stewart, 80, convicted of
fatally shooting Harry Honik-
man .65-year-eld grocer. during
a hofdup In March. 1853, has
been postponed from January 6
to March q .~aas,s
The postponement was ordered
yesterday by District Court Judge
Burnita Shelton Matthews, pend
ing outcome of Stewards appeal
from his conviction. Judge Mat
thews ordered the execution date
postponed indefinitely If the
United States Court of Appeals
has not ruled by the March date.
Stewart. who is colored, was
first convicted of numbering Mr..
Honikman in June. 1853. That
conviction. however, was set
aside by the Court of Appeals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Elevator Traps
Bank Guard

/ Police broke Into a downtown
bank early today after its watch
man failed to ring in on his
rounds. and found him trapped
in an elevator between floors.
John F. Gilroy. 489 G street
S.W.. spent more than an hour
Gagged in the lift at the Riggs
National Banks Washington
Loan and Tsust Hranchat Ninth
and r streets N.W-.Police said
he was unharinad.. 49,;
He failed to t:pun the box" at 3
"a m. and employees at the ADT
central Office. 1912 Fourteenth
street NV. called police.
The elevator operates between
the main floor and the vault
floor beneath it. Mr.. Cain said
Mr.. Gilroy was on his way up
stairs and apparently failed to
close the cage door completely,
causing the elevator to stall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Austria orphons to Get
Chevy Chose Gifts

The children of Chevy Chase
Elementary School yesterday pre-
sented a $40 check. clothes and
more than 10 gifts to the children
of an Austrian orphanage in the
Tyrol.
DR.. Karl Lichtenecker, Austrian
Embassy attache, accepted the
gift at the annual school Christ
mas pageant. The ceremony was
recorded by the Voice Of Amer
lea, -
The porphanage, founded in
l949, houses 160 children, includ-
ing orphans from World War II
and illegitimate children born
during the occupation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

wind velocity, which had reached
100 miles an hour over the
Pacific.
The shift In the strong all
current was responsible for the
torrential rain and high wind in
Hawaii earlier this week, Mr.
Brown SAID
He explained that as the Jet
flow moved southwark from its
normal lair In the 30 to 40
degree latitude it set up winds
from the southwest that moved
northeastwa1u toward Northern
California. These winds brought
in moist, warm sub-tropical air
from the Hawaiian area and the
constant supply of this air re-
suited in heavy rainfall.
The jet stream moved about
a thousand miles southwark at
Its maximum. Mr.. Brown said.
AS IT returns to its normal po-
sition there is a possibility of
new storms being generated In
the North Pacific as the jet
stream contacts cold air from
the Alaskan area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Pacific Air Stream Shift
Blamed for Coast Flood

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. % (P)
The Jet air stream flow over
the mid-Pacific, which normal
ly crosses Northern California,
shifted south to the Hawaiian
area earlier this week, causing
the present torrential rains that
have flooded some Northern CAL
ifornia areas and setting UP
headwinds that delayed air serv-
ice to Honolulu.
This explanation of the cur
rent weather situation was given
today by j. A. Brown. in charge
of the oceanic forecasts division
of the Weather Bureau at San
Francisco's International Air.
port.
He said the wandering jet flow
Is returning again and fight con-
ditions have improved. The US
ual 91a-hou flight had been
stretched by three hours.
Mr.. Brown said weather con-
ditions this week we're the worst
on record, both as to the length
Of the disturbance and the west
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
|HOUsE, WITH CHRISTMAS TREE,
rs TOWNS GIFT TO FAid1LY~OF 8

LEWISTON Me. IF1.-Anonymous donors mbued with
the Christmas spirit have given Julian Desrosers g.
his wife and six children completely furnished and newly
renovated sx-room home The family had been living in
two-room shack, 5ss- : zas -
AS the family entered the home and saw Christmas
tree standing gifts Mrs. Desrosers 49, said:
Now know there's Santa Claus
The key to the house given the family by former
Mayor Louis p Gagne. editor of lie Messenger, French
language newspaper s4tass-2
The Desrosiers expecting another child in two
weeks. The fatters milhand whose pay Mr. Gagne said.
is enough only to provide the bare necessities
Mr.. Gagne said Mr. Desrosiers Is good religious and
hardworking We felt it to be extremely deserving
and the people Of the community Just swell in
the way they helped out"
The Desrosiers children range age from to years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

Pope Plus XII has elevated 10
Washington area priests to the
rank of Domestic Prelate. with
the ~~titie-~of-~right reverend
monsignor, and two others to
papal chamberlain, with the
title Of very reverend monsignor
The Most. Rev. Patrick A
O'Boyle, archbishop of Wash
ington, announced the elevations
yesterday. The monsignori will
be formally invested with their
new honors at ceremonies soon.
Two Of those made Domestic
Prelates were elevated from
papal chamberlains, Bishop
O'Boyle said. They are:
The Right Rev. Msgr. John S.
Spence. pastor of st. John
Baptist Church, Chillum. Md.
and archdiocesan education d.
rector.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Philip
M. Hannah, chancellor of the
archdiocese. administrator of St.
Patrick's Church and editor Of
the Catholic Standard.
Named Domestic Prelates
These pastors were named do
nestle prelates:
The Right. Rev. Msgr. Edward
H. Roach, pastor of the Shrine
of the Blessed Sacrament and
the spiritual director of the
Catholic Laymen's First Friday
Club.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph
L. Denges, pastor OF st. Stephens
Church, director Of the annual
Catholic Relief Services Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence charity appeals. and a judge
on the Archdiocesan Matri-
monial Tribunal.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Louis F
Miltenberger, pastor OF st. Mar
tins Church and archdiocesan
director of Cana Clubs and
vocations for women.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Elmer
T. Fisher, pastor Of Our Eady of
Lourdes Church. Bethesda, and
a judge on the matrimonial
tribunal.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph
T. Kennedy, pastor Of st. Johns
Church, Forest Glen, archdio-
cesar consultor and dean OF
Montgomery County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Man Convicted
In 1851 Staying

A man who once escaped the
death penalty when his first
degree murder conviction was
set aside yesterday afternoon
was convicted of second-degree
murder. despite testimony by
psychiatrists that they believed
him to have been insane at
the time of the Staying in 1851.
He is Clarence L Wright, rs,
colored, a cook. who formerly
lived In the Dunbar Hotel. A
jury in the q. S. District Court
for the District Of Columbia
deliberated for about 10 hours
before finding Wright guilty on
the lesser charge in the fatal
shooting of his estranged wife
in June, 1851. The wife, Mrs.
Helen j. Wright. %, died on
July Q. 1851, IL days after the
shooting. which took place on
the sidewalk in the $500 block
of o street NV.
Judge Charles F. McLaugh-
lin. who presided at both trials,
did not set date for sentenc-
ing. The maximum penalty for
second-degree murder is from
Is years to life imprisonment.
Wright's first trial was held
in February, 1853. In June.
1858. Judge Mclaughlin set the
first-degree murder conviction
aside on grounds that the de-
PENDANT was mentally incompe-
tent when the earlier trial was
held.
Wright first was found of un-
sound mind in October, 1851. In
November, 1852. he was declared
competent to stand trial. After
Judge Mclaughlin found him
mentally incompetent again in
1858. Wright was given further
hospital treatment, Last Octo-
Der. he again was declared men
tally competent to stand trial.
At the trial sjust' ended, three
psychiatrists who had seen
Wright about three months after
the shooting. testified they be-
lieved he was of unsound mind
at the time of the crime. Four
other psychiatrists testified they
found Wright OF unsound mind
in October. 1851. but said they
were unable to express an opin-
ion as to the defendants mental
condition at the time of the
shooting. i
Police. who questioned Wright
just after the shooting. testified
at the trial that the defendant
talked and acted nationally when
questioned.
Wright was prosecuted by As
sistant United States Attorney
Arthur J. Mclaughlin. Defense
attorneys at the second trial
were James j. Laughlin and
Albert j. Ahern, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

cooperation Of the press, radio.
TV and the general public for
this achievement. He also paid
tribute to ''the railroads, air.
lines and truck operators who
have so capably delivered the
mail on time and helped our half
million regular employees and
those aiding them in their ef-
forts to avoid the disappoint-
ments that come when q Christi
mas parcel or message is not de-
livered on time"
He said he expects his depart
ment to repeat its 1858 and 1854
records Of having no undelivered
Christmas mail stacked up in
post Offices on Christmas Day.
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ruined and endangered village:
has more than 500 population
Mr.. Hodgkinson said water
was reported Is to Is feet deer
and many houses were washed
away in klamath, near the
mouth of the klamath River
He said klamath Glen, upstream
about four miles, was reported
almost completely destroyed
About IL miles south, waters Of
the Redwood Greek ran to Is
feet deep in Orick. a village of
about 500.
Some People on Houses
Frank Brown of radio sta
ton KHUM in Eureka said, 1T
is now hard to tell where the
town tof Klamath Glen stood"
He said all five Of the ravaged
communities have either been
washed away or damaged be-
yond repair.
, There we're some reports that
. people had been seen on houses
floating down the rampagihg
Eel Ri4ef but they were believed
rescued downstream, Mr.. Hodg-
kinson said
!. Furthee evacuation in the
FLOODED Valleys was scheduled
for today, by helicopter and by
boat.
Civil defense workers said a
helicopter hac rescued a man
with broken back and a baby
with pneumonia yesterday. Their
destination and present where
abouts we're not Immediately
available.
While the coastal counties
took the hardest beating, the
inland areas also were in
trouble. Two big valleys in
Northern Siskiyou County were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

AllCLl buAiCO.
Council members have offered
their assistance to both agencies
in any way appropriate" to fur
ther such talks, Mr.. Addison said.
I'VE feel that this is of crucial
Importance to both the District
and GA he added. Even
though CIA, as a Federal agency
does not pay taxes, selection OF
any non-District Site would in
volve loss OF thousands of dollars
yearly in other forms of tax
revenues.
Furthermore. recent informa-
ton shows that location of ola
headquarters within the city
would Involve less highway ex-
ipense and fewer traffic problems
than an outside site"
1t would mean less daily ex-
Ipense and travel for CHA officials
and employees II the headquarters
were in the District, Mr.. Addison
said.
|. The council chairman said
many obstacles which originally
stood in the way of a District
site for CHA may no longer be
present." and that the outlook
is bright" for renewed negotia-
lions on the subject.
The National Capital Plannilie
Commission has voted 6 to
against construction of the head
quarters at Langley, Va.
Our council members have
adopted this as a key project and
have established a committee to
further it. since they feel that IL
ties in vitality TO our overall goal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
GoIe-Driven Rains Hit
Flood Area in California

flooded and the big rivers of the
/ Northern Sierra-the Feather
Yuba, American and Bear-were
over flood stage.
A report yesterday that 80 had
drowned in the Humboldt floods
apparently resulted from trans
mission error somewhere along
the line in the complicated
roundabout radio-telephone re-
lay system required to get. news
out of Humboldt County.
Pre-ChristmastraHel in North
ern California and Southern Ore
gon was completely disrupted.
Highways up the coast were
completely blocked by slides and
washouts. Two Greyhound buses
caught between slides on U, S.
Highway 101. north of Laytohs-
vile in Mendocino County. still
had not been extricated last
night. The two score passengers
were housed yesterday in homes
and ranch houses around Lay
louisville after sitting out the
first night in the buses.
I Floods on the northern sacra-
mento River. above Lake Shasta,
and slides ri Southern oregon,
yesterday shalted train travel on
the Southern Pacific tracks from
San Francisco to Portland, and
the railtoad Saw little. prospect
Iot getting the line open before
tonight, If then.
State of Emergency Ordered
California Gov. Goodwin
Knight yesterday declared a
state Of emergency in all the
northern counties. and tabled
Humboldt as a critical disaster
area. u.
The Red Cross and civil de-
tense organizations worked with
State employees and two acti-
waited National Guard units to
bring relief to the thousands OF
flooded-out families and to res
cue those marooned.
AS many as possible of the
homeless families. many of
whom escaped with only the
clothes on their backs, were
taken to Eureka, where hun
Idreds of persons answered pleas
for money, clothes and food for
the stranded.
Ham radio messages said hun
dreds of persons turned in un-
opened Christmas presents at
the Eureka fire station to be
used for relief.
One man walked into the fire
house with his arms loaded with
food and clothing. AS he start
ed out, he stared at the miser-
able evacuees, turned back, took
off his own coat and dropped 1t
on the pile. Of, clothing. Then he
walked out. into the driving rain,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

of helping promote a better city,"
Mr.. Addison's statement said.
The Federal City Council was
formed last year to stimulate and
encourage civic leadership and
understanding for community
planning and development of the
District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Greetings to VioIutors

STERLING, H.. Dec. % P).-
Motorists who overstayed their
parking meter time this week
received a Christmas card instead
.of the usual ticket from police
for the first violation. The cards
wished the motorists Merry
Christmas and asked that the
usual 81 fine be contributed to
charity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Board 10 Seek
$4,000 Saved
By Janney.Siie

Board Of, Education members
will try to obtain. for the Dis
trict school system. the $4,000
the city will save by using jan
|ney Elementary School land for
"a new branch library. 1t was
learned today.
The school board, by a one
vote margain, yesterday decided
to turn over a third of an acre
of Janney playground for a new
Tenley library. The action. eli
making two hours of bitter de-
bate, marked a defeat for par
Ients who have been opposing the
project.
Several board members said
today they feel the schools are
entitled to a return for giving
up the land. however. They said
they hope the Commissioners
can be persuaded to allot to the
schools $4,000 that now won't
be needed for buying a site,
The $4,000 already has been
appropriated. Actually. Libra
rian Harry N. Peterson has stated
that an additional $4,000 or
$50, 1000 would be necessary to
pay for any site in the Janney
neighborhood, so the city's to-
tai saving really stands to be
nearly 100000.
Direct Return Doubtful
Technically, school board
members conceded the city may
not be able to turn over the
$4,000 to the school system
directly. Unused appropriations
for school buildings, for example
by law revert to the Treasury.
Butt members said they. felt
at least that the city heads
should give the schools an in
formal credit in this amount
The school system has been In
financial straits frequently and
the credit could be applied tc
emergency needs, they pointed
out.
Robert R. Faulkner. school
board finance chairman and DR.
Rowland F. Kinks were among
members who said they are
backing the reimbursement
move. .
Board President C. Melvin
Sharpe cast the vote which de-
cided the boards stand yes
terday.
jMr. Sharpe said he was voting
"as one has earned his little ed
ucation" by taking three-mile
walks to a Philadelphia library
in his youth. Mrs. Manson B.
Petit. DR.. Margaret j. Butcher,
Col. West A. Hamilton and Wes-
ley S. Williams also backed the
project.
Mrs. Phillips Opposed
Mrs. Frank S. Phillips, chair
man Of the boards buildings and
grounds committee. firmly op-
posed the move, asserting she
was against relinuuishing play
ground space at any school.
DR.. Kinks was "a surprise OPP
ponent ofthe project Last week
he said The .fav6Sed lit but yes
terday he reversed hipself.
He objected that giving away
Janney's 3,e-acre specific IL
brary proposes to use about a
third of AN acre--would violate
accepted playground standards.
He cited a recommendation OF
a 4.5-acre minimum in the re-
cent report of the District Com
mittee for the White House
Conference on Education. and
also a 1948 report prepared by
DR.. George D. ~Strayer setting a
5-acre minimum.
Later. the, board was informed
that it had itself approved a 3.5
acre minimum for elementary
playgrounds-in April. 1850. This
minimum is exclusive of the
school building, and Janney's
present 3.6-acre total includes
the building.
DR.. Kinks said 1t would be hard
to Justify requests to Congress
for up-to-standard Fairgrounds
for future schools II the school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23
Council Urges Efforts
To Keep GA in District

The Federal City Council today called for every possible
effort toward location of the Central Intelligence Agencys
headquarters in the District s
statement of the councils views by Francis Addison
members believe negotiations this end
should be eopened between the Commissioners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

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principally because public 1919 houses 6O children nclud
mailing early is ing orphans from World War
tier than before and iegitimate children Dor
Mr.. Summeraed credited the during the occupation.
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If your list is long, take heart Even at this late
hour our store is crammed, with beautiful gifts
gathered from the four corners of the globe
Never have our stocks been SO large, so varied,
so replete with unusual gifts. Here is just
sampling of our star-studded collection. Come
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

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S44 to $50 Leather Luggage
$44 Women's TopGrain Cowhide or
White Rawhide 26" Pullman.
$50 Women's Cowhide 20" Pullman
Wardrobe Case. .1Y
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Special! Mems and WOmen'S
1850 to 1850 CO,rhide Luggage
Suntan or ginger coWhide and few nm
women's pieces in white rawhide A0A.SS
the queen of feathers Seven Sizes IL ~
all one low price Plur tar