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agement to create Q Lizzie
honest enough to face the
truth about plain. angular
girls yet spirited enough to see
the injustice and folly Of it.
The man-hunting code, with
its simpering coyness, is some
thing she holds in scorn. She
knows its tricks-pushing q
dress OF her shoulders. fat
tering dumb, healthy males
with their Importance. their
taste in ties, etc.-but she
would rather be dead or a
spinster than indulge them.
It happens that Lizzie, who
lives with three Of them, is
keen-eyed and sharp-minded
enough to see the male animal
for the posturing, ridiculous
creature he is. What is more
even II possibly worse-she is
eloquently prepared to tell him
precisely what she sees.
A Feminine Portrait
It is an exQuisitely feminine
portrait Miss Page makes Of
Lizzie, q young woman with
the weary, no longer fashion
able, wisdom Of her sex. At
the same time, she cannot
quite obliterate the suspicion
that simple female cunning
might in the long run produce
better. or at least as good,
results.
What Miss Page brings to
1.-THE Rainmaker" and to the
Joy Of theatergoers Is style,
much rarer than the gaudier
gifts Of the screens compara-
tive newcomers. She 10 q
leggy, elastic girl with an
amazingly flexible voice and
she has learned to make ap-
parently effortless use Of her
self. 1t is as challenging to her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Schools Expect
Student Peak

School officials are expecting
o record-breaking enrolment in
D. C. public schools this fall
they disclosed yesterday.
The figure will be 106,358, OF
1000 more students than the
top figure reached last year
The peak will occur about six
weeks after the start of school on
September IL, school officials
say.
The Jump in enrolment will
be felt particularly in six ele-
mentary schools, already operat-
ing at top capacity. These are:
Keene, Rock Greek Church anc
Riggs roads NE; Young. at
Twenty-fouth street and Ben
ming road NE: Shadd, at Fifty
sixth and East Capitol streets;
Richardson, Fifty-third and
Blaine streets NE; Logan, Third
and G streets NE, and Payne at
Fifteenth and C streets Sc.
Crowded conditions will be
eased somewhat, officials said,
when temporary demountable
classroom buildings are con-
structed by November or De-
cember.
Also expecting enrollments
above capacity are the junior
high schools. Kramer, Miller
and Taft.
Anacostia High School also
plans temporary construction to
ease its swollen enrolment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Copter Corries
3 to HospituI

Three soldiers, injured in ar
automobile accident near Peters.
burg, Va, are under treatment
in Walter Reed Hospital today
after being flown there by hell
copter.
1t was the first time a hell
.copter had landed on the
grounds, the hospital said.
The injured men are:
Pvt. Thomas Kelley, about 20
whose home address the hospital
did not know. in serious condi-
ton with head injuries. a broken
hip and a dislocated knee.
Pvt. Vincent Palecino, 20, son
of Mrs. Frieda Palecino, Brook
lyn. N. Y, in good condition
with a broken left ankle.
Second 1t. Willard Brown, "a,
colored, whose wife. Jean, lives
on the base at Fort Bragg, N. c.,
where all three were stationed,
in undetermined condition with
possible fracture of both hips
and a broken left arm.
The hospital said it under
stood the helicopter flew here
from Fort Lee, Va, and found
Washington all right, but
couldn't find Walter Reed. 1t
landed in a park and asked di-
rections of pedestrians, the hos
pital said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
'GommoSuppIy
Received Here

The District Health Depart
ment has received 5000 cubic
centimeters of gamma globulin
from the National Foundation foI
1nfantile Paralysis for use by
private physicians, it was an
nounced today.
The gamma globulin-consid-
cred to be temporary preventa-
tive Of paralytic polio-will be
dispensed to private physicians
for use against polio under three
conditions.
These are: If the child sched-
uled to receive the serum has
been in direct contact with a case
OF polio; if the child has lust
returned from an area in which
polio has reached epidemic pro-
portions; If a consultation be-
tween a private physician and
health department doctors finds
| it necessary.
The health department will
also take up the question of what
to do with 5.343 cubic cent?
meters of Salk vaccine made
available in the latest release by
the Public Health Service. The
decision will be made by the
special advisory committee on
Salk vaccine to the health de-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Richmond Woman,
Hurt in Crash, Dies

A Richmond, Va, woman died
in Arlington Hospital last night
from injuries suffered in an
automobile accident in Fairfax
County Sunday.
Miss Viola Barnes, So, suffered
head injuries when the car in
which she was riding ran off a
road near Route so and struck a
tree. Fairfax County police re-
ported.
Her sister, Miss Ella Barnes,
also of Richmond. who police
said was driving, is in serious
condition at the hospital. Miss
Barnes has not yet been told of
her sisters death, the hospital
said.
The 58-year-old crash victim
was a clerk at the Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank, where she
had been employed for 80 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Programs for Tonight

Program sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with the Film Center of Wash
Iington and the recreation de-
Ipartments of the District and
Alexandria and Arlington, Prince
Georges and Montgomery Coun-
ties:
Washington, at Dusk
=, Palisades, Dana and sherrier place
=, ,Takoma, Fourth and Van Buren, street.
Edgewood. Third and Evarts street.
NE
;, Happy Hollow, Eighteenth street and
Thomson, Twelfth and L streets NV
Hayes, Fifth and X streets NE.
w Kelly ss,y Miller FSrty-ninth street and
Jefferson, Eighth and II streets s.w
Barry Farms, 1880 Sumner road 8 E.
Hillcrest, Thirty-second and Denver
streets Sc.
Arlington County, $50 pm.
Patrick Henry. 700 South Fillmore
Carver Center. South Queen and South
Thirteenth streets.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 pm.
Forest Heights Playground. Huron and
Senaca drive. Forest HEIGHTS
Carole Highlands Elementary School,
Sixteenth and Harmon streets. Carole
Highlands.
MONTGOMERY County, $50 pm.
Kensington Elementary School. warner
and DERRICK streets, Kensington.
North Bethesda Recreation Center.
Oak place. of Old GEORGETOWN road,
Bethesda.
MaryVale School. Crabb avenue. Rock
willie,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
|Co|esvi||e Man
Dies in Crash

James Edward Mobley. %, OF
Bonifant road, Colesville, Md,
was killed and two women were
seriously injured yesterday when
their car skidded on a curve and
smashed into a tree near Ashton,
Montgomery County police re-
ported.
Mr.. Mobley, who was single
and lived at home with his par
ents. was pronounced dead on
arrival at Montgomery General
Hospital.
Mrs. Gladys L. Williams, 81,
of Olney. who police said was
driving the car, was admitted to
the hospital with a fractured
jaw and face cuts.
Miss Geraldine Sage. IT, OF
Germantown, also was admitted
to the hospital. The hospital
said she had possible internal
injuries.
Police said the crash occurred
at 5:45 pm. on Route ll6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Judge Pays His Tax Bill,
Then Hears Other Cases

Judgments were entered yes
terday against 16 Fairfax County
delinquent taxpayers by Sub
stitute Trial Justice Ernest N.
Hudgins, who had paid some back
State income taxes of his own
just before he was scheduled to
appear in court for failure to pay.
Mr.. Hudgins paid $345.33 in
back taxes plus interest for a
five-year period from 1948 to
1853. Ten minutes before court
opened yesterday. he presented a
check for his delinquent taxes
to R. A. Carlisle, the States COL
lector Of delinquent taxes.
The motion for judgment
against Mr.. Hudgins was dis
missed along with 80 others in
which the delinquents paid their
back taxes before they were to
appear in court.
Mr.. Hudgins sat in on the Is
other cases along with Trial
Justice John A. Rothrock.
Judge Rothrock called the cases
and Mr.. Hudgins entered the
judgments for amounts ranging
from $2l to $l86. Two judges
are used to speed up the pro-
cedure. officials said. None of
the Is cases was contested.
Judge Rothrock said he would
sign the orders dismissing Mr..
Hudgins' case and those of the
other 80 who paid up.
After the cases were disposed
of Mr.. Hudgins said he believed
publicity about his case was
politically inspired" by persons
who opposed him in his unsuc-
cessful race last month for the
Democratic nomination for
commemorative attorney for
Fairfax.
No newspaper stories appeared
about Mr.. Hudgins' back taxes,
however, until the election was
over.
He also said he believed the
publicity might have been re-
sponsible for his not being con-
sidered for the post of associate
trial justice. which was filled
last week. Circuit Court Judge
Paul E. Brown, who makes the
appointments, said Mr.. Hudgins
was not recommended for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Bill Curling Phony Pleas
OF Insanity Becomes Law
Measure Seeks More Protection
For the Public in Criminal Cases

ton for a considerable time.
Previously, examinations Of de-
PENDANTS accused Of felonies have
been made in District Jail. Psy-
chiatrists have said 1t was diff
cult to detect malingerers on the
one hand or persons with deep
rooted mental illness on the
other during half hour jail visits.
3. Once a defendant is found
mentally fit for trial, the pro-
cedure for getting him to trial
is streamlined. Previously. psy-
chiatrists have had to testify at
a hearing to what the hospital
superintendent has already re-
ported in writing. Now, hear
ings will be granted only if the
defense requests 1t.
4. During the trial. if the de-
PENDANT pleads insanity, the
Government will be allowed to
present psychiatric' testimony to
rebut insanity claims. Previous
ly, this testimony has beer
banned as a violation of the
confidential relationship between
doctors and patients.
S. If the defendant is &C.
quilted on grounds of insanity
he must be committed to men,
tai hospital. Previously, COM
mitment has been discretionary
6. When the superintendent
believes the defendant has re-
covered his sanity and is nc
longer a danger to himself and
others. the court must approve
before the defendant is released
and the prosecution has Is days
in which to register protest and
demand a hearing. Previously
release was by the superintend-
ent alone.
7. Defendants can be released
conditionally with the court set
ting the terms. This conditional
release. which provides for a
probationary period under super
vision, is entirely new.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10

post by the Fairfax County Bar
Association.
Mr.. Hudgins, who has served
as Substitute Trial Justice since
1852. said he feels he has done
a good job on the bench" and
plans to continue sitting as SUBJ
stitute justice. :
TITS no disgrace for me to be
sued" he said. Officials have a
right to their day in court just
like anyone else" He said, how
ever, that publicity in his case
made it impossible for me tc
defend the suit. even though il
is possible I had a good excuse
for not paying the taxes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Jury Winds Up
Bribery Probe;
Takes No Action
Case Involves Offer
To House Member
On Postal Ruise

A grand jury investigation OF
suspected bribery efforts in a
1854 postal pay raise bill has
ended with no action being
taken. United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover announced today.
The matter is now a dead is
sue, the prosecutor told reporters
The investigation was started
early this year after Representa-
tive Broyhill. Republican of Vir-
ginia, reported that a postal
union official had offered him a
$500 campaign contribution. The
offer was made, Mr.. Broyhill
said, several weeks before the
House Post Office and Civil Serv-
ice Committee, of which Mr.
Broyhill is member, was sched-
uled to vote on the wage in
crease.
EEcSluent NetOeu hdlSe
The raise was passed by Con-
gressional action but met a presi-
dental veto.
When the investigation started,
Mr.. Rover announced that it was
an open end F." inquiry-one not
1alleging that anybody committed
a crime but merely to determine
whether there was any violation
Of law. The fact that the grand
jury failed to issue any report
indicates that no violation was
found.
Mr.. Rover said the matter
would no be reopened unless new
evidence turns up.
Union Aides Questioned.
Although only one postal union
official was named by Mr.. Broy-
hill, several other union officials
were called before the grand jury
LOT questioning.
The grand jury also investi-
gated reports that others on the
I25-member House Civil Service
Committee also had been ap-
preached and offered financial
contributions during the 1854
postal pay drive.
The grand jury's investigation
also centered around money re-
lportedly paid to some committee
members for making speeches be-
fore employe group. The ques-
ton was raised whether this was
another way of influencing mem
bers' votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Old Radio Station
Damaged by Fire

An Abandoned radio transmit.
ter station was damaged by fire
Yesterday at 1000 Tower road
Falls Church.
Fire Capt. H. E. Sterling said
firemen fought the blaze in the
metal building for about ar
hour. He said radio equipment
was stored in the building and
firemen could not estimate the
damage.
The transmitter was owned by
Falls Church station WCFM
which discontinued broadcast.
ing last fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG

President Eisenhower has
signed the bill making it more
difficult for offenders to escape
punishment by feigning insanity.
The measure, which cleared
Congress in the final days before
adjournment and was signed
yesterday, is aimed at giving
the public more protection in
criminal cases where insanity is
the defense.
The bill was pushed by The
Star after prosecutors reported
their hands were tied by a series
of court decisions and psychi-
artists protested that one court
decision had enabled them to
testify more freely while a later
court decision virtually shut the
door on their testimony
Under the measure, defendants
who are acquitted on grounds of
insanity will be automatically
committed to a mental hospital
until they are considered safe
to be at large again. DR.. Win
fred Overholser, superintendent
Iof St. Elizabeths Hospital, has
predicted that this provision will
discourage phony insanity claims
by offenders who have previously
Igambled on freedom after &C
quittal.
The bill makes these changes
in District laws:
l. Defendants will have to
show some evidence of mental
.unf1tness to stand trial before
the court orders a mental exami-
nation. Previously, any defend
ant could have a mental exami-
nation as long as the request for
1T was not frivolous and was
made in good faith.
2. Defendants will go to Dis
|trict General Hospital for these
mental examinations. where they
will he under 0d-hO,lr obcervo =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
|GSA Eases Plan to Let
Employees Buy Coolers

! The General Services Admin
istration today announced plans
to allow Federal employees to in
stall their own air conditioners
in their Government offlces-and
without having to donate the
equipment to Uncle Sam.
GSA proposed on July 81 to
require that employees who in
i stall private appliances in their
Offices give the equipment to
GSA. In the face of employee
complaints, GSA today an
Inounced rules considerably more
liberal.
Under the revised plans, a
Government employe or group
Of employees wanting to install
air conditioners will notify
GSA. Building experts of GSA
will contract for the equipment
and have 1t installed and then
bill the employees. This proce-
dure, GSA explained. will guar
antee that all equipment in.
stalled in Federal buildings
meets Government specifications
GSA said it also could obtain
the equipment more cheaply
than employees buying individ-
ually.
Involves Lease Period
After the equipment is in
stalled, GSA will lease it from
the employe-owners for short
periods, perhaps a year, and pay
the owners a nominal rental,
perhaps 81. GSA then will
maintain and repair the equip
ment and pay for the electricity
needed to operate 1t.
The. lease would provide that
the equipment remain in the
Office for which 1t originally was
purchased unless the Federal
agency itself Is moved. This re-
verses another of GSA's original
plans, which would have per-
mitted the Government to move
an air conditioner out Of the
office of the employees who
bought 1t.
GSA Administrator Edmund
F.. Mansure disclosed the plan
in a letter notifying Controller
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10

General Joseph Campbell Of the
details and giving him an OPP
Iportunity to object.
THE matter is the subject of
extreme urgency and we will
appreciate you reply as early as
possible. Mr.. Mansure wrote.
Pending receipt Of your opin-
ion, and in view of the urgency,
we intend to proceed with the
planning necessary to implement
the program"
insufficient Funds
Mr.. Mansure said the program
was made necessary only be-
cause GSA did not have ade-
lquate funds to install Govern
ment air conditioners in all
Federal buildings needing them.
Mr.. Mansure wrote:
THE Government has long
recognized the advantages of air
conditioning. 1t increases the
efficiency Of employees and
avoids the necessity of dismis-
sails during hot weather.
Lacking adequate funds for
installations and since employees
have requested permission to in
stall their own units, 1t is con-
sidered desirable that such &C
ton be taken If a proper way
can be found that protects the
interests Of both the Govern
ment and the employee"
The air conditioning problem
was raised by a group of en-
ployes in the State Departments
ONCE Of Special Consular Serv-
ices. Later, a unit of the Army's
Military Sea Transport Service
also asked permission to buy and
its own air conditioners.
GSA officials estimate that %
per cent or about $4,000 of the
Federal employees in the WASH
ington area work in Offices with
out air conditioners. Not all of
these, however, would be eligible
to buy their own cooling equip
ment. GSA said that it would
bar installation of privately
owned air conditioners in build
ings which had plans to air con-
dition In the near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
PuIIen Clouds
Plan for School
Purchasing
Declares Bourd
Connot Delegate.
Power to County

Maryland Schools Supt.
Thomas G. Pullen has clouded
the Montgomery County School
Boards consideration of plan
to delegate its purchasing
authority to the county govern
ment.
DR.. Pullen. in a letter to the
county School Board, said
Deputy Attorney General Nor
man Ramsey had ruled against
such delegation of authority.
The School Board is an
Autonomous body" required to
administer the public school
system. DR.. Pullen quoted the
deputy attorney general as
saying,
Remain Independent
The board cannot delegate
any of its sovereign power" to
county governments and must
remain independent of all other
departments of the county
government, DR.. Pullen said.
The advise from DR.. Pullen
was sought as the board con-
sidered a proposal from County
Manager M. L. Reese to have
all school board purchasing done
through the centeralized pur-
chasing Office of the county
under his authority.
The School Board, for years,
unofficially has been using the
county purchasing facilities for
many of its acquisitions.
The board yesterday also
learned that its administrative
staff had rejected a bid on liz
brary furniture because it was
not accompanied by a requested
bid bond. >>lch bonds now are
required by the county.
Wayne Birdsell, board member,
said he feared such a require
ment would result in higher bids
by vendors.
The board still has not acted
on a proposal that would put it
further under the county pur-
chasing setup. An opinion as to
some phases of the agreement is
being sought from County At
torney Charles M. Irelan.
The board yesterday took three
other actions G. sctCd to draw
criticism from ,--,1 and the
County Counc4.. .ca controls
the boards purse a..ings.
New Job Setup
| The board created new
$8,500-a-year job for an adj
ministrative assistant to Supt.
Forbes H. Norris.
The Council had refused to
appropriate funds for the new
position. but the board decided
to get the money through a raid
on capital funds.
Duties of the new position in.
clude planning and site acqui-
sition negotiations.
The board also voted, S to 2.
to create lay professional COM
mittee of Is persons to study
schedules and other fringe bene-
fits for teachers and other per-
sonnet.
Board Member Wylie w. Bar
row opposed the action on
grounds he did not want new
salary schedules submitted to the
board under pressure.
Mrs. Helen G. Scharf, who
sponsored the motion recon-
mended by DR.. Norris, said there
is a need for recommendations
of a committee that would not
have a vested interest" in the
new salary proposals.
County teachers received a
new salary schedule and raises
averaging nearly 4 per cent on
June 80.
DR.. Norris and his staff drew
a sharp rebuke from Mr.. Bar
row as the result of a report
that the school board had over.
spent last years budget by $780,
008.
Mr.. Barrow said there had
been mo sincere. earnest effort
to cut back spending" last spring
after the staff first reported that
it expected to go in the red
$139,740.
::s:;Si
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Youth Leader to Visit

! Stanley Yudolph, president of
the Great Britain B'nai Birth
Youth Organization will arrive
here tomorrow for a two-day
visit. The 2O-year-old youth
leader has been touring Canada
and the eastern United Etates,
sponsored by the organization S
international headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Cosmopolitan Club

The Cosmopolitan Club OF
Washington will meet at 1890
pm. tomorrow at the Sheraton
Carlton Hotel. Navy Capt. JUL
ius M. ANDERSON will tell of his
experiences as a medical officer
during the evacuation of refu-
gees from North Indo-China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-10
Apple Growers Tour

HANCOCK, Md, Aug. 10 R.-
About $50 apple growers from the
Rochester area in New York State
came here yesterday to observe
the operation Of big orchards.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-06-10
Cancer Drive I'm
Union County Is
Over The Quota

A near-final report on the 1855
fund drive of the Union County
Unit, American Cancer Society,
shows contributions of $4,228.07
compared with the drive quota OF
$1,000.
The over-the-top success of the
drive was reported at the recent
regular meeting of the Unit by
Mrs. Max Rogers, campaign chair
man.
Other action taken at the meet
ing included the decision to send a
letter 10 all organizations in the
county requesting them to sched-
ule cancer film showing on their
programs for the coming year.
Those present for the Unit meet
ing in the county health depart
ment were Meredith Hall, presi-
dent; Miss Evelyn Braun, acting
secretary for Mrs. Mary Mills;
Miss Fern Berger, treasurer; Mrs.
Owen McAllister, executive secre-
tary; Mrs. Rogers and township
drive chairman, Mrs. Harold
Rausch, Darby; Mrs. Parker
Shanks, Millcreek; Mrs. Chester
Scheiderer, Union; Mrs. Virginia
Phelps, Milford Center, and Mrs.
Rosina Fladt. Marysville.