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Jimmy said desperately, Il don't go and try
be adopted
He'd just had the shock of his seven-yearold life Mind
you. wasn't the first time he'd been called away from the
playground go and Matron in her little Office, but
before had he been greeted with what could only be
described welcoming smile.
Perhaps, thought Jimmy in wonderment, she being
especially nice because only week before Christmas
Matron usually did up bit around this time of year
but she hadn't made such big effort with Jimmy before
Or maybe - but here Maron had broken in Jmmys
thoughts tell him that he, Jimmy Thatcher actually
going to be a trial adoption.
I'm the old days." Matron had said people wanting
children used round the Ophanage and take their
pick Now this all changed We very very careful
match children and their prospective parents
and to send children out only when we are reasonably certain
that the home and the child just right for each other
Mr. Williams who deals with this side of the work. has assured
that you just the child for this Professor and Mrs.
Bennett. and I'm sure and here she had sighed heavily
that hope he's right.
1t Matrons sigh that had the panc-stricken
thoughts chasing each other round Jmmys head. Matron
didn't believe these people would really to adopt him.
Everyone else who come into the Ophanage practically
newborn baby had been adopted long ago. and you couldn't
grow the age of without knowing that people who
had bright red hair and Sckyout teeth and glasses weren't
the of people that any parents wanted to adopt.
Even children who'd come in when they much Older
than newborn had been adopted Why, only last month when
his best friend Francis had gone to family and he been
so silly cry the dark under Matrons window
ne nearO neT say 10 MI WliaInS dOOut JIMMY,
I'm afraid we'll get him off hands, and then sigh
heavily she'd sighed just And she had added Il do
so wish we could before the end of the year.
So Jimmy cenced his fists and stood shaking with the
intensity of his emotion he repeated doggedy II don't
want to 60 and try to be adopted!'
YOU'RE being very silly little boy said Matron sterny
Don't you to go and live with nice people, and be
brought up their son?'
There nothing absolutely nothing in the world that
Jimmy wanted Every night when all the boys in the
big dormores knet down in their striped paamas beside
the black iron beds, Jimmy would add private
prayer that day would him for their
very But he knew could come true. All the
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other boys told him would true, and Matrons
signs showed that she didn't really believe herself
What would happen Jimmy Thatcher would be the biggest
disgrace the Orphanage could hold trial adop
ton and then, the end of the month"; be back
again. unacceptable and unwaned So he stood before the
big desk his whole body agony of entreay mutey beg
gng Matron to spare him the ordeal and the humiliation
that must inevitably follow.
But Matron only said sharply Nov that's enough non
from you, Jimmy Thatcher You'll 60 where you're
sent, and glad of the chance"
She added kindly, You're of our brightest boys
you know, and you do credit. shouldn't be bit
surprised that wasn't why Mr. Williams picked you for the
Professor Now you and goodby your friends
and I'll be getting your things ready Mr.. Williams said he'd
be here after tea to take you along
So there be escape Slowly heavily he walked
down the to the playground again and then stood
STILL blinking his shosghed eyes against the sudden bright
ness of the sunlight on the
Dsractedly the thoughts round and round in his
head. After Mr. Williams would with hiscar. He'd
take Jimmy with him. They'd go the house where the
father and the mother would be waiting do you think
little boy will be here soon? they'd be saying each other
and then the would STOP and hd get out they'd
him. They'd take look him. the red hair and the
big round glasses and the stckou teeth and they'd say in
a polite would it be angry? voice, mo, thank
you, Mr. Williams don't want that one and then they'd
round and 60 into the house again and shut the door
tooth, which had lately become habit Of his and then
suddenly the wonderful idea fell sapbang into his
head Suppose he hadn't sckyout front teeth? Suppose
just suppose he hadn't got red hair glasses either?
Suppose he looked quite different just like any other boy
then surely, surely they'd want to keep him?
1t was no use being coward once you'd made up
mind With rigid resolution he pulled his thumb hard against
the loose TOOTH jerked sharply upwards and ouwards
and there One minute you'd got tooth and the
there just soft gap that felt oddly salty the explor
ing tongue
Now for the next one He wregled experimentaly. 1t
nothing like so loose as the last He summoned all
his courage and tried the swift brutal jerk but
The tooth resisted all his efforts.
He couldn't waste time with He'd got and
that something In half hour would be time, and
after that Mr.. Williams would be there
How lucky was that he could read to himself the only
boy Of in the Orphanage that could Now when he
desperately needed it. he could remember every word Of
the story in Comic Cuts" about the white boy who'd dis
gused himself steal secretly through the Red Indian camp
Slyly furtivey, he edged round the wall and then,
out of sight rantcaly to the red brick building that
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The Perfect Match

1t was Jimmy's dearest wish that somewhere he wou
family in the world that would love him as he wa
BY MARcHANITA LASkI
illustrate by
Evening star., 1955-06-05
Graham Ready
In Puris Drive

PARIS, June 4 (P.-American
evangelist Billy Graham today
held a preliminary meeting to
his Paris campaign which opens
tomorrow.
About 500 French men and
women and 200 Americans living
in Paris gathered in a corner OF
the lofty Velodrome d'Hiver, the
big Paris sports hall which seats
&c, 900.
A choir sang psalms until Mr..
Graham arrived. He was late.
Paris traffic held him up.
Mr.. Graham spoke for a little
over half an hour. An elderly,
white haired man with gold
trimmed spectacles interpreted
his words into French, initiating
the tone of Mr.. Graham's voice
and every gesture.
The evangelist urged a Ave
point program which involved
praying together. believing in
God even if there are some
things we do not understand"
work and sacrifices, practicing
humility and keeping smiling.
Evening star., 1955-06-05

ELLENvILLE, N. Y June 4
ga 31-year-old truck driver
with a yen for organizing sum-
mer shows was sentenced to six
months in County Jail today
for defrauding an Ellenville
hotel.
Police said Ray Cyrs reserved
rooms at the Wayside Inn for
scores of Broadway comedians.
chorus girls, dancers and other
show people.
Eighty-four performers ar
rived last Tuesday under the inn
preston they would get parts in
"a summer festival sponsored by
Ulster County Fire Depart
mentS.
1t turned out. however, that
the firemen knew nothing about
the festival" The entertainers
Iscanty funds ran out while their
hotel bills ran up.
Police caught UP with Cyrs,
who works for an Ellenville ap-
Evening star., 1955-06-05
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sTUDEBAKER 81 Commander VS.
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climatizer, nylon uphol. Must be seen
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Evening star., 1955-06-05
EIkins to Talk
Chest Stuff

DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, president
of the University of Maryland,
will address the annual meeting
of the Community Chest Fedora
tion at 1918 pm. June IA at
the Hotel Statler.
The Order of the Red
Feather" highest award made by
the Chest federation, will be
presented during the meeting to
the following Washington area
Chest leaders:
Howard w. Balm, John B. Dun
can, Frank M. Ewing, Richard
D. Gibbs, Mrs. Henry Gichner.
Philip Larner Gore, John s.
Hayes, William J. Haggerty. John
H. Kaufman, Morton Knight,
Mrs. Lloyd s. Luther, Edmund
F. Mansure, William J. McManus.
Cody Pfanstiehl. Francis G..
Smith, jr., and Mrs. Harry T.
Weolley.
The public is invited to at
tend. Seats will be available for
those who do not make luncheon
reservations to attend the busi-
ness session.
Presiding will be Herbert c.
Blunck, president of the Chest
federation.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
.Hospitol Patients
Auxiliary Guests

The American Legion Auxiliary
Department Rehabilitation Com
mittee and the Community Serv-
ice Committee, under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Matte Frye and Mrs.
Powers. will hold a Joint
party for patients at st. Eliz8A
beths Hospital in the Red Crges
Building on Tuesday at 2 pm. q
Il
Members Of Mrs. Frye's Re-
habilitation Committee will hold
a party for patients at Soldiers
Home, at 1870 pm. Thursday. q
" A&N O.
A meeting of all membership
chairmen will be held at the
American Legion Club tomorrow
at 8 pm. Miss Betty Brooks
chairman announces that July
20 is the deadline to turn in 1855
memberships to department.
headquarters.
X X 4
The Eight and Forty Ritual
Team will initiate new members
of Vincent B. Costello Unit on
Tuesday at 8 pm. at the Legion
Club. The unit will also elect
new officers.
The memorial chairman. Mrs.
Carrico, asks that unit memorial
chairman send her the names Of
deceased members during the
past year in order to prepare for
the memorial service ct the de-
partment convention.
Evening star., 1955-06-05

The Districts entire air raid
warning system will be tested
simultaneously tomorrow for the
first time. At 1855 am. sirens
and horns will let go with walls
and screams.
The city's 80 electronic warm
ing horns, unable to penetrate
to all parts Of town, have been
augmented by 13 high-powered
sirens driven by gasoline engines
Tomorrow's test will be in
preparation of the Nationwide
air raid drill scheduled for
June Is.
A curtailed version Of the re-
Gently revised raid signals will
be used tomorrow. For two min
utes, sirens will emit q rising and
falling wall, while horns and
blare a series Of short blasts
Then all the devices will shift
for two minutes into q steady
blast.
Eventually. Civil Defense Of
ficials will have the horns al
tered so as to send out q rising
and falling signal like the
sirens.
Pocket-size "alert cards." with
information about the new sig
mails and their meanings, are
being distributed with bills
mailed by the Washington Gas
Light Co. and the Potomac Elec-
Evening star., 1955-06-05
Chinese Province
Suffers Bio Drought

HONG KONG, June 4 (R.-
The worst drought in 80 years
has struck Red China's Kwang-
tung province, compelling au-
thorities to mobilize army Of
flcers and men to assist peasants.
Copies of Communist papers
reaching Hong Kong this week
reported an additional 10000
persons were sent from Canton
to the countryside last May 7
in seven specific areas.
The Reds reported that in two
thirds of the total producing
acreage, work was suspended be-
cause of pests and lack of water.
The worst affected are the west
and the extreme southern areas.
In the cities of Chaoan, Kityang
and Tenghai efforts are being
made to dam the Han River and
divert water to the fields,
Evening star., 1955-06-05
81 Entertainers Stranded,
Orqunizer Gets Jail Term

pliance firm, yesterday. He re-
fused to discuss the case, but
today pleaded guilty to the fraud
charge before Police Judge Ben
jamin Lonstein.
Emilio Stano, 81, Of New York
City, an alleged accomplice Of
Cyrs, pleaded not guilty to the
charge of defrauding.
He was held in $1,000 bail in
Ulster County Jail at Kingston
pending hearing Monday.
Local businessmen chartered q
couple of buses today to get the
entertainers started back to
New York, which is 96 miles from
Ellenville.
Joseph Kooperman. attorney
for the Wayside Inn, said:
"Some of these people came up
here with their babies. We
wouldn't think Of putting them
out"
But, he said, what we want
to know is who is going to pay
U.s."
Evening star., 1955-06-05
Annual Defense
PurIey Broudened

Defense Secretary Wilson'S
annual Quantico (Va.) confer
encs Of top military and civilian
omcials will take on added sig
niflcance this year with the at
tendance of overseas command.
erS.
A spokesman said yesterday
the overseas commanders would
come home for the meeting July
14-17.
President Eisenhower is ex-
pected to attend the sessions, as
in previous years.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
District Legion
Will Convene

The 37th annual Department
of the District of Columbia
American Legion convention viii
be held at the Shoreham Hotel
July %, 2e and 80. Department
Commander Bryon e. Dunn will
open the convention at 8 pm.
July %.
A meeting Of Jane A. Delano
Post will be held at 2 pm. today
at the home of Mrs. Norbertine
Overholt, 1904 Franklin street,
Kensington. Md.
There will be election of off,
GERS and election of delegates
and alternates to the convention.
For directions call Mrs. Overholt.
OIL. 1866. There will be some
cars and a station wagon avail
able which will pick you UP at
Chevy Chase Circle.
New members accepted into
Kenna Main Post are Arthur
Taylor, Harold Groom, jr.. and
Charles Moore.
At the last Department Ex-
|ecutive Committee meeting
Barbara Mullin of Jane A. De-
Ilano Post and department chair
man of the cancer drive, pre-
sented to AL Loring of the Dis
trict of Columbia Division, Amer
|ican Cancer Society. a check for
800.
Miss Cecilia Craven, Ameri-
'canism Officer Of General Ac-
counting Office Post, will present
on Tuesday the American Legion
Certificate School Award and
Medal to Amelia Siora and Mes
tor Tylypec of Mackin High
School.
The following Endorsements
have been announced: Michael
r. Belinky Of Stanley Church
IDePue Post. for department vice
commander: James H. Holt of
Holloran-Murray Post for de-
1partment vice commander, and
John L. Theunissen of Bunker
Hill Post, for department vice
commander. Louis Zindel of
Army. and Air Force Post has
been indorsed for the Watson B.
Miller Trophy.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
Teacher Is Held
On Girls Charge

A 2s-year-old Montgomery
County school teacher yesterday
was held under a $4,000 bond
after he was charged with as
sault with intent to rape a 13-
year-old girl, one of his pupils.
Charged was George H. Brad
ford, of the 8700 block Of Piney
Branch road. Silver Spring. He
was identified as a teacher at the
Oakland Terrace Elementary
School on Plyers Mill road, Silver
Spring.
Police said the offense Is al
legged to have occurred late FRI
day In the Bethesda area.
Evening star., 1955-06-05

Frances Moody, Chaplain;
Thelma Graves. conductress:
Anne Honas, guard. Anne Honas
was appointed secretary.
Government Printing Office
Auxiliary elected Margaret Rag
land as president. Marjory Lay
mon will be secretary-treasurer.
Columbia Auxiliary elected
Doris Sutphin, president; Loretta
Nickerson. senior vice president;
Katie Carter, junior vice presi-
dent; Thelma Trout, treasurer:
Jean Rosen. chaplain; Angela
Spematti, trustee; Rebecca Bias
kin, conductress; Sallie Mayhem,
guard. Frances Ready was ap-
pointed secretary.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
District VIEW
|AnnuuIS
Opens June Is

The annual encampment Of
the District of Columbia Depart
lment, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will be held June is through 18.
The opening session win be at 8
| q. m. June 16 at the Department
of Commerce Auditorium.
National Quartermaster Gen.
eral Robert B, Handy. jr.. will
represent the commander-in-
chief. while the past national
president, Mrs. Wyman H. Chad
wick. will represent the national
auxiliary.
The highlight of the opening
session will be the presentation
by Washington Post Of citations
and prizes to the outstanding
junior student of each high
school OF the District. A gold
500 wrist watch will be pre-
sented to the student selected as
the most outstanding of those
competing.
The first business session OF
the encampment will be held
Lat the Hamilton Hotel. Four
teenth and K streets NV. at
Z pm. June IT.
The second business session
will start at 3 pm. June 18.
Election of officers will be held.
Candidates for department COM
mander include Department
Senior Vice Commander Francis
C. Wood. Department Junior
Vice Commander Ralph A. Lewis
and Louis e. I.orenson, past
captain of Admiral Robert E.
Peary Ship.
A banquet viii be held at the
Hamilton Hotel on June IL hon
loring Department Commander
Zed L. Williams. jr. and Depart
|ment President Margaret Kaye
Tickets for the banquet may bt
|obtained from Chairman Franci.
IC. Wood or Department Quarter.
/, master Edward Spedden.
Oflcers Of Equality-Waltel
Reed Post will be installed al
I3 pm. today by National Council
Member Albert j. Novak. Pos
Commander Walter j. Kuback
will be installed for his second
term to lead this post.
Internal Revenue Post has in.
stalled the following officers
Commander. Hubert B. Ford
senior vice commander, Ed.
ward L. Cornell; junior vice
commander, Malcolm E. Reint-
Izel; quartermaster, Merico P
Thomas; Judge advocate, Charles
1S. Forbes, ST.; chaplain. Morris
lP. Blumenfeld: surgeon, DR.. Wal.
tier B. Vogel; adjutant. Philip j
iAmato.
| Auxiliaries
/ President Margaret Kaye vii
preside over the auxiliary meet
ling tomorrow night at Az
Seventh street NV. when plan.
will be made for the encamp.
ment. Those wishing to attene
the banquet for the president o.
che auxiliary and commander oi
the department should contact
lRubie Heironomus at the Chastle'
| ton Hotel or Edward Spedden a.
department headquarters.
Police and Fire Auxiliary elect
ed the following officers: Mary
Hargraves. president; Clare New
ton. senior vice president: Pear
Lipscomb, Junior vice president
Mercedes McCallum, treasurer;
Evening star., 1955-06-05
FouIty Tobacco Put
In Paper for Ciqors

HARTFORD. Gonna Con-
necticut paper manufacturer has
produced a tobacco paper called
unified tobacco" It is made
from natural tobacco, including
stems and edgingS, which is re-
built into leaves or sheets for
cigar making. 1t is still In the
laboratory stage.
Two similar new products are
"homogenized" leaf tobacco,
used as binder in some cigars,
and q Reconstructed" leaf.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
|Cumel's S Secret Bored

CAIRO-A camel. which gets
more mileage to the gallon OF
water than any other large ami
NAL, can stand to lose an
amount of water equal to 80 per
cent of its body weight. Other
animals die of circulatory failure
in hot environments when water
loss equals IL per cent of body
weight.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
Air Raid Signals Here
Due for Loudest Test

tric Power Co. The Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. is also
including the information with
it's bills. Alert cards are also
available In the Districts Is
public libraries.
In the June Is drill, scheduled
to begin at 1905 pm, Federal
and District Government build
ings here will be evacuated. Per-
sons in apartment buildings and
private offices are urged to join
the drill.
Evening star., 1955-06-05

The Damascus tMd.) Parent
Teacher Association will install
officers at 8 pm. tomorrow at
the high school.
Evening star., 1955-06-05
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