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Evening star., 1955-01-17

Notling's better than .
sweater for this time Of
year! And these miracle
knit orlons tyou don't
have to block then) are
hard to beat at these
special low prices, Both
the short sleeve slipon
and the long sleeve
cardigan come in white,
pink, lilac, blue, maize.
navy, tangeri and
mint. sizes "a to 40 In
!, the group.
Ynna,,e cs.os.fosr
Evening star., 1955-01-17
lo'' Non-Tarnish Brass TabIe Lon,ps

looking lamps low pre styles
al with beautiful gold fc shades and antique brass finishes that
furnishing lighting
Of (A) 20 inches, (B) 27 inches E(C) 81 inches
Evening star., 1955-01-17
go
5z-PieceSeryiee for 8

This is not discontinued pattern sale !. !.
this lovely community pattern goes back to
includes: 16 teaspoons, soup spoons, 5
knives, 8 forks, 8 salad forks, serving spoons,
] butter knife, sugar spoon.
Street Floor. Washington and Arlington
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Mrs. Haynes Remarks
Of No Interest to U.S..

/ Assistant United States Attor.
ney John Conliff made it plain
today that the Government Ii
not interested in what Mrs
Katharine A. Haynes tells pSy.
chiatrists examining her at st
Elizabeths Hospital.
! The prosecutors comment fol.
lowed statements by a defense
psychiatrist during Mrs. Haynes
habeas corpus hearing yesterday
that she would be more coop.
erative If she were assured that
what she told psychiatristS was
"a privileged communication
and would not be reported to the
court.
During the hearing Chief
Judge Bolitha ]. Laws said he
didn't know how much influence
he had with Mrs. Haynes but he
hoped her lawyers would explain
to her that if she talked freely
Iit would expedite her case. He
emphasized that she is free of
all criminal charges and cannot
be tried again.
Asked today if he would agree
to possible defense proposal
to stipulate that what she does
tell pSychiatrists will not be
brought out in court. Mr.. Conliff
said:
I'VE are not interested in what
she tells the doctors. We don't
intend to bring it out in court.
Our only interest is in what the
doctors conclude as to her men
tai condition and whether she
can safely be released to society"
Apparently referring to the
statement of the defense psy-
chiatrist that Mrs. Haynes finally
told him she was not telling the
truth about having amnesia, Mr..
Conliff said even If Mrs. Haynes
Evening star., 1955-11-23
PEPCO Plant Plan
Change Approved

The District Public Utilities
Commission today approved an
amended application by the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. rela-
tive to the construction Of a $10C
million power plant,
The utility commissions ac-
Ition simply approved PEPCO's
application for stepping up Its
generating capacity without spec.
flying the location Of the pro-
posed plant.
In its original application filed
August 20. the power company
specifically named site In Lou
doun County. Va, as the plants
location. Since then various
agencies and groups have OPP
posed this. including Montgom-
cry County officials, and several
other alternate sites have been
proposed.
The newly approved applica-
tion. made on October 10, did
not name a definite site. In
approving the plan. the utilities
said 1t "presumes
that the specific location will not
he adverse to the public interest"
Evening star., 1955-11-23

The prosecution may finish
presenting evidence today in the
rst-degree murder trial Of three
men accused of Staying a 78-
night watchman last
August "a at the Aristo Dry
Cleaners and Dyers, Inc.
The three are accused of kill
ing the watchman, David Arm
hold. jr.. of the 100 block of
Tennessee avenue NE. by beat
ling and strangling him at the
plant in the 1900 block Of South
Capitol street.
The indictment charges the
trio killed him while they were
Iperpetrating the crime of house
breaking. The three. who also
ARE named in an indictment on
charges of housebreaking and
stealing $40 from the Aristo
plant are:
Grantland d. Butler. %. OF the
l12O0 block of First street Sc:
Raymond L. Tucker. %, Of the
300 block of L street S.W., and
Walter L. Battle. 81, of the 500
block of Renilworth avenue NE.
AN three are colored.
Crime Re-enacted
Police 1t. Lawrence A. Hart
nett yesterday testified all three
defendants made oral statements
admitting the housebreaking and
Ire-enacted the crime.
1t. Hartnett said all three de-
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Two Sentenced
In Theft-Attack

Two men were sentenced to.
day to serve from three to nine
years each for assault with in
tent to rob a 77-year-old YWCA
housekeeper last February in
Farragut Park.
The two are Robert L. Catlin
%, formerly of the 200 block OF
Eighth street NE, and Glenn
H Wisecarver. 33. of the SOC
block of c street NE. Both were
convicted by a District Court
jury on october i3.
Sentence was by Judge Mat
thew F. MCGUIRE who described
the crime as one of a "particu-
larly vicious type" Both de-
PENDANTS had prior criminal
records, the court was informed.
The victim Of the attempted
robbery, Mrs. Annie r. Potbury
was showed or knocked to the
ground when an attempt was
made to grab her pocketbook
according to the trial testimony
She suffered fractures of the
pelviS and an elbow.
Mrs. Potbury testified dur
ing the trial that she was at
tackled by two men who were
behind her. one of whom struck
her in the back. One trial wit
ness said he heard Catlin say to
Wisecarver: g. I missed IT.
The prosecution contended the
defendant was referring to Mrs
Potbury's handbag.
The two convicted defendants
we're traced by q license number
on an automobile they had oc-
cupied. The license number was
furnished police by an attorney
who saw the Woman's assailants
fee.
Earlier a grand jury ignored
charges against two other men
who were sitting in the auto
mobile when the attack occurred
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Aristo Sloyiing Admitted
By Trio, Officer Testifies

PENDANTS pointed to the spot
where they got the watchman. "
The witness said the defend
ants told him Battle grabbed
the watchman around the neck
and that Tucker hit him.
According to the defendants,
both Tucker and Battle tied up
the watchman and Butler gagged
the elderly man with neckties,
1t. Hartnett testified.
Boy Testifies
Among other Government
witnesses yesterday was l2-year-
old Lewis j. Greene. colored. OF
the 800 block of M street S,W.,
who told of finding a cash box
on a neighborhood roof. The
boy testified he went to the roof
after Tucker told him there was
"a dime there. The box. the
prosecution contends. was one
removed by the defendants from
the Aristo plant and thrown on
the roof by Tucker.
The trial is before a jury OF
eight women and four men.
Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy Is
presiding in the U. S. District
Court for the District OF Co
Ilumbia. Assistant United States
Attorney Frederick @. Smith
son is prosecuting. Defense
counsel are attorneys William
"A. Tlnney, Belford v. Lawson, jr.,
John T. Reyes and Samuel C.
Klein.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Practical Nurses
Are First at Nd. u,

BALTIMORE, Nov. % tP1.-
The University of Maryland last
night graduated its first class oil
practical nurses.
Eighteen women who have
been going to classes and helpins
care for patients at University
Hospital since last March re-
ceived certificates from DR.. Will
son H. Elkins, president of the
university.
Most of them already have
jobs on the hospital staff.
DR.. Florence M. Gipe, dean OF
the university's School of Nurs-
ing. presented the candidates fol-
certificates.
Miss Helen Troy, director OF
the schools practical nursing
department, said applications are
being taken for a new class which
will start in March. A second
class started its work in Sep
tember.
Among the graduate practical
nurses were Olga Helen Cox of
Glen Burnie and Amelia Bessye
Svitak of Linthicum Heights.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Ideal Weather Seen
Here Thanksgiving
Kelly Names Choirmen
For Pageant of Peace

1t. Col. William E. Barkman
and 1t. Col. Benjamin L. Hun
ton, high school cadets; Mrs.
Mabel Ford, Camp Fire Girls:
Inspector Hobart w. Francis,
White House police: John A.
Remon, Federation Of Citizens
Associations; DR.. C. Herbert
Marshall, Federation of Civic
Associations; Chief Robert v,
Murray, Metropolitan Police De-
partment.
Groups Participating
Also, John B. Gillilland, Dis
.trict Congress of Parents and
Teachers: Earl J. Wilson, United
States Information Agency /;
James Reber, Barbershop Quar-
Itet; Miss Margaret Cragg, Girl
Scouts of the District of Column
Ibia; Delmar H. Wilson. Boy
Scouts of the National Capital
Area; @. L. Zuch, Federal Recre-
alton Committee; Mrs. William
Calvin, Armed Service Hospital
.ity Committee.
Also. Chief Harold Stewart,
United States Park Police; Mrs,
James j. MCGUIRE. sodality union
of the archdiocese of Washing
ton; Mrs. Josephine Kyles,
Washington Federation of
Churches; William Waters, jr.,
United Community Services:
Mrs. Arthur Davis, General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs.
Also. DR.. Alexandra Orfila, Pan
American Union: Paul Johansen.
United Nations Washington In
formation Center: Daniel Leon
ard. American Red Cross; Joseph
Il, Roach, Junior Chamber of
Commerce; Sam Jack Kaufman,
American Federation of Musi-
Clans: Miss Margaret Pepper,
Board of Education: L. Baldwin
Harper, Voice Of America, and
Col. Waldron D. Leonard, Vet
Grams Affairs.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Trend 10 Shop
In Suburbs Seen

Downtown Washington shop
pers apparently are turning in
creasingly to the suburbs. ac-
cording to District Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin.
He made the comment yester-
day, as Director Schuyler Lowe
of the Department of General
administration explained that
short-term parking on downtown
lots has never recovered from
the slump it suffered during the
recent transit strike.
Not Riding Transit
The housewives, MIR. McLaugh-
lin said, apparently are going
to the suburban stores. because
they're not riding transit" He
is former chairman of the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commission,
which regulates the operations
of the Capital Transit Co.
The discussion came as the
District Commissioners decided
to renew the lease of Colonial
Parking. Inc, on q city-owned
lot at Sixth street and Indiana
avenue NV, without seeking any
tnctao ca IN rental
SI.62 a Square Foot
The lease was renewed at $1.62
a square foot, or a total Of $751;
906, after James L. McCallister,
administrative services officer,
pointed out that competitive bid
ding recently on a nearby lot had
yielded top figure of only $1.6l
q square foot.
on this lot, at the southeast
corner Of Sixth and c streets
NV, the Commissioners granted
a two-year lease to the high bid
der, Zimmelman-Markm Park
ing, 1927 Fourteenth street NE,
for a total rent of $93.240. The
lot formerly was leased to Max
Kushner. who submitted the Sec
ond highest bid in the COMPETE
ton held last November 3.
Evening star., 1955-11-23

had malingered. it would not be
an issue now
Mrs. Haynes on October %
was found not guilty by reason
of insanity IN the fatal shooting
of Miss Nancy Penton, her hus-
bands paramour. She went tc
st. Elizabeths Hospital under a
mandatory commitment ano
both Government and defense
IpsychiatriSts told the court yes
lterday they were not yet ready
to say whether she could safely
be released to society.
They are to report again on
December 10.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Progress Lag Seen
In Social Sciences

District area social workers
were told last night that ad-
vances in social sciences have not
kept pace with progress made
by the physical sciences.
This is one of the greatest
challenges facing those in the
Ifeld OF human relations, said
|Dr. Nathan e. Cohen, chairman
|of the National Association. Of
Social Workers. in a talk before
the organizations District chap
ter at the Red Cross auditorium
Social work is an integral
part OF American life." DR.. Co
hen said. 1T is the story OF
our Nation trying to fulfill Its
democratic aims"
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Arlington Church
Will Sturt Project

The Greenbrier Baptist Church
in Arlington will break ground
for a new education building as
part Of its $3.50 am. Thanks
giving services tomorrow.
The second unit in a three
unit plan. the building will ac-
commodate 795 in its Sunday
school. The building was de-
signed by Elmer Cappelmann,
Arlington architect. and is to be
constructed by Sterling Bros. OF
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
New Building
Sought for
School Offices
Dispute Revives
Administration
Center Proposal
By JAMES G. DEANE

A long dormant proposal tt
build a new District school ad'
ministration center has beer
brought to a head by disagree.
ment between city and schoo
officials. it appeared today.
School officials said today
they are prepared to push i'm
mediately for construction Of g
new building to house school Of
fees and warehouses.
At the same time. Supt. Ho.
bart M. Corning protested per-
sonally to James L. McCallister
District administrative service!
officer, over a statement by tht
latter yesterday suggesting schoo
administrative housing plans arr
extravagant.
Estimate Termed Elaborate
Mr.. McCallister yesterday sait
an estimate of administrative
housing needs supplied by DIR
1Corning's staff was 80 elaborate
we don't even want to send i
up" to the Commissioners.
The District officials remark
was prompted by a pending re.
quest of the Board of Education
for conversion of the closins
Upshur Street tuberculosis
Hospital to house school admin
istrative Offices.
! The school system. in answer
to a request from Mr.. Mccall
lister, recently submitted an esti-
mate of space needs totaline
1855. 500 square feet.
| Mr.. McCallister said today
that "at first blush" this figure
seemed to- MIN high" He ques-
Itioned number of specific
items over those now available.
| An aide to DR.. Corning today
criticized the manner in which
1.-THE school system was required
ito submit it's estimate. asserting
that form which was supplied
by Mr.. McCallister's Office was
mot appropriate for the school
system.
Mr.. McCallister told a reporter
the form is similar to one used
Iby the Federal Government and
Ihe felt it was entirely adequate
However, he pointed out the
Commissioners already have is
sued instructions for a thorough
study of the school systems en-
tire administrative space prob
lem.
Consolidated Offices Urged
Archie G. Hutson, District
construction director, yesterday
had hand in precipitating the
move to restudy the entire school
problem. Mr.. HutSon told the
Commissioners he favors con-
solidating school Offices with
others in the city's proposed
West Administration Building. a
projected addition to the present
Municipal Center.
School officials said today they
will oppose this idea. however,
School officers want to build an
administrative center on land at
Thirteenth and Upshur streets
NV. next to the tuberculosis
hospital.
The hospital building, even
after remodeling. would house
only about a third of the school
systems Offices. officials said.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Deunwood Citizens
Ask River Cleanup

The Deanwood Civic Associa-
tion last night indorsed a mo-
ton by the Palisades Citizens
Association calling for action to
clean up the Potomac River.
The group also asked that q
traffic light be installed al
Forty-ninth street and Sheriff
road NE. George Amy. presi-
dent, conducted the meeting in
the Carver Elementary School,
Sheriff road and Whittingham
place NE.
Evening star., 1955-11-23

Committee chairmen for the
1855 Pageant of Peace, which
will be launched December l8 by
President Eisenhower. were an
nounced today.
Edward ]. Kelly. general
chairman. announced the ap-
pointments and said the pageant
| is perhaps our most significant
and finest community effort"
The appointments made by
Mr.. Kelly who is superintendent
Iof National Capital Parks, are:
The Rev. Dwight Anderson OF
the Washington Federation OF
Churches and Msgr. John S
Spence of the Catholic Arch
diocese of Washington, cochair-
men for religious cooperation:
Patrick Hayes, T'heater and Arts
Committee; Justin Lawrie, Music
Committee; Dave Rosenberg
Dance and Folk Songs Com
Emittee.
Other Committees
/ Also. Mr.. and Mrs. John T
O'Brien, cochairman of Diplo-
matte Liaison Committee; Will
liam H. Bartlett, Children's Cor
ner Committee; Harry Grattan
lir., and H. v. Oerting. Decora-
tons Committee, cochairmen;
George w. Harding and George
Clark, grounds and facilities CO.
chairmen.
Also. Maj. James G. Dunton
Military Participation Commit
tee; John B. Gilliland, Reception
Committee; Walter Mcdonald
Military Affiliated Radio Service
Committee; William Coyle. Public
Relations Committee with Cody
Pfanstiehl and Dave POLAND as
vice chairmen; Edgar Morris. In
ternational Children's Broadcast
Committee, and Edward M
Kirby, Pageant Program Com
mittee.
Representing the participating
agencies are the following:
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Transit Profit
Rises 33Pct.

Capital Transit Co. today re-
ported a profit for October Of
sos, ,039-33.5 per cent more
than in the same month last
year.
The disclosure came as the
company filed its regular month";
ly income statement with the
District Public Utilities Com
mission.
The profit figure for October,
second full month of operation
after the company's 52-day tram
sit strike. compared with a Sep
tember profit of $1o6,051-ll5,1
per cent more than In Septem-
Der, 1864.
Much Of the increase in profit
for October came through tax
savings. In October, 1854, the
company had TO allocate $50. 400
for Federal income taxes. but it
did not have to set aside any,
thing this October because OF
overall losses for the year
caused by the strike.
For the first 10 months of
1855. however. the company
showed net loss Of $563.8l, re-
fiecting what appeared to be
some S672 900 in loss to the COM
pany because of the seven-week
walkout.
With increased bus and street.
car fares granted to settle the
strike. the company still received
II,6 per cent less total revenue
from transit riders last October
than in October, 1854.
Regaining Riders
1t appeared. however, that the
company was rapidly regaining
riders lost because of the strike
and the fare increase. Septem-
Der revenues were So per cent
below those for the previous
year.
The company reported a 13
per cent loss in passengers for
october. as compared to a 1874
loss during September.
The report indicated, how
ever. that revenue losses were
being offset by severe economies
during the company's last year
Iof business. It's franchise ex-
Ipires next August II under an
act of Congress passed during
the strike.
While October passengers we're
I2,319,l91 fewer than in the same
month q year ago--l3 per cent
total bus and streetcar mileage
was down So per cent.
Also. the company reported, 1t
had trimmed the cost OF doing
business by Sc per cent as COM
pared to October. 1854.
Total Revenue Down
Although the company's over
,all loss for the year to date was
only 1868. the report said total
revenues were down $4.5 million,
or 20.4 per cent for the l0-month
period. Expenses, however, we're
ITS per sent lower.
The company also indicated
lit was rapidly absorbing addi-
tional labor costs caused by the
strike settlement. Although the
operators pay was increased
from $1.90 to $500 an hour. Cap
|ital Transit said its labor costs
lin rail operations had dropped
from $549,11l in October to
$474, ,763 last month.
The labor cost in bus operating
expenses dropped from $724.507
to s665.535.
Total savings in labor costs.
presumably due to reduced oper-
ations, amounted to $l33,309.
Evening star., 1955-11-23

Thanksgiving Services Listed. Page A-9
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were preparing the usual feast
of turkey and trimmings and
many were planning to give
thanks for material blessings by
attending some church or prayer
service.
Union Station, National Air
port and bus stations were set
for the usual rush of Wednesday
evening departures. ALI were
READY to furnish as many extra
sections as are needed to handle
the holiday throngs.
Rain Expected Today
For many Government work.
ers, it will be a long, happy
week end. Many have sand
wiched a day of annual leave
between Thursday and Saturday
to make it a four-day session.
Today's get away weather
isn't expected to be as nice as
tomorrow's. With a cold front
headed this way, showers were
expected this afternoon and to-
night, followed by colder wea-
ither. Today's high was expected
to reach 81 degrees, falling to
about 40 before tomorrow morn
ing.
Partly cloudy skies, but no
moisture, are seen for Friday.
Late Saturday may bring an
other touch of rain-about the
time thousands are returning
from the Army Navy game in
Philadelphia. or headed home
early from the holiday.
President Urges Thanks
To the heavy flow of motorists
expected to fill the highways
during the holiday period, the
American Automobile Associa-
ton suggested a safe. sane and
sober" policy so that the turkey
will be the only weekend
casualty.
From the temporary White
House IN Gettysburg, Pa, Presi-
dent Eisenhower urged the Ma
ton to, remember what Thanks
giving stands for, and to give
thanks to God while remembers
ing the needy.
The President and his family,
including son John S. EiSen-
hover. his wife and children, will
enjoy a typical Thanksgiving at
the Gettysburg farm. In view of
his recent illness. the day un-
doubtedly will have a special
meaning for the President.
Most of Washington,s down.
town business will be at a stand
IstlH tomorrow, but stores win
remain open until 9 o'clock FRI
day evening to make up fer it.
Religious Services Slated
Religious services were con-
Quoted today at the Pentagon
and others were scheduled at
nearby military installations to-
morrow.
Among the more traditional
Washington services tomorrow
will be the 46th annual Pan
American mass at 1890 am. in
st. Patrick's Catholic Church.
Its celebrant will be the Most
Rev. Amleto Cicognani, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States,
while the Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle. Archbishop of WASH
ington, will preside.
Men of the Army anti-Aircraft
Command have invited their
families and friends to join them
at an open house, to keep them
company while they guard the
Capital. They cannot leave their
posts at the 20 or more guided
installations surrounding
the city.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Colder Weather
Slated to Bring
Rain Tonight

A Thanksgiving Day made TO
order - some sunshine with
temperatures in the upper dos
was forecast for the holiday to-
morrow as thousands of cele-
orators began tricks to the old
homestead.
Those who chose to remain
beside Washington fireplaces
Evening star., 1955-11-23
TOYS FOR TOTS WEEK PROCLAIMED

District Commissioner Samuel Spencer presents the official
District director the Marine Corps Reserve Yesterday 1t
annual campaign conducted by Marine
children
Staff Photo
Evening star., 1955-11-23

Thanksgiving Services Listed. Page 40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

Premier were sure he was 60
ing to lose power. So they
brought a "Diem-must-Ngo"
movement into the open and
claimed, according to a Paris
dispatch from Star Core
spondent Crosby S. Noyes.
that America also was ready
to dump Diem. In Washing
ton, however, there was no
word that this country agreed
with the French.
Gen. j. Lawton Collins, the
Presidents special representa-
tive in Saigon, returned mean
while to Washington for CON
situations. His recommended
ton to keep Diem or look for
a stronger premier would car
ry much weight.
The Wet Namese Chief of
State. Bao Dai. who lives on
the French Riviera, needs
American and French support
in Wet Nam and presumably
would be amenable to any sug-
geStion that he change pre-
miers.
Reports from Saigon indi-
Gated, however. that new ef-
forts to save Wet Nam would
have to be made or the coun-
try would fall apart-and into
the hands of the Communists.