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Evening star., 1955-11-14
'Redssessnlent
Contract Let

Inc OlSLf1ct To-Day awarded 9
Iconsultant's contract to a st
Louis firln for assistance in Its
big real estate reassessment pro-
gram.
The $is.50O contract was
awarded by telephone to Roy
Wenzlick and Co.. described by
Schuyler Lowe. director Of Gen.
eral Administration. as a fairly
old firm which is engaged in an
assessment program in st. Louis
County.
The, District was launched or
Ia three-year reassessrnent pro.
gram by Congress after a House
IAppropriations Committee com.
plant that many areas of the
Icity had not been reassessed ir
20 or 30 years.
| The three-year program Il
scheduled to cost about $3.50. 900
IA supplemental appropriation
this fiscal year of $4,000 has
been obtained for starting the
work. The city already has hired
Ia director Of assessments. Walter
lLahde. to direct the program.
A representative Of the Wenz-
lick firm. selected after a survey
Iof consultant Arms and their
cost proposals. is expected here
Wednesday to start work.
The firm win prepare an as
sessment manual setting up yard
sticks for arriving at basic values
of all types OF land and property
There are an estimated l55.000
separate pieces Of land and l75,-
900 improvements involved In the
local reassessment program.
After the manual is complete,
probably in several months. the
firm will send in people to con-
duct training courses for local
personnel.
The consultant also viii es-
tablish q property record form
on which description Of all prop
critics can be kept.
The city has q hiring list lined
up and as soon as 1t is known
what the data requirements will
be. field crews will be sent out
to start work. Mr.. Lowe said
that about SO persons will be
hired. It is planned to set up
mobile field Offices.
The consultant during the
three-year period win furnish per
diem consultant service on spe-
cial problems. such as those pre-
sented In appeals, at 500 a day.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Women Grabs
Intruders Gun

Mrs. Mary n. Fried. 4s. of 6323
Luzon place NV routed an In
truder from her apartment early
today By grabbing his gan and
screaming. Washington police
reported.
Officers said Mrs Fried en-
tered the apartment around 1850
am. Her husband. Jesse. was
parking their alto.
A minute Or 30 after she en-
tered the home. 9 colored man
walked into the apartment.
wordlessly pointing Q long-bar-
relied revolver at her. Mrs. Fried
said.
She told police she grabbed the
barrel. forcing It ceilingward,
and began screaming. The man
wrested the pistol away and
fed. Running toward his
screaming wife. Mr.. Fried caught
3 glimpse Of the assailant. The
man was described as about IS
years old. 5 feet. Z inches tail,
ITS pounds. medium build, with
brown skin.
At 3:f5 am. today q gunman
in another case was similarly
described.
He was one Of two men who
held UP William w. Smith, 3S4
Thirteenth street Sc, at the
gasoline station Mr.. Smith man
ages at 1915 South Capitol
street.
Mr.. Smith said the gtlnman
rannmed pistol against his
abdomen and announced This
is q stickup. : The accompiice
pinned Mr.. Smiths arms to his
side. the pair took $40 In bills
from the victims shirt pocket,
and ned on foot. Mr.. Smith said.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Brisk soIes Begin in Christmas Toys;
voriety Of New Ploythings Offered

IuIarity this year. You can nov
get miniature sets for making,
|Yariously. candy, desserts. bar
|becue. soda fountain treats,
pastry and pancakes, and tea,
One. called q chuck wagon set, :
offers "real Western chow"--hot
soup. pork and beans and
spaghetti.
Most stores now classify their
toys by age groups. For the
youngest children. q new item
Is q plastic. unbreakable quart
milk bottle filled with colnred
spools.
F'or musical types. the plastic
instruments, most Of which use
|harrnonica reeds for sound, now
Include trumpets, clarinets. ac-
|cordions, glockenspiel. saxo
phones, trofnbones. tubas and
pianos. One set Of jazz-hand trap
drums has q double appeal. the
bass drum being decorated with
|a Western rider horsed on q
rearing bronco.
Do-It-YourseK kits
DO : it yourself accounts for
many toys. There are kits from
which q child can construct air
planes. boats, cars. houses and
play pens. Some Of the model
racers and planes even come
with real miniature gasoline en-
gines.
There are tool sets for young
tinkerers, too. Some are in carry
ing boxes. others In racks or tool
holsters. One set is attached 70
a '.junior lineman tool belt" for
aerial work.
Davy Crockett ware is still Of
fered in large numbers. but buy
ers report that the ''hig FASH
OF buying has tapered of.
And spacemen. space helmets,
space guns and flying saucers-
"a universal craze for q while
have almost dropped out Of
sight. As one store manager put
1t:
.Space Is dead"
Evening star., 1955-11-14

striped trousers on an errand Of
public service.
He appeared at a small lunch
Ieon ct the Treasury Department
ito receive q top award sfor pa
|triotic services to community and
Nation through the United
States Savings Bond program. "
Relaxing In 4 hotel room after
|a flight from Pittsburgh, he Of
|fered comment on the rash Of
INSIDE stories printed since he
rose to fame In "A Streetcar
Named Desire" Julius Caesar"
and "On the Waterfront.
Kits Inside Stories
THE wave Of nth" IN the new
"inside-expose" magazines he
said. sis like 4 wash Of dirty
foam. It'll 60 away and be for
gotten
Mr.. Brando. referring to one
such magazine, said Its really q
kind Of benign malignancy. Since
the Victorian days American,
have become much more sophis-
ticated about sex-you know
Kinsey and the post-Freudiar
works but there are still many
people with q kind of 12-year-
lold curiosity about sex" Mr.
IBrando also compared English
libel laws with those IN America,
the spiritual problems Of war
wounded paraplegics and pic
lures he would like to make.
He is now preparing to produce
his own fllm, d Western called
ITO Tame q Land"
He said his latest film, Guys
and Dolls" Is nothing to get
up on your tricycle. about" but
that 1t win undoubtedly be a
great success. Forgetting. per-
haps, that he once played
Shakespeare for the movies, he
said his favorite role was in
aOn the Waterfront. because
It's the best scenario I've ever
been connected with He said
he hopes some day to act in q
movie Of .Teahouse of the
August Moon now playing on
Broadway.
AIlergic to Press
Mr.. Brando said he never
grants press interviews except
for formal sessions IN connec-
ton with q new picture.
"And then / tell them In ad-
vance who / am willing to see.
You know how some Of those
guys are.
His award today was given
him for two one-minute t'trailers"
he made recently promoting saw
ings bonds. He said the two films
represent his first Government
service, and added with q laugh.
since / was arrested"
Evening star., 1955-11-14

Space u dead this year. bui
everything else Ii jumping. .
survey of toy stores and toy
departments shows.
with parents drifting up Il
the toy counters earlier thar
ever. merchants. almost to Z
man. predict this win be tn.
best season yet for toy sales.
The big rush for toys win b.
mounted the day after Thanks.
giving and rise to its annual
peak In the first two weeks d
| December. But already stores re-
port brisk sales.
Santa Claus dozens Of him
win move into most departments
by the end Of next week.
The newly decorated depart
Iments are stocked with the
familiar toys Of other years and
q bumper crop Of new items. The
greatest number Of innovations
Is in mechanical tcrs.
More Electrical Toys
More and more toys are going
| electrical and automatic.
Dolls and trains. always biz
sellers, are not much changed
this year. The baby doll thai
cries real tears is having q good
second year. She Is Joined thii
year BY q large number Of teen
Iage dolls. Some have high heel
land lacy underthings for the
first time, and one wears Q
Princess Margaret-style tiara.
Lii trains. the principal addi.
Itions are an electric streetcar
which fiips Its trolley and re-
verses direction every time Y
bumps into anything. and q
diesel locomotive with a life-likt
I.roar" which rises and falls with
the trains speed.
Foreign imports are more nu-
IEnerous than everyone store re-
ports that rs per cent Of its
stock Is foreign-fnade and
many Of them are in the ex-
Ipanding electro-mech chanical lines
Evening star., 1955-11-14

lkFQkn kaSkk11AKly Guile WA0li
series.
Remote Controls
one Is q 'sgas pump with ,
revolving dial which pumps elec.
Itricity into the battery Of . tin.
lear. giving It several minutes
Juice to run on.
Others are remotely controlled
electric boats. q tiny kitchef
mixer that runs on its own pow
Ter, aerial sand leaders, cranes
steam shovels and claw bucket
land smaller than ever electril
ltrains.
From England come q child
Isize automobile with simulated
jengine and real spark plugs. new
lsets Of lead soldiers. steam en-
lgines and walking dolls.
1 Japan Is not so well repre-
scented as in other years. bul
There are many Italian imports
lmost of them intricately detailed
IDOLS and fantastic animal fig,
lures. some in cclorful felt-work
Spain, too, has Joined the LIS
lof importers. One Spanish to,
IFS q perfectly detailed street or.
|gan or hurdy gurdy, which play
'la whole series Of tunes. DOM
Jump too quick for It, though. i
lis one Of the most expensive toy
Ianywhere. with q price tag o.
I$2s5.
Mostly Plastic
1 Almost everything comes II
plastic. But there is a stronl
counter current. Many manu-
Ifacturers advertise their product,
are made Of ''real wood or .rea
metal"
Educational toys include in,
formation games and construc-
ltion sets and whole Laboratory
kits for amateur scientists ant
craftsmen. There are sets fol
1.-THE chemist, metallurgist, doctor
weather forecaster, optician
lglass blower. uranium prospec.
ltor. printer, miner, electrician
biologist and radio ham. Fol
THE budding penologist there Il
leven d Dick Tracy crime-stopp
lab
There are noise-makers in pro-
fusion. Along with the usua
lhandguns of all vintages. there
lare two new World War II copies
lone Is q tripod amounted anti.
Iaircraft gun and one a subma.
ichlne-gun or "biirp gum" Bott
shoot whole rolls Of caps II
rapid FIRE
TO the crop Of walkie-t -talkies
switchboards and telephones
have been added awrist radio
land q sound truck Like thu
ieariier numbers, they enable I
child to get behind d chair, trail
ing r1icrophone and wires, ant
blast out 8 loud testing. testing
testing call over the loud.
speaker.
Telephone Talks Back
Al new wall telephone ever
talks back at you when you turn
| q crank.
Girls kitchen sets. q sensation
10 year ago. have trebled In pop
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Southeast Bakery
Reports $38 HoIdup

Joseph H. Jetmore. proprietor
of q bakery at 917 Eighth street
IS E.. told police two men robbed
him Of $3.50 in the bakery
around 1880 pm. yesterday.
He said he was In the rear oi
the shop, heard q noise out front
and investigated.
One colored man was going
through the cash register. he
said. The other, hand In pocket
las though holding a gun, warned
II win shoot" Then the paii
fled.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Young Children
Get Polio Shots

District Health Department
doctors were out yaccinatins
again today in = polio inocula-
ltion program made possible by q
gift from the Polio Foundation.
Today,s inoculations were
aimed at children in kinder
lgarten and the first grades OF
90 public schools. The program
will continue through Friday. but
win not include children In
private and parochial schools.
The vaccine being used is that
which was left over from tl1f
Iinoculation program guided By
1.-THE Polio Foundation In October
Iplus what reserves Of the vaccine
1.-THE Health Department has re-
lceived since allotments started
Hast summer.
21.O00 Centimeters
Some $1,000 cubic centimeters
lof the vaccine Is expected to be
used up In the current tnocula-
lti0n program. DR.. Grace stone,
lchief Of the school services wing
]of the Health Department, said
lallotmentS Of the vaccine this
month and next month should
enable the program to be carried
lover into private and parochial
schools.
BY January, the Health De-
4partment also expects to extend
1.-THE program to include pre-.
school children between the ages
lof one through four.
Children who are eligible tt
receive the vaccine are those
Iwho are not receiving the vac
lcine from their private physi-
Icians.
Request forms sent TO parents
flor the current program showed
a so per cent return. health Of
lficials said.
Urge Top Fee Of SIS
Meanwhile. the District Med
lical Society has sent q letter
Ito private physicians stating 1t
was recommended that each shot
lof the vaccine given privately
Icarry q fee Of not more than IS.
Some physicians are charging
Hess than the IS figure when
lseveral members Of the same
family request the shot.
Originally. when the vaccina-
ltion schedule was q three-shot
course. o maximum Of SIS was
Recommended by the society to
icover all three shots. Some par
Ients have been confused, the So
ciety said. In that they under
stood each shot was to cost SIS.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Brondo Lets off Steam
On Duty Visit Here
BY HARRY BACAS

Marion Brando the American theaters new prince OF
Players blew into town today with raging cold and few
about magazine distortions" Of his private le
Mr. Bando has been called Byron From Brooklyn
kid Faust "e best actor In the world today" sob
an eccentric. Today he modest young in dark
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Remote Controls

ILTron aer1nany como 3 whole
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Telephone Talks Back

Al new wall telephone even
talks back at you when you turn
Ia crank.
Girls kitchen sets. q sensation
10 year ago. have trebled In pop
Evening star., 1955-11-14

E. B. Henderson of Falls
Church, president of the vir-
|ginia conference Of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People. said passage
of the proposals would permit the
revival of the "old battle OF
public and private education,
with white and colored children
suffering as a result" 4
The Virginia conference Of
the NAACP called the commis-
sion recommendation legally
indefensible, morally wrong and
economically unsound." and
they promised that it would soon
make "a fuller statement" Of its
Evening star., 1955-11-14

sSnace Is dead. p
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Mrs. Catherine ScIar,
Helped Operate Store

MRS. Catherine Solar. 73, d
resident Of Silver Spring for so
years, died today in her home.
822i Georgia avenue.
With her husband. Moses
Solar. who died In 1889, and later
with her sister. Mrs. Ada Solar
Sanders, who died last year, Mrs.
Solar ran the Grand Leader eer-
eral store at the home address.
A native Of Poland, she came
to this country in 1905 and lived
In East Berlin. Pa. until coming
here.
Active lii Jewish organizations.
Mrs. Solar was Q member Of the
Hebrew Home for the Aged, the
Montgomery County Jewish
Community Center, B'nai B'rith
and other groups.
Two sons, Reuben and Jacob
Solar, and 8 daughter, Miss
Fannie Solar. All Of Silver Spring.
survive. Is DO four grandchildren.
Services win be held 1T Cold
berg's funeral home, 42f7 Ninth
street N.W.s at . pm. tomorrow.
Burial viii be In Ohev Sh0lorn
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
]. R. van SWinderen,
Veteran Diplomat

Jonkheer Rene de Marees van
Swinderen. former Netherlands
Minister to the United States and
veteran diplomat, died yesterday
In London, according to word re-
ceived by friends here. He was
94.
Mr.. van Swinderen served as
Minister to this country from
1904 to 1908.
During his assignment here
he married the former Elizabeth
Glover, daughter Of the late
Charles C. Glover. first president
OF the Riggs Bank.
Beginning his diplomatic ca
reer In 1885. he had served as
attache Of the Netherland EN-
bassy In Berlin and served as
secretary In embassies In Rome,
Vienna, st. Petersburg and Paris.
He later was minister TO Hu-
charest. Belgrade and Washing
ton.
IN 1908 he was appointed Min-
lister Of Foreign Affairs at The
Hague and served as Minister of
the Netherlands to Great Brit
ain from 1913 until his retire.
Ilent In 1887.
Mr.. van Swinderen Is survived
BY dauRhter. Lady Hover.
Miliar, wife Of Sir Derrick Hoyer-
Millar, present British high
commissioner In Bonn, Ger-
many. and formerly stationed in
the British Embassy here. Also
surviving are two grandsons and
two granddaughters.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Mrs. Kate Nixon Marx, 80,
Washington Native

Mrs. Kate nixon Marx. SO. 1
native Of washington and
daughter of i former senate
paymaster died yesterday at tlae
home of her son, Col. Joseph N.
Marx. 3l23 Rittenhouse street
NV.
Mrs. Marx was born here Ia
1855 and attended the George
town Visitation Convent. Her
father. the late Richard B.
Nixon. WAS paynnaster Or the
Senate Tor more than 40 years.
She was married IN 1892 and
worked for the Treasury Depart
ment and other Government
agencies Tor 1 short time. Her
husband. Joseph Marx. died sev-
eral years ago.
A member Of the Christian
Science Church. she attended
the Third Church Of Christ.
Scientist, and was = member Of
the class Of Edward 3. Norwood.
Besides her son. Mrs. Marx Is
survived b three sisters. Mrs.
walter a. Brown. 27i3 Connect
icut aFenue NV; Hiss Elmer
Nixon. 1851 Lamont street NV.
and Mrs. Ernest Djuren. PURCELL
vile, Va and two erandchil-
dren. Joseph n. and Joy E, Marx.
Funeral services viii be held
1t II am. "wednesday at the
Saffeii funeral home. AS H
street NV. Burial win be In
Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
George ). Demon,
Real Estate Officer

George shields Denton, SO.
National Savings and Trust CO.
real estate officer, died Saturday
IN Georgetown Hospital. He
lived At 4e15 Drumrnond avenue,
Chevy Chase. Md.
Mr., Denton had been with the
Trust Co. for so years. He
became associated with the conn
pany as . clerk III the real estate
department when he iirst came
TO Washington in 1925. Later
he was assistant real estate
officer. He was reelected real
estate ofiicer only last week.
Mr.. Denton was treasurer Of
the D. G. Association Of Insur-
ance Agents and 3 member Of
the washington Real Estate
Board and the Board Of Trade.
He was . native Of Ports
mouth. Va.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Walling Denton: Z
daughter. Mrs. Donna McNish.
Of the home address. and three
randchildren.
Services win be held ct II am.
Wednesday ct Humphreys fu-
neral home In Bethesda. Burial
win be III Parklawn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-01-17

yised the handling Of money
orders with more than 10 foreign
countries.
Born In Glymont, Charles
County, Md, Miss Smith was
the daughter of Sylvester and
Priscilla Anne Smith. she was
p0Stmistress at Berwyn. Nd.
until she joined the Post Ofice
Department. itself, IN September.
1917.
Survivors are two sisters, Miss
Amy Smith, with whom she lived
at 2O01 sixteenth street NV,
and Mrs. Brooke D. Young. 3426
Sixteenth street NV. Her
brothers were the late Herbert
n. Smith. formerly with the Ma
tional Savings II Trust Co,
and Thomas Ernest Smith. with
q shipping concern ID Seattle,
Wash.
Services win be held 1T 9 an.
wednesday at st. paul's Catholic
Church. Fifteenth and " streets
NV. Burial win be In Mount
oliyet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
w. |. RowIands, ~.
x-Comnlerce Aide

willis Locke Rowlands. -.
washington representative Of
the Continental Can CO. since
Igl1. died Friday at his home.
70s South Pitt street, Alexap-
dria, Va.
Mr.. Rcwlands was loaned 10
the Commerce Department for
six months last year and served
as deputy director Of the BusI-
ness and Defense Service Ad.
ministration
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
virginia Dean RoElands: . son.
stephan, Pocatello. Idaho: his
mother. Mrs. Edna Eowlands,
Canton. Pa. and q brother. Clif-
ton r., Westport. Conn.
Services were to be held At
$3.50 pm. today II ST. paui's
Episcopal Church. Alexandria. or
which he was q member. Burial
win he privste.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Wallace 5. Thomas,
Export Supply Office
Deputy Director

Wallace s. Thomas. 81. deputy
director Of the once Of export
supply. Bureau Of Foreign Cone
merce Of the Department Of
Commerce, died Saturday Of 1
heart attack st his home. 454S
Rosedale avenue. bethesda.
Mr.. Thomas was 4 graduate Of
Phillips Exeter Academy and
Massachusetts Institute Of Tech-
noIogy.
He formerly was president Of
the Thomas Manufacturing Co.
IN his native Springfield. Ohio.
He entered the Government 90
years ago. He had been SUBJ
district manager Of the Home
Owners Loan Corp. in Columbus.
Ohio, and with the Soil Conser-
vation Service Of the Agricul-
ture Department In Upper Dar-
BY. Pa.
Mr.. Thomas came to WASH
ington In l943 with the Board
Of Economic Warfare and the
Foreign Economic Administra-
tion. He had been deputy d.
rector Of the Office Of Export
Supply for the last tive years.
he is survived BY his widow.
Mrs. Leone Davis Thomas.
Services were to be held today
at Pumphrey,s funeral home in
Bethesda. Burial VIII be in
Springfield, Ohio.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Col. WiIIiamH Allen,
Retired Specialist

Col. William HerscheI Allen,
SO. retired Army internal medic
cine specialist. died Monday IN
Santa Barbara. Calf Services
win be held at II am. Thursday
at Fort Myer Chapel. Burial
win be in Arlington Cemetery.
Col. Allen was q native Of
Washington. His father was
Naval Comdr. william II. Allen.
Col. Allen was graduated from
the Army Medical School here
in 1909 and also attended the
University Of Pennsylvania
School Of Medicine.
He was Q veteran Of both
World Wars. serving In France
during World War !. He com-
manded Sterpberg General Hos
pital in Manila and later was
chief Of medical service 1T Let
ternaan General Hospital. San
Francisco.
Survivors are his widow, Eliza
beth, Of Santa Barbara: q son.
Col. william n. Allen. stationed
iii Germany. and five grandchil-
dren, including Miss Joyce Allen.
2840 Twenty eighth street NV.