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Evening star., 1955-03-14

The National Art Gallery has
a shooting gallery. making it
probably the only cathedral of
culture in the world accommo-
dating both painters and pistol
eers.
The pistol range, high above
Constitution avenue NV, is
used by gallery guards and men
from the private agency which
watchdogs the gallery's burglar
alarms.
Heavily sound-proofed, the
range walls prevent ordnance
noise from annoying aesthetics
downstairs, Sand. brick. armor-
plate and thick mats keep bull.
lets away from the statues, oils
and art lovers.
The range was built shortly
after the gallery opened.
I'VE have about 5000 million
worth of art right out where peo-
pie can touch it," a gallery off,
cial explained, land we need
some sort of safeguard"
About go per cent of the
guards pack guns on duty. under
Evening star., 1955-03-14

tient would be told to keep the
eye open throughout surgery.
He emphasized that hypotism
in dentistry should not be con-
sidered in the realm of mysti-
cism. mo spell is cast" he said.
Nothing is up our sleeves"
Dentist Feels Good, Too
The technique is rewarding to
the dentist, he said.
Patients feel so nice and re-
laxed after work is DONE" he
said "You get an adoring look
after surgery"
Another advantage described
was hypnotizing some patients
over the telephone-say on a
Sunday if they called with a
toothache and were unable to
make it to the office until Mon
day. DR.. Ament said he could
tell a patient over the telephone
that a painful area of their
mouth was numb-and it would
stay that way until dental work
was completed.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Ohio State Official 10 Give
Medical Lecture al CIV

The second speaker in the
annual Kellogg Lecture Series.
currently being sponsored at the
George Washington University
School Of Medicine. will be DR..
Robert Milton zollinger.
DR.. Zollinger is chairman Of
the Department of Surgery at
Ohio State University.
He will speak on "Physiologic
Problems in Gastric Surgery" at
$3.50 o'clock tonight in Hall A
of the medical school, 1885 H
street NV.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

been in effect a consultant to
all private child-placing and
child-care agencies in the Dis
trict. r-s~-,- 7..-s --
Miss Morss was educated at
Wellesley College. the New York
School of Social Work and the
School of Social Work at Catholic
University. She lives at 2022
Columbia road NV.
Began Service in 1880
Mrs Thompson, who lives at
1919 Sedgwick street NV, has
been with Public Welfare in the
District most of the time since
1880 when she began as a case
worker in finding adaptive
homes. She worked in Georgia
administering emergency relief
from 1884 to 1885, and was away
from the District department
also from 1943 to 1949. when she
was at home. She has been
supervisor of the adoption unit
since 1850.
Mrs. Thompson was graduated
from the Connecticut College
for Women and the New York
School of Social Work.
Mr.. O'Neale will be responsible
for supervising social workers
who serve boys at the Industrial
Home School at Blue Plains. He
joined the department in 1949
after working a year with
United Community Services. Ed
ucated at Lincoln University,
Howard University and the
Catholic University School of
Social Work, he is a native of
Trinidad British West Indies.
His home is at 1904 Fourteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Sloan Quits as Head
Of Nets Bourd
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-George
A. Sloan, industrialist. banker
and philanthropist, has submit
ted his resignation as chairman
of the board of the Metropolitan
Opera Association.
Mr.. Sloan, 81, disclosed last
night that he had sent a letter
of resignation. which has not
been acted on yet by the board.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
.EmbassyAide
Seeks Return
OF Son in U. s.
Austrian Womun
Sues Pennsylvania
Couple for Boy, II

The second secretary of the
Austrian Embassy. woman who
sent her only son to America
to save him from the Russians,
today petitioned a Norristown
(PaD court for his return from
the couple acting as guardians.
Mrs. Johanna A. Nestor. 81.
of 5917 Gloster road, WoodacreS.
Md, said she had made repeated
and persistent requests for sur
render of custody of her son,
but in each instance has re-
ceived nothing but evasive and
negative response and refusals."
Sent Boy Here in 1852
Mrs. Nestor, who has served at
the Embassy here since Septem-
ber 8. said in a petition for a
writ of habeas corpus that she
sent the boy, Francis Matthew.
now IL. to this country under
the displaced persons act in
February, 1852.
The decision to get Francis out
of Austria followed the arrest of
her husband, Walter K. Nestor.
an attorney. who was kidnapped
by the Russian secret police in
June. 1945. and has not been
heard from since. Previously.
her husband had been held at
the Dachau concentration camp
in Germany for fighting the
Nazis.
On his arrival in America.
Francis was turned over to
Joseph A. and Tia G. Brustman,
now of Penn Valley, Pa. and
formerly of Fairfield, Conn. The
Brustmans were named as de-
PENDANTS in the action.
Rejected Adoption
Mrs. Nestor said she agreed
to legal guardianship after
having first on request on this
said Ila B. Brustman emphatically
refused to consent to the adop-
ton" of her son
Formerly vice consul at Frank
fort, Mrs. Nestor said she asked
to come to America to be with
her son and arrived September 8
with her mother who now lives
with her.
Il went to see my son imme-
diately." she said. But was
met with refusals when I asked
for him back"
Mrs. Nestor said she had en-
rolled the boy in Georgetown
Prep and was financially able
to support Inn. She cted her
salary of $500 a month, and said
she maintains a six-room home
with two baths, a powder room
and garden. .. ~.
| Mrs. Nestor once almost fell
into the hands of the Russians
on visit from Frankfort to
Vienna, she said, but managed
to talk herself to freedom.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

at Louisiana
State Univer-.
sity.
DR.. S m t h
attended the
S i d W e | |
Friends School
a n d Western
Hi g h School
here. He took
undergraduate
work at Will
liams College
and also at
tended Colum-
bia University
and the Uni
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Puntch Is New Welfare Administrator

Guy w. Puntch. A, supervisor
Of consultant services for the
Districts Department of Public
Welfare. has been named ad-
ministrative officer to succeed
the late Frank M. Gray, it was
announced today.
Other personnel changes ap-
proved by Commissioner Renah
Camalier as recommended by
Welfare Director Girard M
Shea are as follows:
Miss A. Patricia Moras, license
officer, to be supervisor of con-
sultant services.
Mrs. Imogen H. Thompson,
supervisor of adoptions in the
child welfare division, to be Ii
cense officer.
Randolph E. O'Neale, social
worker in the child welfare di-
vision. to be case work super
visor in the division.
Native of Texas
Mr.. Puntch, who will be re-
sponsible for the budget, fiscal,
personnel, administrative and
facilitating services of the de-
partment, is a native Texan and
has been with the department
since 1851. He was administra-
tive officer for the public assist
ance division and since Septem-
ber 1853 has been on special
assignment in administrative re-
organization, and serving as a
deputy to Mr.. Gray.
He was with the Texas State
Department of Public Welfare
for 10 years before World War
II and served for three years
with the United Nations working
with refugees in Europe. He
Evening star., 1955-03-14
KnowIand Breakfasts
With President Today

Senate Republican Leader
Knowland, who has been urging
strong action to prevent the
Finnish tanker Aruba from de-
livering a cargo of jet fuel to
Communist China. breakfasted
with President Eisenhower at the
White House today.
Senator Knowland refused to
say as he left the White House
whether he discussed the Aruba
case specifically with the Presi-
dent, telling reporters only that
they talked about various phases
of the foreign problem as we'll as
legislative matters"
Senator Knowland answered
"yes," when asked If he was
satisfied with the way thing are
going"
Evening star., 1955-03-14

was educated at North Texas
State College, Texas A&M, Tu-
lane University and the School
of Social Service Administra-
ton, University of Chicago. He
lives with his wife and three
children at 2915 Wilton avenue,
Silver Spring, Md.
Miss Morss will supervise con-
sultant services, including re-
search statistics, landlord tenant
matters and volunteer services.
She has been with Public We'll
fare here since 1918. She served
with the Board of Children's
Guardians and became chief of
the child welfare division. AS
license officer since 1945 she has
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Miner Professor Gets
Ph. D. From Harvard

Charles w. Thomas, assistant
professor of English at Miner
Teachers College, today was
awarded a doctor of philosophy
degree at Harvard University.
A graduate of Dunbar High
School and Oberlin College, Mr..
Thomas also earned his masters
degree at Harvard. He is the
third Negro student to earn a
Harvard Ph.D. in English.
He and his wife and son live
at 4432 Douglas street NE.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

versity of Chicago.
DR.. Smith is the son Of Mrs.
Philip Sydney Smith. former
member of the District of Co.
lumbia Board of Education and
a member of the board of trus-
tees of the Public Library of the
District.
DR.. Smith will assume his
duties July l. He currently is
director of libraries at the Uni
versity of Vermont.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
40 Out Of ia
Reply TO zonA1g
QUESTIONABLE
Majority Favor End
Of'Non-Conformino'
Business Places

Only about 40 responses have
been received from 124 citizen
questionnaires sent out by the
city's Zoning consultant last
January. it was reported today.
Harold M. Lewis. the consult
ant, was scheduled to discuss the
responses at meeting Of the
executive committee of the
Commissioners Zoning Advisory
Committee today. The question:
r1aire sought the sentiments of
citizens associations and advis-
ory committee members on vari-
Gus coming questions.
The consultant's Office said
less than half the so members
of the advisory committee had
replied to the QUESTIONABLE. 1t
was understood that additional
replies are still in preparation
and will be received later from
citizen groups.
Response of Majority
Meanwhile. Mr.. Lewis reported
that a majority of 81 replies on
the subject of Objectionable
on-conforming" businesses in
residential areas favored their
termination.
The response indicated that
the businesSesses should be given
a reasonable time to amortize
investment. Only Is per cent
believed non-conforming uses
those out of keeping with the
zoning assigned to the area
should be permitted to remain.
Mr., Lewis said the possibility
of condemnation and purchase of
business by the municipality
for resale to meet zoning regula-
tions raises an interesting pos
sibility in the use of eminent
domain" to aid the police power
in development control.
He said the Federal Govern
ment had won acceptance of the
principle in a recent Supreme
Court decision, "but so far no
local governing body has legally
developed the theme that chang
ing the use of land is a public
purpose which it would be neces-
sary to show in order to employ
the power of eminent domain.
Perhaps the Capital City is
the proper place to institute
such a useful tool for civic de-
velopment and we are consider
ing the legal and practical
aspects of the question" he said.
Modern zoning regulations
generally provide for eventual
elimination of really objection
able non-conforming features, If
not the uses themselves, the con-
sultant noted, but new legisla-
ton by Congress would be re-
quired to accomplish it here. !
Replies to Other Queries
Responses to other questions
included these:
OH street parking spaces
should be required in new sin
gle-family dwellings. according
to 73 per cent of the replies,
and optional, according to 27
per cent. Nearly half the re-
spondents favored 20 feet as the
minimum lot width requirement
for row houses. Gardens in row
house developments should be
either 80 or so feet deep, ac-
cording to rs per cent of the
respondents.
The report indicated these
views on the way to relieve con-
gestion in downtown Washing
ton: Provide more mass transit,
l9 per cent: limit use of private
cars, 2 per cent; provide large
scale parking, 20 per cent; pro-
hibit curb parking. 6 per cent;
provide new express streets, 13
per cent; remove some build
ings, 6 per cent: strictly limit
future building, S per cent; re-
quire new buildings to provide
parking, or contribute to nearby
parking, 20 per cent, and pro-
vide separated pedestrian cir
culation, per cent.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

on Thee"
How essential it is that each
seek for himself perfection of peace
in mind and soul in these times of
trouble and these days when the
forces of darkness strive to increase
the turmoil in the world!
Isaiah prescribed this way to in
ner peace. 1t is simple way and an
ancient way, but sure way. 1t is
not the way of the avenger, the
holder of hatreds, the builder of
spites, the creator of enmities.
This peace is not found in let
ti,,o fha ,,,i,,l j,r,au -, kha,,n6k. -
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Disney Comic Begins
In The Star Today

Begin enjoying Walt Disney's True
Life Adventures" which storts todoy
in The Evening stor's comic pages.
From pole to pole, from oeeon
TO ocean, q world Of exciting things
unfolds in True Life Adventures
You'll discover nature anew. her
secrets both quaint and wonderful
detoils obout things thot creep, erowI.
wolk. run. fly, swim or grow in ony
form.
Don't miss True Lite Adventures"
beginning todoy in the comic poges.
Reod The Evening ond Sunday Stor
reeulorly. For convenient home de-
livery phone Sterling $4,000.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Syracuse Alumni Session

The Syracuse Alumni Club of
Washington will meet at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the community room
of the Washington Post-Times
Herald. Art Gabriel. field Sec
retary for the alumni association,
will be guest speaker.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Sydney Smith Is Named
lSU Libraries Head

Sydney Butler Smith, AZ, for
mer assistant librarian at George
Washington University, recently
was named director of libraries
Evening star., 1955-03-14

jealousy envy covetousness 1t the mind that
is centered on the Great Giver Of Peace-on God
1t is as simple that and constantly call that
and its great true promise to my aid when troubles and
problems loom and when worry seeks possession of my
thoughts
Tomorrow-Washngton Burrell Union Station Redcap.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
A Thnngtt fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections by People You Know
By Theodore R. McKeIdin
Governor Of Maryland

have many special of scripture that are
great comfort to that it is difficult to select One,
however that high my list of prorities Isaiah xxv3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind stayed
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Left 81 Million by Friend,
Couple Feels Uneasy
by The Assoeiassd Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 5.
Word that they've inherited
more than 81 million has only
made a Hawaiian businessman
and his wife uneasy, they said
here yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Mumper
Of Honolulu were having a
thoroughly enjoyable tour of the
States with stop here at the
home of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mai. and Mrs. B. B.
Wilson. when it was reported
from Hartford, Conn, Monday
that they had come into a ST.
278.973 Inheritance. It came In
the will Of their longtime
friend, Mrs. Celia Mix, who died
several weeks ago.
Now they fear they may nc
longer be able to travel anony-
mously during the rest Of their
| tour.
Mr.. Mumper. an importer, said
the inheritance comes as no sur
prise. He said Mrs. Mix was g
friend of long standing who had
indicated "She would remem-
Der u.s." He said he didn't know
where the wealthy friends
money came from.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
By Bob Thomas
A.soeioisd Press Staff Writer
HOLLYWOOD.

dOlI11 WO(iO.
The loyal fans Of Liberace will
be cheered to learn he is doing
well after his recent physical
setback. thank you.
! have this on personal knowl-
edge. having visited the Candel-
abra King at his ornate home in
the San Fernando Valley. He
came to the door in his bathrobe
and slippers and offered the news
that he was feeling fine. We. sat
down in the black-and-white liy-
ing room dominated by twin
grand pianos. and he talked
about his enforced vacation.
II never would have found
out about it, except for an in
surance physical / had" he ex-
planned. Every once in a while,
the Office takes out another an
nuity for me, and ! have to have
a checkup. The doctor told me
I would have to cut down all
activity and get a complete rest.
II came back from my last
tour quite heavy. The doctor
told me that globules Of fat were
clogging my arteries. cutting of
the flow of oxygen in my blood.
Z That's why ] had been feeling
50 tired. When ! did my TV
show, I'd get to the point at
four o'clock in the afternoon
when / didn't have the strength
to continue. ! had to ask the
director to shoot around me for
half an hour while I took a rest. "
The cure was rest and reduc-
ton. With a diet of steaks and
salads, Lee has shelved II pounds
and has 8 more to go. OF him.
1t looks good. He is not as
cherubic as he used to be. and
he looks younger.
The pianist must continue his
complete rest until February.
What does he do with his time?
Il spend a lot Of time in bed" :"
he said. He showed me the bed
room with its huge mono-
grammed bed and the remote
controlled TV set facing it.
And I've been making things.
too. I've taken some old cande-
labra and made lamps OUT of
them for friends, I've redesigned
the backend Of my car, and I'm
planning protection booth
which I'm installing here in the
Evening star., 1955-01-05

pElZGS IOI LIE t1kd AIldIl . jewel
and race horse collection. the
winners are not above treating
them casually.
Most casual of the lot could
be Walter Brennan. the former
New England real estate sales
man. who is champion Of cham
pions in having won three Acad-
erny awards. These. all support
ing player prizes. are for Come
and Get IT," Kentucky and
"The Westerner.
OF the first two. the practical
Brennan whose Yankee accent
became pure frontier with just
q slight change of rhythm, made
q pair of book-ends. The third
one, he says, just sits there on
q shelf looking lonely and useless.
IF can ever win another, it'll
be matched with this and made
a second set of book-ends."
Brennan says.
It could happen. too, consider
ing the academy's strong, but
entirely logical, predisposition to
regard Brennan as a perennial
sort of Oscar winner.
TRACY GENEROUS: Spencer
Tracy. a long-Shot candidate for
q third Oscar with his perform
ance in bad Day at Black
Rock" is the only double win-
ner of the academy's top male
acting award. Louise Rainer
has two on the distaff side for
"The Great Ziegfeld" and THE
Good Earth.")
Nevertheless, the Tracy trophy
room shows only one Oscar. that
which the actor won for his per-
Torrance as Manuel. the Por-
tuguese fisherman in Captains
Courageous"
The other, earned for his por-
trait of Father Flanagan IN
''Boys Town." Tracy gave away
in 1898 to the priest who founded
the famous Nebraska school. It
is one of the proudest exhibits
in the schools trophy room. The
other Tracy Oscar" stands atop
n bookshelf in the living room
OF his Encino, Calf, ranch.
\ 4 \ \
JAGGER'S DILEMMA: The
most amusing of the oscar"
case histories dug up by MGMs
man is that of Dean Jaeger.
When Jaeger, a Broadway ac-
tor for many years, moved TO
Beverly Hills to become a MN
Evening star., 1955-01-05

player, he found himself the
possessor of a mantel that would
make a perfect resting place for
an Academy Award. Being o
modest man. he had no notion
that he would begin collecting
acting prizes. but it occurred to
him that he knew where to put
any that he might win.
AS the years passed, however.
the Jaeger house became can
didate for remodeling and in
1949 the actor concluded that
he could give up the mantel. He
did. and the day after workmen
tore out the prize decoration Of
the old living room, Jaeger came
home with his oscar" as the
years best supporting actor in
Twelve O'Clock High"
In the redesigned Jaeger resi-
dence, the statuette makes a fine
ornament for the room Of the
actors .3-year-old daughter.
It is a multitude Of uses, OBJ
viously, that the winners find
for their prize of prizes, but none
of them ever really became the
doorstep that is SO often ir-
reverently predicted for them.
*a**
MID WEEK MISCELLANY:
Italy's shapely actresses who
have been dominating lot of
conversations the past year, face
a head-on challenge from, of all
girls, Jane Russell. :. Independ-
ent Producer Howard Welsch,
who used to make Bob Hope
pictures, has just borrowed Miss
Russell from Howard Hughes for
"Portofino." He will make
the picture in Italy which will
take Miss Russell right onto the
home grounds of Gino Lollo-
brigida and the other spectacu-
lar Italians. They do come
back. ). Conrad Nagel. recently
busy on teleyision, has just
signed for Hollywood picture,
"All That Heaven Allows" /.
He will be returning to the scene
of his silent picture triumphs
which were all the more reward
ing in those days when there
were almost no income taxes. ...
The lure Of foreign travel is ir-
people. -. Although she will not
peiple &. Although she will not
be working, Sally Forrest is
leaving "The Seven Year Itch"
to go to Norway. -. She will be
just an accompanying wife while
her husband, Milo Frank, shoots
the film "The Viking" -. Aside
to Pvt. Paul E. Bline, Wal
ter Reed Hospital: Thanks
for your letter, LII = Actually
neither stheater nor film book
ingS are announced beyond the
listings carried in the SUM-
day Coming Attractions -.
There's a Hamlet" in Moscow
which finds the Princes famous
melancholia to be the result Of
his struggle against the dark
forces of reaction. y. Repre-
sented. no doubt, by his step
fathers talent for political mur-
der and his mothers connivance
in 1t.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Liberoce Is Doing Fine
After His Recent Setback

house Now I'll be able to see the
rushes Of my TV show here in
stead of going clear into town."
He said that his arranger came
to the house daily and they plan
future shows and play the piano.
But he takes good care of me, I"
Lee added. after we've played
half an hour, he makes me quit" /"
He said that the doctor would
not allow even an occasional dip
in the piano-shaped pool.
f** y
Liberace has cancelled six con-
cert dates he had planned for
early this year in Seattle, Port
land, Salt Lake City and else
where. Next month he'll ease
back into his TV routine. Then
in May he expects to start his
movie for Warner Brothers. It's
now called Sincerely Yours.
Liberace," but it's not a biog-
raphy. The story was merely
. suggested by his career.
you know" Lee reflected, you
hear a lot about how tough stu
dios are to deal with, but I've
had nothing but the best of re-
lations with Warmers. I think
tSee THOMAS, Page A-319
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

ANU '"s "
Stage.
shubert - "Glad Tidings';
$50 pm.
Arena - "The Miser";; $3.50
pm.
Screen.
Ambassador THE silver
Chalice"; l. 3:45. $50 and 9:2O
pm.
CapitoI-"Deep in My Heart;
ll:15 am, LAS, 4:2OS z ana
e:40 pm.
Colony - illicit Interlude';
$50, sos and 9:45 pm.
Columbia - Athena; l1:40
am, 1:40, 1855 pm, 5:45, TOO
and $50 pm.
Dupont-"Romeo and Juliet;
IL am, 1885, AIS. 6:55 and s:35
pm.
Keith's-"20,00O Leagues Un-
der the Sea-: 10 an, 1920. 2:4O.
sos. 7:25 and $50 pm.
Little - Garden of Eden;
l.3o. 3:15. ASS 6:40. $40 and
1905 pm.
MacArthur-"High and Dry;
Sis, 8 and $3.50 pm.
Metropolitan THE Silver
Chalice";; 1925 am, 2. 4:30.
7:05 and 9:40 pm.
Ontario Three Ring Circus;
1880. $3.50, $50. 1880 and $50
pm.
Palace-"There's No Business
Like Show Business; 1885 am,
2:10. 4:4o. tbs and $3.50 pm.
Playhouse-.The Sign OF the
Pagan; II am. 1880. 2:40,
4.30. $40. S:l5 and 1910 pm.
Plaza-"The Detective; 10.
lao. $40, 5. 6:45. $3.50 and lo:15
pm.
Trans-Lux - "Phffft" 1l:05
am, /. 2:5o. ABS. 6:25, $40. and
9::55 pm
Warner-"Tffis Is Cinerama":;
i:3o and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
The Passing Show
The Posing Show
'Oscors' Meet Varied Fotes
But None As Door-Stops
By Joy Cormody

thoughts running through the heads Of
something Of multitude Of HOLLYWOOD lm stars Metro
searcher negbe for Academy Award hmseD has looked
into the fate Of several Of the highly priced satuees
that while they would not trade their