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Evening star., 1955-02-15
Cherry Blossom
Festival Duefo
Break Records
1000 Expected
For 6-Doy Program
Storting March ~

Washington's Cherry Blossom
Festival is expected to break all
attendance records this year BY
drawing more than 100000 Wis
itors for the six-day program
beginning March 20.
Members Of the festival COM
mittee, headed by Orville Crouch
eastern division manager foi
Loew's Theaters. met today to
complete plans for the program
One of the committee mem
bers. John H. w. Roper, chair
man of the Parade Committee,
said the annual K street parade
will be the most musical in the
history of the festival. He said
66 bands from across the coun-
try have already asked to par
ticipate. compared to % bands
last year.
Parade to Last Two Hours.
The parade. planned to last
two hours. will begin at Ninth
and K streets NV. and move on
x to Twentieth street. where It
will disband. A reviewing stand
will be set up at Connecticut
avenue and X street and more
than 5000 seats will be erected
along the line of march.
Mr.. Crouch and other commit
tee members said requests for
information from distant COM
munities indicate that attend
ance this year at the festival
will be we'll above the 100000
estimated last year.
Committee members today an
nounced that the annual festival
ball will be held April at the
Shoreham Hotel and for the first
time an admission charge will
be made. A fee of IS per cou-
pie was decided upon to help
finance the expanded festival
program.
The total budget for the six
day program is expected to be
about $4,000. Half of this sum
is pledged by the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee of the
Board of Trade. which sponsors
the festival each year. Sale of
tickets for the Festival Bali and
proceeds from the annual fashion
show luncheon to be held March
80 at the Statler Hotel is ex-
pected to raise the balance need
ed to finance the full program.
Nixon to Help Pick Queen.
Vice President Nixon will spin
the wheel of fortune at the Festi-
val Bah to choose the Cherry,
Blossom, Queen from among
princesses representing each
State. i
The queen will be crowned by
Speaker Of the House Rayburn
during the pageant scheduled for
April 2 at the Tidal Basin. The
pageant show will feature Irish
Tenor Morton Downey and a re-
peat performance will be held
April 3 as the festivals closing
event,
New features of the festival
this year, which committee Off
cials said have helped spur in
terest across the Nation, are the
university ROTC drill team and
high school band contests.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
UnderhiIl Tukes Post

John Garrett Underhill, jr.,
1903 Thirtieth street NV, mill
tary affairs writer, today took
the oath Of ofiice before the Dis
trict Commissioners as deputy
director Of civil defense for war
den services.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
By Harry Bocos

When political cartoonists
| show an upstart Congressman
being dragged to the woodshed,
most people get the point.
Few realize, however, that the
United States Congress actually
has a couple Of woodsheds
handy If it wants to use them.
They are not the ramshackle
backyard structures that the
cartoopists draw. but a couple of
concrete vaults in the sub-base-
,ment of the Capitol Building.
The House woodshed has been
locked up and silent since the
Representatives stopped using
wood several years ago. The SEN
ate woodshed is still doing busi-
ness - providing firewood for
Senatorial fireplaces.
The wood-mixed pine, oak
and gum - comes ready-split
from the Federal Supply Service
at $12 a cord. The Supply Serv-
ice. which gets it free from fallen
trees in nearby Government
parks, delivered Is cords to Cap
itol Hill last year.
"Keep Them Short"
When the Senate supply gets
low. the deputy Sergeant at
Arms puts in a call for more. He
sometimes has to remind the
wood people to keep the logs
short-anything over "a inches
is too big for some of the fire.
places.
The Senate woodkeeper Is
Jennings Long. So, of 101 Thirty
third street Me-, who for seven
years has been laying q fire every
morning in fireplaces where a
fire will be wanted. OF the Sem
ate's 40-odd f1replaces. only a
dozen or so are ever used any,
more and not more than a half
dozen burn regularly.
Mr.. Long splits up a supply of
kindling every morning before 7
O'Clock. loads up a big pushcart
with wood and starts his rounds
on the top floor of the Senate
wing. If the day before has been
cold, he will have to return three
or four times for more wood.
Popular With Reporters.
His biggest customer used to
be the Senate Press Gallery,
where newspapermen kept a fire
blazing all the time. Now, he
says, he carries more wood to the
Offices Of the Democratic Policy
Committee on the top floor OF
the Senate wing than anywhere
else.
Chief Senate Janitor Bob Col
lins-who, like Mr.. Long. has no
fireplace in his home at 1865 A
street N.E.--explains all the
wood used in the Democratic
Policy Committee rooms by their
location. They are on the windy
northwest corner of the building.
But a committee staff member
says that the staffs' long working
hours have more to do with it. 4
One of the rooms that Mr..
Long visits every day is the Sem
ate District Committee room OH
the main floor. He occasionally
has to lay a fire there, but most
OF the time finds the wood un-
disturbed in the CRATE.
Recalls Bilbo Burn.
The District Committee fire.
place was not always so qu,es-
cent. Capitol oldtimers recall
that the late Senator Theodore
"The Man" BiIbo once let the
District Committee fire get out
of hand and burned a big hole
in the committees rug.
Infrequently used are the fire.
places in the two small Senate IL
brary rooms. Mr.. Long says
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Accreditution Goal

The University of Maryland
hopes to erase the cloud on its
accreditation standing so top
grade students will not shy away
from entering the university
next September.
This goal was reached yester-
day after a conference at Col
lege Park between five legisla-
tors, and DR.. Wilson H.. Elkins,
university president. April 1,
1856, had been set as the dead
line for clearing up threats to
accreditation in a report issued
last month by the Middle States
Association Of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
School Studies Ordered

Preparation of several types of
school operating budgets-all Of
which call for at least 81 million
in new spending for schools
has been directed by the Mont
gomery County Board of Educa-
tion.
School Supt. Forbes H. Norris
said 220 new teachers and so
specialized persons will be needed
to care for a jump of $500 pupils
In the school system. He was
ordered to show varying costs of
teacher salaries.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Arlington G. O. P. Remains
Out of Board Race

Arlington County Republicans
have decided to refrain from en-
tering candidates for the County
Board and School Board races
this year.
The decision was reached at
the county q. O.. p. committee
meeting last night. Republican.
leaders. however, voted to nomi-
nate by mass meeting candidates
for other legislative and local
Offices to be elected in November.
The decision to remain out Of
the county board and school
contest follows a practice by the
Republicans in recent years.
Democrats recently took similar
action.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

and in contract construction
were down over 100000 each.
Fields Of Opportunity
Where. then, are job oppor-
tunities rising? In such fields as
wholesale and retail trade. The
employed In this area Is
up over Q quarter million since
late 1858. In the so-calied sery-
ice industries. which show q rise
OF 100.000-plhs over the 1858
month. And in Federal, State
and local jobs. which show an
increase Of almost 350.0o0.
What is happening now be-
comes clear:
The greatest expansion In efn-
|ployment opportunities is taking
place in industries and fields
which are turning out services
as distinct from those turning
out products.
fcopyright 1855,
The Hail Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1955-11-06
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Evening star., 1955-11-06
.70% Of Mems Clothing
Purchased by Women

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. S (Spe-
cial. - Women now purchase
nearly 10 per cent Of all mems
furnishings items and accompany
men in more than so per cent OF
all mems suit sales. it was re-
ported here by Michael Daron,
president OF H. Daroff 81 Sons,
yesterday.
Mr.. Daroff said o Nation-
wide survey for his company
showed that women represent q
tremendously potential sales as
set" He added: THE industry
must learn what motiyates them
and prepare to act upon that
knowledge
In the survey conducted by
an independent research organ
ization, women were asked what
shopping instructions their men
gave them. Nearly 40 per cent
said. Everything is left up TO
me- OF the remainder. A per
cent said style was specified,
"a per cent mentioned brand
and 80 per cent said color was
indicated.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
BY RAIDER WINGET
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK. Nov. 5 TIA
new wave Of stock splits this week
sent the stock market upward
in one Of the best advances Of
the year.
The spark that set on the
buying spree was the proposal by
directors Of Standard oil IN, J)
to split the common stock three
shares for one. At the same
time directors declared q divi-
dend Of $3.50 as against $1.25
In the three previous quarters.
The market on the week was
higher all around. The Assoc
ciated Press average of so stocks
gained $3.50 and closed at
$172.Tl. Measured by that yard
stick, the market now has re-
gained a little more than halt
Of the loss 1t suffered with news
of the Presidents heart attack.
The lowest point In that re-
Evening star., 1955-11-06
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Behind the Employment Peaks
BY SYLVIA PORTER

The headlines are niagnifi-
Gently monotonous: Job total at
. record for month. Employ
ment at the highest mark ever
hit at this period in history. 4.
Unemployment drops to two
year low.
And in most areas OF the coun-
thy. this vital evidence Of con-
tinuing prosperity is unmistak-
able. In these areas, jobs again
are hunting the people instead
Of vice versa. In the majority
of big cities, the help wanted
lists In newspapers again are
lengthening. In towns from
coast to coast, employment
agencies are urgently seeking
engineers. accountants, typists.
Statistics = Mockery
But to tens of thousands Of
men trained as miners. news Of
peak employment is hardly a
cause for personal celebration.
To tens Of thousands Of others
In near-ghoSt textile towns. the
statistics are a rnockery. To
more tens Of thousands Of work.
ers even in areas tagged as
booming, the reports simply do
not make sense.
For the fact is there's q story
behind the statistics that the
magnificent headlines don't re-
veal. There are shifting employ
ment trends within the overall
totals that are simply not get
ting the attention they deserve.
The last official report of the
Labor Department put 1t plain
": In September, rlon-agricul-
tural employment jobs outside Of
farms-hit sos million, the high
est for any September in history
and a full 100000 above the total
reported in the boom OF Sep
tember, 1858.
But when you dig behind this
total, this is what appears:
Jobs in manufacturing COM
panies In September. 1855, were
down more than a half -million
from September. 1858. Jobs In
mining in September were down
10000 from 1858. Jobs in trans
portation and public utilities
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Stocks Post Major Gains,
Fovored byWove of Splits

action was reached October IL.
Then the market rebounded vig-
orously but soon started what
brokers considered a test Of the
old lows. That test continued
through. the first three days Of
this week with the market drift
ing along without apparent di-
rection and with no enthusiasm
whatever.
There are a number Of reasons
why corporations usually split.
The lower priced stock is more
distributed and the number of
stockholders increased. It is cas-
Ter for the corporation to sell
newly issued shares. Because
each individual share is lower.
The five most active issues this
week on the New York Stock Ex-
change were Standard Oil IN. j.
up 1874 at 146 on 167, 900 shares,
Panhandle Oil up lA at IL.
Westinghouse Electric up AZ at
58, Chrysler up 214 at 957s. and
Fruehauf Trailer up AZ at 511a.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
DATES and PLACES

Safe Deposit Section Of the
District Bankers Association will
hear talks by Government ON
cials at a dinner meeting start
ing at 7:l5 pm. November IT
in the Hamilton Hotel. The
speakers are Edwin N. Henson,
jr., from the Inheritance Tay
Assessors Office and Melvin J.
Marques, administrative assist
ant to Chief District Judge Boz
litha j. Laws.
Proxy rule amendments will
be considered at q public hear
ing at 10 am. November II in
Room 1922 Securities and Ex-
change Commission. AS Second
street NV.
Agency Day will be celebrated
by the Advertising Club Of Wash
ington at o luncheon meeting
starting at 1890 pm. Tuesday
in the Madison Arms, 1890 G
street NV. David Ogilvy. presi-
dent Of the New York firm Of
Ogilvy, Benson s6S Mather. will
speak on THE Brand and the
Image "A New Approach to
Creative Operations
Sales Clinic will be sponsored
by the Sales Executives Club Of
Washington and conducted by
Jack Lacy from Z to $50 pm.
November IA to 16 in the United
States Chamber Of Commerce
auditorium, 1915 H street NV.
Liquidation and Valuation will
be discussed by Roscoe L. Egger,
jr.. Washington attorney, at a
dinner meeting Of the D. c. Life
Insurance and Trust Council
Wednesday in the Mayfiower
Hotel.
Management-operations Clinic
Evening star., 1955-11-06
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Evening star., 1955-11-06
League 70 Open
Miami ParIey

A Washington delegation Of
around so persons left Friday
for the $50 annual convention Of
the United States Savings and
Loan League. which opens at
Miami Beach. Fla. tomorrow.
Carl C. Smuck. newly elected
president Of the District Build
ing and Loan League, heads the
delegation. Walter w. Nc
Allister. chairman Of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board, and
other top officials also will at
tend.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
PRICES

NEW YORK. Nov. 5 R.-The Asso-
eiated Press index Of 35 Commodities
declined this week for the sixth week
in q row.
Al l69.52. the index compared with
1929 week ago and I72.47 a year
ago. New 1855 lows were scored by
the food and livestock components
The following table gives index figures
for the entire group Of 35 commodities
and each Of the SIX major ccmponents
for this week, last week and the COM
Evening star., 1955-11-06

will be sponsored by the Mary
land Bankers Association No
vember ls in the Baltimore
Hotel. A. Leroy Nichols, chair
man Of the associations Bank
Management Committee a n d
senior vice president of the
Nicodemus National Bank. will
be in charge.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

unit Of tFadng 70 share. q saes 2 falI hstes o.
ments based on the lasi onarserB o. semI-annual
Siyidsnss are uo included ,Ss Aso extra q extras
paid n 1885 plus stock dividend Paid last year
Payahle IN stock estimated cash value on ex..
90 iar this year pselaIed sr Daid after stock
an secrmuiatiye issue With a,yidsnds m arrears.
action taken at last dividend meeting Declared
or paid IN 1854 plus stock dividend Llauidating
di. ldend cid Called Il dividend x-ds E1 dis
tsisption - rish!s rS Without warrants ~
sued sID bankruptcy reeeivefsnp or being re-
oEgani4ed under the Bankruptcy Act, or securities
assumed BY such companies
Evening star., 1955-11-06

Rates Of Gtvtdendb IN the foregoinG
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly ot seEni-annuAI dec.
|lnfntton Unieas otherwise noted. speclai
lot extra dividends are not included
3 Also extra OF extras Annual rate
plus stock diyidend declared Of paid
In 1866 Plus stock dividend ePaio last
year fPasahle ~ stock estimated cash
|dste Declared ~ paid 80 far TINS
|dtyidena oF spiit-up Declarsd g paisS pis
dividends N arrears, Paid this ysai
cIared 81 paid II 1854 plnS stocK diYi.
|dend y LAauidAtthR dividend cid Called
|ur Under rule Z ~ dividend x.dis ~
wafrSnts wv with warrants Vi war.
rants, vq when distributed vi When
Issued In bankruptcy Or FeceiyerShir
Iuptcy Act o. securities assumed by such
,ompantes
Evening star., 1955-11-06

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Evening star., 1955-11-06
DIVIDENDS

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Evening star., 1955-11-06
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WEEKLY SUMMARY

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Evening star., 1955-11-06

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Evening star., 1955-06-12
Harness Races
Are Rained Out

Last nights harness racing
card at Laurel Raceway was can
Icelled because of rain. 1t was the
third rainout in four nights, and
leaves the Laurel oval facing IA
more racing nights with no more
extra rain nights left.
Last nights two $2,250 divi-
Isions of the Rotary Club Pacing
Stake will be carried over to
tomorrow nights card. Since that
card already features two $2,250
divisions of the Sandy Spring
Trotting Stake, there will be an
other bonus race card, with no
less than four stakes.
The track has been hard-hit
by rain this week, with the We'd
nesday, Thursday and Satur-
day programs all cancelled be-
cause Of rain,
The two $2,25o divisions Of the
Rotary Club Pace, now post
poned, would have brought out
such faSt-class PAGERS as Date
Knight, q Washington -owned
horse; Henry Clukey's Vernon
llElkington, holder of the worlds
record Of l:44 for the 7s-mile
distance: and Reeds Knight and
Onda Hanover, two Of the Ma
Evening star., 1955-06-12
Five Buttinq
lover 500 in
odd Dominion

Perry Currin of Colonial Res
taurant has climbed four places
among the Old Dominion Base
ball League batting leaders by
virtue of four hits in five at
tempts last Sunday.
Currin ranks right behind
teammate Reds Vernon with a
.545 average going into today's
schedule of makeup games. Ver-
non dropped Al points to an even
500 by collecting one hit in three
last week. Five men are hitting
over 500.
In the pitching statistics, odie
Printz remains the lone un-
beaten hurler in the circuit with
his 80 record.
Today's Old Dominion sched-
ule is the May % slate that was
rained out: Vienna VS.. Colonial
Restaurant at Greenbrier Play
ground, Columbia Heights at
Forestville and Jack Pry VS..
Shade Awning at Mount Vernon,
all at 3 pm.
Evening star., 1955-06-12
DarkPeterW Wins
AT Monmouth

| OCEANPORT, N. j., June II
P.-Clearwater Stables Dark
Peter made his second start of
the season a winning one by
coming off the pace to win the
$4,000 Oceanport Handicap at
Monmouth Park today.
The 7-year-old gelded son of
Piping Rock-Dark Maiden, rid
den by Sammy Boulmetis, scored
by a half-length over Brookf1eld
Farms I Geegee in the six-fur-
long feature. Joe w. Browns
Bobby Brocato was third and
j. w. Rodgers Due de Fer fourth
in the field of IL 3-year-olds and
upward.
Despite a drizzle, a record
opening-day crowd of 24,697
turned out for Monmouth's in
augural of a 50-day meeting. The
attendance beat the tracks for
mer opening day crowd of 23.476
last year.
The ninth running of the
Oceanport lost some of its at
Traction when Brookfield Farms
i Appeal. who smashed two
track records in his last two ap-
Ipearances at Garden State Park.
Iwas scratched because of the off,
condition Of the strip. The son
of Sir Pennant was expected to
be the betting choice.
Dark Peter, off at better than
a to / odds, returned $1l.60.
I$7.20, $3.50 and ran the six
Ifurlongs in a creditable 1:l0 on
"a track rated as good.
For Clearwater Stable, the VIC
tory was the second straight
stake triumph here, for on clos
ing day a year ago the stables
Royal Coinage copped the Sap
ling Stakes. Dark Peters win
was worth $13,050 out of a gross
purse of $18,550.
Evening star., 1955-06-12
|BIueChoir Wins
.ba|moraI Cap
To Pay S31.2O

CHICAGO, June II P.-
Blue Choir, a longshot owned by
Mrs. Harry L. Nathenson, swept
to a six-length victory today to
win the $4,000 Balmoral Turf
Handicap at Washington Park.
The 4-year-old Irish-bred colt,
who returned his hackers $31 20,
I$13 and $40, coasted to tri-
umph after collaring Hasty
House Farms Sea o Erin around
the midstretch.
Smoke Screen finished second
in the mile and three-sixteenths
with Salmon Peter, 46-to-l
shot. third.
An early favorite, Mister
Black, was scratched because OF
"a slight injury suffered during
a workout.
Cascanuez, established a s.
to-2 favorite by the crowd OF
1884, was never in contention
and finished seventh.
Sea o Erin started fast and
took a two-length lead at the
half mile followed by Bugle-
drums, Tritium, Two Fisted,
County Clare and Blue Choir.
Blue Choir, ridden by Ronnie
Baldwin, moved up gradually
and bolted into the lead at mid
stretch. The time was 2:04A
on a slow track.
In all, II horses went to the
post, netting the winner $35, 200.
Smoke Screen, owned by Reverie
Knoll Farm, earned $4,000;
Foothill Farms Salmon Peter,
$500, andT Sea o Erin, $4,000.