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Evening star., 1955-02-08
N. W. Blake Dies;
Veteran Of 20 Years
In Foreign Service

Monroe Williams Blake, SIS. re-
tired Foreign Service officer
whose last post was as consul
general in Manchester. England,
died Sunday at Mount Alto Hos
pital. He lived at 10400 Mont
rose avenue, Bethesda, Md.
Mr.. Blake returned to Wash
ington early in 1854 after he
was stricken by q heart attack
in Manchester,
A native OF st. Paul. Mimi,
and a George Washington Uni
versity graduate in 1888, Mr..
Blake entered the State Depart
ment as a clerk in 1928. Seven
years later he became a foreign
service officer and went to Ciu-
dad Juarez, Mexico. as vice con-
sui.
In Warsaw at Wars Start.
He was in Montreal, Canada.
until 1887 when he was sent to
Warsaw, Poland. to work in the
visa section of the Embassy. He
left Warsaw during the two
hour truce on September %.
1899, and went to Oslo, and later
to Switzerland.
AS vice consul at Tampico,
Mexico, in 1912 and 1943. he
handled a great many messages
concerning movements and sink
ings of American ships in the
Gulf of Mexico.
Later Mr.. Blake was vice con-
sui and second secretary at
Teheran. He was reassigned to
Warsaw in 1916 for the postwar
cleanup. The United States
Embassy had been bombed and
Mr.. Blake and other staff mem
bers lived, worked and cooked
their own meals in what the
State Department termed a
"fourth-rate hotel"
Served Also at Dakar.
Later assignments took Mr..
Blake to Rome in 1947 as chief
of the consular section of the
embassy and to Dakar as consul
general.
Survivors are his widow, Re-
gina o., and a brother, Harry F.,
of Hollis, Long Island, N. Y.
Services will be held at 10 am.
tomorrow at st. Matthew's Ca
thedral, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut avenue NV. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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John @. Gheen Dies;
Horse Show Founder
And Stable Owner

John o. Gheen. rs. organizer
and owner of Meadowbrook Sad
die Club, died yesterday at Gar
field Hospital. He lived at 1900
Forty-second street NV
Born in Washington, Mr..
Gheen was the son of the late
John H. and Ruth Birch Gheen.
He was a graduate of old Central
High School and Spencerian
Business College.
Organized Horse Shows.
Mr.. Gheen operated various
riding establishments here. in
cluding the Mount Pleasant Sta
bles and the Shoreham Saddle
Club, before he opened Meadow
brook on the East-West highway,
Chevy Chase, Md, in the spring
of 1884.
With Melvin c. Hazen. former
District Commissioner, he or
ganized the first National Cap
ital Horse Show. After Mr.. Ha-
zen's death Mr.. Gheen. with
others who had worked with Mr..
Hazen, started an International
Horse Show.
This show, as well as the Inter-
American, Washington, Colum-
bus and Washington Bride
Trails Association Shows were
held at Meadowbrook. Mr..
Gheen had served on the Execu-
tive Committee of the Inter-
American Horse Show Associa-
tion.
Active as Judge.
Mr.. Gheen was a rider and
horse show judge. He had shown
horses at New York shows and
had judged shows all over the
country.
Mr.. Gheen had been a mem
ber of the Rotary Club since
1912. He also belonged to the
Columbia Country Club and the
old Racquet Club.
His widow is Mrs. Lulu Lowe
Gheen.
Services will be held at II am.
Thursday at st. Adams Epis-
copal Church, Massachusetts, and
Wisconsin avenues NV. Burial
will be private.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
It's Your Money
Length of Work Period Affects
Average of Benefits Received

before the 1850 amendment. A
paid taxes from the beginning
in 1887 through to retirement,
while B didn't start to work until
1910. AS both reached IS. it
would have been possible for B
to receive higher monthly bene-
fits than A, provided his monthly
average had been more and that
he had paid taxes on a greater
amount starting with 1910 than
did A, who started three years
earlier.
Had their earnings totaled the
same, A would have received
the greater monthly benefits,
since the monthly average in
both cases had to be figured
starting with 1887.
In considering two persons
earning the same wages-before
the new "drop-out" rule became
effective-the one who worked
longer receives the greater
monthly benefits.
This explanation should clear
up the question: I worked for
more years than did my neighbor,
but he gets more social security
than I do. Answer. He made
more money.
icopyrighe 1850
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The Current Problem

These are the facts of the
classroom shortage:
The latest information sub
mitted by the States to the Of
fee of Education indicates that
there is a deficit Of more than
1000 classrooms. a legacy-in
part-of the years of war and
defense mobilization when con-
struction had to be curtailed.
In addition, to keep up with
mounting enrollments, the Ma
tion must build at least $4,000
new elementary and high school
classrooms yearly. 1t must also
replace the thousands of class
rooms which become unsafe or
otherwise unusable each year.
During the current school
year, about 10000 new class
rooms are being built. Capital
outlays for public school con-
struction will reach an all-time
high of So billion this year. Dur
ing the last five years. new con-
struction costing over 81 billion
has provided new classrooms for
6.75O,000 pupils in our public
schools. During that time more
than 51a million additional chill
dren enrolled in school. Thus
the rate of construction has
more than kept pace with
mounting enrolment. But it has
only slightly reduced the total
classroom deficit.
AS a consequence, millions OF
children still attend schools
which are unsafe or which per-
nit learning only part-time or
under conditions Of serious over
crowding. To build satisfactory
classrooms for all our children,
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States in educating our children
is to undermine not only q basic
element of our freedom but a
basic right of our citizens.
The legislative proposals sub
mitted to the last Congress were
offered by the administration in
the earnest conviction that edu-
cation must always be close to
the people; in the belief that a
careful reassessment by the peo-
pie themselves of the problems
of education is necessary, and
with a realization of the growing
financial difficulties that school
districts face. To encourage a
Nation wide examination of our
schools, the 83d Congress au-
thorized funds for conferences
on education in the 48 States
and the Territories and for a
White House conference to be
held in November this year.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
BIitz Rubble Used

Bubble from blitzed buildings
provided most of the fill that
enabled Northern ireland to re-
claim 500 acres from the sea
near Sydenham Airport.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
Conclusion

The best possible education
for all our young people is a
fixed objective of the American
nation. The four-point program.
herein outlined, would help pro-
vide proper physical housing for
the achievement of this objec-
tive. But the finest buildings, of
themselves. are no assurance
that the pupils who use them are
each day better fitted to shoulder
the responsibilities. to meet the
opportunities, to enjoy the re-
wards that one day will be their
lot as American citizens.
Good teaching and good teach
ers made even the one-room
crossroads schools of the nine
teenth century a rich source of
the knowledge and enthusiasm
and patriotism, joined with spir-
itual wisdom, that mark a vigor-
ously dynamic people. Today,
the professional quality of
American teaching is better than
ever. But too many teachers are
underpaid and overworked and,
in consequence, too few young
men and women join their ranks.
Here is a shortage, less obvious
but ultimately more dangerous,
than the classroom shortage.
The conferences now under
way and the massive school
building program here proposed
will, I believe, arouse the Amer
ican people to community ef-
fort for schools and a COM
munity concern for education,
unparalleled in our history.
Taken together, they will serve
to advance the teaching profess
sion to the position it. should
enjoy.
Federal aid in a form that
tends to lead to Federal control
of our schools could cripple edu-
cation for freedom. In no form
can it ever approach the mighty
effectiveness of an aroused peo-
pie. But Federal leadership can
stair America to national action.
Then the Nations objective
of the best possible education
for all our young people will be
achieved.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
President Calls for Action on SchooIroom Shortage

to the Federal Government un-
der proposal l because it cannot
pay interest and principal
charges on the total construction
costs.
(b) The school district, If it
has reached its legal bonding
limit. is unable to pay the rent
needed to obtain a school from a
State agency on a lease-pur-
chasing basis. as described in
proposal 2.
The State would certify the
school districts inability to
finance the total construction
cost through borrowing or
rental arrangement. It would
also certify that the new school
is needed to relieve extreme
overcrowding, double shifts. or
hazardous or unhealthful condi-
tions.
The Federal and State aid
would be in an amount sufficient
for a school district to qualify
under either proposal l or pro-
posal 2 for financing the remain
der of the building costs. The
requirement that Federal funds
be matched with State-appro-
priated funds is an essential
safeguard to preservation of the
proper spheres of local, State
and Federal responsibility in the
field of public education.
BY authorizing this program Of
Joint Federal-State aid to supple
ment the financing plans set
forth in Proposals l and 2. a
workable way will be provided for
every community in the Nation
to construct classrooms for its
children. I recommend that the
Congress authorize the appropri-
alton of 5000 million for a three
year program.
4. Grants for Administrative
Costs of State Programs.
In addition to immediate
school construction, the Nation
needs to plan sound long-term
financing of the public schools
free from obsolete restrictions.
Our State Conferences on Edu-
cation will help accomplish this.
Out of these meetings of parents,
teachers and public c-spirited citi-
zens, can come lasting solutions
to such underlying problems as
more efficient school districting
and the modification of unduly
restrictive local debt hints.
The Federal Government, hav-
ing helped sponsor the State con-
ferences on education, should
now move to help the States in
carrying out, such recommends
tions as may be made. I,propose,
therefore, that the Federal Gov
ernment furnish one-half of the
administrative costs of State pro-
grams which are designed to
overcome obstacles to local A.
nancing or to provide additional
State aid to local school dis
trictS.
For this purpose recommend
a total authorization of $40 mil
lion with an appropriation of $5
million for the first year of
three-year period.
4 \
This program is sound and
equitable. 1t accelerates con-
struction of classrooms within
the traditional framework of
local responsibility for our
schools. 1t does not preclude
other proposals for long-range
solutions which undoubtedly will
grow out of the State confer
ences and the White House con-
ference on education.
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the current rate Of school build
ing must be multiplied sharply
and this increase must be
sustained.
Fundamentally. the remedy
lies with the States and their
communities. But the present
shortage requires immediate and
effective action that will produce
more rapid results. Unless the
Federal Government steps for
ward to join with the States and
communities, this emergency
situation will continue.
Therefore-for the purpose of
meeting the emergency only and
pending the results of the Nation
wide conferences propose a
broad effort to widen the ac-
cepted channels of financing
school construction and to in
crease materially the flow of
private lending through them
without interference with the
responsibility of State and local
school systems. Over the next
three years, this proposed effort
envisages a total of 81 billion
put to work building badly
needed new schools-in addition
to construction expenditures
outside these proposals.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
'PietoiI' SoftbuIIers
Form National Group

The Arlington County Rec
reation Department. which last
month organized a softball
league for girls IL and under,
has formed the National Pigtail
League Association with the in
tention of promoting the idea in
other areas and eventually hold
ing world series" here.
Also, plans are under way to
form a national association OF
leagues for girls IS and under.
Anne Martindale lis the COM
missioner of the new organiza-
ton, Curt Thompson, president,
Sam Grake, vice president, and
Elaine Kern, secretary-treaSurer
Evening star., 1955-07-24
ROBERTS POSTS 10Th VICTORY
Ennis Hits 3 Homers
To Drub Cards, II
PHILADELPHIA, July 23(P..

PHILADELPHIA, July 23R.-
Del Ennis three homers-his
18th. 18th and 19th-accounted
for all seven runs today as the
rising Phillies defeated the Car
dinals, To. Robin Roberts gave
up nine hits in pitching his 18th
victory.
Richie Ashburn was on base
when Ennis smacked his first in
the first inning. His next came
in the sixth with Glen Gorbous
aboard. And Ashburn and Bobby
Morgan got q free ride home
when Ennis hit his third in the
seventh.
It was the second time in
three days that one player has
hit three homers in a single game
in Connie Mack Stadium. Gus
Bell Of the Reds did it last
Thursday in a losing cause.
The exulting Phils, unmindfu
Of the 100-degree temperature
considered themselves started or
another winning streak. TIL,
Cards ended an 11-game skeir
for the Phils In the second gam,
Of last nights double -header.
/ Only two Of st. Louis MIN
hits produced runs. One was 1
homer by Bill Sarni with two ou
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Pirates Rorlp
|0ver Cubs, f0-2

PITTSBURGH, July % Dr.
Bob Friead of the Pirates allowed
only six hits today while his
teammates were lambasting the
Cubs for IS hits and q 1912 VIC
tory.
The Pirates hit safely in
every inning except the seventh
and eighth as they hammered
out q triple, five doubles and
nine singles OF Warren Hacker
and Harry Perkowski.
Dick Groat hit two doubles
and two singles and drove in one
run for the Pirates. Dale Long,
Gene Freese and Johnny O'Brien
batted in two runs apiece.
Evening star., 1955-07-24

George Moore threw Q one
hit shutout and, struck out the
side in all six innings yesterday
as the Falls Church American
League All-Stars remained un-
scored on after four Little
League tournament games.
The Winchester (Va.) ALI
Stars were the victims this time
14-0, at the winners home
diamond at Lee-Graham Park
The win gave Falls Church
the championship of District
in Virginia and advanced thu
American L,eaguers to the State
semi-finals on Tuesday. The5
meet Hampton District
II champion, at Lee-Graham
Tuesday at 5:45 pm.
Moore, who beat Vienna. 1910
last Tuesday with a three hitter
again had his fast curve working
as 18 Winchester batters wen
down swinging.
The only hit of Moore came
lin the top Of the first inning
when Third-Baseman Billy
Reilly, who came in to pitch ir
the third, raped a bleeder down
1.-THE third-base line and beat II
lout without drawing a throw,
Every Winchester batter there
after struck out until Bob Miller,
another relief pitcher, walked in
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Braves Defeat
11-6,
On 6-Run Rally

BROOKLYN. July % R-
The Braves rallied with six runs
in the seventh inning today as
Joe Adcock and Andy Pafko hit
successive home runs on the way
to an 11-6 victory over the
Dodgers.
Adcock's 18th homer. with
Eddie Mathews on base. tied the
score, and Pafko's second Of the
year put the Braves out front to
stay. A two-run triple by Pinch
hitter George Grove was the
blow that finished Ed Roebuck.
who came In when starter Karl
Spooner pulled a muscle In his
left shoulder in the sixth.
Ernie johnson, who pitched
the last three innings after
Bob Buhl and Phil Paine were
dubbed. was given the victory.
He helped nail down the decision
by driving in a run with . single
with the bases loaded in the
ninth. A wild pitch by Sandy
Koufax, Brooklyn bonus pitcher,
let the final Milwaukee run score.
Spooner ran into trouble in the
| first inning when Bill Bruton's
single. Johnny Logan'st double
and Mathews single produced
two runs.
Brooklyn tied the score in the
third when Duke Snider singled
with the bases loaded, but Mil
waukee forged ahead again in
the fourth on Crandall's 18th
homer. Spooner's bunt single,
Don Hoak's double and Peewee
Reese's sacrifice fly made 1t 3-3
in the fifth.
A walk to Roy Campanella
and Gil Hodges triple put
Brooklyn ahead in the sixth,
ichasing Buhl. Paine then was
reached for Carl Furillo's 18th
homer. completing q three-run
inning.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Charles Family
Has Another Ez

CINCINNATI, July % P).--
Gladys Charles. wife of Ezzard
Charles, former heavyweight
boxing champion. gave birth to-
day to a 7-ppund, 15-ounce boy
In Jewish Hospital.
1t Is their first boy. They have
two daughters.
Mrs. Charles said the boy
would be named Ezzard Mack
Charles II.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
THE BASEBALL
BE A 7
By BURTON HAWKINS

Johnny Pesky. ex-senator now
a player-coach with Denver.
visited here during the American
Association layoff for the All-
Star game and said Denver's
Bobby Richardson, a second
baseman, is the finest young
ball player he's ever seen.
He's the Yankees property.
Telegram from Clark Griffith
Thanks for your article on
baseball in Washington. I make
comment same as Churchill
made during World War II when
he stated, "There1l always be an
England and I say you can
bet there will always be a WASH
ington in the American League.
Do the Indians subconsciously
relax against the Senators?
Twenty-one of the Indians er-
rors, approximately a third Of
their miscues, have been made
against Washington. :. Jose
lValdivielso, the Senators short
stop, is polishing his English by
studying newspapers and watch.
ing movies and television pro-
grams. :. Strictly from a de-
Ifensive standpoint, there isn't q
better shortstop in the league
than 18-year-old Jose.
With Johnny Groth's batting
average withering away to moth
ing and Bob Chakales providing
little pitching aid, the Senators
deal that sent Jim Busby Il
Chicago SINNERS down to Z
Busby-for- Clint Courtney trans
action. !. One American League
club official says he doubts Il
any club in the league wouls
claim Groth II he was placed OF
the waiver list.
l The most noticeable aspect o.
Mickey Vernon's advancing base
ball age is the lack Of spring
Iiness he displays on sharI
i grounders to either side Of him
Balls he used to field easil,
are skipping by for hits.
Roy SieverS has slammed {
home run in every park excep
Yankee Stadium, where he hi
only one of his ID last seson
t. =. Al Kaline is leading TIN
Tigers in games played. at bats
runs. hits, batting averages
triples. home runs bases Of
balls, strikeouts and stolen bases
Evening star., 1955-07-24

DETROIT, July %. - Billy
Hoeft Of the Tigers twice has
won a 10 decision this season
and In each instance his battery
mate, Frank House, provided the
margin of victory with home
runs against the White Sox and
Orioles. =. Ned Carver. veteran
Detroit righthander. says the
American Leagues smartest
pitchers-not necessarily those
with the best stuff but those
with the sharpest savvy-are
Early Wynn. Ed Lopat and
Johnny Schmitz.
Chuck Dresser outsmarte6
Manager AL Lopez of the In
diaps with the bases loaded, two
out in the ninth inning and
the Senators leading by three
runs Thursday. but Chuck wound
up a loser anyway. Lopez
dispatched Jim Hogan to bat fol
Pitcher Don Mossi. but it was q
|decoy, with Lopez figuring Dres.
Isen would bring the righthandec
Ted Abernathy to the mound te
face the righthanded hitting He.
gan. >. Chuck correctly reasoned
that lefthanded hitting Viz
WertZ would be Lopez's choice a:
ia pinch hitter anyway and sum-
Imoned lefthander Dean Stone
from the bullpen. =. Sur,
enough. Lopez violated the pc
managerial theory of right
handed hitter VS.. lefthandet
pitcher and vice versa. sendin,
Wertz to hit for Hogan. ane
Wertz doubled across three runs
The Senator's pitching stat
will get Q workout promptl.
upon the clubs return home
what with twi-night double
headers listed against Kansa
City Tuesday and Wednesday
|. Tuesday is family night
with one adult member Of tn
family shucking out the full
price and others entering for s.
cents.
Chico Carrasquel. White So,
shortstop, won't play winte
baseball In Venezuela this yea
for the first time in 10 years. :.
He has been playing IS game
there and about 80 spring exhi
bition games, plus the 154 regu
lar American League games
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Junior T ennis Finals
Postponed by Rain
[LuH nATTlNG

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.,, July % up.
The final round of the West
Iern Junior and Boys tennis
championships was postponed
today because Of a heavy rain
storm which struck just as play
got under way in the singles
matches.
Finals in both divisions will
be played tomorrow.
Mike Green, the favorite from
Miami Beach. Fla. had just won
0 Ga set and was leading. Al,
In the second against Norman
Perry Of Los Angeles when the
irains came.
Evening star., 1955-07-24

first inning without a hit. That
opening outburst resulted from
flour errors, five walks and four
stolen bases. Art Frye stole home
land Dave Breeden took second
land third and came home on
an overthrow for the last two
runs of the inning.
winchester ----- 900 0QQ-.Q / z
Fails Church - 721 022-i4 o
Reid, Reilly (3), Miller ~ and Foster,
Keasling (2l. Patton a.: Moore ana
lWelch
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Penn Grew Works Out

MANNHEIM. Germany, July
% R.-The touring University
of Pennsylvania eight. winner
of the Grand Challenge Trophy
at the recent Henley Regatta,
put on q rowing exhibition today
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Falls Church HurIer Fans 18
As Little Leoeuers Advance

the sixth inning. That was the
only base on balls issued by
Moore.
Falls Church collected only
six hits, but was given 10 walks,
and scored seven runs in the
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Continued from Page C-1

SWUtH1uCU A1V1N 08G S~4
noon. It went exactly where I
wanted 1t to 60. but he reached
across the plate and clouted II" !"
The Georgian said he became
aware of the no-hitter along
about the sixth inning when a
fan yelled to him as he entered
the dugout.
"I regret I lost the no-hitter, !"
Hearn said after a long shower.
land I wasn't nervous about 1t
after learning that I was two
thirds of the way along. In the
ninth, before and after the hit,
my only aim was to retire the
side before it was Ted Kluszew-
skis turn to bat again"
Kluszewski has hit 81 home
runs this year.
Evening star., 1955-07-24

lin the ninth. The other came in
1.-THE sixth when Bill Virdon's dou-
BILE scored Stan Musial. who had
singled to left.
A crowd of 5.595 braved the
vicious heat wave to watch the
game.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
MINOR LEAGUES

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Havana, 8: Montreal. z tcompletior
of July .15 gamesl.
Columbus, 8: Rochester, s tcomple.
tion of July 90 game).
Toronto, IL; Syracuse, 5,
Montreal. g.: Havana. 3 Irregular
camel.
Richmond, 20; Buffalo, 0-3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Louisville, 8: st. Paul, 1.
Omaha. s.; Charleston. 4.
Indianapolis, 10: Minneapolis. 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Lost Angeles, Q: San Francisco. B.
Hollywood, 5; Oakland, 3.
TEXAS LEAGUE
Shreveport, s.: Tulsa. l. list game3.
Fort Worth, 4; San Antonio, 3 list
game).
Houston, s: Dallas.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Little Rock. 8: Birmingham. 4 ds
Mobile. 9-2; chattanoosa, 60.
Memphis. d; Atlanta, I'll tnnings)
EASTERN LEAGUE
Williamsport. 8: Johnstown, ds
schenectady. 9; Albany. o.
Reading, z: Allentown, 0.
Binghamton, 9; Elmira, 4.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
| .Sunbury, 4; Hagerstown, 3 40 in
IaY,rasfer IN. Work
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st Louis
PHILADELPHIA

FHIIautIpHIH ------- -~oV VU~ OVA-1
Runs-Ennis t3), Ashburn (2l. Nor.
gan, Gorbous. Musial Sarni. Error
don, sarni. Two-base hitsMBoyer. Ash
burn, Virdon, Roberts. Home runs-En-
mis- 80. sarni; Double plays--Morsan
Louis 5. Phiiadelphia I. bases on balls,
on Schmidt, 8; on Lawrence. 2. Struck
out-By Schmidt, g.; by Lawrence, 5;
s innings: of Lawrence, 3 In 2 innings,
Runs and earned runs-Od Schmidt,
Al: Of Lawrence, 3-3; OF Roberts, 2-2
Hit by pitcher-By Lawrence (Jonesl
pitcher-Schmidt Q-11. Time-2;16
Attendance--5,695.