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Evening star., 1955-07-07
BY ANN MOFFETT

Her song already popular in
Paris and applauded by those
who've heard it here. a Rep
resentative's wife seems to have
a song hit on her hands.
The nostalgia melody was
co-authored by Patricia Chat
ham, wife Of Representative
Thurmond Chatham of North
Carolina, and Barnee Bree-
skin.
Titled Lonely Road" it will
be released by RCA-Victor to-
day.
Mrs. Chatham will be at a
local department store this
afternoon at an invitation re-
ception to autograph records
for the benefit of the Variety
Clubs fund for Children's
Hospital. Singer Perry Como
will also be on hand.
Mr.. Frank Folsom. president
of RCA, will also be here, to
attend a party being given
later in the afternoon by the
ChathamS at their home.
Out of Element
The Representatives. lovely
young wife has more-or- LESS
ventured out of her element
with the recording Of the song.
The writing OF it was ORR
ginally a private sort Of ex-
pertinent that got pushed out
in the public by various peo-
pie who heard it and were
enchanted with it as was Mr..
Folsom.
Her usual role is as mis-
tress of the superlatively
beautiful Prospect House in
Georgetown. Her real forte
is gardening and seeing that
the historic house looks like
an antiquarian's dream.
The home was built in 1888
by Ship Owner John Temple
ton and designed by DR.. Will
liam Thornton. who was the
designer Of the Capitol. OF
Georgian detail it was more
recently the home of the late
James v. Forrestal. Secretary
Of Defense and leased by his
wife to the State Department
for entertaining foreign visi-
Evening star., 1955-07-07

Brazilian Ambassador Mu-
niz. on behalf Of his govern
ment, decorated several mill
tary men yesterday. The
ceremony took place in the
gardens Of the Embassy at II
O'Clock. All received the Or
dem do Merito Aeronautico in
various orders.
Among them were Mai.
Gen. James c. Selser. jr.,
deputy commander of the
Eighth Air Force, for services
rendered during World War II
equipment of air bases in
the northeastern part of Brazil
and training Of personnel;
and Maj. Gen. Robert w.
Evening star., 1955-07-07

land. Senator and Mrs. VIII
liam Fulbright and Represent
ative Adam Clayton Powell.
Miss Estelle Knowland. who
accompanied her father, claims
she's delighted at being "hill
secretary" until classes re-
sumo at Stanford University.
"On my personal payroll"
chimed in her Senator father.
Assistant Secretary and Mrs.
Allen were among the State
Department contingent.
Others there were Mr.. and
Mrs. Julius Calm and Mr..
Thomas P. Krock.
Guests, including a group
See SIMMONS, Page B-6
Evening star., 1955-07-07
Miss Dunn Enooqed

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L.
Dunn of Merrifield. Va. an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter Margaret Ell
leen to Mr.. Charles A. Owen,
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
Of Oxon Hill, Md. No date has
been set for the wedding.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Phone Coll Used
AS Ruse, z Flee
'L-eesburg Jail

LEESBURG. Va, Oct. 26.--
Two prisoners awaiting trial on
theft charges escaped from the
Jail here. Sheriff Roger Powell
said today.
Sheriff Powell said the pris-
oners, Russell Thomas, 20. and
James Crawford, 10. both Of
Leesburg. escaped on o rlse Of
using the telephone.
The sheriff said one prisoner
escaped yesterday afternoon and
the other early today.
The prisoners. according to
Sheriff Powell. were being held
pending trial on charges Of steal
ing furniture from the home Of
Col. r. e. Dupuy. He said they
also were charged with destruc-
tiqn Of properly in damaging o
corn picker which was pulled
from q field into d road and
struck by an automobile on Sep
tenber 80.
The sheriff said both prisoners
had asked jailer NJ, II. utRard
for permission 70 use . tele-
phone. He said the jailer Mas
busy and when the prisoners
went to the telephone they made
q break for the front door and
escaped.
Evening star., 1955-10-26

years Of research. designing and
hand-stitching.
Copy Of WashingtOn's
All this was under the direc-
ton of Frank Morse, of the
Mount Vernon curatorial staff
The, harness is a copy Of that
used. to the best of anyone's
knowledge. by Washington for
his own horses. It is studded
with heavy brass buckles, eyelets
and even the grifiin's-head deco
rations sometimes used by the
First President.
In the quieter aspects Of the
visit. the Governor and his wife
toured with appreciative eye
Mount Vernon'8 rooms and out
buildings. With Mrs. Albert
Harkness. of Providence, r. T.,
regent Of the estate. they placed
the traditional wreath on WASH
ington's tomb. Later, all the of
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Officer Charged
In Girl Shooting

Court-martial charges have
been preferred against an Army
lieutenant accused Of shooting
an 18-year-old girl during a re-
cent officers club party at Fort
Belvoir, Va.
This was reported today In
connection with an announce
ment that the victim Of the
shooting was taken of the serious
list at the Fort Belvoir hospital
and sent home to recuperate.
The accused officer is 1t.
George e. Balcom, 80. command
ing officer of Co. B, 575th Engi-
neer Battalion. at Fort Belvoir.
The lieutenant. who lived at 207
Belle View road. Alexandria. has
been confined in the post stock
ade since his arrest shortly after
the shooting about II pm. Oc-
tober IS.
The victim was Miss Sylvia
Miller OF Leesburg, va. a steno-
grapher at the Navy Annex in
Arlington. She suffered .22-
caliber bullet wounds in the abb
domen, chest and left arm,
A post spokesman reported
that court-martial papers were
preferred by 1t. Balcom's super
Tor officer, 1t. Col. Donald r.
Rogers. commander of the 575th
Battalion. They accuse him Of
violation Of three articles of the
Uniform Code Of Military Justice.
One deals with making false
official statements; another with
assault charges, and the third
includes assault with intent to
commit murder.
Conviction on all the court
martial charges. the Army said.
could carry a maximum penalty
of dismissal from the service.
forfeiture Of pay and allowances,
and confinement at hard labor
up to 20 years. Conviction on
the assault with intent to COM
NIT murder count alone could
carry a 20-year maximum con-
finement penalty.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
|Foirfox Control Of Woter
.Fovored Over Stote Rule

man Of the committee favorina
the bond issue. said occoquan
Creek, which supplies Alexandria
and Virginia. had q flow as low
as $50. 900 Gallons a day.
That's not enough for the
Annandale Water Co. alone" Mr.
Schimnnel said.
Mr.. Richards said q dam to be
built there could store q supply
SUFFICIENT to yield so million gal
Ions q day.
Under the county plan, the
main source Of supply would be
the Potomac River.
Oficers Listed
Oficers OF the Citizens Com
lmittee for an Integrated Water
System, besides Mr.. Schimmel.
are Russell p. Whitener, jr.,
chairman; Mark z. Crown and
James NJ. Whytock.
the committees statement TO-
day said that 1t Is by no means
certain that the Occoquan re-
serve can be expanded and ut
Is certain that future Develop
|ment of Fairfax and Prince VIII
lam Counties in the OccoQuan
watershed will make that creek
|an unsanitary source Of water"
Mr.. Richards had replied to an
earlier attack on the adequacy OF
Occoquan watershed that it Is up
Ito the two counties to guard
against pollution.
Another public meeting on the
water program VIII be held ct
|8 o'clock tonight at the Frank
in-Sherpan School In Mclean.
Evening star., 1955-10-26

wise the State Constitution which
hasn't been greatly modernized,
he said. since q contention In
1902.
He said the States low stand
ing In the Nation In the fields Of
mental health and education are
symptoms Of the need for estab-
fishing q two-party system In
Virginia.
There is very little difference
between our team and the other
team on objectives at the State
level" Mr., Hoyt said, except
that the Republicans have a
better plan for financing their
program"
Admiral John H. Schultz, Mr..
Hoyt's @. o. p. running mate,
said mental hospital and teacher
salary needs could best be met
through imposition Of a sales
tax.
state Senator John A. K.
Donovan. Democrat, said he has
twice attempted to increase the
income tax exemptions to 5000,
but every. time you try to revise
the tax structure, you run into
opposition"
Mr.. Donovan's opponent. Vic
tor Parker. Republican, reiterat-
ed a point made last week that
he would consider q sales tax
only If an equitable formula were
worked out for distributing the
revenue back to the localities.
Delegate John Webb, Demo-
crat, gave priority to these prob
lens at the 1866 General As
sembly:
Repeal Of the poll tax, elm
mate the retail price, fixing pow
er Of the Virginia Milk Commis-
sion while retaining its wholesale
price fixing power, add q mem
Der to the State Highway Com
mission from the 10th district
and revision Of formulas to pro-
vide a more equitable distribu-
ton Of State funds to populous
areas.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
MARYLAND iRGIkifA NEWS
Condidotes for Assembly
End joint Appearances

The last scheduled appearance
lon the same platform by oppos.
ing candidates for the Virginia
General Assembly from Fairfa,
County and Falls Church wa
held last night.
With two weeks remaining be.
fore the November 8 genera
election, contenders for the two
House Of Delegates and one STATE
Senate seat spoke before d small
audience in the Madison High
School in Falls Church. An
audience Of about IS turned out
Delegate Omer l.. Hirst, Dem
Iocratic incumbent, offered three
proposals to give the nearby area
better highways.
First, the eight-member State
Highway Commission would be
enlarged so as to give urban
areas particularly the Tenth
Congressional District. q repre-
sentative. At present, he said,
the eight members live In the six
most rural congressional districts
of the State while the four most
urban districts have no, repre-
sentatives on the commission.
Traffic count on highways
would be made q major factor
in allocating highway funds to
the various construction districts.
under his second proposal.
Finally, he suggested that an
accounting of highway revenues
be kept on a geographical basis.
AT present. he said, 1t is inn
possible to determine how much
gasoline tax revenue Is supplied
by the nearby area because the
major oil companies are not re-
quired to account for their pay
ments to the State by geographic
cal localities. Such figures from
the highly-populated Fairfax
area. he said, should go q long
way in getting additional road
appropriations for this section.
Republican Kendall K. Hoyt,
q House candidate. called for q
constitutional convention to re-
Evening star., 1955-10-26
'PTA Group to Hear
|Tulks on lnteqrution

Integration viii be discussed at
3 o'clock tonight at q meeting OF
the Arlington County Council Of
iPTAs In the Washington Lee
High School little theater. 1900
North Quincy street.
Speakers win include Benja-
min Muse. editor Of the Manas-
'sas fva.1 Messenger. and DR..
Charles Bish. principal Of Me-
Kinley High School In wash
ir11ton.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Stanley Tours Mt. Vernon
Ia Creoky Cooch-ond-4

AS their hosts stood IN 9uakine
apprehensien. Gov. Stanley ol
Virginia and his wife yesterday
rode all the way around Mount
Vernon's bowling green in a
creaky colonial coach-and- -four
The Governor with the frs
lady. was dischareing his officia
responsibility of making ar
annual inspection visit to George
Washinston's siimptuous estate
overlooking the Potomac.
The State charter to the cen.
turg-old Mount Vernon Ladies
Association. which conditionally
owns Mount Vernon. requires ths
Governors annual visit.
Il does not, however, require
that he 90 cruising in the age
brittle town coach In whicn the
Washington family once jounced
around.
They Were Game
But Gov. Stanley and his wife
were game despite the fears OF
the assembled regents and mem
bers Of the board Of visitors. Z
hope that old wood doesn't fall
apart. one muttered apprehen-
sively.
It didn't. And as soon as ths
circuit cf the green was com.
pleted. the Governor hurriet
elatedly over to his liVeried foot,
man, clasped him by the hans
and exclaimed, THANK you y
much for the royal ride.
Gov. Stanley may not haY'
realized it. but the horses tina
drew the coach were bedeckee
In brand new harness. It wa
special gear. which took W.
VI
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Washington 81.
|Rezoning OK'd

The Alexandra City Council
has approved rezoning for q $2.s
million commercial building II
the 800 block Of North Wash.
ington street. which probably
VIII signal the beginning Of q
commercial build-up on the nair
north-south highway through
the city.
The Council last night also
asked the city planning depart
|ment to proceed with develop
|ment Of q report released yes
Iterday which recommended en-
Ilargement Of the city's central
business area along Washington
street.
The rezoning request wal
made by a 15-member corpora
ton Of prominent Alexandra
businessmen. Robert v. H Dun
can. . member Of the group and
the real estate man handling the
project. said the proposed build-
ing would be seven stories in the
center with four stories on the
edges. It would occupy the block
bounded by Washington. Prin-
cess. Queen and Columbus
streets.
The rezoning from residential
was approved by q 5-to-2 vote,
with Councilmen John Ticer and
Frank z. Mann opposing. Mr..
Mann and Mr.. Ticef said they
thought action should be delayed
until q comprehensive plan for
Washington street is drawn.
The planning department re-
port, submitted by Planning d.
rector Denis Cahill, envisions
Alexandria as the shopping
center for Northern Virginia. /"
O0-Block Area
It recommends that about 100
blocks running east and west
along King street and north and
south along Washington street
be designated as special business
districts. About 80 Of these
blocks, most along Washington
street. are now residential.
The districts. four blocks wide.
would run along Washington
street from Franklin to Second
streets and along King street
from the Potomac River to the
railroad tracks near the Masonic
Temple.
The Council also committed
itself to funds for approaches
to the proposed Jones Point
bridge across the Potomac. How
ever. the Council said rs action
does not approve placing any
approach east Of Washington
street.
Residents Of the Old Town
section have objected strongly
to any approach that might dis
rupt that part Of the city. The
Council has set up $3.50. 900 in
d bond issue as its one-fourth
share Of the approaches but has
stressed 1t still must approve
specific locations.
Evening star., 1955-10-26

flcialdom gathered In the ban.
Iquet hall for tea.
Among the guests were tn,
Rev. Clarence Buxton. rector o,
Pohick Church. the time-hon.
ored parish church Of Noun
Vernon. and these members o.
the board Of regents: Gardnel
Boothe. Alexandria: Mrs. How,
ard Lady. Arlington: Thomai
Lomax Hunter. Richmond: Mrs
Virginia Jeffries. Chase city. ans
Mrs. Donald Slant. Bristol. .
Evening star., 1955-10-26

The Fairfax Citizens Com.
mittee for an integrated Water
System today called for support
of the proposed $50 million water
bond issue to create q system
that would be under the con-
troll Of the voters Of Fairfax
County"
Private water companies,
the committees statement said
"are controlled by the State Cor
poration Commission In Rich
|mond. q group which has shown
Itself singularly unresponsive tc
the requirements Of the people Of
Fairfax County"
A group urging defeat of the
bond issue when It comes before
the voters November 8. the Citi-
|zens' Fact-Finding Committee
also issued o new statement.
Discount Votes Effect
The fact-finders said they
favor the principle of an inte.
grated water system. but added
they do not agree that II the
current $50 million proposal Il
defeated. that the principle il
defeated.
The county's proposed pro-
gram Is too vague, the fact
finders contend. They have
questioned estimates In the en-
|gineering report on which the
bond issue Is based.
The fact-flnders are headed
by Carl D. Soresi Of Forestville.
Other members Of the group are
Merlin F. Mclaughlin, Martin
e. Webb. Edwin Lynch and
Richard c. Wynne.
At the first Of six public meet
ings on the water program last
night, James Keith told the
gathering Of about rs people at
Mount Vernon High School, u
prefer to take my chances on the
elected officials of Fairfax Coun-
.ty rather than the people In
Richmond"
Mr.. Keith. q candidate for the
Board of Supervisors, protested
that all the existing private water
companies charge different rates
but he said people never seem to
get anywhere when they protest
to the State Corporation Com
mission.
Another speaker. Frank Delp,
Of Forestville, called the county
proposal "mathematically i'm
possible"
County Executive Carlton c.
Massey outlined details OF the
water program and said the
county was attempting to plan
for the future by getting a public
water system started.
Howard C.. Richards, general
manager Of the Alexandra
Water Co. and Virginia Water
Co.. insisted that existing firms
are capable Of fulfilling the
county's water needs.
Arguments Ineffective
Judging by questions from the
audience and the response to
the answers. neither Mr.. Massey
nor Mr.. Richards wor or lost
any supporters at the meeting.s
David Schimmei. vice CHAIR
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Dinner in Berwyn

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the
Perwyn Heights MD Volunteer
Fire Department will hold q tur-
key dinner at the flrehouse from
3 TO Z pm. Saturday.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Arguments Ineflectlye

Judging by questions from the
audience and the response to
the answers. neither Mr.. Massey
nor Mr.. Richards wor or lost
any supporters at the meeting
David Schimmel. vice CHAIR
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-09-16
BRANDEIS CAMP, 1856 A VOYAGE OF REDISC0vE

spring and celebrated people on
hand. Among them were DOre
Schary, MGM's vice president in
charge of production; Michael
Blanl1fort, famed Jewish novelist
and screenwriter; Norman Corwin,
the distinguished radio and film
writer; Mac Benoff, who writes the
Danny Thomas TV show, and Steve
Broidy, president of Allied Artists
in Hollywood and also president OF
the Brandeis Youth Foundation.
These men came, not as celebrl-
ties to be fawned over and idol
lied, but as plain men undertaking
along with the rest of uS-a week
end voyage to rediscover the faith
and wisdom of our fathers.
MAX HELFMAN, the institutes
spirited music director, or e
summed up the meaning and val
ues of the thing in these words:
"I know some of you are asking,
But why is a return to true Juda-
ism so Important I will tell you
why :.
1.-TWO thousand years ago the
Jews brought their message to the
world and Christianity was the re-
suit. But the sad truth is, gentle
men, that it didn't take. The whole
thing must be done again. T n e
Jews must again bring their mes
sage of love and peace and dignity
to the world. :"
TWO EVENTS of our Brandels
weekend stand out in my memory:
One was a panel discussion OF
the topic, What Is Good jew"
Members of the panel were Schary,
Blankfort, Corwin, Benoff and Az
raham Brian, consul general OF Is
rael for the Western states.
Consider the stature OF those
men. Had it been necessary for us
to pay them for the time they
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-09-16

were devOting to the discussion, IL
would have cost US $4,000 or more.
And yet-and this was the irony
of .it-they scarcely were able to
get a single word in. For, as soon
as the discussion began, members
of the audience began popping up,
all over the hall, to venture THEIR
ideas of What Is Good Jew?". :.
For two hours the hub-bub contln-
ued. Finally we had to adjourn for
dinner. AS we were walking out, l
heard one little man murmur to
himself, in a paraphrasing of Ger
trude Stein, "A Jew is Jew is
Jew"
THE OTHER EVENT / particul-
arly remember was my meeting
with fascinating personality
named Nathan Lift. He is sal
wage dealer from Nashville, Tenn.
Not from him but from friends OF
his I heard a wonderful story.
It seems that Lift lived in Homo
lulu during and Immediately after
World War II. After the war, there
was an immense quantity of sur
plus arms and supplies left in Ha-
waii. The U. S. government put it
up for sale. Lift bid the highest
figure of $3.50, 900, which, he later
discovered, was $4,000 more than
the second bid.
AS YOU CAN imagine, he felt
pretty unhappy about his extrava-
giant purchase. But it turned out
"beschert' (guided by Pro
vidence). For, in 1948, there ar
rived in Honolulu two representa-
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-09-16
BY M. B. Goldman, Jr.
Co-PubIisher, Phoenix Jewish News

ITO PUT INTO dynamic apph-
cation the philosophy of living Ju-
daiSm."
That's the stated objective of the
adult retreat held each summer at
the Brandeis Camp Institute at
Santa susanna, Calf. And three OF
us from Phoenix witnessed n S
moving concept translated into &C
ton during the past summer when
we took part in the retreat, or, as
it has come to be called, the
weekend of Living Judaism.
The Phoenicians attending, be-
sides myself, were Irving Golden
of 2OO1 w. Luke and Norman Men
delsohn of 73 E. Ashland. A o
there. from Beverly Hills, was Phil
Newmark, Mendelsohn's brother
in-law who formerly lived in Phoe-
nix.
1T WAS AN inspiring event, TINS
concIave of Jewish community
leaders, and there were some IN
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-09-16

Israel currently needs to import
about $50 million worth of fuel per
year to meet its needs.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-09-16

reached Israel at the height of the
battle for the Negev and helped
the Jewish defenders fight off the
attacking Arabs and secure the
southern desert region which is so
important to the Israeli economy
today.
SOME TIME later a u. S. con-
gresSional committee went to Ha-
waii to investigate the disposition
of surplus arms and particularly to
find out about Lifts deal with Is
rael. He was questioned for two
days.
why" he was asked, "did you
sell arms to a foreign nation?"
Lift said he didn't sell them-he
gave them away. And then he ex-
planned the whole thing in one SEN
tence-a sentence which the con-
gressional committee could n o I
have helped but understand. Said
Nathan Lift, proudly:
"I am running my own little
Marshall Plan"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-09-16
Catholic Leaves
His Insurunce7o
Jewish Charities

PHILADELPHIA, (JTA-John
Felicity, born in France of the
Catholic religion and for many
years superintendent of the build
ing which houses the Allied Jew
ish Appeal and Federation of
Jewish Charities here, was re-
vealed this week as benefactor
of the organizations which he
had served.
Felicity, who died at his desk
August 3, made the Appeal and
the Federation the beneficiaries
of his insurance.
The superintendent, who had
never married, after a Jewish
girl to whom he had been af-
fianced died a few days before
the wedding, came to this count
try at the age of IA when his
proper name Jean Baptiste
Felicite - was AmericaniZed to
it's present spelling. An aviator
during World War ], he served
in the same squadron with Eddie
Rickenbacker.
Felicity was also an inventor.
He turned all his patents over to
the us. government during that
war.
In addition to his interests as
an inventor, he frequently studied
the Hebrew prayer book, wrote
poetry, was student of opera
and sculpted. A bust of the late
Chain Weizmann which he exc
cuted now stands in the execu-
tive offices of the Allied-Federa-
ton building.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-09-16

tives of Haganah, the Israeli de-
fense force. Israel was at that mo-
ment fighting for its life against
seven Arab nations and their
massed armies. The two Haganah
men had come to Hawaii seeking
help.
When they approached Liffv to
ask if they might have some of the
surplus arms he had bought, he
replied, "Take what you can use. "
They took a dozen airplanes and
100 machine guns. The materiel
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-09-16
1900 Israel Jobless

JERUSALEM, (JTA) = There
are about 13, 900 unemployed in Is
rael. it was estimated here by Fin
ance Minister Levi Eshkol.