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Evening star., 1955-10-28

John and his family are moyins
Into the elegant stables.
They whisper here IN the
French capital that FrancOise
lsasan didn't write Bon Jour
Tristesse. They say the best
seller was ..ghostedp for her.
The young lady has tried tc
write another book since bus
nothing has materialized.
! hear from Hollywood that
Nancy Kelly,s husband-to-be.
Itheater executive Warren Caro-,
lis visiting her there. They'll wed
right after she finishes The Bad
Seed ct Warmers. -. Bina
Crosby Is reading the script Of
"The Wright Brothers. Henry
Fonda is set TO play one Of the
brothers. Eddie Cantor hits
81 In January. and 70 years
young Charles Cohurn Is mad al
the Air Force because he wasn't
allowed to ny In q jet on the
grounds that he's atoo old
Peggy King wants TO hurry
Evening star., 1955-10-28
MIDTOWN NEW YORK
BY ROBERT SYLVESTER

shop With Us You Can Save
Money Here. With those
phones In automobiles. can you
make q station wagon TO station
wagon call? There's . Wun-
more Tavern at l33 Dyckman
ESt. Did the Polo Grounds
lever have q polo match? s..
IMoscow's most popular pop band
lis the 0osudastvennyi Estradnyi
IOkestr and their featured tune
lis Brother. Can You Spare Q
Dinner"
Two inatroniy types in an Elm
hurst delicatessen were over
heard as follows. yesterday: =
don't think Margaret win marry
that Townsend fella.s 'Why
mot? ewhy should she tie her
self down with that other
lwolnan's two grown boys?"
IMorty Gunty saw q weird TV
show the other night. It didn't
lgiye away any money. a
chorus sal Just got . letter from
her boy friend telling her he
loves her but he's already mar
lried Il donss know what to do,
she said. .sSaye the letter." ad-
Ivised her girl friend. 4. The new
Golden Thread Cafe In the Hotel
New Yorker cost $4,000. The
gold Cadillac Elegante which
stood In the lobby to advertise
the cafe. and which was loaned
Iby ad man Harry Birdsall. jr.
lonly cost $50 900. Bob Olin
has invented the Capistranc
cocktail. It's consumed ons
lsWallow after another, A
Broadway sightseeing spieler
Ican be heard 70 chant. every
Inow and then: ''I've never seen
THE sights myself, folks. but
Everybody tells me they're great. =
!. Biz Goodwin knows Q gal
who isn't exactly built like q
truck but people are afraid to
pass her On t,ae right.
Evening star., 1955-10-28

her divorce % she can Be- free
2oth-Fox Il grooming Jo-
anne woodward tor al the roles
they had scheduled for Terry
Moore Jimmy Stewart relays
he Isn't forming his own com-
Ipany. He's booked up with pic
tures for the next two years. ~
Mike Wildine and Elizabeth
Taylor are on to Mexico for &
short vacation. From To-
|year-oId Richard @The Des-
Iperate Hours Eyer. when asked
what he thought Of romance:
sAh, It's for kids
More from Paris tomorrow.
tReisased b. NANA)
Evening star., 1955-10-28
GRAHAM

Continued From Pare R-ll
version Of zola's Mana with
Charles Boyer. who Is now In
Rome. 3. And Preston Sturges.
who wasn't doing well in Holly
wood at the time he left there.
Ills 4 biz wheel In Paris. with q
big production Just completed.
The Cornet Of Major Thomp-
lson. Z
Deanna Durhin. living on the
outskirts Of Paris. rarely comes
Evening star., 1955-10-28
The Dotted Lines

Nothing has made me 50 inse.
cure as the situation between
Meg and Peter. ] Ihayen't beer
al tensed UP ike this since Deb
bic married Eddie and little Yas-
min took the sleeping pills.
Herb Shriner says the auto COM
panies are putting In those safe
ty belts because people were get
ting killed before they had the
cars paid for. And Bill Book
wants his belt In black and blue
because those are the only colors
you can feel. Roy Hamilton
discovered q foolproof hangover
cure. The night before. you don'i
drink. ] finally found an
honest Tv repairfnan. he only
charges list price for the parts
he doesn't put In the set. 4
there any truth to the rsiflul
that Medic is using up new
diseases 50 fast they may have
to 60 back to the old ones?
The new United States Army
technical rating stripes make ths
GIs look like Boy Scouts.
Eddie Mayehoff knows q iriye-ir
theater that's very exclusive. Ths
cheapest seat Is In q Buick.
The millennium IS herel Aber-
crombie and Fitch are actually
advertising an Automatic Han.
dicapper" that ..picks q lot ol
winners" Costs $6. Next thint
we know. A. and r. viii have
touts on the ground fioor.
Art Flynn came up with D won
Cr0us line at the Cameo ths
other night. Fl have been drink.
ing with hartenders better thar
most people III my hfe." he ex-
planned. With q new season
well upon us. Broadway ct this
writing has only I'VE serious
plays. /. The newest method oi
tapering on on your drinking;
start By cutting out the chasers
Danny Thomas complained
about the quality Of Chinese for
tune cookies in his favorite Chi
nese restaurant. Don't blame
me- said the owner. "we get ell
the rejects from Bill Chanss.'
*. The delicatessen In The
Tender Trap has . sign: open
"a Hours d Day. Our Salanais
Never Sleep" Don't ask me
why, but the American Institute
Of Food prcdlicts Is o transcript
tion company. Il. For those who
can't afford 4 electric razors,
there's now q wind-up model In
the rnarts.
One backer OF q new Broad.
way show invested $1,000 Just
so ne'Q ne sure W ne nVlbe1
to the opening night party =
which only cost $500. q. The
shabby old gal who peddle:
orchids along Broadway nov
carries the sign: "Grown in NJ,
Own Greenhouse" Roberl
Q. Lewis is one Of the easies'
nv entertainers to listen to-.
Mark Stevens just doesn't de
serve to own q car. The othel
night on Tv big Town" ht
parked his jaiopy in front Of
gambling joint. left the n1ctoI
on and didn't even turn on tn,
lights. d. Art Van Horn know
q cloak and sniter whose politics
are d little left Of the Garment
Center. Windog sign In /
bakery near the Polo Ground'
@This Is No Bank But II 70,
Evening star., 1955-10-28
FrOns Germany! Halsd-C Crafted
SiIUerpJafe HOIIOsUare

New designs in the old tradition Of
careful craftsmanship 10 enhance
contemporary Or traditional homes.
Mode of the finest materials, Ioc-.
quered so they will not tonish.
Evening star., 1955-07-27

lice who had received a kid
mapping complaint from billiards s
wife, Ruby, 81, pulled up in front
of the frame home.
Mrs. Lottie Hilliard, grand
mother Of the child, said her sor
and his wife had been living al
their home at Lorfax, near Lor-
ton, for about two years. The
grandmother said the couple had
Ia disagreement because the
father wanted a defect in one
of child's feet corrected, and
the wife objected.
She said the wife left home
about three weeks ago, saying
she was going out for cigarettes
and would be back. She said
her son was in contact with q
Baltimore lawyer in an attempt
to return the baby to his home.
Hilliard bundled UP the baby
and fed into the woods with his
brother and the 16-year-old boy
Police secured the area for two
hours before Hilliard was picked
up on the road by Trooper Carr
billiards. brother was still
being sought today, while Fair
fax County police were awaiting
receipt Of warrants from Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Realty Tax Rise Opposed;
Congress Urged to Act

He urged postponement of any
increase and a review of sales
tax receipts.
Herbert Harris, Star Lodge
Elks: "The Commissioners have
failed to ask Congress for suffi-
|cient money" He urged a Fed
eral payment of $35 million or
$40 million, taxation of Mary
land and Virginia automobiles
and 'levying of an earnings tax
on suburban residents who work
in the District. Urging a bid
for higher Federal payment, he
told the Commissioners to stand
up for it. I know it is a tough
thing but the Commissioners
should be able to show Congress
the District is suffering"
Mrs.. Franklin G. Sartwell,
president, Southeast Citizens
Association: "It seems to me
(that Congress) will have to help
you out. We ought to march on
Congress with drawn swords and
ask for $35 million Federal pay
ment."
Robert ]. Wilson, executive
vice president, Washington Res
taurant Association: downtown
restaurant operators have been
having a real problem. Many
are just not able to pay even
present rents" He told the
Commissioners "I hope you can
soon settle (the Capital Transit
strike) so we can increase our
business and the sales taxes"
He said business has dropped be-
tween Is per cent and 3313 per
cent during the strike.
Irwin Altman, general man.
ager, Cafritz Corp; Tax in
creases art not passed back to
tenants. Owners are absorbing
chem because of the serious
vacancy situation in District real
estate. Tax increases are dis
couraging real estate ownership
in the District. Urging a higher
Federal payment, he called for a
formula that makes sense" and
suggested payments in lieu Of
taxes"
L. Seth Schnitman, chairman,
North Washington Council Of
Citizens Associations: Com
planning of short notice and a
recent cut in the Federal pay
ment. he said, 1--WE believe we
should not be saddled with
piecemeal increases" He called
for a package deal" when Con-
gress returns in January. YOU'RE
trying to meet a deficit of $5
million with a 81 million in
crease in the tax rate, hoping
against hope for help from Con-
gress. Stand up to Congress and
tell them you won't saddle any
additional taxes on District
citizens until Congress pays its
share"
Evening star., 1955-07-27
County Officials Weigh
I rash Collection System

any plans the Washington Su.
burban Sanitary Commission
might have for expansion oil
their disposal facilities.
The council took under consid-
Grafton a proposed amendment
to the zoning ordinance to per.
NIT child-care homes for moi
more than three children during
daylight hours without going tt
the Board of zoning Appeals fol
special exceptions to the ordi-
nance and without having to
purchase a license.
Five In Some Cases
The amendment also woulc
provide that foster homes caring
for children under supervision o1
the Welfare Department woulc
not have to comply with the zon.
ing ordinance unless they housed
more than five children.
E. w. Bucklin, acting director
of the Department of Inspections
and Licenses, said present zonins
regulations relative to homes
with a small number of day-care
children are impossible to enforce
and that the required appeals fol-
exceptions are too costly fol
operators.
Council members said they will
attempt to decide next week or
the method for assessment o1
levies to finance construction o1
sidewalks in conjunction with
proposed improvements of Rivel
road, which Mr.. Butcher sale
should be let on contract before
the end of this year.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Lottery Charges
Filed Against 5
After Raid Here

Members of the gambling
squad yesterday rounded up five
persons. described as top figures
lin a major" lottery ring, and
charged them with operating a
lottery.
Capt. John B. Layton, chief
of the Morals Division, said the
ring was engaged in an estimated
|$3, ,000-a-day operation. He said
the ring had been watched by
police for the last two months
and added the operation prob
ably had its start two years ago
Arrested and charged were:
William T. Lindsey, 40, of the
4700 block of Fifteenth street
INV; Lucretia M. Killings, 35
of the 1900 block of u street
NV; Constance H. Braxton, 27
of the 900 block of Massachu-
sets avenue NV; Leon Riddick,
So, of the 500 block of Buchanan
street NV, and Albert Green
"a, of the 1900 block of Thir-
teenth street NV. All are col
ored, police said.
The five have been released
under $1,000 bonds. A hearing
has been set for August /.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Rood-e-o Contest to Give
Nation 81 Better Drivers

The tests 81 youngsters are
going through this week in the
National Teenage Road-e-o will
lead to prizes for some of them
But also, when it's over, the
country will have 81 better
drivers.
After a psyche physical test
today-one designed to test re-
actions and Judgment in han
ding a car-participants head
tomorrow for the toughest test
of all. Out at the District Ma
tional Guard Armory they'll gel
behind the wheels of sleek ma
chimes and attempt to thread
needles between rubber balls
and poles.
In a way, one driving test II
designed to prevent embarass-
|ment in later years when the
contestants have married, set
tied down and have a garage to
park their car in.
Normally, without ever partici'
pating in the National Road-e-o
the average automobile driver ha!
a few boxwoods, maybe the edge
of o drain pipe, to his credit
These points" are picked ur
when one tries to get the car intt
a slim garage placed next to the
neighbors' house and garden.
Officials Of the road-e-o have
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Alexandra Youth
Is Chief of Staff
For Boys Nation

A 17-year old Alexandra
youth was appointed yesterday
to the top military post in the
mythical government of the
American Legion's 1855 Boys
Nation.
Appointed chairman of the
joint chiefs Of staff by "Presi-
dent" Douglas j. Hopper, II, o1
Glendale, Calf, was Allan Bugg
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude A
Bugg of GOT Eldon drive.
Allan, a senior at George
Washington High School, Alex.
andria, rushed through his
chores as a newspaper carrier
this morning to join more thar
100 youngsters brought here from
all parts of the Nation to get Q
first-hand look at the govern
ment in action.
The boys spent most of the
morning visiting the Department
of Justice, the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and top G-man
j. Edgar Hoover. In the after
noon they went to Mount Ver-
non. Yesterday they took in the
Pentagon and visited the Lincoln
and jefferson memorials and the
Archives building.
At the Pentagon they were
welcomed by Defense Secretary
Charles e. Wilson, Gen. Max
well Taylor, Army Chief of Staff;
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, All
Force Chief of Staff and Maj
Gen. Oliver s. Picher, Deputy
Director for Strategic Plans oil
|ths Joint staff.
Evening star., 1955-07-27

the May II holdup of the Coasta,
Finance Corp, Takoma Park
About $500 was taken in that
holdup
In previous court appearances
Jones has offered the same de.
fense as in the present case
not guilty by reason of insanity
He has spent much of his time
since 1852 as an inmate of st
Elizabeths Hospital.
Last November, the Govern.
ment dropped three charges
against him because he was
acquitted of a fourth on grounds
of insanity at the time of the
crime.
The Government then made
an effort to have him commit.
tied to the District Training
School as feeble-minded, but g
jury found him not metally de-
fective. Since the remaining
charges against him had already
been dropped, he was free.
Evening star., 1955-07-27

designed such a tast--described
as the most ticklish of all tests
the youngsters face this week.
They will be graded on contin-
uous movement into the garage"
actually two poles-and back
out again. Absent. naturally, will
be the curious neighbor who
hangs out the window to watch
the daily operation.
Washington, it turns out, is
probably the best place to stage
another part of tomorrow's test
the 71a-mile course through
actual traffic conditions.
Considering current traffic
conditions, plus the number of
people behind the wheel because
of the transit strike, the young
sters will move out over Wash
ington in a competitive atmos-
'phere.
Winners Of the four-day con-
test, sponsored by the Junior
Chamber Of Commerce, the
Mutual Insurance Co. and the
American Trucking Associations.
Inc, will be announced at a FRI
day night banquet at the Willard
Hotel. Those competing repre-
sent each State in the Union as
well as the District, Canada and
HaYah.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Programs for Tonight

Program sponsored by The
Evening Star in corporation
with the Film Center of Wash.
ington and the recreation de.
partments of the District anc
Alexandria and Arlington, Prince
Georges and Montgomery coun.
ties:
Washington at Dusk
Palisades, Dana and Sherrier plac'
Takoma;, Fourth and Van Burel
EdEewood, Third and Evarts street
Happy Hollow, Eighteenth street an,
Thomson. Twelfth and L ,treets NV
Langston, 2210 u street NE
Kelly Miller. Forty-ninth street ant
Washinston place NE.
Barry Farms. 1890 Sumner road Sc
Hillcrest, Thirtv-second and DenVe
streets Sc.
ArlinEton County. $3.50 Pm.
Patrick Henry. 700 South Fillmor,
Carver Center. South Queen and soutf
Thirteenth street.
Prince Georges County, $40 p.m.
Morningside Elementary school, Morn
ingside.
chiiium Playground, Sixteenth ant
Chillum road. Chillum.
Montsomery County. $3.50 pm.
KensinEton Elementary school. War
ner and Detrick streets. kensinston.
North Bethesda, Oak place on Ole
Georgetown road, Bethesda.
Maryvale school, Crabb avenue. Rock
vale,
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Jones Pleads insanity
In Montgomery HoIdup

Maurice Jones. 20. colored. oi
the 900 block of French street
NV, a leading figure in legal
tests on insanity in the District
has filed a plea of not guilty By
reason of insanity on a charge
|of armed robbery in Montgomery
County.
Jones is accused of partici.
pating in the 81 .450 holdup ol
the Allied Finance Co. in Silvel
Spring last May. He was arrested
five days after the holdup anc
was ordered held for grand jury
action.
His trial, originally set fol
August 2, has been removed from
the Circuit Court docket in Rock.
vile. On that day he is SLATED
for a mental examination at the
State Hospital in Brownsville
Md.
A detainer has been filed
against Jones by Prince Georges
County police in connection with
Evening star., 1955-07-27

| Montgomery County admin
strative officials today are con-
sidering the possibility of enter
| ing the trash collection field.
The suggestion came at a
meeting of the County Council
Yesterday, following a discussion
of trash disposal problems by
Mason A. Butcher, head of the
Department of Public Works.
Mr.. Butcher pointed out the
county is facing a crisis in its
trash disposal system If plans
are not made now for disposal
sites.
He said the problem is COM
Iplicated by the lack of infor-
nation as to whether new sani-
ltary land fills would be accept
able to residents.
He suggested that, if new land
fills are used, the county select
several sites, which would be
used about five years and then
seeded.
Reese Cites Alternatives
County Manager M. S. Reese
said the county's present dump
site at Fairland is saturated and
that the county needs either ad-
ditional sites for dumps or an
incinerator to be used in con-
nection with a land fill for dis
posal of the residue.
The discussion brought a sug-
gestion from Council Member
Stella B. Werner that nov is
the time to face up to a county
wide system Of collection. She
asked county officials to consider
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Talbot County
ZoningU Upheld

ANNAPOLIS, July 27 F.-
The Court of Appeals today re-
fused to upset coming in Talbot
County's Bay Hundred district
The court found that the Bay
Hundred residents seeking to
have the zoning declared uncon-
stitutional had failed to show
that restrictions upon the prop
erty "precluded its use for any
purpose to which 1t is reasonably
adapted"
The area is restricted to resi-
Dental and agricultural use un-
der county zoning laws. 1t was
once under consideration as an
oil refinery site and hackers OF
that move had sought to have
the zoning changed to industrial,
to which they said it was more
adapted.
In disputing another of the
arguments, the appeals court
found that the County Zoning
Commission had been legally
constituted. It also held that
Legislative intent had been COM
piled with in the county's zoning
system.
The Bay Hundred group, led
by Mrs. Alonsita Walker, had
contended the property was not
adapted for farm use but had
good potential as an industrial
site and a harbor.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Mother of q Drinks Poison
AS Furniture Is Sold for Rent

began July /. The sheriff sale
that Mr.. Vickers' record with the
company and his union was ex.
ltremely good. Within the pas
week Mr.. Vickers obtained EN-.
Iployment as a driver for the
Suburban Transit Co. of Silver
Spring.
Sheriff Bennett said he hac
done his darndest" to help the
IVickers family find a new place
to live.
The sheriff said the unpaic
rent claim amounted to $3.50.
Their apartment is in the soc
block of Blandford street, Rock.
vile.
The sheriff said as far as he
knows the auction has beer
called off for today.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Hearing Cancelled
On Liquor Store Bill

A House District subcommittee
hearing, scheduled for today on
legislation to establish operation
by the District government of
liquor stores, has been Cancelled.
There were indications it
probably will be held sometime
early in the next session of Con-
|greSS in January,
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Senate Group Shelves
Insurance Tux Bill

The Senate Finance Commit
tee has postponed further con.
sideration of a House passed bill
to change the tax formula fol
life insurance companies unit
next January.
Chairman Byrd told newsmer
the vote yesterday was SIS tt
delay further consideration un'
til next year. He said the bill
can be acted on any time up tt
next March IS.
Evening star., 1955-07-27

A Rockville (Md.) woman
mother of four children and
wife of a former Capital Tran
sit Co. driver, drank poison to-
day when sheriff's deputies
came to her apartment to auc-
tion off the furniture for non
payment of rent.
Montgomery County police
said Mrs. Clara E. Vickers
about 35, was rushhed to Sub
urban Hospital. Hospital off,
cials said she was in satisfactory
condition after emergency treat
ment.
County Sheriff Guy Bennett
said the woman's husband, Viii.
liam L. Vickers, was a Capita
Transit driver until the strike
Evening star., 1955-07-27

District taxpayers today urget
the Commissioners not to, in
crease the real estate tax rat
and suggested that the city
financial problem be dropped il
the lap of Congress when it re
turns in January.
This is what they had to sa!
at the District Building hearing
Miss Louise Raum, 1909
street NV: II don't think it,.
fair in this heat wave, with
transportation cut off, to hav'
this rush hearing" which wa
called Monday.
Norman Glasgow, Washington
Hotel Association: 1.-THE hote
association opposes an increast
in the tax rate. 1t is present.,
carrying very heavy tax burder
because assessments are mort
nearly at true value than thoss
on residential properties"
w. Hiles Pardoe, president
District Bankers Association
1--WE recognize the need for in.
creased revenue, but it is in
advisable to add an additiona
burden at this time. It would
be advisable to postpone or re-
|duce expenditures"
John L. C. Sullivan, Fedora
|tion of Businessmen's Associa-
tions:: eve are very much op-
posed. An increase might set q
precedent for future commits
sions. Throw it back in, their
laps" (urging submission of the
problem to Congress-.
william c. Smith, Federation
of Citizens Associations: 1.-THE
federation is unanimously op-
posed to any increase in the
real estate tax rate. These in
creases always become perma-
nent." Citing tax increases
levied by Congress last year
and Congress failure this year
to appropriate a full $40 million
Federal payment, he declared
Congress has failed to live up
to its agreement.
"Wait until the next session oi
Congress and let its members
wrestle with the problem"
When Commissioner Samue.
Spencer asked whether the city
should reduce operating expenses
to avoid tax increases, Mr.. Smith
said, II feel our citizens want
everything in the public works
program, and surely we are ir
favor of wage increases but
Congress should also include ad.
ditional appropriations in voting
wage increases"
Asked by Mr.. Spencer If that
is a realistic position" Mr.
Smith conceded, 1T might moi
be-"
Charles ]. Bauer, Building
Owners and Managers Associa.
ton: I'VE are just kidding our.
selves if we think property car
carry an unlimited burden"
Your chances are better of get.
ting a general revision of the ta2
structure if you make no piece.
meal change now"
James F. O'Donnell, Restau.
rant Beverage Association: Mos
tavern and restaurant leases con.
tain provisions for passing on rea
estate tax increases to tenants.
Herbert C. Blunck, president
Washington Hotel Association
Thirty-one hotels pay one-for.
tieth of the total real estate tax