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Evening star., 1955-02-24
Proyler Report
.prqy|!ain Fire
Fatal toCaptain
Door in D St. Store
Believed Smashed
Before BIoze Bequn

One of the two downtown
stores badly damaged in a five
alarm fire early today may have
been entered Illegally before the
blaze. Fire Capt. George r.
Flaherty was killed and l8 other
flremen were hurt in the Stub
born fire.
Fire Marshal Ray Roberts said
his Office is investigating a re-
port that the front door glass of
the Union Hardware Co., Til D
street NV, was broken at least
an hour before the first alarm.
He said he has a statement
from a passerby who noticed the
smashed glass, but said the man
went on his way without report
ing 1t to police. First phase of
the probe will be to question
f1remen who were first on the
scene.
The fire, fed by exploding
paint and smoldering leather,
swept through the hardware
stores two-floor building and the
adjoining four-story building oc-
cupied by Enterprise Rapid Shoe
Repair Co., at TOO D street.
Smoke Inhalation Blamed.
Smoke inhalation, believed to
be the cause of Capt. Fla
herty's death, also accounted for
most of the casualties. None of
the victims is serious and only
three were hospitalized.
Fire Marshal Roberts was un-
able to assess damage to the two
buildings or, as yet, to determine
a possible cause. The fire may
have started in the L-shaped
basement which runs under both
buildings. Investigators will not
enter the buildings until safety
precautions are taken to prevent
falling walls.
Capt. Flaherty. son of retired
Police Capt. John Flaherty, was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Emergency Hospital at 1890
am, 16 minutes after the fifth
alarm had been turned in.
He was found unconscious
near the front door of the shoe
repair shop and was brought out
of the building as dense, black
smoke began pouring from the
brick structure.
Smoke Biggest Problem.
Smoke was the great prob
lem. It BACKED out the
flames IN the early stages
and forced a blind play of
water into the two build
ings. It hung in a thick pail over
the area and kept spectators
well back. The narrow confines
of D street and a construction
barricade next to a fire plug
made the fire fight more difficult.
To protect firemen, electric
power was turned off at the
nearby Potomac Electric Power
Co., substation. 1t blacked out
an area from Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to N street and from North
Capitol to Washington Circle.
Ten persons occupying apart
ments in the shoe repair store
building made their way out
without injury. One man, Will
liam Chimus, SO, fed to the roof
and was brought down an aerial
ladder to safety.
At least SO pieces of equip
ment were on the scene and fire.
men played water into the
smoking hulks from a dozen
aerial nozzles.
Awakened by Tenant.
The first alarm, local, was
phoned in by w. H. Robinson,
54, tenant in the four-story
building. A clerk in the hard
ware store, he said he was
awakened by another tenant.
Il saw smoke and called the
Fire Department"
A box alarm was pulled at
1l:24. Then came the second
at 1928, the third at 1883, the
fourth at 1885 and the fifth at
12:46.
BY l am. flames were piercing
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Evening star., 1955-02-24


President Outlines His Reasons for op-
posing Tox Cut. Poee A-8
their members. principally from
Virginia and Texas, who oppose
the plan. But Republicans were
even more worried by the omi-
nous silence of many of their coll
leagues who failed to show up for
an early-morning caucus.
A decisive vote seemed unlikely
before tomorrow. even on an
initial test on the controversial
tax cut section OF a three-part
bill. The other sections, on which
both parties substantially agree,
would continue for another year
beyond April /, the present So
per cent corporation income tax
rate and excise tax rates on
liquor, cigarettes, gasoline, auto
mobiles and related items.
Democrats Confident.
Democratic leaders said they
were confident the bill would be
approved with the tax cut pro-
posal. An informal poll report
edly indicated that perhaps as
many as 10 Democrats might
support move to strike the in
come tax section from the bill.
Majority leaders, however, pre-
dlcted that an even larger num-
ber of Republicans would support
the tax cut provision.
At the Republican caucus this
morning fewer than five members
notified the minority leadership
that they intended to vote for
the $40 income tax credit plan.
However. only about 160 OF the
203 House Republicans attended
the closed meeting. Even allow
ing for unavoidable absences,
some Republicans said privately
that many OF the missing 80
might have stayed away because
they expect to vote with the
Democrats for the reduction.
showdown Today Unlikely.
Democratic Leader McCor-
mack ana Republican Leader
Martin told reporters separately
that they doubted that the
House would get around to vot-
ing before tomorrow. Democrats
originally had hoped to dispose
Of the bill late TO-DAY.
But before beginning consid-
Grafton of the bill itself this
afternoon for four hours of gen.
eral discussion, the House al
lotted one hour for debate on
the parliamentary procedure
recommended late yesterday by
the Rules Committee IN clearing
the DILL for House action. Under
the usual rule that was granted,
opponents OF the $2U tax cut
pan would have an opportunity
to obtain an initial test vote on
q move to strike out that contro-
verSlal section. Such a move,
however, would be the only
amendment that could be offered
during the debate.
The Senate Republican Policy
Committee also arranged to dis
cuss the bill today. Senator
Bridges, Republican, Of New
Hampshire, scheduled a commit
tee session for this afternoon
on a move to make a party mat
ter out Of the proposed tax cut.
Eisenhower Raps Action.
President Eisenhower, calling
attention to the Democratic
device of adding the $40 cut
plan to the tax extension bill,
charged at his news conference
yesterday that sponsors of the
(See TAXES, Page A-40
Evening star., 1955-02-24
Chang Moves
All Civilians
From Nanchi.
Threatened Isle Was
Furthest- Post After
Tuchen Withdrawal
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Ot tHS NasoSioiSo r'SSs
TAIPEI, Formosa. Feb. "a
Nationalist China said today all
civilians had been withdrawn
from tiny Nanchi Island, a Red
threatened outpost 140 miles
north of Formosa.
. The withdrawal seemed an al
most certain prelude to a mill
tary evacuation. Nanchi Tor
Nanchisan) is reported garri-
soned by some 5000 regulars
and guerrillas.
Air force headquarters said
three waves of Nationalist planes
struck blows today in defense of
Nanchi. 1t reported that II Red
barracks and seven military "po-
sitions" were destroyed on the
Taishans, 40 miles south of Nam
chi, and Peilung, IL miles north.
The more than 10 pilots taking
part said the Reds sent up anti
aircraft fire but that no raiders
were lost.
Reds Fire on Quemoy.
Red artillery on an islet in
Annoy Bay fired 81 shells tonight
at the Nationalists on Quemoy,
an offshore island 120 miles west
of Formosa. The Nationalists
said no damage resulted.
There were approximately
1000 civilians on Nanchi, a
three-square- mile island %
miles off the Red mainland and
the northernmost anchor of
Chang Kai-shek's island chain.
About 800 civilians, mostly
army dependents, were with
drawn two weeks ago. Those be-
ing brought to Formosa today
in Nationalist craft are mainly
fishermen who have spent their
entire lives on Nanchi.
The expected military evac-
uation would leave the Nation
alists with only Quemoy and the
Matsus outside the United
States-protected Formosa de-
fense zone, which embraces For
mosa itself and the nearby
PeScadores islands.
The action follows by less than
three weeks the Nationalist i
evacuation Of the Tachen Is
lands, 200 miles north Of For
moSa.
Outside Form0sa Strait.
Army commanders had been
pressing for a finish fight at
Nanchi, but the general staff
overruled them because there
was no possible hope Of United
States support in its defense.
The island is outside the For
mosa Strait and, in the United
States view, not essential to the
defense of Formosa and the Pes
cadores,, which President Eisen-
hover has promised to guard.
Earlier today. official sources
denied Nanchi was being evacu-
ated. They said air and naval
blows against the Reds had les
sened, for the time being the
Communist threat there.
The latest reported strikes
against the Reds were delivered
last night by three waves Of
planes based on Formosa.
Red Islands Attacked.
Air force headquarters claimed
one Communist craft-type and
size unspecified - sunk. and
heavy damage inflicted on mill
tary installations on the small
Red-held islands of Chihotushan
(tooth head mountain) and Peil-
ungshan 4north dragon noun
tain).
Both are north of Nanchi.
Press reports said Nationalist
warplanes delivered further at
tacks today against Red craft in
the vicinity of Nanchi. There
was no official confirmation.
The Reds have not thrown any
air strength against Nanchi.
1t. Gen. Roger Ramey. whose
United States 5th Air Force
a squadron of F-86
Sabre jets on Formosa, con-
ferred with top United States |
and Nationalist officials today.
Evening star., 1955-02-24
More Prepared Mixes
Ready for Housewives

TIPS TO HoMEMAKERs-Exeitins
TO the rushed housewife ore five
more prepared mixes just placed on
the market. Violet Faulkner, The
Stars food editor. describes these on
poqe B-l.
Evening star., 1955-02-24
House Battle
Warming Up on
$40 Tax Trim
Both Parties Fear
Desertions; Vote
:. Likely Tomorrow
By Robert K. Welsh

The House started battling
today over a proposed $40 cut in
individual income taxes.
Democratic leaders conceded
the probable loss of several" of
Evening star., 1955-02-24
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President Outlines His Reasons for o.
posing Tox Cut. Pose A-S
Evening star., 1955-02-24
A Simple Verse

]. Edgar Hoover, boss of the FBI, has
patterned his philosophy Of life on a
simple verse from the Bible which states
some Of the requirements of living. For
the second in a series Of lenten refiec-
tions, see Page A-29.
Evening star., 1955-02-24

(See LAMB, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1955-02-24

(See TAXES, Page A-40
Evening star., 1955-02-24

Continued on Page A-29, Col. IL
Evening star., 1955-02-24

An Associated Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1955-03-02

Two original dramas will be
among the four plays launching
the 9th annual One-Act Play
Tournament Tuesday night at
8:15 in the Roosevelt auditorium.
Thirteenth and Allison streets
NV.
Marion E. Sitter has written
and will direct Freddy and the
Easter Angel" for the Parish
Players of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church. Her cast includes Jay
and Deanna Derrickson, Elaine
Dunstan, Sue Hadsell, Eileen
Murphy, Genevieve Edwards.
Phyllis Light and Muriel Woods.
The st. Matthew Cathedral
Players in the tourney for the
first time, also have chosen a
work by a member. Gino j.
Simi's Success Story" will be
directed by Frank Liebhold, with
Agnes Stasek, Mary Forester,
John H. Martin and Leo Cova-
leSki in the cast.
The Arlington Players are
fpinning their hopes on "Helena's
Husband" by Philip Moeller. 1t
will be played byCarlene Cook
man, Rina Flynn. Ron Harold,
Earl Charnock and James Ober-
lin, under the direction of Orel
Leonard.
The Mayo Recreation and
Civic Association of Edgewater.
Nd. also has drawn the con-
tests first night for its presen-
tation of Thornton Wilder's 1.-THE
Happy Journey"
Sixteen other amateur groups
will take their turns on March
10, II, is and II, with the finals
scheduled for March "a. Judges
for the preliminaries are Leo
Sullivan of WTOP. the Rev. Je-
rome Coll, S. j., of Gonzaga High
School, Bess Winburn Colladay
and Bessie Whitford. The COM
petition is sponsored by the Dis
trict Recreation Department.
Maude Howell Smith, long a
| guiding hand to the event, put
Evening star., 1955-03-02
Community Drono
Two Original Plays Set
For Journeys Premiere
LAP NeWsfeatures Photo.
By jones RowIond

directors of entries and other
tournament enthusiasts in q
properly festive mood Sunday
with a party at her apartment
in the Westchester. Reminis-
cences knew no boundaries.
what with the assemblage hold
ing such amateur theater vet
Grams as Sybil Baker. originator
of the competition, Pauline
Eaton Oak, supervising the pro-
gram, Maurice Jarvis and Dennis
Connell.
It was the latter who spanked
a period of conversation by iden-
tifying himself with an item in
the Fifty Years Ago" column
of a Sunday Star.
The retrospect mentioned a
minstrel given by the st. Patrick
Players. and called particular at
tention to an lend man" who
his listeners were delighted to
recall-could collect his own set
of laurels for show-stealing. His
name was Dennis Connell.
\ y \ II
CAMPUS STAGES: The Mask
and Bauble of Georgetown Uni
versity will be the first of a trio
of colleges to open new produc-
tionS. Robert E. Sherwood's S
"The Petrified Forest" will run
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow and Fri
day in Holy Trinity Theaser,
Thirty sixth and o streets NV.
Cast are Ted Zolkiewicz,
Tony Kobus, Joan Salomone
dun barton College,, Pete
Owens, Pete Carroll. John Gatti,
Paul Julien, Bill Brown, Judy
Emling, Barry Brennan. D. K.
(See ROWLAND, Page A-33)
Evening star., 1955-03-02
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time of Showing

Stage.
Arena-"The World of Sholom
Aleichem"; $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - Battle Cry;
!. $40. 6:25 and 9:l5 pm.
CapitOl-"Long John Silver:
Il am, 1:10, 3:20, $50, TAO and
$50 pm.
COlony-"Trouble in Store:
$50. $40 and $50 pm.
Columbia - Many Rivers to
Cross; 11.45 am, las, 3:45.
5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
Dupont-"Gate of HELP; 1880
am, 1:35. 3:35. $40. 7:45 and
$50 pm.
Keith's - 1.-THE Long Gray
Line; 11:40 am, 2::20, 4:55.
7:20 and $40 pm.
Little-"Isle of Stolen Wom-
en-: 1880. 3:25, sos, $40, 8:15
and 9:55 pm.
MacArthur-"The Little Kid
nappers"; sos, 7:55 and $50
pm.
Metropolitan Battle Cry;
II am, lao, 4:20. 7 and $40
pm.
Ontario - 1.-THE Bridges at
Toko-Ri";; l. 1855, $40, 7:25 and
$40 pm.
Palace-"The Racers; 1880
am, 1885. $40. 5:45. 1850 and
9:55 pm.
Playhouse-"Aida" 11:25 am,
1:25, $3.50, 5:35. TAO and GAS
pm.
PIaza-"Tonight's the Night:
1920. 2:l5. 4:10, 6:05, 8 and
10 pm.
Trans-Lux - "The Country
Girl; 10:45 am, 1890, 2:25.
4:20, 6:l5. 8:l5 and 1915 pm.
Warner-"This Is Cinerama":
2 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1955-03-02

popularity, was the years best
comedy.
RETURN OF THE NATIVE:
1ngrid Bergman, of Sweden, also
has found one can't go, home
again, as Thomas Wolfe wrote so
wistfully. Fl
AT least, in Q bitterly angry
statement following her tour Of
the homeland In Saint Joan at
the Stake" Miss Bergman says
she won't be back. Personal in
vective aimed at her by the free
wheeling Swedish press, exempt
from libel as defined in this
country, aroused the former idol
of the Swedish public to an equal
pitch Of fury.
The critics who did not like
her performance in the opera.
in which she served as narrator
heroine. were at least polite and
professionally reserved. Not so
the columnists. They fired point
blank, drew the same kind Of an
swer from the outraged Miss
Bergman, whose audiences, In
Guiding members of the royal
family, had been large and re-
ceptive.
RIPOSTE: M. Richard Nash,
author of THE Rainmaker" is
no playwright. TO accent the the
ater's churlish dictum that the
writer is the last man to ask
what he has written. Asked
what his play is about. he sums
up so, tersely that critics won't
have to bother in their reviews.
Says Mr.. Nash:
Lizzie Curry, who is plain
and ungifted with men, has
made the best Of being unloved
and unwanted- by them. She is
about ready to discard the dream
Of a full life and live with lone
liness. But suddenly she finds
that two men want her-one, a
scapegrace,s wild braggart; the
other, the soul Of insecurity like
herself. And now, overnight, she
must see herself, and the world,
differently. And she discovers
that her life is not so arid
as she judged it. Finding beauty
where it was least expected. she
finds it in herself"
So, there.
BULLETIN BOARD: Kirk
Douglas will be a Washington
visitor, March Is and II, max
ing personal appearances at the
Capitol Theater in connection
with Man Without a Star"
His co-stars in the film are Je-
anne Grain and Claire Trevor. 80.
Gene Autry and Gail Davis wifi
take over Uline's arena March
II for two performances, after
noon and night, of "Hot Show OF
1885," the latest Autry touring
opus. The production in
cludes 10 numbers, involves q
company of IS performers.
Children's Dance Workshop will
present THE Bluebird Of Happi-
ness" at Leland Junior High
School auditorium on Saturday
:. Curtain time, 8 pm. The
production has been directed BY
Thelma Tierney and Louis Tup-
Ter. There will be sneak
preview of a new English film
comedy at the Macarthur Thea
ter Monday night at 8:15 pm
Aas a companion piece for the
one night of "The Little Kid
napers. "Untamed" will
not be the next Palace picture
A switch in bookings will
bring in White Feather" or
Saturday.
Evening star., 1955-03-02


q tour of American service in
stallations in Europe. This is the
third foreign tour of the group.
under the sponsorship of the De-
partment of Defense. The first
took it to Korea in 1882. the
second to Europe in the following
year.
Fifteen members of the troupe.
and Father Gilbert ". Hartke.
head Of the university's speech
and drama department win make
the 1855 swing abroad.
It win take of April 5 from
Washington Airport in q Mill
tary Air Transport Service plane
which win set the travellers down
the following day in Rhein Main.
Frankfurt, Germany. Following
bookings at service installations
in the, country. Players. Inc,
will follow with performances
at American military bases in
france ana ltaly.
II is, as usual, a classic re-
pertory that the university actors
will take to servicemen abroad,
this time, Shakespeare's Julius
Caesar" and Moliere's would
Be Gentleman" representing
tragedy and comedy in as un-
adulterated forms as they come.
Players, Inc. designed to pro-
vide both work and experience
for actors who prefer both to
the gamble Of Broadway, will
have had nine-month season
this year, from September until
May, as q result Of the foreign
finale.
FREEDOM NOTE: Hollywood
will 60 just so far with the
critics, a little farther each year,
but still safely this side Of con-
fornity.
Latest studio group to assert
its independence Of critical taste
is the Screen Writers Guild. It
went along amiably and in ac-
cord with the reviewers in
choosing "On the Waterfront"
as the best dramatic film of the
year, and Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers" as the top mu-
sical.
On the best comedy? Positively
not! That, the screen writer's
voted, was "Sabrina. Like their
senior brethren in the legitimate
theater, the cinema reviewers
decided this was one more ver-
sion of the Cinderella legend
whose charm was hackneyed.
True, it could not have been
better done by Director William
Wyler, and players Audrey Hep
burn. Humphrey Bogart and
William Holden but-well, there
1t was.
That's what the drama critics
had felt earlier about the cast
headed by Margaret SULLIVAN,
Joseph Gotten and Scott Mckay.
To this the screen writers re-
piled: "Hmmmmph, they all had
to have something to act, didn't
they?"
Audiences. by the way, agreed
with the screen writer's, not the
critics. "Sabrina," in terms of
Evening star., 1955-03-02
The Posing Show
Gu Play Group Booked
For Third Foreign 7 our
By Joy CormodY

You also the world joining Players c the touring
rpeo composed of actors graduated from Catholic
University.
Come April miles travel SO States in this
country this Players will be of to Europe for
Evening star., 1955-05-24
TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS
500 WAsH-FM (s7.1 mc), 10:45

$500 WASH-FM (s7.1 mc), 10:4s
WWDC-Treasury Agent: A
highway chase after "The
Brazen Blonde" leads to q
cache of untaxed alcohol.
sos WGMS-Symphony Hall;
Dohnanyi. Variations of q
Nursey Tune; Tchaikowsky
Melancholy Serenade.
$40 WWDC-Baseball: Wash
ington at New York. eTele-
vised, channel five.)
Sis WOOK, WFAN (100.3 mc)
Baseball: Brooklyn at
Pittsburgh.
900 WRC-Radio Theater:
Dorothy MCGUIRE in Nov,
Voyager," story of a woman
who finds new incentive in
living while on world cruise.
1890 WMAL - Red Shelton:
Dead-Eye gets involved in a
gun duel with a horse-thief.
Evening star., 1955-05-24
TODAYS T
HIGHLiGHTS

1880 WMAL (7l-Cavalcade of
America: "Six Hours to
Deadline," story of newspa-
perman's dramatic decision
on withholding a story from
the public.
$500 WRC (4)-The Bob Hope
Show: Bob presents high
lights from his motion pic
ture career, plus Bing Crosby
and Jane Russell.
Sis WTTG (5) - Baseball:
Washington VS.. New York.
Chill Gold handles Tenth In
ming Show following game }
$3.50 WTOP (g-Halls Of Ivy:
Girl student is faced with
expulsion for having used
cousins credentials; Ronald
and Bonita Colman.
800 WRC (4)-Fireside Thea
ter: A dream comes true for
teen-age Jimmy when he gets
a date with schools most
popular girl.
$3.50 WMAL (T-U. S. Steel
Hour: Frank Puglia stars in
big Winner" comedy drama
that kids TV quiz shows;
Alex Segal directs.
1000 WTOP (9) - Danger:
Daughter of famous actress
falls in love with bellboy-
only to find he is a criminal.
1890 WRC dts a Great
Life: Uncle Earl stars in a
new misunderstanding para
keets; James Dunn.
1890 WTOP (9-see 1t Now:
Ed Murrow presents a re-
port Of the British elections
two days before voters 60 to
the polls.
11:25 WMAL (D-Studio Seven:
Cliff Arquette stars in 1.-THE
Return Of Van Sickle" COM
edy about a man W h o
wouldn't be prosecuted be-
cause he knew too much
about the judges past.
1880 WRC (4)-Steve Allen:
His guests are Betty Furness
and singer Helen Strife.
Evening star., 1955-05-24
Export Muny Horses

LONDON.-In a normal year
Great Britain exports many
thoroughbred horses, the value
often reaching $l4 million an
nually.
Evening star., 1955-05-24

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Evening star., 1955-01-05
|BIacksburg Banker
Goes on Trial May Z
o. shs A,,o<iosed Pre.,


ROANOKE. Va. Jan. 5.-John
Moore Kessler. one Of Blacks
burgis most prominent citizens,
win 60 on trial here May Q on
q charge he concealed Q $22. 900
shortage ct the bank he headed
for II years.
Kessler, 81. president Of the
National Bank Of Blacksburg
since 1913. was arraigned yester-
day on . warrant fled by the
FBT and released on $500 bond.
The FBI said the banker ad-
mitted he made false entries on
the banks books to conceal the
$4,000 shortage. which he said
represented money he had taken
little by little over the last IS
years for personal living ex-
penses,
Kessler resigned as president
Of the bank last Thursday. DR..
c. p. Miles was elected to suc-
ceed him in the presidency.
Mr.. Miles said despite the
shortage. the bank still Is in
sound financial condition.