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Evening star., 1955-05-26
reached the crash site said there

reached the crash site said there
we're mo survivors"
1t was not Immediately known
whether more bodies might be
in the smoldering wreckage.
The six-engined plane crashed
and burned about II pm. last
night.
Goodfellow Air Force Base
said the plane was believed to be
from Walker Air Force Base at
Roswell, N. Mex.
A passing aircraft sighted the
flaming wreckage about mid
night and reported the position
about IS miles west of here.
Smoke and fame prevented
crew members of the discovery
plane from reading numbers by
which the crashed planes home
base may have been ascertained
In Roswell. Maj. A. K. Barnes,
public information officer at
Walker, said plane from his
base was overdue '.in that area. /"
1t last reported its position, he
added, at 10:44 pm.
Evening star., 1955-05-26
House Gets Roods Bill,
Presidents Plan Rejected

Eisenhower program concen-
trated all of the additional
money on completing the 10000
miles of the cross-country in
terstate system that was desig-
mated on Federal highway maps
about 10 years ago.
Keeps AppOrtiOning Formula
The fact that the Gore bill
increased the rate of spending
on secondary farm -to-market
roads as we'll as on the inter-
state system and retained the
definite formulas for apportion-
ing the money among the States
gave it the edge in the Senate.
Supporters of the administration
plan submitted a table to show
how much each State could ex-
pect under that bill, but Demo-
Gratis insisted these were not
definite annual apportionments.
The best argument the Re-
publicans had against the Gore
bill was that it would increase
the Federal deficit, since it pro-
vides no way of raising the ad-
ditional appropriations starting
in fiscal year 1857.
Supporters of the Gore bill
gave some thought to adding /
cent to the Federal gas tax, but
they could not offer such an
amendment in the Senate be-
cause the Constitution says tax
measures must originate in the
House.
The Eisenhower bill originally
contained provision under
which part of the bond issue
Evening star., 1955-05-26
By ]. A. O'LEARY

Republicans looked hopefully
to the House today to revive
President EiSenhower's bond
issue highway plan, which was
rejected by the Senate yesterday
for a Democratic substitute.
But Senator Gore. Democrat.
of Tennessee, will go before the
House Public Works Committee
this afternoon to urge approval
Of the measure he steered through
the Senate. under which the
long established Federal aid
highway program would be
greatly expanded.
The Eisenhower bill calls for a
Federal-State outlay of $38 bill
lion over a 10-year period. most
of which would consist of spe-
cial $21 billion bond issue outside
the public debt, and financed by
earmarking part Of the 2-cent
Federal gas tax.
The Senate. however. turned
the plan down, go to 81. with
13 Republicans voting against
it, while only one Democrat
Senator Kennedy of Massachu-
setts-supported the President.
Democrats Bar Recommittal
After that setback, admins
tration forces tried to send the
whole subject back to commit
tee for study until the House
acts. But again they lost, so to
80. Not a Democrat voted for
recommittal, while four Repub-
licans were recorded against.
The Senate then passed with
out a roll call the Gore bill. un-
der which Federal and State
Governments will spend nearly
$18 billion over a five-year pc
riod, starting July /. 1856.
One big difference between the
two plans is that the Gore bill
increases Federal spending on
all types of roads, while the
Evening star., 1955-05-26
B-36 Crashes,
9 Bodies Found

SAN ANGELO, Tex, May 26
P.-A B36 bomber crashed in
rugged ranch country last night
during a thunderstorm, killing
at least nine.
First word from a rescue crew
which reached the burned-out
hulk early today was that nine
bodies had been recovered. 1t
was reported the plane carried
a crew of IA.
The plane crashed in the West
Texas ranching area about 35
miles southwest of Sterling
City.
The truck convoy from Good
fellow Air Force Base which
Evening star., 1955-05-26
INSPECTORS FIND
AUTO IS DRIVEN
WITHOUT WHEEL

MUSKEGON HEIGHTS.
Mich. (P.-Police stopped
Harry Bacon's car for a
checkup during a safety in
spection crusade.
Lights, brakes. ETC., were
ok'd.
But Patrolman Donald
Robbins happened to look in
side. No steering wheel. In
its place was a horn ring.
The wheel came off, so
l use this" Mr.. Bacon ex-
planned.
Mr.. Bacon was grounded
until he gets a new steering
Wheel
Evening star., 1955-05-26

is difiicult to see how they can
hope to salvage more than a part
of it in view of the Senate roll
calls. Even if the House should
pass the administration bill. a
compromise would have to be
made in the joint conference
committee between the two
houses.
Evening star., 1955-05-26
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Evening star., 1955-05-26
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Evening star., 1955-05-26

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Evening star., 1955-01-16
Charles Angoff Proves His Merit
Reviewed by WiIIiom Hines

foreigners-in "The Sun at
Noon" they are almost COM
pletely naturalized.
More than its predecessor
volumes, this book is the story
Of one member Of the family
David, the boy. Almost auto
geographically, Mr.. Angoff tells
Of David's Harvard days, and
strikes the keynote of the
Polonsky saga when David
realizes that English, not Yid-
dish, is his primary language.
Back Next Year
This oogish reviewer, who
has known his share of Jews
but has never associated closely
with those of the Orthodox
persuasion, has followed the
Polonskys now for three years,
through something like 1000
pages in three books. He feels
now that he knows the family
and the little understood
American religious group it
represents. And 1t was--to
this reviewer-encouraging to
learn that the Polonskys will
be back again next year in a
tale centering on David's adult
hood.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Life in the Monastery at Holy Hill

After reading Thomas Mer-
ton, who has been called in
New York literary circles "the
talking Trappist." you can
expect anything from a mon
astery. But there Is a special
charm shining out Of a dis
tinctive personality in "Men
in Sandals" by Richard Mad
den. o. c. d. Bruce: $2,509
Father Madden belongs to the
order of Discalced Carmelites,
and this is the story, not with
out humor, of his life In the
monastery at Holy Hill, Wis.
1t is. he says. "of little i'm
portance to us what people say
or think about us" He adds:
ITO those who take a per-
verted sense Of delight in
tearing us down ~ different
ways, we can only say in our
defense (if a defense is neces-
sary): When Christ came down
upon the earth to begin His
work Of redemption. He chose
IA simple. ignorant, ordinary
men on which to found His
church. tAnd the true rock.
Peter. was probably the most
ignorant Of them allO Today,
after ell these years, Christ
istill chooses the same kind Oh
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Greatest Puzzle in the Universe
Reviewed BY Winfred OyerhoIser IA D.

tion, intelligence and "brain
waves" He then proceeds to
consider abnormal function
ing-epilepsy, cerebral palsy,
STROKES" In his treatment of
neurosis and Of the various
pSychoses he points out that
whatever the basis of "func-
tional" disorders, they are
manifested, as in all conduct,
through the brain and nervous
system, and that various phys
ical and chemical treatments
(electroshock and certain
drugs, for example) produce
beneficial results in selected
cases. His presentation Of
lobotomy is restrained and his
explanation OF its results is
clear.
The chapters on "mechani-
cal brains" are interesting and
instructive. But amazing as
those machines are, Mr.. Pfeif-
fer emphasizes that the capa-
city of the human brain is
billions of times" greater.
"The most complex structure
we know in the universe" he
says, "lies snugly packed inside
our heads" Every one who
has a brain (and who hasn't?)
can derive information and
encouragement and stimula-
ton from reading this book.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Mexican Modern

The first one-man show in
Washington, by Luis Monas-
terio Of Mexico City. Is on view
at the Circulating Gallery,
1910 Wisconsin avenue.
through January 81. The COL
lection, about is items, In
cludes both original bronzes,
polychromed terracottas, and
drawings. The semiabstract
terracotta figures, brightly
painted, suggest natives OF
New Guinea bedecked in their
war paint: but the artist. to
judge from a monograph in
cluding q QUESTIONABLE with
him, is not representing spe-
cif1c subjects, but is primarily
interested in technical expert
ments, original forms and
colors. He sees unlimited
possibilities In this medium.
Senor Monasterio has ex-
pertmented along still other
lines, indicated by the several
small bronzes on view. There
are subtle suggestions OF an
Evening star., 1955-01-16

K2, THE SAVAGE NOUN
TAIN. BY Charles Houston
and Robert Bates. (McGraw-
Hill; So
"K2. The Savage Mountain. I"
tells the story of the 2S.250-
foot giant Of Pakistan, the Sec
ond highest point in the world.
and of the men Of the third
American Karakorarn expedi-
ton who tried unsucceSsfully
to scale its rock-and-ice bound
slopes in August of 1858.
The authors open with a his
tory of the region and a dis
cussion of previous expeditions.
Interesting sections on the de-
tailed preparations and team
selection follow. Thereafter the
story becomes pure adventure.
climaxing in q six-day. 100
m.p.h. blizzard at $4,000 feet
which leads to q hair-raising
accident and the tragic death
of one member Of the expedi-
tion.
Houston, Bates and their COL
laborators have written q
highly interesting and exciting
book. Additional plaudits are
due McGraw-Hill for @ fine Job
Of printing and Photographic
reproduction and Clarence
Doore for his effective line
drawings
Although K2 has since been
conquered by an Italian expe-
dition. this in no way detracts
from the worth Of this heok.
Evening star., 1955-01-16

THE SUN AT NOON. BY
Charles Angoff. (Beechurst;
$4.50.)
The test Of a truly accom-
plished author, It would seem.
is to take a subject unfamiliar
to the majority Of his potential
audience, develop 1t into a
story understandable, living
and real. and at the end leave
the reader wishing there was
more to come.
This Mr.. Angoff has done
in THE Sun at Noon," the
third in a series Of novels
about the life and times Of an
immigrant Orthodox Jewish
family and its Americaniza-
ton in the first half Of the
goth Century.
They Are Now at Home
Like the first two volumes
of the SERIES Journey to the
Dawn" and "In the Morning
Light"-the present book deals
with the Polonsky family Of
Boston. Mass. But where the
PolonSkys. In Journey" were
strangers In a strange land
and, in Morning Light" still
Evening star., 1955-01-16

minor ones, emerge distinctly,
each an individual.
The first few chapters take
place In Singapore during the
war. We find the central char
acter, Kyogo Moriya, living
with a Chinese family In a
nearby town. He was a naval
officer and fed Japan 20 years
ago after he and some COM
rades embezzIed funds to con-
tinue gambling. Moriya did
not disembowel himself with q
ceremonial sword; he had 9TH
er ideas. Instead he went to
Europe to live, prospered and
enjoyed himself, though some
times he missed Japan and the
wife and daughter he deserted.
The Navy Is Gone
Moriya is betrayed to the
japanese occupation police by
a glamorous. evil woman, q
Japanese who runs q restau-
rant in Singapore. The police
are not interested In the old
embezzlement. but they sus-
pect Moriya is a spy. and he is
held until the war Is over.
Then, on impulse. he returns
TO Japan. There is no more
navy; he has nothing to fear
from the old charge.
We have Moriya's encounter
with q classmate at the naval
academy. who became q navy
captain and represents the old
order. And there Is his newt
able contact with his daugla-
ter. now "a. and with her STEP
father, q politically ambitious,
elf-centered, bureaucratic pro-
fessor. Her mother, assuming
Moriya dead, had married
again. There are students and
others.
There Is action enough at
times, some highly dramatic
scenes. There are, too, the
floating scenes" as Orien-
tails call them, pages Of de-
scriptions and impressions.
These halt the story, but they
are rewarding In their beauty.
There Is Always Fear
Mr.. Osaragi can be critical
Of Japan. He has Moriya say
10 his old classmate after the
war: We've ali lived in con-
slant fear Of some one or
something, hesitant and
frightened and subservient.
That hasn't changed for all
our brave new world. Every
one wastes his life justifying
himself to something. It's
weakness. and the weak can
never be free"
And later we find Moriya
thinking: Postwar Japan was
really q desert. The young
were devoid Of subtlety--as
one might expect Of a genera
ton stripped Of It's past"
Homecoming" Is, l think,
. reading experience you won't
want TO miss.
Evening star., 1955-01-16

however the book may sell.
"Out Went the Candle" is
an overlong, murky story
about q Jewish family of which
the father. something of q
business genius, gets into
trouble over war contracts. The
attractive daughter is pur-
sued over nearly 400 pages by
q gentle youth who serves in
the Army. The girl turns out
pretty much Of q tramp. Even
in this age of frankness, some
Of the scenes can only disgust
any reader with a vestige of
esthetic feeling left. 1t is true
that Mr.. Swados reveals at his
best a driving -ahead way with
a narrative, and 1t can only be
hoped that he will devote this
gift next time to a theme less
sordid. The characters In "Out
Went the Candle" rarely act or
talk like human beings.
&C. B. J.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
News of Artists and Exhibitions
By Florence S. Bergman

Sculpture Is having an in
ming in current shows at
Washington galleries. The
ninth annual area exhibition
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
has q sculpture section Of IS
works. A large retrospective
of sculpture by Washington
artist Jane Love is on view at
George Washington University
Library. In Georgetown, the
Circulating Gallery recently
introduced the work Of Luis
Ortiz Monasterio of Mexico,
while Ernesto Gonzales Of
Cuba is represented with Q de-
lightful collection In Howard
University's gallery Of art.
This is an unusual feast, for
sculpture is the least-exhibited
OF the fine arts, in current ex-
hibitions.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Wild Adventure

THE RED BISHOP. BY How
ard Mason. civilian Nor
row & Co.: $2.75D
A curiously carved chess
man, the babbling of a dying
man and the mysterious dis
appearance of a large fortune
combine to pitch a new peer
into wild adventure. He's look
ing for the lost fortune but,
unfortunately, SO are several
other people. His fiat is burgled
in England, he is drugged in
Belgium and trapped in a
tunnel under a Rhine castle.
The greatest feat, however, is
not our hero's escape from the
tunnel but the authors abil-
ity to gather the assortment OF
plot threads into some SEM
blance of unity. A touch OF
humor keeps it from getting
totally out of hand.
M. O.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Bowen Novel
Is Gracious
And Witty

AWORLD OF LOVE. BY Eliza
beth Bowen. (Alfred A.
Knopf; $500
Reviewed by Mary McGroy
The newest novel Of Eliza
beth Bowen, the distinguished
Anglo-Iris novelist, is a
ghost story, although not q
ghastly one. It is the spirit
not the senses-of an Irish
household that is narrowed by
the wrath Of Guy, the DASH
ing owner of Mountefort, who
died .untimely in World War I.
Actually. Mountefort has
been haunted for q long time
before Jane, the wondrously
beautiful daughter Of the house,
rummages through . trunk in
the attic and brings forth the
love letters of Guy to q person
undesignated. Dragging up
the letters, Jane has only
dragged the past out into the
open. Its dead hand lies
heavily on Guys cousin An
tonia, the often absentee land
lady, who had highhandedly
arranged the unhappy mar
riage of Guys f1ancee, Leila,
and Fred Dabney, the more or
less tenant farmer. Jane and
her younger sister Maud, an
outrageous 11-year-old, have
been brought up in an atmos-
phere of this continuous busi-
ness Of received grievances,
not-to-be settled old scores"
Glinting Prose
Miss Bowen has described
the little comedy Of the tussle
for the letters-all flve princi-
pals get their hands on them
before it Is done-with great
wit. What is said Is often
oblique or obscure. But the
ramshackle house. its discon-
tented interior, It's indolent
mistress, Leila, and its neurotic
owner, Antonio, are marvellous
ly conveyed. Each sensory i'm
preston is described with mar
velous precision. Miss Bowen's
prose is graceful and glinting!
The author bespeaks no SYM
pathy for her five thralls of
the past. She observes them
coolly as they seek in their
various ways to throw it of
or to come to terms with it.
Whether Guys letters were
written to Leila or to Antonio
seems a matter of no great
moment. What holds is the
time-haunted beauty of the
writing, and the felicity of the
symbols. What happier touch
could there be when Katie, the
maid, comes in to dinner wear
ing on her hair the satin rib
bon in which the letters had
been tied.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Comedies of Cubu

interchangeable mobiles and
stable sculptures by Ernesto
Gonzales Herez of Cuba, con-
stitute a novel and fascinat-
ing one-man show at Howard
University gallery of art,
through January 81. Visitors
to the exhibition can set the
mobiles in motion, and change
the little figures on them, max
ing new patterns, equally sue
cessful because of their excel
lent balance.
Among the 13 sculptures on
view Is the 15-figure mobile
shown in the annual Whitney
Museum exhibition of Ameri-
can sculpture for 1854. The
sculptor could qualify. for (al-
ready a mature artist Of ex-
tensive reputation In his own
country he came to New York
In 1947 to begin the study of
bronze casting at the Clay
Club. Other details of his ca
reer and his energetic expert
ments in techniques and meth
ods. particularly the acetylene
techniques, are given. in the
introduction to the catalogue.
Animols and Birds
His human figures are elon-
gated, slender and fluid. Also
among the Is sculptures on
view, are animal and bird
themes and a number of abb
stractions. carried out in
bronze, brass and steel. Study
ing one of "Seagulls," which
fly" when activated, ! wished
the Marine Memorial on the
Potomac had the same free
dom of movement; there is
something frustrating In mo-
tionless flying birds and crash
ing waves.
Among the stable sculptures
are a Chinese dragon and a
horse, both Of gold-washed
bronze.
Another exhibition at How
ard, opened only 10 days ago,
and to close Tuesday. is a
small but excellent collection
Of watercolors from the vir-
ginia Museum. Seventeen
originals are accompanied by
panels describing technique
and expression.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
ObeIisk Newcomers

Two unusually interesting
talents, new to Washington,
were recently unveiled at The
Obelisk Gallery. 324l P street,
Georgetown, to remain only
through January IS. The ar
lists are Benjamin Rowland
and Edmond Casarella. recip-
lent of a Fulbright grant to
Italy.
Prof. Rowland's watercolors,
cool and moonlit, are roman
tic in mood, many Of them
inspired by classic themes.
They carry us back beyond
the waste Of years to Ar
cadia." not surprising. since
the artist is a professor in
the department of fine arts
at Harvard University, and In
constant contact with the
masterpieces in the Fogg Mu-
scum there. Professor Rowland
is also an authority on the
Far East, which shows up in
his detailed portraits of birds,
and his majestically lonely
Storm Over Asia" His TECH
nique is unusual; he develops
forms In some instances, on
untouched areas of. his paper.
by surrounding them with
color wash. In several works,
he has achieved interesting
textures with heavy gouache
over aquarelle.
Edmond Casarella's water
colors and oils are quite diff
ferent from Professor Row
lands, yet the two groups
make a harmonious show. A
majority Of Mr.. Casarella's
watercolors depict ancient
architecture in d semi
stract technique, Of sharp,
separate lines, giving his SUBJ
jects a crisp dynamic appear
ance. He uses tinted paper
to good effect In his Tower
Bridge at London" all white
and black and grey; "Claud-
ius' Aqueduct" and Ruins Of
q Palazzo' in which the curves
Of arches enrich the predorn-
inant straight linear effect.
Evening star., 1955-01-16

10 worn and his horse tired. But
he pushes on. following his
trade. He dutifully dispatches q
dragon. not through fortitude
and skill. but by luck alone.
He rescues q damsel and later,
through another bit of luck,
bests q rival knight and ac-
Quires his lady fair. Thus our
hero has two gals on his hands,
both pretty and neither car
ing much for the Others par
ticular type and style. The ad-
ventures he shares with the
two women are worth pur-
suing. The story has subtle
humor and q touch Of pathos.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
More Than q Satire on ChiyuIry

Robert Nathan, as faithful
readers of his many novels
know. has q certain touch
gently satirical, whimsical,
sometimes wistful.
"Sir Henry" (Knopf; So is
not just another satire on the
age Of chivalry--there have
been 90 many since don
Quixote e"--but q warmhearted,
understanding takeoff In the
peculiar flavor and idion
which make MIR. Nathan o dis
tincttve writer.
Str Henry is o knight no
longer young. who has lost
much Of his enthusiasm for
combat and quest. His armor
Evening star., 1955-01-16

cient Indian sculpture In his
rectangular Two Figures; Of
Henry Moore in Group" His
solid, acrobatic little Clouds
and ironic Victory" are origi@
nal and thought-provoking.
The sculptor. now in his Iate
40s, was born and educated In
Mexico City. A quarter cen-
tury ago, he spent considerable
time in California. exhibiting
in Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco. Since 1927. he has
taught drawing and sculpture
in several schools in Mexico
City and for four years was
director Of the School Of
Sculpture under the Mexican
governments Department Of,
Fine Arts.
He also executed many com.
missions for public monuments
and buildings in Mexico City.
has had one-man shows there
. and in New York. is represents
ed in permanent collections Of
American and Mexican mu-
seums.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Art News
Lectures

The Freer Gallery's Janu-
airy lecture, free to the public.
will be held Tuesday at $3.50
pm. In the auditorium,
Twelfth street and jefferson
drive S.W. The subject Is
Chinese Household Furni-
ture" to be discussed and
illustrated by George N.
Gates, an authority who
adopted China and the
Chinese as. his primary inter-
est many years ago. He is
author of several books and
many scholarly articles, has
held positions in American
museums, on the staff of
United Nations, and has been
associated with the American
Council of Learned Societies.
The furniture to be discussed
Is Peking rosewood, simple,
dignified and functional which
harmonizes admirably with
contemporary furniture and
interiors.
James s. Plaut. dynamic di-
rector Of the Institute of Con-
temporary Art of Boston, will
speak Tuesday evening at $50
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
on Contemporary American
Painting" open to members Of
the Gallery Association and
their guests. The lecture is an
advance feature of the forth
coming oath Biennial Exhibi-
ton, for which Mr.. Plaut is
q Juror.