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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
FOUR CHAMELEONS
SIT DOWN FOR ZOO
INSECT DINNER

The Zoo put four horned
chameleons from Africa on
display today.
The reptiles have been
shown in the park here at
other times but DR.. William
M. Mann said that he hasn't
had this type for a number
of years The chameleons
were captured at Tanganyika.
The chameleons measure
five inches. have eyes which
operate independently of the
partner eye. have prehensile
tails and parrot like claws.
Chameleons feed on in
sects. They have long tongues
longer even than their
bodles--and they shoot the
tongues out TO trap an in
sect, then reel it back for
dinner The shipment ar
rived at the ZOO last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
JusticeLdwyer
Proposed as
Juvenile Judge
War Veteran, Father.
Is q Candidate for
Miss CockriII's Job
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

A 37-year-old Navy veteran
and father of four children has
been proposed for the Juvenile
Court judgeship to succeed Judge
Edith Cockrill. it was learned
today.
He is Orm w. Ketcham. now
an attorney in the Justice De-
partment's Antitrust Division.
who lives at 500 Broad Branch
road NV.
Although the District Bar AS
sociation's Judicial Selections
Committee declined comment, it
was learned that Mr.. Ketchams'
name was one of three submitted
( to the Attorney General for con-
sideration for the post.
Judge !Cockrill's term expired
i'm August, but under the Juvenile
Court Act she holds office until
a successor is appointed and con-
jfirmed by the Senate.
Mr.. Ketcham declined to dis
cuss his candidacy but did
answer questions about his back
ground.
Princeton Graduate
Born in Brooklyn in 1918, he
was graduated cum laude from
Princeton University in 1910. He
entered Yale Law School but was
called to active duty IN the Navy
in June, l94l, and sent to the
midshipman's school in Chicago.
After naval intelligence service
here and in New York. he was
assigned to the USS Cleveland.
a light cruiser, on which he
served for % months, first in
the North African landings and
later in the Pacific.
He won six battle stars for his
Pacific service. Later, he was
assigned to the Tactical Radar
Training School in Florida. first
as instructor and later as train
ing officer.
He got out of the Navy as
lieutenant commander in 1916
and returned to Yale Law School.
where he became first chairman
OF the schools student associa-
ton. After graduation. he came
to the law firm of Covington e.
Burling here for five years He
then went into the general coun-
sells Office of the Foreign Opera
tons Administration. where he
remained until last August. when
he went to the Justice Depart
ment.
/. Summer Camp Leader
I His work with juveniles has
Included five years as leader in
boys summer camps, organiza-
itions of teen-age forum. which
he and his wife ran for two years
at Christ Church in Georgetown.
and membership on the Prince
ton Scholarship Committee here.
I He was married In l947 to the
former Anne Phelps Stokes,
daughter of Harold Phelps
Stokes. who was on the editorial
staff of the New York Times for
many years. She is a niece of
the Rev. Arson Phelps Stokes,
former canon of Washington
Cathedral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ketcham have
four girls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

Police teamwork paid of early
today in the arrest of two men
less than two hours after the
armed robbery of a service sta
ton Just south of Alexandria.
The holdup occurred at Mat
thews Service Station, 2809
Richmond highway. about 3:45
am. The bandits got away with
about 500 after pulling a pistol
on the night attendant, Donald
johnson. 81. of 2730 Richmond
highway. and then forcing him
into a mems room.
Sergt. James A. Colbert of the
Manassas town police spotted a
vehicle suspected as the getaway
car about 4:30 a IN. He caught
the two men in the car. but not
before one OF them dashed for
freedom in a stolen truck.
The suspects were tentatively
identified as Howard E. Contee.
jr.. IS. OF New Castle. Del. and
Phillips Harry Walker, 27, Of
Orlando, Fla. Walker, police said,
also had Identification cards on
him with the names Harry
Jameson and Gordon Really.
Mr.. Johnson said the men,
one of them armed with pis-
tol. forced him inside the service
station where they took the
money from his person and from
a change dispenser. They missed
getting about $1,000 locked up
in a safe. he told police. The
men then ordered him to lie on
the floor OF the mems room
while they fled south.
Sergt. Colbert was slerted to
watch for the car after the
Prince William County sheriff S
Office monitored a State police
broadcast OF the Fairfax County
lookout. He soon spotted a con-
vertible with two men in it
and caught up with it.
Because the town police Car is
disabled and he was using his
own car. Sergt. Colbert had to
take the men, at gunpoint. to
the Stonewal Jackson Hotel in
Manassas. 1t was there, while
he was phoning the sheriff's Of
fee for aid, that Contee broke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Lido Club Plaque
Given to Mrs. Luce

Ambassador Glare Booth Luce
received gold and bronze
woman of the year" plaque yes
terday from the Lido Civic Club
here.
The club. professional and
business men of Italian descent,
voted the award October Il at
a dinner in the Shoreham Hotel
in observance Of Columbus Day.
The award was presented to
the envoy to Italy at her Rome
residence. Nicholas Ruggieri.
Rome area officer for the United
States Information Agency. took
it to Italy from here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
School Farley
Control Hit
Mrs. Meyer Stresses
Fear of Dissent

The White House Conference
on Education was controlled by
the Eisenhower administration
from beginning to end" Mrs
Agnes E. Meyer, Washington
civic leader, declared today.
In a speech prepared for the
District League of Women
Voters, Mrs. Meyer criticized the
conference for what she termed
an authoritarian" procedure.
She asserted that the meeting,
held here last week, was "a glar-
ing example of how such large,
Nation wide conferences should
not be conducted.
Mrs. Meyer, wife of the chair
man of the board of the Wash
ington Post and Times-Herald,
was a member of the Districts
conference delegation.
From beginning to end of the
White House conference the
administrations control of the
proceedings was never endan-
gered." Mrs. Meyer said in her
speech. An atmosphere of fear
pervaded the conference-fear
of dissent. of not doing just what
the authorities had prescribed. "
Everyone is happy. she said.
that the conference agreed 2 to !
in favor of increased Federal aid
to schools. She added that as a
result the administration will
have to stop dragging its feet
and act constructively to meet
the Nations classroom shortage.
But she complained that dele
gates mad no opportunity for floor
debate and open discussion on
a conference.-the basis. She
pointed out that a delegate who
asked for creation of resolu-
tons committee was ruled out
of order.
Whether the original purpose
of the conference to control the
delegates and their opinions was
successful or not, the fact re-
mains that this phony type of
organization can be used for that
purpose, Mrs. Meyer declared,
adding:
In the long run deliberate
suppression of public opinion
would reduce our citizens to a
lot of robots"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
League Of Mercy
Makes Awards

The League of Mercy Of the
Salvation Army last night held
its annual meeting at the Mems
Social Service Center. First and
F streets N. w.
Mrs, Col. Bertram Rodda Of
New York City. former director
of Women's activities in the
Eastern States. spoke,
Service awards were presented
to Mrs. Ethel Simpson, with Is
years, Mrs. Martyr Rickard, Mrs.
Olive Montgomery and Mrs.
Mary Greer, all with over 10
years.
The league, with 81 members,
visits Is hospitals and institu-
tons in the Washington area
weekly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
.Anti-Bius Group
Drops Meetings

Regular monthly meetings OF
the Co-ordinating Committee for
the Enforcement of the D. c,
IAnti-Discrimination Laws have
been discontinued, a spokesman
said today, because the groups
detectives have been attained.
The Rev. w. II. Jernigan, pas
tor Of the Mount Carmel Baptist
Church and chairman of the
committee, said the executive
board will continue to meet -four
times a year but the organiza-
ton will continue to exist only
on a standby basis.
He said the detectives of en-
forcing laws banning segregation
of races in restaurants, theaters
and most hotels have beer
achieved since the group was
formed in l949.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

his hands up. face the car and
put his hands on the roof"
The "by the book" arrest in
structions. just learned in rookie
school, paid off for the young
policeman. He searched his prize,
found pocket knife. then
shouted for the park policeman
to Join him.
When they arrived. the vet
Grams found everything ship
shape. Pvt. Quade had slipped
on handouts.
At the store. police found the
outer cover Of a safe ripped off.
and the dial knocked off, but
the robbers apparently had been
frightened away before the Job
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

was completed. They had en-
tered the front door by forcing
a lock.
In the abandoned car near the
store. said to belong to Thorn
ton. a pipe layer, police said they
found a sledge hammer, pick
hoe and a saw. Police took
Thornton. claiming TO be drunk
to Arlington Hospital for an
examination.
They still are "~ekip' two
other men.
In County Court today Judge
Homer Randolph Thomas set
Thornton's bond at $1,000 and
continued the case until next
Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Vegetable Growers
Of America go into their
fourth day of a five-day
meeting at the Sheraton
Park Hotel today with 900
expected to be on hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Compliment

A man afflicted by the COM
bination of being 5 feet 4
inches tall and having an g.
year-old daughter tells Of a
recent stroll in the downtown
shopping crowds with the
child.
IAN these men are bigger
than you, daddy" she told
him.
rs that bad?" he asked
sternly,
We'll, no." she said, hur-
riedly. You're a lot taller
than those boys in the fourth
grade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Rambling .

A downtown restaurant,
abreast of the times, lists a
Space Ship Special" for the
small fry. 49,.
A man we know has received
his bank statement bearing
the postmark Sep % SO" He
said he and his wife both had
the weird feeling of having
done a Rip Van Wrinkle for a
year.
A barber shop on Ninth
street. proclaims, 1--WE Cater to
Shaves." -.
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' 'nnr .es. J! s TREE 70 THE PRESIDENT
;rrA.l.1;.s( ;,aB.n o. PENCE
.ss'se'os. DC: osc. Is 10 -

PAGEANT OF PEACE CHRISTMAS TREE-Dwarfed by the
big Black Hills spruce destined for the Epse eft to
right Edward j. Kelly superintendent of National Capital
Parks: Richard McArdle chief of the Department of
AgrcutureS Forest Service; George Kelly assistant State
forester South Dakota and Senator Case Republican of
South Dakota The giant arrived from South Dakota this
morning at the BIO Railroad yards in GeorgetownStar
Staff Photo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Clarity

Some shop-owners here,
recognizing the information
al favor of a world capital,
display in their windows
signs reading. "Se Habla
ESpanOI," or "Ici On ParIe
Francois"
But the owner of a shoe
store in the 600 block of Fiji
tenth streets, NV, recog-
niZeS a universal tongue.
His sign says simply: "Kind-
ness Is a language everybody
understands"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
The
Rambler
Workbound City
Hos on ArmfuI
By JACK JONAS

Washington scurries to work
in the morning with its arms
full.
Those who drive are luck
lest. despite the traffic. They
can park their bundles and
briefcaseS on the seat beside
them.
But where do you put an
armload of packages while you
find a bus token buried in a
pocket full of keys and change,
or in purse filled with those
mysterious items which fill
purses?
These early-morning pack
ages are everywhere.
On Connecticut avenue a
man-carrying a briefcase,
naturally-frantically waves
to loaded taxis passing him by.
Another, with the look of one
Injured to the sure impossible
ity of getting anywhere on
time in the morning, stands
glumly waiting for whichever
stops first-bus or taxicab.
His arms are loaded with
stuffed file folders.
A woman mugs a package
with the label of a downtown
store; she wears the deter
mined look of one bent on ad-
juStment.
If there is any pattern, it is
briefcaseS. But the exceptions
have no apparent explanation.
Among these is a woman car
rying a pink bathrobe over
her arm, a man toting an
empty bird cage, and another
struggling with a wrought
iron table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Mystery

Mystery
Why do the drinking
fountains in the park run
continuously?
National Capital Parks
explains that In chilly
weather, when a freeze
could come any night, it
would take too much man
power to 90 around turn
ing them off, then turning
them on again. They run
with a steady flow to keep
them from freezing.
Some of the fountains run
continuously in summer, too.
That's because a continu-
Gus flow. provides a more
cooling drink than could be
obtained from the on-and-
of fountain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
f0VOT

Even in the hustle Of a busy
city, there's always someone
with a moment to spend cas-
ing the distress of another. A
woman alighting from a bus
in a Northwest residential sec
ton caught the heel of her
shoe in the hem of her dress.
After an unsuccessful search
for a pin, she walked a short
distance with a section of the
hem dangling. But another
woman stopped her, fumbled
in her own clothing, unpinned
a couple of things, knelt and
neatly pinned the torn hem.
II like to do things like
that" she said, brushing her
hands in a satisfied gesture.
When / do, it seems like
someone always does some
thing nice for me in a few
hours"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Lobbyist

A man dining in a down.
town restaurant was ear
nestly telling a companion:
But it's not like that
here. Here you entertain
people who can do some
thing for you. Back home in
Alabama. even my best
friends can't do anything
for me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Suspects Caught 2Hours
After Alexandra HoIdup

Police paid of early Contee raced from the
the of men lobby to window
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-04
Actors Set to Strike
On TV Film Issue

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 4 R.-
The Screen Actors Guild and the
producers of television entertain
ment films have broken of ne
gotiations again. and spokesman
say a strike set for 1901 am.
tomorrow, seems inevitable.
The guild announced yesterday
that two television film produc-
|ers who are not members of the
Alliance of Television Film Pro-
ducers signed new contracts yes
terday. The producers are
Charles E. Skinner and Russell
Hayden.
The key issue in dispute is pay
|ment to actors for the second
running of a television film. IN
der the old contract actors re-
ceived no residual pay for second
runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-04
Boy Scouts Sign
Long Lease to Use
Comp Topowingo

The National Capital Area Boy
Scout organization has signed
"a long-term lease with the Al
|exandria Civitan Club for use
Iof Camp Tapawingo, near Ma
Inassas. Va.
The signing took place yester-
day at the clubs weekly lunch
con at the Hunting Towers in
Alexandria. Under the lease,
the Scouts will continue to use
the facilities there for q To-
year period, with an option for
10 more. In the past decade, the
Scouts have used the camp under
Ishort-term leases.
The camp Is available to some
80. 900 Scouts Of the Washington
area. The new lease provides
that the Scout organization will
exercise normal maintenance OF
facilities, with the club and Scout
group uniting in major improve
lments and expansion.
Among those signing the pact
were William e. Stubblefield,
ICivitan Club president; John F.
Mattos. the clubs camp chair
man; Herbert Lewis. club secre-
tary; Alexandria Police Capt. j.
w. Baber and Randall Hicks, all
of the clubs Camp Committee,
and Delmer Wilson, area Scout
executive; William M. Werber,
area camp chairman, and An
drew Murphy, area executive
camp chairman for the Scout
organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-04
President Hints His Age
May Bor 1856 Contest

their vitality and ideas could be
employed in solving the Nations
problems.
He also made the point that
no President yet had reached
his SEVENTEEN birthday in the
White House and that an "ero-
sion" occurs in the job.
Mr.. Eisenhower will be IS
years old in October.
But Senator Bender said the
President also described as
"heartwarming" a resolution of
the Ohio Republican State Gen.
trail Committee requesting that
he be q candidate for a second
term.
And encouraging was an as
sertion by the President that for
all his life he has been part of
an organization in. which the
word duty" is an extremely
one.
/. Ray C. Bliss, chairman of the
Ohio G. o. P. State Committee,
said he personally feels that Mr..
Eisenhower's ''high sense of duty
viii result in his running again. {"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-04

Maybe you've looked around for
a new car and been disappointed
because nobody's offered you an
outstanding deal. Wen bet, then,
that you haven't been to
HALEY'S, Washington's giant
Dodge Plymouth leadership.
HALEY'S whole city block is out
of the high rent district i.
that's one of the big reasons
we can offer you the longest
trade on your present car and
the lowest price on your new
Dodge or Plymouth. So don't
give up looking for a real buy"
in q new car. Take that short
drive to HALEY'S, M Street at
First Sc. Find out for yourself
why more new-car buyers every
day are saying. Its HALEY'S,
Of counsel" Phone Lincoln $4,000.
In business since 1923. Plenty of
parkingl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-04
BY GARRETT d. HORNER

President Eisenhower yesterday
seemed to talk on both sides Of
the fence about the possibility
of his running again for Presi-
dent next year.
His words to a delegation of
Ohio Republicans at least did
not discourage them from be-
lieving he will seek a second
term even though he spoke feel
ingly Of the erosion" on a man
in the Presidents job.
Senator Bender, one Of the
Spokesman for the Ohio G. o. P :.
told reporters he still believes
Mr.. Eisenhower will run.
He quoted the President as
saying he might be able to give
his answer right now If he could
look forward to see what the
situation will be this time next
year.
On the negative side Mr.. Eli
senhower was quoted as saying
he likes to see younger men
brought to the fore and given
opportunity in top jobs so that
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-04
BY ROBERT X. WALSH

President Eisenhower's score
for the first round in the saith
congressional tournament fell
short of his showing last year.
Yet he rounded the legislative
course in better shape than did
House and Senate in dealing
with their own total of almost
1890 bills introduced.
Until clerks officially sort out
the legislative figures. the report
ing must be somewhat more
flexible than a golf score.
Informal compilations indi-
Gated today, however. that Sem
ators introduced 3,069 bills and
resolutions and Representatives
1901 since the 84th Congress
convened last January S. OF this
total of 1870, only 1897 from
the Senate and 1904 from the
House passed. Fewer than $50
have become law, although many
others are awaiting the Presi-
dents signature.
Not all of the others are dead.
Many are merely put aside until
the second session, beginning
next January, decides their fate.
Made 2O7 Requests
President Eisenhower, on the
other hand, sent some 207 spe-
cif1c legislative requests to >the
Democratic-controlled Congress
this year. According to a Con-
gressional Quarterly tabulation,
96 Of them were enacted sue
cessfully despite close calls in
parliamentary traps and roughs.
Congress fatty rejected II, while
81 gained ground in one branch
or the other. The remaining 46
may or may not come up for
consideration next year.
While this parliamentary
process is considerably more
rugged than any outdoor sport,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-04
FREED AIRMEN SING
NEW LYRICS TO OLD
TUNE or 'TIPPERARY'

HONG KONG (P-The
II airmen released from Red
Chinese captivity had a song
ready for their freedom. One
lyric. to the tune of Tip
perary"::
IT'S a long way to Usajima
(GI slang for United
States),
ITS a long way to 60
TITS a long way to Usajima,
the sweetest land ! know.
ITO hell with Peoples
Its a long way to Usajima.
the LAND Of the Golden
Gate.
tits a long way, where I've
got a date"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-04

Red China January Is or II,
1953--four or five days after
being shot down.
Col. Arnold said he was held
and treated as a prisoner of
war for four days and then put
in prison. He declared he never
was in a prison camp.
Finally Accused of Spying
He recalled the exact time
800 pm. October 10, 1854
when he was told he would be
charged and tried as a spy.
They gave me a charges sheet
saying we had come down in
China as spies and all the rest
Iof that stuff. From there / was
handcuffed and taken down
town." Col. Arnold related.
Air Force officers broke in
and said Col. Arnold was not
permitted to say where this
occurred.
Last Sunday came the news
Of being released.
II was sitting in my cell
alone" he said. He said he had
spent II months in a cell, but
was advised not to answer II
he had been in solitary con-
flnement.
Capt. Llewellyn answered a
question about food.
you wouldn't eat it. There
was rice and cannot overlook
the cabbage-plain boiled cab
bage over and over again"
Col. Arnold said they received
Red Cross food parcels for the
first time Sunday although thes
knew, from sources not iden-
tified, that Red Cross packages
had been at Peiping for at least
two months.