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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Contest Opens
To Find Nome
For Thrift Shop

A contest to choose q new
name for the Thirst Shop is
being held up until October IS.
according to the president. Mrs.
william North Sturtevant.
The winner win receive q
SIS Defense Bond and the
runner-up win be awarded q
hat from the collection Of OUT
standing millinery donated to
the shop from time to time.
The name, which win be
selected by the Board of Di-
rectors, should be short. APP
propriate and arresting." ac-
cording to the announcement.
1t also should be descriptive
Of the six beneficiaries Of the
shop--the Chi1drer's Hospital.
Prenatal Clinic Of Columbia
Hospital. Child Welfare So
ciety, Children's Convalescent
Home, Junior League Of Wash
ington and Church Orphanage
Association of st. Johns Par
ish.
Contest entries may be
mailed to the Selection Board.
Thrift Shop, 3412 Fourteenth
street NV, or deposited In q
ballot box at the store.
The shop is open at the
Fourteenth street address from
10 am. to 5 pm. Mondays
through Fridays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16

lts 2 81
the women in Italy wear. and
the way nearly all hair styles
feature movement away from
the lace either back into q
pony-tail version or o sleek
chienon ARRANGEMENT"
Her biggest thrill this trip
was meeting Viyien Leigh
backstage after her perform
ance In Shakespeare's Twelfth
Night" performed in the thea
ter at Stratford -on-Avon. They
met through their mutual
friend, Otto Lucas. the Lon
don milliner. and Mrs. FASTER
max observed that Lady Oil
vier Is lovelier than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
81 ELENI

Mrs. Minna Pasternak Is .
woman who can really go on .
shopping spree and never be
reprimanded for it.
Fresh back from travels IN
London. Rome and Florence.
and Paris where she was find-
ing fashion notes for her new
boutique department. Mrs. Pas
ternak jotted down a few Of
the little fashion items that
currently are making big news
in the capitals Of, the chic
world.
FROM ITALY come boutique
ideas that viii wend their way
to Washington. D. c.. via her
selection Of the sweaters with
the blouse effects that prove
more flattering for the woman
who feels she's too big to wear
another sweater type. The
longer. straight. bulky knit sill
houettes seen In France. she
thinks are not too obvious in
Italy, and waistlines In blouses
and sweaters remain fixed at
a normal line. Florentine
leather double eyeglass cases
are new and q boon to people
who must carry two pairs Of
glasses with them.
After 90 years OF tripping
back and forth tosEurope buy
ing items for the Arm. Minna
Pasternak has definite ideas,
too, on little boutique items
that possess a definite bit Of
Am erican know how but
GRATED with European author
ity and deft design. Such an
item was the little velvet tray
that she dreamed UP and had
made especially for the store.
designed to hold the jewelry
that a woman wears but wants
to doff when washing. II al
ways begin a search for an
ashtray." she pointed out TO
me, ''but this little fiat square
Of suede lined with velvet with
tiny Florentine lilies emboss-
ing answers the problem be-
cause the corners snap and .
tray is thus fixed easily to hold
rings. pearls. and bracelets"
FROM FRANCE come bou-
tique ideas that range from q
lovely black chiffon scarf
studded with rhinestones
meant TO be worn In the man-
iler Of q Maharanee for an
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Mrs. Florence MacKay
Back in WASHINGTON

Mrs. Florence MacKay. ma
tional vice president Of the
Women's Overseas Service
League. has returned to WASH
ington after spending the
summer with friends and rela-
tives In the South and Is max
ing plans to encourage the
formation Of new WOSL units
In several States.
Mrs. MacKay, who was
elected to the national post
in June, will have RESPONSE
bility for league work in the
Third Service Area which con-
sists of Pennsylvania. Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia,
the two Carolinas. and the
District of Columbia.
At the present time there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16

are no active WOSL units in
five Of these States. she
pointed out, Pennsylvania and
the District Of Columbia being
exceptions.
Organized after World War
I for women who had served
overseas with the armed
forces In organization S
sponsored by the Government,
the league has extended its
membership since to women
who served during World War
II and the Korean war.
Mrs. MacKay served in
France with the American Red
Cross In World War ! as a
representative of the Federal
Board of Vocational Rehabil-
itation.
A native Of the District, she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Miss Hutchison
oft for College

Miss Jane. Hutchinson has
left for oberlin College where
she has been awarded q fellow
ship and. In addition. the post
Of assistant in the art DEPART
ment.
Miss Hutchison expects to
work toward a masters degree.
She was graduated with
honors from Western Mary
land College at Westminster
and for the past year has been
working as a technical Illus
traitor at Nays David Taylor
Model Basin. She is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs.. James
Paul Hutchinson of District
Heights, Md.
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tailed handbags in large round
shapes with double leather
handles. A particularly fas-
cinating group of handbags
include those made from old
paisley shawls with their In
dividual beautiful colorings.
In the group are tiny clutch
bags. miser pouches tthis in
cidentally the answer for the
women who want to carry a
little tiny purse in the evening
just to hold q lipstick. comb.
compact. and mad money!
What was the one big fash
ion impression she got from
this trip? Those tight skirts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
III Started
In America

II the next hair fashions to
be heralded from Europe fea-
ture hair ribbons, don't be sur
prised, but don't think it's q
too, too foreign idea either. It
may be the rebound Of the exc
element caused by New York
hair stylist Laura de Gez dur
ing her first European tour.
Lura's big. ever-present hair
bow. worn in place Of a hat. is
well-known In New York. but
IT caused almost as much Of q
furore as Gina Lollabrigida
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on the via veneto or Champs
Elysees.
7 had to have my hair
done-and besides. I wanted to
see what was new in Rome and
Paris" said efiervescent Miss
de Gez. But every hairdresser
! went to kept borrowing my
hair bow to try on his favorite
clients. ! must say. it doesn't
go with the Italian boy cut.
But then, neither do the new
sexy clothes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Handbags Of Shawls

Other fashion notes Mrs.
Pasternak came back with In
clude Italian handstitched. de-
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Sweater Styles

A crocheted pattern to liven
a sports sweater crops UP. One
from Italy is a batwing hip-
length pullover. made with ALL
over inlaid blocks Of multi
colored crochet work, looking
for all the world like q patch
work quilt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1856 B.
FASHION NOTEBOOK
Her Shopping Sprees
Are Really Legitimate

exotic headcoyering in the
evening. white kid gloves
trimmed with French ribbon
at the cuffs. and . new eve
ming bag idea that consists Of
cut-steel beads in a silvery-
gold color. She also had Spe-
cially made up a novel scarf
arrangement that really pro-
vides a new twist. In pastel
or brilliantly colored satin
edged with tiny pearls. the
new scarf Is fitted at the neck
line with the ends widening
out. This helps 4 it tie more
easily and in q much more
pert manner.
Not All Work
Since its not all work for
Minna Pasternak when she's on
her shopping sprees in Europe,
she also found time to make q
few observations as to what
the women are wearing abroad
outside Of the fashion salons.
Friday night at Maxim's
restaurant In Paris Ia 4 must
dress night" she pointed out.
Short formal dresses are def
nitely the favored evening at
tire Of the women. and they
are wearing long white kid
gloves with them for formal
events. Straplessness is out,
and nearly all these short eve
ming dresses possess some kind
Of novel strap arrangement,
This also makes them appear
to At better and one doesn't
see as much Of the yanking and
clutching Of clothes that
seemed to go hand in hand
Win the StfapleSS dress" Mrs.
Pasternak continued.
In Italy the big rage right
now Is for silver jewelry. You
see lots Of 1t interpreted In big
wide bracelets with large bright
stones.
The best-looking suited
women Mrs. Pasternak saw
were in Great Britain. Beau
tifully groomed, accessorized
with Just the right handbag.
gloves. hat, and tailored shoes.
Mrs. Pasternak noted that
even in a little place like
Oxford. the women looked per-
fectly dressed for daytime
street wear
Handbags Of Shawls
Other fashion notes Mrs.
Pasternak came back with In
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is the granddaughter Of the
famed labor leader. Mr..
Samuel Gompers. and is the
widow Of DR.. William II. Mac
Kay Of Washington.
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INDIAN FASHION NOTE fashion suggestion for
the gallo evenings oheod wos spotted BY Mrs. Mnno
Postenok in the way French women are wearing head
seoes of block chiffon studded with rhinestones in
the some way that Indian women weor them. She
brought this boutique ideo book for Washington women
to weor-Stor Stoff Photos BY Arnold Toyor. .
Evening star., 1955-05-07

In preparation for today's big
parade, the 10Th annual School
Safety Patrol Assembly last night
held a drill team competition
in the National Guard Armory.
More than 1000 enthusiastic
young spectators saw schools
from two cities-the District and
Pottstown. Pa.-sweep most of
the honors. The District took six
prizes, PottstoWn took another
six and the remaining six were
scattered among five other cities,
Then, while the high-steppIng
youngsters rested. Army troops
from the 3rd Infantry Regiment
at Fort Myer staged a sham bat
tie and a model retreat parade
on the Armory floor.
These are the winners Of the
School Safety Patrol Assembly
drill competition:
Junior DivisiOn-Girls: 1st
place-Oaklyn Junior High
School, Oaklyn N. j.: I'd place
st. Gabriel's. Washington; 3rd
place-Audubon IN. j. Grade
Schools. .~
Boys: 1st place-Painesville
(Ohio) City Schools; I'd place
st. Gabriel's; 3rd place-Potts-
town (Pa.) Elementary Schools.
Senior Division - Girls: 1St
Evening star., 1955-05-07
Vienna Officials
Ease Water Ban

Vienna town officials today re-
laxed a ban on outside use of
water after a new well was put
into operation. -~.
Town engineers and the Vir-
ginia Electric & Power Co.
worked until 9 o'clock last night
installing a pump at the we'll.
The water ban was imposed
yesterday after about 200 homes
were without water Thursday
night. Yesterday. as an emer-
gency measure, a Fire Depart
ment pumper was hooked up to
the well to increase pressure.
A pump for the new we'll was
rushed from Richmond yester-
day. Officials said the well was
a reserve one which was not
scheduled to be hooked into the
system until May 20.
Town officials said the pump
has been given test run and
plenty of water is now in the
system. Last week the Town
Council approved a 100000
bond issue for expansion of the
municipal water and sewage
system.
Evening star., 1955-05-07
Virginia Approves
Highway Funds

RICHMOND, Va, May 6 (P).
The State Highway Commis-
sion yesterday confirmed SAL
139.471 in primary highway con-
struction funds, tentatively allo-
Gated March "a, with only two
minor changes in the Bristol
construction district.
The commission made the
ALLEGATIONS permanent after a
public hearing at the Highway
Department.
Spokesman from Arlington
and Fairfax Counties stressed
the Importance of highway i'm
provements in that Northern
Virginia area for civil defense.
Representatives from both areas
supported the tentative alloca-
tions but explained that several
bottlenecks still existed which
would prevent the quick evacua-
ton of the Washington area in
the event of enemy attack.
Mrs. Kathryn Stone, Arlington
County delegate, told the COM
mission that her area serves as
a corridor for the entire State.
She explained she did not feel
the county was being selfish in
seeking improved highways be-
cause such improvements would
benefit all of Virginia.
C. L. Shufflebarger, who de-
scribed himself as a member of
a committee which has been
studying evacuation of the
Northern Virginia area, told the
commission the best protection
for the people of the area is
evacuation.
Evening star., 1955-05-07
Injured Motorist
Hunted in Virginia

Virginia State police early to-
day issued a lookout for an Ar
lington man who eluded police
after he was taken to a hospital
for examination of injuries suf-
fered in a three-car accident at
Triangle, Va.
Trooper Leonard Bauserman
said warrant charging John
Mason Bell, 35. with driving
under the influence of liquor was
issued after the 2:15 am. acci-
dent on U. S. Route / at Fuller
road. Bell, a carpenter, of the
5700 block of North Eleventh
street, was driver of car which
struck a stopped auto, driving
it into another car, police said.
After the collision Bell was
treated at the Quantico Marine
Base Hospital for leg and arm
cuts. He was then transferred
to Alexandria Hospital for X-ray
examination of five ribs believed
broken. Police said he disap-
peared from the hospital around
z am.
Evening star., 1955-05-07
Itinerary Set
For McKeIdin
.TripOverseos
BY the Associated Press

Gov McKeldin and DR.. Will
son H. Elkins, president of the
University of Maryland, have a
busy Today trip planned for
them when they visit the uni
versity's overseas operation in
Germany later this month.
They will attend graduation
exercises at Heidelberg Univer-
sity May q for approximately
so members of the armed forces
enrolled in the university's over
seas education program.
The Governor and DIR. Elkins
will leave Washington National
Airport by Air Force plane at
noon, Friday. May 20. They
are scheduled to arrive at Rhein-
Main, Germany. the next day
after stopovers in the Azores
and Paris.
Accompanying the Governors
and university president will be
Col. Joseph R. Ambrose, pro-
fessor of air science and dean
of the College of Military Science
here.
Their schedule in Germany
will be crowded with official
events in connection with the
Heidelberg University commence
ment. Also planned are trips
to headquarters of the United
States Army and Air Force in
Europe and an overnight stay
at Berchtesgaden, the one-time
mountain retreat of Adolph
Hitler.
Side trips are planned to
Munich and Stuttgart and to
Austria.
Gov. McKeldin will leave
Saturday, May %, in order to
be back in Maryland to receive
an honorary degree from West
tern Maryland College, May 80.
DR.. Elkins and Col. Ambrose
plan to fly back May 20.
Evening star., 1955-05-07
McE<e!din Wins
Plou0its for Veto
or fAnti-Cutb Bill

ANNAPOLIS. Md, May Z (P)
Gov. McKeldin has become the
cats meow as a result of vetoing
a bill last week which would
have prohibited the roaming of
felines in Prince Georges County
His office reports he has re-
ceived at least 40 letters from
cat fanciers throughout the
country, and today's mail
brought notice of a citation from
the American Feline Society.
Robert Lothar Kendall, presi-
dent of the society, wrote Gov.
McKeldin that he will be only
the second State chief executive
to receive such recognition. The
first went to former Gov. Adlai
Stevenson of Illinois in 1949 for
his veto of similar bill to re-
strict the wandering of cats.
Among others expressing graf
itude was a feline in Chicago
which signed his letter Mickey
president of the Chatham Park
Mouse Watchers Association.
Evening star., 1955-05-07
Mock Air Raid Set
At OIney Today

A mock air raid with real
people, planes and fires is sched-
uled today at 2 pm. at the Fed
eral Civil Defense school near
Olney, Md.
Especially trained Commerce
Department employees will try
to rescue" the dozens of "cas-
ualties" planted in the buildings
presumed destroyed.
Washington area residents
were invited to attend.
William,M. Martin, Commerce
Department director of Civil De-
fense, said the exercise would be
"the most ambitious rescue OPP
Grafton yet held" at the school.
Spectators can watch from a
nearby hillside. Parking space
is ample.
Reservists from Anacostia
Naval Air Station will stage a
ga hour bombing" of the
school, with fire and smoke
bombs going of In the buildings
Anti-aircraft batteries will re-
turn the fire.
Evening star., 1955-05-07
Library Fund
Decision Slated
GreenbeIt Service
Would Cost Sc, 200

The Prince Georges County
commissioners said yesterday
they will decide Tuesday whether
to appropriate $4,000 to finance
inclusion of the Greenbelt Lii
brary in the county system.
Miss Grace Gosnell. president
of the library board. told the
commissioners. during a Hyatts-
vile meeting. that acquisition of
the Greenbelt Library will re-
quire at least these funds to pre-
vent a depreciation of library
services throughout the entire
system.
The move has been pushed by
Commissioner Frank j. Lastner,
former Greenbelt Mayor, who
said Greenbelt residents have
been paying both local and
county library taxes for II years
without receiving any library
services from the county.
Budget Increase Hit
Commissioners Lansdale G.
Clagett disapproved of an in
crease in the county's budget.
I'VE have got to stop adding
| to the cost of county govern
ment," he said.
Commissioner Herbert w,
Reichelt said other communi-
ties would have the same right
to place their libraries in the
county system with a resultant
increase in county expenses if
the Greenbelt proposal is
granted.
The commissioners had a
favorable reaction to plans pro-
posed by Harry A. Boswell, jr.,
for development of the 370-acre
Heurich tract on Queens Chapel
and Colesville roads.
Mr.. Boswell, a developer. said
he has a "gentleman's agree
ment" with the Contee Sand &
Gravel Co., present owners of
the tract, to purchase a portion
of it if commissioners will go
along with his plan.
Variety of Housing
He said he would construct
single-family houses, about 1900
| apartment units and semide-
tached homes selling for about
$15,500. Three of the apartment
buildings, he said, would be
seven or eight floors high, with
elevators. -.
His plans also include con-
struction of buildings along
Colesville road for community
purposes such as schools,
churches, a theater and a COM
munity center. He said develop
ers would exercise architec-
tural control over all construc-
ton to present a uniform ap-
/ pearance.
Although the Commissioners
foresee opposition to the pro-
posal, they agreed with Mr..
Boswell's contention that con-
struction of apartment units
would be the only feasible use of
the tract because of it's nigh
purchase cost.
The Commissioners named
Jack A. Bell of Greenbelt, assist
ant county sanitarian. as chief
sanitarian to succeed the late
Montgomery Morrow.
The appointment. subject to
State Board of Health approval,
will be effective on May 16.
Evening star., 1955-05-07
DistiIIers Enter
Antitrust Pleas

BALTIMORE, May 6 (P).-
The first eight of SIS major liquor
distilling firms and individuals
indicted on charges of violating
antitrust laws entered pleas in
Federal Court yesterday before
Judge Roszel c. Thomson.
The four firms and four indi-
viduals pleaded not guilty. They
were Hiram Walker q Sons, Inc,
and its president, Ross Corbit;
Hiram Walker, Inc, and its pres
ident, Raymond Revit; Gooder-
ham g. Worts, Ltd, and its pres
ident. F. A. Wilson, and James
Barclay g. Co.. Ltd. and its pres
.ident, M. M. Macdonald.
The indictments we're presented
in the wake of complaints by
Montgomery County liquor dis
pensary officials. They contended
that a combination of distillers
had "boycotted" them in an ef-
fort to force them to buy through
wholesalers rather than direct
from the distillery.
Evening star., 1955-05-07
BY JACK JONAS.

The Weather Bureau unveiled
its mechanical brain yesterday
a sensitive, temperamental. stu
pid, shy leviathan. which the
forecasters hope will revolution
ize the predicting of storms and
sunny skies all over the country.
Everybody who is anybody in
the field of meteorology said it
would, anyway, as soon as FUN
bling man is able to cope with it.
The brain-it doesn't like to be
photographed at work, has such
a poor memory it keeps notes,
and will work overtime at half
pay-iS technically. a stored
program, parallel, binary COM
puter."
1t is set up at the new Air
Force, Navy and Weather Bu-
reau joint numerical weather
prediction unit at Suitland, Md.
Actually" a public relations
man explained TO neWSmen and
photographers, "the machine is
stupid. All it does is add or null
tiply numbers. But it does fast
JOB"
Examples: 1t adds at the rate
of $4,000 operations a second,
multiplies and divides at 1000
operations a second, writes 1880
digits a second.
Anyone who was present in
the room will tes ify this is what
DR.. j, Won Neumann of the
Atomic Energy Commission said:
I'VE hadn't the foggiest notion
of what the outcome would be
when we. began experimenting
with mechanical computation of
weather data"
But now, he added. weather
experts are joyfully optimistic.
The brain will make ''numeri-
cal weather predictions" 1t will
be used at first, according to the
Evening star., 1955-05-07
Locked Door FoiIs
Holdup Attempt

An. Alexandria gas station
owner last night foiled an at
tempted holdup by locking him
self in a restroom.
Floyd L. Roat, 48, owner of a
station at 705 South Patrick
street, told police two colored
men entered his place about
l0:l5, pulled guns and ordered
him into the restroom.
When the gunmen attempted
to follow him, he said he slammed
the door, locked it and then
climbed out a window
Mr.. Roat said the gunmen, two
young Negroes between 20 and
rs, were gone by the time he got
around to the front Of the sta
ton. He said he had put the
days receipts away before the
attempted holdup.