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Evening star., 1955-05-28
Prince Georges Declares
War on Unlicensed Docs

Prince Georges County COM
missioners yesterday declared
war on unlicensed dogs.
Eager to end costs placed
against the county for loss of
livestock to stray dogs and to
rid officials Of complaints of dogs
running loose in residential
areas, the commissioners issued
an edict that all dogs over six
months of age must have tags
by July /.
The commissioners also voted
to purchase the county's third
adio-dispatched animal pickup
truck, which will speed the col
lection Of stray animals.
Those not complying with
the county's license Jaw will be
subject to a fine Of 81 to $500,
a maximum Of 80 days in jail,
or both.
We'll pick up every unlicensed
dog we can find after July l."
Evening star., 1955-05-28
A WORD
TO THE WISE
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

Rochester: Please define and
pronounce the word parochial.
u.
Answer-Parochial means "of
or pertaining to a parish" as,
parochial schools. Say: pub
ROE-kee-ull.
Beaumont: Why is a cat called
Q "tabby"?-Mrs. j. B.
Answer Strictly speaking,
only the yellowish-gray cat with
black bands is a tabby. Tabby
is literally a kind of waved or
striped taffeta, named for At
tabi. a section of Bagdad where
1t was first made.
Buffalo In our cities we have
o discussion as to the correct
spelling of the verb root" (for
the home team ID. D.
Answer-The spelling root"
3s correct.
The word is from the obsolete
word rout, Ito roar or below"
It was pronounced either rowt
or root.
Kansas City: Can you tell me
what the abbreviation B.V.D.
actually stands for?-L. F. w.
Answer-In his book, "The
American Language" (Alfred A.
KnopD. H. L. Mencken states
that the B.V.D. Company holds
the origin and meaning as a
trade secret.
Rutland: Which is correct,
drought" or "drouth"?-M. C..
Answer-Both >spellings are
sanctioned. Merriam Webster's
seems to favor drought" which
also is the only spelling listed by
the U. S. Government Style
Manual. Drought is pronounced:
drout, to rhyme with doubt" I"
Drouth is pronounced to rhyme
with mouth"
distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc }
Evening star., 1955-05-28

Board President Jesse 8. Baggett
said.
Tags already are on sale at
the County Service Building in
.Hyattsville and the Upper Marl-
boro Courthouse. Foreseeing a
rush for licenses, the commits
sioners announced tags will be
on sale "a hours a day at the
county's three police stations in
Hyattsville, Seat Pleasant and
Upper Marlboro.
The commissioners are hoping
to realize enough money from
the increased tag sales to pay
for the intensified dog-pickup
program.
The stray dogs will be taken
to the county's new animal shell
ter on the Alma House property
near Forestville.
The commissioners said work.
men there have been killing
from 80 to 40 dogs and cats a
day over the past several weeks.
Evening star., 1955-05-28

Reynolds Office some time ago,
he said, and presented him with
the portrait.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph H. Edelstein, Judy also is
feature editor Of the school
paper, the Courier, and is one
Of its editorial writer's. She
recently received a national
commendation for scholastic
short-story writing.
Judy plans to study creative
writing in college. She added
that she wants to consider art
as a lucrative diversion"
Her painting Of President
Coolidge now hangs in the
schools bank-one of the most
prominent places there. When
he accepted the paintings Of
Miss Edelstein and Mr.. Rather,
Principal Reynolds said he
wanted them in the two most
prominent places in the school.
The boys painting hangs in the
main lobby.
Evening star., 1955-05-28
FAMOUS FABLES
BY e. e. EDGAR
GUARANTEED

GUARANTEED - British
statesman Benjamin Disrael
spent several days showing Lon.
don to q visiting dignitary
When the tour had ended, HI
asked his guest:
"Is there anything else you
would like to see?"
"Only one thing" said the
other. Il would like to see the
fog that everyone talks about
Since my arrival, the weather
has been ideal"
Just remain a few more
days." suggested. Disraeli. 1--WE
are having a general election
next week, and I can guarantees
there will be enough fog to sat-
isfy you"
PORTRAIT-Gold rush mil.
lionaire H. A. w. Tabor's crown.
ing achievement was the con.
struction of the Tabor Crane
Opera House in Denver. One
day, when the final decorations
were being installed, Tabor en-.
tered the lobby and noticed g
portrait of Shakespeare hang.
ing on the wall.
who's that?" he demanded
William Shakespeare" HI
was told.
"Who?"
Shakespeare, the great poe
and playwright"
Take that picture down anc
put mine up" roared Tabor
What the heck did he ever dC
for Colorado?"
Evening star., 1955-05-28
Copper WindfoII'
Admitted by ODM
BY the Associated Press

The Office of Defense Mobiliza-
ton, conceding it had made a
mistake, has moved to correct a
situation. under which Senator
Williams, Republican, of Leila
ware charged yesterday that
three firms made 100000 in
"windfall" profits.
ODM Director Arthur S. Flem-
ming said Government copper
purchase contracts with the
Miami Copper Co., the Copper
Range Co. and the Howe Sound
Co. should not have been can
celed."
Senator Williams charged that
the three companies realized
100000 in extra profits when
the Government cancelled stock
piling contracts calling for de-
livery Of copper at prices rang
Evening star., 1955-05-28
WORD GAME
m
Find 48 or more words in
VENTRAL,

meaning, abdominal" Average
Is 43; time limit, 80 minutes.
Rules Of the game-1. Words must be
acquire four letters. by the addition OF
IS" such as bats" cars" are not
used. 3. Only one form of a word is
csed 4. Proper names are not used.
Evening star., 1955-05-28
OUR PRESIDENTS
BY HONORE M. CATUDAL

IA future President once
wrote, not long before he was
elected to that Office. "It's an
awful thing to be President of
the United States. It means CIV
ing up nearly everything one
holds dear" Who wrote this?
2-The first patent issued by
the United States was signed by
the President and his Secretary
of State, who later became Pres
ident. Who were these two men?
3EWho was the first widow of
President to receive a pension
from the Government?
ANSWERS on next page.)
Evening star., 1955-05-28

ing from 27.35 cents to 80 cents
a pound. Thus the firms were
free to sell the copper at pre-
vailing market price - then So
cents q pound.
Conceding an error, Mr.. Flem-
ming urged the General Services
Administration to take any steps
possible to correct" the situa-
ton. This presumably would in
volve trying to recover the extra
profits he said went TO the three
firms.
Evening star., 1955-05-28

Tentative but to find him guilty"
Defense Attorney Sidney
Sachs said he was sure an appeal
would be taken to the U. S.
Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Watkins re-
manned free under 81 900 bond.
Evening star., 1955-05-28
By EAsLEY BLACKwoOD


queen Of hearts and she won
with the king. Counting up her
winners, it appeared that. with
reasonable distribution of the
opposing cards, she could take
five spades, two hearts, the two
minor suit aces and a heart ruff
In dummy-10 tricks In all. OF
course this count was based on
the opponents spades being d.
Vided 80.
What If one opponent held
four spades? In that case 1t ap-
peared impossible to avoid the
loss Of one spade, one diamond
and two clubs. But what's O lit
tie thing like "the impossible"
10 Miss Brash?
A premature leading Of trumps
would ruin this plan so at trick
two she led a diamond to the
ace in dummy. A diamond was
returned and Mr.. Abel was in
with the jack. He led back a
trump and Mr.. Champions
nine went to dummy's king.
Now Miss Brash led another
diamond from the board and
ruffed it with the seven Of
spades. Then she cashed the
king of hearts and ruffed her
last heart in dummy. The last
diamond was now led from the
board and ruffed with the eight
Of spades.
At this point Miss Brash laid
down her ace and queen Of
trumps. She then cashed the
ace of clubs for her tenth trick.
The defenders had the doubt
ful privilege of winning the last
trick "twice"-once with Mr..
Champions good trump and
once with Mr.. Abel's high club.
MIR. Muzzy was kibitzing the
hand and he failed to approve
Miss Brash's line of play. "You
played it dangerously" he said.
"You didn't lead any trumps
until near the end. Why not
trump in dummy early and then
take three quick rounds of
spades?"
Get away, Muzzy, you bother
me-" replied Mr.. Champion
YEARLY. Il only wish you had
been in there playing the hand
safe Then I'd have got a plus
score"
(Copyrisht 1855, General Features Corn
Evening star., 1955-02-16
House Committee
Clears sHawaii-AIaska
Statehood Measure
Bill Will Go to Floor
When and If Rules
Group Releases 1t
BY tho Associated Press

The House Interior COMMITTEES
voted 1876 today to admit both
Alaska and Hawaii as States.
Committee approval cleared
the bill for action by the House
when and If the Rules Commit
tee gives it clearance.
Approval of the bill, which
lacks administration indorse-
ment in its combined form. was
voted by 10 Democrats and 9 Re-
publicans and moved the issue
toward an uncertain fate. Four
Democrats and two Republicans
voted mo-" 5,
Prior to its vote on the whole
bill, the committee approved an
amendment by Delegate Bartlett.
Democrat. Of Alaska to permit
the President to establish a mill
tary reservation limited to 40 per
cent of the area Of Alaska
roughly north and west of the
Yukon River.
Representative Miller, Repub-
lican, Of Nebraska said he felt
the amendment gave the bill an
excellent chance of being ap-
proved by the President.
The committee rejected amend
ments which would have per-
mitted approval Of the constitu-
tions Of the proposed States by
the President without further
action by Congress. It.approved.
however. an alternative proposal
requiring Congress to act on the
constitutions within so days OF
their submission. Failure to act
would constitute approval.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
.CI0 Transport Union
Balks al Merger Plan
By The Associossd Press
is r4a#

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.--The
f7o, 900 -member cIo Transport
Workers Union today turned
thumbs down on joining the pro-
posed CIO-AFL merger on the
present basis.
The TWU national convention
acted. in effect, to reject any
merger with the AFL. until the
agreement contained positive
assurances against "discrimina-
ton, raiding and racketeering."
The action came on a move
that would have approved the
merger, with the assurances
to be worked out later. The
move was overwhelmingly de-
feated. with only a handful ia
voring it.
The vote came after a day and
a half Of debate.
The TWU was the first major
union to act on ratification Of
the proposed labor merger,
drafted recently in a conference
Of AFL and CIO officials.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Searchers Scale Peak
In Hunt for AirIiner
BY the Assoeiotsd Press
,ALzo DI MoNTEGALLo,

BALZO DI MONTEGALLO
Italy, Feb. 16.-Hundreds Of
Italian police and ski troopers
struggled up the blizzard-swept
slopes of sprawling Mount Vet
tore today in search Of a Belgian
airliner missing since Sunday
night with 20 persons aboard.
From part way up. they re-
ported they had found no trace
of the Sabena Air Lines DC-6.
Despite a shrieking windstorm,
near-zero cold and low visibility,
the searchers pressed on toward
the 6.565-foot summit Of the
chain of peaks. Somewhere
about 5000 feet UP the noun
tain in the jagged Apennines, 80
miles northeast of Rome, A
U. S. Air Force search pilot re-
ported yesterday seeing what
looked like the wreckage Of a
plane.
The Italian news agency Ansa
said the pilot Of another search
plane flying over the peak this
morning messaged that he could
see the wreckage of what APP
peared to be a four-engine plane
in a ravine near the summit on
the Balzo di MontegalIo side.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
BY Mary McGrory

Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby. Sec
retary Of Health. Education and
Welfare, was told by Senator
Neely, Democrat. Of West vir-
ginia today that she has "the
voice of a nightingale and the
face of a bird of paradise"
Mrs. Hobby. appearing before
the Senate Labor and Public
Welfare Committee as the lead
off witness for the administra-
tion's bill to relieve classroom
shortages. heard challenges for
her program as well as personal
compliments.
Senator Douglas, Democrat, Of
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Hungary Lists Secrets
Bearing Jail Penalties
BY shs Assoeioisd Press

BUDAPEST, Feb. 16.-Com-
munist Hungary today issued a
lengthy listing OF what it con-
siders states secrets and warned
violators can receive up to 10
years in Jail.
The list is supplement to a
1851 decree which demanded
increased vigilance to frustrate
the Vaccinations of internal
And external enemies" The
earlier decree ordered severe
penalties for those who inform
unauthorized persons" about
data and facts affecting the
security and the political and
economic order Of Hungary.
In addition to military secrets,
commercial and, trade agree
ments between Hungary and its
allies were termed state secrets
in today's list.
Other secrets were listed as
summarized data and plans of
industry. agriculture. trade and
transport, figures copcerning
foreign currency in the posses
sion Of the Hungarian Peoples
Republic, summarized export and
import plans, data concerning
negotiations, relations and
agreements with foreign nations
and measures taken In foreign
policy and foreign trade"
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Persian Cat Brings 81. so at Pownbroker's

on Jesse Kellman, whose pawn
brokers' exchange at TAO Eighth
street Sc. advertises, 1--WE buy
and sell anything"
Il took in q canary and q dog
once" he said.
Under District law. which
doesn't recognize the word
"pawnshop," MIR. Kellman must
keep the cat Is days before sell
ing It to anyone, including the
owner who pawned it. The law
also provides that the article
sold must not be altered in any
way during the I5-day period.
what II the cat gets fatter--
Evening star., 1955-02-16

or SIMMER" a clerk at the ex-
change was asked.
what II 1t dies?" he parried
In awestricken tones.
This doleful prospect Is most
remote. Mr.. sKellman VOWS.
Il don't know cats. but this is
q fine one. The man said it was
worth $50; wanted SIS and
settled for $3.50. He seemed
real broken up about it when he
came In with q string on the
cats collar.
IF he doesn't want 1t and no
one else does. I'll give it to my
daughter. She likes cats"
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Clearance System
For Defense Plant
Workers Reyamped
Wilson to Set Up New
Pentogon Office; Cites
Unfortunate cuses
By John A. Giles

Secretary of Defense Wilson
today revamped the defense plant
security clearance system because
the present l8-month-old ma
chinery had produced some "un-
fortunate" occurrences.
Wilbur M. Brucker. Defense
Department general counsel who
explained the new program TO
reporters, did not elaborate on
the occurrences, but indicated
there had been a number OF un-
warranted suspensions Of en-
ployes and that the machinery
had proved cumbersome and
slow.
The case of DR.. Robert q. Con-
don, former head of the National
Bureau Of Standards, was re-
called in connection with the
Wilson order. DR.. Condor. who
was employed by the Corning
New York; Glass Co., was
cleared for access to classified
material by q regional hearing
board in New York. However. it
was five months before the pa
pers reached the Pentagon and
Secretary of the Navy Thomas
ordered the board to reconsider
Its action. DR.. Condor has since
left his post and the matter has
been dropped.
Mccarthy Charges.
The clearance of industrial
employees on defense contracts
came up repeatedly during the
Army Mccarthy hearings. Sem
ator Mccarthy, Republican, Of
Wisconsin, charged that there
were 130-odd known Communists
employed in defense plants who
had access to classified material.
Mr.. Wilson said experience had
shown "the program is suffering
from certain deficiencies In OPP
GRAFTON, the principle cause of
which is the lack Of centralized
control and direction"
He ordered set up within so
days an industrial security Office
at the Pentagon. The director Of
the Office will establish a CEN
tral screening board :. through
fSee SECURITY. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1955-02-16
induction center
10 Shift 10 Baltimore

Washington area draftees will
report to Baltimore for induc-
ton instead of the present Office
in Alexandria under a consolida-
ton plan revealed today. The
is main Army recruiting stations
Of the I'd Army would be consol-
idated into 10 such stations by
July 1.
Recruiting operations in the
Office at 814 North st. ASaph
street in Alexandria will not be
affected by the shift.
Spokesman for the I'd Army
said the consolidation will not
affect the number of men to be
inducted, and emphasized that it
has no connection with proposals
for a cutback in the size of the
Army.
The move is expected to save
$500,000 a year in salaries and
rentals, the Army estimates.
Work done for the Air Force,
Navy and Marines at the present
stations will continue to be done
at the consolidated stations, the
I'd Army said.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Star Won't Ad Sells
Protector First Day

M. A. {. n. wanted to sell on ex-
pensiys 35-m.m. glide protector. He
ploeed on inexpensive won't I'd in
The Stor Classified end come up with
sales picture thot spelled quick re-
suits. He found buyer the first day
his ad appeared. In oil, he received
10 calls from stor seoder-prospeets
To enjoy the some kind Of fost-
oetion do os Mr.. A. e. n. did. u you
hove something to buy, trode or sell,
simply tell il to the long, established
eudienee Of The Stor reoders.
! Beeeuss itpsoduces the best yeor-
round results for classified odver-
tiseB, The ssor publishes more totel
classified ods thon the other Wash
ipstoa newspapers combined.
phens Sterling 5000 and osk for
% sd-tokes.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Kennedy Back in Hospital,
Undergoes Surgery Again
by the Assoeia,ed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Sen-
ator Kennedy. Democrat, Of
Massachusetts,. who underwent
a four-hour spinal operation
October 81. is back as a patient
at the Hospital for Special
Surgery and lis progressing
normally" it was disclosed today.
Senator Kennedy, who left the
hospital for Florida just before
Christmas, re-entered it Feb
ruary 10 for removal Of a metal
plate which was slowing his re-
covery.
The hospital said the plate
was removed February IL. that
"the patient has progressed nor
mally and he expects to leave
within q week"
'sIt Is believed" the hospital
said,. ''that he will be able to
return to his duties in WASH
ington before the end of March" /"
Evening star., 1955-02-16
President Is improved,
Though Cold Hangs on

President Eisenhower's bad
cold was reported better today
but still mot entirely out Of his
system"
White House Press Secretary
James G.. Hagerty said Mr..
Eisenhower still Is bothered by
some huskiness in his voice.
The President caught the cold
while quail hunting in the rain
last Friday on the plantation Of
Secretary Of the Treasury
Humphrey in Southern Georgia.
He has been under treatment by
his personal physician. Mai.
Howard McC. Snyder. He has
worked as usual this week. ex-
cept for leaving his cfiice early
each afternoon, and Cancelled
his regular weekly news confer
ence today.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Four BIuzes in Hotel
Are Loid to Arsonist
BY The Assoeiossd Press

SAN FANC1SCO, Feb. 16.--
-Four fires in the Sheraton-Pal.
ace Hotel and one in a nearby
parked automobile last night
were believed to be the work oi
an arsonist.
Firemen quickly extinguished
all five.
Two in the hotel were in jani-
tors closets where matches had
been tossed into trash bags
Workmen put out another small
fire in a waste can in the main
floor mems room. The fourth
fire was discovered in q room
being remodeled.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Mrs. Hobby Gets c Compliments,
Challenges on School Plan
Secretary Inspires Nicely to Lyrics
And Douglas to Shorp Questioning

1ulIlOlS, lUT lIlSLdIlCG, QuCStlOIlcL
| her closely about the admin
istration's change of heart" on
the need for emergency Federal
aid to education.
Senator Douglas asked Mrs
Hobby why the Cooper bill,
which provided $270 million for
two years, received such a chilly
reception from her department
last year.
Denies Changing Stand.
The only woman cabinet mem
ber replied that she had not
changed her position at all.
"I did not think that q single
appropriation would be an effec-
tive device to meet the situa-
tion," she said. II believe that
the administrations cornpre-
hensive and flexible four-point
program will do the job"
Mrs. Hobby, elegant in a navy
blue dress with q winged white
| collar. remained composed
through the political cross-fire
that marked the Senate's con-
sideration of the Eisenhower
education plan. The program
calls for purchase by the Federal
Government of bonds issued by
local school districts to finance
school construction. support of
bonds issued by State school
building agencies, matching Fed
eral grants to help poor school
districts unable to make bond
issues, and matching Federal
grants to meet administrative
costs Of local financing.
Bender Asks Comment.
Senator Bender, Republican.
of Ohio asked Mrs. Hobby to
comment on critics of the bill
who called 1t inadequate and
charge that HEW had misled
the President on educational
needs.
you are not trying to buf-
falo him, are you?" he asked.
Mrs. Hobby replied: IT don't
think much Of any one trying
to buffalo him."
Then Senator Neely spoke up
In defense Of Mrs. Hobby:
II resent any comparison be-
tween any lady and any buff
falo," he said. '4This lady has
the voice Of a nightingale and
'the appearance of a bird of
paradise"
United States Commissioner of
Education Samuel M. Brownell
showed a series of 81 charts to
the crowded hearing room which
illustrated the financial COM
plexities of the program.
Called First Attempt.
Senator Bender called the
plan "the first attempt by a
President to put out a program
for Federal aid to education"
Chairman Hill, Democrat, OF
Alabama retored that former
President Truman had not only
put down a program but had al
located money in the budget for
1t.
He also asked Senator Bender
why President Eisenhower had
not put forth the program two
years ago when he had the votes
in Congress to pass it,
Senator Ives, Republican, Of
New York said he didn't think
the Senator's were going to solve
the problem unless we keep poll
tics out of It,"
Evening star., 1955-02-16
BY the Asseciaisd prsss

TOKYO, Feb. l6.-A Russian
concession today paved the way
for peace negotiations between
Japan and the Soviet Union In
New York-probably in the next
few weeks.
In . note delivered direct to
Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama.
the Soviets waived their prefer
ence for Moscow or Tokyo as q
meeting site and said they would
agree to the place "the Japan
ese government considers most
adequate"
Foreign Office sources said pro-
cedural matters would prevent
the talks beginning before the
February q general election,
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Two Policemen Nearly Freeze.
Abandon Pose as Women

returned to regular duties after
10 narrowing days rs counter
felt members Of the opposite sex.
The masquerade was ham
pered by the recent rash Of cold
weather.
eWe almost frcze In those
fiimsy things" Patrolman Bowles
Bowles said. Don't see how
women can stand them"
The purse snatcher apparently
couldn't stand the weather,
either. He didn't put in q single
appearance during the mas
Querade.