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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12

hands. In addition, the women
suffered burns about the body.
The victims, all reported In
good condition today. were:
Mrs. Gloria Nelson. %, and
Miss Elizabeth Forsyth, 10. who
lived in the converted stable
apartment.
Capt. George E. Deaner. 46,
of 4729 North Twentieth street.
Arlington. of Rescue Squad No. /.
Second Battalion Chief Elmer
F. Stein, 81, of 326 Oglethorpe
street NV.
Rescue Squad Pvt. Harry E.
Gates, 20, of 27l3 Emmett road.
Silver Spring.
Heard Women Screaming
Released after treatment for
second degree facial burns were
Squad Pvts. Charles H. Mace and
Alden c. Kefauver.
The first alarm sounded at
4:07 am. yesterday.
Allen johnson, %, Of 1906
Florida avenue NV, was first
to arrive at the flaming apart
ment. He was on his way home
and heard the women screaming
for help. He dashed into the
second-f1oor apartment and
found the women huddled in q
rear bedroom. They had already
called f1remen.
Mr.. Johnson said he was UNI
able to persuade the women to
drop through a window, so he
went over the sill and dropped
Is feet to the ground to lead fire.
men to the window.
Meanwhile, however, firemen
had entered through a doorway
filled with flames.
Capt. Deaner, Chief Stein and
Pvt. Gates led the two women
back through the flames.
Tried to Rush Back
Once outdoors, the women
tried to rush back into the burn
ing apartment, thinking that
Mrs. Nelson's son Michael was
still trapped. However, firemen
had already handed The little
boy to safety. uninjured.
Capt. Deaner rushed back into
the apartment on information
a third woman was trapped
there. While he was searching
| for her, the room burst into Q
mass of flames.
/ The captain crouched on the
floor, pulling water-soaked cush-
ions over his head Rescue
squadmen, led by Pvt. Gates.
battled their way to his rescue.
Cause of the fire was not de-
termined.
The converted stable resi-
dence is owned by Mrs. Eliza
beth T. Swift, 3617 Raymond
street. Chevy Chase, Md. The
fire-swept apartments damage
loss has not been estimated.
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81 Million Blaze Hits
NE. Hardware House

store. the second floor by an &C.
counting department and the
third-floor section by paper sup
plies. Mr.. Lipscomb said all the
concerns records were destroyed
The fire apparently broke out
in the hardware section just In
back Of the Offices. Also destroy
ed was the switchboard which
serviced an other buildings OF
the firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
Tourist Mileage
In Viroiniu Coins

RICHMOND, Dec. IL R.-
The State Highway Department
reports that tourists account for
20 per cent of the travel on Vir-
ginia's roads.
The agency found that out-of-
State visitor mileage increased
from 2,499, 900 in 1850 to 3,717.-
900 miles in 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
Petersburg Grundstonds
DESTROYED by Bluze

PETERSBURG, Dec. IL o.
Fire last night destroyed the orig
inal grandstands of the Peters
burg Fair Grounds in West End
Park.
The covered grandstands, said
to .be about At years old, were
burned to their concrete tounda-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
Christmas PIoy Friday

The Cynthia Warner School in
Takoma Park, Md, will present
its annual Christmas play, why
the Chimes Rang" at 10 and II
am. Friday at the school. 8ll4
Carroll avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12

which shifts a proposed east-west link to
the northward. The change will alter the
road pattern and force reservation of an
elementary school site in the northeast
section Of the tract. R-55 designation in
dicates sites for single-family homes; Rio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
2 Hurt, Child Saved
In Apartment Blaze
Firefiehters Lead Two Women,
Boy, 3, Through FIomes to Safety

Five and two suffered burns early yesterday
refghters rescued the three
boy two-alarm blaze in their apartment in the
of 1870 New Hampshire aveune INV.
and three fremen admitted to Emergency
Hospital third degree the and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
Suspicious

A man Of our acquaintance
says he has somehow gotten
on the mailing list of the So
Wet Embassy, and has been
receiving invitations to recep-
tons there.
The thing that worries him
most is that one he received
recently, although sealed when
he got 1t, had a post Office
imprint reading, Received
Unsealed at Washington,
D. c."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
loyoI

The wife Of a Washington
attorney reports that at a
recent cocktail party she
was wearing her ermine-
trimmed hat. She met Sem
ator Kefauver, the tall Ten
nessee Democrat, who from
his height inspected the ar
ticle and said gravely:
Nam, that's the finest
coonskin cap I've seen in
some time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
DeIuee

A new Montgomery County
resident has received his first
water bill from the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Com
mission. He is appalled,, not
at the size of the bill, but by
an inclosed notice about what
to do when his sewer gets
stopped up.
He's to call the commission
first, and they'll check the
main line to see If the trou-
BILE is there. If not, he's to call
a plumber, who checks the
sewer lines on the mans prop
erty. II the trouble isn't there,
the plumber is to call the COM
mission again, and they'll
come back and check to see If
the trouble is between the
property line and the main
line.
Our man figures that by that
time he'll be in the old folks
home and won't have to worry
about the house that floated
away while all the checking
and notifying was going on.
Rambling =.
1t doesn't take long, in this
part of the world, to go from
present to past. A traveller re-
ports that at the Old German
town crossroads in Maryland,
IS miles from the District line,
q clerk in a store which was
bedecked with signs advertis-
Ing Bull Durham and Bugler
tobacco, told him, eve sell
more makin's than tailor
mades."
A sign in the window of a
Northeast Washington restau-
rant says, pointedly, Lila Is
back in the grill"
4 hairdresser's shop in Be-
thesda Is named Heads. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12

and RIB, apartments, and CT and CO,
commercial areas. Hearings on the plan
will be held by the Hyattsville and Uni
versity Park city councils tonight The
County Commissioners will hold hearing
on rezoning next Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12

It's time TO register as vot-
ers. The place is the District
Building.
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The
Rambler
A Little Learning
Is q Friendly Thing
BY JACK JONAS

Problems like this don't
come up every day, and in
other cities it's doubtful If
they come up at all. But in
Washington they're to be ex-
pected, what with the diplo-
matte influx and all.
A fourth-grade pupil in one
Of the public schools found in
his heart recently a feeling of
sympathy for a new pupil, a
Brazilian who speaks only
Portuguese.
e The first day of the new
lads attendance, our hero
limited to his mother and
father-he knew they had at
one time had a vague famil-
iarity with Portuguese-that
1t might be nice if they taught
him a phrase or two of that
language $50 I can make this
kid feel more at home"
They agreed, thinking he
probably wanted to say Hello"
and How are you?" But their
son pulled from a pocket a
paper on which he had writ
ten a long list of things he
wanted to say.
Well, an agreement is an
agreement, so the parents
struggled with dictionaries
and fading memories. They
finally completed the. transla-
tons and instructions as to
how the words should be pro-
nounced. They felt some trep-
idation, however, about the
situation their son would find
himself in when the Brazilian
boy replied.
They needn't have worried.
The next day their son re-
ported the experiment had
been a rousing success.
did he understand every
thing you said?" his mother
wanted to know.
"All I got to say vas Good
morning" the boy replied.
AFTER that he Rugged me and
began spouting Portuguese
and kept it up until time for
class. / didn't understand
what he was saying, but he
didn't seem to care much"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
Teutin1e

A merchant seaman from
Washington writes aSfriend
here that he can't stand the
British brand of tea. When
he visits that tea-drinking
country, he solves the prob
lem simply.
Il always take along q !.
package Of tea bags bought
In the States" his letter ex-
plains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
By GENE GOODWIN

Students Of circus politics
are chortling with delight over
the prospect Of q Mahoney-
D'Alesandro primary for the
Democratic senatorial nominal
ton in Maryland next year.
So, perhaps, are the Re-
publicans.
Both George p. Mahoney and
Baltimore's Mayor TIL m q S
D'Alesandro are devotees Of
the bare knuckles brand Of
politics.
A match between the two OF
them could produce one Of the
noisieSt and dirtiest cam
paigns ever seen in q State
that is earning something Of a
reputation for pre- election
noise and dirt.
Such match was very
definitely in prospect this week.
Mr.. Mahoney's formal an
nouncement that he would file
for the senatorial nomination
In the Democratic primary next
May seemed to ignite D'Alesan-
dro supporters into action. Now
close friends Of the peppery
little Mayor are saying that he
is through kidding about run
ming for the Senate and will
file his candidacy after the
first Of the year.
Earlier, the Mayor had given
the impression that he was
saving himself for Governor in
1858 or the senatorial election
coming up that year.
Contrasting Types
The Mayor and Mr.. Mahoney
have a lot. in common. Both
had humble Baltimore begin
nings and both have achieved
great success-Mr. D'Alesandro
in politics and Mr.. Mahoney in
business.
Mr.. Mahoney, an Irish Cath
Ole, has gained wealth in the
paving contracting business, as
symbolized by his migration
from the city to a pretentious
Baltimore County estate.
Mr.. D'Alesandro. an Italian
Catholic who still lives in the
Little Italy section Of Balti-
more where he was born, has
never lost an election in %
outings. having served in the
City Council. the Maryland
Legislature and the House of
Representatives before becom-
ing Mayor eight years ago.
Mr.. Mahoney. on the other
hand. has never won an cleo
ton to public Office, and this
will be his fifth State wide
campaign. He says he's "a
glutton for punishment"
He has made his mark in
politics. however. by his ag-
gressive shoe-leathering. hand
shaking. back-slapping, drink
buying campaigns. which have
carried him close to--but not
into-the Governors Office and
the United States Senate.
But almost the same words
could be used to describe the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
MARYLAND
Mohoney-
Fight Promises Fun

campaign tactics Of Mayor
D'Alesandro. except that 1t
would have to be added that
he has been, doing 1t longer
and with considerably more
success.
Mr.. D'Alesandro, Of course,
has never before sought votes
for himself outside of his ma
tive city, where he Is q special
kind Of hero. In q campaign
with Mr.. Mahoney, the latter
undoubtedly would attempt to
play himself up as a county
man and paint the Mayor as
a CONTEMPLATING city slicker.
Although this approach might
have a hollow ring to those
more familiar with Mr.. Ma
honey's own lifelong attach
ment to Baltimore city, it is
true that the Mayor would
have a lot Of groundwork to do
In the counties.
PerImonites at Work
Meanwhile. supporters Of
Philip B. Perlman, former
United States Solicitor Gen.
eral, still were seeking backing
for him as a senatorial candi-
date, but their efforts seemed
to be getting nowhere. Mr..
Perlman has a host of friends
and admirers in the party,
particularly in Montgomery
County. but too many of the
professionals seem to feel that
his intellectual approach to
politics would make him an
easy mark for Mr.. Mahoney.
The sentimental favorite Of
most Democratic leaders is
still former Gov. w. Preston
Lane, jr., for whom all Of the
possible candidates except Mr..
Mahoney probably would step
aside. Mr.. Lane. however, has
resisted all attempts to pull
him back into the political
harness again.
Free State Republicans are
cheered by all these Demo-
cratic gestures Of disunity. 1t
has increased their hopes Of
maintaining their monopoly on
Maryland's two Senate seats
even If President Eisenhower's
name isn't at the top Of their
ticket next year.
It's Senator John Marshall
Butler whose seat is up for
grabs next year, and his only
major opponent so far is re-
tired Army Gen. D. John
Marley, who polled 1900 more
votes than Mr.. Butler in the
G. O.P. senatorial primary Of
1850. but lost on the basis Of
the conclusive unit votes.
Most observers, however. are
expecting at least one more
major candidate to enter the
primary against Senator
Butler. One hears the names
of Representatives Devereux
and Miller most often in this
regard.
But even If the Republican
senatorial primary is expanded
to include Mr.. Devereux or Mr..
Miller, 1t still would be like a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
VIRGINIA
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

One Of the collateral issues
In Virginia's controversy over
public school segregation Is
the "quickie" method by
which the State Constitution
would be amended.
The extra session Of the
General Assembly earlier this
month has initiated a con-
stitutional amendment plan
that consumes about three
months rather than the
method usually followed which
requires nearly three years.
Whats the rush?" is a
question frequently heard.
Some ask it as though the
faster method is something
concocted out of thin air by
the Gray Commission which
has launched its program to
prevent enforced indignation
in public schools.
The Assembly authorized a
referendum. set for January 8,
on whether to call a constltu-
tional convention. If voters
approve, the Legislature soon
afterward would provide for
the conventions makeup and
another special election would
be held to name delegates.
If the convention, late next
February or early March.
makes the changes, they be-
come effective Immediately.
The Usual Procedure
The other procedure to
which most citizens are &C.
customed is this:
One session of the Legisla-
ture passes a resolution includ-
ing the proposed changes. Any
time after a new House OF
Delegates has been elected, the
Assembly passes the identical
resolution again. Finally, the
change is submitted to the vot-
ers for approval the following
November.
Both procedures are pro-
vided for in the constitution
itself. Section 1856 provides for
the long method; Section 1877
for the short method" Con-
sequently, there is nothing alb
normal about the seldom-used
quickie procedure, although
obviously it is less democratic
because the changes agreed to
by a convention are not sub
mitted to the voters for final
approval.
AS a matter of fact. If vot-
ers authorize the convention on
January 8, the 1856 General
Assembly that convenes two
days later will have at least
four constitutional amend
ments on its hands. More
could be initiated.
One would be the short
method" proposal of the Gray
Commission authorizing a con-
vention to change a specific
section of the constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
DISTRICT
DISTRICT
Bus Hearing
Had Plenty
OfComedy
By HECTOR Mclean

Last weeks transit hear
ing produced some Of the finest
melodrama staged in Wash
ington since East Lynne"
1t opened with a jam of
lawyers and would-be transit
operators packed around the
counsel table in front of the
District Public Utilities Com
mission.
1t looked for a moment as
though seats at that table
might cost $500. The commits
sion. seeking a private transit
operator to take over the dy-
ing Capital Transit franchise
next August Is, had ordered
the hearing to let ex-senator
Willard E. Tydings show why
his group Of Baltimore in
vestors should get the nod.
Broke. the commission was
charging a minimum fee of
$500 to pay for a stenographic
record for the Tydings group
and any other applicant who
wanted to make detailed pres
entation Of his plans.
Morris Fox, president Of B.
& F. Transportation, Inc. put
up his money first and wanted
to know about a seat. After
first being pushed into the
outfield, he finally made the
table when the crowd thinned
down later.
Neither he nor any others,
except Gregory Hankin of the
Metropolitan Transit Coop
erative, apparently wanted to
see their deposits used up, per-
haps remembering promises
Of a refund. So they did little
talking.
Mr.. Hankin, though, recited
in elaborate detail his already
disclosed plans on how the
city's transit system should be
run. He was waiting. it de-
veloped. for the arrival of his
chief financial hacker who was
coming by plane on short no.
tice from New Jersey.
Curtain Roiser
The session opened with the
drama of Mr.. Tydings' an
nouncement that his group
was stepping out unless it
could get a deal with the UNI
ion whose recent 52-day strike
led to the impending death Of
Capital Transit Co.
The statement evoked IA
miliar memories of Capital
Transit executives explaining
last summer why they couldn't
offer the union raise to ward
of the strike. They said etc
wasn't making enough money
to afford it. and that the util-
tiles commission wouldn't al
low rate increases which would
produce that money.
Mr.. Tydings based his ex-
PLANTATION on economies, too.
Unless his group could be
given advance promises on how
much 1t would have to spend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
VIRGINIA
Why Is Gray Proposal
Handled as 'Quickie'?

The other three were ini-
tiated in 1854 by the long
method" and are scheduled to
come up for their second ap-
proval. AS indicated earlier, II
these three propositions are
agreed to a second time, they
then will 60 before the voters
in a referendum next Novem-
Der.
These three suggested
amendments deal with % the
date Of the Governors inaugu-
ration, 20 perquisites of the
State Corporation Commission
and CD local taxing rights.
Groy Amendment
With respect to the short
method" proposal of the Gray
Commission:
This would change Section
14l which now prohibits use
OF public funds for education
in private schools.
The private tuition grants
program is a key plank in the
Gray Commissions anti-inte-
grafton platform. The COM
mission recommends that any
child. assigned to an inte-
grated school against his
parents wishes, is entitled to
education in a private nom
sectarian school if the locality
is unable to assign him to a
segregated institution.
Also. If a locality abolishes
its school system rather than
integrate claSSrooms under
court order, the commission
contemplates that the chill
dren Of that area are entitled
to such State aid as they
normally would have received
had public schools been con-
tinued.
At the Arlington Civic Fed
Grafton recently. State Sena-
tor Charles r. Fenwick - a
member of the Gray Commits
Sion-touched on the question
of why the quicker procedure
is being used to amend Sec
ton 14l.
The State Supreme Court
did not rule until November
lone day before election of
a new House of Delegates
that the private tuition sys-
TEN is invalid. It will be an
other two years before another
House Of Delegates is elected,
hence it would be 1858 before
the General Assembly could
act a second time under the
long method"
But county boards of super
yisors will be preparing their
school budgets next April and
May, Many already have
demonstrated that, under
threat of a Federal court order
to integrate, they are unwill-
ing to adopt budgets unless
they have an alternate plan.
The Gray Commission hopes it
has offered such a plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

cost-the deal simply would
not be attractive to investors.
That seemed to wipe out the
commissions last and best
hope for a private operator.
since 1t already had said none
of the other applicants had
made a good initial case. The
other applicants. except for
Mr.. Hankin, said they just
wanted their proposals put In
the record.
Roised the Ante
l. William Stempil of the
Washington Rapid Transit
System put up not $500 but
$500 for the privilege of par
ticipating. This raised the
eyebrows Of Commission
Chairman George e. C. Hayes.
until Mr.. Stempil explained it
was the only check he had-he
had just received 1t as a fee in
a negligence case.
With these preliminaries out
of the way, the commission
settled down to hearing Mr..
Hankin, and the stenographic
reporters shifted into high
cost gear.
They were still rolling when
citizens in the audience finally
began trying to explode the
argument over whether street.
cars should be replaced by
buses. Chairman Hayes sat on
the lid Of that boiling pot a.
well as he could, insisting the
issue was not then before the
commission. Despite efforts to
force him to promise a hearing
on the subject. he refused and
the citizens kept trying.
The effort ended with q
chuckle of glee when Mr.. Han
kin finally asked plaintively,
rs all this being charged to
my bill?"
His concern was appropriate,
for testimony from his finan-
cial hacker carried the hearing
over into a two-hour night
session, and Mr.. Hankin went
on again the next day.
Bored Broker
Mr.. Hankin's hacker is John
A. Kaye, ex-Wall Street broker
barred from the business by
the Supreme Court of the
State Of New York.
And the night session was
a grimly determined effort to
find out where he proposed to
get the SIS million he had
promised Mr.. Hankin he would
invest in the .so-called CO.
operative.
Mr. Hankin made it clear
he was content with a promise
and would let Kaye worry
about where to get the money.
All of it, Kaye said. would
come from loans on what he
said were the underground oil
reserves of Stanwood Oil Corp.
of which he is president, and
which has been barred by Fed
eral court injunction from
selling its stock in interstate
commerce.
But, Kaye said. he could not
put up the money until about
three months after a Texas
drilling company" which he
refused to identify starts
drilling on Stanwood's Penn
sylvania properties after the
first Of the year"
Although Mr.. Hankin seemed
prepared to wait the utilities
commission was in too much
Of q hurry.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
BRIT AIMS RABBIT CRISIS STIRS
ICHOLMONDELEY AFTER 81 YEARS

LONDON H1.-The Marquis Of Cholmondeey tpro-
nounced Chumleyl made his first speech In the House OF
Lords last night after 80 in the British Paraments
august upper house
at long last" he told his fellow peers Il been
brought to feet BY the wish to do something about
rabbits"
great chamberlain who is Queen Ezabehs custodian of
the Houses Of Parliament and theatrical among
other posts said:
7 know neghbor who will not try to catch his rabbits
and the only wat TO deal with him by drastic legislation
do not believe that propaganda viii do it.
There should be healthy fines and maybe jail, and If
of ordships land IN ial it's your fault"
Rabbits do great damage to crops in Britain and ways
TO control them debated constantly In Parliament
Evening star., 1955-11-25
House of Commons
Gets U. S. Code

LONDON, Nov. IS R Brit
aims House Of Commons today
got q complete file Of the United
States Code. more than 100 vol
tunes Of the laws passed by the
American Congress. The gift
from the United States Informa-
Ition Agency will be kept up-to-
date as the laws are changed.
United States Ambassador
Winthrop Aldrich made the pres
Ientation at a tea given by the
IInter-P Parliamentary Union. W.
IS. Morrison, speaker Of the House
Iof Commons. accepted the gift
and sent his Houses good wishes
for President Eisenhower's con-
|tinued recovery.