davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1955-05-15

NOR the woman who doesn't live in
l. the city, and doesn't live in the
country - the suburbanite - special
clothes are being designed. The SUBJ
urban housewife doesn't want to dress
in sophisticated city style, but she
likes to be fancy now and then.
These dresses by Claire McCardell
were made with the suburban woman
in mind. They're cross between
hostess gowns and evening clothes
and all made in cotton.
The long white shirt dress at the
LETT has hairline stripe and a huge
red sash. The first dress at the right
is turquoise on top and leaf green on
the bottom. It's made of French-knot
cotton which requires no ironing.
Next is a rough-dry water-blue shirt.
separate full chocolate-brown skirt
and rose sash. Joan RATTNER
Evening star., 1955-05-15

missed the psychological clue to the MIR
oerer = the testimony of the invisible
witness
What do you mean? 1t has to be the
girl or the boy or both. There aren't anv
other suspects
is that all you make of the bows
story?'
WILLING led the way back to the living
room. Miss Emmett, did you 20 into the
aicove at any time after you reached the
house at six-fifteen?''
"Oh, nor Janey was astonished. "I
could see she was dead. didn't want to
60 near her."
And you, Denby?'
NO. The cops got here just after | did.
l was still standing by the doorway with
Janey.''
Were you standing close to Mrs. Blount
earlier this afternoon when the powder
spilled on the carpet in the alcove?''
NO. ! was going out the front door
when heard her exclaim and turned to
look She was mad said: Sorry, ma am.
but ! didn't wrap that package and went
on out
She was killed by contact shot. !" said
Willing. You can see the ragged, blue
edges OF the wound. Whoever shot her
stood close to her in the alcove after the
powder was spilled on the carpet there.
Expensive face powder is fine and cling
Evening star., 1955-05-15

This Week MaEasinr - sfay IS, yess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22
Miss Harrison
To Be Bride

Mrs. Mignonette H. Harrison
Of Woodside, L. l., N. Y, an
nounces the engagement Of
her daughter Mignonette Eula-
lie to Mr.. Joseph Anthony
Mountain. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Mountain of
Pittsfield, Mass. The wedding
will take place April 16.
Miss Harrison is a graduate
of George Washington Univer-
sity University and received
her masters degree from Penn
sylvania State University.
Mr.. Mountain was graduated
from st. Michael's College and
received his masters degree
from Notre Dame University.
Before entering the United
States Army he did graduate
work in chemistry at the Penn
sylvania State University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22
Duvi1us Entertain al Dinner for SO Guests

donesian Press Attache, CAMS
Harsono: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Borkin and the Air Vice Com
modore and Nine. Soedjono.
Hello and Goodbye
The Canadian Military At
tache and Mrs. Bishops re-
ception last night was to say
good bye to the departing AS
sistant Military Attache and
Mrs. H. L. Meuser and to meet
their successors, Col. and Mrs.
E. c. Mayhem.
Military attaches and their
assistants from most of the
embassies in Washington were
among the guests as well as a
large number of United States
military personnel, including
Gen. and Mrs. c. L. Bolte, Mrs.
j. Lawton Collins, 1t. Gen. and
Mrs. H. r. Bull. 1t. Gen. r.
M. Pate, USMC, and Mrs. Pate,
1t. Gen. and Mrs. w. L. Weible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22

Gen. and Mrs. Howard Craig,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Lawrence
Dewey and Col. and Mrs. Hal
Randall and others.
Buffet Dinner
The Indonesian Ambassador
and Nine. Notowidigdo enter
tanned a small group of guests
last evening at a buffet dinner
at the Embassy.
Guests included the Bur-
mese Ambassador and Mrs.
Darlington, German Ambas-
sador Krekeler. the Yugoslav-
ian Ambassador and Nine.
Mates. Supreme Court Justice
and Mrs. William o. Douglas,
British Minister Sir Roger
Scott. Indian Minister and
Mrs. Atel, Baron and Baroness
van Worst of the Netherlands,
DR.. Oetikno Slamet of the
World Bank and Mrs. Slamet,
Representative and Mrs. Adam
c. Powell.
Other guests were the In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22
Antiques Show Opens

The First Annual Southern
Maryland Antiques Show and
Sale opens Friday at the new
National Guard Armory in
La Plata, Md.
The show will remain open
through Sunday and is being
sponsored by the Lions Club Of
La Plata. 1t is being managed
by Mrs. Pearl c. Jones who
also manages the well-known
Carvel Hall Show in Annapolis.
Between Is and 80 dealers
will exhibit in the show which
will feature American and tor
eign antiques ranging from
buttons to furniture.
Among the % dealers al
ready signed are three from
Silver Spring. Louise Bennett,
Betty McDevitt and w. H. For
rest. Frances D. Lowell Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22

had bestowed the honor In his
new American post.
Recipients of the silver dec
Grafton are: Mrs. Harry K.
Hickey, for her services during
and after World War II in be-
half Of American Relief for
France as a member of the
Washington Committee which
raised funds to aid the war
destitute; Mr.. Andre de Limur,
president Of the Alliance Fran
caise. for his promotion Of
Franco-American rela tion s
through the alliance; 1t. Col.
Clark Lawrence, USA. retired,
of Castle Hill. Gotham. Va,
for his services as architect on
French government projects,
and Mrs. Emily Chadbourne of
Washington and New York, for
her service in promoting closer
cultural and art interests be-
tween France and the United
States as director of the King
dom Museum, Kingston, N. Y.
and trustee of the Chicago Art
Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22
Party Spotlight

The Secretary-General Of
the Organization of American
States and Mrs. Davila gave a
black tie dinner for about SO
people last night at their resi-
dence.
Guests included Ambassadors
to the GAS Vittone of Argen-
tina, de Delgado of Colombia,
and Sepulvida of Chile with
their wives. as we'll as Ambas-
sador representative de Lavalle
of Peru.
Ecuador's Ambassador Chiri-
boga was there, along with
the Uruguayan Ambassador
and Sonora de Mora and the
retired Ambassador of Hon.
duras and Sonora de Vale.
Also invited were former
Ambassador and Mrs. Myron
Cowen, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Sparks, Mrs. Eleanor Dulles,
Mrs. Hugh Duff1eld, Gen. and
Mrs. Christian H. Clarke, 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22
Star stan Photo.

Rear Admiral and Mrs. G. w.
Anderson, jr.. and Rear ADJ
miral and Mrs. c. F. Espe.
Stag Luncheon
Israeli Ambassador Eban
gave a stag luncheon in the
Mayflower Hotel yesterday in
honor of Mr.. Theodore Kollek,
visiting director general of the
Prime Minister'S Office of Is
rael.
Among those who attended
were Assistant Secretary of
State George v. Allen. DR..
Arthur Burns, chairman of the
Presidents Economic Council;
Mr.. Francis Russell, formerly
Counselor and barge
d'Affaires of the United States
Embassy In Tel Aviv, and Mr..
Norman Paul, regional direc-
tor of the Foreign Operations
Administration.
Mr.. Kollek is a former
Minister at the Israeli Embassy
here,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22

Washington is the other local
dealer.
Other dealers are Burlean
Hall of La Plata, Elizabeth w.
Tyler of Staunton. Va, Her.
bert Bounds Of Pokomoke City,
Md, Oneta A. LeCompte OF
Cambridge, Md, Hilda E. Har-
wood of Cambridge, Earl and
Emily Schommer of Philadel-
phia, Long Ago Shop of Nor
folk, j.w. and he. Draisey OF
Baltimore and London.
The new La Plata Armory is
80 miles south Of Washington
on Route 30l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-22
Dews Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wells
Dew have returned to their
home after a visit to Florida
and South Carolina.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

program reaches its end, or is
curtailed. and as the construc-
ton money Is shifted over into
the operating budget to meet
increasing demands there, win
the need for additional reve-
nue. diminish.
Federal Payment
One other means Of increas.
ing District revenues would be
through boosts in the Federal
payment to the general fund,
by which the national Gov
ernment pays It's share Of the
cost Of running the Capital
City about IA per cent under
the budget proposed for 1856.
AS the tax pinch continues,
the Districts votelesS citizens
undoubtedly win turn the heat
on their friends and neighbors
who are members Of Congress
to increase the Federal pay
ment. But the outcome will
be debatable. It's often hard
enough to get money that's
authorized. Increases come
even harder.
Chances are. though, that
the result will be some COM
bination of more taxes plus
increased Federal payment.
The only alternative to In
creasing revenues, Of course,
is sharp cutbacks in public
serviceS-in schools and
teachers. In welfare work and
relief payments, in hospitals
and public health services, in
police and fire protection, in
traffic engineering and regula-
tion, and in recreation Serv-
ices-and all the public pres
sure is In the other direction.
Since Congress undoubtedly
will approve pay increases this
year which will cost the Dis
trict from 50 million to $4
million. the squeeze is on now
to get tax boosts okayed before
the end of June.
1 So far Congressman who
handle District affairs on the
Hill have given the idea q
cold shoulder, having just fin
ished one painful round OF tax
boosting.
But the screams of agony
that will go up If they cut
services "a million probably
would be no louder than those
they'll hear If they raise taxes
81 million.
All Of which may give added
impetus to proposals for q pay
roll tax to get some revenue
from Maryland and Virginia
residents who work in the Dis
trict. That's conceded now to
be a political impossibility.
But, once upon a time, so was
the District sales tax-which
went into effect In 1949.
Evening star., 1955-01-23
District:
District:
Painful Visto Of Toxes
Is All City Heads See
By Hector McLeen

District Government oficials
are looking down q painful
vista Of tax increase after tax
increase. year after year, for
Q long, long time to come.
Already they acknowledge
that for the next fiscal year
they expect to spend $860. 900
more than they hope to collect
In the city's general fund"
bank account, which finances
all District activities except
those for highways, water.
sanitary sewers and parking.
However, says Commissioner
Samuel Spencer hopefully,
they can make up that deficit
and squeak through the year
on present income-if there
are no pay raises. This "if,"
he admits, is gigantic.
Even SO. the problem of
getting more revenue - pre-
sumably through increased
taxes-would be postponed for
only one year. 1t would then
have to be faced in January,
1856. instead of now.
The reason lies largely in
the city's forced-draft attempt
to catch up with long deferred
construction and to increase
services to citizens under the
Public Works Act Of 1854,
which put the latest tax in
creases into effect last August.
Continuing Costs
For, whenever a new school
building is put up, teachers
must be hired to staff it.
Unlike the cost of construct
ing the school, which has to be
paid only once. the cost of the
staff must be paid indefi-
nitely-year after year.
= The same thing is true of
hospitals, homes for wayward
and abandoned children. jails,
Fairgrounds and even high
ways. waterworks and sewage
treatment plants.
Thus. as the construction
program continues, the ope-
rating budget must get bigger
and bigger.
So, even If Congress should
defy all laws of political logic
and refuse to approve any pay
boosts this year, the District
still would have to increase its
budget next year-beyond
present revenues-in order to
staff. projects now under con-
struction.
That will be true as long as
the 10-year public works pro-
gram. now in its first year,
continues. And, if one may
judge from community sup
port which led to passage of
the Public Works Act, continue
1t must.
Only as the public works
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Virginia:
legislators Focing Up
10 Postponed Issues
sy Alex R. Preston
saaF easff corsespsndsaa

events In the weeks immedi-
ately ahead indicate that the
States lawmakers are begin.
ming to knuckle down to tasks
assigned them.
One in the immediate offing
is the first Of . series Of re-
gionai public hearings by .
VALC subcommittee on the
States water resources. This
Ii oct for 1880 am. Friday
In the municipal building at
Culpeper.
It should be noted. however.
that this problem was dealt
with In q 31-page report made
by another VALC suhcommit-
tee In 1858 and reported to the
last session Of the LEGISLATURE.
But that cpmmittee's recon-
mendations Is to the States
water policies were too con-
troversial. So the topic was
re-referred.
Three Groups Meet
Last week. three commits
sions met here In Richmond.
One was the Governors spe-
cial commission studying pub
lic school segregation. Another
was to determine the functions
Of various State government
agencies. The third. headed
by ArlingtOn,s Delegate Kath-
ryn Stone. was o continuation
Of public hearings on Juvenile
delinquency problems.
One study has become
begged down. not because Of
anything that has happened
In Virginia. but because Of
Maryland. Virginia has named
three members Of q group that
was to make an inquiry, along
with Maryland and the Dis
tr1ct Of Columbia, into passen-
ger carrier facilities in the
Washington area.
Study Of Courts
A VALC subc o m mittee
headed by State Senator Mos
by g. Perrow Of Lynchburr.
VIII study the entire judicial
setup to determine where more
judges are needed.
Another VALC Investigation
OF extension courses offered by
State-supported colleges and
whether they should be ex-
panded might affect the future
Of the washington suburban
area.
The University of Virginia
already operates a center in
Arlington but Fairfax, Falls
Church and Alexandria are
vying for the facility as O
permanent installation.
Some Of the other studies,
about which more will be read
In the news columns during
succeeding weeks. deal with
small loan interest rates; tele-
phone services and rates:
capital outlay needs Of all
State agencies and institutions,
and the care and treatment OF
alcoholics.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

1852 session, when over
wrought delegates hooted a
lobbying DR.. Byrd OF the floor
of the House. where he had
no business being in the first
place.
Memories of DR.. Byrd obvi-
ously were strong In the minds
of Senators and Delegates as
they succumbed to the con-
trasting charms Of DR.. Elkins
on Tuesday. His humility and
candor so impressed the FL
nance Committee members
Evening star., 1955-01-23

in the eyes Of the accreditors.
But most Of them seem to feel
that the university the report
Is talking about Is the "old"
University Of Maryland.
Things are different down
at College Park now" they are
saying.
The difference is DR.. Wilson
Homer Elkins, who was In
augurated rs the university's
new president on Thursday.
The straight-talking little
Texan has been before this
1855 General Assembly for
only a couple Of hours, but al
ready he has some legislators
eating out Of his hand. His
appearance before the Senate
Finance Committee Tuesday
was like q fresh breeze on the
Severn to lawmakers long ac-
customed to dealing with q
university president who came
here more q politician than an
educator.
When DR.. Harry Clifton
Byrd was head man at College
Park, before he retired . year
ago to make a futile run for
Governor. he won his points
with the Assembly in much the
same way as a political boss
like Baltimore City's Jack Pol
lack.
Wheeler and Deoler
A familiar figure in the COR
ridors of the State House for
more than two decades, DR..
Byrd made deals, traded votes.
pulled strings and gradually
pushed his University of Mary
land into the big time. The
magnificence of the physical
plant DR.. Elkins has inherited
at College Park is a tribute to
DR.. Byrd's peculiar abilities as
a wheedler Of legislative ap-
preparations.
But 1t was nerve-wracking
for legislators, this dealing
each year with q university
president who had sufficient
power in the Democratic Party
to reward his friends and pun
ish his enemies. You may re-
member the last night Of the
Evening star., 1955-01-23

that even Senator Bob kim
Bile had to commend him for
his frank answers"
Mr.. Kimble turned out to be
the villain Tuesday. As Sen
ate Republican minority
leader, he had grown 90 ac-
customed to battling DR.. Byrd,
that he started on this ses-
sion with:
J.. A demand that the uni
versity release the accredita-
ton report and
2. A bill proposing to repeal
Evening star., 1955-01-23

RICHMOND. ~ vireinia's
lawmakers are beginning to
face up 10 Issues which they
avoided during the 1854 Gen.
er1l Assembly.
In the Virginia LAgislaturs
-as IN Congress-it IL the
custom 10 put on until to-
morrow some things that
should be done today.
In 1881. for example, the
Legislature thought It could
ignore Q constitutional man
date to re-apportion represen-
tation In the State Senate
and House Of Delegates In ac-
cordance with latest popula-
tion figures.
The rural majority didn't
want to lose control. So the
General Assembly adjourned
without doing anything.
But before the end Of the
year It, found itself called back
by the Governor to perform
the duty which the State Con-
stitution clearly says 1t had
to do. That cost the taxpayers
an estimated 100000 extra.
Washington area residents
are familiar with procrastina-
tion by the Federal legislature.
Witness the annual kicking
around" Of daylight saving
time before Congress finally
approved the simple solution
Of having the District Com
n1issloners order clocks set
ahead each year.
Also, at the congressional
level, there still Is the yearly
buffeting given the Washing
ton Metropolitan Areas
transportation problems. So
many studies" have been
proposed and made 1t takes q
public utilities expert to keep
track Of them.
State legislators - and no.
tably Virginia's General As
sembly members ARE like
that.
Many Problems
There are many problems,
Of course, which require study
before intelligent action can
be taken. The Supreme Courts
decision on public school seq
regation Is one of them.
But q favorite gilnmiek of
politicians. when confronted
with a sensitive issue. Is to re-
fer the question to a commits
sion for further study. This Is
the equivalent Of taking an
aspirin.
The Virginia Advisory Leg
iSlative Council (VALC) is
such an interim body. Special
commissions also are author
lied.
Out Of more than 30 prob
lens deferred by the 1854 gen.
eral assembly for further
study and report to the 1855
session. II were sent to the
VALC.
Developments since the first
OF the year and scheduled
Evening star., 1955-01-23
MurIond:
University Report Is Due for Quiet Burial

tbs uniYsrsits's sutonomy
powers.
Elkins Tasfifies
Or. Ekins was called hsre
Tuesday to testify On those
two Kimhle proposals. Since
the accrediting report already
was public property as the new
university president stepped
before the committee. Senator
Kimhle confined his grilling
to the autonomy powers. which
Dr. Byrd had won for the
university IN Q bitter 1851
legislative battle.
Dr.. Elkins. speaking In
quiet, respectful tones. urged
the Senators 10 look ahead.
not backward. In considering
the university. He said the
autonomy act. granting cer-
tain independence TO the uni
versity In handing its own
personnel. purchases and
building projects. gives Mary
land no more than any other
American university and . lot
less than most.
with each question. Or.
Elkins won more supporters.
until 1t became painfully obvi-
Gus that no one on the COM
mittee. not even Bob Kimble.
wanted to do anything that
would handicap the new pres
ident in strengthening out the
accreditation mess. After an
hour and Q half Of this and
one commendatory comment
after another, Senator Kimble
was unable to ind o second
for his motion to move his
repeal bill out Of the COM
mittee.
Turnbuli Speaks
Even the New York Giants
give . new manager . couple
Of years to get his feet on the
ground" Senator John Turn
bull, Finance Committee chair
man, said later
The questions asked Of DR..
Elkins by the Senators and
Delegates Tuesday indicated
an awareness that the Legis-
lature and the Governor share
q part Of the blame for the
University's failure to have its
accreditation reafirmed. The
Senators on Mr.. Turnbull's
committee virtually assured the
new president that they would
not whaek his budget this year.
This implied assurance coupled
with Gov. McKeldin's state
ment at the inaugural Thurs
day that he is including money
In the University budget for q
new library land all necessary
funds to effect accreditation"
would seem to indicate q clear
road ahead for DR.. Elkins.
In q way. he has the criti-
cisms Of the accreditors to
thank for his well-being. It Is
doubtful whether the Governor
and the Legislature would be
feeling such generosity toward
the University had not the ac-
creditors called attention to its
failinss.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

For . discussion Of tho msonins Of
scersditation ead how il ssrss to
keep colleges end saisersitiss On
the proper sduesiionai track. see
On article BY Star Staff Writer
Richard Frklusd which sppeen on
Pess All.
Evening star., 1955-01-23
By Gene Goodwin
Star stuff csrra,n.ndani

ANNAPoLIs.-That critical
accrediting report on the Uni
versity Of Maryland seems
destined to lie in state here at
the Legislature for q respect
able time and then be buried
with the briefest Of obsequies.
The lawmakers are. Of
course, concerned about those
aspects Of the university that
left something to be desired
Evening star., 1955-01-23

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Kodiak mirror., 1955-11-05
DIR. c. EARL ALBRIGHT
 GOES TO WASHINGTON

Dr. c. Earl Albrecht, Alaska commissioner of health left Juneau this week for Washington, D. c. where he plans to work toward furthering the Alaska mental heal tn bill.
 He said he also expects to work with Interior department and Bud- get bureau officials regarding AL qo!qM 6euom sYIoM oITqnd eYse has not yet been allocated to match territorial funds for construction of 10 health centers throughout the territory. The 1855 Territorial Legislature, he explained, approp- riated $251, ,51887 for health center construction and renovation but work cannot proceed until APW matching funds are made avail able.
Kodiak mirror., 1955-11-05
ALASKA EMPLOYMENT
 REPRESENTATIVE HERE

A representative of the Alaska Territorial Employment Service from the Anchorage office will be in Kodiak on Tuesday, November 8, 1855. The office will be located in the City Clerk -Treasurers Of flee and will be open from 800 a. m. to 12:0O noon and from 100 p. m. to 300 p. m.
 All individuals seeking work and individuals desiring to file their initial and continued claims for Unemployment Insurance are re- minded to appear at the office dur ing the above hours on Tuesday, November 8, 1855.
Kodiak mirror., 1955-11-05

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Kodiak mirror., 1955-11-05
Carnival Is Announced

The annual Carnival sponsored by the Student Council of the Ko- diak High School will be held on Friday, November IS. This popu- lar affair will start at 6.30 p. m. at the High School building.
 This is an Annual event, eagerly looked forward to and participat- ed in by the students and people of Kodiak. The carnival this year is expected to be the best yet. More games and prizes are being offer ed, and, of course, more fun" ac- cording to the Carnival Committee of the Student Council.