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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Late, Late Show
Here Features
Cops and Robbers

A temporary open-door policy
at the Dupont Theater attracted
Ia couple of customers early this
morning after the last movie had
run.
One of them. Police Pvt
Thomas D. Farrell; was walking
his beat when he saw the theater
door ajar and went in. Creeping
into the theater Office, he almost
ran into late customer No. /.
oops" said the latter who
stood there fooIishly holding q
12-inch pinch bar.
He surrendered quietly, gave
his name as Walter John Ryan,
80, of the 1900 block of Twenty
first street NV, and said he was
Ia broke, unemployed restaurant
counterman.
Pvt. Farrell said Ryan wasn't
exactly broke when he was ar
rested for he had $41.50. The
policeman said this also was the
amount which two theater money
boxes had contained before some
one forgot to lock the front door
Ryan was charged with house,
breaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

mand. they gave him the word
With apologies. the police con.
WINGED him it is illegal for a 10.
Iyear-old to drive a motor.
propelled vehicle, even. a one
cylinder, homemade affair. He
would have to wait until he was
16 years old to get a permit, with
parental approval.
Mathematics Give Mileage
Before the law clamped down
Minor managed to run up rs
miles on his speedometer. He
knows, because as he explains
it was simple to figure.
The speedometer was taken
from a bicycle and was set fol
a 26-inch wheel. The wheels or
his car are only 10 inches in
diameter, stripped from an in
dustrial. wheelbarrow.
Proudly, Minor exhibited q
chart containing Is separate
calculations. When asked who
figured the table. Minor said 81
did, Of course. You see, first you
take the diameter ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Supreme Court Hit
By Virginia Legion

ROANOKE, Va, July 81 (R.-
The Virginia department of the
American Legion has adopted a
resolution which blasts the
United States Supreme Court as
a judicial dictatorship /.
which has become a lawmaking
body"
The sharply worded resolu-
ton, which met only token oppo-
sition when introduced at the
departments convention here
yesterday, accuses the high court
of political motivation" and in
a number Of instances Of chang
ing 1.-THE Constitution without
consent Of the people through
prescribed methods"
Most of the verbal fire was not
aimed directly at the high courts
school segregation decision but
rather at its ruling in the case
of Pennsylvania versus Steve
Nelson in which the Legion
claims the court has ignored
and nullified sedition laws Of
several States"
Mrs. Paul F. Critz Of Mclean,
Fairfax County, is the new presi-
dent of Virginia's American Le-
Igion Auxiliary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Fall Into Conveyor
Kills AIexundriun

An Alexandria workman was
killed today when he fell into a
conveyor at the American Agri-
cultural Chemical Co. fertilizer
plant in the 300 block of North
Lee street.
The victim was Willie Darby
81, colored, of 1913 North Henry
street.
Police Pvt. Bruce Wolford said
Mr.. Darby was in charge of an
electric conveyor which lifted
fertilizer to the second floor of
the plant. He apparently fell
into the shaft and was crushed
by the gears about 10 am, the
policeman said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

home, at 1919 Wellbron drive
Woodacres, Md.
Following a talk with an uncle
he managed to latch on a five.
horsepower, one-cylinder gaso-
line motor, used in an Alexandra
garage to run an auxiliary cleo.
trio system.
Car for $126.9O
After two months of work, he
was set to go. He had spent
$126.90. mostly advanced by his
father and since paid back.
With understandable pride
Minor took his new car" for q
spin around the block. He was
the envy of all the small fry
And then the dream ended.
A neighbor complained to the
police. The motor, even though
equipped with a muff1er, was dis
turbing her peace, she said.
Her complaint was treated
mildly at first by Montgomery
County police. They dutifully
made a check of the neighbour
hood and couldn't find" Minor
driving his homemade auto.
However, after the third de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

his S1-year tenure as Zoo boss
today because tomorrow he will
be 70 years old, the mandatory
retirement age. But under terms
of a new order, he is permitted
to stay on the job another three
months.
Heads of the Smithsonian In
stitution, Zoo workers ano
friends had planned a surprise
reception for him this afternoon
All hands are delighted the Civil
Service Commission knocked il
in the head.
The extension takes the
Smithsonian of the hook insofar
as concerns naming a successor
The institution hasn't found q
man yet to replace him.
For that matter" said one
Zoo authority, "they never will
They can get somebody to work
at his job. but there isn't any
body to take his place."
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Officials Delay Retiring
To Get Pension Boost

Six city employees and Zoe
Director William M. Mann today
had the okay to postpone Their
retirements officially until &C.
tober 81.
This followed Civil Service
Commission authorization of such
delays for persons due to retire
July 81, August 81 or September
80.
This will permit persons in
volved to take advantage of q
newly passed civil service PEN
sion boost, which will provide
increases estimated at 20 to Is
per cent in annuitieS.
General Administration Direc.
tor Schuyler Lowe said Corpora
ton Counsel Vernon E. West
scheduled to retire tomorrow
would actually be retired No
vember l. However, Mr.. Lowe
said. Mr.. West has sufficient an
nual leave piled up so that he
will not have to return to work
Five other retiring District
employees, scheduled to leave the
service tomorrow also. were be-
ing checked to see if they want
to take advantage of the same
delay.
They include Cornelius j
Cain Of the Highway Depart
ment, Paul Lanham of the Wa
ter Operations Division, ano
three others.
Zoo Director Mann's retire.
ment party, scheduled today at
the animal park. was called of
because the farewell was prema-
ture.
DR.. Mann, with a grin stretch
ing from the deer yard to the
bird house, is sticking around
until at least October 81.
He was supposed to wind up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

Relocation of Federal Govern
ment agencies in Upper Mont
gomery County may cause new
threats of pollution to the Po-
tomac River, the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac
River Basin warns in its latest
monthly news letter.
If all the Government agencies
moving to Montgomery follow
the dubious example" of the
Atomic Energy Commission,
community planning in Upper
Montgomery County will be no
more than a hollow name," the
publication stated.
1t said that the Acc is plan
ming to install a sewer main that
will be Just big enough to serve
its own new headquarters in
stallation near Germantown,
The line will hook into facilities
of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission at OTHERS
burg, some five miles away.
But what about the wastes
from the offspring that the Acc,
Bureau of Standards ct al will
spawn" the news letter asked
Satellite Communities
There are sure to be satellite
communities springing UP in the
wake of all these Federal relo-
cations. Large numbers Of the
STATS will build homes in the
nearby countryside. Shopping
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Gu Panel to Study
|Deseqreqution

A panel discussion on prob
lens of Desegregation" will be
held at 8 pm. tomorrow in Cald-
well Hall, Catholic University.
John O'Connor, president OF
the Catholic Interracial Council
of Washington, and Clarence
Mitchell, Washington Office leg
islative representative of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
will lead the discussion.
The panel will be held at a
session of the Institute of Cath
ole Social Action. The institute
is under the direction of the Rev,
Patrick w. Gearty, associate pro-
fessor of economics, Catholic
University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Two Educators Get
Montgomery Jobs

The Montgomery County Board
OF Education last night named
two veteran out-of-State edu-
Gators to positions on the school
staff for the coming year.
Picked to serve as principal OF
Poolesville High School was Rob-
ert T. Crawford.
Mr.. Crawford has taught for
"a years in West Virginia schools,
eight of them as superintendent
Of schools Of Lewis County.
He is married and has two
children.
Appointed as an elementary
supervisor was Miss Pauline A.
Smeed. She has taught for Is
years, the last three of them in
District public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

Hugh Construction Co. of Chi
cago. Other contracts will follow
The District has a primary
treatment plant completed ir
1888 and expanded in 1852 fol
partial treatment of sewage. II
removes about 80 per cent Of the
"organlc loading" in the sewage
The rest goes in the river.
With the secondary plant, the
removal should run between u
and 80 per cent. The facilities
at Blue Plains will include
blowers, aeration tanks, anc
final settlement tanks.
Maryland Pays Part
Maryland will pay a proper.
ton of the cost of the secondary
treatment facilities on the bash
of the amount of sewage dis.
charged by Maryland into thu
system.
Beginning IN a month or so
virtually all the sewage generated
in nearby Maryland will entel
the Districts system to b.
treated
There will be an undetermined
amount of Maryland sewage
overflow going into the Anacostlf
near East Capitol street until {
further extension of the new
Maryland connection is built tt
tie into the main District out
fall sewer near Poplar Point.
The secondary plant is techni.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
OIney PIoy Aids Relief

Proceeds from tonight's per-
Torrance of Sabrina Fair at the
Olney MD Theater will go to
the Prince Georges County
chapter of the Ladies of Charity
Mrs. Frank M. Mcconnell, pres
ident of the chapter, has
announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

rapid developments in air travel.
An entry of October 10. 1882,
shows it took five hours and As
minutes for COL Ludwig to make
the flight from Langley Field,
Va. to Atlanta, Ca, in a B-6A,
and the crew had to hand pump
the fuel during the entire trip
Today the same. flight can be
made in 80 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Small Plane Upset

REMINGTON, Va. July 81
(SpeciaD John p. Lemos. a
Warrenton machine shop opera
tor, escaped unhurt last night
when a light, single-engine air.
plane he was plotting turned
over after an emergency land
ing on the Hamilton farm west
of this Fauquier County town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Arlington Case
Argument Hints
Officials Stand
By PAUL HOPE

Gov. Stanley's proposal to
scrap Virginia's pupil assign.
ment plan may run into oppo-
sition from the States top legal
officer it was indicated today
in the wake of arguments yes
terday on the Arlington deseg-
regation case.
There also were predictions by
one of the attorneys defending
the Arlington School Board that
Virginia will not follow the ex-
IRENE policy recommended by
the Governor in resisting the
Supreme Court edict banning
segregation by race in public
schools.
Attorney General j. Lindsay
Almond, jr., implied by his COM
ments in and out of Alexandria
Federal Court yesterday that
Virginia must find some way Of
assigning pupils to schools other
than by race.
Any migration Opposed
This is what the proposed
pupil assignment plan of the
Gray Commission would do, and
Gov. Stanley has said he OPP
posed that plan because it con-
ceivably could permit some in
tegration. He said he will ask
the August 81 special session Of
the General Assembly to let him
withhold funds from any local
lity that moves to integrate.
In court Mr.. Almond, who
probably will be a candidate for
Governor next year, said Vir-
ginia had made a reasonable
and prompt start to effect and
adjustment" in relation to the
Supreme Court edict. He said:
There are numerous factors
besides race which can be the
basis of assigning pupils-re-
sidence, facilities, health, aca-
demic standing, mental attain
ment."
These are among the factors
listed in the Gray Commissions
pupil assignment plan that the
Governor would scrap.
Court Recognition
Pupil assignment for reasons
other than race also was rec
ognized by Federal Court Judge
John Paul, who, on July IL,
directed Charlottesville school
authorities to make plans for de-
segregation in September. He
said a desegregation decree
wouldn't mean that the doors of
all schools would be opened to
anyone who wanted to get in. He
said that while children couldn't
be segregated because of race.
there were other factors that
could be considered, such as re-
Isidence, crowded conditions Of
schools and student qualifica-
tionS.
Asked if he was in sympathy
with Gov. Stanley's plan to seek
authority to withhold funds
from localities, Mr.. Almond said.
1T is not my job to sympathize
one way or another. 1t is my
job to give legal advice"
Asked if he gave Gov. Stanley
illegal advice" on withholding
funds, he said he discussed" it
with him.
Frank L. Ball. ST., former Ar
lington State senator and asso-
ciate counsel in the case, told
the court that the Governor
does not fix State policy"
Mr.. Ball said he believed the
extremists on both sides will be
passed over" and the "moderates
will prevail" when the General
Assembly meets next month.
my prediction is that we will
preserve our school SYSTEM" Mr..
Ball said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Street Scenes . 4.

Five youngsters set up in
business with a curbside
lemonade stand on a packing
crate on Thirty-fourth street
NV.
A well-dressed man of dig
nified appearance, carrying a
briefcase along Fourteenth
street NV, with the handles
of two tennis rackets protrud-
ing from the briefcase. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Almond May Fight
Stanley School Plan
First Contract Awarded
In New Sewage Program

Award the Districts $12-mion
ondary treatment made yesterday by David
v. Aud District director of sanitary engineering.
The facilities designed improve the condition of the
Potomac scheduled to be operation by the
of 1858.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Police Finally Flag Down
BOYS HOMEMADE Auto
BY JOSEPH B. BYRNES

Le darkest moment arrived today Minor Worand 49,
young man with genius for mathematics and mechanics
Since last Easter he has been dreaming of building
automobile sefpropeled box derby type of vehicle
To finance his project he worked months-baby-s
ting delivering The Evening Star and cutting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Officials Agree
To Push Newer
OF Bridge Sites
Sturt Held Unlikely
Before Return of
Congress, However

District and Federal officials
concerned with construction OF
the proposed Constitution avenue
bridge agreed at a meeting yes
terday to push for the new route
across Roosevelt Island.
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Lane,
engineer commissioner, said this
means very little likelihood" of
a start on the bridge before Con-
gress comes back in January.
The city has $8.2 million to
begin construction of the six
lane bridge near the end Of Con-
stitution avenue NV.
Congress adjourned without
approving the new route over
Roosevelt Island, although actu-
ally both the House and Senate
had approved the route change,
In conference, however, the
House insisted that a $19 million
draw span be required in the
bridge. The Senate refused to
go along, so no action was taken
on the crucial conference report
No Span Mentioned
The legislation would have
amended a 1854 act of Congress
placing the bridge site between
Arlington Memorial Bridge and
the southern tip of Roosevelt
Island. The act did not say
whether there should be draw
span.
Gen. Lane said, after yester-
days meeting. that all present
felt very strongly" that every
thing possible should be done to
proceed with construction on the
Roosevelt Island site.
No one at the meeting had any
VERY explicit" idea OF, how to
accomplish this. except to get in
touch with those who objected
to the amendment and see il
some agreement can be reached
he added.
1t was indicated the Fine Arts
Commission would oppose pro-
ceeding at the Constitution ave-
nue. site below the island, which
the city apparently is now free
to do, since the 1854 act is still
in effect.
Bound BY Old Site
Gen. Lane said, however, that
Iif the authorization for the new
site cannot be obtained the
crossing presumably is bound to
the old site.
Some planning has been done
for the new site, and a return
to the old location would mean
further planning.
City officials point out that,
under the law, the Army Corps
of Engineers is required to study
and decide on the question of a
draw span on a bridge.
Present at yesterdays meeting
lin Gen lanes office were David
IL. Finley, chairman of the Fine
Arts Commission; Linton r. Will
son, commission secretary; Rob-
Iert C. Horne, chief engineer of
National Capital Parks; John
Nolen, jr., one of the National
Capital Planning Commission;
Deputy Highway Director SAM
Iuel r. Harrison. Col. Thomas B,
Hunter, and Assistant Engineer
Commissioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The meeting Of the Ma
tional Candy Wholesalers
Association continues in the
Sheraton Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
! Up

lip
Mrs. Edna S. FetZer, a
waitress at a restaurant in
Arlington, served a 7O-cent
breakfast the other day and
got a 500 tip.
The flush visitor was a
Canadian, and Mrs. Fetzer
discovered after he'd left he
had left his wallet, crammed
with Canadian and Mexican
currency, in the booth where
he had eaten.
An hour later, he hurried
back into the restaurant,
hunting his wallet but not
very hopeful of finding it.
When Mrs. Fetzer pro-
duced it, he handed her 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
The
Rambler
Its q Great Town
For Hundshuking
BY JACK JONAS

business and a Congressman
reaches across his desk every
day to greet a constituent or
two, is of some Importance.
Hostesses are forever trying
to snare the most famous
hands for their reception lines.
And if a constituent is brushed
aside without a handshake
from a forgetful Congress-
maxwell, there goes the old
vote.
Any lobbyist worth his fee
can tell, from the warmth or
lack of it in a handshake,
what the chances are for his
pet project.
1t is not surprising, there
fore, that there was a bit of
TODD about a couple of hand
shakes the other day at WASH
ington National Airport. Much
was said and written compar-
ing the warmth of President
EiSenhower's handshakeS with
Harold StaSsen and Vice Pres
ident Nixon.
Seasoned observers and
there is plenty of chance to
observe-may be able to tell
from looking the degree of
warmth in a handShake, al
though from the pictures in
the paper, it was hard to tell.
But there was no difficulty,
some years back, in telling the
purpose of the special hand
shake developed by one poll
tician who was beset by too
many reception lines. It
worked fairly we'll most times,
but occasionally an unwary
recipient of the handshake
would be all but pitched for
ward on his face.
The technique consisted of
firmly graSping, with his right
hand, the hand to be shaken.
Then he would cup his left
hand equally as firmly under
the elbow of the shakee, and
use both hands to pull the
guest along past him, then
let go and reach out for the
next guests hand.
Hierarchy
A few days back we told
you about the fellow who,
on payday, got a One-cent
check because there had
been some error in his va
cation advance. One of his
colleagues stepped up to the
same pay window q week
later and got a check for
10 cents,
'Tt'S only logical" the re-
cipient of the 1O-cent check
said. I've been here longer
and had more experience
than the other fellow"
Rebel
A lady from nearby Vir-
ginia reports that she and her
six Virginia-born youngsters
were visiting in Pittsburgh
during the recent Operation
Alert.
All got into a taxicab, and
the chatty driver mentioned
that there was to be an "air
raid" in a few minutes.
whats an air raid?" the
youngsters wanted to know.
"That'S when the enemy
comes over in planes and
bombs the city," the mother
explained.
The next query shook the
cab driver somewhat. 1t was:
YOU mean the Yankees are
coming?"
Tip
Mrs. Edna S. Fetzer, a
waitress at a restaurant in
Arlington, served a 7O-cent
breakfast the other day and
got a 500 tip.
The flush visitor was a
Canadian, and Mrs. Fetzer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
GoIIuudet Motmen
Beaten by Virginia

Gallaudet's previously I'M
beaten wrestling team went out
side its conference yesterday
and with three regulars missing
lost a 1910 decision to the
University of Virginia on the
home mat.
. Heavyweight Trumon Dyot
was out with knee injury
while a rib injury kept l47-
FOUNDER Robert Scribner idle
Franklin Willis. regular 1877
FOUNDER. is temporarily out OF
school because of illness in his
family
Howard Palmer. substitute
I147-pounder, turned in one OF
the Washington squads two in
Idividual victories but the visit
ling Cavaliers had too much all
around strength for their hosts
The results:
l2a--coIin Steele tvaJ def. Bill
t30--stu Bowden fVA) def. Kent
cr5 5sf5np' 80 Brown "a' def. Eddie
I47-iioward Palmer to) def. Mike
lNesbit, i0-6
I67--Joe Cohen to) wrestled to draw
with Dave Cheney, 5-5
167--John Jacobs 90 threw Roy
Shoultz f2;1Sl,
/. l77--Butch sohwRb tva) def, Gene
EVescoyi so.
Hcavywe'eht--Henry Jordan (Val
threw Dan Majocha ESQ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Bill for Stadium
To House Dodgers
Believed Doomed

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 8 P).-
"A plan to build a S30-million
sports center in Brooklyn ap-
pears to have no chance of APP
.proval by the State Legislature.
A bill that would set up an
authority with power 10 sell
bonds and construct and operate
the center was introduced Mon
day night at the behest of Mayor
Robert F. Wagner of New York
and John Cashmere. Brooklyn
borough President. "
The center would include a
Stadium for. use by the. world
champion Dodgers.
Although Republicans. who
control the Legislature, were not
talking for publication, a num-
Der said privately they were OPP
posed to the plan. Several Dem
.ocrats were reported lukewarm
toward it.
Opponents Of the bill contend
it is Of doubtful constitutionality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Signs
With Red Sox
BY tn. Associated Pres.

Johnny Schmitz. southpaw
pitcher traded by the Senators
to the Red Sox along with First
Baseman Mickey Vernon. has
signed his 1856 contract with the
Boston club. He had a lilo rec
ord with Washington.
The Red Sox also announced
yesterday the signing OF Third
Baseman Grady Hatton TO bring
to Is the total received so far.
In Brooklyn, Glen Labine. the
Dodgers relief ace, signed his
1856 contract calling for a Sub
stantial increase. He had a l3-
IS mark on go games last season.
The Yankees signed their 25th
player--Lou Skizas. q 24-year-old
.outfielder who is given a good
chance to stick with the club as
a utility player. Skizas batted
.348 for Denver last season.
Pitchers Dolan Nichols and
Catchers Tavern Grace and Allen
Jones, all rockies. signed Cleve-
land contracts. Nichols had a
l7-l5 mark at Tulsa. Jones hit
.234 for Tulsa and Grace batted
.264 at indianapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Willie Jones Faces
Support Charge

LAURINBURG. N. c.. Feb. 8
.tP.--Judge Malcolm A.. Seawall
win hold a hearing here Saturday
in a temporary support suit filed
against Willie tPuddin' Head
Jones, Phillies infieIder.
The baseball players wife, the
former Carolyn Goodson of Ben
nettsville, S. c.. has charged
that her husband deserted her.
Her lawyer would not say wheth-
er Mrs. Jones plans to file suit
for divorce.
The Jones have two boys, 8
and /. and a girl. S.
Mrs. Jones complaint charged
that her husband left hef and
the children January 3 and has
mot provided support since. 1t
estimated his salary from the
tPhillies as $4,000 a year. They
were married November "a. 1916.
.at Bennettsville.