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Evening star., 1956-03-30
$1,000 DAMAGE
ICAUSED AS TRUCK
SKIDS INTO STORE

Ribert N. Winzor, SO, of
the 500 block of Park road
NV, today hit his brakes
at a Prince Georges County
intersection and his empty
beer truck went into a $1,000
skid, county police reported.
The skid, Police Pvt. Jo-
seph E. Price, jr., said, ended
when the tractor-trailer lum-
bered into a sporting goods
store and ricocheted into a
traffic light pole, telling it.
Net damage estimated by
police: $4,000 for the Largo
Sports Goods store, includ-
ing broken doors, shattered
windows and a cracked wall;
$2,500 for the truck, and
$1,000 for the traffic light.
A charge of reckless driv-
ing against Mr.. Winzor, who
is colored, was set for court
hearing in Upper Marlboro
for Friday, the 18th of April.
The crackup occurred around
4:30 am. at the intersection
of Routes 214 and 202 in
Largo.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Baltimore Children
Set 6-AIurm BIuze,
Probers Indicate

BALTIMORE, Mar. 80 (P.-
The last of three six-alarm
blazes within "a hours this week
was started by children or a
warming can used by employees.
arson investigators said yester-
day
They added that the Capitol
Lumber Co. fire was allowed to
spread by employees who tried
to fight the fire themselves for
a haif-hour. aided by a printing
company's fire brigade.
I'VE feel that it was children
who caused the fire." one arson
Iprober said. Employees said the
warming can was not in use
yesterday"
A warming can is a drum in
which q fire is built to warm
loutside workers.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Miss Dinah Speculates
In TeleVue Magazine

HER OWN SPECTACULAR-Emmy winner Dinah Shore
will graduate to the Spectacular" type show next
Learn how she feels about her new TV
formal in the second issue of TeleVue, your new
handy-size TV magazine with The Sunday Star COM
plete with station listings for the entire week
look for the brilliant fu-coor picture of Dinah
the of the magazine.
NO BREAK FOR SPEEDERS - Connecticut Judge
Rudolph c. GeisSer says "A who speeds is like
man who fires bullet into crowd" In This
Week Magazine read his timely traffic story and
find out why he gives speeder second chance.
GROWTH OF THE G. O. P-For the interesting story
behind the growth of the Republican Party be sure
to read John Leonards feature complete with photos
OF all G.. o. P. Presidents-from the day of its
founding 100 years ago to its leadership under
President Eisenhower.-The Star Magazine.
THE KEFAUvER BANDWAGON-"Theres lots of room
on our bandwagon," says Estes Kefauver's campaign
manager, "Jiggs" Donohue How the bandwagon
got rolling, and why there still many vacant
seats Is told by Star Staff Writers Cecil Holland and
TAFT Trussel in the Editorial Section.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR WOMEN-In the Women's Section
The Stars Paris columnist, Brenda Heser, writes
of Easter and spring the continent and Vyla Poe
Wilson tells of famed hoSteSSeS OF the past who made
Easter Sunday very special day in Washington
NEW WALT DISNEY STORY starts Sunday in the big
color Comic Section of The Star Don't miss this
continuity centering around the most daring
raid of the Civil War. Entitled 1.-The Great Locomo
tive Chase" you'll find it the most exciting story
you've enjoyed in years.
Choose The Star on Sunday When You Haze Choice
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Transit Job
CutOpposed

BALTIMORE, Mar. 80 R.-
Joseph Allen. emergency admin
istrator of the State-seized Balti-
more Transit Co., said last night
no employees of the firm will be
laid off without his permission.
The company's superintendent
of equipment had informed the
Amalgamated Association o1
Street, Electric Railway and
Motor Coach Employees that SO
maintenance jobs would "be
abolished in the near future"
An II per cent decrease in
business since March 8, when
service resumed under State seiz-
ure which ended a 39-day strike,
from a comparable period before
the strike was blamed for the
lay-off order.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
'Obscene' Show
Nets $40 Fines

BALTIMORE, Mar. 80 R.-
More than 100 men, attending
what was advertised as a bull
roast, were fined $40 and costs
yesterday for viewing "as OBJ
scene a show as it is possible to
present"
The description came from
Magistrate Henry l.. Rogers, who
levied the fines after hearing tes-
timony by police that indecent
movies were shown to a crowd OF
about $50 men. After that, two
strip teasers performed. officers
said.
The police raiders smashed
through the door leading to the
third-floor hall. One of the strip
pers tried to jump through a
window to a roof but was
grabbed by police, one officer
said.
Defendants testified that they
paid IS a ticket. Some said they
thought it was going to be a po-
litical rally.
Six principals were held on a
total of $11,500 bail for action Of
the grand jury.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
District Speeds
Revenue Bill for
Tax WindfaII
Eisenhower OK
Before Sunday to
Add $500, 900

District officials rushed their
final review of the Districts new
revenue bill yesterday in the
hope of having it signed by the
President today or tomorrow to
avoid losing some 100000 Of its
new tax money.
The bill will add about $13
million to city finances when it
goes in effect. It places the au-
thorized Federal share Of District
costs at $23 million. This is So
million more than is authorized
under present law.
Effective Date
I New sales tax provisions of the
law take effect on the first day
of the first month beginning on
or after the 60th day after date
of enactment-signature by the
President.
If the bill is signed before this
month is out, the provisions
would be effective June /, but
if it is signed in April, they
would be effective July /. The
extra month would mean about
$81 900 to the city, the bulk of
it from restaurant meal taxes.
New liquor taxes, effective the
first day of the first month on
or after the 30th day after enact
ment, would bring in an addi-
tional $4,000 if they began on
May / instead of June /.
Checkup Rushed
District officials rushed through
their customary final check of
the revenue bill for typo
graphical accuracy after its pass
age Wednesday by Congress in
order to send it back to the
Budget Bureau the same day it
was received.
The biggest item in the rev.
Ienue measure is a revision Of
District personal income tax,
lowering the basic exemption
from $4,000 to $1,000 for the in
idividual and to $4,000 for a man
and his wife, and setting higher
rates in the top brackets.
Evening star., 1956-03-30

Laws to reconsider the January
ruling is pending before the
court.
In handing down his ruling.
Judge Holtzoff said it is custom
ary for judges here to follow
rulings OF other judges of the
court. Judge Holtzoff added,
though, that as the motion was
pending for Judge Laws to re-
consider the January ruling, he
felt called upon to rule in the
present case.
January Opinion
In his opinion last January,
Judge Laws said:
''It is only when the act of
conducting the wagering busi-
ness is committed that the crime
comes into being. Venue, there
fore, is where the act is COM
mitted and not where the tax
should have been paid"
The gambling tax charges dis
missed by Judge Holtzoff were
against Vernon E. Frazier, 47. of
the 2100 block of L street NV;
Thomas A. Diggs, so, of the HOO
block of New Jersey avenue Sc;
Bernard l.. Harris, A, of the
100 block Of Twelfth street Sc:
Margaret Washington, 81, of the
2400 block of P street NV;
Frank D. Frye. SO, Of the 1900
block of Eighteenth street NV.
and Joseph L. Powell. As, Of the
900 block of Irving street NV.
Counsel. for the defendants
are Attorneys Myron G. Ehrlich,
who argued the motion to dis
miss the gambling tax counts;
William B, Bryant and Joseph
Sitnick.
The maximum penalty upon
conviction of failing to pay the
gambling occupational tax is a
fine up to $4,000.
Evening star., 1956-03-30

the county courthouse and a
small section of the County Of
flee Building. Among support
ers accompanying him at that
time was retired Circuit Court
Judge Charles w. Woodward,
vice president Of the county
Tydings-for Senator club.
The former Senator also Wis
tied Silver Spring, where he took
a hand : shaking tour of the
Hecht department store and ate
dinner in the Hot Shoppe with
a group of supporters.
Criticizes Butler Victory
State Senator Edward S.
Northrop of Montgomery intro
duced Mr.. Tydings last night by
declaring that I'VE let this
Nation down when we let that
man Butler win in 1850
under circumstances that were,
to say the least. disreputable. "
Mr.. Northrop called Senator
Butler "a man with little knowl-
edge"
He said Mr.. Tydings, on the
other hand. "is a national fig
ure."
Mr.. Tydings said the only rea-
son he is running for the Senate
again is because II am interested
In the welfare Of this country
and / want to make some con-
tribution that might help to as
sure peace in the world"
After painting a gloomy pic
ture of the horror of a future
war, Mr.. Tydings said, however,
that he was not pessimistic.
II don't think war is just
around the corner, but we can't
just sit and twiddle our thumbs, .
he said. 1--WE can ride this out
but the people must understand
that we ale up against ruth
less and conspiratorial dictator
ship"
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Gov. Stanley Saves
Killer From Execution

RICHMOND, Mar. 30 (R.-
Gov. Stanley yesterday COM
muted the death sentence of
Grover Willie Newman to life
imprisonment.
Newman's execution was
scheduled for April 16 at the
State Penitentiary here for his
part in the Staying of a Carroll
County merchant, T. Eldridge
Bum. Newman, "a, also was
given q life imprisonment SEN
tence for robbery in connection
with the merchants death.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Foirfox Group to Ask
Junior Hiqh School

A committee of residents in
the Lincolnia, Weyanoke and
IBelvedere areas of Fairfax Coun-
ty plans to ask the County School
Board Tuesday to build a Junior
high school for that section of
the county.
Fairfax has no separate junior
high schools. The 12-year school
program is divided between ele-
Imentary and high school classes.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Electric Blanket Fires
Bed, Rouses SIeepers

A Potomac (MdD couple were
wakened early today when an
electric blanket short-circuited
and set their mattress aflre.
Volunteer firemen from Cabin
John, Glen Echo and Rockville
confined the blaze to the bed
room in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald G. Geddes, 91O9
Harrington drive. Damage was
estimated at $500.
Mr.. Geddes, in an attempt to
remove the burning mattress,
suffered burned left hand. He
was treated and released at
Suburban Hospital.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Tydings Tours County,
Urqes Vote for Best Man

"a great many people, I am
sorry to say, think that running
for the United States Senate is
"a popularity contest Millard E.
Tydings declared in Montgom-
cry County last night.
\ "They think these problems
of today can be easily solved, "
Mr.. Tydings added, after out
lining the complexities of such
governmental problems as inter-
national peace, the H-bomb,
farm prices, slum housing, edu-
cation and hospitals.
IF you think the other man
can deal with these problems
better than I can," he said,
then for Heavens sake, vote for
him!"
Although he never identified
him, the "other man" obviously
is George P. Mahoney, Mr.. Tyd-
ings' chief rival for the Demo-
cratic nomination to the United
States Senate to be decided in
the May z primary.
Defeated in 1850
Mr.. Tydings, who represented
Maryland in the Senate for "a
years before his 1850 defeat by
Republican Senator Butler, adj
dressed more than 100 persons
last night at a Tydings-for-
Senator rally in Leland Junior
High School, Chevy Chase.
His speech concluded a lacka-
daisical day of campaigning in
Montgomery, which is considered
to be one of the safe" counties
for Mr.. Tydings. He started the
day with a speech to about $50
Democratic women at a lunch
con in the Columbia Country
Club.
From there he went to Rock
vile, where his hackers escorted
him through some of the stores,
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Woodner Indicted on FILA
False Statement Chorqe

In August. 1854. he told the
Senate committee that he had
never given anything Of value to
any official of the FILA unless
you can call a bottle Of whisky
a thing of value"
The Capitol Hill committee at
the time was trying to trace
$4,000 in checks handled
through the accounts Of Mr..
Woodner. relatives and = for
mer wife. Ruth.
Yesterdays indictment charged
that, contrarysto Mr.. Woodner's
statement, there were out
standing unpaid obligations OF
the mortgagor contracted in
with the construction
of the project and for the pay
ment of which neither the mort
gagor nor the mortgage held
funds and which could not be
fully paid out of the mortgage
funds"
PrObed Since 1854
The grand jury, which re-
turned the indictments before
Federal Judge Burnita S. Mat
thews, had been wrestling, with
the FILA investigation since
October 5, 1854. The panel
must be dismissed by April S.
Several months ago the grand
jury cited for contempt Clyde
Powell, former assistant COM
missioner of FILA, who invoked
the Fifth Amendment in refus-
ing to answer the panels queries
Powell was convicted, but the
United States Court of Appeals
set the conviction aside.
Handling the investigation for
the Government are Max H
Goldschein, Mr.. Rosthal, Allen
j. Krouse and William A. Fried
lander, all special assistants to
the Attorney General.
Evening star., 1956-03-30

simple words seem to Just about
cover everything. These 16 words
embody all the precepts of the Ten
Commandments and If universally
applied would solve the world peace
problem, plus all the other "slings
and arrows" that have confused
mankind since the beginning of
time.
There have been other contri-
buttons to The Star Lenten series
who used The Golden Rule as their
theme. We can't have too much of
The Golden Rule. Who knows but
what sometime in the dim
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Arson Suspected
lin ChilIum Blaze

Prince Georges County fire
Officials today are investigating
Ia $500 Chillum barn fire which
Fire Marshal Lawrence Woltz
said was deliberately set.
The blaze yesterday leveled the
iframe-stucco barn, one Of five
buildings on the unoccupied farm
located on Sargent road between
IChillum and Riggs roads, oppo-
site an Army anti-aircraft sta
ton. Volunteer fire companies
from Chillum- -Adelphi, Brent
wood and Mount Rainier brought
the fire under control.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
By HOWARD l. DUTKIN

Ian Woodner, Washington and
New York architect-builder, yes
terday was indicted here on
charges Of making false state
|mentsS to the Federal Housing
Administration in order to get
FILA to insure a SIS million loan.
Also indicted, but for perjury,
was Richard c. Cormick of
Vienna, Va.
Mr. Mccormick was accused
of lying when he told Prosecutor
Robert Rosthal and the grand
jury that $27,500 he received
from an attorney, Marshall
Diggs. represented loans. The
indictment charged $4,000 Of
the sum represented shares of
fees obtained by Mr.. Diggs.
Government Contention
The Government contends the
money was paid to Mr.. McCor-
mick for steering contractors
seeking FHA-insured loans to
Mr.. Diggs. The latter was act
ing Controller of the Currency
in the Roosevelt administration.
Mr.. Woodner is accused of
falsely stating in 1853 to the
FILA, in move to obtain loan
insurance for the multimillion-
dollar Woodner apartment prof.
ect, that the project was not
subject to any unpaid obliga-
tions other than those for which
funds are held by the mort
Igagor, Rock Creek Plaza, Inc,
Iof which Mr.. Woodner is presi-
dent.
Testified in Scandals
The builder had testified be-
fore the House Banking Com
mittee and also before the Fed
eral grand jury here investigat-
ing scandals in the FILA.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Violations Cited
In War on S|ums

The District has issued 1912
complaint notices involving
nearly 6,400 violations of the
city's new housing code since
the code was established last
September.
Col. Robert E. Mathe, assistant
engineer commissioner, cited the
code enforcement as a major ac-
complishment in the city's war
on slums and blight.
At the same time, however, he
told a luncheon meeting of the
Washington Clearing House on
Slum Clearance. Redevelopment
and Housing yesterday that the
anti-slum program has several
severe problem areas"
Mass of Red Tape
Among the most critical. he
said, are "myriads and myriads
of red tape" and the absence of
a "clear delineation of respon-
sibilities" among the many Fed
eral and city agencies involved.
The housing code violations
Col. Mathe said, run the gamut
from minor improvements cost
ing "a few cents" to major ex-
penditures running into thou-
sands of dollars. About half the
notices have been complied with.
but the enforcement program has
resulted in the displacement OF
SIS families, he said.
The enforcement job is being
carried out by a six-inspector
team moving block-by-block
eastward from Second street NE
between Constitution avenue or
the south and F street and Mary
land avenue on the north. About
43 of a total of 1876 blocks in the
first concentrated enforcement
area have been covered so far.
389 Structures Razed
Col. Mathe said the Board fol
the Condemnation of Insanitary
Buildings, under new enforce
ment powers, also has forced the
repair of 203 deficient structures
and the razing of 389 others dur
ing the last year.
In another talk, Charles Con-
rad, National Capital Planning
Commission staff member, de-
scriped a detailed analysis now
under way of 1873 "neighobrhooc
areas" which make up the Dis.
trict.
Mr.. Conrad explained this ap-
proach will enable the residents
of each neighborhood-generally
the area served by an elementary
Ischool-to determine the ade-
quacy of existing public services
and to predict the impact of new
development projects in terms o1
school, sewer, traffic and other
needs.
Evening star., 1956-03-30
New Mexican Hotels

MEXICO CITY, Mar. 80 (P.-
The Mexican Hotel Association
reports II new hotels costing
So, $4,000 will be opened in the
capital this year. They will total
about 1000 rooms.
Evening star., 1956-03-30

future It may be the solution to the whole puzzle?
It seems rather strange that who is currently
playing Satan on the stage am should be asked to
participate in Biblical series But don't let that worry
you I'm not really as bad Satan I'm (grease painted
Nevertheless Notwithstanding and wiyniy I'm voting
The Golden Rule ticket right the board "Go thou
and do likewise"
Tomorrow: william C. Doherty
Evening star., 1956-03-30
A Uhnngtt fur Tuhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
By BOBBY CLARK

Appearing Damn Yankees at National Theater
AS a child, the first thing ever remember learning
was The Golden Rule-"And would that men should
do to you, do ye also to them likewise"
1t has never left In my humble opinion these
Evening star., 1956-03-30
The
Rambler
Cooking With Cos
TickIes the Palate
By JACK JONAS

IL was enough TO make q
man drool, and some did.
There behind the curtain,
in the Washington Gas Light
Company's auditorium, lunch
was waiting.
Out front, about $50 stock
holders had Just heard Presi-
dent Everett J. Boothby read
his annual report. There was
an election, too, this being the
stockholders annual meet
ing.
Then, while the ballots
were being counted, Miss
Ruth Sheldon stepped onto
the stage to show the stock
holders what the gas men
were doing to keep pace with
the electric people in the way
Of stoves.
For Is minutes she demon
Strated new automatic gas
ranges. She showed what was
cooking in the ovens-pulling
out pies, cakes, doughnuts and
cinnamon bread. The aroma
Of cinnamon bread, for a hun
CRY man, was enough to
make him forget dividends.
1t wasn't exactly a stam-
pede when the meeting ad-
journed, but nobody held back
on his way to the chicken
salad.
Sitter
A lady reports that when
she and her husband went
out for an evening recently,
they made the usual ar
rangements for a baby sit
ter.
About 1890, she called
home to see if everything
was all right. Her young
son answered the telephone,
and spoke in whisper.
"Why are you whisper
ing?" she asked.
81 don't want to wake the
sitter" he explained.
Switch
Two men who work here
for the same firm, one han
ding Montgomery County
territory and the other Prince
Georges County, both got into
a home-buying mood. The
Prince Georges County man,
to be near his work-which
involved daily trips to Upper
Marlboro-bought near there
in Forrestville. The Mont
gomery County man, for the
same reason, bought in Rock
vile.
Then the boom was low
cred. Their Office switched
their territories. Now the for
mer Prince Georges man
travels all the way to Rock
vile every day, and the for
mer Montgomery man makes
the daily trip from Rockville
to Upper Marlboro.
Modern
A fellow we know reports
that his mother visited him
recently and when he came
downstairs she was in the
living room holding his
small son.
To the tune of "Rock-a-
bye Baby" she was singing
Crock and Roll Baby"
81 want to be an up-to-
date grandmother" she
smiled. ..
Juwbreuker
Here's one that may rival
the Society for the Preserva-
tion and Encouragement of
Barbershop Quartet Singing
Evening star., 1956-03-30
Modern
Juwbreuker

here S one GIlaL may rival
the Society for the Preserva-
tion and Encouragement of
Barbershop Quartet Singing
in America. Tom Bell, at
TransWorld Airlines, reports
the new group as the Pave
ment Pounding Patriarchs of
Participles and Propositions.
That name, he says, might
not be permanent. Next
month it may be the Malayan
Soybean Society of the Po-
tomac, and the month after
that the Antarctic Evergreen
Growers of Connecticut Ave-
nue.. The name is at the,
whim of the chairman, and
there's a new chairman each
month.
It's a group of Washington
public relations men, who
plan to convene at an in
formal luncheon each month
to steal each other ideas,
to swap stories, brag, needle,
complain, recite, rejoice, or
just plain listen"
Rambling -.
A man loading groceries
into his automobile on a park
ing lot of a supermarket was
sternly telling a small boy
with him: you can't reach
into the drawer like that. The
cash register belongs to the
store. :"
A lady with a French accent
asked a Capital Transit bus
driver for a transfer as she
was about to leave the bus.
He refrained from growing
that she was supposed to
ask for her transfer when she
paid her fare, and when she
thanked him, responded with
a nonchalant "CeSt bien." :.
Boris Ill, the alligator re-
Gently in the Florida exhibit
at the Flower Show, now in
habits a bath tub at the Ben
McIlhennys. This was re-
ported by a guest who had
been tippling somewhat, wan
dered into the bathroom, saw
the alligator, and swore of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-15
July lS

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7-Roeket Squad. Crime.
S-As the World Turns. Scroll.
ZOO
5-Lodies Be Seoted. Drama.
va Hours. The Lady Con-
fesses." lo4s. A night club
owner is occused Of murder, his
orl tokes Job OF the club TO
oother evidence, then she finds
She is next on the killers list.
Mary Beth Hughes
7-Lodies' Theoter.
| Hour. "Mumbys" Edgar b.
chonon. Portfolio z.
9-Donno Douglas. Women.
2:l5
e-Johnny Corson. Variety.
2:3o
4-Tennessee Ernie Show.
o-House Porty. Variety.
800
4-Motinee TheoteT. Color.
! Hour. The Summer Pevllion."
A Southern nnotriereh resents the
inevitable changes Of progress. !"
7-FiIm Festival. Movie.
z Hours. "Stor Of Ny Night"
1854. A sculptor risks blindness
TO complete his moster work.
Griffith Jones. British.
9-The Big Poyoff. Quiz.
$3.50
5-Teo Time TheoteF.
Crossed and Double Crossed"
Louis Hoyword.
Sob Crosby. Music.
400
5-Yesterdoy's Newsreel.
4-Queen for q Day. Giveowoy.
9-Pick Temple. Kids.
! Hour Snake River Trooper"
AIS
5-Secret Storm.
4:30
5-Lomb Session. Variety.
Art Lamb ond Dee Mormon.
4:45
4-Modern Romonees. Seriol.
500
4-Comedy Time.
80 This Is Hollywood"
7-Mickey Mouse Club. Kids.
9-My Little Morgie. Comedy.
"Mord Gros. Cole Storm.