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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

by builders to keep the IS Ex-
hibit Homes open from noon
until dark, daily and Sunday
through September 80.
The homes were listed in yes
terday's Fall Festival of Homes
Section Of The Star, together
with directions for reaching
them, photographs and other
information.
For Next Three Saturdays
I Along with the list of 81
homes in Saturdays Star was
map showing their approximat,
location in the metropolitan
area. BY using the map and list
families viii find it easy to visit
homes that interest them anc
thus obtain 8 concise picture Of
a broad cross section of home,
now available on the fall market
Each Saturday for the mex
three Saturdays, The Star vii
publish exhibit-house informa.
ton and photographs as a public
service. This information will bt
contained in the Real Estate
Section.
The SIS Exhibit Homes were
chosen by an impartial commit,
tee composed Of Frank Calcara
chairman of the National Home
Week celebration in Washing,
ton: Charles l.. Norris, ST., vict
president of the Washington
Real Estate Board, and Richard
il. Canavan, assistant director o.
1.-The National Association O
Home Builders Construction anC
4 Research Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

year to settle the city's 52-day
transit strike.
May Consider Increase
Gen. Lane also indicated the
Utilities Commission may give
early consideration to any fare
increases requested by Mr.. Chalk.
Mr.. Chalk's 20-year franchise
freezes streetcar and bus fares
for the first year until next
August is. q
Mr.. Chalk is to start negotia-
tons on new labor contract
with the transit workers union
next Thursday. The union has
asked for wage increases OF Is
cents an hour. improvements in
pensions and working condo
tons and arbitration OF future
contract renewals.
Last month the union agreed
to give Mr.. Chalk a 75-day ex-
tension Of the old Capital Trans
sit Co. labor contract until Nos
vember in exchange for 4
promise that any contract I'M.
Iproyements would be made ret.
roactiye to last August is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Large Crowds Expected
At Exhibit Homes Today

Big crowds of visitors to SIS
Exhibit Homes all over the Met
ropolitan area were expected by
builders today. after a fast start
late yesterday in The Stars an
nual Fall Festival of Homes OBJ
servance.
Beginning around 2 pm. yes
terday, stream of families took
advantage of bright. cool day
to start inspecting the commit
tee-selected homes.
There's been a steady stream
of people coming in since the
middle of the afternoon" one
builder reported.
Another said:
We've been very pleased with
the turnout so far and, if the
weather continues good, we ex-
|pect Sunday will be q really big
day."
Build Up Towards Evening
Crowds built up especially
towards evening, several build
|ers reported.
Today builders were prepared
to greet many thousands begin,
ming around noon. with the big.
Igest crowds expected between
p and 7 pm.
The Fall Festival is sponsored
annually by The Star with thu
Ico-operation of the building in.
dustry, as a means Of providing
la convenient period for the pub
lie to inspect a comprehensive
group Of the newest models
ARRANGEMENTS have been madI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

The District Commissioners
have asked their Citizens Adj
visory Council whether they
should make Democrats tear
down a campaign banner adver-
Using their presidential candi-
date, Adlai Stevenson.
Two Of the commissioners are
Republicans. Engineer Commits
sioner Lane, as a military officer
on active duty, is partisan.
The question involved is the
use of signs in the 100 block
Of Sixteenth street NV. which
is zoned residential, and the size
Of such signs.
Commissioner Lane said Ger
tain political signs were being
displayed at certain headquar-
tiers here in Washington in a
residential area He said they
were temporary but we're in
conflict with our sign regula-
tons"
THE nub Of the question APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Pro-Segregotion
Council Formed
In Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Sept. 8 (P).-The White Citizens
Council of Charlottesville and
Albemarle was formed here today
by a group of 70 adults who
pledged an about fight against
integration In Charlottesville
schools and virtually declared
war on the City Council.
George A. Cason. 25-year-old
railroad brakeman. was elected
chairman of the local citizens
council, which chose to affiliate
with the Seaboard White Citi-
zens Council Of Washington.
The decision to launch a con-
centrated assault on the city
council came after the new pro-
segregation group voted to sup
port Gov. Thomas B. Stanley's
program denying State funds to
localities which integrate their
schools.
Inc City Council last Tuesday
went on record as opposed to the
Governors plan and in favor OF
a pupil assignment plan to COM
bat school integration.
Mr.. Cason and Floyd Fleming
executive secretary Of the South
east Washington Citizens Coun-
Gil who addressed the mass
meeting" in McIntire Park. urged
every person present to "harass'
members Of the City Council
with telephone calls at all hours
Of the day and night"
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Practical Joker
And Three Trucks
Anglers Sullivan

HAGERSTOwN. Nd, Sept. 9
P1.--The sheriffs once today
was hunting the practical joker
who sent a stream Of delivery
trucks to Johnel Sullivan's door
One truck arrived at Mr.. Sui
livan's nearby Funkstown home
yesterday with 500 concrete
blocks which he hadn't ordered.
Another pulled up with a load
Of coal. Mr.. Sullivan uses oil.
Another truck came to pick up
a big load Of dry cleaning which
he didn't have.
A finance company man
showed up with $1,000 in cash
for q loan which Mr.. Sullivan
hadn't negotiated.
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Commissioners Protest
illegal Stevenson Sign

parently is the Stevenson sign
on the Philip Murray building
at 1926 Sixteenth street NV.
Commissioner Lane admitted
the sign in question is a Steven
son sign. but that regulations
would apply to anyone.
The advisory council is made
up Of members of each party
including j. c. Turner, who Is
president of the District Steven
son-for- president Club and was
head Of the District delegation
to the national convention. He
said he doesn't see anything
wrong with 1t.
Commissioner David B. Kar-
rick believes such signs are toe
big. even some Eisenhower
ones but he thinks the super
enthusiasm over candidates is
good.
But he figures that by the
time the question is resolved "the
elftion will be over anyhow
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Valley has occurred to many be-
cause there is a legend, which
DR.. John w. Wayland, the his
torian Of the Shenandoah, re-
cords. that George Washington
intended to hole up there with
his Continental Army if he were
defeated by the British.
Calls for Photography
AS Passage Greek tumbles down
between its mountain walls to
meet the Shenandoah, every
invites the photographer
to picture as you CO." The late
Wallace Nutting, New England's
photographer, would
have loved to spend a year or
two working in Fort Valley.
At an antique dealers, we
found a framed picture, dated
1856. of the Burner Springs
Hotel in the Valley. ee
The picture shows two large
buildings and several bath
houses and pavilions covering
the springs There were seven
springs from which gushed seven
different types of mineral water,
Ichalybeate, magnesia, lithia,
white. blue and black sulphur
and limestone water. According
to DR.. Wayland's history, three
stage coaches came to the hotel
daily during the season, from
Woodstock, from Waterliek and
from Milford tnow OVERALL. The
hotel musicians assembled and
played at the arrival and depar.
ture Of the coaches.
Relics Of Resort Viewed
Guests ranged between 300
and 900 during the season and,
much of the work was done by
slaves. whether the hotel
burned down or was torn down
is not clear, but it did not oper!
ate after the Civil War. We
drove to the spot. The only relics
are couple of pavilions covers
ing the springs. Several of the
springs which gushed supposedly
curative waters, have disap-
Ipeared. Today the population Of
the entire valley is only about
1000, most Of them engaged in
farming and fruit growing. u
The valley contains q great
variety Of minerals. During
World War I. manganese. which
hardens steel. was mined there
The first miner in the valley
was a man named Powell. He
operated before the Revolution
and made his living by n1inting
small quantities Of silver and
gold into coins bearing the head
of King George III. That was
old-fashioned counterfeiting.
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to plough through thousands Of
rogue's- gallery mug shots" in
search of a likeness.
William F. Smith, manager Of
the robbed Burke g. Herbert
Bank & Trust Co. branch at East
Monroe street, and Mrs. Betty
Griffith, teller, went through
$500 mug shots at Alexandria
until early yesterday. Later. they
shifted to the District where they
searched through Washington
police files for the polite bandits.
Police Interview Hundreds
Eight Alexandria detectives
and more than a dozen FBI
agents yesterday interviewed be-
tween 200 and 300 persons in a
canvass of the area.
A drugstore clerk at the Mt.
Vernon Pharmacy near the
robbed bank told them a woman
had commented around the time
OF the holdup that she was going
into the bank but it had been
held up. The clerk wasn't sure
whether the woman meant she
had seen the holdup in progress
but police want to interview her,
She was described as between 40
and As years old.
Police are still seeking a youth,
ID or is years old, who was
sitting in a late-model green and
cream Chevrolet in a parking lot
directly across from the bank
at the time Of the holdup. The
boy told two youths that some
thing funny is going on at the
bank" but he disappeared before
police heard about his comment.
Detectives said if the woman
in the drugstore and the youth
would call Alexandria police,
someone would be sent to their
homes to interview them and
they would not have to come to
headquarters.
S24,S4S.60 Taken
A bank audit yesterday showed
the exact loss to be $24,848.60. 1t
was explained that the large
amount was on hand in the
branch bank because Friday was
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referred 10 IN the singular
although they may extend for
scores of niles is in the Shenan-
doah Valley or the Valley Of
Virginia, the wide expanse
between the Blue Ridge and
North Mountain, the next
major range to the Appalachian
mountains.
Everyone who has motored
along the Skyline Drive has seen
Massanutten Mountain in the
valley below. 1t does not look
very impressive from the drive
because the Skyline wends its
way at about 1900 feet. Massa-
nutten is about 1000 feet along
its crests. The mountains along
the west wall of the valley rise
even higher than the Blue Ridge.
The north end of the Massa-
nutten is cleft like a hairpin.
In the cleft is the 24-mile long
Fort Valley, sometimes narrow.
sometimes fairly wide. Within
the Fort Valley its mountain
walls look high enough. They
dominate the horizons left and
right and shut of any view OF
the higher mountains beyond
them.
Better Than Skyline
The wooded hillsides Of the
MaSSanutten range are part Of
the George Washington Nationa
Forest.
When it comes to autumn 70.
liage the Fort Valley is a much
better drive than the Skyline. tt
woods contain many of the varie,
ties Of the gums, trees which be.
come far more scarlet than tn,
naples. Few motorists enter For
Valley and 1t Is bumper to bump.
er on the Skyline when the leaves
turn.
The lower entrance to the val.
ley is beyond Front Royal on tht
road to Strasburg. That road Il
beyond the end of Massanutter
Mountain. You can see its last
peak. Signal Knob. used as {
i semaphore station during thu
Civil War, ahead. Before vol
reach it. you turn to the left or
Route "A. The road goes up the
valley beside Passage Creek anC
the entrance is narrow and Dor.
dered by bare rocks ascending
more than 100 feet before bushes
and trees get a foothold.
1t brings to mind the legendary
Glen Doone in the Blackmore'i
romance Of the West of England
Lorna Doone.'
1t was in that almost impene.
trable valley that Sir Ensol
Doone and his seven robber som
were able to defy all armed force
sent against them.
| The in1Y1ro0fa hilitv NJ En,.
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Engineer Seeking Job
As Buildings Director

Engineer Commissioner Thorn
as A. Lane will confer tomorrow
morning with one Of the most
promising Of several prospects"
to take the late Archie q. Hut
sons position as director Of the
District Department Of Buildings
and Grounds.
Gen. Lane indicated the man
is an engineer from Springfield,
Mass, but refused otherwise to
identify him. He made the dis
closure during an interview on
Radio Station WWDC's Report
to the People" last night.
The general said there are two
or three other candidates for the
$12, 000-a-year job, including
Deputy Director Victor T. Givo-
tovsky. who Is serving as acting
head Of the department.
He declared Mr.. Givotovsky is
being considered" but that no
decision will be made until we
see who Is the best man"
Sees No DifacuIty
Unlike Commissioner David B,
Karrick, who Is seeking a re-
placement for DR.. Daniel l..
Seckinger when he retires next
January as director Of the De-
partment Of Public Health, Gen.
Lane said he anticipates no diff
Guilty in finding a man to replace
Mr.. Hutson. who died July 81,
for the salary available.
Il believe" he said, "we1l be
able TO get a thoroughly compe-
tent man for the (civil service
grade available"
Gen. Lane, who is a member
Of the District Public Utilities
Commission as well as OF the
Board Of Commissioners, went
out Of his way TO express hts
Joy at being of the spot In the
city's transit crisis.
He was delighted. he said, 70
know that o. Roy Chalk. head
Of the new d. G. Transit Sys-
TEN. Inc, is handling his own
labor negotiations this year,
Gen. Lane and his fellow Com
knissioners handled them last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

Richardson, Logan, Keene and
Payne Elementary schools. AL
were opened during the past
school year.
The new school year will be
the third since the District
dropped racial aggregation.
Asked last week what he
thought about the success Of in
tegration at the present stage
DR.. Corning told reporters M
felt 1t has proceeded as well a,
could be expected"
Many Problems Remain
He said there are still many
problems to be worked out anc
that this will take some years
He also said. however. that il
would be unreasonable to ex-
lpect such a change to be ac-
lcomplished without problems.
TITS the biggest reorganiza-
ton ! think any school system
ever went through" he declared
I'VE have to be given time tc
work 1t out, and we viii work IL
out"
The Superintendent was asked
what he thought Of recent state
ments by a Virginia official tc
the effect that Washington
school indignation had worked
out badly and that the Wash
lington press hadn't reported ali
the facts about II.
DR.. Corning said he didn't
know on what basis the COM
ments we're made, but he said he
thought the Washington press
had thoroughly reported" the
indignation process.
Tomorrow will be a halliday
for the efty's school children
Full schedules will start Tues.
day.
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payday for city employees fact
which apparently didn't escape
the notice Of the bank robbers
in laying their plans.
A check of the stolen station
wagon in which the bandits made
their getaway produced mate
rails not specified which were
sent to the FBI laboratory yes
terday. The stolen car was found
abandoned five blocks from the
bank,
AS Alexandria police and the
FBI ran down 'possibles" select
ed from the mug shots by the two
victims, Alexandria Police Chief
Russell H. Halves was talking
about the need for a larger Al
exandria police force.
Chief Halves said the Friday
bank holdup and the $500
holdup of an Alexandria Ma
tional Bank messenger last
March both could probably have
been prevented if more police
w ere patrolling Alexandria
streets.
Major Crimes Increase
Major crimes have been in
creasing here over the past year
especially burglaries and cal
Ithefts," the chief said.
The Alexandra City Council
last winter increased the police
force by 10 men. bringing it to
Ito. Chief Halves said he still
is 10 short from full strength.
Hiring in past months has just
kept pace with designations, he
said.
The lowest salary of any area
policeman is given those in Al
exandria-$3,550 annually. Chief
Halves said it was the biggest
item that discourages men from
Joining the force.
Chief Halves declined to state
the specific number Of addi-
tional men he'd like to hire,
saying he would have to talk to
the City Council before he made
the number public. He did not
indicate when he might APP
proach the council on the matter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
NURSING SCHOOL DEDICATED
Citizen Advisers Blast
Zoning Experts Plans

will add to the tax burden on
the residents of the District of
Columbia. increasing the city's
reliance on inadequate congress
sional appropriations !"
The report also urged expan-
sion of Washington as a head
quarters city for national and
international associations as a
rich potential source of taxes
and purchasing power"
In addition. it called for de-
lvelopment Of areas along the
District line to match CONNER
cial zones in adjoining counties
which are Capturing more thar
their proportionate share OF
neighborhood or regional dollar
purchasing power"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Cooley Hits Benson
In Virginia Speech

MARION, Va. Sept. 9 P1.-4
The chairman Of the House
Agriculture Committee criticized
Secretary Of Agriculture Benson
today as a man who Is trying
TO undermine and destroy the
whole farm program" s
Representative Cooley, Demo-
crat Of North Carolina. said ME,
Benson has tried to bring the
farmers Of the Nation into dis
repute" and won't tell the peo-
pie the truth about the farm
situation.
Mr.. Cooley spoke TO some 500
persons gathered In nearby Hun
CRY Mother Park for a rally
which formally launched the
campaign for reelection Of eth
District Representative Jennings.
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curIin's Park Eyed
AS Civic Center Site

BALTIMORE. Sept. 8 pr
Carlin's Park. a private amuse-
ment enterprise, was recon-
mended today as the site for a
Baltimore Civic Center.
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro
promptly approved the choice of
a seven-man commission. The
city council must act next and
then it will be up to the voters
Nov. 6 to say whether they want
to spend Sc million to build the
arena for indoor events.
The city has no auditorium OF
any size now.
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6 SIlTE EDI1Z0E
Bandits Made Dry Runs,
Alexandra Police Think

Alexandria detectives said last night the $4,000 hodup
Alexandra bank so well planned that the bandits
probably several y before they through
the daylight robbery Friday.
Speculation that the hodup actually entered the bank
several previous occasion the victims continued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Beauty Spot Near DC.
Is Valley Within Valley
BY GEORGE KENNEDY
star stan Correspondent

WOODSTOCK. Va Sept. 8-Probably few washingonians
know about the valley within the valley It the
most beautiful stretch of landscape within motoring distance Of
the Capital
1t is the Fort Valley in the Masanutten Massanuten
Mountain he ridges and ranges in this Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Schools
Open Tomorrow
Continued From First Pag,

Continued From First Page
ling to DR.. Corning. He said it is
preferable to having very large
classes, however.
Schools Affected
The schools with the part
Itime-which will be limited to
first and second graders-will
be Bancroft. Bryan, Kenilworth
Madison, Maury. Noyes, Pierce,
River Terrace, Taylor and Webb
Kenilworth had the only part
time classes (65 children in the
city last year.
A new junior high school
Woodson, Minnesota avenue and
Foote street N.E.-will open its
doors tomorrow morning. One
other. the former Junior high
unit at Eastern High School
has been closed out and its pupils
dispersed between Eliot. Stuart
and Hine. Eastern win continue
its senior high unit.
Woodson will launch its edu-
eating career with CTS students
many of whom viii transfer
from crowded Kelly-Miller and
Browne. School zone changes
will also have some effect or
Sousa.
A new building at Fifth anc
M streets Sc. replacing the ole
Van Ness Elementary Schoo
won't be ready to open unit
September Is or 10. Anothel
project, an auditorium and class
room addition to Shepherd Ele.
mentary School, is expected Il
be finished some time mex
month.
!. New Elementary School
! Another new elementary schoo
-LaSalle. at Madison street anC
Riggs road N.E.-is under con
struction, but it is not due TO
occupancy until a year from
, now. Also slated for completion
next year are an addition to tn,
Garfield School and a 81 million
revamping of Mckinley Higl
School.
One major project has beer
delayed. The city recently fount
available funds weren't sufncien
to start a classroom gym add
ton to Anacostia High School
because of rising costs. A specia
appropriation will be sought. bu
the project now is not expected
to be completed for at leas
another two years.
\ Anacostia will be crowded thil
fall, even though an eieht-roon
temporary annex is in use
Double-shifts may be necessary
before the addition can be oc'
cupied, according to school Off.
Gals.
A brand-new Southeast High
School is expected to be bull
eventually. but it isn't yet in the
planning stage.
Basement Space Utilized
\ Another school-enlargement
project which won't be finished
for at least two years is at Tafl
Junior High. An addition is III
next years proposed budget
Students meanwhile will move
into emergency classrooms il
former basement locker and rec
reation space.
The old lexington Elementary
School. Quincy and First streets
NE. is being reopened. aftel
several years as an Office build
ing.
;. Six temporary annexes besides
that at Anacostla will be in use
Ehey are at the Young. Shadd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Budget Office.to Prune
Building Fund Requests
By John w. STEPP

The District budget Office this casting critical
public building requests for fiscal 1858 determine which
STAT million worth of items must be dropped.
The pruning job is for simple arthmetical
The affected departments have
million for construction but only SIT million expected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Tax Burden Stressed

Also. the report said. by dis
eouraging and reducing potential
purchases and taxes, this trend
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any size now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

year to settle the city's 52-day
transit strike.