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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14

from the District branch Of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
In his address. Mr.. Berry
said:
Il suspect that underlying the
expressed reasons for postponing
the granting Of home rule to the
District today there are heavy
racial undertones.
IF there are any who fear
that the participation of Negro
citizens in local government as
voters, or as local officials would
lower the standard of municipal
service or impair its financial
stability, there is ample evidence
in municipalities throughout the
country to dispel that fear"
Cites Lack Of Powers
Mr.. Berry said that at is a
political anachronism to conceive
of a core city of this size not
having the power or authority to
properly deal with all its varied
administrative problems.
1T is a strange contradiction
that the law-making body of the
worlds greatest example and
exponent of democracy should
continue to deny and refuse
half million residents of that
democracy the right to vote, "
he said.
Mr.. Berry took issue with the
American Heritage Foundation
for ignoring entirely the situa-
ton in the South, where mil
lions of Negroes are prevented
from voting either by social
pressure, coercion or legal de-
vices"
He cited a decrease - from
62.7 per cent to 60.3 per cent
IN the exercise OF the suffrage
in relation to the voting popula-
ton. To focus the effect Of
Limitation on voting he COM
pared 10 Southern States to 10
other States. Only 80 per cent
of the voting population went
to the polls in the Southern
States as compared to n per
cent in the other States.
THE time is now for the Con-
gress to implement and enforce
Section IL of the Fourteenth
Amendment which provides for
reduction in congressional rep
resentation in proportion to the
number Of citizens denied the
right to vote"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
Civic Federation Honors
Community Leaders

The District Federation Of Civic
Associations honored seven COM
munity leaders at its awards din
ner last night.
Nearly TOO persons attended
the federation's 26th annual eel
citation in the Willard Hotel.
A message from President Els
enhower to the 45-year-old civic
organization was read by John
A. Howard. executive vice chair
man Of the Presidents Commit
tee on Government Contracts.
Theodore Berry, vice mayor Of
Cincinnati, the main speaker,
said fear that the participation
of Negro citizens in local gov
eminent as voters or as local
officials would lower the standard
Of municipal service" is I'M
founded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14

rington D. Parker presented
awards to:
DR.. James Madison Nabrit Of
Howard University for plan
ming and pleading the CASE
which eliminated in the his.
toric decision of the Supreme
Court. outlawing segregation in
education, and to Mrs. Clarence
E. Fisher Of the League of Wom-
en- Voters and Gerhard P. Var
Arkel. director Of the Washing
ton Home Rule Committee.
Evening Star Award
The Evening Star Award was
presented to the Midway Civic
Association. Colt Hendley, as
sistant city editor Of The Star
presented the cup to Duttor
Ferguson, president.
Miss Martha Goodloe, presi-
dent Of the Ivy City Trinidad
Junior Civic Association, re-
ceived an award from the Fed
eral Life Insurance Co.
Henry L. Dixon, jr., president
Of the Northeast Boundary Civic
Association, received an award
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14

The theme of the dinner =
Suffrage for the District OF
Columbia: Americas Unfinished
Business in the Nations Capital. "
Presentations by Karrick
Commissioner David B. Karrick
presented federation awards to:
William S. Anderson. for per
sistent and effective participa-
ton in the development Of Ban
neker Recreation Center; for the
organization Of the Boys Club: !"
the Rev. James D. Pair, for civic
leadership and patriotic service
as secretary of Selective Service
Board No. T." Howard D. Wood
son. for civic leadership, and DR..
c. Herbert Marshall, for his work
with the federation.
Federation President-elect Bar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
Low Group Elects

David Gardner, Washington
attorney, has been elected presi-
dent Of the District chapter of
the Association Of immigration
and Nationality Lawyers. Other
new officers Of the group include
Joseph Bonuso, vice president,
and Wing Wong, secretary-treas-
urer.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-02-03
Hammarskjold's Stride
Slow but irnl

ally, it is of strategic importance.
For Mr.. Hammarskjold's plan en-
visages a succession of steps. First
he would obtain Egyptian-Israeli
agreement to qualification of the
border in one area-around Nit
bana-El Auja. Then he would
apply the principle to the next
area, probably the GAIA Strip
frontier. Finally, he would at
tempt to extend the formula to
embrace the entire Egyptian-Is-
raeli frontier.
Once having obtained border
agreements along the entire line
dividing Israel from Egypt, it is
Mr.. Hammarskjold's plan to get
similar agreements from IsraePs
other Arab neighbors. He is con-
vinced-as most observers h er e
are-that the other Arab states
would follow Cairo's lead. From
that point, the direction of the
next step becomes visible. After
border agreements, would come
negotiations for extension of the
armistice pacts into possible peace
talks between Israel and the Arab
nations.
That in substance was Mr..
Hammarskjold's plan for the Mid
die East. True, Sir Anthony-and
some of the pro-Arab elements in
our own State Department-had
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-02-03
MACON, GEORGIA:
Center of the Peach Belt"

other plans. Sir Anthony, for one,
thought it possible to solve the
Middle East problem with one big
bite-a bite out of Israel territory.
Mr.. Hammarskjold was content
with smaller swallows, with nib
bles that would isolate one area,
then another, then another still
and without penalizing either Is
rael or Egypt in the process.
The U. N. chief expressed gen.
eral optimism as he left the Mid
die East. He saw solutions as pos
sibilities, not as subjects for pes
simistic predictions of war. Those
here who know of Mr.. Ham
marskjold's sincerity, and are also
aware of his great talent for play
ing that game of "quiet diplom-
acy," hope that, in the long run,
his step-by-step techniques will
win over Sir Anthony's giant
stride pace toward solution" of
the Israel-Arab problem by trun-
cation of Israel.
Viewed in this perspective, the
U. N. chiefs success in obtaining
Egypt's agreement to the limited
objective of pacifying the Nit
zana-El Auja area is an accom-
plishment of profound potential
ity.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-02-03
CONTINUED from Page II

There were other elements to
that basic proposal. Israel was not
happy with all the details. But, in
principle, Israel agreed to the
Hammarskjold plan as it applied
to Nitzana-El Auja. Egypt baked,
continued to stall, would not say
yes or no, and would not even
admit that it was stalling. On his
visit to Cairo, Mr.. Hammarskjold
came ito listen''-to definite yes
or no. He got the response he
wanted. Egypt's Premier Canal
Abdel Nasser finally said aye
perhaps reluctantly, but definite
ly.
The Hammarskjold insistence
on solution of the border dispute
in the Nitzana-El Auja may seem
to have only a remote relationship
to the general problem Of peace or
war in the Middle East. But, actu-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-02-03
Jewish Music Festival
Broadcast Sunday

NEW YORK - The Columbia
Broadcasting SYSTEMS (CBS)
Church of the Air" will salute
the 18th annual nationwide cele-
bration Of Jewish Music Festival
with a half-hour radio concert of
Jewish Music featuring portions
of the Sacred Service" by Ernest
Bloch, to be heard on Sunday,
February 9Th, 1856, 1890 to HOO
P. M. EST. This was announced
by Rabbi Emanuel Green, chair
man of the National Jewish We'll
fare Board (JWB)-sponsored Ma
tional Jewish Music Council. The
Council is the coordinator of the
Festival, which this year is dedi-
Gated to the music of Ernest Bloch,
greatest living Jewish composer,
on the occasion of his 18th birth
day.
The program, which originated
in Temple Emanuel, San Fran
cisco, was recorded by radio sta
ton, KCBS, of San Francisco.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Mrs. c. 6. Wells,
PiunoI eucher Here
For Over 40 Years

Mrs. Charles G. Wells, 81, an
outstanding piano teacher in
Washington for more than 40
years, died yesterday of a heart
attack at her home. 3432 Ashley
terrace NV.
Mrs. Wells was the former
Eta Schmid, a native of WASH
ington. Her father, Ernst Schmid
was a linguist in the Army
Surgeon Generals Office.
Mrs Wells studied here under
Miss Alice Burbage as well as
in Fontainbleau, France under
Prof. Louis PHILIPPE in 1921. She
taught at her home until her
retirement about two years ago.
She had given a number of
private recitals and was formerly
vice president of the Washington
Music Teachers Association.
Her husband is retired owner
of the Charles H. Javins Sea-
food Co. Her brother, William
E. Schmid. 4545 Connecticut
avenue NV, was former chair
man of the board and president
of Julius Garf1nckel's.
Other survivors are three sons,
Charles, jr.. of 1924 Raymond
street. Chevy Chase, Nd, Joseph
j.. of 2795 Seventy-third place,
Hyattsville, Md. and John r.,
Devon, Pa; a daughter, Mrs.
Sylvia Kramer, Of Greensboro
N. c.. and another brother, Mar
tin H. Schmid, Canton, Ohio.
Services will be held at IL am.
tomorrow, in the Hines Funeral
Home. 290l Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Teachers Sought
For 81 Vacancies

ANNAPOLIS. Aug. II tR.-T
The Anne Arundel County Boarc
of Education will start recruit
ing woman power Monday for the
81 teacher vacancies which mus
be filled before school open:
September g..
DR.. David s. jenkins, schoo.
superintendent, said the recruit
ment drive will be aimed at the
county's untapped pool of edu-
Gated women.
The superintendent is asking
the school boards IL supervisors
to comb their areas TOR persons
able to teach.
DR.. Jenkins said women with
college degrees are preferred, but
those with two years of college
education will be considered. A
special training program will be
set up for the new recruits, he
said.
The county's teaching short
age was made worse this tall by
the creation of ITO new teaching
posts. A total of 1900 teachers
will be employed.
Most faculty shortages are in
elementary schools. Industrial
arts is the most hard-hit high
school subject, DR.. Jenkins said.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
|ciore Luce Finds
|Ailment Common

ROME, Aug. II tR).--Ambas-
sador Glare Boothe Luce said
today that she is getting scores
of letters from fellow sufferers
from arsenic paint poisoning.
She held her FIRST news con-
ference in Italy since she re-
ported that she was seriously III
last year Of arsenic poisoning
traced to paint in her bedroom
ceiling. The Ambassador said:
"I was rather startled to find
that arsenic poisoning, to which
some are more allergic than
others, is rather common. / have
received many letters from those
who have suffered in a mild way
after having gotten paint in their
food"
ut is not a healthy diet"
She said ''old paint-over Is
years old-usually causes such
poisoning"
The Ambassador, who returned
to Rome yesterday after con-
valescing since last May 10. said
she is feeling much better" +"
However. she must remain on a
special diet.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Kathleen Howard,
SINGER and Actress

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. II R.-
Kathleen Howard, 70, former
opera singer who later became
a successful motion picture act
ress and fashion editor, died
Wednesday in a Hollywood sani-
tarium.
Miss Howard who was born
in Canada, began her varied
cereer in Metz, Germany. where
she made her opera debut at the
age of 20. She sang leading con-
tralto roles with the Metropolitan
Opera Company in New York
from 1916 to 1928. Later she
appeared frequently as a concert
star.
Besides playing numerous
character roles in Hollywood
films, Miss Howard wrote on
women's fashions for national
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Harry Byers
Ruled Suicide

Harry r. Byers. SIS. president
of Harry r. Byers, Inc, power
plant designers. was found dead
in a Chicago hotel room Au-
gust 8.
Mr.. Byers, who lived at the
Woodner. was scheduled to
travel to San Francisco next
week to the Republican National
Convention to be chairman of
the delegation from the Virgin
Islands, a country in which he
became interested while working
there some years ago.
Found in Hotel Room
His body was found in the
hotel room with several gas jets
open, police said. A coroner's
jury ruled the death a suicide.
A business associate here said
Mr.. Byers had been despondent
about recent serious business
losses and about a divorce in
April from Mrs. Dianne M.
Byers of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Mr.. Byers' first wife, Sally
Mozelle K. Byers, died in 1853.
Mr.. Byers was engaged in de-
signing and constructing major
power plants for the Govern
ment and private utilities.
AS a district manager of Bab-
cock & Wilcox Co. in the early
1906 he was largely responsible
for designing the penstocks and
outlets for Boulder Dam in Colo
rado.
His firm recently completed the
heating plant at the Marine
contract for overhauling the
Corps School at Quantico, Va,
and installation of dirt collectors
on the power plant on Capitol
Hill.
Suffered Heavy Loss
he reportedly lost more than
81 million on construction of a
power plant at the Naval Air
Station at Pensacola, Fla, last
year.
A native of Denver, Colo, Mr..
Byers graduated from the Colo
rado School of Mines and served
in World War ! in the Navy.
He is survived by a son, Rich
ard H. Byers of the Woodner.
and by several brothers and sis
tiers in Denver. The son is Sec
retary and a director of the firm
here.
Harry Ussery, general counsel
for the firm. is making funeral
arrangements. Burial is expected
to be in Chicago.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
John H. Swope, 70,
Interior EmpIoye
Nearly SO Years

John H. Swope, 70, a retired
printer and foreman with the
Department of Interiors Geo.
logical Survey, died yesterday at
George Washington University
Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Gettysburg, Pa,
Mr.. Swope lived at 1902 David
son drive, Chevy Chase, Md. He
retired in 1854 after almost SO
years with the Geological Sur
vey where he was in charge of
the type composition section.
He Joined the survey as an
apprentice assistant printer in
1904 and in 1945 received a mer-
itorious award for developing a
thermo-waxing machine.
The Stansbury Lodge "a of
the Masons. of which he was
a member for more than 80
years. will hold a special COM
munication service at HAS am.
tomorrow.
Mr.. Swope is survived by his
widow. Irene C. Swope, and a
son, John H. -Swope. jr., of the
Chevy Chase address.
Funeral services will be at
pm. tomorrow at Chambers
Funeral Home, 3072 M street
NV. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Melville c. Kerr,
Retired Muchinist

Melville C. Kerr, 7S, VINO re-
tired in 1946 as a machinist at
the Naval Gun Factory here
after about 40 years service, died
Tuesday at his home in Orlando,
Fla. He lived at 1475 Harvard
street NV. until three years
ago.
Mr.. Kerr was born in Meeting
Greek, KY, and came to WASH
ington about 46 years ago. He
was a member of st. Johns Ma
sonic Lodge here.
Survivors are q sister. Mrs
Nellie v. Kerr, Clifton Terrace
Apartments, and two brothers.
James B.. Pomona. Calf, and
Harry B. Kerr, Orlando.
Services will be held at 10 am
tomorrow in the Hines Funeral
Home. 290l Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Hodge Payment
Passes Million

CHICAGO. Aug. II (R-nli.
nois' Attorney General announced
yesterday that Orville e. Hodge,
custed State auditor, has in
creased his restitution to the
State to more than q million
dollars.
At the same time Attorney
General Latham Castle reiter-
ated his prediction that the
State will recover all the
money" Incorporated by the
fun-loving Republican State Of
fetal.
Hodge is in st. Johns Hospi-
tai. Springfield, under guard
awaiting an appearance in SAM
CANON County Circuit Court
Monday for sentencing on his
plea Of guilty to State charges
|of taking $637.000 in State funds.
Yesterday he pleaded guilty to
Federal charges in Chicago and
was sentenced to 10 years in
prison and possibly an addi-
tional 10 If his restitution efforts
are unsatisfactory.
The Federal penalty on a gull
ty plea to an indictment charg-
ing misapplication of more than
100000 in funds Of Federally
insured banks will run concur
rently with whatever sentence he
draws on the State charges.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
36 ItuIion Victims
Of Mine Fire Buried

MARCINELLE, Belgium. Aug.
II (P. - Thirty-six Italian
miners, among about 270 VIC
tins of a fire August 8 in the
Bois du Cazier pit. were buried
here today.
A funeral mass was held be-
fore an improvised altar in the
towns main square. Down in
the mine. searchers tried to
reach deep galleries TO bring up
other bodies.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

LEWIS, KENNETH G.. In loving memory
OF our dear husband and father, KEN.
METH c. LEWIS, who passed away
two years ago today August ~, 1854.
When the shadows OF night are falling
Ard We are sitting alone.
Thsre always comes . longing. dear.
HIS DEvOTED WIPE. GRACE, AND
SONS, KENNY AND RicKY.
Ray, WILLIAM T., sR, In loving mem
oMTy, 81 our dear father and husband,
WILLIAM RAY Sr., who went 10
Iest three years ago today. August ~,
Eysry day in some small way.
Even though you've gone 70 rest
Each OF US know you were the best.
And when God asks US for our hand.
Mwee,mly Mweem meet you In ne promised land
f0VH pbvoIkp WIZ, CHILDREN
E0ws, 1.ma,, n4ETHA q oI,T A., ELLEM ,s iS IoEns
2. ROWE, who passed away twenty
wears ago today August IL, 1886.
Your memory Is q keepsake
With which We will never part;
Thoueh God has you in His Keeping.
aMe still hays you ~ our hearts.
SELMA AND JOSIE
wIIsoN w csiov.5 WILLIAM 5.,s. a Il ,Tn,snoTT q
WILSON, Who departed this life four
years ago today August II. 1852.
ThouEh nov ! walk through life alone
The path We once together trod,
] walk with eager. happy step.
For each leads nearer you and God
Loysd In life and remenbersd in death.
ioviso WYE. nfssiE. /.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
'BeIo Lugosi Dies at 73;
Starred in 'DrocuIo' Role

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. II R.-
Bella Lugosi. famous for his por-
trayal of the role Of "Dracula' y
on stage and screen, and only
recently conqueror of himself
after II years of drug addiction,
died late yesterday of natural
causes. He was 73.
After a long and active career
in motion pictures. the Hun
Igarian-born actor surrendered
himself to Los Angles authorities
last year, saying he was a hope
less drug addict and wanted q
chance of rehabilitation. He said
he had started taking demerol
in England in 1888 and never
had been able to completely free
himself from the use of drugs
in one form or another.
When Mr.. Lugosi disclosed that
he was an addict he weighed
only l25 pounds. He presented a
tragic picture. markedly in con-
trast to the impeccably dressed
character he portrayed on the
stage and screen. His face was
wan and haggard, his eyes sunk
en- and he was so weak he could
not stand unsupported.
He was treated for three
months at the nearby Metropol-
itan State Hospital in Norwalk,
then passed a rigid examination
and was released to resume his
film career. His last role was in
the movie THE Black Sleep"
Mr.. Lugosi's second wife, the
former Hope Lininger of Johns
town, Pa. said she found him
dead when she returned home
from work yesterday. They
were married last August. She
had encouraged Mr.. LugoSi to
appeal for helm in hiS fiobt
Evening star., 1956-08-17
George Stewart,
Iowa Physicist

IOWA CITY. Iowa, Aug. II
(R.--George w. Stewart, head
of the State University of Iowa
physics department from 1908
to 1946, died yesterday of a
heart ailment. He was 80 years
old.
DR.. Stewart was the founder
and director of the annual as
sembly of physicists from around
the Nation in Iowa City each
summer. The event was held
for the 18th time this year. He
was a member of the National
Academy of Sciences and spe-
cialized in the physics of sound.
DR.. Stewart was born in st.
Louis, Mo-, and taught at Cornell
University and the University
of North Dakota before coming
to Iowa,
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Miss Rose Annenberq,
Printing Firm Purtner

Miss Rose Annenberg. about
SO, a partner for the last 25
years with her brother, Maurice,
in the Maran Printing Co. Of
Washington and Baltimore. died
Saturday in Baltimore, where
she lived.
Besides Maurice, she is survived
BY another brother, j. Carroll,
both Of Baltimore. and a sister,
Mrs. Frank P. Press, 1911 Prim-
rose road NV.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

Union had sent, he replied: Il
cannot remember"
Ulan Bator consists mostly Of
tents where Mongolian nomads
live very much as they did in the
times Of GenghiS Khan. who Or
ganized the Mongolian horsemen
into an army which conquered
and devastated most Of Asia and
some of Europe in the 18th CEN
tury
There is a modern central
square. however. where new
buildings housing the govern
ment and Soviet technicians are
located,
Evening star., 1956-08-17

against drug addiction, and he
said she was the inspiration for
his decision to enter a hospital.
In World War MIR. Lugosi
served as lieutenant in the Hun
garian infantry. He came to
the United States after the revo-
luton in Hungary. and organ
lied a dramatic company. He
played the role of a Spanish
apache in The Red Poppy" and
from that gained the lead in
Bran Stocker's mystery, Ora
cula." His film career began in
1881.
Mr.. Lugosi's first wife was
Lillian Arch, by whom he had a
son, Bella. jr. They were di-
Vorced in 1853.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Mental Federation
Elects DR.. Mead

BERLIN, Aug. II P.-Dr.
Margaret Mead of the United
States was elected president of
the World Federation for Mental
Health today.
DR.. Mead is an anthropologist
attached to New York's American
Museum of Natural History and
is widely known for her studies
OF tribes living in the South Pa
cif1c.
She was elected at the closing
session of the federation's ninth
annual congress, attended by
delegates and guests from %
countries. She succeeds Prof.
Milo Maeki of Finland.
The congress decided that next
years session will be held in
August in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Rev. F. E. WeIfIe,
Catholic Educator

CLEVELAND, Aug. II (R.-
The Rev. Frederick E. Welfe,
S. j., president of John Carroll
University since 1916, died un-
expectedly today. Death was
attributed to a heart attack.
Father Welfe, So, was stricken
at the school. He was in ap-
parent good health and had
attended a concert last night.
A native of Hamler. Ohio,
Father Welfle attended high
school and college in Toledo
and entered the Society of Jesus
in 1918. He was ordained in
1929.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Polk Groves Moved

NASHVILLE.-The remains of
President James Polk and his
wife were removed by Tennessee
in 1893 from the old Polk home
stead to a place of honor located
on Capitol hill in the city Of
Nashville.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
New U. N. Aide Named

: UNITED NATIONS, Aug. II
Rl.-The first Italian appointed
to the U. N. international staff
of civil servants since Italy be-
came U. N. member has been
named assistant officer of the
Human Rights Division. He is
George Pagnanelli, formerly as
sistant professor Of international
law at Macerta University. He
got his masters degree from the
Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy in Cambridge, Mass.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Chief Collier, So,
Of HopeweII Police

HOPEWELL, Va. Aug. II (R)
I-Hopewell Police Chief Carlton
Ray Collier. So. died yesterday
of a heart attack.
A native of Surry County, he
came to Hopewell from Norfolk
in 1922 and Joined the police
force in 1880. He would have
been with the force 26. years on
September /.
He was appointed acting chief
in May. 1858, and was sworn in
the following July.
Survivors included his wife, a
son and a sister.