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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29

estimated that SlO,OOO,OOO changes hands
during Derby Week.
In spite of this vast crowd and vaSter sum,
the Derby is one of the safest, most orderly
and best-handled sports spectacles in the cOun-
try This is no mere chance. Like all big sports
events. the crowd and its money attract big
turnout of confidence men, toutS, bOokmakerS
and ''cannons" (pckpockets).
But unlike most big sports events, the Derby
has the benefit Of very special detective out
fit - the Thoroughbred Racing Protective
Bureau. The Bureau, composed for the most
part of former FIJI men = including its boss,
Spencer J. Drayton = has been working with
the Thoroughbred Racing Association for the
past 10 years. For most racing days it assigns
three or four agents = but for Derby Day 10
times that many Here's breakdown of sew
eraI of the slcker types of crooks they've spent
the last decade squelching:
the DOUBLE TEAM: A moderately sue
ceSSful Chicago businessman - we'll call him
George Adams = is standing near the pad
dock after the fourth race, staring gloOmily
into mint julep. A conservatively dressed
stranger approaches, and they get to talking.
You see that fellow over there in the gray
TW-4-2o-56
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Civil Defense
Bose Set Up

A new step in Federal civil
defense planning has been taken
with designation of Martinsburg,
w. Va, as a special "employe
service center" where Washing
ton employees of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration and their
families would assemble in event
of a bombing of the Capital.
The new setup, repeatedly the
first of it's kind in the country,
was announced by James T.
Pyle, acting CAA chief.
The idea is that the special
"employe center" would serve as
an assembling point before CAA
employees we're moved to a more
distant relocation headquar-
tiers" to continue CAA duties
Location of the headquarters is
secret.
Berkeley County wv. Va civil
defense officials said elaborate
plans call for housing and feed
ing up to 1000 persons in COM
munity facilities for as long as
so days.
CAA employees have beer given
road maps and other details
about operation Of the special
program in event Of a bombing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
.704,63o ENROLL
IN D. c. SCHOOLS,
MORE EXPECTED

District public school en-
rollment has reached 104,-
500.
The total, counted
Wednesday, is a els gain
over the third school day
last year. A further rise
to nearly 10000 is expected
by late next month.
officials gave this break
down for major divisions:
elementary, 67,790. a gain
Of 1000; junior high. 20,121,
a drop of 1899; senior high.
12.848, a gain Of 102; voca-
tional, 2.102, a drop of 173;
teachers college, TIA. a drop
of 292.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Barge Trips, Nature Walks
Offered by Park Service

morrow with the Gao Canal,
starting from Macarthur boule-
ward and Cornell avenue, Glen
Echo, Md. and 8 am. Sunday
in the Kenilworth Aquatic Gar
dens, Kenilworth avenue and
Douglas street NE.
Bird walks at and 10 am. to-
morrow and Sunday along the
canal towpath. Tomorrow's walks
will begin at Macarthur boule-
ward and Cornell avenue in Glen
Echo. Sundays at Ridge drive
and Sixty-flrst street. Brookmont,
Md.
A tree walk in Montrose and
Dumbarton Oaks Park at 1890
a m. tomorrow. starting from the
park entrance, Avon place and
r street NV.
Exploration on Roosevelt Is
land at ? pm. tomorrow and
Sunday. beginning at the orien-
tation station on the island. A
ferry TO the island operates from
the foot OF Wisconsin avenue
near K street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

IA years, this Metropolitan Area
has given successive votes of con-
fldence to Red Cross works
locally and nationally al
ways the Government worker has
been in the vanguard, assuring
success of these drives now
by giving to UGF, you will still
be giving to Red Cross and its
six area chapters, that their vital
public service programs may
continue to progress"
Meanwhile, three large UGF
member agencies which last year
collected $1.S million in separate
campaigns urged their contribu-
tors to give this year through
the United Givers Fund.
The three are the Boy Scouts,
Salvation Army and Red Cross
chapters of the area. Separate
appeals now wrapped up in the
single campaign are the Saliva
ton Army's summer camp ap-
peal, Christmas letter appeal tai
though the Christmas kettles will
continue) and tambourine COL
Ilections: the Red Cross annual
fund drive, and the Boy Scouts
annual sustaining campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
SUNDAYS BEST READING
New Maryland Coach Looks
Forward to 1856 Kickoff

TOMMY MONT "ARRIVES"-When Tommy Mont was
made head coach of the Terrapins, he realized an
ambition, at the same time falling heir to an envi-
able 9-year record set by his predecessor, jim
Tatum. In The Star Magazine, Francis Siam tells
how Mont feels about following in the footsteps OF
fabulous big jim" Look for the ful-color picture
of Mont on the cover Of the same magazine.
THE EARTH SATELLITE-Youve heard a lot about
our plans to send man-made satellites spinning
around the earth. For the fascinating story of our
first Jump into outer space and how it will affect
the ordinary citizen read Navy expert j. Gordon
Vaeth's feature in This Week Magazine.
WALLY PLAYS GIFTED" MANN Televue Maya
zines cover story, Bernie Harrison writes about
Waly Cox !. in a switch in roles the ex-Mr Peppers
moves from the classroom to adventure in his
televson series starting next month.
CREDIT BOOM-The American consumer has built
$37-billion mountain of debt, but economists
fear the buy now pay-ater boom would turn into
an economic hazard should business take turn
down. Herbert Bratter, writer on economic affairs
takes look at both sides in the Editorial Section
CREATIVE SPIRIT AND ENERGY-For an interesting
report not mentioned in a local wedding announce
ment see Eenis Fashion Notebook" The Stars
Fashion Editor tells you about the resourcefu bride
who designed and sewed costumes for herself and
her attendantS.-The Womens Section.
Choose The Star Sunday When You Haze Choice
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Two Buildings Burn,
Firebuq Blamed

Fires in an abandoned gas
station and vacant house, both
apparently touched of by a
fire-bug, kept so Glen Echo and
Cabin John firemen busy most
of last night.
The blazes. which In each
case originated in the rear Of
the buildings, wrecked an UNI
used filling station in the 6700
block of Macarthur boulevard
and an empty seven-room house
at 1921 Macarthur boulevard.
Montgomery County police
and County Fire Marshal
Charles H. Howe, jr., launched
an Investigation.
At l:04 am, six minutes after
Glen Echo volunteer firemen re-
turned from a two-hour stint
fighting the filling station blaze,
a motorist raced into the Are
house 70 report a roaring fire in
a house only a few hundred
yards from the first fire scene.
Glen Echo Fire Chief Joseph
I A. Giammatteo said the dwelling
had not been lived In for about
three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
ID. c. Wife Asks Riqht
To Visit Husband in Jail

something for the Bureau of
Prisons to decide.
He never has heard of such a
concession anywhere, but be-
lieves it should be adopted uni
versally.
Can official at the Mexican
Embassy here said the practice
of a wife to visit her husband in
prison and vice versa is legally
and additionally sanctioned in
Mexico, at least once a week.
(He said the length of the SEN
tence is immaterial although
such right may be suspended
temporarily by prison wardens
as a disciplinary measure OF
when facilities are unavailable. }
IF this were made practice.
it would stamp out the danger
of homosexuality in prisons" he
said. IF it had been generally
in effect some time ago, the near
prison riots experienced in the
last several months wouldn't
have taken place"
Mr.. Tyler said he would take
the case to District Court if the
Commissioners reject the idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

A caravan trip to Fort Wash
ington, Md. observation Of fall
flowers, birds and trees, and
mule-drawn canal barge trips
will be offered to the public by
the National Park Service this
week end.
Special buses to Fort Wash
ington, built between 1915 and
1924 on the site Of a fort de-
stroyed in the War of 1912. will
leave the District Transit ONCE
1913 Fifteenth street NV. al
1880 pm. Sunday.
Fall flowers will be identified
on walk through Fort Totten
Park at 2:30 pm. tomorrow. The
tour will start at Hawaii avenue
and Allison street NE.
Barge trips on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal leave from Lock
3. on Thirtieth street. on block
south Of M street NV, at 2 pm
tomorrow and Sunday.
Other guided nature walks in
clude.
Bird observations. 8 am. to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

A young woman who fears her
husbands imprisonment will i'm
pair their marriage is asking
the District Commissioners for
the privilege of resuming con-
jugal relations with him while
he is in the District Jail.
The petition on behalf of Mrs
Minnie Mae Payne, colored, 81
oft he 200 block of E street
NE, probably will be ruled on at
next Tuesdays meeting of the
Commissioners.
Her husband, Mahlon Payne
%, was sentenced last March tc
serve from 81 months to 6 years
for grand larceny and house
breaking.
Vetoed by Jail officials
Carroll F. Tyler. jr., the at
torney who defended Payne, Is
taking Mrs. Payne's plea for hel
marital rights to the city heads
after getting turndownS from
Jail Supt. Curtis Reid and Di-
rector Donald Clemmer of the
Department of Corrections.
In taking the unprecedented
step, Mr.. Tyler said the young
mother of two already had gone
Through one period in which hel
husband had served a previous
jail sentence.
Mrs. Payne'S case is based or
the principle that the right Of
consortium is equally and indie
lpendently conferred on each o.
the marriage partners. To deny
the woman the right because hel
husband is convicted of crime
is in effect placing her on trial
too, Mr.. Tyler argued.
He contends that the State
in its legal connection with mar
riage, must protect the rights o
both parties. He noted that il
negligence suits, the plaintiff
often sued for loss of consortium
FavOrS Universal Adoption
Mr.. Tyler had no suggestion a
to what arrangements could b
made for such meetings between
the couple. He said that wa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Heart Deaths
Rank Sd

The death rate among District
males due to heart disease is
third highest in the United
according to a report by
the Public Health Service.
A study among white persons
showed a rate of 344.3 deaths
per 100000 population for Dis
trict white men in 1850. Only
New York State, with a rate of
1898, and Rhode Island, with
364.3, stood higher.
The survey, made for the years
1949-51, is a step in a Nation
wide study of variations in the
occurrence of heart disease-the
largest single cause of death IN
this country.
Lowest rates we're New Mexico
with only 1911; Arkansas. 201.2
and Kentucky, 211.2. The death
rate in New England and thF
Middle Atlantic States was much
greater than in other areas. The
rates among women were some
what lower than those of men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Sect Review Is Reset

A review of plans for the lay
out of grandstand and bleacher
seats at the next presidential
inaugural, originally scheduled
for IL am. today, has been post
lponed until IL am. Monday. As
Isistant Engineer Commissioner
Robert E. Mathe said the delay
was because of the inability of
both Republican and Democratic
members of his bipartisan COM
Imittee to be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Youth Research
Plan Is Studied

Plans for establishment of a
new youth research center aimed
at early detection and preven-
ton of delinquency will be con-
sidered by the Commissioners
Youth Council at it's meeting
at 1890 am. Thursday at the
District Building.
The proposal has been in prep
aration for the last year by the
councils professional advisory
committee headed by DR.. Addi-
son M. Duval. assistant super
intendent of st. ElizabethS Hos
Ipital.
Additional studies were made
by a committee OF six District
government department heaos,
who now have approved tine
plans. They are now ready Tor
action by the council.
Emphasis on Research
The proposal includes some
provision Tor treatment, out the
emphasis is on research. 1t is
hoped to employ a sCa1 including
social worker, clinical psycnolo-
IgisJ, sociologlst, pSychiatrist and
other representation from the
field OF cniidren'S problems.
The center is not contemplated
as an ADDITION 10 the District
budget, but council spokesman
Salu tunuS will be sought from
some other source.
1t is hoped to coordinate ef-
forGS OF Dotn pubic ana private
agencies concerned with the ham
ollng OF youth prOoIemS mere
ReIerralS are expected to come
mainly from the police youth AID
division.
NeighbOrhOOd Contact
Area boards of the Youth
Council will be working in the
effort, for example, In The cast
OF referrals from the center
where there is a neeu Tor some
neighborhood contact.
Isadore Seeman, executive di.
rector of United Community
Services ana a council lnemper
was invited TO slC in on the de.
partment heads discussions
Mrs. uenry GraCUan Doyle, coun.
Gil chairman, headed the group
Schools, welfare, health, rec.
reaClon and police departments
ana Juvenile Court were repre-.
sented on the department heads
committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
New Court Adopts Policy
OF Pre- rial Cancellation

Walsh and Judges Godfrey l..
Munter. John H. Burnett and
Frank H. Myers. the court de-
leted that section allowing at
torneys to plead their clients
would not benefit by reconcilia-
ton attempts.
BY so ruling, the judges re-
affirmed their earlier goal to at
tempt reconciliation in as many
cases as possible before trial.
The court will start Monday
with a clean slate. When the
court was a part Of the U. S. Dis
trict Court for the District Of
Columbia. backlog cases esti-
mated between 1000 and 1000
piled up. Tomorrow will be the
last day divorce and other civil
domestic cases can be filed in
District Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

Final touches today were made
to the rules that will govern
court procedure when the Do
nestle Relations Branch Of Mu-
nicipal Court opens Monday.
The most important change
was one which reasserted the
courts discretionary powers to
conduct pre-trial Cancellation
hearings in contested divorce
cases.
In a list Of II rules proposed
yesterday. the court reserved the
right TO conduct the hearings
but gave an opportunity to at
torneys 10 argue that their cli-
ents did not want to. or could
mot. achieve reconciliation.
In the rewritten version. which
grew out Of a conference yester.
day BY Chief Judge Leonard P
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
AdvisOryGroup
Puts Off Action
0nPo|itica|S Sign
Will Decide Fate
Of Unions Poster
In Two Weeks

The District Citizens Advisory
Council today postponed for two
weeks any decision on whether
the Commissioners should make
the International Union of Elec-
trical Workers tear down its
Stevenson-Kefauver sign.
They decided on the delay at
the request of council member
j. c. Turner, president of the
local Stevenson club, and of Ben
jamin c. Siegal, general counsel
of the International Union Of
Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers, which is now holding
q convention in st. Louis.
Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner Col. Thaddeus M. Nosek
raised the subject. He pointed
out that the Phillip Murray
Building on the west side Of
Sixteenth street NV. between
| N and L streets displayes sign
3 feet by 80 feet reading Labor
for Stevenson and Kefauver."
The sign, with a total area Of
80 square feet sis in violation
of the District sign regulations,
Col. Nosek said, and mo permit
has been issued for this sign"
Signs Now Banned
He said the regulations ban
such signs, except on approval
by the Commissioners, in districts
zoned residential"
Col. Nosek had asked whether
the Commissioners should estab-
lish a policy that would permit
THE display of political signs in
residential areas, or strictly en-
force the regulations.
The Commissioners put the
problem up to the advisory
council.
The colonel urged that the
commissioners should not hide
their heads in the sand, but
should face up to it and estab-
lish a policy" He suggested the
signs be limited to 40 square feet
and be authorized by the Com
missioners under permit as being
"of q civic nature" Addressing
the council, he suggested the
permitted area might be in
Creased to 100 square feet, which
would cover the banner in ques-
Ition.
I PostpOnement Agreed On
He said, "That sign is not OBJ
noxious. It's rather attractive
except to Republicans. But then
the other kind of sign would not
|be attractive to Democrats
either" When Council Chair
man Edward Burling, jr., an
Eisenhower supporter. asked il
the colonel would object to post
poning decision until the next
council meeting Septmber %
Col. Nosek replied, mo. sir, il
might be well to postpone it unit
after November"
Despite urgings by Councilman
Milton w. King to adopt the 100
square-foot policy, the council
agreed to wait until Mr.. Turner
can attend the meeting.
i The council also opened con-
sideration of the Districts $20E
million budget for next year anC
, agreed that five subcommittee
would study requests made b!
J District department heads ara
trimmed by them to hold spend
. ing within expected revenues.
I They acted after hearing
Budget Officer Walter L. Fowle
! point out that District taxes hav
been increased by $50 million
S year since 1914, when the tota
: budget was less than that figure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Pistol Tournament

Military and civilian members
of the National Rife Association
will compete in the District Pts
Itol and Revolver Championship
tomorrow and Sunday.
The 18th Metropolitan Police
Precinct Pistol Club is sponsor
ing the event at its range near
Lanham, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

nlted GlverS FUND.
Mr.. Linen, who is president of
United Community Funds and
Councils of America, told the
businessmen results of their cam
paign will have direct bearing
upon the entire federation move
ment" now growing in the field
of charitable giving. He said
businessmen must raise their
sight" in terms of corporate gifts
as must employe contributors.
S2.3 Million Goal
The business rally opened the
second largest division in the
UGF campaign for $6.6 million.
with a goal of $2.3 million.
The Government unit yesterday
Eopened its push toward a goal
of $2,83O.O0O.
Secretary of the Interior Fred
Seaton told the 1000 Govern
ment workers damned into the
hall that the United Givers Fund
exemplif1es the American tradi-
ton of voluntary giving, "a ira
dition which grows in the soil OF
a free America and in turn en-
riches and replenishes that soil. 7"
Secretary of Labor Mitchell
chairman of the Government
unit, declared that "this cam
lpaign must and will be a reaI
success !" He said I'VE now have
an opportunity to demonstrate
we really meant it when we saic
I'VE would support all charitable
agencies in the city if we had 9
chance to do it all at once"
The Government units goal
lis $2.830,000. larger than any
other in the $6.6 million UGF
campaign. Government en-
Iployes are being asked to raise
20 per cent more than they gave
the Community Chest and Red
Cross combined last year.
1872 Agencies
The United Givers' Fund COM
bines the appeals of 1872 separate
agencies into a single once-a-
year drive. Red Cross and Chest
agencies are among those par
ticipating.
! Secretary Mitchell warned
that failure in this campaign
might cause some people to say.
Let's return to single drives.
know all of us in Government
wouldn't like that. So ask you
to make this first campaign a
success"
Mayor Leroy S. Bendheim Of
Alexandria read a proclamation
signed by the executives of all
the Washington area cities and
counties. calling for support Of
the campaign.
Still Give to Red Cross
H. Malcolm Baldridge, mem.
Der of the board of the District
Red Cross Chapter, told thu
Government workers that "fol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Nation Eyes UG Drive,
Linen Tells Businessmen

Washingtons businessmen told today they acting
large part which commands national attention
eyes the Nations Capital the first
underway" James Linen pub
magazine, told 800 business leaders tater
opening the business units campaign for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

TODAY

National Sales Executives
wind Up their two-day
board Of directors meeting
in the Hotel Statler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Street Scenes

A sightseeing bus on Con-
stitution avenue with a lone
passenger. -.
A man retrieving a news
paper from a trash can on
Massachusetts, avenue and
turning with avid interest to
the stock market reports. i.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-17
AS BPW LEADER
Miss RQWQlt NeQrs
End of Presidency

year-old recommendation for
the establishment of perma-
nent headquarters in the Ma
tional Capital was voted two
years ago at the biennial in
st. Louis. Ofhcers we're given
three years to carry out the
mandate-and to raise $685.
900 for a hea dquarters
building.
I'm two years the 1925, 900
has been raised; in fact, So
per cent was raised within the
first year." Miss Rawalt will
point out in her annual re-
port. Moreover this goal has
been reached without spend
ing one cent of the contributed
funds" for outside professional
assistance.
Still HOusehunting
HouSehunting for a perma-
nent location is still under
way. Having the national
staff here. however, gives a
working base of operations to
60 forward with the necessary
inspections in a search for an
eventual choice site for per-
manent national headquar-
ters," Miss Rawait noted.
AS a District of Columbia
resident herself, the national
president regards the move to
Washington as a significant
advance.
Our prestige is given new
vitality by location in the
Nations Capital" she stressed.
Not only is legislative work
with Congress and liaison with
Government departments ia
cilitated, but the federation's
part in the exchange of per-
sons program with other
countries is aided by the OPP
portunity for personal contact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-17

ton Of its kind. 1t already has
been given choice quarters in
the Dupont Circle Building
headquarters Of the fedora
ton.
Miss Rawalt foresees
"boundless possibilities" for
the future in the foundation
as Clearing House on ma
terialS related to women work.
ers and a Research Center for
special studies on such sub
jects as effects of automation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-17
BY FRANCES LIDE

To interview Marguerite
Rawalt you have to catch her
on the wing.
The president of the Ma
tional Federation of Business
and Professional Women's
Clubs is making three trips
daily to national headquarters
in the Dupont Circle Building
as she winds up details of her
two-year administration and
prepares for the biennial con-
vention to open July / at
Miami Beach.
An attorney in the Internal
Revenue Service, Miss Rawalt
taxis to headquarters at noon
for an hours work at lunch
time.
But that is her. second trip
CT the day. She also puts in an
hour or so work in the early
morning. Then she returns in
the evening to resume her
BPW duties.
It's terrific pace. But when
she turns over the gavel to her
successor next month, Miss
Rawalt will be able to report
mission accomplished ahead
of schedule"
A Milestone
A major milestone of her
administration was the NOV
ing of national BPW head
quarters from New York to
Washington. The federation
changed its address from 1890
Broadway to the Dupont Circle
Building here last March "a.
(And, like any housekeeper, its
president has had to cope with
the inevitable complications
of getting settled in a new
home while preparing for the
convention.)
Authority to carry out a rs