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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
.Seorchers Fail to Find
Victims in Potomac Crash

Two Air Force men, still miss
ing in Saturdays crash of twin
engine transport, had time to try
forcing a rear door before the
plane sank in the Potomac, the
lone survivor said.
Lit. Richard H. Perlich. SO, of
Mclean. Va. co-pilot of the L-26
Aero Commander, estimated the
aircraft was afioat at least 80
seconds after it settled in the
water north of Fort Washington
late Saturday afternoon.
The transport. its fuselage vir-
tually intact, contained no bodies
when recovered from the river
yesterday,
Still missing are:
Mai. Gen. James c. Selser, jr.,
l44, deputy director of the Ma
ltional Security Councils subcom-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Hiqh Court to Review
IS Green Murder Case

Charles E. Ford and George Blow
the convicted man appealed the
manslaughter verdict. The con-
tention was that he should have
been convicted either Of first-de-
gree murder or found innocent.
A new trial was ordered by the
United States Court Of Appeals,
which noted Green was "mani-
testify taking a desperate chance. .
The reference was TO the posi-
bility Of a mandatory death sem
tence should he lose a retrial.
Language Disputed
This language is disputed by
the defense attorneys. who con-
tend rather than taking a "des-
perate chance" Green merely
was taking an appeal from what
was considered an unjust verdict.
Tney SAID the second trial put
Green IN double Jeopardy.
When Green was convicted OF
first-oegree murder in the second
trial and sentenced 70 die No
yember 4. the attorneys started
new appeals which resulted in
sustenanee OF the conviction.
Then came the appeal TO the
highest court and the latest in q
lengthy effort 10 save the con-
demned man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Squadron Commander

mittee. who. the Air Force said
yesterday. was pilot OF the plane
Squadron Commander
Maj. Jose Blondet. "a, COM
mander of the 1l04th Base Flight
Squadron at Boiling Air Force
Base.
Crash boats, helicopters and
ground teams searched the banks
and the 45-degree water Of the
Potomac again today in the
hunt for the two men the Air
Force still lists as missing" Nc
further presumption of then
fate has been made" a spokes-
man said.
In his statement yesterday. 1t
Perlich said Gen. Selser made q
perfect ditching" of the plane
in a quick decision made at 1.40C
feet in a straight-in approach to
Boiling. Both engines had failed
Maj. Blondet was in the pas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

The efforts of Everett d.
Green to escape the electric
chair entered a new phase today
with the agreement Of the Su-
preme Court to hear the unusual
case.
Green was convicted in May,
1855. Of first-degree murder in
the death of Miss Betty Brown,
I83. in the bedroom Of the home
lat Ills Massachusetts, avenue
N W.. where the accused man
roomed.
The 66-year-old former room
ing house operator was found in
the bathroom. suffering from
licepick wounds. Green said he
had been attacked by man
Adding TO the mystery the house
also was afire. =
Green said he had found Miss
Brown dead the night before
May 25. 1853 - but the Govern
ment argued she had died from a
fire set by the accused.
Two Trials Conducted
There we're two trials. In the
first Green was found guilty Of
second-degree murder and arson
was sentenced 70 from 5 70 q
years.
With his court-sppointed a.
tOrneys. George Rublee III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The other day the editor of
The Star received a letter that
began:
II wonder if you would like to
hear the story of how The Star
Paper has been a welcome visi-
tor for Ga years? We were married
in Warrenton. Va, November
l21, 1892. Went to live in Wash
iington, D. c. to take over the
Imother-in-law's home. who was
a widow We inherited the Star
paper. From that day to this. it
has been a welcome visitor"
Written in a feminine hand, it
was signed: MIR. and Mrs.
Richard H. Talbot, Langley
Forest, Mclean. Va"
This reporter went out to inter-
view the couple. whose 64th we'd
ding anniversary will be tomorrow
+ He came upon two of the
Ihappiest people he has ever en-
Icountered.
Mrs. Talbot is a lively little
woman of 81 whose dark hair,
kept neat in a net. has no
noticeable thread of silver. Her
husband is a strongly-built bald
man of medium height who is
SO. He does not wear glasses
but moves a little close to be
sure to hear.
Gould we see that Star paper
of November. 1922" she asked
Il think it was only four pages.
Star Is Wonderful"
A check revealed that it was
10 pages-four sheets and a sliE
sheet. The lead story was or
the trial that followed the
Homestead steel strike at Pitts
burgh which led to a popular
song entitled Father Wa:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Star, Inherited by Mclean Couple,
Remoins Welcome Visitor "a Years

was also a carpenter for the rail-
road, took off two months in the
spring to work for John w
Gibson who had fishing shores
lat Stoney Point, near Quantico
Freestone Point upriver anc
Ferry Landing near Mount
Vernon. Sometimes they woulc
take in 100000 herring in 6
single haul.
They were both members o.
Calvary Baptist Church.
I'VE have a nice church out
here" she said. land we didnr
miss Sunday School one weel
this summer"
! In 1923, the pastor conducted
% members on a European tour
Il wouldn't let him go along,
she said. He hadn't been good.
Star Faithfully Follows
President Harding died in Au
gust of that year, and her hus
band. knowing that she would
want to see it in The Star, mailed
a copy of the paper first class t,
Dresden.
I'VE had gone to anothe,
country" she said. after I haC
arrived home the mail man de,
flivered it to me. 1t had followed
me all around Europe. The wrap
per looked like a Chinese puzzle.
/ The Talbotts live in a modern
home with picture windows over
looking cattle grazing in the val
ley and framed inside with greer
vines. They share the house witt
the Richard H. Talbot, juniors
whose children are married.
AS we came away, the photog
rapher said:
! Those people aren't living Of
fools gold. It's the real thing.
wish I had some of it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Comp Springs Man
Killed by Auto

John E. Biggs, 81, Of 1911
Brinkley road, Camp Springs
was killed last night when struck
by a car while he was walking in
the 5000 block of Branch avenue
in Silver Hill, Md.
Prince Georges County police
listed Jasper G. Hodges III. 10
of 651l Allentown road. Camp
Springs, as driver Of the car. Mr.
Hodges was charged with reck-
less driving and manslaughter
The fatality was the 58th ir
Prince Georges this year com
pared to SO at this time last year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Chinks in George Bernard Shaw ArmoI
FondIy Pointed Dat by His Disciple

finders are in error when they
say Shaw leaned toward COM
.munism. Instead. he was the
foremost representative Of free
and untrammeled inquiry" Of his
age and the best-paid British
writer. to boot. save perhaps
Somerset Vaughan.
Couldn't Be Red
Shaw was "a supreme in
dividualist" and, therefore. could
not have been a Red. the bio
grapher said.
He had faults: This critiques
we're slanted" by socialist tend
encies. and he grew "tiresomely
loqua0ious." Shaw was prepos-
ferrous when he denied he owed
anything to Ibsen; Candida
is Shsw's Dolls House
@. B. s. came out OF last night
doing very well. Dr.. Henderson
closed with the following. from
a self-eyaluation By Shaw In
1907:
Il am Of the opinion that my
life belongs 10 the whole COM
munity, and as long as live
II is my privilege 70 do for II
whatsoever I can
Il want 70 be thoroughly used
UP when die for the harder
! work the more ] live. re-
ioice In life for It's own sake
Life is no brief candle for me
II Is a sort Of splendid torch.
which l have got hold Of for the
moment, and want 70 make Il
burn as brightly a. possible be-.
fore handing Il on 70 future
generations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Opposition
Vote Avoided
In Montgomery

The Montg merry County
Council last night SHE'D away
from a vote of opposition to a
proposed increase of l cent in
the Maryland State sales tax.
Council members met with
members of the county's legisla-
tive delegation at the county
building in Rockville.
/ The Council had prepared a
resolution opposing the sales tax
increase. The resolution also
would have advised the legisla-
tors to seek an exemption for
Montgomery County in the event
the tax increase was enacted.
Income Tax Alternative
However. legislators told the
Council members that the in
/ crease seemed probable since only
the two counties were preparing
to fight it. They pointed out also
that the alternative for new
sources of revenue for the State
would be an increase in the in
come tax.
Blair H. Lee, III, chairman Of
the six-member delegation, noted
that Montgomery County fur
Inishes z per cent of sales taS
revenue in the State and IL pei
cent of income tax revenue. The
, disparity is caused by heavy
purchases. by county residents il
District stores.
The sales tax has strong sup.
port from county commissioner
Throughout the State, in order tt
finance a $22 million increase il
State revenues for increases il
teachers salaries. The Stat
Board of Education has recon-
mended that teachers be given al
$500 pay increase. Gov. Nickel
din is expected to pass the bucl
to the legislature on the f1nanc'
ing of the teachers pay increases
Would Plug Liquor Law
! During the discussion of legis
llative proposals, Delegate War
rem H. Browning reported tina
he will sponsor legislation shut
ting off what he called lega
} loopholes in the liquor laws af
fecting clubs in the county.
: Some of them are wide opel
liquor taverns under the subter
Ifuge of a club" he said. H
warned that the abuses Of clul
licenses will be used as an argu
Iment for relaxing Montgomer,
County's liquor laws.
|. Previously alone in his cam
I paign to crack down on clubs
{ Mr.. Browning won the supper
of Delegate Margaret Schwein
: haut.
The Council also approved III
2 drafting of a bill which woul'
: give it authority to regulat
: speed limits on county road
r after County Manager M. 1
/ Reese reported that wealth,
E people with sportscars are usinI
) county roads as raceways." A
/ present, the county is permitte'
! to set speed limits only in bull
, iup areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

Killed by the Pinkerton Men.
She was asked what she
thought of The Star. Her an
Swer was:
ITS wonderful"
What did she like about it?
Everything"
What did she remember read
ing in it of late?
1.-The Presidents Thanksgiving
proclamation she said. q
thought it was wonderful. What
did you think of it?"
Mr.. Talbot was asked what
he thought of The Star.
II like the business part of it. >
"You mean our financia,
pages?" he was asked.
II mean the news" he said.
How did they meet?
Born on Farm
Her maiden name was Rachel
Annie Fletcher. She was borr
on her fathers 200-acre farm
near The Plains, Va. And she
came to Washington to meet hel
sister who was married to Mr.
Talbott's older brother.
They were married and moved
into a house in Washington al
Fifteenth street and Dump
road"-but don't put that ir
the paper" That would bC
south of the Bureau of Engrav.
ing and Printing where thu
Liberty Loan building was pu'
up during World War I. Late
they lived for % years at AGO!
Eighth street NV. They haC
eight children and brought W
FIVE.
Mr.. Talbot was a carpente
for the Pennsylvania Railroad
foreman of the shop. He re
membered that his father, VIII
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Happy FumiIy' Lecture

Dr. BENJAMIN Karpman. Of
the STAFF Of st. Elizabeths Hos
piial. viii lecture on THE Happy
Family Al $50 O'Clock tonight
in Pierce Hall. Fifteenth and
Harvard streets NV. The Meri-
dian Hill Cooperative Nursery
school Is the sponsor Of the
lecture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
New Research Chief
Named by Democrats
~ ne Assoeisisd Pfsli

William B. Welsh, legislative
assistant to retiring Senator
Lehman, Democrat OF New York
has been chosen as director Of
research for the Democratic
National Committee.
The appointment was an
nounced today by Committee
Chairman Paul NJ. Butler. who
said Mr.. Welsh will replace
Philip NJ. Stern on January !
Mr.. Stern has resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

Isenger compartment and by pre-
arrangement. raced for the rear
door when the plane settled in
the water.
Went to Aid Pair
1t. Perlich's statement said
that when Gen. Selser saw the
major was having difficulty in
opening the door. he got out of
his seat and went back to help.
A quick flip of a belt snap re-
leases both safety belt and shoul-
der harnes.
AS the general left his seat
1t. Perlich turned and with both
feet kicked out the window panel
on the left side of the piios's
compartment; then called to the
other two something to the
effect that this is the way"
He said neither of the two
missing men suffered any ap-
parent injury in the ditching.
Still in Hospital
1t. Perlich. still at Boiling
Hospital for treatment of shock
and exposure, apparently stayed
by until the other two escaped
and then began his swim tc
shore rs yards away. He said
his arms and legs became numt
from the cold water and that
he turned on his back to make
the final yards.
The Air Force had high praise
today for the score or more Of
volunteer rescue squads from as
far away as Laurel who have
been aiding in the land and wa
ter search for the two missing
men
An investigation board has not
determined cause Of the double
engine failure. Normally the
plane would carry sufficient
fuel for the trip from Dobbin,
Air Force Base near Atlanta
Ca. Whether the tanks were
empty at the time Of the crash
has not been determined. al
though a garbled radio message
declaring the emergency said
something about the fuel supply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Street Scenes

Two women looking at a
drugstore display on Penn
sylvania avenue NV, and
one saying to the other,
Il don't know how Id get
through the week II it weren't
for those vitamins."
An attractive young lady
looking startled after she'd
extended a hand from beneath
an F street awning to see how
hard it was raining. and re-
ceived responding wave from
three young men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

imunlJy services, the OlSCIlcC 5
Community Chest and planning
council.
Already informally approved
by the RIA board of directors.
the project last night was given
formal approval by the UCS
board of trustees at its quarterly
meeting.
/ 1t is named, for the time being,
the Urban Renewal Demonstra-
ton Project. RIA will arrange
for most of the funds to finance
it and will contract with UCS to
set it up.
The essence of the plan is a
many functioned Southwest
Center, whose staff would seek
out the human problems of per-
sons in the project area; at
tempt to solve them by calling
on all available agencies and
treatment centers or failing that,
that by providing needed help
directly: assist relocated fam
lilies in finding new homes;
watch over them to assist in
their adjustment to their new
lneighborhood; and-at the end
.of the three years-make de-
tailed report on how the expert
ment has worked.
Trained Workers
i James j. Nolan. chairman Of
the UCS urban renewal commit
tee, last night called the plar
unique, far-reaching and ur-
|; gently needed" Its object. he
|, said, is to attack the chronic
social problems of slum familie:
before they are moved out Of
, the renewal area, to insure that
1--WE will not simply be moving
our slums from one part of the
city to another"
According to the plan,
Southwest Center would be Sc
up in the middle of the renewa
area. Stated by its own trained
workers and using the regular
services of workers in othel
social agencies, the center woulC
be place where people of thu
: area could turn for help of al
most any kind dealing will
: health, welfare and recreation,
according to Isadore Seeman
i executive director of UCS.
: Most of the money woult
: come from the Federal Govern
ment. The Housing and Homl
: Finance Agency two years ag'
was authorized by Congress Il
spend up to IS million in match
: ing grants to communities which
!, set up such demonstration prof
t ects connected with urban re
: newal. Local communities mus
provide one-third of the cost.
Accordingly, the Housing ant
Home Finance Agency would b
? asked for a grant of S92, 1888 eacl
year for three years for tn
!. project. This would be matchet
by a grant of S15,167 annual.
from an unnamed local founda
ton which has already signifies
! its willingness to cooperate, ant
$31 900 annually in contributes
services from four Distric
groups.
Informal Commitment
These contributed services. al
ready informally committed
would be $4,000 from the tw,
settlement houses in the South
). west, in the form of the full
{ time service Of community or
J ganization worker: $4,000 from
the Health Department, in tn
form of a full-time nurse
e $500 from the Southwes
J. Neighborhood Project, in tn
D form OF the services of two socis
:. workers. and $4,000 from tn
: District Welfare Department. il
:. the form Of two social worker
n assigned full time to the project
: The annual budget would b
:. broken down into these ex
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

politics. This is not DR.. Hender-
sons belief.
Shaw might have been al
ways hideously dressed"-he af-
fected clothes Of a mustard color
but he was a towering gen.
ius." DR.. Henderson said.
Despite Shaw's thumbing OF
the nose toward organized
creeds. he was a very religious
man. said DR.. Henderson. More
over, the enraptured audience
was told. Shaw was an evan
gelist, although despising sweet
ness and light. He had some Of
Billy Sunday in him. He felt It
necessary to shock the populace
and shock it often.
Supreme EgOtist
SHAW made no pretensions Of
affability or kindness" Or. Hen
derson said.
He conceded Shaw was a SUI
preme egotist. But he could
whoop and holler at the hollow
ness Of greatness. There was the
time he was visited by the
daughter Of Henry George. Hei
father was. one Of the few mer
Shaw would say had influenced
him.
The daughter wanted SHAW,
autograph. Shaw engaged her "
conversation What had she IN
herited from her sire?
IAN I've inherited from ms
father" the daughter began, and
Shaw drew closer 70 catch this
pearl Of heredity is q passionate
love Of ice cream
Shaw was delighted
: DR.. Henderson said fault
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
SW. Prof ect to Aid
Troubled Families
Test in Human Engineering
Set Up for Renewal Area

unique experiment in human engineering being prepared
for the Southwest Urban Renewal Area 1t is aimed at rebd-
ing people along with rebuilding the structures"
The project planned cost $l3S5O0 and last for
three years put practice expected will be Joint
Redeyopment Land Agency and the United Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
The
Rambler
A Generous Giver
Is EternoIIy Rich
BY JACK JONAS

ludL CeCll d. DeN1llle quote
that the fellows at United
Givers Fund here have been
arguing about - What you
give you can take with you;
what you keep, you leave be-
hind"-Still is a bone of con-
tention.
Readers have sent in similar
quotes, and Catherine Sher-
wood, of 2l41 l street NV,
comes closest. Hers is:
what you give you keep;
what you keep you lose;
- And when you die
,s"You take with you
only that which you
Have given away"
Z She found it on a card in
her fathers wallet after he
died, but the source wasn't.
given. Jim Wilfong reports the
epitaph of Edward Courtenay,
Earl of Devon, who died in
l419, reads: What we gave,
we have; What we spent, we
had; What we left, we lost
A Chevy Chase reader says
Jean jacques Rousseau wrote
something like this: when
man dies, all that he clutches
In his hands is what he has
given away in his lifetime"
although he admits that quote
may not be verbatim.
Mrs. Benson w. Hough of
1910 South OakcreSt road,
Arlington, Va, sends this one
along: What l spent I had;
What / saved l lost; What l
gave away 1 shall have al
ways" She doesn't give the
source, either.
A caller says he remembers
one about fleas-''What we
couldn't catch, we kept, and
what we caught, we threw
away" He says he thinks it's
Virgil, but isn't sure.
Party
A fellow we know says he's
been jaded for some time
by the usual Washington
cocktail party, but that the
one given by the Willard
Hotel the other day to an
nOunce its first new kitchen
in los years spanked his in
tereSt.
1t was the first such party
he's attended, he says, that
was held in a kitchen. The
thing that struck him most,
however, was the incOng-
ruity of the harpist playing
delicate airs as he sat at his
harp beside a huge oven.
Club
"A couple OF men stood
sheepishly at the perfume
counter of a downtown de-
partment store. They got to
talking, and each admitted
he was there for the same
reaSon-in the doghouSe at
home and looking for a little
gift to set things straight,
Both looked like fitting
candidates for the Doghouse
Club.
Lawrence Hurley brought
the DOLLHOUSE Club to our at
tention. HE hears about it
from his daughter May whose
husband evidently is a men,
Der, but May doesn't say why
This club has the distinc-
ton of being the most I'M
organized organization there
ever was" May tells him
There are no constitution
and bylaws and no rules and
regulations in short, nc
nothing.
~"Anytime two or more men,
bers get together and want to
have a meeting, they can
They can even elect a new
president If they want to, as
long as he is deeper in the
doghouse with his wife than
the present one"
And then May adds, in a
tone akin to righteous indig-
nation:
sit was started by the bunch
Of men who hang around the
drugstore every evening be-
cause they have nothing better
to do, and don't want to stay
home with their wives
The DOLLHOUSE Club prob
ably will never want for men,
hership.
Street Scenes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The International Hotel
Ass0ciation gathers In the
Hotel Stailer for three days
% sessions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

mittee, who. the Air Force said
yesterday. was pilot Of the plane
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-07-06
Clifton Eugene Sorrsll
NoNored On Blrthdoy

LATHE Clifton Eugene Sorren,
son Of Mira Viola sorrvli 81 2TiT
Clinton Az. celebrated his flpt
birthday which was June 2lSt.
with a party given on sunday.
June - At the homo Of hia god
mother Mrs, Bessie Gresham. at
above address. Hostcsscs were the
Misses Josephine sorrrn and
Maymle Hester
IAt,le Clifton, though too young
TO understand what Il was all r.
bout, enjoyed being the center Of
attraction, and partaking of the
Ice cream and cake
Parents with their youngsters
who helped him celebrate were
Mr. and Mrs Roland willis and
son Roland Ir, Mr., and Mrs, l.
&. Iohnlgan and children. Gerald
and Rhonda. Mr.. and Mrs, A.
slaytnn and son Nathaniel. Mrs
josephine willis and son Phiihp.
the Mines. Norma Mcltauen and
son Jerrfry. Earl w Miller and
chlldrvn Tracy and Marsha. Nancy
Tate and daughter Teresa, Sylvia
cumeer and son Gerald Ill and
Mrs. DeaAie Gresham
Tho honoree received some love
~ gifts