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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
Congregation Plans
Masquerade Purty

The Congregation Shomrai
Emunah viii have a Purim
and masquerade party at
$3.50 pm. Sunday in Chillum
Castle, Chillum road near
Riggs road.
The sisterhood will hold its
regular meeting at $3.50 pm
Monday in the home OF Mrs.
Francis Berger, 1922 Hamilton
street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-21
Children's Play

The children of the Kosher
Israel Talmud Torah and SUM-
day School will present q
Purim play at 3 pm. Sum-
day In the Shul. 1901 N street
NV. Rabbi Philip L. Rabbi
nowitz will be the guest
speaker.
The sisterhood will sponsor
. dinner following the play.
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NEW AMBASSADOR

NEW AMBASSADOR
Jopon's new envoy to the
United Stotes. Mosoyki
Toni, right, will arrive
in Washington Thursday
evening. His fomiIX
shown above in their
Tokyo home, will follow
shortly. They ore, left to
right, his son Todoyosu,
"a; eldest son Mosohiso.
IS; daughter Toshiko,
q. and the Ambosso-
doris wife, Nine. Sumiko
Toni.-AP Photo.
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Icut by as much as 10 per cent
for relatively low cost.
Since the averag builder is
not ready to raise his costs to
get added blast resistance. he
said. the Government would ap-
Iparently have to carry the main
effort in any program to in
crease blast resistance generally
He suggested this might be done
through an insurance program.
Mr.. Cohen also said there is
not enough awareneSs of the
danger from secondary fires to
be expected following a nuclear
attack on a large city. He said
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nection with the traffic death
of his mother, Mrs. Annie E
'Berrang. on Saturday.
Mrs. Berrang died in Casualty
Hospital after the car in which
she was riding with her son was
struck at the intersection of
Eleventh street and North Car
DINA avenue Sc. by a truck.
Mother and son lived at 20 Eighth
street NE.
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estimates, however, III LeSLlliOIl.
men Operations Subcommittee
studying civil defense.
Pc Mr.. Cohen said his firm has
me- de tests with full-sized build
ings to within 1000 feet of
ground zero" or the target
point for atomic explosions, at
1850, 1852 and 1854 tests.
TT is our experience" he said.
"thaU above ground structures
can be designed for any required
decree of blast resistance, that
is, ~ withstand the blast pres
ST. of an atomic explosion at
ar pecif1c distance from ground
Eel beyond the Greater area for
any size weapon.
AS ground zero is approached,
the structure becomes more
massive and more expensive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-28

Below-ground construction then
becomes necessary"
Mr.. Cohen said that by con-
sidering blast resistance in the
Ioriginal design of buildings the
arear of severe damage can be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-28
Driver Faces Action
lin Deuth of Mother

Louis James Berrang. 40. was
held for Municipal Court action
under the Negligent Homicide
Act after an inquest in con-
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Passover show for two weeks. II
describes how the motions OF
the sun and moon determine the
dates for those two religious OBJ
ServanceS.
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this hazard could be reduced by
planning parkways to serve as
| fire breaks as well as access
roads.
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|PIuneturium Show

NEW YORK, Mar. % (P.-
The Hayden Planetarlum Is pre-
senting a special Easter and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-28
Buildings That A-BIosts
Won't Destroy Reported
BY the Associated Press

told today that buildings be built
which will Withstand atomic blast right to the center of
the explosion that they might have to be underground
Edward Cohen, associate of Amman g. Whitney. New
consulting engineers construction details cost
testimony prepared for House Govern
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Avoid Overombition
By Or. PETER j. STElNcRoHN

Overambition may be called G
bad-good habit. But 1t often
deserves more than the name
habit; in reality, it may become
an obSession.
1t is natural to want to sue.
coed, but unnatural to think
success is so important thai
nothing else matters. You see
If you win look around-many
examples Of successful failures
in your neighborhood or COM
munity.
Observe how, in passing. they
have Uttered the road with un-
happy wives and children: with
enemies who hate the ground
they walk on; with Eyes" men
who respect them less than they
realize.
Ambition, in normal amounts
is essential fodder for the human
lego. Man either is or isn't. He
lis when he moves - especially
toward a higher goal. He isn't
when he stagnates; when he
allows potential greatness, in
himself to die of inanition and
lack of desire for self-improve-
ment.
Somewhere between the beach,
comber Whose ego is close to
zero on the Scale) and the driven
man (who sits atop the heap
is the normal desire to make
good. I would be the last to
suggest that you give up your
ambitions; but would be the
first to remind you to realize
your limitations.
See yourself lin whole" mot
in part" 1t Is necessary that
man knows where he wants to
go; then assess his probabilities
for arriving. Having these an
swers. he must also ask himself
how he expects to achieve his
ambition, and when. We can
make mistakes all along the line.
Estimation Of Ability
Some men work hard without
knowing their destination. 9th
ers, knowing what they want,
oyerassess their capabilities.
Again. others know their desti-
nations and fairly estimate their
innate capabilities for their work.
yet become successful failures
because they underestimate the
time it takes to succeed.
They are the impatient ones
who often. within reach Of their
goal. turn of in another direc-
ton. Thus they throw away the
accumulated accomplishment Of
years of hard work. For ex-
ample. / think of a fine medical
man who has been assistant on
a hospital service for many years.
One year when appointments
were under consideration, he was
sidetracked for promotion to
higher rank on his service-a
younger man received the nod.
the appointments had
not yet been confirmed by the
board of directors. this doctor
lost all control. He belabored
the medical board. the board Of
directors and everyone connected
with the hospital.
He sent in his resignation.
Had he sat tight" for a few
more weeks. I happen to know
that the promotion would have
been his. But the damage was
done. His resignation was &C
cepted. For the last ten years.
this brilliant physician has prac-
ticed medicine without any staff
appointment. An unhappy man,
he has often told me how ambi-
ton and false pride can ruin a
persons life.
Here is a young girl. intensely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03
FAMOUS FABLES
BY z. E. EDGAR

KEEPING BUSY: Although
w. C. Fields was an established
star when he first went to Holly
wood. the studios didn't appre-
|ciate his talent and he couldn't
land a job. recalls Mack Sennett
in his book. King of Comedy .
"He spent his time playing
golf. One day ran across him,
Mack he said. Tn fed up
with this business of doin. MOTH
ing. Why don't I come out to
your studio and do something,
anything: gag. write. direct-any
little chore. Moneys no object
I just want to be busy
Since money was no object, ]
ARRANGED an appointment for the
following morning.
!"' Look. Bill I said, when he
called the next day. you've never
been in pictures before. Let's
forget the gags and the writing
and the directing. Let me put
you in a comedy where you can
lact.'
Well, Mack, that's fine.
Idrawled Fields. My regular SAL
airy for acting is $1,000 a week.
And that's what he was paid
TALENT: Movie pioneer Sen
nett was a shrewd judge of tai
lent. but his judgment was not
Iinfallible. he relates in his book
II was watching my new pic
lture one night when I spotted a
skinny. pale-faced man who
thought was doing everything
wrong.
"'That guy a schoolteacher OF
something?' / asked. He hasn't
got any notion how to be funny
How much do we pay him?'
Fifty dollars a week
Fifty bucks!' bellered. Fire
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Ambitious to be a dancer. who
will some day taste the bitters
of disappointment. Three days a
week she flies to New York to
take modern dancing. They prob
ably take her money with their
faces turned to one side.
She has the ambition but not
the physical equipment. What
ever efficiency she may acquire
will be counterbalanced by an
Iunbeautiful figure. Why did she
want to become a dancer in the
first place? Probably she. her
self, does not know. Perhaps, like
many overly ambitious persons.
she is compensating. When she
was a child perhaps she was the
clumsy one In dancing school.
When she grew up she would
show theml
You see would-be painters who
would make a success of sales
manShip: and many an unsuc-
cessful salesman who has the
innate ability to draw and paint.
To me, the extremely am
bilious person who is unsuited
for his calling, is the saddest Of
all. To work all ones life think
ing you are going in one direc-
ton and to find that you have
only been marking time or,
worse still. have been going In
an opposite direction: that is
tragedy.
Intense ambition that is
doomed to wreckage on the rocks
because Of inherent weakness In
the ship is an awful thing to
watch.
But suppose you are At for
your work. Your destination Is
well lit up. You see it clearly.
You know your itinerary and
how to use 1t.
You may succeed-yet fail
because you are not content to
cruise slowly along the we'll
travelled route. You are bedeviled
into taking short cuts. untried
detours that wind you up into
q maze of doubt. indecision and
final defeat
Or. you may too quickly reach
your goal. You gather In much
money. acquire power and re-
spected stature in your commu-
nifty. When you do. balance your
success against the price you had
to pay in loss Of health, friends
and the happiness OF your
family.
Successful as you are, would
you pay the price again? II not.
there is still time. Try to recap
ture what you have lost on the
way up.
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mother and asked her to accom-
lpany him upstairs. My mother
seemed very timid, but I spoke
Iup and asked what was wrong
He said that someone had COM
planned that two pairs of gloves
had been lifted from the counter
and he wanted to ask my mother
for permission to look through
her bag.
i I told the man that my mother
would do no such thing and he
walked away. I called my father
and told him about it. thinking
he would demand an apology. but
he said he wanted us all to
forget it. can't understand him
being Indifferent to this insult
| Father-This is the sort OF
situation I've always dreaded
My wife is something of q KEEP
ttomaniac. She is a very generous
Iperson and she would be per-
fectly honest about returning
anything she had found or speak
ling up IL she had been over
charged.
But she seems to crave the
thrill of being able to steal
something. no matter how trif-
ling. She has had q number
of narrow escapes that know
about and has been picked up
twice by store detectives. but |
have always been able to keep
her out Of trouble up to now.
The closest call she has ever
had was the one my daughter
tells about. for this almost led
to my daughter learning about
her mothers weakness. I would
hate to have that happen, but
now my daughter thinks there
lis something queer about me.
THE COUNCILS VIEWS
| The father is definitely wrong
lin not telling the daughter what
really had happened. The daugh-
ter. in her ignorance and in
nocence. almost got the mother
Into an ugly scene by defying the
store detective.
| 1t would be better II the
daughter knew the truth and
could help her mother keep out
lof trouble on her shopping
ijaunts.
Kleptomania can be terribly
Embarrassing and create the sad
dest situations. but 1t is a weak
ness that is certainly not in
durable. Until 1t is overcome. its
victim needs all the protection
and sympathy she can get.
| It helps no one when the
father accepts blame from the
daughter for a callousness of
which he is not guilty. The
daughter would actually feel
better If she knew that her
father was an understanding and
patient husband, and II she were
Enabled TO be watchful over her
mother.
| 1t is counting disaster to allow
la kleptomaniac loose on the
town without someone to watch
over her and protect her.
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him first thing tomorrow. What's
his name?'
"A film editor told me. Harold
Lloyd"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03

One responsibility OF good
citizens Is to vote. In order
to vote you must register.
Show Congress-and the Ma
ton - that Washingtonians
are good citizens. Register now
at the District Building and
Vote in the election May /.
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/ psychic phenomena.
this is the case. In every potter
geist case which has been in
vestigated, he points out. there
has been in the household an
ladolescent, usually an adolescent
girl, who is in the midst of some
serious emotional conflict. The
basis usually is sexual, There is
reason to believe, he says, that
in such a condition the force
Iemanating from the mind re-
SponsibIe for psychokinosis is
enormously increased, or oper-
Iates much more efficiently.
One is quite unlikely, he points
out, to have very deep emo
tional conflicts associated with
dice. per Sc, even with a lot of
cash riding on the roll. The
object Of whatever the emo
Itional conflict may be is ones
pocketbook. not the dice.
Other Phenomena
Several other phenomena have
been attributed to psychokinosis
and apparently reliably reported,
although they have not been
subjected to experiments here.
One is on the ability to make
plants grow by willing" This
has been tried by French expert
menters. The results, as reported,
were quite significant.
Another, now being tested by
French experimenters, is whether
one-celled animals. the para
Imecia, can be made to move In
"a certain direction by willing. "
Still another may have alarm
ing possibilities if the point ever
is reached where psychokinosis
lis under control ~ killing by
thoughts. This reputedly has
been done with bacteria. In wars
centuries ence-perhaps not so
far Oft may be done with
humans.
All this. however, is pure Spec
ulation for the present. This is
as far as the Duke expert
mentors go:
They consider psychokinosis a
sufficiently demonstrated reality.
They no longer are concerned
with proving 1t as a fact. All
their efforts are directed to find
ing what factors influence it and
in what kind of peopIe II annearS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03
FEATURE Rcz
THE PSYCHIC CHALLENGE
Talking to the Dice
Does 1t Really Work.?
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Science Editor Of The star

This story about the biggest dice game of all time.
Even the nightong sessions in candlet tents of
time infantry division after paydays become puny in
parison
This not only the biggest game but the squares The
dice thrown from revolving They
were photographed automatically they landed There
10000 throws There 800 players The game
aed by three physics professors at the University Pittsburgh
checked any possibility connvance or mschance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03

The FomiIy Council consists Of q Judge,
o psychiotrist. newspaper editor. o
women's pose editor and two news
poper writers. These consult with
eIersymen Of oil foiths and denomin-
ofions. All letters ore held in COM
plete confidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03
The
FAMILY
COUNCIL
THE PROBLEM

MARY-Father seems indif-
ferent to strangers insulting my
mother.
FATHER-My wife is a KEEP
tomaniac and I try to control it.
THE DETAILS
Mary cannot understand my
fathers strange attitude toward
an outrageous situation that oc-
Cured when my mother and
went shopping the other day in
one of our big downtown stores,
AS we we're leaving the glove
counter, a man came up to my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03

This is the sixth Of series of articles
on the results Of scientific study Of
psychic phenomena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Auto Dealers Hear Plea
For Law, End Session
By CHARLES YARBRoUGH

With vigorous policy state
ment to remind them they're in
a finish fight. members of the
National Automobile Dealers
Association headed back home
today after the largest conven-
ton in the organizations 80
year history.
For five days. nearly $4,000
persons took part in a program
aimed at better dealer relations
with the manufacturer. Sessions
were held in the Sheraton Park
Hotel.
In a rousing denunciation Of
present builder-dealer relations,
Frederick j. Bell, association ex-,
ecutiye vice president. made q
plea for "a simple. common
sense Federal statute" which
would give the dealer Ibis day In
court"
"A revision Of selling agree
ments and inclusion Of more
equitable dealings with the fac
tory ARE not enough" Mr.. Bell
declared as he called for the
Federal statute.
Cites ETC Report
He said what the dealer wants
is nothing new and referred to
a 17-year-old report of the Fed
eral Trade Commission, which
cited some Of the very things
the dealers are now protesting.
Overtures to the manufacturer
since then, he asserted, have
brought "the same indifference
and same contempt"
The average American won't
stand for arrogance, intolerance
and high-preSsure rough stuff"
Mr.. Bell declared.
He charged manufacturers
Representatives have approached
some dealers on the question
what is it you really want"
and that they are urging deal
ers TO "stay away from legisla-
ton
"They are not SO soft-headed
in Detroit that they're really not
aware Of the situation" Mr.. Bell
said. What we really want is
already on the record. We have
been patient, tolerant and fore
bearing. Now we're getting tired
Of it. A cure must be found and
be found promptly"
Goals Outlined
Mr.. Bell gave the cheering
dealers these goals:
your contracts must be re-
written.
This contract must be def.
mite In setting forth the mutual
rights and obligations Of both
parties.
There must be less restric-
ton upon your management Of
your own enterprise In which
you have put your own money.
such vague expressions as to
the satisfaction Of the seller
develop properly and other
broad. general provisions are
wholly unacceptable and must be
eliminated.
IF you are going to contribute
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2 Struggle With Woman,
Prevent Suicide Leap

An unidentified passerby and
Ia police private dragged q 30
Iyear-old woman from the rail
of Calvert Street Bridge yester-
day, blocking her attempt to leap
from the span.
Responsible for setting the
rescue in motion was Leon A,
Gunter, IS. Of 70l2 F street. Seat
Pleasant, Md, a taxicab driver
Mr.. Gunter said he was hailed
by the woman at Champlain
street and Kalorama road NV
about $3.50 pm.
He said she asked to 60 to the
ILanier place address. but on the
way changed her mind.
No Place for Money
she asked me if / knew
where the Calvert Street Bridge
was" Mr.. Gunter said. II told
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Mayors Fight
Gas Measure
By the Associated Pres.

The 3-week-old Senate debate
on the natural gas bill appeared
today to be running out Of gas.
Late yesterday Senate leaders
had no more requests from Sena-
tors for speaking time for or
against the measure, which
would exempt producers Of nat
ural gas from direct Federal
controls.
However. there is no prospect
of q vote this week on the issue
which has cut across party lines.
The showdown viii come Mon
day, when a limit on debate goes
into effect.
Enlivening yesterdays discus
sion was q statement by Demo-
cratic Leader Lyndon B. johnson
Iof Texas that q group Of big city
mayors opposing the bill is "wor-
shipping at the shrine OF the
insults"
Samuel insult headed a big
Midwest utility chain in the
1920s. Some gas utility firms are
opposing the bill.
Senator johnson spoke on the
Senate floor as Mayors Robert
ID. Wagner Of New York, Rich
Iardson Dilworth Of Philadelphia
and Ben West of Nashville con-
lferred In the Capitol with several
Senators who are fighting the
measure.
Mr.. Wagner told newsmen
that a committee of mayors he
heads represents 80 million gas
consumers whose bills, he said,
would be increased II the meas,
ure Is passed.
Senator's Pastore, Democrat Of
Rhode Island; Douglas. Demo-
crat Of Illinois: Potter. Republic
can Of Michigan; Kefauver, Dem
ocrat of Tennessee; Humphrey.
Democrat Of Minnesota, and
Lehman, Democrat OF New York,
ATTENDED the luncheon confer
ence.
Senator johnson declared it
used to be a popular game" Of
the liberals" to attack the util-
titles" Senator johnson agreed
with a contention of Senator
Monreney. Democrat of Okla,
homa. that big city utilities-not
producers-are reaping the larg-
lest profits from the gas busi-
ness. -
Senator Dirksen. Republican Of
Illinois, favoring the legislation,
said a former senator told him
of accepting "a very substantial
retainer" to lobby against it. He
did not name the former senator.