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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
It'll Still Be Q-W-E-R-T-Y
On U.S.. Typewriters

Simplified keyboard typists
showed less improvement in
speed and less accuracy than did
the standard keyboard typists
over the whole period of the ex-
pertinent.
In the period from March 5,
when both groups were being
trained TO develop additional
speed, the same was true
And finally A recommended
ton for adoption of the simpli-
fed keyboard for use by the Fed
eral Government cannot be justi-
fled based upon the findings OF
this experiment
The test was concerned only
with improvement of tipping in
the Government service. The
Government has no authority nor
inclination to prescribe which
keyboard should be used in
teaching beginners. But if the
simplifled keyboard became
standard in Government nc
doubt the schools would teach
its use. The experiment was fol-
lowed closely over the whole
country.
DR.. Strong found that a min
imum of 100 hours in drill time
is required to refrain typist in
the use Of the simplified key
board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
.YWCA Will Open
New Cottage Potio
In Silver Spring.

A new patio at the YWCA
Cottage in Jesup Blair Park
Silver Spring. will open officially
at 8 pm. Wednesday.
The completed project has
been made possible through
community cooperation. t h {
YWCA said.
The actual work was done by
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
Money was furnished by the
Silver Spring Lions Club ano
the Y Teens of the Cottage. Idea
for the project originated with
Mrs. R. L. Mighell. president Of
the Silver Spring YWCA Co.
operating Committee. and Mis-:
Polly Billiard. executive director
of the YWCA for Montgomery
County.
The opening ceremony will in
clude music by Gordon Marsh
alls orchestra. Park Commits.
sioner Sidney M Oliver. a rep.
resentative of the Lions Club, 6
teen-ager representing the Y.
Teens, Mrs. Mighell and Mis-:
Billiard will take part in the
ribbon-cuttlng.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
OLD POSTOFFICE PENS YIELD
TO PROGRESS AND BALL-POINTS

All of the Nations 1885, postoffces will be supplied
with bali point pens by September l.
Half million of them being purchased by the
PoSoce Department 10 cents EACH the number Of
res each and 100000 metal chains for keeping
them fastened desks slightly less than cents each
They'll green in color. but write black ink Each
pen will capacity of writing S000foo continuous
line nearly mile and a half Of ink
Postmaster General Summerheld announced contracts
the equipment signed after tests proved successful
1t will savings in labor spent changing pen
points refng INK wells and possibly improve DISPOSE
ton of customers annoyed by scratchy points
To patrons from becoming too attached to
the new pens will the legend Property Of the
Post Office
That plus the heavy chains and threat Of $500 fine
year Imprisonment should thwart souvenir hunters
postal officials believe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
c. E. McCorty Ends Career
As Potomac Yards Manager

formerly needed to keep track Of
trains.
Mr.. McCarty got his first job
on the railroad when he was IT,
He was timekeeper for track
gang IN Kansas. His father was
vice president of the railroad
where he first worked
During World War l service he
was train manager in Russia
He Joined the Richmond, Fred
ericksburp e. Potomac Railroad
owners of Potomac Yards in
1913
Mr. McCarty. who lives at 300
Carlyle place. said he would re-
lax for a couple Of months. and
may try his hand as columnist
for a railroad magazine later.
ID. c. Hastings. who has been
superintendent of the yards
since February, 1855, succeeds
Mr.. McCarty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
It's still Q-W-E-R-T-Y!


After a four month experiment
to determine whether a sim
olifled typewriter keyboard should
replace the standard keyboard,
the Government has decided to
stand by the standard key ar
rangement.
The top line of letters of the
simplified keyboard begins Ply
F-G-C instead of the familiar
Q-W-E-R-T-Y.
Two groups of 10 typists each
participated in the experiment
conducted by the General Serv-
ices Administration 1t was di-
rected by DR.. Earl P. Strong
director of the Bureau of Bust
ness Research at Pennsylvania
State University.
One OF the group of typistS
was retrained TO use machines
with the simplifled keyboard
After this group had attained
speeds they had shown on the
standard keyboards. the second
group of standard keyboard users
was brought in.
The two groups were Their
given supplementary training tt
increase proficiency on their re-
spective keyboards
DR.. Strong gave these conclu.
sions:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02

Charles E. McCarty, a railroad
worker for AZ years, retired yes
terday as manager of Potomac
Yards in Alexandria.
Mr.. McCarty supervised the
sprawling yard, one Of the biggest
freight interchanges in the coun-
try, for 10 years.
The 7O-year-old Alexandliar
made many changes during his
tenure to speed up traffic anC
prevent errors in switching
freight cars.
He set up television system
about two years ago. From the
control tower workers can re-
cord numbers on the cars ano
begin to route them as soon as
they enter the yard.
He installed business machines
to replace batteries OF clerks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
Strike Cfipp|es
Bus Serviicein
Newport News

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. July 2
(P.-Bus service in Newport
News. Hampton and Warwick
remained crippled today as more
than 100 union employees of the
Citizens Rapid Transit Co. re-
manned idle in a strike for bet
ter contract terms.
Meanwhile. management con-
tinued operation of a token
number of buses manned by
supervisory personnel and nom
union drivers hired by the COM
pany
Only eight buses were operat-
ed yesterday while an estimated
Is to 30 remained idle.
Members of Local 1888, Anal
gamated Association of Street
Car. Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees. voted ITO to
6 to go on strike at 2:45 am.
yesterday after a week long
period of negotiations had failed
to win wage, pension and other
contract demands.
Emergency Service
Company officials promptly in
PRODUCED limited. emergency SER
vice over five of the maj transit
routes.
The union, which claims q
local membership of l60, is seek
ing pay increase of 25 cents an
hour along with raise in PEN
sion payments of from $35 to $50
monthly and improved vacation
benefits.
The latest offer made by man
agement included a 3-cent hour
ly pay boost plus adjustments for
changes in the cost of living.
State Action Unlikely
The striking workers have in
Dictated their willingness to re-
turn to work should the State
move in and take over the line.
State Labor Commissioner Ed
mund NJ Boggs announced yes
terday that State intervention in
the strike is not expected at this
time.
The bus line serves more than
10000 persons in the Newport
News Warwick Hampton area.
Under Virginia's Public Utili-
ties Labor Relations law. the
State is empowered to seize and
operate struck bus lines when il
considers such seizure necessary
for the public welfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02

POP.I p TOASTER
Shortly styled automatic pop up
tooster hos regulator for six
shades Of toost, from light to
dark. Toost pops up when It's
done, List price, 1875. I2.4o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
D. c. Told Water Supply
May CurtoiI Population

The WASHINGTON area was
warned last night that the water
supply will put a ceiling on its
population unless reservoirs are
provided for water storage in
times of excess supply
Col. Ray Adams, former Dis
trict Engineer Of the Corps OF
Engineers. said the maximum
use OF water is now 430 million
gallons a day. In 20 years from
now the areas need will be q
maximum Of $50 million gallons
he said
But. he SAID, a recurrence OF
drought conditions Of 1880 would
cut the supply to.a maximum OF
800 million gallons The ultimate
development OF the Patuxent
River and Occoquan Greek would
supply only an additional l0C
million gallons. The total OF
these two figures is 430 million
against a need of 480 million.
Under such conditions all the
water would be needed for do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
MARYLAND-VIRGINIA NEWS
Doctors Of Many Nations
Staff Alexandria HOSPITAL

under direction of staff doctors.
They receive $135 to $3.50 a
month and room and board from
the hospital. The majority are
single and live in buildings
owned by the hospital.
One of the new internS is DR..
YuHua Chao, a Chinese woman
who said she came to America
because she wanted to learn
much"
4 Her husband, who stayed be-
hind, is history teacher. She
said she will return to Formosa
after serving here year and
probably set up her own practice
in obstetrics.
A new resident physician is
DR.. Ludovic j. DeVocht of Ant
Werp, Belgium. He served an in
ternship and one year of res
idency at Cincinnati hospitals
and was in the United States
Army for nearly three years.
where he was captain in the
Medical Corps. DR.. DeVocht has
become United States citizen
and plans to remain in this
country.
II feel that Belgium and the
United States are truly demo-
cratic countries which offer wide
opportunities for individual adj
vancement, but there are more
possibilities for the individual
in this gigantic country said
Dr.. DeVocht who speaks English
i f1uently.
DR.. DeVocht is one of the few
family men who train at Alex
andria. He is married and hag
three children. They live in an
apartment away from the hos
pital.
Chief of Surgery
DR.. Ramon Panlilio of the
Philippines is the hospitals
chief resident in surgery. He
served first as an intern and
then two years as a resident at
Alexandria.
Il have been looking forward
to coming to the United States
since the dark days of the Japa-
nese occupation in the Philip
pines to experience for myself
the mode of living of the Ameri-
can people who brought de-
mocracy to the Philippines" he
said. DR.. Panlilio's mother and
sister run sugar plantation in
the Philippines. His father was
killed during the Japanese &C.
cupation, he said.
Others are:
Francisco Buenaventura. the
Philippines; Fernando Grotte
Mexico: Johann L. Kremser and
Karl Wipplinger. Austria: Jo-
seph Kruczek, Poland; Sinan
Herr. Kamil Kaptanolu. Fuat
Turkekul and Mustafa Seneor
Turkey; Adrian Groenendyk
Holland; Miguel A. Litardo.
Cuba, and Jorge A. ORTIZ, Ar
gentina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02

nestle use and no flow Of fresh
water would be left from Little
Falls to the head OF tide water
A dam has been proposed above
Great Falls. Studies are now
being made Of a comprehensive
plan.
Col Adams, now head of the
legal division in the Office Of the
Chief OF Engineers, participated
in panel discussion on a
Georgetown University tele-
vision program.
Ellis S TiSdale. director of the
Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin, predicted
that in the year 1000 the metro
politan district would spread
over an area with a radius OF
20 to IS miles from the Capitol
He estimated the population at
4 million then
Mark D. Hollis. assistant Sur
geon General, and Circuit Judge
John Raymond Fletcher Of Mary
land were other panelists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
BY PAUL HOPE

Alexandria Hospital boasts it,
own small scale United Nations
Student doctors from over The
world are learning the healing
arts at the nearby Virginia in
stitution. 1t isn't unusual to heal
a dozen languages during toul
Of the hospital.
During recent years, nearly al
of the intern and resident ply
stefan staff have been foreign
born. At present the hospita
has seven foreign residents anc
eight interns. A new group ar
rived yesterday.
A hospital spokesman sale
many small hospitals accep
foreign student doctors. He sale
there aren't enough graduates O.
American medical colleges to fl
the intern and resident physician
requirements of the Nations
hospitals. Hospitals associated
with medical colleges get most O
the graduates of American
schools. Alexandria HoSpita
does not have an affiliation witt
a medical school.
Enter as Exchanges
The doctors enter this countr,
under the International anC
Educational Exchange Act O
l948 which permits temporar!
residency of students, trainees
teachers and leaders of fields O.
specialized knowledge and skills
The object of the law, admin.
istered by the State Department
is to promote a better under.
standing of the United State.
in other countries and TO in.
crease mutual understanding
between the people of the UniteC
States and the people of othel
countries. -
Charles NJ. Golf. Alexandra
Hospital administrator, said thu
applications of the foreign doc.
tors are carefully screened by al
Intern and Residency Committee
of the institution. The commit,
tee is composed of four member
of the medical staff. who alSC
map out the training program
After their applications are &C
cepted. they must be issued F.;
permit by the Virginia Board O
Medical Examiners before the,
can be employed by the hospital
Applicants must be accepted TO
training before they can ente
the United States.
Better Facilities Here
MI Golf said most of then
come TO this country because
| better hospital facilities are avail
able and to observe American
medical practices. All are grad
yates of foreign medical school
and. in many cases. have servet
lnternships in hospitals abroat
OF in this country before the,
: come to Alexandria Hospital.
The interns and residents wor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
ROTCCodets Find Army
OK, But Not LikeCoIIeoe

Lee University, go: Western
Maryland College. 81; Virginia
Military Institute. AZ, and Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute, 101
The 100 to get commission,
include Peter @. Nyce. jr.. "a, Of
100 Varnum street NV. He
graduated from Washington anc
Lee University last month. ano
will report for six months Army
duty. starting october 90, al
Fort Knox.
Georgetown UniverSity's Ca
Diet Alfred B. McGarraghy. %
of 1889 Somerset place NV.
expects to be commissioned ir
September when he graduate;
after attending summer school
He chose the two-year tour. also
at Fort Knox. He is the son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. McGar-
raghy. His father is owner Of
Sholl's Cafeterias and his uncls
is District Court Judge Joseph
A. McGarraghv. former Repub-
lican national committeeman
from the District and chairman
of the Eisenhower Inaugural
Committee in 1853.
Cadet Bill Benson. 81. of 201S
G street NV. is typical of those
with another year in school, He
will become a first-claSsman al
Virginia Military Institute. A
native of Washington. he is the
son Of Rear Admiral Cretl and
Mrs. w. L. Benson. His father
is a 1925 Naval Academy gradu-
ate who retired last summer
Bills brother, Perry, II, entered
the Naval Academy last Monday
Bill hopes to make the Army his
career.
Wants AirbOrne
Cadet Thomas Michael Far
quhar. 20, of 421l Chesapeake
street NV, senior-to-be al
Georgetown, hopes to serve Al
least two years of Army duty
after getting his commission
lin the airborne if l can get it
Eugene H Scott, jr., 81, OF
252l High street Sc, a Wash
ington-born graduate of Arm
strong High, is typical of those
from Howard University. He is
majoring in geology and would
like to get into the Engineer
Corps.
One Of the Districts All-High
football tackles in 1853 while a
student at Dunbar High School
is among those representing
Virginia State College. Peters
burg. Va. He is husky Adrian
Palmer, 81. of 629 Irving street
NV. He also plays football in
college and is majoring in physi-
cal education. He plans to try
for the regular Army.
All the cadets are paid SIS a
month-the same as an Army
private. During their junior and
senior years, they also get $27
subsistence allowance while in
school.
Among the training officers is
1t. Col CLYDE Baden of Brandy
wine, Md. who is professor OF
military science and tactics at
Georgetown An OCS graduate
in 1912. Col. Baden is a veteran
combat infantryman of World
War II and Korea. He is serving
as commander of the lst bat
talon here.
His executive officer is Mai
John Agnew. who was born and
raised in Arlington. A VPI grad
uate. he returned there in 1854
as assistant professor of mill
tary science and tactics.
The cadets themselves get lots
Of leadership training. Each day
: they rotate assignments from
squad leader to battalion com
mander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
BY CHARLES A. McALEER
Star Stan Correspondent

star SIAN Correspondent
FORT MEADE. Md. July O.
This may be vacation time fol-
most college students, but it's
definitely not for some 1000 OF
them now here for six weeks OF
Army spit and polish.
They're the ROTC cadets from
40 colleges and universities who
for the most part. are getting
their first real taste Of Army life
Said to comprise the largest
ROTC group ever to train at
Fort Meade. the encampment
opened last Monday and will
continue through August 3 when
about 100 of the cadets will be
commissioned as second lieute-
nants in the Army Reserve.
T. The others still have theil
senior year at school to finish
before they, too. become eligible
for commissions as reserve Off
GERS. Those due to get their gold
bars already have their college
diplomas.
So far. it's been far cry from
the college campus. Reveille
sounds at $50 am. and retreat
isn't until 5:45 pm. Even after
hours. there's still plenty to do
shining boots. cleaning rifles and
scrubbing barracks. Later will
come an occasional night prob
lem or overnight bivouac.
During the fourth and fifth
weeks. the entire contingent will
move to Camp A. P. Hill, Va. for
tactical training and field prob
lens. At Camp Hill, tents will re-
place Meade's reprinted frame
barracks as sleeping quarters.
Theory Becomes Practice
During the college year" a
training officer declared the
cadets depend on lectures and
theory. Here, they translate il
into action
The cadets get plenty of pro-
fessional help, virtually on a
man-for-man basis. Some 24l
regular officers and non-com-
missioned officers, assigned dur
ing the rest of the year at the
colleges represented here, handle
administrative and organiza
tional details. In addition. more
than 1900 paratrooperS of the
Army's crack 82nd Airborne Di-
vision from Fort Bragg, N. c.. are
detailed to the encampment. to
provide tactical support and in
struction. They include foul
companies from the 504th Air.
borne Regiment and three from
the 325th Airborne Regiment.
The paratroopers, with theil
shiny Jump boots and morning
conditioning runs, provide q
rugged example for the cadets
The number training at Fort
Meade is almost half the entire
total Of 3,700 attending ROTC
camps in the seven-State 2nC
Army area. Others are training
at the engineer center. Fort Bel
voir. Va; armored center, Fort
Knox, KY. quartermaster cen
ter, Fort Lee, Va; transporta-
ton center. Fort Eustis, Va. anc
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Md. The Fort Meade encamp-
ment is for the general military
sciences.
West Virginia Leads
OF the 40 schools represented
here, the University OF West Vir.
ginia, with 10 cadets, leads
There is only one each from thu
University of California, Yalt
University, and the University Of
Vermont.
Georgetown University il
Washington has 46 cadets anc
Howard University, 10. Othe
schools include the University o
Virginia. l0l; Washington anc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
Virginia Heart Group
Moves to New Offices

Offices of the Northern Vir-
ginia Heart Association have
been moved to l4ll North Gar
field street, Arlington. The Of
fee formerly was at the Airing
ton Health Department.
The Association serves Airing
ton. Fairfax and Prince William
Counties and the cities OF Alex.
andria and Falls Church.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-11-23
Spartanburg, s. c.
AMERICANS DISCOVER cAEsAREAN TREAsURERs

sufficient for a haven, wherein
great fleets might lie in safety;
and this he effected by putting
down huge stones of above so feet
in length and not less than Is in
breadth (the huge stones the
Links found were so feet by 18
.feet) ="
Josephus continues to speak
about the beautiful towers erected
on these stones. He talks of under
water vaults and cellars and a
seaside amphitheatre. This sug-
gests there is more to look for
and perhaps more to find. Also. at
the Sea of Galilee. the Links
found the wooden boats in such
an excellent state of preservation
to suggest that other well-pre-
served relics could be found-pos-
siblY some dating back to the time
ST. Peter did his fishing there.
Surely there is much and SEEM
inglY many more surprises to be
brought up from the Israeli
waters which-like the Dead Sea
Scrolls-will be talked about for
a long time.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-11-23
(Continued from Page l3)

(Continued from Page l3)
turned a decayed seaside city into
a place worthy of dedication to
Rome.
Somewhere between SO A. D.
and 10 A. D.. Josephus writes:
az. he (I1erod) set about plan
ming magnificent city (Caesarea)
there. and erected many edifices
with great care all over it of white
stone. He also adorned it with the
most sumptuous palaces -. and
what was the greatest and most
laborious work of all. he adorned
it with a haven (the now sunken
harbor) sheltered from the waves
of the sea
At another point he continues:
''Herod laid out such a COM
pass toward the land as might be
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-11-23

Rabbi Chain M. Twersky,
spiritual leader of the Torath
Moshe Jewish Center in Boro
Park, Brooklyn, has been chosen
Chairman of thes Second Grand
Reunion Banquet of the Torah
Vodaath Alumni Association, to
be held on Sunday evening De-
cember 9th at New York's River
side Plaza Hotel.
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GAITHERSBURG
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
RETIRING?

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Very desirable home. with acres
OF land in Bowie. House has 4 bed
rooms. :, baths. oil hot-water heat,
2-car garage, city water. beautiful
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
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large rms. excel. equipped, superb
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-19
BUSINESS PROF.. WANrtp

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bldg. with lst-commercial zoning.
with parking Of minimum OF cars
location must he south OF p 81 and
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