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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05

she became aware that the stork's legs bend back
ward rather than forward at the joints. An osteo-
path, and not MIR. Strasberg, yanked the birdlike
actress back into shape. At lease4hats the way
we heard it.
Due to open soon on Broadway is a new play
called Debut" Inger Stevens, with several top
notch TV roles under her belt, and, by now,
graduate cum kaude of the Central Park Zoo, has
the lead role. We predict that Mr.. StraSberg,
Flappy the seal and even the raccoon will be
very proud of their pupil. - The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
Officers Elected
BY Christions-Jews

Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
chairman Of the Commissioner
Youth Council. and John 3.
Duncan, Recorder Of Deeds for
the District. today were elected
to the board Of directors Of the
National Conference Of Chris
tians and Jews.
Mrs. Doyle and Mr.. Duncan,
both members Of the Washing.
ton Area National Conference
of Christians and Jews, we're
elected TO the board at the 18th
annual meeting Of the group in
New York, N. Y.
Reelected national co-chair.
men were Benjamin r. Fairless,
former board chairman Of U. s.
Steel; James F. Twohy and
Roger W. Straus.
DR.. Everett r. Clinchy was
reelected president, and WI.
liam H. Upton OF Washington
was named again a. vice presl-
dent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
5000 Doctors
Meet Here for
|4-Day Farley
To Hear 300 Papers;
Today Is Devoted to
District Physiciuns

More than 5000 physicians to-
day gathered to start the 50th
anniversary session of the
Southern Medical Association at
the Sheraton Park Hotel.
The four-days of meetings will
Include more than 300 scientific
papers in 20 speciality sections
ranging from surgery to general
practice and anesthesiology.
Today's program is devoted
entirely to District area physi-
clans and their work. DR.. Ralph
M Caulk, president of the Dis
Itrict Medical Society, opened
the scientific session which this
year takes the place of the med
ical society's annual scientific
assembly.
Local physicians will present
papers to the association. These
Include DR.. Bernard H. Ostrow
and DR.. Bryan Blades of George
Washington University Medical
School and DIR. Charles A. HUI
nagel of the Georgetown Univer-
sity Medical School.
Also presenting papers are DR..
Bernard j. Walsh, DR.. Luther L.
Terry. DR.. Joseph M. LePresti,
DR.. Sol Katz, DR.. ]. Winthrop
Peabody, jr.; DR.. Delbert M. Ber-
genstal, DR.. j. P. Haberlin, DR..
M. M. COPELAND, DR.. Garnet w.
Ault and others.
The meeting Of the Southern
Medical Association, which is the
largest association of doctors ex-
Icept for the American Medical
Association. will be marked by a
number of alumni reunions. in
Guiding the alumni groups of
Georgetown and George Wash
ington Universities. The George
town group was to meet at noon
today in the Burgundy Room of
the Sheraton-Park Hotel with
DR.. Walsh as chairman. DR..
Donald H. Leeper, jr., was to pre-
side over the CIV group at noon
in the Continental Room.
DR.. Caulk will welcome assem-
bly, members at the first general
session at 8 o'clock tonight in
the grand ballroom of the May
flower Hotel. DR.. Joseph r.
Sizoo of the Department of Re-
Iligion at GNU will deliver the
invocation. DR.. Margaret Mary
Nicholson and Joseph H. Hines,
head of Group disqualification,
Inc, will receive special awards
tonight.
There are more than rs scien-
tiflc exhibits set up at the Sher-
aton-Park and about 100 TECH
nical exhibits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
Eisenhowers Attend
Veterans Day Rites

President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover attended Veterans Day
services yesterday at the Ma
ltional Presbyterian Church.
DR.. Edward L. r. Elson, pas
tor, in his sermon said the real
heroes In Hungary today are
the church leaders. such a.
Cardinal Mindszenty. who have
given themselves 70 God. He
said the kind Of christianity
standing up against the forces
Of atheism lis not the polyanna
kind" but is Of a strong. rugged
nature
DR.. Elson offered prayers for
the health. wisdom and divine
guidance Of the President and
Secretary Of State Dulles, who is
In Walter Reed Hospital recov-
ering from an intestinal opera
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
Federal Offices Closed
To Mark Veterans Day

Government Offices and some
schools and business houses in
the Washington area were closed
today for the celebration Of
Veterans (Armistice) Day.
The holiday offered something
less than the ideal weather yes
terday for the National Veterans
Day observances in Arlington
Cemetery and churches in the
area. Cloudy. windy weather was
forecast for today, with a high of
Sc degrees.
Washington's public schools
were closed today. along with
banks and Government offices.
Most schools in Virginia were
closed, although schools in Falls
Church and Fairfax County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12

problem than married men. The
lone people are harder to gel
home by the IL pm. curfew
their whereabouts harder tt
track.
Other Conditions Listed
Some of the other condition;
of parole-not to drink any in.
toxicating beverages, not to live
with any woman not ones law.
full wife, not to drive a motol
vehicle-are hard to enforce
with 80 individuals to watch.
With an obligation both tt
Irehabilitate the parolee ano
protect the community, there is
"a fine line to tread. What minol
violations can be overlooked with
Just a warning? When should
IA parolee be sent back ito the
institution"
In addition to the field work
supervision and the constant
hunt for jobs and lodgings, there
are records to be checked.
When a man is granted parole
before he comes out the field
officer must go over the records
prepared by his colleague al
Lorton. There must be a trip
to police department records to
check his former hang -outs. to
find out what his old habits were
that got him. into trouble.
Five Were "Sent Back"
And supervision includes more
than checks on the parolee. His
family. his friends and his
employer are all quizzed. Efforts
to settle a parolee in a happy
home and a secure job take
much of the officers time.
There are conferences with
the chief parole officer, APP
pearances before the board
There are records to keep
written reports from
each case to check and record,
All this means that after an
BIS am. to 4:45 pm. scheduled
working day. there often are
evening calls. It's more than
an ejght-hour-a-day Job.
But it gets done. So far this
year, only five of Mr.. Avery's
cases had to be "sent back"
There are a few other doubt
fuls." and for them, Mr.. Avery
says, its just a matter Of time
before they are back in Jail.
The others will probably
make it.
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stern father to his paroled
charges.
He gives advice to the lovelorn
smooths relations between the
parolee and his employer, sees
to his illnesses, helps him work
his way back to the normal free
dom of the community.
He cajoles or DULLES. He is
kind and soft-spoken. or stern
and relentless. He is what he
thinks he must be for each-case
he handles.
He is trusting or doubling. He
plays cat-and-mouse with some
allows others a relatively free
way. He is something different
to each case. But to each one
goes the word: Nov look. I'm
on your side. I want to see you
get break"
Without looking at his records
he knows their problems. their
girl friends, habits with liquor OF
drugs, their hang-outs and their
families.
Case Load Is High
The case load standard for
one officer set by the National
Probation and Parole Association
| is go. Mr.. Avery, whose load is
average. has 80 cases. The parole
board would like to be able to re-
duce this average.
He is one of three field officers
who handles general releases
from Lorton. A fourth handles
l"good-time release" cases-those
who have served their full terms
but are out of prison on good
behavior time granted them by
law. The other field officer has
a case load largely made up OF
men paroled from other jurisdic-
tons but who are serving their
parole time in the District under
District supervision. A sixth Off
Ger Supervises the field cases.
Three more institutional parole
officers stationed at the Lorton
Reformatory interview parole APP
lplicants, check their social his
tory, explain parole provisions
to prisoners and prepare their
cases for review by the three
man board.
The cases range from murder
Iers, who will be on parole for
life. to petty thieves, one Of the
hardest groups to keep out OF
trouble. Murderers are among
the easiest.
Single men are more of a
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were open. Also open were most
Maryland public schools. Some
banks in Maryland and Virginia
were closed.
The Board of Trade said
Washington's downtown stores
would be open today, most Of
them until 9 pm. on the Christ
mas shopping schedule.
Leaders Pay Tribute
In the ceremonies yesterday
Government officials and leader
,of veterans organizations led ,
national tribute to the United
States war dead and % millior
living veterans of past conflicts
More than 5000 person
gathered at the Tomb Of tn,
Unknown Soldier and the Am
phitheater in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery for the Vet
Grams Day observance.
Movie Actor James Stewart
World War II bomber pilot anC
a colonel in the Air Force Re.
serve, urged that the Natior
give the American in uniform
the place of dignity and respect
and Importance which he 81
truly deserves"
The lanky. gray-haired screer
star, the principal speaker, citeC
the achievements of veterans ir
civilian life as one of the mos
important contributions to the
strength Of the Nation.
Veteran Benefits Cited
After the second world war
our Nation undertook an added
obligation to those who served
and returned from service" he
said. In establishing the O.
Bill and other programs for vet.
Grams. Americans was giving it:
ex-servicemen an opportunity
Veterans made much of theil
opportunity. Nearly 10 millior
received training under the @.
Bill. From that tremendous poo
of trained manpower, our Ma.
ton has gained more than &
half-million engineers, nearly al
many electronic technicians anc
"a MISREPRESENTATION doctors
dentists and nurses"
Every service and all majol
veterans organizations were rep.
resented at the ceremonies
sponsored this year by the Amer.
lean Veterans Of World War I
and Korea. There were veterans
from every war since thu
Spanish American War.
Music for the hour-long cere.
mony. from IL am. until noon
was provided by the United
States Army Band.
nisley Races Wredtn
The observance was opened
with the placing Of a wreath al
the Tomb Of the Unknown
Soldier by Harvey v. Higley
Veterans Administration admin.
istrator. on behalf Of President
Eisenhower. Dominick L. Strada
National AMVETS commander
placed a wreath at the Toni
for the veterans Of the Nation
Those present at the Veterans
Day program included Secretar.
Of the Army WILDER M. Brucker
Rear Admiral H. B. Baker, com,
mandant Of the Potomac Rive
Naval Command, and Mai. Gen
John O. Van Houten, command,
ing general of the Washington
Military District.
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man TO take the ambulance back
to the hospital. The man did,
about seven hours after the am
bulance had first gone out of
service.
Hospital officials meanwhile
had reported the ambulance
missing and asked police 10 look
out for it.
| No charges have been filed
against Mr.. Cremins. but the
hospital ambulance chief, Robert
4 E. Hyde, asked him not TO work
yesterday. The B-CC squad OIL
rectors suspended Mr.. Cremins
and appointed a three-man in
vestigating team to report on the
case tonight.
District General Hospital has
nine first-aid men who make am
bulance runs. All nine are also
members Of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase squad. which is a volun-
Leer organization.
Mr.. Cremins said District am
bulance equipment is so poor
that the first-aid men have to
use some Of the squads equip
ment in the vehicles.
Too Much Authority
Although the first aid men
are all experienced, he said, the
drivers are given too much
authority. He pointed out that
he himself has made more
than 10000 rescue calIs'' in the
seven years he has been with
the squad. the last three as
chief
He said the Districts set up
"stinks." He said that's why
the squad makes so many runs
into the District. The District
has one Of the worst systems
in the country - not enough
ambulances. rotten equipment
and no management at all,
while our squad is the best in
the country"
He said that three weeks ago
he wrote a long letter to Com
missioner Robert E. McLaugh-
lin detailing his criticism Of the
system. He said Mr.. McLaugh-
lin had thanked him for the
letter and said he was turning
1t over to Commissioner David
b. Karrick for further study.
The District has four ambu-
lanceS on emergency service.
Two are at District General. one
at Emergency and one at Cas-
lualty Hospital. The Bethesda
Chevy Chase squad alone has
five ambulances. Mr.. cremins
said.
Mr.. Hyde said the hospital
would take no action before TO-
morrow. He said that Mr..
Cremins' taking the body direct
ly 10 the morgue might have
been Justifiable in the circum-
stances but that there was no
apparent excuse for taking the
ambulance out Of the District.
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CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Southern Medical
Association gathers In the
Mayhower and Sheraton
Park Hotels for a four day
session..
The Association Of Mill
tary Surgeons launches .
three-day assembly In the
Statler Hotel.
The Association Of Land
Grant Colleges and Uni.
yersities goes into is second
day at the Willard and
Washington Hotels.
The National Licensed
Beverage Association meets
for the second day In the
shoreham Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
Police Drive Aimed
At Holiday Thievery
Plans Are Drawn
EurIy to Protect
Buyers and Stores

Metropolitan police are pre-.
pairing plans which they hope
will make this holiday shopping
season the safest yeti the buy
ing public.
Sometime before December /
Deputy Chiefs Edward E. Scott
and John j. Agnew will present
their combined plans to Chief
Robert v. Murray for approval.
Chief Scott is in charge of the
Detective Bureau. Chief Agnew
is in charge of the Traffic Di-
vision. They and precinct cap
tains in large shopping areas
must control pedestrian and We.
hicular traffic and protect shop
pers-and store owners-frorn
lpickpockets and shoplifters.
| Rockies to Assist
Helping to accomplish this Job
will be most of the rockies in
the Police Training School as
well as special details Of men
from precincts in residential
areas Of the city. Many police-
men in downtown precincts can
expect to put in extra hours
when their regular shifts are
over.
The extra details will 70 on
the street November %, the day
after Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile. a taste of what's to
come was preyiewed today when
droves of shoppers, takink ad-
vantage Of the holiday Swarmed
downtown. All of the major de.
partment stores, and numerous
appliance stores and others will
stay open until 9 o'clock tonight.
A spokesman for one big store
said that today was zone of the
larger single shopping days OF
the year, second only to George
Washington's birthday" He said
many people save their money
Tor those two days specifically
to buy their Christmas presents.
I'VE do more business with less
people on days like this, than
we do, proportionately, with
Christmas crowds" he said.
! The majority of Chief Agnew's
men will be in uniform at almost
all big intersections. Chief SCOTS
will prowl the store aisleS in
civilian clothes, working with
, store detectives. One of their
biggest headaches is the small
army Of professional dips" who
come to town to prey on shoppers.
Their presence already is be-
ing reflected in the number of
reports by citizens who "lose"
their wallets and purses. Almost
all OF these losses can be laid to
pickpockets.
4 Not all Of the losses are abb
sorbed by shoppers, however
Merchants anticipate a sharp
upswing in shoplifting and have
reinforced their STATS of private
detectives. Some shops are using
hidden television cameras to spy
on shoppers and clerks.
Check FOrgers Busy
The shopping season affects
other branches of the police de.
partment as well. The check and
fraud squad soon will begin to
feel the result of check forgers
who buy merchandise with bogus
checks for more than the pur-
chase price of an article and
pocket the change.
The need for a dram OF
Christmas cheer will lead many
a tippler to bootleggers after
legitimate stores close, thus in.
creasing the work of the UNDER
cover men in the Morals Divi.
sion.
Housebfeakers, eager to loot
homes loaded with Christmas
presents will cause extra as
signments in the residential
districts.
All in all, Christmas is not
all cheer and tinsel sparkle for
District police.
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D.C.AmbuIonceS etupHit
In Missinq-Vehic|e Case

Charges OF rotten manage
ment" in the Districts ambu,
lance system today added con.
troverSy to the case of the miss.
ing" ambulance.
The board of directors Of tn,
Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue
Squad will decide tonight whar
to do about its chief, Robert w
Cremins, who is accused of max
ing of with the District Genera
Hospital ambulance Saturday.
Chief Cremins, who also works
as a full-time first aid man with
the District Public Health De.
partment. admitted freely h.
took the hospital ambulance il
a fit of anger at the vehicle.
regular driver. But he charged
that his action was the result
of a rotten" system.
The affair started Saturday
morning when Mr.. Cremins
along with driver John w. Dews
took an ambulance from District
General Hospital on a call tt
Twenty-third street and Penn.
sylvania avenue Sc.
Driver Pronounced Dead
George Moore, a tobacco far
mer. had been driving to his
home in Meadows, Md, with his
wife when he suffered a heart
attack. He parked the car and
his wife went into a nearby
drug store to call for help.
Arriving at the scene, Mr.
ICremins and Mr.. Dews found a
private physician examining the
stricken man. The doctor, who
had been in the drug store, pro-
Inounced Mr.. Moore dead, Mr.
Cremins. said.
Mr. Cremins wanted to take
the body to the morgue. But his
driver. Mr.. Dews, said they
should first notify the police
homicide squad.
Mr.. Dews telephoned the am
bulance foreman at District
General Hospital for instructions
Then he telephoned for the
homicide squad.
Found Ambulance Gone
When he returend outside, he
found the ambulance gone.
Mr.. Cremins had driven alone
TO the morgue to deliver the
body. Then he returned to the
hospital, reported he had nc
driver and drove of again 10
the B-CC rescue squad in Be-
thesda.
He said he acted as he did
because he was angered by the
driver. who always had his own
ideas about what to do and what
not to do" He said there's nc
sense in letting a man lie there
in the street while you wait for
the homicide squad. There was
nothing suspicious about the
death, 1t was in public place
and a doctor had pronounced
him dead
Vehicle Is Returned
After arriving at the squad
ONCE. Mr.. Cremins discovered
one Of the ambulance's tires was
going fiat. He drove 10 a gas
station on Wisconsin avenue u
have the fat fixed and left the
vehicle there.
Returning TO the squad once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12

THE PEOPLE at the Chesa-
peake e. Potomac Telephone
Co. said they had no idea
what the markers we're. They
don't like it very we'll when
someone marks up their poles
The Potomac Electric Power
Co., which owns most of the
utility poles, said they weren't
even aware the arrows had
been put on, and after check
ing around, added that it
hadn't been done by any of
their people.
The American Automobile
Association, which deals with
motoring and routes generally,
couldn't offer q solution.
Neither could the American
Trucking Association, al
though the alta said they
certainly didn't mark a truck
route.
So we're right back where
we started: Who chalked up
the telephone poles?
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Lecture in Montgomep

John Keats. free-lance writer
will address a meeting Of the
Montgomery County Planning
Association at Sis pm. Thurs
day in the County Building
Rockville. Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
Street Scenes

A police scout car at Eight
zenith and Monroe streets
NE, with the policeman
driver in front and police dog
in the rear.
An automobile on Wisconsin
avenue in Bethesda, its hood
raised, and this note on the
windshield: Gone TO COM
plain to the used car dealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12

MIR. MARCHAND saw some
of the arrows deep In Vir-
ginia. They pointed north
and wound up eventually at
Upper Marlboro.
There were some north of
there on Route 4, then on
Route SO to Bladensburg road,
up Bladensburg road, more on
Colesville road and into Silver
Spring, where he'd seen them
originally.
They seemed to- be mark
Ing a route around Washing
ton" Mr.. Marchand says. "But
If that were so, I don't see
how 1t would be much of a
time-saver, the way it winds
around"
On another trip, he noticed
more arrows, pointing north
into Maryland, at least as far
as Frederick.
To confuse the picture even
more, another traveller said
he'd seen similar markings
deep in Arkansas-pointing
the way east toward Missis-
sippi.
Tony Ellison, of the Dis
trict's Department of Vehicles
and Traffic, didn't know what
they were, but he has a couple
of theories. Maybe, he said,
they're put there by sports
car enthusiasts or maybe
they're some kind of utility
company markers.
Jack Robertson, DiStric t
Highway Director, said he
didn't know either. Sports car
owners said they doubted the
arrows marked a sports car
rally route, since the sports
car rallies usually cover a
much shorter distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
Heart Attack Diagnosis
Held Sure With New Test

acute. Many persons entering a
hospital with chest pains, breath
shortness and other symptoms
may not have a coronary at
tack. 1t is difficult to diagnose
many combinations Of symptoms
with regard to a closure Of a
coronary artery and subsequent
heart muscle damage.
So. doctors at GNU decided
there was a need for a simple
and direct method Of testing pa
tents TO see whether they suf-
fer from heart muscle damage.
In many cases. the electrocardio-
gram is not adequate.
Continued Research
The researchers recalled the
work Of doctors at the Sloan
lettering Institute in New York
VINO wrote on experiences with
GOT.
They went to work In an at
tempt TO verify these findings.
They recalled that In 1850 the
GNU Heart Station in the De-
partment Of Medicine studied
some 300 cases listed as heart
attacks but that less than half OF
them actually turned out 10 be
heart cases when all tests we're
completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-12
The
Rambler
Traveller Puzzled
By ChuIked Poles
BY JACK JONAS

Who chalked up the tele-
phone poles?
Jack Marchand, out in
Silver Spring, has been won-
dering, and now he's got US
wondering, and nobody seems
to know.
Mr.. Marchand has been see
ing chalked arrows on utility
poles from way down in Vir-
ginia to way up in Maryland.
He saw them first out in his
own neighborhood, delineat-
ing a circuitous route through
Silver Spring. 1t would be
more correct to say he sort of
half-saw them, because they
didn't make too much i'm
preston at first.
Just thought it might be
someone marking out a local
route to a picnic or some
thing" he said.
Then the puzzle deepened.
On various trips, he began
noticing them elsewhere.
They seemed to follow a
definite route" he said. But
I've seen so many of them
now that / can't conceive of
anyone taking that much
trouble. 1t would be a lot of
work for one person to make
all Of them"
In certain places, he says,
they go beyond mere arrows.
At some points, after an
arrow has marked a definite
left or right turn, the mo-
torist continuing straight
ahead will find, a block or
two further along, d huge
circled mo" on a pole, to
warn the traveller he's on his
route.