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where Mr.. Severe had started
composing petitions.
Students Applaud
Students in the crowd APP
plauded Justify when Mr.. Severe
told the crowd, Were not sup
posed to send our kids to school
until we have a hearing. Keep
your kids out of school every
day this week."
About 40 of the 100 persons
who had gathered at the Wynne
home went to the school about
1880 am. bearing petitions de-
|manding a school board hearing
and protesting against integra-
ton.
Mr.. Norris suggested that the
group be reduced to a small COM
mittee. but a woman said they
all wanted to attend. At the
meeting that followed. Mr.. Sc
we're said the group wanted an
audience with the school board.
Mr.. Norris said they would get it.
AS he argued with the adults,
the talk was interspersed with
occasional boos and catcalls. He
told them if the school board
asked him for his opinion, he
would advise the board to con-
tinue with its present plans.
Asks Chairman Of Group
Mr.. Norris wanted to know the
name of the chairman of the
group SO he could notify him
when the school board was to
give the protesting parents a
meeting. No one identified him
self as chairman.
While the parents argued, a
group Of students gathered in a
nearby restaurant to dance to
juke box music.
When Mr.. Norris returned to
Rockville, he told newsmen that
he would not ask the school
board to hold a special meeting,
that he would wait until next
Tuesday when an all-day meet
ing of the board is scheduled.
He added that he would seek
action against Mr.. Severe and
said, I'm not going to let an
outsider come in and disrupt
our schools"
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Executive. The measure is de-
signed to shield local school
boards from Federal Court suits.
AS the Legislature resumed its
special school segregation" ses-
sion this afternoon, after a recess
since Wednesday, it prepared to
hold public hearings on the II
bills introduced last week dealing
with the subject. A number of
other approaches to the problem
were expected to be offered
today.
100 Ask Time to Speak
More than 100 proponents OF
Gov. Stanley's plan to withhold
State aid from integrated schools
have requested time to speak at
the hearing. State Senator Mills
Goodwin of Suffolk was in charge
Of co-ordinating proponents
time. The opponents were moi
do well VI Sdul1cu.
A tentative schedule called
! for the hearing to run from
until 6 o'clock this afternoon
with a possible resumption to-
morrow morning. 1t would moi
be known until later today how
many days the hearing will last
Sponsors of Newest Bill
Sponsors of the newest legisla.
ton are Delegates James M
Thomson Of Alexandria, Roy
Smith of Petersburg and Stuart
Wheatley of Danville. The bill
is understood to have received
Gov. Stanley's consent at q con.
ference in his Office last week
Among those at the meeting
were Mr.. Thomson, Mr.. Smith
Representative Smith of the 9Th
District, E. Blackburn Moore
Speaker of the House of Dele
gates and State Senator Gar
land Gray, chairman of the
Governors Commission on Pub
lie Education.
Under language of the bill
the Governor would be charged
with the responsibility of plac.
ling every child in the school,
which he formerly attended. The
pupil would remain in that
school until he finishes the
highest grade offered there.
II don't think they'll throw
Tom in jail unless they have
to-" was the only way one law.
maker looked at the bill.
If a child's parents desired {
transfer to another school, thu
Governor, through his designated
agents, could hold a hearing anc
decide whether the switch should
be allowed.
Others Could Intervene
Parents of other children ir
an affected school would be giver
the opportunity to intervene anc
appeal to State courts. if neces-
Sary.
| For instance, parents Of white
children could intervene if 9
Negro child sought admission t.
a school.
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D. c. Pedestrian, 65,
Critically Injured

A 65-year-old man is re-
ported in critical condition today
lat District General Hospital
after he was struck by an auto
mobile last night at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Sixth street
Sc.
Claude Maggie, Of 72l East Cap
itol street. suffered head and
chest injuries and a broken leg
after, police said, he started
crossing Pennsylvania avenue in
an unmarked crosswalk, and was
struck by a car driven by John
Leonard Penn, 33. colored. Of the
500 block Of Ninth street NV.
Police charged Penn with fail
ure to give the right-of-way to
a pedestrian.
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Delegate Smith said, This is q
stop-gap measure. Nothing we
do in the Assembly this time will
be a permanent solution. But
this measure will be a partial
immediate solution that will
dovetail with the Governors
program to withhold funds.
Gov. Stanley has asked for
legislation to deny State money
to any locality's primary or sec
ondary school system where in
tegration occurs.
Martin Joins Foes of Plan
This proposal was vigorously
opposed in statements issued over
the week end by former Gov.
Colgate w. Darden, president Of
THE University of Virginia: DR..
Dabney S. Lancaster, chairman
of the State Council of Higher
Education, and DR.. Charles K.
Martin, president of Radford
College.
DR.. Martin voiced sympathy
for the legislators who must
make the decisions for handling
the school situation, but added,
1.-THE public schools must be pre-.
served at all cost"
DR.. Martin, like Mr.. Darden
and DR.. Lancaster, supported the
original Gray Commission rec
concentrations for dealing with
the school issue. And he agreed
with them that the Gray pro-
gram still offers "the best solu-
ton proposed so far for this
complex problem"
Stanley Ranks Hold Firm
What effect this barrage of op-
position to the Governors pro-
gram would have on the General
Assembly, or on the administra-
ton, could not be Immediately
determined. Gov. Stanley could
not be reachedfor comment. But
the ranks of supporters of his
plan appeared to be holding firm.
Gov. Stanley's hackers were in
clined to discount the influence
of the educators in the fight. II
think people individually will
make up their minds and won't
be governed too much by any
one else's opinions" said Repre-
sentative Smith of the 9th dis
ltrict.
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Area Winds Up
3-DdY Holiday
D. c. Again Escapes
Any Traffic Death

Labor Day vacationers re-
turned to their workaday 1abors
today after the only three-day
weekend holiday of the year.
They streamed back into the
Washington area last night and
inbound traffic seemed as heavy
as during a morning rush hour.
The District, for the fourth
straight year, got through the
three days without a traffic
death. Delaware, New Hamp-
shire, North Dakota and YER
mont were the only States to
escape without an auto fatality.
Maryland's toll was a single
death, one of the better records
in the United States. Virginia's
highways killed eight. Over the
Nation. the traffic death total
was some 60 few than the 480
predicted victims.
Virginia's Year Toll Dips
Virginia's traffic toll for the
year stood at 540-16 less than
at the same point in 1855
The Virginia deaths included
Gene Clatterbuck, 6. of White
Post in Clarke County, who was
fatally injured yesterday when
struck by a car on y. $ so, seven
miles east of Winchester. State
police identified the driver of the
car as Dominic Seamon, 33, OF
Annandale.
Downtown Washington was
largely deserted yesterday, said
Deputy Police Chief George r.
Wallrodt. Except for SINE bar
gain-hunters rafting around al
the sales at appliance stores. the
sidewalks were little used.
Hundreds of union members
attended the fourth annual La
Dor Day mass here in the Shrine
of the Sacred Heart.
Travel officials earlier pre-
dicted that about as many
out-of -towners would spend the
holiday here as there were area
residents away at beach or
mountain.
Visitors Leave City
Visitors pulled up stakes yes
lterday in droves. Whereas the
Lincoln Memorial had about
10000 visitors Sunday, yester-
days total was under 5000. The
Washington Monument attract
ed only a few more than 1900
persons yesterday. nearly 1000
under its figure for Labor Day
last year. The Zoo estimated
SO, 900 had a look at the animals,
far from any sort of record, and
of course a lot of them were
local families.
Rescue squads in the nearby
counties stationed their ambu-
lances along the heaviest-trayel-
ed highways. Flashing red lights
and illuminated ''slow down and
live" signs reminded home
bound motorists to make sure
they escaped the holiday acct
dent roster.
Paul E. Burke, director of
Maryland's Traffic Safety Com
mission. praised the States
Labor Day traffic record. 1--WE
wish to thank the motorists for
needing the many pleas made by
the press, radio. television and
clergy to "slow down and live. +"
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around 1900. They made the
six-week voyage in good shape.
DR.. Mann is the first zoologist
in the United States to bring the
wide-mouthed species to this
continent. The London Zoo has
IA pair, as does the Antwerp ami
NAL park. But even ZOOS in
Africa have had difficulty get
ting this sort Of rhino for dis
play.
DR.. Mann had been scheduled
to be retired in July, but he won
Ia reprieve until next month
when retirement becomes man.
datory The venerable zoo chief
had been hoping the rhinos
would arrive before he left Office
Il wanted one final big ship
.ment," he said.
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Juvenile Court
Load 10 Jump
City Heads Request
$23, 1876 Fund Rise
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

by HECTOR MCLEAN
A rs per cent increase in the
Juvenile Court case load is ex.
pected during the next fiscal
year. which begins July /. the
District Commissioners have
been warned.
To handle it, the city heads
were asked to approve a spend
ing increase of $23,396 to hire
five new employees, pay addi-
tional jury fees and ease over
time work put in by the present
staff. The increase would bring
the courts budget to $451, 1896.
Municipal court asked for
permission to spend $1.176,800
an increase of $45,800 over the
current year. OF this, $25, $50
would provide for full-year
operation Of the recently estab-
liShed Domestic Relation S
Branch. Another $6,240 would
cover upgrading of court en-
ployeS.
IL Jobs Kept Vacant
The court said it will have to
keep II jobs vacant to absorb
mandatory within-grade salary
boosts and would have to in
crease the vacancies to 10 if
forced to absorb the $6,240.
Further curtailment in the
bailiff staff" the Commissioners
were warned, could result in
the escape of prisoners.
Still another $14.410 would
allow the Civil Division to hire
four more clerks. The court
describing Al per cent increase
in cases since 1852. said the
additional work had been alb
sorbed so far by harder work
and developing shortcuts, but
that at this point we have run
out of shortcuts and need more
CLERKS"
The Municipal Court of APP
peals asked for a budget of $143.-
500, an increase of 4,736 to cover
salary boosts. buy equipment and
improve the court communica-
ton system.
District Tax Court asked an
increase of $1,118 to bring its
budget to 3l.400.
Federal Payment Cited
The United States courts told
the District it would have to
pay $2.463, 900 next year, an in
crease of $4,000 over the current
year. as its mandatory share
|of operating the Federal sys-
TEN here.
At the same time, the Dis
trict's Department of Occupa-
lions and Professions asked for
permission to spend 1921 900. an
increase Of $15.800. Most of this
would permit hiring four clerk
typists to stop growth of a back
log of Impressed licenses, while
5000 would compensate two
members of the recently estab-
|lished Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning Board.
Meanwhile, the ONCE of Civil
Defense, which has been suffer-
ing budgetary cutbacks since
1883, asked for a budget OF
$4,000 as compared to $78.499
The $106.501 boost would double
the agency's 13-man staff to re-
establish a plans and training
section, expand the warden serv-
ice and the public information
program.
The agency also asked for
1922, 900, to be matched equally
by Federal funds, for construc-
ton Of an underground COM
mand center at the Naval Ord
nance Laboratory at White Oaks,
Md The previously rejected pro-
posal calls for creation OF a
center capable Of controlling
defense operations after a hy-
drogen bomb attack expected to
wipe out city owned head
quarters in the District.
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Nearby Schools Open
With One Race Protest
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
has gone out for the football
team and there has been no
difficulty there, Mr.. Gibson said.
At High Point Junior Senior
High in Prince Georges County
six colored students joined the
two who had enrolled last year.
The new students all arrived on
the same bus and were quickly
merged with the crowd looking
for their home rooms.
Same Story Elsewhere
1t was the same story at Sher-
wood High, where 10 colored stu
dents enrolled for the first time:
at Seat Pleasant Elementary,
where 16 colored students en-
rolled, and at the new John
Hanson Junior High in Oxon
Hill. where two colored students
enrolled.
A cross was burned in front of
Suitland High School last night
but school started there today
without any difficulty.
Everett Severe, chairman of
the Montgomery County Chap
ter of the Maryland Petition
Committee, had predicted in adj
vance of the school opening that
strikes would be conducted at
several Maryland schools but the
only incident that materialized
was the one he led at Poolesville.
Montgomery County School
Supt. Forbes H. Norris, who
came to the school and met with
Mr.. Severe and a group of par
entS, was obviously angered at
the presence of Mr.. Severe. He
pointed out that Mr.. Severe was
from Kensington, where 40 COL
ored students had been inte-
grated without incident into the
white school last year.
Committee Opposes Violence
Mr.. Severe's prediction of
school strikes earlier prompted
this statement from Robert L.
Wiseman, State president of the
pro-segregation Maryland Petit
ton Committee:
I'VE are opposed to any means
of violence. All our work is in
the legal line. Anything which
detracts from the education of
children is a violation of the
compulsory school law"
At Poolesville, parents had be-
gun to arrive with their children
at 8 am. BY $3.50 am, when
the school buses were drawing
up. about 20 police were on the
scene, including Police Supt.
James McAuliffe. Mr.. Severe
stood at the main entrance to
the school.
When adults clustered at the
entrances, police parted them TO
let the students go in. After the
school bell rang, police ushered
the adults about rs feet back.
Some colored parents stood near
the fence to assure themselves
that their children were safe.
Many Of the white adults and
some Of their children then ad-
journed to the home Of Buford
WINNIE about q. block AWAY.
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z Dope Squad
|DetectiVesCited

Two narcotics squad police
men have been chosen Police
men of the Month" for July for
their central role in breaking up
ia major narcotics operation.
The policemen, both plain
clotheSmen, are Probationary
Detectives John r. Panetta and
Guy W. Holcomb, ir. The Police
Award of Merit Committee also
expressed its admiration of the
work of all officers concerned"
with the case.
On July Is metropolitan police
officers and Federal Narcotics
Bureau agents made arrests
which broke up one of the
major narcotics operations in
the District and brought into
custody a man who had been
known for several years to be a
major narcotics law violator, !"
the citation says.
Extensive Investigation
The investigation leading to
the arrests covered more than a
month. Pursuit of evidence re-
Iquired all manner of police ac-
ton, including trailing of sus-
poets. Throughout all of the
action, Detectives Panetta and
Holcomb stand out as playing a
Icontinuingly important central
role" the citation continued.
The two men obtained the first
information that started the
Imonth-long tracking of dope
handlers and dope users and at
the end they were two main fig
ureS in the final showdown.
The citation that goes with
the award says "the complexity
OF the case, the continuing and
unrelenting pursuit and inves-
tigation raises this case and its
handling above the ordinary
routine police activity. All Of
ficerS concerned are to be COM
mended for their diligence and
their tenacity in pursuing leads
to the conclusion.
Particularly Detectives Pa
Meta and Holcomb are to be con-
graduated and commended for
a job very well DONE" the cita-
ton notes.
Both Men Cited Before
Both Of the detectives are ma
tives of Washington. Detective
Panetta, AZ, has been on the
force IL years and has received
81 concentrations in that time.
Detective Holcomb is 30 and has
been on the force seven years.
He has been given six COM
mendations.
An award ceremony honoring
the two as Policemen Of the
Month" will be arranged later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
Thieves Toke Safe
AT Senator Theuter

Thieves forced a side door of
the Senator Theater. 1850 Min
nesota avenue NE. last night
and made of with a small safe.
Charles Ector. manager Of the
theater. told police the theater
had done a good business" over
the week end. and that he did
not know exactly how much
money the safe contained. He
said he knew for certain 1t held
$40 In wrapped coins and nine
silver Nollarl. however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
Better Schools Group
Will Meet in Foirfux

The Virginia Citizens Commit
tee for Better Schools will meet
at 8 O'Clock tonight at Fairfax
Courthouse to discuss school seq
regation legislation now before
the Virginia General Assembly.
Harley Williams. president Of
the group, said new officers for
the coming year will be elected.
He added that the group will send
"a Legislative Committee to Rich
mond tomorrow to testify before
the General Assembly on school
legislation.
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Rambling

A man washing his car in
front of the Warner Theater
at 1880 am.
A shoeshine boy looking
with disdain at the shoes of a
man who has Just stepped out
OF a competitors shop after
getting a shoeshine, and ask
ing, Shine, mister?"
A man we know found this
printed note when he opened
an 8-pound tin Of pretzel
sticks: Counted by 1875. In
case of discrepancy please
return this slip with your
complaint" -.
Beverly J. Mast OF Cheverly,
Nd, says she saw an Army
officer get out Of his car on
Kenilworth avenue NE. to di-
rect trafiic around a minor
accident, thereby avoiding a
rush-hour traffie Jam. He de-
serves . medal" she says. /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
Zoo Gets Two Rhinos,
On Order Five Years
BY RICHARD RODGERS
Star stan Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Sept 1.-THE Washington received pair
OF young African rhnos today aboard ship Baltimore
1t the animal parks biggest acquisition this any
year.
For about five Zoo Director William M Mann has had
the rhno order John Seage professional collector and his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04

PORTLAND. Greg. - United
States consumption Of pulpwood
Increased los per cent from 10
end Of World War II 70 ne
present. From the close q
World War I 70 the start Of
War u consumption climbed 1862
per mt >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Branch ONCE Agency
OF the Commonwealth Life
Insurance Co. opens a i've
day meeting In the Shore
ham Hotel.
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Power Over Pupils
Asked for Stanley
Thomson Bill Filed to Shield
School Boord From U. S. Suits
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
star stan Correspondent

RICHMOND Sept bill placing responsibility segre-
eating white and Negro public school children squarey the
shoulders of the Governor ready for introduction in the
General Assembly today.
If anybody went to ja presumably it would be the Chief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
Shurp?

A man who won a wrist
watch in a safe-driving con-
test sponsored by his COM
pany decided he'd test his
family's powers of Observa-
ton. He took off his old
watch, put on the new one,
and said nothing about it.
Five days passed, then 10,
then Is. But his wife, son
and daughter made no COM
ment. Finally, the mans
boss wrote the wife a letter.
Thought you'd like to
know ;. :" it began.
But she had the last
word.
WELL" she said, "that
makes up for some of the
things HE didn't notice in
the past Is years."
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The
Rambler
Mr.. Fixit Gets
Out of q Bad Fix
BY JACK JONAS

Turner will be happy to know
that the problem Of the cleo
trical toys has been solved.
Mr.. Turner, of 4OO5 Garrison
street NV, a retired Veterans
Administration employee, has
been fixing toys for the chill
dren in his neighborhood for
20 years, but the new-fangled
electrical toys were a little too
much for him.
The story of his problem
how it cost more than the toys
were worth to take them to
an electrical shop to be fixed
was told here last Wednes-
day.
BY Wednesday night three
electricians with hearts as big
as Mr.. Turner'S-one of the
men an electrical engineer
called to say that anytime
he found an electrical toy he
couldn't fix to call on them.
The first to call was John
Lear, who lives in Bethesda,
not too far from Mr.. Turner.
The next was Clinton White
hurst, from over in the Mt.
Pleasant section. And finally,
Mark H. BiSer, who lives
further out in Bethesda,
called.
All three said they'd offer
their services free-the same
basis on which Mr.. Turner
works to help out the
kiddies."
I'm tickled to DEATH" Mr..
Turner said.
Wise
A Virginia Reader" writes
that she had her five-year-
old son along on an auto trip
recently.
Il doubt that he is the
first to so nOte," she says,
"but this is what he had to
say:
"MOmmie, can tell the
difference between old
drivers and new drivers.
The new drivers make sig
mails and the old drivers
don't"
Glasses
A man who admits that
he'd rather spend $120 for
eyeglasses than go around
perpetually with a string on
his finger, buys four pairs each
time his prescription changes.
He buys one set for distance
vision and three sets for read
ing.
i keep one reading pair at
home, one at the office and
one in the car" he said.
obviously l don't have one
pair for streetcars, and that's
why this happened.
MY wife had the car the
other day, and she was to meet
me at the streetcar. 1 was
to call her at the cleaners
nearby when l was leaving.
did that, and started home.
THE streetcar got caught
in a traffic jam. / sat and
sat, worrying about my wife
waiting. l could have got off
the car and called the clean
erS, of course. But / didn't
have any of my three sets of
reading glasses with me.
Il didn't know the cleaners
telephone number, and I'll be
darned if I'm going to ask
anybody to look up a tele-
phone number for me.
so l waited until the jam
was broken, then continued
the trip, and when l got to the
stop, called my wife-I knew
my home number without
looking it up, of course-and
she came and got me-"
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April 10

selIs. "coII the Police" Stephen
Dunn.
9-Jock Poor. Variety.
1880
GAS the World Turns. Serial.
200
4-Afternoon Playhouse.
Susie" Ann Sothsrn.
5-Lodies Be Seated. Movie.
Here Comes Kelly" 1913.
Quick tempered process server
gets his criminols Eddie QuiIlon.
"a hours.
1.-The RussIes. Dromo.
Telephone Troubles"
9-Robert Q. Lewis. Variety.
Johnny Corson subs.
z:I5
9-Donna Douslos. Women.
2:3o
4-Ineo. Women.
7-Quiz Club. Giveowoy.
9-House Porty. VorIety.
800
4-Motinee Theoter. Color.
The Gloss Mountain.
7-FiIm Festival. Movie.
''Wornino to WontonS. 1883.
TSoubIe besets young Girl seek
ing to catch rich landowner.
British. z hours.
9-The Big PoyoH. Quiz.
$3.50
5-Teo Time TheoteT. Dromo.
Sunk" Charles Bickford.
9-Bob Crosby. Music.
400
4-Dote With Life. Scroll.
5-Brighter Doy. Serial.
9-Pick Temple. Kids.
Movie: "Powdersmoks Trail"
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