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Sc. was turned into q ruined.
roofiess hulk by the fierce fire.
Dead. possibly of asphyxiation
was Pvt. Albert NJ. Hazel, ~, Of
1903 Third street NV, No.
IL Engine Company driver.
Pvt. Hazel's death, so I'M
expected to .lreNen ard rescue
squad members who helped him
at the scene. came even as they
still fought the blaze.
Dies in Few Minutes
At first he declined offers of
help after coming out of the
building. saying II don't need
that" He was conscious enough
to spell out his name for Star
Photographer Gus Chinn.
En- route to Emergency Hos
lpital he became unconscious and
died five minutes after arrival
there.
An autopsy is to be performed
today.
Veteran firemen said 1t is pos
sible for a man to inhale fatal
quantities of smoke and heat
and remain conscious for a
time.
Pvt. Hazels comrades at No.
IL Engine house draped the fire
station door with black bunting,
a traditional mourning display
when a fireman dies in line of
duty. The bunting will be dis
played until after the funeral.
70 Companies Fought Fire
Firemen from ~ companies
fought the blaze for three hours
before gaining control. Even
then. flames continued to surge
through wooden partitions of the
three-story brick structure and
firemen were on the scene until
early today, dousing the black
ened skeleton.
Three alarms and four special
alarms were sounded, the first at
1888 pm. the last at 5:36 pm
Not until 1852 did the first piece
of fire equipment leave the
scene.
Fire Chief Willard H. Sutton
called the fire lone Of the tough
est. most stubborn" he has ever
seen, harder to control than the
Northeast battery shop blast fire
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Southeast Optimist Club had a
campaign going before dawn.
Several firemen suffered minor
injuries. Bernard j. Mead of
No 26 Engine Co. was treated at
Emergency Hospital for q shout
der cut by falling glass. Other
firemen were treated at the scene
for bruises and smoke inhala-
ton.
The fire was discovered by a
tenant, Mrs. Helen Castle.
The janitor, Asbury Jones, col
ored, gave the first alarm at a
street fire box. The agent, Isaac
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has been indicated. this lack has
been imperfectly understood.
Those who run Washington's
Igovernment-the Commissioners,
Congress, the President-seem
not to have acquired this under
standing fully.
Far From Luxurious
They do not seem to realize
for example, that, regardless OF
some comparisons. there are
many that show Washington
schools are far from luxurious
Schools in many places, includ-
ling Montgomery and Arlington
Counties among i'm m e d a te
neighbors-have more teachers
per pupil and smaller classes. In
Arlington and Montgomery, the
| difference shows in tests. In
Washington, the need is greater
iii children are to achieve SINH
lar results, for much of its popu-
Ilation is less prosperous and less
culturally advantaged, and much
LESS stable.
It seems to be insufficiently
realized. too. that lowering the
adequacy of the schools which
part of the city's population has
been used to. does not increase
stability. Giving white children
bigger classes and skimpiei
Iteaching-as is now happening
might easily hasten the sub
urban exodus.
1t seems also not to have beer
appreciated that imposing on q
school population of 100000 the
necessity of completely reorgan-
lizing also imposes certain obi
cations elsewhere, If the reor,
lganization is to succeed. Certaif
Ifacts suggest that President
]Eisenhower's wish to see Ma,
]tional Capital integratior
model might. if those responsible,
for basic decisions ignore them
be easily thwarted.
City at DISADVANTAGE
It also is apparent that the
Capital, for the role Of a model
lis at singular disadvantage. L
has fewer resources Of its owr
than any similar community ir
the Nation. and it has a bigger
problem. No other big city schoo
system, integrated or otherwise
has so high a proportion Of col
lored children, more of whom
|are arriving steadily from thu
South.
Indignation, in the opinion Of
many teachers, has worked so fal
much more smoothly than was
widely expected. But the major
test is still ahead.
I In the last few days, espe-
Ecially outside the schools, there
has been talk about certain
IS hool policies. Promotions
teaching, teachers themselves
land the general operation of the
schools are being discussed.
These are all interesting
enough. But they are not the
thing about which the writer
encountered the most talk with
In the school system. That was
about the school systems own
ability to do the job facing it.
The feeling beneath the sur
face in the Washington school
system is fear that the job can't
Ibe done without more resources
and that they won't be provided
1T is not very comforting.
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the places where the city's chill
dren are being prepared for
adulthood. He has seen small
children earnestly laboring over
the alphabet and the multiple
cation table. and bigger ones
engrossed in the mysteries OF
science.
He has watched. teachers
deity sparring with the eager
and patiently squirting on the
slow. He has marveled at the
ability of a single adult, often
the most soft-spoken one, to
bring sudden order out of SEEM
ing chaos.
He has often-all too often
been reminded of things long
Iago forgotten-important things,
Including the thrill of sudden
discovery. He has found this
discovery still going on.
A Disturbing Note
But beneath the surface hum
| q teaching and learning. the
eager voices quelled when neces-
sary by the authoritative one
there also was something dis
turbing. 1t was rarely percep-
tible directly. But 1t was there
1t is hard to translate a feel
ing into words. But it is bound
up with the facts that have
been spread out in the preceding
articles of this series. Like the
facts of history, they explain
the present and herald the future
This series has told a great
deal about Washington school,
rooms, and what goes on in
them, although a great deal has
also been left unsaid. Things
that were not said with great
emphasis include the fact that
many of the city's school chill
dren are learning splendidly and
making records of which theil
teachers can be proud. On this
the records show that there Is nc
| fundamental racial. religious OF
geographic distinction, although
there are differences Of numbers
that tend to make spectacular
and easily misinterpreted, sta
tistics.
One Group Undereducated
But the focus was purposely
put elsewhere. It was shown, fol
example, how rather startling
numbers of the city's high school
students apparently are masters
Of less knowledge than the av-
erage educated citizen presum-
ably would think reasonable tt
expect. The examples given were
not typical of all the city,
schools or all of any schools
children, but they were repre-
sentative enough Of one rather
widespread problem to suggest
a reason for concern.
It was reported how circum-
Istances-including unawareness
Iof the long existence Of this
problem and a resulting failure
Ito correct it-have made it a
special challenge under the pres
|ent school reorganization. The
facts of Washington Indignation
are currently being misused and
Exaggerated, but the city's Negro
pupils have been demonstrated
to have less education at present,
on the average, than the rest.
1t also has been shown that,
given the proper resources, much
lcan be done to correct this. But
in fact, even in extreme cases, II
has been shown that much is
not being done, because re-
sources are lacking. So far, II
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.Deuf Youth .RoIIy

An area wide youth rally of
the deaf will be held at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the Washington
Bible Institute. 144l Rhode
Island avenue NV. The rally
IwllI continue at 3 pm Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
A Thnnght fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY JACK MADDEN
Chief Bartender, National Press Club

Daniel in the lions den is my favorite Bible story
admire who had enough faith to face the feel
ngs his time to risk almost certain death to prove his
point
intn that situation he had no
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The
Rambler
All People Aren't
Crozy Over Horses
By JACK JONAS

WACANNSA q 4A$W AANAAOA AoA
or a decorative statue Is pro-
posed to honor some dead
hero, arguments begin and a
tug-of-war Is on.
Then, when it's up, the
critics get in their ticks.
Much of the controversy
about statues in Washington
has conferred around horses
such as those bronze mon
sters decorating Memorial
Bridge.
It's. always been like that.
The first equestrian statue
cast in the United States
and one of the most, interest
ing in Washington-was the
butt Of criticism and ridicule
when it was erected more
than 100 years ago. But 1t has
since been copied and proud
ly installed in two other
American cities.
This is Clark Mills statue
of Andrew Jackson, astride a
rearing horse in Lafayette
Park, and furnishing a dra-
matte outline against the
White House when viewed
from Sixteenth street.
Mills, a painstaking man,
bought a thoroughbred, a re-
tired race horse named Olym-
pus, after he was commits
stoned to do the statue of
Jackson. He carefully trained
the animal to stand on its
hind legs, and studied its bal
ancing position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

Fire Department Investigators searched the sodden blackened
Southeast apartment today hunting
to origins roaring multiple blaze yesterday
which took the life Of fireman. injured several others and left
At families homeless
The 100000 Rande Apartments at 2525 Minnesota
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
CRISIS IN THE scHoOLs-T2
Bosic School Worry
Is Lack Of Support
By JAMES G. DEANE

city budget single child single teacher looms very
small in the scale Of human values there are few things
more important to community's future.
Washington there growing suspicion that this scale
of values is being increasingly forgotten
writer few weeks has spent many hours in
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HIS INSPIRATION for the
pose came from Greenville,
S. c., where he was living at
the time he got his commits
: sion.
A friend once quoted him as
saying:
1.-THE young men Of the
town +. were accustomed to
exercise their horses in the
public streets of the town, and
one afternoon while I was
standing in the vestibule of a
house on the street the horse
of a young man SO engaged
reared just as he came In line
with the frame of the door
way. I instantly caught the
idea of my proposed statue,
saying to myself, If the nat
ural, living animal with his
rider can so stand, even for a
moment or so, why not an
artificial one Of the same
gravity and following the
same lines2,"
There were no brass fouri-
dries in the United States at
the time, SO Mills studied
metallurgy, started a foundry,
and, after several unsuccess-
full tries, cast the statue him
self.
When it was put up on
January 8, 1858, it was ridi-
culed as an impossibility. The
critics said horses didn't stand
that way. There is a story that
Mills put lead in the hollow
bronze tail to help with the
balance.
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Rambling

One of the few remaining
women street car operators
was plotting her street car
along Fourteenth street dur
ing the evening rush hour re-
Gently when the trolley de-
veloped mechanical trouble.
1t held up several other street
cars, and finally the passen-
gers had to get off and seek
speedier transportation. As a
man leaving one of the other
street cars passed the stalled
car, he growled, "Humph!
Woman driverl"
A man reports that his
stepdaughter, 8 years old, was
being lectured by her mother
about hewing to the Biblical
admonition to ''honor thy
father and mother" What"
the girl asked, puzzled, docs
1t say about stepfathers?" =.
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CONGRESS either felt kind
ly toward the statue or at
least took it in stride. Mills
was voted $4,000 to cover
extra expenses, and given a
$4,000 commission to do the
equestrian statue of George
Washington in Washington
Circle.
Three years after the jack
son statue was dedicated, the
State of Louisiana commits
stoned Mills to cast a dupli-
cate, which was placed in
jackson Square in New Or
leans. In 1880, he made Sec
ond duplicate for Nashville.
Before the Jackson bronze,
the only equestrian statue on
this side of the Atlantic had
been one of King George III.
1t was of lead and had been
imported from England. But
that one was melted down for
bullets during the Revolution.
Most of the horsemen in
statues here are military men,
and that bothers a man OF
our acquaintance.
"How are we going to honor
the generals of today?" he
wants to know. 1--WE can't
realistically put them on
horses. And there's nothing
very dramatic about a jeep or
an automobile"
That may cut down on some
of the controversy. The ways
a jeep can be posed are in
deed limited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

This is the Lost Of series Of article.
on the teaching problems Of the
District public schools.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis c. Chivers
4O17 Clinton Ave, have announced
the engagement this week of theil
daughter. Constance Lorraine &c
William Curtis Bowman, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bowman OF
Abilene, Kans.
The wedding is planned for Sep.
TENDER.
Mr.. Bowman, a veteran of the
Korean conflict, has completed
studies in mathematics and chem
istry at Kansas State College and
is now working on his degree in
chemical engineering.
Miss Chivers holds a bachelor of
science degree from the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota and Is pursu-
ing further studies in education
at the University of Minnesota.
She recently returned from NeY
York, where she was engaged in
work at the Neighborhood Chill
iren's Center.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01
BORDER METHODIST

Happiness Through Faith" was
the subject Of Rev. Charles NJ
Sections on Sunday, May 81.
Scripture reference I Timothy
1:15. Rev Sexton portrayed the
life OF a minister whose life is
often discouraging because OF the
petty doings OF his congregation,
but whose faith in God and love
for Christ keeps him happy in his
work. God bless the men who
preach the word OF God.
Keep the door Of love and mercy
open for the sick. the shut-ins and
the afflicted.
Visitors were Mrs. Martha
Spencer, Rosemary L.anblion,
Earle Lambkens. Geneva Catham,
Viola Webb and Mr.. II. White.
Visitors are always welcome at
Border.
Next Sunday, June 3 marks
the beginning Of a new conference
year. Let us begin with a prayer
for our minister. our church and
all the people throughout the
world 10 have a closer walk with
Christ. The church is run on your
gifts and work. Remember TO
pick up your new envelopes from
Mr.. Jones. Have YOU fulfilled your
pledges for the past year? II not,
don't leave undone those things
you should have done.
Next Sunday our very beloved
DR.. Water Of Walker Methodist
Home will be our guest speaker.
This will be communion Sunday.
Life anew with the body and
blood Of Christ is divine.
August IL is a day 20 remember.
An out Of town choir OF great re-
nown win present an enjoyable
program OF Christ inspired music
TO help Border build for the flu
ture, Remember August II.
At 3 p. m. Sunday. June 3 the
Order Of the Eastern Star. Prince
Han Afficiation will held their an
nual service at Border. Rev. r. II
Hunter Of 81. Paul win be the
speaker and music viii be by Bor-
der's Choir.
The Junior Sunday School class
and their teacher, Mrs. Downs.
were guests OF the Hennepin
Methodist church school last Sun
day An enjoyable time was had.
In closing, do YOU agreeT -
When the outlook is dark. try
the uplook,"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01
FINAL RITES HELD FOR
MRS. CLARA ALLEN

Final rites for Mrs Clara Allen.
654 st, Anthony Avu who died at
her home Friday evening May IS,
were held at 8 a. m, Saturday,
May 20, with the Rev. Denzil A.
Carly officiating,
Mrs. Aliens death was not dis
covered until Monday evening.
May n, when neighbors, unable
to reach her by phone, summoned
police who entered her home and
found her dead in bed. Death was
due TO natural causes.
She was born in Toronto, Can
ada, February 2, 1883, and lived
in the Twin Cities for 80 years.
She was a member OF st. Phillips
Episcopal church, a member and
past matron Of Pride Of the West
Chapter No 8, Order OF the East
ern Star Minneapolis, and past
grand treasurer Of the Pince Hail
Grand Chapter OES.
Surviving are her son Clyde,
who is with the U. s. Navy sta
toned in North Africa; one sister.
Mrs. w. Deas, Toronto, four
brothers, Gilbert and Arthur Deas
OF Toronto. William Deas. Buffalo,
N. Y. and Roland Deas OF Cleve-
land, o.
Burial was in Oakland Gene
terry.
Her son, Clyde. arrived Satur-
day afternoon and will be home
on furlough 10 attend to business
matters, Mrs. W. Dcas, sister, Mr.
and Mrs Gilbert Deas, brother
and sister-in-law and William
Deas. brother. all came to St
Paul TO attend funeral services.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01
MRS. ESTHER GREEN
DIES WAS RESIDENT
ST. PAUL so YEARS

Mrs, Esther Green, 1855 Fuller
Av,. died at her home on Monday,
May 2s at the age of 90 Mrs,
Green, mother OF the late James
A. (Jimmie) Green, had been i'll
for five and one-half months prior
TO her death.
She was born in Frankfort, Ky.
and had resided in st. Paul for
more than so years. She was a
member Of Pilgrim Baptist church
and a member Of the Golden Ayers
Club Of Halle Q. Brown House.
Twilight services were held at
the Brooks Funeral Chapel at
7 p m. Wednesday, May 80. with
her pastor pastor, Or. Floyd Mas
sey Jr., officiating Charles Full
mer, close friend Of the deceased
sang at the service.
Surviving Is her daughter-in-
law, Mrs, James A. (Msyme)
Green OF ST. Paul and other rela-
tives in Kentucky.
Visitation was held after 5 p.
m, on Wednesday at the chapel
Burial was held Thursday
morning at Oakland cemetery
with Brooks Funeral Home in
charge Of the service.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01

Attends Wedding; Mrs. Nathan
lei Watson, 1888 Fifth Av, s. left
for Washington, d. c. on Tues
day evening, May 20. TO attend
the wedding OF her niece, Miss
Emma Smith, Miss Smith win be
married TO Airman &c Edward
Clarence oliver on Friday. June
1 at 7'So p, M, at TT. Arlington
Va.
Wednesday Matinee Club: Mrs.
Lurcna Washington. 6i2 f.. 25th
81, was hostess 20 the wednes.
day Matinee club on May %. After
a short business meeting, a gala
evening was enjoyed celebrating
the birthday 81 Mrs Gasoline Nor
ris, who was showcrcd with many
lovely gifts, including beautiful,
" decorated cake. A lunch was
served by the hostess. The next
meeting viii be at the home Of
Mrs, Kelsic whitmore, SOS Rondc
Az. on June 6.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01
RoBERT GRANT SuccuMBED
FROM HEART ATTACK
RITES HELD THURSDAY

Services for Robert Grant, eos
Iglehart Az who died suddenly
May 20, were held at IL a m.
Thursday, May 81, at Brooks Fun.
era Chapel Rev. f. C. Harris OF
Minneapolis otficiated
Mr. Grant suffered a heart at
tack on Friday evening, May Is
and was rushed TO Northern Pa
cific hospital where he succumbed
on the following day.
A native Of Muskogee, Okla, he
had lived in St Paul since 1926
re was train attendant for the
Northern Pacific Railroad. He
was a member OF the Dining Car
Employees Union Local SIC and
member OF the NAACP,
Survivors @nelude his widow
Mrs. Lulu Grant. two sisters, Mrs.
Luvenis Scott, st. Paul and Mrs.
Opal Harris. Detroit Mich: one
brother, Ernest Grant. Winnipeg
Can, three nephews, Forsee
Grant. Detroit; James Davis and
ROLAND Mayes o. St Paul: and
two nieceS. rslilA Molten. 81. Paul
and Carol Mayes OF Winnipeg,
Visitation was held on wednes-
day. MAY 80 at Brooks Funeral
Chapel
Burial wSs in EimhurSt GENE
tery with Brooks Funeral Home
in charge o. arrangements
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01

June 7, 1776- Richard Henry
Lee introduced in Congress res
olution declaring that these
United Colonies are. and of right
ought to be. free and independent
states ."
June II, 1884 Isaac Fischer,
Vermonter, took out patent for
sandpaper.
June IS, 1s15--New York City
residents began demanding laws
against noises keeping them a.
wake, particularly cries of street
hawkers.
June IT, 1s94-Frst outbreak
Of polio reported, in Rutland VT.
June rs. 195o-North Korean
Red army invaded South Korea.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01
Theodore Vuder

Services for Theodore VRdcr. SIS
% IS Highland Az. n, who died
May %, al his home, were held az
? p. m Friday, MAY Is. az Wood
ards Funeral Chapel, Rev Charles
NJ Sexton, pastor OF Border
Methodist church. ofnciated.
Mr. vsder had been IN for some
time and hoSpitahEed for several
days prior TO his death. He WAS a
native OF Minneapolis and had
lived here all OF his life.
There are no known survivors.
Burial was in Crystal Lake
cemetery with Woodland Funeral
Home In charge Of the service.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01
ZION RAPTIST

Rev. Charles S. Jones, visiting
minister, brought the morning
message Sunday, May 27, using
as his subject, God VIII Provide"
Scripture background was from
Genesis 1914, rs anything too
hard for the Lord? At the APP
pointed time / will return unto
thee, according to the time Of
life, and Sarah shall have a son. y
Rev. Jones said, "In Gods own
appointed time and way, He viii
supply our every need. The reason
we sometimes feel that God
doesn't answer our prayers is be-
cause He doesn't answer the way
we want Him to, nor the time we
want Him too, therefore we try
to work out the answers ourselves
to our problems" He further stat
ed that the thing a Christian must
learn to do is to trust God COM
pletely and wait patiently on Him.
Rev. Jones made our hearts glad
and we were also saddened be-
cause he will be leaving to accept
the passionate Of church in
Iowa. We will miss Rev. Jones and
family. However we pray God s
richest blessing upon them.
Music was provided by the Cos
pei Chorus directed by Mrs. Dora
Hardy and the Young Peoples
Choir directed by Mrs. Mildred
Moore.
Baphsmal services were observ-
ed following the morning service.
At the 3 p. m. hour, the Mis-
sionary Society sponsored an All
States Fellowship program. Rev.
NJ. ]. Hendrieth, pastor of Way
man AME church. was speaker.
Wayman choir furnished music.
Refreshment were servel follow
ing services. II was truly a won
derfgl fellowship for all who at
tended Mrs. Mayme Lyle is
president of the society.
The Senior Choir of Zion will
present its annual Spring Con-
cert on Sunday, June 8, at p. m.
at the church. Everyone is invited
to attend. You are always well
come at Zion.-Mrs. Cynthia
Westbrooks, reporter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-01
PILGRIM BAPTIST

In Remembrance" was the
subject Of Dr. Massey's Memorial
Sunday message on Sunday, May
q. at the II a. m. service. Morn
ing prayer was offered by Dea-
con Howard NJ. Hunt. Music was
by the Senior Choir and the Cos
pei chorus. Flowers on the pulpit
were given by the decorations
committee.
Coincidence was expressed TO
Mrs. Georgia Kemp on the pass
ing Of her mother in Chicago last
week.
Commentator was expressed to
Chairman NJ. A. Knott, unit
leaders and members who showed
their loyalty and faithfulness CT
the rally on last Sunday.
At / D. m. the Minnesota-South
Dakota Baptist Laymen picnic
was held at Como Park. At 4 p,
m, the Earnest Workers club
gave their annual tea at the home
Of Mrs. Dolly Crushshon, $40
Fuller Av.
on Sunday, June 3, DR. Massey
will preach and the Ordinances
of Baptism and Communion will
be held at the IL a. m. service. At
p. m. the L. w. Harris MEM
orial service win be held with
Rev. L. Worth Barbour, pastor Of
Bethesda Baptist church, Mime
apolis, as guest speaker. Music
win be by the Gospel Chorus.