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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-10-26
GLIM P S e S
TIL E PAST
By CAROLYN LLOYD

ooh, what a blamed uncertain
thing
This pesky weather is.
1t blew and snew and then it thew,
And then, by jing, it friz."
A gentleman by the name OF
Philander johnson wrote the above
rhyme for the Chicago Sun. Much
can be forgiven anyone who had
the name "Philander" wished upon
him at birth. However unusual his
name, he chose for his poem a
very common subject.
Someone once remarked in my
presence that the people of Bel
haven were the most weather con-
scious people she had ever seen.
Well, why not, pray? Even if we
wanted to ignor the subject of
weather, we acknowledge that it
governs our actions to large ex-
tent. At regular intervals we have
the subject thrust upon us by radio
and television announcers. We no
longer have to guess whether to
take a raincoat to work with US
or to have the oil tank filled. So
far this year in this section it has
neither "snew" nor "friz" but it
has "blew" little; and, after the
experiences of the past two years,
only an idiot could fail to be
weather conscious when a good
blow begins. By now, however,
everyone is beginning to relax and
view the normal blows and high
tides of the season with more
caution than alarm.
When the tide covers the street
in front of the City Hall nowadays,
l always wonder if it really used
to do so more often or if it just
seems so in retrospect. I do re-
member many days when the tide
came in during school hours, MAX
ing it necessary for the teachers
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-10-26

are planning to be there for the
fun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rond-
thaler were called to Winston
Salem on Tuesday because of the
sudden death of his father, Bishop
Howard E. Rondthaler on Monday
night. They will return to the Is
land on Sunday.
The annual P.T.A. Carnival at
Ocracoke School has been post
poned one week. 1t will be held
Friday, November End.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-10-26

The Alcar Highway is the road where trucks grow
old before their time. The road where gravel end
lessly sedgehammers the life out of trucks. Where
fog of superfne dust chokes engines, and vicious
ruts subject chassis to months of wear in few
hundred miles.
Six new 81 Chevrolet trucks, heavily loaded with
cargo, roared north from Dawson Creek, BE-,
through /, $50 miles of mountains and mire, rain
and hail to Fairbanks, Alaska. Running around the
clock, they made this tortuous trip-normaly a
72hour run-in less than As hours. AS special test
during the run, two of the trucks went the entire
distance without once having their engines stopped!
Come in and see how well these new Alcan
champs measure up to your job.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-10-26
Performance proved in a history-nlaking test
on the ALCAN Highway to Alaska

FIRST WITH THE MOST MODERN FEATURES:
New ACKNOWLEDGMENT T0skmoser va Is ssondurd in Series
5000, 1000 and 5000, optional in Series 5000 at exro
pIete lineup Of modern We and truck engines.
Revolutionary Powermoiie Transmission with
Chevrolet trucks! This sixspeed automatic, designed
specifically for heavy-dvN hovIng, is an exiroeoss
option in Series 5000 and 5000 and all heovy-duiy
truck models Hydro-ote is offered in 5000 ond 5000
Series models at exird cost.
LcF. models ovfdufe COZ. trucks In every woy; yet
offer all the iradisionol c.0.E advantages
Heavyweight ch0mps with TripIe-Torqve fundem ore
ruied at $4,000 lbs. GVW, $4,000 lbs. GcW Special
features include bvili-in 3-speed power divider
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Cab Driver Fined
In Traffic Death

A cab driver was fined 500
in Municipal Court today on a
charge Of failing to yield right
OF way to pedestrian in cross
walk, as the result of an accident
after which the victim died.
/ A charge of negligent homi-
eide against Harris L. Brinker,
80, of the unit block of New
York avenue NV, was dismissed
by the United States attorneys
Office.
| Victim Of the December 81 ac-
cident at Lamont street and
Adams Mill road NV. was Rob-
ert H. Mccarthy. "a, of the 1900
block Of Lamont street NV.
Mr.. Mccarthy died December 81
at Emergency Hospital.
Municipal Court Judg
Thomas c. Scalley released Mr..
Brinker on a 500 bond to allow
his attorney time to file an APP
peal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Abb Fails to Knock Her Dead,
Judge Hangs Crepe on Drupe

Two coats were sentenced in
Juvenile Court today-one to q
year in jail and the other to q
year suspended.
One coat, tan and shaped with
% certain drape, was around q
man who is charged with nom
support Of his two children since
last June.
He told Juvenile Court Judge
Edith H. Cockrill that he had
lost his job as a cook in Alex
andria during the transit strike
He said it cost him too much 10
take a taxi from his District
home to the bus terminal here
But, he added, despite the fact
he was out of job he purchased
the coat which he modelled be-
fore the court.
your failure" Judge Cockrill
said. Ito support your children
is about as deliberate as I've
ever seem"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
DOZENS OF TREES
BEING PLANTED
IN GEORGETOWN

Planting Is under way to
refine NJ street and Wiscon-
sin avenue in Georgetown
with the sections first new
trees In so years.
About a dozen trees were
placed yesterday. and wells
are being prepared for more
than 100 others to provide
foliage along M street from
Twenty-ninth street to Key
Bridge and Wisconsin from
M street to Volta place.
Tree Supt. John w. Bat
son said the job Of planting
the upright Norway naples
is slow, hand work, eompli-
Gated by the network Of pipes
and cables underground In
the area.
The tall slim naples were
chosen because Of the mar
row sidewalks.
The previous trees were
cut down at the time M street
was widened in 1875, It was
decided not to repiant be-
cause of the narrow side
walk space and underground
conditions presented by
utility lines. Since then,
however. citizens have re-
questioned that the trees be
replaced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Painter Found
Shot to Death

An unemployed Fairfax Coun-
ty painter was found dead of a
'gunshot wound today at his
home. in Groveton, Va.
The victim was identified as
James L. Garner, AZ, of 2l03
East Maple street.
County Police Capt. James
Mahoney said Mr.. Gamers body
was found by his wife, who had
been away from home since Fri
day
Police said Mr.. Garner suf-
fered a shotgun wound in the
stomach which apparently was
self inflicted
Police said Mrs. Garner and
her two children, aged Is and
IL, left home Friday after q
family argument.
Mrs. Garner told police the
body was just inside the living
room door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
D. c. Asks $43.500
For May | Election

The House Appropriations
subcommittee handling the Dis
trict's budget today had under
Iadvisement the city's request for
$43,500 to finance the May /
election here to choose delegates
to the two national political
conventions.
City officials asked for the
money at closed session Of the
committee yesterday afternoon.
The group was headed by Com
missioners Samuel Spencer and
Robert Mclaughlin and Direc-
tor of General Administra ton
Schuyler Lowe.
Congress last year authorized
the election but had provided no
money to pay expenses.
Whatever commentator for
money may be made by the sub
committee will go before the
full House Appropriations Com
mittee in the form of a proposed
supplemental bill to be acted on
later by the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24

With that, the man in the
tan coat was sentenced to a
year in jail.
Another coat. this one a multi
colored plaid affair which ended
at the waist but kept the occu-
pant decidedly warm, hung from
the shoulders of another father
charged with failing to support
his two children since June OF
last year.
This coats occupant testified
he had given "a couple Of dol
lars" toward his children but
added that Il love my children. y
1.-THE court looks" Judge
Cockrill told this coat, at these
things by what you do. not what
you say"
And this coat, with the fur
lined collar, received a sentence
of one year in jail, suspended
The coats tenant was ordered
to pay $40 each Saturday toward
the support Of his children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Greyhound Service
Back to Normal

Greyhound bus service was re-
sumed here at 10 am. today and
full schedules were achieved by
noon, company spokesman re-
ported.
Commuters who normally use
1.-THE service to and from westerly
and northerly points were de-
prived of their rides again this
morning but will be able to catch
their regular buses homeward
tonight.
Bus service had been halted
here since last Tuesday by a
driver walkout in protest of the
firing Of one Of the drivers. An
agreement reached Saturday
provided for the back work
movement with the dispute over
the fired employe being SUBJ
mitted to arbitration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Careening Car
Kills Moforist
College Park Driver
Hurled From Auto

A College Park. Md. man wal
killed in the District early toda!
when the car he was drivint
overturned. rolled and skiddee
I348 feet on New York avenue ex.
tended. police reported.
The man, George S. Garner
SO. of OTIS Wichita avenue. wa!
thrown from the car before i
finally halted against the guaro
rail of the South Dakota avenue
Ioverpass.
1t was the Districts seventh
traffic fatality as compared tt
the same number at this time
last year.
Driver Flung Out
Police said the car after run
ming onto the grass on the right
side of the road, skidded back
into the right traffic lane. II
then turned over on its top
skidded to the center strip anc
tipped back on it's wheels
1t continued to skid and the
driver was thrown out as II
struck the left curb. Continu-
ing its skid. it struck the guard
rail and stopped.
Mr.. Garner, who was a branch
manager Of the Eastern Accept
ance Corp. of 261 Constitution
avenue NV. was driving one Of
the auto finance company's cars
police said. He was en- routt
home at the time of the accident
He was taken to Casualty
Hospital where he was pro-
nounced dead at $40 am. HI
suffered a fractured skull.
Mr.. Garne, is survived by hi.
widow, Mrs Anne Garner: two
children, George. IL, and Brad.
ley. 8. and his mother. Mrs
Mary Garner of Lakeland, Fla
AleXandrian Hurt
In another accident yesterday
Thomas A McGaff1n, 25, of 40;
South Reynolds street. Alexan.
dria, SUSTAINED possible interna
Injuries ana conclusion, wher
his car struck a stone wal
around Glenwood Cemetery il
the 1000 block of Lincoln roat
NE, police reported.
Mr.. McGaffin told police TIT
accident occurred after a ''blacl
car" cut in front of him. HI
also said some children were
in the ROAD forcing him Il
swerve sharply to the left.
| He was reported in fair con.
dition at Casualty HoSpita
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
in which design has been given

in which design has been given
secondary consideration"
In another session today, ar
FILA official said Congress will
be asked to authorize home i'm
provement loans of a higher
maximum amount and to extend
the repayment period from the
present three years to five years
Assistant FILA Commissioner
Cyrus B. Sweet told delegates the
administration will recommend
a boost in the maximum amount
OF home Improvement loans
from the present $500 to $500
Telling builders that home
modernization offers "a pot OF
gold in your back yard" Mr.
Sweet said millions of homes
will need modernization and
that FILA is in other ways set
ting up increased facilities to
handle a larger volume of loans
A Bethesda builder received
an award today for site planning
a group of homes in Herndon
Va. The builder is Twentieth
Century Homes, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Boys Death in Fire
lis Held Accident

A certificate Of accidental
death his been issued by Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald in the
death Of Roland Blackwell, 16,
colored. in his burning home at
1916 Montello avenue NV.
Sunday.
Capt. Richard Felber of the
homicide squad said the youth
apparently went to help bis
mother escape the flames, but
became confused and wandered
into the bathroom, where he was
found dead.
The mother. Mrs. Bertha
Blackwell, 49,, and all six other
members of the family escaped.
Both floors of the home were
ruined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Blast
Kills Maryland
Mother Of 9
Husband Is Seized
At National Airport
With Ticket to Coast

A 43-year-old mother Of nine
children was slain by q shotgun
blast last night as she lay on
Ia sofa in the front room Of her
home near Gaithersburg. Md.
A few hours later, her hus-
band was arrested as he prepared
to board a plane for Los Angeles
at National Airport.
The victim was Mrs. Ella Mae
johnson. colored, whe was
struck in the stomach with a
charge from single-barrel .l2-
gauge shotgun, fired from about
8 feet away.
Police found the weapon lean
ing against a wall behind the
kitchen door.
Montgomery County police say
her husband. Walter Wilson
Johnson. 48, was unarmed and
offered no resistance when
picked up at the airport. He had
10 one-way ticket to Los Angles
and almost $500 in cash when
police got him only 10 minutes
before the plane was to take on i.
Says Wife "Rar Around"
Montgomery County police
Pvts. Kenneth King and James
Morrison and Detective Sergt.
Frank Griggs said johnson adj
mitted the Staying and quoted
him as saying "she had been
running around with other
men"
johnson waived extradition
and was held in the Rockville
Jail without bond. formally
charged with murder.
A preliminary hearing was set
for next Monday in Rockville
Peoples Court.
At the johnson home on
Ounce Orchard road. 8 miles
west Of Gaithersburg. police
found the telephone wiring had
been ripped out and said that
johnson apparently had his
luggage packed before the
shooting. He left the house in
Ia 1916 automobile. which police
found near Second and H
street NV.
Held Two Jobs
Police said johnson had two
ijobs-as a laborer for a building
contractor in the daytime and
as a Rockville barber at night.
Although there were eight
other persons in the house, APP
Iparently none saw the shooting.
Four of the eight were children
10 years old and younger.
First knowledge police had of
the Staying was a telephone call
from the Gaithersburg- Wash
ington Grove FIRE board. advis-
ing that they had received q
call for an ambulance and that
Ia shooting had occurred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
D. {. Builders
Lead Fight on
Public Housing
Will Curry Bottle
To Nation Against
Big Expansion Bill

. CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-The Ma
tons home builders are pre-
pairing d heavy counterblow to
what they counted Is q major
drive" now building up to put
Through Congress q multi-billion
dollar expansion Of public hous-
ing.
Leadership Of q campaign to
have the convention here Of the
National Association Of Home
Builders take q positive stand
against further public housing
has been assumed by Washing
ton delegates. 1t Is understood.
At a meeting yesterday, dele
gates from the District area de-
Icided to carry to the country as
q whole their opposition to ex-
pansion Of the program in Wash
ington.
There's no point in trying
to fight on the local front alone. I"
one prominent delegate said.
1.-THE public housing lobby Is
working on national scale, and
we must do the same"
NCHA Elan Opposed
Washington delegates yester-
day voiced vigorous disagreement
with . reported plan Of the Ma
tional Capital Housing Authority
to expand its program by 1000
units.
A hint that the national asso-
citation win reactivate Its tradi-
tional opposition to public hous-
ing came publicly for the first
time late yesterday. when John
I'M. Dickerman, executive direc-
tor Of the association, referred to
what he called "a major drive to
put through a large public hous-
ing program"
Last year. for the first time
within memory. the Nations
home builders soft-pedaled their
fight against public housing al
most to the point Of inaudibility
Their president. Earl w. Smith
Iof California. even conceded at
one point there was need for
some public units.
Association elements now seek
ing dominance for q stronger
| policy contend that the fight
must be renewed and carried to
the country.
Billions In Loans Seen
They see not alone the posi-
bility that Congress win offer
more liberal support to public
housing. but that billions in
direct Federal loans for middle
income housing" may be in the
wind.
Both low-income housing and
so-called middle Income housing
are viewed by many builders as
"soeialized credit in its starkest
FORM" as Mr.. Dickerman ex-
pressed it.
Earlier. a former president Of
the Home Builders Association
of Metropolitan Washington was
among "a builders from through
out the country named as top
home merchandisers Of 1856" He
lis Clarence w. Gosnell, Alexan-
dria, Va.
A Washington architect, Harry
E. Ormston, was one Of five
judges in an NAHB-sponsored
home-design award COMPETE
ton which chose eight award
of-merit winners, six Of which
were on the West Coast. one
in Tulsa. Okla. and one in Erie,
Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
The
Rambler
Singing Hacker
Fares Well
By JACK JONAS

II your cab driver suddenly
bursts into 20 Sole Mic" or
'"Vesti la Guibba," it's more
than likely the man behind
the wheel is Sol Gordon.
eff / could get me a good
Job as a cantor, or even as
sistant cantor" Mr.. Gordon
said, ard get out Of this thing
and never drive 1t again.
The singing mackenzie plies
the downtown area mostly
sometimes startleS but often
pleases customers with his
tenor renditions. And he'll
break into song at the slight
est flicker of interest. He's
been singing for most Of his
a. years, and plans to 60 on
singing as long as he can.
81 like to sing" he said.
"Sang for a fellow on the way
over to the airport the other
day. When we got over there,
I told him the fare for the
trip was a dollar-Sixty. He
gave me ten bucks and told
me to give him back five. Said
he liked the way I sang.
II can sing operas, or I can
sing chants. English, too. I
can sing a lot of things in
English"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24

ton here that the whole field
Iof architecture is largely new
one for newspapers and one that
lis rapidly expanding in cover
age"
Accepting a convention reso-
luton thanking the Nations
newspapers for their interest in
the construction field. Mr.. Lewis
said:
II believe the best new oppor
tunity open to builders in 1856
lis to give No. priority to archi-
tectural design. The people are
more and more demanding good
design.
Manufacturers of everything
from locomotives to TV sets
from automobiles to automatic
coasters have increasingly rec
ognized that industrial designers
are the star statesmen on the
team. Builders. too. are finding
that homes designed by good
architects sell faster, can be
built more efficiently and eco
lnomically. and give buyers more
lasting satisfaction than those
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Oman OFF Tomorrow
On Trip to Australia

Methodist Bishop G. Bromley
Oman of Washington will leave
tomorrow on a trip to Australia
and Southeast Asian countries.
After attending a meeting OF
the Executive Committee Of the
World Council Of Churches at
Gilbulla. Australia. Bishop OK
nam and others OF the group will
speak in cities of Australia and
New Zealand. Later he will visit
Malaga. the Philippines and In
donesia, returning to Washing
ton early in April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The United States Savings
and Loan League concludes
its meeting at the Mayflower
Hotel.
The National Society Of
Volunteers of America Fest
Central Asia goes into It's
third day Of meetings at the
Woodner Hotel.
The Young Republican
Leadership Training Con-
ference continues at the
Raleigh Hotel.
The American Bankers As
ISOLATION begins q three-day
meeting at the Mayfower
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
Illegal Search Frees Man
In Case Involving Girl Is

man and the girl. In the CORR
dor outside the courtroom the
girl congratulated Mr.. Daily or
his handling of the case. Then
she left in an elevator with Mr.
.Munitz and another couple tc
use a public telephone on the
first floor of the courthouse.
Jury Waits Patiently
The judges ruling followed
presentation of testimony from
policemen and Mr.. Munitz or
the defense motion to suppress
the evidence. The jury waited
patiently in an outer room dur.
ing the two hours Of argument
Pvt. Thomas j. White. 10tl
precinct policeman told Judge
Cockrill how he accosted Mr.
Munitz in the photo shop ane
asked him to accompany him tc
the stationhouse where detec.
tives wanted to talk with Mr.
MunitZ. Pvt. White said he wa.
Ioff-duty, and did not place Mr.
Munitz under arrest at that time
He added that he knew Mr.
Munitz was being sought fol-
questioning on another matter.
Mr.. Munitz had an envelope
of the type used to hold processec
photographs. Pvt. White said
The defendant left the envelope
in the shop and then went tt
the stationhouse where he wa,
booked for investigation.
Detective Carl Galasso test,
flied he learned of the envelop,
the next day and went to thu
photo shop. After getting tn,
envelope and investigating it,
contents, he said, he pursued
the inquiry further and latel
that day charged Mr.. Muniti
with contributing to the de,
linquency Of a minor.
The girl. free on bond. faces 6
hearing before Judge Cockrill or
a charge Of SO conducting her
self as to endanger her owr
morals or the morals of others
No date has been set for tn,
hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-24
AN EX-NEW YORKER, Mr..

AN EX-NEW YORKER, Mr..
Gordon came here three or
four years ago to open up q
business. It Topped.
Some friends suggested I
get out and start driving a
cab. Well, ! had a lot Of bills
to pay, so I did," he said. II
been driving this hack three
years now. I'd rather be a
cantor"
The hacker worked of and
on as an assistant cantor
while he was in New York.
While he was there, he also
tinkered with pianos.
"Oh. you're a piano tuner,
too?"
piano technician," MIR.
Gordon said. firmly, present.
ing a business card bearing
his name and that title be-
meath 1t. The card pointed
out that the work consisted of
''voiciig, repairing, regula-
ton and scientific tuning" Of
pianos.
when I was studying to be
a piano technician, l met
Mario LAMA" he continued.
He was nobody then. He
heard me sing, and gave me a
few pointers.
my customers are surprised
at times when l start to sing
But they say they like it."