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Evening star., 1956-11-26
Policeman Injured
In Shooting Here;
Girl Friend Held

A Washington policemen was
in serious condition today with q
bullet wound In the abdomen, in
tiicted, police said. by his girl
friend.
The officer. Pvt. Rudolph
Scipio, rs. Negro, was shot with
his own gun late Saturday night,
Charged with assault with intent
to kill was Dolores Thornhill, %,
colored, of 2901 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV.
A rookie on the force, Pvt
Scipio is detailed to the narcotics
squad from the training division.
The shooting took place at his
home at 1880 H street Sc. Police
said the couple had been arguing
and that the woman went up
stairs to Pvt. Scipio's second
floor bedroom and got his service
revolver.
Miss Thornhill told police she
did not remember anything after
taking the gun. She said the
quarrel was over a personal
matter" The policeman's SUI
periors said Pvt. Scipio had been
doing good work" They said he
does not drink and that the girl
apparently was not drinking.
After the shooting. Miss
Thornhill, an unemployed re-
ceptionist. telephoned for an
ambulance which took Pvt
Scipio to District General Hos
'pital.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
.34th ST. PAVING
TO DETOUR AUTOS

Thirty-fourth street NV
between Quebec and Porter
streets will be closed to
traffic beginning at $3.50 am.
tomorrow, Traffic Director
George E. Keneipp said to-
day.
The one-block closing was
ordered to permit widening
and repaving of the street.
Mr.. Keneipp said south
bound traffic on Thirty
fourth will detour west on
Rodman street to Thirty
fifth, south to Ordway, then
east to Thirty-fourt North
bound traffic will detour via
the same route, except that
it will cut eastward back to
Thirty-fourth on Quebec in
stead of Rodman.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Man
Boat Is Found

Wreckage of boat owned by
Ross G. Porter, 38-year-old
Prince Georges County lawyer
missing since Wednesday, was
found yesterday on a Kent Island
beach on the Eastern Shore of
Chesapeake Bay.
The wreckage. including gas
cans, pieces of planking, a small
table and compartment door,
were found and identified by
Woodrow A. Shriver. co-owner
OF the Boat. "Shaula." and Mr..
Porter's law partner in District
Heights, Md.
A Coast Guard spokesman said
the wreckage found about three
miles north Of Kent Point in
cluded some of Mr.. Porter's
spare clothing and fishing equip
ment.
The spokesman said the 21-
foot cabin cruiser probably ran
into shallow water and broke up
during a storm and high winds
which whipped up 6-foot waves
Wednesday night.
The Coast Guard expected to-
day to send two craft to the
Kent Island area for a continued
search. AS yet. searchers have
found no sign of Mr.. Porter.
Mr.. Porter was reported to
have left aboard the vessel from
its Severn River berth near An
'napolis Wednesday night. He
was bound for Solomons, Md.
about so miles south of Annapo-
lis on the western shore of the
bay, where the boat was to be
docked for the winter.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Army Surgeon to Talk

All military, reserve and civil
ian nurses of the Washington
area are invited to hear dis
cussion of the Diagnosis and
Surgical Treatment of Intra-
cranial Vascular Abnormalities"
by 1t. Col. George j. Hays. chief
of the neurosurgical service at
Walter Reed Army Hospital. The
meeting will be held at 8 pm.
Wednesday at Sternberg Audi
torium, Walter Reed Institute CT
Research.
Evening star., 1956-11-26

It's faculty IF only to keep the
theists stepping lively" the
preacher declared.
DR.. Davies sermon, 1.-The
Rights OF Atheists was inspired
by remarks OF DR.. Cloyd Heck
Marvin. president Of George
Washington University. at a
Washington Ministerial Union
meeting last Monday. AT that
time DR.. Marvin said the uni
versity only hires teachers who
believe in God.
Later, in a statement 10 The
Star. he affirmed the view that
the school does not employ any
teacher who does not have
faith in God" but denied hav-
ing said there is a specific uni
versity policy against hiring
atheists
Or Marvin also said the ques-
ton should not be discussed in
terms Of atheism. THAT Is a
word did not and will not use
because u distorts the discus
sion. he added.
Evening star., 1956-11-26

sale of alcoholic beverages on
airlines within the continental
United States.
2. A Senate bill requiring ap-
plicants for drivers licenses to
agree to take a chemical test
in case they are involved in an
accident.
8. Bills banning liquor and
beer advertising in interstate
commerce.
Mr.. Wallace also said I'VE in
the temperance movement hope
Congress will adopt legislation
investigating the sale of alco-
holic beverages in and near mil
itary installations"
DR.. Duke K. Mccall of Louis
Vile. president of the Southern
Baptist Seminary, is head of the
National Temperance League.
Evening star., 1956-11-26

October, 1855, correcting his
original commitment order.
Catlett, 80, pleaded not guilty
and waived trial by jury. The
court found him guilty and
sentenced him to 80 years in the
penitentiary.
More than two years later,
Catlett and his ATTORNEYS ware
advised by the Fairfax County
commemorative attorney that
he would ask the court to enter
an order to correct the earlier
order so .as to show that the
prosecutor and the court had
concurred in Catlett's waiver of
jury trial.
The effect of the Supreme
Courts decision today voiding
the commitment order is to an
null the order under which he
was sentenced. lawyers in the
Evening star., 1956-11-26
I emperunce Leaders Urge
Strong Anti-Liquor Laws

Resolutions urging Congress to
pass strong anti-liquor bills will
be adopted by the National
Temperance League board of di-
rectors at the biennial meeting
in Calvary Baptist Church.
Eighth and H streets NV
The meeting, which opened to-
day and closes Thursday. is being
attended by temperance leaders
from A States.
Clayton M. Wallace. executive
director of the league, announced
the conference will ask Congress
to re-introduce and approve
these measures:
/. A House bill banning the
Evening star., 1956-11-26

case said. Catlett's attorney
could not be reached for COM
ment but other lawyers said the
result probably would be that
the habeas corpus petition, left
dormant pending action by the
Supreme Court, probably will be
heard.
One lawyer said the court hear
ing the habeas corpus petition
could return Catlett to Fairfax
County authorities for further
court action on the rape indict-
ment.
In its opinion today, the Su-
preme Court said the only ques-
ton was whether the concur
renee of the trial court and the
prosecutor was entered of rec
ord" and that this had not been
done,
Evening star., 1956-11-26

DR.. Davies insisted that God
does not need defenders.
He needs no projections. No
shelter. No defenses. Just give
Him room
Asserting the basic foundation
Of democracy is freedom Of dis
cussion. the Unitarian preacher
declared a minister may very
well uphold the right Of an
atheist TO teach in a university.
If he fails to do so he is denying
the self-same principle upon
which his own freedom is based
every time he breaches"
The speaker further claimed
that the religious attitudes Of
George Washington and Abra-
ham Lincoln would make il i'm
probable that either could meet
DR.. Maryin's test.
What an awful headline II
would make" DR.. Davies said.
George Washington refused
place on George Washington
faculty"
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Hearing Monday
To Air $40 Million
Schools Program

Next Monday has been set as
the date for a public hearing by
the District Board of Education
on a proposed $40 million school
construction program.
The hearing. to which spokes-
men for parent and civic groups
are being invited. will be at 1880
pm. at the Thomson Elementary
School. Twelfth and L streets
NV.
The construction program.
covering 65 projects. was pro-
posed this month by School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning. 1t
would be carried out over a five-
year period and be financed by
borrowing.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
4tAuSASah AACAAAACAC
Star staff Photo

1t was not a break with music,
however.
After studying at the theologi-
cal colleges at Catholic Univer-
sity. he was ordained in 1947. He
had led the college choir while
studying. After ordination. he
joined the Catholic University
faculty, teaching old French and
Gregorian chant.
He continued his musical
studies. working with Nicholas
Nabokov at the Peabody Conser-
vatory in Baltimore. and study
ing with Nadia Boulanger in
Paris. Walter Piston at Harvard,
Ernest White, the organist. and
studying chant with the monks
at Solesmes Abbey in France.
Although he has written more
than 100 songs. masses. chamber
works and other compositions,
many of them performed in
Washington, he had never
tackled the full orchestra until
he composed this "Toccata. He
was in Paris in September, 1855,
and rented a studio at the Sale
Gaveau by the hour to work on
the new piece.
He finished it at Harvard and
then spent four months orches-
trating it.
Is Strictly Modern
"It's like a terrific process of
self-cross-e s-examination" to COM
pose such work." he said. You
try to bring what your subjec-
tive dreams are into an objective
presentation, so that they will
make sense to other people,
The idea for the work, he says,
came from hearing a perform
ance of Bach's First Branden-
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Revision Likely
On D. c. Projects
Due to Rates

The Government has run into
snags in its lease-purchase pro-
cedure for erecting new Federal
buildings and December 20, when
new bids are opened, should tell
whether the program needs fur
ther revision.
BIDS on eight buildings-none
in the Washington. area-are to
be opened December 20. In two
OF the cases the proffers from
builders will be re-bids on prof.
ects where the initial bids were
unacceptable.
One question which has been
raised is whether the return OF
4 per cent is adequate in view
OF the tight money market. Some
believe it is entirely adequate but
that investors must be made ac-
quainted with the high level OF
security behind the projects.
Procedures Revised
Bidding procedures also have
been revised since bids on prof.
ectS at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
Atlanta were rejected. At Coun.
Icil Bluffs the per cent rate
iof return was no stumbling
block, but various costs ran
higher than the General Sery-
ices Administrators cost limits
in the prospectus.
At Atlanta the costs were
Within the limits but the bidder
Salo he would need 80 days to
line UP financing.
Last November 8 it was de-
cider to reoffer these projects
next Friday, plus six other prof.
IectS. Bids on all are to be opened
December 10. 4
The additional six buildings
are at Abingdon, Va; Hunting.
ton, w. Va; Burlington, Iowa:
Kansas City, Kans.; Green Bay,
Wis, and Albuquerque, N. Mex.
No hitch developed in the lease
purchase procedure in connection
with a building at Rock Island,
III Construction of that build
ing was started in July.
Payment Over rs Years
Under lease-purchase the
builder erects the structures ac-
cording to Government plans
and is repaid the cost, with
4 per cent interest, over a 25-
year period. The Government
then owns the building.
In this are direct appropria-
Ition rather than se-purchase
applies to the projected buildings
for the Central Intelligence
Agency, the State Department
addition, the Smithsonian Mu-
scum and the Atomic Energy
Commission. and, so far. to the
structure for the National Bu-
reau of Standards.
Seven other buildings in this
area have been approved by
Congress under the lease
purchase program. Four of these
are in various stages of develop
ment, but none has reached the
stage where bids will be called
for soon. Three of these are
Federal Office buildings in South.
west Washington and the fourth
is the Civil Service Building to
be erected west the Interior
Building.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Symphony to Play Work Of Priest
Who Once Led Jazz Orchestra

A Catholic priest who once
lea a jazz band will hear his
first piece for symphony orches-
ira performed tomorrow night.
For the Rev. Russell Woollen,
33-year-old faculty member Of
Catholic University, it will mark
a milestone in a musical career
that started when he was 6
years old.
The National Symphony Or
chestra is giving the world pre-
miere of Father Woollen's new
l"Toccata for Orchestra" tomor-
row night in Constitution Hall
and repeating it there Wednes-
day night and in Lisner Audi
torium on Thursday afternoon.
Father Woollen stood by today
while Conductor Howard Mitch
ell put the orchestra through
a rehearsal of the work.
"It made my blood run cold. .
the young priest said. ITO spend
month after month of planning
each effect, and then suddenly
to hear the whole thing sweep
by-it's thrilling
Players Impressed
The players were impressed
too. Several of them came up
to DR.. Mitchell afterward and
said so. ITS so VITAL" said one.
Its got drive and energy"
But DR.. Mitchell and Father
Woollen were already busy maxi
ing minor changes. A glissando
for the double basses had proved
too difficult. so it had to be
changed and the notes raised to
a higher register. The first
winds were doubled in one of the
climaxeS. In another place the
tympani covered the trombones.
That's just the way the tym-
panist plays" DR.. Mitchell said.
1T doesn't need to be changed.
I'll speak to the tympanist about
it,"
Father Woolien took his first
lessons in piano and musical
theory from an aunt when he
was years old in Meriden, Conn.
His family was a musical one
and encouraged his talent.
When he was in high school
he had his own jazz band that
played for dances. 1t was a
public high school. His mother
was a Catholic and his father
was a Protestant.
Entered Priesthood
BY that time. he had begun
to write music, too. and his fam
lily looked forward to a musical
career for him. But when he had
graduated, he decided to enter
the priesthood and went into a
seminary at Hartford, Conn. His
family was greatly disappointed.
Evening star., 1956-11-26

the policeman was simply doing
his duty by watching the sus-
pect
II don't see how a policeman
can be accused of encouraging
crime if he's standing in a
mems room, working to prevent
crime" Mr.. King said. This is
crime against the public. The
law is to protect public morals
and decency. How is the police
man going to make an arrest
if he doesn't see what's going
on?
IF consent is a defense to
a charge of committing an in-
decent act, then the whole pur-
pose Of the law is nullifled."
Evening star., 1956-11-26
3 Londover Hills Girls
Missing Two Days

Three girls Of the Lsndover
Hills area Of Prince Georges
County have been reported miss
ing from their homes since Sat-
urday night.
Police identified the girls as
Gale P. Fant. IA, and her sister,
Joan Ann, 10. Of 6851 Freeport
street. and Donna 10 Hartley,
IA. Of 1900 Glenrldge drive.
Evening star., 1956-11-26

THE OLD ROW has on at
least one occasion heard the
roar of an angry mob. The
story is told of a foreign min
lister who came to the private
conclusion that his wife was
PERSONA non grata.
He made plans to send her
home, forcibly, and seamen
from his country stood by to
carry her off. The public
heard what was going on,
and a mob gathered in front
OF the minister's house
threatening violence. Polio
interviewed to stay the hand,
Of the mob, but the lady-fc
4 time. at least. remained.
When the corner buildin;
was being remodeled in 1900
it was discovered that the old
well which had served the
MadisonS still was in working
order in the basement.
During another remodelinR
in 1926, workmen ran across
a secret room in the basement
In the room was a chest, .ano
in the chest were some ole
letters and money. They
crumbled at the touch, and
the buildings ianitor, believ-
ing them worthless, threw
them in the trash can. He
later recalled that he'd noticed
some dates on the letters
l776.
Four Of the buildings-i90l
1905. 1907 and l909-retain
their original style, but the
formal Of 1908 and 1913 has
changed.
In these historic buildings
today are the drug store. a
liquor store, two restaurants,
a barber shop. and a flower
shop.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Rambling

A young lady standing on a
crowded ruSh-hour bus, Ar
lington- bound the other eve
ming. was calmly munching
on a pizza pie.
Tom Coll says the people
responsible for the public
playground near Sacred Heart
Church apparently are start
ing early TO curb juvenile
delinquency. The playground.
its equipment obviously only
!or the toddler set. bears the
notation. This playground
etl be closed from 10 pm to
30 am"
Evening star., 1956-11-26

the detective exchanged glanceS
with the lieutenant.
1T seems to me these parties
were looking at each other in a
way that amounted to a fiirta-
tion." said Judge Kronheim.
The judge cited the Guarro
case decided by the United
States Court of Appeals Sep
tember 81.
ITO let the suspect think
there is consent in order to
encourage an act which fur
nishes an excuse for an arrest
will defeat a prosecution for
assault" the appeals court ruled
in the Guarro case.
Chief Assistant Corporation
Counsel Clark King contended
Evening star., 1956-11-26
The
Rambler
What's S Behind
Bronze Plaque
By JACK JONAS

A bronze plaque beside the
entrance to a drugstore at
the northwest corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and Nine
teenth street NV. gives this
sketchy information:
This building was used as
the Presidents House from
October, 1815-March, 1877,
by James Madison, Fourth
President of the United States,
after the White House was
burned by the British Troops
on October "a, 1914"
That, of course, was the
most dramatic time in the life
of this ancient and solid
structure, but it gives only a
tidbit from the colorful story
of one of the most historic
set of buildings in Wash
ington.
This Presidents House" is
the corner structure of the
Seven Buildings"-in reality
only six buildings, but know
as the Seven Buildings sine
before anyone can remember
James Greenleaf, the Vii
liam Zeckendorf of the 1790s
had a hand in huildin'
them. They extend from 100
through 1918 Pennsylvania
avenue, and all but two retail
the same general appearance
they had when they wei
put up.
The buildings were read
when the Federal Govern
ment moved into Washington
in 1900.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Maryland Cot Wins

DEs MONIES, Nov. 26 F.-
Grand champion Nor-mont's
Charm, owned BY Mrs. Gerald E.
Hoag Of Rockville. Md. yester-
day was judged best cat and best
grand champion In the Hawkeye
State cat club show.
Evening star., 1956-11-26

THE CORNER building
served as the first separate
State Department Office in
the city. The State Depart
ment moved in originally with
the Treasury, but that was too
cramped. In August of 1900,
the experimentation headed
by John Marshall-moved to
1901 Pennsylvania avenue.
Then for a long time the
row of six buildings saw many
Governm m ut dignitaries-
domestic and foreign - come
and go.
In 1904, Gen. Trureau de
Garambonville, minister of
France, lived in one of the
buildings. Cabinet officers
George w. Campbell, James K.
Paulding and Benjamin W.
Crowninshield had hom e S
there.
Dolley Madison'S farewell
ball was given in the ornate
ballroom on the second floor
of No. 1901. The first Portu-
guese Minister to the United
States. Jose Correa de Sierra,
lived in No. 1905 during 1916.
When Elbridge Gerry and
Martin Van Buren we're vice
presidents, they lived In No.
1901, and while Secretary OF
the Treasury Robert ]. Walker
was in Office, he had his home
there.
When the Civil War began,
the corner house became the
headquarters of Gen. George
B. Mcclellan.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
.SieiIiuno TO Speak

Assistant Secretary Of Labor
Rocco sicilisno win speak at
S:i5 O'Clock tonight before the
Young Republicans Of tha
Washington area at the Hotel
StatleT.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
S.W. Group to Meet

The Southwest Businessmens'
Association will hold its regular
meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at
the American Security and Trust
Co., Seventh and E streets S.W.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The American Automobile
Association gathers for nix
days Of sessions In the Hotel
StatleT.
The National Biscuit Co.
session goes into its second
day AZ the Hotel Statler.
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Minister Here Hits CIV
Ruling Against Atheists

prominent Washington minister yesterday assaed George
Washington Unversiys practice limiting its faculty 70 be-
levers in God
DR. Powell Davies told worhipers at All Souls Unitarian
ChuIch the policy was "undemocrac' basphemous"
Every university should have or two atheists on
Evening star., 1956-11-26
Lease Purchase Bids
On Building Snagged
Order to Imprison Ropist
AnnuIIed by State Court

RICHMOND Va, Nov 26 t49--The commitment order on a
prisoner State Penitentary annued
the State Supreme Court.
Hampton Catlett convinced of of 57yearo
mother without jury the Fairfax County
49, 1858. challenged final order entered
Evening star., 1956-11-26
District Judge Dismisses
Indecent-Action CHARGE

Municipal Court Judge Milton Kronheim, jr today dis
missed charge of committing indecent act public because
he said the arreng paincohe policeman encouraged act
Morals Division Serg Detective Louis Fochett
Army lieutenant Friday for committing indecent the
mems of Northwest movie theater Before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-07
TODAY'S
TOP TUNES
#is0lN = Hot DissitY. Rock
lsluud Line, A Teur Fell. Lisbon
Antique. and mony others.

l843-Victor Herbert WoItzes-
Kiss Ne Again, Sweetheorts, Kiss
in the Dark, I'm Falling in Love
With Someone, etc.
6942-lz Femous Songs and
WoItzes-Pee o. Ny Heart, Side
wolks of New York, Sweet Rosey
O'0rod y, etc.
CHILDREN
l844-7 childFen's StoFies-Little
Red Riding Hood, 3 Pigs, jack and
Beonstolk, etc.
1895 chiIdren's Stories-Gin-
gerbreod Boy. Three Little Pigs.
etc.
FAMOUS SHOWS
69lll-Student Prince, Songs
Drinking Song, Serenode, Deep in
Ny Heart, etc.
l8l3-South Poeifie and Other
Hits-Some Enchonted Evening,
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etc.
l85l-Musie Of George Gersehwin
II Got Rhythm, Enforceable
You, etc.
l852-Jerome Kern Musie-Moke
Believe, Why Do Love You, etc.
l872-Rosers and Hammerstein
Musie-lt Might As Well Be
Spring, Shine On Horvest Moon,
etc.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lSl50-country and Western Hits
- Don't Core, Satisfied Mind,
etc.
LIGHT CLASSICS
1865 - Piano FavoFites - MoIo-
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6944-Piano Moods-Cloire de
Lune, Moonlight Sonata, Piano
Concerto, WoItzes, Nocturnes, etc.
6923--Nuteroeker Suite-Tsehoi-
kowsky.
6936-WiIIiom Tell Overture
CLASSIC
6o67 - Bollet Music - Schehero-
zode.
1850 ermen tBizet) -Ex-
cerpts
l84l-BorbeF Of Seville tRossini)
Excerpts.
69ll2-LG Bohems (Puecinil-
Excerpts.
VARIETY
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