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Fares Boosted
By Railroads
BY the Associated Press


Eastern and Western railroads
raised their basic passenger fares
by per cent today
There was simultaneous 7la
per cent hike in pullman charges
throughout the country.
The Southern railroads are
scheduled to make a similar 5
per cent increase in their basic
passenger fares effective May Is.
The Interstate Commerce
Commission late yesterday APP
proved the increase in inter-
state passenger rates west of
the Mississippi River and north
of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers.
plus West Virginia and most Of
Virginia.
The commission said multi
million-dollar deficits which the
railroads have been mourning in
passenger operations since World
War II demonstrated a need for
additional revenue.
The East West passenger fare
boost is expected to yield about
another $27 million a year. The
pullman fare increases, approved
last Friday. will produce an ad-
ditional Sc million a year.
The ICC also authorized the
railroads yesterday to make the
5 per cent hike effective on travel
within Arkansas. Iowa, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Montana. Me-
braska, North Dakota and Texas.
Application of the new rates
within the other 40 States, as
sought by the rail carriers, is
up to the individual State COM
missions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-01
D. Cos Company
Honors Members
Of 25-Yeur Club

The Washington Gas Light Co.
held its 10th Annual Quarter
Century. Club dinner last night,
honoring employees with Is or
more years. service.
Topping the roster of the 1872
members of the club at the Stat
Ter Hotel banquet was James H.
Leahy, who has spent 40 of his
e. years with the utility. He
joined the firm in 1906 as a
carpenters helper. Today he is
superintendent of service and
maintenance at the main build
ing, Eleventh and H streets NV.
Everett j. Boothby. president
of the company, introduced each
of A employees who became
Quarter Century Club members
this year. They were welcomed
by the clubs outgoing president,
Earl d. Sanders.
Newly elected officers installed
for the ensuing year were A.
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only BRISK has EZUORZDE/ 85,

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e-door-in- them ddle-of-the-
night" category.
American officials withheld
specific details lest the Polish
Embassy here figure out which
individuals have complained.
Likewise American authorities
declined to reveal the exact
number of complaints.
1t can be presumed. however
that some came from the Wash
ington area
Deputy Undersecretary Rob-
ert D. Murphy made the formal
American complaint in a note
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-01

on such items as preaching, pas
cate, would be editor.
Iistration and religious news. DR.
T. Otto Nall of Chicago, editor.
Iin-chief of the Christian Advo.
cate. will be editor.
The two proposed magazines
would replace the l30-year-olt
Christian Advocate, a weekly
land the Pastor, a monthly pub.
Ilication.
Final action on plans for the
publications is pending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-01

Daniel Pleitner, president, and
William Hendrickson, secretary
treasurer.
The 108-year-old firm has 253
active employees and 70 retired
on its Quarter Century Club
roster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-01
Poles Lay Police State
| octics to Embassy Here
By JAMES E. ROPER

The American charge that the Polish Embassy here has
been using police state tactics against Polish refugees the
result of specific complaints filed by Polish nationals
disclosed today.
The United States told Poland yesterday cease mme
datey the obectiona practice of unsolicited visits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-01

on Polish nationals in the hope
of presenting them to return to
their homeland.
A number Of the Poles who
had sought political asylum re-
ported incidents to American
authorities. Many of the Incl
dents fell into the "knock-on-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-01
Sc, 900 Lumber Mills

SPOKANE-According to Gov
iernment estimates there are
more than $4,000 lumber mills
in the United States currently
engaged in regular production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-01
Methodists to Tackle
Segregation Issue Today
BY CASPAR NAMES
Star STAFF Correspondent

MINNEAPOLIS delegates to the Methodist Churchs
Conference will tackle the meetings No today
when they consider committee report segregation
today delegates of the nearly 10 million
church time while committees wrangled 200
memorials resoluons) regarding the racial issue within the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-01

IorIde oone cont give works best Where you need most
Brsks Fuorde actually weak soft spots where
decay usually with tooth enamel becomes part Of the
tooth isehus protects other decagter can And Bsks
stay'actve decy6ghe reaches into tight crece between teeth
into foodaps where decay acids fom-sars working instantly to
defeat major Of decay 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-05
A WORD
TO THE WISE
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

Beaumont: Can anything be
done to correct the misuse of the
word above as an adjective, as,
"the above quotation, the above
paragraph"?-A. j.
Answer: Grammarians used to
object to the use of above as an
adjective, insisting that one
should say "the quotation men
toned above" etc. But our
language has always refused to
be bound by rules. Above, as an
adjective, has long been well
established. and is now fully
sanctioned by our modern au-
thorities.
Huntsville: In our family we've
always used the name Jehosha-
phat as an exclamation of sur.
prise or establishment, as, Great
Jehoshaphat!" We pronounce II
"jee-HAH-suh-fat." Is that cor.
rect?-B. R.
Answer: The correct pronun.
citation of the Biblical name is
jee-HAH-shuh-fat. Note the Ssh
sound in the third syllable. Je.
hoshaphat was king of Judah
about the middle of the seventh
century B. C.
Gold Hill: Please settle for u.
the correct pronunciation OF thu
word anti perspirant. - Mrs
M. w.
Answer: Say: AN tee per
SPY-r'nt. BY all means avoid thu
common error (the darling o.
most radio and TV commenta,
tors) of saying "ant-eye" for tn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-05
NICK HALLIDAY

I4iLE BILLY
WORRIES OVER
HE4 KIP Eeo7EE4s
SYRINGE ACTIONS,
mp The POLICE
SEEK NE Kl1sN7
OF tbs WHARE
N2AzE CANE
2USU AN0 100
TALL SET UP
zTEeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-05
A CITY GARDEN

Boxes holding flowers just outside apartment window are
great favortes with those who live cities
Sue who lives in apartment all ready fill her
garden
Before pasng this picture down cardboard it with
crayon The brick wall is differing shades pink and
the box blue showing well against the white
Cut the dotted Sits the flower box. the
geranium down into the opening
the back Fold the tabs the two ivy plants
their places.
Make holes indicated in top the picture put string
through and hang it Then will apartment
house window with Sue admring her flowers.
Dottie Dama, Malvern, Pa, first this idea.
Violet Higgins
Next Week: Known Insects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-05
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

IDENTIFICATION: One
night. while watching a rehear-
sal in a Hollywood theatre, actor
John Barrymore fell asleep
When he awoke, the theater was
dark.
He finally located a telephone
He put in a coin and was about
to call his home, when he re-
allied to his dismay that he had
forgotten the number. He dialed
.he operator ana asked for it.
I'm sorry, SIR" she said
that's an unlisted number"
II know that" said the Great
Profile. But / am John Barry
more"
I'm sorry, sir"
After pleading in vain, Barry.
more suddenly had an idea. HI
began to recite the soliloquy from
Hamlet" There was silence al
the other end while lie proceeded
with his flawless rendition. Wher
he had finished. the girl gavt
him the number and gushed.
"Oh my, Mr.. Barrymore, thii
is the first time anything lik,
this happened to mel"
TITS q first for both Of us,
replied Barrymore. This is tn,
first time I ever played Hamlet
lin q phone boothl" a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-05

A defender can try to form a
mental picture of his partners
holding. based on the bidding
and the looks of the dummy.
Most defenders do think pretty
hard in the later stages of a
hand - after the chances of de-
feating the contract have almost
disappeared.
That is not good enough. The
thinking should start at trick
one.
In today's deal Mr.. Champion
made a fine cooperative play at
the very first trick. Against the
flve-Spade contract Mr.. Masters
opened his singleton heart and
Mrs. Keen won with the ace in
dummy.
Now, Mr.. Champion had no
interest whatsoever in the
heart suit. A lesser player might
have played the deuce without
thinking what difference it
could make. But Mr.. Champion
thought along these lines: My
partner and I bid diamonds and
clubs. With admitted strength in
those suits, why would partner
choose to lead a heart, a suit in
which the enemy undoubtedly
holds the balance Of power? The
only logical answer was that the
trey Of hearts was a singleton.
Mr.. Masters must have con-
troll Of the trump suit, with
hopes Of ruff1ng a heart return
later.
1t also occurred to Mr.. Cham
pion that when his partner did
get In with his supposed spade
winner he would probably re-
turn a club. After all Mr.. Cham
pion had bid nothing but clubs
and he had never raised dia-
monds.
Yet he had the ace Of dia-
monds and not the ace of clubs.
In an effort to have his partner
lead the higher Of these two
suits. he played his highest
heart. the ten, at trick one.
This thoughtful play resulted
In q two-trick set. Mrs. Keen
led spade to her queen and Mr..
Masters was in with the ace. He
read the subtle message of the
ten-of-hearts play by his part
ner. He returned a diamond and
Mr.. Champion won with the ace
and led a heart. The ruff Of the
heart and another diamond win
ner completed the set.
Note that if Mr.. Masters had
led a club at trick three Mrs.
Keen would have won, picked up
the last trump and discarded
both of dummy's diamonds on
her long hearts - making six
odd.
copyright, 1856. General Features Corp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-05
OUR PRESIDENTS
By HONORE NJ. CATUDAL

(which President was elect
ed by the smallest number OF
electoral votes in our history?
(which President received
the largest number of electoral
votes in our history?
3-Ex- President Herbert
Hoover recently pointed out that
four of our last seven Presidents
became incapacitated while in
office. Name the four.
ANSWERS on Next Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-05
BOY AND GIRL

prefix anti. And please note that
perspirant is not spelled "prespi-
rant" and it is not pronounced
"press-SPY-r'nt." The first sylla-
BILE is: peer. Correct: per-SPY-
r'nt.
distributed by the McNaurht
Syndicate. Inc.D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19

OwSed and Operated BY ". ". Chambers.
One Of the Largest UndeyfGksTs in the World
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
L. S. Myrick,
Bank Official

Lowell S. Myrick. So, a director
of the Federal Reserve Board
died at Doctors Hospital yester-
day after a long illness.
\ A native of Olean, N. Y, Mr.
Myrick moved here after gradu-
ating from the University Of
Pennsylvania. He joined the
Federal Reserve Board in 1921
and was assistant director of the
division on bank operations at
his death.
A World War / veteran. he was
on the lay board at Wesley Meth
odist Church. He lived at 4007
Connecticut avenue NV.
He is survived by his wife,
Clara, and a son. George. of 1884
Fourteenth street NV.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at 2 pm. Tuesday at the
IS. H Hines funeral home. Burial
will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Bar Unit Acts
On Delinquency

/ The District Bar Association
is moving in on juvenile delin-
quency.
Thomas M. Raysor. association
president, yesterday announced
creation Of IL new committees,
including ones on juvenile prob
lens, District public utility law
and local coming issues.
ut is hoped" said MI Raysor
that enlistment of experienced
lawyers in these newa studies
which supplement the work of
scores of regularly established
committees-will help provide
sound answers to growing COM
munity problems"
With the II new committees,
the association now has 70 groups
stated by 1900.
The new committees and their
Ichairmen follow:
Juvenile problems, F. Elwood
Davis; coming. Carl L Shioley;
public utility law. Valentine B
Deale: liaison with the new
Domestic Relations Branch of
Municipal Court. June L. Green:
continuing legal education, F
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19

the howlers are to the ear. The
colors are gorgeous to the point
of being explosive.
Also from Latin America came
pair Of parrot snakes, so-called
because Of their green hue.
DR.. Mann had four more out
sized tortoises on display. The
giants are from the Seychelles
Islands in the Indian Ocean. The
biggest weighs 157 pounds.
A four-day old llama COM
pletes the roster of the new
specimens at the animal park
DR. Mann named it Groga. That's
a diminutive of the name of a
family liked by the Manns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Mrs. Singer, 76,
Native of Austria,
Here so Years

Mrs. Rebecca Singer. wife of &
retired Washington tailor, dice
yesterday at the age of rs.
Born in Austria, she and hel
husband, Samuel lived here fol
more than so years. Their home
is at 80 T street NV.
Mrs. Singer was a member Of
the District of Columbia Hebrew
Beneficial Lodge.
Survivors include five sons
Samuel, jr.. 2248 Washington
avenue, Silver Spring; Louis, 705
Hemlock street NV: Morris
5724 Sixth street NV: Harry
5106 Eleventh street NE, ano
William, 1864 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV. There are II grand
children
Services will be held at 2 pm
today at Goldberg's Funeral
Home. Burial will be in the He.
brew Lodge Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
John Becon, sc,
News Morgue Chief

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 P).-
John BEGAN. Sc. who retired last
year as director of the morgue
of the New York Times after so
years with the newspaper, died
today.
BEGAN joined the Times as a
copy boy at the age of Is, and
in 1907 he and Thomas Bracken
started the Times morgue. A
newspaper morgue is a library
of clippings.
He remained in the morgue
except for six years as a sports
writer in the late 20's and early
sos.
Shortly after he succeeded
Bracken as director of the
morgue in 1947, the library of
clippings had grown until it
listed one million biographical
folders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Nehru Is Thrown Out
OF Jeep: Knee Bruised

BOMBAY, India, Aug. Is (P)
Prime Minister Nehru narrowly
escaped serious injury today
when he was thrown from an
overturning jeep near the town
of Anjar. He suffered only a
bruised knee.
The 66-year-old Nehru is tour
ing areas of Hutch in North
western India recently devas-
tated by all earthquake.
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No wonder they howl. you say?
The hyoid and etcetera are
among the speak box equipment,
that's all.
Zoo Superintendent William
M. Mann said these howlers re-
vealed a stunt he was unaware
of until now.
They have long. prehensile
tails" he said. And they use
the tail to brush flies off their
backs. I never heard of it be-
fore"
The howlers were among sew
eral acquisitions from a dealer,
all from South America.
The purchase also included
! four tanagers from Peru. These
birds are as loud to the eye as
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of the National Society Of the
Colonial Danes of America.
Besides her mother, Miss Mack
all is survived by two brothers
and two sisters: Charles M.
lMackall, Greenwich, Conn; Louis
Mackall. jr.. 2415 Taylor avenue.
Alexandria; Mrs. Fielder Israel,
Cleveland. and Miss Lucy Mack
all. of the o street address. Ten
nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow in the Christ
Episcopal Church, 300 o street
NV. Private burial will be at
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Three 'How|ers
Arrive at Zoo
By RICHARD RODGERS

The decibel level shot up at
the Zoo yesterday with the ar
rival of three bowling monkeys,
bearded things with built-in
fiyswatters and public address
systems audible for astonishing
distances.
The howlers are such loud
mouths because Of their enlarged
hyoid and laryngeal apparatus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Emily c. MockoII Dies,
Georgetown Club Leader

Miss Emily Corcoran Mackall,
SIS, a native and lifetime resident
of Georgetown, died yesterday
morning after short illness. She
lived at 3044 o street NV.
Miss Mackall was the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Louis Mackall and the
late DR.. Mackall. Her family has
lived in Georgetown for genera
tions.
A member of the Christ Epis-
copal Church. she was president
of the Georgetown Garden Club
a member of the board of direc-
toresses Of the Louise Home and
belonged to the District chapter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19

Cleveland Hedrck r American unemployment compen
Law Institute liaison Ashley William workmen
es iaison with the Maryland compensation Warren Miller
bar Wlburn N Baughman and ason with the Virginia
negligence law, David G. BreSs Rutherford Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Small Stock Is O. X.

1t is seldom wise to buy the
largest sizes of shrubs and trees
that are available. The larger
the size the greater the shock of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Cinderella Wins
.Came|Iia Award

A new camellia japonica
named Cinderella is the ALL
America Camellia Selection for
1857. 1t won the award against
the finest varieties developed in
the United States and abroad in
extensive three-year competitive
trials conducted by All-America
ICamellia Selections.
All-America Camellia Selec-
tons, known as "AACS," was es-
tabliShed in 1950-'51 and incor-
porated in 1852 as a non-profit
organization by a group of
Americas leading hybridizers
and nurserymen. Patterned after
but entirely independent of other
All-America testing associations,
its primary function is to pro-
vide for the scientific protest
ing of new camellia varieties and
to encourage only the introduce
ton of those of quality and dis
function, garden proved and sure
to perform well anywhere camel
las may be grown in the United
States.
Cinderella is noted for its
flower formation, which is
unique and quite different from
that of camellias in commerce
generally. Development from the
long pointed buds progresses
slowly and the flower unfurls in
a manner notably distinct from
the conventional rosebud open
ing.
Each rose pink petal, veined
with deep crimson and bordered
generously with a marble white
edging, is crinkly textured and
wrinked almost like a new baby's
skin. Petal edges are notched
and laciniated or f1mbriated.
The flower form and coloring
instantly reminds one of an old
fashioned Valentine with many
layers of lacy ruffles. The en-
chanting blooms of this out
standing new variety usually
average about 4 inches in
width and inches in depth
and are produced freely upon a
vigorous and Stocky plant. The
healthy plants bloom well at an
early age, producing buds which
are well spaced over the plant
and are not clustered. Cinderella
possesses greater hardness than
most camelliaS.
Plants of this great new ALL
America camellia will be avail
able through leading nursery
men and the AACS label guar
antees top performance in all
American gardens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Many Take Rose Trip;
Society Sets Meeting

Eight bus loads of sight-seers
travelling under the sponsorship
of the Potomac Rose Society
made the trip yesterday to the
Star Rose Gardens at West
Grove, Pa, and Longwood Gar
ldens at Kennel Square, Pa. This
is by far the largest such turn
out, according to C. C Mont
gomery.
The society will meet Thurs
day at 8 pm. at the National
Museum. Margaret R. Snyder,
supervisor of Breeze Hill Estate
Rose Gardens at Harrisburg. will
lecture on 1.-THE Versatility of
the Rose" A panel of leading
exhibitors of the area will dem
Ionstrate rose show apparatus
and explain the best methods
of preparing blooms for the fall
show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

In planting peonies make am
pie allowance for settling so
that the buds will not be more
than 2 inches below the surface
OF. the ground. 1t is better to err
on the side of shallow planting
rather than have the plants too
deep. Avoid competition with
tree roots If you would have the
plants flower freely, peonies do
not seem to be able to with
stand the competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

community as one Of the best
fence builders you can find, and
I agree. 1 also give him credit
as being one of the best brush
and honeysuckle grubbers I've
ever seen.
A man in his COS, he can get
more done in a day than many
men I've seen who are half his
age. The thing about Mr..
Cockerill is that he knows where
to grub, and every lick counts.
He cleaned out fence row on
The 40 Acres in a day that would
have taken me more than a year.
and then I doubt if l could have
done the job. He has honey
suckle piled as high as the house
waiting for the right day when
it can be burned.
He's also taken the skirts of
our cedar trees down the drive.
He says they look better that
way, and, anyway, you can't run
a fence along side of bushy trees.
In fact, our drive is so clean now
that I hardly recognize it, and I
am supposed to keep it that way.
y X x
Mr.. Cockerill told me he got
things cleaned out so I can keep
the edges clipped with mower.
and it looks like I'm going to
have to do my part.
I'll be as fussy as an old maid
and clip every weed before 1t has
a chance to grow.
That's what Mr.. Cockerill ex-
poets, and I'd be afraid to call
him back again after what he
told me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

Gard enclosed in every box,
entities you to replacement Of
any plugs which do not thrive
IN your lawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
THIS WEEK
IN THE GARDEN

transplanting and the longer it
takes for them to recover. Thus
it is usually more satisfactory to
buy the smaller sizes and have
the plants recover in a much
shorter time.
LycOris Habits
The lycoris, which we see in
bloom now, has a number OF
common names. Probably hardy
amaryllis is the one most likely
to indicate the bloom. However
its growth and Towering habits
are so different that some prefer
Ito call it magic lily. The lycoris'
flowers in the fall on naked
stalks. The foliage appears only
in the spring and resembles a
coarse daffodil, and like the daft
fodil the foliage dies down in
late spring or early summer
Plant the bulbs in the fall or in
late June or July.
Stem Rot Severe
Stem rot has been unusually
severe this summer, and as it at
tacks more than 100 different
kinds of plants it has affected
many gardens. The plants sud-
denly wilt and when lifted it is
found that the stems have rotted
off near the surface of the
ground. The control consists of
soaking the ground with a l to
1000 solution of bichloride of
mercury. Soak the ground for
at least one foot beyond the af-
fected area. Napthalene flakes
are also a fair control-use 8
ounces per square yard of area.
Cultivate the flakes lightly into
the ground.-W. H, Y.