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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Reluctant Fiinucone Will Tackle
Top Health Post WhoIeheortedIy

a huge boxer dog, stays at the
house.
II remember the white farm
house that we lived in when we
first came here" Mrs. Finueane
declared. Il stocked coal from
morning until night" ~,
DR.. Finucane is on duty more
or less "a hours per day. He
does relax on weekends, Usually
riding one of the, horses while
Jim rides the other one.
A sign on the stable door says:
Fathers Folly"
The new job as health director
was a hard decision for the doc
tor to make. Perhaps it was
tempered by the fact he and
his family will continue to live
at Glenn Dale.
Zone of the hardest things
was divorcing myself from Glenn
Dale" the doctor declared. Its
been % years here now"
AS for the future of the Health
Department. DR.. Finucane has
little to say. II have no fixed
convictions as yet. I will have
to become thoroughly familiar
with all of the problems first.
I'm sure there must be prob
lens there. I hope we can get
them all solved"
In any case, Glenn Dale comes
under the Health Department.
He will still have contact with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS

DR.. Daniel Leo Finucane didn't
want the job of District Health
Director, but now that it's come
to him he's going into it whole
heartedly.
1 DR.. Finucane pronounced Fin
you-kin). SO, is in a sense. leav-
ing his life's work and love. the
position of superintendent and
medical director of the Districts
Glenn Dale tuberculosis Hos
Ipital in Prince Georges County.
He will replace DR.. Daniel L.
Seckinger who retires January
81 for reasons Of health.
/ A large number of possible
candidates applied for the job
as Director of Health here, de-
spite the fact that the Health
Department has been the center
of controversy and criticism in
recent years. it is only a $4,000
Ia-year position and the depart
ment was recently rated in the
lower half of all health depart
ments in this country.
Wasn't Interested
Just over a week ago, how
ever, DR.. Finucane-tall. gray
ing, and dignifled-was called to
the District Building by the
Commissioners and persuaded
to accept the post.
81 had no desire, no thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
The
Rambler
Nosser Promoted
His Own Book
By JACK JONAS

Morris Schnapper opened a
publishing house in Washing
ton 20 years ago because he
felt the city had unlimited
manuscript opportunities.
Like all publishers, Mr..
Schnapper bought some lively
looking prose that died on the
shelves, but he also had the
pleasure of seeing a dead cat
emerge as a tiger of a manu-
script.
1t was a small tome out of
Cairo by a man named Canal
Abdul NasSer. It was titled
Liberation of Egypt"
I'VE published it last year"
Mr.. Schnapper said. Frankly,
1t was a dud.
1 goO onto IL from a para
graph in a newspaper which
said it was running serial
form in a Cairo newspaper.
That was before Nasser's rise
to power in Egypt.
Il went around to the Egyp-
tan Embassy and, to make a
long story short, we made
arrangements to publish Col.
Nasser's book. BY the time it
came out, Nasser was in power
We published it the same day
another publishing house was
putting out a book by Gen.
Naguib, Nasser's predecessor,
telling how he has risen T.
power"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10

of it and never applied" DR..
Finucane commented quietly. II
wasn't interested"
That is because he was made
the first head Of the TB hospital
when it opened as a children's
institution back in 1884. Origi-
nally II children were there.
Now it has $40 patients.
The year he went to Glenn
Dale he married his wife, Mary,
IA former nurse who trained at
Children's Hospital. They have
two children, Dan, 90, who
works in Baltimore, and Jim, 10,
who attends Bladensburg Senior
High School.
The doctor a medical doctor
without training in public health,
is a solid administrator and
well-versed in dealing with Con-
gress on budgetary matters.
The Finucanes live in a brick
home surrounded by grass,
woods and the large buildings of
Glenn Dale. In one corner of
the 216-acre tract is a two
horse stable they built them
selves several years ago. Inside
are Duchess, brown horse, and
larson. a white horse, formerly
a lead pony at Bowie.
Recalls First House
Mullins. cat Jim brought
home last summer. often sleeps
on top of Duchess back. Ponch,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Is Wirginions
Seek Rhodes
Scholarship

Thirteen Virginia students
have filed applications for a
Rhodes Scholarship from the
State for study at oxford Uni
versity beginning next October.
The candidates will appear
before the State committee in
Richmond on Wednesday. Two
nominees will be selected to go
on to Atlanta to appear before
the Southern District Commit
tee next Saturday.
The Virginia committee is
composed of Virginius Dabney.
editor of the Richmond Times
Dispatch, chairman; State Sen
ator Armistead L. Boothe Of
Alexandria, secretary: r. K.
Gooch of the University of Vir-
.ginia; Edgar F. Shannon, jr.,
Washington and Lee University:
Robert @. Marston. Medical Col
Ilege of Virginia, and Deric
IO'Bryan, of Williamsburg.
The Southern District in
Icludes Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida and Tennessee. From among
the applicants Of these six
States, four students will be
selected to go to oxford.
The Virginia candidates and
the colleges they are attending
are: John F. Arnold. Winches-
ter, Washington and Lee; George
C. Bird, Richmond. Hampden-
Sydney; J. Jay Corson ". 1901
Moth Abingdon street, Arlington,
University of Virginia; Charles
John Fuqua. 4041 North Twenty
second street. Arlington. Prince
ton; Erich Guren, 1922 South
Abingdon street. Arlington. Co
|lumbia: William S. Hamel. Nor
folk, United States Naval Acad-
envy; Lawrence Harold Hoover.
.jr.. Harrisonburg. Hampden-
sydney; Peter Kilby. 2239 North
Quincy street. Arlington. Har-
ward; Samuel Rowe Harvey jr.,
Bristol, University of Virginia:
Henry Hanna McVey III, Rich
mond. Hampden-Sydney; David
ID. Shillman. Roanoke. Harvard;
George B. Thomas jr.. Norfolk.
University Of Virginia, and
Wayne Woodlief, Norfolk, Duke
University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10

Saturday night. After some more
Questioning. the two l9-year-olds
admitted stealing the safe. 1t,
Lubore said. They said they had
dumped 1t near Potomac Heights
in Charles County, Md.
The policemen took a motor
crane to the spot and found the
looted safe. But the crane got
stuck in the mud and required
hours TO free.
Late last night the investi-
gators completed their work by
charging the two i9-year-olds
with HOUSEKEEPING for a Munic-
ipal Court appearance today,
They said Mitchell is on bond
from an earlier Montgomery
County HOUSEKEEPING charge
and that Allen is on conditional
release from the National Train
ing School for Boys.
Charges stemming from the
washing machine thefts will be
handled in Prince Georges Coun-
~ against the three youths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
THE NASsER book

anything but a best-seller
Gust before I went C..
vacation last summer" Mr..
Schnapper said, II had be-
come convinced we'd be wise
to sell the Nasser books at
cut-rates to book stores. The
best offer could get was IL
cents a copy-$l.89 cheaper
than the original price. / said
to heck with it, and decided
to keep them around for a
while"
The following week NasSer
seized the Suez Canal.
THE French Premier, Mol
let, got hold of a copy of the
book" Mr.. Schnapper went
on. HE told the French As
sembly it was another 'Mein
Kampf.' Selwin Lloyd, Brit
aims foreign minister, told
his people it reflected NasSer's
true ambition.
"Sales began to pick up. The
ISraelis sent over for some
copies. When the book was
published, the zionists jumped
on it and denounced it, but
when the crisis developed it
became their chief source of
evidence. We are in our fourth
printing now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
WeissMayGet
DaIePost

DR.. Moe Weiss, chief of medi-
cal services at the Glenn Dale
tuberculosis Hospital, is ex-
pected to be named superintend-
ent and medical director when
the present head, DR.. Daniel Leo
Finucane. takes over as District
Health Director.
Last week the District Com
misSioners announced the
appointment of DR.. Finucane to
head the Health Department
when DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger
retireS January 81.
Two days before the an
Inouncement DR.. Weiss, AZ, was
presented $500 award for "sus-
tanned superior performance" by
the Commissioners, the largest
merit award presented so far by
the District.
Native of Brooklyn
DR.. Weiss was born in Brook
Ign, N. Y, and received his de-
gree in medicine from the New
York University College of Med
icine. He interned at the jew
ish Hospital in Brooklyn and
served his residency in internal
medicine there in 1898.
Later the physician served in
several tuberculosis sanitariums
before he came to Glenn Dale
as medical officer.
During World War II he served
as an Army captain and returned
to Glenn Dale where he was
made chief of medical services.
Instructed at Georgetown
DR.. Weiss is also an instructor
in clinical medicine at the
Georgetown University School OF
Medicine. a member Of the Amer
Iican Trudeau Society and the
American College of Chest Ply
lsicians.
To date there has been no off,
cial action by the District regard
ing DR.. Weiss appointment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Car Acts as Moving Runway,
Brings in Damaged Plane

bad" He'd never made a crash
landing before.
On the ground. Mr.. Hornbaker
had an Idea. Climbing into a
hard top sedan with two other
men. he drove out on the field.
The CAA told Mr.. Rocks what
was up - that Mr.. Hornbaker
would try 10 make the car act
as wheels for the plane II Mr..
Rocks could land on top Of the
auto.
Makes Several Passes
Mr.. Rocks made several passes
at the runway 10 gauge speed
and distance. on the fourth
pass. he set the plane down on
top OF the car. While Mr. Horn
baker drove. the cars other two
occupants held the struts Of the
plane 10 II wouldn't slip OIL
Gently. Mr.. Hernbaker applied
the brakes and stopped.
Hes some guy" said Mr..
Rocks Of Mr.. Hornbaker.
Tn Just glad he thought Of Il"
"Tye done Il before" Mr..
Hornbaker said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Visitor to Hungary
To Report on Revolt

Mrs. Marie Ridder Of Langley,
Va, who returned recently from
Hungary, will report on the
Hungarian revolution and ref
ugee problem at a meeting in
the Franklin Sherman School,
Mclean, Va, at 8:15 pm. to-
morrow.
Mrs. Ridder has joined with
her husband Walter Ridder. of
Ridder Publications to write
f1rst-hand accounts of the fight-
ing in Hungary.
The meeting will be sponsored
by Dranesville District Demo-
cratic Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Simon School
vanda| DAMAGE
Put at $500
Wreckuge Cleared
In Principals Office
And a Clussrooms

The task of cleaning up wreck
age wrought by vandals in the
principals Office and four class
rooms over the week end began
at Simon School today.
Police reported the school at
Fourth street and Mississippi
avenue Sc. was enterd between
5 pm. Saturday and IL am.
yesterday. Police said the vandals
backed a car UP to a basement
door and pulled it off it's hinges
with a tOWrope.
Police said damage would run
at least $l,500. Miss Edith M.
Williams, the principal, de-
clined to make an estimate until
she had an opportunity to in
Spect the damage.
Police said the vandals did
most damage in Miss Williams
office. Glass was broken out of
doors, filing cabinets smashed,
a typewriter and mimeograph
machine knocked to the floor
and records thrown about.
Investigating officers said the
vandals apparently took a tele-
vision set from the school. The
"rabbit-ears" aerial from the set
was broken and parts from it
were found in two rooms.
Desks in three first floor
classrooms were overturned and
broken glass Uttered the hall
way The intruderS smashed a
coin box from a pay phone on
the first floor and the empty box
was found nearby.
A basement classroom also
was entered and a motion pic
lture protector knocked about 20
feet from its base. Police said
traces of blood were found
around the splintered glass of
the door, indicating one of the
intruders may have been cut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 10 Rl.-
After 1t was over, week end pilot
Manning Rocks could hardly
believe 1t happened"
Caught aloft in a light plane
with a damaged landing gear.
Mr. Rocks brought his craft
safely TO earth by landing It
squarely atop a moving auto
mobile.
1t wasn't a lucky accident. It
was planned that way. not BY
Mr.. Rocks but by a knowledge
able veteran flyer, Ed Horn
baker. from whose company Mr..
Rocks had rented the plane.
Landing Gear Useless
Mr. Rocks. who has $50 hours
OF flying time. had taken of
from Municipal Airport for a
routine spin yesterday when the
airport control tower radloed
that his right landing gear was
dangling useless under the
plane
The crash crew at the airport
Eere alerted and Mr.. Rocks, $50
feet above. figured things looked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10

MIR. SCHNAPPER, a rotund
man with a Van Dyke beard,
still believes Washington is a
good source for manuscripts.
OF the 1000 books he has
published in two decades, a
fourth Of them have been by
Washington authors.
Sometimes I think every
body in Washington has a
manuscript of some Sort" he
said. To illustrate he told Of
driving past the National Art
Gallery with his wife. He
noticed standing beside the
art gallery man with a flow
ing beard.
1T reached down to his
belt" Mr.. Schnapper recalled.
THAT'S the kind of beard /
want to grow" he told his
wife. He stopped his car,
grabbed his camera and
jumped out. 1t was a warm
day, SO Mr.. Schnapper took
OF his hat as he approached
the bearded gentleman.
"Sir, I do not like your dis
play of Southern civility,"
the bearded one said coldly.
IF you have something to
say. put on your hat"
Mr.. Schnapper replaced his
hat and explained he wanted
a picture Of the mans beard
The hirsute stranger warmed
appreciably and consented.
after the picture-taking, Mr.
Schnapper asked the man
what he did for a living.
I'm an artist" was the r,
ply, land what do you DOR
I'm a publisher"
"Ah," said the artist, II also
write and have a manuscript.
Wait here. It's in my car"
AS the man fastened of.
Mr.. Schnapper groaned.
Good heavens, what have
! let myself in for?"
When the artist returned.
Mr.. Sehnapper learned 1t was
a fiction manuscript. Il was
relieved, TO say the least. :"
he said. We don't publish
fiction"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10

He was found on arrival in
America to have a chest infec-
ton and was put into an Army
hospital at Camp Kilmer for
treatment.
In Washington, the mother
and daughters are visiting with
two sisters of Imre, Mrs. Elliot
Stein. 701 Tennessee avenue,
Alexandria, who went to Will
Imington with Mr.. Hot to bring
the Hungarian family to Wash
Iington. and Mrs. Susan Steiner,
1928 Fourth street NE.
Narrowing Escape
The mother and daughters told
the kind of narrowing escape tale
that has become commonplace
during the Hungarian uprising.
To get out of the country. they
first had to lie to police, claim
ing their home had been de-
stroyed by Smelling and asking
permission to visit non-existent
relatives in a town near the
Austrian border.
They missed connections In
their first bid to reach the border
and finally had to go on foot
Through an area full of armed
Hungarian and Russian troops
One Hungarian patrol stopped
them and ordered them back.
Sara pleaded for permission
| to pass. A soldier finally lei
them go through.
Now that they are in America
Imre, who has attended college
will try to get a job in Wash.
ington. The girls are already
learning English. One of theil
first phrases. taught them By
Mr.. Hot before they left Buda'
tpest. is Uncle Charlie" AnC
this morning, the children coulC
not be torn away from the tele'
vision set in the home Of Mrs
Stein in Alexandria.
But their mother is not ad
Ijusting to the new life so quickly
II keep thinking I'm in +,
dream" she said. I'm afrait
III wake UP and find myself il
Budapest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
2-Hour Parking Limit
Sought in Alexandria

A two-hour limit on parking
in the downtown area Of Alex
andria has been asked until
Christmas by the Alexandra
Retail Merchants Association.
The request will go before the
City Trafic and Parking Board
tonight. The request would limit
parking on all presently unre-
stricted spaces between Princess
street on the north and Wolfe
street on the south. Fairfax
street on the east and Fsyette
street on the west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Chaplain to Give TuIk

Navy Chaplain John D. Zin-
norman will speak on the Dead
Sea Scrolls az 3 pm. tomorrow
at Faith Lutheran Church. Ar
lington boulevard and Jackson
street. The talk will be given
at a meeting sponsored by the
ehurchS brotherhood group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Street Scenes

Man with a rake shaking his
hSt at the few leaves still
ciinging stubbornly to an oak
tree on Arlington boulevard.
Disguised teen-ager trying
TO urge his date away from
= window display OF Presley
recordings in a downtown
music store.
Nearby Virginia theater,
displaying atop its marquee a
ChriStmasy scene depicting
young innoeents singing
carols. and on the marquee
itself. advertising its double
feature-"Girls In Prison"
end Hot Rod Girl =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Declines
To Run for Governor
Hunqorions Who Aided
D. c. Man Arrive Here
FomiIy of a Sheltered Him for 5 Days
During Russian Attack on Budapest

Washington businessman who protected by Hun
garan family in Budapest last month welcomed the family
America yesterday.
Charles Hott, who lives at the Mayhower Hotel to
Wilmington. Del, to pick up the and woman two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10

TODAY

The American Nuclear So
ciety meets for three days at
the Sheraton-P Park Hotel.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-25
ERIE TWP.
MRS. cLlFFoRp sNlpsR

| Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Prouty were
called to Delaware Tuesday by the
sudden death of Mr.. Prouty's
mother, Mrs. Eta Prouty.
The Erie Twp Mothers Club met
in the home of Mrs. Milton Finken
Thursday evening. Mrs. Burdette
Floro was co-hostess. In the alb
sence of the President, Mrs. Mervin
Meachen, the meeting was presided
over by Mrs. Roderick Mcleod. A
high light of the evenings program
was the pictures shown by Randall
Finken, taken while he was sta
toned in Japan and Korea. Bertha
Grimm, Helen Epke, Ruth Daup
and Georgia Bice were welcomed
as new members.
LaCarne School children were
treated to trip to the Toledo Zoo
last week. Each grade, its teacher,
and room mother went by bus on
a different day. Needless to say the
youngsters were thrilled.
Mr.. and Mrs. GlenWood MINER
are rejoicing over the birth of a
child to Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd MINER
of Mercedes, Calf. A first grand
childl
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tettau and
Warren returned Monday from a
long weekend spent vacationing at
Cooks Forest, Pennsylvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roderick Mcleod
entertained the Stitch and Chatter
Club Saturday evening. The follow
ing members enjoyed an evening
visiting and very delicious lunch
con. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kirk,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Randall, Mr..
and Mrs. Burton Hambiy and Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Jensen, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Joschke enter
tanned at family pot luck supper
Saturday evening honoring Mr.. and
Mrs. Reigel Fetterman who are
leaving Sunday to make their fu-
ture home in Chicago. Those pres
ent besides the honored guests to
enjoy the occasion were Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Hickman, Cal and
Christie of Clyde, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton Gyde, Mr.. and Mrs. Ruel
Gyde and Linda Lou, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Gyde and Marie of Oak
Harbor, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Vogt, Mr.. and Mrs. Elihu clyde, and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Williams of
Port Clinton.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-25
OH School Board
Gets New Member

The resignation of Jack RAIDER.
who with his family is moving to
Michigan where he purchased a
business, was accepted by the
Salem-Oak Harbor School Board at
meeting Monday night. Named to
replace RAIDER on the board is o. L.
Teagarden. Other board members
are Luther Mylander, president; F.
Z. Boomer, vice presidea4, Fred
Meckfessel, Jr. and Charles Fought
Jr.
One elementary teacher and the
position o fprincipal are to be
filled to complete the teaching
staff for 1956-57. The contract of
Carl Braden, Ohio University grad
uate, was approved for the elemen-
tary department. Several applicants
are under consideration for the
principal position which is being
vacated by Earl Johnson, who has
accepted a position with the county
school organization as coordinator
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-25
Supreme Court Rules On Former
Standard Products Co. Employee

A Toledo chemist formerly EN-.
ployed at the Standard Products
company here was the key figure
when the Ohio Supreme Court last
Wednesday ruled in effect that
firing worker because of "per-
sonality conflict" with his supe-
riors constitutes just cause for his
dismissal.
The action came in a case in.
volving the question of whether
Matthew Kalman, who worked here
from Nov. 9, 1858 to April 81,
1854, was entitled to receive un-
employment compensation benefits.
He lost his job after complaining
to top executives of the company
about his immediate superiors. The
company later gave him a favorable
job recommendation, but the state
refused to pay him unemployment
benefits. Kalman claimed that his
firing was not for "just cause" in
connection with his work and thus
he was eligible for the benefits.
However the Lucas-co common
pleas court and the court of ap-
peals diagreed. The high court up
held the lower courts. Mr.. Kalman
was listed as a project engineer"
during his Port Clinton stay, COM
ing here from the O'Donnell Rub
Der Products Co. in Cincinnati.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-25

Winnie, Carol Almendinger, Rose
mary Wehner, Kathleen Foreman,
Gail Struhar, Stephenie Smith,
Christine McBain, Ann Schaefer,
Rosemary Wargowsky, Diane Web
ner, Barbara Flury, Pamela MINER,
Christine Glove, Barbara Pratt,
Diane Schwartz, Linda Van Alta,
Ann. Augsburger, Sandra Whaley
and Jenella Sutter.
Mrs. George Peters was guest
speaker at the annual mother and
daughter banquet of the Lindsey
Mothers Study Club.
Mrs. George L. Peters addressed
members of the Lindsey E.U.B.
Church Guild at their regular
meeting Monday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-25
ATTEND MASONIC MEET

4 3
Gibralter Council No. lit was
represented at the 30th annual
Reunion of the Constituent Coun-
ellis Royal and Select Masters of
the First Arch of the Grand Coun-
Gil of R & S M of Ohio, by G.
Arlo Shively, Illustrious Master;
Albert Fall, DIM; Russell Carnes,
P. CIV; Henry Myers, C of Cd;
Alvin G. Faus, recorder; and Myron
Miller, PM. The meeting was held
at Wauseon Masonic Temple May
10.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-25
HURON .KIDpIELAND

Huron Kiddieland, located on the
west city limits of Huron will be
open daily for the season starting
May 25th. Several new attractions
have been added this year, includ-
ing Horseshoes, Badminton, Shut
fleboard and T.V. lounge for the
adults. A special attraction for the
kiddies on Saturday, Nay 26 will
be MARY Ellen, star of the Little
Rascals of T.V. station VIEWS in
Cleveland.
The Zoo will be open with a
showing of 80 domestic and wild
animals and this year several orien.
tai birds will be shown.