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gates before the conference is
over.
Most prominent of the resolu-
tons was the one submitted by
the Rev. Harold A. Bosley, pas
tor of First Methodist Church,
Evanston, Ill.
DR.. Bosley'S statement called
for the appointment Of a 74-man
commission to study the entire
jurisdictional set-up of the
church and report with specific
recommendations to the 1860
general conference.
Five Jurisdictions
AS presently constituted, the
church is divided into five geo.
graphical Jurisdictions for its
white members and country
wide Central Jurisdiction for its
100000 Negro members. Those
--favoring desegregation in the de-
nomination seek elimination OF
the Central Jurisdiction.
The bishops of the church. in
the traditional Episcopal ad-
dress that traditionally opens
each quadriennial conference
said last night study commits
sion should be formed. But they
also emphatically declared that
there is no place In the Metho-
dist Church for racial discrim-
ination or racial segregation
The desire for better race re-
lations is prevalent. The prin-
ciple is no longer debatable. The
sole question centers in a pro-
cedure which will preserve the
good while eliminating the bad >
The churCh's position on sew
eral national and international
issues was set forth last night
in a 23,000-word statement
signed by 10 of the church S
bishops attending the General
Conference.
Among them were the follow
ing:
/. World peace. Disarmament
must be considered as "a multi
lateral project of primary i'm
portance for the guarantee of
peace. Efforts to secure a realis-
tic method for the reduction of
ornaments by the major nations
is a necessary safeguard against
a third world war"
The statement approved our
Governments "atoms-for-peace
program and urged that IAN in
ternational statute which would
create an international agency
under the United Nations to adj
minister the atoms for peace
program"
2. Schools. Declaring Method
ism's major educational concerns
are in the public and church
schools and the Christian college,
the message asserted the public
school lis a fundamental part
of Americas pattern of educa-
ton. 1t is public responsibility
whose adequate support by tax
funds is justified. We are I'M
alterably opposed to the diver
sion of such funds to the fur
therance Of private and sectarian
schools"
3. Liquor. The message re-
peated the traditional position
Of the Methodist Church in de-
nouncing the "legalized liquor
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traffic" as a menace to the
physical health, moral law ano
Christian character" of our Ma
ton. 1t charged that alcoholic
addiction" has been "predomi-
nant cause for the high divorce
rate, for broken homes ano
neglected children.
4. Gambling. "Pin-ball games
raffles. bingo and legalized give
aways, honeycombing our COM
munities. are the bush leagues
from which the major league
gamblers are recruited" the
statement claimed. Pointing out
that gambling in the United
States has grown into a $35 bill
lion yearly business with SO mil
lion customers, it said that "the
passion to get something for
nothing has resulted in the I'M
dermining of the basic moral and
economic laws of life.
5. Tobacco. Deploring its wide
spread use by women as well as
men. the statement asserted
smoking has taken on a more
ominous significance through the
of medical science
into its physical effects upon the
user The situation not only con-
fronts society with a serious
health problem. but it is also
becoming an increasing danger
as a fire hazard"
The Episcopal address was
read by Bishop Fred Pierce Cor
son Of Philadelphia.
Bishop G. Bromley Oman of
Washington, who is retiring after
serving 16 years as secretary of
the Council of Bishops, was
praised for his magnificent and
painstaking service" to the coun-
Gil, The statement of apprecia-
ton also declared "he has ex-
allied what under some might
have been a routine task into
a place of glorious service and
honor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26
Car Misses Curve,
Four Youths Killed

PONTIAC. Mich. April 26 (P)
-Four youths were killed and
one was injured seriously today
when their car missed a curve
and struck a tree on an Oakland
County road just north of Pom
tiac.
Police said the boys were JOY
riding and travelling at a high
rate of speed.
Police identified the dead as
Robert Wilson, Is; George
Hampton. 20; Arthur Farms
worth. 10, and Lonnie v. Stove,
81. all of nearby Waterford
Township.
Wayne Cunningham, 90, of
Pontiac. was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26
Action on Segregation
Delayed by Methodists
BY CASPAR NAMES
Star Stan Correspondent

MINNEAPOLIS April 26-Acton resolutions concerning
segregation in the Methodist Church
general conference today until later the meeting
The numerous motions all fundamentally aimed abolshing
segregation within the 0mon member church.
to committees with instructions back the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Causes OF
Divorce
AS Wives
Saw u

example compared slightly eight years for the Others
And husbands working around the house. such cabinet
making and radio building while shared very little by
the wife, nevertheless positive activity that helps
marriage similar the hOme-ceHered chores of Americas
oldahioned families which had far lower divorce In this
sense sharing than movies, dancing and drinking
in bars the author implies.
4. WHAT CAUSED TINE DIVORCED The legal reasons given
for the divorce rarely the Basic weren't
aired trivial grounds acceptable Only outside of
did the tell nterewers what they honestly believed
the real causes.
Here the types of complaint the divorced made
against their ex-husbandS:
Economic (non-support, bad management 81 per
Domineering Il per
Drinking II per
Running around gambling II per
Personality clash II per
Lack of interest in home 81 per
The figures represent the of total responses the
question: put all AIS what the main of
your dvorce? Surprisingly perhaps. Another woman
mentioned only of responses "Deserion scored
three per cent, relatives and in-laws" per
In of the importance ascrbed economic causes is
significant that 81 of the husbands earned less than $50
weekly However, only the lowneSS Of the husbands
income that important but its sporadic quality Only
49 per of the husbands had entirely steady Jobs
The wives told investigators that they continually felt the
nomc pinch During their marriages. ~ per of them always
usually held uItime jobs, - Continued on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

TsHE ART of teaching parakeet to talk is some
4 thing lot Of people try to master
Some succeed. Some talk themselves hoarse,
trying to get the little character in the cage to give
out with human-type southland fail. Pet shop
owners say many failure bird in hand, complains:
This budgie Just won't talk" C'Budgie," any
fancier knows is short for budgergar, the dealers
name for parakeet)
How many Washington-a area owners are now try
ing to teach a parakeet pet to talk-or have tried
In recent years-is anybodys guess. The parakeet
craze reached its peak about two years ago. dealers
say They're still selling them, though, and accord
ing to Frenchs Pet Bird Institute which conducts
an annual NATIONWIDE survey on ownership of all
kinds Of pets, some 10000 Washington families now
own at least one parakeet.
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How to Teach Your ParaI<eet to Tall,

One Of her current pupils. sky-blue bundle Of
feathers named Cutie. lives in a cage in her dining
room.
TITS easier to teach a male than 1t Is to teach
a female" Mrs. Martin said. Some say you can't
teach a female It isn't true. Cutie, for example,
is female, and she talks"
Asked the secret Of teaching success, Mrs. Martin
smiled patient smile. You have to start early
and win the birds confidence.
tits best to select male four to five weeks old
The younger the easier to train. You should put
the bird in the cage that's going to be his home
Don't take him out for ten days two weeks, SO
he can get used to the cage Keep him near you,
so he can get used to you. Whatever you do, don't
brighten him. Shaking a paper near him, trying to
catch him when he doesn't want to be handled, or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
By DORIS KANTER

How do you teach a parakeet to talk?
If you've never tried, and want to, 1t might be
good idea to size yourself up before you start
Authorities on the subject more than hint at the
fact that you've got to have certain sort OF per-
sonality to get word out Of parakeet
The ideal trainer, judging from voices OF expert
ence, has to have lot of patience and energy, a
lot of time to spend at the job. Willingness 10
stand monotonous repetition and an ability to deal
with, as we'll as love- vain birds.
On the theory that there's no teacher IKE
successful teacher, talked to Mrs Lillian Martin
Mrs. Martin has several hundred parakeets in the
basement of her home, 4813 South Dakota avenue
NE She also has shelf full of trophies, trays and
other prizes her birds have won
Star Photos BY Francis RoHn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-20
DOub|edogdare
Wins Again

LEXINGTON. KY, April 20
.R.-Claiborne Farms flashy
f1lly, Doubledogdare, easily won
the $l9,350 Ashland Stakes yes
terday in a victory which makes
her a top favorite in the Ken
lucky Oaks. Doubledogdare also
won the opening day feature, the
Spendthrift Farm Purse, last
Thursday.
Doubledogdare took over en-
tering the stretch and beat Jo-
seph Tomlinson's Guard Rail
by 3l2 lengths. Warning Bell
was Az lengths back in third,
with Supple and Queen Margie
trailing in the field of 3-year-
old fillieS.
Time for the six furlongs on
a fast track was 1:1l25. With a
gross value $19,350, the winners
share yesterday was $12,027. so.
Doubledogdare paid $3.50, $500
and 1920 in the mutuels. Guard
Rail returned $3.50 and 1920
and Warning Bell 1920.
Kentucky Derby eligible Coun-
termand won yesterdays Sec
ondary feature. a $3.50 allow
ance race. beating Katlayenta
by a nose.
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Race Foul Rule
ChdngedinN.Y.

NEW YORK, April 20 DR.
The New York State Racing Com
mission has thrown out it's an
cient foul rule, giving horse play
ers the break they have been
demanding for many years.
In the past, when a horse in
terfered or caused a foul, stew
ards at New York tracks placed
him last whether or not he both
cred more than one other horse
In the race.
New York and Delaware were
the only racing States retaining
such a strict rule. Delaware,
which operates under New York
Jockey Club regulations, also
is expected to change.
The commission yesterday en-
powered the track stewards to
place a horse where they be-
lieved he would have finished
had there not been a foul. Thus,
If a winner fouls only the Sec
ond horse, the order of finish
may be reversed instead of
making 1t mandatory that he
be placed last. The change is
effective today.
Racing fans complained that
1t was unfair to move a winner,
or second or third horse, COM
pletely out of the money, for
bothering only one other horse.
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Gets
Under Wayin
Kansas Relays

LAWRENCE Kans., April 20
IR.-A fair sprinkling of this
Icountry's prime candidates for
Olympic qualification will show
in the 31st annual Kansas Re-
lays opening with the first events
OF decathlon today.
+ The nine-man field entered in
the grueling 10-event death
Ion is headed by Dale Saxton,
Fort Bliss, Tex. soldier, and Buzz
Frasier, former University of
Kansas athlete representing the
Baltimore Olympic Club. Jim
Podoley, Central Michigan COL
lege, who had planned to try
for an unprecedented third
straight championship, with
drew Wednesday because of a
leg injury.
The relays proper, expected
to feature a shotput match be-.
tween the only two men in his
tory who have bettered so feet,
will begin at 10 am. (EST) to-
morrow. They are Parry O'Brien.
former Southern California star,
who has the worlds best throw
Iot 81 feet 5ha inches to his
credit, and Bill Nieder, Kansas
University, the only collegian
who has beaten 60 feet.
Among the other Olympic
candidates entered in the field of
1000 athletes from So univer-
sites, colleges and junior COL
leges are j. w. Mashburn, a
quartermiler who will be oper-
ating with Oklahoma AIMS
baton team; Gene O'Conner,
Kansas State, in the 4O0-meter
hurdles; Ted Wheeler, Iowa. and
Tom Courtney, Fort Dix. in the
Glen Cunningham 1,5O0-meter
run; Bill Tidwell, Emporia
(Kans) States sensational half
miller, and Kent Floerke, Kan.
sas' hop-step-jumper.
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Juniors to Sturt
Ploy in Arlington
Tennis Tomorrow

Singles matches involving a
field of 40 boys in the Junior
division will open play tomorrow
morning in the Arlington Metro
.politan' Invitational tennis tour
nament at the Four Mile Run
courts.
Competition for "a boys in the
18 and under section, who were
paired in drawing last night
Will begin at 9 am. Matches fol
Is boys entered in the Is anc
under group start at IL am. to-
morrow.
The draw for junior girls ir
both divisions will be made to-
might. with matches starting al
Il pm. tomorrow. The entry
.deadline for girls is $50 tonight
In case of rain Saturday
morning. boys matches will be
moved back to l pm, and il
rain should ruin the entire days
card the program will be post
poned until / pm. Sunday.
The adult division of the tour
nament gets under way April %.
Additional information on en-
tries can be secured by calling
Elaine Kern, tournament treas
urer, at Jackson 1896.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-20
Gore Heads Field
For Stock Races
At Old Dominion

Wally Gore of Arlington, a vet
eran of eight years of stock car
racing at "a, heads the field for
the twice postponed season
opener tomorrow night at Old
Dominion Speedway.
The program is for sportsman
stock cars with some IS members
of the Old Dominion Stock Car
Club expected to enter. Start
ing time is 8 o'clock.
Gore. point-scoring leader at
the Manassas track last year,
started his racing career as a IT.
year-old at the Hybla Valley
Speedway below Alexandria. A
broken back, received in a motor
cycle accident, sidelined him for
most of the 1854 season, but he
bounced back last year to win 10
feature events and take scoring
honors with l.076 points.
Close behind Gore was Ryland
Brooks of Fredericksburg with
1000. In the field with this pair
tomorrow night will be Eddie
Payne, Clay Eastridge, Ellis Cd
ham, Bill Wynkoop. Don Carter,
Herman Meador, Don Roberts,
Ralph Collei, Charlie Martin. Bill
Lone and Ralph Cumberland.
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arm felt good and strong
throughout and it still feels fine, y
he added after the club landed
here last night.
It was the first time Shant2
had gone nine innings since he
beat the Yankees in New York
the middle of last season.
Joe Ginsberg, who caught
Shantz yesterday, shook his head
in admiration.
THAT little guy was fast.
And his curve; it was something
to see! I never caught him be-
fore this season, but I batted
against him in 1852. He looked
just as good to me today. That
Torgeson made a good guess
and caught hold of a fast ball
or the Tigers still would be look
ing for a run of Bobby" earl
Torgeson. Tiger first baseman,
homered off Shantz for Detroit's
only rum
Joe Astroth. catcher for
Shantz when he won "a games
and the leagues Most Valuable
Player award, was exultant:
1--WE been telling everyone
Bobby was throwing just as hard
and just as well as he ever did
except for his control. Well, he
has it again and if he keeps it,
it is going to be tough on the
hitterS in this league"
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Black Joins Mouut
For 6-Hour Race
On Marlboro Card

The driver who had the best
record in sports car races at
Marlboro Motor Raceway last
year, Duncan Black, will team
with recently-graduated novice
in bid to take the six-hour
endurance grind Sunday.
Bob Mouat of Baltimore now
is a full-fledged senior driver off
his performance in a Ford
iThunderbird last August, but
this time he and Black will pilot
"a Lotus owned by Byron Rouda-
bush.
. Black, alternating between his
Lotus MIG and 4.5-liter Ferrari,
won three of four starts on MARI
boro's road course in 1855.
Marlboro's first sports car pro-
gram of the new season will
begin at l pm. Sunday with
four 10-lap sprints. The feature
event will start at 8 O'Clock and
finish in the dark.
Besides Black and Mouat,
those expected to be challenging
for the overall trophy in the
endurance race will be Paul
Norair and Campbell Smidt in a
Mondial Ferrari, Charlie WAL
lace, Dick Nash and Charlie
Sarle in Jack Pry's Porsche
!, 500 Super: DR.. and Mrs. M. r.
j. Wyllie of Pittsburgh in a
Jaguar lao NC, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Windridge in another
Jaguar, and Bill Malone (of
WMAL-TV) and Roger Wing in
IA third jag.
The feature has been limited
to 30 entries. each car with at
least two drivers.
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Larsen and Purtner
Guin Tennis Finals

PARIS. April 20 (P). - The
mems doubles teams of Gordon
Forbes, South Africa, and Art
Larsen, San Leandro. Calf, and
Francis Marcel Bernard and
Paul Remy of France moved into
the finals of the Paris interna-
tional tennis championships yes
terday.
Forbes and Larsen defeated
@. Deniau and Charles Viron Of
France, ell, 60. GA. 60.
Bernard and Remy won over
j. c. Molinari of France and
forster Ulrich of Denmark, 6-3.
6-l, Go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-20

San Felipe Stakes at Santa
Anita, paying $111.20 for So.
Among those behind him were
Count Chic and Terrang, two of
the current Derby prospects.
Social Climber could have been
nominated on February Is for
$50 for the Preakness. Now it
will cost $500.
We've got until May 7 to &C
tually pay our money" Pimlico
quoted Trainer Charlie Whit
but unless something
happens to this colt physically
he definitely will be in the
Preakness, and, depending on
how he does there, we may make
him eligible for the Belmont
Stakes, too"
The supplemental fee for
nominating to the Belmont is
SIS, 900.
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Pitching Prospect
Hurt in Auto Crash

ST. LOUIS, April 20 (P).-The
Cardinals reported today that
Wilfred Lackey. 2O-year-old out
standing pitching prospect, was
injured in an automobile acct
dent in Georgia yesterday.
Lackey. Highlander who COM
piled a 1913 record with Albany
Ca, in the Georgia Florida
Glass D League last season, suf-
fered a bruised leg. injured right
shoulder and cuts and bruises
His wife also was hurt in the
accident. Both were reported
going to an Albany doctor today
for X-rays.
The Cardinals Office here saio
Lackey told them the accident
occurred 4 miles north of Car
terville. Ga, while he and hi;
bride of about one month were
en- route to Allentown, Pa, tc
join the Class A club for the
season opener April "a.
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|Shontz' Arm Feeling Fine
After Hurting 5-Hitter

KANSAS CITY, April 20 (P).-
Everyone except Americ a n
League hitters can quit worrying
about Bobby Shantz' "sore arm. "
Authority for that statement
is Lou Boudreau, manager of the
Athletics.
Boudreau isn't claiming the
southpaw is going to win "a
games as he did in 1852, but the
slow process of getting the tiny
hurler back in shape is at an
end.
From here on in Bobby will
stand or fall on his stuff. Last
year Shantz was nursed along
carefully after two years of arm
trouble.
The f1ve-hit. Al victory Bobby
threw at the Detroit Tigers yes
terday doesn't make a season but
it did show Boudreau and his
AS what they have been watch
ing for ever since they moved
into Kansas City last year.
Shantz didn't walk a man,
threw with a free, easy motion,
and was consistently ahead of
the hitters as he pitched in 40
degree temperature.
Il had better control of my
curve and fast ball than I have
had for a long time" said the
modest little guy who says this
is the year to find out whether he
is a pitcher or a has been. MY
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GuIfstreum Fines
Trainer $100

MIAMI, Fla, April 20 (P).-
Gulfstream Park stewards have
fined Trainer J. j. Weipert. jr.,
500 for entering an ineligible
horse in a race Tuesday. The
horse, Paula's Tex, scored a win
worth $11.30.
Stewards said yesterday Paula's
Tex had been claimed for $500
only 81 days before and was
entered in Tuesdays sixth race
for that price. instead of being
entered for at least rs per cent
more during a 30-day period
after the claiming.
The purse earned by Paula's
Tex for Ellis Stables was de-
clared forfeit. Betting on the
race was not affected.
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DeNurs-S
Win HundbuII Title

The supremacy Of Harry De-
Mars and Bill Schneider in
handball doubles remains un-
challenged today. The alert,
hard-striking pair from the
Jewish Community Center have
racked up their fifth straight
District AAU Glass A champion
ship.
DeMars and Schneider took
the final match of the tourna-
ment from Dick Moore and Pat
Bennett. 2l-7, 21-16. last night
at the Central YMCA.
William Goerg and AL McCul-
Tough Of the Y won the Glass B
championship over 1t. Col. AL
Dodd and Jam. Art Latte Of the
Pentagon A. c., 1921, ALLIE.
2l-l7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-20

MILWAUKEE,, April 20 (P.-
Forty seven players have quit
football at Marquette University
since Johnny Druze made his
coaching debut with a squad of
more than 100 at spring prac-
tice April 8, but he says that's
as it should be.
I'm a stickler for condition, "
the former Notre Dame end
coach says, land so are my as
sistants."
ITS hard work to be success
full. but if we can come up with
80 or so boys who are rugged
and really want to play" he
added. well be all right"
Druze is in the midst of a
rebuilding program at Mar
quette and he makes no bones
about his liking for the Rockne
brand of football.
He is starting from scratch
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Maxwell Holds
Stroke Lead
All Hot Springs

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, April 20
this time last year,
Billy Maxwell was the most in
consistent shooter in the Hot
Springs Open golf tournament.
He shot record 80 on the front
nine, but took more than 40
strokes on the back nine to lose
his chance at the top prize
money.
Yesterday, in the first round
of the second annual Hot Springs
Open, the pro from Odessa, Tex.
was good enough to lead the
field.
He put his approaches close
to the pin and dunked about
half of them for brides in card
ing a 31-33--64 for one-stroke
lead over favored Cary Middle
coff. Par is 36-36-72.
Maxwell had two birdie puts
of about a foot and his longest
was a 12-footer, but Middlecoff
made most. of his the hard way.
Cary dropped a 40-foot downhill
putt on the second hole and he
sank a half-dozen of IL feet
or more.
Pete Fleming of Hot Springs
was only two strokes behind
Maxwell by virtue of a 50-foot
chip shot for an eagle on the
510-yard 18th hole. Buster Cupit
of Ruston, La, started today's
round in fourth place at g.,
and George Bayer of Cincinnati,
Veteran Paul Runyan of La Jol-
la, Calf. and Bud Holscher of
Apple Valley, Calf, were tied
at 60.
Defending champion 30 VIM
niger, who never got above SO
in four rounds here last year,
was tied with Don January of
Abilene, Tex, and Jimmy Clark
of Los Angeles at SO.
Twenty-one shot subpar golf;
five others equaled standard fig
ures.
The leaders.