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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
A TALE OF THREE CITIES
Public 7 ronsit in D. G.
Faces Many Hurdles
By WILLIAM HINES

Publicly owned transit the cards for the
District of Columbia. The only questions what
kind of public operation when and how much 1t will cost
both in first cost and later when it gets rolling
This primary fact and these questions gained the center
of the stage fortnight when District officials pumped
for public operation of transit the only practical posi-
bity left.
They their pitch letters Congress December 80
after predicted queue of ready willing and able
Capital Transit failed to materaze outside the District
Building door, They left the door of course in
prospect might come around but this now appears slim
possibility indeed
Meanwhile District officials are working closely with
Blyth Co., leading securities firm, to prepare legislation
public transit authority which would initaly finance
itself either by government loan by sale of bonds to
private interests BOTH and would support itself by
revenues out of the fare box
Such setup will require congressional enactment and
presidential approval
If Congress does not act and things remain as they
today transit in Washington will midnight
August A. when Capital Transit dies.
Before Congress act there is long legislative road
ahead And it, by miracle Congress should
public transit law tomorrow and the President should sign
it Tuesday there serious doubt whether the authority
would be in shape to operate eight months hence.
What Is in Store for District Riders?
What will Westinghouse do if August IA passes without
a new law?
between July and August %, 1955-walk.
Eventually according to plan there will be public
ton of transit here Public Utilities Commission Chairman
George E. c. Hayes and District Commissioner Samuel
Spencer urged Congress December 80 take steps
creating public transit authority Mr. Spencer outlined the
general nature of the authority and Mr.. Hayes gave
specific hint about it by saying:
"In Cleveland Chicago and Toronto public authorities
provide modern efficient progressive and financially sound
mass transportation services"
Mr. Spencer told Congress that legislative spadework
was being done by Byth Co. The Commissioner explained
that the authority created would be financed through
the sale of its bonds without pedgng the
credit of the United States of the District of Columbia
1t is understood that the Byth draft of legislation will
be modelled the statute creating governing the Chi
cago Transit Authority, which Byth also helped write
To how the transit systems of Cleveland, Chicago
and Toronto operate The Star representative to those
cities In summary, here is what he found:
When proponents of public transit speak Of privately
financed publicly operated completely sefsustaning sys
TENS, they talking about the unicorn There amt
Continued Page AR
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Hollywood, my two grandchil-
dren Mary Lee. Z. and Meg. 9
would beg her to tell them a
story. Grace always obliged; she
loves children. She and the two
little girls-they're the daughters
of my eldest daughter. Peggy
now Mrs. George Davis-would
sit on the sofa in the front room
of our house and act out the
parts of the story Grace was
telling.
Lets DO Cinderella" one OF
the little girls would say.
And Aunt Grace" the other
one always chimed in, you be
Cinderella"
There in our living room,
Grace would pretend to be the
girl who won Prince Charming
and who became Princess.
The performance delighted the
children, and 1t delighted me as
I sat watching them at play. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

policy is finally determined BY
the Governor" and the General
Assembly.
The words. from the man who
headed the Virginia commission
whose recommendation for a
constitutional convention to en-
able continuation of segregation
in Virginia's schools was APP
proved by voters last Monday. in
dicated formidable opposition to
the Arlington move.
Voices His Concern
Il read with much concern
that the Arlington County Schoo.
Board is making plans for int
grafton in the coming year" Mr.
Gray declared at his Waverly
(Va.) home.
The vote favoring the consti-
tutional convention plan showed
the determination" of Virgini-
ans ito take measures to resist
unWarranted and unjustified
Inscriptions of their rights and
liberties" he added.
T. Edward Rutter, Arlington
school superintendent, said he
felt Arlington has no argument
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Peron's Nelly Rivos
Halted Near Border

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
Jan. IA up. - Nelida Nelly
Rivas, the shapely 16-year-old
girl once described as the dar-
ling of ex-Dictator Juan D.
Peron. was stopped near the
Paraguayan frontier today by
Argentine federal police.
She and her parents were held
lat ReSistencia, a few miles from
the border. One report said the
IRivas family was seeking to es-
tablish a new home in Paraguay
Nelly didn't say whether she
hoped to go on and join the
exiled Peron in Panama. With
her were two puppies Peron had
told her to care for and bring
along when they would meet
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Canal Road Hit
In Park Report
Project Opposed
North of Senucu

Interior Secretary Mckay has
received a department report
opposing construction of a park
way along the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal any farther north
than Seneca. Md. The Star
learned last night.
The recommendation on the
controversial route. which some
think should extend to Cumber-
land along the historic water
way, was submitted to Mr.. Nc
Kay by Conrad L. Wirth. direc-
tor of the National Park Service,
lit was learned.
Mr.. Wirth repeatedly does not
oppose a two-lane roadway from
the District to a point on the
Potomac River about 20 miles
upstream on the Maryland
shore.
Beall Favors Parkway
But from that point north to
the Cumberland terminal of the
canal that George Washington
planned, Mr.. Wirth urged de-
Ivelopment of the Government
owned land only as a National
historical park with only scat
tered access roads. it was under
stood.
Senator Beall, Republican of
Maryland, long a leader for de-
velopment of a canal-side road
linking Washington and Cum
Iberland, said last night he had
received no word of Mr.. Wirth's
recommendations.
Mr.. Beall. whose home is in
Frostburg. just west of Cumber-
land. emphasized, however:
II have always, over the years,
favored the idea of a parkway all
the way to Cumberland. and I
have no idea of changing my
position"
Fight Long Drawn Out
He said that while he did not
care to comment on a report he
had not seem. Il will be amazed
and disappointed if what you say
is true"
The fight over use of the 1885,
mile canal right-of-way which
the Federal Government bought
in 1888 has burst out intermit-
tently since 1913. In that year
Congress ordered National Park
Service to study the possibility of
building a parkway over the en-
tire stretch.
The result of that study, in
which the Federal Bureau of
Public Roads participated, was
that a parkway would not only
be feasible but would have "a
great potential value"
Two years later the Interior
Department concurred in this
finding.
Before and since the depart
See G. A. q. Pare Ala.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

ioeen a parttlme correspondent
for the Associated Press in Buda.
pest from 1947 until he was ar
Irested-apparently last February
Mrs. Marion had written for the
United Press about the same
length of time. They were &C
Icused Of spying for the United
States Intelligence Service.
Radio Budapest said the Mar
tons and three other Hungarians
were sentenced by Hungarian
military court. No date of trial
was mentioned.
OF the other defendants. Bella
Koposi was sentenced to life in
prison, Arpad Ferenc to is years
and Balasz Cornell to eight years
All were reported found guilty
Eof espionage.
The broadcast said Kaposi and
Cornell were employed by the
American legation in Budapest
before their arrest.
Dropped from Sight
Mr.. Marion dropped out OF
sight ii months ago. The last
telephone contact with Mrs,
Marion from Vienna was June
10. Soon after that, reports cir
culated that she too had been
arrested.
Confirmation came in an an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
MY DAUGHTER GRACE KELLY
AMother's Intimate Story Of Princess-to-Be:
Her Childhood, Film Career and Romonces"

Prince in Monaco in the spring
of 1855. She then thought he
was charming. and told us so
But to us, he was only one of a
vast horde of men who have
sued for Grace's attentions since
she was a teen-ager.
Indeed, the possibility OF
Grace's getting married at all
at least for a few years. seemed
remote indeed until the reap
pearance of Rainier III, who
came over the waves from Mon
AGO and, in a few breathtaking
days, changed her life-and all
our lives, too. ..
Grace had had number Of
affairs of the heart, some OF
them rather serious, some rather
trifling. Some Of them mother
had approved. and some she
had not talthough, I hasten to
add, l never interfered even
when I did not approved.
But Grace was so serious about
her career, she had very little
time for anything else. Even
though she had won the Acad-
envy Award for THE Country
Girl" in her second big year in
the movies, she herself felt that
she wanted to develop more as
an actress.
Yet somewhere in the back Of
my mind I suppose / more or
less assumed that when she did
marry, she would choose some
one famous or glamorous-espe-
cially since her name had been
linked in the gossip columns, and
in reality, with some Of the most
sparkling personalities of our
day, including at least two
Clark Gable and Bing Crosby
who had been favorites of mine
Continued on Page "A, Col. l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Stevenson Joins Fight
On Dulles Diplomacy
Sees Allies
Disregorded
BySecretury
BY the Associated Press

Adlai E. Stevenson yesterday
charged that Secretary of State
Dulles is willing to play Rus
sian roulette with the life of our
Nation"
He also said the Eisenhower
administration has acted with
out regard for the Nations allies
on too many occasions"
He suggested that Congress
will want to examine" Mr..
Dulles views.
Mr.. Stevenson, who is seeking
this year to repeat his 1852 role
as Democratic presidential nomi-
nee, spoke out in Chicago as the
controversy over statements by
Mr.. Dulles in a Life Magazine
interview mounted in intensity.
Eden Seeks Qualification
In Washington, diplomatic ex-
pertS said British Prime Minister
Sir Anthony Eden is expected to
try to find out in talks here this
month whether an Eisenhower
peace policy" or a Dulles brink
of war" strategy is guiding the
behavior of the United States.
British sources have expressed
alarm over the Secretary's state
mentS. The magazine interview
quoted Mr.. Dulles as saying his
practice of the necessary art"
of going up to the brink Of
war" without becoming involved,
had blocked Red China in the
Korean, Indo- Chinese and For
imosan crises in 1858 and 1854.
Mr.. Dulles confirmed Friday
that the quotations were correct
in substance.
Mr.. Stevenson said he was
shocked that the Secretary Of
State Is willing to play Russian
roulette with the life of our
Nation"
Sees Dangerous Diplomacy
He added in a statement:
! II don't consider the art Of
diplomacy one in which we
should repeatedly be led to the
brink Of war. The art Of de
plomacy, especially in this
!. atomic age, must lead to peace,
not war or the brink of war.
"On too many occasions. the
Republican administration has
acted unilaterally without ade-
Iquate regard for our allies. with
whom we must work in closest
collaboration.
IT am sure that Congress will
want to examine very carefully
the facts and circumstances Of
these extraordinary statements.
After all. the full fate and credit
of the United States is involved
and the confidence of our allies"
G.. o. p. Defends Dulles
A number of Republicans in
Congress came to Mr.. Dulles
defense Yesterday. Senator
Knowland OF California, Repub-
llican leader, said critics had mis-
interpreted Mr.. Dulles remarks.
Senator Knowland asserted that
the Secretary lis not advising
that we go to the brink of war
AS a policy"
| What Mr.. Dulles was trying
to point out Senator Knowland
said. is that potential enemies
may restrain themselves If they
realize there is a point beyond
which the United States cannot
be pushed.
| Senator Knowland took issue
with Senate, Humphrey, Demo-
crat of Minnesota. who said Mr..
Dulles public account of recent
history is "diametrically OPP
posed" to testimony Mr.. Dulles
| See DULLES, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Thousands Flee
.AsNeW Floods
Hit California
Heavy Rains Swell
River; Yubo City
Evacuation Ordered

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IA up
- Anew series of floods struck
northern California today in the
wake of drenching rains. Off,
cials ordered the evacuation OF
Yuba City, a disaster area in the
Christmas week floods.
Yuba City, on the banks of the
steadily rising Feather River,
was to be emptied Of 5000 Of Its
residents by 8 am. Sunday. II
was a precautionary order
There was no flooding Of the city
tonight.
However, streets in virtually
every northern California city
ran curb-to-curb with waters re-
sulting from rains ranging from
an inch to 3i4 inches from San
IMateo peninsula-south Of San
Francisco-northward to the
Oregon line.
More rain was in prospect for
tomorrow.
| Same Rivers Out
Both the multiforked Eel and
the Mad Rivers were out Of their
banks at places again in Hum
boldt County, where Christmas
week floods caused unprece-
ldented devastation.
However, weather bureau men
and disaster specialists who were
alerted to move swiftly into criti-
Ical areas did not expect for the
time at least that the new floods
would reach the severity Of those
which swept the region three
weeks ago.
Assistant Civil Defense Direc-
tor j. Ted Gamble at Eureka said
that the Eel again was out OF Its
banks near Ferndale in southern
Humboldt County and was wash
ing again aci oss the Waddingtor
road, where the first fatality OF
the December, floods was re-
ported.
Mr.. Gamble sent out an emer-
gency order for 10000 sacks to
make sandbags to plug a rift in
the levees along the Mad river
north Of Eureka. He said Blue
Lake. a town of $50 about Is
miles northeast Of Eureka was
Threatened.
In the northwest corner Of the
state, the Smith River reached
flood stage of 30ia feet at the
town of Smith River in Bel Porte
County was expected to crest at
Iaround 80 feet sometime during
the night.
The Big Klamath River, which
rises in Oregon and drains almost
the entire tier Of mountains in
extreme northwest California
was rising steadily.
| In the San Francisco Bay area
flooding creeks and slides caused
damage in San Mateo and Marin
County towns
Landslides Strike
Bolinas Village. 80 miles north
OF San Francisco on the Marin
County coast. was hit by a series
of landslides which threatened
homes clustered around the bay
and cut State Highway / from
Bolinas to Stknson Beach.
! On the peninsula, mudslides
and flooded easements damaged
homes and blocked streets In
San Bruno, South San Francisco
Billbrave. DAILY City and Hills
borough.
! A part Of the city Of Mill VAL
ley in southern Marin County
was flooded and nearly 500 per-
sons were driven from their
homes in nearby Tamalpais VAL
ley when water rushed down of
Mt. Tamalpais to cover the val
ley floor two to three feet.
! Slides also began cutting of
transportation into the north
c. UV nnnc n "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

with Mr.. Gray's position. Mr..
Rutter added:
What we have done Is to say
that If the Gray proposals be-
come law then this is the course
we will follow. If they don't be-
come law then we will make the
necessary changes in the plan. y
Meanwhile, State School Supt.
Dowell J. Howard. reached at his
Richmond home, said he was not
consulted on the Arlington plan
He added that he knew Of no
See SEGREGATION, Page ALA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
D. {. Heads Set
To0ppose City
Liquor Sales
$40 Million Tax Plan
To Be Outlined in
CupitoI Tomorrow

The. District Commissioners
yesterday marshaled their argu-
ments against a proposal to
have the city take over the
liquor industry here and run
package-sale stores.
The proposal will come to a
head tomorrow as hearings re-
sumo at 1890 am. in the Senate
District Committee room on the
Commissioners $40 million tax
program.
At the same time, the Dis
trict's proposed budget for the
next fiscal year and the details
of its financial crisis will be dis
closed when it is presented to
Congress as part of President
Eisenhower's annual budget mes
sage.
The liquor proposal will be de-
Tended by its sponsor. Repre-
sentative Andrews. Democrat of
Alabama, who has contended
the system would produce $50
million q year in new revenue
for the financially desperate city,
Will Testify First
He has been scheduled as the
first witness of the day by the
joint House-Senate Committee
considering the revenue pro-
gram. AS designed by the Com
missioners, it would raise local
taxes by $50 million a year and
increase the authorized Federal
payment from $40 million to s22
million.
Yesterday. the Commissioners
conferred with members of the
District Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board and with Finance
Officer James L. Martin to spell
out their argument that District
operation of the retail liquor
business here might lose money
for the city rather than gain it.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
is slated to testify after Mr..
Andrews, followed by Chairman
Alan Payne of the ABC Board
and Mr.. Martin
Objections Stressed
Speaking on WWDC's Report
to the People" program last
night, Mr.. Spencer said the Com
missioners had stated their OBJ
lection to the State liquor store
idea last summer.
He said there are three main
objections:
/. AS a matter Of policy. it is
not desirable for the Federal
Government to go into the liquor
business.
2. 1t would not be wise for the
District Government to take over
what is now a thriving industry
paying good tax revenues" He
said the private liquor business
now pays about Sc million a year
to the District in direct taxes
and employs several thousand
persons who pay income and
other taxes to the city.
8. Taking over the liquor stores
might not in fact bring the city
any more revenue than it now
realizes from that source.
Plan Transit Bill
Mr.. Spencer also commented
on the transit situation. He said
the Commissioners will hold an
other drafting session tomorrow
with their, financial consultants,
to set up the bill they will ask
Congress for. providing for a
transit authority here.
Mr.. Spencer said he would
hesitate to name the exact day
when the drafting of the bill
will be finished. but said we're
See d. C. TAXES, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Earth Tremor Felt
In Colorado Area

! LAMAR, Colo, Jan. IA (P.-
An earth tremor described by
one observer as fairly sharp"
was felt in this southeastern
Colorado community today.
1t came q! about 11:48 am.
Police said they had received
several calls about the tremor,
but no damage was reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

bitter quest for revenge con be just
as vindictive os O female.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

O thing OF peril.
Your popular
comic strip hero
inc not only
finds out whot
happens when O
career girl re-
jeets on infIuen-
tioI and power
full b usiness
rivol, but learns
thot o man in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

Mrs. John B. KeIIy's royalties for this
series Of articles ore being sent in
entirety to the Women's Medical
College Of Philadelphia, the only
medical college exclusively for women
in the United Stotes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Hungarian Newswriters
Are Sentenced as Spies
APPS Endre Marion Gets 6 Years
Wife Iona 3 Years in Red Trial

VIENNA, Austria Jan. II -Radio Budapest announced
tonight Ende Marion correspondent Of the Associated
in Hungary has been sentenced to
in prison charge Of espionage His wife Ilona worked
for the United Press there sentenced to three years.
radio said.
The Martens Hungarian nationals Mr. Marion a had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Arlington Disturbs Gray
With Indignation Plans
Senator Hopes No Steps Will be Token
Before Governor and Assembly Act

The Arlington County plan to desegregate its schools next
fall appeared headed for trouble last night State
Garland Gray of Sussex County expressed the
move
He said it his earnest hope that steps will be taken
anywhere in Virginia to implement indignation until the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
NEW JULIET JONES
STORY TOMORROW

Beginning tomorrow in The Eve
ming Stor's comic section, Juliet
Jones" discovers thot rebuffed
suitor's love turned to hotred con be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
MY DAUGHTER GRACE KELLY
BY MRS. JOHN b. KELLY
fAs told to Richard Gehman)
Chapter

During Cne past couple OF
weeks-the weeks that shook
the Kelly family of Philadelphia,
in which our daughter Grace
became engaged to His Serene
Highness Prince Rainier III OF
Monaco-I've often thought of
something that used to occur
frequently around our house.
Whenever Grace came home
on a visit from New York OF
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curly Temperatures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
FAMOUS FABLES
BY +. Z. EDGAR

/ THREAT: Hack Wilson, one
Of the great bali players of al
time, made the mistake of hit.
ting the bottle too often. No one
realized better than he how
much IL had shortened his career
To other players. especially the
kids, he preached the evils Of
drink.
When he was rooming with 2
Cubs rookie. he staggered intC
the hotel room one night in g
sorry condition. He thrust q
bottle of beer into the rockies
hand and reared.
Drink this. sonny! It'll make
a man outa va"
The kid hesitated.
Drink it, / said" ordered
Wilson threateningly.
The kid hesitated no longer
The Cubs slugger. with his
bullying biceps. was not man to
he trifled with. The rookie lifted
the bottle.
AS he did so, Wilson. with a
vicious swipe, knocked the bottle
out of his hand. 1t crashed
against the wall and broke into
fragments. For a moment there
was silence. Then Wilson
growled.
+ And II ever catch you doin
that again, III really let you have
I'll"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
A WORD
TO THE WISE
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

Question: Will you please
give the masculine, feminine.
singular and plural forms of
"alumnus
Answer: Masculine singular,
alumnus: uh-LUM-nuss. Mas
culine plural. alumni: uh-LUM-
ny. Feminine singular, alumna !:
uh-LUM-nuh. Feminine plural:
alumnae: uh-LUM-nee.
However, if you find it hard
to remember all these forms, or
fear that the wrong form may
slip out accidentally, l suggest
that you use the proper substi-
tute, graduate. 1t is in every
way as correct.
Incidentally, Alma Mater. re-
ferring to ones college or school,
is not pronounced "AL-muh
MAT-er," Familiar phrases and
quotations from the Latin gen.
orally are pronounced: ta) ac-
cording to the rules of English
pronunciation. and (bl accord
ing to the so-called Continent
tai" method. which gives novels
and consonants the Italian
values.
Alma Mater is pronounced
either: AHL-muh MAH-ter; or:
AL-muh MAY-ter.
Question: Is it correct to say.
Il am allergic to blonds"?
Answer: Hardly. Allergy re-
fers to hypersensitiveness to pol
lens or other substances. II
causes irritation in the reSpira-
tory tract, as in hay fever
Blends have been known to af-
feet men strangely, but, pro-
vocative and overpowering as
the fair creatures undeniably
are, l doubt if a blond ever
caused true allergic condition
Use allergic and allergy only in
the medical sense. 1t is better to
say: have an aversion to (or
weakness for) blends. as the case
may be.
Allergic is pronounced: uh-
LER-jik, Allerey is: AL-er-jee.
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