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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
TUESDAY

JANGO LUNCHEON in the
Fort McNair Officers Club,
1890 pm. Francis Elizabeth
presenting fashions for juniors
and matrons, casual and cock
tail. Mrs. Ann Boggs commen-
tator. Cappa Chell models.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
SATURDAY

WASHINGTON PARTY con-
Quoted by Mrs. Gladstone Will
liams in the Willard Hotels
Crystal room, 1890 pm. See
Mrs. Cornelius Bretsch's per-
sonal selection of clothes for
you from Votrobe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
FRIDAY

WOODWARD AND 10TH
ROP presents its "Fashionata !"
with Inga in the Carlton room
of the Sheraton Carlton Hotel,
1890 to 2:30 pm. Fashions in
the elegant mood always the
theme at these weekly shows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
WEDNESDAY

INGA'S TELEvISED lunch
eon-fashion show, Sheraton
Park Hotel Colonial room,
1890 to 2:30 pm. Fashions by
Raleigh Haberdasher, hair
styles by Beauty Bazaar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19

THERE WERE other theo-
ries, too. Several callers and
writer's said they thought it
might be done by statesmen
or sample distributors. An
other caller, supported by a
man in the Office, said he
thought the Army used such
chalk arrows to indicate sup
ply routes from bases like
Fort Meade to the various
anti-aircraft installations
around the District-the Nike
sites.
Still another thought the
Office of Civil Defense might
be involved.
But the carnival-circus sup
porters won hands down-with
bolstering from such as c. X.
Fogle, Spencer w. Slime, @. c.
Payne, Paul Spearman, John
H. Fitzgerald, Robert Stroch-
len, Dodge H. Hemming, James
FttzGerald. Dom Munson,
Jimmie Lee, stephen Z.
Schneider and others who
didn't leave their names.
And anyway, who's going to
dispute old circus hands such
as Mr.. Engel and Mr.. Com
stock and circus bluffs such
as Or. Mann?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19

in frozen birds, but comes
Thanksgiving and there Is an
upturn In the sale Of freshly
killed turkeys.
How Turkey Was Named
While the hunters who went
out here today will be lucky il
they see a turkey, the colonistS
who hagged the big birds for the
first Thanksgiving in 1921 at
Plymouth, Mass, had only to
step out the back door. American
Indians did not hunt turkey and
the fiocks the colonists first saw
were huge.
The name Of the big bird Is
an accident Of history. The first
turkeys to be seen in England
were those taken back from
jamestown, Va, in 1908 by Capt
Christopher Newport. The new
bird was thought to be a native
Of Asia and was named 1.-THE
turkey bird" in tribute to its
supposed place Of origin.
Whatever the name Of the big
bird. school kids throughout the
Nation are going to get a boon
out Of the big crop this year
The Government so far has
bought more than rs million
pounds Of turkey to support the
price Of the big birds. That's q
lot Of drumsticks and white meat
for school lunches.
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OF food. costing t491 900, for
Is, $50 persons.
One major objection to broad
ening the Districts participation
in the program by distributing
food to needy families was voiced
by Budget Oficer Walter L.
Fowler. The city. he said, lust
hasn't got the refrigeration facil-
tiles and 1t would cost hundreds
of thousands Of dollars to pro-
vide them.
Mr.. Shea recommended that
the city should try to arrange
for families to get their allot-
ments through regular retail
stores. using food stamps or spe-
cial vouchers.
If that cannot be done. he
said. the city should contract for
warehousing and handling by
commercial establishments on a
fee basis.
II the District should set up
its own distribution centers, Mr..
Shea said. ''it is estimated IL
additional employees at approxi-
mately $4,000 per year would
be required. Even II a ware
house with a siding were avail
able with both refrigerated and
dry storage space. a large truck.
a driver and two laborers would
be needed TO make the daily dis
tribution to the centers. help
issue and return unissued items
to storage"
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D. c. Dysfrophy
Week Is SET

District Commissioner Robert
E. Mclaughlin today issued q
proclamation declaring next
week Muscular Dystrophy Week
in the District at an observance
marking the opening Of the ma
ltional campaign.
Local campaign officials, with
Ia. police escort, met a motorcade
from Richmond this morning at
the Fourteenth street bridge and
were escorted to the District
Building where Mr.. Mclaughlin
presented the proclamation.
The commissioner declared
that next week Muscular Dys-
trophy Associations Of America
win stage their annual house,
toulouse campaign Ito combat
the dread disease which has
stricken more than 100000
Americans-a majority Of them
children"
Local campaign leaders meet
ing the Richmond group includ-
ed Gen. A. c. Wedemeyer. gen.
'eral chairman here; Arthur T.
Lyon. business committee chair
man, and o-year-old Michael
Gallagher, honorary Washing
ton campaign chairman. who
suffers from muscular dystro-
ply.
Going from the District
Building TO the White House.
the group was greeted in the
White House Conference Room
by Presidential Assistant Sher-
man Adams who was introduced
TO young Michael.
From there they were to at
tend an afternoon reception at
the Anderson House honoring
the more than 400 women who
have volunteered as 'marchers"
in the Greater Washington area
next week.
The national march includes
the country's FIRE fighters. letter
carriers and others who viii ring
door bells for contributions 70
support the work and research
Of the Muscular Dystrophy As
soclations Of America. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19
Turkey Hunters Searching Woods,
Markets for Thanksgiving Dinner

lar in nearby Virginia and
Maryland. Many of them are
operated By volunteer fire de-
partments as Embarrassing af-
fairs. The usual fee is 81 per
shot, with as many as 20 shoot
ers competing for a turkey.
The idea is to get q very close
buckshot pattern in the target,
usually about 100 feet from the
shooter. It's mostly luck, but
lots Of fun.
Then there is the pipe and
slippers type (and most turkey
providers fall into this cate
gory) who figures that store
bought turkey is q big bargain
this year. Fully eviscerated toms
are selling in the Washington
area for from about Al to AZ
cents per pound. Hens range
from about Al to 40 cents per
pound.
The Department Of Agricul-
ture says more turkeys were
raised this year than ever be-
fore, a staggering 1858 million
birds. This is almost IL million
more birds than were placed on
the market last year.
In view Of the plentiful sup
ply. Government officials esti-
mate Americans will eat about a
half billion pounds Of turkey
over the Thanksgiving holiday,
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|Check-Possing Suspect
ellis Of Mental Trouble

named Weiss. the name on the
check. He said q detective told
him the man was wanted. and
urged him TO delay him.
The employee said he told
Benjamin to wait while the
check was being approved. and
while the purchases we're being
wrapped. A detective appeared
about five minutes after the
phone call, and arrested Ben
jamin. the bookkeeper said.
Police had been searching for
Benjamin since other stores had
questioned them about Weiss"
and his checks.
One Of the inquiries about
Weiss Saturday was from a
typewriter firm In the 600 block
Of Fsstreet NV.
The FIRST police version of the
arrest was that this call tipped
them of to Benjamins activi-
ties and that they broadcast q
description Of him among stores
and pawnshops. It was at FIRST
explained that Benjamin was
picked out Of a crowd Of side
walk shoppers by an officer who
recognized him from the lookout
description.
Deputy Chief Edgar z. Scott
explained today that police un-
derstood at first that the book
keeper did not wish TO be con-
nected with publicity on the case,
thus the account OF q sidewalk
arrest. The deputy chief added
that since the bookkeeper does
not mind the location being
specified. II would be all right 70
reveal II.
At headquarters police found
bundles Of cashiers checks to-.
falling t77i.335 and clothing.
jevelry and luggage IN Benja-
Minis car. They also found q
worksheet made up By BENJAMIN
which showed how he was going
10 move from city 70 city dis
posing Of the checks and how he
planned 20 Zee into Mexico 10
days later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19
By AL ALBRANDO

Several score Of the Washing
ton areas harder citizens are
tramping through the woods in
nearby Virginia today hunting
for a Thanksgiving turkey.
Others, perhaps less hardy but
equally sports-minded. today and
the rest of the week will blast
away in turkey shoots.
But for the most part, area
residents will prove that the
best and easiest way to get a
turkey is across the poultry
counter.
The turkey hunting season
opened in Fairfax and Prince
William Counties today. Game
Warden Fred Brown of Fairfax
County estimates that no more
than As or so birds will be taken
in the two counties between
opening day and the end of the
season January 20.
Sport Still Popular
at takes someone who knows
what he is doing to bag a tur-
key" observed Mr.. Brown. THE
amateurs thrash around the
woods and scare the birds away.
1t takes someone who knows the
habits Of the birds and how to
make q good turkey call to bag
a bird"
Turkey shoots still are popu-
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Picture on poSe Al

Picture on Poge Al
-----~->------------------
swan rs yards through the
choppy. cold water to safety and
was reported recovering from
shock and exposure today at the
Boiling base hospital.
The third man aboard the
light. twin-engine Aero Conn
mander M-26) was Maj. Jose
Blondet. "a, Of Guayama, Puer-
to Rico. commander Of the
1l04th Base Flight Squadron ct
Boiling.
A Navy diver and a barge were
at the site Of the crash today and
the plane, In about 10 feet Of
water, was to be lifted from the
river.
A board Of inquiry will In
vestigate the crash. authorities
at Boiling said.
Doubtful on Bodies
Authorities at Boiling ex-
pressed doubt that the bodies Of
the two missing officers would
be found in the plane. 1t. Per-
Itch said he did not leave the
plane until the other officers had
gone through an escape hatch.
He said he began to swim toward
shore. heard a cry for help, but
was unable to see the other men.
Gen. Selser. an Air Force ofh-
Ger since 1884, was named dep.
uty director of the Net Evalua.
ton Subcommittee Of the Ma
tional Security Council last July.
Offers at Boiling said the plane
was en- route from Dobbins Air
Force Base near Atlanta, and
was only minutes away from
Boiling when it crashed into the
water about a mile and q half
north Of Fort Washington.
After swimming ashore, 1t.
Perlich walked to the home Of
Mrs. Harper Beveridge. 1881 Riv-
erview road, SiIesia, Md, where
he collapsed. The family had no
phone. Mrs. Beveridge went to
1.-THE home of H. A. Bartholomew,
1861 Riverview road, where she
called Boiling.
Maj. Blondet and his wife,
Gloria, live at 1894 Twenty
eighth avenue Sc. They have
no children.
1t. ,Perlich is married and has
a son and daughter. He is a na.
tive Of Minnesota.
Gen. Selser. his wife and three
children lived in quarters at Boil.
ing.
Prior to his stan assignment
here last July. he served as depu.
ty commander of the 9th Air
Force.
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parted on the right side; is of
dark complexion and pop-eyed.
unsmiling and taciturn.
During his "A days employ
ment at Highland Hall. the sus-
lpect complained that Mrs. Boyd
had walked across his newly
polished hallway on two occa-
sions.
What Led to Attack
The first time was October 19
two weeks before the I've
attack. Later that day. while
Mrs. Boyd was sitting outside
with neighbors, the janitor COM
lplained that he deserved more
consideration" from her. Mrs
Boyd. who was caring for q
Ineighbor's year-old boy explained
THAT she had walked into her
apartment from outside to check
Ion the baby.
According to the resident man.
lager, Mrs. Boyd came to the
ONCE and discussed her con-
lversation with the janitor
Harris, who learned Of this visit
tangrily told the manager a week
later that Mrs. Boyd had again
walked across a hallway which
1.-THE janitor had just polished.
Harris. according to informa-
Ition from Detective Redmon and
from other sources. carried Out
THE I've attack and then escaped
with the unwilling aid of 9
fellow janitor-like this:
/ The other janitor, Samuel
Adams, of 1868 Euclid street
INV. had agreed to give Harris
a ride into Washington wher
both went on duty at 4 pm.
Without giving notice. Harris
packed his personal belongings
and picked up his weeks pay
1858 net after being locked fol
AN unauthorized day of anG
some minor items.
/ Getaway Described
! Shortly before 4 o'clock, hi
emptied q can Of I've (Which HI
rIhad purchased into the bottom
Ilhalf Of a double boiler. Tit
| janitor placed the pan on thu
stove. added water and turnet
lon a burner.
J. Leaving the liquid to heat. hi
. carried his packed bag outside
!, to the car where Adams wal
waiting. Telling the other mar
The had forgotten something
Harris returned to the basement
for the I've. (Some Of the mix
ture had boiled over on the
stove.)
/ Using a towel to protect hi
hands, Harris walked upstairs
knocked at Apartment 103 anC
hurled the mixture into the fact
of the attractive housewife.
Dropping everything, he hur.
ried outside. climbed into Thu
car and was driven into Wash.
ington.
] AS doctors worked in the hos
pitfalls emergency room to coun-
teract the soaring I've damage
Harris climbed out Of the Cal
at Connecticut avenue and I
street N.W.-where he presum'
'Iably caught a streetcar-and saiC
to the unsuspecting Adams:
Take care Of yourself and
4 I'll see you around"
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or ABOUT hO per cent OF the
years total production.
Virginia Stands Third
A good portion Of the turkeys
which will grace Washington
area tables will come from Vir-
ginia's Shenandoah Valley. The
Old Dominion ranks third in
turkey production this year, with
an estimated 6.3 million birds.
California was first and Mime
sofa second.
Huge shipments of freshly
killed birds from the Shenan-
doah Valley country began arriv-
ing in Washington last week,
For instance, the Metropolitan
Poultry Co., Inc, 425 Eleventh
street S.W.. will receive 35 trailer
loads to fill the Thanksgiving
orders Of stores, restaurants and
hotels.
Normally, we receive only
two or three loads a week." said
Roy E. Throckmorton. the firms
sales manager. Our business
during this season offers q good
clue to holiday eating habits, y
he added. For Thanksgiving,
our chicken sales fall OF about
30 per cent. New Years and
Christmas brings a brisk trade in
ducks and geese"
Most of the turkey trade here
throughout the year is conducted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19
EthiopiO's Emperor
Greeted BY Hirohito

TOKYO. Nov. 10 P1.-EmperoT
Hirohito greeted Ethiopias EN-
peror Halle Selassie today at the
Tokyo airport. It was the first
time the Japanese ruler had left
his palace 20 welcome a visiting
dignitary personally in is years.
Halle SelasSie is making a 10
day visit TO Japan. He received
q snappy welcome. featuring a
special guard Of gold-braided
police reminiscent Of pre-War
Japan and cheers from a crowd
Of 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19
By HECTOR MCLEAN

Possibility Of distributing sur
plus Federal food supplies among
needy Washington families is
being considered by the District
government.
The study, begun after cor
respondence with several Sena-
tors, has produced several OBJ
jections by city officials, who
fear 1t would cost more to adj
minister the program than it is
worth.
The District Commissioners
considered the plan early in
October, but postponed decision
until they had further informa-
ton.
Public Welfare Director
Gerard M. Shea has estimated
the program would bring to
Washington surplus food with a
market value Of about $500 900.
but costing nearly 100000 to
handle.
Among other DISADVANTAGES
cited we're probable criticism Of
bread lines in prosperous times"
and probable objections by
local grocers because Of loss Of
business.
Such objections have devel-
oped in areas where the con-
occasionally odered Agriculture
Department program is in fun
swing.
d. c. Gets se7O,OOO Worth
In Alabama. where more than
$4,000 persons are eligible for
such assistance, the farm surplus
distribution centers are called
Eisenhower supermarkets. "
Leading the list during the last
fiscal year. however. was Penn
sylvania. which had S67 1877
eligibles, while in Arkansas more
than 10 per cent Of the popula-
ton was receiving surplus foods
free.
While the Food Distribution
Division Of the Agricultural
Marketing Service. Department
Of Agriculture. sent $4,000 Of
food into the District during the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19


simple savagery, took only a few
seconds. At about 4 pm. on
November 2. Mrs. Jayne Boyd
answered a knock at her apart
|ment door and someone threw
q heated I've mixture in her face,
That person, police said. was a
Ijanitor at the apartment house
at 20 South Old Giebe road.
He Was Irritated.
The man, q Negro named John
Harris. had brewed the sodium
Ihydroxide powder with water in
Ia pan over a cookstove in his
basement quarters, they said.
The motive: irritation at the
33-year-old housewife for walk
ing across his newly polished
hallway.
Today, Mrs. Boyd is still in
Arlington Hospital. and the ex-
tent of permanent damage to
her eyes Is not yet known.
In the left eye she has re-
gained partial vision, but with
the right is able only to make
out shades of light.
Police are still waiting to in
Iterview Mrs. Boyd. Because OF
throat burns, her voice is barely
audible, but is improving. Fol
the first six days she had to
breath through tube.
Relatives Are Helping
The husband, Ralph C.. Boyd
an insurance man, is optimistic
over her progress in recovering
from burns to the face, chest
and back. Meanwhile, relatives
ARE helping to care for the cou-
piles three girls, Kathleen, 10
Barbara, 8, and Linda. 4.
Despite an unexpected deac
end. police have collected con-
siderable data on the fugitive
When Harris, 81, began work
September 10 as a janitor al
Highland Hall apartments, it was
on the basis OF a written recon-
mendation from a private en-
lployment agency in Washington
A letter said that the agency
has thoroughly screened anC
Investigated the applicant anC
feels him qualified for the posi-.
ton discussed.
When Arlington Detective FL.
mer L. Redmon began to back.
track the suspect, he found thai
the agency had moved without
bothering to leave q forwarding
address.
Suspect Described
From his investigation, Detec.
tive Redmon feels reasonably
sure that the janitor arrived Al
Union Station from New Yorl
City early in September and thai
he took a train back after thu
I've throwing.
The suspect, described by thu
oficer as an unpredictable men,
ace, rented rooms for about two
weeks at 1912 Sixth street NV
before moving into the Arlington
apartment quarters.
Also. in Detective Redmon''
file:
Harris has a mother in New
York City; father and youngel
brother in Georgia: is 5 feet, Il
inches tall. and weighs abou
l55 pounds; has black hal,
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d. c. Officials Study Distribution
OF Federal Surplus Food to Needy

fiscal year which ended last June
80, all of it went to schools and
institutions. None was for needy
or low-income families.
This also was true Of the
Maryland and Virginia suburbs
of Washington. Only two Mary
land counties - Allegany and
Garrett, in the westernmost part
of the State-were receiving food
for needy families.
In Virginia, nine counties get
food for low-income families. All
are in the southwest part of the
State. They are Wise, Dickinson,
Russell. Buchanan. Tazewell,
Rockingham, Allegheny, Scott
and Lee.
Schools Get Surplus Food
The Agriculture Departments
dealings with the District are
conducted through Mrs. Aleta E.
Swingle. director, Department
of Food Services, Public Schools.
She said 40 junior and senior
high school cafeterias here re-
ceive food under the National
School Lunch Program. as do six
private schools which qualify as
needy non profit organizations
and which agree TO serve the
Type A" lunch required by the
program.
Surplus food also goes to 10
institutions in the District, she
said, including District General
Hospital and privately operated
homes for the aged. missions.
convalescent homes. children's
homes and child care centers.
Total food distributed in the
District during fiscal 1856. ac-
cording to Agriculture Depart
ment figures. amounted TO
l,726.000 pounds. At a cost to
the Federal government Of
$4,000. and went to 2s,OsO
persons.
Refrigeration Inadequate
OF this. the schools got AS
900 pounds, costing $4,000,
for 1880 children. The institu-
tons received l.7gi GOO rotinds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19

Typical of the comments
was this one from DR.. william
Mann, lately retired as di-
rector of the Zoo:
you tell that Rambler" he
told one of our men, that
those arrows are put up by
the circus and carnival men,"
Supporting evidence came
from a man at the Maryland
State Roads Commission. He
was with a crew on Route 5
last summer when he noticed
q man chalking arrows on
poles, and asked what he was
doing.
I'm advance man for the
carnival" the chalker replied.
"our drivers don't have the
best I. @. in the world, and I
got to mark the route out,
plain for them"
Tony Conway called with
further information.
Eat one time" he said, "the
circuses and carnivals used
ordinary flour to mark their
routes, and some used brightly
colored bushel baskets-with
the last truck in the caravan
picking up the baskets. They
used them over and over"
William M. Hines, ST.. of
Woodstock, Va, added his bit.
I'm the old days the routes
from railroad station to camp
site we're marked by lanterns"
he wrote. "That was when the
circus travelled by train, and
now that the small circuses
travel by auto caravan the
arrow on the telephone pole
designateS the route.
William H. Muller of Col
lege Park, saw the arrows in
use.
II believe the ones on Coles
vile rpad were put there by
the advance man for Mills
Bros. circus" he wrote, "as /
noticed the marks one day
and on my way to work the
next day I saw part of the
convoy following this route.
! know this was done years
ago by the big circus to mark
the route from the unloading
depot to the circus grounds in
my home town of Wilmington,
DEL"
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The
Rambler
Chalk One Up for
Our LocuI SIeuths
By JACK JONAS

Seems like everybody ex-
cept us--knew who cfalked
up the telephone poles.
After the mystery about
who marked the arrows on the
utility poles was raised in this
column, the telephone started
ringing angrily and the mail
came by bundles.
Louis Engel. a one-time
circus man, wrote.
cts been going on for more
than 80 years" he wrote. IT
owned motorized circus back
In those days, before Federal
and State route number mark
ings. So, the 24-hour man
learned to chalk arrows on the
poles for the benefit of the
truck drivers. !"
r. w. Comstock of Silver
Spring, sent more about the
24-hour man.
"(Hel is a remarkable fell
low" Mr.. Comstock wrote.
"His car is loaded with maps
and large quantities of chalk.
After the circus is safely on
the lot, he begins his art
work at exactly the spot
where he wants the first truck
to move off the lot.
From here on out, he
chalks arrows straight up at
crossings where no turn is to
be made. At others, left
arrows, or right arrows, and
such words as 'SLO,' NO. etc.
=. These markers are
set at just the correct height
where the truckers lights hit
them like a bulls eye"