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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
SHOPPERS BUS
EXPRESS MAY
START NEXT WEEK

Shoppers express service
may start next week, Morris
Fox, first vice president of
D. c. Transit System. said
today.
Although o. Roy Chalk,
president of the company.
had assured city officials
such service would start three
days after issuance of a pub
lie Utilities Commission or
der approving it, Mr.. Fox
said the company plans to
ask the commission for a
change in the plan.
He said this would be de-
signed to carry out sugges-
tions by downtown store OPP
orators that the company
operate a shuttle bus in the
downtown area on a loop
consisting of Pennsylvania
avenue. Fourteeth street. G
street and Seventh street
NV.
Mr. Fox said the express
buses will carry white flags
with green lettering reading
Shoppers Express"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
Advertising Barred
From Inaugural by
Official Committee

The Inaugural Committee will
not sanction any person or or
ganization soliciting funds OF
selling advertising in any publ
cation which claims to be con-
nected with the Inaugural or the
Inaugural Committee.
This policy was announced
today by Robert v. Fleming
chairman of the committee, who
added that mo organization has
been authorized to publish any
booklet. calendar, album or Other
material in connection with the
inaugural ceremonies.
The official inaugural program
which will be published by the
committee will carry no adver.
Using material. Mr.. Fleming said
He added this is also true Of
other official committee publ.
cations. Advertising has beer
banned from floats. banners anc
other material to be used in the
inaugural parade"
While the committee cannot
prevent publication of material
by private sources in connection
with the event, Mr.. Fleming said
I'VE want. to warn advertisers
that no organization. company
or individual has been authorized
to solicit them by the commit
tee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
Scraps Made to Glitter
AS YuIe Decorations

4 Give Mrs. Polly Bentley an old
tin can. a piece Of seaweed or
cardboard from an egg carton
and you'll get it back as a
Christmas decoration with all
the proper seasonal glitter.
A master at making something
pretty out of almost anything
Mrs. Bentley is hostess at the
Virginia Theological Seminary
in Alexandria, where she spends
much of her time instructing
students wives in the ways of
handcraft.
Her speciality is decorating
from tin, and anyone who has
casually tossed out an empty
can would not believe what could
be made from it with irnagina-
ton and a pair of tin shears.
Working in a spare converted
laundry room on the seminary
campus. Mrs. Bentley and her
students turn out any kind Of
decorations acknowledgements,
stars. Christmas trees, icons or
just plain ornaments.
Gazes Longingly at Scrap
I'm hepped on the subject Of
using scrap material" Mrs.
Bentley says. You can't trust
me TO walk by a dump. The
best thing is you do it for
nothing. It doesn't cost
thing"
All you do is take an empty
can and cut 1t to any shape you
want. The tin ships make the
strips curl. and the glitter is
supplied by either raw tin or the
color OF the. can. They're
lnaturals for Christmas because
they're so shiny" Mrs. Bentley
says.
Most Of her material is sal
lvaged from the school kitchen.
The chef thinks I'm de-
mented." Mrs. Bentley says
cheerfully.
Last year two candlesticks
fused 70 decorate the seminary's
Scott Hall were fashioned from
stacked cans Of frozen orange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
By WILLIAM A. MILLEN

The 1857 Inauguration will
cost between 100000 and 81
million, inaugural COMMITTEES
chairman, Robert v. Fleming
yesterday told a news confer
Ience. The cost four years age
was 100000.
Mr.. Fleming said a guaranty
fund of this amount will be
raised among businessmen here
and throughout the Nation. He
emphasized this is all private
enterprise, since no tax money is
available for putting on the
downtown festivities. Accounts
ing of the funds Congress APP
propriateS solely for the Cap
litol Hill aspect of the pro-
gram. when the President is
sworn in, is not being considered
by the committee. He explained
the cost of labor. lumber for the
reviewing stands and other
items has gone up.
Hopes for Profit
The chairman said the COM
mittee hopes to realize enough
money from its sales not only
to pay back the guaranty fund
but to have some money for
charity and to establish a nest
egg to pass along to the 1861
Inaugural Committee.
His committee is starting out
with some $28.000-the $25, 900
left over from the 1858 inaugural
ton, plus accrued interest.
Mr. Fleming's press confer
lence came at the close of a
Ithree-hour meeting of officers,
Iliaison officers and the Inaugural
Committee itself. This was held
in the new headquarters in the
Liberty Loan Building, Four
tenth and d streets S.W.
He said the uptown Office,
where tickets will be sold, was
to be opened today. This is at
1922 Fifteenth street NV.
Mr.. Fleming said it now has
been decided definitely to hold a
fourth Inaugural Ball in the
Mayfower Hotel. The others will
be in the National Guard Ar
mory. the Sheraton-Park Hotel
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Inauguration Expected
To Cost About Million

and the Hotel Statler. President
and Mrs. Eisenhower and Vice
President and Mrs. Nixon will
appear at all.
Mr.. Fleming said the parade
will be held as closely as possible
to two hours. A major control
point will be set up at the Treas
Jury Building to keep the parade
moving.
He said the carlton of bells
given by the Netherlands and
now erected in Potomac Park
will be rung as a symbol Of peace,
Immediately after President
Eisenhower concludes his In
Iaugural Address on Capitol Hill
The music, he said. will be
transmitted all over the world
by short-wave radio and by the
Voice OF America
Tickets Taxable
Mr.. Fleming said inaugural
tickets-except those for the
White House and hospitalized
veterans-are taxable. He esti-
mated that for one ticket to the
Inaugural Ball, the cost will
be about SIS each or $50 per
pair, as against S12 for a single
last time.
The Inaugural Committee also
named 10 more persons to head
"a growing list of committees
which will plan the three-day
event.
Police Chief Robert v. Murray
chairman of the Public Safety
Committee: DR.. Daniel L. Seek
niger. District health director,
chairman of the Public Health
and Sanitation Committee;
Granville GUIDE, chairman of the
Decorations Committee.
Also, A. B. Hermann, director
of the Nationalities Committee
of the Republican National Com
mittee, chairman of the Housing
Committee; Herman F. Scheurer
jr.. president of the d. c. Young
Republicans. chairman of the
Young Republican Inaugural Ac-
tivities Committee.
Also. John F. Simmons, CHIEF
of protocol for the State Depart
ment, chairman of the liaisor
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|Streetcor- Truck Wreck
Blocks Traffic Here

Westbound rush hour trafic
on Pennsylvania avenue NV.
was backed up this morning from
Fourth street to the Senate Of
flee Building when a streetcar
and loaded dump truck collided
at the National Art Gallery.
Police reported no one was in
jured.
Gasoline from the trucks
ripped tank poured over the
street. Fire trucks blocked traf-
fic while firemen washed away
the spilled fuel.
Eastbound traffic on Constitu-
ton avenue was also blocked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

property but this time it bore
lJackson's signature.
Left NCHA Project
Mr.. Calvin said records of the
case show that the social worker
on the case received a call in
April, 1855. from the National
Capital Housing Authority re-
porting that jackson, who lived
in an NCHA project, had brought
an eviction suit which indicated
that he owned property himself
Jackson left the NCHA project
but remained on relief.
The case records. Mr.. Calvin
said, also show that a social
worker saw a TV set in the Jack
son home during a visit in De-
cember, 1855, which jackson said
belonged to another brother-in-
law. A TV set is considered cause
lor question in a relief home.
When the jackson case was
transferred to another social
worker in March. 1856. she
studied the case records and A.
nally decided to hold UP the June
check until Mr.. Calvin had in
vestigated.
Mr.. Calvin said when he Wis
|ited the Vista street house in
June. he found a 24-inch TV
set darger than the previous
model, a 20-cubic-foot deep
freeze and a new set of dining
room furniture. He added that
when he checked with the store
where the TV set had been
bought. he found that it was
i'm the name of one Of the
brothers-in-law.
Jackson appealed the decision
to close his case but the appeal
was rejected in September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

activities on which investigation
has been completed:
I Jackson applied for an aid-to-
Observation-Disclosures grant In
January, 1949. claiming that he
was unemployable due to tuber-
culosis and his only source Of
income was $66.72 veterans pen
sion. His family consisted of q
wife and four children. He has
since had three more. The chill
dren range in age from Is years
to one year.
/ Subsequent investigation dis
closed that he bought property
in the $500 block of c street
Sc. in l945 which he decided
to his wife in 1948.
In February, 1949. Mrs. Jack
son conveyed the property to
her brother. William r. Foster
The deed was recorded in April,
1919.
Brother Signs Affidavit
The brother, who now lives
here in the $500 block of Twen-
Ity-second street Sc, has signed
an affidavit saying that in
August. 1949. he stopped in
Washington on a 30-day fur
Tough before going to Japan. AT
the time. his AFFIDAVIT states, the
Jacksons asked him if he had
any objection to their transfer
ring the house to his name. He
said he had no objection as long
as it would not cause him any
trouble or dispute.
His affidavit States that when
envelopes came from the Dis
trict tax Office. he forwarded
them to jackson without OPEN
ing them. He said at no time
did he receive any rents on the
property, pay for its upkeep or
take any other interest in it,
He also swore that he did not
give Jackson a power of attor-
ney to act in his behalf in con-
lnection with the property.
Court records show that Fos-
tiers signature appears on an
eviction complaint on the prop
erty in March. 1854. which a
handwriting expert says was moi
Fosters writing.
Court records also show that
another eviction complaint was
filed in March, 1855, on the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
Owner Sought
In Welfare roud Here

Police today sought a Cougar
old relief recipient accused by
the District Welfare Department
of hiding his ownership of at
least one house, while collecting
over $1,000 in relief payments
since 1949.
A warrant charging false pre-
lenses against Calvin @. jackson,
Negro, of the 300 block of Vista
street NE, was issued yesterday
by Municipal Court Judge Ed
ward A. Beard.
The police departments check
and fraud squad reported jack
son had left town and will be
sought in another State.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney William A. Dougherty said
five counts of false pretenses will
be lodged against Jackson and
that investigation is continuing
on other real estate transactions.
He said he had been advised
that Jackson and his family had
collected $9,795.76 in relief pay
|ments between March, 1919. and
last June when Jackson was cut
of relief and the investigation
started.
First Case in 3 Years
This is the first case in three
years where a Welfare Depart
|ment investigation has led to
"a decision to go through with a
felony prosecution.
Mr.. Dougherty said the in
Ivestigation was made by Will
liam r. Calvin, chief of the
Welfare Departments year-old
field investigation service. work.
ing with the United States At
torney's Office.
Mr.. Calvin and Mr.. Dougherty
gave this account of Jackson'S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

juice (fulD topped by holders
cut from empty cans-Mrs.
Bentley's doing, Of course.
Wreath Of Gold Next
A current project is a Christ
mas wreath made Of gold colored
leaves, the insides Of beer cans.
I One Of Mrs. Bentley's most
ambition projects in the past
was decorating an entire 12-foot
Christmas tree with tin-worked
ornaments for the annual ChriSb-
mas greens show at the Cor
coran Art Gallery, which she
did with two friends.
Mrs. Bentley, a native Of
Philadelphia, says she began her
tin handiwork several years ago
as a worker for the District
Red Cross in their arts and skills
division. She got her idea from
seeing small Christmas bells
from tin.
No Formal Training
II never had any formal train
ing. but always loved to work
with my hands," she says. Mrs.
Bentley. widow Of Jetson o.
Bentley. who died during the
war, served in Red Cross hos
pitfalls in Hawaii doing arts and
craft recreation work.
She has been at the Episcopal
theological school for three years.
where she lives with her large.
black French poodle, Quelque
Chose-"a gentlem Al and
scholar In his own right. she
says.
She began teaching the hand
craft skills there almost as soon
as she arrived.
~"It's ideal for the wives 20
know when they go 70 their own
parishes and have to raise money
az bazaars." Mrs. Bentley says.
although she has never tried 20
sell any Of her own work.
The more you do, the more
ideas you get" she says. ITS
like eating sailed peanuts-once
h'ou start you can't stop"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Biscuit Co.
winds up its business in the
Hotel Statler.
The Maryland Industrial
Union Council OF the ALL
CLIO carries on in the Will
lard Hotel.
The American Automobile
Association goes into it's fifth
day in the Hotel Statler.
The National Association
Of Mental Health meets
again in the Sheraton Park
Hotel.
The Metropolitan Life In
surance Co. holds its final
session In the Shoreham Ho-
tel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

city heads ordered stopped last
October 81.
Robert e. Mclaughlin, .presi-
dent of the board, said the Com
missioners were considering the
request.
Mr.. Fox said the advertising
loss would cost the company be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 a
year. This, he pointed out,
could cut into city revenues since
the company is entitled to ex-
smption from the city's 6-cents-
a-gallon gasoline tax to the ex-
tent it fails to make a profit
of 612 per cent.
OF the ban on bus advertising,
Mr.. Fox said. They're just cut
ting off their noses to spite their
faces"
Bus Lane Test
Meanwhile, District Traffic Di-
rector George E. Keneipp yester-
day supported a tryout of a
19-block bus-only lane along the
curb of H street from Fifteenth
street NE. to Massachusetts,
avenue NV.
He told the Cosmopolitan
Club, at a luncheon meeting
in the Carlton Hotel, that this
street has the best possibility
for a lengthy stretch" over
which to test the bus lane
requested by o. Roy Chalk.
president of D. c. Transit
System.
Mr.. Keneipp said he had
traffic engineers make a pre-
Iliminary survey early in the day
of the H street route and said
they found no serious objections.
Although four funeral parlors
are located on the route, Mr..
Keneipp said, he feels that if it
it were necessary for any of them
to hold funeral services during
rush hours, when the bus lanes
would be in effect. police would
be able to handle the situation.
More Study First
He said it would be necessary
to make more detailed studies
before he was prepared to rec
ommend approval by the Dis
trict Commissioners of the ex-
pertinent. He declared, however
the H street route has very
definite possibilities"
The traffic director said he
still feels there should be expert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

for protocol; John Tope, Wash.
ington representative for the Re-
public Steel Corp, chairman Of
the Parade Tickets Committee.
Also. Mrs. B. Lowndes jack
son, ir.. civic worker, chairman
of the Medical Aid Committee
Graham T. Smallwood, jr.. sales
promotion manager for TWA
chairman of the Co-ordinating
Committee and Frank A. Leon
chairman of the Transportation
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

One Of our men tells the
story Of the cat in the cold
tin furnace.
He went on vacation
shortly before furnace-turn-
ing-On time, and left the
two family eats with rela-
tives for safekeeping.
One Of the cats, display
ing normal curiosity, found
a damaged hOt-air register,
and crawled through. Our
friends relatives heard II
scraping around in the
pipes and meOwing like IL
wanted out but couldn't find
the way.
They tried all sorts Of
ways to coax II out.
By next morning the err
rant feline had worked its
way down into the furnace
proper, and the man in the
house did the only thing he
could think Of-gOt out his
tools, ripped a hole in the
side Of the furnace. reached
In and pulled out the cat.
Now our friend has his cat
back home, showing no fur
ther interest in furnaces,
but he is expecting any day
q bill from his relatives for
a damaged furnace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
Rumblinq

A sign in a music store win
dow advises play this harp
by Christmas-S16O and three
lessons" The man who calls
this TO our attention says ne
isn't too sure he wants TO be
playing a harp by Christ
mas. .
Tom Bell saw a trailer
truck whisking south on Shir-
ley highway with this legend
IN big letters on the back:
Don't Hit Me. 2i.s00 Fam
ilies Are Waiting for This
Chill Sauce" -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
Adomunt

A lady who lives on Six
teenth street NV. across from
a big hotel says, by golly, she's
going to leave those Eisen-
hover pictures in the windows
of her apartment.
Shortly after the election
she began getting telephone
calls from pranksters, who
opened like this:
Don't you know the cleo
tion's over?"
You're not an Eisenhower
supporter, are you?"
Our friend had intended
taking the pictures down, but
just hadn't got around to it
yet. Now&she says, she's just
going to be stubborn and
leave them up until after
Christmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
Firm Asks
OK on Selling Ads
Seeks to Resume Carrying Signs
On Front and Reor of Buses

D. c. Transit System officials today Board of
mssoners let them carrying advertising on the front
and of buses.
First Vice President Morris Fox accompanied by Attorneys
Edward Coladay and c. Colladsy the
ecutive session for the practice which thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

of the buildings numbered 3, A, 5 and
near the Rock Creek and Potomac park
way. The proposed numbered buildings
include ~ the 274-unit cooperative
apartment building now under conStruc-
ton at a cost of $6.5 million, (2) $12.5
million medical and office buildings,
planned for construction next year, 81
$6.4 million luxury apartment, including
about SO apartments which would sell for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
OTOMAC PLAZA DEVELO PWENT PLAN FOR FOCGY BOTTOM

The numbered buildings in this artists
drawing cover the Potomac Plaza Corp.
plans for 500 million worth of conStruc-
ton during the next 10 years on the old
Washington Gas Light Co. property in
Foggy Bottom The dashed line is the
currently approved route of the below
ground-leyel timer loop" expreSSway. An
alternate route under study, according to
Potomac Plaza, would cut across the ends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
Solution

The recent auction by the
dead letter branch of the
Washington Post Office
solved the problem of Lot
No. 100. 1t was listed in the
catalOg as zone lot of sharp
instrumentS-use unknown"
Before the sale, Post
Office officials explained
these instruments, wedge
shaped and made of fine
steel, had been around sew
eral years. But nobody
seemed to know what they
were or seemed interested
in bidding for them.
At this years sale, they
went for $50. Carl Malone
of the dead letter branch
said they turned out to be
medical laboratory instru-
mentS used for Slicing tissue
thin specimens for micro
ScOpic examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
The
Rambler
Shining Record
Set by Newsmun
By JACK JONAS

Journalist Donald Ludlow
surely must have set a world
record - a truly shining
achievement to look back
upon.
Mr.. Ludlow claims to possess
the Oldest pair of still-serv-
iceable trousers in Washing
ton. He is too modest to do
it, so Wen go out on a limb,
risking our own ancient baggy
breeches, and make it a global
record. Yes, including Scot
land.
AS Of today-brace yourself
his indestructible trousers
are 81 years and IA days old.
That certainly should entitle
him to two legs on any special
longevity trophy the clothiers
might see fit to award.
These iron-clad Step-inS
came with Mr.. Ludlow's first
tuxedo, given him by his
parents on his 18th birthday.
On November 16, Mr.. Ludlow
turned as, but he has not
gone to pot over the years and
lost his trim figure.
Properly proud, but not a
button-popping braggart, he
says: II can still get into
them, and do so on occasion"
Dapper Don has worn them
to functions in Washington,
New York, London, Singapore,
Australia, Holland, India and
France. He has been carry
ing them around in his suit
case during his travels for the
London Daily Express, which
he represents in Washington
at present.
The tux jacket? 1t, too,
survived the acid tests of the
banquet circuit for many sea-
sons, but finally was liqui-
dated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

juice (full) topped by holders
cut from empty cans-Mrs.
Bentley's doing, Of course.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-06-15
Markets at q Glance

Prices-Farm price level in coming months
probably will average higher than in 1855.
Cattle-Higher prices for upper grades, lower
prices for low grades, probably are ahead.
Hogs-Prices probably will round peak in
next few weeks.
Lambs-Sharp price drop is probable by mid
summer.
WOOl-Price changes probably will be small.
Wheat-Prices are likely to drop low enough
to make storing for loan profitable.
Feed Grains-Strength in corn prices, weak
ness in oats and barley, are probable in next
two months.
FIaxseed-Larger world crop probably will
weaken prices.
Seeds-Soil bank program may increase dealer
demand for new crops.
Feedstuffs-Price outlook warrants hand-to-
mouth buying.
Hay-Shift to new crop basis is reducing
quotations.
Dairy Products-Creeping price rise to late
fall high probably will start soon.
Eggs-Price rise for top grades is due in
next few months.
Poultry-Large consumption will su st a
broiler prices. Big crop will depress turkeys
POtatoes-Profitable prices are probable dur
ing summer.