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LAW IN THE NEWS
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

While poisoning is not a pop
ular method of homicide in thu
Goth century. some people still
manage to get a lot of mileage
out of it.
Joseph KesSelring did it legally
by auth0ring Arsenic and Ole
Lace" an intriguing comedy thai
ran nearly 1900 performances or
Broadway Only eight plays ii
the history of the theater have
done better.
Mrs. Rhonda Martin did it il
legally. although she used some
of the same MISUNDERSTANDING
And, of course. there was nothinl
family humorous about the 49,
year-old Montgomery ALA
waitress who recently confessed
to the fatal poisoning of six PEG.
Pile two former husbands, thre,
children and her mother. Hel
present husband is in a Biloxi
] Miss hospital, paralyzed from
similar dose.
On Wane for Many Years
AS a matter Of record. how
lever, police officials indicate tina
poisoning has been on the want
for many years. While FBI re-
ports do not break down nationa
homicide figures by method. esti'
mates are that poisonings &C
count for only minute per
centage of the 5000 to 7,O0t
homicide cases occurring an
nually in the United States.
Probably the biggest factor il
this particular crime trend is tn,
efficiency of the autopsy and tn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Ease Tensions and Live More
By DR.. PETER J. sTElNcRoHN

after every" heart beat. II
this way it is fresh for the mex
and each succeeding beat
Wise people have taken him
from the heart. They rest a!
they go along.
Every day is vacation time
To be sure. these are "minia
ture vacations" Nevertheless
they serve to reinvigorate u.
while We live and work. They
relieve our pent-up tensions
Therefore they minimize thu
likelihood of our getting ulcel
of the stomach. diabetes, high
blood pressure or a coronary at
tack.
Do not assume that there viii
always be time later for the fur
and rewards of your hard work
Face up to yourself. Ask your
self whether or not you are over
Straining If the answer is yes
here are some suggestions thai
will help to straighten you out
They will act as antidotes fol-
the common daily poisonS Of
tension, strain, overwork anc
fatigue.
Take Time at Meals
G) To live today. be willing
to give of yourself to wife, chill
dren and friends.
CO Don't let the clock bedevi
you all day. A good way to get
a head start is to rise a half-h
earlier than usual. Most of u!
rush around all day trying t.
make up time that we've lost a.
the very start of the day.
Take time for your breakfast
Leaving for work in a leisurely
manner will guarantee a more
restful day. If you leave youl
home without hurry, worry anc
scurry, you will approach WORK
in the same frame of mind.
90 Don't eat off your desk
top. A stale cheese sandwich anc
glass of milk are for a mouse
not for a man. Take at least ar
hour for lunch.
az Take a short afternoon
nap if at all possible. If you can't
then take one after dinner, be.
fore going out in the evening
60 Learn how to stop short
of fatigue. Tension will never get
you down if you remember tc
rest while you work" This sensi-
BILE way of combating disease
producing tension is much more
efflcacious than all the sedatives
you have in your medicine cab
met.
released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
NEWS OF MUSIC
Budapest Four Adds
ContempororyQuortets

overlooked quoting the familiar
tribute Of Haydn to his colleague,
Mozart. The present perform
ance Of the B fiat quartet. K
458, gives me the perfect occa-
sion to do so. for it was after
hearing the premiere Of this
quartet during visit to Vienna
in 1885. that Mozart's father,
Leopold. wrote to his daughter in
Salzburg
The new quartets were played
they are a bit lighter, but
exquisitely composed. Herr
Haydn said to me I say to you
before God, as an honorable man
that your son is the greatest
composer that ] have ever known.
either in person or by reputation;
he has taste. and in addition the
greatest knowledge of compost
ton >"
Other men have said more
about Mozart, but praise has
never come from any other from
whom it meant so much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
LAW IN THE NEWS
Autopsies Help Send
Poisonings Into Decline

legal requirement in most iuris-
dictions for its use in cases where
the cause of death is not rea-
sonably certain.
In any event. the undetectable
poison today is noneXistent. This
has not always been so.
Popular in Middle Ages
At one time poisoning was per-
haps the most popular of all
murder methods. particularly in
Europe. Middle Ages history is
replete with accounts of infamous
poisonings. and most people will
recall that the Borgia family of
Italy reduced poisoning to a fine
art in dispatching announcement
persons from this world.
In 1880 England formally es-
tablished boiling in oil as the
punishment for convicted poi
soners. The idea was borrowed
from the continent where it had
been used for several hundred
years in efforts to discourage
sorcerers as we'll as practical
poisoners-although. as one his
torian put it. some rulers con-
sidered frying preferable to boil
ing"
If the penalty seems somewhat
extreme, it might be remembered
that in 18th and 10th century
Europe people had an almost
.psychotic dread Of the unknown
and of things they could neither
explain nor predict. 1t was truly
an era Of belief in BLACK magic, "
and poison was an integral part
Of it.
The next criticize in this series will
C..1...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. Z. EDGAR

ORDER: Theatrical producer
Flo ziegfeld always did every
thing in the grand manner. He
could not think in small
amounts.
When he and his bride Billie
Burke were in Texas, they de-
clded to take a day Of sight,
seeing in Mexico. AS they were
driving through a village. they
noticed peddler selling hot
tamaleS.
Stop the car. Flo. want 10
try one" said Miss Burke.
In ziegfeld's vocabulary, there
was no such thing as "one."
Give me dollars worth" he
told the vendor.
For a moment the Mexican
studied him. Then, with a shrug
ne dumped a bag of so hot ia.
males in the dumfounded pro-
ducer's lap.
DISAPPROVAL: John Barry.
more was chronic ad libber
On Broadway he once played
the role of a father who dis.
approved of his daughter,
fiance. In one scene, when she
asked him what he thought OF
her betrothed, who had lust
exited, Barrymore had to an.
sWer.
Il think he's a dirty dog"
One night when the boy frienc
was making his exit, he acct
IDENTIFY tipped over a bowl OF
punch. Barrymore entered ano
saw the puddle.
What do you think of Tom
father?" asked the daughter
Hes not only a dirty dog :
cracked Barrymore, "he's no,
even hntcphrnlya,,I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

Thousands of Americans are
going about killing themselves
with unnecessary tensions. Nc
matter what their excuses. there
is always a short cut that re-
lieves the distress of continued
pressure.
Many people I know are, fig
uratively speaking. in the UNI
brella business. They look toe
far ahead and miss much Of
life. They are so busy building
umbrellas for the future rainy
day" that these umbrellas keeE
out today's sun.
You may be one of these peo-
pie who live their lives in i'm
balance-in "cockeyed balance.
Perhaps you. like the others, are
deaf and blind to the present
and all ears and eyes to a toe
distant future.
If so, better wake up in time
to how you are SQuan0erine
your precious heart beats. God
deposited about two and a hall
billion heart beats with each
normal individual the day he
was born. Figuring on the 70
years the Bible gave us-which
is now supported by modern
day, cold, statistical columns
that's about how many heart
beats you have to work with
during your lifetime.
You can check on this be-
quest by multiplying 70 beats
a minute by the number of
minutes in 10 years. This sum
is simple to do; and it will teach
you something.
Rest While You Work
1t will strike you that your de-
post Of heart beats can be
squandered if you are not care
full. From then on it is easier
to convince you that many per-
sons throw away their birthright.
There is short cut to realaxa-
ton and release of tension. In
stead of waiting for "tomor-
rows" vacation or retirement,
why not learn to rest while you
work.
That seems to be the best way.
because it is natures way. For
example, your heart does not
work consistently for Is hours
and then take eight hours of for
relaxation. Nor does it work so
weeks a year and then take off
two weeks" If our hearts behaved
like we do, we would all be dead
dodoes.
Nature has given the heart
a more sensible formula: to rest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
Boord to Try Policeman
For OBTAINING Diplomat

Pvt Thomas j. Egan Of No. 7
Precinct has been ordered tc
appear before a Police Trial
Board on Thursday on a charge
'of conduct prejudicial to the
reputation and good order OF
the force in connection with the
detention of a diplomat.
The charge specifies Pvt. Egan
detained Dr. Hans c. Lankes
second secretary at the German
Embassy, although he had rea-
son TO believe DR.. Lankcs was
"a registered diplomat immune
from arrest The incident in
volved alleged parking violations
on the part OF DR.. Lankes.
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--->---s-~- -~-->~~---~>--~-->-----> -~--~---~~--
The Villa-LoboS sixth quartet
is less rhapsodic than much of
its composers well-known pieces.
1t is written with great sorority
and unusually consistent melodic
interest. The casual patchineSs
that mars many Villa-L obos'
finest works nowhere intrudes.
The first quartet Of the Ar
gentinean composer Ginastera
Is also a strong and compelling
music. More dissonant than the
Villa Lobos. 1t makes great use
of pungent rhythms and a large
variety Of telling effects Of I'M
usual quartet writing. Inc be-.
these modern works, the Buda-
pest Quartet showed that, while
the three BIS may be its stock in
trade. its repertoire Of contem-
porary music Is less only in size,
not in quality.
1t was called to my attention
only yesterday that, druinS this
Mozart anniversary year. I havt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

THE DETAILS
NJ. B. L.-Our oldest son came
back from the service six months
ago and got himself a good lob
but has never offered to con-
tribute a penny to the house
hold. l can manage without his
money, but I am disappointed
and hurt that it should not &C.
curr to him. now he is working
that he should at least pay some
thing for his board.
During the two years he was
in the service. we sent him MANY
gifts, but he never once spent a
penny on any members of his
family and apparently did not
save cent from his Army pay
Until he went to the service
had kept him in college and had
given him large allowance and
a car.
! would have spoken up long
ago, but my wife thinks I should
not do so.
Mrs. NJ. B. Ii have a nep.
hew few years older than oul
boy, who was made to toe the
mark by his parents. The result
was that he left home and got
into all kinds of trouble. He is
now married to a worthless girl
and the best his parents car
hope for is that the marriage
will break up before they have
children.
/ do not want to risk the same
results for my son. He is earn.
ing good pay and enjoying him.
self buying good clothes anc
mixing in good circles. see M
harm in that, and l don't SEE
why we should make demands or
him when we can get along very
we'll without his help.
/ am so glad he is willing t
stay home that l don't want Il
jeopardize that by arguing abou
matters that are not vital to US.
THE COUNCILS VIEWS
Mrs. NJ. B. L. is confusing twt
people. her nephew and her son
Her nephew left home and go
into trouble and a bad marriage
and Mrs. M. B. L. assumes he
son will do the same If he /,
asked to make reasonable pay
ment for his board. She is be
ing very unfair to her son.
The problem has evidentl!
been allowed TO take root for {
long time, for this boy has beer
badly brought up. He has beer
encouraged to selflshness anc
disregard of others. and tina
may harm him and his lovet
ones in the future. The part o,
education that enables a person
to live decently with others ha,
been denied this boy, and 1t may
be difficult to make up for il
now.
We would advise the father Il
guard against any Impatient
outbreak or any abrupt action
Since the boy has never beer
introduced TO the idea of con.
tributing TO the family, the sub,
iect should be introduced tact.
fully. Perhaps it would be bes
for the father to suggest, not {
payment to the family, but {
regular weekly saving item fol
his own future.
Mrs. M. B. l.. does not regarC
this matter as vital but she /.
very wrong. 1t is essential Il
her sons character that he bt
taught to be at least fair TO hi,
parents. At the same time, Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
BiosophicuI Meeting

The Biosophical Institute will
meet at 8 O'Clock tonight in the
Harrington Hotel to hear a pro-
gram on The Need for a Re-
reformation in Religion by Claire
Cornell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

The next ortiels in this series will
oppeor Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

Now Max Foctor brings you the closely euorded
secret OF TV and movie stors-Eroce, the secret
coVer-up before moke-up thot hides dark circles
harsh shodows, skin blemishes in merciIess close
ups. With eroce cosy to use os your lipstick,
you erase in'perfections-Iook younger in seconds!
Get eroce-in your skin tone-todoy!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE

Two contemporary quartets
were added, last night to the
nucleus OF Mozart which has
been the earmark of every con-
cert of the Budapest Quartet
this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

The fomiIy Council consists Of O Judge
o psychiotrist, o newspaper editor, &
~omens poee editor and two news
pepper writer's. These consult with
clereymen Of oil foths ond denomino
: lions All letters ore held in complet.
confidence.
would be unfair. in view of past
neglect of this problem, to ex-
pect him to catch on and be
agreeable to an abrupt demand
that he pay his way.
These parents should not only
accept the blame but strive
patiently to rectify the problem
Copyright 1885. General Features Corp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
7 he FAMILY
COUNCIL

M L-Our son doesn't offer to pay any board
MRS M H. LII don't want to give reason to leave
~ -O-' w 'e"'e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

Budapest String Quartet The Library
OF Congress- Program Quartet No II
Villa-LObos, Quartet No, Ginastera,
Quartet in B Nat, K-15S Mozart
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-11-16
Montgomery, Alabama
Cradle of the Confederacy"

worrying nearly all of us. A lot of
us don't feel sure what to think
about it, since, though Americans,
we are kinsmen of the Israelis
=. people out of the same ancient
origins, religious, social and cul-
tural. You just can't help worry
ing about relatives in a matter
that involves the questions: Did
they do right, did they. do
wrong?"
Yes. Mr.. Whittle says. he guess
es that's the very same kind of
concern he himself feels for Ire
land where his ancestors came
from though he's American
born and bred.
Then, few minutes later, I'm
called by my grandson Jan, age
a.. Jan, freshman in high school,
had been assigned by his social
studies teacher to give an oral
dissertation on the Middle East
crisis, before his class next day.
Jan didn't know all the answers
TO this and he was calling me up
for some enlightenment -. What
should tell them?" he asked.
Well. in the evening serenity of
the living room. the boiling trou-
bles in my head had simmered
down somewhat. and I was able
to explain it all TO Jan with less
of the confusion that had bother
ed me all day. I dictated as fol.
lows over the telephone while Jan
took notes about as follows:
The Israelis were worried. Their
country is entirely surrounded by
nations that are their enemies who
would like to destroy Israel. These
enemies were getting ready to kill
Israel. So Israel thought it should
stop them before they got started.
It was for self-defense. That's
why Israel has invaded Egypt.
before all these troubles came
up. I had in preparation for this
week a column about a piece
titled Jewish Americans Warned
of Heart Danger" from the Jour-
nal of Lifetime Living. hope that
by next week everYthing's going
TO be better over there. so that in
this column we can all calmly
get together to consider how to
keep from getting any fatter.)
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-11-16

| hlm.
"Lumps in my throat from
being scared"
Scared about what? Has some
thing happened?"
II have Jumps in my throat be-
cause I'm scared for you and other
Jewish friends of mine" he re-
plies. You see. I've been getting
some hostile reactions fr o m
what's happening over the Middle
East. I mean. I've heard them in
our railroad shops"
What are they saying?" I ask
him.
Mr.. Whittle hesitates: Il hope
you won't feel hurt if I tell you
Well. men in the shop were saying
today. that's those Jews for you
your Jewish friends. John .
And that's why I'm having these
Jumps on account of fine Jew
ish people I know. you included.
Segal."
/ reply: eyes Whittle, it's all
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-11-16
The American Jew and
The Middle East


CONTINUED from Page l3)
me and all of US. You know how
il is how people like TO pin on
all Jews the faults they think they
find in some Jews the old
habit Of anti Semitism."
Well, same evening was rest
ing at home or, rather, trying
to rest from the torture Of the big,
frightening headlines tn t were
hawked on our streets that day.
The telephone rings. My good
friend, Mr.. John S. Whittle, a
Catholic, is calling.
He says: I'm suffering Jumps" "
What you mean, lumps?" I ask
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-13
Huge Wave Crippled
Freighter, Captain Says

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. IS (P.-
The German freighter Helga
Bolten was crippled by a single
towering sea, her master report
ed yesterday.
Capt. Albert Ewert told of
the huge wave after he and the
other 80 members of the Helgas
crew arrived at Norfolk aboard
the Coast Guard cutter Chinco-
league. The cutter rescued the
crew October 80 in heavy seas
400 miles off Newfoundland.
Albert FRANKIE, the second Of
f1cer, was on duty when the
huge wave swept the Bolten.
Capt. Ewert said Mr.. FRANKIE told
him he had never seen "a sea
of this size; there was a big wall
lof water before him."
| The wave ripped away the
covers over two matches and the
I seas poured into the holds.
/ Capt. Ewert said the rescue
of the crew was made possible
only because the Chincoteague
had rubber life RATS aboard.
Without the rubber boats it
would have been impossible" he
said. Wooden boats would have
been smashed to bits in the
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pares with l08.579 counted in
1912. The present total also
shows a drop of % per cent from
the 67,346 total in the fall of
1851.
The report showed there were
2,52l additional public school
systems operated by other
misunderstanding as agencies of
county, municipal or township
governments. These included
the State-administered public
schools in Delaware and Maine,
and 465 local school systems in
Pennsylvania operated jointly
by two or more school districts.
Types Vary Widely
The Census Bureau noted that
school organization varies widely
throughout the country. In %
States, all public schools are
operated by school districts that
are independent governmental
units.
On the other hand, five States
and the District of Columbia
have no independent school dis
tricts and local schools are adj
ministered by some other type
of government. such as a board
OF education.
The bureau said a mixed syS-
tenn is found in Is States which
have some independent school
districts and some school sys-
TENS administered by other gov
ernmental means.
In the reduction of school dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-13
Children See
Father Killed

ELLSWORTH. Wis. Nov. Is
RD.-Mrs. Jane Marie Spengler.
80, mother of nine children, is
charged with numbering her hus-
band, Earl Spengler, as, with a
shotgun before the eyes Of their
Mortified youngsters.
Sheriff Roy Simonson said
Mrs. Spengler told him she fired
the shot Sunday night during
an argument.
He quoted the mother as say
Ing she loaded the 12-gauge gun
and her husband remarked, GO
ahead and pull the trigger, If
you want to.
Mrs. Spengler told Sheriff ST.
monson she discharged the gun
but didn't mean to shoot him.
MIR. Spengler died from a
wound in the side of the head.
The shooting was reported
when the couples ll-year-old
son Tommy appeared at neigh
bors home that night and said
his mother asked that someone
call the village marshal.
Deputy Sheriff Leroy Peter
son said the couple had visited
tavern Sunday and quarreled
when they returned to their one
story frame home at Spring
Valley.
Mrs. Spengler was arraigned
on first-degree-murder charge.
Pierce County Judge Paul Mag
DAM set November 20 for a pre-
liminary hearing and ordered
her held without bond.
Sheriff Simonson said the nine
children, ranging in age from 6
months to Is years. would be
taken by Mrs. Spengler's parents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-13
TO KISS DRIVER
is GIRLS RISK,
COURT RULES

PHILADELPHIA (P.-Penn-
sylvania's Supreme Court ruled
yesterday that a woman pas
senger who kissed the driver of
an automobile is not entitled
to collect damages for injuries
she suffered because the car
smashed into a telegraph pole.
Justice John c. Arnold wrote
the majority opinion denying
damages to Miss Mary Lyons
of McKeesport in her damage
suit against Alex Wargo of
McKeesport.
Justice Arnold said there is
no question as to defendants
(Mr. Wargo'sl negligence. In
fact it was admitted. But he
added that Miss Lyons was
guilty "of some degree of negli-
gence" that helped bring about
the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-13

tricts for the last five years,
Minnesota led with a cut of
2.648 districts or 42.5 per cent to
a total of 1879.
Other Large Cuts Listed
Other large percentage cuts in
the last five years in the 40
States having a few or many
school districts were: Idaho, AZ
per cent; Illinois. 419; New
York, 407; Missouri, 1913: Col
orado and Oregon, 80; Michigan,
28.9; Wisconsin, 27.3; Texas, IS;
Nebraska, 2l.9; Iowa. 81; Kansas,
20; Wyoming. 10; Ohio. IT; Ok
lahoma. Is. and Montana and
Washington. 10.
Among the States having the
largest number of school districts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-13
What's happening
to the weather?

The earth is warming. South.
ern birds are seen as far north
as Canada. New England has
had 8 severe hurricanes in the
last two years lit used to aver
age 8 a century,.
In November Readers Di-
gest, experts give their opinions
on why our weather is chang
ing, tell what they think is in
store for the future.
Get November Readers Di-
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stormy seas. he added.
Capt. Ewert said that when
he left the Bolten for the last
time he was confident the SAL
wage crews would be able to
save her. A representative Of
the ships owner said today the
Bolten was being towed to the
Azores where 10 of her crew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-13

will be placed back aboard her.
The other crewmen will return
to Germany. All of them left by
bus for New York yesterday.
The ships woman radio oper-
ator, Use Sturn. of Bremerhaven,
said she had copied distress
messages from other ships, but
had never thought she would
have to send one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-13
Steel Output Higher

PARASITIC European Steel
and Coal Community's raw-steel
production during the first half
of 1856 totaled 27,9OO,OO tons
8 per cent more than the u.s.
100000 tons poured in the first
six months of 1855.