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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with the Film Center of WASH
|ington and the recreation DEPART
ments Of the District and Airing.
ton, Prince Georges and Mont
gomery counties.
WashIngton, AZ Duak
PALISADES. Dana and Sherrier place NV.
Park View. Warder and Otis streets NV.
Riggs, Rigs road and Madison street
Kalorama. Nineteenth street and cOlum.
Bundy, Fourth and o streets NV
crummel. oallaudet and Kendall streets
Burrxille, Division avenue and Hayes
Rie hard. : Fifty-third and Blaine
Payne Fifteenth and c streets Sc.
Draper Wheeler road and Walter place
Ft oreble. Nichols avenue and chesa.
peake street S.W
hrIinrtan County, $40 PM.
N. custis. ne South Twenty third street
luckanoe' d5o1 Norsh Twenty-sixth
street
Prince Gsorse. County. $50 pm.
La Eoaa Eie,me1ntary school. Lakeland
Tayac Elementary school 743b Alien.
town road, Oaklawn.
Montgomery County, $3.50 PM,
Mckenney Hills Elementary school,
Ha.a,yden drive and Rosensteel avenue.
MONTGOMERY Blair Stadium, Dale drive
and Wayne avenue, Silver Spring.
Hillcrest Playground Aberdeen street,
west end. Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
Site
Sought
Group to Consider
locations e.rtur6uy
By HAROLD B. ROGERS

The newly created National
Memorial Stadium Commission
has launched program to find
a site and work out a financing
plan.
The site subcommittee Of the
stadium commission will hold q
closed meeting Saturday to con-
slider suggestions for a site. This
was one of the subcommittee
set up by the nine-member COM
mission in an organization ses-
sion late yesterday at the Capt.
tol. Senator Stennis. Democrat
of Mississippi. was named the
chairman of the commission.
Invited to Hearing
The site subcommittee. headed
by Senator Case, Republican of
South Dakota, has invited the
following to Saturdays hearing
Representatives of the District
Commissioners, the Fine Arts
Commission, the National Capitol
Planning Commission, the Wash
ington Baseball Club, the Red
skins Football Club, the Wash
ington Board of Trade and the
recently organized commission
to plan a District auditorium.
Speaking for the Auditorium
c o m mission, Representative
Thompson, Democrat of New
Jersey, said his group will lay
before the Case subcommittee
information it has gathered.
Mr.. Thompson also said it ha:
dropped the idea of trying tC
consider stadium in connection
with the auditorium.
Bills Pending
Both Senator Case and Mr.
Thompson have pending bills Il
reserve part of the area nov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
Commission Meets
In Showdown Session

came forward with a "compro-
mise" which the other faction
regards as no compromise at all
They were said to have agreed
to retain the pupil assignment
plan, which allows placement OF
students without regard to race
providing the Governor is giver
his authority to withhold State
funds wherever indignation re-
suits from such assignment.
Members Grim-Faced
Opponents Of the Governors
program, who declined to be
quoted by name, contend that
one negates the other.
The opponents repeatedly have
come forward with this com.
promise: Adopt both the pupil
assignment plan and a law au.
thorizing the Governor to with.
hold funds but only in the even
disorder has resulted from in.
tegration.
Members of the commission
were more grim faced than usua
as they marched into the ole
Senate chamber this hot, sultr,
morning. There was less cordi
atty than usual.
AS the session got underway
with public and press excluded
reports were current that
number Of the Southside Iegis
lators, including the chairman
State Senator Garland Gray 0
Waverly, we're about ready /,
resign. This implied that a ma
jority Of the commission still
held out for the report original!
submitted to the Governor las
November. Beside the pupil as
signment plan, the other prin
cipal recommendation was a sys,
TEN Of State tuition grants Il
educate children in privat,
schools rather than force then
to attend mixed classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
Pedestrian Deaths
Decline in Virginia

RICHMOND. July 26 (P). :
State Police note a continuing
decline in pedestrian deaths or
Virginia highways.
Col. C. w. woodson, jr., State
Police superintendent, said pc.
destrian deaths dropped from IS
in the first six months of 1855
to GA in the same period thi,
year. He said If this trend con.
tinues Virginia will finish the
year with a record low pedestrian
toll for the third consecutive
lyear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26

County 10 years ago. together
with two jars of jewels anc
melted-down gold.
Five members of the roya
House of Hesse in Germany
brought the suit. They say the
$28, 900 came from sale of some
of the SIS million in jewels anc
other valuables stolen from
Kronberg Castle in Germany il
1945 while it was occupied by
American troops.
Their claim is opposed BY
Glenn v. Brumbaugh of Lo.
Angeles, former Army cap.
tain, who was defense counse
for Col. Jack Durant and hi
wife, WAC Capt. Kathleen Nasl
Durant. The DurantS were trieC
and convicted of stealing thu
Jewels aE1 served prison terms
They are now living in SAINT:
Monica. Calf. He works as al
accountant. She works for
swimming club.
Pay for Legal Services
According to Mr.. Brumbaugh
Col. Durant assigned the none,
to him as payment for lega
services beyond customary rep
reSentation at the colonel
court-martial.
A deposition by Prince Wolf
gang of HeSSe. read to the cour
yesterday. charged that much O
the stolen loot is still missing
The Army previously had re
ported that most of the stolel
valuableS were recovered and re
turned to the HeSse family. Tw,
big Army safes were required t,
hold all the jewels, gold an,
silver sent back to Germany il
1851.
According to Prince Wolfgang'
'idepoSition, however, the German
worth of the valuableS hidden il
: the castle basement was $3.50,
tl840 Deutsche marks-and 3,179,
il75l worth never has been recov
cred. About four Deutsche mark
are the equivalent of an Amer
lean dollar. This would pu
Prince Wolfgang'S valuation Q
the jewels below the SIS million
! figure consistently used by tn
Army.
> Fred Shields, counsel for tn
/ HeSse family, explained tn
! jewelry would be more valuabl
in the United States and thai
therefore. the amount still miss
ing would be worth nearly S
million according to the Arm
> valuation.
| TiaraS, Diamonds
The stolen valuables include
{ tiaraS, huge diamonds, Bibl
{ that belonged to Queen Victoria
} ropes of pearls. gold and Silve
= serving pieces and assorte
jewels of all descriptions.
Besides the jewels dug up i
Falls Church, Army investiga
: tors recovered a box of jewelr
from a railroad station locke
, in Chicago, and found othe
/ valuables at the home of a rela
) tive of Mrs. Durant at Hudson
Wis. Some of the jewelry wa
. hard to identify because stone
!, had been removed from setting.
,, Mrs. Durant, who was i.
!, charge of the castle when tn
: jewels vanished. once gave
> confession admitting her part i
the theft. At her court-martia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
Funds for Area Projects
Given Senate Approval

sent back to the House with
amendments was the second sup
Elemental appropriation bill. 1t
carried $2.3 billion as it left
the Senate. an increase over the
$l.9 billion approved by the
House. Most of the funds were
for atomic energy purposes.
But the bill included $3.50, 900
to finance plans for construction
of the newly authorized National
Library of Medicine. The meas
ure also carries $500,000 for
plans to build a general research
building and general Offices
building at the National Insti-
tutes Of Health.
More Narcotics Agents
The Bureau of Narcotics Of
the Treasury Department would
be given 100000 to be used for
hiring more Treasury agents to
assist in the big drive against
drug addiction.
The District government
would get $4,000 to meet GER
tain claims against the city
government.
Added to the bill by an amend
ment submitted on the Senate
floor by Senator Bridges. Repub-
lican OF New Hampshire, was an
item Of $685., 900 for the District
government. This is to reim-
burse the District for certain ex-
penses incurred in construction
Of a highway railroad underpass
where East Capitol street goes
under several railroad tracks.
This money was authorized in
a bill previously approved by
Congress and sent to the White
House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
BY RICHARD RODGERS

n Rilsline's Big Top went back
Ito,the barn.for many reasons. in
|cluding a surfeit of elephants.
the areas most dedicated circus
bluffs agreed yesterday.
1t was visiting day at the Zoo
for the Circus Fans Association
chapters. or tents, from here and
Hagerstown, Md. Zoo Director
William M. Mann, chairman of
the local delegation, was both
host and guest of honor.
The Hagerstown fans presented
him with a plaque Gin apprecia-
ton of his many years of service
to the circus and It's animals
and mankind" And w. H. Day,
New Brutal. Conn.,, Circus Fans
vice president for the Eastern
United States, gave him an oil
painting of Emmett Kelley, the
Respondent circus clown.
The chicf item of discussion
was the future Of the Ringling
Bros. and Barnum and Bailey
Circus. which struck its canvas
recently and retreated for the
season.
1t was the biggest show of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
Senators Defer
10 Build
Weather Center
$1,000 Acre Cost
Of Maryland Site
Scored by Chavez
By GEORGE BEVERIDGE


The. Senate Public Works
Committee again has deferred
action on the 'leaSe-purchase"
construction of a 5000 million
center for the Weather Bureau
and the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey in the Washington area.
After a late closed session
yesterday, Chairman Chavez,
Democrat of New Mexico, said
the project was held UP because
the Government proposed to
spend an "unconscionable"
amount of money to buy a site
in nearby Maryland.
The Government proposal. he
said, would earmark up to $4,000
an acre for a 206-acre site.
Asked if the committee would
consider the project again be.
fore Congress adjourns, Senator
Chavez said it was possible. ="
Another committee member,
however, said he thought the
chances were unlikely.
More Evidence Needed
II think the committee felt it
had approved a pretty good
batch of projects for Washing
ton, and that this one needed
some more evidence before it
should go ahead" the member
said.
Both the House and Senate
Public Works Committees have
approved seven other big Gov
eminent buildings for Washing
ton, to be built under the Lease
Purchase Act at cost of up to
sos million. The committees
concurrence is all that is re-
quired for the projects to &c
ahead.
F. Moran McConihe, Public
Buildings Commissioner, said the
Government would move ahead
as rapidly as possible" on the ap-
proved projects. The first steps
will be to finish acquisition OF
sites for the buildings. and to
contract with private architects
to design the new structures.
The Weather Bureau-Coast
and Geodetic Survey installation
was the only major building
project submitted to Congress
this year which has not been APP
proved. In addition to lease-pur-
chase projects. Congress also has
appropriated money for five 9TH
er buildings which will cost a
total Of $l89 Million
Opposition to Site
Last week, the Chavez COM
mittee deferred action on the
Weather Bureau-Goedetic Sur
vey center because Of opposition
to proposals that it be located
Outside of Washington.
Senator Chavez said he thought
the agencies had made a good
showing" for the need of a SUBJ
urban location, but that the site
money posed a new hurdle The
$2, 000-an-acre estim ate was
made by the General Services
Administration in prospectus
describing the new installation.
The Senate committee also at
tached conditions on two of the
other lease purchase projects il
approved: That Cd a new head
Quarters for the Geological Sur
vey be located in Washington
not in the suburbs as proposed
and 90 that large new Office
building west of Lafayette Square
in downtown Washington pro-
vide space for a new Court Of
Claims.
Neither of these conditions
were in the House committees
approval Of the projects. GSA
Officials said their attorneys will
study the Senate actions to de.
termine whether the difference
in the two committee actions
constitutes any problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
Few Interested

YONKERS. N. ". July rs up.
City Manager Charles l.. Cur
ran is dropping the idea of APP
pointing five women as parking
enforcement officers at $4,000 a
year. There's been only one APP
lplicant and she didn't meet
requirements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26

Driving hard toward adjourn
ment, the Senate last night
passed two supplemental appro-
lpriations bills carrying funds for
many Federal projects for this
area and for the District gov
ernment.
Sent to the White House was
the SIG billion first supplemental
fund measure. The three big
projects included in it are the
Central Intelligence Agency
headquarters building at Lang
ley, Va, $40 million: extension
of the State Department here
$44.9 million and the Jones Point
bridge over the Potomac River
SAB million.
The District government would
receive $l9.9 million more for
this fiscal year. This, on top OF
the annual appropriation bill,
WONA0 Va AlS Vic bOOdA CAIy opCAAN
ing to $685. million.
Other funds granted include
$773,100 for the Metropolitan
Police Department to bring the
force UP to the authorized
strength of $500 men and money
to provide salary increases fol-
interns and resident physicians
at District General Hospital and
for first aid assistants on emer-
gency ambulances.
Military Projects
The big first supplemental
bill also provides funds for mill
tary construction projects here
These funds, however, are made
contingent on passage by Con-
gress Of the military construc-
ton bill.
Also passed by the Senate and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26

BIC uLlouCGcSSI Qlly SOuSIlI W UdI
admission of the confession. Be-
yond that, neither she nor Col,
Durant ever offered any ex-
PLANTATION of the bizarre case,
The two were married after
their return to this country from
Germany. They were arrested
shortly after their marriage.
How She Got Jewels
The deposition of Mrs. Durant
offered yesterday said she ha6
come by precious stones by vari-
Gus methods" while she was al
Kronberg Castle. She added:
II bought some of them from
German civilians; I found then
in belongings stored in the
castle barns and riding stables
from various people all over the
country :.
She said she paid for then
with hard-to-get items like fats
coffee and cigarettes. Later, she
said:
prince Wolfang was one o.
the biggest NaziS in Germany
in charge Of collecting valuable
paintingS-and Goering had hin
thrown into a concentration
camp because he didn't turn ovel
his loot to Goering like he wa
supposed to. I don't thinl
anyone knows who anything be-
longed to-"
Col. Durant said. in his deposi'
ton, that he bought somt
jewelry in Munich before thu
HeSse jewels disappeared and de,
clared that the WAC captain whit
now is his wife had placed som,
other jewelry in his custody.
He said he left $4,000 in Fall
Church with his brother. Jane
Durant, and also lit would b
impossible for me to say wher
the $4,000 came from" He sal
he made money by wagering Of
: things, selling items, a little over
seas operations, things of tina
nature"
Asked to describe the opera
tons" he said: well. just t
describe them in a general tern
would be black market opera
!, tions.'1
The mention of black marke
operations prompted Assistan
, United States Attorney Andrev
Giangreco to tell the court tn
i, Government might renew its in
: terest in the $4,000
Can Recover Profits
Earlier, the Government ha
said it was holding the none
only because it lacked proof VIII
should get it. Mr.. Giangreco sal
the Government was entitled t
{, recover profits from black mar
ket operations by its officer
abroad, however.
Defense Counsel Frank Nor
! gan said the Hesse family woul
have to prove the $4,000 cam
from sale of stolen jewels if
: hoped to recover the money.
the Hesse family fails to trac
: the money, he said, Mr.. Brum
. baugh is entitled to collect it.
Judge Albert v. Bryan, who
hearing the civil action withou
f. a jury, said both the Hesse fam
lily and Mr.. Brumbaugh nigh
! fail to prove ownership of tn
money, in which case the fund
! would stay in the hands of tn
Government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26

occupied by the National Train
ing School for Boys on Bladens-
burg road NE. for a stadium.
In addition to its chairman
Senator Stennis. the stadium
commission named Representa-
tive Kearns, Republican OF
Pennsylvania, secretary, ano
Representative Landlord, Demo-
crat of Maryland, vice chairman
An appropriation of $4,000 tc
meet expenses of the stadium
commission was passed late last
night by the Senate and sent
back to the House for approval
The item was carried in thu
second supplemental appropria.
ton bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
Mann Pins Circus failure
On I 90 Many Elephants

all, and the fans verdict was
that its bigness helped send il
to the wall. ALI those elephants
for instance.
1.-THE show had about SO ele.
phantS," Dr.. Mann pointed ouI
to an attentive circle. Il woulC
be the last one to say you coulc
have too many elephants. But
even I must admit that so il
a bit too many"
Another fan Clipped in with
eyes, and then they fired al
their old elephant men,"
True" DR.. Mann said. "Somt
experience is required arounc
elephants. The lack of it is WHY
they were stampeding twice {
week or So"
Elephants Riot
When the circus played herr
this year, the elephant here
rioted. The runaways were re.
captured and placated without
serious injury or damage, bu
the younger animals were 81
steamed up they missed a per.
Torrance.
Somebody reported yesterday
that the John Robinson show il
back on the road, put together
by Ringling'S out-of-work artists
1T is very popular in the South,
a fan said. The Robinson outfi
was one Of many swallowed VI
by the Ringing mergers.
Concern was voiced for tn,
plight Of friends left idle b,
Ringling's failure. 1.-The foreign
performers are having a tough
time" said a fan who keep
up correspondence with tn,
aerialists.
Special Show Cited
Last Sunday the circus pu
on a special show in its white
quarters" someone remarked
Had about 5000 in the crowo
The money was given to the per
formers"
Next Sunday the Ed Sullivan
ITV show will feature the Ringlin
stars. But performers are stil
facing tough times unless the
can hook on with other circuse.
and this year is a bad one TO
their trade.
The Ringing bosses had
: daily bill Of some $4,000 to NEE
Labor costs made UP a large pal
J of the bill.
"But labor was only part {
why the show closed" said D
Mann.
!, You're so right" said an
other. "TV hurt them. The
loused UP the show with Holly
: wood stuff, too"
Too many spectaculars,"
, third said. TOO gaudy. Peopl
don't want that. they want
circus"
There was sadness, for tn
fans are close personal friend
OF the circus troupers, now O.
hard days. But there was ais
abiding confidence the circu
: will pull itself together and &c
back in business. The fans d
not, can not. envision life with
out a circus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
S1MiIIionin LootMissinq,
Hesse Jewel I rial Told
New Charges Rock Court in Suit
Over $2S, 900 Held by Government
By MARY LOU WERNEE

tale Of stil-missing loot worth nearly 81 million and
statements the thieves have brought intrigue
the fantastic jewel which will continue to unfold
tomorrow in Alexandria Federal Court.
The developments yesterday at the opening of
trial disposition of $4,000 held by the Government ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26

SOAAAO0
along with a story about an
erratic automatic elevator in
one of the big downtown no
tells. He says he's convinced
it happened the way it did
because the elevator simply
got tired doing the same thing
all the time, day in and day
out.
Automatic elevators have
been standard equipment in
hotels and apartment build
ings for so long now that a
man would think they'd
know their business.
Our friend was attending a
banquet, sitting near a door
opposite the automatic ele-
vator. He wanted to be in a
spot where he could make a
dash for fresh air when the
speakers finally ran out of
gas.
The elevator doors opened
and an elderly lady, pale and
shaken, staggered out.
Il pressed the button for
my floor" she told a house
keeper who happened by in
the corridor, "but the eleva-
tor kept going up and down,
up and down, any number of
times!"
The housekeeper smiled in
diligently.
you just pressed the wrong
button" she said. Come on.
I'll take you to your floor"
A gentleman came up just
then and wanted to use the
elevator, too. So all three
the lady, the gentleman and
the houSekeeper-got on, the
doors closed, and our friend
turned his attention back to
the banquet speakers.
Ten minutes later, the ele-
vator doors opened again and
out reeled the lady, the gentle
man and the houSekeeper.
Even the housekeeper was
pale and shaken this time.
But she was not too shaken
to take a stand by the elevator
door to warn off potential
riders until the repair man
could get there.
Rambling
Some wag has very neatly
altered the 30-mile speed
limit sign on Dalecarlia park
way to make it read 30
mile"
Neat juxtaposition: The
new Solar Building will be
across the street from the
World Center Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26

in A DOWNTOWN office
building, a mechanic was
fumbling with the gadgetS
inside an ice cream vending
machine.
1T dishes out vanilla" he
explained, unhappily, when
it should be dishing out choco-
late. And when you try to
get vanilla, what happens?
Chocolate"
At a comparatively new
Supermarket near the District
line-one with those fancy
chrome cash registers-the
check-out counter at the end
of a long line of check-out
counters bears a sign which
promises that for More eff
cient service" 10 items or less
should be checked out there.
The line of customers
stretched inefficiently from
that special counter clear back
to the vegetables while a
clerk fiddled despairingly with
the cash register, trying to
make it work. The machine
appeared to be frustrated over
checking out 10 items or less
and wanted to accomplish
greater things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-26
The
Rambler
Lies q Grind
For Machines, Too
BY JACK JONAS

With automation firmly en-
trenched in Washington, it's
becoming clear that machines
Like people-have their bad,
even temperamental, days.
For example, one Of the
complicated calculatorS at
the Pentagon stopped work
one day recently. Something
had gone wrong with the
elaborate temperature and
humidity control in its room.
The big machine refused to
give out any more right an
swers until it was made COM
Portable again.
At the Benjamin Franklin
Post Office branch on Monday,
the talking stamp vending
machine-that one introduced
several months ago with lots
of fanfare-apparently was
tired OF, all it's talk-talk talk.
1t CLAIMED up, and didn't
even bother to say Thank
you" after a purchase of six
Scent stamps.