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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-09-13
Edmund &. James To Be Panel
Speaker AT Ohio Conference

Edmund G. James, state representative from Noble county
and chairman of the Legislative committee
study local financing will be member the
of speakers Sept 1921 when the fifth annual Ohio
conference and products exhibit is held in Columbus.
Eohert F Masner il New Work. CITY and redent
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-09-13

SEE US FOR your Bottle Gas
needs. D. ID. Nichols. Caldwell,
Ohio. S7tf
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-09-13

WINDOW GLASS, cut to fit. D.
d. Nichols, Caldwell, Ohio.
IL IL l3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Women Acquitted
In FutuI Stobbinu

A woman was cleared of a
mapSlaughter charge yesterday
through a Judgment of acQuittal,
granted on the ground she had
acted in self-defense in fatally
.stabbing a man last November.
The woman acquitted is Mrs.
Aline o. Barry. IS. colored, who
had gone to trial before a Dis
trict Court jury on the man.
slaughter charge in the fatal
stabbing of Benny P. Andrews.
SO. colored The stabbing was
in house where they both lived
in the 2400 block of Seventeenth
street NV.
Police quoted Mrs. Barry as
saying she stabbed Mr.. Andrews
when he started 20 strike her
with bottle,
Immediately after the prose-
cution had finished presenting
Go eminent evidence, Attorney
Bernard Margolius, represent
ing Mrs. Barry, made a motion
for a judgment of acquittal on
ground of self-defenSe. The
motion was granted by Judge
Edward M. Curran, who presid-
ed at the trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Asks
Extension of
Addict Law

The District Commissioners
have asked Congress to extend
for two years the present pro-
Icedure for treatment Of narcotic
addicts committed by District
Court here to hospitals of the
United States Public Health
Service.
Under law enacted some years
ago, such facilities were made
available only up to next July /,
In a letter signed by Commits
sioner Samuel Spencer and sub
Imitted to Vice President Nixon,
it was explained the procedure
is part of the city's narcotic
rehabilitation program
The draft of a short bill pro-
posed by the Commissioners
would move the expiration date
to July l, 1858.
When the first bill was passed,
Commissioner Spencer wrote. it
was believed. the Districts own
facilities would be available this
year. They are now under de-
velopment but are not expected
to be ready until July, 1858,
Congress was told.
The proposed bill and the COW
ering letter were referred to the
Senate Labor and Public Welfare
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10

Rejected were requests of the
Boy Scouts of America to admit
I6,400 persons on February 4 fOr
the organizations annual Pot
Luck Dinner, and a request from
three union locals for perlnis-
sion to admit 5000 persons for
a variety show January 20 These
were two locals of the Retail
Clerks Union and a local of the
Meat Cutters Union.
Armory overcrowding has been
a sore point with the District
Commissioners in the past. They
have allowed as many as 5000
persons to use the Armory for
inaugural balls and revival pro-
grams conducted by Evangelist
Billy Graham.
Today's decision followed a
recent order for a preliminary
survey when the Boy Scouts APP
Iplication was first received.
Mr.. Gwathmey and Fire Mar
shall Roy Roberts told the Com
missioners that although the
Armory, designed for military
drills. has a large floor space.
lit has relatively few exits. They
said the problem of Armory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
.PUBLICIST STARS
IN CAST AGAIN, NO
BREAK FOR HIM

Lou Brott, who must be
the towns most active pub
licity agent, if broken bones
are any sign, is wearing a
new plaster cast today.
Mr.. Brott is publicity di-
rector for the Auto Show.
Last night he slipped on the
icy steps of the Armory,
where the show is being held.
and fractured his left elbow
in two places.
He will have to wear the
cast for four weeks. A little
over a year ago Mr.. Brott
fell off a truck in a Safe
Driving Day" parade and
broke his back. He wore a
cast for four months.
Mr.. Brott is left-handed.
He is up and around, but
says the fracture will keep
him from driving a car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10

overcrowding hangs on speedy
Evacuation Of crowds through
inadequate exits under possible
panic conditions.
Mr.. Roberts said the use OF
national safety standards, rather
than District standards, might
allow 6.400 persons to use the
IArmory. He and Mr.. Gwathmey
urged the Commissioners not tc
consider any greater overcrowd-
ing and to ask the Armory Board
not to encourage such requests
Commissioner Samuel Spen-
Ger warned that fire exit regula-
Itions are a pretty important
thing. If there are grounds for
revision, however" he said. I'VE
ought to have a detailed study
with careful recommendations
and hold a public hearing on the
issue"
Mr.. GWathmey promised to ask
the consultant now overhauling
city building regulations to study
the problem as a special order OF
business, pointing out that new
inaugural festivity requests will
be received in about a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10

A MAN stood beside his
parked automobile on Calvert
street. His hands were on his
hips and there was a grim
look on his face as he watched
the cars toll past. He voiced
the usual criticism of the new
conner:
"If I were back in Ohio,
there wouldn't be all this
trouble over a little bit of
Ice"
What he failed to empha-
size was that his own car was
parked, while the natives were
making the effort to get to
work.
And another, just before his
auto skidded sideways across
the street, blocking traffic,
grumbled:
IF these people would get
out of my way, / could make
some time"
In contrast was the man in
the rear seat of a chauffeur
driven limousine on Connecti-
cut avenue. The car bore dip
lomatic license plates, and
the passenger had the COM
plexion of one from a SUMMER,
easier cline.
He was slouched comforta-
bly,, reading a newspaper, and
letting his bored chauffeur
worry about getting him
where he was going.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
County School Bus
.Upsets After Skid;
2 Aboard Escape

/ A Montgomery County school
bus driver. and six children
escaped injury today when the
bus in which they were riding
overturned on an icy road at
IColesville, Md, Montgomery
County police reported.
The bus overturned on its right
side against a bank on Nutley
road, Just south of Sherwood
Forest drive. according to Police
IPvts William H. Jessie and Jack
W. Hall.
The bus was starting for the
Shady Spring Negro Elementary
School, police said. At the end
of its run the bus normally car
ries 48 children, school officials
reported.
The bus driver and the chill
dren escaped through an emer-
gency door in the rear. All were
returned to their homes by
county police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10

struggle with a powerful enemy
who is determined to subdue all
others to his will"
On the lighter side, Senator
Kefauver said his wife, Nancy
was a mixture of Irish and Scot
fish. He said he foresaw in hel
the good cheer" of the Irish
and the Saving qualities" of the
Scottish.
But. he sad, shortly after she
became naturalized in 1888 sht
became thoroughly American
lied, SO that we've been broke
ever since
The new citizens also hearc
talks by Judge Mclaughlin
Richard l.. Walsh of the District
Bar Association. and Mrs. Robert
L. Evans of tire Daughters of the
American yolution. After the
ceremonies a reception. spon-
sored by the Women's Bar AS
ISOLATION OF the District. was
held in the lawyers lounge OF
the courthouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10

who hope to make their homes
here
But he continued: Il am con-
WINGED that the period of hysteria
on which this short-sighted
policy was based will surely
pass" Political associates sai>
the Senator was referring to the
McCarran- Walter Act.
The Senator spoke at natural
ization ceremonies before Fed
Ieral Judge Charles F.. McLaugh-
lin in United States District
Court.
Senator Ketauver warned that
an interest in and an under
standing If International affairs
is OF prime Importance today.
Nowadays, il a man should at
tend solely TO his business. he
might find himself ultimately
with no business to which to
attend. This is especially true
in international affairs. For, as
you know better than most ma
tive born Americans, this coun-
try is engaged in a life and death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
BY HARRY BACAS

Oh, we're doomed, doomed
doomed;
Yes, We're doomed, doomed,
doomed.
| Oh, Ue're doomed to disappear
Without trace.
The Golden Apple.
A literary sermon as chilling
as the sleet and snow outside
but infinitely more reasonable
opened a four-Week series of talks
at the Library of Congress last
might.
The distinguished poet and lit
erary critic, r. P. Blackburn. de-
fled both weather and 1.-The new
Iilliteracy" to speak to a rapt
audience of 10 persons. All soc
tickets we're sold in advance, but
only the hardest of the city's
literati could make it to the hall
Mr. Blackburn, professor Of
English and Writer in Residence
at Princeton University, will con.
tinue the series, called Reason
in the Madness of Letters" or
the next three Monday nights al
$3.50.
A neat, stocky, gray-haired
man with a small bristle of mus
tache, he spun his sermon
around two themes. The first is
modern society's growing indif-
ference to "the vivid apprehen-
sion of the values of the indi-
vidual" The second is the great
explosion of talent following
World War l, when in five years
1925. such works as Joyce's
Ulysses. Yeats THE Tower, y
Eliot's THE Wasteland," Mann's
The Magic Mountain" and
Gide's The Counterfeiters" ap-
peared.
/ These works, the closest thing
to masterpieces our age has pro-
duced, exemplify an older ira
dition of bourgeois humanism
struggling to find reason in the
new madness, he said.
Mr.. Blackmur's sermon was q
jeremiad. a prophecy of doom
The growing anarchy of our ar.
fists. he said, lis a response tt
facts" And the two major ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Council Hires
.zoniinq Experts

The Federal City Council has
retained its own coming consult
ant to evaluate and interpret for
its members official reports issued
on the current revision of zoning
laws here, George A. Garrett,
council president, said today.
The local architectural firm Of
Berla g. Abel will serve as the
councils consultant. The deci-
sion to retain the firm was made
at a meeting of the Executive
Committee.
Importance Stressed
Mr.. Garrett explained that
council members consider coming
revision one of the most i'm
portant single projects now under
way here. since it will help
direct the Districts future
growth, including business ex-
,pansion, residential building and
the city's appearance.
I'VE feel it is vital that our
members be kept up to date on
the progress of coming revision,
through continuing analysis OF
the highly technical reports sub
mitted by the Districts con-
sultant," Mr.. Garrett said. This
will help them to form enlight-
ened opinions on the revision"
The overhaul of the District
zoning regulations is being car
ried on by Consultant. Harold M
Lewis.
Hope to Avoid Split
Mr.. Garrett said that. although
a number of major cities have
to revise their coming
laws in recent years, none has
succeeded in achieving, a new
ordinance Differences of opin-
ion which have eventually stalled
progress on revision were cited
as the major reason.
Council members are deter
mined this must not happen
here" he said. There is urgent
need for revision of the anti
quated coming laws which have
proved SO inadequate to guide
the city's progress in the past"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Mere Doomed, Doomed
Saws Critic BIockmur

ternal facts Of our time are 1.-The
explosion of populations and the
explosion of energy" while the
two major internal facts are "the
recreation of the devil, that is,
the idea Of pure behavior. and
the development of techniques
for finding destructive troubles
in the psyches Of individuals"
While psychiatry is a tech
nique for undermining person
atty" he said. growing modern
diabolism finds hysteria, which
ought to be the clue to reality
becoming its creator"
Now more than ever, Mr..
Blackburn said, poetry has the
job of forcing new tasks upon
reason of showing it the
wisdom of our violence"
But it does not. What in
shakespeare was the endless
jars of right and wrong as 1t
strikes upon the conscience" is
now, in modern poetry, IAN ex-
plosion of the irrational ele-
ments in human personality"
And the struggle between the
old literacy and the new litter
Iacy does not offer much hope,
said Mr.. Blackburn.
who knows, it may be the
next age may not express itself
in words at all. for the next
age may not be literate in any
sense we understand or that the
last 5000 years would have I'M
derstood. Poetry may yet be-
come an even more secret craft
than it was during the dream
of the dark ages"
Another poet and critic, Coler-
idge, listed the three silent rev.
olutions" in the history Of Eng
land. he said-when the profess
sions fell off from the church,
when literature fell from the
professions and when the press
fell off from literature. Now
said Mr.. Blackburn. we are going
through a fourth silent revolu-
ton" But he would not name it
Next Monday Mr.. Blackburn
will speak of THE Techniques
of Trouble" in novels by Mann
Glide, Proust. Kafka and Joyce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Rambling

A dog on a leash on Wiscon-
sin avenue was having as
much trouble keeping his
footing on the ice as was his
master, despite the masters
double trouble of trying to
keep his own balance and the
dog afoot, too.
Three weather-Wise birds
gathered around an outdoor
spigot on the E street side
of the Harrington Hotel to
slake their thirst before the
freeze could change the drip
of water into an icicle.
An editors dream: The cur
rent issue of American Mo-
torist, the AAA's magazine,
arrived the week end before
the freeze-and carried an
article advising motorists to
be on the alert for freezing
weather.
A man in a hurry on Old
Georgetown road had only a
small hole cut in the ice On
his windshield, and was
hunched over the steering
wheel, peering intently ahead.
In an upper Connecticut
avenue grocery empty of GUS
toners, the clerks were lined
up in front of the show win
dow, watching the antics of
the motorists ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Commissioners Nav Get
.FiII-in Role on Transit

The proposed transit authority
Legislation being drafted for Con-
Igress may provide that the Dis
trict Commissioners be given the
powers of the authority until the
new board itself can be set up.
This was disclosed yesterday
by Commissioner Samuel Spen-
Ger. who said the drafters were
contemplating this provision "ir
view of the Importance of speedy
action"
Under it. the Board of Com
mlSsioners would be given the
powers of the authority during
the interim period from the time
the statute is passed until the au-
thorlty members are appointed
and can begin to function.
Interim Period Cited
| Mr.. Spencer said that Ger
tainly We would make every eff
fort to have the authority OPP
erating as rapidly as possible, but
there might be a short period in
there when it would be very adj
vantageous to have somebody
able to make certain decisions
and take certain steps"
City officials. who have not
been able to find a private oper-
Iator to take over the dying Cap
Iital Transit Co. franchise, are
engaged in drafting legislation
to set up a transit authority to
run the system starting Au-
gust Is.
Walter Cleave. Chicago vice
president of the Nation wide in
Ivestment banking firm of Blyth
& Co., Inc, and Attorney John
A. Mitchell of New York. counsel
for the firm. are expected here
tomorrow to work with local
officials on completing a plan
for submission to Congress. Blyth
g. Co. is writing a preliminary
draft.
| Mr.. Cleave and Mr.. Mitchell
according to Mr.. Spencer. have
suggested the authority be a
Iseven-member board rather than
a three member one as had been
proposed.
Advantages Seen
| They expressed the view. Mr.
Spencer said, that there would be
some advantage in larger board
by way of continuity of policy
and less dependence on a single
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10

A CAR with South Carolina
license plates skidded on Sew
enteenth street and touched
bumpers with the auto in
front. The driver of the South
Carolina car bore an I-wish-
I-was-AWAY -doWn-South-in in
Dixie look.
In an office down town, a
young woman arrived late,
and explained:
II would have been here on
time, but / was somewhat
slowed in my 50-yard dash for
the bus this morning"
On a crowded elevator, a
man was saying:
Hes a worrier. He worried
this morning about whether
he ought to go to work. Then
he worried about whether he
ought to vote. Then he wor-
ried about whether he ought
to go out to lunch. Now he's
worrying about whether he
ought to go home"
And his companion replied:
That's the trouble these
days. Nothing's cut and dried
There's got to be a decision
about everything"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
.Steelmon to Speak

John r. Steelman, industrial,
consultant and former special
assistant to ex-PreSident Tru-
man, will address the Suburban
Maryland Builders Association
at a dinner meeting at $50
O'Clock tonight in the Indian
Spring Country Club, Colesville
road and Franklin avenue, Silver
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10

person. The larger body also, Il
was suggested, might make
purchasers a little more ready tt
take up the bonds of the author
Iity.
Meanwhile, officials hert
planned to begin work today or
an operating plan for the au'
thority
Mr.. Spencer said he was no
able to say yet whether the au
Ithority would take over the prop
erty Of Capital Transit. At thi
point. work is proceeding on 1
general operating plan which
can be presented to Congress
he said. Later. there will hav,
to be more detailed engineering
studies.
The city head pointed out tina
the bill probably would carr!
provisions broad enough SO tina
the authority could negotiate
with the Capital Transit Co. fol
some or all of its properties. HI
noted that 1t also will have
provision for condemnation
which would enable the authorit,
ito condemn some or all Of thu
transit properties, If necessary.
Talk With Mack Official
Mr.. Spencer said he thought i
likely that the authority itsell
would have been appointed be-
fore any condemnation actor
was taken.
City officials yesterday talked
with Minor l.. Parker, j.. of the
Mack Motor Truck Corp. about
what that firm might be able tt
do IN the way of bus production
for a public transit authority. A
similar conference had beer
held earlier with a representative
iof General Motors Corp.
Commenting on the plan Of
Representative Broyhill. Repub-
lican Of Virginia, to sponsor leg.
Iislation for an overall authority
which could operate airports
parking facilities and other prof.
ectS, Mr.. Spencer said he thinks
it would be preferable to &C
ahead for now with the plan fol
a transit authority only because
of the pressure of time on that
subject.
He said ne saw no reason
however. why the additional fea-
lures might not be brought in
after the authority is set up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Rambler
The Big Freeze
Had q Light Side
By JACK JONAS

The wags and the critics are
always out in force whenever
the weather Snarls Washing
toms ruSh-hour traffic.
Yesterday was no excep-
ton.
On Wisconsin avenue, along
that normally fast section be-
tween Western avenue and
Bradley boulevard, two work
bound maids had been trying
for what seemed like hours
to find a hole in the creeping
traffic SO they could walk
across the street.
II got up early this morn
ing" one said disgustedly,
but now I'm later than ever"
In an automobile which was
part of the morning crawl, a
woman told her driving hus-
band:
It'll be noon before we get
downtown. And if we don't
leave at noon, We'll never get
home"
A wrecker, some 20 minutes
and two miles later along
Wisconsin avenue, was well
equipped-with chains on the
tires and a sandbag comfort
ably perched near the tall
gate.
But the hood was up, and
the driver was leaning inside,
giving himself emergency
road service. A pair of teen
agers-they may recently
have been reading a history
of the ancients-walked past
and shouted:
Get a horse!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
District Teachers College
To Stiffen Entrance Rules
Aptitude Test
To Be Required
OF All in Fall
BY JAMES G. DEANE

| District Teachers College will
stiffen entrance requirements
next fall.
DR.. Charles w. Thomas, regis
trar, disclosed today the college
will require an aptitude test of
all entering freshmen beginning
In September.
The test, prepared by Ma
tional testing organization, will
be given for the first time in
March. Additional groups of APP
plicants will be tested in May
and July.
Up to now, Board of Educa-
ton rules have required only that
beginning freshmen be in the
upper three-fourths of their
high school graduating class. In
practice, admissions officers have
sought to limit enrolment to
those in the upper half of the
class, DR.. Thomas said.
Fourth Rule Now Sought
Last summer, he added, Off
lcials decided to try to change
this to the upper fourth, but he
said this rule has not yet been
applied strictly.
The new admissions policy is
the first major administrative
change announced since merger
Iof the former Wilson and Miner
Colleges to form the present
teacher training institution last
summer.
Wilson formerly operated for
white students and Miner for
Negro. The merged college is
racially integrated.
; DR.. Thomas. who formerly was
, on the Miner faculty, said failing
the new aptitude test will not
automatically bar an applicant.
College officials plan to continue
, personal interviews and will also
continue to consider an appli-
; cant's high school record. he
said.
Standards Tighter, However
He said the new procedure
definitely will tighten entrance
/. standards. however.
I'VE are eager to establish a
. high admission standard he
told The Star. adding that by
, doing so the college administra-
. tors feel we can assure the
: community a better product"
> DR.. Thomas said both the
city's former separate teacher
| colleges had high standards on
both admissions and gradual
! ton. Miner. he said, sought to
! limit enrolment to the upper
, quarter of high school graduates.
, and principals usually have tried
. to restrict applicants to those
with B averages or better.
!, But there are students who
. do not manage to measure UP
to standards during the four
year college course, and the new
: entrance test is expected to cut
down on the number of failures.
he explained.
: Not Next Months Glass
The new test will not affect a
comparatively small freshman
class entering next month, the
registrar said. Between 20 and
25 freshmen are expected to be
admitted out of some 100 mid
year applicants. he said, adding
they will all be from the top
quarter of their high school class.
Another 20 to IS students are
expected to be enrolled next
month with advanced standing.
The new aptitude test will be
given on three Saturdays, with
the dates to be announced later.
The college currently has 1,l28
students. About 200 freshmen
were enrolled last September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Lions Club to Meet

The Anacostia Lions Club will
meet at $50 pm. tomorrow at
the Bradbury Heights Methodist
Church, Alabama avenue and
Bowen road Sc. Daniel H.
Prayer, vice president of the Ma
.tional Foundation for Consumer
Credit. will speak.