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Evening star., 1956-12-21
LACK OF LAW LETS
SLEEPING DOGS
LIE ON AUTO TOP

Any dog ungallant enough
to nap on the roof of a wom-
ans car should be nipped by
the courts.
Especially when the car is
a shining Cadillac. given to
her by her husband as a
birthday gift.
That's the way Seat Pleas
ant Police Chief Preston
Tate and Sergt. Cortland
Miller felt about it, when
Mrs. Ruth ]. Wald of 524
Sixty y-eighth place filed a
series of complaints.
Mrs. Wald told the officers
that a mustached dog of un-
certain blood lines hoped to
the roof Of her Cadillac by
way Of the hood scratching
on paint on the way.
More than that. the same
dog has roasted on the top
Of another car she owns,
Mrs. Wald said.
II was inclined to charge
the pooch with disorderly
conduct or something or
other" said Sergt. Miller.
I'VE would do just that"
Chief Tate declared, but
we looked in the book and
found that Seat Pleasant
has no law against dogs
sleeping on cars"
Evening star., 1956-12-21
Nine Fuirfux Stores
Forfeit Collateral
On Weight Charge

Nine Fairfax County super.
markets charged with short,
weighing customers In the sal,
of pre-packaged meats forfeited
collateral in Fairfax County cour
today.
No representatives of the nine
stores appeared in court, anc
each forfeited $31.25 collateral.
Assistant Commonwealth's At.
torney Ralph g. Louk said his of.
fice had discussed the charges
with counsel for the stores, and
was agreeable to allowing the
forfeitures.
Warrants charging the nine
stores and three others sched-
uled to be heard later were OBJ
tanned Tuesday by the Virginia
Weights and Measures Division
after q countrywide check of
Fairfax supermarket meat coun-
ters. The warrants specifically
charged the stores with selling
meats in "less than the quantity
represented"
Evening star., 1956-12-21
YuIe Greenery Operators
Begin to Cross Fingers

over, so he had to burn them
The cost OF hauling the unwanted
trees was prohibitive. So Mr.,
Daniels fingers are crossed.
On another level. in another
section Of town. a druggist. DR.,
Harold Elwyn. 38. unused over his
recent venture into selling Christ
mas trees. They we're stacked up
against his store at Thirty -fifth
and Reservoir road NV.
i've found he said. people
are more particular about buying
a tree than they are about drugs,
The price is secondary. First
they pick the tree. then find
out what 1t costs. I've seen q
father pick one out but finally
buy it only after the kids. mother
and even grandfather have come
down to check 1t out.
Big Ones First
The big ones 90 first and the
smaller ones later. ! should have
about 10 per cent left over. but
IL get good weather Saturday
or Sunday III do all right"
Over town. dealers seem 70
agree that selling Christmas
trees is a pretty good. business
II slightly risky. The chief
trouble seems TO be that the
bottom falls out Of the market
on Christmas day.
Evening star., 1956-12-21

enlarged on three counts OF per-
mitting an indecent perform
ance.
The Waynes live in the 2400
block Of Sixteenth street NV.
Joseph A. Lagana, %, of the
5000 block OF Fifty-fourth ave-
nue., Riverdale; Lois jeanette
Skinner. Is. Glen Burnie, and
Renee Starr. %. Baltimore. were
also charged with participating
in an indecent performance. The
girls we're booked on three counts
each. Lagana on two.
Wayne's blond wife seemed pet
ulent when the troop Of officers
arrested her. II suppose you1l
let me Dress" she told them, "or
do you want me TO go down the
street with nothing on?"
1t just wasn't her night, she
said at police Headquarters,
Evening star., 1956-12-21

Federal funds. The water board
last summer authorized. expan-
sion Of the plant. and plans are
now completed.
The existing town disposal
plant on Accotink Greek was
built to handle 100000 gallons
lof sewage day. According to
town officials, the plant already
lis treating more than that
amount and the State has
banned further extensions of the
town sewerage system until the
plant is enlarged.
The new expansion will quad
rule the size of the plant, en-
abling it to handle 2 million
gallons of sewage daily. The
town expects to let a contract
next month for the first phase
of the expansion program. A
contract for the remainder is
Expected to be let in February.
Evening star., 1956-12-21
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Comes Christmas Eve,
The Male Is Always Late

LATEST CHRISTMAS SHOPPER-When it comes to
last minute Christmas buying men usually out
number women at the shopping counters Amelia
Young tells you why in The Star Magazine COM
plete with some observations on male shopping
habits you'll find interesting and diferent.-Photos
by Harold j. Flecknoe.
TEENER SHOPPING DATE-In TEENS cover story,
Fin Gorska proves there's lots of sparrng when two
local teen-agers go on a Christmas Shopping
Date" In the magazine read the second in
stament OF College and You" high-schoo
youngsters given good study habit tips essential
for success in college.
BETTY'S BIG BREAK-Washngton's Betty Madigan
at long last gets chance via NBC-Tv this Sunday
night to prove her acting as well as her already
proved singing talent See Bernie Harrison's cover
story about Betty in TeleVue Magazine oppor-
tunity knocks for local girl.
BOB HOPE ON DOCTORS-In his inimitabe way this
famous comedian has something very special to say
to doctors Read Bobs Merry Christmas, Doctors!'
in This Week Magazine You'll find his story
streaked with humor warmth and touching tribute
CHRISTMAS AT HOME-In the Womens Section
Betty Beae devotes her column. Exclusively Yours"
70 nontransient Capitaites and how they will cele
brate Christmas locally.
Choose The Star Sunday when You Haze Choice
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1956-12-21

Icrease Of more than $19 million
from similar requests in the cur
trent budget.
The various State agencies
asked for a total of $53.716,386 in
Federal funds, nearly SO million
more than Federal aid requested
lin this years budget.
Mr.. Rennie said an increase in
the taxable basis will make it
possible not to increase the
States real property tax next
year.
In fact. it might be possible to
lower this tax slightly, he added.
The present property tax rate is
ll4.07 cents per $100 of assessed
valuation. Revenue from this
tax goes to retire the States
bonded debt.
Baltimore and the % counties
will be reimbursed for their trial
magistrates expenses and get
shares Of the franchise tax on
ORDINARY business corporations,
the admissions tax, the gas tax,
motor vehicle revenues, income
tax, alcoholic beverages tax, rae
ing tax and motor vehicle taxes
in lieu of the personal property
taxes.
This biggest part of the budget
and the part which causes the
most concern for the Governor
and his staff-is devoted to gen.
leral funds. General funds re-
quests totaled $171.377, ,288, an
increase of $20,619.6 from this
years total.
To what extent the red pencil
was used on these requests, Mr.
Rennie declined to say. He did
say most Of the budget already
has been sent to the printer.
The three major budget cate
gories-Federal, special and gen.
eral funds-make up the $685.
3l2,295 figure which Mr.. Rennie
said was the total sum requested
in the new budget.
Evening star., 1956-12-21
Two Refuse to Back
School Probe Report
New Maryland Budget
MAY Increase Revenue

BALTIMORE, Dec. II R.-
Maryland's % counties and Bal
timore will share almost $50 mil
lion from nine State taxes If
the General Assembly approves
Gov. McKeldin's new budget
next month.
James G. Rennie, State budget
director, said payments to the
city and counties would increase
by lit per cent. or $5.188.549
over the current budget.
The provision for reimbursing
the States civil subdivisions and
$11.3 million for debt retirement,
both set by formula. were the
last two added to a long list Of
requests for new State funds.
MIR. Rennie said the final fig-
ure on requests for the fiscal
year beginning next July is
1868, ,3i2.295. He said this fig
ure is about $48,65O.0O0 more
than the various State agencies
are receiving for their operations
this year.
Not Subject to Cuts
The budget director said the
$40. 9.617,860 requested for the city
and counties and the $11, 1863, ,72s
for debt retirement were not
subject to cuts during the
budget-making process, unlike
requests from the various State
agencies.
These two new items brought
the total requests for special
funds to $143,218,621, an in
Evening star., 1956-12-21
Indecent Show Charged
To After Raid on Club

Eight Morals Division police.
men arrested three girl dancers
the master Of ceremonies anc
the owner Of the Wayne Room
last night in the club. 1411 H
street NV.
The raiders scheduled a hear.
ing for the five in court today
The owners wife, Martyr
(Tinkerbelle) Wayne. rs, hsc
been singing a tune that men.
toned she had never been In
jail" The claim held good. She
and her husband and the emcet
were released on bail. The other
two girls spent the night in the
Women's Bureau.
Mrs. Wayne was charged or
two counts Of participating ir
an indecent performance. Hei
husband, Maynard I. Wayne, AZ
who operates the club. was
Evening star., 1956-12-21

A sturdy woman, surrounded
by the various shades Of green
found on her products. sat cheer
fully at Center Market City and
commented on the financial
status Of her business.
Gesturing to the wreaths.
sprigs Of holly and pine and a
few short trees, she said: I'm
hoping they won't be here after
Christmas. I've got three good
days left. But it's UP to God.
He's going to let me make what
He thinks should make"
So 1t is with Mrs. Wilma
Brady, SO. wife Of a Waldorf
md farmer. who added that
she wouldn't think 1t was Christ
mas If she didn't spend hours
stringing l04 wreaths or $50
yards Of crows foot TO sell.
With a more apprehensive ap-
proach to the currently booming
business Of selling Christmas trees
was c. B. Daniel Of Farmers
Market. He has about 10000
Canadian spruce and balsam
trees lying over the lot. As a
wholesaler he will sell 10 schools.
restaurants. an embassy or two
sl.s00 Investment
His great batch OF trees Of al
descriptions cost about $500
And last year he had some left
Evening star., 1956-12-21
RumbIines .

Santa Claus in a dime store
in Silver Spring was preserv-
ing the pristine appearance Of
his beard by keeping It
wrapped in cellophane as II
adorned his face. -.
A recent visitor to the PEN
tagon says he is intrigued by
the apparent increase in
patronage Of what he calls
the "ulcer line" at the cafe
teria--a section where bland
foods are served. -.
Evening star., 1956-12-21

county planning district within
80 days after the effective date
of the bill.
The other three Montgomery
members would come from the
present suburban planning COM
mission Jurisdiction.
The proposed bill would re-
quire that commission members
have a three-year .residency in
the county. A move to require
them to be taxpayers was re-
jected.
The council also rejected a
Baughman proposal that one
member Of the county governing
bodies serve as ex-officio mem
bers Of the commission.
Last week the council dead
locked 3-to-3 on a motion that
would have called for abolition
of the bi-county commission.
Councilman Robert T. Snure
supported the Baughman pro-
posal last night. shifting his po-
sition. Grover K. Walker, who
had abstained on the previous
vote, came out for the bi-county
regional county planning COM
mission.
Other Criticism
The Prince Georges County
Commissioners already have rec
commended extension of the BIZ
county planning agency's juris-
dicition throughout their county.
Mrs. Werner last night criti-
cized the county councils action
as weakening instead Of
strengthening the county gov
ernment.
"Our focal point should be to
strengthen county authority"
she said.
The council also voted to
recommend to the delegation
that legislation be passed ex-
empting community swimming
pools from real estate taxes.
County Manager M. L. Reese
said the proposal. on the basis
of seven existing and three pools
under construction, would cost
the county $4,000.
Most councilmen and Mr..
Reese expressed a feeling that
the exemption would encourage
development of the private nom
profit community pools built
without county funds and relieve
the pressure for county pools.
Evening star., 1956-12-21

Maryland Builders Association
were submitted by Wilbur N
Baughman. They won support
of all council members except
Mrs. Stella B. Werner and j
Grahame Walker.
The latter favor dissolution OF
the bi-county planning commits
sion in favor Of a Montgomery
County commission under the
county government.
Provisions Of Bill
A rough draft of the bill to
reorganize the planning COM
mission provides for:
/. Increasing the membership
Iof the commission from six tC
no, five each to be appointed by
county governing bodies ir
Montgomery and Prince Georges
2. Minority party membership
Iof at least one commissioner
from each county.
8. Provision that the five
members from each county sit
as a planning arm of the local
government on purely local mat
tiers.
The council also voted to rec
Commend legislation requiring
either planning commission ap.
Iproval by the appropriate county
governing body Of proposals BY
the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission for trunk sewer
land water line extensions ir
Iareas not now seryed by the
Icommission.
AS provided in the Baughmar
proposal, the sanitary commits.
sion would submit its construc.
ton program to the county
planning arm for approval. i
this were denied, the sanitary
commission then could submit
its plan to the local governing
body for its consideration to re.
solve the differences between tht
two bi-county agencies.
Sharp Exchange
Last nights session was
marked by sharp exchanges be.
tween several members includ.
ing Council President Charles H
Jamison and Mrs. Werner. Sht
repeatedly questioned Mr.. Js mi.
son about his earlier vote for ar
upper county planning commits
sion resolution calling for re-
tention of the rural planning
commission.
AT one point Mr.. Jamison ac-
cused Mrs. Werner of trying to
stall of a vote on the measures
before the council.
The Baughman proposal would
not oust present members Of the
commission before their terms
expire. 1t would provide that
the two new members pe ap-
pointed from the present upper
Evening star., 1956-12-21
The
Rambler
More Dogs Would
Like This Life
BY JACK JONAS

Monty-short for Mont
gomery, naturally-has been
in the hotel business some
years now and has seen pay
ing guests come and 60, but
occasionally a fellow needs
an honest -to-goodness friend.
Monty is Kurt Smiths Ger
man shepherd dog. Mr.. Smith
brought Monty along when he
came down here from Phila-
delphia to manage the Shera-
ton-Park Hotel.
Monty got to be pretty well
known around the Connecti-
cut avenue neighborhood. He
learned his way around the
hotels big grounds and learn
ed what elevator to take to get
to his masters quarters.
One day not long after he'd
arrived, the Zoo put in a call
to the hotel.
You'd better come and get
Monty" Mr.. Smith was told.
Hes down here at the lion
house. looking for a friend"
Mr.. Smith tried to impress
Monty with the fact that he
ought to seek his friends closer
to home. Shortly after the Zoo
incident, Monty, properly i'm
pressed, became friendly with
a mongrel dog that had taken
up quarters beneath the flower
shop porch.
Nobody knows where the
mongrel came from. She just
took up quarters under the
porch.
A couple of weeks ago, the
dog population of the hotel
grounds was increased by
three. They, too, inhabit the
cubicle beneath the flower
shop porch with their mother,
the mongrel.
Now Mr.. Smith faces a
dilemma. At least a dozen
people have asked him for one
of the pups, and he doesn't
know who's to get them. All
those who want a pup tell him
the same thing: They've been
wanting a dog that looks like
Monty.
Evening star., 1956-12-21
Heads Fire Department

WHLIAMSPORT, Md, Dec.
21 (SpeciaD Richard G. Haw-
ken has been elected president
of the Williamsburg Volunteer
Fire Department for the 9th
straight wear.
Evening star., 1956-12-21

Why do they call 1t Hy-
attsville?
That suburban Maryland
town was named for Chris
topher Clark Hyatt, who
settled in that area in 1858
or 1859.
The town was incOrpO-
rated in 1886, and the name
Hyattsville first appears on
an 1865 map drawn by the
Army Engineers. The name
did not appear on an earlier
map--lS62-of Washington's
Civil War defenses.
Evening star., 1956-12-21
Countrywide PIon
Voted by Council
Montgomery Officials Vote
To Expand Units Authority

Extension of the Jurisdiction Maryland National Capi-
tai Park and Planning Commission throughout Montgomery
County and enlargement of the planning body
last night by the Montgomery County Council
The council in 5o2 VOTE agreed this action
to the countys legislative delegation.
The proposals. paeened after suggestions of the Suburban
Evening star., 1956-12-21
Protest

That admittedly stout, a
bit overweight, portly, or
possibly heavy-set" gentle-
man, M. B. Schnapper Of
Public Affairs Press, has writ
ten in to protest that II am
most certainly not 'rotund' !"
an adjective which leaped
to mind in a discussion Of Mr..
Schnapper in this column
some days back.
As one who was himself
once stout, more than a bit
overweight, portly and more
than probably heavy-set-but
never admittedly rotund- we
can sympathize too late with
Mr.. Schnapper's anguish at
the term and wish him a
Merry Christmas and a
plethora of best-sellers in
1857.
Evening star., 1956-12-21

A fellow we know has been
watching the annual bloom
ing Of . forsythia bush
across the way from his
home in the 1900 block of
Forty seventh place NV.
It's not a particularly at
tractive bush, he reports.
It's old, rather scraggly and
undoubtedly of independent
habits.
The thing blooms each
December and then, as IL
there were nothing at all
to set it aside from its fell
lows, goes along with the
rest Of the fOrsythia and
blooms in the spring also.
II wish," our friend says,
"that / were daring enough
to bloom in December"
Evening star., 1956-12-21

His great batch OF trees Of all
descriptions cost about $500.
! And last year he had some left
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

| Stage
Catholic University ~ Ham
let: $3.50 pm.
National - Kabuki Dancers;
$3.50 pm.
Shubert-"Kismet";; $3.50 pm.
Screen
ADMINISTRATION of Troy;
II, 3:05. $40. 7:20 and $3.50 pm.
Capitalization Of the Bot
tie; 11:45 am, las, 3:45, 5:45.
7:45 and 9:45 pm.
Colony-"Marty";; $3.50. $40.
and $3.50 pm.
Columbia - Texas Lady,;
HAS am, las. 3:45, 5:45, 7:45.
land 9:45 pm.
Dupont iabolique":: 1880
am. 1880. $3.50. $50. 1855 and
1910 pm.
Keith's - Guys and Dolls;
1920 am. 2. $40. tbs and 9:55
pm.
Little-"The Best Years Of Our
Lives: ais, $3.50 and 8:45 pm.
MacArthur-''The Night My
Number Came Up: sos. 1855
land $50 pm.
Metropolitan - "Helen Of
Troy: 1880 am. 2:05. 4:35.
T:10 and GAS pm.
Ontario-"The Man With the
Golden Arm; l, $40. SOS. TAO
and $50 pm.
Palace - Court Jester: IL
am, /, $3.50, $50. 7:45, 10 pm.
Danny Kaye in person; 3, 7:l5
and 800 pm.
PlayhOuse-"All That Heaven
Allows; 1918 an, /. 2:45, 4:30,
1870, sos and 9::55 pm.
Plaza--"Littlest Outlaw; IL.
lao. 800, SOS. 6:45. $3.50 and
1910 pm.
Tfans.Lux-"Wages Of Fear;
His am. 1:2O. 3:25. $3.50. 7:35
and 9.40 pm.
Warner"C inerama Holiday;
2 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02

| Londoners are talking Of Ava
Gardner's all-night dance fling
lat which she discarded her CHG
non, let her hair down. and
fiamencoed until Z in the morn
ling. Hollywood was never like
this.
Londoners here believe that
the Duke and Duchess Of Wind
Esor will attend the nuptials Of
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier
in Monaco as representatives of
the British Royal family, which
must be represented.
The Johnny Weissmullers. In
Acapulco. are celebrating an
other anniversary. =. Ray Mil
land, who would rather direct
than act. will show what he can
do on television with a Screen
Directors Playhouse" presenta-
ton.
The battle Of the tape gives
Sophia Loren a 38-inch bust to
Gina Lollobrigida's So. But Marie
Wilson outdistances them all
with 39l2. :. lisa Miranda fol-
lows Anna Magnani in THE Rose
Tattoo"-but on the stage. in
London.
Rock Hudson gets another
week in Acapulco with bride
Phyllis Gates before reporting to
lU-I for Battle Hymn"
~
Dean Martin will need all that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02

her young that they are going
to have a Aew poppa young
Kirby, the son Of old Kirby the
gardener.
Well. you would think that
she had taken up with q Demo-
Icrat. Son and daughter have
|tantrums. Friends gossip. In
suits fly. Snobbery flowers. Tenn
pers flare. Mrs. Scott decides
that maybe she had better not,
after all. go emulate Thoreau
and live in the woods. wed to
young Kirby. the son OF old Kir-
by, the gardener.
49,
It goes on and on. There is a
lot more sadness before happi-
ness rears its head and Director
Douglas Sirk fingers lovingly
over every teardrop. II you have
an uncomfortable fondness for
this sort Of thing. feel free to
linger with him at the Play
house.
"All That Heaven Allows" for
all Of the triteness Of the treacly
tale it recounts, is a well-made
motion picture. It is an obviously
expensive production. It is well
played, too. apart from any
exceptions already noted.
Miss Wyman does an especially
good job Of lending some credi-
bility to her fortyish widow in
love with a man 10 years or so
younger. 1t is not the best per-
Torrance Of the year, or the best
Miss Wyman has ever done, but
she gives the thankless and i'm
probable role better than 1t de-
serves.
Miss Talbot. a pesonable young
newcomer. is impressive, too. as
the daughter who doesn't and
then does understand mama's
problem. Agnes Moorehead and
Conrad Nagel give their Incl
dental roles q fine professional
polish. Bat some Of the things
all of them are called upon to
say and do are astounding.
This is a six handkerchief
movie II you ever saw one.
SEATS FOR SALE Marcel
Marceau. the French pantomim-
list. Is busy in New York right
now at the City Center, but you
don't need to rush up there to
see him. Starting February 10,
NJ. Marceau will be at the Shu-
bert Theater for one week. Mail
orders are being accepted now
and seats will go on sale at the
Shubert box ONCE on Monday. ). :.
Advance sale for Damn YAM.
KEGS" at the National Theater
Is nothing short OF sensational.
But the management's Joy is not
undiluted. Advance bookings
make it fairly certain that the
Washington engagement. start.
ing Monday, viii be for four
weeks only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
HOLLYWOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM
'Avo Flomencoed Until 2 AN.

t$4 million he made last year with
partner Jerry Lewis, to pay ali
mony to two wives and support
his six children. Who was it
said that money and fame never
brought a guarantee OF happi-
mess?
| Handsome heart -throb George
Nader. while denying imminent
marriage to pretty DAM crayne.
admits she is the only girl he Is
dating. $. Mamie Van Doren Is
wearing some very chic mater
nifty outfits. Papa Ray Anthony
says the baby is expected in May.
Hubby Bob Waterfield didn't
like Jane Russell's red hair In
See GRAHAM. Page CT