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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Name

Why do they call 1t Queens
Chapel road?
In colonial days, shortly be-
fore the Revolution, efforts
were being made under Eng
lish rule to make Catholic
worship difficult. Early Cath
olics were forced to pay a land
tax double that paid by others,
Catholic education was not
allowed, and public places of
Catholic worship were not
permitted. !.
Many wealthy Catholics
built their own private chapels
and held services on their
estates for their families and
servants whenever a priest
happened to be in the neigh
borhood.
One of these was Queens
Chapel, on the estate of Rich
ard Queen, a large holding in
nearby Maryland. From this
came Queens Chapel road.
Somewhere along the line
the possessive apostrophe was
dropped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
NAACP Leader Warns
Of Negro Vote Boycott

ing upward when I call then
itwo-bit."
Mr.. Marshall told the applaud
ing crowd that he was unable Il
find the difference in a Demo
cratic Party which is repre-
'sented at the same time by Sen
ator Eastland and Adlai Steven
son, the presidential aspirant.
Somebody" he said, has go
to divorce somebody" adding
that Mr.. Stevenson could not ex.
Ipect to get his vote and Senator
EaStland's, too.
Shuns Republicans Also
As for the Republicans, hi
said $hey cannot get his supper
until they do something within
the power they already have.
He complained nobody doe
anything to check "hoodlums
and avowed opponents of thu
Supreme Court" in the South
but everyone wants the Negro
to slow down. be patient ant
take it easy"
He declared Negroes today ar,
no more impatient than Ameri
can citizens were at the time o
the Revolution. He said if ,thos,
citizens "had waited until Grea
Britain was ready to give then
their freedom. we would be say
ing Hail to the Queen today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Mother Drops Boby.
Fatally lnjurinq 1t

The 2-month-old son of a SOL
der who left for duty in Alaska
two weeks ago died Saturday
night from head injuries suf-
fered in fall from his mothers
arms in their Alexandria apart
iment.
| The baby. Joseph B. Swanson.
son of Specialist &c and Mrs.
John A. Swanson, was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at Wal
ter Reed Army Hospital at 9:1O
pm. from a skull fracture and
cerebral hemorrhage.
The mother reported the baby
slipped from her grasp when she
stood UP to go to another child,
John M, Ia months. who was
crying in another room in the
apartment at 906 North Iverson
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Catholic Orators
Awarded Prizes

Joseph L. Gardiner, jr., Is, g
sophomore at Notre Dame High
School. Bryantown, Md, wor
first prize in the boys division
in the finals of the Catholic
Mission Crusade'S annual ora.
torical contest yesterday.
Paula Ferris, Is, a junior al
Archbishop Neale High School
Ride, Md, won top honors in
the girls division.
RunnerS-up were William
Rowan of Gonzaga High School
and Ellen Cross of Sacred Heart
Academy. About 1000 students
in 81 Catholic schools in the
Washington area participated in
the contest held yesterday in the
Archbishop Carroll High School
auditorium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Women MoIested
'By Knife-WieIder

Montgomery County police re-
ported today that a 52-year-o lo
Chevy Chase MIDI woman was
imolested and thrown to the
ground by a knife-wielding man
Saturday night near Chevy
Chase Circle.
The attack occurred as the
woman was walking home along
Grafton street shortly before
midnight after visiting friends
Several police cruisers imme-
diately sped to the area but
found no trace of the assailant
The victim told police the man
Icrept up on her, clamped his
hand over her mouth and
Threatening her with a small
knife, threw her to the ground
Police said the man suddenly
fled and the woman ran to her
nearby home and called police
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

Thurgood Marshall, chic I
counsel for the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement OF
Colored People. declared here
last night that no political party
Tor candidate for President is 60
ing to get a single Negro vote
until it does something that
looks lawful close to civil rights. u
Mr.. Marshall told an NAACP
rally that nothing will deter his
organization from it's aggressive
program for full desegregation
lin the United States.
He said tremendous advance
ment has been made in many
places and some in Southern
States. He urged the crowd not
to lose heart.
If necessary. he asserted, the
|NAACP will go underground
in the Southern States which, he
said. are trying to outlaw his
Organization.
Mr.. Marshall spoke at the YER
mont Avenue Baptist Church to
"a crowd of Negroes which the
sponsors estimated at $500. The
rally was held primarily to raise
money and increase the NAACP
membership.
1,677 Members Enrolled
Spokesman said the NAACF
enrolled 1,677 members anc
raised S6,838.75 last night. In
addition, one group contributed
1000 to the legal defense de-
partment headed by Mr.. Mar
shall. The Washington goal is
$4,000 members out of a national
total of 100000. The financial
goal locally is $35 900.
The attorney said all politi-
clans would like to get rid OF
civil rights.
whether they like it or not,
he said civil rights is an issue
1T was not made so by Negroes
but by people in the South who
set themselves above God and
the law, by people who insist
upon rule or ruin
He bitterly criticized the State
of Mississippi for what he called
mot bringing to justice those re-
sponsible for the killing of FIN
NETT Till. the Chicago Negro boy
and for what he claimed was in
action in other Negro killings.
Blasts State and U. S. Authorities
He assailed Alabama authori-
ties in Connection with Montgom-
cry bus boycott and the expulsion
of Miss Autherine j. Lucy from
the University of Alabama.
Likewise, he blasted the Fed
leral Government for not prose
cutting race cases. He said the
Government has ample author
lily to act without getting any
new legislation.
1T is high time the Attorney
General did some travelling in
this country" he said. 1T is
time to do something to protect
the integrity of the United States
Supreme Court when it is being
attacked by every two-bit poll
tician. from Senator Eastlano
mississippi Democrat) on down
land please pardon me for grad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Two Plumbers Hurt
BY Gas Explosion

Two plumbers were admitted
to Washington Sanitarium today
with second degree and head
burns after a gas explosion IN
AN underground sewer well at
the Indian Spring Country Club.
The two men, who drove four
miles to Silver, Spring fire sta
ton for help. were identified as
Joseph D. O'Connor, as, of 4O24
Decatur street, Kensington, and
Donald Lindsay, 10, of 34O4
kensington- Wheaton road, Ken
Isington.
The men, employees of a Ken
sington plumbing firm. were
checking meter connections in
side manhole at the county
club when sudden gas flareup
burned their hands and faces
and slnged their hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
The
Rambler
Bon Voyage Card
Waivers discourse
By JACK JONAS

It's human to make r4is-
takes, the man at the Post
Office said. Z
Mrs. j. M. Johnson still Is
puzzled about it. though. She
mailed a bon voyage card to
a man who lives across the
street from her in NARROW
Heights, Md.
The card, mailed January
IL, was delivered February IA
long after Warrant Officer
John A. Casey, its intended
recipient, arrived in Japan.
He had left three days after
the card was mailed.
It had two postmarks-one
January IL and one February
4, both from the Washington
Post Office. Nobody knows
where it was between the two
dates, but the man at the Post
Office figured it migs.. have
been misdelivered, and Who
ever got it carried it around
in his pocket for a while be-
fore he dropped 1t into a letter
box again.
Warrant Officer Casey got
his card. His wife sent it on to
him. But by that time he
wasn't going any place in
particular.
It's a constant battle, the
man at the Post Office said,
to keep errors down to a
minimum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Automatic

A package-laden couple was
leaving one of those super
markets where the doors are
operated automatically by
treadles.
1.-THE man went through
first. The woman had stopped
inside, meantime, to look at
something. The man, not
fully aware of the advantages
of attenuation, set down his
bundles and turned - auto
matically gallant-to open the
door for his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The District Dental Soci-
ETY. continues its oath an
nual Postgraduate Clinic%at
the Shoreham Hotel.
The Air Force Chaplains
continue their meeting at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The Public Health Confer
ence on Records and Statis-
tics goes into its second day
at the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
|MisiriiaI Denied
In Roads Case
BULLETIN
BULLETIN

Attorney David E. Belts to-
day announced that the suit
filed by Circuit Court Judge
Stedman Prescott over land
he sold to three men 'has
been settled on terms salts
factory to all parties" Mr..
Belts said he represented AL
bert D. Misler, one of the de-
PENDANTS.
Defense attorney for two
Washington real estate men be-
ing tried in Rockville on con-
spiracy charges today unsuccess-
fully sought a mistrial on basis
of a suit filed against one of the
defendants by the chief judge
of the court.
Judges Kathryn M. Lawlor
and Thomas M. Anderson over
ruled the motion, asserting that
nothing had been alleged in the
suit that had not been alleged
in the trial proceedings.
The motions were filed by at
tornies for Max Gutenberg and
Constas Gus Basiliko. on trial
on charges of conspiracy to de-
fraud the State Roads Commits
sion through land value manipu-
lation.
Basiliko was named in an
equity suit filed Thursday by
Chief Judge Stedman Prescott,
who alleged that he and two
others. because of advanced in
formation thel had, bought land
from the Judge at price below
what he would have sold it for
had he had the same knowledge.
Defense Attorneys Joseph B
Simpson, jr., and Walter W.
Dawson emphasized that their
complaint was no reflection on
Judge Prescott and that he had
a right to file the suit at the
time he filed it.
States Attorney Alger Y. Bar
bee said the courts have repeat
edly ruled that newspaper ac-
counts alone do not warrant a
conclusion of prejudice.
The Statet's Attorney also
pointed out the land involved in
Judge Prescott's suit was not in
volved in the transaction being
brought out in the conspiracy
trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

third did not even try to add to
his share. Instead he buried his
talent. When the master returned
he was pleased with the two who
had doubled their talents. He said
to each one: We'll done good and
faithful servant For unto every
one that hath shall be given"
But to the third servant, who
didn't use his initiative, the mas
ter said, 81. from him that hath
not shall be taken away" and
took away the one talent.
This story is applicable to
everyone. Each of us has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

endowed with our talents In daily lives difficult
problems often arise But many times find that with
earnest tries, solve the problems ourselves
In other words this parable helps remind that no
matter how difficult situation may be- if l always
remember that God has given certain abilities to be
used in the right channels with effort Like
the first two servants-can increase my possessions not
only for myself but for my family After ALL isn't this
why any works?
Tomorrow: Harold S. King
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Jewish Philosopher
Will Be Discussed

The work of Martin Buber
noted Jewish philosopher. will
be discussed at 8 pm. Friday in
All Souls Unitarian Church,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets
NV.
DR.. Leslie H. Farber. faculty
chairman, Washington School of
IPsychiatry, will open the discus
sion. He will be followed by DR..
Maurice S. Friedman, professor
Iof philosophy at Sara Lawrence
College. and DR.. Reuel Howe,
professor of pastoral theology at
the Virginia Theological Semi
mary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Lost

Lost
At the Flower Show last
week the public address sys-
TEN intOned:
"Will the lost man come
and claim his son? His name
is David, and he misses his
daddy"
Every half hour this went
on the air.
A man and wife, with four
children tagging along,
heard the calls.
II think he's cruel not to
get his child" said the
woman.
"Cruel?" asked the father.
Hes smart. He knows the
kid is being taken care Of,
and he can see the show in
peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
FuIIs Church Area
To Get Tax Form Aid

A representative Of the Inter-
nal Revenue Service will be al
the Falls Church Police Station
two days this month to help resi-
dents file income tax returns.
A. Burke Hertz, city commits
sioner of revenue, said the hours
will be 9 am. to 5 pm. Wednes-
day and the same hours or
March 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

Mr.. Keneipp also discussed bus
loading zones.
In general, "bus zones on the
far, or nonapproach side of an
intersection. create less traffic
interference that those on the
near, or approach side" he said.
"Such locations are usually OPP
posed by the Capital Transit Co.,
which feels that if there are sig
mails, the. buses must make two
stops.
I'VE are in accord with the
recommendation that the Public
Utilities Commission conduct a
survey to determine the feasibil-
ity of locating bus stops to the
far side of the streets where
traffic signals are located, recog-
MIXING, as Chief Agnew does, that
at some locations transfer privil-
eges and similar considerations
that will dictate near side stops
to avoid heavy pedestrian move
mentS across the street."
Murray Gets Report
Deputy Chief Agnew's report
compiled from information from
a number of officers, was SUBJ
mitted to Chief Robert v. Muir
ray last November.
1t asked for a study to de-
termine whether a general 5-to-
10-mile increase in the speed
limits would be feasible.
Mr.. Keneipp's report notes
I'VE would be opposed to any
blanket increase in the speed
limits within the District. We
are now engaged in extensive
fadar studies to determine il
speed limits on certain arterial
streets might be raised without
jeopardizing safety"
The Agnew report urged elm
ination wherever possible of left
turns downtown except where
permitted by a traffic light OF
officer. Mr.. Keneipp wrote that
if police have specific locations
In mind, the Vehicles and Traffic
Department will consider elm
mating left turns at those points
Deputy Chief Agnew had rec
commended more one-way streets
The Keneipp report asks police
to recommend streets which the
Officers have in mind for' one.
way traffic. The report notes that
traffic authorities must consider
various other factors, including
the availability of companion
streets, and the ability of traffic
to blend with the traffic pattern
at the ends of such one-way
Streets"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Bad Literature
Hit by Rector

Only an aroused and strongly
indignant public opinion car
stem the tide of indecent ano
Isubversive literature that is be-
ling put out with increasing
volume today. the Rt. Rev. John
TX. Cartwright, rector of st. Mat
Ithew's Cathedral, declared yes
Iterday.
In a Laetare Sunday sermon
lin which he announced reactiva-
tion of the Catholic Critics
Forum, Msgr. Cartwright warned
Iof "a positively terrifying output
of books" that are saturatine
the minds of readers with ideas
THAT are poisonous both to the
Christian conscience and to the
american spirit"
These ideas follow two trends
he said. "the, preoccupation with
Iindecency" and "a savage anc
subversive criticism of American
society"
The preoccupation with in
decency has taken every form
of the morbid and the ugly, in
cluding crime, cruelty, physica
filth, the symptoms of disease
the details of insanity, and par
iticularly sexual indecency, tn
cathedral rector declared.
Sees Sordid Books Praised
1--WE see books whose pages arr
drenched with sordidness no
lonly being printed and sold AMI
read, but praised by the critic
chorus in the best known papers
drowned by national committee
land receiving every form o.
homage known to our publici5,
promoters" he asserted.
The tendency to savage ane
wholesale criticism of American
institutions and society. Msgr
Cartwright attributed in part t
the Communists.
II do not say that all thest
writer's are Communists" he as
serted. Some of them are
: conscious ones. Some more arr
half conscious ones. Many art
Unconscious allies of something
that their conscious mind woule
repudiate."
Like Ignbrant Children
I Those writers in this last cate.
CORY, he said. are not spreading
the MARKHAM gospel, "but they
are like vicious and ignoran1
, children picking the mortar out
Iof the foundations of society.
Their busy work of destruction
goes on against religion, against
! patriotism, against the family
And when the stones are al
down we know who will come II
to rebuild them
Unless there is some reac.
tion-not in law and censorship
but in strong and indignant pub.
lie opinion" he asserted, ''tht
very idea of citizenship and Of
freedom will be lost to mankind
For both rely on decency ane
both demand confidence in the
given institutions of a free so.
ciety."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Beauty

Well, what's wrong with
Washington women? Moth
ing, as far as can be seen
on a fine day.
But what's this business
about the Mrs. Washington
Contest? More than 800
lovely young women were
entered in the competition,
and now the semi-finalists
have been picked-17 from
Virginia, six from Maryland,
and only two from Wash
ingtOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
A Thnnght fur Unhay
Lenten Reflections on Fuvorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
By RICHARD w. HYNSON
Life Insurance IInderWriter

The parable of the talents which appears in Matthew,
tells of called three of his servants before
him. gave five talents to the first two talents to the
second and to the third
The master went away trip, and during his
absence the first two servants doubled their money The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Keneipp Reports Lights
Outshine I roffic Police

The District Traffic Depart.
ment is taking issue with a police
view that a patrolman at an in
Itersection does a better job thar
a traffic light.
The two Jurisdictions differed
lin reports over traffic conditions
during last years transit strike
George E. Keneipp, Traffic Di'
rector, released for publication
today a copy of his report on thu
issue to Engineer Commissions
Thomas A. Lane. Mr.. Keneipp''
memorandum was largely ir
agreement with one from Deputy
Police Chief John j. Agnew.
But Mr.. Keneipp wrote:
I'VE cannot agree with Chic
Agnew's statement that 'thi
strike proved beyond a reason
able doubt that police office,
stationed at an intersection tt
control and regulate the move
ment of traffic is superior to {
traffic signal DEVICE"
Can Adjust to Flow
A policeman at an isolated
intersection is better than a traf'
lfic light because he can adjus
to. and take advantage of fluc'
tuations in the traffic flow, Mr.
Keneipp conceded.
However, where signals art
operated in series along t,,>
street, they do a better job thar
| a group of officers" Mr.. Keneipl
! continued. He said the signal
remain in coordination with
each other and allow the traffic
to move through the gfoup O.
intersections with less Interrupt
ton"
| A patrolman, limited to OBJ.
serving conditions at his owl
intersection, frequently is gu
of coordination with traffic a
adjacent intersections, resulting
in a stop and GO movement
which occasions considerabl,
less in traffic capacity" MI
Keneipp said. Where officer
attempt to flag traffic continu
ously along a street. they produc,
serious back-ups on many of tn,
cross streets"
The Traffic Directors repor
also cited statistics it interpreter
as showing 1.-The extra polio,
During the strike) may hav,
permitted the movement of NOR,
traffic but did not produce safe
movement"
! Accidents Totaled
| The strike months of July an.
August had an increase of 80 pc
cent in total accidents over tn
same two months the year be
fore. the report said.
/ Nor was there a staggering in
crease in the amount of traffic
MIR. Keneipp continued. His re
port said the strike periot
showed 8 or 10 per cent NOR,
rush hour traffic than durinj
checks before and after tn,
strike.
From our observations" h,
said. I'VE feel that the principa
value of the additional men as
signed to point duty during thu
strike period was in preventing
the blocking of intersection
where they were stationed. O.
even greater benefit was the ex'
cellent work which was done il
clearing vehicles parked or
arterial streets in violation o.
peak parking restrictions.
by continuing to concentrate
on these two offenses, we fee
the police can accomplish s
much greater good in expeditins
the traffic flow than in taking
over from the traffic signals. thu
direction of traffic movement"
The report supported Deputy
Chief Agnew's recommendation
for more cranes to move vehicle:
blocking arterial streets in rush
hours. Mr.. Keneipp also indorsec
the deputy chiefs proposal for q
study of streetcar loading plat
forms to determine whether theil
size should be reduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Street Scenes

A dog and his master, walk
ing on Calvert street near Con-
necticut avenue and wearing
matching earmuffs. =.
A counterman in white coat,
apron and cap, chopping kin
ding on the sidewalk near
Thirteenth and G streets
NV. - outside a charcoal
grill. :.
Workmen setting a new
brass and marble marker
Samuel Gompers Memorial
Park" in the park at Eleventh
street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

It's human to make nfis-
takes, the man at the Post
Office said.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1956-08-17

In the United States today there
are approximately 100000 different
business establishments, ranging from
corner grocery stores to giant in
duStridI and financial empires. These
businesses provide the goods and
services required for life and hap
piness, and they provide the means
for aquiring them. They give us es-
SentialS and luXuries; pay envelopes
and dividends. They provide employ
ment for 65 million workers.
Most of these companies are rela-
lively small-owned by single indi-
yiduals or by two or three individuals
in a partnership. In this category of
sole brobrietorShibS or partnerships
are Jumped about five-siXthS of the
total AZ million business firms in
operation in America.
The remaining one-sixth of all
business establishments fall into the
category of CORPORATIONS. There are
about 100000 of these corporations,
and each has one or more stock issues
outstanding. The vast majority-over
90@o-have their stock CLOSELY held"
That is, there is no public interest in
these securities and very little is
known about their character or about
any trading which might from time
to time take place in them.
Actually, only about % 900 corpor-
ations (3%ao) of the total 100000
have what can be regarded as pub
tic market for their securities. And
most of these evoke only a distinctly
minor public interest, inasmuch as
most of the trading which occurs in
their securities is of a spasmodic and
occasional character when compared
with the well-knoWn active market
trading of our more prominent cor
bordtionS.
These prominent corporations
there are about 5500) have Securi-
ties which enjoy what is termed an
active market" Roughly half are
listed and registered on national Sc
curitieS exchanges such as the New
York Stock Exchange, while the other
half are confined to trading on the
unlisted or over-the-oounter market.