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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
|Woody'sProfits
Climb asSaIes
SET Record

Sales of Woodward & Lothrop
rose to $52.s75,7so in 50 weeks
ended January %, highest for
any 52-week period in the COM
Ipany's history. President Andrew
Parker reported today.
The new peak was So per cent
above $49.240.034 in the preced-
ling So weeks ended January 20
1855. Net profit showed an
even larger gain.
For the latest So weeks. net
profit increased to $1.774.984. an
improvement of II per cent from
Isl, 519.052 in the previous period
All units of the company con-
Itributed to the sales increase
Reopening of the reconstructed
Bethesda Budget Store last Sep
TENDER was an important factor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
Dunn, Grosyenor
Named Directors
OF C&P Telephone

Richard P. Dunn, board chair
man and president Of Julius
Garfinckel & Co., and Melville
Bell Grosvenor. vice president
and associate editor of National
Geographic Society and Maya
zine, have been elected directors
of Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co.
Mr.. Dunn, a graduate of
Princeton University, is board
chairman also of Brooks Broth
Iers. New York. He is a member
of the Citizens Advisory Council
of the District, the Federal City
Council and is director of the
Washington Chapter of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
Life Underwriters Plan
New Building Funds

Life insurance leaders from
Maryland. Delaware. Virginia
and the District of Columbia will
meet here next Monday to plan
Embarrassing campaigns for a
Memorial Building Headquarters
of the National Associate Of Life
Underwriters here.
The new headquarters will be
built largely with funds raised
by various State associations. II
is to be dedicated at the national
associations convention in Wash
ington in September.
Herbert A. Hedges of Kansas
City, Mo-, national chairman OF
the committee on regional cam
paigns. will preside at the meet
ing and will be assisted by Henry
K. Duke, president of the Mary
land association; Julian A
Bryant, president of the Vir-
ginia association, and j. Hicks
Baldwin. president of the Dis
trict association. The national
association has a total member
ship of $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
Riggs Makes Changes
In Stats of Branches

/. Following a regular meeting
Of directors of the Riggs Ma
: tional Bank yesterday, Board
Chairman Robert v. Fleming
, announced the following official
, changes:
Edward Duvall, jr., vice presi-
dent, who has been manager of
: the Park Road Branch, has been
: transferred to the main Office.
. Howard B. Massey, assistant
+ vice president and formerly as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15

Bufferins speedy absorption was studied for four
years before a tablet was sold Seven more years of
research added such extra proof of speed as this:
In well-known clinic one group took aspirin,
another took Bufferin. The Bu1erin group had more
pain-relieving ingredient in the blood stream in ten
minutes than the aspirin takers had in twenty min
utes. Bufferin acts fast to relieve your pain. And
because Buffern contains antacid ingredients. it
won't upset your stomach, as aspirin often docs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
Peoples Life Insurance
| Promotes Charles Conner

Directors of Peoples Life In
surance Co. Of Washington have
elected Charles E. Conner as
Isistant vice president, President
S. w. Hauser announced.
| Mr.. Conner has been assistant
manager of the mortgage loan
department which he entered
several years ago. Previously he
was in the insurance depart
ment of the District Govern
|ment.
Vincent E. Jay Of Washington
has been named to the National
Board of Field Advisers to the
Richmond regional office of the
Small Business Administration.
He is vice president of Govern
ment Personnel Mutual Fund,
Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15

American Red Gross. He also is
on the advisory board Of the
Riggs National Bank.
Mr.. Grosvenor, a graduate OF
the United States Naval Acad-
emy and a grandson of Alex
ander Graham Bell, is a trustee
|of National Geographic Society
and also is on the advisory board
|of the Riggs National. He is a
member of the National Press
Club and Overseas Writer'S Club
DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor is re-
firing as a director of the tele-
phone company after Is years
Iof service on the board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
18th Store Is Opened
BY Food Town Stores

Food Town Stores continued
its expansion program with the
opening of its 18th store today
in the Fairfax Shopping Center
in Fairfax. Va.
The new store has 10000
square feet of selling space and
features the latest self-service
equipment. Two additional units
are being constructed and are
scheduled for opening in june
and July.
! President Sol c. Snider re-
ported 1855 sales exceeded ex.
Ipectations.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Feb. Is R-ForeiEr
exchange rates follow. Great Britain il
unless otSsrsise noted '"'''
Canadian dollar In New York oper
market asa per cent premium Of
100.09sa U. g. cents, Up I3s.
81. sos. OF 3/32: 30-day futures 1914
Of 5I32: 60-day futures 2.7ah OF
5y32; s0-day futures 2.7g, of 7f32
Belgium drancl. 2.Oo,.: France tfranel
tdeutsche mark, $3.50; Holland guild
erl. 26.l4: Italy tiiral 1874 OF = cent
Portugal tescudol. so; Sweden tkrona)
10 "a: Switzerland tfrAnel ureel, 1884
Denmark (kronei. IA 80.
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'9 RI BUSINESS
Washington Gas to Offer
10000 Common Shares

sistant manager of the Dupont
Circle Branch, has been named
manager of the Park ROAD
Branch, succeeding Mr.. Duvall
Richard B. Pilkinton, assistant
vice president, who has been
manager of the Farm
ers & Mechanics Branch. has
been transferred to the Dupont
Circle Branch as assistant man
ager.
William H. Smith, assistant
cashier, who has been assistant
manager of the Seventh Street
Branch, has become assistant
manager of the Farmers & Me-
chanics Branch.
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Real Estate Financing
Shows Decline I'm n. C..

A sharp decrease in financing
of District of Columbia real
estate was reflected in January
recordings Of new first mortgages
or deeds Of trust, it was disclosed
today by a report from Hugh v
Gittinger. jr., secretary of the
Washington Real Estate Board.
The months 95l deeds of trust
amounting to $10,585,027, were
well below 1.113 for Sl4,l02,079
In the previous month and 1880
for $17,544,5s7 in January, 1855.
District property transfers as
inirrored by recordings of new
deeds showed little change. The
January total of 1.I49 compared
with 1927 In the previous month
and l.156 in January last year.
Real estate foreclosures to-
tailed SO in January. compared
; with go in the previous month
and SO in the first month of
1885.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
James E. Allen Named
To Distribution Council

James E. Allen, president of
National Wholesale Druggists
Association and executive vice
president of the Henry B. Gilpin
Co. here, has been appointed a
member of the National Distribu-
ton Council by Secretary OF
Commerce Sinclair Weeks.
The council serves as an ad-
Ivisory committee to Secretary
Weeks on problems and activities
Iof his department in the dis
tribution field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
|. Poin-relievins ingredients
must get into the blood stream

For years, medical science has known that pain
relieving agents in tablet form must get into the blood
stream in order to give relief.
That's one Of the reasons why, in many cases Of
very severe pain, doctors inject painrelieving in
gradients directly into the body that they get into
the blood stream faster.
So. naturally, the faster pan-releving agent that
y1o swallow can get out of the stomach and into the
blood stream the faster it can go to work. Bu6erm
assures this faster action!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15

You can't vote in the Dis
trict If you don't register. Now
is the time to qualify. Regis
tration headquarters on ground
floor of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
Westinghouse Rejects
Foct-Finding Proposal

PITTSBURGH. Feb is 1-westinghouse Electric Corp to-
rejected proposal George Leader of Pennsylvania
122-day strike to fact-1nding board
Gwlym Price, Westinghouse president, sent telegram
to Gov Leader saying:
right along that bargaining to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15

Your doctor knows about Buffern. He knows that
it has passed the same rigid tests that he demands of
medicines used in his own practice. He knows
Buferin will not upset your stomach aspirin often
does In fact many doctors are recommending
Bufferin especially to those people who suffer
stomach upset from taking aspirin.
Get Bufferin, the modern pain relievcr. at your
favorite drug counter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
BY DONALD b. HADLEY

Washington Gas Light Co
plans to offer around 100000 ad.
ditional common shares to pres.
ent holders at the rate of one
new share for each eight share.
owned. it was announced today
by President Everett J. Boothby
The offering designed to helr
finance 1856 construction pro-
gram expected to reach SIS mil
lion. will be subject to approval
by the District Public Utilitie:
Commission and the State Cor.
poration Commission of Virginia
and also subject to registration
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The proposal wa.
filed with the commissions today
Stockholders of record March
2, 1856. will be entitled to sub
scription rights. The offering
price has not been determined
but win be submitted for con-
sideration of the commissions al
a later date.
The new issue will be under
written by a syndicate headed
by First Boston Corp. and John
ston, Lemon & Co. on terms also
to be approved by the commits
SionS.
Outlay of SIS Million
To Meet Added Growth
The expansion total of SIG
million is somewhat above the
$l3.5 million outlay forecast al
the end Of 1855 and includes ex-
tension Of new gas mains, serv-
ices, meters and related IA
cilities. distribution system re-
placements. gas storage facilities
general structures, transporta-
ton equipment and other gen.
eral items to meet continuing
growth in the number of custo-
mers served and the increasing
oeInanu IOr gas service IN this
area.
AS the common now is selling
at around $40 a share and new
shares in the past have been
priced at slightly below the mar
ket. it seems probable at the
present time that proceeds will
total SIS million or more.
Following sale of the new COM
mon stock, other funds required
to complete the construction pro-
gram will be obtained from COM
pany operations and temporary
bank borrowings. the announce
ment said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15

II. How does Bvfferin act twice as
fast as aspirin to relieve your pain?
The reason the painrelieving Ingredient in Buferin
is able to enter the blood stream far more quickly
than aspirin, is simple. Buern is special formula
which combines aspirin with two special antacid
ingredients
These extra ingredients combat the acidty which
so often follows the taking of straight aspirin. They
speed the pain-relievng ingredient in Bufferin into
the blood stream twice as fast. That's why Bufern
acts twice as fast as straight aspirin to relieve your
pain and does not upset your stomach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15

emo lie StTIkc WUulU tdAc plhSc
SO long as 6he unionO retains
hope that some outside agency
will help it put pressure on West
.inghouse to give better settle
ment than the one the union
made last August with our prin-
Icipal competitor General Elec-
trio Coz"
Copies of the refusal also were
sent to the governors Of New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey
and West Virginia. All had pre-
Iviously said they supported the
action of Gov. Leader.
Inquiry to Go On
Previously, Gov. Leader had
said the inquiry would go on re-
lgardless of Westinghouse posi-
ton. The union accepted the
proposal within a few hours after
lit was made Sunday.
MIR. Price told Gov. Leader
that the company recommends
that striking employees resume
work and the Governors then
select a panel of arbitrators to
dispose of an issue involving the
rehiring OF employees dismissed
for picket line activities.
Other issues in dispute in the
long strike which has hit 40
company plants and idled $1,000
members of two unions are:
Wages. length Of contract and
union objections to the company
Is tudying the time a nom
incentive worker needs to do a
job.
Objected to Politics
Previously Westinghouse had
said 1t would not cooperate
with the fact-finding board un-
less it was satisfied the AFL-CIO
international Union Of Electrical
Workers would not use the in
yestigation for political purposes.
Westinghouse referred to a
charge Monday by James B,
Carey. IUE president. that q
"hands-off" policy by the Repub-
lican Eisenhower administration
has hurt the union and aided
the company.
I'VE will not join in any move
which Mr.. Carey can twist to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK. Feb. Is Hn.-tNational
Association Securities Dealers. Inc.b:
moon Quotationsl
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THE EVENING STAR 2A-s7
Washington, D. C. 80
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Is. 1855
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14

conviction that the country
should already have interviewed
to prevent the Axis powers from
consolidating their siren g t h.
Frequently he has belabored his
own Republican party for "isola-
tionism."
Judge Paul was born at Har-
risonburg, December 9. 1888, the
son of John Paul, a Confederate
soldier who broke with the
Democrats in the late 1905,
Joined the "Readjustor" move
ment and later became a Repub-
lican judge of the court over
which his son now presides.
Served in World War
He was a field artillery captain
in World War I, returning from
France to serve term in the
House of Representatives. He
resumed private law practice in
1925. was named a district attor-
ney in 1929 and was named to
the bench two years later.
He is a graduate of Virginia
Military Institute of the class Of
1908 and took his law degree at
the University of Virginia in
1906.
At both schools he was a full
back on the varsity football
teams, and earned the nick
name Dom Paul." after Gen
Dom Paul Kruger of Boer War
fame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14
5 Towns Ask Chonoe
In Splitting Racing Funds

Five Prince Georges town
councils out Of 26 have voted
for a change in the way the
Board of Commissioners will
distribute to towns the county'S
$253,203 share Of State racing
revenues.
The five asked that 1855 popu-
lation estimates of the Mary
land National Park and Plan
ming Commission be used as the
basis of distribution. The County
Commissioners have been using
the lesser sums reported in the
1850 Federal census as most
reliable.
BY law, the State must use
Federal census figures in COM
putting the slices of racing
revenue it returns to the
counties.
After receiving requests for
the change from several towns
the county heads asked all
towns to express their opinions
in a poll conducted through the
Prince Georges Municipal AS
Isociation. The results were pre-.
scented yesterday at the commits
sioner's meeting in Upper Mari.
boro.
Commissioner Lansdale G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14
2Chorged
In Separate
Gaming Raids

Police Gambling Squad officers
yesterday arrested two men in
separate gambling raids.
The first was Boyce E. Lackey.
80, of the 1900 block of Forty
first street Sc. Mr.. Lackey. who
police said owns a fleet of 10
taxicabs, was arrested at his
office in the garage of the Premier
Cab Co., 1887 Sherman avenue
NV.
Police said he had a number
of horse bet and numbers slips
on his person and admitted tax
ing bets and telephoning them
into an undisclosed Maryland
hacker. He was picked UP on a
commissioners warrant after an
undercover man had made sew
eral numbers plays with him.
The second man, Harley Goble,
jr., 80. of the 1900 block of Eight
zenith street Sc, was arrested in
Peary'S Restaurant, in the $500
block of Georgia avenue NV.
of which he is the licensee. police
said.
Raiders found a small number
of betting slips and a marked bill
an undercover man had bet with
him earlier.
Both men were charged with
operating a lottery and released
under $1,000 bond each for
arraignment Monday before the
United States Commissioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14

Claggett noted again that the
voting results would not be bind
ing on the board, but merely
be considered when final action
was discussed. Action on the
matter was postponed until
Tuesday.
Towns asking the change are
District Heights, Forest Heights
Seat Pleasant. Morningside and
Berwyn Heights. College Park
reported it did not care what
method was followed. Those not
reporting one way or another
were Bowie, Colmar Manor
Takoma Park, Laurel and North
Brentwood.
Adoption of planning CON-
mission estimates this year
would bring increases to four
.of the towns-ranging from
$l66 for Berwyn Heights to
$3.50 for District Heights
Morningside would stand to lose
$446
The 81 other municipalities
would lose funds in varying
amounts, due to both a popula-
ton decline in some towns anc
a smaller distribution rate thai
would go along with use of the
larger planning com mission
population estimates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14

against seven District men ac-
cused of raping a 26-year-old
widow last June 8. Charged are:
Joseph C. Frady, 20, of the 400
block 1 street S.W.; George S.
Breeder, 81, of the 600 block
street S.W.: John B. Singleton,
10, of the 400 block I street. w;
his brother, Robert, 10. of the
400 block Sixth street S.W.:
Ronald G. Byroads, 81, of the 400
block N street S.W.: Robert E.
Richards. ID. of the 1900 block
fourth street S.W.. and John w.
Robertson. jr.. %. of the $500
block Brothers place Sc.
Timothy Smith. 80, colored. of
Wilmington, N. c., was indicted
on a charge of beating and rob-
bling 49-year-old engineer last
June 8 on the University of
Maryland golf course. Police re-
port Smith took a $500 payroll
from Alexander Pearce. of Col
lege Park. after hitting him on
the head with a Ratchet.
The States Attorney declined
to reveal other indictments until
they have been served. The ac-
cused listed above are in the
County Jail in Upper Marlboro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14
FLYER Loses Race
To Save SuiIor
Stricken at Sea

NORFOLK, Va, July IA (P).-
The Coast Guard and United
States Public Health Service
doctors lost d race against death
yesterday.
Word has been received that
FrangeskoS Dimosthenis, Sc, a
Greek seaman aboard the Lii
berian freighter Pindar. was in
serious condition aboard the
ship $50 miles east of Norfolk.
At 4:23 a. m. Chief Aviation
Pilot Vern D. Christensen took
an amphibious partol plane up
from Elizabeth City Coast Guard
Air Station and headed for the
Pindar. Public Health Service
doctors radioed emergency treat
ment instructions for the sea-
man, who was hemorrhaging.
Rear Admiral H. c. Moore
was awakened and he granted
Chief Christensen authority tc
make the hazardous open sea
landing after doctors urged Mr.
Dimosthenis be removed from
the ship and hospitalized al
once.
The pilot reached the ship at
S:36 a. m, studied the Swells
then brought his aircraft to q
water landing at 5:58 a. m. He
took Mr.. Dimosthenis aboard
and headed for the Norfolk
Naval Air Station.
AS he approached Norfolk the
pilot noticed the seaman was
sinking fast and was granted
permission to bring his plane
straight in for a landing rather
than circling. A Navy doctor was
on hand and so was a Public
Health Service ambulance.
Mr.. DimoStheniS was rushed
to the Public Health Service
hospital about 8 a. m. but was
pronounced dead on arrival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14
Rector at Pohick
To Retire Sept. |

The Rev. DR.. Clarence Edward
Buxton, rector of Pohick Episco-
pal Church. Lorton, has an
nounced he will retire September
l. Pohick Church, which dates
to the early 1700s is the Oldest
in Fairfax County.
DR.. Buxton is a native Of
Bristol, N. H., but has spent
most of his life in the South. He
was educated in Kentucky and
at Columbia. Harvard and the
Virginia Theological Seminary
He has been rector Of Lunen-
burg Parish, Richmond, anc
Cople Parish, Westmorelanc
County, Va; st. Andrew
Church, Greensboro, N. c.; EN-.
manuel Church, Covington, Va.
and st. Mary's Church, Madison.
vile. KY.
DR.. Buxton and his wife, thu
former Miss Jean Elliott, O.
Richmond, plan to settle ir
Springfield, Va, after hi.
retirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14
U.S.. Judge Paul Believes
In Facing Issues Frankly

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
July IA (P).-U. S. District Judge
John Paul. who ruled Thursday
that Charlottesville must begin
desegregating its schools this
fall. is a bald. quick-spoken, de-
cisive man who thinks he some
times may be too frank for
someone on the bench"
At 70. he has been the Federal
judge for the Western District
of Virginia since 1931-a post
his father held before him.
Prior to his elevation to the
bench in 1931-he was a Repub-
lican appointee-he had served
in the Virginia Senate and Sin
the House of Representatives.
Like Baseball Umpire
His plain talk from the
bench gives the impression of a
baseball umpire in action. And,
as a matter of fact, the judge
isn't stranger to that function.
An old inf1elder-he played third
base on many a sandlot and
semi-pro team in his youth-he
umpired occasionally when his
playing days were over and for
two years was president of the
Harrisonburg club in the Vir-
ginia league.
Judge Paul never has hesti-
tated to speak out on contro-
versial issues and he figures
that sometimes he says too
much, too directly.
AS he belabored the State of
Virginia Thursday for its stand
pat position on the Supreme
Courts desegregation order, he
told attorneys:
II am accustomed to being
frank-perhapS a bit too frank
for someone on the bench. But
I would close my eyes to obvious
fact if ! didn't see that the
State has been pursuing a
deliberate, well-conceived plan
of evasion"
/
Critic Of Prohibition
During prohibition days-and
before his appointment to the
bench by President Hoover-he
was an outspoken critic of pro-
hibition, which he called "the
wrong approach to a difficult
social problem" Months before
the United States entered World
War II he had made known his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14
Numbers Suspect
Held in ARLINGTON

A runner in a $2,000-a-week
numbers operation was under
arrest today, Arlington police
said.
The suspect, George j. Parks
46, colored, of the 600 block of
North Randolph street. will APP
pear Monday in County Court on
charges of operating a lottery.
He was arrested by Detective
Sergt. Thomas j. Tracy and his
partner, Detective Leonard j
Burnett. while walking in the
1900 block of South Walter Reed
Drive. The officers said the sus-
pect was carrying about $500
worth of numbers slips in an
envelope in his back pocket.