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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Alice Wilson Joins
Chest Publicity Stuff

Mrs. Alice B. Wilson yesterday
Joined the public relations staff
of the Community Chest Fedora
ton as assistant to Miss Donna
Hoover, radio, television and
speakers bureau head.
Mrs. Wilson lives at 2430 Penn
sylvania avenue NV. A former
staff member Of the Greater
Washington Educational Tv As
sociation. she Is doing graduate
work In communications at
American University,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02

To clinch the deal, he drew a
picture of the expensive watch
Among Nh. Lawsons clientele
were many doctors and nurses
from the medical district where
the shop was located. One doc
tor came IN with an elegant
case for a watch. He had left
the movement with Mr.. Lawson
and was glad to retrieve it.
How many more do we still
have? I don't know. but there
seems to be no end" said the
inspector. $50 far. only three
persons have been unable 20
find watches they claimed.
mo. we've heard nothing on
the whereabouts Of Mr.. Law
son. One woman WIN knew
him wen came In. She wanted
to get Bible and some papers
she was going to keep for the
matchmaker. But she didn't
know where he had gone"
Police have learned. however,
that the tall. ainiahle watch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02

By Patterson
Estate Denied
Executors WoIdrop
And Shelton Sought
Recovery Of Toxes

Executors. Of the estate Of the
owner-publisher Of the old
Washington Times-H Herald. failed
today In the United States
Court Of Claims to recover
$685., 814 Of the $7.476. 927 estate
tax they paid to the United
States.
She left q gross estate Of
$16.839.459 when she died July
|24. 1913.
The court dismissed the petit
ton of Frank c. Waldrop and
William c. Shelton, surviving
executors, who sought the money
involved In this suit. Mrs. Pat
terson left the balance Of her
estate to trustees in trust for
charities after payment Of ex-
|penses.
Attorney Edmund D. Camp
bell, representing the executors,
said the effect Of today's deci-
sion. il 1t stands, would be TO
reduce the residuary charitable
trust by about $633,814. He ex-
lplained that apart from this
sum. the trust now stands at
about 81 million. Otherwise 1t
would be over SIS million.
Appeal Considered
He said 1t is a general
charitable trust In which the
trustees are given broad au-
|thority to decide on what. type
|of charitable organizations viii
be given the money.
Mr.. Campbell also said he
plans a meeting next week with
the executors to see If an APP
peal viii be taken from the
Court of Claims decision. An
appeal could be made directly
to the Supreme Court.
The Government successfully
argued that the income produced
by the estate after Mrs. Patter-
sons death Is not, for estate tax
purposes, a part of the gross
estate. 1t said that because a
deduction for charitable purposes
would be from the gross estate,
it would be Illogical to permit
deduction from the gross estate
of assets not included IN It.
Court Disputes ReIevance
Mr.. Waldrop and Mr.. Shelton
through counsel, that un-
der District Law post norton In
come becomes q part Of the prin-
Icipal Of the estate. As such. they
said. 1t is available to pay debts,
taxes and administrative ex-
penses When used for that pur-
pose. they contended, 1t MAIN
|tains the level Of the gross estate.
leaving something in the residue
for the charitable trust.
But the court today. in its de-
cision. saw nothing very relevant
In the previous decision quoted.
The court said the gross estate
Is the starting point for the COM
|putation Of the estate tax. -
Mr.. Waldrop was executive
editor Of the Times-Herald. Mr..
Shelton Its general manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02

maker was somewhat eccentric
about his travels.
Once when he had gone to
Winchester to Ak o clock, and had
expected to return to Washing
ton, he boarded the, wrong bus.
Ia friend who saw the mistake
took the trouble to chase after
the bus and shout:
Mr.. lawson, you're going the
wrong way"
To which Mr.. Lawson replied
II don't care" And Q week later
he returned to Washington on
the Norfolk boat. 81
II and when Mr.. Lawson re-
turns again. he not only will find
himself dispossessed of his shop
and equipment. but an attach-
Iment against his worldly goods
for s32D.o3. Tax Collector Guy
wv. Pearson issued the lien, claim
ing unpaid personal taxes OF
$324.es for part Of 1855 and all
of 1856, and $4.14 sales tax since
last October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Printmokers' Exhibit
Runs Through Sunday

The graphic arts exhibit spon-
sored by the Washington Print
makers Society at the National
Museum. Tenth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV, has been
extended through Sunday.
Exhibit hours are Q am. TO
4:30 pm. daily. The exhibit in
cludes work by printmakers from
20 States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Southwest Plan
Approval Due

The National Capital Planning
Commission was expected today
to vote final approval of the basic
zeckendorf plans for redevelop-
ling Southwest Washington.
Approval Of the basic land use
a nd site developement plans
would leave only technical writ
ten specifications to be worked
out during the next month.
Presumably, II today's action
follows expectations. the specifi-
cations will be approved at the
planners March meeting, after
which the material could be sent
to the District Commissioners
for a public hearing and possible
adoption as the official city re-
development plan.
Two Years Of Work
Action on the Southwest re-
development program would cli-
max more than two years of
work by the Planning Commits
sion, the Redevelopment Land
Agency and the Zeckendorf firm
of Webb g. Knapp.
The plans UP for approval des-
Iignate the type of rebuilding that
would take place in each block OF
the big Area C" project. as well
las traffic routes and such public
parks.
Reports recommending ap-
Iproval Of these basic plans are
to be made by the commissions
Co-ordinating Committee, made
up of stan technicians from var
ious city and Federal agencies
One change in the Zeckendort
development proposal will be a
narrowing of the South Mall,
designed to serve as a monu-
mental entranceway to the south
west. AS originally proposed the
mall--along Tenth street south
Iof independence avenue--would
have been about 800 feet wide.
Buildings Changed
Webb g. Knapp officials said
their present thinking is that Its
width would range between zoe
and $50 feet. They said the rea.
son for the change Is that build
lings bordering the mall will be
shorter than expected. and that
the narrowing Of the mall would
be more in proportion to the
buildings"
In other major actions at its
sessions today and tomorrow, the
commission will:
/. Consider new boundaries sci
Iby the District Commissioners fol
urban renewal areas In Foggy
Bottom and near the George
Washington University.
2. See new plans for resolving
the UNDERSTANDING conflict ovel
whether Ohio drive or indie
pendence avenue should be used
as the southwest leg Of the pro-
posed inner loop highway system
3. Consider approval Of new
fringe parking areas proposed b.
1.-The District Motor Vehicle Park.
ing Agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Police Tick Right Along WithReturns
OF Missing Wotchmoker's 1imepieces
BY HERMAN r. SCHABEN

Ever since Chester Eugene
Lawson, the friendly watch
maker. mysteriously slipped out
of sight, the police property
office has been buster than a
pawn shop on pay day.
II is the duty of Inspector Earl
|P. Hartman and staff to listen
patiently to the stories of scores
|of Mr.. Lawson's customers hop
ing to reclaim priced watches
and clocks. $50
Mr.. Lawson left all these be-
hind In disordered confusion
when he vanished into the night
during the Christmas holidays,
never since to be seen at his
little shop at 1735 I street NV.
There's never been anything
like 1t here said Inspector
Hartman, pointing to the large
assortment of timepieces yet to
be claimed. But so far, we're
batting about 800 on returns.
No Identifications h
Mr.. Lawson was not an
ordinary watchmaker-did things
in a most haphazard manner.
In many cases. he knew his
customers so wen he gave out
no Identification checks. So
about half Of the identifications
have been made by charac-
teristfcs of the articles as the
customers remembered them
Since last Friday. when the
customers began claiming at
Room 4O70, Municipal Center
Building. about so have gone
away with their watches and
clocks intact but not always
ticking.
Not all were too happy. either.
Those who knew Mr.. Lawson
longest remembered how much
faith they had in him as a
friend and artisan.
SIS In Advance
II just can't believe it." said
one woman. :.You know, I paid
him $25 in advance to fix this
clock. It's an antique and very
valuable, and now part Of 1t Is
missing"
She left with everything but |
the clocks pendulum. nowhere
to be found in the jig-saw pug
zle Of parts.
THE Identification Of some
watches is relatively simple, for
Mr.. Lawson did try to keep oil
record of those under repair
Inspector Hartman said. Most
of the works have scratched on
them identification numbers. en-
tered in a book with the Gus
toners name"
But the customers are asked
to describe anything unusual
about the timepieces or show
a bill Of sale to confirm owner
ship.
Perfect Description
One man gave a perfect de-
scription-his watch had red
and white jewels to designate
the hours. no second hand. a.
white gold back and yellow case.
no stem and . light metal band
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Franciscan Is Elevated
To Rank Of Bishop Here

With the solemnity Of a CEN
turies-old conservation ceremony,
a Franciscan priest today was
elevated TO- bishop at the Fran
ciscan Monastery here.
Respondent In white silk vest
the Most Rev. Eustace
j. Smith was elevated at the
hands of the Apostolic Delegate
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani In the Church Of the
Holy Sepulchre.
The ancient. colcrful rites were
attended BY prelates Of the
Catholic Church ii America, in
the Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle. Archbishop Of WASH
ington.
Monsignori. priests and lay
men viewed the ceremony,
crowding into choir lofts. stair
wells and the high-arched re-
cesses Of the church.
PROSTATE ut Altar
Frustrating himself full length
at the foot OF the canopied main
altar in the center Of the church,
Bishop Smith heard the Litany
of the Saints chanted by the
choir. Moments later the elm
position of the Hands, heart Of
the conservation ceremony. took
place.
Kneeling before the open altar,
its high canopy supported by
four bronze columns bearing s.
foot statues of the IL Apostles,
Bishop Smith felt the hands OF
the consecrator. Archbishop
Cicognani. and the two co-conse-
orators. on his head.
Receive the Holy Ghost" each
murmured in turn.
Then the new bishop was
anointed with holy oils symbolic
ing the gifts Of the Holy Ghost
understanding, counsel,
fortitude. knowledge, piety and
fear of the Lord.
Pontifical Mass Held
The conservation was part Of
a solemn pontifical mass. cele-
brated by the Apostolic Delegate
and the co-consecrators, the
Most Rev. John Michael Nc
Namara, auxiliary bishop Of
Washington, and the Most Rev
Leo Richard Smith. sauxiliary
bishop Of Buffalo.
The new bishop was named
last December by Pope Plus XII
to be vicar apostolic Of Beirut
for Latin Rite Catholics In Leb-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02

anon. Bishop Smith. "a. was
vice rector Of Christ the King
Seminary In st. Bonaventure,
N. Y. -
He Is the first bishop Of the
vicariate apostolic which was
set up July 4. 1858. a designa-
ton given by the church to a
territory not yet established as a
diocese.
Bishop Smith Is a native of
Medford. Mass. He was ordained
in 1884 following studies at Holy
Name College. and took graduate
Biblical study In Rome and
Jerusalem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02

A woman on a bus coming
In from Virginia struggled to
60 first toward the rear door,
then toward the front, and
was stymied by the packed
passengers. A man inquired,
CALAMITY, Shall l open the
window for you? It may be
quicker. :"
A man was complaining
about a black car illegally
parked at a downtown inter-
section. As he stood there
complaining, two policemen
came back from chasing a
holdup suspect, got into the
unmarked police car, and
drove away. 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
IS Jobs Open
For Election !.
3
D. c. Boord Seeks
Help for Primary

The District Board Of Elec-
tons is in the market for 90
employees to serve as registra-
ton officials in the forthcoming
primary registrations and cleo
tons here.
A $43,500 special budget re-
quest to pay for salaries and
polling equipment is pending in
Congress.
District voters win register on
six separate days In March and
April and win ballot on dele
gates to the national political
party conventions on May /.
Washington Residents Only
The jobseekers must be Wash
ington residents. They viii be
eligible for fun or part-tine work
and paid at the rate Of $40 per
eight-hour day and S. per four
hour day.
Applicants who are accepted
win be given special training
courses early in March. There
win be four registration days In
March and two In April.
The lone registration station
now is in the District Building,
Fourteenth and E streets NV.
The board hopes to establish "a
stations throughout the city, If
and when Congress appropriates
the money.
First In 80 Years
Newell w. Ellison, chairman
Of the Elections Board, pointed
out the staff will be the first
registration and election officials
to serve the District in 30 years.
They will have a stimulating
and important job to do" he
said. because we all have to reg
lister before we can vote. and
these officials will be responsible
for registering thousands of
people speedily and accurately"
Job applications are available
in room 4005, Municipal Cen
ter Building, 800 Indiana avenue
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
The
Rambler
A World Between
Earth and Sky
BY Jack JONAS

The Washington National
Airport is a city, a world,
apart.
Set aside between the Cap
ital and the suburbs, 1t has all
Of the trappings Of q city tt
self. and all of the nuances
and glamour Of q world at
work.
There they were--a middle
aged man and a younger
man, seated with their wives
on one of those hard leather
sofas in the airport build
ing's curved lobby.
Their dress was Park ave-
nue., their bundles outdoors,
their language foreign. From
a distance it sounded like
French. The only thing that
linked them with the rest of
the throng in the crowded
building was their clock
watching impatience.
The older man was dead set
on enjoying q vacation.
He had q tennis racket, OBJ
viously new. still wrapped In a
plastic cover and bearing a
price tag.
Roped to a suit box beside
him was a long. narrow pack
age which could only have
been a fishing rod.
His fair-weather optimism
was tempered by the umbrella
clutched in one hand and the
raincoat slung over an arm.
It was evident from his tense
ness that this was the begin
ming, not the end, Of a vaca-
ton.
The woman with the young
er man was laden with an
overnight case, an airlines
canvas bag. and three cello
phane-wrapped Gala lilies.
The older woman sat as If this
had happened before and was
due to happen again in her
lifetime, and there was little
she cared to do about II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Stempil Gets Week
For Firm Transit Bid
Senators in FinuI Effort
To Find Privote Operator

The Senate District Committee today embarked its
asdtch effort to nd private operator to take the
dying Capital Transit Co franchise next August is.
Repeating similar efforts by the Public Utilities Commission
and the District Commissioners the committee yesterday recessed
hearings the Washington transit until next Wednes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02

LIKE MOST airline passen-
gers the quartet had arrived
long before their plane was
scheduled to leave, and SO now
they talked and occasionally
checked with the ticket coun-
ter to learn the progress Of the
arriving plane.
And, again like most airline
passengers, when their plane
was called at 10:40 am, they
didn't have enough hands
among them for all of their
packages.
The lobby was filled with
SUCH people having little to
do and confused on the way
to set about it. Some Of them
read, others stared through
the windows watching the
planes land and take OF, and
a few engaged in desultory
conversation.
Only a few, at 10 cents a
throw, walked onto the obser-
walton platform to watch the
planes from there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02


IN THIS CITY apart, there
are a drugstore, post Office,
novelty shop. shoeshine stand,
barber shop, cocktail lounge,
restaurant, coffee shop, cloth
ing store, book store, cigar
counter, insurance statesmen.
The traveller can rent car,
have his fortune told or his
picture taken. For those too
busy to walk to the post Office
a few yards away there are
q red, white and blue letter
box and a stamp machine,
smack In the middle of the
lobby.
The people are as varied as
the services. In the coffee
shop, a Navy commander sits
cheek-by-jowl with a seaman,
their trips unconnected. Sari-
clad women, black frocked
priests, a turbaned and beard
ed gentleman, military men,
and a Runyonesque character
wearing a red plaid shirt and
carrying a racing form mingle
in the lobby, unhurried and
serene.
Outside, this illusion OF
calmness Is smashed by the
honking taxicabs. the screech-
ing brakes, the hustle Of pas
sengers trying to get inside
where there Is nothing to do
but wait, on the sofas or in
queues In front Of the ticket
counters.
This city apart Is an In
triguing world crossroads, at
times like an Indian bazaar, at
times like a hotel lobby at
peak schedule time like Christ
mas eve at Fourteenth and F
streets, and at all times diff
ferent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
THREATEN TO LEAVE SCHOOL
'Bomo Athletes Strike
For Softeninq Of Rules

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, April II
(P). - About 100 University o.
Alabama athletes struck last
night for better rules and regu-
lations, and threatened to leave
school if their demands are not
met.
They said they moved out Of
the university's athletic dormi-
tory because they were being
treated like children"
The exodus took place after a
committee headed by Dan Coyle
former football end. told Ath-
letic Director Hank Crisp 1.-THE
rules are too strict"
Coyle declared that unless
our demands are met, the gen.
Ieral feeling is that we will all
leave. We feel that we can 60
somewhere else. because we are
not happy here" y
The dispute came after Roy
Vickery, Alabama tackle, was
banned from the athletic dormi-
tory. He had checked in late
following a traffic accident Sun
day night in which five other
athletes were involved.
Vince De LaurntiS, football
center only recently returned
from the Army. is hospitalized
with multiple cuts. and Tom
Rosing, a trackman, is hospital
lied with three broken ribs.
Others in the accident were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

Sid Youngleman. tackle and cap.
tain of the 1854 Crimson Tide:
Jim Began. basketball center,
and Toney Houghton, trackman.
| Coyle, a former end who did
not report for spring practice.
said I'VE are tired of being
treated like children. They have
a coach who puts us to bed at
II pm. They have a coach who
comes around and wakes us at 8
am. whether we have classes
or not We have to get signed
slips from them to go home. and
have to let them know when we
are coming back"
A petition demanding five
rules revisions was signed by
more than 80 athletes and pre-
Sented to Crisp last night.
After telling Crisp he could
either accept theirs terms 'ior
else" the athletes moved from
the dormitory> which houses
about lis.
The athletes are demanding:
/. No bed check out of season.
2. That those in the Sunday
accident be allowed to return to
the dormltory.
3. No restrictions on seniors,
managers and current non-parti-
cipantS in athletics.
4. Revision of night study
check.
5. Unlimited privileges of going
home over the week end In on
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Min1sUnderdoq
On " Tonight

CHICAGO. April 10 (P.-
Young Bobby Boyd, No. 2 rank.
ing middleweight contender, trie;
to expand a winning streak
against dangerous Holly MIN:
tonight to keep his hopes buoyec
for an early title shot.
Boyd. lanky 22-year-old Chi.
cago Negro. is unbeaten in his
last nine starts and rules a
to 5 choice in the nationally.
televised bout at Chicago Sta
dunn.
(The fight will be televised in
Washington over The Evening
Stars Station, WMAL-TV,
Channel Z, at 10 PM
Boyd, who turned pro in 1857
after coming up in the Colder
Gloves ranks, has advanced
Steadily in the ratings since his
last defeat a year ago by Mile
Savage. He has scored 81 knock
outs in a record of 1862.
Minis. 26, is registered out OF
Washington. D. c., and is re-
garded in boxing circles as a
"spoiler. He has met most OF
the top middleweights and has
lost only twice since 1852. or
split decisions to Rocky Castel-
lani and Savage last year. His
record is 40-l3-5 with 10 knock
outs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

plenty Of others who had spent
the night there. sleeping in cars
or tents or in bags on the ground
and on cots. However. it takes
the younger generation to get
the kick out of this procedure.
4 x
On our way up the creek to-
ward the falls in the chilly pre-
dawn mist we passed figure after
silent figure. squatting on the
rocks at the brim of some favor
lite pool to hold the lid down
against newcomers. 1t seems to
be etiquette to do this, although
later in the day when the crowds
arrive it is anyone's free-for-all
Finding a vacant spot on the
bank finally, we waited for the
hour of $50 when the fishing
starts and promptly dunked a
black ghost streamer, hooking
our first stocked trout almost
Immediately. To make a short
story of the days fishing, we
caught our five fish, returning
three of them as being a wee
too small and lost one good sized
brook trout, all in the course of a
half or three, quarters of an
hour, For us the fishing was
over. The increasing number of
anglers made it just too difficult,
and by that time the trout were
so thoroughly scared by the
commotion that few were CO.
operating. Only those fishing in
the biggest and deepest pools
continued to catch a few fish.
When we checked out of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
OUTDOORS
With BILL LEETcH

Opening day of the trout sea-
son in Maryland has come and
gone. thank goodness, and as
this is written we're nursing a
pair OF stiff knee joints. a bruised
Shinbone and chapped hands.
Each year we say never again
but as usual our good friend and
fellow sufferer Elmer Acken If
it wasn't Elmer it would prob
ably be someone else) persuaded
us we ought to be on hand. so
Saturday night we journeyed up
to Camp CoSey just this side
of Thurmont. Md, and joined
him. Tom Moore and Lon Siler,
spending the night in our good
friend John M. Creeger's COM
Portable hostelry.
Moore woke us promptly at
$3.50 am. and after libation to
the gods of angling, we ate a
huge breakfast of ham and at
Fits all-night restaurant and
wendell our way up into the
fastness of the Catoctin National
Park and Big Hunting Creek. It
was still pitch dark as we
checked into the park. receiving
our census card from the game
warden, who was huddled in a
slicker against the early morn
ing chill. Arriving at the picnic
grounds we ran into Bill Rowan
who had spent the night there
with cot, sleeping bag and cook
ing equipment. He was cleaning
up after breakfast and we used
the light of his Coleman lamp
to rig our tackle. There were