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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with the Film Center of Wash
ington and the recreation de-
Ipartments Of the District and
Arlington, Prince Georges ano
Montgomery counties.
Washington. at Dusk
LAFAYETTE, oliver and Broad Branch
Twin oaks, Fourteenth and Taylor
Turkey Z Thieket; Tenth street and Michi
stead, p street between Sixteenth anc
Seventeenth streets NV.
Terrell, First and Pierce streets NV
Ksnilworth. Wentworth avenue anc
Kelly Miller Forty-Ninth and washinS'
Garfield. Second and F streets Sc.
TT stanton, Seventeenth and Eri'
Barry Farms, 1890 Sumner road Sc.
Arlington County, $3.50 PM.
Walter Reed, 1914 North Mckinlel
-Four Mile Run. -Four Mile Run drivt
and South Sixteenth street
Prince GeOrges County, $50 Pm.
Parklawn Playground. Rises and Asa
roads ParklAwn
Greenbelt North End Elementary school
Ridse road, Greenbelt
Montgomery County. $50 PM.
Viers MIL, Ivy Glen and Garrett Parl
roads, Viers Mil village silve
Bethesda, Chevy Chase. 47oo NOrwoo,
drive Bethesda.
west End Elementary school. Besl
avenue, Rockville.
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Fall
Down Chute
Kills Patient

A st. Elizabeths Hospital pa
tient. Sc. dropped five floors
down a laundry chute to his
death today, but doctors were
uncertain whether he died of in
juries from the fall or of Suffo-
cation under a mountain OF
laundry.
DR.. Jay Hoffman, first assist
ant physician at the hospital
identified the victim as William
Miller, an area resident admitted
to st. Elizabeths in February.
DR.. Hoffman said Mr.. Miller
was helping an attendant unload
soiled laundry down a chute in
a fourth floor ward in the Geri-
latrics Building. Suddenly he
vanished.
Attendants began a search fol-
him. He was found about 7:3C
am. beneath the laundry in the
basement, some 20 minutes
after his disappearance was dis
covered.
DR.. Hoffman said a number
of chutes empty into the laun-
dry room. There were no appar-
ent external injuries and indi-
cations are Mr.. Miller survived
the drop down the aluminium
chute, DR.. Hoffman said. But
another ward was emptying its
laundry down another chute
when Mr.. Miller dropped into
the basement, and he was COW
cred. the doctor said. Homicide
detectives were told the patient
suffered from reactions of de.
preston following spells Of
buoyant cheer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
Lightning Kills Man
Near Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, Md, July "a
R.-A surf fisherman was killed
by lightning on the beach about
six miles north of here late yes
terday. A companion was knock
ed unconscious by the bolt.
Dead was William G. Moore
SIS, of Millsboro, Del.
His companion, Charles E
Littleton, Al, also of Millsboro
said they stopped surf fishing
about 6:30.p.m. when a sudden
squall blew up and were putting
away their gear.
The next think he knew, he
said, he regained his senses lying
face down in the sand. He heard
nothing and saw nothing.
Mr.. Moore was lying about sc
feet away.
The deputy medical examiner
DR.. Francis j. Townsend, jr.
speculated than a metal brace
Mr.. Moore was wearing for q
slipped disc in his back probably
acted as a conductor for the
lightning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24

Three finalists in the Mis-
Washington contest were picked
last night in a dirt-floored cellar
under the Carter Barron Amphi-
theater stage as rain dripped
down and a very professional
audience applauded wildly. .
Members Of the cast Of Car
men Jones, delayed from getting
their own show under way by
the pouring rain, watched as
nine contestants paraded and
displayed their talents.
Winners were:
Miss Joni Love. 10, of 64s
Franklin street NE. a tap
dancer; Miss Carol Holiday, ID
lof 1923 South Twenty-eighth
street, Arlington. and Miss Joan
DAILY. 20. Of 3148 North Eight
zenith street. Arlington, both Of
whom presented dramatic
readings.
They will compete with sis
otl r finalists on August 10 a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
Berwyn Driver, 19, Held
ANEW in Theft of Auto

out to be stolen. Police said
the vehicle was that of John
M. Farrar of 26 Lee avenue,
Takoma Park, Nd, stolen last
Thursday. but had Virginia tags
on it belonging to Ella May Up
dixie, 1921 North Rhodes street,
Arlington.
The younger boy was released
by police after they became con-
WINGED he had nothing to do
with either the car theft or
the kitchen larceny. They said
however, that both boys had
been free under $4,000 bond each
as result of a HOUSEKEEPING
last month. They were arrested
two weeks ago and were await
ing court action.
Mcdonnell, who had been ac-
Icused of an auto theft last
month, had three new charges
placed against him today
breaking and entering, carrying
a concealed weapon and grand
larceny of the auto. He was
jailed pending a hearing in
Hyattsville Thursday.
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Pay Rise Voted
For City Heads
Compensation Bill
Prospects Are Dim

Legislation to raise the Dis
trict Commissioners salary to
$4,000 was on its way to the
Senate today, after passing the
House yesterday by a voice vote
Meanwhile, a proviso to raise
the Commissioners pay to ST.
500. which recently passed the
Senate in the bill raising salaries
of most high-level executives in
the Government also is pending.
The Senate bill was in lengthy
conference yesterday. Leaders in
the House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee are opposed
to including a District item in
the National bill.
Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee an
Inounced yesterday to the House
that he would not call up the
controversial bill to give Wash
ington its own workmen's COM
Ipensation bill for awards to
workmen injured in line of duty.
This bill had been scheduled
by the leaders Of the House for
action on District Day yesterday.
But Mr.. Mcmillan explained he
had found out it was going to
be highly controversial so he
dropped his plan to call up the
measure.
The chairman, a South Caro-
lima Democrat, said however
that, while there will be no more
District days on the House floor
it may be possible for him to try
to call up the bill some day be-
fore Congress adjourns.
There had been considerable
opposition to the District bill
from organized labor and some
House leaders, because it would
give workmen here a lower rate
for injuries to start with-about
$35 a week, compared with $54
a week Congress already has
authorized in the longshoreman's
and harbor workers bill. The
District now is part of this ma
tional bill. which has been ap-
proved by Congress and gone to
the White House.
The House also passed and
sent to the Senate a bill permit
ting any State or political SUBJ
division to purchase from the
District Reformatory at Lorton
Va, gun mountingS and carriage,
for guns to be used at historic
sites and for museum display.
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A traffic law violation today led
two Prince Georges County po-
liceman to the arrest of a 49,
year-old Berwyn (Md) youth on
three more serious charges.
The youth, Robert Kenneth
Mcdonnell. of the $500 block OF
Ruatan road, was the driver OF
a car stopped in Berwyn by Pvts
E. G. Husk and w. A. Baxter
about ITO am. for driving with
out lights.
When neither Mcdonnell MOI
a 16-year-old boy in the cal
could produce a registration card
the policemen ordered McDon-
nell from it. AS he got out, they
said, .38-caliber revolver fell
from his trousers. a
Further checking uncovered a
cash box under the rear seat
which the policemen identified
as coming from the Mobile
Kitchen, 5000 Greenbelt road
Berwyn. Only papers were in it
but police said it had contained
$38 when it was stolen Saturday
night.
The car and tags also turned
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tually the contest was shifted to
the basement.
Perform without Mikes
There a small wooden plat
form served as a stage. The girls
performed without mikes as the
rain dripped through the ceiling.
But, the audience made the diff
ference.
The carmen Jones cast
crowded along an open passage
way that ran alcng the basement
leading to the dressing rooms.
Their applause, comments and
appreciation OF the situation
probably made it the most I'M
usual Miss Washington prelimi-
nary held in the Is years WWDC
has sponsored the contest.
Eventually the winners were
selected. Carmen Jones later
went on with the cast perform
ing in the rain for a determined
audience that had come pre-
pared to stay.
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the Capitol Theater for the title
of Miss Washington. Six others
will be picked July 80 and August
6.
First Contest In Basement
Its the first time we've had
to hold a Miss Washington con-
test in a basement" commented
Norman Reed, contest director
for radio station WWDC.
It's also the first time the
Miss Washington contest has
been rained out in the six years
it has been held at the outdoor
amphitheater.
Miss Frances Slaughter, 81, OF
1921 Sixteenth street N. W., wa:
in the middle Of her juggling act
on the stage when the rains
came.
Contestants, judges. Master OF
Ceremonies Art Brown and vari-
GUS supernumeraries fed but moi
before getting soaked. Even.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24

ROCKLAND, Maine (P).-Po-
lice had little trouble tracing
ownership Of big iron flower
urn which turned up mysteri-
ouSly on Anthony Anastasio's
back doorstep The red pot be-
longed to Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Thompson. The Thompsons are
parents Of Police Chief Bernard
Thomson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24


we would hold theirS-but two
wrongs wouldn't make a right "
The legislators of Arlington
Alexandria, Fairfax County and
Falls Church greeted with favor
the Governors call for a special
session August 81. But his rec
commended legislation drew the
support of only one legislator,
Delegate James M. Thomson of
Alexandria.
The Governor said yesterday
he now wants to scrap the pupil
assignment plan adopted by the
Gray Commission. The Cover
nor said he now favors with
holding State school funds. when
the public welfare" require it,
from localities which move
toward indignation.
Reaction Negative
Comments In the nearby Vir-
ginia area-which last January
voted down the Gray Commits
stony plan for permitting reten-
ton of Segreeation-ranged from
"a breach of faith" to "a stag
gering blow for our children.
State Senator Charles R. Fen
wick and Delegate Harrison
Mann, both of Arlington, are
members of the Gray Commits
sion and have declined to COM
ment on forthcoming legislation
Here are statements of the six
legislators available for CON-
ment:
Senator Armistead BOOthe OF
AleXandria-"The pupil assign
Iment plan is the most legal part
of the Gray Commission plan. II
is the best device yet suggested
to keep segregation in school;
legally in Virginia.
1T puts us in a predicamenT
for the Supreme Court to say
that we cannot segregate citi'
zens on a basis of color alont
anywhere in Virginia and ther
have the Governor say any are;
which refuses to defy the cour
even to the extent of one pupi
may not receive school money
No executive, including the Gov
ernor, should have the power tt
curtail the legislative and con
stitutional rights for fire.
schools"
Also Praises Plan
Senator John A. X. Donovan
of Fairfax County and Fall
Church-"The pupil assignment
plan is the best part of the Ora,
plan. 1t is the duty of the legis
lature to establish a legal has,
from which a moral readjust,
ment can be launched over :
period of years. The pupil as,
signment plan and some loca
option are the part Of the lega
base.
Il am opposed to giving tn,
Governor power to withhold
funds. 1t would mean the closins
of schools and I don't think thu
public would stand for that"
Delegate William L. Winston
ot Arlington =" The Governor:
decision amounts to a breach Of
faith with the people of Virginia
After praising the entire GRAY
plan and asking the people il
January to amend the Constitu.
ton to allow tuition grants.
think he is morally bound to the
Gray plan in full. am surprised
that he would allow himself tt
be used in such a way.
His recommendation to ALLOW
!. the Governor to withhold public
funds is even worse. This woulC
allow the Governor to usurp tn
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Legislative function at his whim
and wreck the school system in
any part of the State that he
chooses. :"
Sad Day for Children
Delegate Kathryn Stone of Ar
lington-"It is a sad day for
children of Virginia when our
State leadership can contemplate
such extreme measures of de-
fiance. Gov. Stanley'S proposals
would appear to defy not only
the Supreme Court decision but
our own Virginia constitutional
provisions guaranteeing free
public schools, since the intent
to close schools rather than allow
any indignation at all seems quite
evident. :"
! Delegate Omer L. Hirst o.
Fairfax and Falls Church-"Th'
pupil assignment plan with somt
Improvements can be very uSefu
in helping some parts of thu
State adjust to problems con
fronting them.
1T is the prerogative of Legis
lature to appropriate money. 1
is not the prerogative of thu
executive to decide whether thu
money should be used or not. :. /.
The Governors proposal is highly
questionable and should b.
weighed very seriously"
Supports Governor
\ Delegate James M. Thomson o
Alexandria-"The people of Vir
ginia have already decided, in tn
Gray program, that they do no
want integrated schools. Con
Sequently it is time that the poll
ticians got behind the peopl
and support the Governors pro
posal and similar legislation t.
maintain our segregated publ
school system.
II would go further than with
hold funds. I would place tn
final decision for all school mat
tiers in the Governor, who cal
|; ; be reached easily by court &C
ton"
Delegate John C. Webb @
Fairfax and Falls Church wa
on vacation but has previousl
stated he favors compliance wit
the Supreme Court ruling an
favorS immediate integratiol
where local conditions make
feasible to do so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
Plane With IT Lands

BALTIMORE, July "a (P.-
Seventy-seven passengers bound
from London to New York landed
here instead yesterday after bad
weather prevented their plane
landing at Idelwild Airport.
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Office in RuiIroud Cor

CRAIG, Colo. up. = Craig.
Chamber Of Commerce officss
are housed in the old railroad
car which once served as a nri-
vste car for David Mofatt. pio-
neer railroader who brought the
! fyroad to Craig in 1874
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
Stanley Segregation Plan
Hits North Virginia Snog
Open Revolt limited as Lawmakers
Oppose Withholding of State Funds

SANKEY'S segregation plans received cold reception
today from Northern Virginia legislators and there even
hint of open revolt
There talk that withholding of State funds from
locality might result in that locality withholding funds from
Richmond legislator said He did not his used
Another legislator commented 1T could work both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
The
Rambler
Bedtime Story
Ends Happily
BY JACK JONAS

A crisis developed recently
in an Arlington family when
the younger of two sons de-
cided he had been low man
on the totem pole long
enough.
But, like most family crises,
this one solved itself.
This youngster had been
sleeping in the bottom half
of a double bunk bed while
his older brother slept in the
top. But the little man in
the. lower berth began COM
planning.
He told his parent firmly
he wanted either his own
separate bed, or he wanted
to sleep in the top bunk.
At about this time, happily,
the older boy went away for
a couple of weeks on a visit.
The first night he was gone,
the younger brother crawled
triumphantly into the top
bunk.
The sound of much turning
and tossing came from the
bedroom. Then he was heard
descending the ladder and
crawling into the bottom
bunk.
When the parents peered
in to see what was going on,
there was their son in his
accustomed place. He ex-
planned sheepishly:
Il guess I like a bed with
a lid on it,"
Problem
National Archives keeps a
lot of records and is able to
help the public with many
problems involving personal
and historical records. But
one request last week
stumped them. A lady wrote:
Il am writing you con-
corning my husband, j.
l. C, who seems to
have disappeared. This
may not even be his name,
and he could be married to
some one else, and yet he
says if / divorce him he will
kill me. Will you please check
this and help me?"
An Archives man said:
Even the records in the
National Archives couldn't
enable us to help her with
this problem. We hope, of
course, that she is alive and
WELL"
Flowers
A fellow we know dropped
in at his bank to open a trust
fund account for his young
daughter. He noted, on three
desks in the new accounts
section, three vases for single
long-stemmed flowers, each
holding a chrysanthemum.
He asked if this were gen.
eral throughout the bank, and
was told that these were the
only bedecked desks in the
building. Furthermore, when
the flowers begin to droop, the
bank buys new ones to replace
them.
This came about because
soon after the bank opened
for business in its new build
ing a couple of years ago, one
Of the girls who uses one o.
the desks brought in the three
vases and three flowers to q
with them. A vice president
passed by, saw the flowers
and thought it was a gooC
idea.
Now the bank buys tire,
cut flowers, once a week, TO
the three girls in the nev
accounts section.
Bells
A fellow who has been
going to mass every Sunday
for a good many years says
he has learned how the
sanctuary bells must sound
to the very young.
On one recent Sunday, he
reports, when the bells were
rung for the first time dur
ing the mass, a strong,
approximately twO-year-Old
voice sounded clear in the
huShed church:
"Ice cream mani"
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Rumblino

Attorney William A. Davis,
commenting on the plight of
the George ThomaseS with Al
of them listed in the tele-
phone directory says they
don't have it SO bad. He points
out that the new telephone
directory lists 80 William
DaviSes-nine of them VIII
liam A. Davis.
A fellow we know asked hi
barber how he'd look with a
crew cut. IF you want a
haircut with a hole in the
middle, okay," the barber re-
piled. Our slightly balding
friend decided on a regular
haircut. =.
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Name

Why do they call it Chain
Bridge?
This site just below Little
Falls was the first spot the
Potomac was bridged in this
ARIA! At first-in 1797-it was
a wooden covered bridge. A
chain suspension bridge re-
placed that one when it was
washed away. The first chain
suspension bridge was washed
away, too, and another chain
suspension bridge built.
BY the time the present
comparatively modern struc-
ture was erected, the name
"Chain Bridge" was here to
stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
Three Miss D. c. FinoIists Picked
AS Rain Shifts Show to Cellar

tually the contest was shifted I
the basement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

GAMES TODAY
New York at Washington, 8 pm.
Baltimore at Boston
Kansas City at Detroit.
Only games scheduled.
Yesterdays RESULTS
New York, 10; Washington 4.
Boston, 8: Baltimore l.
Kansas City at Detroit, ppd., cold.
Chicago. 2: Cleveland /.
GAMES TOMORROW
New York at Washington, 2 pm.
Cleveland at Chicago
Kansas City at Detroit.
Baltimore at Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
American League
Outdruws National
BY the Associated Press

" V1IS H9oOOE"Vcu ENSo
The American League outdrew
the National, 117,210 to 108,887.
at yesterdays major league
openers. The combined total Of
226,097 was up slightly over last
years 222,719. The breakdown:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Outer Space Only Target
Unreached by Mantle Here
Wies|er Is Assigned Task
Of Hating Mickey Tonight

i the aid Of Cal Griffith's new
fence. Mickey's were mighty,
memorable smashes. The first,
belted in the first inning with
none aboard. zoomed out Of tho
park to the left of the flagpole.
The other. coming with two on
in the sixth, sailed to the right
Iof the flagpole.
Estimates will vary as to the
distance of the drives. There
will be agreement, though, that
both were clobbered.
WieSler's Turn Tonight
Tonight, against the lefthand-
ed Bob Wiesler. Mickey will turn
around and bat righthanded.
He's destructive from that side.
too. Wiesler. who will be OPP
posed by Johnny Kucks. may be
forgiven if his knees are making
caStanet noises as he contem-
See SENATOR'S, Page C-3
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Rivals Fear Ted
Maybe Bent on
Shift
BY the Associated Press

American League managers
wondered today if they'll have
to forget that defensive shift
against Ted Williams and either
walk the big guy or pitch and
pray.
The 37-year-old slugger of
the Red Sox started specula-
ton yesterday that he is de-
liberately aiming to wreck the
lopSided defensive lineup, which
has cost him countless base hits
since its introduction by Lou
Boudreau 10 years ago.
Williams. a terrific pull-hitter
who has won four batting titles
and has a .348 lifetime average,
raised the issue by doubling
twice to leftf1eld and driving a
single through the middle in
Boston's 81 romp over Balti-
more at Fenway Park. With
IBaltimore's leftflelder well over
! n o centerfield Williams
dropped his two-baggers near
the leftfield line.
Adds Leg-Pulling
With characteristic playful
ness, Ted was disclosing nothing
about his plans today. Growing
impatient with questions about
whether he'll become a place
hitter. he said:
Sure. I'm going to hit to
leftf1eld. Why? I just don't
get that bat around fast enough
any more. I'm an old man-al-
most finished"
Nobody bought that.
Ted's great pride has spurred
him to blast his hits directly
through the shift" in the past. !
What his rivals want to know
is whether his playfulness will
stir him to make suckers of them
by frequently dumping "auto-
matte doubles" into the vacant
leftfleld sector.
Sullivan Breezes
Manager Mike Higgins made
it plain he hadn't ordered Ted
to hit to left, and some of the
experts came up with the ex-
PLANTATION that Williams, who
many exhibitions this
spring. just didn't have his tim
ing perfect as yet.
Williams performance was
See BASEBALL, Page ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Sprint Tops Card Opening
Rocing at Laurel Todoy

tack most fans would string
along with Willie. Informant
defeated War Age by a neck ir
the $4,000 Burch Memorial
Handicap at Bowie last month
and as a result was asked to
carry 1872 pounds to lis for War
Age. Seven pounds could make
a tremendous difference.
Since that defeat War Age
was most impressive at Bowie in
equaling the track record for 6
furlongs in 1:1015 while beating
Giles D. Mills Nick Jimmie and
Boyd B. Thiels Veal or Woe,
both of whom are in today's
race Nick Jimmie. who likes
the Laurel track and who has
been training well, is regarded
as the horse to catch. Weighted
at lis pounds and with Jockey
Bobby Martin up. he could take
all the money.
Filippo Baldi'S Dinner Win
ner. ia pounds, E. F. O'Con-
|nell's Mary'S Bubble, l13, Ste
phen C. Clark's. Decimal, 1l2.
and Auburn Farms Powder
Flask, los, complete the field.
Laurel is hoping for a break
in the Disappointing spring
weather, especially during the
first nine days which are free of
competition from New Jersey.
Garden States opening on April
20 is expected to have sharp
effect on attendance and wager
ing figures at Maryland tracks.
Track officials as we'll as mem
bers of the State Racing Com
mission also will have an eye on
comparative figures for the Bowie
and Laurel meetings because OF
the upcoming battle over dates
for 1857.