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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
IT'S A DATE
TODAY

IODA1
CABANA FASHION SHOW,
2 pm, staged for the staff,
patients and guests of Walter
Reed Hospital by Fashion
Shows, Inc. Beachwear and
cocktail dresses from Kotzin's.
Menswear from The Mode to
be modelled by Walter Reed
staff members. Models from
Phyllis Bell and Patricia Ste
vens will be hoStesses.
CHARM TRAVEL RALLY
and vacation forum at Wood
ward & Lothrop. The fashion
show follows the $3.50 pm. din
ner in the tearoom of the
downtown store.
FRIDAY
LUNCHEON FASH HON
show, / pm, Palladian Room,
Shoreham Hotel, with Jelleff
fashions. Sue Boteler in
charge.
FASHION SHOW TEA
staged by Julius Garfinckel &
Co. for the Mary D. Neville
Guild of the Upperville Epis-
copal Church. The benefit is
open to the public. 2::30 pm.
(EST).
SATURDAY
WASHINGTON PARTY,
1890 pm, with Mrs. Glad
stone Williams in charge of
the fashion proceedings. Crys-
tai Room of the Willard Hotel.
FASHION SHOW garden
party, Christ Child Society, 3
! to Z pm. with the show at
4:30 pm. at the Embassy of
Nicaragua. The benefit show
is open to the public.
BETTY HARTFORD
dresses, modelled informally in
the sportswear department of
Woodward a. Lothrop from
1890 to 5 pm. and formally
at IL noon and 3 pm. Down
! town store.
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FASHION NOTEBOOK
Short Hair Is Here
To Stay Says Michel

the experimentation done with
short hair. This because it is
always the shortcut in our
present way of life that seems
to enjoy the biggest success.
y \
SUMMERTIME and the
fashion living is easy. That is
if you take the simmer out of
summer by dressing in a cool,
collected and feminine manner.
One way to catch up on cool
breezes in your outlook is to be
dressed in a monotone fashion.
Monotone and monotony have
nothing in common. The mono
tone look takes a lot of we'll
thought out planning.
For one thing if beige isn't
your color you certainly don't
want to have everything from
tip to toe in that one shade
just because you've heard the
monotone look" is the thing.
Try out the pastels and see if
they don't liven UP your COM
plexion a bit. and then carry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16

out the monotone look with
those colors.
Mr.. Mort is one designer
who this summer is sponsor
ing the light approach" in
color It's a welcome relief
from a super-abundance in
past warm weather seasons of
the very dark cottoi.s and
other extremely dark colors.
This summer he refers to
them as his "ice cream" colors
and never have the flavors
been so good.
y \ 4 y
ALL this talk about the
"Umpeer," "Ampeer" or "Um-
pire' silhouette produced this
comment from a fashion CO.
ordinator here in town: "At
our store we're calling it the
Empire" line. You know,
Empire just like Empire State
Building in New York"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
By ELEM

Hemlines and hairlines de-
pend upon length to create
controversy.
Couture artist, Michel. in
town through tomorrow at the
Helena Rubinstein salon, puts
the argument quietly to rest
by say that this is the CEN
fury of short hair"
THE hanging look was better
expressed in the gardens of
Babylon" says Michel. There's
no chance whatsoever of a
Veronica Lake" couture re-
vival.
Long hair just doesn't 1T into
our concept of life today.
Shoulder length hobs and
chignons belonged to another
era.
New hair styles capture a
long" look built upon straight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
IBoke Sale Plunned

The League of Service. the
business and professional
women's group of Westmore-
land Congregational Church.
will hold a bake sale Sat-
urday. The event will take
place on the lawn of the church
starting at 10 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16

and curved lines. Hair is cut
in one length not in chopped
curls or waves. 1t is essentially
short, lifted from the face, and
then combed diagonally.
The prettieSt hairStyle, and
he thinks his ParaSol is the
answer, is one that effectively
frames the face. He has about
thirty to forty variations of
this new couture so that all
women can wear it. 1t has
evolved from his "bouffant
look" first launched in 1851.
Fashion never stands still.
In the area of coiffureS women
will always experiment, feels
the hairstylist. But this CEN
tury, Michel insists, will see
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Meet the Presidents Doctor
In The Star Magazine

GOLDFISH BOWL PRACTITIONERS describes DR.. How
ard M Snyder, President Eisenhower's personal
physician. i. the man who has looked after likes
health for the past decade For the full story read
Earl H. Voss feature in WaShingtons only locally
edited Sunday gravure magazine.
TERROR IN A PENTHOUSE-Three men desperately
want to marry lovely actressAshe rejects two
suitors. The problem Which tried to kill her?
For the answer read Eery Queens latest suspense
packed fiction thriller in This Week Magazine.
WORLDS NO. HOT SPOT-Trouble on remote Cyprus
is splitting NATO wide open and threatening British
domination of the strategic island. What the
facts behind the facts? Read the answers to
"Ten Questions About Cyprus" in the Editorial
Section.
HILLBILLY WITH OONPH-Patsy Cline, singing
sation of WMAL-TV's Town and Country Jamboree,
is rated by many experts as the top girl vocalist in
this field Read Meredith S. Buel's article about
this pretty girl in The Star Magazine.-Photos by
Elwood Baker.
RECESS FOR SIR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Star Olivier
found it the night of his pictures premiere here
sitting the of large leather chair, chatting
coy time in a busy day is the subject of Jay
Carmody's column in the Drama Section.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR WOMEN-In the Women's Section
Betty Beales Exclusively Yours" will bring you an
exclusive interview with former Washingtonian
who will be part of much publiczed event taking
place next month
Choose The Star on Sunday When You Haze Choice
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
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Reporter Nearly Trapped
Inside Burning Building

Suddenly the firemen were
driven back by a mushrooming
wall of smoke.
I questioned one of them
briefly.
Come on" I said to Mr.. Lett
ner, 1--WE got to get to a phone. "
You can use NINE" he an
swered.
Looking at the advancing
smoke. / protested mildly that
could find a phone across the
street. My host and guide was
insistent, and ] overcame the
feeling Of doubt.
/ On the first floor, in the main
hallway, the sounds of men bat
thing flames above and below
were muted. Mr.. Leitner led the
way down pitch black corridor
Come on" he called. "Just
walk straight ahead"
Cropping blindly, I inched my
way 20 feet or so. Suddenly q
shaft of light from an opened
door pointed the way. Mr.. Lett
ner had unerringly found his
way home.
/ The apartment had a coy
Ilived-in look. The unmistakable
smell Of something good to eat
was in the air. It was hard to
believe a raging fire was fast
getting out of control outside the
door.
| I called the city desk as Mr.
ILeitner paced impatiently near
Iby. He walked to a bedroom win
dow.
| The man at the other end OF
1.-THE phone listened to an account
Iof what was happening.
/ Mr.. Leitner came back from
IAN opened window and said the
Ifiremen were calling for more
help.
Fire Closing In
cts getting worse" he said
lgravely.
Still talking, I watched him
|open the apartment door. The
hallway. which we'd left a scant
two minutes before, was clothed
with thick black smoke.
/ I'VE can't get out there" he
said, slamming the door.
The voice on the phone was
telling me to give what I had to
a rewrite man.
I fought back a sinking feeling.
I'm in a burning building"
I told the deskman. "I'll have to
call you back" and hung up on
the protesting voice.
Lets go to the fire escape, +"
Mr.. Leitner said.
I boosted the spry septua-
genarian over the bedroom win
dow sill onto the steel grillwork
80 feet above the ground. AS I
climbed through. I saw the he'll
melted figure of fireman climb
ing the ladder from the ground.
rs anyone else in there?" he
asked with a startled look.
Mr.. Leitner preceded me down
to the ground. AS we crossed
Twenty-seventh street, a gray
haired woman emerged from the
crowd and joined US.
Your wife said did you turn
of the oven2" she asked.
mo. Mr.. Leitner said thought
fully. Il forgot we had q chicken
cooking"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

Rollins, Silver Spring, Md, and
Mrs. Lille Mae Briggs and Mrs
Lorraine Kinsey, both Of Wash
ington.
Traffic was blocked for hours
from all main streets leading in
Ito the area. including Pennsyl-
'vania avenue at Sousa Bridge,
Minnesota avenue. Twenty
seventh street and Naylor road
Sc.
Fire Investigator Kermit Null
Inns said the blaze started in a
basement storeroom and spread
with terrific speed throughout
the building. He said he had no
positive evidence of arson but
that the speed with which the
fire spread was most unusual"
At first, firemen were able to
enter the building. wearing gas
masks and pulling hoses. But
heat and smoke soon drove them
out, and they had to direct water
|on the building for hours before
they could re-enter.
Community Offers Help
The community offered a quick
helping hand to homeless victims
Iof the fire. Churches. business
men, the Red Cross and the
Southeast Optimist Club had a
campaign going before dawn.
Contributions Of clothing. toys
and cash were being accepted
lat a vacant storeroom at 230s
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. Money
Jars were placed in business
houses in the area.
Radio stations broadcast an
offer by the Congressional Hotel
to house families. Several
families, including Mr.. and Mrs
Verne Stinedurf and their 49,
Imonth-old son and 6-month-old
twin daughters, accepted the
offer.
Typical of the staggering re-
action was Mr.. Stinedurf's re-
mark: Everything we have Is
gone" The young family hao
been out driving and returned
lat the height of the blaze tc
find their home and all Their
belongings, except the clothes or
their backs, destroyed.
Several firemen suffered minor
injuries. Bernard j. Mead OF
NO 26 Engine Co. was treated al
Emergency Hospital for a Shout
der cut by falling glass. Other
\ H
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
BY TOM BURKE

Reporters are supposed to be
nosy, but this one carried it toe
far yesterday and wound up on
the inside looking out at a null
tiple alarm fire.
I'd arrived at the scene to
see black smoke towering over
the big apartment building and
soaring lazily over the nearby
Sousa Bridge and Anacostis
River.
Threading through a maze Of
fire hose lacing the $500 block
of Minnesota avenue Sc,
looked up and watched small
elderly man emerge from the
entrance of the burning build
ing.
Enter Sprawling Building
I met him at the end Of the
concrete waikway and learned
as he wiped the smoke-drawr
tears from his eyes, that he'c
been in and out of the sprawline
building twice.
1.-THE fire started downstairs, =
said Nelson Leitner, rs, a re-
tired plasterer. Come on, III
show you"
1t sounded like a good idea
at the time, and I followed my
guide into the building. down a
flight of invisible stairs electric
power had been cut Off and in
to the blackened, smoke-f filled
labyrinth of the basement.
We walked to the rear Of the
basement and turned right
Forty feet ahead were a half
dozen firemen, masked against
the smarting smoke. They were
attacking a partitioned storage
section in which the fire started
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

assurance that he would come out
alive. In fact, feel he felt he was
signing his death warrant.
Nevertheless, through supreme
faith in his Saviour he took a
chance. It was a gamble only in
the thinking of the people of his
day. Daniel knew it was not. He
knew God would protect him.
For that reason, the story
stands foremost in my mind, in
GLIDING the many thousands 1
have heard through the years
from some of the best news writers
in the business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
Deof Youth Rally

An wide youth rally of
the deaf will be held at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the Washington
Bible Institute, 1441 Rhode
Island avenue NV. The rally
Will continue at 3 pm. Sunday.
with services in the United
Church for the Deaf, Twelfth
and c streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16
AZ Families Homeless, Fireman Killed
As Blaze Sweeps Apartment Building

Ifiremen were treated at the scene
flor bruises and smoke inhala.
ton.
The fire was discovered by
tenant, Mrs. Helen Castle.
The janitor. Asbury Jones, col
|ored, gave the first alarm at
street fire box. The agent. Isaac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-16

i FIRE department. investigators
searched the sodden, blackened
Iwreckage of q Southeast apart
ment house today, hunting clue
Ito the origin Of q roaring mul-
Etiple-alarin blaze late yester-
day which took the life of a
fireman. injured several others
and left II families homeless.
The 100000 Randle Apart
ments at 1925 Minnesota avenue
Sc. was turned into a ruined,
roofless hulk by the fierce fire.
| Dead, possibly of asphyxiation
was Pvt. Albert M. Hazel, ~, of
l4808 Third street NV. a No.
l12 Engine Company driver.
| Pvt. Hazel's death, so un-
expected to firemen and rescue
squad members who helped him
at the scene, came even as they
still fought the blaze.
Dies in Few Minutes
| At first he declined offers Of
help after coming out Of the
building, saying II don't need
that" He was conscious enough
Ito spell out his name for Star
Photographer Gus Chinn.
| En- route to Emergency Hos
pital he became unconscious and
Idied five minutes after arrival
there.
An autopsy is to be performed
today.
| Veteran firemen said it is pos
lsible for a man to inhale fatal
quantities Of smoke and heat
land remain conscious for 9
time.
| Pvt. Hazel's comrades at No
~ Engine house draped the fire
station door with black bunting,
la traditional mourning display
when a fireman dies in line Of
duty. The bunting will be dis
played until after the funeral.
22 Companies Fought Fire
! Firemen from % companies
fought the blaze for three hours
before gaining control. Ever
then. flames continued to surge
through wooden partitions of the
three-story brick structure ane
firemen were on the scene unit
early today, dousing the black
ened skeleton.
| Three alarms and four specia
alarms were sounded, the first al
1898 pm, the last at 5::36 pm
mot until 1852 did the first piece
of fire equipment leave thu
scene.
Fire Chief Miliard H. Suttor
called the fire lone of the tough.
lest, most stubborn" he has evel
seen, harder to control than the
Northeast battery shop blast-f1rt
ON BLACK Thursday" three years
ago, which hospitalized him fol
seven months and injured Al
other f1remen.
Pvt. Hazel was born September
40, 1914, in Southeast Washing
ton.
He Joined the fire department
about IS years ago.
His wife died two years ago
Their son, Albert, jr.. IL, is q
student at the Fork Union (Va.)
Military Academy.
The firefighter lived alone il
an apartment at 4808 Thirc
street NV.
He was a member of Trans
ffiguration Episcopal Church. 4
Funeral arrangements hay,
been postponed until a brother
Earle F. Hazel. 1883 U stree
Sc, returns from Florida to.
morrow. The fireman also /.
survived by two other brothers
Bernard. jr., and Milton, both Of
the District, and four sisters
Mrs. Madeline Carter. Chev,
Chase, Md, Mrs. Beatrice E
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dren are being prepared fo1
adulthood. He has seen small
children earnestly laboring over
the alphabet and the multiple
cation table, and bigger ones
engrossed in the mysteries OF
science.
He has watched teachers
deftly sparring with the eager
and patiently squirting on the
slow. He has marveled at the
ability of a single adult, often
the most soft-spoken one, to
bring sudden order out of SEEM
ing chaos.
He has often-all too often
been reminded of things lone
ago forgotten-important things
Including the thrill Of sudden
discovery. He has found this
discovery still going on.
A Disturbing Note
But beneath the surface hun
| of teaching and learning. the
Eager voices quelled when neces.
sary by the authoritative one
there also was something dis.
turbing. 1t was rarely percep.
tible directly. But it was there
It is hard to translate a feel.
ing into words. But it is bounc
UP with the facts that have
been spread out in the preceding
articles of this series. Like the
facts of history, they explain
the present and herald the future
This series has told a great
deal about Washington school
rooms, and what goes on In
them, although a great deal has
also been left unsaid. Things
that were not said with great
emphasis include the fact thai
many of the city's school chill.
dren are learning splendidly anc
making records of which theil
teachers can be proud. On thi:
the records show that there is M
fundamental racial. religious Of
geographic distinction. although
there are differences Of numbers
that tend to make spectacular
and easily misinterpreted, sta
tiSticS. II .s
One Group Undereducatede
But the focus was purposel,
put elsewhere. It was shown, fol
example, how rather startling
numbers of the city's high scfoo
students apparently are MASTER
of less knowledge than the av'
erage educated citizen presurn'
ably would think reasonable tt
expect. The examples given wer,
not typical of all the city
schools or all of any school,
children, but they were repre-.
sentative enough of one rathei
widespread problem to sugges
a reason for concern.
It was reported how circurn.
stances-including unaWarenes'
Iof the long existence Of thii
problem and a resulting failure
to correct it--haye made it {
special challenge under the pres
ent school reorganization. Tit
facts of Washington indignation
ARE currently being misused anc
Exaggerated, but the city's Negro
pupils have been demonstrated
Ito have less education at present
ion the average. than the rest.
/ It also has been shown that
given the proper resources, mucf
can be done to correct this. But
lin fact, even in extreme cases, i
has been shown that much i.
mot being done. because re-
sources are lacking. So far, i
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m. Feldman Of TAIL Fourteenth
street NV, said the 25-year-
old building is owned by Walter
Freeman, a former Washing
tonian. who now lives in Miami,
Fla. He estimated the buildings
present value at 100000. He
said it is fully insured.
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has been indicated, this lack has
been imperfectly understood.
Those who run Washington's
Igovernment-the Commissioners
Congress. the President-seem
not to have acquired this under
standing fully.
Far From Luxurious
They do not seem to realize
for example, that, regardless OF
some comparisons. there are
many that show Washington's
schools are far from luxurious
Schools in many places, includ.
ling Montgomery and Arlington
Counties among i'm m diate
Ineighbors-have more teachers
Iper pupil and smaller classes. In
Arlington and Montgomery, the
difference shows in tests. In
Washington, the need is greater
iii children are to achieve SINH
lar results. for much Of its popu.
Ilation is less prosperous and less
Iculturally advantaged. and much
less stable.
It seems to be insufficientlS
realized. too, that lowering thu
adequacy of the schools which
part of the city's population ha.
been used to, does not increase
stability. Giving white children
bigger classes and skimpiel
teaching-as is now happening
might easily hasten the sub
urban exodus.
It seems also not to have beer
appreciated that imposing on {
school population of 100000 thu
necessity of completely reorgan'
lizing also imposes certain obi
cations elsewhere. If the reor'
lganization is to succeed. Certain
facts suggest that Presiden
Eisenhower's wish to see Ma
ltional Capital integration j,
model might. If those responsible
for basic decisions ignore them
lbe easily thwarted.
City at Disadvantage
It also Is apparent that tn,
Capital, for the role of a model
is at a singular disadvantage. I
has fewer resources Of its owl
than any similar community ii
the Nation. and it has bigge
problem. No other big city schoo
system. integrated or otherwise
has so high a proportion of col
lored children, more of whom
lare arriving steadily from tn
South.
Indignation, in the opinion O
many teachers, has worked so ia
much more smoothly than wa
widely expected. But the majo.
ltest is still ahead.
/ In the last few days, espe
3cially outside the schools, Their
has been talk about certain
IS hool policies. Promotions
teaching, teachers themselve
and the general operation of tn,
schools are being discussed.
These are all interestin,
enough. But they are not thu
thing about which the writer
encountered the most talk with
in the school system. That wa!
about the school systems owr
ability to do the job facing it
The feeling beneath the sur.
face in the Washington schoo
system is fear that the job cam
|be done without more resource!
land that they won't be provided
LIT is not very comforting.
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CRISIS IN THE scHooLs-12
Bosic School Worry
Is Lack Of Support
By JAMES G. DEANE

city budget single child single teacher looms very
small But in the scale of human values there few things
more important to community's future.
Washington there growing suspicion that this scale
LOT values is being increasingly forgotten.
This writer in the last few weeks has spent hours in
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A Thnngtrt fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY JACK MADDEN
Chief Bartender, National Press Club

Daniel in the lions den is my favorte Bible story
admire man who had enough faith to face the feel
ngs his time to risk almost certain death to prove his
point.
When Daniel walked into that situation he had
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Rambling

One of the few remaining
women street car operators
was plotting her street car
along Fourteenth street dur
ing the evening rush hour re-
Gently when the trolley de-
veloped mechanical trouble.
1t held up several other street
cars, and finally the passen-
gers had to get off and seek
speedier transportation. As a
man leaving one of the other
street cars passed the stalled
car, he growled, "Humph!
Woman driver!"
A man reports that his
stepdaughter, 8 years old, was
being lectured by her mother
about hewing to the Biblical
admonition to "honor thy
father and mother" What, I"
the girl asked, puzzled, does
it say about stepfathers2" =.
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CONGRESS either felt kind
ly toward the statue or at
least took it in stride. Mills
was voted $4,000 to cover
extra expenses, and given a
$4,000 commission to do the
equestrian statue of George
Washington in Washington
Circle.
Three years after the Jack
son statue was dedicated, the
State of Louisiana commits
stoned Mills to cast a dupli-
cate, which was placed in
Jackson Square in New Or
leans. In 1880, he made a sec
ond duplicate for Nashville.
Before the Jackson bronze,
the only equestrian statue on
this side of the Atlantic had
been one of King George III.
1t was of lead and had been
imported from England. But
that one was melted down for
bullets during the Revolution.
Most of the horsemen in
statues here are military men,
and that bothers a man of
our acquaintance.
How are we going to honor
the generals of today?" he
wants to know, 1--WE can't
realistically put them on
horses. And there's nothing
very dramatic about a jeep or
an automobile"
That may cut down on some
of the controversy. The ways
a jeep can be posed are in
deed limited.