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Evening star., 1956-03-27
The
Rambler
Somebody Always
Knows the Answers
by JACK JONAS


by JACK JONAS
A lot of readers have their
own answers to a Library OF
Congress problem reported
here the other day.
The problem: How to write
the sentence There are three
tto, two, tools in the English
language"
One says it should be writ
ten ''It is useful to note that
in the English language the
word too has t10o homonyms. u
But that's cheating. It's not
the same sentence at all.
Betty Hallman, of Arlington,
Va, replies with a similar So
luton in a poem that winds
up this way:
add one to one, and you
have ttDo.
"They sound alike, yet are
different too.
"In the English language
there are three too'S.
webster tells you which to
correctly USE"
Herbert GroSSman says II
should be There are three
'tu's' in the English language"
"The trick" he adds, "is
merely to spell the collective
word differently from any o1
the other three" An anony-
nous card-writer also suggests
the phonetic spelling.
Another points out that
whatever the solution, it ought
to be There are four Ito, two
too, tew)s in the English Ian
guage."
And C. D. Hill writes: your
problem was posed in our
school paper in 1912. If you
want, I will be glad to write
the sentence correctly
We wish he would.
Run!
"Poor Old Native" sug-
gests that the Department
of Vehicles and Traffic
change the walk" sign at
Constitution avenue and
Sixth street N.W.-acrosS
from the Art Gallery-to
"Run!"
"Ten seconds (they tell
me) to cross there at a
walk" he says. "That may
be o. X. for the 'spright
young SOULS but when one
gets fiftyish and ones joints
are a bit stiff-tain't good.
Any casual observer
would think we were in an
extreme hurry to appreciate
art"
The Traffic Department,
admitting that that partic-
ular pedestrian light is set
at the minimum, offers a
comforting postscript. The
depar tment's spokesman,
Tony Ellison, says: "As long
as he's in the street when
the sign says walk he'll
have enough time to get
across. There's a time lag
between the don't walk
and the movement of mo-
tor traffic."
Touch
W. C. Sipple, jr., says this
happened to him as he was
about to board a streetcar the
other day:
A well-dressed man tapped
him on the shoulder and asked
him for a dollar.
Brother, you don't look like
you need a dollar" Mr.. Sipple
told him. But, believing ir
the Golden Rule, if you're that
hard up. take this FIVE"
The panhandler slapped
him on the back.
keep it," he said. you're
the tenth man I've asked. The
others turned me down. I had
a bet with a fellow that
could get at least a dollar in
ten tries. I've won my bet"
Sale
A man was preparing to
wheel his battered jalopy
into the only space in sight
on Fourteenth street a few
days back when a big, shiny,
expensive auto pulled up
beside him.
"Hey, fella," the man at
the wheel Of the big car
said, with a condescending
note in his voice, "I'n give
you a buck for that parking
space"
The other man took the
dollar and drove away, leav-
ing the purchaser with a
fireplug in front of which
to park.
Name
Why do they call 1t Military
road?
Evening star., 1956-03-27
Name
Rambling

A Woodley avenue drug
store has a window display Of
booklets about figuring income
tax, and a sign, "One dozen
aspirin free with each income
tax book" -.
Radio Station WWDC has
been sending to friends wind
. shield stickers reading: OF
FICIAL, U. s. Government,
taxpayer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Employment
Drops Here

Washington area employment
during October dropped $500
workers under the September
total. Fred 2. Hetzel. United
States Employment Service di-
rector for the District, reported
today.
At the same time, however.
he said, the October total Of
$40, 700 workers was 1900 above
October Of last year.
In addition. he said, there
were only 10000 unemployed in
October, as against a September
total Of 1l.400. This unemploy-
ment rate Of about is per cent
was only about half the rate for
the Nation as a whole.
This falls employment level
generally has been higher than
1855 because Of unusually IA
vorable weather conditions. Mr..
Hetzel said. Outside construction
work particularly has remained
steady.
Employment gains this year
have showed UP in food, finance.
insurance and real estate firms.
Drops were noted in automotive
and accessory agencies and in
Federal employment.
During the coming holiday
season. Mr.. Hetzel said, college
students. housewives and minor
lily group workers are expected
to be employed In record num-
bers because Of q tight labor
market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
SUNDAYS BEST READING
TEEN Magazine Features
Youth at the Dial

TEENERS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC popular opinion
to be to the contrary teen-agers dispute the
belief that they're forever sprawled Cabling the
phone learn their views in TEEN. Read TEEN
the teen-agers lively magazine, written for
and about the younger set only.
MAKER OF CHAMPIONS Washington's first and only
Olympic coach. Stan Tinkham, not only molds swim
ming winners but makes quite a splash with the
girls in teaching aquatic technique. Read about
this talented young man in The Star Magazines
story.-Feature by Meredith s. Buell. Photos
by Elwood Baker
STAR IN TWO CAREERS-In TeleVue Magazines
cover story, Bernie Harrison reviews the fabulous
Pat Boone career 22yearold college student
who was named Personality Of the Year" by Wash
ingtons Variety Club
THE AIR FORCES SECRET WARRIOR the FIRST full
story Of how the Strategic Air Command, our FIRST
arm Of defense in gobal war keeps up It's guard
against enemy agents Pat Franks "Spies vs. Our
A-Bombersl" in This Week Magazine.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR WOMEN-In the Society Section
Dolores Phillips devotes her column, "Crcling the
Countryside" to Llangollen Farm in Upperyille,
Va. Piedmont Valley estate stepped in beauty
and history.
Choose The Star on Sunday when You Haze Choice
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Compressor BIost
Burns Z Workmen

Two men repairing a refriger-
ator compressor in a frozen Gus
tard stand at 1863 Benning road
NE. suffered burns about the
face today when the compressor
exploded, police reported.
James E. Nicholson. AZ, Of
Laurel, Nd, and David White,
26. Of Columbia road. near Silver
Spring, we're treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital and were TO be
released.
Ffremen said damage was con-
fined to the area around the
compressor. although the ex-
plosion filled the place with
smoke. The cause and extent
of damage were not Immediately
determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Hotel Delegates Recall
History Of Sheroton-Pork

When 800 International Hote
Association delegates clinkeC
glasses this noon to conclude Their
eighth annual convention, they
also marked the 38th anniver.
Isary of their host, the Sheraton.
Park Hotel.
known as the Wardman Park
after British-born Harry Ward.
man, owner-builder, the hoteI
was opened November %, 1918
at Woodley road and Connecti-
cut avenue then the outskirts oil
the city. 1t became the Shera-
ton-Park in the spring of 1854
when it was made part of the
national Sheraton hotel chain.
Early Events Recalled
The Eisenhower victory cele-
bration November s, which took
over a wing. several suites ano
the ballroom for 10000 persons
was noC SO extraordinary &c
veteran hotel employees.
The old timers remember first
year events such as the party
for the Salvation Army when
5000 persons turned out or the
one which brought 1000 for
Free Milk for France"
1 Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh's Rus
sian charity ball drew 10000
persons between 9 pm. and
am, including Vice President
Thomas F. Marshall and the en-
tire Cabinet.
"Most Of official Washington
lived here in the early days,
Mrs. David Blair, permanent
resident since 1921, recalled. Hel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23

husband, who died in 1914, wa:
Commissioner of Internal Rev.
enue under Presidents Harding
and Coolidge.
Famous Past Residents
Famous past residents included
Henry Wallace and the late Fred
Vinson, Arthur Vanoenberg and
Cordell Hull. Mrs. Esther Thorn
as. chief phone operator and
hotel operator for rs years, re-
called handling calls between
Mrs. Eisenhnw r, who lived there
during World War II, and her
husband, when he was in Europe,
Permanent residents today in
clude Chief Justice and Mrs. Earl
Warren. Secretary of Defense
and Mrs. Charles E. Wilson the
Leonard Halls, Perle Mesta and
Postmaster General and Mrs.
Arthur Summerfield.
Veteran cmploye James A.
Coates. IS. of 1907 Vsrnum street
NV, doorman since 1921, has
greeted Presidents since Warren
Harding President Eisenhower
knows hlm and always says hello,
ne related.
Mrs. Natalie Greer Stiffler,
dressmaker at the hotel since
1928. has made alterations on
gowns for countless well-known
women. George P. Holley, so,
one armed elevator operator
and bellhop since the opening
day. remembers taking President
Harding and his cabinet officers
to rooms upstairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Furniture Burns
In Northwest Fire

Fire believed to have started
from a short circuit in a floor
lamp damaged an apartment at
$685. Georgia avenue NV. today
while the occupants were away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Block had
gone to doctors Office when
other residents of the Aspen
Courts Apartments smelled
smoke and called Mrs. jeanette
Zetlin, the manager, who sum-
moned firemen. At first it was
feared that Mrs. Block, who has
been i'll, was in the apartment
A rear window was broken to
let out smoke and Mrs. Zetlin
opened the door with a pass key,
An overstuffed chair, hassock
and rug were burned. and Mrs
zetlin estimated damage to the
apartment at about 81 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Two Boys Win Awards
In FuIse-AIurm Cose

Two boys and o-today re-
ceived $40 each from the Police
Youth Aid Division for helping
catch q 7-year-old boy who
turned in q false alarm october
20 In the 1900 block Of Forty
fourth street NE.
The rewards we're presented By
Inspector John z. Winters. head
OF the Youth Aid Division He
asked that the youthful tipsters
remain anonymous for their
pTOtnclIon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Two Safes in Store
Are Looted of 5000

A 5000 burglary Of two safes
in a downtown shoe store was
reported to police today by Sam
luel Lewis, partner in the Boyce
q Lewis Shoe Store, 437 Seventh
street NV.
Mr.. Lewis said the house,
breakers apparently climbed a
IRE escape to the second floor
OF the shop, removed the panes
OF window and descended To
the first floor office. The dial
OF one safe was punched out and
the bottom Of another safe
ripped out
II happened over Thsnksgiy-
ing when the store was closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
District Official Asks
Traffic Safety Study
SundIun Urges
Survey by
Outside Group

Washington officials are TAX
ing steps to build a more efficient
and stronger traffic safety Or
ganization, even though the Dis
trict today leads the Nation for
cities of its size in reducing traf-
f1c fatalities.
Arthur j. Sundlun, chairman
of the Commissioners Traffic
Advisory Board. has recon-
mended a study of Washington's
safety organizations with a view
to establishing a group with
stronger public backing.
The action is a result of a
four city tour completed recent
/ ly by Mr.. Sundlun and other
traffic officials.
1T may be strange to be talk
ing about a study of our traffic
safety groups when we're in first
place." said Mr.. Sundlun, but
this is no time to be SNUG or
complacent. There's always room
for improvement in traffic safe
ty."
Lane Backing Cited
Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp. who accompanied Mr..
Sundlun on a study of courts and
traffic safety organizations in
Pittsburgh. Detroit, Cleveland
and Chicago, said the recon-
mendation had the approval Of
Commissioner Lane.
/ The two groups under consid-
Grafton to make the study are the
National Safety Council. Chi
cago, and the Association Of
Casualty and Surety Companies,
New York. Mr.. Sundlun said the
New York group probably will
get the job. since it charges no
fee for such services.
II definitely think there will
be some sort of reorganization Of
the present advisory board, but
the details will have to await the
study" said Mr.. Sundlun.
Washington so far this year
has had only 81 traffic fatalities
as compared to 81 for the same
time last year. The District is
first in traffic safety. according
to the National Safety Council,
for cities with a population range
of 100000 to l million.
Reorganization Planned
During the four-city tour, Mr..
Sundlun and others indicated
that one of the steps in revital-
izing the 150-member traffic adj
visory board would be to reduce
the number Of members and re-
tain only those who maintain
an interest in the boards work.
Mr.. Sundlun also announced
that Detroit Traffic Judge John
D. Watts and Allan Canty, head
Of the Motor City's psychiatric
clinic for traffic violation re-
peaters, have been invited to
come to Washington for a meet
ing with judges and traffic of
flcials here.
Detroit's traffic courts, under
full-time traffic judges. are con-
sidered among the best in the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23

BEFORE HE TURNED to
sporranS, DR.. Murphy made
purses. He's still a bachelor,
and turned out the purses for
his female relatives and his
girl friends.
Then, about four years ago,
he Joined the Scottish dance
group of the st. Andrews So
city and found he needed q
sporran. He made an informal
one of leather.
Then came a formal dance,
and he needed a formal spor-
ran. Those are elaborate af-
fairs, fur on a silver frame
and decorated with silver
balls and a taSSel.
Il had a silver frame my
grandmother had given me-"
DR.. Murphy said, land a lynx
fur piece. 1 took those and
made a dress sporran."
Since he got started four
years ago, he's made 17-12
informal and five formal
sporrans. Two of the latter
are fancy affairs of mink,
made from an old mink stole
q girl friend gave him.
They take a lot of time"
DR.. Murphy said. Not long
ago l worked on one with a
friend. We worked together
from 8 o'clock in the evening
until 2 o'clock in the morning.
Then I spent another six or
seven hours finishing it off,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23

now regards the Government
employe problem as about the
same as those arising among en-
ployes of any big employer.
The number of attachments
had increased this year.
Through November Is the num-
Der amounted to $500.
In this area the number OF
cases of delinquency disposed of
is running ahead of the number
of new cases But, as one Of
fetal remarked, the tax delin-
quency problem is like a river
AS soon as one section flows by
you there is another section in
front of you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23

DdCk dI Jlle beginning OF 1900
the total stood at $500. A year
later it had been cut to AZ. 400.
An Internal Revenue Service
official said efforts are made to
get the person who owes back
income taxes to pay up promptly
without taking drastic action. If
the taxpayer will come in and
submit a plan to pay off his tax
obligation over short period he
probably will find the revenue
service cooperative.
More Drastic Action
"But we are not in the install.
ment business here" the officia
said. If the taxpayer falls be.
hind, then he is called on to pay
the whole amount"
The more drastic action in.
cludes attaching the delinquent.
salary and bank account. Or the
Government may levy on hi:
automobile, household goods OF
other property. Some taxpayers
faced with the loss of their auto
mobiles pay their back taxes
surprisingly promptly.
In 1855 the Government re-
sorted to attachments in 23,80C
cases affecting delinquent tax
payers in the District and Mont
gcmery and Prince George
Counties in Maryland. That wa:
the first year salaries of Govern
ment employees could be attached
to meet income taxes owed.
Compared to River
With the initial backlog OF
cases affecting Government en-
ployes worked off, the District
income tax Office has quit keep
ing a separate tabulation. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Fleet to Visit Lisbon

NORFOLK. Va. Nov. % H1.
Admiral Jersuld Wright, At
lantlc Fleet commander. an
nounced yesterday that 4 Navy
task force which includes ths
carrier Forrestal viii visit Las
bon. Portugal. In the period NO
vembeF 1870.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
The
Rambler
Scots Sporting
About Sporruns
By JACK JONAS

AS far as we know, DR..
James F. Murphy is the only
sporran maker this side of
Glasgow.
Indeed, we'd be willing to
wager a small sum that he's
the only Sporran maker of
Irish descent this side of the
tight little isle, and probably
in the world.
That fact-not that he's
Irish, but that he makes spor-
rans-makes him exceedingly
sought after at this time of
year, what with the st. An
dreW'S Society tartan ball
coming up a week from to-
morrow at the Shoreham.
The sporran, as anybody
who has looked it up knows,
is a fancy purse worn by Scots
with their kits. This is not
an affectation, but a neceS-
sity. kits, it seems, have no
pockets, and there has to be
some place to carry the key
ring, or even money.
DR.. Murphy, who lives and
works as a chiropractor in
Silver Spring, m axes two
kinds of sporrans - formal
and informal. It's a hobby. 1t
developed from another hobby
working with leather-he
picked up while he was in a
Navy hospital recovering from
what he describes as "a beau
tiful case of ulcers"
Although DR.. Murphy's IA
ther came from the north of
Ireland, and his mother from
the south of Ireland, he comes
by his Scottish background
honestly.
my great great grand :
mother" he points out, was
an Andrew"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Cold Weather
Expected Here
For FiveDdys
ForecusteFs See
Chance Of Snow
In Part of Area


to escape to the deep South for
a couple of days will return to
the coolest weather of the sea-
son. 1t got down to 81 last night,
and the prospects are for tenn
peratures 8 to 10 degrees below
normal the next five days.
Some light snow is likely in the
area this evening and tonight,
with a bit heavier fall expected
to the south and southeast, the
Weather Bureau said.
Normal temperatures for this
period are a high of So and a low
of SO degrees.
Heavy travel marked the re-
turn of holiday folk last night.
There was no four day holiday
for Government workers, such as
lis expected for Christmas. but
some used annual leave to piece
together a long week end.
Stores Prepared
Speaking of Christmas, the
|city's stores. glittering with dec
Iorations of the season, gave
evidence that with one holiday
behind, shoppers now will go all
out preparing for the biggest of
them all.
Metropolitan police, recalling
the surge of shoppers the day
after last Thanksgiving, were not
caught short in today's rush,
which Capt. John B. Layton
said was equal to last years.
Fifty-nine extra policemen, de-
tailed from the Police Training
School, handled heavy down
town traffic. Nineteen were
assigned at 10 am. and 40 more
lat / pm.
President Eisenhower was back
on the job after he and Mrs.
Eisenhower spent Thanksgiving
with their son, Maj. John Eisen-
hover and his family at Fort
BelVoir.
Attend Church
Before their turkey dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Eisenhower went
to National Presbyterian Church
and heard the Rev. Edward l..
r. ElSon recount the story of
the first Thanksgiving and the
Pilgrims bid for freedom.
Abiding to the crushing of
Hungary by Russia. he added,
1.-THE light Of freedom, as we
have seen in recent weeks. can
not be eXtinguished by propa-
|ganda or repression, by tyranny
or tanks"
A number of Supreme Court
justices, Senators, Representa-
tives, cabinet members and
Latin-American diplomats were
among the 1900 who attended
the 47th annual Pan American
Mass at st. Patrick'S Catholic
Church.
CicOgnani PreSides
The Most Rev. Amleto G.
Cicognani, apostolic delegate to
the United States, presided at
the mass. which was celebrated
by the Most Rev. Patrick A..
O'Royle, Archbishop of Wash
ington.
In his sermon, the Most Rev.
Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of
Raleigh, N. c.. said American
should pray that in
spite of tremendous dangers
which surround us we will be
preserved in goodness and truth
to bring the whole world back
to God"
For SO children from Is coun-
tries, Thanksgiving Day cli-
NAKED a two-week tour Of the
United States. They we're win
ners Of national competitions in
Europe, South America, Australia
and New Zealand.
The happy teen-agers. thrilled
by visits from New York to Los
Angeles, topped of the tour with
a turkey dinner at the Agricul-
tural Research Station. Belts
vile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Tax Delinquent Roll Cut
3 400 in Month Here
Internal Revenue Reody to Cooperate
With Many Seeking to Settle Levies
By FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS

The number of District residents delinquent in paying thei
Federal income taxes being whitfield the result
Uncle Sans determination to collect from those who let
tax obligations ride.
At the end of october the Inventory of delinquent
counts toaled $780, This reduction of 3400
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
Rambling

Capital Airlines has Just
paid of a refund on a Is
year-old ticket for passage
from Washington 10 Pitts
burg. That was in the days
when Capital was Pennsyl-
vania Central Airlines. The
Detroit businessman who
claimed the refund said he'd
Just found the old unused
ticket stuck away in his per-
sonal files at the Office.
A couple was inspecting a
travel agents display on Con-
necticut avenue. and the
woman was saying to the
man: II were a travel
agent, l don't think I'd be
advertising Mediterranean
cruises right now" ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The international Hotel
Association winds up lis
flve-day meeting at various
hotels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23

SINCE SPORRANS are not
a big item in the United
States, DR.. Murphy spends a
lot Of time looking for mate
rial.
In New York recently for
the Robert Burns 200th ami
verSary dinner, he dropped
into a leather goods store and
bought a black and white
calfSkin which eventually will
reappear as two formal spor-
rams.
The frames are the hardest
things TO come by.
Il couldn't find any sup
plier here" he says, 80 /
wrote to a firm in Scotland,
asking them to send me two
inexpensive frames and a
dozen silver balls for the
decorations.
Il got a shock yesterday
when l got the bill-$28. The
frames themselves are $13
each"
DR.. Murphy thinks he'll go
back to using old frames from
antique purses-if he can find
them.
He's hoping, meantime, that
the frames arrive from Scot
land in time for him to make
himself a new formal sporran
for the tartan ball.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-09-20
Happy
Birthday!

Monday, Sept. IL
Edith Craig, August Friday
(75), Nancy Cooper.
Tuesday, Sept. 18
Irene Cutler.
Wednesday, Sept. 19
Wilton VanDyne (89), Leslie
Harmon.
Thursday, September 20
Peggy Ramsey.
Friday, Sept. 21
Bertha Bridgman, Ina Bates,
Jean Lawrence, Christy Parrish
Saturday, Sept. %
Goldie Snyder, Ernmet Carter.
Sunday, Sept. 20
Amy Johnson, Janice DeVolld,
Vera Oaks.
Monday, Sept. "a
Ruth Ann Brown, Rose Mary
Kusnerak, Mrs. Tom Clark.
Wednesday, Sept. 26
Eliza Merritt (83), Dean Jen-
nings, Mary Quick, Johnny Hill.
Friday, Sept. 28
Shirley Mae VanDyne, Icel
Rutherford, Veronica Fox.
Saturday, Sept. %
Willard Polling, Lucien Young
Sr., William Lahue, Dorothy
Schafers Riski.
Sunday, Sept. 80
A. w. King (90).
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-09-20

Sunday guests of MIR. and Mrs.
r. d. Hockenberry of Cambridge
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Nc
Wicker of GAINESVILLE, Mrs. Don
Larsen and daughter, Carolyn of
New York City.
Mrs. Eleanor Harper returned
20 her home in Wooster Tuesday
after visiting for several days
with former friends and rela-
tives in Caldwell. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. Sara Young,
who will visit for a few days
there
Mrs. Don Larsen and daugh-
ter, Carolyn, of New York City,
are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward McVicker of Sum
merfield.
Mrs. w. S. Camden, Mrs.
Glenna Hayes, Mrs. Mack John
son, Geneva and Sheryl Johnson
visited the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. Allan Archer of Canton.