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c. Kronenbitter,
OF Silver Sprino

Christian Kronenhitter. 81,
of 90l3 Sudbury road, Silver
Spring. Md. proprietor OF
Chris Ignition Service" in
Silver Spring. died Friday in
the Washington Sanitarium
and Hospital.
Mr.. Kronenbitter came here
many years ago from his native
Germany. He was a member of
Arminius Lodge No. 25. FAAM,
and treasurer of the Concord
Club Of Washington.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow in the Warner E.
Humphrey funeral home, 8434
Georgia avenue. Silver Spring
Burial will be in Prospect Hill
Cemetery.
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Navy Cross for his work 1t the
Naval Gun Factory here during
World War / on the develop
lnent Of heavy naval guns. He
was supervisor Of the Port Of
New York when he first retired
in 1899. He then came to The
Star as director OF personnel
until he returned TO active
duty during World War II.
Mrs. Delano was q member
Of the Chevy Chase and Army
and Navy Clubs.
Funeral arrangements have
not been completed because a
son. Comdr. Victor Delano OF
Virginia Beach. Va, Is at sea
with the Second Fleet.
Mrs. Delano will be buried
in Arlington Cemetery.
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street NV. Mr.. Drissel is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Carl Goad. Culpeper. Va. and
Mrs. Howard Ellis Of Norfolk.
Va; two sisters. Mrs. George
Waltz, 613 Nicholson street
NV, and Mrs. John Lewis,
1880 Mayfield drive, Bethesda,
and two brothers, w. Lyman
Drissel, 4408 New Hampshire
avenue NV, and 1t. Col. VIC
tor H. Drissel. stationed with
the Army Judge Advocate Gen.
erals Office in Tokyo.
Funeral services will be at
IL am. Thursday In the Deal
funeral home, 1912 Georgia
avenue NV. Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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cAEsAR H.. The family
nsiSSSers y and frIe aSssHi ior sHs SoW.
ers, teleeRAnas. eards use Of cars and
other expressions Of kindness and
eympathy during the Ions Illness and
pAssing Of our loved one.
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DEATHS
In Airuturiant
Announcement si
servteea ~ Chambers

BROWN. JOHN A. In loving memory
Of my dear husband, JOHN A.
BROWN. who departed this life six
years aaO today, October 10. 1901.
In memory'S lovely gArden.
Where remembered Joys bloom fair
Your memory dear husband
Is the hriahtest blossom there.
And when my call to follow comes.
Where YOU have gone before,
l hope 10 see YOU waiting
To meet me OF Heavens door.
LOVING WIFE, CARRIE
brown, MARY n. In loving mem
DRY OF our dear friend, MARY H.
BROWN, who passed away two years
ago today, October rs, l0bh.
YOUR FRIENDS. ELIZABETH FOS-
TER AND DAUGHTER
BROWN, MARY d. A tribute OF love
and devotion TO the memory OF our
beloved treasurer, MARY y, BROWN,
who departed this We two years
aeo today, October ~, 1888,
This day We pause In reverence,
And We say q silent prayer,
Asking, God 70 keep her ever,
In His loving, tender care
slssp. 9lssp. dear Mary, take your
way out on yondsr shore
Wen ioin you when our day Is
And pSrtinG shall be no more.
Sadly missed BY
THE PASTOR, OEFICERS AND MEM.
BERs OF NEW, MOUNT ZION
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Anurutnu

MARKs. MIRIAM HELLER. There viii
memory Of the late MIRIAM HELLER
MARKS. beloved wife Of HI Sidney
NaEes, mother q To9in aHd RICHARD
81 baFnabas I'd. Sc on sunday,
October 20. 1857. at pm. ReiA-
tives and lends are invited.
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In Mrinuriant

BROWN. NARY n. In loving memory
Of our dear aunt. MRS NARY n
BROWN, who passed away two years
ago. october Is, 1885.
Time has swiftly passed away,
But still We DO not forget
For In the hearts that loved you
Your memory linEcrS yet
We miss the light and always will;
your vacant place there's none
Down here We mourn. but not in vain.
FoF up in Heaven we'll meet again
NARY AND GEORGE WOOD OF
COLI. DORlSMAE. In loving memory
Of my daushter. DoRfsMAE COLE.
who passed away one year ago. Octo-
Der Is. 1888.
One year ago. October Is. 1855.
you went away and left me. Doris
May God help me to be as kind and
thoushttul Of those less fortunate,
LOVINGLY. MOTHER
COLEMAN. NANNIE FLETCHER. In
LOVING memory Of . dear wife ana
mother, MAMIE FLETCHER COLE
Man. who passed away twsnty.tyo
God saw the road was SETTING rough
And the hills we're hard 70. climb
And whispered. Peace be thine &"
FLoRENcE:. WESLEY AND EARLE
JEFFERS0N. MARY Z. A tribute OF
devotion TO the memory OF our mother
SON. who passed away I'VE years ago
today. october is, 1852
When things so wrong. as they often
Our thoushts always go hack to you.
Remembering your smiles and our
God sives US faith in many ways
30 until our hfs in this world is
We Will always keep Ca remembering
DEVOTED DAUGHTERS. MAupE
yEFFERsON AND ALYcR EWINo,
AND GRANDDAUGHTER. RUBY
KLINE, DAVID q, In loving memory
o. my devoted husband, DAVID B.
KLINE who passed away one year
A precious one from me hes gone,
A voice love is stilled.
A place IL vacant in my heart
Which can never be filled
! have lost my souls companion,
a life linked with my own.
And day by day I miss you more
IS I walk throueh life alone.
Ny heart still aches with sadness,
Ny eyes shed many tears.
Only God knows how much miss you
~ the end OF this Ions year.
LOVING WIPE MADELINE
NEwGENT, VIRGINIA LUCILLE. In
memory OF our devoted wife and
mother, VIRGINIA LUCILLE NEW
CENT who passed away so sud
denly four years ago today. oeto-
IN. ,.... -. -. -. ....... ......
But this they wipe out never
The memory Of those happy days
When We were together.
We think Of her In silence,
Her name We Oft recall
But there's nothinu left TO answer
But her picture on the wall
just when liie was brlshtes,.
GOD called her from among US
HER DEYoTED HUSBAND AND
GHHdIk pRNEsNw 2XS2NHfE < XVI SE MSsN1Sl
oUNbLiNd
NEwGENT, VIRGINIA LUCILLE. In
loving memory 10 our mother, V1R-
GINA LUCILLE NEWGENT. who
passed away four years ago today,
October rs, 1888,
Loving MEMORIES never die
As wears roll on and days pass by,
Deep In our hearts
memory is kept
OF the mother we loved
Ana can never forget.
MARGIE AND RAY GUNDLlNG,
TAYLOR, MAGGIE 1, In loving mem
nrv Of my dear wife, MAGGIE l..
TAYLOR, who died forty-two years
ago today, october Is, 1918.
Gone. but not forgotten.
am trying hard TO carry on,
As you would have me do,
Hoping TO have YOU clasp my hand
When my work on earth Is through
DEVOTED HUSBAND, p. r. TAYLOR
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With Regard to a
Card of Thonks

Ven elssa . esFd d sAsaks 10
The Slss meela . need which con
haFdly b solved In anY osAsI voy.
Not enls b u . eraeious expression
81 gratitude 10 those vhe hsve sent
tleFol tributes but olse eourtsously
eekhevlsdsss the services end kind
aessss Of the many 10 whom . per.
ienal note Of tAaaks comet cell b
mailed o. whose aames and 3D.
dresses ore not known insertion o.
. eaN Of tAeaks may Be eseaaed
hY tslsphoas 70 The SssL ST,
5000.
The Evening end suaasy ssus
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dsy, oetossf q. i hsHsCY RooS RI ROE ROE
zoe phIssEL beloved father Of
Ms So si Ems 0s q HOrGioSHip' epvf s v soI
Of Roger s. and 8. Mabel DriSeei.
brother Of Mrs. Kathryn Waltz. Mrs.
Bernice Lewis, W. Lyman. II. Col.
Homer DFissel. He also ia sur
from the W ". Deal funeral Home
4bl2 Georgia ave. NV on Thurs
DAY, October u, a. II am. Inter-
ment Cedar Hill Cemetery. ia
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COLEMAN. NANNlE FLETCHER. 10
loving memory Of . dear wife ana
mother, MAMIE FLETcHER COLE
MAN. who passed away twenty-tVo
years ago today. October IS. 1888.
God saw the road was setting rough
And the hills were hard 10 climb
so He closed your weary eyeiids
And whispered. Peace be thine Z"
FLORENCE: WESLEY AND EARLE
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ROBERTA. on Monday.
H Ss%Sfi.l Hos lsS ossHEsRrA AS hs.
KNIGHT OF 23f 18th st, Sc. be-
loved mother 81 MIRA. Juanita batch
vastie and Ernest MeKnight. sister
OF Mrs. DeelVeF Davis and Mrs. Lula
Higglnn. she also u survived by
six grandchildren, other relatives and
nay 1ssHS g viewed va ne Stewart nf PnRsTa
Home, 80 II d, ne, after pm,
wednesday, October i6 Funeral on
Thursday, October IA. from the Mount
HoPeb Baptist Church. 2i7 10Th
q. ne. 81 ! On. Interment Louis
ours. n. c. 10
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KRQNENBITTER

iSs7. a, the H wssS f; os sssi,sr,um m
ana HOSPITAL. CHRISTIAN (cHRial
KRONENBITTHR Of 0Ol3 Sudbury
I'd. Silver Spring. Ma, beloved hus-
band o. Emily Kronenbitter and
father q Mrs q Ray Thompson. MrS.
Jennings. ~. Mr.. Kronenhitter rests
q the Warner Z. Humphrey Funeral
Home. si34 Georgia ave, Silver
Sprina, Nd, where services will be
held on Wednesday, October 10 At 2
m. tpark.ng faeilitiesi. Interment
Prospect Hill Cemetery, is
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ghsri u tscf SEA ave, Rsmons sS
Ms.fp 0Hs sSSn, i Io,. ss; I, yis 2;
A. Painter and Mary W. Agse. daugh.
ter o. Dora GallagheF slater Of Willie
Gallasher, Margaret Mills and
Frances q sase Prayers At Cham
esTs Elnersl Home. ssOl Cleveland
October 10 ~ 1880 . m. Mass It
81, Bernard's Church. East Riverdale
Nd. at II am. Intsrment Port Lin
~oln Cemetery. is
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Housing Study
Urged for DC.

The District Commissioners
today personally were urged to
conduct a thorough investi-
CATION of the housing situa-
ton here before giving their
approval to any further public
housing projects.
The request came from off,
Gals Of the Home Builders As
ISOLATION of Metropolitan
Washington. The group. lead
by Ernest Henry. was follow
ing UP a letter addressed to
the city heads last week.
Among other things they
want the city TO do is TO ar
range for a prompt and
thorough overhaul" Of the Ma
tional Capital Housing Au-
thortty, which administers the
public housing program here.
Mr.. Henry charged that the
public housing program is
marked by excessive manage
ment fees. large Federal sub
sides and substantial local tax
contributions which combined
fail to provide corresponding
rent assistance to the most
needy.
They were particularly EN-
phatic in asking the city heads
to block the proposed public
housing project in the Morton
street Northwest area. as well
as the proposed acquisition by
NCHA Of a privately owned
apartment house at Twenty
third Az Congress streets Sc.
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Three in a family of eight,
the girls live with their mother
in two rooms. Their father Is
in Jail for non-support. and
their mother currently is de-
pending on what she can earn
from domestic day work and
money brought home by two
of her boys from odd Jobs.
Clothes for the children have
been provided by the neighbour
hood house. and workers there
also have seen to it that they
go to a daily outdoor session
in a park nearby. where they
get. at least. a good lunch.
The workers believe that
these lunches and a two-week
session at camp each year with
its three square meals a day
are what keep the children
going.
Mrs. Jones finds time to be
a good citizen. She is active
in the mothers club at the
negihborhood house and has
often helped in drives for
worthy causes.
The girls are good students
and good helpers at home. But
there is not enough milk TO go
around and never enough to
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Suburban Drift
OF Jobs Shown

Employment in the WASH
ington area showed gains last
month, and also showed a con-
tinued shift of employment
toward the suburbs.
June employment increased
slightly over May. and showed
a larger increase over the June.
1856. figure, according to Fred
q. Hetzel, director of the United
States Employment Service for
the District. He estimated the
number OF employed in June at
CSC. 900, against $685. 800 in May.
and 652,l00 in June of last
year.
OF the shifting pattern Of
employment in the area Mr..
Hetzel said.
THE Federal Government
and construction usually pro-
vide Jobs for about one out Of
every three workers in the area.
These activitise have often re-
ported lower monthly employ
ment totals in 1857 than in
1856.
Expanding industries such
as retail trade and service have
been largely responsible for
the area employment total re-
naming higher than last year.
These jobs are frequently in
the suburbs"
Federal Government employ
ment totaled 23i,700 in June.
which was 400 under the May
figure and 1000 less than the
totalpor June Of last year.
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for hay and the rest in pasture.
He has more than 200 head
Of stock, with 100 Angus beef
cattle and 100 dairy COWS,
GuernseyS and HolSteins.
Mr.. Walkers grandfather
bought the farm in 1865. His
father used to raise horses and
went into the dairy business
in 1918.
We've been dairying since, a"
says Mr.. Walker. But we
should be out of it. Milk was
cheaper last month-40 cents a
gallon-than any year I re-
member since 1888" His herd,
which should be producing 1870
gallons day. has fallen of to
100 gallons.
And those 100 gallons are ex-
pensive. With the pasture lands
parched. he has to feed the
cows winter hay out of his
barn. 2Even then. on a day
like this. they'll stand in the
shade and not eat" he SAYS.
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Mrs. Lois Hammond, d.
vorced wife Of one of the men
under arrest, said she was I'M
aware until after the arrests
that Mr.. HouchinS was an I'M
willing guest in her home. She
prepared breakfast for him and
gave him a clean shirt. she said.
Hammond and another man
later drove the sailor to the
st. Louis airport and waited
with him IS minutes until
money for the plane ticket ar
rived, Mr.. Houchins said. He
added that Hammond forced
him TO sign over title to the
car to Mrs. Hammond.
THE whole thing just doesn't
make sense" authorities quoted
Mr.. Houchins.
The Navy here said he has
been at Anacostia since June
of last year and has been in
the Navy eight years.
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The alfalfa, which should be
cut four times a year. will not
produce the 200 tons Of hay he
must have to feed his stock
during the winter.
The first cutting of alfalfa in
mid-May was a very good" 70
tons. The second cutting, about
June 20, yielded so tons, still
good" But the third cutting,
due August 10, which should
give 35 to 40 tons, will yield
nothing. Without a lot of rain.
there may be no fourth cutting
at all.
$40 a Ton to Buy
And hay costs $40 a ton, If
Mr.. Walker has to buy it. A
harmful. 200 tons, would cost
more than $4,000.
The early tobacco looks to
the untutored eye like a good,
healthy stand of green plants.
But it is in bad shape. Planted
before June /. it is already
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BY HARRY BACAS

This looks like q Hurricane
Year" for Desmond Walker.
Mr.. Walker, Prince Georges
County farmer, is watching his
livelihood wither day by day
under the scorching drought.
Last January was the first
year haven't paid income tax
m Is years." Mr.. Walker said
today. THE hurricane DAM
aged the 1855 tobacco crop so
badly that, when / sold it in
1856. / lost money.
There's been no hurricane
this summer, but it's just as
bad. It looks like I won't be
paying any income tax next
January"
Like other Washington area
farmers. Mr.. Walker has seen
his crops Stunted, his tobacco
toughened and coarsened, his
cows fall off in milk production
and his next winters hay come
out of the barn in July.
Desmond is career farmer,
with 472 acres of good land
near Mitchellville in Prince
Georges County, Md. His blue,
laugh crinkled eyes are serious
when he says. II still wouldn't
trade this for any other job
in the world"
Creeks Go Dry
But it hurts to see an alfalfa
field which he cut four weeks
ago and should be cutting again
on August 10 showing nothing
but stubble, IL tons of four
week-old fertilizer still lying in
dry pellets on the ground.
All but one of the branches
on his land have gone dry IN
the last month. Catfish Pond
should have three feet of water
in it and it is like a bone.
"I've never seen that pond
dry in July before" he says.
Were pumping water from the
wells for one half the stock
now"
One of his fields. a perma-
nent pasture that hasn't been
plowed in 38 years. should be
green with blue grass and white
clover. Il havn't seen it so
brown in all my life" Mr..
Walker says. When the cattle
walk across it, dust rises.
Most Southern Maryland
farmers grow tobacco. Mr..
Walker also has corn, beef cat
tie and a dairy herd.
OF his 472 rolling acres, so
acres are in alfalfa, 33 in to-
bacco. so in corn. Is in mixed
clover, orchard grass and alfalfa
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HEAT AND RAIN
District Street Scenes
As Mercury Drops

Pennsylvania. Business was
good last month";" he says,
Now it's lousy. Too hot, 1
guess. The boys stay home
or go TO the beach,"
Pvt. George Baker Of the
first precinct is directing
traffic in front Of the Dis
trict Building. "In the heat,
they Just get meaner," he
says. A driver tries 70 90 on
the wrong side Of a trafiic
island. Pvt. Baker blows his
whistle. "See what / mean?"
he says, "They don't pay
attention either"
NN
Postman James Smith from
the Ben Franklin Station
crosses Seventeenth street above
the Corcoran Gallery of Art
He has no raincoat and the
rain drops begin to fall. "That'i
all right" he says. You TAKE
the heat, I'll take the rain"
Willie Allen. helper on ar
American Ice Co. truck. wipe:
his brow at Seventeenth anc
Pennsylvania avenue. Bus
iness is great" he says. Too
great" He worked IA hour:
yesterday.
Now a brisk wind has spruns
up. Newsies pull their bundle.
under a drugstore awning anc
started weighing the flutterln,
papers.
ThA rain is heavier.
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6 Accused Of Kidnapping
DC. Airmon in Own Car

kldnap charges were filed by
the FBI in st. Louis today after
an AnacoStia naval airman re-
ported he was abducted in his
Cadillac convertible here Sat-
urday night by six persons.
The six, two of them women.
were arrested yesterday in the
st. Louis area.
Richard E. Houchins, IS. a
technician second class at the
Anacostia Naval Air Station
here and son of a Petersburg,
Va, magistrate, was released in
st. Louis yesterday. He called
police from the Municipal Air
port there to tell his story.
He said he knew of no reason
for the abduction except that
one of the four men told him
we're sorry it had TO be you.
but we had to have a car 20 get
out of Washington"
Threatened With Death
He was unframed, he said,
but was threatened with death
at one point until another
member Of the group interviewed
for him.
Police listed the six charged
as:
Burgis Michael Duncan. 81,
Anderson. Ind; Louis Joseph
Holguin, 81, Turtle Greek, Pa:
Claude Hammons, %. Baugh-
man, KY; James Henry Ham
mond. 80, of Edwardsville, ILL.,,
described as AWOL sailors. and
Mary Esther Itri, alias Robin
son. 81. and Ruth Jean Nc
CURE, 81. both of Boston.
Hammond was arrested at
the home of his divorced wife in
Edwardsville. The other five
we're taken in an Alton. ILL.,,
hotel. The car was recovered.
Mr.. Houchins told police and
the FBI he was returning to
the air station about IL pm.
Saturday and had stopped at
a sandwich shop.
Other Men Armed
AS he returned to his car. he
reported, 'balding man about
40" approached him, showed a
gun and ordered him back into
the car.
He said two other armed men
Joined the balding gunman and
forced him to get down on the
floor of the car under a coat.
They were Joined shortly by a
fourth man and two women
after riding around the District
for a time.
AS they drove across coun-
try, police quoted Mr.. Houch-
ms, the men forced him to lie
on the floor of the car when
they drove through populated
places.
At one point. he said, they
marched him into the wood
along a river near Winchester,
Va. and told him he would be
shot because they had a long
way to go and wanted to get
rid of him" One man pre-
vailed on the others not to
shoot him, he told Detective
Ed Hanneken. of st. Louis
county police.
He reported they arrived in
the st. Louis area early yes
terday. where five of them got
out of the car and that Ham
mond then drove him to Ed
wardSville.
PhOned Father
There, he said he was permit
ted to telephone his father.
Magistrate Ben Houchins, in
Petersburg, to wire money for
a return trim nv t1lano
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Prince Georges Farm Profits Wither
In Unprecedented Searching Drought

maturing and making seed.
Its leaves are short and thick
suitable for cigar filters but not
for cigarettes. Even if it rains,
the tobacco crop will be cut in
half.
Later-planted tobacco still
has a chance of bearing a good
crop-but only if it rains soon.
Two Sons on Farm
Perhaps per cent of the
Southern Maryland tobacco
farms are irrigated. They are
doing fine. The other 95 per
cent are in danger of almost
total loss. Like many another
farmer, Mr.. Walker says. I'D
irrigate if could, but I hardly
have enough water here to
water my stock"
Two of Mr.. Walkers older
children are married and live
elsewhere. Two sons, Aubrey,
20, and Edward. Is, work on
the farm. Aubrey is studying
agriculture at the University of
Maryland.
Even with the boys help, Mr..
Walker has to employ six reg
ular men. He gives them each
a house and pays them by the
month. Labor costs him $l4,-
900 a year. With other costs.
it brings his annual overhead
to $4,000.
And that's money you have
to pay whether you make a
nickel or not" he says.
The corn is pretty tall and
beginning to tassel. but its so
shrivelled it looks like sorg-
hum" says Mr.. Walkers son
Aubrey. Later corn, planted for
sllage. is Spotty and in grave
danger.
Garden Suffers
Even Mrs. Walkers vegetable
garden is hit. sShe generally
plants a corn patch and to-
matoeS for the freezer. This
year she hasn't planted be-
cause the ground is too hard
to plow" Her favorite black
berries are suffering, too.
Mr.. Walker loves farming
Even as a boy. when he rode a
horse Z miles ever day, winter
and summer, to catch the
old Washington, Baltimore
81 Annapolis Electric Railway
for Washington to attend Tech
High School. he knew he
wanted to farm.
And he has faith. Its always
rained.' he SAYS.
But he is beginning to wish
this summers dry Hurricane"
would soon blow over.
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Fuirfux to Discuss
School Space Plans

The Fairfax School Board will
meet August 5 to discuss plans
for providing space for an over
flow high school enrolment ex-
pected next Fall.
The meeting will be at 8 pm.
in the school board Office at the
courthouse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-23

GEMUTLICHKEIT? That
prevailed when everyone had
eaten and the StalwartS of
the string orchestra from
the Roma Restaurant Strolled
under the tall trees playing
Tales From Vienna Woods"
There were other sounds.
Something sounding like a
hurdy gurdy was playing at
a distance. Diesel trains of
the Bro were occasionally
going by. There were the
yelpS of joyful kids and the
babble of several hundred
happy people all talking at
the same time.
Then there was a roaring
sound over the trees. 1t was
an eggbeater, a whirly-bird,
a helicopter. 1t circled sew
eral times, came down and
out stepped Johnny Simpson,
the very successful restau-
rant salesman of the Wake
field Dairy. He had paid $l45
for this very impressive taxi
ride from Washington.
The party went on with
profligate parents buying
their children helicopter
rides at $ll for two and
sensible parents trying to
satisfy their offspring with
pony rides at IS cents.
An old-fashioned piano.
ramic photo was taken OF
the VlPs. A delinquent louSed
1t up by mugging the camera
at the left, then racing
around behind everyone and
appearing again at the right.
1t turned out to be Johnny
Simpson.
The Rambler was quite
surprised to learn over the
radio the next morning that
he had survived l0l degrees
in the shade. He hadn't
noticed it.