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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-07
FAMOUS FABLES

MOVIES: In 1918. the late
Jean Hersholt arrived in Holly
wood to break into the movies.
He came armed with a port
folio filled with press clippings
and letters Of praise from Eu-
ropean directors. attesting to
his histrionic ability.
Hollywood. then in its in
fancy. was making silent pic
lures. Most Of the companies
operated on a shoestring. with
few props or costumes.
HerSholt set out for the stu
dios. He was dressed In the
traditional attire Of European
actors - striped trousers. cut
away and derby.
He walked into the first stu
do and presented himself 70
the casting director. He opened
the portfolio and reached for
the clippings. but the director
stopped him.
Are these your clothes?"
ne gasped.
"Of course" said Hersholt,
20 K" said the director.
You're hired"
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Archbishop
Need of
Schools

Washington area parochial
schools must be prepared for
the impact Of $1,000 pre-
school children on the Cath
Ollie education system here, the
Most Rev. Patrick OBoyle.
Archbishop of Washington.
warned yesterday.
In an informal report to the
First Friday Club in the Ma
tional Press Club. Bishop
O'Boyle said, I'VE must estab-
lish schools in almost every
parish and lay people will
have to help"
He said that the parochial
school population has increased
from 22.762 in 1913 to 46.86s
at present. During this time.
the Archbishop went on. 26l
new buildings have ben erected
in the Washington area.
To accommodate the 2S2, 900
persons Of Catholic faith in the
District and its environs. %
new parishes have been estab-
lished in the last decade. five
since last March. he said.
In addition to these parishes.
the archbishop said. IA new
parish sites already have been
purchased.
Bishop O'Boyle praised Ahe
lay teachers of religion in the
Washington area. and said that
sos more are in training TO
supplement formal religious
training here. He said that in
this task. Catholics were APP
preaching the work OF early
members Of the Christian
church.
Always remember" he added,
that the lay people are
the bridge between the Church
and the world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-07
By LUCRECE u. BEALE

on his back and he turned TO
Mr.. Maxim and asked. What
shall I lift now?"
Mr.. Maxim looked frantically
around. There was nothing left
for Richard to lift. Mr.. Maxim
had a desperate idea. Lift
mel" he gasped.
Richard reached out and
picked up Mr.. Maxim and put
him on his shoulder.
The crowd stood and cheered
"Hooray! Hooray for the
Strongest Boy In the World"
Then a strange thing hap
pened. A rooster escaped from
a clown act and came squawk-
ing into the ring. He new al
Richard and pecked at his legs.
Richard looked down in horror
He had never seen a rooster in
his life. To him 1t was q baby
dragon.
"Helpl" he screamed.
He began TO run round and
round the ring carrying the ton
Of weights on his shoulders and
Mr.. Maxim on his head. The
rooster followed squawking and
pecking at his heels while the
crowd roared with laughter.
He Dumped Mr.. Maxim
Suddenly Richard dumped
Mr.. Maxim and the weights
from his back and clambered
under the seats and out Of the
tent. He never would have
stopped running II Mr.. Maxim
had not raced after him and
caught him on the edge OF the
circus grounds.
Richard threw himself down.
He put his head in his arms and
sobbed.
Boy" said Mr.. Maxim,
what have you to cry about?
You're the best clown this cir
Gus has ever had. Why there's
never been anything so fuAny
as a Strong Boy pretending to
be afraid of a chicken!"
II wasn't pretending" sobbed
Richard. II was afraid. And
don't want to be a clown. ]
only want to get to the North
Pole to see Santa Claus"
The boy is daft. thought Mr.
Maxim, but we must keep him
with the show.
He said, The circus spend:
only one night in each town
and each day we'll be one day
closer to the North Pole. Stay
with us and we'll get you where
you want to 60"
Richard was ashamed &c
think of himself as a cowardly
clown but to be one was the
only way he knew to get tc
Santa Land. So. shivering un-
happily. he went back into the
tent for the second show.
Tomorrow: King Ignatz)
AP Neusfeatures
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The Strong Boy

That night the circus opened
in Mitzenpoo.
First there was the elephant
act. Then the trapeze artists.
Then the bareback riders.
Finally Mr.. Maxim came into
the ring. He wore white riding
pants and q tail coat. He car
ried a long black whip.
Ladies and gentlemenl" he
announced. II now present to
you the Strongest Boy in the
Worldl"
The band began to play and
all the children in the audi
ence cheered and the grownups
twisted in their seats to see.
But there was no Strong Boy
to be seen.
At the door Of the tent Prince
Richard cringed behind a seat.
Go on" cried the lion tanner.
They're waiting for youl"
Richard chung to the seat. II
don't dare"
'Of course you darel" said
the lion tanner giving Richard
a shove. You're the Strongest
Boy in the World"
Showed Into Ring
The shove sent Richard
SPRAYING into the tent. The
band stopped playing and peo-
pie stared at the boy in aston
ishment. Richard picked him.
self up and went slowly up 70
Mr.. Maxim.
What shall I do?" he qua
vered.
Pick up one Of those
weights" whispered Mr.. Maxim
pointing to a pile Of heavy
bars. See how heavy q one
you can lift"
Richard leaned over and
picked up a 100-pound bar. In
stead Of putting 1t down he laid
1t over his shoulder and picked
up a 200-pound bar. He added
this to the one on his shoulder
and reached for the 3o0-pound
bar.
While Mr.. Maxim and the
crowd looked on in stunned ST.
lence Richard added weight
after weight to his shoulders.
Finally he had all the weights
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Thermometer Versatile

CAMBRIDGE. Mass.-A re-
sistance thermometer being
made by q Cambridge firm for
measuring surface temperature
can be used in the presence Of
radio active fields. alcohol.
salts. and other substances
transducers ineffective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-07
CONTRACT
BRIDGE
BY EAsLEY BLACKwooD


Mr.. Champion gave today's
hand such a good play that
Mr.. New. the avid kibitzer,
thought he was being cheated.
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Opening lead: Four Of spades.
Against the three-no-trump
contract Mr.. New led the four
Of spades. Mr.. Masters put up
the king and the ace won. At
trick two Mr.. Champion led a
low diamond toward the board
and was pleased to see the
queen fall. He won with
dummy's king and led q dia-
mond back to his ace to make
sure Mr.. New hadn't pulled q
wrong card or something. Mr..
New discarded q small club.
Now. with the information
he had developed from the
first three tricks. Mr.. Cham
pion promptly led the queen
of clubs and went right up
with dummy's ace. telling the
lone king.
This play mystified Mr.. New.
"Wait a minute" he said suS-
piciously. How did you know
Masters had a lone king?"
Mr.. Champion thought it
was beneath him TO reply. but
Mr.. Masters explained it. He
didn't know I had the lone
king" he said. but he was
practically certain I had a lone
club and it might be the
king. He had to bring in more
than one club to make nine
tricks. He was willing to lose
q club trick to you. but not to
me. II I got the lead q spade
return would kill him"
Mr.. New thought q while. II
see that part of it." he said.
but how could he possibly tell
how many clubs you had?"
Here Mr.. Champion took
over.
when you led the four Of
spades. New" he explained, II
figured you had four cards In
that suit. The most common
lead against no-trump con-
tracts is the fourth highest
card from your longest suit.
The four of spades looked like
a fourth-highest lead, and
since ! could see the trey and
deuce on the board knew you
didn't have more than four.
Also you later showed UP with
q singleton diamond.
There is only one distribu-
ton where your longest suit Is
q four-carder and you also
have a singleton. That dis
tribution is 4-4-4-l. On this
reasoning you had four clubs,
and since there were five in
dummy and three in my hand,
Masters must have a singleton.
That's simple. isn't it?"
Mr.. New rubbed his head.
who wants to take my hand
after this RUBBER" he asked.
Il think III go back TO kibitz-
ing"
Distributed By MeHaught syndIeateJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-07

SYNOPSIS: Prince Richard. seeking
Santa Claus, Joins . circus traveiine
north. The circus bills him as the
Strongest Boy In the World.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-07
WORD GAME
Find "a or more words In
st RU GLE

meaning. Ito strive. labor"
Average is 30; time limit. rs
minutes.
Rules Of the same: Words must Be Of
acquire four letters By the addition Of
such as bats cars" are not
used 3. Only one form Of q word Is
used =. Proper names are not used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-07

dam. dart. dory. dray. drat. yarn
yerd. naro. notary, adorn. annoy.
anon aTty, airy. taYo, tarn. tardy.
torn, tory. toady, today. toad. tray,
Troy. trod. tvro. rayon, rant. road.
roam, rota. cary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

Ia New Orleans gambler; the Panhandle Pom
padour, sinuous, twisty strand that meanders
from the ears to a point slightly below each
nostril; and last (but far from least) the Ear
bender, sideburns so bushy that the actor finds
it difficult to hear his cue.
Louis Edelman, executive producer Of Bowie,
says the sideburn system of identification is
here to stay. Take my word for it, = he told
us recently. TN TV, the bad men will always
have plenty Of narrow escapes = but never
close shave" The End
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only slightly shorter than the Sante Fe Trail.
MIR. Forbes sideburns They're reaD are
exactly three and one-half inches long. Three
times week they are painstakingly clipped
and measured by Forbes barber, formerly
landscape artist. SCOTS foliage is known on
the set as the Bowie Gut"
The Spanish-moss, weeping-willow artificial
sideburns worn by the villain must be longer
and sloppier than the hero's. Among the styles
approved for crooks are: the Bayou Bob, a
narrow, mean strip Of highly pomaded hair, q
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Wolief chondoho

port. 1t will sound intermittently to warn
motorists Of road conditions when fog de-
elops. RS, Philadelphia
Churet-G oers How many governors of
the Is states have religious affiliations?
All except one. The count was Methodists
Is, Baptists 8, Episcopalians 7, PreSbyterians
s. Roman Catholics 5, Lutherans 4, Congre-
gationalists z, Jewish and Mormon each.
-F.P.E., SE6erH, NJ Y.
Dilemma What unusual difficulty con-
E0nfed the students who moved into Marquette
Universify's new So, SOC, 900 d0rmifOry?
They couldn't get out. Locks intended for a
mental institution had been installed on the
aluminium doors. = NED, New York
Expert Advice :. according TO DR.. Roma
Cans, reading specialist, which reading tools"
should always be available in claSvOOniS, ibr0r-
les and lounges TO encourage children 10 read?
Newspapers. -HS.B., Richmond, Va.
NOTE We will pay IS for question ond used this
column Questions bosed ond clipping Of
source occompony Address, Ton Henry TINS WEEK
as Lexington Avenue New York w. NY Unucceped contributions
eonnot be acknowledged or returned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

DoQdom :. What means of identification is
required of dogs accepted for life insurance by
the Animal Insurance Co. of America?
According to the president Of this company,
noseprints are as infallible for dog identified
ton as fingerprints for humans.
DIV, Phoenix
Building Up How much money have
American children on deposit in school savings
accounts!
Sl76,65O,OO0 with an average account Of
S36. A total Of 1900, 600 school children are
participating in the savings program.
LIS, Chicago
Cut Rate Why we're 100 University of
Detroit freshmen given $50 cuts in tuition fees?
To enable them to buy television sets for
study purposes. Under the university's pioneer
study-by-TV program the frosh will be offered
six half-hour courses daily.
Mrs DC, Cincinnati
Warning What safety devices have been
installed on the New Jersey Turnpike?
Electrically operated foghorns. The first one
is located between Elizabeth and Newark Air
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Continued From First Paee
Of fire on the ground in several
sections.
officials at both Andrews
Air Force Base and the Patux-
ent Naval Air Station denied,
after investigation, that any
OF their planes had caused a
sonic boom.
An Andrews spokesman said
that three F-86-L jet intercept
tors were flying in the area at
the time. but he said none of
them exceeded 345 miles per
hour well below sonic speeds
or climbed to an altitude at
which this type is capable of
breaking the sound barrier. He
said the pilots reports were
confirmed by the radar which
had them under observation at
all times.
The scare earlier in the day
was caused not by a poise but
by the sight Of a mushroom
shaped over Fort Beivoir.
Base officials said the train
ing device used to Great the
cloud at about 8 am. employed
only harmless explosives. A
large number OF Maryland and
Virginia residents called police
and newspapers TO report seeing
the deadly appearing cloud.
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1t. Sidney A. Wolfe of Miami.
Fla.
The young man was ques-
toned by Army officials at the
command post on the high
school grounds. He was later
taken to downtown Little Rock
police headquarters and after
wards was turned over TO the
Little Rock Air Force Base
nearby.
The young man was reported
en- route from Florida to the
Lakeland Air Force Base at San
Antonio. His automobile bore a
Texas license plate KX9621. The
car also carried temporary
plates from the Lakeland Air
Force Base at San Antonio.
An Army spokesman at the
school said the young man told
officers that he had been sent
up here TO find out what was
going on"
He was described as "crying
end shaking" when he was
taken TO police headquarters.
Officer Weeks said the young
man was carrying the revolver
in a holster at his belt and had
six extra rounds OF ammunition
in his pocket.
He offered no resistance when
taken into custody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-26
BY JOHN A. GILES

. The Army said today that
there are mo indications at
all" that Regular Army troops
will be pulled out of Little Rock
ANY time soon"
A spokesman made that
statement when asked about a
published report that the fed
eralized Arkansas National
Guard would take over duties
of the regular troops If things
work out smoothly. Ofncials
said they were unable to foresee
that possibility at present.
The report was occaSioned
by the fact that Mai. Gen.
Edwin A. Walker, commander
Of both the regular and Guard
forces in Arkansas, ordered a
Guard unit onto the grounds
of Little Rocks Central High
School to relieve temporarily
the paratroopers of the 101st
Airborne Division from duty
last night, the spokesman said.
"As far as we know now. the
regular troops viii be there for
some time to come" he said.
Gen. Walker plans to use the
Guardsmen to relieve his reg
ular force from time to time
II at all possible.
"When a decision is made to
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Tax Inquiry Continues
On NAACP Legal Fund

Xxx exempt status. and. If so,
how.
Also being studied, he said,
is the relationship between the
NAACP and the fund. and the
functions of each. He empha-
sized however. that the primary
investigation concerned the
fund.
The NAACP gained tax ex-
empt status as a social welfare
organization in 1925. The fund.
set up as a separate organiza-
ton, was granted the same sta
tus in 1910 as a charitable and
educational organization.
Aside from the tax exempt
status on property and any
earnings Of the organizations
themselves. those who contrib
ute to the fund may deduct the
amount of their contributions
when computing their income
taxes. Contributions to the
NAACP itself are not deduc-
tible because it is classed as a
social welfare. rather than a
charitable, organization.
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speciel dispatch 10 me Star

9NfNAHA AfANhHfNh ~ AAN 0NeA
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-The
country is overwhelmingly be-
hind President Eisenhower's
use Of Federal troops in Little
Rock, it was revealed by a
Trendex news poll conducted
last night on a Nationwide
basis.
Even in the South. one third
OF the persons interviewed who
had an opinion supported the
move. With the exception of
the South there were no sig
nificant differences by sections.
OF those with an opinion in
the country as a whole, rs per
cent favored Federal interven-
ton. with ISL per cent sup
porting it in the South and 87.7
in the balance of the country.
The question asked was do
you approve or dlSapprove OF
President Eisenhower sending
Federal troops to Little Rock?"
In the country as a whole.
68.4 per cent said yes, 2l.5 no
and 10.l per cent had no opin-
ion. The figures for the South
were 1919, 62.6 per cent and
3.5 per cent and for the bal
ance of the country IT'S, 1913
and III.
There were. however. indica-
tions of serious political roper
cussions on Mr.. Eisenhower and
his administration. People were
asked whether the sending OF
the troops had changed their
attitude toward the administra :
ton. Nationally, 19 out of 100
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|EorIy ArmyWithdrowoI
From Arkansas Denied

pull the regular troops out it
will be made by Secretary of
the Army Brucker after, of
course. a recommendation from
Gen. Walker"
The entire Army and Air
National Guard of Arkansas
nearly 10000 officers and en-
listed men-have been called
to active Federal duty by Secre-
tary Of Defense Wilson. They
are being paid full-time Army
wages by the Federal Govern
ment and any or all are avail
able to Gen. Walker. He has
called only the $3.50 Infantry
Regiment, which has a strength
of 1912 men. The unit relieved
the crack paratroopers during
a quiet night.
AS reported yesterday. the
primary reason for calling the
entire Arkansas Guard was to
tie the hands of Gov. Orval
Faubus. who previously had
used the Guard to prevent in
tegration at Central High,
This admission is made un-
officially at the Pentagon.
The Army would like even
tually to replace its Regular
troops at Little Rock either
with Guardsmen or police
However, it was emphasized
that such a move was not vel
in sight.
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Police Link Fight
In Philadelphia to
Little Rock Crisis

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 26 (4J.
Police Commissioner Thomas
j. Gibbons says he thinks street
gang fights in Philadelphia are
related to the indignation crisis
at Little Rock, Ark.
Calling the situation here
explosive" the commissioner
said developments at Little
Rock have given rise TO ru-
mors which fly from mouth to
mouth and get kids excited"
One such rumor. Mr.. Gibbons
said, was to the effect that sew
eral white boys had been shot
to death in South Philadelphia
gang outbreaks.
ITS rumors like that" he
said, that can trigger real
trouble"
Fifteen youths were arrested
in South Philadelphia Tuesday
when they ignored orders to
move on after police hac
broken up a crowd of white and
Negro pupils milling about a
high school. The crowd hac
assembled after false reports OF
a shooting in a nearby drug
store.
The arrests we're made near
the scene Of the beating of a
white girl by six Negro youths
in a schoolyard last Wednes-
day. The six have been held
for grand Jury action.
Mr.. Gibbons pleaded with
Philadelphisns TO keep a Level
head" He added:
1--WE are having trouble nov
that we never had before"
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Actress Is Divorcine
Husband of II Years

SANTA MONICA, Calf,
Sept. 26 (R.-Actress Irene
Hervey, AZ. is divorcing her
husband Of Il years. Singer
Allan Jones, so.
Miss Hervey divorced Mr.
Jones in June, 1854, but they
were reconciled before the de-
cree became final. They were
married July IS, 1896, and sepa-
rated last August 10.
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College Reporter, q,
'Infi|trotes' ArmyEines

getting along and he reported
the student as saying he had
had no trouble at ALL"
Young Elsman said he took
pictures of the student sitting
in the classroom before a
teacher spotted him and re-
marked: "Oh, we have a new
student"
Wears Youths Attire
Young Elsman loked young
enough to be a high school
senior and was dressed in a
sports shirt. Stacks and sneak
ers. However, he admitted he
was a reporter for his college
paper.
He said the teacher hustled
him to the principals Office
and the military soon was
escorting him from the build
ing. The Army also gave him
a mild bawling out, telling him
that he was "jeopardizing the
rights of the whole press
contingent"
Young Elsman not only
scored a beat on many veteran
reporters and photographers
but also on one of his college
papers arch rivals, the Harvard
Crimson. George H. Watson.
81. of Birmingham, Ala, the
Crimson's managing editor,
looked on enviously as young
Elsman told other reporters
about his SCOOP.
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star stan correspondent

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Sept.
ga University of Michigan
senior accomplished here today
what several hundred news
paper men and photographers
have been unable to do.
He preached the Army's tight
Gordon and obtained a first
hand story and pictures - of
what was going on in the fed
srally-ordered integrated school.
Jim Elsman, 81, of Parch-
ment, Mich, editorial director
of the Michigan Daily. walked
through the Army lines with a
school library pass and carry
ing a geography book. Young
Elsman entered the building
during a per rally, walked
around the corridors patrolled
by paratroopers. Joined a group
and. as he reported, luckily
wound up in a geography class.
Sits Beside Negro
There was one Negro student,
Jefferson Thomas, in the class,
and young Elsman seated him
self beside him in the rear of
the room.
Mr.. Elsman said the situation
in the school was pretty pat
and that Il had a hard time
getting a seat in my geography
class"
Young Elsman said he asked
the Negro student how he was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-26
Poll Shows U. S. Backs
Use of Federal roops

reported a change in attitude
and IS of these felt less favor
ably and only 4 more favorably
toward the administration
These overall figures were
heavily influenced by the South
where 2 out of 3 indicated a
change of sentiment and most
OF these were unfavorable to
the administration.
Even in the rest Of the coun-
try, however. where the change
in attitude was only 6 per cent.
the switch in attitude was to-
ward the unfavorable side. The
figures we're as follows: The en-
tire country, more favorable TO
the administration. Al; less
favorable. 14.9. The South, more
favorable, 80: less favorable.
57.2. The balance OF the coun-
try, more favorable, %: less
favorable. 3.S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-26

The Internal Revenue Service
said today an investigation was
continuing into the tax exempt
status of the legal defense and
educational fund Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
A spokesman for the service
said there was no indication
when the inquiry might be COM
pleted.
The spokesman said a number
of changes in the organization
and operation of the fund had
been reported to the service.
These changes. he said, have
been under active consideration
since early in the year to see
whether they affect the funds