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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-01
The
Rambler
Now He's Strictly
Mon-About-Town
ny JACK JONAS

The holiday season. with
It's gay parties. can be trying,
particularly for bachelors in
this hamlet Of so many I'M
attaehed women.
Any hostess worthy of an
etiquette dbook must
always invite a few bachelor
girls to her soirees. and this,
OF course, means they must be
transported home. il they can
ever be persuaded to leave.
This. We understand. is
often a pleasant gallantry to
undertake. But sometimes it
can turn out the way a fellow
vas telling ii at a blowout the
other night.
At another so-called social
gathering. he said, he had
danced several times with an
attractive unattached damsel,
and as the hour grew late, he
offered TO take her home. She
accepted. he recalls, with
almost suspicious alacrity.
You will have to give me
directions" he said, as they
got into his car.
Go out Constitution ave-
nue., she said. Then, later,
Turn left here and cross
Memorial Bridge" And, at
the end Of the bridge, Turn
right here.
That put them on Virginia's
Route so He drove along,
and the miles. with his I'M
easiness, began to pile up.
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A MORE CAUTIOUS gentle

MORE CAUTIOUS gentle
man told this bachelor later
that as long as he'd been
around the Washington party
scene, he should have learned
by now to learn first where
young ladies live before Of
fering to see them home.
The cautious one explained
his own happy experience of
the week before. He'd been
attending a party in Arling-
ton, a small affair where
everybody got TO know every
body else in short order. There
Vas one young lady there
whom he believed he might
like 70 escort home. But, as
We have said, he was not the
reckless type.
Where do you live?' he
asked cagily.
She named an apartment
on Wisconsin avenue, and
that led TO a conversation
about apartment buildings.
When the party broke up.
ne took the young lady home.
4 was happy to do it," he
said.
AT that time" he told his
recently initiated bachelor
friend. Il was living in the
same building-same floor,
same corridor, two apart
mentS away"
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HE LOSSES TV SET
THROUGH WINDOW

BALTIMORE (P). John
Meningitis urge got the
better of him Sunday night.
His television set wasn't
working right. He picked it
UP and threw it out the win
without opening the
window-and it wasn't all
paid for yet.
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JUST WHERE do you live?"
he asked gently.

JUST WHERE do you live?"
he asked gently.
Winchester" she said.
Winchester" he shouted.
After he recovered from the
initial shock he told her,
Young lady. I ought to take
you right back where l got
you. But I'm going to surprise
you.
A friend of mine died in
Winchester the other day and
he's being buried tomorrow. 1
should have planned to
attend. but ! didn't. Now I'm
going"
There was little conversa-
ton during the remainder of
the drive to Winchester. He
took the young lady home.
Then he got a hotel room, left
q call for nine o'clock in the
morning-by then only a
couple of hours away-and
vent to bed.
Next morning he stumbled
bleary eyed into the dining
room. plopped down at a table
and tried to focus on the
menu.
And what will you have.
sir?" the waitress asked,
brightly.
He looked up, blinked, shook
his head. stared at the menu
again and tried to bury his
face in 1t.
Again he peered up slowly,
this time over the edge of the
menu. and again he blinked
and shook his head.
Am / never" he groaned,
TO be rid of you?"
The waitress. of course, was
the young lady he'd taken
home.
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Freight Cars DeruiIed

SUFFOLK. Va, Jan. (P.-
Eight freight cars of a west
bound Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way freight were derailed in the
Suffolk yard yesterday, tearing
up about 1000 feet of track. No
one was hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-01
Street Scenes

A man on Eleventh street
telling another: I'm going
70 give up drinking the next
time get a chance"
A dog trotting along Thirty
irsi street in Georgetown,
carrying a gaily wrapped
package in its mouth.
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Board Sets Meeting
On Desegregotion
Arlington Group to Discuss
Appeals Court Order Tomorrow

The Arlington County School meet tomorrow night
determine what action should light of the latest
Federal Court order to desegregate public schools.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion yester-
day in Richmond uphodng Federal
trict judges in involving Arlington Charlottesville
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-01

certain to precipitate an early
Text Of Court Decision. Poee BIZ
, 1957-08-26
Governor Gordon
Nov Return TO His
Desk This Week

Governor Gordon, who has
been i'll for the past few
weeks, is improving and it is
believed the chief executive
will resume his duties shortly.
A staff conference which
was scheduled for today was
cancelled until possibly next
week.
The Governor became i'll
shortly after visiting the new
African republic of Ghana as
a member of Vice President
Nixon's party.
, 1957-08-26
Meeting Called to
PIun Welcome For
VulmY Thomus

Invitations have been sent
cut by Alva Nc Farlane, Ad-
nlinistrative Assistant to sew
eral residents to a meeting to
be held on Wednesday night,
August %, for 1.-THE purpose
of planning an appropriate re
ception for Valmy Thomas
who is the first Virgin Island
er in history to make the ma
jor League. He is now a star
catcher with the Giants.
Valmy is expected to arrive
here the latter part of Septem-
Der or early in October.
The meeting will be held in
the Committee room of Gov
eminent House.
, 1957-08-26
First Anglican Inter
Islund Youth Confqb
Held in ST. Croix

The first inter-island Angli-
can Youth Conference of the
Virgin Islands closed its three
day session yesterday. Pre-
sent for the opening was
Father Reus, Canon of the
Cathedral in Puerto Rico.
The sessions were held at
the Peters Rest School in
Christiansted. 1t opened on
Friday evening. The delegates
had dinner. At 7:3O there was
general introduction and at
8:15 the topic what is your
Church Doing for the Young
People?" was discussed and a
WRITTEN paper prepared and
handed in. Several topics
, 1957-08-26
ST. Kits Nevis to
Instull Most Modern
Tele. System in w. |.

st. Kits and Nevis, tiny
twin colonies commanding be
tween them a bare 100 square
miles Of area, is about to in
phone communications sys-
tenn in the West Indies today.
The colony's Minister of
Works and Communications,
the Hon. c. A. P. SouthWell,
on his way back from a Re
gional Economic Conference
talks in St. Vincent, made fl
nal arrangement for installa-
ton of the new system. He
is trying to secure the services
of Antiques contact telephone
expert, R. T. Stevens, acting
director of Electricity and
Telephones.
Mr.. Southwell said the new
system will cost upwards of
S2,500,0O0, which the colony
has already obtained through
Colonial loan schemes. IT will
be the first system in the
Windward and Leeward IS
lands, except Grenada, to
have an automatic exchange.
1t will also use underground
cables. This last measure was
decided on in view of fre-
quent descriptions of service
due to highwinds in storm
exposed st. Kits.
, 1957-08-26
Puerto Rico Does Not
Wont "Run-AwuY"
Industries

The Commonwealth of Puer
to Rico offers tax exemption
for United States investors,
but it wants no part of run
sway" industries, its Secre-
tary of the Treasury, DR.. Ra-
fael Pico, said recently.
DR.. Pico spoke before a
University of Massachusetts,
Pan : American Understand
ing" meeting recently. He
said the tax exemption privi-
lege, which is basic to" Puer
to Rico's development effort,
will not be granted to any
concern which gives the
slightest basis for suspecting
that it will hut off or reduce
it operation in the United
States in order to establish
itself in the Commonwealth"
, 1957-08-26
Heinrich Nielsen is
in as Compen.
Officer for st. Croix

Heinrich Nielsen, was sworn
in as the new Compensation
Officer for st. Croix, at $50
in the office of the Admins
.trative Assistant this morning.
He takes the post formerly
held by the Administrative
Assistant Alva Nc Farlane.
The oath was administered
by Uralta Milligan, Notary
Public and Cashier in the De-
partment of Finance. Present
at the swearing-in also was
Louis Brown, head Of the Di-
vision of Labor.
Mr.. Nielsen is a graduate OF
st. Patrick's Parochial school,
Glass of 80. He was employed
as a clerk in the firm of Rob't
L. Merwin and Company
since his graduation.
, 1957-08-26

The amendment as intro
duced by Congressman OF
New York City is as follows:
The chairman and members OF
any board. authority. or commits
sion established by the laws OF
the Virgin Islands shall. if the
laws of the Virgin Islands here
after provide. also be appointed
by the Governor with the advice
and consent Of the legislature. if
such board authority. or commits
sion has quasi-udicial functions:
PROVIDED. That no law Of the
Virgin Islands dealing with the
craftsmanship. membership. or
craftsmanship and membership OF
any such board. authority. or
commission. and requiring an ap-
pointment or appointments to be
made with the advice and consent
of the legislature. shall relate to
more than n such board. auth
Gritty. or commission. nor shall II
relate to any other legislative
Under the new law the Lee
gislature and the Governor
must agree on which boards
and/or commissions are cover
ed by the Act.
, 1957-08-26
IT, S. SENATE PASSES BILL AMENDING
ORGANIC ACT: CLARIFIES LEG. POWER

The United States Senate, on Saturday last, passed the
bill amending the Organic Act, thus clarifying the powers
of the Legislature to confirm certain boards and commits
sions. The bill had been passed earlier by the House of Re-
representatives.. The bill now awaits the signature of President
Eisenhower.
, 1957-08-26

illusions handed in in writing,
over the three days.
The sessions finally came to
a close yesterday. After lunch
con the visitors were taken on
a tour of the Island after
which they left for their res
pective homes.
Father Reus opened the
session; he was assisted by
Father Penn; Father Aldrich
was the Chaplain; Father
Hackett was in charge of re
creation.
Others who assisted include
Mrs. Maria Thomas, Mrs. Inez
Hodge and Mrs. Dorothy Kill
patrick. and Mrs. Evelyn Will
liams.
Delegates from St. Thomas
were: Carmen Lindsay, Bever-
ly de Lugo, Betty Vanterpool,
Eunice Van Putten, Lorna
Phipps, Elsie Pickering, Jutta
Williams, Elmo Richardson,
Winston Hill and Emiliano
Lake.
From st. Paul's in Frederik
sted: Velette Lightburn, Car
Continued on page y
, 1957-08-26

were discussed and the con-
illusions handed in in writing,
over the three days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24

has arrangements with banks
to facilitate loans to members
and. I'VE have a special social
service division which would
have given him guidance"
Polakowski did none of these
things and he fell into NAL
Toys hands. But even then he
could have been bailed out.
He could have gone to any
responsible lending institution.
told the whole truth, asked for
advice and practical help. All
of us have a miscellaneous
loan classification said the
bank officer. which covers
loans to repay unsatisfactory
loans. Under that heading we
make loans to repay loan
sharks"
Loan sharks feed on igno-
rance, stupidity, desperation,
fear. They exist mainly because
so many Americans simply do
not realize the variety of the
lending sources to which they
can appeal.
Think of Polakowski's fate
and vow never to approach
these despicable creatures no
matter how money-hungry you
are.
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CHICO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. July "a .-CUSDA).-
and uneven; generally % lower on
Dutechers; instances as much as 80
lower on butchers 240 ID and heavier;
sows weak to mostly 25 lower; only
iair order buyer demand; No. %
SOu-s3O ID butchers .21.0O-21. 70;
230 ID 21.25-2l so; around i25 head
NO l.2 21O-225 10 with limited
sort 2l.60; butchers over 30 Id
scarce. few mostly No. 3 27O-2gO
ID 2n.50-2l 90: with q lot around
33o 10 20; 90; few lots mixed Grades
mixed grades, 330-400 ID sowS Is. so
2O.O0; most 425-55O 10 l6'75-iS, so;
weights over 800 ID scarce.
Salable cattle. IA 900 calves, 200:
prime steers fairly active steady to rs
nisher; choice steers steady; steers
grading GOOD and below dull and weak;
steady to weak; bulls weak to IS
lower: vealers steady to 900 higher;
stockers and feeders slow weak: few
loadS OF prime steers 2S.OO-2S. 20;
most nigh choice and prime steers
So.Ou-27.75; bulk choice grades "a 80
Zo.19; good to low choice II .5O-24 90:
standard to low steers lgOO-2I 90
lew loads prime 950-1.100 ID. heifers
70: 5O-26.50; choice to low prime
heifers 22.15-25. 90; good to low choice
2O.15-22.5O; utility and commercial
cows l3.5O- 1900; Gamers and cut
terS 90 l4.25: utility and commer-
elal bulls ~ 90 LOO; good and choice
Grades l2.OO-2I 90; few loads good
and choice S50-95O ID. feeding steers
l.zb-22.l5 10; good steer calves - so;
good 400 ID. heifers calves 1000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
'' n BUSINESS
Federal Projects Ease
Area Construction Lao
By DONALD B. HADLEY

substantial increase in Federal construction helped
cushion decrease Washington construction in the
first six months of 1887 the Bureau of Statistics
closed in a preliminary report today.
Public and private construction authorized in the
decreased to $50486472 in the months from
year earlier Residential building of $80772946 provided
for 1894 dwelling units with
9267 new dwelling units IN the period last year.
Federal construction included in rose to
$20529670 from $l4994860 earlier The Federal
lay for residential projects toaled $547O units
compared with ONLY $576088 for 80 units the
period
The District Columbia received most of the Federal
work and the only section of the
The total rose to 1874 from
and included 1923 of Federal projects compared with
only $l745O14 year earlier. Private District projects
amounted to $25970.561 VS.. SIS, 2S2,472 year ago.
Other section totals with very little included
Montgomery County Prince Georges County
$30858ll3; Fairfax County $29003147 The six months
totals compared below with the period:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
~ SYlVlA PORTER
PitifuI PoIokowski
~ SYLVIA PORTER

Edward ]. Polakowski, a 90
year-old would-be actor who
until 10 days ago was earning
$85 a week as an elevator OPP
orator. is in Jail today, the
confessed murderer of loan
shark James F. Malloy.
Polakowski told police he
committed the trunk murder of
Malloy because he was tor
mented to desperation by NAL
loy's demands for almost in
credibly usurious interest pay
ments on a small loan.
AS Polakowski tells it. he
grew up in an area in New York
in which loan sharks thrived;
so when he wanted $3.50 early
this year to pay an insurance
premium and buy a new suit.
he borrowed the cash from
Malloy. After he had made five
weekly payments of $23 each.
he discovered that each $23
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24

represented only interest! He
hadn't reduced the loan prin-
cipal at all. He then persuaded
his sister to co-sign a loan of
$500 from a New York bank,
, and in May he went to Malloy
to repay the whole thing. But
Malloy told him his debt had
now ballooned to $3.50.
The outcome Of this little ex-
pertinent in usury is that
Malloy is dead and Polakowski
is a murderer.
Warning Stressed
But the mess the miserable
PolakowSki has made out of his
life may warn the countless
hundreds of thousands of other
fools who are in the clutches of
loan sharks now or who are
tempted to turn to them.
For the grim fact is that
suddenly loan sharks are
breaking out all over the
country again" said one banker
l queried. I'VE don't know
whether it's a reflection of high
living costs. an indication of
general unrest or what. But
we're all terribly concerned
about it,"
Polakowski was scarcely a
high credit risk. Yet, he could
have obtained his $3.50 from
legitimate sources at reasonable
rates. I've been checking to
see what Polakowski could have
done. For instance:
He could have gone to a
small loan company. Said a
spokesman for Household FL
nance Corp, the largest con-
sumner finance company in the
Nation with $50 branches in 40
States, I'VE probably would
nave given him a loan only on
his own signature in view of
his job and war record"
II PolakowSki had borrowed
$3.50 from Household Finance
for IL months, his monthly
payments would have come to
$l4.56. His interest for the
year would have been $24.72
against his weekly payments
of $23.
He could have gone to bank
which specializeS in small loans.
Said a vice president of one of
New York'S banks, "he might
not have qualified for loan on
his own signature because he
wasn't on the job long enough.
but he certainly would have
been able to obtain a loan if
he had a responsible cosigner.
We're making loans of the sort
he needed every minute of the
day"
II he had borrowed $50
from this bank for a year he
would have received Sl43.62 in
cash and his monthly payments
would have come to $3.50.
Union Aid Cited
He could have gone to His
union for aid. In checking. I
found that Polakowski had not
Joined the Building Service
Employees Union. but. said a
union spokesman. the union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
Bank Debts Set Records
In June and First Half

Washington bank debts in
the first half of 1857 amounted
to $9,353,296,OOO, highest on
record for the period and per
cent above $8.989 ,244, 900 a year
earlier. data from the Federal
Reserve Board showed.
June debts of $l,548, 1897 900
set a record for the month and
were 3.3 per cent ahead of
81 .498, SOB, 900 in June last year.
Regarded as an indicator of
general business, the total in
cludes Withdrawals from de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
WORK BEGINS ON PEpCO PLANT

While Robert W. Wilson Qet ground
Nd yesterday Cleft gh president
Montgomery County Council R. president
PEPCO Mr. charge public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
Three Companies Propose
Joint Atomic Project

Emerson Radio g. Phono-
graph Corp. in association with
Revere Copper a. Brass and
General Aniline g. Film Corp.
have formed a GEM Group
chemicals electronics metal
lurgy) and submitted to the
Atomic Energy Commission a
program for Joint AEC-CEM
development of a radiation re-
actor project.
The Management Committee
for the GEM Group will in
clude: Benjamin Abrams, pres
ident of Emerson Radio; c. A.
Macfie, president, Revere Cop
per. and John Hilldring. pres
ident. General Aniline.
John d. Small, vice president
of Emerson. announced forma-
ton of the group here yesterday.
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|Transit's Net
Drops Sharply
During June

The net operating income of
D. C. Transit System for last
month declined by two-thirds
from the $362,173 reported by
the old Capital Transit Co. for
June, 1856.
The large disparity, Transit
authorities said. reflects the
service cutbacks instituted by
the predecessor firm as it ap-
preached the deadline of losing
it's franchise last September
These included job firings and
a reduction in maintenance
costs.
D. C. Transit's net figure
totaled $104,035.
Passenger Drop
Comparisons of operating
revenues-the fares dropped
into the boxes-and the num-
Der of passengers who rode the
transit system provide a more
accurate picture for the month.
This picture shows a leveling
of of the volume of passengers.
one official explained. And the
leveling off has been noticeable
for the last five or six months.
The operating revenues Of
D. C. Transit for June were
$2.084,054 - 2.9% less than
Capital TranSit'S 1856 figure
of $2,136,258. Almost all of
this difference. moreover, re-
suits from the fact that last
June had one more Sunday in
it than June 1856. The rev.
enues of one Sunday are about
$4,000 less than those Of a
weekday.
Passengers were $3.50 fewer
last June, totaling l4.2 million.
Fewer Streetcar Miles
Streetcar mileage totaled
1893, 691 last month, 1858 less
than Capital Transit's in June,
1856. Bus mileage, on the other
hand, increased 8.751 to a total
of l,6l5,525 as the present
management placed greater
emphasis on bus travel.
Between September, 1856
and June. 1857, D. c. Transit's
$21.3 million operating rev.
enues we're only 3 of / per
cent less than Capital Transit S
in the last comparable period
Total Streetcar and bus mileage
for d. c. Transit was 24.6 mil
lion-only l.3 per cent less
than Capital Transit's.
Capital Transit's net oper-
ating income for the same
period was 1919 per cent higher
-$2.5 million total = owing
mostly to service cutbacks as
it neared extinction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
Lewis & ThOs. SaltZ Buys
San Francisco Store

Lewis g. Thos. Saltz, Wash
ington mems wear firm. has
purchased Bullock g. Jones,
San Francisco store with sim
lar nationally known lines, it
was announced yesterday by
S. Thos. Saltz, vice president
of the Washington store.
No changes in management
or personnel of the San Fran
cisco firm are planned. Mr..
Saltz said.
Founded in 1886, the Wash
ington store is located at 1909
G street NV. A branch was
opened recently near the May
flower Hotel on Connecticut
avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
Contract

NEW YORK, July "a (R.-
signed a $45 million contract
with a Swedish shipbuilding
firm for five new supertankers
Of $4,000 tons each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
Washington Gas Light
Reports Drop in Sales

Sales of Washington Gas
Light Co. totaled 15.37l.355
therms in June. a decline of
2.18 per cent from 15.7l3,380
thermS in June last year, the
company reported.
Sales in the first six months
of 1927 totaled 233,95l. 432
therms. compared with 1885,
7l2.043 therms in the same
1856 period.
The company had 360,872
active gas meters on June 80.
an increase of H. 24 from 349.-
TAB on the same date last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
SEC Receives Application
For GOldenberg Delisting

The Securities and Exchange
Commission has received an
application from the Philadel-
phia Baltimore Stock Exchange
for delisting of common and
preferred stocks of the Gold
enberg Co.
The SEC has given interested
parties until August s to re-
quest a hearing on the pro-
posal. The Washington de-
partment store went out of
business in July, 1855, and
trustees of the firm are in
litigation involving former
branch properties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
MUTUAL FUNDS


INOOn QuOtaIIOnaD
NEW YORK, July - ar National
Association Securities Dealers, Inc
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FOREIGN EXCH'GE

NEW YORK, July "A f41.-Foreign
exchange rates follow. Great Britain
IN oolIaIs. others in cents unchanged
unless otherwise notedl
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 1872 per cent premium or
lO5 .2S1s United States cents, up "a
Europe Great Britain tpound)
:. ) i, on "a 30-day futures. 21Sa,
on q H0-day futures. 2757s. Of a:
9O-day futures. 257is, OF 5I32: Bel
elum Urancl, 9ais France tfrancl.
,9hSa OF cent Germany (westernl
,deutsehe mark $3.50; Holland
tsuilderl. 26.l4ia, up .00Ia. Italy
,lra). .16ls OF cent Portugal
Sescudol. $50; Sweden tkrona), 1894.
switzerland franc ,freeD, 1894:
Denmark tkronel. 1880.
Latin America--Areentina (freel
$50 Brazil lfreel. 80. Mexico, sol:
Venezuela bolivar. 30.O3.
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mand deposit accounts, except
ing Government and inter-ban
accounts.