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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

LOS ANGELES, April 6 (R.--
/ A container and a service station
attendant who may have fillec
lit with gasoline we're key targets
today In the police investigation
of a fire bombing that wiped Out
six lives.
The container held the gaso-
line that was used to transform
a Southside Los Angeles bar into
a death chamber Thursday night
in one Of the biggest mass STAY
Iings in local history.
Four men have been booked
on suspicion of murder. but all
four deny any implication In the
explosion.
Booked today we're Manuel Jo-
seph Chavez. rs. and Manuel j,
Hernandez. Is. both Of Los An
geles. They admit they we're in
the Club Mecca Thursday night
with Clyde Bates. SO. and Oscar
IS. Brenhaug, "A. also Of Los
Angeles.
Bates and Brenhaug. booked
on suspicion of murder yester-
day, also admit they were in the
club. and acknowledge they be-
came involved In fight. Police
say the fight was apparently
what provoked the bombing.
Police reconstructed this story
OF the incident:
Four men came into the bar,
had a few beers. then began an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

Inumbed hands, immersed until
they turned white, could be
warmed with a rush of red blood
at the word of the hypnotist.
And men under mental stress
feel bitter cold more keenly than
those who have no worries.
These findings featured a con-
ference on cold injuries held re-
Gently at Laid Air Force Base,
Fairbanks. Alaska. by about 80
specialists from the United
States and Canada. The confer
ence was sponsored by the Josiah
Macy. jr. Foundation, q non-
profit organization.
The Stanford physiologist, DR..
Jefferson Crimson, told about
the findings at a news confer
ence.
White Hands Regain Color
The ice water test was re-
ported to the meeting by DR.
John P. Meehan of the Univer-
sity Of Southern California. DR.
Meehan found that after the
hands turn white because the
cold constructs the blood vessels,
they soon regain a degree OF
color and then turn alternately
white and red while the INNER
sion continues.
BY hypnotizing the subjects,
DR.. Meehan reported, he could
change the alterations. A white
period could be turned into a red
one by suggesting that thte sub
ject's hand was not cold and that
he was in no pain.
1T appeared from this test, /"
DR.. Crimson said, that the
bodys response to cold is not a
low-level nerve action. Instead
the response seems to be subject
to the action OF the higher levels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
|Broyhi|| in Plea
For innocent

Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican of Virginia, last night
called on District police to stop
releasing records of persons le-
gally cleared of suspected crimes.
He threatened, unless this is
done. to introduce legislation re-
quiring the Metropolitan Police
Department to remove all pic
lures and flngerprints retained
of people who are cleared.
The threat came after the Dis
trict Corporation Councils Office
denied it has ever ruled that
Washington police could publicly
release Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation fingerprint-verified rec
ords of crime.
Earlier, FBI Director j. Edgar
Hoover testified before a House
Appropr iations subcommittee
that such a ruling gave him "a
great deal of concern"
But Milton D. Norman
Principal Assistant Corporation
Counsel. said the only recent
ruling on the release of criminal
records have involved those COM
piled by local police.
Although Police Chief Robert
". Murray has asked for a rul-
ing on whether out-of-town po-
lice records, such as those sup
piled by the FBI, are confiden-
tial, Mr.. Norman said that no
official ruling has yet been made.
Mr.. Hoover said, in testimony
released recently, that the Cor
iporation Counsel's Office "indi-
Gated that it doubts the FB1
has authority to withhold such
records . :"
Mr. Broyhill, however, declared
that he is interested "in pro-
Itecting the innocent" He charged
that many thousands of inno-
cent persons have their photo
graphs and flngerprints in the
police identification bureau.
He declared that it should be
mandatory" that when a grand
jury fails to indict a person or
a court ISSUES a not guilty ver-
dict then the Identification in
police files should be destroyed
or sent to the innocent parties.
Mr.. Broyhill declared that Mr.,
Hoover has protested the public
records involving those compiled
District government comes back
with the lame excuse that only
records envolving those compiled
by the local police are released"
In two previous rulings, the
lcity's legal Office held that police
could release to persons with a
legitimate interest only local
irecords of convictions and that
the information in police arrest
books could be released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
Diver Ends ViqiI
With Dead Buddy

LONG BEACH, Calf, April 8
Rl.--A deep sea diver, forced to
remain 30 hours in a recompres-
sion chamber with the .ifeless
body of buddy, ended his lonely
vigil today.
William Biller. 33, entered the
chamber at the Long Beach
Naval Shipyard Thursday AFTER
noon to try to help his friend,
Eldon Smith. 81, through siege
OF THE bends"
Mr. Smith died after about
eight hours in the chamber. but
Mr.. Biller could not be removed
until air pressure in the chamber
was gradually brought to normal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
Author Jones
ToGet Award

Virgil c. (Pat) Jones, whose
writings on the Civil War have
been widely acclaimed, will re-
ceive the Washington Civil War
Round Tables fifth annual gold
medal award at a dinner to-
morrow night at the National
Press Club.
Mr.. Jones, a former reporter
on The Star, is the author OF
Ranger MoSby" and Gray
Ghosts and Rebel Raiders" He
is working now on a third book
on Dahlgren's raid on Richmond
to round out a trilogy on in
dependent military operations in
the Virginia theater of the war
DIR. T. Harry Williams. pro-
fesSor Of history at Louisiana
State University, will be the
dinner speaker. DR.. Williams is
the author Of Lincoln and His
Generals" "P. G. T. Beauregard
Napoleon in Gray" and other
books.
Mr.. Jones. whose home is In
Centreville. Va, is now manager
of the Washington Office of the
Curtis Publishing Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

of the brain. and the mechanism
is a complex one"
Other reports brought out. the
.physiologiSt added. that If there
is such a thing as human ac-
|climatization to cold it is a subtle
and complicated change that
takes place in the system, not
some sudden shift Of body
processes.
"A person moving TO a climate
of bitter cold gets along better
after being there a while. but
whether the improvement is ac-
|climatization or whether it is
due to learning is not yet clear,
DR.. Crimson said. He cited
tests at the conference showing
that an Eskimo can work bare
handed with big steel bolts when
the temperature is near zero
Fahrenheit but that a man from
the temperate zone cannot
handle a machine gun in such
cold with unprotected hands.
But no evidence has been
found that the Eskimo has I'M
ldergone some specific physical
lchange that increases his toler-
Iance to cold, the physiologist
reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
CITIZENS MEETINGS

sixth street and Alabama avenue
Sc.
! Fort Stanton Civic Association,
2406 Seventeenth place Sc, at
$3.50 pm.
Hillcrest Citizens Association,
st. Timothy's Episcopal Church.
Alabama avenue and Suitland
road Sc.
| Kingman Park Civic Associa-
ton. Spingarn High School,
Twenty-fourth street and Ben
ming road NE.
| Midway Civic Association,
Morgan Elementary School.
Eighteenth and Chaplain streets
NV.
Summit Park Citizens ASsoci-
alton, Anne Beers School. Thir-
Ity-sixth street and Alabama
avenue Sc.
Woodbridge Civic Association.
Langdon Elementary School.
Twentieth and Franklin streets
NE.
Wednesday
Garfield Douglass Heightn
Civic Association, Douglass Rec
Ireation Center, 1000 Alabama
avenue Sc.
Hawthorne Citizens Associ-
alton, Chevy Chase Community
Center, Connecticut avenue and
Northampton street NV.
Kalorama Citizens Associa-
ton, Adams Elementary School.
Nineteenth and California
streets NV.
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens
Association. Bateman's Store,
2004 Rhode Island avenue NE.
Thursday
Congress Heights Citizens AS
ISOLATION. Congress Heights Ele-
mentary School, Fifth street and
Nichols avenue Sc.
Northeast Washington Citi-
zens Association. 1910 Massa-
chusetts avenue NE.
MARYLAND
Tomorrow
Berwyn District Civic Associ-
alton and Hollywood Civic Asso-
citation, Joint meeting. Berwyn
Elementary School, Berwyn.
Wednesday
Woodside Park Civic Associ-
alton. Grace Church Parish Hall,
Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
OOPS! WHO STOLE MY LADDER?
.11ChargesFace
Man in Chase

Ten traffic charges and q
charge of assaulting a policeman
face a 38-year-old painter who
backed into the auto of an off,
duty policeman and then led
him on a 20-block chase.
William Thomas Hanna of the
l400 block Girard street NV
appeared in Municipal Court
yesterday charged with driving
without a permit. backing with
out caution. passing five red
lights. driving twice on the
wrong side of the street and
passing a stop sign.
/ Pvt. Joseph Arpaio said Han
ma, stopping for a red light at
Fourteenth and w streets NV,
backed into his car early yester-
day. Hanna drove away while
the policeman was talking to
him, the policeman said.
/ A 20-block chase through
northwest ended in the $500
block Of University place NV
when another auto blocked the
road. Pvt. Arpaio said. Accord
ing to the policeman. the assault
charge stemmed from a fight
Hanna put up on his way to the
18th Precinct. where he was
booked.
Judge Thomas Scalley con-
tinued the assault case to Thurs
day on $500 bond and Traffic
Court Judge Mildred Reeves
continued the other charges to
the same day on $500 bond.
A passenger in the Hanna car,
Wallace Busbin. 30, of the l2400
block Of Flack street. Silver
Spring, also a painter. was
charged with being intoxicated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

n. Lloyd 100 .Thirty-hith street NE.
80 days; Willie Palmer, AS Eighth street
street S.W 80 days; jerry L. Walker.
5i6 Fourteenth street Sc. II days.
Jaes r Buchanan, Hollywood. Nd, 20
sayi Ss snk 40 D. ds Ma'2 Leo j. MaS Sss
1927 chesa peake street Sc. 30 days;
James z Ridgley l009 Forty-elghth
street NE 5 days; Walter A. .Sann-
aeeFs 1879 North Weigh street. Arling
6i6 Fsrragut street NV Is days
James A Proths. 3525 Stanton road
81 days and Trafflc School: James
r Reee l4l7 Tenth street NV Is
Sc. 80 Gays: Antonio D Teixcira. 422
e street N E.. IL days Pascal c. Malone.
25ls G street Sc. b days: Fred e
Burden Route J. Box So Piscatavay.
y i Bates street NV = DAYS; Frank
DAYS Ralph T. Don Russelo, 3lB d
street Sc. 80 days; irwin NJ. corbitt.
3s39 Central Tsi. avenue Sc Frank costley.
Suspended for failure 10 satisfy jude-
ment In William johnson II
2l48 Maryland avenue NE William z
ggalc,sson: r. lllh Oates street NE;
~ 3 capno, e03 street NE Charles
Henry White, Seven Locks Road. Box
ld2, Cabin John, Nd Angelo chapma an.
q Tenth street wv: BENJAMIN Cox,
liaS Seventh street NJ Leland Ha iSH5.
1877 Eleventh street NV: Odes Cot
tingham, 800 Eleventh street NV
B 19fn pI pgyl' h e 100 street NV
Istnty second " 5ircet wv! '"''V willislmn
,Reytnolds oin Eastern avenue NV
fs,hs s9s S4 ts1 nasF Place s, 81
Eileen " Pfobcrt' s79sS se Sec street
Sc Elliott Reid Smith, ZOO o street
NV Oliver Vans,ine Talbert;, a5ln
s VAIN Boz r Se, My se S2 2hn .l wsT nc
Bryde, ln9l Tenth street NV: Loman
murray, 1877 Church street NV. VIII
Lam 4. Jackson, 200 Flfty-siStb street
Fletcher johnson. roo Gales street NE
Henry Lee Bennett, 2l3i Ward place
NV; Richard Louis Leech,. 2 seven
Vs. ]s5 e' Meade p srset AhoI Henry ps
J cks1n Hardy 1900 street Sc:
Luther James Smith. eli Quincy street
:, also Samuel Turner, 4aal Hunt plae.
aousie Sna iI$5Sf KesTrn,cy 'a stSset ne Me-
ammal f P9r 1eAi sS poWn Eys s sse
place NV: cordsis b MURRAY 1876
Church. street NV Willie Johnson II
2 00 Maryland avenue Me- Ethel Gray
Moss 1917 Twelfth street NV Herbert
Malcolm Johnson. 200 Fifty-flfth street
NE James Edwsrd Smith ias0 Eishi.
zenith place NE
No d. &. Permlt--No u. e. ReEIstra.
tlon-John Thomas Alexander. 1924
Valley place SEE John Thomas Alcxan
der l3i2 Valley place s Emmanuel
LiRgins poo Fourth street NV; william
Alonzo Vines. 1910 PARK road NV Jacot
Addison, 3nf Sherman avenue NV :;
Clifton Wyeth Ford 1865 Trenton place
s r. Robert Amos Bnudin 1901 Thlr.
teenth street NV Willie Mack James
81 Second street NE; Albert Brown
li55 Monroe street NV Charles HUGH
Dodson .lal2 East Capitol street.
Charles Herbert Dixon Andrews Ali
Force. Base or 1909 Robson street
Fayetteville. N G David j White, 33iI
fifly-foufth street NE, Luther EuEene
Pittlt, 1907 NJ street NWi joseph Alien
Ronsom. 2si3 Jasper road BE'i ROY
Martin Augustine 4007 4 street Sc.
Roland Eugene Coates 1870 Florida ave.
nue. NV. hton Hiyens Broadway, Eng.
say Brigham. lf0i Contribution avenue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
Drama Of Stage Design
Featured at Corcoron

Looking back over 40 years OF
American stage design since
Robert Edmond Jones setting
for THE Man Who Married a
Dumb Wife" sounded the infant
cry of its modern era is new
exhibition opening Saturday at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
The first exhibition of it's kind
1.-THE American Stage" is illu-
strated by some 400 theateI
items, from original rough pen
Gil sketches to scale models and
photographs Of performances in
progress.
Probably the most striking
items on view are the l0-foot
marionettes of papier mache and
burlap designed for the Metro
politan Opera production OF
"Oedipus Rex" in 1881.
Selected for inclusion in the
show was the work of Is de-
.signers. among them leaders in
dramatic. operate and musical
comedy productions. It brings
theater design up to the present
with set and costume designs for
such recently opened Broadway
shows as "a Clearing in the
Woods"
The exhibition begins with a
small section devoted to the
work of a few leading late 10th
and early Goth century designers
and producers who have had a
decisive influence on the devel-
opment of modern stagecraft in
Europe.
Then comes a section devoted
to three young Americans who
almost simultaneously in 1915
adopted new principles and pro-
.duced remarkably original and
vigorous designs, Jones, Norman
Bel Geddes and Lee Simonson.
Oenslager to Talk
Mr.. Jones design for the Ana.
tole France comedy was his first
for a New York production. Hi,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
Tempo Demolition Plan
Unchanged, Officials Say

to the Government over a term
Of years and a the end of the
agreed period, the Government
would own it.
Concerning temporary build
ings and their removal here, Of
ficials pointed out the Central
Intelligence Agency presumably
is ready to go ahead and con-
struct its new building at Lang
ley. Va. When this is completed.
it will take care of a large num-
Der of Federal workers now
housed in temporary buildings.
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion is now constructing its new
building in nearby Montgomery
County. This will leave its quar-
tiers here open, when completed,
for the use of additional Fed
eral personnel in other agencies.
This will also pave the way for
the tearing down Of some of the
"tempos."
The new State Department
building is under construction
at Twenty third and c streets
NV When completed. this will
also free a number of temporary
buildings occupied by Federal
personnel.
The Smithsonian Institutions
new Museum of History and
Technology on Constitution ave-
nue. between Twelfth and Four
tenth streets NV. will mean
that temporary buildings occu-
pying that site will be torn down.
Further, Federal Office Build
ings 6, 7, 8. 8 and 10 are pro-
iected here. Until GSA prepares
architectural and engineering
plans for these, it cannot go into
the market and contract for fl
nancing or construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

setting was in tones of gray and
black, relying for color on the
brilliant costumes. In it's ex-
IRENE, almost Japanese simplic-
ity, it had an abstract quality
much ahead of its time and was
significant for introducing SYM
bolism into American design.
Among other prominent de-
signers whose work is featured
are 10 Mielziner, Rolf Gerard,
Mordecai Gorelik and Donald
OenSlager. Mr.. Oenslager will
give an illustrated lecture for
of the Corcoran Gsl-
lery at $40 pm. Thursday. in
connection with the exhibition.
The show has a section on
world classics ranging from
"PrometheuS" to Hamlet" in
the new idiom. An opera section
includes both traditional pro-
auctions by the great opera COM
panies and modern works, some
of them of an experimental ma
ture. which have had acclaim in
the last few years.
Spanked by Dora
The drama section is the most
extensive. 1t emphasizes SYM
bolic-realist productions of the
last is years, such as Thunder
Rock" and THE Glass Mena-
gerie." since they rank among
the most original productions on
the American stage and have had
widespread influence abroad.
The exhibition concludes with
the gay colors of a group of de-
signs for musical comedies such
as Guys and Dolls" and okla
homa!"
The exhibition was conceived
by Henri Dora, assistant direc-
tor of the gallery, who with his
assistants worked for year
gathering the set designs and
models.
The exhibit continues until
Nav IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

Meeting announcement
must be in the hands of the
Civic Calendar editor By noon
Thursday of each iCeek to in
sure publication in the column
Sunday Those received too
late tDill not be used separately
unless there Is some special
neirs significance attached to
them.J
Several prominent persons will
address citizens groups thi.
week. Among them are:
/ Representative Robson, Re.
publican of Kentucky, who vii
speak on his experiences in the
Far East before the Arkansa:
Avenue Community Citizens AS.
ISOLATION meeting at 8 pm. to-
morrow in st. Marks Incarna-
ton Lutheran Church, Four
teenth and Gallatin streets NV
( Harland Bartholomew, chair.
man of the National Capital
Planning Commission, who viii
address the meeting at 8 pm
tomorrow of the Progressive
Citizens Association of George.
town in Stephen Balch Memorial
Hall of Georgetown Presbyterian
Church, BIS p street NV.
William A. Xanten, superin.
ltendent Of the Division of SAM.
tation for the District. who will
appear at the Mt. Pleasant Citi.
zens Association meeting at
pm. tomorrow in the Mt. Pleas
ant Library. Sixteenth and La.
mont streets NV.
Representative Gwinn, Repub-
lican of New York, who will
speak at the meeting of the Ole
Dominion Citizens Association a,
g pm. Tuesday in st. Marks
Church. Twenty-fifth street anc
North Glebe road, Arlington. He
will discuss Progressive Deteri.
Grafton of Education in the Pub
lie Schools"
Other meetings of community
interest this week, all at 8 pm.
unless otherwise noted, are:
Tomorrow
Brookland Citizens Associa-
ton. 1862 Lawrence street NE
Burleith Citizens Association
Gordon Junior High School
Thirty-fifth and I streets NV.
Glover Park Citizens Associa-
ton. Guy Mason Recreation
Center, Wisconsin avenue and
Calvert street NV.
Ivy City-Trinidad Civic Asso-
citation, Wheatley Elementary
School. Montello avenue and
Neal street NE.
Northeast Boundary Civic As
sociatio3. Burrville Elementary
School. Division avenue and
Hayes street Nv
Southwest Civic Association.
Randall Junior High School,
First and ! streets S.W.
West End Citizens Association,
1929 H street NV.
Tuesday
Fort Dupont Citizens Associa-
ton, Anne Beers School. Thirty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
President toGet
Mayors Protest

Mayors Of eight cities will
carry their protests against a
cutback in Federal urban re-
newal aid funds directly to Pres
ident Eisenhower tomorrow.
The American Municipal As
ISOLATION announced the city
heads will see the President at a
$50 am. conference TO seek a
reversal of IAN about-face" by
the administration on new cap
ital grant authorizations to help
finance urban renewal
Earlier this year, the admin
istration said 1t would ask Con-
gress to authorize $3.50 million
more during each Of the next
two years for new capital grants
that could be earmarked for APP
proved renewal programs. A few
weeks ago, however. Housing
Administrator Albert Cole re-
duced the amount to a one-year
request for SITS million more.
Congress has authorized a to-
tai OF 5000 million worth of
grants. most of which have been
set aside for approved projects.
In addition. Congress permitted
the President TO authorize an
other 500 million in grants. but
he has not yet acted.
The municipal association also
released a letter from Mr.. Cole,
in which he defended the cut
back.
Mr.. Cole said that while the
new action reflects a concern
for economy in Government, 1t
is my firm belief that 1t will
provide for a vigorous, forward
moving program Of urban re-
newal in fiscal year 1853" Mr..
Cole denied there is any curtail-
ment in the administration S
urban renewal policies, and
added that he would seek an
additional 500 million. author
lied, but not yet available. II
the need arises next year.
Those who will call on the
President include Ben West Of
Nashville. Richardson Dilworth
Of Philadelphia, Donald II. Mead
of Syracuse, John B. Hynes of
Boston, Richard Lee of New
Haven. Anthony j. Celebrezze
Of Cleveland, Frank p. Zeidler
Of Milwaukee and w. A. Cannon
Of Richmond. Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
PTA EVENTS CALENDAR

Meeting announcements
must be in the hands of the
PTA Calendar editor By noon
Thursday of each tCeek to in
sure publication in the column
on Sunday. Those received too
late iDHl not be used separately
unless there is some special
netCs SignifcGnce.J
The School Education Com
mittee of the D. C. Congress O
Parents and Teachers will NEE
at Z pm. Saturday in Glove,
Auditorium, Hurst Hall, Amer,
lean University, Nebraska anC
Massachusetts, avenues NV.
Ralph Gray, chief of Schoo
Services, National Geographic,
Society. will be moderator of {
panel discussion on why Sci
ence Education Today"
Panel members include Keith
Johnson, Supervisory Director o.
Science, D. c. Public Schools
Walter E. Dillon, jr., president
Junior Chamber Of Commerce
DR.. Raymond j. Seegar, assistant
director, National Science Foun.
dalton, and DR.. Leo Schubert
chairman of the Committee fol
Encouragement of Science Tai.
ent. Washington Academy o.
Sciences.
Other PTA meetings this week
all beginning at 8 pm, unles:
otherwise indicated, are:
Tomorrow
Area ga Council-Regulal
in Taft Junior High
School. Eighteenth and Perry
streets NE.
Amidon-Greenleaf - Film anc
discussion on dental hygiene al
the Greenleaf School. Fourth
and M streets S.W.
Hebrew Academy - Katherine
Scrivener. Director Of Elemen.
tary Education. D. C. Public
Schools. will speak on "DiSci.
pline" in the auditorium of the
academy, 6045 Sixteenth street
NV.
Macfarland-Brief meeting ir