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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11

ton Gas Light Co. 1t moved
again in 1886 to SCI Twelfth
street NV. and later to a site
bounded by Ohio avenue. Fiji
teenth street and E street NV
Team Added Color
When it opened there ir
March Of 1892 in housed $75(
horse-drawn ambulance. This
vehicle was drawn variously by
Tom, Frank. Harry and Nellie
who were said to gallop with
all four feet off the cobbles
and were known to pass indiffer-
emily sometimes through funeral;
and once through an Inaugural
Parade.
1t was 1915 when the institu-
ton moved into the structure
at I'LL New York avenue NV
where it now is. 1t was a FIRST
class. modern treatment anc
training hospital.
When the hospital merges
with Garfield and Episcopal Eye
Ear and Throat Hospitals into
the Washington Hospital Center
it will keep a tenuous self
identity in the form of memorial
halls and corridors. The new
center on the Soldiers Home
grounds costs $40 million ano
will have 800 beds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
D. c. Hospitals Are Unable to Meet
Proposed Strict Wiring Regulations

ton and evidence of overlooking
of the electrical system"
DR.. Heath said overlooking OF
wires presents a fire hazard in
these two hospitals and the Snow
Hospital.
Commenting on the report to-
day. DR.. Philip A. E. Stebbing,
administrator of District General
said that requests for money to
install a standby power plant
have been cut from the hospital
budget for the last several years
Standby Facilities
Dr.. Stebbing said although
there is not an independent gen.
orator at the hospital. there are
battery systems for the operating
rooms. He pointed out that the
hospital has two main lines from
the power company; if one fails
the other cuts in automatically
The batteries would run op-
Grating room equipment, but not
elevators. lights or such machines
as respirators in other parts OF
the hospital, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
FESTIVAL TICKETS SOLD
Inaugural Concert
Still Open to Public

President Eisenhower has not
yet said if he will attend the
concert, but the White House has
requested three boxes for the
presidential party and two boxes
for the vice presidential party
Most of the other boxes are al
ready taken by diplomats. cabi-
met officers, Government officials
and congressman.
Tickets for the concert run
from $3.50 to Sill. They are on
sale at the Symphony box Office
in Campbell's Music Co.. l10S G
street NV.
Police Escort Set
Entertainers will be shuttled
back and forth between the two
festival performances with police
escorts. so both shows can go on
at the same time. unlike last
inaugural.
Among the cast of performers
are Lawrence Welk, Dorothy
Shay, Ray Bolger. Edgar Bergen
and Charlie Mccarthy. Abbott
and Costello, Phil Silvers, Peter
Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, the
De Marcos and William Lundi-
gan.
Inaugural officials say demand
for festival tickets has been so
great, that both houses could
have been sold out a second
time" Dress for the festival is
informal, dress for the concert
: is formal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11

The Inaugural Concert was
left today as the only major in
augural entertainment still oper
to the public.
The last tickets for the two
inaugural festivals were snapped
up by people willing to pay up tc
$l2 to see more than dozen OF
the brightest names in show
business.
The festival originally was
scheduled for Uline Arena, which
holds 5000 persons, at $3.50 pm
Saturday, January 10. This week
officials decided to duplicate the
affair with a simultaneous per-
Torrance at the 3,428-seat Cap.
ital Theater. but those ticket.
are gone, too. The public car
still get into the concert at 8:4s
pm. January 20. in Constitu.
ton Hall.
POns, Norman to Star
Stars of the show, along with
the National Symphony Or
chestra and Howard Mitchell
are Lily Pons and Ethel Norman
The dynamic Miss Norman will
fly down from her new hit musi-
cal Happy Hunting" on Broad
way. and fly back the same
night.
Fred Wsring and his orchestra
and chorus will also perform at
tine concert. They were added to
the program after already being
booked to appear at the festivals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
Light Snow
With Low in
.2Os Forecast

Yesterdays gale pushed Arctic
air into Washington and brought
the possibility of a light snow
tonight or tomorrow morning.
the Weather Bureau said today.
Forecasters said the snowfall,
II any, won't be deep enough
to tie up traffic.
The low temperature tonight
will be near rs degrees, and to-
morrow's high should be above
the 30 forecast for today, the
bureau said.
Winds that dashed the city
and nearby counties yesterday
left trees uprooted, windows
shattered and utility lines ripped
down. Several injuries were re-
ported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11

None of the Districts hospitals
could meet the tough new wiring
regulations being drawn up by
the District Health Department
a preliminary survey has shown
Electrical wiring in three of
the Observation-Disclosures General
Casualty and Theadora Snow at
4759 Reservoir road N.W.-is de-
scribed as bad" in the survey
report.
The Health Department has
been surveying wiring in both
public and private hospitals as
a result of an order some time
ago by Commissioner Robert E
Mclaughlin. DR.. Frederick C.
Heath, acting health director, re-
ported to the Commissioners yes
terday on the initial findings of
the survey.
He said the inspection team,
made up of electrical. build
ing and health experts from
various agencies. had set up a
proposed group of rigid regula-
tions. based on a set of ideal
standards defined by a commit
tee of the American Institute OF
Electrical Engineers.
All Hospitals Fail Test
Then the inspection team COM
pared wiring in each hospital
with these regulations. Every
hospital failed the test.
Hospitals were put into three
Icategories-"good," fair" and
bad" Even those in the good"
category were described as need
ing further improvement"
Among hospitals in this group
is the Hospital Center on the
Soldiers Home Grounds, which
hasn't been completed.
| All the hospitals in the bad
and fair" categories lacked ade-
quate standby power plants. the
report said. Those in the good
category had ADEQUATE standby
power sources. but needed i'm
provement in other respects.
Ih the good" category with
the Hospital Center were Doctors.
George Washington University,
Providence and Hadley Memo
rial Hospitals.
Four Not Listed
/ In the fair" class were Chill
dren'S, Columbia and Georgetown
University Hospitals.
Four hospitals were not listed
in the report. They are Emer-
gency. Garfield and Episcopal,
all of which are due to move to
the Hospital Center this year,
and Sibley. which plans a new
structure on the American Uni
versity campus.
The report was most critical of
District General and Casualty. 1t
said in addition to inadequate
standby systems for use when
regular power fails, the two hos
pitfalls show general deteriora-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
Airport Congestion
To Get Full Airinq
Holland to Open
Hearings on
Wednesday

Senator Holland, Democrat Of
Florida. today announced full
dress hearings would begin
Wednesday at 10 am. on how
to solve congestion at the Wash
ington National Airport.
Under prodding from leaders
Iof the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee, the Eisen-
hover administration late in
the last Congress submitted a
request for funds to 60 ahead
with a second Washington air.
port at Burke, Va.
The situation. as seen by the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee, was so confused that it
neither approved or rejected the
request, but rather named a
special subcommittee headed by
Senator Holland to 60 into the
matter and report to the full
committee this month.
Jets Pose Problem
Senator Holland said it was his
purpose to take testimony on all
aspects of the airport problem,
with some special attention to
the impact that the use of jet
planes would have on commune
ties near the airport.
He said a member of the Sen
ate had told him that he had
been receiving an increasing
number of protests on the use of
jets.
Senator Holland said the Oft
proposed use of Friendship In
ternational Airport near Balti-
more would be brought into the
picture, as we'll as all other air
port sites suggested as means OF
relieving the traffic congestion
at Washington National.
To Study Air Views
The Florida Senator. without
indicating any final conclusion
as to what should be done, said
he had felt that no adequate
trial as yet has been given to
the use of the Friendship Air
port as a means of relieving
traffic here. In this connection
he said he had asked the Civil
Aeronautics Administration to
provide aerial pictures of the
area around Friendship and
Burke and other suggested sites.
Serving with Senator Holland
on the special subcommittee are
Democratic Senators Magnuson
OF Washington, who is chairman
OF the Senate Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee.
and Stennis of Mississippi. Re-
publican Subcommitteemen are
Senators Margaret Chase Smith
OF Maine and Potter of Michi-
gan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
u. 5. Acquiring
Southwest Land
For Buildings
Federal Construction
ToCost $50 Million in
RehubiIitoting Area
BY FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS

The Government was taking
steps today to acquire large tracts
in Southwest Washington for
four new Federal Office buildings
costing about $50 million.
The action will mark initiation
of an elaborate Government
building program contributing tc
the rehabilitation of Southwest
Washington. 1t will also mean
the demolition of more dilapi-
dated temporary buildings and
the provision of acceptable office
space for additional Government
workers.
The land for these structures
is TO be acquired by the Rede-
velopment Land Agency.
RIA was reported to be pre-
pairing to file declarations oil
taking" in court. Under this pro.
cedure the land would be acquired
promptly. the owners being paic
from sums equal to the appraised
value of the property deposited
in court. Should the property
owner be dissatisfied with the
amount, he could contest the
award by court action.
FOOd-Drug Building
One of the projected build.
ings is planned to house the
Food and Drugs Administration
The cost is put at about SIS mil
lion. This, known as Federal Of
flee Building No. 8. would be or
the block bounded by Second
and Third streets and c and [
streets. The site is just east OF
the Railroad Retirement Board
Building.
The largest project now listed
as Federal Office Building No
10, actually would consist of two
buildings. They would front or
independence avenue on the
three blocks between Sixth ano
Ninth streets and would cost ar
estimated $40.9 million. They
would provide about million
square feet of floor area. What
agency or agencies would &C.
cupy them have not been des-
ignated.
I One Of the two buildings
would be erected on a large, al.
most triangular block thanked
on either side by independence
and Maryland avenue and run
ming from Sixth to Seventh
street.
Closing Of Eighth Street
/ Just to the west would be an.
other building on the two block.
between Seventh and Ninth
street and also fianked by In.
dependence and Maryland
Eighth street would be closed tC
make one large block of the
present two. The building on this
site would be connected with the
one to the east by a tunnel.
The third project, Federal
Office Building No. 6, calls for 8
building costing about SIG mil
lion on the tract bounded by
Maryland and c streets and
Fourth and Sixth streets. tThere
is no Fifth street in this area. }
Occupants of this building also
have not yet been designated.
The Government already owns
the Independence avenue front
age and some other lots of the
tract running from Sixth tc
Ninth street.
Erection of buildings on these
areas will mean the demolition
of more temporary buildings.
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Almond and GiImer
To Speak January 30

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Jan.
IL (P,. = Attorney General j.
Almond, jr.. Democratic candi-
date for Governor, and Howard
Gilmer of Pulaski will speak at
a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner
here January 80.
Mr.. Gilmer, a former United
States attorney. is seeking the
post to be vacated by Mr.. AL
mond.
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the parade route; direct phones
to Inaugural Committee head
quarters. medical aid and other
activities.
This center will be open from
II am. until two hours after the
parade. Mr.. Armstrong said.
This afternoon, 175,000 copies
of the official inaugural program
go on sale at newsStandS, hotel
lobbies and some drug stores
The price of the 48-page pro-
gram is 81.
Yesterday the Nation wide
search for a man to act the
part of Uncle Sam" in the in
augural parade ended with the
selection of Albert C. Killian of
Buffalo, N. Y.
Veteran in Role
Mr.. Killian, captain of the
Uncle Sans Marching Club of
Buffalo, is more imam B feet tall
and has man wears of expert
ence in portraying the role, &C
cording to Edward R. Carr, pa
rade committee chairman. Hun
dreds of candidates had been
evaluated before Mr.. Killian was
chosen.
The Association of American
Railroads announced it is pro-
Ividing Washington taxicab OPP
orators with a map showing the
sites OF the various railroad
yards. Passenger trains will be
parked and some inaugural
visitors will sleep there during
their stay here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11

Alllo UcCdLIlC hIlOWLI JOudy
architect, few down to Norfolk
They are now at Guides green
houses at Rockville, Md. They
will probably be put in place the
morning of the parade.
Mr.. Timchenko is making the
design for the decorations of the
flowers for the Inaugural Com.
mittee. He takes a leading part
in decorations for Washington's
annual flower show.
All the camellia flowers ar,
pink. as this is considered to be
Mrs. Eisenhower's favorite color
officials said.
Other decorations also will be
erected in front of the White
House as a special feature of the
Inauguration.
Nearby. in the old Belasco
Theater. site of the Lafayette
Square USO. the Inaugural
Committee will have its general
headquarters and communica-
ton center during the parade on
Inauguration Day, January 81.
This was announced today by
Chairman William Armstrong Of
the General Services Committee
Lost Child Department
Located there will be: a los,
children center. representative.
of the general chairman anC
chairman of all the committee.
operating that day, grandstanc
operations and maintenance in.
Guiding snow removal crew. Il
necessary; control of parade
route amplif1cation. tie-in OF
carillons for the official cere-
mony on Capitol Hill and along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Highway Research
Board holds final sessions OF
its five-day meeting at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The National Association
OF Real Estate Boards be-
gins a seven day board meet
ing at Hotel Statler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
Live Come||ios to Color
Eisenhower's Stand
BY WILLIAM A. MULLEN

Decorations for reviewing stand
in front OF the White House for the Inaugural Parade will
100 live camellias in full bloom.
This became known today after landscape
architect few down Norfolk Va the camelas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11

BUTT AND MILLET are
honored together with a foun-
tain which bears this unex-
planatory inscription:
In memory of Francis
David Millet 1846-19l2y and
Archibald Willingham Butt
1853 1922, this monument
has been erected by their
friends with the sanction of
Congress-
This memorial is a simple
shaft rising from a basin, and
the whole is all but hidden
in summer by the trees which
surround it. Millet, it is
known, was a drummer boy in
the Civil War, but this is not
the reason for the memorial.
The clue is in the dates of
their death.
Andrew Jackson Downing's
home was on the Hudson
River. He met his death on
that river while trying to save
other passengers when the
steamer Henry Clay caught
fire.
But what was his claim to
Washington fame great
enough at the time to merit
an urn on a granite shaft,
incloSed by a round iron
picket fence?
John Witherspoon stands
firmly, in Colonial costume, on
a solid base. He has had to
step aside only once in his
long tenure among Washing
ton statuary-when the street
where he resides was widened,
and the statue moved six feet
back.
But who today knows the
fcats of Hahnemann, Gross,
Henry, Millet, Butt, Wither-
spoon or Pushmataha?
It's doubtful if the average
WaShingtonian knows where
the monuments are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
Hospital Merger Recalls
Emergency's Role in City

The Central Dspensay and' Emergency Hospital landmark
Washington medicine since 1871 will be merged this
into the Washington Hospital Center.
This is noted in its official history 29page story of the
published the result of full of research
authors Minor whose husband chief of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11
Street Scenes

A District highway truck in
Chevy Chase, D. c., with sew
eral workmen riding in the
rear and huddled around an
oil drum in which a CHEEKY
fire was blazing. -.
A workman attaching in
augural bunting to a store
on Tenth street near H street
NV, telling his helper: II
wish l had corner on the
tack market this week" :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-06

ROD AND REEL-Bethesda
has q fishing parson who
Igroans that the fish usually
bite best at IL am. on Sundays.
However. he did slip away last
week with i've other anglers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-06

great shakes with bow and ar
row. being still definitely in the
tyro class, but this course,
especially the second IA targets,
will try the skill of even a
Howard Hill. There is still a oft
of work to be done clearing
up behind the targets so arrows
which miss the butt completely
can be more easily picked up.
In the main however 1t is in
readiness for the first club
match set for early September.
Anyone who believes shoot
ing "a targets on a course Of
this sort is easy should try it
once. Even with a 40-pound
bow. it is quite an endurance
test. especially in hot weather.
With four arrows per target,
one lifts or pulls the equiva-
lent of nearly two and a half
tons. in the meantime walking
some two or more miles over a
three hour period. 1t is real
exercise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-06

His victory clinched the team
title for the Military District Of
Washington. Tim will now play
in the All-Arny Championships
where the going will be rougher
Bill Quillian, goth ranking
player in the United States, is
among those Coss will face at
Fort Ord, Calf, next week.
In winning the Washington
Golf and Country Clubs Invita-
tional Tournament last week
end. Fred McNair and 1t. Steve
Potts beat the same team they
faced in the final Of the Wood
mont tourney the previous week,
Coils. Robin Hippensteil and
Lewis Wetherall. McNair and
Potts, undefeated in local
play. are planning to go to Bos-
ton for the National Mems
doubles championships, begin
ming August 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-06
Fishing Derby
Gets Underway

The fifth annual st. Mary'S
County Fishing Derby is being
held today through Sunday at
the Charles Davis pier at
Wynne. Md. 1t is sponsored by
Ridge Post 225 of the American
Legion.
All fish must be caught on
hook and line in waters bor-
dering St. Mary's County.
Prizes will be awarded for the
largest fish of most any species
found In those waters except
sting rays. sharks and skates.
Prizes also will go to the old.
est and youngest anglers, boy
or girl under IL and the lady
angler catching the largest fish.
The fish must be in the hands
of the judges by 4 pm. Sunday.
Carnival attractions and dom
key baseball are scheduled
evenings and a dance will be
held Friday night at which the
Fishing Derby Queen will be
crowned. Boat races will pre-
cede the presentation Of awards
Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-06

local player in the Cavalier In
vitational Championships just
concluded at Virginia Beach.
The hard hitting Miss Hufty
reached the semif1nals of the
women's singles before bowling
to Bonnie Loving of Charlottes-
vile in a marathon match,
Ga, 1911. Miss Loving, the
Nations 25th ranking girl
player. went on to win the
tournament by beating Wash
ington's Charlotte Decker in
straight sets.
=
Defending Champion Army
will meet second-place Internal
Revenue-Justice in the decid-
ing match for the 1857 Govern
ment League championship at
6 pm. today on the Hams
Point Courts. Both teams have
won A matches, but Army has
lost only six while Internal
Revenue-Justice has dropped
nine. Army seems fairly GER
tain to become the first team
in the history Of the Govern
ment League to win the title
four years in succession. Army
Manager Bruce Anderson has
done a remarkable job Of put
ting his best team forward each
week.
State USIA is in third place
with Navy holding down fourth,
To the surprise of no one
Washington's Tim Coss romped
away with the I'd Army cham
pionships at Aberdeen Proving
Grounds last week. Tim cap
tured the title easily, winning
his final match. So, 60, 60
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-06

IA deaths in that area in. six
days. The dispatch also said
the Coast Guard had Cancelled
all summer leaves In an effort
to stem the toll.
Comdr. Ray Blouin, chief OF
search and rescue operations
for the 18th Coast Guard Dis
trict there, blamed two fac
tors:
/. Inexperience of amateur
boatmen who vastly underesti.
mate the power Of wind and
wave and vastly overestimate
their nautical ability.
2. The tremendous increase
in small-boat water traffic
Two Of the more serious ac-
cidents in the Washington area
involved fire and explosion. One
occurred in the Northeast River
near Elkton and the other in
the bay near Chesapeake
Beach.
The 5th District Coast Guard
Office in Baltimore said the
mishaps still were being inves-
tigated and the causes were un-
determined, but that lack OF
vented bilges is the principal
reason for boat explosions.
The Coast Guards new book
let on Motorboat Safety, edited
by 1t. B. F. Rush. devotes con-
siderable space to boat fires
and suggestions on their pre-
vention.
AS to ways to curb other
boating accidents. 1t. Comdr
r. O. Bracken. Coast Guard
search and rescue officer for
this area. made these recon-
mendations:
Be sure to notify someone
where you are going when you
set out in a boat.
Carry at least the minimum
required safety equipment.
Check the weather reports
Know your waters. Some
areas have treacherous cur-
rents harmless enough to large
boats but perilous for out
boards.
And very important, don't
overload the boat.
In connection with boating
safety. George Otlewis, chief
of Park District police in Chi
cago and president of the In
ternational Association of
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TENNIS TALK
Protest Possible Over 'Seedinqs'
By c. ALPHoNso SMITH

The best boy tennis player in
the Middle Atlantic area, Hugh
Lynch III. got a very bad deal
In the National Boys Cham
pionships at Kalamazoo last
week.
Unbeaten in this area for two
years and runner-up for the
Southern Boys and Kentucky
State titles this season. young
Lynch seemed certain to get a
high seeding in the draw for
the boys tournament. But when
the draw was posted two boys
whom Hugh had beaten this
year were seeded and Lynch
was not seeded at all, even
though 10 boys were selected.
To make it even more ride
ulous. Lynch decisively beat a
boy who defeated another ore
Of the seeded players.
The net result was that
Hughie ran up against the
third-seeded player in the
round Of is instead of having
a good chance to reach the
semifinals. An Official protest
to the USLTA may be in the
ofing. Ignorance of the results
Of the other tournaments,
rather than discrimination, is
the probable cause for the
mixup.
Don Ralph, Middle Atlantic
Junior champion. gained sweet
revenge in the National Junior
Championships in beating Karl
Klamath, 6-3, Go. The
previous week in the Western
Juniors Kamrath won a hard
three-set match from Ralph.
X
Alex Hufty of Chevy Chase
made the best showing of any