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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13

Mr.. Lee said the bill would
raise about $250,000 a year rev.
enue for the county by increas-
ing the cost Of recordation
stamps from IS cents to $l,10
for each $500.
However, the Montgomery
delegation did agree yesterday to
introduce a bill proposed by Mr..
Browning to exempt from the
county property tax the "struc-
lures and filtration equipment"
Of cooperative, non-profit SWIM
ming pools which own less than
six acres of land.
NOrthrOp Bill Hearing
State Senator Edward S.
Northrop. Democrat of Mont
gomery. announce public hear
ing will be held here in the
Senate chamber at 4:30 pm.
next Tuesday on his bill propos-
ing creation of a Montgomery
revenue authority to administer
parking lots. airports and other
county projects.
With Delegates Charles W.
Woodward. jr., dissenting. the
Montgomery delegation yester-
day agreed to increase the an
nual salaries Of the three county
Peoples Court judges from S10.-
900 to $4,000 for the two as
sociate judges and Sl3.500 for the
chief judge.
MIR. Woodward, son of the
former Chief Judge of the Mont
gomery Circuit Court. said the
proposed Peoples Court salary
scale is out of line in view Of the
fact that Circuit Court judges
get only $4,000 a year from the
State and an additional $4,000
from the county.
Bowling Alley Record
The delegation agreed to an
amendment by Mr.. Browning to
allow bowling alleys to open at
pm. on Sundays in the Weed
mont Triangle Eighth Precinct
Of the Seventh Election Dis
trictD The amendment will go
on a bill introduced by Delegate
William B. Wheeler to allow
Sunday bowling in Twinbrook.
Delegate Margaret c.
Schweinhaut said she thought
the bill ought to legalize Sunday
bowling throughout all of
Montgomery. but other dele
gates warned that some areas
want Blue Laws.
Delegate Lee. along with Dele
gate Dan Brewster, Democrat of
Baltimore County, yesterday in
troduced a measure aimed curb
ing reckless pulldozing by sub
dividers. 1t would amend the ex-
press powers act to allow charter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
Springfield Residents
To Form Fire Company

Residents of Springfield. Va.
will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the CreStwood Elementary
School to organize a fire de-
partment for the area.
Robert A. Sloan said the group
is TO elect officers. appoint a
board Of directors and name
committees.
Preliminary plans for a fire.
house will be shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
FBI Agent to Speak

Special Agent Bernard M.
Suttler Of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation will speak on
Problems of Youth Today" at
a meeting of the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans, Arlington Chapter
No. 10. at BIS pm. tomorrow
at Bauserman's Hall, South
Glebe I'd. and Columbia pike,
Arlington. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
Arlington Concert

The 85-piece band of WASH
ington-Lee High School in Ar
lington will present a concert at
$3.50 pm. Friday in the school
auditorium, 1900 North Quincy
street. The admission is 81 for
adults and so cents for students.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
Couple Will Celebrate
sd Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Dorsey.
Of ITO eighth street Sc.
Hillside. Md, will celebrate their
SD wedding anniversary tomor-
row. They were married on
February IA. 1895 at Conway.
S. c.
They came to Washington in
1888 when Mr.. Dorsey retired
from his South Carolina farm.
They formerly lived in North
east Washington. They have
seven children and four grand
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
Sweetheart FroIic

The Central Baptist Brother
hood of the Central Baptist
Church. SAP Annapolis road,
Bladensburg. Md, will hold a
Sweetheart Frolic at 8 pm. to-
morrow in the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
Bill Reodied to Double
Realty Recordotion Tax
BY a Star stan Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS Feb 13LegiSation double the recordation
tax real transfers Montgomery County today
being for introduction the Maryland General Assembly
Delegates Lee and Browning
Montgomery said they would the although they
could their colleagues to make Montgomery deega
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13

your house may be suffering from Low
HORSEPOWER.
Your appliances can't possibly do their best
job if there is insufficient power too few
circuits or too few outlets. It's a simple in
expensive matter to correct the situation so
you can live better :. !. electrically.
Let US show you how to wire up and live"
by making a FREE survey of your home
wiring. Call any of the electrical contrac-
tors whose names appear on this page,
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13

counties to adopt ordinances
for the control of problems of
soil erosion and OF the preserva-
ton of the natural topography in
newly developed and other
areas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-13
Get the Most From Toe|ay's Apple
Adequate Wiring Mems
You Live Befter-EIeefrieoIIy

From basement laundry to second" TV set
IN upstairs bedroom, today's homes are a
wonderland of electrical living-liying at
its best. Is your home adequately wired to
let you enjoy these electrical servants to
the fullest?
If your fuses blow too often; If appliances
take too long to heat up; if you have un-
slightly extension cords and double sockets
plugged into double sockets if your lights
flicker and your TV picture shrinks, then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
Mother Wins Tots
She Tried to Kill

KANSAS CITY, July 10 (R)
"A Japanese mother yesterday
won custody of her three chill
dren. whom she once tried to
poison.
Two months ago Mrs. Toni
ko Samuel. %. gave poison to
Roy, 4; David 2, and Dorothy
Ann. 3, and took some herself
after her husband, Army Sergt
Roy Samuel, had told her he
wanted a divorce.
The children recovered from
the poison quickly. Mrs. Sam
uel was hospitalized several
weeks and Juvenile Court took
custody Of the children.
Mrs. Samuel won the SYM
pathy of several church groups
A public drive for funds was
started to help her. An attor-
ney gave free legal service.
Yesterday her husband, sta
toned at Tacoma. Wash. an
nounced he was dropping his
efforts to get a divorce and
custody Of the children.
The announcement was made
by his attorney in a dramatic
courtroom scene ending a two
day custody hearing.
Tomiko sobbed her thanks
and joyfully clasped the chill
dren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
President Praised
In Kishi Speech

TOKYO. July l8 (P.-Jap-
anese Prime Minister Nobusuke
Kishi today credited success of
his talks in Washington last
month "in large measure to the
craftsmanship Of President Eli
senhower and other American
leaders"
Addressing the Japan-Amer-
lea Society. Mr.. Kishi reiterated
the statements Of American and
Japanese leaders that 1.-THE
Washington talks have ushered
in a new era in the long, ira
ditional friendly relations be-
tween Japan and the United
States"
He also declared his new cab
met means a more stable gov
eminent for Japan that will
enable him Ito push vigorously
forward the work of furtherine
JapaneSe-American relations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
New Yorker Gets
Top Shrine Post

MINNEAPOLIS. July Is (Pl,
Thomas w. Melham, Hickory
Hill. Long Island. was elected
imperial potentate Of the North
American Shrine yesterday.
Mr.. Melham. a native of
South Dakota and longtime
resident Of Wisconsin, moved
to the head of all Shriners in
the United States and Canada
as an advance from his post as
q deputy imperial potentate.
He has been manager of the
Manhattan agency of the Pru-
dental Insurance Co. since
1852. when he was transferred
from Milwaukee.
He succeeds Gerald D. Crary
Of Deadwoo6. S. OAK, as i'm
perial potentate. His election
came during the SD imperial
council session OF the Shrine
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
Body Of Boy, H.,
Recovered From
Anucostiu River

The body of an 11-year-old
boy who failed to reappear
after diving into the Anacostia
River yesterday afternoon was
pulled out of the water today.
He was identified tentatively
as Morton Wall. jr., son Of Mrs.
Viola Wall of 1910 sherwood
street NE.
That street was canvassed
late yesterday in an effort to
learn the identity of the boy
police had been told was in the
water.
Police were alerted TO a pos
sible drowning after several
men reported seeing two boys
dive into the Anacostia River
from a submerged abutment
near the f1oodgate of the Dis
trict General Hospital grounds.
Witnesses said only one boy
surfaced after the dive.
The l4-year-old boy who
came out of the water told po-
lice that his companion was
called Luke" and lived on
sherwood street. Checking the
street, police learned that Mrs.
Wall had q son called by the
nickname of Luke" The boy.
police were told, was missing
and had been wearing green
pants when he left home.
Green pants were found on the
river bank.
Police were awaiting Mrs.
Walls positive identification.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18

ference in tobacco use is known
THE average life span has
increased Strikingly hand in
hand with an increased con-
sumption of cigarettes Dr.
Little said. I'm 1900 the av-
erage life span of Americans
was about Al years. Today it
is nearly TO-"
No Single Cause
The witness declared that
general findings definitely dis
prove a single. simple, striking
cause and effect relationship
between cigarette smoking and
lung cancer. The question,
therefore, becomes one of
smoking and the probability
of tobacco being a causative
factor. he asserted.
Before the hearings started,
Chairman Blatnik, Democrat of
Minnesota, told newsmen that
cigarette manufacturers may
be kidding" smokers about the
effectiveness of filters.
Mr.. Blatnik told a reporter
that smokers presently are
paying more than half a million
dollars a day extra for filter
protection - a premium of
about two cents per pack.
This is conservative-it may
be as high as 100000 a day.
he added.
AS filters have come into wide
use, Mr.. Blatnik said. tests ap-
pear to show the tobacco con-
tent of the cigarette is "souped
up"-that stronger tobaccoS are
used-to add flavor" to the
smoke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
Wife Gets
.$l73 Weekly Aid

HACKENSACK. N. j.. July Is
B.-Singer Billy williams has
been ordered to pay his wife
Sl73 support a week after
spending a night in jail after
a complaint by her.
Superior Court Judge Will
liam A. Hegarty freed Mr..
Williams yesterday.
Mr.. williams had been or
dered to Jail the night before
when he was unable to post
a $4,000 bond ordered by the
court after Mrs. williams COM
planned he wasn't meeting full
support payments for his
family.
Judge Hegarty freed him
when Mrs. Williams. Of Tea
neck. waived the bond. At the
same time he ordered the
singer to pay Mrs. williams
sits a week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18

/ s274.4ll.l20 worth Of goods, OF
about "a per cent Of all its
sales, to the Government. the
data showed. The Govern
ment sales reached $410. sos. 236
in 1855. but this accounted only
for 81 per cent Of total sales.
In 1856 the amount of Govern
ment sales dropped to $403.-
639.050 and the percentage to
/ II.
The company report also
said. however. that while COM
mercial sales accounted for
1858 per cent Of the $50, 897. :
5l8 profit, before taxes. made
by the corporation and its
subsidiaries in 1852. the per-
centage accounted. for by COM
mercial sales rose to 59.l2 in
1856, when total profits before
taxes were $9l. 553,5l8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
ICurtiss-Wright
Boosts Worth
lin Sales 10 U. 5.
BY the Associated Press

Congress received evidence
today that the Curtiss- Wright
Corp. increased its net worth
by more than so per cent dur
ing five years of selling mostly
to the Government.
But the big aircraft engine
manufacturer also submitted
data indicating that it made a
higher profit margin on COM
mercial sales than on Govern
ment sales. and that the nom
Government business was on
the rise.
Information about Curtiss-
Wright's business-more than
500 pages of statistics, charts
and lists-went into the record
of the House Armed Services
Investigations subcommittee as
it opened a study of aircraft
engine purchases by the Air
Force and Navy. These are
running about $2.25 billion an
nually.
Company Head Called
The first witness called was
Roy T. Hurley. who as presi-
dent and board chairman
headed the payroll list SUBJ
mitted to the subcommittee by
Curtiss-Wright. His 1856 COM
penSation before taxes was
listed at $277,190.
The subcommittee said it is
trying to determine, among
other things, whether engine
manufacturers are reaping ex-
ceSsive profits, whether greater
economies can be obtained in
the purchase of engines and
whether the contracts for the
procurement of engines are ade-
quate and suitable to protect
the Governments best inter-
eStS."
Sales Figures Given
Data submitted by Curtiss-
Wright showed the corpora
tons net worth increased from
$120,620,532 in 1852 to $1S3,-
336.612 in 1856.
In 1852, the corporation sold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
MiIder Rights Version
Gains Senate Support

supporters seemed to be drift
ing toward a position of back
ing only a voting rights" bill,
advocates Of the House bill rail-
lied their speakers for a de-
Tense of that measure.
Senator Javits. Republican
of New York, told the Senate
yesterday that the section Of
the bill which Senators Ander-
son and Aiken proposed to
strike out was aimed at en-
forcement OF school indignation
where local law enforcement
broke down.
Senator Javits said he didn't
think supporters had made an
effective case" for this section
thus far. He said several other
speakers would follow him in
efforts to win some converts to
the section.
Senator Russell, who said he
was ready to vote" on the
Anderson Aiken proposal, found
himself in the unfamiliar role
of being unable to get a vote
when he wanted it-a reversal
of the delaying tactics usually
attributed to the Southerners,
However, Senator Mcnamara,
Democrat of Michigan. a civil
rights advocate. said latter
we've presented our side maybe
the Southerners won't be SO
anxious to vote"
Senator Javits scoffed at
Southern contentious that the
bill would make the Attorney
General a Caesar" He said
the Attorney General would
have to go into court, just as
would any other prosecutor
and prove his case.
Senator Anderson told his
colleagues he was seeking to
wipe out the controversial Sec
ton mot because I love civil
rights less but because I want
to see this bill enacted and
become effective"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18

Today. organized labor holds
the greatest concentration OF
political and economic power
in the United States, he said
and this power rests in the
hands Of labor leaders.
Referring to what he termed
the course to a planned state,
Mr.. Swigert said the United
States can continue in that d.
rection or it can turn, fight and
head back toward freedom.
The United States, he said is
currently spending one-third of
its income for Government. In
the past, he continued, it has
been shown that no country
has ever survived which spent
over Is per cent Of its income
for government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
LdborPowerHii
BYNAMChief

BLUE RIDGE. N. c., July
ID R.-Ernest G. Swigert
president of the National AS
Uciationsof Manufacturers. last
4ight attacked the concentra-
uon of power in the hands of
mbor leaders and said that in
bis opinion the United States
. on a course that can lead
only to disaster.
: Mr.. Swigert. a Portland
toreg) manufacturer, told the
opening meeting of the four
day annual Southern Indus
trial Relations Conference the
drift toward a planned" state
and. to quite a degree, the
power now in the hands of
labor can be blamed on man.
agement for its timidity at the
bargaining table and apathy of
management people as Ameri-
can citizens.
Calls for Fight
when do we stand and
ight?" he asked the audience
predominantly comprised of
industrial executives and SUI
pervisory people. He said man.
aeement has been granting
concessions and giving raises
IN the hopes of getting peace
in industry.
Mr. Swigert also urged man
aeement to do more of its own
fiRhting and depend less on the
Government.
I'VE management !" he
continued, must use every
channel of communication to
make the public realize the
economic facts of life. We
especially want to make en-
ployes realize that the welfare
Of every worker depends on the
welfare of the company ne
works for"
Raps Tower Of Labor
He called on businessmen to
take more interest in politics.
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Federal troops to enforce court
orders.
Senator Humphrey said
Attorney General Brownell
made a blunder" in tying the
bill to the troop-use provisions,
He said he hoped ANY refer
ence to a period in Ameri-
can history that is a dismal
and sad period" would come
out.
Senator Russell said that
While Southern opponents
would support the Knowland-
Humphrey Observation-Disclosures
will furnish the first voting test
OF Senate sentiment-the pro-
posal did not reach the heart
Of their objections to the bill
Retreat Expected
There were clear indications
that Senators Knowland and
Humphrey offered their amend
ment as only the first step in an
expected retreat from the terms
of the House-passed bill.
Senator Knowland, the
Senate G. o. P. leader, was re-
ported having technical diff
Guilty in drafting an even
broader amendment under
which the Attorney General
could intervene in civil rights
cases-other than those in
Solving voting privileges-only
when asked to do so by local
authorities.
Senator Knowland was re-
ported holding out for at least
this limited Federal action TO
carry out the Supreme Courts
school integration opinion and
other desegregation decisions.
Senator Dirksen. Republican
0f Illinois. said there had been
discussions" of an amend
Ment to hold this line.
= Because some of their fringe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
Mickey Mouse

OKEMAH. Okla. LP).-H. L.
Oliver can't figure out his TOM
cats likes. The cat maps in
front Of the TV set through all
types Of programs and CONNER
Gals and only becomes alert
when cartoons are on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
Syrio Deports Spy

DAMASCUS. July 18 (R).-
Syrian Police Chief Shaker
Intaki said today Adib Dou-
souky, a Middle East heavy
weight boxing champion, had
been deported to Jordan as a
spy sent to assassinate Syrian
leaders.
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other researchers found lung
cancer death rates to be ex-
tremely low among -Smok-
ers and high among cigarette
smokers. the rates increasing
with the amount of cigarette
smoking.
mo less than 10 independent
studies of the smoking habit OF
lung cancer patients have been
carried out in the United
States, England, Germany
France, the Netherlands, Fin
land and Norway" he COM
mented. In every instance a
higher proportion of smokers
was found among lung cancer
patients than among people
free Of this disease.
In my personal opinion the
evidence is overwhelming that
cigarette smoking is a causative
factor of great Importance in
the occurrence of lung cancer.
This does not imply that smok-
ing is the only cause of lung
cancer"
Also Includes Heart
DR.. Hammond also expressed
the opinion that smoking is a
causative factor in the occur
renee Of cancer in other areas,
such as mouth and larynx.
Turning to a discussion of
acute effects of smoking on the
heart, circulation and blood,
DR.. Hammond said he believes
smoking causes an increase in
the death rate from coronary-
artery diseases.
This docs not necessarily
Imean." he said, that smoking
is a cause of artereoscleroSis
Of the coronary arteries, a dis
ease in which diet apparently
plays an important role. It
may be that smoking only in
creases the risk Of death of
those who are already suffering
from this disease"
DR.. Hammond was reluctant
to express specific relation
ship between smoking and other
diseases.
so Years in Research
DR.. Little. who has spent so
years Of research on the origin
and nature Of cancer, said he
has the greatest respect for the
vigor. versatility and complex
ity of that disease. For that
very reason. he said. he deeply
deplores premature and over
simplified conclusions and in
tensive publicity"
These. he said, are producing
an impression of a practical
and reliable solution to a prob
lem that clearly remains UNI
solved and is in need Of long
continued and impartial re-
search from MANY angles.
He told the committee there
is q great difference in reaction
Of different individuals of the
same age. sex and environ
ment to the formation of lung
cancer.
He testified that lung cancer
is six to eight times more prev
alent in men than in women
OF the same ages and habits
OF smoking. adding that this
leaves a hormonal factor to
be discovered and explained.
Industrial Hazards Cited
He reported that a number
of research workers have shown
a clear relationship between
industrial hazards of different
types and the incidence of
lung cancer. A number of in
vestigatorS, he added. also have
shown a distinctly higher in
cidence Of this disease among
urban populations compared
with rural populations of the
same age, sex and smoking
habits.
He said the per capita con-
sumption Of tobacco is much
less in England than in the
United States. yet lung cancer
incidence there is much great
err. The incidence of this dis
ease, he continued. even varies
between American cities OF the
same size where no local diff
..-.-.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01

road, he is. says Comdr. Brend-
Ter, "a walking road map. res
taurant and hotel directory and
sightseeing guide rolled into one"
Served as Seaman
A resident of TAOS Kipling
parkway. District Heights. Md
Chief Gulliksen joined the Navy
in February. 1918 and served as
"a seaman on the USS Mon
golia before coming to Wash
ington.
His father was a chief quar-
termaster with the Navy and re-
tired after 80 years, and his son
spent IA years in the Navy, eight
of these with the band.
Chief Gulliksen, who is mar
ried. says. II looked forward to
this (retirement) for a long time.
But anticipation is always great
er than the actual happening. u
Now, he admits, he's a little sorry
to be leaving.
But he plans to keep busy. u
think I'll try my hand at some
other things-maybe do a little
building. I want to keep &C.
cupied," he says. because you
deteriorate enough without going
to the rocking chair"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Slotted Wing May Boost
RANGE of AT Planes

lpressor is exhausted next to the
exhaust Of the planes jet engines,
thereby adding to the jet thrust,
Flight Tests Held
The ARDC said it is studying
concurrently high lift boundary
layer control which aids In
takeof and landings Of airplanes
This system either sucks OF
blows air at the leading edge
Of the wing. or just in front 'oi
the wing flaps and has beer
lf1ight-tested on FIVE different
model planes from fighters To
transports.
The two systems would be
compatible. although they would
not be used at the same time
Utilizing both systems. certain
kinds Of airplanes could take OF
and land on short runways and
could fly much farther and carry
larger loads than present de.
signs, the ARDC said.
The next step in the program
will be a study Of the cost anc
weight penalty Of such system b.
constructing a slotted and Quoted
wing for q twin-jet Martin B57
The plane will be flown with one
boundary layer control wing anc
one conventional wing and ARDC
engineers expect the tests Il
provide the answers necessary tc
permit designing Of q low-drae
boundary layer control airplane