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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11
Bottle Marked
At Fort Stevens

The Civil War Battle Of
Fort Stevens. which prevented
Confederate forces from taking
Washington. will be comment
Grated in an annual memorial
program at 7 o'clock tonight at
the site Of the battle, Fort
Stevens Park, Georgia avenue
and Quackenbos street NV.
President and Mrs. Lincoln
were both on the battlefield
during the two-day battle
July l-l2, lS64-the only time
in history that the President
and First Lady were ever under
fire. Gen. Horatio Wright.
commander of the Union forces,
repeatedly shouted Get down
you fool" to the President.
Speakers tonight will include
Lee Pennington. assistant d.
rector of the Americanization
Commission of the american
Legion; c. j. Corlis. president
of the Lincoln Group Of WASH
ington. and Mrs Margaret
Hopkins Worrell. Also on the
program will be a massing of
the colors and patriotic music.
The event is sponsored by the
Ladies OF the Grand Army Of
the Republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11
Patient Dies in Fall
At Soldiers Home

Allan ]. Jenkins, 81, died to-
day shortly after he was found
on a sun deck beneath an
opened sixth floor window at
the United States Soldiers
Home Hospital. He had been
a resident of the home 20
years.
Authorities said Mr.. jenkins,
who had been in poor health,
was last seen leaving a dining
hall shortly after 7:15 am. He
was pronounced dead at 7:50.
He was discharged from the
hospital yesterday.
Homicide detectives said they
found a screen opened at a
sixth floor recreation room of
the Gen. Winfield Scott build
ing.
Clippings found in his room
indicated he was admitted to
the bar in Memphis. Tenn,
and was at one time a prac-
ticing lawyer. He enlisted in
the Army in 1917. reached the
rank Of sergeant major in his
FIRST enlistment. and left the
Army is years later on a dis
ability.
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Cement Strike to Halt
Building Projects Here

lion in highway construction,
including the Beach drive and
Military road bridges in Rock
Creek Park and the Eastern
avenue underpass, would vir-
tually be halted if concrete
deliveries cease.
c. A. Goldeisen. assistant
chief engineer Of the Maryland
State Roads Commission, said
several projects near the Dis
trict would be halted if con-
crete deliveries stop. He said
they include Route 24O, north
of Bethesda; Edmonston road
in Prince Georges County;
Viers Mill Village: University
lane between Colesville road
and the Prince-Georges Mont
gomery County lines, and con-
struction on Palmer highway
where it comes into the An
napolis- Washington parkway.
A survey Of private and pub
lie construction indicated about
$50 million in new projects
here would be halted or slowed
down if concrete deliveries stop.
Some of the projects already
have been slowed down be-
cause of a steel shortage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11
D. c. Village Gets New Chief
After 3O-Month Search

A man to head District OF
Columbia Village-the public
home for aged and inirm-has
at last been found by the Com
missioners after a search Of so
months.
He is James J. Burr. who will
take over next Monday at a
GS-l3 grade paying $500 an
nually.
Since 1855 Mr.. Burr. a grad
uate of Holy Cross College, has
been field representative of the
National Association of Mental
Health in New York.
Holder Of a bachelors degree
in economics and a masters
degree in social work. he is a
veteran Of World War II in
which he served as a special
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11
SEND A KID TO CAMP
7 roubIe Shows Boy
Can Garry His Load

Mrs. Smith wasn't well after
the last baby came.
The doctors said it was
mental illness related to the
birth Of the baby-post partum
psychosis. they called it-and
suggested disqualification.
A good father. Mr.. Smith
buckled down to take care OF
his five children himself.
He took all the leave he had
coming to him at work.
He did all the cooking him
self.
He made up the baby's for
mula every night.
Nine-year-old Johnny helped
care for the younger children.
Mrs. Smith has come home
now. but she is not yet COM
pletely we'll. and is being treat
ed at a mental hygiene clinic
She can still hear the cries Of
disturbed patients in the ward
But in spite Of their recent
trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
have been a happy couple. Mrs.
Smith wants to get we'll. She
wants to be a full-time mother
again and relieve Johnny for
the fun a nine-year-old should
have.
Mrs. Smith manages very well
on a laborer's wages. She proud
ly told the social worker-who
would help her get the clothes.
If necessary-that Johnny has
all the clothes he needs for
camp.
She wants him to 60 very
much.
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Circus Elephants Raise Excitement
In Diqnified Parade to Stadium

About so tons of circus ele-
plants took a lady-like walk
over a mile of Washington
streets today and, like anyone
on their way to work, they
went quietly.
1t was a strange procession
that numbered out of five rail-
way cars at the Railway Ex-
press Office, Second and /
streets NE. at 1890 o'clock.
A police escort was waiting
for the Is elephants when their
trainer. Hugo Schmidt, and his
crew of roustabouts lined the
herd up with a series of gut
tural shouts and much thwack-
ing with elephant goadS.
Nothing could happen until
24-year. old Miniec, a 6-ton
female with the manner of
command, took her place at
the head of the line. She was
chained to two smaller ele-
plants to relax and control
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11

Heavy construction here
millions in highways and new
buildings-will come to a halt
within days If the Nationwide
cement strike is not settled.
Some concrete firms here al
ready have stopped production
and others said they will be
forced to close down early next
week unless they receive &C.
ment shipments.
The strike involves about
$4,000 members of the United
Cement, Lime and Gypsum
Workers who walked of the
job between June 20 and July
/ in 81 of the Nations 140 ce-
ment plants. The information
al union is seeking a wage in
crease and fringe benefits
amounting to about 20 cents
an hour.
District Highway Director
]. N. Robertson said he under
stood firms supplying concrete
for highway and bridge prof.
ects here had only enough
cement to keep UP deliveries
this week. Mr.. Robertson said
between So million and 81 mil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11

agent in the Counterintelli-
gence Corps.
His other experience in
cludes acting dictatorship Of
the U. N. Relief and Rehabili-
tation Administration. reset
Element representative for IN
I re o vernmental Committee
on Refugees in London and a
resettlement officer in the In
ternational Refugee Organlza-
ton in Geneva.
Mr.. Burr has also worked
with the American National
Red Cross as administrative as
sistant Of foreign operations
and as field representative in
Alexandria.
He is 40 years old. married.
and has one child.
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Silent AssuiIunt
Beots D. c. Grocer

An unprovoked beating was
reported to police last night by
Rudolph Becker. SO. proprietor
OF a grocery at 80 Atlantic
street Sc.
Mr.. Becker said he was alone
In the store about 8 pm.
standing in front, Of the ice
box. when a man walked in.
Without saying a word. the
man walked up TO Mr.. Becker
and beat him about the head
with a black automatic pistol.
Then he turned. ran out and
drove of in dark car bearing
Virginia tags. Mr.. Becker said
his assailant was about s feet
tall. but could offer no other
description.
Mr. Becker was treated at
Hadley Memorial Hospital for
head cuts and bruises.
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them, and then the convoy got
under way to Griffith Stadium.
Opens Tonight
The menagerie is part of the
Ringing Brothers Barnum and
Bailey Circus, opening a four
day stand at the ball-park to-
night and operating without
tents for the first time in the
history of the Big Show.
The march was about the
closest thing Washington has
had to a circus parade in IS
years-and plenty of people
turned out to watch. Three
motorcycle policemen led the
convoy.
Most of the elephants had
roustabouts draped around
their necks as they plodded
past the warehouses and ship
ping points of northeast Wash
ington. Most of the people
along the way hadn't known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11
YOUTH; IS, STAGES
FORAY ON THEATER
AFTER ELECTION

HAGERSTOwN CP.-A
l3-year-old youth told State
police he was tossed out Of
the nearby Hi-Way Drive
In Theater after sneaking
in without a ticket. So he:
Smashed all the windows
in the projection building.
snack bar and ticket booth.
Cut the wires TO the
sound system.
Broke out the lights in
the theater driveway.
Smashed a big sign at
the entrance.
He was picked UP after
the foray and held for
Juvenile Court.
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sented no figure for COMPARE
son with operating costs IN
1851.
Cost Rise Aired
Green Bohon, one of the pc
titioning drivers, said after the
hearings recessed this morning
that gasoline had gone up
g cents a gallon and the
cost of automobiles about $3.50.
John Bridgeman. another
driver. testified that a survey
a citizens associations indicated
the public would not object to
"a reasonable increase" in
fares. He said the response also
indicated most riders want to
maintain group riding.
Earlier Brig. Gen. Thomas A.
Lane. Engineer Commissioner
and member of the commission,
asked how the drivers felt
about the present mandatory
group riding. Dominic Ange-
lotti. chief spokesman for the
drivers. said he thought that
it would be in the best public
interest to leave group riding
to the discretion of the driver.
P. U. c. Chairman E. c.
Hayes said at the beginning of
the hearings today that con-
Sideration would be confined to
rates and group riding.
The investigation of the taxi
industry is scheduled to resume
before a House District SUBJ
committee at 10 am. tomorrow
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the elephants were coming
Heads kept popping out of win
dowS and small children
cheered nightly as the ele-
plants passed.
With Meniec in the lead and
ponderous Lois-who knocked
down two elephants last night
for stealing her hay-maintain-
ing discipline in the center,
Trainer Schmidt led his big
pets through the city streets.
Dogs ON Sidelines
Everytime a long, sinuous
trunk would snake toward a
tempting tree branch, Hugo's
blacksnake whip cracked like a
f1recracker and the trunk would
withdraw. But that didn't keep
the elephants from snatching
quite a bit of free lunch from
the elms and gingko trees along
the way.
The dogs of Washington,
which ordinarily will chase
bikes, cars or big trucks, left
the elephants alone, content
ing themselves with banks of
defiance from the safety of
yards and fences. The ele-
plants ignored everything and
everybod y-except the greenery.
Helping his father keep the
parade" going was 5-year-old
Roman Schmidt, who has spent
all his brief life with elephants
and considers them like every
body else's little boy regards
next-door's kittens.
Fifty horses preceded the ele-
plants by half an hour and
the rear was brought up by a
trained zebra named Pasha and
an educated guanaco named
Max. A guanaco is sort of a
h u pless, Latin American
camel. The roustabouts say
that Max and Pasha think they
are elephants. whereas the ele-
plants think they are people.
but all concerned get along
fine.
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Re|ocationP Plan
Alphabetically
Displaced Families
To Get Housing Aid

The District Commissioners
today approved a program to
provide aid to families dis
placed by Government action
such as urban renewal.
The assistance program will
be conducted by various munic-
ipal agencies. officials pointed
out this was necessary since
funds are lacking to establish a
central relocation agency as
had been recommended.
Agencies principally con-
cerned with carrying out the
operation are the Board for
Condemnation of Insanitary
Buildings. the Licenses and In
spectionS Department and the
Administrative Services De-
partment. The Redevelopment
Land Agency. which has done
most of the displacing in re-
cent years, has it's own reloca-
ton program.
A total of 557 families had
to be relocated. largely from
Southwest Washington, last
year.
Along with the order APP
proving the plan, the city
heads adopted a form to be
sent to the displaced families
with their eviction notices.
This paper informs the fam
lilies of the steps they may take
to obtain public housing, rental
housing or sale housing.
The notice also reminds evic-
tees to be in close touch with
the Public Welfare Department
for added help If they are
already on public assistance.
In line with their action on
the housing aid program, the
Commissioners prepared the
way for distributing Federal
Housing Administration forms
to be filled out by displaced
persons who are eligible for
special home financing benefits
made available under the Ma
tional Housing Act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11
CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail 1t to The Eve
ming Star, Washington 4.
d. c.. or bring cash to The
Star cashier.
The cost-S36.40 for IL
days. $500 for six days.
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single fares, 5 cents additional
per group rider, shortening of
the first three zones in the
Northwest and addition of q
fifth zone north of Military
road.
In an alternate proposal
they are seeking an increase of
10 cents in the first zone. Is in
the second, 20 in the third, Is
in the fourth. 80 in the fifth,
35 in the sixth, 40 in the sew
enth and As in the eighth. The
second proposal is in lieu of
changes and additions in the
zone system.
Thus, under the first pro-
posal. a first zone ride for a
single passenger would increase
from 40 to so cents, and a ride
to the fourth zone would 60
from 81 to $1.10.
Cite Living Cost
Under the second proposal
the rates would go from 40 to
so cents in the first zone. &C to
rs in the second. 80 to 81 in
the third, 81 to SIPS in the
fourth.
Spokesman for the cab driv-
er petitioners told the PUG the
cost of living has gone up 7
per cent since drivers were
granted their last increase of
10 cents in 1851.
A detailed report on earn
ings and the cost of cab opera
lions submitted by the drivers
listed an average hackers net
income at $3.50 for 40 hours
and $3.50 for 70 hours. The
petitioners said under the first
proposal earnings would rise to
$46.40 for 40 hours and $99.8
for 10 hours. Under the second
proposal. with higher fares and
no zone changes, the drivers
estimated an average income
of $500 for 40 hours and
$108.20 for 70 hours.
The drivers testified that the
cost Of operating a cab in
Washington today is 9.5 cents
per mile. However, they pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11

TODAY

Chi Sigma National So
rority opens a four day con-
vention in the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
The Inter-American Con-
gress of Philosophy con-
tinues its convention with
meetings at Gallaudet Col
lege.
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appropriation of $3.4 million
to acquire rights-of-way in the
two counties.
That is the sum removed
from the Interior Departments
appropriation bill when it
passed Congress about two
weeks ago. The House agreed
to Senate amendments on elm
mating $1.9 million for acquisi-
ton of land in Prince Georges
County Md and Sis million
in Fairfax County.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee, in striking the
money, recalled that the park
way was authorized under the
Capper-Cramton Act of 1880
and added that "the need for
the extension of the parkway
into these areas should be re-
viewed by the appropriate leg
islative committees"
Hearings Begin
The Senate Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs,
headed by Senator Murray,
Democrat of Montana, began
hearings today in response to
the suggestion of the Appro-
priations Committee.
John Nolen. director of the
National Capital Planning
Commission. and Charles w
Eliot of Cambridge, Mass. who
was the commissions director
from 1926 to 1888, when the
original parkway plans were
made, presented the revised
plan today.
Its principal feature incor-
porates a suggestion made by
Fairfax County citizens who
had appeared before the APP
preparations Committee. They
objected to what they said
would be the destruction of the
natural scenic beauty along the
river.
Basically. the revised plan
calls for the parkway. which
follows the shore line, to leave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11

THE RAMBLER used lard.
He believes that if you want
a short crust-and who
doeSn'ts-you can use more
lard than vegetable Shor-
tening and still have your
crust hold together, if you
will use very cold water and
chill the ball of dough in the
freezing compartment of the
refrigerator before rolling it.
1t was the first pie the
Rambler had made in a long,
long time. His wife is get
ting tired of hearing him
say that he taught her how
to cook. Well, it's true. He
gave her her first lessons.
Then she went on to some
advanced dishes Of her own
and barred him from the
kitchen. Said he made a
mess.
He proceeded carefully,
and consulted the Good
Housekeeping" cookbook. It
said drain a can of cher
ries.' Wouldn't it occur to
the author that someone
might be lucky enough to
have fresh pie cherries?
1t took him three hours to
ready that cherry pie for
the oven and a half hour to
clean up after himself. The
pie is in the oven as this is
being written. The aroma is
wonderful.
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Plan Offered to Extend
Parkway Into Foirfox
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

modified plan for constructing the George Washington
Memorial Parkway Fairfax County Va to objec
tons of citizens of the unveiled today before Senate
committee
officials of Fairfax and Prince Georges Counties and the
National Capital Planning Commission appealed for deficiency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11
Hackers iteLivingC Cost
In Pushing for Fare Rise
Drivers Ask for Boosts in Charges
And Changes in Zone Boundaries

Of taxi drivers today told the District Public Ui-
ties Commission that low income of drivers and increase
the cost Of living sufficient grounds for granting
creaSeS
Hearings the petition opened today. Five drivers rep
resenng some 4500 hackers, have presented two plans
Under proposal they asking l0cent increase in
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the Potomac River at the pro-
posed Cabin John Bridge. At
that point. traffic headed up
stream would turn left on the
proposed intercounty circum-
ferential highway until it
reached the old Leesburg road
(Route 1881 and then proceed
upstream to Prospect Hill in
the vicinity of Great Falls
Park.
Freehill Backs Plan
ut seems to me-" said Joseph
r. Freehill. member of the
Fairfax Board of County Su-
pervisors. that the modiflca-
ton suggested meets the OBJ
jections of those who feel the
plans would mar the scenic and
natural values of the area"
Mr.. Eliot said he was en-
ployed by the planning COM
mission to review the parkway
development plans in the two
counties and make suggestions
for future development. In gen.
eral, his recommendations car
ried out the views expressed by
Harland Bartholomew, chair
man Of the NCPC in a letter on
May 2 to Chairman Hayden of
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee.
Mr.. Eliot said that the con-
struction Of the parkway as a
four-lane. divided highway i'm
mediately following the Shore
line as originally proposed in
1889 would be more expensive
and more destructive Of the
scenery than its probable USE
fulness would justify for many
years to come"
He recommended that park
road" be built closer to the
river and that access to it from
Route 1893 be provided at sew
eral points particularly along
stream valleys leading to the
river.
Appeals for SIS Million
Senator Beall. Republican.
and Representative Landlord,
Democrat. both Of Maryland,
appealed for the restoration Of
the $l.9 million for Prince
Georges County.
They supported a statement
by Herbert w. Wells. chairman
OF the Maryland National Cap
itol Parks and Planning Com
mission. that because Of in
creasing land values 1t is more
economical to acquire rights
of-way now. The construction
Of the circumferential highway
and plans for the Jones Joint
Bridge in the path Of the park
way will make acquisition pro-
hibitive. II not impossible" II
not carried out now.
Chairman Murray declared
that further hearings might be
held providing the rules Of the
Senate. now embroiled in a
civil rights fight. do not pre-
vent committees from meeting
while the Senate is In session.
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4OO RANOW eAAO AAAA0 Va
cherries the Rambler was
waiting for-pie cherries.
The sour cherries that grow
in little clusters Of two or
three and are the traditional
decoration for George WASH
ington's birthday.
Everyone who has lived in
the country north of the
sub-tropics remembers them.
AS they were ripening the
robins would arrive in
flights to peck at them. Some
people would tie strips of
white cloth on their trees to
scare the robins away. 1t
didn't work. The cherries
were too good.
Finally Father would say,
WED better pick those
cherries, or the robins will
have them ALL"
So they were picked into
pals. The cherries the
Rambler purchased yester-
day were As cents a pint. If
we could have sold those
cherries we snatched from
the robins for 80 cents a
quart, we'd all have been
millionaires.
The Rambler bought three
pints. Two would have been
enough, as it turned out,
but he was taking no
chances.
1t took him over an hour
to pit them, but it was time
pleasantly spent with the
sun streaming into an air
conditioned kitchen. AS he
pressed the pits out with his
fingers, the Rambler watched
the boys at play outside
(their dog had freed a cat)
and the mailman making his
rounds.
There's another thing
that's wrong with modern
living. There aren't many
young women today who
would do that chore. They'd
buy an oven-ready frozen
cherry pie. AS a subhead on
a story on the frozen food
industry, the Wall Street
Journal had it the other
day, Cooking viii Soon Be
a Hobby"
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The
Rambler
Messes Around
In the Kitchen
By GEORGE KENNEDY

ny OEOhOE AEINNEDA
Can you tell me phere has
hid her
Pretty Maid July?
! mould swedr one day ago :
She passed By.
That's the start of a poem
by Francis Thompson that
appears in many antholo-
gies.
You'll be asking the ques-
ton yourself. First thing
you know it will be August,
the summer will be almost
over and 1887 will be an
other year in which you
failed to have fresh cherry
pie.
The Rambler missed last
year. This year he wrote a
little note on the July page
of his Cherries
are ripe"
At that he almost missed.
The cherries did not show
up in the food market where
he gets his trading stamps.
So he called Magruder's and
they were ordered for him.
That's the trouble with
modern living. With fresh
frozen" added to the fruits
and vegetables preserved by
the canning process, people
have no seasonal feeling
about eating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-11

She and Mr.. Smith have dis
cussed it with Johnny. He is
thrilled at the prospect.
Your gift to the Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund can send
Johnny to camp.
Camp Pleasant and Camp
Goodwill. in Prince William
Forest Park, Va. are a child's
world. where adult problems
have no place.
Johnny is a responsible little
boy who does his share when
trouble comes. But he is still
just a boy. for whom IL wonder
full days at camp would be
a dream come true.
The following contributions
are acknowledged today:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
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