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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-22
Hyde Questions
broad Powers
ForCo||ege
Legislation Seeks
More information on
D. c. Teachers Bill
BY ALEX r. PRESTON


Legislation to give District
Teacher College authority to
issue masters degrees ran into
serious difficulties today when
one Of its patrons. Representa-
tive Hyde. Republican of Mary
land. took q second look and
decided it may be too broad
in its authority.
Sitting as a member of the
Judiciary Subcommittee Of the
House District Committee, Mr..
Hyde said he was not passing
final judgment but thought
Congress should be given more
information before the meas
ure is passed. He said he had
not been given all of the facts
about the bill which he had
introduced at the request of
the Board Of Education.
An identical measure, by
Senator Bible, Democrat Of
Nevada. already has cleared
the Senate. Subcommittee
Chairman Abernethy, Demo.
crat of Mississippi, told re-
porters after today'S hearing
that members of the District
Board of Education would be
called on to testify.
Broad Program Is Issue
ut seems to me on further
reflection" Mr.. Hyde said, near
the end of the hearing, that
what we are considering here
is a much broader proposition
and whether we want to sup
port a municipal university"
Mr.. Hyde succeeded in getting
an admission from DR.. Ellis
Haworth, assistant to the presi-
dent of the teachers college.
that under the broad language
of the bill. the Board of Educa-
ton could authorize the con-
version of the institution into
a full-fledged university.
But DR.. Haworth joined Law
son j. Cantrell, assistant SUI
perintendent Of schools, in
denying that there was any
such intention by the school
board.
The language was couched
in general terms for two rea-
sons they said-flrst, so that
school officials would not have
to come back to Congress for
future authorization to meet
changing conditions and. sec
ond, to allow continuation Of
a nurses training program in
some of the local hospitals.
Agrees About Injustice
Chairman Abernethy ex-
pressed concern that Congress.
perhaps, had not been given
1.-The full facts" This was
after he brought out by ques-
tioning that one student is due
to receive a masters degree bit
the school cannot now award 1t
unless the legislation is passed.
with all Difference to every
one." Mr.. Abernethy COM
mented," l think that student
has been mistreated in being
led to believe he could get a
masters degree"
DR.. Haworth replied that IL
was only after the student had
embarked on the course OF
study that the Board Of Edu.
cation found it lacked the au-
thority to allow the college to
confer the degree.
Mr.. Hyde emphasized his
main concern centered around
the desirability of enacting q
law that could lead to the es-
Enlistment Of a municipal uni
versity here.
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customers in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties.
A spokesman said the Gus
toners used a record 72.7 mil
lion gallons Saturday, and 1877
million yesterday. despite ear
lier warnings to cut down. The
consumption has been leaping
2 million gallons a day the past
week.
The trouble is not imme-
diately that of a raw water
shortage, but inability to keep
two dozen storage tanks ade-
quately filled against the heavy
usage. For example, two Seat
Pleasant storage tanks of 10
million gallons capacity, nor
mally holding 20 feet of water,
we're reduced to less that a
foot yesterday.
Appeal To Residents
The WSSC appealed to vol
unter flremen and policemen
to impress on home owners the
need for conserving water. 1t
warned that unless consump-
ton drops appreciably today,
and continues through the
critical dry period. it will be
necessary to impose bans.
In the District proper, and
those communities served by
the District water system. the
situation was generally favor
able. Because water is con-
stantly being moved along from
the Potomac, there is no storage
problem.
Yesterdays overall consump-
ton dropped from 23l.l million
gallons Friday to 209.5 million,
but Arlington, which is supplied
by the District, used a record
30.2 million gallons.
Crop Crisis Emphasized
The critical condition of area
crops was emphasized again
today by Joseph Beard, Fairfax
agent. who said the county's
agricultural committee would
consider asking for Federal
drought disaster relief.
Good rains for a month or so
would restore some of the pas
lures and give dairymen about
half a hay crop. without rain
there will be no crop at all, he
said.
sentative Lank-
ford. Democrat of Maryland,
said consideration is being
given to legislation for emer-
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9econd OF Two Articles
Sharp, gave Betty a box filled
with a 10-pound bag Of flour,
a 5-pound bag of cornmeal,
a 5-pound box of cheese and a
5-pound box of milk powder.
How will you carry it?" the
man asked her. She said, "A
friend brought me. The cars
outside"
The friend drove her home,
a distance of six miles, to a
brick two-story house at 1898
East Capitol street. Miss
Thomas lives with her two chill
dren, Cheryl,2, and Wanda, l.:
her mother, Mrs. Lillian E.
Thomas; her grandmother,
Mrs. Emma Lewis. and her
great grandfather. the Rev.
Edward j. Barnes.
Mr.. Barnes, 81, retired from
Government service six years
ago. He still breaches OCCASION
ally at st. Johns Baptist
Church near the family's home.
He gets $3.50 a month Social
Security.
His daughter. Mrs. Lewis. has
been cripple since she was
struck by a car 20 years ago.
She is the only one in the fam
lily drawing public assistance
payments from the Welfare
Department. She gets $50.63
a month.
Her daughter, Mrs. Thomas,
is the only one in the family
who works. She makes about
$42 a week in a drycleaning
plant. Her daughter, Betty.
graduated from junior high
school a year ago and has held
one brief part-time job. Most
of the time she is at home,
taking care of her two daugh-
tiers. The two little girls look
plump and healthy.
Pays the Bills
Mr. Barnes bought the house
when 1t was new, IL years ago,
His monthly payments are $50.
The others contribute $50 a
month to him and he pays all
the bills. Mrs. Thomas buys
food on week ends and Mr.
Barnes buys food during the
When the card came in the
mail several days ago for Mrs
Lewis, she didn't know what
she would receive. Like most
recipients she hadn't expected
it.
Betty Thomas opened the
boxes on the kitchen table
1.-THE children will like the
milk" she said. They drink a
lot OF it." She had to read the
box to see how to mix it.
Mother loves to make cakes
and grandmother likes to make
apple dumplings and pies, Sc
we can use the -four" The
cheese puzzled her. Il guess
we could grill it or use it in
eggs" she said.
III eat it Just like it is" her
grandmother laughed. The
cornmeal would 60 into corn
bread. they agreed. What else
can YOU make with it?"
They could give you a little
meat" Mrs. Lewis said. ~
thought maybe there would be
butter, eggs, things like that
But this is fine. You thank
them for me.
Two TelevisiOn Sets
The three-bedroom house /.
well-furnished. There are two
television sets-one upstairs fol
Mrs. Lewis. who seldom get.
downstairs - and two tele.
phones The family does moi
have a car
Mr. Barnes was street
sweeper when he came t
Washington from Mississippi
a years ago. When he retired
from the Government. he wa.
making about $50 a week as q
helper in a photostat once. Hi,
$3.50 a month pension keep,
him pretty WE'LL" he says.
So far. most Of the people
receiving food have been thos,
already on the relief rolls.
The Welfare Department
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District Relief Cases
Get Most Surplus Food

The card 17year-od Betty Thomas brought to the Dis
rct Surplus Food Center in Southeast church was marked
for only persons ration
At the registration desk she showed the card to Miss
Elizabeth Curtis volunteer worker Miss Curtis explained
that only unit of food would issued because only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-22
SEND A KID TO CAMP
eddy Has Accepted
Hondicops Like Man

was hard at the neghborhood house at first with tho
other kids initiating the way he talked $50 w
OF course Teddy has had time get used TO the defect
IN ms speech He IL and has never had the helm
tnat might make 1t possible for him to overcome it,
It's usually like that in new situation
But after while people forget about IT, Teddy has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-22

AeC Out THURSDAY AFTERNOON
at 3 and drove between fields
Of corn and tobacco stunted
by the drought.
The "river" is a star
shaped bay dotted. with sail
On 1t is old fishing port
Galesville, a big fish pack
ing plant, Woodfills, and
Molly and Dawes dining
pier. Dave Foster died last
year and the place has beer
closed. It has been sold re-
Gently and will reopen.
We went to Capt. Warren
Hazards place, 100 yards to
the right or south of the
Molly and Dave" pier.
Cap'n Warren is a COM
mercial fisherman. There are
not many left on the bay
His lawn runs down to the
shore and a vista of beauty.
His nets are spread out to
dry. His investment in nets
is $4,000, the Rambler was
told.
The cap'n crossed $4,000
In 1914 (beef was Scarcey /;
$4,000 in 81 and so (Korea)
He has been doing less than
$4,000 in recent years. But
he did not seem unhappy.
At 81 Capt. Warren is get
ting to be a heavy man-but
not as heavy as Bill Mister
is big. The Rambler changed
his clothes in the captains
room. There was a picture OF
a slender fellow in World
War l uniform. It was War
rem Hazard. The gun rack
in the room was a very long
one and contained 81 guns
GRABBING with a trot
line? It's very simple. We
went out in an old chug-
chug workboat. A fish barrel
was in the center of the deck
When we got on location
where the water was about
seven feet deep, "Dooley,'
the colored mate, started
playing a line out of the
barrel. 1t was 900 feet Ions
and at every 15-foot interva
q piece of eel was tied or
with a cord. Two wooden
duck decoys were used tt
mark where the ends of the
line were anchored.
After planting the trot
line we chug-chugged bach
to the starting place. Dooley
used a boat hook to get the
line over a spool, just like q
thread spool but much larger
on a bracket on the side Of
the boat.
Then he chugged alont
slowly. AS some OF thu
lengths of eel camp up, YOU
could see a crab clinging tt
It. A crab is very tenacious
We took turns, one mar
holding a dip net to a run o.
the trot line. The crab ha'
q sense of survival. He viii
see that dip net coming anC
drop of. But it takes yer,
little skill to net him. Thu
agreement was that anyon,
losing three crabs should b
thrown overheard. No one hi
the drink.
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The
Rambler
Hos Happy
Doy Grabbing
By GEORGE KENNEDY


The Rambler gets a little
impatient with Washing
tonians (some of them ma
tive) who are unaware Of
the wonders of the nearby
Chesapeake Shore.
These are the beautiful
estuaries with wooded banks
that on clear days, like
mountain lakes, reflect the
blue of the skies.
The ones near Annapolis
are the Magothy, the Severn,
the South River and the
West River.
The Rambler has spent
many happy hours on them;
never passes them in an
automobile but that he has
the urge to get out in q boat.
So when Bill Mister sug-
gested a grabbing party on
the West River, the Ram
bier jumped at the oppor-
tunity.
Bill Is the landscape en-
gineer at st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital, a great big country
man from Virginia, 8 foot
5 tall with hands that span
IL inches and size IA shoes.
There is only one thing that
Bill would rather do than
FISH and that is to hunt.
And now there is Bill, jr.,
who is nine and his father
has taught him to lead q
duck in flight so that he
will drop at the pull of the
trigger. Bill, jr. was sent
along on this grabbing ex-
petition to assure fathers
early home coming.
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one person : IN the family,
Betty's grandmother. was on
the District relief rolls.
One of the Welfare Depart
ment workmen, William A.
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Second Of Two Articles
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Wife Stabbed,
Husband Held

Malcolm E. Williams, 90, OF
42l4 Hildreth street Sc, was,
charged last night with assault
with a deadly weapon in the
butcher-knife street stabbing of
mis- estranged wife, Mrs. Kath-
leen Williams. 81.
Police said Mrs. Williams left
her husband a month ago after
he allegedly beat her and she
had been living with her father
at 3l07 Charming street NE.
They said the husband appeared
yesterday morning at the home,
showed a butcher knife to the
father and made threats.
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
Williams went to District Court
and swore out a warrant charg-
ing her husband with threats.
Before the warrant could be
served. police said, Mr.. Williams
had assaulted Mrs. Williams.
They said that when Mrs. Will
liams. a bookkeeper. left her of.
flee at the r. Mars Co.. South
Capitol and D streets. last night.
she walked to her parked car
and found her husband inside.
An argument followed and fash.
ing the knife, he chased his wife.
In the melee she was stabbed sew
eral times in the chest and abdo-
men.
He then put her in the car
and drove her to Casualty Hos
pital, where she was admitted
in serious condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
Air Crashes
Report Made
By the Associated Press

The head of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration says
there has been no showing thus
far of any violation of flying
regulations m the recent North
east Airlines crash which killed
20 persons in New York. q
CAA Administrator James T..
Pyle also told a House Commerce
Committee inquiry yesterday
there is nothing to indicate that
additional regulations are needed
to prevent this type of accident.
Chairman Harris. Democrat
of Arkansas. told Mr.. Pyle there
was "dereliction" in last weeks
tragedy in the Los Angeles area,
where a Oct commercial air.
liner and a jet plane collided
while on test flights. The air.
liner plunged into a crowded
schoolyard.
Mr.. Harris said new regula-
tions designed to prevent test
fights near populous areas
should have been adopted long
ago. The California accident
killed eight persons-three of
them schoolboys in the area of
the crash.
Chairman James r. Durfee
of the Civil Aeronautics Board
told the House group the CAB
has been unable to fix the blame
for another crash-the June 80
collision of two airliners over
Grand Canyon, which took 1913
lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
Mrs. r. A. Clifford;
Son Served as
Counsel to Truman

Mrs. Frank A. Clifford, mother
of Washington attorney Clark
M. Clifford. who served as spe-
icial counsel to former President
Truman for four years. died yes
terday after a long illness at hel
sons home in Bethesda. She
was 76.
Mrs. Clifford. the former
Georgia McAdams of Otterville
H.. had lived here only a few
months. Her husband. who died
in 1912, was an executive of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad in st
Louis where the family lived fol-
many years. Her brother, the
late Clark McAdams. was an edi-
tor of the st. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Mrs. Clifford's father, the late
William d. McAdams. was fol
many years State geologist fol
Illinois. He was an archeolo-
gist. and a collector of Indiar
relics he gathered is in the
Smithsonian Institution
Mrs. Clifford was the author
jof several childrens books anc
accounts Of Indian legends Of the
Missouri River Valley. and a for.
mer president of the National
Story Tellers League.
Besides her son, she is sur
vived by five grandchildren ano
six great-grandchildren.
/ Funeral services will be Tues
day in st. Louis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
Serious Crime
Reduced Here

A Fl per cent decrease in seri-
Gus crime has been reported by
the police for the District last
month over the same month a
year ago.
Police Chief Robert v. Muir
rays monthly report indicated
the decrease was the largest in
the last IL months and that each
month had shown some decline
from the previous years figures.
He attributed much of the,
decline to the number of po-.
licemen assigned to patrol the.
|city's streets, many of them
working on their days off.
In January. 1857, the report
disclosed, there were 1905 ,seri-.
Gus offenses as compared with
1852 in January, 1856.
Petty larceny was the most:
frequent with 472 cases re-.
ported. There were 278 house,:
breakingS and 1877 automobiles
thefts. The report showed that:
in the IL months ending last
the total number Of Of,
lenses. dropped by 1888 COM,
pared with the IL months end
ing in January. 1856. There weres
1926 cases in the past IL.
months compared with 1854 in
the previous year.
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Mrs. David H. Lyman, 81,
Kin of Civil War FIGURE

Mrs. David Hinckley Lyman.
|81, granddaughter of George
Alfred Trenholm. who served
as secretary of the treasury of
the Confederacy, died Thurs
day Of bronchial pneumonia.
Mrs. Lyman, the former jose
|phine Trenholm, who lived in
Washington more than 70 years,
was an early graduate of the
Garfield Hospital School Of
Nursing. She worked at Gar
field for several years.
A native of Charleston, s. c.,
Mrs. Lyman came to Washing
ton when she was girl. Her
grandfather was appointed to
head the Confederate treasury
department in 1864.
She was q member of st.
Johns Episcopal Church in Be-
thesda, and at the time of her
death made her home with her
son. Frank T. Lyman, of 71O4
Exeter road, Bethesda.
Also surviving are a daughter.
Mrs. Gusts G. Meade, of 1901
Durbin road, Bethesda, and three
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Robert
"A. Humphrey funeral home, 1857
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
MRS. O. L. Wood,
Lived Many Years
On Virqiniu Farm

Mrs. Ogden L. Wood. a farm
resident of Delaplane. Va. foi
many years. died yesterday al
IS.
Mrs. Wood was born near Gull
pepper, Va. and lived on farms
all her life until 1884, when she
came to this area to make hel
home with her daughter, Mrs
j. E. Elliott, 1902 Georgia street
Chevy Chase. Md.
Until few years after hei
husbands death in 1929, Mrs
Wood lived on a l63-acre farm
near Delaplane. She was a mem.
Der of the Pleasant Vale Baptist
Church there. While in Chevy
Chase, she attended the Chevy
Chase Baptist Church.
Besides her daughter, Mrs
Woods is survived by three
grandchildren and five great.
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at II
am. Monday in Hines funera
home, 290l Fourteenth street
NV Burial will be in Orlear
Cemetery. Orlean. Va, nj l:3t
pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
Mrs. Mooring, o6,
LONGTIME Resident

Mrs. Matte Helper Mooring,
So. a Washington resident since
the early l900s, and the niece of
Hinton Rowen Helper. an author
Of the Civil War period. died
Thursday in the Epiphany
Church Home. 1921 Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
Mrs. Mooring remained active
to the end of her days and was
keenly interested in politics. She
had lived in the church home for
80 years, where she was assistant
to the superintendent for II years
before her retirement.
Born In Smithfield. Va. she
was the widow of Walter Moor
ing, who died many years ago.
Services were to be held in the
Phillips Chapel of Epiphany
Episcopal Church 1917 G street
NV. at 2 pm. today, with burial
In Abingdon Church Cemetery
White Marsh, Va. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
Prof. Jorge Zorur,
al, BruziIiun
.GeoqruDher

| Prof. Jorge Zarur, Al. a Bra
lillian geographer, who was
widely known here. died OF a
cerebral hemorrhage at his home
in Rio de Janiero Thursday
night.
DR.. Zarur recently had ac-
cepted an invitation from the
University of Minnesota to con-
duct a special course on the
geography Of Latin America this
spring, and was expected in
Washington about March Is.
At the time Of his death. he
was director Of the training GEN.
ter for the evaluation of natural
resources Of the Pan American
Institute of Geography and His
tory in Brazil. He was we'll
known throughout the American
republic and Canada for his work
in this capacity. as well as for
his activities with the institute S
Commission on Geography, on
which he served as secretary for
several years.
DR.. Zarur was the author of
numerous publications both in
Portuguese and English. He was
a professor at the Colegio Pedro
II in Brazil from 1886 to 194l.
He received degrees in law and
economics in Brazil, and mas
ter Of arts degree in geography
from the University OF Wiscon-
sin. He was born in Rio de
Janiero.
Surviving are his widow, Celia,
and two sons, Jorge, jr., and
Carlos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
Mrs. John J. Bonifuce,
Worker for Army Causes

A. Morrow, served in the Civil
War. Three brothers also served
in the Army-Col. Henry Nor.
row in the Judge Advocate Gen.
erals office; Col. Frank Morrow
ON the staff of Gen. John j
Pershing in World War I, anC
Brig. Gen. William Morrow
deputy governor for many years
of the Soldiers Home here anc
at one time commander Of
American troops in China.
Mrs. Boniface, who lived ir
the Highlands Apartments, 1914
Connecticut avenue NV, wa.
for many years an active mem.
Der of the League of Republi.
can Women, the Washington
Club and the Women's Republic
can Club.
She is survived by a daughter
Mrs. Isabel Pumfrey, the libra
rian at St. Elizabeths Hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
|Merwin Haven,
ID. {. Emp|oye

Merwin Haven, SO, an employ
Iof the District Highway Depart,
ment. died yesterday in Noun
Alto Hospital of lung cancer.
Mr.. Haven. who lived with hi
sister, Mrs. Elizabeth c. William.
son, at 2127 P street NV, wal
Ia native of st. Joseph, Mo. H,
came to Washington in 1912 Il
work for the Civil Service Com
mission. He joined the Highway
Department in 1915.
Before coming to Washington
Mr.. Haven practiced law II
Tulsa, Okla for % years. HI
was an Episcopalian and 32c
Degree Mason.
He was graduate of the
University of Michigan and the
University of Michigan Law
School. A veteran of World Wal
|, he served in France in the
Judge Advocate Generals Of
flee.
Besides Mrs. Williamson, hi
is survived by another sister
Mrs. Jane Plat, of Detroit.
Funeral services will be at Ills
pm. Tuesday in Chambers
funeral home, 3072 M street
NV. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
George W. Sellers, 90,
Kin Of George Washington

George w. Sellers, SO. a de-
scendant of Mary Ball Washing
ton. mother of George Wash
ington, died Thursday in Emer-
gency Hospital of a liver all
ment.
Mr.. Sellers. a native of the
District. who lived at 3158 o
street NV. worked for many
years as a craftsman for the
Army Map Service before going
into business for himself as a
sign painter.
His grandfather. Valentine w,
Sellers, was with Jeb Stuart S
cavalry during the Civil War.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs
Elsie K. Sellers; a son. Garland
Sellers. 11705 Gail street
Wheaton. Md; a daughter. Mrs,
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Thieves Hack Way
To Empty Safe

Thieves. who hacked through
several inches of concrete and
metal to open a safe at the Kit
Mar Drum Bar early today,
found nothing inside it but took
SIS in change from behind a
counter, police reported.
Providers entered the night
club. at 1900 Fourteenth street
NV. by saving a bar from a
mems room window, police said.
Tools used in the breakin were
reported stolen from a machine
shop next door.
Police in scout car investi-
gated after spotting the dam
aged window, but the safecrack-
Iers had disappeared, leaving the
tools at the rear of the night
club.
In an early morning holdup.
James H. Mills. "A, night attend
ant at Hewlett's ESQ Station,
Sixth street and Maryland ave-,
nue. S.W., was forced TO give sos
to a Negro bandit. police re-
ported.