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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Traffic Was InauguraPs Biggest Headache

marked for the other three loca-
Itions turned up late in the eve
ming.
After the President had left
the Sheraton-Park. security was
relaxed and an uncounted num-
her Of unscheduled guests pushed
lin. The official count at the
hotel was 5000. Some observers
Iput the actual number nearer
5000.
The biggest jam there formed
lin front of the check rooms at
CLOSING time. Many people waited
so minutes to get their wraps.
The District Fire Marshal's
Office has the responsibility of
seeing that prescribed limits are
observed in public places. Deputy
Fire Marshal Richard O'Connor
said today that overcrowding be-
yond the set limits would be
dangerous in case Of panic"
While marshals would step in
and cut off admissions when it
became evident that limits were
being exceeded-as they have on
occasions in the past-Mr.
O'Connor said that "it's pretty
hard to know at such an affair as
these balls, how many people are
there at one time; so many are
coming in and going out all the
time"
Decorations FireprOof
He said that all decorations
were flameproofed and checked
in advance for safety by the mar
shal's Office.
The four balls were supposed
to be strictly invitation affairs.
Some of those tickets went to
people without invitations, it
turned out. Anyone with the
price and a little determination
could get the tickets in the
; closing hours of sale.
This is the comparison of the
official count of guests at each
} ball with the legal capacity set
by the District division of in
! spections:
Armory-9,000 to 5,310; Stat
ler-l,900 to 1900; Mayflower-
300 to an uncertain limit; Sher-
: atom Park-3000 to $3.50.
In the view Of most of the
people who took part, the 1857
inaugural week end was one Of
the best and brightest Washing
I ton has seen. But, oh, those
traffic jams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Dim View Taken
Over Inaugural
Meeting Costs

Prospects of financial sue
cess for the Inaugural were
pretty dim today.
1t will take about two
weeks to determine even
roughly whether expenses
for the many events exceeded
receipts. But John M.
Christie, assistant to the In
augural Committee chair
man, Robert v. Fleming,
said today that Ito say we
will break even will be opti-
mistic."
Expenses. underwritten by
private citizens, will run be-
tween 100000 and 81 mil
lion. This does not count
the money Congress sppro-
priated to pay for costs of
the actual swearing-ln at
the Capitol. Four years ago,
the committee had a Sl22,00O
surplus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
BY HAIRY BACAs

Is the chronicle of the 43d
inaugural complete?
The once every four years
spectacle has been reported in
Idetail-the longest float in the
world, the little white dog that
made the President laugh, the
solemn moments before an
opened Bible, the theater head
liners, the glittering social whirl.
! But surely the once-every-
four-years visitors to Washing
ton have carried another mem
iory home from the Nations
Capital:
The traffic jams.
/ They weren't the biggest ever.
But they developed almost every
where an inaugural event was
held.
officials today are wondering
If they could have been avoided.
A mysterious something"
turned ordinary-sized crowds
such as Washington handles
every day or every week into
jams during the Inauguration
week end. Other crowds we're
diversified and almost were des-
tined to produce Jams.
Take the opening show-the
twin Festivals of entertainment
Saturday night at Uline Arena
and the Capitol Theater. Both
shows started late because the
halls weren't filled until late.
Lines of cars crept bumper-to-
bumper around the approaches
to both halls, dropping guests by
twos and threes at the entrances.
Two-FOld Reason
There was a double reason:
Everyone came late and every
one headed his automobile
straight for the main entrance.
On non-inaugural nights, both
the Capitol Theater and Uline's
handle such crowds with rela-
tive ease. Washingtonians bound
for the theater head their cars
into their favorite parking lot
or an area where they know
there is street parking. Then
they walk to the theater.
The inaugural crowds didn't
do that. They all tried to drive
up to the entrance. The result:
Jams.
The next day. Sunday. jams
developed outside the Governors
Reception at the Statler and at
the inaugural concert at Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Action Put Off
On $69 Million
SchooILoan

The District Board of Educa-
ton plan to borrow 500 million
as means to build up school
facilities faces a long and tor
tuous road today.
Meeting yesterday with the
three Commissioners, the school
board learned that the ambitious
plan has little chance Of VIM
ming quick approval. BY setting
UP a task force to examine the
plan in detail and limiting that
a citizens committee would prob
ably follow the task force in
further study. the Commission
ers, mapped a future of careful
examination for the proposal.
Not Hostile
But the board was heartened
somewhat by Commissioner Rob-
ert E. Mclaughlin, who en-
phasized the Commissioners are
not hostile" to the idea of Dor
rowing-the real basis Of the
program. BY borrowing funds for
school construction. school off,
cials feel they can accomplish in
five years what it would take l6
years to accomplish on the pre-
sent "pay-as-you-go" method Of
financing.
The Commissioners were par
ticularly wary over certain
phases of the ambitious program
outlined by School Supt. Hobart
NJ. Corning.
The borrowing plan calls for a
pupil teacher ratio of 80 to in
elementary schools at a time
when the fiscal 1858 school
budget has yet to get through
congress carrying a 80 to / ratio
1t was Commissioner Nc.
Laughlin's feeling that it might
be wiser to wait and see if the
80 to / ratio met with the APP
Iproval of Congress before asking
approval of the lower ratio-ol
lat least settle what the future
policy would be.
Flexible Program
| District Building officials are
also worried over fast population
shifts which might catch the city
over building in schools in GER
tain areas. School officials, how
ever, pointed out that the pro-
gram was not. arrived at after
, consulting a crystal ball. They
, added the program was also
flexible, so that changes could be
, made from time to time to meet
constantly changing needs.
DR.. Corning, in commenting or
the building program outlined fol
the District of Columbia Teachers
college, also urged the Commits
! sioners to support the idea for a
city college. He said the college
would eventually grow out of the
! teachers college.
DR.. Corning said>a high per-
centage of local high school grad
luates go on to college and still
larger number would seek further
training if the city supported g
general college. He estimated the
. cost of a new teachers college al
SIS million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Rambling

Pasted to a checkout coun-
ter in supermarket on Mac
Arthur boulevard was the
sign, mo Dogs Allowed" And
tied to one corner of the sign
was a small mongrel dog.
The Business Mans Com
mittee to sell tickets for this
years Mats games report
splendid cooperation from the
Suppliers. The soft drink
people, for example, agreed
to carry signs on their trucks.
But the popcorn man couldn't
think of any way he could
help the boosting. Some wag
suggested he engrave each
kernel of corn with Baseball
is great - got your season
ticket yet?" Wiser heads pre-
vailed.
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9i4.f
fond of it. You know, Judge. how
a little kid is about a dog"
1T looks to me like Mr.. Seay
is doing what he can to keep
the dog under control. A dog
has to bark. If we found every
barking dog owner guilty of har-
boring an annoyance, there would
never be any end to the cases,
said Judge Colasanto.
The case was dismissed.
What do you do when a dog
growlS at you?" protested Mr.
Embrey. This dog came on my
property and growled at me the
other day."
Has he ever bitten you?'
asked the judge.
mo. but I'm afraid he might,
the complainant replied.
"A dogs entitled to the first
bite. That's the law" Judge
Colasanto said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
FireDestroys
Fuel Company
In Alexandra
Loss Is Estimated
At About $500. 900;
BIuze Roees 3 Hours

An early morning fire de-
Istroyed a warehouse and offices
Iof the Aitcheson Fuel Co. in
Alexandria. Damage was esti-
mated at about 100000.
The blaze broke out about 2::30
in the waterfront building at 203
South Strand street. 1t took rs
firemen about three hours to
bring the flames under control.
Firemen said flames were
shooting about 100 feet in the
air when the first units arrived.
The blaze was first reported by
an employee of the Southern Rail-
way who was operating yard
engine on a siding a block from
the warehouse.
Beverly Turner, treasurer Of
the fuel company, said the ware
house contained about $4,000
worth of oil burners, hot-water
heaters and other equipment. He
said the building also housed an
oil burner repair shop.
First on Scene
Mr.. Turner, a volunteer fire.
man, was among the first on the
scene, He and his son James.
t16, and an unidentified fireman
got three panel delivery trucks
out of the warehouse before
4 flames spread through the whole
building.
Mr.. Turner. who lives at 2713
King street. said the building
was owned by Miss Mary E. Will
Hanson of TIT Princess street.
THE fuel company. organized in
1882. had occupied the building
lSince former quarters at Duke
land Fairfax streets burned down
labout so years ago. Mr.. Turner
ESTIMATED the value of the ware
house at about $4,000.
Chief Bernard Padgett, who
directed the fire fighters. said
the blaze apparently started in
the Office or a shed. both of
(which were on the side of the
building. He said the building.
about 100 feet by so feet, would
be a total loss.
Cause Uncertain
Cause Of the blaze was not
Immediately determines. Mr.,
Turner said it may have started
in a dump truck parked under
the shed. The truck, used to
haul coal. was destroyed.
Mr.. Turner said the company's
night Waterman went of duty
at midnight.
Assistant Fire Chief Charles
L. Sampson said the flames,
aided by a strong southerly
breeze, quickly spread from the
office to the warehouse. Once
the fire got inside the brick
warehouse. firemen were unable
to get at the flames.
The fire, fed by cardboard
containers and wooden floors,
burned fiercely for more than
two hours inside the building
Firemen poured water through
the windows and kept the flames
from spreading to an adjacent
building housing the company's
fuel oil trucks and another
building to the rear containing
lumber of Harris Pine Mills. Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23

81 Senators decide which, if
either, they want to accompany
the teachers pay bill.
Identical teachers pay bills
were to be introduced last Friday
in both the Senate and House,
but Senator Goldstein pulled
them back at the last minute
He explained it had been agreed
lat a meeting of legislative lead
Iers and school officials that the
pay bill should be accompanied
by a revenue measure sufficient
to finance it.
49 Signed as Sponsors
Senator Goldstein is one of
nine Senators who have agreed
to sponsor the teachers pay bill,
being promoted here by the State
Department of Education, the
State Teachers Association and
the Maryland PTAs. Forty-nint
delegates have signed on as
sponsors of the House version
calling for $500 increases in State
teacher salary minimum next
year and another $500 the fol-
lowing year. They would cost
an estimated $11 million next
fiscal year and $22 million by
the second year.
/ State teacher pay minimums
now range from $4,000 to $4,000
However. all % counties anc
Baltimore City supplement these
minimums in varying amounts
the highest being the $500
starting minimums paid by
Baltimore City and Baltimore
Montgomery and Prince George!
Counties.
/ According to estimates in the
Governors budget message fol
next fiscal year, State sales anc
use taxes are expected to yielc
$50.4 million. The individual
income tax is expected to brins
in 1927 million.
Would Increase Rates
i The bills Senator Goldstein ha
had drafted would increase tn
rates of these two levies from
Ito 3 per cent. Thus, the sales ia.
yield would be expected to in
crease by about SIS million wit
an additional SIG million or so il
prospect from a 3 per cent in
come tax rate.
With 3 per cent sales tax. tn
Legislature could pass the teach
er's pay bill, provide the 500 mil
lion needed to balance the Gov
ernor's budget and still hav
about 81 million leftover.
/ However, the eight Democrat
Eastern Shore Senators hav
traditionally resisted sales ia,
increases. Their eight votes cou
pied with the eight Republican
could defeat a sales tax increase
McKeldin Proposal
1 Gov. McKeldin has proposed
State tax of 5 cents per pack OF
cigarettes and from 2 to 4 cent
on cigars to balance his bulge
with almost two-thirds Of the ST.
million return being related Il
Baltimore City and the counties
4 Senator Goldstein and som
other Southern Maryland Demo
Gratis have spoken out against tn
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tobacco products tax as being po-
tentially harmful to Southern
Maryland tobacco growers.
The income tax increase
would not quite raise enough to
finance the teacher pay bill and
balance the Governors budget
as it now stands, but lawmakers
are discussing the possibility Of
trimming the budget and per-
Ihaps giving school teachers
something less than they are
asking.
The House Democrats, who
Ioutnumber Republicans SO to Is.
caucused yesterday and adopted
Ia resolution pledging to work
increasingly for the elimination
of waste and extravaganza from
the Governors ($363 million)
budget"
Decline to Go On Record
The caucus declined to con-
slider a motion from Delegate
Henry H. Hanna of Wicomico.
chairman of the Eastern Shore
delegation, to go on record fa-
voring economy.
The 10 Southern Maryland
Democratic Delegates from Anne
Arundel, Howard, Prince Georges.
Calvert, Charles and st. Mary's
Counties caucused earlier and
elected Perry o. Wilkinson Of
Prince Georges as chairman for
future meetings on mutual prob
lens.
| The House yesterday enacted,
81 to Is. the bill authorizing
a $250,000 State appropriation
next year for kindergarten train
ing for handicapped children.
While this vote was being
taken, the Senate was voting,
IA to IL, to reverse its previous
approval of the measure and
recalled it for further consider
alton in relation to the budget
and other appropriation meas
ureS.
\ However, the Senate move
came too late. The House al
ready had given final approval
to the bill. Senate President
IGoldstein ruled that the Senate
action was a 'nullity."
Other Actions Taken
J, In other action yesterday, the
/. House approved legislation to-:
J l. Repeal collection Of the
State income tax from the SAL
! aries of Virginia and District
residents who work in Maryland.
/ 2. Require State permission
before any utility can construct
pipes or other Transmission lines
across the Maryland-owned Po-
tomac River.
Delegate Blair Lee, III, Demo-
crat of Montgomery. co-Sponsor,
said the measure is aimed at
making certain that Pepco fol-
lows its announced plan to build
ia 500 million power plant on
the Montgomery rather than the
Loudoun County VA side Of
the Potomac.
] The other co-sponsor, Dele
gate Wilkinson, said the bill
originated from what he called
1.-THE advisory committee to keep
up with the doings of Pepco" and
will not hurt the utility in any
way as long as it builds its plant
on the Maryland side of the
river.
Both measures still have to
pass the Senate.
Three Baltimore City House
members introduced a bill to
amend the constitution to pro-
vide for 60-day annual sessions
of the General Assembly instead
of 90-day sessions on odd-num-
bered years and 30-day fiscal
sessions on even-n u m b red
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
DOGS BARK IS LEGAL
Judge Even Allows Bite
AsNeighbors Complain
By PAUL HOPE

Alexandria Police Court Judge James coasanto ruled
terday that dog has right few baks without the
being guilty of a breach Of the peace. So
policeman also voluntarily the defense
the pet Of a 7-year-old polio victim. as es7s
Curtis Seay % Of 700 South Lee street called into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Agricultural
Limestone Institute ends a
five-day convention at the,
Statler Hotel.
The American Bitumuls
and Asphalt Co. begins a
three day session at the
Hotel Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Alternate Schoo|Pay
Fund Bills Drafted
Democratic Senators Will Study
Them in Annapolis Tomorrow
BY GENE GOODWIN
Star Staff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS JAN 23-Bfls finance teacher pay raises
With so cent increases either the Maryland sales
he State income tax have consideration tomcr
low at a caucus Of Democratic Senator's
Senate President Louis L. Goldsten said he had both
prepared and intends let Democratic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28

a reluctant chauffeur for Mr.
Di Maggie OF an active partici-
pant in the raid?
Mr.. Sil.atra led yesterday S
parade Of witnesses before the
iiealing. called originally to IN
vestigate the methods of some
collection agencies
Tne inquiry was expanded
however after Confidential Mag
azine printed the story OF the
laid che committee wants tc
know If some private detectives
nave sold their investigation re-
ports to the so-called scandal
mag azines.
Philip Irwin. a private investi-
gator. followed Mr.. Sinatra to
the stand and labeled the sing
er's testimony false. Mr.. Sinatra
had said that he only drove Mr..
Di Magg % to the general area
OF the apartment house and
waited in the car while the raid
ers practically scared an in
nocent tenant out of her mind.
Turned on Light
Mr.. Irwin said Mr.. Sinatra
engaged the detective service in
the first place and was the one
who, by turning on a light, spot
lighted the comedy of errors.
Talking to a reporter on the
conflict in testimony, Mr.. ST.
natra said: who are you going
to believe? Me or a guy who
makes his living kicking down
bedroom doors?"
MIR. Irwin testified that Mr.
Di Maggie wanted the agency to
try and catch Miss Monroe in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
|Sinatra Version
BY Detective

LOS ANGELES. Feb. % tP).-
Conflicting versions of a laid
that mistired are in the record
as a State Senate COMMITTEES
continues today its search fol
the sources OF sensational stories
appearing in scandal MAGAZINES
Mariiyn Monroe was the OBJ
jective of the raid. in which in
vestigators invaded the wrong
apartment. But most of the
testimony in yesterdays opening
session concerned this point: Did
Frank Sinatra actually take part
In the f1asco?
The issue never was resolved.
Also left unanswered were these
Questions:
How did the raiding party
happen to smash the wrong door
lat a small apartment house
where Miss Monroe was helping
"a girl friend wash dishes?
2 Weeks After Divorce
Why did Joe Di Maggie. the
famed home run slugger. insist
upon the raid Two weeks after
Miss Monroe had divorced him?
And was Mr.. Sinatra merely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
Jack Webb and Wife
Separate Third Time

HOLLYWOOD. Feb. % (P.-
Actor Jack Webb, SO, has dis
closed that he and his wife,
Dorothy Towne. 26, have sep
larated for the third time. They
were married in Chicago Janu-
|ary IL, 1855.
I'VE haven't gotten as far as
divorce talk yet or even to nego-
tiations on property settle
Iment," Mr.. Webb said yesterday
His wife notified him from Mex
leo, ne added, that she has
decided on a separation.
Mr.. Webb. best known as tele-
visions Sergt. Friday. formerly
was married to singer Julie Lon
don. by whom ne has two
daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28

adultery He ADDED that n,
had her under surveillance fol
weeks. but came up with moth.
ing
On the night of November 5
1854 two weeks after the actres
mao received her ;nteriocutor!
Idecree OF divorce from Mr. D
Maggie Mr.. irwin spotted heI
pis car iii front of the cir
friend S apartment house. Be.
fore long. he said, Mr.. Di Maggie
Mr.. Sinatra, three other mer
and Barney Ruditsky, Mr.
Twins boss. assembled for tn,
Ilaid.
Kicks in Wrong Door
Il told Ruditsky the right
apartment-the one upstairs
but he told me: Tn your boss
This is the door I'm kicking in. /"
Mr.. Irwin said the raiders
found a woman. alone in bed
sitting UP with a sheet clutchec
about her. with her mouth agape
trying to yell but nothing wa.
coming out"
Somebody yelled, It's >ths
wrong apartment Everybody
scrambled for the door at once, ;
he testified.
Mrs. Sheila Stewart Renour
a friend OF Miss Monroe's, sale
the actress indeed was in her IN.
stairs apartment.
I'VE had dinner, talked anc
listened to some records. was
just going 10 wash the dishes
and Marilyn said she wanted te
help"
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tons from Elvis in this picture,
which viii give us a chance to
levaluate his singing and acting
Talents,
4 4*k
Lii Palmer flew to Germany
to see hel next husband Carlos
Thompson, who because Of his
between Time and Eternity
with Lilli has been signed TO,
two more by the same company
I'm still wondering Why Mis-
Palmer had people call me to say
I was wrong, when I first printed
the story of theiI romance about
two years ago.
Steve Allen has a movie COM
ling up this summer. and for the
first time in his career, Steve
win dispense with his specs and
weal contact lenses. / can't
imagine him without his trade
mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
HOLLY WOOD
Ava Still Eludes Walter
By SHEiLAH GRAHAM

1.-The Truth About Women
That's one way of LEARNING.
Otto Preninger has a May IL
premiere for "St. Joan" in Paris.
That's close: he won't be finished
shooting until early in March.
Ingrid Bergman was too tired
to fly from Paris to London for
THE premiere of "Anastasia. >
which meant refusing the invi-
Itation to be presented to Prin-
cess Margaret Rose at the same
function. She was asked to make
the trip by Billy Wallace, one Of
Margaret's escorts who organ
lied the premiere. When Ingrid
flew to New York to accept the
critics award recently, 20th-FoS
had to take out a $3.50, 900 per-
sonal insurance policy for Ingrid
The premium was expensive.
Josh Logan, in a letter from
Japan. describes how he came to
sign Mitzi Gaynor for the role OF
Nellie Forbush in South Pa
|ciflc." Nellie needed to be naive
and knuckle-headed, not too ca
Ipable looking, not too strong,
someone not too old, not too
young, not too beautiful - yet
thought of III a small town as a
pretty girl. We decided to test
Mitzi Gaynor. She made a fire
test. We signed her." Josh
adds that Doris Day was never
spoken to about actually playing
the part. But that's not the way
II hear it from Doris.
For the teeming, screaming
Iteen-agerS' scene in Elvis Pres
Iley's Loving you," $50 mothers
brought 270 kids. But the most
beaming parents were Elvis' own.
There will not be so many gyra-