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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
'Heort-skips' by ReIoxinq
o. or. PETER j. sTElhcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincr0hn:
About six months ago ! got
what I thought was q heart
attack. l was sure 1t was the
end. My heart raced at 100
and skipped. I was hospital
lied and had various tests in
Guiding several EGGS. 1t
was proved TO be not q heart
attack. had just raced
my motor too much and
overcharged nay battery"
Don't we ell in the fast.
hectic whirl we find our
selves in?l
Now when my heart mis-
behaves ] just realize that I
have been going too fast.
again and / try 70 slow
down. and ! don't worry
about It's missing any
more. Worry only aggra-
Yates it. I found.
! have talked with many,
Including doctors who have
had the same skips: 50 when
] realize that you fellows are
also IN the same boat and It
hasn't killed you OF. Il gives
me courage. What fools we
mortals be ! Why don't we
slow down and live like SEN
sible animals? I'm going out
now to study our cat. He's
lying there. stretched out in
the sun. relaxed and unwor-
ried. As for me, I've got 70
rush down town for an APP
pcintment that may help TO
keep him in milk and catnipl
! doubt that our cat is ever
bothered by heart skips.
Sincerely. Mr.. F. +.
Here Is another letter tina
should be Of help to those o
you who are concerned abou
heart skips.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: ]
hope you'll be able to reprint
this letter for the benefit Of
others who are frustrated
over their hearts skipping
beats. / was a victim for a
while II say "a while" hap
pilyD but after ! consulted
a good doctor and he con-
WINGED me there was nothing
organically wrong with my
heart and that ] had what
could be termed simply a
nervous heart" l learned
to disregard the skips.
I took inventory and no.
ticed that these skips oc-
CURED when ! felt hurried.
worried. anxious or other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04
LAW IN THE NEWS
Nature Boy StumbIes
On Stark Legal Truth

preoccupied with constitutional
rights.
The United States Constitu-
ton sets out certain powers
which the people, as the source
Of all sovereignty. have agreed
to give TO their Federal system
Of government. BY the Tenth
Amendment. all powers not 50
given are reserved 70 the peo-
pie and the States.
Admittedly. authority grant
ed 70 the National Government
Is very great. but State and
local governments have plenty
left. And. unfortunately for
certain non-conformists such
as Mr.. Mining, this includes
the authority 70 require folks
to wear clothes. Thus all jur-
isdictions have laws against
indecent exposure which gem
orally means appearing too
naked in public.
Maybe Mr.. Mining is ahead Of
his time. Maybe in another
SO years the law won't con-
Germ itself with nude plough
boys or any other open-air
advocate. But this doesn't
seem too likely. Think how
the clothing manufacturers
would object: and anyway
there is no pronounced trend
in this direction. In the WASH
ington area. for instance. a
local citizens organization Just
recently decided to work for a
new law to ban the wearing Of
shorts and halters in public
places. SO maybe more. not less,
clothes are in the cards.
SundeY: New low for the smoke-
mokers2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04
THE COUNCILS VIEWS

doesn't ask questions about
what doesn't concern her.
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wise upset IN some way. I
made up my mind simply TO
relax every time q skip hap
pened. and ! did Gradually
they became fewer and few
er. Then ! had them no more.
What q relief that was. ]
had been getting nervous
over the skips and the more
nervous ] got the more Skips
] got.
Now when / feel an occa-
sionAl skip / Immediately
tell myself 10 relax and
take 1t easy" It's as simple as
all that. And to think that ]
lived with worry all these
months. Mrs. L. S.
In some cases. as In that Of
Mrs. L. s.. patients take their
doctor at their word when they
say: Your heart Is normal
From that moment on. skips
no longer frighten them. But
these patents are In the MI
nority.
Too many patients. on re.
ceiving the good news thai
their heart Is perfectly norma
except being "skittish and skip.
ping" continue to believe that
the doctor is keeping some.
thing back" that he doesn1
want to brighten them. T'hai
he has probably told the truth
10 another member Of the fam.
lily on the promise that the
patient wouldn't be told" The,
live like invalids.
For those Of you who arr
still frightened disbelievers. LEI
me repeat: AS medicine Is prac.
ticed now the modern doctor
tells his patient the truth about
his heart. II you have hear
trouble he will tell you. Il
you haven't. he will say it Il
normal. II the latter. be thank.
full. Minimize all your symp.
toms instead o. magnifyins
them.
released By The Bell Syndicate. Inc
MOndoy: combottins oaemio il
pregnancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04

lMb WGAAAA
Vivian r. - Ny husband
seems to be more married 70
his family than to me. We have
been married 10 years and
have four children, but some
times ! think ! am living with
Ia stranger. He Ii so closed
mouthed with me ] didn't even
know about some legal trouble
he had recently until ! read II
IN the paper.
I'm not even sure how much
money my husband earns. ]
don't know whether or not he
is insured. When ] ask him, he
laughs and says he's afraid
I'd kill him for his insurance
money II he had any.
My husband has some sort Of
lhuAiness deal with his brother
and he tells him everything
This brother Is q very tricky
sort Of guy. and ! don't trust
him from here to the corner.
They get together at their par
ents' home a couple Of nights
a week and I'm not even In
Ivited over, I'm ashamed to tell
my own family that I don't
even know anything about my
husbands finances.
Matthew T.--M0ney. money.
money and insurance, insure
ance, Insurance that's all !
ever hear from Vivian.
Practically the first question
she asked me after she agreed
to marry me was how much
money do ! make. ] didn't tell
her the truth, but what ] did
tell her. she right away went
and told her whole family.
/ happen to be an old-fash-
toned guy. ] believe women and
finances don't mix. Ny wife, Is
q real dope when Il comes 70
money. She doesn't know an
asset from q liability. I give her
plenty 70 run the home on.
She's got no beef there. SO ]
don't see what she's complain.
ling about.
II was always that way In my
family. Ny father gave my
mother plenty for the home.
but she never knew how much
money he had or where he got
Iit from. She tells me she
doesn't even care TO know and
that the right kind Of wife
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what doesn't concern her.
THE COUNCILS VIEWS
II Matthew knows 50 much
about economies. he's probably
heard that women and finances
mix 50 wen, women hold most
Of the money in the nation,
He may be an old-fashioned
guy. but he's living in q new
fashioned world and he is
making q big mistake BY not
sharing this vital information
with his wife.
II Vivian doesn't know an
asset from q liability. Matthew
ought to teach her because his
chiIdren's welfare might de-
pend on II one Of these days.
His brother is not a satisfac-
tory substitute for the mother
OF his children as . financial
coniidante.
II appears Matthew has good
reason 70 keep hts business
dealings secret. It Is not our
function 70 so into this aspect
Of the family problem. except
to say that hts wife should. II
least. know what kind Of poll
cles he has. the amount Of In
surance. the beheficiaries and
the company which issued the
insurance.
He should also list his bank
accounts. safe deposit box mum.
Der. any real estate or Sc
curities. and his debtors Of
creditors. His wife should also
have the name Of = lawyer she
could call on IN an emergency
This Is a practical matter
but more Is involved. Their
can be no real love between
this couple while there Is NJ
trust. and there can be no trusl
when the wife Is kept IN tn.
dark about these vital matters
Mondoy: a divsrcss is troublsd b
toouyrisht 1857. General
Features Corp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04
Oyster Roust Benefit

The Anacostia Lions Club
will hold an oyster roast be-
tween noon and 6 pm. Sunday
to raise funds for the German
Orphan Home. The charity
fund festival will be at $500
Good Hope road Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04

LONDON. This was q bright
noon. The fat boats on the
Thames were buttered on one
side with sunlight. The room
steward at the Hotel Savoy
wore his swallowtail with a
flair. The girl who sells flowers
in the lobby winked. The door
man breathed deep In his
greatcoat. It was drunk out.
Browns Hotel" l said to the
cab driver. Browns Is old and
sedate and his cherry-wood
panelling and tradition. Il Is
sepulchral. A bookseller on q
phone had said: "Blimey. I'm
invited to q coming out lunch
con for q book called The Day
Christ Died and they forgot 70
tell me where IL is. Where?
Oh. Browns. Is it? How apt!"
This noon I had lunch at
Browns with Mr.. John Ford.
He is an American motion pic
ture director and has more
Academy Awards than anyone
except Mr.. Walt Disney. Mr..
Ford directed such pictures as
The Informer and The Quiet
Man. He Is So. q chronic Irish
man born In Maine.
He wears glasses as black as
sun filters and he has a cloth
patch over one eve. whats
the trouble" I said. He Is tall
and bent and has q face which
has seen q lot Of weather.
Nothing" he said. I'm going
blind"
Lunch With Friends
We sat to lunch with some
Of Mr.. Ford's friends. There
was Lord Michael Killanin ana
Lady Sheila Killanin. His Lord
ship Is young and plump and
as rosy as q washington State
apple. He has the rullicking
good humor Of Tom Rover. His
lady Is q sweet woman who has
little to say. except that she
was sure that she was coming
down with Asian fiu.
There was Q first-rate re-
porter from New York named
Sid Mirkin. q gray. intense per-
son Of talent who looks like q
fire horse tied to q milk wagon.
Then there was Anna Massey
She is slender and 20 and has
red hair and the eyes Of q fawn
who has Just heard the snap
of q twig. Her father Is Ray
mond Massey. one Of the great
men of the American theater.
Her uncle Is the Governor Gen.
eral Of Canada. AS an actress.
Anna has a lot to live down.
Long ago. John Ford was
Annals godfather. While his
back was turned, she grew UP
and she plays q part in his new
picture: Gideon's Day. The rea-
son for the lunch is that god
father--no fool--feels that the
one-time infant Is going to be
a great actress and he wants
her to come under his wing.
"The Day" Theory Spreads
Ford Is filming his first mys-
stery. It win represent q day
in the life Of q Scotland Yard
inspector named Gideon. As
the godfather Of The Day
formula IN books and magazine
articles. ! was ilattered to see
that e Is spreading to pictures.
Anna plays the daughter OF
Inspector Gideon.
I listened to the orchestra
Of words around the table
Everyone was amused at Mr.,
Ford's story about q monastery
outside Of Waterford. Ireland
The monks are seldom seen
outside. and are not anxious
to see anyone inside.
However. some alcoholic IN
Ireland spread the word that
at this monastery, there were
miraculous cures. To the dis.
tress Of the monks. who have M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04

he Family Council consists 81 =
Judge. . psychlatlisl. three eleiey-
men, Z newspaper editor, . women'i
editor end two wdtsn. Tech ofiele
b . summofy d On actual eoss
history. The council reports on
problems thoi hevs been dealt with
BY responsible aeeneies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Wife Kept in Dark
On Money Matters


VIVIAN my husband won't tel me anything abou
i his finances.
L MATTHEw T.-womsn and finances don't mix.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30

ITO KEEP youngsters safe. happy, and
i out of everybody's hair at the beach,
parents may be willing to add few toys
to juniors stock which have special features
for sand play. The Toy Guidance Council
has come up with a list Of playthings
calculated to keep the kids busy while
daddy snoozes and mother peekS at the
Sunday papers. Since the toys are for use
on the sand, parents need not fret about
the possibility of juniors getting dragged
under by breakers II he plays in shallow
water About the worst that can happen
is for him to get buried in a cave-in Of
sand castle, built with special kit.
For uncrowded beaches or where grassy
strip is nearby. there's moderately priced
equipment for a five-hole miniature golf
course that can keep whole gang Of kids
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30
Toying At the Beach

occupied until sunset For construction
minded toddlers there are wooden trains
featuring take-apart cars that convert into
sand tools The last word in such toys is
concrete mixer truck with rotating mixing
barrel, just like the real thing. Musically
inclined kids. on the other hand. can pick
from practically a full band Of plastic
instruments, including trumpet, saxophone,
clarinet, accordion and tuba. all of which,
tootle true notes.
To make sure no toys are lost for the
next trip, there's even a special zippered
kiddies' beach bag with hound-dog shape
and face. While the playthings are de-
signed to keep kids occupied in imaginative
projects, they do brook one danger: When
it's time to go home, the kids won't want
to 60.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
Bethesda Man, n.
Is Killed by Truin

A 2l-year-old Bethesda man
was killed yesterday when he
threw himself under a slow
moving freight train at the rear
of his home. Montgomery Coun-
ty police reported.
He was Barent H. DeNiken of
1911 Kentbury drive. The death
was ruled q suicide by DR.. Frank
H. Breschart, county medical
examiner.
Police said the brakeman on
the train had seen the man near
the tracks as the train was
backing up on the Georgetown
branch Of the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad. He shouted at him
to move back. but the man
waited until the train reached
him, then threw himself under
the wheels. The police said the
man had been under treatment
for deSpondency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18

Magruder Park and Hyattsville.
Work with the Boys Club was
just one of several activities Mrs
Hash entered soon after moving
to Takoma Park in 1912. She
lives at 424 Lincoln avenue.
There just seemed to be q
lack Of planning and everything
and I wanted to get something
done"
Her enthusiasm has won her
among other things. appoint
ments to the Juvenile Court Ad-
visory Committee, and she now
lis chairman Of the county's
Recreation Board.
The Boys Club is composed OF
% neighborhood units spread
Throughout the county. This yeaI
it has been allotted q budget OF
SOS. 204 by the Community Chest
Neighborhood units become
members Of the countrywide or
ganization at the request of the
local leader. Fathers Of some Of
the boys usually supply the lead
ership.
The paid stan Of the Boys Club
includes an executive director
and secretary. who have an Office
in a garage behind the Hyatts-
vile County Building.
i really wish they'd get more
women on the board Of direc.
tors" Mrs. Hash said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18

$7.137.59 on. May 80, 1856. That
boosts the total 500 million past
the previous year and $50 be-
yond official estimates.
Double Miscalculation
Mr.. Lowe said the city miscal-
culated both the number of peo-
pie liable for the tax and the
income level of Neutrality-suspicious..
Other taxes producing past
estimates include the personal
property levy totaling $7.S mil
lion through May 80, some $685.
900 above the previous year; al
coholic beverages taxes, IS mil
lion, a $560.000 increase; public
utilities. banks, SIS million, a
$4,000 increase; corporation net
income and franchise, STA mil
lion, a $185.000 increase; and
charges public institutions such
as hospitals have been able to
collect. $l.9 million, a 5000
increase over the previous year.
District officials noted the drop
in insurance taxes Of SIG. 900 be-
low the previous year and Sill
million under official estimates
for the current year.
This could be a barometer of
business activity. One informed
administrator speculated that a
movement to the suburbs and
debated District payrolls. Or 1t
could have affected the value OF
homes. for which owners we're
buying less insurance. he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
UNsHooK-UP ABOUT YOUTH
Woman Head of Club
Sees No Peril in EIvis
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND

Teen-ager's addiction to tight
blue jeans, leather jackets and
long haircuts is merely fad.
a Prince Georges Boys Club ON
cial asserts, comparable to the
adult mode of sports cars, Ber-
muda shorts and women's close
cropped hair.
Mrs. Vera Hash. first woman
president Of the clubs board Of
directors, also has encouraged
jitterbugging ever since taking
lessons from her son, now 10
years old.
But she still does not know
why she was elected president of
the member board. which In
cludes only one other woman.
Mrs: Hash became the first wom-
an member upon her appoint
ment in 1947. f
These children are not juve-
nile delinquents-the way they
dress and some Of the things they
do is Just their way Of trying
to be unique" Mrs. Hash ex-
planned.
What's wrong with Elvis
Presley?
ANY Of these kids troubles
can be traced to emotional dis
orders. Mostly. I think they're
just sick and tired of adults"
The Boys Club tries to give
youngsters. ages II to IS years.
q chance to take part in sports
to use up energy and COMPETE
tive spirit which, otherwise re-
strained. might eventually lead
to trouble.
1--WE want all boys to get this
chance. and we're very careful to
see that those on school, recre-
alton department and other var
sity teams are not allowed to
play on our teams" Mrs. Hash
said.
'Teen-agers would be more
willing to accept us if we'd give
them more credit for the good
they do"
The start Of building fund
campaign Is Mrs. Hash's chief
goal during the remaining six
months Of her one-year term
Some $4,000 already has been
set aside for q new building to
be erected on two lots next to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
Taxi Hearings
[To0penMondaY

The House District Public
Utilities Subcommittee will begin
hearings Monday to determine II
the city's taxicab operation is
chaotic" and, II so, to seek q
solution to it.
This was announced yesterday
|by the ONCE of CHARM a n
league. Democrat of Texas, and
lit was indicated the hearings
may last several days with both
day and night sessions.
1T is the intention Of the SUBJ
committee to hold full and COM
plete hearings" Representative
league said, thoroughly cover
ling all important aspects Of the
Itaxicab industry in the District
of Columbia.
Many Factors Involved
Both the public interest and
the welfare Of the taxicah
owner and driver must be con-
sidered. Primary factors In
volved are the providing Of
transportation that is adequate
in amount and readily available
to meet the public demand at a
reasonable rate. and the as
surance Of proper working con-
ditions. together with fair COM
pensation for taxi drivers anC
taxicab owners.
ITO give proper considera-
ton to these factors" Mr.
league continued. lit will be
appreciated If the Commissioners
will testify as to whether OF
not the taxicab industry in the
District is. in their opinion. in
a chaotic condition. II they
believe it to be In such q con-
dition, the recommendation
should be made to correct the
situation"
Stricter Standards
Mr.. league said the city heads
will be asked to express an
opinion on the following: Lin.
itation by more strict standards
for drivers. restricting the num-
Der Of cabs operated by individ.
uals and companies. use Of
zones and meters or q comb.
nation. insurance of taxicabs.
Also. part-time drivers: better
identification Of cabs: whether
cabs should be permitted on Tho
streets when they are not usec
as cabs; the Revocation and Re.
view Board; whether some com
lpanies are more interested IL
selling automobiles than provid.
ing service and whether entir,
control Of the industry should b,
centralized in one agency will
fun power to enforce regulation
and suspend or revoke licenses.
Mr.. league said the subcom
mittee viii invite testimony from
Representatives Of each segmen
of the cab industry here and tn,
views Of the Board Of Trade. tn,
Better Business Bureau and in
ltereSted citizens groups,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18

pldnneO IOT The year beginning
the first of next month unless
new emergencies arise" General
A administrations Director
Schuyler Lowe said.
He explained that Congress
must appropriate funds for spe-
cIfic Distrisct operations and
building before the Commission
ers are free to tap available reve-
nue..
Up S14.2 Million
The surplus was revealed
yesterday in new summaries of
tax collections through May 80.
Some $131 million from taxes
has filled the additionally
strapped general fund of the city,
with one month to go before
budget officers close the books
for the year. This exceeds COL
lections for the same IL months
of the previous year by SAP
million, So million more than
official Federal Budget Bureau
estimates.
District Building officials
shrugged off the possibility Of
taking emergency bids for use Of
the money to Congress this
session. Both Houses already
have passed divergent versions OF
the local budget. Differences
between the Senate money bill
Of $196.4 million and the House
bill Of "a million less are due to
be threshed out in conference
tomorrow.
Both the Senate and the House
respected a plea for some $440. 900
to hire 80 additional teachers.
This and funds for capital OUT
lay are regarded by city fathers
as the most pressing. immediate
needs.
Dim Chances
The growing tax surplus
dimmed the city's chances Of
winning the SIS million OF Fed
eral payment Congress has au-
thorized but failed to appropriate
for public works construction
budget officers conceded. Al
though the tax funds are, in
effect. frozen for another year
without action from Congress,
District budgeteers saw little
chance Of Congress either free
ing the surplus or appropriating
a like amount Of Federal aid.
Mr.. Lowe said he could i'm
agine a Commissioners request
for use OF the funds only to
administer some new activity
program ordered by Congress.
None appear TO be in prospect.
The major source OF the sur
plus still is the individual income
tax. Collections through May 80
NeSe sl7.OSs.is7. compared "a
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1T may be after September when
the circuit court rules on the ap-
Ipeals. A new school session be-
gins in September.
Mr.. Nachman said in any
event the council was guided by
existing State laws in the de-
segregation crisis. Virginia law
now provides for the cutoff of
State funds from schools that
desegregate in any degree.
Mr.. Stephenson said members
of the Peninsula Citizens Coun-
ell. who circulated the petitions,
had reported that almost 100
per cent Of the white population
of Newport News is opposed to
racially mixed schools"
OF the $4,000 residents of New
port News. slightly more than
half are Negroes.
Those who join us in opposing
mixed public schools are unwill-
ing to be taxed for support OF
such schools" Mrs. Stephenson
told council members.