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opening Of the eyes. She places
q rosary In his hand each da,
and one time she said h
clenched it so tight she couldn'
get it loose.
HE loved to play football ant
baseball. He was always so full
of life and gay and jolly. Nov
he can't do anything but Iii
there with those tubes sticking
out Of him."
Billy, who weighed 1853 pounds
before the accident, has becom,
emaciated. He is fed through
tubes.
Family's Second Tragedy
This is not the FIRST auto ira.
gedy in Mrs. Ennis life. Hel
first husband was killed many
years ago in q crash at Bealeton
Va.
II keep remembering how Billy
looked that night before the &C.
cident. He had on black fame
pants and q black jacket. Hi
shoes were shining. I could SEE
them in the moonlight. I've got
the clothes at home. They're
torn and covered with blood, but
I'm going to keep them"
She said she closed the tele-
vision set that Billy bought with
his own money. She said a littl,
brown and white dog which uset
to follow her son everywhere i
"still watching for him to conn
home"
Mrs. Ennis said she hasn'
found out how they win pay tn
mounting medical expenses. "W
have used all the money WI
had" she said.
The other youth in the acct
dent. Walter E. Critchf1eld, 20
Of the 2400 block Randolph ave
nue., was convicted in Fairfa,
County Court Of reckless driving
He was fined $3.50 and given ,
90-day Jail sentence. The con
viction has been appealed to tn
Circuit Court and q hearing hai
been set for July 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
Ohio Dance Saturday

The Ohio State University
Club Of Washington today an
nounced 1t will hold its annual
spring dinner-dance Saturday at
Patton Hall. Fort Myer. The
Evenings program will open with
a cocktail party at z o'clock.
Tickets may be obtained from
Ruth v. Lee, lilo lakewood
Street, Silver Spring. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31

Proposed location Of the Smith.
sonian Institutions new National
Air Museum on the Mall directly
opposite the National Gallery Of
Art has been approved by the
Advisory Board Of the air mu.
scum. it was announced yes
terday.
The site already has the APP
proval Of the National Capital
Planning Commission and the
regents Of the Smithsonian. Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
Inquest Holds Miss Hough
For Jury in Staying
Continued From First PaEe

Continued From First Page
day morning to visit Miss Hough
Mrs. Abdusheli, 43, the former
Irene Eristoff Of New York City,
said her husband told her where
he was going.
Mrs. Abdusheli. a diminutive
gray-haired woman, was born,
like her husband, in the Russian
Republic Of Georgia. in the Rus
sian Caucasus. She came to
this country as a child with
her parents. She had known
Mr.. Abdusheli for some time
and they were married May II
in Highland Falls. N. Y. 1t was
her first marriage and Mr.
Abdusheli's second.
She told reporters yesterday
that her husband. learning Of
the death of Miss Hough's
father, DR.. William Hite Hough,
former president Of the District
Medical Society. in DeLand. Fla,
telephoned Miss Hough to ofier
his sympathy.
He wanted to 60 and see her.
Mrs. Abdusheli said. she didn't
want him to come. but he in
sisted" Mrs. Abdusheli said she
knew the two had been good
friends.
Looks Out window
From Miss Hough's story, po-
lice then put together this ac-
count Of what happened:
Mr.. Abdusheli had been In
Miss Hough's apartment for per-
haps half an hour when the
telephone rang. The call was
from her mother in Florida. As
she spoke into the phone, Mr..
Abdusheli stood with his back
TO her. looking out q picture
window into Rock Greek Park.
Miss Hough later told police
J 1t had been a year since her en-
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At 100, He's Busy

COLWALL. England. May 81
R.-John Stallard. England's
Oldest practicing lawyer, cele-
brated his Tooth birthday today
and said he isn't thinking about
retiring. II don't like the idea
OF having nothing to do" he
explained.
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biography ever written, re-
ported:
johnson was, I think, not
very happy in the choice of
his title, the Rambler, which
certainly is not suited to a
series of grave and moral dis
cussions; which the Italians
have literally but ludicrously
translated II Vdgdbondo."
Johnson's agreement with
his printer was that the writer
would deliver copy twice a
week and he made good in
this respect. In this his
Rambler papers were differ
ent from those of Addison who
did not have to meet a hard,
inflexible deadline.
1t was this experience that
led Johnson to say:
"A man may write at any
time, If he will set himself
doggedly to it,"
True. but what doggedness
1t sometimes takes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31

THIS CHECKING up on the
Rambler brought out some in
cidental intelligence. There
were about 40 newspapers in
London in .1750, mostly po-
litical tracts. This counts
The Rambler, which was a
series of moral sermons, too
heavy for evangelical
preachers Of this day, as a
newspaper.
The first daily newspaper
was brought out in 1902 by a
woman, Elizabeth Mallet. It
was about 6 by 10 inches,
printed on one side and con-
fined to news. 1t lasted a week
or two. The Times had its
start in 1874.
But the best leaf nibbled
during this browsing was the
meeting of Boswell and john
son. not according to Boswell
but to Arthur Murphy, a young
Irishman educated on the
Continent by the Jesuits at st.
Omer, who was one of DR..
Johnson's circle.
1t was in Davies bookshop
In Covent Garden. Scots
were more unpopular than
ever. Lord Butte, a Scot, was
one Of the most important
personages of the court and
the Londoners did not like 1t.
Boswell said: Il feel that /
am come to London at a bad
time, when great popular pref
udice has gone forth against
us North Britains; but /
am talking to a large and
liberal mind, and you know
that I cannot help coming
from Scotland"
DR.. Johnson: "Sir, no more
than can the rest Of your
c0untrymen."
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been avoiding him since then,
She said she would not accept
telephone calls unless she had
arranged IN advance for some
one to call her. but that she was
answering the telephone yester-
day because Of her fathers
death.
When she had finished with
the call. she went into the bath
room and took out the automatic
pistol. one she had purchased
a year ago for home protec-
ton"
8 Bullet Holes In Towel
Then she got a towel and COW
cred the pistol with it. Police
later found three bullet holes in
the towel.
She fired the first shot into
Mr., Abdusheli's back, according
to the police account. She con.
tinued firing until the six-shot
weapon was emptied.
Police found one bullet in q
window sill. There we're six bull.
let wounds in Mr.. Abdusheli's
body-one in the back, three in
the chest, one through the right
forearm and one in the left
TENSILE.
Police speculated that one bull
let passed through Mr.. Abdul
shells arm and into his body
as he instinctively threw UP his
arm to protect himself.
Miss Hough told police that
Mr.. Abdusheli staggered onto the
couch and lay there moaning.
II couldn't stand to see him
suffering" police quoted her as
saying. so I shot him through
the head as he lay there"
Reports Shooting
Then she called police and in
a calm voice said, please come
quietly. There has been a shoot
ing in the Woodner. It is not a
suicide"
When she saw her employer al
the Commissioners office, Miss
Hough said: please don't think
about this thing. / hope
haven't embarrassed you because
you have a hysterical secretary. .
The trim Radcliffe graduate
who attended the National
Cathedral School for Girls In
Washington wore a pearl neck.
lace. brown sweater. tweed skirt
and smart brown and- white
pumps. She had pair Of short
white gloves which she pulled
on and of at intervals.
Mr.. Abdusheli had been In
this country for seven years. A
native Of Tbilisi. Georgia, In the
Soviet Union, he was graduated
from the University Of Tbilisi In
1896 as a mining engineer. Ir
1899. he was graduated from
Odessa Military School as 9
lieutenant.
Worked rs Engineer
From 1898 to 194l he worked
in Tbilisi as an engineer anc
then went into the Russian
Army. He was taken prisoner
by the Germans In November
Of 194l. After liberation by the
Allies, he remained in Germany
living in Stuttgart in the Ameri.
can zone.
He came to the United State
In May, 1850, and worked brief!
in q factory in Middletown. N. Y
and later in the National Cit!
Bank In New York. He came II
the Voice Of America In May
1851, to work as a translato
and announcer in the Georgian
section. His salary was $1,000
eyear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
The
Rambler
=. Investigates
His Predecessors
By GEORGE KENNEDY

While idling away a morn
ing-that turned into a whole
day-at the Library Of Con-
gress, the Rambler looked into
the origin of the title of this
column.
For is years, 1912 to 1927,
the late ]. Harry Shannon
wrote a column in The Star
headed 1.-THE Rambler"
The Rambler was Samuel
Clemens first pen name, ante
dating Mark Twain. He signed
his first published poem, Love
Concealed-To Miss Katie Of
H-------L," in the Hanni-
bal MOI Daily Journel of
May 6, 1853, when he was II,
with one word, Rambler"
But the first Rambler at
large was undoubtedly none
other than the great man
and famed photographer, DR..
Samuel Johnson.
Although published twice a
Q week without fail for two
years (1750-52) DR.. Johnson's
Rambler papers were not a
column or columns in a peri
odical. The Rambler writings
were the entire publication.
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THE TYPE Of word that
should be used for the title
was suggested by the popu-
larity Of two publications Of a
past generation, Sir Richard
Steele's Taller and the Spec
tator by Joseph Addison and
Steele.
DR.. Johnson gave Sir
Joshua Reynolds this account
Of his arrival at the name:
what must be done, Sir,
iDiu be done.
when I began publishing
that paper, ! was at loss how
10 name it. ! sat down at
night upon my bedside, and
resolved that I would not go
to sleep till I had fixed its
title. The Rambler seemed
the best that occurred and /
took it."
James Boswell, in his Life
Of Johnson, the greatest
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CENTURY OLD CUSTOM
Alexandra Library Co.
Will Renew Lectures

a charter by the Virginia Cen
eral Assembly. There was an
amendment the following year
and the company has continued
to operate under that charter
ever since. although there have
been some periods Of inactivity.
President of the company at
the time of its Incorporation was
DR.. James Muir, pastor of the
Presbyterian Meeting House. On
the board were such other ia
nous speakers as DR.. Elisha Gull
len Dick. who attended George
Washington; Col. John Fitzger-
aid. who was Gen. Washington's
aide, and one of the first Cath
olics prominent in Virginia CO.
lonial history. and Edward Stab
Ter. proprietor of the apothe-
cary where Gen. Washington's
prescriptions were filled.
One of the company's con-
temporary members, Mrs. Law
renee Fawcett. is a descendant
of Mr.. Stabler and of William
Heartshorn, who was on the
original board.
No one is quite sure exactly
when the custom of sponsoring
lectures was originated. One ac-
count of the company's annual
lecture series" appeared in an
1856 newspaper, and it is ne
lieved the talks had been going
on for some years before that.
Renew Annual Lectures
The library last year voted to
renew the annual lectures, and
authorized a committee headed
by Mangum Weeks to seek
speakers Of note on subjects of
particular interest to Virginians.
Serving with Mr.. Weeks on the
Lecture Committee are Mrs.
John Howard Joynt, Mrs. Ed
ward o. Hubert, the Rev. B. B.
Conner Lille and Robert c. Mon-
cure.
President of the library COM
pany is DR.. w. Bruce Silcox;
United States Commissioner
Stanley King is vice president;
Mrs. Marvin L. Parler, secretary.
and Robert G. Whitton, treas
urer.
DR.. Malone. a Columbia Uni
versity professor, is one of the
country's best known authorities
on Thomas jefferson. and is
former director of the Harvard
University Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11
2 Road Blocks
Run in Chase

Two youths driving a stolen
sports car ran two road blocks
last night on Route 240 in a
police chase marked by the
crash of a pursuing Maryland
State troopers cruiser.
Trooper George r. Robinett
said the chase began near
Gaithersburg when he spotted
the sports car speeding south.
When the car began to outrun
the cruiser, Trooper Robinett
called for help.
Montgomery County police at
tempted to set up two road
blocks. but the car managed to
slip through both of them before
the cars could get in the proper
position on the road.
At Rockville. the car cut
across corner at a gas station,
sped west on Montgomery ave-
nue., ran three red lights, turned
onto North Washington street.
made another right turn at
Middle lane and finally plowed
into a wall at Park lane.
Trooper Robinett's cruiser
crashed on Montgomery avenue
in attempting to make the turn
off Route 240. He was unhurt.
The youths. both Kensington
residents. were arrested by Coun-
ty Police Pvts. William Trundle
and Harry Ward. The driver, IT,
was charged with unauthorized
use. driving without a permit,
running red lights and reckless
driving.
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Marine to illustrate
College Park Lecture

An illustrated talk of life in
Moscow will be presented at 8:15
pm. Friday at a Joint meeting
of the College Park American
Legion Post No. 2l7 and the
Knights OF Columbus Council No.
I2809 at $500 Baltimore boule-
ward. College Park.
The talk will include observa-
tons and colored slides made by
Marine Corps Technical Sergt.
John B. Kerridge. attached to
the American Embassy in Mos
COW from April 1854 through
October 1855. He is now a Ma
rine recruiter assigned to the
Hyattsville County Building.
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Planners Hearing
Set for Wednesday

The third in a series of public
hearings by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission on its proposed
General Plan for suburban
Maryland will be held at 8 pm.
Wednesday at the Bethesda
Elemnetary School. Wilson lane
and Old Georgetown road.
The plan contains the COM
missions recommendations for
residential, commercial and in
dustrial development of subur-
ban Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties for the next
Is to 20 years.
A fourth public hearing is
scheduled for 8 pm. February
20 in the commission Prince
Georges County Regional Office,
461l Riverdale road. Riverdale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11

Lewis Yates. jr., Negro. 80. of
the 1900 block of Pendleton
street. Alexandria.
Mr.. Almond told police he and
his wife and their l0-year-old
daughter Melody. were watching
television around 7 pm. last
night when they heard a noise.
Melody went to the back door,
thinking it was her dog scratch
ing to get in. She spied a
prowler in the rear storage loom
and screamed for her father who
came and elected. the suspect.
Mr. Almond then called police,
and Yates was arrested a short
time later in the neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11

sumption of beer and wine ON
Sundays.
Mr.. Sasscer said he felt the
need for strict enforcement Of
gambling laws can be efficiently
carried out by law enforcement
agencies. He added, however, he
would be glad to study any pro-
posalS to alter the present laws.
Changes Opposed
Delegate c Philip Nichols said
present LIQUOR laws are adequate
and he opposed any changes.
1 While he had no recommen4
dations for new gambling laws,
he declared pinball payoffs
should either be legalized or the
machines outlawed entirely.
Delegate Ernest A. Loveless,
jr., opposed the proposal for a
dispensary system.
Il can't visualize the county
government in competition with
private enterprise" he said.
There have been no complaints
about the operation of package
stores, which would be hardest
hit by the start of any dispensary
system"
On Sunday sales, he said,
Sunday sales violations have
been actually comparatively few.
There are many good establish
mentS that are obeying the law
and are an asset to the COM
munity and should not be
penalized."
He said he thinks delegates
should consider the possibility of
prohibiting pinball machines.
Suggestions Invited
Perry o. Wilkinson, chairman
of the legislative delegation, said.
he has not had time to study the
proposals. He said that if law.
enforcement officers need tighter
laws. AL they need to do is to
come to Annapolis to talk with
U.S."
| Senator Wheatley said he does
not intend to eliminate any legit-
innate business. Any LIQUOR
dealer under the present system
can continue operation. he said,
IF he behaves himself" He said
the plan would call for a gradual
indignation of dispensary sys-,
TEN by the revocation of licenses
of law violators. a refusal to.
transfer liquor licenses and a
ban on any new licenses Dis
.pensary prices. he said, could be
set at those of the private stores.
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BeuII and Curtis
To Give Speeches

Senators Beall of Maryland
and Curtis of Nebraska. and
Miss Bertha Adkins. Republican
National Committee official. will
address a Lincoln Day dinner
dance at 8 pm. Saturday at the
Prince Georges Country Club.
The event is sponsored by the
Republican State Central Com
mittee. the Federation of Re-
publican Women, the Young Re-
publicans and the Republican
Club of Prince Georges County,
Inc.
Bowie Bragunier and Carlton
Pyles are cochairmen.
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Intruder Elected, Arrested
With Hot Clue in Pocket

A red-hot clue trapped a man
accused of trespassing in Alex
andria last night after an indig-
nant citizen threw him out of
a house, police said.
The evidence was a bottle of
red pepper sauce. which police
said they found in the pocket of
the suspect.
Charles Roger Almond OF 900
Skaters lane identified The %
cent bottle of sauce as his and
said it was the only thing miss
ing from his house after he
elected an unlimited intruder.
Charged with trespassing was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11

A cultural custom that traces
its origin back a century or
more will be revived by the
Alexandria Library Co. Febru-
airy 81. with the presentation of
a lecture by DR.. Dumas Malone,
biographer of Thomas jefferson.
The 30-member library COM
pany, survivor of a literary group
that inaugurated library service
in Alexandria in Colonial days,
has invited more than 400 local
civic, business and social lead
ers to hear DR.. Malone discuss
Thomas Jefferson, Then and
Now at $3.50 pm. at the library
Long before motion pictures
and television, lectures spon-
sored by the library company
were a major event in the ciil-
ture-conscious Colonial city.
The library company first came
into existence in 1894 as a sub
scription organization. 1t was
one of the country's early sub
scription library companies. The
first one was the Philadelphia
Library Co. formed by Ben
Franklin and a group. Of his
friends in 1881.
1917 Advertisement
An advertisement that APP
,eared in a 1897 edition of the
Alexandria Gazette invited pub
lie support of the new under
aking. 1t said;
The president and director of
the Alexandria Library Co. de-
sirous of promoting the influ-
ence which they conceive emf
nently calculated to diffuse USE
full knowledge. establish the
morals of the rising generation
and afford rational entertain
ment for vacant hour. earnest
~ recommend it to the attention
and support of their fellow citi-
zens.
The utility of a public cir
culating library is too obvious to
need arguments to demonstrate
it. The friends of literature. and
refinement of manners, will. NO
doubt duly appreciate its value
and interest themselves in its ad-
vancement.
1t wasn't really a public Ii
brary. however. in the same
sense they are known TODAY
Only subscribers who paid their
dues were eligible to use the Ii
brary's books, and those who
failed to pay had their names
boldly struck from the eligibility
list.
Received Charter in 1898
In 1898. the 4-year-old Alex
andria Library Co. was granted
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IIlc AlcAdIlul Id OLldILlucl.
Mr. Book was among cham
Der representatives who or
ganized at a meeting in Rich
mond to support an east-west
route.
The proposed tunnel bridge
would cross the Chesapeake Bay
from the tip of the Eastern
Shore. If it followed a north
south route it would connect
with the Norfolk area. If it
were an eaSt-west crossing it
would connect with the Hamp-
ton area north of the James
River and Hampton Roads.
Interested Areas Named
The move for an east-west
crossing was initiated by rep
resentatives Of the Warwick
area. Mr.. Book said. Warwick is
just north Of the Hampton
Newport News area.
The north-south crossing has
the support of the Norfolk-Suf-
folk area. into which traffic
would feed from such a crossing.
The Tidewater Virginia Devel-
opment Council went on record
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in favor of the north-south
route.
R. L. Woodward. TVDC presi-
dent and Suffolk civic leader,
said the consensus of the council
was that north-south route
would benefit "a vast majority
of people all over the whole
country" The TVDC resolution
said it would be to the advantage
of the state at large and the
travelling public nationally"
Mr.. Book said the north south
route would act as a bypass of
the State. He said a crossing
north of the James River would
keep motorists in the State
longer. He also said the east
west crossing would result in
better access for residents of
the Eastern Shore and lower
Maryland area to the central
portion of Virginia.
Studies Now Being Made
Although Alexandria is far
north of the proposed crossing.
Mr.. Book said that anything
that affects the tourist trade in
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the State as whole affects
Northern Virginia"
Advocates of the east-west
crossing also said at the Rich
mond meeting that the north
south route would cost from SIPS
to $3.50 million while the east
west route would cost about $50
million.
Engineering and economic
studies and traffic surveys are
now underway under the direc-
ton of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry
Commission to determine where
the crossing should be made.