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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-30
It's a bad combination.

It's a bad combination.
A houseful Of mice and
ladies!
only don't tell us to just
let things stay, please" writes
Mrs. G. S. of Nebraska ave-
nue..
viii you tell me how mice
get inside the walls?
Since this cold spell, I've
found mice in my kitchen
cabinets.
Some one advised stuffing
steel wool in any holes.
I'VE tried that. but they
poked il out Of the way.
Now we've put cement in
the holes. Just did that to-
day. so don't know what the
results will be.
How do they get in. and
what can we do about il?
What can we check on the
outside Of the house?
80 far. we have seen none
in the basement or attic.
There's no man in the
house. so we are at the mercy
Of these pests"
y =
Mice get in through small
crevices in the building.
They are merely places the
builder overlooked. thinking
them not important.
Builders. you see, do not
know mice.
They know buyers. some
times. but not mice, ever.
They ignore mice.
Otherwise. builders would
not leave small places for
rodents to creep through.
After all. 1t is not fair to
mice, exactly. is 1t, to leave
holes and crevices and spaces.
They would be better of
outside. because when they
come inside. you know what
happens TO them, finally.
Anyone who has tried to
get rid Of mice knows how
tricky the problem Is.
Getting rid Of q rat is even
more difflcult, because their
brainpan is larger.
Persistence. however. usu-
ally wins the day.
After a house is built. 1t is
extremely difiicult to find the
small openings through which
the animals come into q
house.
Probably only the carpen-
tiers could locate them, so our
correspondent is best advised
not to try. II not q carpenter
by profession.
Perhaps one Of these wool"
substances to insulate Q
house would do the Job.
but even then some places
might be left.
It is amazing how narrow
such a walkway need be for
q mouss. eDne Of these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-30
THE POLITICAL MILL
Gossip Centers on Three Democrats
BY GOULD LINCOLN

prepared - he had pledges
from q lot of his fellow
committeemen--that no one.
not even Speaker Rayburn,
who wanted to delay an elec-
ton, was able TO halt the
Butler election. He probably
is prepared for any new at
tempt to get him out. Such
an effort was made when the
Democratic committee met in
San Francisco in February,
1957-by adherents Of Gov.
Happy Chandler Of Ken
lucky. 1t failed miserably,
with only two votes cast
against Mr.. Butler.
The nearest Mr.. Butler has
come to being relieved of his
ONCE was Immediately after
Mr.. Stevenson had been
nominated for President for a
second time in Chicago. Mr..
Stevenson had determined TO
put James Finnegan, Penn
sylvania Democrat, who had
been his manager for the pre-
convention campaign, in But
ler's place. Strangely enough.
1t was the Intervention Of
Speaker Rayburn and some
of the Southern members of
the national committee which
saved Mr.. Butler, who with
tears In his eyes had told the
committee he was on the way
out.
Expect Butler to Win
Several months ago, Chair
man Butler gave out a state
ment that a clique of Demo-
Gratis was trying to hamstring
his program to keep the Dem
ocratic National Committee
working at full speed. At that
time, 1t was supposed that
some Of the big city bosses
were cunning for Mr.. Butler.
among them Mr.. Lawrence Of
Pennsylvania. Mr.. DeSapio Of
New York and Mr.. Arvey Of
Illinois. 1t may be that Mr..
Mckinney is relying on aid
from such quarters, and from
the Southern members who
have been angered by Mr..
Buffers vehement statements
the n ational Democratic
Party will stand 100 per cent
for school indignation. The
firm belief of some Of the
committeeman, however. is
that If an attack is delivered
in the approaching meeting,
Mr.. Butler will survive again.
With the Democrats en-
tirely confident they can win
the 1860 presidential election.
it's natural there should be a
large bevy Of potential can
didates for the party nomi-
nation. From the present
publicity. and public opinion
polls, two Senators are out
In front-Lyndon johnson Of
Texas. majority leader, and
John r. Kennedy Of Massa-
chusetts. Senator Kefauver
Of Tennessee and Senator
Symington OF Missouri have
their supporters. too. The
fact remains that the Demo-
Gratis almost invariably have
gone for Governors. not
Senators, for presidential
nominations. The five times
Governor of Michigan, Mr..
williams, has an increasing
following. II is suggested he
may be handicapped by q
Walter Reuther union label.
It may be remembered. how
ever, that Franklin D. Roose-
welt was charged with run
ming q labor government
yet it never hurt him on cleo
ton day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-30

Washington Is full Of Dem
ocratic gossip. Item: Adlai
Stevenson will be Secretary
OF State under the next DEM
ocratic President. presum-
ably 10 be elected in 1860.
Item: Democratic National
Chairman Paul M. Butler will
have to meet q new purge"
attack when the Democratic
National Committee meets
here February II, the day
before the big Embarrassing
dinner In honor Of former
President Harry 8. Truman
Is given. Item: Gov. O.
Mennen (Soapy) Williams Of
Michigan Is the dark horse
not 80 dark-candidate who
will win In the stretch the
party's presidential nomina-
ton In the 1860 Democratic
National Convention.
Mr.. Stevenson. according
to the gossip. is becoming
more and more an expert on
foreign affairs subject in
which he has been interested
for years. He has travelled
extensively abroad, where. 1t
is said, he is well regarded.
He is expected TO cover more
territory in the next two
years. While he might like
to try for another presiden-
tial nomination, after two
defeats. the party Is not like
~ to give IL to him. Grover
Cleveland was the only man
to be nominated for the pres
idency three times and win
an election. He won the firSt
try, lost the second. and won
the third. The late William
Jennings Bryan was nom
mated three times. too. but
ne lost all three elections. He
finally became Secretary OF
State, having played . great
part in the nomination OF
President Woodrow Wilson
In 1912.
Should Mr.. Stevenson fol-
low Secretary John Foster
Dulles in the office Of Sec
rotary Of State. it would be a
rather odd and coincidental
sequence. In l945. Mr.. Dulles
and Mr.. Stevenson were both
advisers Of the United States
delegation at the United
Nations Conference in San
Francisco when the u. N.
Charter was written and
adopted. Both were and have
been ardent champions OF
the world organization. Mr..
Stevenson is not without
strong friends in his party
today. He might have consid-
cradle to do with the presi-
dental nomination Of 1860.
Mckinney Campaign
The perennial demand for
Chairman Buffers scalp has
been launched by Frank Nc
Kinney. who was Democratic
National Chairman when
President Truman was in
ONCE. In an interview pub
lished in an Indianapolis
newspaper, Mr.. Mckinney
expressed the opinion that
Mr.. Butler should be re-
placed, and he added he
thought q successful effort to
elect q new chairman would
be made. Mr.. Butler. how
ever. has weathered many a
storm. He Is q shrewd poll
tician and believes in pre-
paredness. Back in Decem-
Der. 1854. when the Demo-
cratic National Committee
met in New Orleans to pick
a successor TO National
Chairman Stephen A. Mitch
ell. Mr.. Butler was so well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-30

ators will remain in washington. where
they belong. and ca that they win pro-
vide the city with better brand Of
baseball than has been the fans lot In
the recent past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-30
Questions and Answers
ny THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. How much ice cream
should be eaten to provide
the same amount Of calcium
as one cup Of milk9--D. d.
O Two to three large dips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-30

lam q direct descendant OF
one Of Montana's vigilantes,
In the SOS. / wonder how
those brave men would
deal with the petted crlmi-
mails Of today's Washington.
d. c.
I was held up in q West
Coast city, and when ! went
next day 10 look over the
"mugg books" ! asked Eper-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-30
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Joint Industrial
Packaging and Handling
Symposium opens a three
day stand in the Willard
Hotel.
Beginning a four-day
convention, the Colonial
Life Insurance Co. of
America is headquartered
in the Statler Hotel.
The American Roentgen
Ray Society continues its
Shoreham Hotel meetings.
The American Hospital
Association opens a four
day Directors of Hospital
Volunteers Institute in the
Willard Hotel.
This information supplied by
the Washington Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-30
United Fund Drive
Carbohydrates
Capt, Embrey to Take
Post Of Inspector

Police Capt. Albert L. Embrey,
commanding ofiicer Of Wash
ington's Sd precinct. tomorrow
will become q District inspector
at police headquarters.
He viii succeed Inspector
Robert D. Chenault. who is
scheduled for retirement No
vember /. Ia
Police Chief Robert v. Muir
ray announced Capt. Embrey's
new assignment on an acting
basis shortly after the District
Commissioners approved his
permanent promotion to in
spector effective when Inspector
Chenault retires.
The police chief announced
that Capt. Otto P. Fuss will
move tomorrow from the l3th
Precinct to replace Capt. EN-
brey, and Capt. Charles L.
Wright, now assistant night SUI
perintendent, will go to the
18th Precinct.
Inspector Chenault, So, has
had a back ailment since q
1858 automobile accident. His
retirement was recommended
by the Board Of Police and Fire
Surgeons.
Capt. Embrey, a District po-
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dinnertime odors from the
grill.
Mr.. johnson, an Internal
Revenue agent, and his wife
yesterday said Mr.. Vasco's out
door cooking is a public
nuisance" that "tormen is"
them with odors of cooking
with smelly seasoning.
The couple claims that Job
noxious odors" creep into their
kitchen, often causing them to
turn on their exhaust fan to
get rid Of them.
Mr.. Vasco, q cataloging SUI
perviser with the Defense De-
partment, says it isn't so.
Sees National Issue
eve never used more than
salt and pepper on the meats
and butter and parsley on
chicken" he said. IF my grill
is eliminated, it will affect
every homeowner in the
country"
He added, 81 don't 20 for
exotic sauces."
Mr.. Vasco said he cooks out
doors on week ends and "once
or twice" in between, depend
ing on the weather"
He added he cooks "only at
the stilleSt part Of the day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-30
Third Of q seriesl

Third Of q SeFies)
engaged in a profitable prac-
tice, Mr.. Chalk often found
himself representing clients in
real estate transactions. What
impressed him more than the
stable commissions he earned
was the realization of HOW prop
erty could be bought with very
little cash.
he began to study real estate.
He read books on the subject
and probed into details Of
finance. Meanwhile he saved
his money.
His first investment was al
most forced on him. He had
loaned a friend $1,000 and the
man, having difficulty repaying
the loan, made him a PROPOSE
ton. For another $1,000 cash.
he said, he would sell Mr.. Chalk
an apartment house he owned
in the Bronx. at 2163 Morris
avenue. The total price was
$50, 900, but all Mr.. Chalk had
to put up was IS, 900. Mortgages
covered the rest.
Mr.. Chalk said later in an
other connection, II think the
good LORD must be watching
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-30
Plan to Ruze
1910 House
Stirs Bottle

A group of citizens and A. L.
Wheeler, builder. tangled be-
fore the District Commissioners
today on Mr.. Wheeler's plans
to tear down a 148-year-old
Georgetown house.
Mr.. Wheeler asked the city
heads to ignore Fine Arts Com
mission objections to razing Of
a building at 1898 P street NV.
He said the building, once two
houses and now one, is too run
down to save without too much
expense.
Armistead Peter, III, member
Of one of Washington's Oldest
families, urged the Commits
Sioners to save the house as
an authentic example of Fed
eral architecture. He said II
new houses Mr.. Wheeler is
planning in the block would be
more valuable if the old house
remains.
Mr.. Wheeler bolstered his
case with a crumbling old brick
he said was taken from the
wall Of the house. He and his
attorney. James c. Wilkes, told
the city officials it would cost
him $4,000 to renovate the
house in addition to the $50, 900
value Of the lot. He said he
couldn't sell it for more than
$4,000.
Mr.. Peter argued it is the
duty Of the Commissioners to
preserve such old houses. He
read a letter from Dean Ache
son, former Secretary of State.
quarreling with an opinion of
the District Corporation Coun-
sci which, Mr.. Peter said, I'M
duly restricted the enforcement
of the Old Georgetown Act,
under which he said the Com
misSioners' duty exists.
Col. William E. Shepherd
said the Georgetown Citizens
Association is opposing the
granting of a razing permit.
Mrs. Harold B. Hinton said the
Progressive Citizens Association
of Georgetown has taken the
same stand.
The Commissioners took the
case un2sr advisemeSt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-30
8o2 Pupils
Are Placed in
Honors Class

A total Of 892 of the Districts
1887 high school students have
been selected for the "honors'
classification in the four-track,
or. ability grouping, study
system.
Statistics reported by the
school system today gave these
totals for the three other group
iIgs: College preparatory, g.
8S4; general. 5,575, and basic
curriculum. 3,026.
The four-track program was
extended this year to the
18th grade.
Last years 9,064 students in
the ability grouping system in
cluded GAL in the honors cur
riculum, 1859 in college pre-
paratory, 4,281 in general and
2,443 in basic.
The total 1887 high school
enrolment is about 200 fewer
than last years peak figure.
School officials expect this
years peak enrolment will be
about the same as last years.
The largest number of stu
dents in the honors curriculum
is at Coolidge High School, with
269. Cardozo, Dunbar and
Eastern have no honorS classes.
The breakdown by schools is
as follows:
Anacostia-151 honors, 427
college preparatory, 906 gen.
eral, 165 basic.
Capitol Page-21 colleg e
preparatory.
Cardozo-127 college prepar-
atory, sos general, 665 basic.
Coolidge - 69 honors, 500
college preparatory. 446 gen.
eral, 156 basic.
Dunbar-186 college prepara-
tory, 514 general, BAL basic.
Eastern-299 college prepara-
tory, 755 general, 526 basic.
McKinley-108 honors, 37l
college preparatory, 65l gen.
eral, $50 basic.
Roosevelt 80 honors, 257
college preparatory, 337 gen.
eral, 257 basic.
Spingarn-15 honors, 1853 COL
lege preparatory, 1919 general,
447 basic.
Western-96 honors, 404 col
lege preparatory, $50 general,
ITO basic.
Wilson PA honors, 1,025
college preparatory, 1853 gen.
eral.
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Georgetown
Street Lights
ComineDown

The District will tear down
about half Of the 70 contro-
versial new street lights it just
installed along M street in
Georgetown, but won't replace
them because M street doesn't
need that much light anyway,
Engineer Commissioner A. c.
yelling said today.
Many Georgetown citizens
had vigorously objected to the
mercury vapor installations
because, they claimed, their
modernistic appearance was not
in keeping with Georgetown's
historic atmosphere.
II spent considerable time in
the evening pacing the streets
Iof Georgetown and driving
over them, and finally arrived
at the proper way to handle
the problem" Gen. yelling
said.
He said he made his offer
to tear out half the lights and
not install any more to a group
of Georgetown citizens. Last
night, the Georgetown Citizens
Association enthusiastically and
unanimously accepted the offer.
The ''gooseneck" type stand
ards which are taken down will
not be replaced with the old
installation, an upright stand
ard with an incandescent light,
Gen. Yelling said.
I'VE can get by on M street
with less light than contem-
plated" he said.
The new fixtures were re-
Gently installed from Twenty
ninth street to Key Bridge.
Some were not yet in operation.
Gen. yelling said he is not
planning q "crash program" to
tear them down. but they will
be removed during the planned
reSaving Of NJ street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-30

over me. W1eu i neeQ SOme-
thing, it turns up right before
me-"
Sets Pattern
He set q pattern then that
he was to follow later. He i'm
mediately cleaned the building
up. did some remodeling and
advertised to get tenants for
the vacant rooms. With the
increased rents. he was able to
repay his loans ahead of sched-
ule. That was to be a pattern,
too.
His law practice fiourished,
he developed increased conf
dence and he went more deeply
into real estate. Getting loans
was difficult, however.
His father-in-law had intro
duced him to Alfred Mullen. a
vice president Of the First Ma
tionai City Bank, and Mr.. Chalk
opened an account there. Sew
eral times he discussed with
Mr.. Mullen the possibility of
getting loans to buy real estate.
Mr.. Mullen discouraged him.
''He was a good. honest citi-
zen," Mr.. Mullen recalls, "and
very intelligent in a bookish
way. He kept a nice account
with us and his wife opened
an account too. I told him to
stick to his career as a lawyer.
He had good reasoning and
was very logical and I knew
he would make a good lawyer.
"He was too scholarly, too
gentlemanly to be in q business
like this. I told him not to try
it,"
But the young lawyer went
to the manager of the same
banks Forty-second street
branch and got the loan he
wanted.
A more significant meeting
for Mr.. Chalk was his first
encounter with Emil Buddy"
Rogers. an attorney and flnan-
cier who represented several
clients lending money on Sec
ond mortgages. On two occa-
sions the men met to work out
real estate deals for their re-
spective clients.
At the second meeting, Mr..
Rogers recalls. Roy began to
ask what type Of financing you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-30
Rogers Speaks;
ST Million to
Be Sought
BY BETTY MILES
star stan Writer

Representatives Of I42 agen-
cies that will benefit from the
United Givers Fund 81 million
campaign gathered today at
Fourteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. as campaign
leaders launched their drive.
They heard Attorney General
Rogers convey President Eisen-
hower's deep personal interest
in the drive and the Presidents
hope for its success.
Mr.. Rogers, who is chairman
OF the Government Unit, told
those marking the campaign
kickoff. IF it's humanity pos
sible to reach our quota, we are
going to do it."
John T. Barnett, general
campaign chairman for this
years drive, threw the switch
to light the huge U on the Mall
across from the Willard Hotel
and dedicated the campaign to
the service of the community.
Many in Uniform
ION behalf of the service YOU
offer to the people of the Ma
tional Capital area, I pledge q
vigorous campaign" Mr.. Bar.
nett told the agency represent
atives, who carried placards
with their agency's name on
them. Many, including repre-
sentatives of the Red Cross, the
Salvation Army and the Girl
Scouts, came in uniform.
"Our goal is 81 Million" Mr..
Barnett said, "but our needs
are much the greater, so you
can be confident that our cam
paign workers will not stop at
81 million"
Carleton d. Smith, president
Of the United Givers Fund, pre-
sided at the 'sickoff ceremony.
Among those introduced on the
platform was E. K. Morris, first
president Of UGF, now in It's
third campaign.
Mclaughlin introduced
Officials of the seven local
area governments also were in.
troduced, including Robert E.
Mclaughlin. president of the
Board of District Commission
ers.
Mr.. Mclaughlin told the
group that I'VE who live in and
around Washington, D. c..
capital city of the greatest ma
ton in the world, should take
the lead when asked to support
a project Of such vast import
ance to the welfare of our COM
munity."
Mr.. Mclaughlin reminded
that "a pledge to the United
Givers Fund relieves health and
welfare agencies of the need
for raising funds and so makes
a positive contribution to the
community that cannot be real.
lied in any other way"
Assistant Secretary of the
Air Force David S. Smith, CO.
chairman of the Government
unit. reported that some of the
Government agencies already
had launced their drives, add
ing that at least two of the
agencies are already over the
top on their goal"
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could get and how you went
about it. He was an alert. am
bilious young man and he
wanted a complete education in
real estate finance. He learned
that we would loan on very
small equity If we had conf
dence in the man."
Soon after that. Mr.. Chalk
called Mr.. Rogers and discussed
an apartment building he
wanted to buy. Mr.. Rogers put
up most of the cash for a Sec
ond mortgage. Mr.. Chalk paid
of his loan before its due date
and soon returned for another,
larger one.
Preferred Treatment
Money was very tight then
and there were 20 borrowers
for every lender, but Mr.. Rog-
ers and his clients were i'm
pressed with young Mr.. Chalk.
Soon they were making loans
on a very small amount Of cash
investment and giving Mr..
Chalk unusual terms.
The terms were usually q
three-year loan with a Is per
cent bonus to the lender. That
was a considerably better ar
Irangement than most borrow
erS were able to get.
I'VE were willing to take less,
in order to make choice loans, -
Mr.. Rogers says. 1--WE loaned
him more than we would the
average buyer because we soon
Learned to have confidence in
him. He used excellent judy
ment in what he bought and he
demonstrated an ability to ex-
POINT a building Tor every
nickel that was in it.
For example, he always i'm
mediately beautif1ed his Hobbies.
1t didn't cost much and it had
a good psychological value. He
was one of the first owners in
New York to install automatic
elevators, thus saving money
in operators salaries"
After the grim years of the
depression, New York was get
ting ready for a real estate
boom. Few persons could read
the signs. but Roy Chalk was
one Of the few.
HE had a terrific courage Of
! Continued on Page BE-, Col. ]
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that's S o'clock-so the fire de-
partment and police tell me-"
Mr.. Vasco said he has been
using charcoal burners "for
years and this is the first time
anyone has complained" He
said he has lived in the same
house for four summers and
reported that the Johnsons
even have partaken of some
Of it. In fact, they had a hot
dog or two," he said
Mrs. johnson has other ideas.
''It'S a terrible thing that's
been going on for the last two
years." she said. 1.-THE odors
get trapped under our awning
and even stick to the Grapes
and windows. When they
cook, I have to turn on my fan
to try to blow the odors away,
and sometimes have to leave
the fan on even after they have
finished"
Mrs. johnson alleges that the
odor has caused the loss of
five shrubs already" She
added, ''I've never smelled any
thing like it. All we're asking
is that they just move the grill
back so feet"
Sometimes, she charged, ''Mr.
Vasco will turn the shield on
the grill purposely so that the
odors will come to u.s."
Charges Denied
Mr.. Vasco denied the john
sons charges that he some
times has three grills in opera
ton at once. 1--WE never had
three grills, but one time I
had two when my brother
brought his over"
He denied any attempt to
smoke out the Johnsons, who
live in a Semidetached house
on the same plot 70 feet wide
and ITO feet deep. He said one
reason he uses the outdoor
grill is because his daughters,
Toni, IA, and Joan, IL, 'like
it so much"
The cooking, he said, con-
sists mostly of the normal
grill-type food-Steaks, ham
burgers, hot dogs and chicken.
He'll get time to explain his
story further in HyattSville
Police Court October 9. Mean
while, he had to post $50 cash
on a $500 bond pending the
hearing.