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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-09
BY ELIZABETH CARPENTER
Special Writer for The Star


When you handle a $50 to $40
billion defense baby each year, you
get q good idea Of what's wrong
with the parents. That's the po-
sition that Representative George
Mahon. the Texas Democrat who
heads the House Defense Appro-
priations Subcommittee, sees him
self in today.
The lanky West Texan has been
warning about the behavior of the
Pentagon problem child for two
years. But his advice has gone
unheeded until now.
I'VE didn't get much of a chirp
out Of anyone in authority until
the Sputnik came along" he said.
But now there is hope on the
horizon. I am happy to see so
many groups tackling the problem
Of inef11ciency due to the lack of
unification. particularly when our
defense budget is headed upward"
Mr.. Mahon Is particularly re-
lieved that the President appears
ready to personally take over and
administer what the Texan be-
lieves Is the long-needed cure: A
strong dose Of reorganization.
This, he feels, is much more per-
manent cure to inter-service ills
than simply knocking heads to-
gether." as some have urged.
when small children are in a
room fighting over candy, you can
go In periodically and knock their
heads together, but this doesn't
stop the pickering as long as the
candy is still on display" he said.
you must set UP q mechanism
for orderly distribution"
A cIeor View
Mr.. Mahon readily admits that
he has no authority. nor does his
committee, to try to revamp the
Pentagon. But he is convinced he
has the opportunity to see the cost
Of armed service rivalry more
clearly than anyone else in gov
eminent.
Money talks" he declares,
"and the lack Of unification shows
UP clearly-and costly-in our
hearings
What's wrong at the Pentagon?
AS Mr.. Mahon sees it. the mill
tary men are still living In the
past.
Yesterday 1t was all right to
organize the military around land,
sea and air." Mr.. Mahon observes,
but our needs are vastly differ
ent today"
why not" he asks. "organize
the Pentagon along the lines of
the job to be done? All the'people
working on long-range missiles
should be in one group, and so
forth. We are still behaving as
though we didn't have atomic
bombs and long-range missiles"
Secretary Of Defense Neil Nc
Elroy may have taken the first
step in the right direction with
the creation Of an advanced re-
search projects division. Mr.. Ma
hon claims.
"or it could be just another
layer" he said. Most Of the So
called attempts to improve have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-09
ROSY PICTURE
Businessmen See
No Recession Here

advantage quickly Of good buys
when they become available"
Spokesman for Woodward q
L0throp's Department Stores
Business has been quite good,
better than last year. We hate to
see people cry wolf. This can
cause a recession. We can't have
Christmas every day in the year.
We are not crying because our
sales aren't as good as they were
during Christmas. We have cut
our inventories to take advantage
of good buys"
Richard r. Dunn, president Of
Julius Garfinckel q Cove
plan no retrenchment on high
fashion and expensive models Of
gowns"
RentoIs Are Good
Morris Cafritz, builder-"There
is too much money in savings
accounts for a recession. Rentals
are going very good. The chains
like Giant. Food Fair and Drug
Fair are growing by leaps and
bounds.
Businessmen have been spoiled.
They had it so good they sat back
in rocking chairs and waited for
business to fall in their laps.
There was a little showdown in
the early part of September. But
those who felt 1t went after BUSH
ness. Now they have made
comeback"
william e. Shannon, president
Of Shannon & Luchs, real estate
THE real estate market is
prosperous but more competitive.
People are not buying homes as
rapidly as two years ago. Builders
are more cautious.
''Loosening money is a slow
process. The Governments re-
cent efforts to do this will take
from three to f1ye months to
trickle down to the builders and
buyers. Already lenders are show
ing interest in loans they were
not interested in previously"
Washington Board Of Trade
There. is no recession here"
A dealer in high-priced cars.
who asked not to be quoted by
name, reports that I'VE have Just
finished a good month. If we
have another month like January,
there won't be any recession
for U.S."
A large seller of popular priced
and used cars says that while
business now is better than a year
ago. the situation still is not rosy.
He explains people are buying
more used cars than new ones
but that he still has heavy In
ventory Of used autos.
Foreign car dealers find that
business is booming. One COM
pany which specializes in repairs
of foreign cars says it turns down
as much work as it takes because
it can't handle all the business
available.
All. those interviewed agree on
these points: ID There is no
basic economic reason for a re-
cession in Washington. 10 WASH
ington could talk itself into a re-
cession by curtailing consumer
buying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-09
ROSY PICTURE
BY SHIRLEY H. SCHEIBLA
special writer for The star

There's a good reason for the
lack of recession talk among
Washington's merchants these
days. Unlike their colleagues in
many other parts Of the country,
they aren't having one.
Department store business is
even better than last year-when
it was fine. The real estate mar
ket in general is characterized as
prosperous, with housing the only
weak spot. The outlook is bright
for the latter. however.
Sellers Of foreign cars and high
priced American ones say business
is fine. Dealers in the popular
priced autos are singing the blues,
but they admit that business is
better than last year. They. too.
don't think there is any recession
in Washington. But they be-
lieve the talk Of one is frightening
of prospective customers.
What is protecting the Capital
City from the recession? Mostly
a good stable item-the Govern
ment payroll. Because Of it, WASH
ington is always last to feel either
boom or depression. Unlike other
cities the Capital has no mass
industrial hirings or lay-offs. In
the case Of q recession like this
one, it often goes away without
ever being felt here.
Some Effects Noticed
The Nations current recession
has had some effect on the areas
commercial life. Many stores
have cut down on inventories.
This seems a peculiar situation,
when sales are high. but it is ex-
planned this way: When there is
a recession in other cities, store
buyers are likely to be able to
make some good purchases from
suppliers hit by it. BY keeping
inventories relatively low, the
stores have been able to take adj
vantage of these bargains.
Area retailers report that re-
cession talk has made customers
cautious and that business no
longer falls in their laps. Today,
they say. merchants have to do q
better, more competitive selling
job. But the important point is
that the business Is there to get.
Here are some statements on
conditions by business leaders:
Ralph Goldsmith, president Of
Lansburgh's Department Stores
Business will be maintained at
present or better levels in 1858.
We look for a continuation of sub
staptial growth in our suburban
store in Langley Park. Md. Sales
are increasing there as the area
grows. Our downtown business
is planned to hold at least even
with 1857 or slightly better dur
ing the first half of 1858. Our
employment levels will be main
tanned in number and in payroll.
During the past six months we
have been cutting down slightly
IN inventories to accomplish an
increase in turnover and have as
much liquidity as possible to take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-09

just added layers. The creation OF
a host of assistant secretaries just
cluttered up the place."
The Congressman doesn't claim
to have the magic formula to
bring about peace in the Pentagon
but he has some disarmament"
suggestions to minimize inter-
service rivalry:
. Move toward putting everyone
in the same uniform.
. Make it easy, and profitable,
for officers and enlisted men, to
transfer from one service to an
other. Every few transfers are ever
undertaken now. A man feels
blocked If his particular branch
Of service is on the wane," Mr..
Mahon said, Therefore, he uti-
Lies every means at hand to fight
for his survival"
. Remake the Joint Chiefs Of
STAFF into objective advisers in
stead Of lobbyists for their partic-
ular branch Of service.
This is admittedly the most
difiicult of ALL" Mr.. Mahon said,
'but it is the most essential. The
present set-up Of the Joint chiefs
is completely unavoidable. And it
is a sad commentary that Con-
gress and the Secretary Of De-
tense are without any group Of
military advisers to whom we
can go for completely objective
advice"
Little Cooperation
Testimony on defense appro-
priations before the Mahon com.
mittee has shown repeatedly. he
claims, that the members Of the
Joint Chiefs seldom hammer out
basic policy together. The organ
ization does not lend itself to that
sort Of operation. Each Chief
comes in with a plan for his
branch. knowing he dare not sell
short his service. The greater he
succeeds in selling his branch OF
service, the greater his success as
q member Of the Joint Chiefs"
Presumably, q member Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-09

ciple, the American insistence on
preliminary negotiations in adj
vance Of any possible summit
meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-09

have labeled both topics as "off
limits: the status quo. Mr..
Khrushchev said only q week ago,
was an absolute prerequisite to
any negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-09

This is the third Of Q series Of Sunday
orioles on the New Forces facing
space -ose mon-their nature. their
potential for good or evil. the controls
thot they moy necessitote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
Weekend Events
Include Regatta,
Walking Tours

Several walking tours and a
power boat regatta are among
events scheduled this week end
by National Capital Parks.
Walks win be conducted al
$3.50 am. tomorrow and Sunday
at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gar
dens, where tropical lilies, lotus
hardy lilies and plants win be
In bloom.
Theodore Roosevelt Island
viii be explored by walkers, led
by q park naturalist. at 2 and
4 pm. tomorrow and Sunday.
An island campfire and animal
walk is scheduled for z pm.
tomorrow. The island is ac-
cessible only by a ferry boat
operating from the float on the
Potomac River at the foot of
Wisconsin avenue between /
and $3.50 pm.
A fern walk in Rock Creek
Park Is scheduled for 3 pm.
tomorrow, with the group meet
ing at Sixteenth and Whittier
streets NV.
A historical tour Of the Ches-
apeake q Ohio Canal In
Georgetown will begin at 1880
pm. Sunday at Lock 4, one
block south Of Thomas Jeffer-
son and NJ streets NV.
The tour will cover Locks /
to 4, old Wisconsin avenue
Bridge. Alexandria Aqueduct,
Foxall Cannon Foundry and
Foundry Branch Tunnel.
The Capital Power Boat Re-
gatta will be held from noon
to 6 pm. tomorrow and Sunday
In the West Potomac Park area
Of the Potomac River.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
Films Of More Thon Routine Merit

"AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 DAYs"-Mke Todds big
show. full Of fun and stars. headed by CantinHas.
GOODS LITTLE ACRE"-Robert Ryan heads juicy pack
Of Erskine Caldwell Southern ilIiterates
LONG, HOT SUMMER"-JOanne Woodward and Paul New
man In William Falkner slice Of life down South
PETER PAN-Wa Disney's cartoon version, delight for
young moviegOers Of all ages
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS"-Hcward Keel
tops lively cast In Of the best musicals years
THE SHEEPMAN-Glenn Ford, Mickey Shaughnessy and
Shirley MacLane in a Western with q of humOr
TEACHERS PETCark Gable and Doris Day deftly play
fresh comedy In authentic newsrOOm setting.
THE YOUNG LIONS"-Marl0n Brando In n big, dramatic
Aim Of Irwin Shaws panoramic World War ii novel,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25

and a half stopover In Copen-
hagen, where everyone In the
plane. ! understand. takes q
steam bath 10 relax"
Edouard L. cournand. In his
autobiography. "Fragrantly
Yours" tells Of the time play
boy Porflrio Rublrosa ordered
a special quart bottle of per-
fume made up for Zsa Zsa
Gabor at a cost OF S674.ss Gin
GLIDING taxi. A few days later
Zsa and Ruby's romance was
IN The ash can. Cournand. the
perfume maker. received a tele-
gram canceling the special
bottle and ordering 80 l-ounce
bottles instead. for that number
of ladies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
District Legion
Opens ConcIuve

The District Department Of
the American Legion opened
its 10th annual convention here
last night.
Nearly $4,000 legionnaires
viii meet during the three-day
convention 10 discuss local. ma
tional and international mat
ters.
The opening session heard
retired Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Casey
deliver the principal address.
The department will elect It's
new commander at the final
session 10 be held tomorrow In
the Shoreham Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
Antique Cors Due
At Laurel Tomorrow

The National Capital Antique
Club viii hold its annual East
ern area antique car conclave
at Laurel MD Race Course
tomorrow.
About so autos-some 1914
models-from Maryland, Vir-
ginia, the District and Della
ware will take part in the
IL am. competition. A parade
through Laurel at 3 pm. will
climax the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
HOLLYWOOD
BY SHEiLAH GRAHAM
'Gigiy Star Gets Another

Siy StuI SetS =
HOLLYWOOD NANA). -
Louis JOuFdan has been signed
for another. as yet untitled.
musical at Metro. because Of
his huge hit In "0igi," In
which. by the way. he did all
his own singing. The handsome
Frenchman has left for Paris
10 dub into French his "olgi"
dialogue and singing.
Tom Ewell stars on Broad
way In the French play hit.
"Patate." which translated
means what II sounds like:
Potato" I imagine there will
be another title. When
Cary Grant returns from Lon
don. he viii bring a diamond
bracelet and necklace for wife
Betsy-to replace the jewels she
lost in the sinking Of the An
drea DORA two years ago.
! wish Burt Lancaster would
get a haircut. His present style
makes him look like Van Gil
burn on a windy day. Con-
ME Stevens. who debuts oppo-
site Jerry Lewis in "Rock-a-Bye
Baby" won't pose for cheese
cake. A shapely leg never hurt
an actress career. Dorothy
Johnson, a former Miss Oregon
and the star Of Sam Katzman's
Life Begins at H." has been
signed by Columbia for two
more movies.
Jan Clayton is donating the
royalties from her new Car
ousel" album to the San Fern
ando Youth Center. in memory
Of her 16-year-old daughter
who was killed in an auto crash
last year. Pat O'Brien re-
ceived from the Milwaukee
baseball team a miniature
Braves uniform for Pats two
month old grandson, Eric. Pat
is a big fan Of his hometown
team. Marilyn Monroe will
attend the La Jolla PLAYHOUSE
showing Of husband Arthur
MiIler's play. "A View From the
Bridge" The run starts July
%. Jerry Lewis was un-
successful in his attempt to buy
"Who WAS That Lady,"
Columbia studios bought the
Broadway hit, to co-star Dean
Martin and Tony Curtis.
Director George Stevens, ex-
planning why he chose Millie
Perkins to play the title role in
"The Diary of Anne Frank:
"Some of the other girls were
Just as pretty. but Mile thinks.
She's intelligent. She wanted to
know Can I do it? How will
I do it?' You cannot be a star
without thinking"
On the same set, Joseph
Schildkraut, who plays Mr..
Frank. showed me photographs
Of the 70-year-old survivor Of
Nazi persecution. and the like
ness between Schildkraut and
Anne's father is startling. II
have been connected with the
role for stage and screen for
five years." said Joseph. 1--WE
shaved my head twice a day
to look like Mr.. Frank and I've
played the part on stage 100
times. The book has been trans
lated into 81 languages, and
played in 80 countries, even
Chinese. Mr.. Frank has not
seen the play and he will not
see the movie. He told me he
would go mad if he saw his
family go through all that suf-
fering again"
y
Shelley Winters-she's Mrs.
Van Daan in the "Anne Frank"
movie-fiew to New York for
10 days ito get my apartment
in order and talk to the authors
Of the play I'll be doing on
Broadway. The Eagle Spreads
His Wings Then back to Hol-
lywood to dub some dialogue
for the picture, and then, dear
Heaven, fly over the Pole to
Copenhagen on my way to
Rome to see my husband (Tony
Franciosa). There1l be an hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25

HYATTSVlLLE S wai 1-S s:,i.
nee PM. Continuous. WALT DIS
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RODANTHE PERSONALS

Mrs. Margaret Watson, Mrs.
Sudie Payne, Mrs. Lurania Mid
@ett, Mrs. Bethany R. Gray and
Mrs. Nora E. Herbert, attended
The County Wide Home Demon
station meeting at the Arlington
Hotel, Mays Head.
frankie Pecha of New York
City is spending some time here
with Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Her.
bert, Sr.
Miss Myrna Brozell after visit
ing here with her grandmother,
Mrs. Lurania Midget has gone to
Miami, Fla. to visit her mother.
Jimmie c. O'NeaI of Ports
mouth, Va. spent the week end
here with Fred O'neal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton G. Midget
and children, Tena and Connie of
Elizabeth City are here visiting
Fred O'neal.
Johnnie Beck, U. S. C. G. is Wis
iting his grand parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Levine w. Midget.
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After three years of operation
of a growing photo shop in Man.
teo, opposite the Fort Raleigh
Hotel, Dan and Charlotte Morrill,
have sold their business to a new
firm, Photo Kolor Co., and Mr..
Morrill, will continue as manager
of the business which in the next
few months will move into larger
quarters adjacent to the postoffice.
The officers of the new company
are: President, Thomas R. Shep-
herd, Attorney, Charlottesville,
Va; Vice-President, ]. D. Henry,
Plant Manager, Manteo; Secretary
Treasurer, Thomas Chears, Attor-
ney, Manteo. Taft Joseph, who re-
Gently moved here from New Bern
will serve as outside sales mana
ger.
The new plant will be equipped
with modern, electronically con-
trolled machinery designed to pro-
duce high quality work. Recent
tests of water supply made on the
spot by laboratory technicians
from Ansco revealed the local wa
ter quality is perfect for color
processing and is said to be the
best found south of New York.
The new company will be distri-
buffers for film and photo supplies
and will also operate retail sales
room, camera shop and portrait
studio.
The new plant will provide a one
day service for black and white
and color processing for the local
area and 2 to day service for
areas within $50 miles radius of
Manteo.
Mr.. Morrill, said every effort will
be made to maintain high quality
work and prompt, friendly service
to customers, and he hoped the
new industry would be boon to
the growth of Dare County and to
ManteO.
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SPORTS FISHING SCHOOL
MACS HEAD NEXT WEEK

Some 100 anglers now enrolled,
the State College Extension Divi-
sion's Sportsfishing School will be-
gin at Mays Head on Monday with
courses in salt and fresh water
fishing, tackle and angling tee
niques on the curriculum.
Fishing and tackle experts are
on the faculty and while head
quarters will be at The Caro-
linian Hotel, many of the courses
to be offered will be taught aboard
fishing boats or in fresh water
fishing areas. This is the fourth
year the school has been held at
Mays Head and there has beer
increased interest and attendance
each summer.
Two other group meetings held
at The Carolinian on Mays Head
this week included the Board OF
Directors, Quality Restaurants of
North Carolina and the Southern
Pulpwood Conservation Associa,
ton. The latter convention at
tracted a large number of persons
in the pulpwood industry of many
states.
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DANIELS
Continued from Page One)

will enjoy a saving of some $1,000
as compared with last years taxes.
The gain in assessment was so
trifling as to be, negligible, des-
pite the fact that in some sections
of the county property had been
increased $50 per cent. Had this
unreasonable yardstick been APP
piled to Wanchese, it would have
been unfairly treated and the COM
munity would have been severely
1enalized and forced to pay an
additional $4,000 to $4,000 more
than is now contemplated under
the proposed new tax rate. Some
people ascribe this to the fortu-
nate circumstance of Mr.. Daniels
being all the time, at the right
hand of those appraisers, who
being strangers in Dare and not
versed on its values, having to re-
ly on someone who did know. No
man with a sense of gratitude on
election day could reasonably turn
down an aging public servant who
had been so helpful, and with true
loyalty and spirit they rallied to
his rescue.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-06-06
BRENDA DALE BRIDGES
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

Honoree at party given by her
mother, Mrs. Minnie Lee Bridges
the afternoon of May 20, at her
home, was Brenda Dale Bridges.
The occasion was her fourth
birthday and a great attraction
was the birthday cake, made in
the shape of a doll with the three
tiers decorated as three flounces
of the skirt. Refreshments of ice
cream, cup cakes, minis. pink
lemonade and bubble-gum were en-
joyed by all the small guests who
were given horns, noise-makers
and balloons as favors.
Those enjoying the outdoor fes-
Invites We're: Annette, Remma and
Guy Midget, Rusty Midget,
Stephanie Gaskins, John Wilson,
David Jr., and Roxie Farrow, Alice
Mae Daniels, Maxine and Eliza
beth Flynt, Anna Mae and Judy
Baum, Connie Cudworth, Bobby
Booth, Martha Ann Peele, Annette
Evans, Tommie and Kris Fearing,
Henry Baum Jr., Mac Cartwright,
Rena Pearl and Rena Mae Sander
lin, Nelva Lee Capps Jr., Stevie
Daniels, Lee Daughtry, Dolley
Gray. Dean and Malcolm Fearing,
and Lynn Green.
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WILLIAMS
Continued from Page One)

and business subjects in 1949, en-
tered East Carolina College, grad
uating with major in History in
1868. For four years he taught in
Wilmington, N. C. and was active
in working with teenagers. The
past year he has taught at the
Princess Anne High School in
Virginia.
To everyone at Ocracoke he is
known as Larry, a favorite with
the young people. For the past
three summers he has supervised
the square dances in the school
recreation hall. Last summer he
served on the July Fourth Cele-
bration Committee. His past train
ing and experience makes him ad-
mirably suited for the work which
he will do as Ranger Historian,
particularly in view of his interest
in his home land. AS a teacher of
North Carolina history he is also
we'll informed on the history of
Ocracoke Island.
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LESLIE AUSTIN DIES
NORFOLK, HATTERAS NATIVE

NORFOLK-Leslie Davis Aus
tin, 81, died suddenly in Norfolk
hospital Saturday, May 81.
He was a native of Hatteras
N. c., and had lived in Norfolk
for 80 years, residing at SAT Bay
View Blvd. He was a son of the
late Benjamin and Mrs. Margaret
Smith Austin and husband of Mrs.
Eyrie Peele Austin.
He was captain of a ship for the
Seaboard Oil Co.
Besides his wife, surviving are
two daughters, Mrs. Clara Scott
and Mrs. Margaret Stowe, both of
Norfolk; three sons, Leslie D. Aus
tin Jr., Bernie Austin, both of Nor
folk, and Wilbur Austin, U.S.C.G.,
Wake Island; one sister, Mrs. Ro-
sa Gaskins of Hatteras; two
brothers, Willie Austin of Orien-
tai, N. c., and Bonnie Austin of
Hatteras; five grandchildren, one
great-grandchild and nieces and
nephews.
Interment and funeral was in
Norfolk Tuesday.