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Thurston Hall, Actor

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf.
Feb. 81 R.-Actor Thurston
Hall, noted for his suave char
acterizations Of bankers, ty-
coons and politicians. is dead At
IS. The actor was found slumped
in a chair at his home yester-
day. apparently the victim Of
a heart attack. He appeared
in many motion pictures from
1918 until the present and por-
trayed Cosmo Toppers boss In
the Topper" television eeries
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Ligonier. Ind. attended Wa
bash (IndJ College. Stanford
University and the University
Of Chicago. During World War
/ he was q pilot and flying in
Structor.
Survivors include his widow
Mabel and two daughters. Gloria
and Nancy. the wife OF DR..
James Gilbert. Alexandria, Va
The funeral will be held Mon
day.
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In Mrmnriant

SH4 coi fAa.E &ak ITSIouf IN 1 ~,
sALLIE j. wHITBY who departed
EuAry "a, 1924, and father, JUNIous
y.mb.T 81 ono i dsPsr'sS6 ro phs NE Guy T
Witty. April 4 1853, and aunt,
MARTHA COLEMAN, February 20,
1871
Loving memories never die
As years 30 on and DAYS pass by
LORETTA LACEY AND CORN
THAN BRANCH. -
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Red Cross national headquar-
tiers star in 1925, serving as
assistant national director OF
Home Hygiene and Care of the
Sick until her retirement in
1892.
Her husband. Lambert Hum
phrey. died in 1912.
She is survived by a niece
and a nephew.
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CEMETERY LOTS

N Az! MEMoEIIAL RARK1TyC
ysIIyEs, viii sell Tor si'S0QS WI.
~ A
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Crenatoriun

Crematorium
j. William Lees Sons Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
lth 81 snd Mass Ave NE IL $4,000
Rinaldi Funeral Home
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Veterans Burial Allowance. $3.50
elo 81 NE Ii 3-4SSn
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rosary for the repose Of the
ALICE HODGSON, Project.
REV JOHN J, MURPHY.
Spiritual Director.
COOK. QUIENTON. On Monday, Feb
Huary IL 1855. at the District CEN
eral Hospital. QUIENTON COOK, the
devoted husband of Mrs. Vivian Cook
Queen Ester COOK % re Hs' also som IS s ano
Peterson, Mrs. Emma Emma DAVIS ayi k NE
Mary Giyens. Mrs. Lille Tucker, Mrs.
LHi VII. short, MIS-. cordell Evans and
Harry, Nunley. William and Erich
Cock. and many other relatives and
iriends Relatives and friends are
s nx1.ed r to es S e. the Mpntg9me.Gsy
aye: ". on Friday February u,
u. Pirst Rising Mount zion for' Baptist 81
h Sur REV. ii Espn s:h + + Gibson at d.
ms. Interment woodiawn Cemetery :
COOKE. LOUIS PHILIP. sr. On
"wednesday. February ~, 1853, Louis
PHILIP COOKE, Sr.. of IaO3 Girard
e. NV. beloved husband of Mrs.
Psul Phillips Cooke and Louis Philip
st.ns. u, Y Also surviving are five
Ruth 9. Davis, Mrs Mabel C. Ridgeley
and Mrs. Mary C.. Buckner, other
noon Sunday friends are invited to
cal a. his late residence. Requiem
mass will be celebrated at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, / 9Th st and
PARK rn. NV, at 10 am. Monday,
FEBRUARY "a. Interment Arlington
National Cemetery I'm lieu OF flow
ers. please make contributions to the
Washington Heart Association or
othe, favorite charityJ Arrange
LAND Of sos b st. s'w., devoted
daughter Of Crawford and oeie Cope
land, sister OF Miss Iyolia Copeland
She also is survived by other rela :
tives and friends. Remains may be
.".d t Il. a.IDss SriS:y brsSrusT ar,
neral Home. 1919 iGtA st NV. usth
lees viii be held on Saturday. Feb
ruary %. at ] pm. the Rev. William
Jackson oficiatinR. Interment
Woodlawn Cemetery. II
DAVIS, MONTE NJ. On wednesday
February 10. 1888. MONTE M.
PAWS, beloved husband OF Anne
man. Marie Parker. Albert Davis.
friends may call at the Robert A.
Mattingly Funeral Home, l3l 18th
81. Sc, until y pm. Thursday, Febru-
airy 20, thence at the Mattinsly
Euneral Home. Leonardtown. Md.
chaptico. Nd on Saturday, febru;
ary 22, at ~ am. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment church
cemetery.
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THULMAN, ROBERT KELLEY. on
Tuesday. February rs, 1858. At his
home. 99l3 stanton ave, Silver
THULMAN, husband Of Mrs. Katherine
Deane Thurman, father Of Mrs
Ohio, and Robert Deans Thurman OF
Silver Spring, Md There also are
rests a. the Warner 3 Humphrey
Funeral Home. a43S oeoraia ave
silver SPRING, Nd. parking fAoili-
AZ an, 1t All Saints Episco-
pal Church. Chevy Chase, Nd. Inter.
ment Parklawn Cemetery.
THURMAN. CHARLES MAYFORD. on
Tuesday, February rs. 1898. al his
home, l105 Kirklynn ave, Takoma
Park. Nd, CHARLES MAYFoRD
THURMAN. husband OF the late Jen-
nie .Haa Thurman, father OF Mrs.
Arthur Z. Housman, Mrs De witt 4.
johnson, Mrs. Harrison Gardiner,
man. and brother Of William Thur
man. MI. Thurman rests at the
Warner =. .Pumphrey Funeral Home.
St34 Georgia ave, Silver Sprine, Nd 4,
where services will Be held on sat
ms faeilltiesl. InterTsnt burtonlyiiis
Union Cemetery. III
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For Safer Motoring

More important than the styling
and mechanical changes that will dis
tinguish the 1859 automobile models is
the announcement that next years cars
will be safer than ever The safety pro-
gram, as disclosed by Harry A. Williams,
managing director of the Automobile
Manufacturers Association, will in
clude both standard equipment items
and optional equipment at extra cost.
And the automobile producers generally
have promised to emphasize safety
rather than power and speed in pro-
noting the sale of their new models.
The industry thus is beginning to
respond to pressure from many sources
especially the Governors Conference
on Highway Safety and the National
Safety Council Safety authorities for
several years have been criticizing the
car manufacturers for Stressing horse
power and acceleration in their adver-
Using. According to Mr.. Williams, the
industry will continue to build more
power into their products, but will soft
pedal horsepower and speed claims in
their appeals to the buying public.
AS for the new cars themselves,
more safety features will be engineered
into them than in the past. Some of
these will be built into the cars at the
factory, while others will be available
for purchase as extra equipment. The
improvements will include such things
as front seat belts, padded dashboards
and sun visorS, recessed steering wheels,
electronically tipped rear-view mirrors
Ito eliminate glare from headlights in
the rear) and electronically depressed
headlight beams. All of this equipment
should prove helpful in reducing the
number of accidents and consequently
the amount of bloodshed on the Nations
highways.
There is nothing the manufacturers
can do, however, about the prime con-
tributor to traff1c accidents-the driver.
No substantial improvement can be ex-
pected in the traffic safety record until
more of the people who operate auto
mobiles take seriously the repetitive
warnings about the cost of recklessness
Of the wheel
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length of 65 feet and deck length as
much as i35 feet. The l2-meter sloop
has waterline of about As feet. Not
since the cup was put into competition
has British yacht won the series. Most
persistent challenger was Sir Thomas
Upton, who sent i've different Sham
rocks across the Atlantic earlier in the
century, followed by T. o. M. Sopwith,
whose two Endeavours were defeated in
the 1905.
Both Columbia and Sceptre have
indicated some preference for heavy
weather sailing-a liking which may be
fulfilled in the New England waters at
this time Of year. In any case, the races
will be true. test of men and boats
alike And may the best of both take
the ''ould mug" this time.
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Gov. Almonds Memo

Gov. Almond, in his memo
randum to school boards, says
that mixing of the races"
in public schools would pro-
duce strife, bitterness, chaos
and confusion" which would
lead to the utter destruction
of any rational concept of a
worthwhile public school
system"
This is an insult to the
teachers in the public schools
Of Al States and in the paro-
chial schools of the South
which have eliminated color
as a criterion for entrance!
Moreover. it comes perilously
close to being an invitation
to foment strife, bitterness,
chaos and confusion. Gov.
Faubus did not ask for dis
order, but he predicted it and
was not disappointed. The
police and school authorities
took only half-hearted dis
ciplinary measures. The stu
dents took their cue from
their adult leaders.
Where strife and confusion
are not sternly dealt with,
but are the expected stand
ards Of conduct, bitterness
and chaos are the inevitable
results. Where parents and
officials expect the children
to behave as ladies and gen.
tlemen, they usually do.
L. X. LOsee.
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Modest Dixie Bellies

Pistols at 10 PAGES! That,
sub, is the challenge which
one Of your headline writers
is likely to receive from the
manhood of Fredericksburg,
Va. If they can find him in
the rabbit-warren of a big
city newspaper establishment.
This idle pencil-smartie of
yours has maligned the young
ladies of that fair city in his
headline "Shy Beauties Hide
Legs at Fredericksburg Fair"
In his story of September 10
about the annual Agricultural
Fair at Fredericksburg, your
writer described the stock
show, the homemakers exhib-
its, the carnival, the stunt
driving. the horse and pony
show. and one "nagging." un-
solved problem-to wit, a pro-
posed beauty contest. 1t
seems that of 40 young ladies
who consented to compete.
only Is were willing to parade
in the so-called bathing suits,
and that the other Is were
not enticed by extravagant
offers of fame and fortune to
sell their modesty and self
esteem so cheaply. nor to Of
fend the ones they love and
who love them. Here is an
other instance of the vast
difference between the hoi
polloi and hot-cha class liv-
ing north of the Potomac and
the primitive Americans liv-
ing south Thereof.
Richard L. Feldman.
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Hobson's Choice

Why is it that when an
admiral Moody talks like an
admiral should, a soap sales
man (McElroy) is in a posi-
ton to rebuke him?
Can America never escape
its continual Hobson's
choices?
When the Republicans are
in we get administration by
businessmen. When the Dem
ocrats are in we get admins
tration by college professors.
In the last presidential cleo
ton We had a choice between
a smile an an epigram.
Let's hope we can find a
modern equivalent to the
gentry and yeomanry of an
other year. If we can't,
Heaven help us all.
William M. Burdette, Jr.
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Reunite the States

The United States needs
reuniting. This might seem
strange but it is certainly
true.
The North fights the South;
the Supreme Court causes
an unusual amount of fric-
ton and a great deal of trou-
BILE that was never foreseen.
The civil rights bill just en-
acted is a bad bill. Look at
the trouble it is causing In
the South. The Supreme
Courts school indignation
decision mot law has been
causing more trouble than
most decisions rendered by
the majority of Supreme
Courts in session since the
Declaration of Independence.
Since World War II this
country has been out of bal
ance and mixed up in general.
Politics, a necessary evil,
played a prominent part but
socialism and a bit of COM
munism have been very
active, in that we are leaning
: the wrong way. There is too
much liberalism and Russia
is applauding after each act
of school drama in the South
and racketeering in the
North. such as labor union
activities immorally piloted
by some leaders. While on the
subject of labor, this writer
would like to stress that every
man in this country has a
right to work whether he be-
longs to a union or not. That
law should be permanent in
our statute books. Labor I'M
ions have had their way since
1898.
Cooperation on the part
of the North and the South
is imperative. Understand
ing, tolerance and patience
are required. The South is
part of the United States. 1t
is therefore an excellent idea
for the North to play ball
with her. Southerners are
not as dumb as some people
attempt to show; they have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-14
Constitution Week

There is so much discus
sion going on about our Con-
stitution these days. it is
timely to call attention to
Constitution Week coming UP
September 1923. 1t occurred
to me that the reason we can
read and talk SO much about
the Constitution is because
these rights were granted to
us through this great docu-
ment. Citizens might we'll
pause and think a little about
THE American Way of Life"
and how it came about. The
very system of life that we
have came about because our
Constitution guarantees the
rights and liberties of every
American citizen. 1t has made
it possible for us to progress
and go forward-to develop
to invent--and to accumu-
late-to such a degree that
the civilization we enjoy. has
become an example for the
world.
This priceless heritage was
not easily won. It cannot be
cheaply defended. 1t will not
be easily preserved. George
Mason said at Alexandria,
Va, in TITS. mo institu-
ton can be long preserved.
but by frequent recurrence
to the great maxims on which
it was formed"
"The American Way Of
Life" and our Constitution go
hand in hand.
Mrs. Clifton E. Mack.
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Splendid QuibbIer

In a letter to The Star
September 9. Ellis o. Jones
has a go at Crosby Noyes for
using the political cliche that
the French constitute the
worlds m ost sophisticated
and skeptical electorate. But
in requesting a modicum of
independent thinking on the
part of The Star correspond
ent, Mr.. Jones commits the
more serious error of i'm
putting all manner of UNI
provable characteristics" to
other nationalities. He dem
igrates the British for their
overweening boastfulness, as
if the almost perverSe tend
ency to understate, a trait
noted by generations of OBJ
servers. were not a more
pervasive aspect of British
conversation. He appears to
credit Germany's postwar re-
naScense more to sophistica-
ton than to hard work. He
enormously states that the
Swedes have always" been
known for peace and fair
dealing" overlooking multi
pie implies of Swedish
treachery and warmaking in
the 18th century. And he dis
torts truth again with an
apodictic judgment about the
incompetence of latter day
French Premiers, many of
whom were highly qualified
experts of one kind or an
other. but helpless to effect
reforms because of the en-
demic weakness of the execu-
tive Office. 1t seems aston
fishing to me that so much
transformation and pusilla-
nimity can reside in one re-
spondent; further, that if we
are to bubble, as Mr.. Jones
does. then we should bubble
splendidly or not at all.
Donald Z. BrOnkema.
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Fired Cook

It is unfortunate that Mrs.
Blois Hundley, a former cook
at the Lyles Crouch Elemen-
tary School. was caught in an
economic squeeze because her
two daughters figured in a
Federal court case that marks
the quest and exercise of their
constitutional rights for
admission to the George
Washington High School.
This is the product of mas
sive resistance" just another
high handed m e thod EN-
ployed to tame Negroes who
exert their constitutional
rights in search of first-class
citizenship.
Davis w. Board.
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Sailing for the 'Ould Mug

The real world Series" of yacht
racing opens next Saturday off Newport,
Rhode Island, as two sleek 12-meter
sloops revive an international competi-
ton that is more than 100 years old.
Rivals for the Americas Cup, battered
trophy named after the first winner in
1851, will be the Columbia and the Scep-
tre-f1ying, respectively, the American
and British flags. Both are new boats,
designed and built for this exacting test
of beSt-four- out-of-Seven races over
24-mile triangular deep-water course.
Both are commanded by veteran anna
teur shippers, allowed only four profess
sional sailors in each 11-man crew.
Months of preliminary trials for
men and SloopS alike have preceded this
main event. Columbia, sporting the
same name as three other successful
defenders of the cup over past years,
proved her right to fly the champions
: flag in this series. In 20 trial races, she
ing two other new boats, fastener and
Weatherly, and finally outsailing stub
born 19-year-old contender, Vim, in four
out of six matches. Sceptre, designated
the British challenger from the start,
had her first trials in English waters
and some more shakedownS since arriv-
ing at Newport
This years series, the first since
1887, will also be the first in which the
12-meter sloopS are eligible. Original
specifications for the cup competition
called for J-claSS yaehts-bigger sail
carriers. with n1'ninnrm watorline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-14
Gold War Mobilization

There has been abundant evidence
in the past year or more that the So
Wet Union Is placing constantly greater
emphasis on economic aid as a major
weapon for gaining influence among the
underdeveloped countries Of the world.
In Asia, Africa and even South America,
Moscow has offered assistance In the
development of industrial facilities or
the building of public works. In sense,
the Soviet program is copy Of our own
"a governments o-governmen formula
first applied on gigantic scale through
operation of the Marshall Plan in West
ern Europe Immediately after World
War II.
But If there is fiattery in imitation,
there are also less pleasant connotations
in current comparisons of the American
and Soviet aid programs. The State
Department recently described this Rus
sian economic challenge as "the most
dangerous of all" current Communist
tactics. And while the Soviet is stepping
up its effort, our own is coming under
increasing fire at home-moSt often on
grounds that it is too costly or that it
is ineffective. Defenders of economic
aid are being pressed more and more
on the defensive. Some of the more
thoughtful advocates are acknowledging
that an overhauling, perhaps new APP
proach, is needed to make the program
more effective abroad and more accept
able at home. Congress, with admins
tration approval, took a step toward a
new approach in authorizing an Inter
national Development Association "a
project sponsored initially by Senator
Monroney, Oklahoma Democrat.
More clear-cut as a really new
approach however, is proposal adj
vanced by Donald X. David, officer of
the Ford Foundation and the Commit
tee for Economic Development Speak
ing at the Harvard Business School, of
which he once was dean, Mr. David
proposed that the American effort be
shifted from purely governmental one
to "a new partnership" in which the
Government should contract with the
best productive and managerial genius
of the United States to carry out prof.
ectS acceptable to foreign countries. In
arguing persuasively for his thesis, Mr..
David pointed out that this is essentially
the way in which we mobilize in war
with industry for vir-
tually every need except manpower-
and that no other approach can so
fully employ the resources of our private
enterprise economy.
This is not, Mr. David explained,
merely suggestion that American pri-
vate capital seek greater investment
opportunity abroad, or that Government
underwrite such investments. The lin
itationS of that approach, useful as it
has been in many cases, have been dem
onStrated clearly. 1t is, instead, plan
to employ the best men, the best man
agementS and the best organizations in
fighting war which we must not lose.
1t is plan that deserves the most Seri-
GUS consideration by those who have the
command responsibility" in this global
conflict,
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Virginia Court Test

virginia, having reaCneQ the enQ OF
the delaying-action road under it's
package of massive resistance" laws,
now has moved to test the legality of
these statutes in the highest State court
This, we think, is constructive move
move which may speed the arrival of
the day when it will be both legally
necessary and politically possible for
Virginia to abandon its dead-end policy
and adopt more rational approach to
the school indignation problem.
This action has come in the form
of suit filed by the State Attorney
General Albertis Harrison, jr in the
State Supreme Court of Appeals. The
objective is to obtain an early test of
the legality of the States school closing,
fund cutoff and tuition grant laws when
measured against the State conStitu-
tional requirement that Virginia main
tain an efficient" public school system.
The suit is concerned directly with the
tuition payments. But the courts rul-
ing will necessarily bring judgment
as to the legality of the other laws in
the package.
To us, this move signifies that the
responsible State authorities. especially
the Governor and the Attorney General,
know they have reached the end of the
massive resistance road. In Warren
County something over 1000 white chill
dren have no high school to attend. In
Norfolk the local school board has taken
a step which foreShadows the closing of
all three of the citys white high schools
and three of its four junior high schools
In Charlottesville and in Arlington the
end of massive resistance clearly is in
sight.
In such situation, the duty of re-
sponsihle officials is clear. Their duty
is to abandon that which has failed and
turn to something else-something
which offers real hope of meeting the
Supreme Courts requirements with a
minimal diSruptive effect in the State.
Given the prevailing political climate in
Virginia, this cannot be done until the
hopeleSSneSS of massive resistance, tied
to the theme of no-integration-
where, has been finally and conclusively
demonstrated. This demonstration can
come through the suit which Mr. Harri-
son has filed. And while we do not pre-
tend to have any private information as
to his reasons for bringing the suit, with
the Governors approval, it seems to us
that the move may have been made in
the expectation that Virginia's highest
court will hold that continuation of
massive resistance, in view of it's conse-
quenceS, is incompatible with the States
constitutional requirement for mainte
nance of an efficient public school
system.
If this turns out to be the case, the
way will be open for calling a special
session of the Legislature to return this
problem, and its handling, to the au-
thorities at the local level. This will
mean some Indignation in Virginia
which cannot be avoided in any event.
1t will also mean, however, that func-
tioning public school system can be
operated in any community which
desires to do So
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FROM THE STARS FILES

lame. She was formerly
owned by Mrs. Gen. Hunter,
from whom she ran away and
was six months secreted in
this city. Any person return
ing her to the residence of
Clark Mills, or securing her,
will receive the above re-
ward 4"