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him. Then he double-timed to
his original position.
Cameramen darted up and
down the road beside the group
throughout the six block
march to the testing center.
As the recruits, still dressed
in civilian clothes. passed one
barracks, several soldiers
standing on the steps jeered:
Give US q smile, Elvisl"
Presley grinned at them and
then stared straight ahead.
The corporal in charge
reared: "All right-at ease. you
people on those steps!"
No Trouble Expected
Presley filed into the testing
center under the eye of the
first sergeant, q tall. slim vet
eran whose sleeves were studded
with overseas bars and "hash
marks" denoting long service.
Looking at his celebrated
charge, LIST Sergt. Francis
johnson Of Lafayette, La, COM
mented: There goes a nice
kid. I'll bet / don't have much
trouble with him"
Presley faced five hours of
aptitude tests in a variety of
fields such as reading, COM
pretending, mathematical abil-
ity and mechanical knowledge.
The tests will help the Army
determine what assignment
he'll get after basic training.
Presley was sworn in at
Memphis yesterday. After three
days of processing here. the
Army will decide where he will
take his 8-week basic training.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
.MoriIyn Monroe
Injured in Fall

ROXBURY. Conn, Mar. IS
tR.-Film Star Marilyn Monroe
is nursing minor foot and hand
injuries suffered in a tumble
down a flight of steep stairs, it
was disclosed today.
The mishap occurred Friday
while she and her husband.
Playwright Arthur Miller, were
entertaining friends at their
farm home near here.
Miss Monroe was cut on the
palm Of the right hand when
a glass she was carrying broke
as she fell. Four stitches we're
taken.
The second toe Of her left
foot was also hurt and X-rays
are to be taken to determine
whether there is q fracture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

Tor the nrSt 10 minutes. Pho
tographers surrounded Presley
and recorded every motion Of
his knife and fork.
Although the dazzling beam
Of q portable food lamp was
trained on him. Presley accept
ed the situation with good
humor and joked with news
men about his bed-making
ability.
Asked whethe. he encoun-
tered any trouble in making up
his lower bunk before reveille,
he said. I'm not exactly q pro
at 1t, but I'll learn"
Some Gripping Heard
A few gripes about the atten-
ton Presley was getting were
overheard as soldiers streamed
in and out Of the mess hall, but
most Of the men gave him q
single glance and went on.
Presley was eating his second
piece Of toast when an ofiicer
called q halt to the picture
making. Newsmen obediently
backed away from. the long
table where Presley and his
barracks mates sat on wooden
benches. Then Presley's man
ager. Tom Parker Of Nashville.
Tenn, brought 3 tray Of food
to the table and took q seat be-
side his star client.
The manager was on hand to
greet Presley when the group Of
recruits pulled into the recep-
ton center on q chartered bus
last night.
Elvis caught one Of his FIRST
military assignments during the
March from the mess hall to the
testing center. BY chance he
was the second man in the file
and was appointed road guard"
as the formation paced toward
an intersection.
Takes Up Station
Obeying the shouted COM
mand Of the corporal in charge
Presley raced ahead Of the
group and took up a station
in the middle of a cross street
until the formation had passed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
Sunshine Could DispeI
Clouds Of Eoster I rode

NEW YORK. Mar. rs (R.-
Recession talk. wintry weather.
an earlier Easter than last
year. -.
These are some of the things
worrying retailers as the 1858
Easter shopping season enters
the windup phase.
An Associated Press survey of
Eastern shopping trends in 10
major cities gives this picture:
Except in industrial areas where
employment is of sharply. mer-
chants hope to do about as well
as last year. But they're count
ing heavily on an assist from
the weather.
There's nothing wrong with
Easter business" says q New
York department store oficial,
that 10 days of sunshine
couldn't cure"
Sentiment Varies
Retailer sentiment across the
country ranges from buoyant
optimism in some Southern and
Eastern cities to the deepest
gloom in Middle and Far
Western manufacturing centers
where large numbers of factory
workers have been laid on.
Some merchants say the
earlier Easter date (April 6
this year as against April 81 In
1851 is hurting sales. Others
say it make no difference.
Easter business looks good"
says William Tobey. vice pres
ident Of Abraham & Straus,
big Brooklyn department store.
Recession talk doesn't seem to
have hurt sales. The determin-
ing factor will be the weather."
Sales have been good and
traffic heavy" Julian N. Tivers,
vice president of Davidson's,
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Atlanta. says. Were agreeably
surprised"
I'VE don't feel that people are
sold on this recession business, I"
declares a retailer in Dallas.
A Columbus (Ga.) merchant
states: I'VE haven't felt any
recession here"
This rosy attitude is far from
universal, however. Asked how
things are going, a Los Angeles
store executive SCOTS derisively !:
What pre-Easter business?"
Other Areas Hurting
Store managers in Columbus,
Ohio, say business is hurting.
Women are buying Easter bon
nets, but skipping on coats and
suits. Children's apparel is
about the only category that's
selling well, the children having
outgrown last years Easter out
fits. One Columbus retailer ex-
plains: "The little darlings dc
grow. you know-bless their
vitamin-f filled little hides"
Right now. sales are trailing
1857 in Chicago, st. Louis
Kansas City. Detroit. Philadel.
phia and Miami. Mostly it's
the weather that gets the
blame.
Almost everywhere shoppers
have a sharp eye out for bar.
gains. The free-wheelins
spender Of recent years seems tC
have vanished from the retail.
scene.
In the Washington area the
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich.
mond last week reported thai
department store sales were :
per cent below q year ago fol-
the January 1-March is pc.
Rod. District downtown sale,
were reported 4 per cent under
those Of the same period in 1867,
but for the week ending March
is area sales remained un.
changed. while downtown sales
were 5 per cent below the same
week last year.
Milton Handelsmann, vice
president and sales manager Of
Goldblatt Bros, Chicago, OBJ.
serves that shoppers are "rea
choosey" this year. Were
fighting for business" he says
We're down to our shirt sleeves
and preparing to 60 to T-shirts
If necessary"
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Accused Father
Becomes Mute

A man accused Of dropping
his baby out q third-floor win
dow two weeks ago has not
spoken since. Corrections De-
partment officials report.
Lewis VIM, 80, Of the 1900
block of r street NV, was held
for grand jury action on a
homicide charge yesterday. A
coroner's jury found him re-
for the death Of his
4-day-old son March 8.
A Corrections Department
spokesman said VIM has not
spoken since he was committed
to the District Jail. He hears
questions and writes his answers,
the spokesman said.
Loss Considered Genuine
VIM has been examined by
one doctor. and another was to
examine him today, the spokes-
man said. For the time being,
he indicated. officials are con-
WINGED the prisoners loss of
speech is genuine.
Police said VIM talked to
officers after his arrest.
The Corrections Department
spokesman said Winn may have
suffered partial loss of memory
He failed to recognize his COM
mon-law wife when she came to
visit him. the official said.
Woman Held In Stabbing
According to police VIM
broke a window in his apart
ment with his elbow and tossed
the baby through it. Four on
GERS had gone TO the apartment
after WINS common law wife
complained he had taken the
child from her at the home Of a
friend.
The coroner's jury yesterday
also held Mrs. Theola J.
Thomas, 80, for grand jury &C
ton in the fatal stabbing OF
her father, Ransom Jones, so
Police said she stabbed him
with a pairing knife after an ar
gument over a gas bill Friday
night at their home in the
1900 block Of North Carolina
avenue NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
D. c. Man Fined $500
In Numbers Cuse

A $500 fine and q one-year
suspended jail term was I'M
posed on a District man yes
terday for possessing numbers
slips in Prince Georges County.
Circuit Court Judge John r.
Fletcher imposed the penalty
on King Joseph Matthews, "a,
Of the 500 block Of Sheriff road
NE. He was charged last June
rs, when seized in a tavern in
the $500 block Of Sheriff road,
according to county police. The
suspended sentence was for the
Maryland House Of Corrections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

Advancement of Management.
The participants are Louis
Teitelbaum. Air Force; Milton
Schwartz. Air Force; x. Bender
Tansill. Army Audit Agency;
Benjamin Selfon. Budget Blu
reau. and Robert Ford, General
Accounting ONCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Control Issue Stymies
Outside Troininq Plan
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Stan Writer

The administration and the House Civil Service Committee
still stymed the legislation provide outside training
for some Federal employees.
Approved by the Senate last the bill authorize
Federal agencies to send promising employees colleges unve-
sites and other schools well industrial plants and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

Siciliano has sent a copy of the
GAGS decision regarding its
own employees to all Federal
agencies, asking them to take
note. In other words, Mr..
Siciliano in polite terms has
told all Federal agencies to fol-
low the GAGS action. Also,
the White House called Fed
eral agencies attention to the
GAGS policy of approving adj
ministrative leave-no charge
to vacation time-for new en-
ployes with less than 80 days
service at that time.
incidentally. the American
Federation of Government EN-
ployes had strongly urged that
such liberal interpretations Of
the leave program be used in
regard to last months snow
storm.
\ \ \ +
LEAGUE APPOINTMENT
Robert johnson. former staff
member of the Senate Civil
Service Committee and now
practicing law here and in
Wichita, Kans.. has been APP
pointed special counsel to the
nonpartisan National Civil
Service League. In announcing
the appointment. James Wat
son. the leagues executive di-
rector, said Mr.. Johnson's
knowledge Of law and expert
ence with the Senate Civil
Service Committee brings an
important and needed addition
to the leagues program.
\ 4 y
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - Mrs.
Lenora v. Brown of the Army
Audit Agency has received a
sustained superior performance
award. Perry Simms has
been elected president of the
Interior Department Branch Of
Federal Employees Union No. 2.
National Federation Of Federal
Employees. Others elected were:
Barbara Aller. vice president;
Mrs. Bess ON. MacMaugh,
secretary, and board Of repre-
sentative members Barbara
Aller, Howard Anderson. Helen
Baruch. M. Andrew Bohnert.
Harold Byrd. Leon Dupuy.
Mary Edna Genung. Mrs. Anna
Lewis, Edwin Mccain. Mrs.
Gertrude Moore, Eugene Nico-
lai, Kenneth Olmert, Eugene
w. Smith. Marion E. Young
and Stephanie Civic. Walter
Reed Army Medical Center
needs general engineers. Grade
IL; analytical chemist. Grade
II; sign painter. Wage Board,
Grade 10; electricians, WB,
Grade Is; steamfltters. WB,
Grade Is. and librarians.
Grades 5 and z. :. The Civil
Service Commission has an
nounced an exam for clinical
psychology intern and resident
with St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Algie Wells has been named
deputy general counsel of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
Nays Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts has been cited by
Assistant Secretary of Navy F.
A. Bantz for the outstanding
record of blood donations
among its employees to the Red
Cross program. why Sta
tistical Sampling Should Be
Used in Government Account
ing and Auditing" will be dis
cussed at 1880 o'clock tonight
in the General Accounting
Office Auditorium. The meet
ing is cosponsored by the
American Society for Public
Administration, the Federal
Government Accountants AS
ISOLATION and the Society for
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laboratories, ETC.. for additional
training to further their
careers.
But Chairman Murray of the
House Civil Service COMMITTEES
and his group object to the fact
that the Senate-approved bill
would place the program under
the authority of the President.
Fearing possible abuses in the
awarding of contracts to the
schools. they want the Civil
Service Commission given au-
thority for operating the pro-
gram, so that the csc can be
held accountable to the Con-
gress. They feel that, If the
President is given the author
ity, Congress would not be in
as strong a position to correct
any abuses that might occur or
to serve as a watchdog over the
program.
Several exploratory talks have
been held this year by admin
istration officials and House
committee members. But nei-
ther side thus far has yielded
the administration wants the
President to control the pro-
gram, while the House group
wants the csc held responsible.
Federal career groups and
Government employe leaders
nope the impasse will be re-
solved. The legislation is i'm
portant in enhancing career
opportunities for Government
workers.
4 4
UNION RECOGNITION "A
House Civil Service subcommit-
tee today resumes its hearings
on the bill to require Federal
agencies to deal of1lcially with
Government employe unions on
personnel matters and griev-
anceS. The remainder of Gov
crnment employee union Off
cials, all of whom indorse the
measure in general, will be
heard today.
The administration is ex-
pected to testify tomorrow in
opposition.
\ =
PAY-EffortS are being made
by both House and Senate con-
ferees to schedule an initial
meeting on the postal pay-rate
bill sometime this week. Key
Senate conferees are now out
of town and the earliest possi-
bility of a meeting is tomorrow.
Meanwhile. there are indica-
lions that the House Civil
Service Committee. on Thurs
day. will modify its previous
II per cent average classified
pay raise figure to about 10
per cent.
Most postal and classified
employe leaders are cool to
the Hemphill compromise pro-
posal which would give CLASH
fled and postal workers an IS
per cent pay raise. plus an adj
ditional 500 for postal work.
ers. But something somewhat
along this line may well turn
out to be the final compromise
agreed to by Congress and the
administration.
y \ y
WHITE HOUSE STAND
The White House has dropped
a strong hint to Federal
agencies to follow the Gen.
eral Accounting Ofice's lead in
charging employees only six
hours of annual leave for the
Monday they stayed home dur
ing last months snowstorm.
Some agencies have persisted
in charging employees the full
eight hours leave, despite the
GAGS more liberal attitude
toward its own employees.
White House Assistant Rocco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
PresIeys First Meal
In Army q Hearty One

FORT CHAFFEE Ark, Mar. Is l4o-"It good-but
I'd eat anything this morning. said Elvis Presley his first
Army meal today
Along with Fl other recruits in his group from Memphis
the 23year-od rock n roll substantial breakfast
Of scrambled toast and cereal. He passed
coffee in favor Of milk
The half-hour meal in big hall a hectic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
here's the best
seGiood in town

Hoeote's chef is o
seoforin' man with O
terrific shore-slde repU.
iotion. He can custom.
cook the prizes Of the
deep in q way thot'II
give you more sotisfoc-
iion than you ever had
from q bill Of seofore.
In the best atmosphere
OF the Seven Seas,
you'll enjoy every mo-
ment al Hoeote's S. Mod.
erote prices OF lunch
and dinner. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

turnpike. wet; Ohio turnpike, wet: U. 8.
40 west to Ohio. icy spots in the noun
tsins U. 8, 80 west to Ohio, slippery.
South: d. s. to Richmond. wet;
Shirley highway IVA. Rt. $500. wet
Richmond south, wet; District Of CO.
lumbia to Charlottesville, wet.
North and East: District Of Columbia
to Delaware Memorial Bridge, wet: New
Jersey turnpike. wet; New England. wet
District Of Columbia to Harrisburg. Pa,
wet.
River Report
tFrom U. 8 Engineers)
Potomac River muddy at Great Falls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

The Sun and Neon
Rises Sets
Sun. today 500 am. 6:25 pm.
Sun. tomorrow 500 am. B:25 pm
Moon, today $3.50 am. lI:26 D m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hah hour after sunset
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

II you're O seoforer
al heart and in
appetite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
Here's What 1t Costs
To Drive in Europe

To drive a rental car on a
2,500-mile three-week tour OF
Europe will cost you about
e275.
That estimate comes from
the American Automobile As
ISOLATION, which says tn a t
amount should be enough to
cover rental, garage storage,
repairs, documents, insurance,
gas, grease and oil.
If you're staying less than two
months, the AAA saws, your
best bet is to rent a car
assuming you plan to drive on
your vacation.
If you plan a longer stay. it
would cost less to buy a car
overseas under a plan whereby
the manufacturer buys it back
at a guaranteed price when
your Trip Is over.
Another way is to take your
own car. If you go by ship,
you can take it with you as
baggage at a cost of about
$400 to $500 round trip, de-
pending on the size of the
auto.
If you fly, you can send your
car by freighter. Cost by sched-
uled freighter-which assures
q definite arrival date-is about
$500 round trip.
Gasoline prices are higher
than in the United States, but
distances between points of
interest are shorter. Gasoline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
Atlantic City
Golf Booms

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-All
four golf clubs in this area have
extended their facilities and a
fifth opens today. as this resort
prepares to handle an in
creased golf1ng interest on the
part of vacationers.
Newest is the Brigantine
Country Club. The 6,900-yard,
18-hole. par-72 course opens
with an invitation tournament
and exhibition matches. Only
the course itself is ready for
summer play. The clubhouse
is not expected to be finished
until fall.
Temporary headquarters and
locker room facilities have been
set up at the Brigantine Hotel,
The Atlantic City Country
Club is getting a new front
with enlarged lobby and lounge
rooms. Several new tees have
been built and additional traps
installed for the Ryder Cup
matches next year.
SeaviewS now has SO holes,
10 in the pines and Is along
the bay. The extended pines
course was finished last fall.
Linwood recently finished a
new bar and cocktail lounge
and Ocean City-Somers Point
is improving its clubhouse ia
cilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01

ranges from AZ to 10 cents a
gallon in Europe.
Italian gas coupons, about
80 per cent down from the
regular price, are offered for
tourist cars entering Italy, un-
less the car is of Italian reg
istry.
French gasoline coupons, at
a saving of about 40 per cent,
are obtained from accredited
banks in lie Havre, Cherbourg,
and in the principal cities of
each French district. They are
valid for a tourist who drives
his own car, buys a French car
with American funds, or drives
a rental car.
Your local drivers permit is
good anywhere in the United
Kingdom. It's also valid in
some countries on the Cont
nent, but to avoid language
difficulties. an American Inter-
national Drivers Permit is rec
commended. 1t is printed in five
languages and costs So. In ad-
dition. for permits for driving
in Germany, there is a So
translation charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
Air Conditioned

Temperature Of the Carlsbad
Caverns in southern New Mex
leo remains a constant Sc de-
gress throughout the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
MOMENTS TO REMEMBER
Senator Remembers
Birthday at Omsk

His last birthday will long be
remembered by Senator Ellen
der. Democrat Of Louisiana, as
q pleasurable moment from his
wide travels.
The Senator was on official
business in Russia when the
birthday arrived.
I'VE we're in Omsk on that
day - September "a Of last
year." Senator Ellender recalled.
There was only one other
American in our group - Tom
Venable, Of South Dakota, who
was travelling from the Embassy
in Moscow as my interpreter.
1.-THE Russians there gave a
birthday party for me.
There was even a cake with
candles. 1t must have been an
extremely diplomatic group of
Russians, however. There was
Just a single ring Of candles
around the edge-not the 81
that would have shown my age.
"I'll remember that birthday
party for a long time"
Do you recall a particular
" exciting, dramatic, pleas
ant or humorous moment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
FLORIDA RESTING
ON ORDERS FROM
THE GOVERNOR

Governor Collins Of
Florida has proclaimed
this month Recreation
Month"
He says everybody ought
to do some deep thinking
about planning community,
family and individual rec
reation activities in the
traditional American way.
He also pointed out.
sagely, that Florida has a
lot of facilities for vaca-
ton activities such as pic
MICS. swimming. fishing,
boating. nature hiking and
camping - activities that
help young people work
of pent-up energy and
build bodies, visions and
minds"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
POINTS or INTEREST
Bornum Festival
Marks 10th Year

celebration, July LIS. with q
rodeo, historical pageant.
square dance and barbecue.
Anaconda will observe its Dia-
mond Jubilee August SO. Three
Forks and Baker also will note
50th anniversaries this sum-
mer.
CALIFORNIA-Hesperia, on
the desert just over Cajon Pass
from San Bernardino. is having
its fourth annual California
Junior Championship Rodeo,
for cowboys and cowgirls 10
and under. on June IA and Is.
COLORADO - Colora d o
Springs plays host to the Pixies
Peak Hill Climb, July 4. This
race brings Americas auto
racers and their $4,000 cars
to that resort city for q day
long race against time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
TroiIwuys Begins
Luxury Nonstop
Here to New York

railways today began a nom
stop Washington to New York
Five Star Luxury" bus run.
The trip, scheduled for four
hours and Is minutes, leaves
the railways terminal here
every day at 2:30 pm. The bus
firm says frankly it is after a
dying railroad trade.
Trains are rapidly becoming
the passenger transportation of
yesteryear," Marvin E. Walsh,
vice president of Safeway
railways, said. I'm recent
months, the Pennsylvania and
B. g. o. railroads have sus-
pended operation of at least
nine Washington New York
passenger trains"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01

from your travels? Send a
brief description to The Trav-
Ell Editor, The Washington
Star, Washington 4, d. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01

CONNECTICUT - The Bar
mum Festival at Bridgeport.
honoring P. T. Barnum, viii be
10 years old this year. The show
viii feature a Ballyhoo Show
Junior Wing Ding, track and
field events, regatta, contests,
fireworks. beauty pageant and
two parades. 1t will be held
from June 26 through July 6.
ILLINOIS - The annua !
dramatization of THE Song Of
Hiawatha" will be staged at
Elgin June 1921. Highlights
include smoking the peace
pipe, Hiawatha's childhood,
boyhood. fasting, and wooing;
the wedding feast; hunting Of
Pau-Pau-Keewis; the famine,
and Hiawatha's departure.
MONTANA - Roundup has
scheduled a Golden Jubilee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
Ancient Sport

HOLLYWOOD BY THE
SEA. Fla.-The ancient sport
of bowling on the green is COM
Ing to Hollywood. City COM
misSioners hope to have the
greens ready in time for the
1859 winter season.