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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-04

great rubie value. Thank
Lenin, II wasn't Igor. But
where Ia Igor2
Igor Is finally found. by the
candy counters. His dinner Is
late tonight and he Ia hungry.
He has ripped open the oel-
lophane bag that contains q
years supply OF lollipops. You
are trapped, Mrs, Tourist.
You have a conscience.
don't your The broken bag
OF pops goes INTO the cart
and Igor smiles. through
tears, which are flowing be-
cause Of your accurate aim.
The afternoon Of shopping
In the supermarket Is at an
end. You line up at the
check-out counter. Igor,
again In the cart, beckons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-04

you. Through his snifies. he
has q desperate message.
Sorry. Mrs. Tourist. that Is
the only conveyance you
won't find In the supermar-
ket. Maybe the other shop
pers win let you 90 10 the
head Of the line. Y you ex-
plain the situation.
That's how II Is, I'm not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-04
FOR MOTHERS DAY

Your gift means more when its beautifully
tcrapped BY our Martha Jean Gift Wrap
Specialists! II costs so little, looks SO beautiful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-12
WASHINGTON D, c. JANUARY u. 1858
sAIIlllSI SPACE STATION

eachss spsss oasr danG Space anchored =
ny beyond fun pull q s bsas planned today Ihy
b se next nearby sp after naAnnae e have rsord hensel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Zoning to Remedy
Polluted Air Seen

Mounting air pollution by
the wastes from Americas ip-
dustrial-mechanical age may
some day require coming Of the
atmosphere.
The prediction was made by
DR.. Francois N. Frenkiel Of the
Applied Physics Laboratory of
Johns Hopkins University.
In a report published by the
Smithsonian Institution, DR..
Frenkiel pointed out that every
year a large, though undeter-
mined. number of persons die
as a result Of poisoning from
such accumulated exhausts as
factory. household and bonfire
smoke and automobile gas
fumes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
cHILDREN'S CENTER
TOLD TO SET UP
FIREFIGHTING PLAN

The District Commits
sioners today instructed
welfare officials to plan a
flre-fighting program at
the Laurel Md Children's
Center.
Commissioner Robert z.
Mclaughlin said the Dis
trict Fire Department will
provide the center with a
fire engine and the center
will train a volunteer crew.
Arrangements also will
be made with a nearby
Maryland fire department
to respond to alarms at
the center, he said.
A Valentine Day fire at
the center destroyed two
barns and two silos. Mr..
Mclaughlin said the Com
missioners hope to catch
any future blazes at the
center earlier in order to
avoid such losses. No one
was injured in the February
fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Costs
Rise Shown

How the cost of driving ar
automobile has climbed Is
pointed out by the American
Automobile Association in the
results of a survey covering AZ
areas in the United States.
Driving a low priced recent
model car 10000 miles involves
an outlay of $1,078 this veal
against 81 ,O02 last year, accord
ing to the AAA. The organiza.
ton said this was the biggest
increase in recent years. The
average annual increase fol
l953-57 was put at only $29.
Here are some of the specific
costs which have gone up:
Depreciation, the largest
single item, $565 now, an in.
crease of ISL over a year ago
Property damage and public
liability insurance, up $8.43 ir
a year. Fire and theft insur.
ance, UP $4.88. License anC
registration costs, an increase
of SLAB.
The. motorist benefited in
the cost of gasoline and oil
While gasoline prices rose a
third of a cent a gallon on the
average, the AAA said the 1851
six-cylinder car averaged a hall
mile more a gallon than COM
parable 1856 models.
The cost per mile Of gasoline
and oil now is put at 2.S9
cents, maintenance at 70 Of a
cent and tires, SO of a cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Five-Woy Lover Quarrel
Is Too Much for Police

The ninth precinct police sta
ton al SIS Ninth street NE.
was enjoying one of those
rare moments of complete
serenity early today. No tele-
phone ringing, no radio squawk-
ing. no complaining citizens.
That's the way it was one
minute.
The next minute five people
walked into the room and with
out warning. began a free-for-
all among themselves.
The three policemen on duty
jumped into the melee and did
the best they could to quell the
disturbance.
1tA got to the Keystone Cops
stage. When the police man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

important ingredient Of the
makeup Of the family in this
country in the past"
Would Check Spread
He asserted that, for his part,
he hopes Mr.. Rings increasing
ly desperate efforts to find more
public housing sites in the Dis
trict will not spread his pro-
gram too far"
Let these people be on their
own, get out and scratch for a
living where they ought to-" he
said.
Representative TIL ON a S,
chairman of the subcommittee
told Mr.. Ring he has observed
that some NCHA units here are
in terribly bad shape right
on the borderline Of a slum."
They we're constructed to
get rid of a slum," he said.
what is the answer to that
problem 20 and IS years from
now, If your units are now is
and 20 years Of age?"
The Texan added he hopes
NCHA will develop housing
projects that have fewer units
than the customary 400-unit
developments. I'VE have ire
|mendous numbers of children
in these families" he said.
They are swarming all over the
place. 1t is not fair to the chill
dren, and you are developing a
slum by the same token that
you are trying to prevent one.
You are going in a vicious
circle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

which threaten our peace OF
soul from both sides.
No angry young man was
quite so defiant about life as
Job; no writer Of the literature
of despair ever saw things so
blacky as did the author of
Ecclesiastes; and yet they are
able to arrive at hope, not by
pretending the horror is not
there but by confronting 1t
and accepting 1t.
These writer's - divinely
inspired, speaking the words
of God--did not suppose that
things were getting better and.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

aged to grasp one squirming
combatant the other antago-
nists used the opportunity to
light into the captive anew.
Finally, one Of the painting
policemen managed to get to
the phone and call the dis
patcher for help. He ordered
one Of the 9th precinct wagons
to get to the station fast.
Not until 1t arrived with re-
Inducements were the five
restrained. One was a man,
the other four very active fe-
males. They had carried their
squabble over a misguided ro-
nance direct to the police. AL
were charged with disorderly
lcdhduct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

been able to find out whether
or not Cookie does, in fact,
have a home. If no one claims
her in the near future. how
ever. they all say they will chip
in and buy her a dog tag. Then
she will be both respectable
and legal.
1t is not inconceivable that
one of the employees might,
someday. provide Cookie with
q 24-hour home.
But there's no rush. The
pampered darling seems to be
thriving on its somewhat un-
orthodox diet. To be sure, she
is q little fat. But it's a happy,
rolly-polly, middle-aged type Of
fat. And, really. there's nothing
wrong with that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

OF ner Iavorlte food-naS nc
dog tag.
Her store home. in any case,
seems to be to Cookies liking.
Shutting back and forth be-
tween jewelry. women's appar-
Ell, and candy. she is constantly
getting the pampered treat
ment from both employees and
customers at the Wisconsin
avenue Sears Roebuck g. Co,
store.
"She's the sweetest, friend
LEST little thing you ever saw"
says E. L. Freeman, the stores
operating superintendent.
IAN the employees feed her, /"
says Mrs. Helen Craig, who
works in the candy department.
Cookies diet Includes dog
biscuits. Yummies (dog candy
hot dogs, human candy and
Of cookies. Plus any
thing else the employees feel
like buying.
Keeps Regular Hours
To-day we gave her some
boiled ham for LUNCH" Mrs.
Mary Knott Of the dress de-
partment said yesterday.
Cookie first started to visit
the store about two years ago.
But we just started to notice
her six months ago." explains
Mrs. Craig.
Since then she has made her
appearance quite regularly just
after the store opens. And she
stays until it closes.
None of the employees knows
what she does before and after
store hours. When the store
opens, there she is at the door,
waiting to get in. Just before
closing time she is ushered out
and vanishes until the next
morning.
Naturally. Cookie is house.
broken. IF she wants out,
she'll 60 to the door and leave
and come back right along with
the customers says Mrs. Craig
Cookie looks most respect
able. She has a nice new green
collar and a matching leash,
purchased by some of the en-
ployes.
I'VE comb and brush her
regularly" says Miss Ruth
Meyer, lingerie.
To Veterinarian Today
Today Cookie was scheduled
to keep an appointment with
q nearby veterinarian for a
complete bath and face-lifting
operation.
None of the employees has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Used-Up JobIess Claims
Increase 4096 in D. c.

ployment benefits for unem-
lployed persons who have ex.
hausted their claims and have
not yet found work. It is I'm
derstood the plan may call fol
a l3-week extension of State
time limits, with funds pro.
vided by the Federal Govern.
ment.
Democratic Proposal
A Democratic bill would ex-
tend the period by l6 weeks.
Various legislative proposals
have been made to broaden the
District law, including measures
to increase the maximum pay
ments to $40 a week and the
maximum period to 80 weeks
Payments now range from Sc
to $50 a week.
Representative McMilla n
Democrat of South Carolina
has introduced a bill to increase
maximum weekly payments tt
$35.
The period from January tt
March is normally the peal
time Of the year for unemploy'
ment, Mr. Lickey noted.
Boost in Claims
Last week, there were 75E
new claims fled with the Dis
Itrict board, as compared with
433 for the same week last year
The number of persons draw.
ing compensation here in jan
uary was IS per cent higher
thar in that month last year
The board mailed out 28,98t
compensation checks as com
pared with PLAZA in Januar!
of last year.
The number exhausting then
benefits totaled 713 in Janu.
airy, as compared with sic {
year ago. In February, 66(
used up their benefits, as com.
pared with 466 in February
1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
SLUMP OASIS
Police Jobs
Still Plentiful
BY ]. THEODORE CROWN
Star STAR Writer

Government reports Of more
than 5 million unemployed in
the Nation could well give the
Washington Police Department
q big inferiority complex.
The department still has 1877
vacancies today. despite a pro-
digious beating of the bushes as
far West as the far shore of
the Mississippi River.
Recruitment continues to lag
even though the department
has advertised a long list Of
job benefits such as security, a
five-day week and retirement
and insurance provisions in
some 10000 circulars sent out
since January to cities, counties
and sheriff's offices.
Raises Proposed
The starting pay is $4.l93 a
year. City officials have rec
ognized this as a big factor in
the departments shortage of
recruits. and pay raises have
been proposed.
+ A private's pay goes up to
$4,000 in three years and he
gets $3.50 in automatic in
creases every five years there
after up to 5000. He can adj
vance higher with efficient work
and competitive examinations.
Right now. the department
has PIT men in the trainee cat
egory who have not had a
chance to go through its train
ing schools because they are
needed for other duty.
Last week, 81 men were GER
tilted from the Civil Service
Commission as prospects who
had passed the entrance ex-
animation. This week, only Is
were certified.
5 Applications a Day
Inspector Archie Winfree, in
charge of the training school
said the daily mail usually
brings about five applications
which are sent to the Civil
Service Commission, and from
five to 10 requests for additional
information.
The job circulars sent out by
the police specify that an APP
plicant must be a United States
citizen, aged from 81 to 81, and
5 feet 8 inches or more in
height.
The department offers per-
manent employment with no
layofs or reduction in force.
There are eight holidays and
annual leave runs to rs days a
year, according to length of
Government service.
Sick leave, medical and surgi-
cal care. uniforms and equip
ment. life insurance and family
benefits and retirement pay are
among the other provisions
attached to the police job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

The first two months Of this
year saw 40 per cent more Dis
trict workers exhausting Their
unemployment benefits than
during the same period last
year, the District Unemploy-
ment Compensation Board has
reported.
Jobless benefits ran out foI
1879 claimants In January and
February this year, as COM
pared with 982 in the first two
months of last year, according
to Edgar L. Lickey, the boards
assistant director.
In the District. unemploy-
.ment compensation may be
drawn for a maximum OF 26
weeks. All claims do not run
for the maximum period. how
ever, since compensation is
based on q workers former
earnings and the length of time
he has been employed. The
average duration is estimated
at l212 weeks.
Steady JObless Increase
|, Unemployment has beer
showing a steady increase here
The United States Employ
ment Service District Office last
month reported 23.300 unem-
ployed in the Washington area
in January as compared with
17,4OO in January. This was ar
increase of 5000 or about 81
per cent. The USES Office said
part of the increase was due tc
seasonal unemployment.
The District Unemployment
Compensation Board, reported
81 500 workers covered by I'M
employment insurance out Of
work in February, as compared
to 1889 in January.
President Eisenhower has in
dictated the administration viii
propose legislation this week Il
extend the duration of unem'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

better; but they didn't suppose they getting
worse, either.
The Bible is useful as reminder Of discomfort
as we'll as Of comfort Its message encourages
us to build upon rock even though the work may scar
our hends and the structure cannot be prefabrcated
Tomorrow Louis w. WINS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Bradley Dinner Due

The Bradley University Alum
nj Club Of Washington will be
host to. the university's presi-
dent, DR.. Harold P. Rodes, at q
buffet dinner at The Kenesaw.
5000 Sixteenth street NV at
1880 p. tomorrow. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Honorary Member

Joseph Campbell, Controller
General of the United States.
has been made an honorary
member of the District Institute
OF Certified Public Accountants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
GRntpn Thnngtta
How the Bible. Has Affected
Lives Of People You Muy Know
By LEO BRADY
Professor Of Speech and Drama Catholic University

The Bible is the most realistic and tough-minded
of all books and find of special value these days
in addition to its paramount spiritual value-as
balance to the ndulgent pesSmism and easy optimism
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

ONE THAT HE signed
urged the Negroes Of the
Capital to obtain arms and
hunt down the assaSsins.
Just before Mrs. Surratt and
the three other conspirators
sentenced to death were to be
hanged, Judge Andrew Wylie
in Federal Court had the
courage to sign a writ Of
habeas corpus which would
have transferred the juris-
diction Of the culprits from
the Military Commission to
the civil courts. The writ
went to the White House.
President Andrew johnson
signed an order suspending
habeaS corpus. 1t was Gen.
Winfield Scott Hancock who
accompanied the prosecutor,
John Holt, when the suspen-
sion notice was served on
the Judge.
why was Gen. Hancock
present at the execution"
was asked of Hancock the
candidate. The answer of his
defenders was that he had
advised Mrs. Surratt's
daughter to go to the White
House with a final plea and
that he was there in hope
he could put into effect a
presidential stay of execu-
ton.
The Democrats wanted to
name him to run against
Grant in 1858. On one ballot
he had two-thirds OF the
necessary delegate votes.
Horatio Seymour of New
York was finally chosen.
In 1880 he was chosen to
run against Garfield. The
arch Republican New York
Sun tried to dismiss Hancock
with a short and contemptu-
Gus editorial-"A good man
Weighing 200 pounds" But
he lost the popular poll by
only 1000 in almost 8 million
votes. The Electoral College
tally was not close. He lost
by SO electoral votes in a coll
lege of $50.
He was still in the Army.
He died In 1886 in the COM
mandant's mansion on Gov
.6rnor's Island, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Fot, Happy Life Rewards
Dog That Adopted Store
by ANDREW w. BINGHAM
star stan Writer

Cookie the dog has regular habits. So, Is
She also knows good thing when she sees it.
The part spaniel part something else has adopted store
as her daytime home
No one knows her nighttime home Indeed there may
be Cookie you by the employees in honor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Junior Village Rolls
Reach New Record
ChiIdren's Unit
Now Is l0l
Over Capacity
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star stan Writer


Junior Village. already crowd.
ed with children far beyond lts
capacity, today reached an all.
time record.
The District institution at
Blue Plains, designed and
stated for 240 homeless and
deserted youngsters, today had
34l on its rolls.
The Welfare Department re-
ported it had urged its child
welfare division to make every
effort to get the children out
of the home as fast as possible.
The Police Departments Won.
ems Bureau also has been
urged to send children to the
home only in the most dire
emergencies.
Nevertheless, Junior Village
Supt. William Stone said the
upward spiral of the child
population continues.
~ to Return Soon
What is currently giving Mr..
Stone much of his mounting
concern is what will happen
when q Junior Village children
now in hospitals and infirm-
aries are returned. He said
some Of them are suffering only
from minor coughs and colds
and could come back at any
moment.
Canvas cots and collapsible
military cots have been rushed
in to- get children away from
sleeping on mattresses on the
floor, but this does not take
care of the babies and tod
oilers.
We're already doubling up
babies in cribs" Mr.. Stone re-
ported. We'll have to do more
doubling up when the babies
come back from the infirfnary
and other children are
brought in"
Volunteers Sor =
Today's record produced .
fresh plea for volunteers.
mainly to battle babies and
toddlers. Mr.. Stone said the
institution averages one staff
person for each 20 toddlers-to
feed, battle, put them to bed
and clean up after them.
A volunteer reported that all
the babies were not bathed and
bedded down until 9 pm, but
Mr.. Stone said the babies were
usually all bathed closer to 8
pm.
Mrs. Herman F. Scheurer.
jr., chairman of the Junior Vii.
lage Volunteer Advisory Coun.
Gil. said the response to The
Stars articles describing the
problem and calling for volun-
teers had been most crafty.
ing"
She repeated that more than
so volunteers had called her
and planned to come to Junior
Village Saturday for a vel.
coming and briefing session.
Majority Single Women
The majority of those who
have volunteered since the lat.
est plea. she said, are single.
working women. They have
agreed to come once every one
or two weeks, at night. Some
of the volunteers are mothers
with older children.
our greatest need at this
moment" she said. sis for
women to battle babies from
6 pm. to 8 pm. nightly. We
could use rs a week in the baby
and toddler cottages"
Prospective volunteers should
call Mrs. Scheurer at Oliver
4-8209 before the Saturday
meeting.
Mr.. Stone said the morale Of
his staff is high, but they get
a shot in the arm when a quar-
tet of volunteers shows up to
help them.
Our staff deserves a Con.
gressional Medal of Honor, the
way they're holding up under
this pressure. he said. They
are remarkable people"
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new public housing units OF to-
day may not become the slums
of tomorrow.
These inquiries. dea1in 6
largely with the philosophy Of
public housing, we're aimed at
NCHA Director James Ring by
Representatives Thomas, DEM
ocrat Of Texas, and Vursell,
Republican of Illinois.
us there a possibility" Mr..
Vursell asked, that we are
furnishing rent to people who
could pay more. should pay
more. . =? Are we contributing
to the delinquency. from an
e c on mic and spendthrift
standpoint, Of the people being
housed in these low-rent
houses?"
Gambling Cited.
The legislator then wondered
aloud whether "the gambling
joints and racetracks are not
getting some money out Of our
tenants" That is, he explained,
''if they were not delinquent In
their thinking. if they had some
responsibility to take care of
themselves and their families,
they would probably be able to
pay a better rent and help take
this load OF the Government. "
Mr.. vursell added that he
fears the NCHA program and
other federally subsidized hous-
ing projects around the Nation
may be fostering a "diminution
of character and self-reliance
that was thought to be a rather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13
Delinquent ! enontlssue
Is Raised in Hearing
Lawmakers Ask If Public Housing
Of Today Will Be SIums Of Tomorrow

Concern that public housing may be contributing to the
delinquency its tenants has been voiced by Congressman
studying the 1859 budget requests Of National Capital Housing
Authority s3-
In testimony released today, members Of House Appro-
pratons Subcommittee also raised the question of whether the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

M Et6O0A0Lx- CLANAEV
his spurs as little as possible
and was as moderate as he
could be under Edwin STAN
ton, the Secretary Of War.
That was Hancock's nature.
At Gettysburg he had the
I'd Corps. 1t was Hancock
who selected the field of bat
tie on the first day, kept Lee
from thanking the left wing
on the second day, and was
seriously wounded on the
third.
His passage through Phila-
delphia was q reverent trib-
ute. Relays Of volunteers car
ried bis litter. Here was the
Pennsylvania hero who had
been wounded in the battle
that saved the Quaker City
from invasion.
He recovered sufficiently
to be at Wilderness and
Spottsylvania. Then he was
given an assignment Of re-
cruiting and training. Head
quarters Of his Middle
Military District were at VIM
chester. He was there on the
morning of April is, 1865,
when Lincoln died. A special
train brought him to WASH
ington, where Stanton gave
him his orders --at least
that's what his defenders
said later when he was a
presidential candidate.