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Evening star., 1959-12-30

much of a hurry to fire Repub-
licans when he took Office. Mr.
Devereaux replaced Republican
Willis Benson, who had been
collector for 80 years.
Mr.. Kennedy said Mr.. Deve-
reaux-who is also chairman OF
the Democratic County Com
mittee - had urged him tC
sweep Republicans out of the
assessors Office. But Mr.. Ken
nedy said. he kept the Repub-
licanS until his Democrats be-
came familiar with office
routine.
Republicans Silent
Thus far, the Republican
Party has remained silent
about the situation.
Mr.. Devereaux broke silence
only once. He announced that
almost all the tax bills were
out. The storm of letters to
newspapers the next day in
dicated this was not so.
The City of st. Louis is not
under Mr.. Devereaux's juris-
diction but the county area his
Office covers is eight times the
city's area and its population
is rapidly approaching that
of the city. He has 80 en-
ployes, "a of them extras.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Finch-T Jury
Chosen in California

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 80 (AP) .
"A jury Of six men and six
women was chosen yesterday to
try DR.. r. Bernard Finch and
Carole Tregoff on charges of
murder and conspiracy.
The two are accused in the
July 18 Staying of the physi-
clans estranged socialite wife,
Barbara Jean, 80. The prosecu-
ton contends they plotted Mrs.
Finch's death so they could
marry without sharing the
$750,000 Finch estate with her.
Swearing in Of the jurors was
postponed until late today.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Services Invite Girls
For New Years Eve

Young women Of the Wash
ington area are invited to New
Years Eve festivities to be held
at nearby armed services in
stallations.
Free admission and trans
portation to and from the bases
is available. Call Columbia
5-o735 for further information.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

Gray or COrdOvanl Double
Dresser, Chest, Bookcase Bed.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Dykes Leaving Job
OfPostoI Oddities
BY HAYNES JOHNSON
Star Stan Writer

Howard c. Dykes came to
work yesterday dressed in his
best blue suit and blue tie. 1t
was the first time he had been
in the office since November.
AS he walked through the
door to Room 3088 at the Main
Post ONCE he saw his fellow
workers gathered around a long
table set with a tablecloth and
two candlesticks with red and
green candles.
They were giving Mr.. Dykes
q surprise party. He was re-
firing after II years and 5
months with the Post Office.
After the dinner and the
speeches and the picture
taking, Mr.. Dykes sat down and
talked about his job.
I've been in the inquiry
section since 1882 and I was ap-
pointed superintendent in July
Of 1858.
What do we do? Well, the
inquiry section handles all in
demnity claims, dead letters
and other miscellaneous jobs.
You see those books over
there?" He pointed to a long
row of shelves and a table on
which books were piled. They
all came loose in the mail or
were improperly addressed.
That's just from the last two
months. Well hold them until
we have one of our parcel post
auction sales"
12-Hour Days
Mr.. Dykes, who was 50 last
month, remembers the old days
in the Post Office when he
stood at mail distributing cases
all day for as long as IL hours.
He remembers working for
flve days as a substitute mail
carrier in Baltimore before
coming to the Washington
Post Office in 1918.
Il guess I'd still be in Balti-
more" he said, but for one
thing: the earliest trolley 1
could get to come to work didn't
get me there until 6:15 in the
morning. We had to be at work
at 10 minutes to g."
So he came to Washington,
where he had worked before
as a dry goods salesman in
Woodward & Lothrop's.
THE greatest change in the
Post Office? I'd say automation.
You just couldn't do it all by
hand today.
III tell you something" he
said in a conf1ding tone. "A lot
Of people in the Post Office
today don't like all the ma
chimes. They're afraid it might
cost them their jobs.
That's a lot of foolishness.
Why they said the same thing
about Eli Whitney and all the
others"
AS to his job in the inquiry
section. he recalls that "a lot
Of strange things have hap
pened around here"
And what we're some of the
strange things?
We'll, not more than six
months ago we found two live
snakes in a box. They were
about 2 feet long and we didn't
know what to do.
80 we called the Zoo and
put them on a truck. When they
got to the Zoo one of the snakes
was missing. 1t must have got
out on the way.
Then, within the last four
months. another box containing
live snakes was found.
"A doctor had mailed them
and when I told him it was
against our regulations, you
know what he wanted us to do:
Evening star., 1959-12-30

Foam Cushions. Choice Of eolors.
Sensational buy!
Evening star., 1959-12-30

Sensational sale savings! Smart
fabrics and colors.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
St. Louis Up in Arms
Over Tax Bill Mixup

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 80 (AP)-St. Louis Countys new tax
collector Ralph Devereaux Democrat has just about
body in the county mad at him. Republicans excepted
Because Of political mixup taxpayers received
tax bills too late to them by the December 81 deadne
Some did not receive bills at ALL
In countless real estate tax bills mailed
Evening star., 1959-12-30
late Saturday or Sunday may
total one-fourth inch.

late Saturday or Sunday may
total one-fourth inch.
Road COnditions-AAA
West: District Of Columbia to Penn
sylvania turnpike, clear. Pennsylvania
turnpike, wet in the mountains and
clear elsewhere; ohio turnpike. wet;
spots in Pennsylvania: T. S. s 80 west st
to Ohio, occasional slippery spots in
South; q. s. l to Richmond. clear:
shirley stdE highway Cya. RI; $500, clear
iumbia to i charlottssyiile, iIs clear. Oh Co.
North and east: District of Colum-
bia to- Delaware Memorial Bridge
clear; New Jersey turnpike, clear: New
England. slippery and sanded in the
the. north and slippery spots in the
central areas: District of Columbia to
HARRISBURG Psi; clesr;
Ferry and muddy at Great Falls. shen-
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight 54 Noon 4a
s am. a 5 pm. Il
Record Temperatures This Year
Hishest. 100. on June 90 and 80.
Lowest. II, on January and II.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
E1H E5sh ------ s:5Ss s:5S an. m s:SS3t an. n
High - S:37 pm. 9:2S pm.
Low 2:5l pm 3:44 pm
For high and low tides at the follow.
ing points subtract times indicated
from the above.
Annapolis, 2 hours; Bloody Point
Light. 3 hours; Colonial Beach, 5A
hours; Deale, 3 hours: Solomons Island
hours; Point Lookout. 6 hours.
The Sun and Moon
Rises sets
Sun today 7:26 am. 4:55p pm
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Young on Vacation

Joseph Young is on vacation.
His column will be resumed on
his return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

Printed cotton flan-
nelette shirts. Cordu-
roy pants. Get several.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Juvenile Judqe
Need Detailed
To Federal Bar

There is an "acute" need for
additional juvenile judges here,
Chairman Murray Preston OF
the District Judicial Conference
Committee on the Needs OF
Juvenile Courts said today.
However, Mr.. Preston added,
in a speech prepared for de-
livery before the Federal Bar
Association meeting at the
Statler Hilton Hotel, that:
I'VE are fortunate. however,
In comparison to certain other
cities in that the activity with
In the field of delinquency in
Washington does not seem to
have taken the form Of gang
organization to anything like
the degree that has occurred
in other cities.
There has, Of course, been
a certain amount Of 1t, but I.
for one, have the impression
that the good work of our
police department has pre-
vented gang activity from be-
coming the terrifying problem
that other cities seem to be
experiencing. We have our
share Of muggings. purse
snatchings, automobile thefts.
etc., but these are generally the
work of individuals or pairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

postponed" rather than de-
feated on Capitol Hill.
In an address yesterday. Chief
Justice Earl Warren said,
an avalanche Of litigation in
quate.
He said that in recent years
there had been multiple is
sue" cases which though not
numerically large In relation
to all Federal courts business
had tied UP judges for months.
On the civil side these include
antitrust and stockholders
suits and on the criminal side
Communist conspiracy cases
and income tax fraud suits.
There also has been, the
Chief Justice said. an increase
In personal injury cases.
Improvement Urged
He asked the association to
launch a "virile program for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

rather than gangs Of young
toughs."
Increase In Older Groups
He added that recent statis-
tics indicate that there does moi
seem to have been as much Of
the significant change In the
level Of criminal activity Of
those within the jurisdictional
age Of the Juvenile Court, as
there has been In the 10 to %
year-old group.
Mr.. Preston added that he
regretted to report that there
had been a sharp outbreak OF
violence In the latter group.
"One very important prob
lem that should receive the
consideration Of the best people
available is whether or not the
manpower deficiency on our
Juvenile Court bench, with its
inevitable delays and hearings
and case dispositions, has been
one Of the causations of the
outbreak In the 1922 year
group" he said.
II personally am inclined to
believe that such a relation
ship undoubtedly does exist"
Questions Age Limits
Mr.. Preston then mentioned
the House subcommittee inves-
tigation on delinquency and
stated that one Of the main
problems that should be taken
up was whether the jurisdic-
tional age limits for juvenile
courts are set at the proper
level.
He added that the efforts for
an increase in the number Of
juvenile judges had been only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Airmon Missing
From Carrier at SEQ

NORFOLK, Va. Sept. Is
(AP "A Navy airman is miss
ing and presumed dead of the
aircraft carrier Forrestal to-
day.
Airman Frances J. Scorsons.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
j. Scorsone of New Orleans, ap-
parently fell off the flight deck
Of the 60,000-ton carrier dur
ing fight operations about 7:45
pm. Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

the Improvement Of the judicial
and administrative processes"
and added that Federal lawyers
were In a position to make prog
ress In that regard.
For our courts, 1t is a year
Of heavy backlogs and of con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

into the interior to provide al
most 3 inches more shoulder
room: l.8 inches more hip
room; an inch more leg room
and almost an inch more head
room in the front seat. Four
inches more shoulder room has
been added in the rear seat;
8 inches more hip room, an
inch more leg room and a half
more head room.
Power plants range in size
from AS horsepower in the 6
cylinder to 300 in the top va,
but graduate up to the top fig
ure through 1875 and 235 horse
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

tinuing delay in the handling
Of litigation" the Nations
chief Justice stated. "It is GER
tain now that the Federal ju-
dietary viii simply be unable
to keep pace with the great for
ward strides in the economic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

out of the imported car market
at the beginning"
The Falcon, $4,000 strong,
will be in dealer showrooms
October 8.
J. o. Wright. general man.
ager Of the Ford division,
queried on Falcon prices, didn't
get to dollars and cents. 1t
was noted that he considered
the American Motors Rambler
q "flve-passenger" auto, but he
obviously had the new Chrysler-
produced Valiant and Chevrolet
Corvair in mind when he made
the price comparison.
Corvair s1.s5O' and Up
Corvair already has an
nounced a price range from
about $3.50 to 1880 fac
tory-suggested list price to
which is added optional equip
ment, shipping and make
ready charges and taxes. VAL
iant's cost has not been an
nounced other than a state
nnent that the price will be
competitive.
C. r. Beacham, assistant
general manager Of the Ford
division. made the prediction
that the Falcon will cut 20 per
cent out Of the import market.
He said Ford has SCHEDULED
production of $1,000 Falco(lS
to the end of the calendar
year. assuming the steel strike
is settled. Ford has sufficient
steel stockpiled to produce "a
substantial number" of auto
.mobiles-at least through No
vember IS.
Meanwhile the 1860 Ford,
with enough of the Thunder
bird look to make its parentage
obvious, made its debut in a |
national press preview here |
yesterday.
But proud Thunderbird own
ers needn't despair. The 1860
Third has distinguishing new
lines Of its own, but remains
Enthusiastically the prestige car
Of the Ford line.
The new Ford, with no an.
nounced price tag. goes out to
the public under marketing
practices that will give the
customer the best possible break
in price" The only reference to
possible cost was a display Of
the 1860 Fairlane and a 1857
Ford under a banner saying the
price would be the same.
Yesterdays show Of models
ranged from the new economy
Falcon, photos Of which have
already appeared in the Ma.
tons newspapers, to the top
of-the-line Thunderbird. The
Mercury Edsel Lincoln lines
from Ford will be previewed
here next week.
Extensively Restyled
Restyling Of Ford is COM
plete from the Thunderbird
touch on the rear deck and
sides (you might even detect
some Of the Chevrolet from one
angle) to the new, low and slop-
ing hood lines.
It is a bigger car-longer,
wider and lower.
For instance, the Fairlane
500 and the Galaxie are almost
5 inches longer than the 1859
comparison. They are / inch
lower, 5 inches wider and the
wheels have been set 2 inches
further apart.
The increase in size goes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Falcon to Be Cheapest
6-PIoce Car, Ford Says
BY CHARLES J. YARBROUGH
Star eeaG gffser

DETROIT Sept 25-Fofds compact Falcon will be the
lowest priced sxpassenger automobile built in the United
States, Ford vice president pledged today.
Answering questions from a 4O0-man press contingent
Ford officials also said the will good 20 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

and social growth Of our coun-
try"
Then he went on to add that
there was an inadequate num-
Der OF judges and that it would
take district courts l6 years to
dispose Of the existing backlog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. April Z (APl UsDAl.-
Hogs, 1900; active and uneven. 25 to
so higher. mostly 80 to 80 higher on
butchers; sows mostly Is higher in
S proSsd sSippl aSn de Il and early
S Seishts. in receipts; g, mostly %,
mixed grade 20O-250-lb; butchers,
ls 25.16.72; lev .sV,, e 2 go l ,Ss az az
IL 50; q few IS s:0So-2s3o lbs. down
to 10 IS; several hundred mixed 2,3.
mostly, 1-2., 200-2@9 lbs, 10 ;S5- II 90:
Z 4s-head;lOt Is o SoO lbs ,n ct I5llee;
i6.S5. and a few lots, mostly ,3s, 400;
$40 ms, 14.75-15.50: a deck mixed
81. $50 lbs. 1880; a part deck z
4a5-lb. butchers. 1885; mixed grade
3 39s-5S!s Ss.. s fs5i iS73l4'o most
Cattle: 1000; calves. 100; slaughter
higher: heifers moderately active;
steady to strong; COWS. utility y,,,; ana
steady to 25 lower;. bulls and vealers
about steady: stockers and feeders
fully steady; two loads high choice
and. prime 1,100.l.250alb.o steers rs
good and low choice; 26.25-2S.1S;
good essdps and Choice heifers. s. sS-sS.s0;
few head high choice 1 Up IN e Se,9 9
utility and commercial cows, 10 90
81 so; Gamers and cutters. 1880
1875 a few light Gamers, down to
1880: utility and commercial bulls
% 50-25.5O O few choice vealers,
"a .00-35 90; standard and good,
26. 0tl-33 90: cul land utility, 10. 90
25 90; gold and choice S00-1 .000-lb.
feeding steers, 26.75-2S. 10; 65-head
HolsteIn steers on feeder accounts,
% 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07

years later on january II. 1884
when the content was cut TO
O.ssss grams Of tine gold, Here
It has remained. ns
And the futureY Tie odds are
that outside the Dniued States.
devaluations will continue 70
reduce or wipe out the savings
OF great masses Of people. Cur
rencies are created to die"
says Mr.. Pick. People who
save In cash or government
bonds are the victims. The only
ones who come out even are
those who have nothing TO lose
In the first place or who save
In forms other than paper cur
rencies."
But as far as the dollar Is
concerned. there is no chance
whatsoever Of another devalua-
ton in the foreseeable future.
And this goes despite the fact
that gold has been flowing out
OF our country. NJ
40. Distributed 1889 ~ The Han syn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07

shares Of common stock OUT
standing. They will be con-
vertible into common stock on
or after August 1. 1859.
The Offering win be subject
to approval Of the District Pub
lie Utilities Commission and
the State Corporation Commits
sion Of Virginia. Applications
to the commissions also were
filed today.
The new preferred shares
VIII be offered through an in
yestment banking group headed
by First Boston Corp. and
Johnston, Lemon 81 Co. on
terms approved by the commits
sions. The offering price. con-
version ratio. dividend rates,
and other terms for the new
issue will be announced later.
The company expects to add
proceeds to general funds for
application toward new 1859
construction approxlmating SIS
million. Other funds viii be
obtained from company opera
tons and temporary bank bor-
rowingS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
Rise Reported
lnMorigage
Financing

First mortgage financing in
the District Of Columbia in the
first three months Of this year
expanded to $54.67s, ss9. a Jump
Of IS per cent from s35.si4.4OS
| in the same 1858 period. data
from Justin flinders. executive
vice president Of the Washing
ton Real Estate Board. dis
closed today.
RECORDINGS with the District
Government covered 2.46S
pieces Of Washington property,
compared with 2,2l0 properties
q year earlier, Mr.. flinders re-
ported.
Deeds or property transfers
in the three months increased
to. 3,416 from 3.146 in the same
1858 period. Foreclosures Tor
the three months numbered i72.
compared with 2l6 a year
earlier.
In March alone, 881 first
mortgages amounting to $i5,-
040,777 we're recorded, COM
pared with TAT for $l3.S25. 041
in the previous month and 1877
for $9.288.438 in March last
year.
New deeds in March num-
bered 1,l80. compared with
1919 in the previous month and
il ,06S in March, 1858. March
foreclosures totaled 81, COM
pared with 54 in the previous
month and 88 a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
Suburbun Trust
Names Branches
AdvisoryBoord

Fourteen well-known WASH
lngton area business leaders
have been, named to a newly
created advisory board TO the
branches Of the Suburban Trust
Co.
Board Chairman T. Howard
Duckett and President J Rob-
ert Sherwood announced the
list today.
1t includes Henry J. Con-
nor, builder-real estate: George
c. Cook. grocery brokerage;
Francis o. Day. IT.. president
the F. o. Day Co, Inc, con-
tractor; DR.. Wilson H. Elkins
president. University Of Mary
land: Paul H. Kea, architect;
Joseph p. Kreeger. partner Of
Jones. Kreeger g. Co. invest
ment bankers.
Also @. Bowie McCeney,
lawyer-publisher: Richerd n,
Milbourne. president. Acm e
Iron Works. Inc; Bernar1
Nees. partner of Johnston,
Lemon e. Co., investment bank
ers: Eugene j. c. Raney, presi-
dent, Valley Forge Distributing
Co. Of Maryland; Arthur H.
Seidenspinner. realtor insur-
ance broker: Joseph o. Stuart,
contractor: Bernard N. Siegel.
food chain executive; Perry o.
Wilkinson, insurance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH

~ SYLVIA PORTER

Mr.. Pick added when I pressed
him on this. ''When a govern
ment legally says you have only
one money unit today for two
you had yesterday. It cuts its
own debt In the same proper
ton. simultaneously. the in
come 1t gets from taxes and
other sources remains UNI
changed. and thus 1t is able TO
handle its debts. II its debt Is
too overwhelming. 1t wipes out
the currency altogether"
The average age Of 81 cur
rencies studied by Mr.. Pick is
only seven and a half years. All
units Of the ruble area have
LIVED" only a maximum Of
two years since their last full
or partial devaluations.
Debasement Not Included
A startling total Of IS cur
rencies aren't even q year old
ranging from the Spanish
peseta III months) to the Is
rael pound under one month";.
Against this dim background,
the dollars record doesn't APP
pear so dreadful.
Admittedly, this analysis
doesn't take into account the
real" debasement Of the pur-
chasing power of the dollar,
Although no United States
Congress has tempered with
the gold content of the dollar
since 1884. today's dollar buys.
less than half the goods and
services the dollar of the '30s
bought. Admittedly. If this de-
basement is considered, the de-
struction Of peoples assets by
currency devaluations around
the world is colossal.
Nevertheless, the fact is that
only twice since we became a
nation has our government of
flcially changed the value of
the dollar.
The first was on January Is,
1887, when the content Of the
dollar was reduced from l,6038
grams Of fine gold to 1.5046
grams.
The second came almost 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07

declared a capital gains dis
tribution Of 20 cents a share.
payable May IL to holders of
record April 6. President New
ton I. Steers. jr.. announced.
The capital gains distribu-
ton will be paid with a regular
income dividend Of 3 cents a
share. Ali shareholders have
been given the right to receive
the capital gains distribution
in additional shares at net asset
value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
Ford Sales Up Sharply
From 1858 in ID. C. Area

Ford dealers in the Wash
ington sales district sold more
than 10000 new cars and
trucks in the first three months
of 1859. a gain OF AZ per cent
from a year earlier and the
best first quarter total since
1855, reported William P. Bave,
district sales manager.
New-car sales we're up more
than As per cent and trucks
sales rose So per cent, ne said
Il. C. Harrington to Speak
For Store Controllers
r. c. Harrington, former
commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue. and now a partner of Ernst
& Ernst, will address the Ma
tional Capitol Group of Con-
trollers at a Washington Hotel
luncheon on Tuesday. April IA.
Mi. Harrington will discuss
administration problems of the
Internal Revenue Service. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
Maryland Utilities Chiefs
To Confer on Friday


The annual business confer
ence of the Maryland Utilities
Association will be held at Ball
timore Friday and will be
attended by members from
Maryland and District of Co.
lumbia.
Francis x. WEIGH of WASH
ington, editor of the Public
Utilities Fortnightly. viii speak.
Others will include: DR.. Arthur
L. Brandon, New York Univer-
sity; c. M. Heiden, General
Electric Research Laboratory;
DR.. George s. Benton, Johns
Hopkins University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
Better Business Bureau
Lists 127 New Members

Managing Director Leland s.
Mccarthy Of the Better Bush
ness Bureau Of Metropolitan
Washington reports that during
the last nine months 1877 new
firms have joined the organi-
cation. Of these. 81 have Joined
in the last three months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
Major Finance Declares
Quarterly Dividend

Major Finance declared its
25th consecutive quarterly 6ivi-
dend at the rate Of Is cents
per class A common share and
is cents a share on the 8 per
cent cumulative preferred stock.
An unaudited report showed
company profits 80 per cent
above a year ago in the first
two months of this year, Presi-
dent Morton Sturt reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-07
Thompson Will Head
SSLC DELEGATION

Around 20 controllers and
other financial officers of
Washington savings and loan
associations will attend the an
nual meeting of the Society of
Savings and Loan Controllers
at Miami Beach. Fla. Rpril
1913.
John H. Thompson, president
of the society's Washington
chapter, will head the WASH
ington delegation. He is treas
urer of Washington Permanent
Building Association.