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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-16
D. c. Allows Cut
In Gas Rates for
Air Conditioning

A request by the Washington
Gas Light Co. to set special
rates on air conditioning. use in
an effort to win new customers
has been approved by the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commits
sion.
The company, under a Com
mission ruling yesterday, will
be permitted to lower the bills
for both residential and COM
mercial air conditioning GUS
toners beginning August /. The
new rates will apply on home
units from June through Octo-
Der, and on commercial from
May through November.
AS an example, the company
said that a residential three
ton unit will cost 1881 a sea-
son, about 40 per cent less than
the present bill.
For commercial customers,
where gas is separately metered
for air conditioning or all-year
heating and cooling, the sea-
Sonal bill will range from $3.50
for a f1ve-ton unit to $2,556
for $50 tons. The current COM
parable figures are $168 to $4,-
079. For commercial units
operated only during the sum-
mer months, the figures are
$168 to $3,254.
Latest figures show that the
company now has 1886 resi-
dental customers using air
conditioning and 157 CONNER
cial.
The utility agency also APP
proved a request by the COM
pany to lower its general rate
schedule at top levels to try and
attract large businesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-16

/ nounce the DONATIONS, ne neeueu
the contributors pleas to call
Anonymous" but then would
add the donors name-because
he felt that all actors like bill
ing. And on Yom Kippur, the
fast day, the Rabbi gave absolu-
ton to Char Chase-the comic
whose routine consisted Of eat
ing glass, flowers. razor blades
ruling that this was no viola
ton Of the fast.
Il 4
THE SLAP: Jack Durant, the
comic at the Latin Quarter, de-
livers a joke-then reaches
down into ringside to slap the
nearest, sturdiest male back,
and say That's a good one"
The back he chose for his hard
slap belonged to Morris Klein
man, of the Desert Inn at Las
Vegas. A crashing sound. like
broken crockery, was heard
but the victim grinned, while
Durant leaped about the stage,
waving his injured hand. .
Kleinman had taken the pre-
caution of placing a heavy plate
under his jacket. before sitting
down at ringside.
THE AUTHOR: Image of
America" was written by Father
Raymond Bruckberger, chap
lain general of the French
resistance-a man of action
and intrigue as we'll as of the
cloth. A few days before Paris
was liberated a lady arranged
for Father Bruckberger to &C
cept the surrender of her lover,
a Nazi officer who in return
revealed military secrets. Fa-
ther Bruckberger spent eight
years in America. He wrote the
book for those who have be-
gun to despair of the West.
Either America is the hope of
the world, or it is nothing"
y
THE PERFORMERS: Sol
HurOk's Russian Festival" at
Madison Square Garden is a
dazzling and spectacular show,
cleaned from the best that can
be found in the Soviet Union.
The United States will counter
with a unit of vaudeville artists
brought to the American Ma
tional Exhibit in Moscow by
Ed Sullivan. Naturally, there
can be no comparison; our
show can't match theirs.
We could match tiff ours
was a socialist state, or if the
President were to issue COM
mands about this. We could
have Fred AStaire, Gene Kelly
and Cyd Charlse in dance spe-
cialties: Isaac Stern, Larry Ad-
Ter and Yehudi Menuhin, as
soloists; our jazz greats; the
precision dancing of the Rock
cites; OrSOn WelleS doin g
Shakespeare bits and saving
Marilyn Monroe in half, in a
magic act abetted by Marion
BrandO'S bongo drums, and
we'd have Crosby, Sinatra and
Judy Garland as our pop vocal
lists, and our American stars
from the Metropolitan Opera
and the City Center ballet.
Our problem is to make the
Russian audiences understand
that our stars didn't make the
trip because ours is not a So
cialist state, and that they en-
Joy the freedom of accepting,
instead, profitable bookings
elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-16
Prosecution Coils
Auto Drivers
Missing Witness

A defendant apologized to the
Judge yesterday for not being
able to locate a key witness ir
his behalf, then did a double
take when the prosecution
called the witness-sitting 10
feet away.
I'm sorry I didn't recognize
you. What a coincidence" said
Dudley X. Saunders Of the 14OC
block Of Rhode Island avenue
NV, as the witness, Col F. r
Worley of 1900 block Of Cathe-
dral avenue NV, took the
stand.
Mr. Saunders appeared be-
fore Municipal Court Judge
George D. Nelson without
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-16
Indiu Gets $50 Million
Loan for Railroads
-OOu W. N0IuOO0S
BY the Associated Press

The World Bank yesterday
loaned $50 million to India To
carry out further expansion and
modernization Of its Govern
ment-owned railroad system.
It was the third big loan by
the World Bank for the Indian
railroad system and brought
total bank participation in the
development to 1925 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-16

newSmen the company has
1900 employees in Saudi
Arabia, including 10000 Saudi
Arabians.
The company is the producing
and refining arm in Saudi
Arabia for four big American
oil companies-Standard Oil
Co. of New Jersey, Standard
Oil of California, Texaco and
Socony- Mobil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-16
THE LYONS DEN
Couqht in the Act
By LEONARD lyons

NEW YORK.-The TV net.
works recently showed another
revival of Yankee Doodle
Dandy" the George M. COhar
film biography. 1t was to have
been coincident with the I'M
yelling, in Duffy Square. of the
statue to the late playwright
star-songwriter- producer. But
lack of funds delayed the dedi-
cation Of the statue to an I'M
determined date.
One scene in the film is de-
voted, briefly, to Cohan's por-
trayal Of Franklin d. Roosevelt
in the Kaufman-Hart musical
"I'd Rather Be Right" This
sidelight has never been re-
vealed: 1t concerns the fact
that Cohan, as a playwright was
unaccustomed to appearing in
a show written by others-and
especially in a musical when
he was a hit songwriter him
self. The songs for I'D Rather
Be Right" were written by
Richard Rodgers and Larry
Hart.
When Cohan first read the
script, he approved it and took
the role. But when Richard
Rodgers played the score for
him, Cohan showed no reaction
then left the room. And fin
ally, during the out-of-town
tryouts. Cohan tried substi-
tuting his own lyrics for Larry
Harris. He was caught at it
and forced to adhere to script
THE UNDERSTUDIES: Soon
Bert Lair will appear at the
Rye Music Theater in a re-
vival of "Du Barry Was a
Lady" When the musical was
first produced on Broadway
there was a rehearsal scene OF
the big number, Friendship,
with Lair and Ethel Norman,
and Benny Baker and Betty
Allen. All went well, until the
two stars learned that Baker
and Miss Allen had been
assigned to be their under
studies. The Friendship" num-
Der discussions had to be done
through intermediates, because
Lair stopped speaking to Baker,
and Norman wasn't speaking
to Miss Allen.
THE SWITCH: Paul Ford,
who's played many Colonel
roles in films and on TV, now
is playing the Mayor in the
Broadway hit, The Music
Man" Ford's real name is Paul
Weaver. He became an actor at
38, and when he auditioned, as
Paul Weaver, for his first acting
job he was turned down. Il
knew I could play that part" he
said, and auditioned again-as
Paul Portland was hired.
X X 4
THE BROADWAY SHEP-
HERD: Last week Rabbi Ber-
nard Birstein, spiritual leader
of the Actors Temple on West
Forty-seventh street, died. Be-
cause most members of his
congregation were in show
business, Rabbi Birstein some
times did bit of unusual shep-
herding for his Broadway flock.
He raised funds for the Temple
by producing an annual show
in which the stars appeared. He
often accorded the Torah
honors to Pat Rooney, who'd
come in as a sub for an actor
who had to work.
When, at services, he'd an
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Jews.
The court decision was made
yesterday by Justice Henry Ep-
stein. He sent the case back to
the State Commission Against
Discrimination for action mot
inconsistent with this opinion. "
The American Jewish Con-
gresS had appealed to the court
against the commission ruling
Jews Hit Outside Country
Justice Epstein noted that
the record of the case shows
that Saudi Arabia not only
prohibits employment Of Jews
in the country, but also objects
to the employment of Jews in
any part of Aramco's opera
tions. Aramco has a huge oil
concession in Saudi Arabia.
1T is a matter of record
Justice Epstein said, "that out
of SS7 employees on Aremco's
New York payroll few, if any,
Jews are employed"
He added:
"If, as perhaps correctly
claimed by Aramco, this must
result from the necessity of
possible employment in Saudi
Arabia, the answer of New
York State is simply: Go else
where to serve your Arab
masters, but not in New York
State"
Justice Epstein said the con-
stitution and laws of New York
State could not be "cast aside
to protect the oil profits of
Aramco."
There was no immediate
comment on the decision by
Aramco or the State Commits
sion against Discrimination.
Commission arbitrary"
Justice Epstein said the COM
mission decision, made by
Chairman Elmer A. Carter, was
arbitrary, capricious and with
out basis in fact or law"
The court decision continued:
when Commissioner Carter
declares that American in
terests in the Near East out
weigh the abstract indication
Of State sovereignty he makes
the commission the vasSal OF
a foreign potentate.
THE film of oil which blurs
the vision of Aramco has ap-
parently affected the COM
mission in this case"
An Aramco spokesman tolo
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New York Bars Aromco
From Religious Job Bias

NEW YORK July 16 AP)-A State Supreme Court justice
has forbidden the Oil Co. Aramco) to ask
the religion of job applicants in New York State.
The decision upset ruling by the State Commission Against
Discrimination which had exempted Aramco from State laws
prohibiting such questions in employment
Many Aramco employees to Saudi Arabia which
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18
Council
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tOOnllnueu from rage ~
ance City west of Upham Street;
MacLucas property northwest of
town bordering Glenwood Aven-
ue; Short property east of town
on the Smyrna-Woodland Beach
Road; Wilson property adjoin-
ing the Smyrna Elementary
School and running west to Car
ter's Road; Speakman property
south of town on the Welfare
Home Road. No action was TAX
en- by council in relation to this
matter. Several inquiries have
been received by the town Off
cials, however, as to the feasibil-
ity of such annexation. A dis
cussion was held on the keeping
of livestock within the town linn
its and council requested that an
ordinance prohibiting other than
household pets be prepared for
the next meeting. Mrs. Lillian
Harvey appeared for her neph-
ew regarding conversion of a
property for a dwelling located
on South Street at Fisher Street.
and was informed that it would
not conform to the town build
ing code. Council recommended
that it be torn down.
Parking Amended
An amendment to the park
ing ordinance was adopted in
reference to parking on East
Street and also on Benson's AL
ley. The amendment will be ef-
fective at 7 am. on Friday, July
3, after having been duly pub
lished and posted. Mr.. Gilmore
reported on a one and one-half
day conference of the Delaware
Water and Sewage Association
he attended at Ocean City, Md.
Council authorized the town
managers attendance at the
45th annual International City
Managers Association confer
ence to be held at ST. Louis, Mo.
Oct. 1929. Chief of Police John
w. Jacobs presented report of
the department for the month of
May, and reported recommend
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18

AT an adjourned meeting of
Smyrna Town Council Friday
evening, it was voted to borrow
$4,000 under the act recently
granted by the Legislature for
street improvement. The Finance
Committee, ]. c. Stockly, chair
man, was authorized to negoti-
ate the loan at the best rate of
interest possible. The motion,
made by Secretary Grieves, was
met by persistent opposition by
MIR. Stockly who contended that
the town need not borrow more
than $4,000 at this time, as
there was $4,000 already in the
treasury.
Friday afternoon while Thorn
as Start and Stanley Morris of
this town were fishing in Lake
Como, a reed pole IL feet long
held by Start was suddenly jerk
ed from his hands into the lake.
Morris was sitting in the bow of
the boat half asleep, and as the
pole shot past, he reached for it
and plunged headfirst into the
water. After an exciting chase
when the pole was captured, a
fight lasting half an hour ensued
before they towed their captive
to shore. 1t was the largest
American black bass ever caught
in this part of the country, tip
ping the scales at 10 pounds 2
ounces and measuring two feet
in length.
Next week is commencement
week at the Smyrna High School.
Exercises for the six graduates
of 1909 will begin Sunday with
the baccauaureate sermon which
will be preached at St. Peters
Church by the Rev. Charles H.
Holmead, the new and popular
rector. Members of the gradual
ing class are Phyllis Mason,
Carlton Walls, Myrtle Derrick
son, Minnie Rothwell, Margaret
Walls, and Eleanor Spruance.
A very pretty wedding was
solemnized at Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Attix's last Tuesday after
noon when Miss Lizzie D. Clark,
youngest sister of Mrs. Attix OF
this vicinity, was united in mar
riage to Mr.. Arthur B. Clark OF
Millington, Md, by the Rev. j.
Wesley Ankins of Philadelphia
Mrs. Lille Wright of Kenton
played the wedding march. A re-
ception followed.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18
20 Years Ago

A quiet wedding took place
at the Presbyterian Church at
a o'clock yesterday afternoon
when John Harper Jones took
for his bride Miss Annie E.
Thompson, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. William E. Thompson of
this town. The wedding was per-
formed by the Rev. S. ]. Thacka-
berry, pastor, in the presence of
the immediate families and a
large circle of friends. The
groom is the only son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry P. Jones, the
groom's father being manager
of the Howard R. Jones Phar-
macy. The couple were attended
by Miss Mary Ellen Jones, the
groom's sister, and Mr.. Harry
Thompson, brother of the bride.
The groom is a clerk in the
Smyrna Post Office.
Jefferson Cooper, aged rs, one
of the best known citizens of
Cheswold, died at his home Sat-
urday after a long illness. He
was for time a merchant at
Cheswold and was a farmer and
grape culturist in his latter days.
He was active in the Cheswold
M. E. Church, chairman of the
Board of Stewards of the Will
mington M. E. Conference, and
an active worker in other Meth
odist organizations. He was mar
ried twice, first to Miss Harriet
Bishop and after her death to
Miss Lillian Bishop, both daugh-
tiers of the late John Bishop.
Surviving are his wife and four
children.
MIR. and Mrs. George c. Roth
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18
First PRESBYTERIAN Church

The Rev. o. c. Jones, minis
ter, announces services at the
First Presbyterian Church for
Sunday, June 81, as follows:
Morning worship, ii am; Sun
day School, 10 am. The Sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper will
be observed during the morning
service. Church Vacation School
will continue until June 26 from
$50 to ll:30 am. A hot-dog
roast is planned for all the child
rem who attend Church Vacation
School.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18
Educators
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of graduate studies in 1855; John
w. Gardner, president, The Car
negie Foundation; Martin Essex,
president, American Association
of School Administrators, NEA,
and superintendent of schools,
Akron, Ohio; Arthur F. Corey,
executive secretary, California
Teachers Association; Mrs. Rol-
lin Brown, chairman, White
House Conference on Children
and Youth, 1860; and NEA ex-
ecutive secretary, William G.
Carr.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18

we'll of near Smyrna announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Marian, to Mr.. D. Arthur Kel-
sey, Jr., on May 9th in the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church at Nor
folk, Va. After a short wedding
trip, MIR. and Mrs. Kelsey will
live in Wilmington where Mr.
Kelsey is a member of the legal
staff of the Dupont Company.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18

ing that parking spaces on Mt.
Vernon Street be left where they
are and the street marked with
a line. During May the police in
vestigated rs complaints;made
l6 arrests; disorderly conduct, 6;
motor vehicle, 9; assault and
battery, 1; committed to Jail, l.
Fines collected, $3.50; police car
mileage, 1886.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18
Grangers Plan Summer

Plans for summer activities
were made at the regular meet
ing of the Smyrna Grange by the
committee which included Mrs.
Charles z. Dukes, Mrs. Arthur
Short, and Mrs. Harry c. John
son. Mrs. Dukes, lecturer, re-
quested that each granger bring
a souvenir of their childhood at
the next meeting, scheduled for
Thursday, June rs at 8:l5 pm.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18

on Tuesday, June % in Fellow
ship Hall, to which all women
of the church are cor
daily invited. Each member of
the W.S.C.S. will bring a dish of
her choice, and Mrs. Betty Star
key, program chairman, requests
that every person attending
bring her own place setting.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18

were presented to church school
pupils at the family service last
Sunday. The Daily Vacation
Bible School started on Monday
with an enrolment of fifty child
rem. Members of the church
school choir were presented
crosses for good attendance at
the service last Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18

Church, announces services on
the fourth Sunday after Trinity,
June 81, as follows: Holy Com
munion, s a.m.; Morning Prayer
and sermon, III am; Nursery
kindergarten, IL am. The church
school picnic will be held Satur-
day, June 20 at Colchester
Beach. Awards for attendance
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18

Rolls, dessert, and coffee will be
furnished by the hostesses, Mrs.
Ollie Reed, Mrs. John Rambo,
Mrs. Ernest Davis, and Mrs.
Malcolm Burris.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18
Smyrna Doings Of
Fifty Years Ago
This Week, 1909

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times. will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18
Church Sponsors
Pot Luck Supper

The Woman's Society of
Christian Service of Ewells-St.
Paul Church, Clayton, will hold
a pot luck supper at $50 pm.
Smyrna times., 1959-06-18

st. Peters Church
The Rev. F. Sydney Bancroft,
rector of St. Peters Episcopal
Milford chronicle., 1959-12-11

TAKES THREE WEEKS OF
TRAINING William Eisenbrey
of the U. s. d. A. Soil Conserva-
ton Service recently returned to
Milford after attending a three
week training session in Soil and
Water Conservation at the S. C. S.
Training Center on the 1047 acre
Agriculture Research Station near
Coshocton, Ohio.
Mr. Eisenbrey, Conservation
Aide, assigned to the Kent County
Soil Conservation District, was one
of "a men representing IL states
who attended. They rec civ e
training in surveying, farm drain
age, pond construction, woodland
conservation, agronomy, and all
other conservation practices avail
able to farmers in developing a
complete farm plan. This training
will help him solve many problems
of the Kent County District Coop
orators.
The Soil Conservation Service
Office is located at 313 South Gov
ernors Avenue in Dover, and is un-
der the supervision of Frederick T.
Mott, Work Unit Conservationist.
Milford chronicle., 1959-12-11
Mel Price Troupe
To Go On Tour

Mel Price and His Santa Fe Ran
gers will leave December 18th for
another overseas tour for the armed
forces. Mel will again take his show
of eight people to widely isolated
bases to entertain servicemen for
the Christmas and New Year holi-
days. This will make the fifth time
the Santa Fe Rangers have enter
tanned overseas. AS of now, they
have to their credit more special
service tours than any other count
ry music unit.
Just this past October and Nov
ember they toured Bermuda, the
Azores and Iceland. While in Ice
land, they worked small sites To-
Gated far from the main base and
in which men are stationed for one
years duty; many of them not
leaving the area until the year is
up.
The forthcoming tour will again
take them to Iceland plus Green
land and Newfoundland. The men,
bers of the Santa Fe Rangers unit
will be: Mel Price, Kenneth Fair
bank, Gene Long, Bill Smith, Bob
Luke" Jones, Polly Baily, Kay Au-
man, and new member, Jeri Flor
ellf, of Baltimore, who this year
reigned as Miss Baltimore. The
show is a country and variety
show, and during the last tour was
proclaimed as one of the finest to
tour the area.
The Mel Price radio shows will
heard daily on WABW Annapolis,
Maryland, $40 on the dial. Mel and
the band will tape record their
shows in advance. This past Nov
ember marked the 14th year of the
Santa Fe Rangers, and this coming
December 26th will mark their 18th
year with WABW. Past tours for
the band were in Louisiana, The
Caribbean areas, Europe and
North Africa, Bermuda, the Azores,
and Iceland. The tour will begin on
December 18th and will be for the
USO Inc. Mel and the unit will re-
turn on January 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1959-12-11
Political Pot Is
Boiling In Milford
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friends and hackers:
Mr.. Duphily, a veteran of World
War III and native of northern
Delaware, came to Milford after
World War III service in the U. S.
Navy. He established his own
business, the Electrical Equipment
and Maintenance Company, here,
about decade ago,
Shortly after arriving here, Mr.
Duphily became active in the civic
life of the community. AS Com
mander of Blue Hen Post 1883
in 1954-55, he was designated
Commander of the Year" among
the States 81 VFW Posts. He sub
sequently served as President of
the Board of Directors, Milford
V. F. w. Assn; as Commander of
District H3, Department of Della
ware; and in various other capaci-
ties.
Much interested in youth activi-
ties, he was active in the planning
and developing of the Memorial
Park Youth Playground and Swim
ming Area. A registered Adult
Scouter the past five years, Mr..
Duphily is currently serving his
third term as representative for
Cub Scout Pack #101.
Active in various professional
organizations, Mr.. Duphily is pres
emily serving as president of the
Quaker City Chapter of National
Industrial Service Association, a
business organization which sets
high standards for the electrical
apparatus repair industry He also
served as a member of the Kent
County Vocational Advisory COM
mittee.
He is married and has two boys.
In announcing his candidacy, Mr..
Duphily stated that he was a can
didate because he believed that
government should be responsive to
the wishes of the people; that
everyone should be treated as
equals under the law; and that
the public should be kept fully
informed at all times.
Mr.. Duphily also advised that
he planned to contact as many of
the citizens of the First Ward as
possible within the next few weeks
to acquaint them with local con-
ditions and to receive their. sug-
gestions for improvement, etc. If
elected, continued Mr.. Duphily, 81
shall at ali times endeavor to act
in the best interests of all our
people,"
Mr.. Duphily's candidacy is also
the first to be announced up to
this time for, the office to which
he aspires.