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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Our Traffic Problems
And What We Can Do

ALL-OUT WAR ON CONGESTION-By 1880 the Wash
1ngton Metro will find itself strangling in highway
traffic unless something is done To attack the
problem in time experts have been working for
three years on Mass Transportation Survey On
Sunday The Star will present the plan that is
recommended, with maps, drawings pictures and
text.
MILITARY DECENTRALIZATION does not have
corner on military pageantry Washngtons
Sunset Parade at the Marine Barracks has enough
color, snap and precision to match anything the
famed British guardSmen can put on Sunday
The Star Magazine brings you colorful word and
picture account of this colorful event
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT zero hour arrives a couple
OF years from one of seven ntenSively trained
American flyers will embark the greatest adven-
ture in the history Of dight-a trip into space.
THE Astronaut Story" Six-part special series.
COOL OFF!-ThatS the theme of The Stars special
midsummer travel section this Sunday, featuring
climb up Hawaii'S 10000-foot Mount Haleakala a
trip through castles secret passages and the Char
lotteSville VA area a travel attraction.
MALE HAIR-DO'S-TEEN finds that boys spend lot
of time in front of the mirror too. To learn how
teen-age boys train unruy hair to do tricks read
TEENS cover story.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Girl Wins Right
To Componionship

A little money left to cover
expenses, a haSty good-by and
Margot'S parents were OF, leav-
ing her and their other chill
dren with friends.
That was the way they pro-
vided.
That was the story of 9-year-
old Margot'S life until she was
placed in a foster home by the
Welfare Department a year
ago.
Bad as it was being shunted
from house to house, she some
times found more security with
others than with her parents
during her stays with them.
She ran away from home once
to go back to a friend who
had taken care of her.
A bedraggled little girl with
a hang-dog look and long,
Straggly hair when she first
went to the foster home, Mar
got was considered a bad risk
for camp last year.
Her need for affection was
so great that she literally chung
to anyone who offered her the
smallest kindness.
A year has made q differ
ence. Much more relaxed,
much more successful now at
getting along with other chill
dren, she is ready for camp.
Furthermore, although her
father shows no interest in
having his children with him
again, her mother is working
to get them back. Her drink
ing has stopped. Her visits
to her children are a pleasant
prelude to the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
BY J. THEODORE CROWN
Star stan Writer

Detective 1t. Edwin B.
Coach" Crandall. a policeman
who has spent as much time
preventing crime as he has de-
tecting it, will retire on August
l for disability, the Metropoli-
tan Police Department an
nounced today.
The SO . year old robbery
squad detective, who has more
than so concentrations for
outstanding police work, got
his nickname for his activities
as coach of the athletic teams
at the National Training SchoA
for Boys here.
It was Coach" CrandaN who
labored successfully back in the
sos to persuade Washington
high and prep schools to put
the NTS team on their sched-
ules. When he took over as
athletic director at the Federal
Bureau of Prisons training
school for boys who were in
trouble with the law, no con-
ventional schools in the Wash
ington area would play the
teams from BladenSburg road.
Proud of His Boys
With the aid of Star sports
writer Rod Thomas, Bob Con-
sidine and others, Coach"
Crandall persuaded Eastern,
Emerson Institute and Gonzaga
to play against his boys in
1880, 81 and 80. In 1888, his
hard work with his team
brought the pinnacle: NTS
went undefeated against some
Of the best teams in Washing
ton.
1t is Coach" Crandall's
quiet boast that, during his
six years at NTS, none of the
boys on his teams ever escaped,
attempted to escape or was in
volved in any untoward Incl
dent.
1t. Crandall, who lives at
SSH A street Sc, was born in
NeoSho, q small town in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10

ply, takes the left-turn out
of a busy intersection and
places it at a minor intersec.
ton"
While it will take a few days
to synchronize the lights, he
said the new plan should also
speed up street car traffic,
which had to wait for a longer
"cycle Of lights" at the Wiscon-
sin Massachusetts intersection
The estimated amount OF
trafiic at the intersections de-
termines the length of the
cycle, it was explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
Detective Coach CrondoII
To Be Retired by District

1t was while he was coach
ing the boys at NTS that 1t.
Crandall found time to COM
plete his education at GNU.
where he was graduated from
night school with a bachelor
of science degree.
After joining the police force
in November, 1886, 1t. Gram
dali was assigned to the ninth
precinct, where he kept up his
interest in working with boys
through the Police Boys Clubs,
He spent two summers as
councillor at Camp Ernest w
Brown.
He was assigned to the De-
tective Bureau in 1914 as q
member of the special investi-
cations squad, which handled
draft dodgers and subversives
during the war years. He be-
came a precinct detective in
June, 1914, and was promoted
to the rank of detective SER
geant and sent to the robbery
squad on July /, 1916.
Aided Press Relations
Mr.. Crandall became an act
ing lieutenant in 1852 and a
lieutenant in 1857. 1t was in
1852 that 1t. Crandall became
liaison man between the rob-
berry squad and the preSSroom
at a time when relations be-
tween the reporters and the
detectives were rather strained
The newSmen who cover police
today say 1t. Crandall is the
best public relations man in the
department.
4 He is a member of Theodore
Roosevelt Lodge A of the
F.A.A.M. and of Mount Pleasant
Lodge IL of the Royal Arch
MaSons. He also belongs to the
Policemen'S Association.
After his retirement, which
was brought on by an arthritis
condition. 1t. Crandall is PLAN
ming a long vacation in the
OzarkS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10

enrolment patterns at the in
stitution.
Day Enrolment Drops
In 1855 nearly 1000 students
were enrolled in the colleges
regular daytime program. Now
the figure is about 600, with a
similar number taking evening
and Saturday courses. For
merly, only a handful were in
such "out-of-hours" classes.
THE hope is that a pretty
high percentage of those in the
Junior college program would
become daytime students" DR..
Carr said, although they will
be able to take the evening
and Saturday classes on a part
time schedule if they wish"
Besides approving the junior
college, Congress will be asked
to authorize a tuition fee for
both divisions.
Fee Would Be Token"
Il don't know if the charge
has become necessary" DR..
Carr noted, but it is the trend
In higher education for the
student to pay something" He
added that he did not think
whatever tuition charge might
be made would be more than
a token payment by which the
student could show his sincere
desire for advanced education.
The school board approved
establishing the junior college
earlier this year after receiving
a report from a management
consultant firm it had hired to
survey the need for a four
year liberal arts college. The
report said there was no need
for the four-year institution al
this time and recommended the
two-year college instead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send q kid to
camp:
Make out. your check or
money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail to The Evening
Star, Second street and Vir-
ginia avenue Sc. WASH
ington 3. D. c.. or bring
cash to The Star cashier
A receptionist in the lobby
will direct you to the
cashiers office.
The cost-$36.40 for IL
days. 1920 for six days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
Keith's Is Proposed
As Cultural Center
Cufritz Offers
To Donate His
Theoter Equity

Morris Cafritz, Washington
realtor and owner of the cele-
brated Keith's Theater, has of
fered to donate his equity in
the theater. to the public for
its use as a civic cultural
center.
1t was emphasized that there
would be no conflict between
such a civic center and the Ma
tional Cultural Center, contem-
plated for another site.
Disclosure of the Cafritz
offer was made today by Rep
resentative Mcdowell, Demo-
crat Of Delware, who hailed the
offer as a fabulous opportu-
nifty"
He Immediately suggested
Mr.. Cafritz become chairman
of special committee, which
among other things would de-
termine how money could be
raised to buy the existing SIS
million mortgage on the build
ing.
Mr.. Cafritz, who has owned
the eight-Story, 40-year-old
structure at Fifteenth and G
streets NV, for the last three
years, confirmed his offer.
He pointed out, however, that
the theater could not be turned
over to the city until expiration
Of a two-year lease held by the
RKO motto npicture distribut-
ing firm. The lease runs until
December, 1861.
The realtor explained that
Keith's, which used to be one
OF the Nations brightest land
marks in the old vaudeville cir
cult, is worth nearly SO million
exclusive of land. The land
value adds another 81 million
to the total parcel, he esti-
mated.
The theater itself has a
seating capacity of about 1900,
and its 64-foot-deep stage
would be ample for the type of
cultural presentation he and
other Washington interests
have in mind, Mr.. Cafritz said.
Also informed of the Develop
ment in advance was Repre-
sentative Kearns, Republican
of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Kearns
and Mr.. Mcdowell are sponsor
ing legislation that would levy
a tenth of cent per dollar
tax on city residents to finance
the civic culture center activ-
tiles. 1t is estimated this would
produce $175,000 yearly, and
the Federal Government would
be authorized to match that
sum.
Mr.. Cafritz said he has long
deplored the absence of such a
center in the Nations Capital.
On the financial aspects Of
his gift offer, the realtor
pointed out the total building
rental now realizes about $685.
900 yearly. Much of this comes
from a number of Offices above
the theater proper. He pointed
out that, if the city took advan-
tage Of his offer, it could help
finance the cultural activities
by continuing to rent the Office
space.
The Shubert Theater, in the
500 block of Ninth street NV,
recently sold, was first men,
toned as a possible home for
civil cultural activities. 1t was
disclosed today that the Tivoli
Theater, at Fourteenth street
and Park road NV, also had
been suggested by another
Washington real estate man,
Garfield I. KaSS. The lack Of
enthusiasm for both of these
Stemmed largely from the ma
ture Of the neighborhoodS in
which they are located.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
WHILE HE WAS TALKING

WHILE HE WAS TALKING
Mrs. Kathleen Perkins, his
administrative assistant,
came in and handed him a
small typewriter slip. He
laughed and showed it to the
caller.
Last year we had $4,000.
Senate and House conferees
have just decided that we
will have 100000 next year.
The money is from the Dis
trict tax funds. We have a
staff of five including my
self. In the past we have had
survival funds $250,000 since
January I, 1857 until the end
of last month.
I'VE have had as many as
20 people here working on
survival studies.
cts easy to see why people
are tired Of Civil Defense. Up
to 1854 we told them it would
be cowardly to leave home
and jam the highways. Then
when we were informed of
the 'destructivenesS of the
H-bomb, we began to plan
evacuation.
Our studies indicated that
we could get people out Of
Washington at the rate of
100000 an hour if the evacua-
ton was unhampered by
exploSionS-before the actual
attack.
Our information is that
the radar screen of the DEW
line and the. picket ships
across the northern part of
our hemisphere are in opera
ton.
Evacuation will be part of
the plan we will receive
August 7. 1t will be based on
a maximum warning OF 3
hours-that'S piloted air
craft, of course. The missiles
Will only take IL minutes.
That's why shelters from
fallout are important"
The Rambler left with a
booklet entitled, 1.-THE Family
Fallout Shelter" They may
be obtained by writing Dis
trict Civil Defense, 1924
Howard street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
Wisconsin Ave. Drivers
lahore Left-Turn Ban

A traffic plan disseminating
left turns from Wisconsin into
Massachusetts, avenues NV.
went into effect yesterday with
many motorists blithely ignor-
ing the new signs.
The signs ban any left turns
at the busy intersection and
direct drivers to turn at Gar
field street, which has been
converted into a one-way thor
oughfare.
The move, highway officials
explained, is expected to re-
lieve traffic congestion at the
intersection, particularly dur
ling rush hours.
But at the first try-out yes
terday, motorists continued to
make the time-worn left-hand
turn. Others Travelled west
ward on Garfield street, disre-
garding do Not Enter" signs
Francis E. Twiss, deputy d.
rector for traffic engineering
and operations, on hand to OBJ
serve conditions yesterday, said
it would take motorists a few
days to get used to the change.
BY moving the left turn sign
away from the intersection,
Mr.. TwisS explained. traffic
moving east and west on Mas
Sachusetts will not have to be
stopped as long as at present.
Northbound traffic on Wis
consin avenue still will have to
wait for motorists turning left
on Garfield, but the flow OF
traffic at that point is lighter
than at the major intersection,
he said.
/ In technical terms. the
change removes one complete
cycle of lights" from the inter-
section. Mr.. Twiss said it SIM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
Hospital Gets
$4,000 Grant

The National Science Foun-
dalton has awarded the re-
search foundation of Children'S
Hospital a $4,000 grant to
study the action Of engines.
The research will be con-
Quoted under the direction Of
DR.. John C. Houck, chief of the
foundations biochemistry Sec
ton.
1t will consist of a study Of
an engine which works on
ribonucleic acid. essential for
protein synthesis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
COL. JOHN E. FONDAHL,

COL. JOHN E. FONDAHL,
former inspector of Metro
politan Police and a Marine
Corps officer in World War
II, waived apologies about
being late. He is the head of
our Civil Defense organiZa-
ton and has been since 1850.
I'VE had a regional con-
ference up here" he said.
1.-TWO men from out of town
each took cabs at Union Sta
ton. Somewhere out WiScon-
sin avenue the cabbies
stopped at a light and asked
each other how to get here"
AS for shelters, he said
they we're very important.
while none of the new
government buildings and
none of those now under
construction, has a shelter
to protect employees from
fallout, shelters will be in
cluded in those planned from
now on" he said.
"A shelter to protect your
family from fallout doesn't
have to be elaborate. ANY
masonry construction that
will support three feet Of
earth above it will do.
THAT doesn't mean pro-
lection against blast and heat
but from the fallout of radio
active particles that drop
after the explosion of a
hydrogen bomb.
"a charcoal filter is almost
100 per cent effective in
keeping out radiation. You
see the air is not radioac-
tive but the particles it
carries are.
Almost all the particles
descending would land on
the earthen top Of the shell
ter. Even without a filter not
many would come through
small verticle apertures at
the side"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10

city out and attract students"
The junior college. with a lib
eral arts educational program,
would become a division Of the
Teachers College under a school
board proposal approved this
week by the District Commits
sioners. Legislation is currently
being prepared for presentation
to Congress.
The new college can be
started quickly, DR.. Carr ex-
planned, because it will not in
volve any new facilities or
faculty members.
rs Would Be Maximum
The expected enrollment-a
maximum of 125-will be alb
sorbed into the existing fresh
man courses for the students
in the Teachers College.
Our specialized teacher ed
ucation program doesn't really
start until the third year." DR..
Carr said. THE first two years
concentrate on liberal arts
courses anyway"
In addition, the new division
will cost nothing above the
regular Teachers College budg-
ct the first year. During the
second year of operation,
however, another 200 students
are expected to enroll. This
will mean the hiring Of more
faculty members, DR.. Carr
said, at a cost of about $24,-
900.
The budget will increase still
more the third year, he added,
when the total enrolment in
the junior college should reach
400 studentS-"the maximum
number for our present quar-
terS."
TWO-Year Program
Students in the two-year
program would receive asSo-
ciate of arts degrees, DR.. Carr
said. They would be able to
take a general liberal arts Gus
riculum or, if they planned to
continue their education at
some professional school, a
program oriented more to
science.
1t would also be possible to
take Secretarial and bookkeep-
ing courses along with some
academic subjects, DR.. Carr
said.
Il will nominate someone to
serve as director of the junior
college to organize counseling
and advising services" he said
1T is my hope that many OF
the students would decide to
become teachers and continue
their education in the Teach
ers College"
As many as 400 students can
be absorbed into the current
structure Of Teachers College,
he said, because of the changed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
The
Rambler
-. Seeks Shelter
From FuIIout
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Last week a committee Of
the House produced some
terrifying testimony about
fallout.
That started the Rambler
thinking. So far he hasn't
done anything about the
bomb except read about 1t.
He has a hillside in Alex
andria facing south away
from Washington. Perhaps
he ought to delve into 1t and
construct q subterranean
shelter.
So he went to District Civil
Defense headquarters for
shelter information.
He had a hard time find
ing it-that is his taxi driver
did. He even got into the
fenced Enclosure for the Fort
Reno water towers, the high
est spot in Washington.
With all his rambling In
the District, 1t was the first
time he had reached this
height. He is able to report
that, the altitude (27O feet,
almost half the height of the
Washington Monument
provides Fort Reno with a
marked reduction Of tenn
perature. It is waited by COOL
ing breezeS and 1t has a
splendid view in all direc-
lions.
We finally made it. The
CD HQ for the District Is an
abandoned grade school be-
hind the Alice Deal Junior
High School which is on the
east slope of the height.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10

Ozarks. He was
something of an itinerant
athlete during this college days.
He played center one year for
the University of Missouri
Tigers, then transferred for a
second year to the Westminster
College (Mo) BluejayS. In
1929, he came to Washington
to play for the late "Possum
jim" Pixlee at George Wash
ington University.
In 1880 he took the job at
National Training School and
it was the GNU coach who
gave him some old Colonial
equipment to outfit the teams
which, until then. did not have
a schedule.
Detective Since 1914
Before he left NTS to &C.
cept an appointment as a po-
lice officer, Coach" Crandall
and his boys had built and were
maintaining their own sta
dunn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
Guides Plan
To List A in
Police Payoff
Will Give Names
To Chief Sullivan
Of Capitol Force
BY RICHARD O'LONE
star stan Writer

Three sightseeing guides said
today they are prepared to give
Capitol Police Chief Charles J.
Sullivan the names Of at least
four Of his men who they say
have been receiving payoffs.
The three also said that five
other guides contacted them
yesterday and volunteered to
back UP their stories and name
other Capitol policemen who
have exacted tribute from the
tour conductors.
The three guides are Francis
M. Taylor. SO, Of 4765 Lee high
way, Arlington, Va; Howard r.
Reed, 40. Of 708 Leesburg pike,
Falls Church, Va, and william
Marshall, Sc, of 8409 Old
Georgetown road, Bethesda, Md.
These three visited Chief
Sullivan yesterday, prepared to
make sworn statements. How
lever, they changed their minds
after Chief Sullivan ordered
from his Office a reporter who
had accompanied them.
The three, who had requested
the reporter be present, said
they would return with their
attorney and as many Of the
other guides as they can as
semble.
Identified in Testimony
Before they left, Mr.. Taylor
told Chief Sullivan that he and
Mr.. Reed had identified two of
the oficerS involved in sworn
Testimony in Municipal Court
last Monday.
Chief Sullivan, ordered to
Investigate the charges by the
Senate Rules Committee, said
he has not yet read the tram
script Of the case.
That case grew out of charges
by another guide that Mr.. Tay-
lor and Mr.. Reed had tempered
with his auto. Municipal Court
Judge Edward A. Beard said he
had substantial doubt" about
the charge and acquitted both
defendants.
Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Taylor
made the payoff charges while
teStifying In their defense.
IF you don't pay them, you
don't get any work." Mr.. Tay-
lor testified.
Stopped Paying Fee
Mr.. Taylor, Mr.. Reed and
Mr.. Marshall said their troubles
began last spring when they
decided to stop paying Capitol
policemen the 20 per cent fee
they demanded.
Ever since, they said, they
have been harasSed and threat
ened by various officers.
Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. Reed
said tourists often ask the
Capitol policemen for advice
on seeing the city. Many of
the officers, they said, will then
steer the party to a guide, and
when he returns from the tour,
the officers will unoptrusively
collect their fee-$1 Of the SIS
generally charged each visitor
for a sightseeing trip.
Two other guides, who did
not wish to be identified
matter-of-factly told a re-
porter that they had been reg
ularly paying Capitol police
men. One veteran guide said
; he had been paying of for 80
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10
Junior College Waits
Action by Congress
Would Become Teachers College
Division HundIine us Students
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
star Stan Writer

District school officials prepared to open junior col
lege this fall If they receive congressional authority
I'VE could do it days notice." DR.. Paul o. Carr
president Of D. c. Teachers College, said today 1T is really
my hope however that Congress will give authority
to proceed by August that get publ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10

Life looks good for Margot
at last. A trip to camp this
summer would bring joyous
days to a little girl whose life
has not held many joyous days
so far.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-10

Following is a list of con-
tributions to date: ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
Deune Avenue
Stretch Opens in
Ceremony Today

Ribbon-cutting ceremonies at
ii am. today open the l.9-mile
stretch of Deane avenue be-
tween Minnesota and Eastern
avenues Me-.
Brig. Gen. Alvin c. yelling,
District Engineer Commits
Sioner, and Harold L. Aitken,
director of hihways, will join
representatives of area civic
groups in the dedication pro-
gram at Forty-ninth street and
Deane avenue.
The 44-foot-wide roadway,
started in November, 1857, cost
$7T5.000 to build. Part of the
land is that of the old Capital
Transit Co. streetcar right-of-
way. The project provides an
unbroken connection for the
first time between Eastern ave-
nue. near Sixty-third street and
Minnesota avenue near Kenil-
worth avenue.
When Palmer highway is
improved by the Maryland
State Roads CommisSon, it will
help funnel beach-bound traffic
from both Deane avenue and
East Capitol street onto the
Annapolis freeway.