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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
Tiny Radio
Fight
Crime Here

The Metropolitan Police De.
partment feels it can eliminate
the problem Of the missing
link" in its communications II 9
budget request Of $il.30o for ths
next fiscal year Is granted for Q
special pilot project.
The rookie foot patrolmar
soon finds where the link /.
missing when he needs help in
q hurry. In emergencies. he
has to run for q can box or q
telephone. Some situations
make 1t impossible for him ia
do either.
Police want to Try out a new
transistor device called the
handle talkie." q portable two
part sending and receiving ra-
dio designed to give q footman
instant contact with headquar-
tiers.
The units are about the size
Of q mans hand and together
weigh q little more than 3
pounds.
Capt. John w. Nally. who
heads police communications,
said the set could someday be-
come standard gear for the
man on the beat.
He said that police in New
York and other cities already
have found the sets invaluable.
The sending and receiving
units clip onto the ofiicer's
belt" the captain said. "And
the small microphone running
by wire from the transmitter
enables the ofiicer to have free
dom Of both hands," he added.
Capt. Nally said the depart
ment has proposed the pur-
chase Of about 10 sets. enough
to outfit one precinct. for the
trial run. He said police situa-
tions in the eity's IL precincts
were similar enough to predict
how the sets would work
throughout Washington.
At present. the Civil Disturb
ance Unit has the only portable
sets on the force. But they
weigh about 8 pounds and have
to be carried like q suitcase.
II think the time has passed
when these radios were consid-
cred nothing more than novel;
ties" Capt. Nally said. "They
have a place with law enforce
ment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

increase Of $320,557 over the
1850 budget.
Almost all Of the increase
is represented by within-grade
salary increases and increased
pensions.
Ambulance Item
The Fire Department also
requested an $1,000 increase to
allow for the replacement Of
two ambulances q year instead
Of the present one. It was ex-
planned that each ambulance
in the rescue service now aver
ages $4,000 miles a year.
At the sprevious replacement
rate Of one a year, the ambu-
lances would not be replaced
for eight years or more. This
requested increase would enable
the department TO make re-
placements of ambulances after
four years service.
The department also re-
quested $4,000 to purchase q
site for Engine Co. No. 8 and
demolish all structures now oc-
cupying the laid. The depart
ment said the engine company
would be located on c street
between Fifteenth and Six
tenth streets Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

the States Democrats to send
an uncommitted delegation to
the national convention next
year.
It accuses Maryland's two
Republican Senator's Of ineffec-
tiveness in fighting for defense
contracts for the Glenn L.
Martin and Fairchild Aircraft
Corps. and calls for an investi-
cation Of defense contract
awards.
Western Maryland Caucus
Chairman Frank Bliss, of
Montgomery County. predicted
approval Of the entire platform
by the convention. Charles
Coss. Washington County. one
Of the drafters Of the program.
is chairman Of the Resolutions
Committee.
COlored Members Walk Out
The platform as originally
written does not include a civil
rights plank.
There was talk here last
night about q possible resolu-
ton condemning the holding
Of any future Young Democrat
convention where Negroes
would not be treated equally
with other delegates.
Mrs. Verda Welcome. Demo-
cratic member Of Maryland's
House Of Delegates and an on
locker at the convention, led
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Sept. IL (AP).-A transcript of
SO conferences held at the
University Of Virginia by au-
thor William Faulkner will be
published Tuesday by the Uni
versity Press. Mr.. Faulkner, a
Nobel Prize winner, was writer
in-residence in 1857 and 1858.
The 30S-page book is entitled
s'Faulkner at the University"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Area Growth Analysed
In New Star Series

STANDARDIZATION" Beginning this Sunday, The Star
will publish the first Of a fve-part weekly SERIES
entitled "Suburba-1960" =. an analysis Of the
growth in prospect for counties adjoining WASH
ington. Arlington is spotlghted this Sunday.
195o-60 VIDEO FARE-For a roundup Of the new
shows, look at the specials review Of local pro-
gramming by the four Area TV stations plus the
sports prospects, TeeVue's big Fall Preview
Issue in this Sundays Star.
NEW COMIC "BAT MASTERSON"-It debuts in
The Stars big color comic section this Sunday
against a backdrop Of rairoading in the Old West;
and starting Monday, see the full page of seven
introductory Bat Masterson" comic strips in The
Evening Stars daily comic pages.
PIGSKN PREvIEW-sUNDAY, The Star Magazine,
this week brings you It's annual "Pigskn Preview,"
with Sports Writer Francis Siam forecasting the
season, along with closeup studies in words and
pictures Of the Navy, Maryland and George WASH
ington University teams.
TEEN DREAM HOUSE CONTEST WINNERS They'll
be announced in Sundays issue of TEEN Magazine.
You'll also get the story on what today's teen-ager
wants in his home the ten lucky winners will tell
it to national housing officials.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

a walkout Of six colored mem
bers last night.
The Baltimore City group
expressed dissatisfaction with
accommodations offered by the
convention hotel and left after
also being refused counter
service at q nearby boardwalk
restaurant.
Foley Offer Blocked
Pat Foley. brother Of Rep
resentative Foley, Democrat Of
Maryland, offered to exchange
his quarters with those given
the colored delegates. He was
refused permission to make the
switch.
The Young Democrats plat
form charges that the Southern
Democrats alliance in Congress
with the Republican minority
has curtailed the Democrats
progressive" program.
It calls for, continued support
Of the United Nations but op-
position to U. N. admission Of
Red China. It opposes defense
manpower cuts yfor economy
purposes and urges q re-eval.
uation Of the Nations Civil
Defense program in light Of
progress in the development Of
intercontinental missiles.
A key proposal at the State
level calls for legislation to in
sure equalized assessment
throughout the State.
Other Platform Provisions
The platform also calls for:
/. Reducing the voting age
from 81 to 10.
2. Increasing State spending
for social and medical care Of
groups such as retarded chill
dren. the mentally Ill. and al.
coholics.
8. Establishment Of q com.
mission to propose revisions In
Maryland's "outmoded" State
party convention system.
The convention yesterday
heard David Hume urge q cam.
paign Of Truth, Facts, and Is
sues" in 1860. He is Demo-
cratic State treasurer and q
member of the State Board Of
Natural Resources.
Radiation Fallout Stressed
He charged that the Republi.
cans in 1856 had used nucleal
physicist Edward Teller as q
Judas goat" to ridicule Demo.
cratic assertions that radiation
fallout was endangering Amer.
lean lives.
Recent tests, he contended
have shown that the amount Of
Strontium 30 on alfalfa grown
in Maryland is eight times the
permissible maximum limit.
He said it was virtually impos-
sible to get figures from oficial
sources on the amount Of radia-
ton in other crops.
The convention today was ex-
pected to elect Leonard Lock-
hart Of Cecil County as its new
president to succeed J. Thomas
Ellicott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Zionist Organization
Of America continues its
Willard Hotel convention.
Closing a three-day meet
ing, the American Political
Science Association holds
final sessions in the May
flower Hotel.
The Syrian Orthodox
Youth Organization is
headquartered in the
Shoreham Hotel.
This information supplied BY
the Washington Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
Young Democrats Bloc
Would Hit Southerners
By CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star stan Writer

OCEAN CITY. Md. Sept IA platform crtczng South
Democrats in Congress being pressed here today by the
Western Maryland contingent at the State Young Democratic
convention.
The platform despite Massachusetts, Senator Kennedys
plan Maryands presidential primary would urge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
500 Extro Police Bid
TroiIReguIor Budget

crmehghting gadget and another effort to replace
police with civilians account for of the the
Police Departments requested $2290O budget for the 1861
fiscal year made public today.
The request cleared by the Districts budget once for
presentation to the Commissioners represents $49S
Evening star., 1959-11-16
Gold in Your Attic
California Valued in -Four Fiqures
By Von Allen BrodIey

AS the late Charles P.
Everitt suggested in THE
Adventures of a Treasure
Hunter" the alert book
scout can do rather well
merely by watching for the
words alifornia" and
Oregon" on mid-19th cen
tury books.
James Abbey's paperbound
record Of a trip to California,
published in New Albany,
Ind. in 1850, is a prime ex-
ample Of the kind of Western
Americana that sets the COL
lectors' world agog when a
copy turns up.
The cover title reads, in
part:
CALIFORNIA. A trip across
the Plains, in the spring Of
1850, by James Abbey. Pub
lished by Jno. R. Num-
macher, City Bookstore,
New Albany, Ind, 1850.
The last copy I saw cata-
1ogued was offered for sale
by Ernest ]. Wessen, the
Mansfield, Ohio, rare book
dealer, at $500. If another
copy were found today it
should bring well into four
figures
Evening star., 1959-11-16
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
A Doctors Wife Pens q Blast
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Today I surrender the plat
form for a few minutes to a
doctors wife. She writes in
reaction to a recent column
in which a mother-in-law
was picking on a tired, ha-
rasSed young girl
EAR DIR. STEIN
CROHN: Your column of a
few weeks back 'slays me-
You might have advised that
mother-in-law to offer to
take care of her grandson in
stead of picking on her
daughter-in-law.
Let her try it for a week
herself. Maybe after getting
UP a few hundred times q
night, ETC., she might be in
the mood for some tranquil
izers herself. Or has she for
gotten what it's like to try
and get some sleep while
raising children?
Besides, it's my opinion,
that if the girl is taking
tranquilizers she probably
would need less of them if
she had some love and af-
fection instead of criticism
from her in-laws.
There is an Indian say
ing: DO not judge your
brother until you have walked
in his footsteps for three full
moons"
A DOCTORS WIFE.
WHO AM 1 TO ARGUE
with good advice-especially
when it comes from the wife
of one of my colleagues?
HAT MEANT by
spondylitis?" Mr.. j. of Mum
Gle, Ind, wants to know.
"When does it usually come
on?"
USUALLY between 20-40.
Males are more susceptible.
Although it is not hereditary,
it is not uncommon to find a
family history of the disease.
The patient usually COM
plains of weakness, loss Of
weight, low grade fever, loss
Of appetite. The condition
Evening star., 1959-11-16
Have q Question

Miss E. LII am sorry I
cannot serve as a broker.
This column offers estimates
Of current market values for
books in fine condition. You
must find your own market
either a collector or a
dealer. Dealers, naturally, do
not pay retail prices for old
books. But all will pay rea-
sonable prices for desirable
books of interest to their
customers.
K. N.-Your Gen. w. B.
Hazen's Our Barren Lands"
Cincinnati, 1879 is a scarce
item, worth around S35 if in
good condition.
B. j. R.-Your c. w. But
terf1eld's History of the
Girtys" Cincinnati, 1890 is
Evening star., 1959-11-16

often begins in the sacroiliac
joints and gradually works
upward.
There is a stiffening or
ankylosiS of the ribs and
vertebra. AS a result the
chest cage becomes stiff and
immobile. The condition is
usually chronic and progress
sive. Many of the usual anti
rheumatic drugs are used in
treatment. However, in most
cases, none is curative. They
are used simply to bring COM
fort.
Arthritis, in one form or
other, disables more people
than any other condition we
suffer from. Some day, when
heart disease and cancer are
no longer the stubborn and
depressing problems which
they are today, I am sure
that the medical profession
will train its big guns on
this important target.
MANY PATIENTS forget
that a doctor isn't fashioned
out of steel and copper wire.
He consists of muscle, nerve
and other elements that wear
out unless they are periodi-
cally rested.
Besides, the well-rested
doctor is much better for you
than the one who prides
himself on being always on
the job" When any colleague
brags to me about not tax
ing a vacation in 10 years I
tell him he's not being fair
to his patients, to his family
or to himself.
4 y 4
Taking DacGtionS is only
one wdy to oUercome tired
ness. Write to me, care of
The EUening Star, for my
ledfet So, "HolO to OUer-
come Tension and Fatigue.
IncloSe 10 cents in a stamped,
Self-dddreSSed envelope.
--CReleased by The Bell syndicate) =
Tomorrow: Masked hypothyroidism.
Evening star., 1959-11-16

worth $25 to $35 in fine con-
dition.
Mrs. F. B. Your
Thomas Campbell'S Ger
trude Of Wyoming" 0ondon,
1909 is a first edition and a
scarce book. 1t should be
worth SIS to $40 if in good
condition.
Miss N. A.: Among the con-
temporary authors whose
first editions - particularly
the earlier ones-seem GER
tain to increase in value are
Faulkner, Hemingway, Frost.
Eliot, Steinbeck and
Vaughan. For example,
mint copies Of the first issue
of Hemingway's very recent
"The Old Man and the Sea"
are currently bringing as
much as $40.
Miss w. Y: Your Nonesuch
Press edition of Mona Will
sons The Life of William
Blake Oondon, 190D is worth
around $22.50 if in fine con-
dition. A dealer would pay
you less, Of CONSEQUENTLY
about half.
Mrs. ]. M: Your w. W.
Watts "Old English Silver"
New York, 1920 is a scarce
item, worth around $40 in
fine condition.
Selected reader questions
tDill be dnSUered in this COL
umn. Address them to Van
Allen Bradley, in care of The
EUening Star.
(Copyright, 1859, Gen. Features Corp.
A
Evening star., 1959-11-16

prevailed upon him to return
to battle, and he hid. He
fought two frenzied battles
and Congress made Arnold a
major general, but junior to
the five promoted men. This
ranked in the man who had
so much pride.
In April, 1779, Arnold was
commander of Philadelphia
and he married Miss Mar
garet Shipper, a f1irt. Miss
Shipper loved uniforms and
regal living. In a short time,
Benedict Arnold was deeply
in debt and frantic watching
his wife. In December he
was court-martialed for using
his post for private gain. He
received q reprimand.
In the summer Of 1779,
Gen. Arnold began a CORE
spondence with Sir Henry
Clinton. He was ready to be-
tray the Colonies. He asked
money, recognition, and a
commission in the British
army. All summer and au-
tumn he spelled out infor-
nation about Washington's
troop movements, supplies,
ammunition, plans, and the
strength Of the French feet
sailing to America.
The following summer,
Washington gave him COM
mand of West Point. Arnold
wrote to Sir Henry that he
would betray the fort. He
wanted 100000 if he sue
ceeded, $4,000 and a British
commission If he didn't. The
terms were settled with Mai.
John Andre, who made the
mistake of leaving West Point
in disguise, and with the
plans Of West Point in his
stocking.
HE WAS CAPTURED
above Dobbs Ferry, tried and
hanged outside q tavern in
Old Tappan.
Arnold fed to the British.
He fought the Colonists up
and down the seaboard, and
burned New London to the
ground. In December, 1881,
he and Margaret sailed for
England.
He expected to be a hero
there. He saw nothing but
lips curled in scorn. The
British gave him $31,5 and
some land in Canada. He died
at so. broke. Even his pride
had been dissipated.
Copyright, 1859,
King Features syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1959-11-16
DEAR ABBY
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN
Honey Letter Sparks Replies

be fair enough to print my
letter to Honey:
Dear Honey:
I'm glad you had brains
enough to quit your job be-
- fore you became seriously
involved" with my husband.
What do you want? A medal?
You admitted to saying yes"
to a dinner date. And you
admitted saying yes" to a
few other suggestions.
An unmarried woman who
accepts a date with a married
man, and doesn't know what
he is after, has no business
being out alone after dark.
Don't fool yourself that you
could have taken my husband
away from me. He was just
having his fun. I know
that he is no angel. But in
my book-you're worse.
MARRIED FOR KEEPS.
DEAR ABBY: Three un-
identified friends" clipped
that letter signed CALL ME
HONEY" and mailed it to
me. If that letter was
written by my husbands
secretary I would like to say
this: My husband starts to
beg me in January to take a
months vacation in July.
HE is the one who is anxious
for me to go. My friends and
relatives tell me that he is
always busy" when they
invite him to dinner. Now I
know what he was so busy
with. Thanks for the tip,
Abby. I'd like to thank
Honey" too.
STAYING HOME.
50
DEAR ABBY: Please tell
HONEY that she is a mem
ber of a very large sorority.
Every year when I take my
children away for the sum-
mer, my husband entertains
himself with a new employe.
He has "tom-catted" around
all summer ever since I mar
ried him. (He does the same
thing when I'm in town.
Honey was smart to quit her
job. My husband gets tired
OF girls very fast. He would
probably have fired her.
-INEZ.
What's your problem? For
a personal reply, Urite to
ABBY, care of The EUenino
Star. IncloSe a stamped, self
addressed envelope.
-
distributed by McNaught
Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1959-11-16
FEATURE Rcz
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
The Hero Who Turned Traitor

The druggist walked out Of
his store in New Haven and
went of to war. He didn't
look like a hero. He was "a,
had black hair and dark skin
and eyes as pale as the blue
in a Ming vase. He had thick
arms and a big chest and
enormous pride. The drug
gist left a wife and three
sons-7, s and 8.
BENEDICT ARNOLD did
things that way. He acted
on impulse and stuck with
his impulses. If there was
one thing that drove him to
his wits end, it was his
mother. She said no to
everything he wanted to do.
He ran away from home
twice. Mother brought him
DacR. Mrs. Arnold was hyper
religious. Benedict didn't be-
lieve in God. She supervised
his thinking. He rebelled.
He was a captain in the
Connecticut militia and he
went off with his men in
April. IT'S. Within a month,
he and Ethan Allen took Fort
Ticonderoga. Another month
and Arnold captured Fort
st. John. He was one Of the
first heroes Of the revolution
and. 80 days after he left the
drugstore, he returned to
New Haven and quit the
Army.
He learned that the Con-
tinental Congress was inves-
tigating him. When he got
home. he found that the
drugstore was failing and
Evening star., 1959-11-16

DEAR ABBY: That letter
from Honey" sure burned
me up. May ! answer her?
Dear Honey:
Yes, I am the boss wife
who leaves her husband alone
all summer. Our boy has hay
fever and asthma so bad I
have no choice. If my hus-
band claims he has to scram-
bic an egg for his supper
every night, he is only looking
for sympathy. Before 1 leave,
I fill my freezer with deli
cious home-cooked meals.
And I have to work months
in advance to do it.
If you fell hard for my
husband that's your tough
luck. You say you could
steal him if you wanted to?
Hah! Over my dead body!
SAUL'S WIFE.
DEAR ABBY: I want to
thank Honey" for writing
that letter, and you, Dear
Abby, for selecting it to
publish.
I am the boss wife" who
was foolish enough to leave
her wonderful husband for
two months every summer.
Believe me, Abby, I have read
that letter from Honey a
dozen times, and I have
promised myself that I will
never leave my husband
alone again. Thank you,
thank you! HARRIET.
DEAR ABBY: Honey"
must have wax in her bee
hive. When a married man
asks a single girl to have
dinner with him, she should
expect the following menu:
Cocktails: "A few martins
just to relax u.s."
Appetizer: My wife doesn't
understand me-"
First Course: "I haven't
had any REAL affection in
years"
Second Course: "If it
weren't for the children, I'd
have left my wife years ago."
Third Course: YOU un-
derstand me perfectly. If I
were a free man, I'd marry
you tomorrow.
Dessert: Its so noisy and
smoky in this place. Let's
get out of here and go to my
place where it's quiet so we
can talk"
BEEN THERE"
DEAR ABBY: Since you
saw fit to print "Honey's"
letter to me, I hope you will
Evening star., 1959-11-16

that his wife had died on
June 19. IT'S. Benedict
Arnold was sickened. How
ever. he received a promotion
to colonel and $500 and he
returned to battle.
George Washington ad-
mired the colonel as a fight
ing man. There was nothing
of the coward about Arnold.
He fought battles against
superior British forces, and
led the attacks. One of his
horses was shot nine times
before he fell. In 1776,
Arnold was made a brigadier
and led a brigade UP the
Kennebec into Canada under
the worst hardships.
His decimated battalions
were beaten by the British
at Quebec, but the British
now knew him and feared
him. In the summer of l776,
Benedict Arnold built a fleet
of small ships and fought a
losing battle so flercely on
Lake Champlain that the
British Gen. Carleton had to
retire and rearrange his plans
to join Howe and Burgoyne
in the capture of New York.
In February, 1777, Con-
greSs appointed five men,
junior to Arnold, as major
generals. Arnold quit again.
Even Gen. Washington was
angered at the slight to
Benedict Arnold. Congress
said it was sorry. but that
Connecticut already had two
major generals.
The commander in chief
Evening star., 1959-11-16
ADVERTISEMENT
How to Speak and Write
Like a College Graduate

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Next Monday: Dov Crockett.
Evening star., 1959-11-16

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