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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-17

DAVIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD
MISSION, Mary K. Murphy, pas
tor. Sunday School, 10 a. m; Wor-
ship, II a. m. and 1880 p. m. Thurs
day, Worship, 7:30 p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-17

RUSH CHAPEL BAPTIST, Will
liam Webb, pastor, Friendsville
Sunday School, 10 a. M; Preach
ing, IL a. m, LIST and 3rd Sunday
of each month. +
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-17

CHERRY GROVE CHURCH OF
THE BRETHREN, j. R. Jackson,
pastor, Route 40 and Avilton-New
Germany road. Sunday School, 10
a. m; Worship Service, II a. m. =
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-17
cRELLIN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN, Red
House, Rev. Luther Y. Seibert, Jr.,
pastor. Sunday School, 9:45 a M;
Worship Service, II a. m. Nursery
in the social room. All services
Daylight Saving Time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Sd Infantry Group Storms Cliffs
In Ranger 1roining at Great Falls
company B, list Battle Group,

\ Company B, list Battle Group,
Sd Infantry cold Guard")
threw many ropes around Great
Falls, Va, today and took the
place by storm.
+ The maneuver caught dozens
of chipmunks by surprise,
aroused the mild interest of a
couple of early morning pic
nickers and caused a handful
of photographers and reporters
to regret they smoke so many
cigarettes.
The business of clambering
over the craggy precipices of
the Potomac shoreline is only
for the hardy. And the 1863
officers and men of Company 3,
noted for its "spit and polish"
at big ceremonials in the Mill
tary District of Washington,
proved up to the task.
The rock-climbing and rope
swinging exercise is one of the
preliminaries to the company's
extended field m aneuvers
scheduled for the next three
weeks.
For most it was their first
experience in such things as
backing off.a cliff with only a
rope suspending them from the
top to eternity. After the first
few hours, at least, the only
miShapS were rope burns.
turned ankles and ripped
fatigues.
But you can see how much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

pany, but since it was Veterans
Day no one was available. She
called a friend, Detective Rob-
ert Eldridge of the robbery
squad.
Detective Eldridge called the
phone company yesterday, and
a search was made of the Alex
andria warehouse where the old
equipment had been placed.
Cash Returned
The phone finally was found,
and this morning company off,
Gals and Mr.. Eldridge dropped
by Mrs. Smiths home to return
the cash-a $40 bill, two $40
bills, a SIS bill and a dollar bill.
MY husband put the money
there about two weeks ago be-
cause we had to pay a hospital
bill this week." Mrs. Smith said.
Somebody once stole some
money out of our house, so he
decided the phone would be a
safe place to put it."
The money didn't cause the
phone trouble, however. 1t was
Just a matter of worn out parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Rapid ronsit
Is Backed by
CitizenGroup

The Federation of Citizens
Associations last night recon-
mended construction of rapid
transit facilities here as an
imperative necessity"
A committee headed by Her
bert P. Leeman was to present
the federation's views to the
Senate-House Committee on
Washington Metropolitan Prob
lens today.
The report calls for:
/. A single Federal authority
to coordinate States rights
and establish confidence in
debt financing plans.
2. A road system to supple
ment a rail system in less
populated areas.
Although separate regulation
of surviving private enterprise
should be kept outside the pro-
posed authority the ultimate
system must recognize the need
for subsidy, the federation said.
In other business the fed.
Grafton agreed to ask the Com
missioners to lift their ban on
participation by policemen in
Police Boys Club membership
drives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
Dance Floor Popularity
Explained in Sunday Star

TEN TIPS ON HOW TO ACT-Knowing how to dance
is vitality important but so is knowing how to act.
II you feel awkward when the music starts, let Dick
Clark and Catherine Murray tell wou How to Be
Popular on the Dance Floor" in This Week Maya
zine -. 10 valuable hints offered that can make
young dancers more poised and more confident
WASHINGTON'S NEW NATIONAL SHRINE-The larg-
est Roman Catholic church in the United States will
be dedicated on Friday, November TO- on the
grounds of Catholic University For word-and-
picture preview of this magnificent structure, see
the cover story in SUNDAY, The Star Magazine
ROCK NJ ROLL is DEAD-Lke swing and Jazz rock
n roll is thing of the past This is the opinion of
leading disc jockeys well at least one official
OF ElviS PreSley's own recording company What has
replaced rock m roll? You're given the answer in
TEEN
ORIENTAL NIGHT SCENE-Take Times Square, drop
in the widest scenes from Walt Disneys Fan
tasia," add the Fourth of July at the Washington
Monument and you have Tokyos fantastic Gina
district at night You're taken for stroll through
its bright, broad streets and dm narrow alleys in
The Stars Travel Pages this Sunday
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

groups operating separately
from their central command.
A typical special mission"
will climax the field exercises.
Units of Company B will be in
structed to rescue" the MDW
commander, Maj. Gen. Charles
K. Gaily, who theoretically had
the poor taste to be captured
by the enemy.
In preparation for such
deering-do behind the enemy
lines. the men today were not
only learning how to drop
slowly from cliffs, but how to
climb them rapidly. They also
were clambering over bridges"
made of one rope, two ropes
and three ropes-all suspended
over deep ravines in the Fair
fax County park.
Also as a vital preliminary,
they first learned how to tie
real tough knots-not the gram
mics to which they are accus-
toned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
COSTLY HIDING PLACE
Bonk-by-Phone Plan F|ops

Mrs. Louis Smith said to-
day she doesn't think her
husband will do his banking
with the telephone company
any more.
1t all started this way:
Mrs. Smith, who lives at
1904 Alabama avenue Sc, dis
covered. her phone was out of
order Tuesday. and reported
this to the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Co. offices.
An installation man came
out to the house, found that
her two telephones-an ex-
tension was in the upstairs
bedroom-were old, and de-
cided to replace both sets.
Phones Replaced
That evening, when Mr..
Smith came home from his
Government Services Admins
tration storekeeper's job and
found the old phones replaced,
he got upset.
Unknown to his wife. Mr..
Smith had placed SAG in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Northeast Girl, a,
Is Auto Victim

A 4-year-old girl was injured
critically today when she was
struck by a car in the 1000
block Of Crittenden street NE,
police reported.
The girl is Gina Melendez of
1929 South Dakota avenue NE.
She is reported in critical con-
dition with a fractured skull
and arm at Providence Hos
pital.
Police listed the driver of
the car as Elizabeth Lynt, 40,
of TIA Crittenden street NE.
Police said preliminary reports
indicated the Melendez girl was
playing with another child at
1923 am. when she ran into
the path Of the auto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Senate Buildings
Power Failure
Is Corrected

Full power was restored to-
day in both Senate Office build
ingS.
Cause of the failure was
traced to a pile driver which
severed a cable between the
two buildings. A tunnel is I'M
der construction at that point.
The blackout happened about
2 pm. yesterday.
Lights went out. Clocks
stopped. Electric typewriters
wouldn't work. Only one ele-
vator, luckily, was caught be-
tween floors in the power fail
ure. A few passengers had to
crawl out.
In the new building, cafe
terra workers broke out some
candles during lunchtime.
Despite the loss of air con-
ditioning and light, Senator
Bible, Democrat of Nevada,
continued to hold hearings on
WaShington's transportation
problems.
Power was restored in the
old building within As minutes.
1t was finally restored in the
new building late last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
The
Rambler
Tells q
Gooney Story
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

by OEOhOE AENNED1
"God sape thee, ancient Ma
rtner,
From the tiends that plague
thee thusl-
Why look'st thou so?"-"Wtth
my crosSbotD
] shot the AlbdtroSs."
At National Airport late in
the summer when a Viscount
turbo-jet was taking of for
Chicago, it seemed to drop
something white that Topped
around on the runway.
The men in the tower no
ticed 1t. One, who was too
young for World War II but
had been on Wake and Mid
way on his way to Korea,
said:
Looks like a gooney."
Another with more orni-
theological knowledge took
the glasses and said: "You
mean an albatr6ss. Where de
you think you are? Still in
the Pacific? But it sure is a
whopping white bird. That
Viscount must have hit 1t
taking of. Let's see If we can
save it."
In the daylight hours
planes speed slantingly down
on that strip every 80 Sec
onds, so he had to act fast.
Over the tower radio he told
the pilot of the plane coming
In to clrcle-Sent him up IN
the stack. The planes behind
that one were similarly di-
rected.
Butler Aviation, which
services private planes at the
airport and is located OPP
posite the north end of the
runway, where the white
bird was Hopping about, was
called by the tower and asked
If it would send someone out
to rescue the bird.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
10000 PUPILS
STUDY OUTSIDE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Over 10000 District chill
dren are attending private
and parochial schools this
year, District School Supt.
Carl F. Hansen reported
today.
This enrolment in nom
public schools is about the
same as it was last year,
the superintendent said at
his press conference today.
Negroes account for
about 5000 of this total,
DR.. Hansen said-an in
crease of about 500 over
last year. The number of
white students decreased
from 1889 to 1883.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

FEEDING THE BIRD was
a problem. Like other waders,
its natural diet is fish. Mrs.
Hickman had no fish. She
tried lean stew beef-raw. 1t
was a two-woman job. One
woman had to hold the beak
open. The other woman had
to stuff the beef down it's
throat, then work it down
it's long neck like milking
a COW in reverse. You could
seem the bulge slowly going
all the way.
A friend who heard about
the problem brought the
bird so pounds of fish. But
that was after he had been
two weeks on beef. He
wouldn't eat fish.
The wing mended and the
bird seemed fit to fly. But by
this time the leaves were
changing color and all other
egrets along the Potomac had
flown to Florida. Mrs. Hick-
man wasn't sure he could
make it. So arrangements
were made to fly him down
there - gratis on a jet
prop Electra of the National
Airlines.
He was boxed in a crate
and his wings tapped to his
sides so that he could not
injure himself. He left Ma
tional airport at 6:55 pm.
and arrived at Palm Beach
at 8:45-1 hour and so min
uteS. He was met by bird
watchers who released him
at Lake Worth. Ornithoiog-
!. lists at the Smithsonian In
stitution agree that this is
the fastest fight on record
from the Potomac to Florida
Of an egret or any other mi
gratory bird.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

the boys enjoy it." observed
their company commander,
Capt. Karl Lange, who gave
every sign of enjoying the pro-
ceedings himself.
The idea is to familarize the
men with some of the basics
Of Ranger combat. Maj. Lowell
B. Harlan, operations and
training officer of the battle
gorup, explained that even
such dress outfits as 1.-THE Old
Guard" must know the tactics
Of special missions for small
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
DC. Transit
Nefs7.OSPct.
Earnings Rute
Rises for Year
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star stan Writer

d. C. Transit Systems earn
ings over a 12-month period
rose to a 7.08 per cent rate Of
return. the District Public Util-
tiles Commission reported to-
day.
This figure is substantially
higher than the earning rates
for the previous two years. 1t
also jumps over the 612 per
cent rate which Congress, in
granting the company's fran
chise, said would not be un-
reasonable" for the transit sys-
tenn to earn.
The commission said today
that the company's net oper-
ating income for the year end
ing last August 81 amounts to
ST, 097,7 TOO. After adjustments
for taxes and disallowed ex-
pense items, the figure was
$941,558, the commission re-
ported. This comes out to the
7.08 per cent earnings rate.
Subject to Fuel Tax
After the first year of oper-
atoms, ending August 81, 1857.
the company's rate of return
was 4.53 per cent. Last year.
it was 4.16 per cent.
The fact that the transit
system earned as much as SIS
per cent means that it is sub
ject to a motor vehicle fuel
tax payment of $38l,719 for
the 12-month period.
The company is asking for
a Scent increase in its regular
20-cent fares. 1t also has re-
quested a switch in the formula
for determining its profits. The
commission has set a public
hearing on the request for No
vember "a.
Seeks Gross Base
Under the nresent system.
earnings are figured on a rate
base method, the value set by
the commission for tangible
property, amounting to about
1888 million for determining
the fuel tax liability. The
transit system wants to switch
to a gross operating revenue
base. which would be about
$27.7 million,
If the 6.5 per cent rate had
been calculated on the $27.7
million base, the company
could have earned up to about
$1.8 million during the last IL
months without being subject
to the fuel tax.
The net investment in rate
base property along with reve-
nueS and expenses related to
Limousine operations was ex-
cluded from the report. The
figures relating to the COM
pany's charter and sightseeing
operations were included.
Figures Broken Down
The commission, however,
broke down the figures for the
charter and sightseeing opera
lions in line with instructions
resulting from pending legisla-
ton to separate the mass trans
portation activities from the
other operations.
On the charter and sightsee-
ing phases, there was a net loss
of $38,478, the commission said.
Exclusion of the net loss on
these two operations would
have resulted in an additional
increase in the company's
earnings on the balance of the
mass transportation operations
without affecting the liability
for the full amount of the fuel
taxes, the commission said.
Accordingly, the report add
ed, any contention that the
company is substituting its
losses on charter and sight.
seeing operations for this IL.
month period from the tax
exemption" is without merit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Aufo'DeaIers
Praise Stars
Racket Expose
Shady Practices
Held Not Limited
To Washington
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star stan Writer

BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
star stan Writer
The National Automobile
Dealers Association today
praised The Stars expose Of
the used car racket and threw
its support behind cleanup
efforts.
At the same time, association
spokesman said the unethical
practices unmasked in The
Stars series are not limited to
Washington, but exist in other
parts of the country.
Speaking for the $4,000
member association, Herbert L.
Gales, jr., association presi-
dent. and James c. Moore,
executive vice president, ex-
pressed confidence that local
automotive association s.
throughout the country would
cooperate with any agency
conducting a campaign similar
to the one initiated by The
Star.
Hearty Endorsement
Eve commend heartily and
indorse unqualifiedly The Stars
expose of the nefarious and I'M
ethical practices which have
been reported in the used car
business" the NADIA spokes-
men said.
1--WE do not condone such
practices on the part Of any
dealer and we strive constantly
to eliminate any such abuses
from our industry.
"The situation Described by
The Star is not purely local.
It exists in other sections of
the country and its existence
has long been a target for
NADIA policies and programs in
the unrelenting campaign to
rid our industry of those who
would prey on the public.
MAZDA will support whatever
measures are deemed necessary,
as a result of The Stars in
vestigation, to correct the con-
ditions reported prevalent. The
facilities of our association,
within reason, are available for
guidance and counsel to those
who may be assigned the task
Of seeking q workable solution"
Variance in Abuses
In discussing the abuses in
other parts OF the country, Mr..
GALES and Mr.. Moore pointed
out that the problem is not
identical in all areas and that
corrective measures would have
to be worked out on the princi-
pie of self-determination in
each State.
The NADIA spokesman COM
mended the Automotive Trade
Association. National Capital
Area, and its officials for their
cooperation in bringing the
abuses to public notice.
"The same cooperation" they
pointed out, "can be obtained
from any State or metropolitan
association by an agency seek
ing to conduct a campaign SIM
liar to that initiated by The
Star
AS an example, the NADIA
spokesman cited the campaign
waged by the national group
and the State associations
against false, illegal, mislead-
ing and "gimmick" advertising
in car sales. This campaign.
they said. had been carried into
the radio and television fields,
where conditions are more Sc
rious in some areas than in
others.
NADIA represents the major
ity of the Nations franchised
new-car dealers. Association
spokesman emphasized that any
practices in the retail automo-
bile industry harmful to the
purchasing public are in con-
f1ict with the associations code
of ethics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Regional Unit Backs
Rapid Transit Idea
Leads Long Parade Of Witnesses
Giving Citizens Point Of View
BY GEORGE BEvERIDGE and
GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writers

Formation of Federal corporation to initiate work toward
effective transportation program urged strongly
today by the Inteederaton Council Of the Greater WASH
ington Area.
The council representing delegates from 1851 citizens
Citations from all parts Of the region the first Of parade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

of civic groups to appear today.
and probably tomorrow, at the
windup Of hearings before the
House-Senate Committee on
Washington Metropolitan Prob
lens.
Darwin Stolzenbach, repre-
senting the council, followed
the dominant theme OF the
weeks testimony in calling for
development of a rapid transit
system. He said the Mass
Transportation Survey, which
recommended such a system,
nevertheless placed undue en-
phasis on private automobiles
and called for stronger control
on highway use.
Fenwick Comment Heard
Saying that the corporation
should be succeeded by an in
terstate compact group later,
the civic leader asserted such
groups to be effective, must be
able to speak for the region as
a whole whether or not all
local authorities agree"
In a statement, however, Vir-
ginia State Senator Charles R.
F wick, representing the
Washington Metropolitan Re-
gional Conference, stressed that
transit problems. as far as
possible, should be considered
as local problems best handled
at the State level" AS a first
step, he called for approval of
the Virginia Maryland District
compact to set up an area tran
sit regulatory commission.
Earlier this week, Senator
Fenwick supported creation of
the proposed Federal corpora
ton but also emphasized at
that time what he called the
necessity for a strong voice by
local officials in reaching re-
gional decisions.
Trade Board Approves
j. N. Robertson, representing
the Washington Board of
Trade, Endorsed the transport
tation survey finding and Gre
alton of the regional units
needed to carry them out. He
said the function of the pro.
posed Fe deral corporation
should be to conduct planning
itself, however. and not neces-
sarily be bound by the survey
in developing the new system.
Mr.. Robertson said down.
town parking should continue
to be handled by private enter
prise, with as little government
intervention as possible. He
also urged that there be no
de-emphasis on the construc-
ton of freewayS. many of
which he initiated as the Dis
trict's former highway director,
and said no highway funds
should be diverted to transit
purposes.
Robert M. Weston, for many
years a member of the District
Public Utilities Commission,
made a vigorous plea for de-
velopment of a publicly owned
transit system financed. how
ever, with private capital.
A widely circulated draft of a
bill to create the Federal cor
poration was attacked by Ber-
nard Cushman, lawyer for the
local transit workers labor
union. He said the draft made
a "Quixotic attempt" to ignore
the realities of labor by omit
ting provisions for adequate
labor-management relations.
He urged Congress to correct
this deficiency"
Chalk Refuted
Harland Bartholomew, Ma
tional Capital planning Com
mission chairman, said he
wanted to refute statements by
Mr.. Chalk yesterday that the
transit company president was
not consulted in preparation
of the transportation survey
report. The planner submitted
records of a number of discus
sions which had been held over
a long period with D. C. Transit
officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
BUTLER RESPONDED by

BUTLER RESPONDED by
sending one of its jeeps out
with a driver and a Mr.. Daw-
son, a plant quarantine in
spector for the Department
of Agriculture at the airport,
who happened to be in the
Butler hanger at the time.
They picked up the bird,
somewhat cautiously because
it was a big one and did not
seem to welcome. =, rescuers.
Mr.. Dawson solved the prob
lem by clamping his hat over
the birds beak.
It was an egret, the white
wading bird that stands in
hundreds along the shores
Of the Potomac during the
summer.
The egret has had an in
teresting history. Back be-
fore World War I when wom-
ems hat were almost always
feathered, fashion designers
decided that the tail feathers
of the egret could be substi-
tuted for ostrich plumes. The
egrets' feathers were straight
but that did not matter.
They became la mode. And
the egrets which were hunted
during the nesting season
and were in danger of ex-
tinction. Congress passed a
law forbidding the shooting
of egretS. They have come
back in great numbers.
From a boat, they do not
look very large, as they stand
in the shallow water. But
this one had a wing spread
of 6 feet and one wing was
broken. 1t was brought to
Mrs. William Hickman's re-
markable bird sanctuary in
the. woods of Glen Carlyn,
Arlington. She set the wing.