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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Ashmore Out.
Of Arkansas.
Goes toCoust

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Sept.
% (AP).-Harry S. Ashmore
has resigned as executive ed.
itor Of the Arkansas Gazette
and will become a consultant
with a study group in Cali
fornia.
The resignation is effective
in october.
The 43-year-old Mr.. Ash,
more, who won a Pulitzer,
prize in 1858 for editorial writ
ing on the school integrations
situation, will work with the
Study Of Democratic Institu-
tons TT Santa Barbara. Calf.
A. r. Nelson, managing edi-
tor, will assume direction OF
Gazette news operations.
Mr.. Ashmore and the Gazette
have been persistently attacked
by Gov. Orval E. Faubus since
the Indignation crisis began in
1857. Both have criticized the
Governors actions in the school
situation.
Mr. Ashmore has been at the
Gazette IL years. He was previ-
ously editor Of the Charlotte,
N. c.. News. He is a native of
Greenville, S. c.
At the center, established by
the Fund for the Rpublic, Mr..
Ashmore will join a group Of
scholars and experts engaged
in studies of basic issues in
American society. He will study
mass communication media,
newspapers. television radio
and magazines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
6. T. Stiles, SIS,
GSA EmpIoye

Glenn T. Stiles. IS. an en-
gineer repairman with the
General Services Administra-
ton. died last Thursday in the
Washington Sanitarium.
Mr.. Stiles had lived here with
his family for IL years. A native
Of Murphy, N. c., he had re-
sided for 26 years in Youngs-
town. Ohio. During World War
II. Mr.. Stiles served in the Navy.
Mr.. Stiles was a member of
the Sulgrave Masonic Lodge
No. 696, in Youngstown. He
belonged to the Fort Stevens
Post of the American Legion
and also was member of the
Universal Craftsmen of Engi-
neers.
He leaves his wife, Ruth, OF
the home address at 1924 Min
ter place. Takoma Park, Md,
a brother. Jack E. Stiles and
two sisters, Miss Margaret
Stiles and Mrs. Rebecca Shae-
fer.
Services were to be held at
lis pm. today in the Takoma
Funeral Home at 254 Carroll
street NV. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Anti-DeIinquency
Drive Launched
In BIoomingdole

The Bloomingdale Civic AS
ISOLATION area, reported to be
the city's second highest in
crime, has launched a cam
paign against delinquency.
"These offenders don't have
the proper upbringing at home, ;
1t. Jacob Brickman of the 18th
precinct told the association
And there isn't enough pun
ishment for a deterrent"
The association, which point
ed out several trouble spots in
the neighborhood, reported
having periodic conferences
with police officials.
Mrs. Anna j. Steen, chair
man, asked members to So
licit advertisements for the as
sociation's Civic Responsibility
Week program, which begins
October 10.
A resolution was passed to
propose Mrs. Steen as the next
Assistant Principal at the
Banneker Junior High School
where she is a teacher.
The meeting was held at the
Tabor PRESBYTERIAN Church at
Second and S streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

CHICAGO. Sept. % (AP)
The Nations railroads yester-
day notified their non-operat-
ing employees Of a proposed II
cents an hour wage cut.
The reduction, management
said. would bring wages in line
with straight time hourly earn
ings of production workers IN
all other industries.
Incorporating workers are
those not directly involved with
the movement Of trains. They
are clerks, telegraphers, station
agents and similar personnel
Operating employees are en-
gineers, flremen. conductors
switchmen and trainmen
The proposals were presented
by individual carriers to local
chairmen of the II railroad
labor organizations represent
ing about $4,000 non-operat-
ing employees.
The announcement was made
by the Carriers Conference
Committees representing al
railroads in the country.
Along with the proposed
wage cut the railroads called
for an adjustment of present
health and welfare programs
to coincide with programs Of
some other large industries.
Management said that a cur
rent hospital. medical and sur
gical insurance plan for en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Mrs. H. F. White,
D. 6. Resident

Mrs. Marian Hardness White
a resident of the Washington
area for rs years, died at her
home yesterday after a long
illness.
Mrs. White, who lived at S
Vernon terrace, Belle Haven
Alexandria, was a member OF
the Belle Haven and Women's
Garden clubs. She had also
been active in the Red Cross
and hospital clinic work.
Before coming to Alexandria
Mrs. White was a resident oil
New York and London.
Mrs. White is survived by her
husband. H. Ferris White, anc
by her brother and sister, Mrs
Burt Garrett of Key West. Fla.
and w. F. Hardness of Los
Angeles.
Funeral services will be helC
at 4 pm. tomorrow in Demaine1
Chapel, $40 South Washington
street, Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Lincoln Park
History Planned

Heard any old tales about
Lincoln Park? The Lincoln
Park Citizens Association is
investigating the past for his
torical information on Their
area. They plan to write a
history.
1t was brought out in a meet
ing last night that while his
tories have been compiled on
several other sections Of Wash
ington. there is none on Lin
coin Park. The association felt
that Lincoln Park has as in
teresting a history as the rest
of the city and as a matter Of
civic pride a history should bt
written.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Taylor
were appointed to do the actual
writing and research.
The meeting was conducted
by j. Watson Flanagan, past
president of the association. ir
the Epworth Church Annex
1906 East Capitol street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Citizens Study
Sewer Needs

Sewage disposal in Chantilly
was paramount among current
problems to face the Interfed-
Grafton Council of Citizens As
sociations last night.
At the first meeting of the
fall season. Virginia sewage
disposal plants were held made
quate to accommodate rapidly
congesting conditions.
Several suggestions to relieve
the situation were referred to
committee as the council re-
viewed issues to confronting it
this season.
The council also indicated in
terest In the mass transporta-
ton plan. Redevelopment Land
Agency contracts for Southeast
Washington. and propose d
changes to the councils con-
stitution.
Walter Kingsbury. chairman,
conducted the meeting in the
District Building, Fourteenth
and E streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Charles A. Miller,
Railway Agent

Charles A. Miller. general
agent for the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway here for
10 years. died yesterday Of a
heart attack at his home in
Mount Vernon, N. Y. =.
Mr.. Miller, a native Of Iowa,
worked for the railway COM
pany here from 1899 to 1919
He was then named Eastern
traffic manager for the firm
in New York City.
He was a member of the
American Legion,a Mason and
past president Of the Traffic
Club of Washington.
He leaves his wife, nellie, OF
the home address. 430 Bedford
avenue, Mount Vernon. and a
daughter. Mrs. Donald Scoby
Of Oakland. Calf.
Funeral services and burial
arranged by the p. Davis Me-
mortal Home. New Rochelle,
N. Y. will be held later this
week. The family requests that
expressions Of sympathy be sent
to the Heart Fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
ChiIIum Group
Hits Street Job

The Chillum Heights Citizens
Association last night protested
against the District highway
program widening New Hamp-
sire avenue between Grant
Circle and the District line. be-
cause they felt the program
was unnecessary.
The association reaffirmed
a letter sent by President Harry
M. Mendelson September 9 to
District officials registering q
preliminary protest.
The associations general
criticism of the New Hamp-
shire avenue program cited ex-
cessive removal and damage Of
foliage. lowering Of property
values and general incon.
venience to residents Of the af.
fected areas.
The meeting was held in thu
Luther Rice Memorial Baptist
Church hall, North Capito
street and Missouri avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Siomese Twins Waiting
Surgery in Incubator

VALPARAISO. Ind. Sept. %
(AP).-Two little girls were
thriving in an incubator at
Porter Memorial Hospital to-
day as their parents and a doc
tor tried to decide when and
where the delicate surgery to
separate them should be per-
formed.
The decision to operate on
the Siamese twins, joined to-
gether from breast to lower
abdomen in a face-to-face po-
sition, already had been made.
There's really no choice"
said their father, Elvin Schultz,
an insurance claim adjuster who
lives in nearby Chesterton. THE
operation has to be per-
formed"
What are the chances for
success in surgery? DR.. Thomas
L. Dittmer. who delivered the
twins Sunday, said frankly:
I'VE don't really know what
the chances for success are in
the separation. 1t all depends
on how they are Joined. Right
now, they're doing fine, and
we're keeping them in the incu-
bator only as a precaution and
to observe them more easily"
Mr.. Schultz said, I'VE like to
think they have a better than
average chance"
The date of the operation
will not be decided until fur
ther examination is made to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
3 Area Residents
Join White House
Study on Aging

Three Washington area resi-
dents were among 20 persons
appointed today by Secretary
of Health, Education and We'll
fare Flemming to the Advisory
Committee to. the White House
Conference on Aging.
The committee, now LAG
strong, will help plan the White
House parley on problems OF
the aged to be held in Janu-
airy, 1861.
The Washington area resi-
dents are John Brophy, 902
Lincoln avenue, Falls Church;
Miss Josephine Roche, 1926
Sixteenth street NV, and
Donald H. Stubs, 305 Mansion
drive, Alexandria.
Mr.. Brophy, a native of Lam
cashire, England, is a member
of the AFL-CIO Community
Services Committee. Miss
Roche. who holds degrees from
Vassar and Columbia Univer-
sity. is director of the United
Mine Workers Welfare and Re-
tirement Fund. DR.. Stubs is
chairman of the board of d.
rectors of National Blue Shield
head of the unsatisfactory de-
partment at Doctors Hospital
and a graduate of George
Washington University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Air-Conditionino
Asked at Library

The Friendship Heights Citi-
zens Association last night
called on the District Commits
Sioners to install air-condition-
ing in the branch library at
Wisconsin avenue and Abe
marie street NV. for which
ground has been broken re-
Gently.
The present plans do not call
for installation of an air-condi-
tioning unit in the building.
The association heard Rich
ard H. Kraft Of the National
Regional Planning Council pre-
dict that a population increase
OF / million in the metropolitan
area will double traffic along
Wisconsin avenue by 1880. This
will make widening of Wiscon-
sin avenue an absolute neces-
sity. he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Punishment Scored
As Delinquency Cure

better reformatories is not 60
ing to solve anything"
More than 500 persons, in
GLIDING Supreme Court Jus
tice Earl Warren, attended the
banquet at the Shoreham.
The annual Big Brother
awards were presented to three
local businessmen, j. willard
Marriott. Garfield Kass. Jo-
seph Tucci and to Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker. who did not at
tend. The awards are for work
with the organization.
Also attending were other
m m bers of the Supreme
Court, members of Congress
Army officials. judges Of the
local courts. and members Of
the diplomatic corps anc
Washington society.
The event featured a fash.
ion show and a floor show
starring Marie Mcdonald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
A. M. FrongouIis.
Retired Chef

Angelo M. Frangoulis, 70. 8
chef in Washington for 81
years. died yesterday at his
home, 5110 Twelfth street NE
Mr.. FrangouliS had had sew.
eral strokes since his retire.
ment from Rector's Restaurant
1345 Connecticut avenue NV.
three years ago.
Born in Greece, he came tc
New York in 1912. and tc
Washington eight years later
He leaves his wife Stella
three sons, Minas, Gus and
James, and two daughters
Penelope and Joanna, all Of
the home address. and q
brother in Greece.
Services will be held at 1870
pm. tomorrow at the Church
of Saints Constantine and
Helen, Ais Sixteenth street
NV. following prayers at
pm. at the Deal Funeral Home,
1912 Georgia avenue NV
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Edeewood Seeks
Rot Abatement

The Edgewood Civic Associa-
ton is in need Of a "Pied Piper
Of Hammelin."
The area is being menaced
by rats, and in the absence of
a piper, the Health and SAM
tation Committee of the group
has undertaken to exterminate
this health threat.
At meeting of the group
last night 1t was also decided
to give the years award for
outstanding service to the
community to Startling Free
man. association treasurer.
In other business, the group
completed plans for participa-
ton in the Civic Responsibility
Week sponsored by the FEEDER
alton of Civic Associations,
Mrs. Mary Morris. secretary.
announced.
The meeting was conducted
by Charles E. Price, president,
and was held at Langley Jun
Tor High School. T street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Joseph E. Leomun
Photographer

Joseph E. Leaman, one OF
The Stars first photographers
died Sunday in a KenSington
nursing home.
Mr.. Leaman came to The
Star early in the 1900S and was
on the staff several years.
Born in nearby Maryland
he lived in this area almost all
his life.
He was a 32d degree Mason
and a member of National
Lodge No. IL, F. A. A. M.
Mr.. Leaman'S home was al
1409 Buchanan street NV
His wife, the former Anna Nc
Grath, died about six years
ago.
He leaves four sisters, Mrs
Agnes Magruder, 1921 Leland
street, Chevy Chase; Mrs. Re.
becca j. Chorley of Kensing-
ton. Mrs. Mae McCalla Of
Philadelphia and Mrs. Qua,
Simmons of Denver.
Services will be held at
pm. Thursday at the S. H
Hines Funeral Home, 290l
Fourteenth street NV, with
burial In Rock Creek Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

determine the nature and de-
gree of organic connection be-
tween the two bodies.
Mrs. Schultz, %, recovering
we'll from a three-hour Gaze
sarean section. was to see the
little girls for the first time
today. The twins, named
Mary Helen and Marie Ellen
weighed 10 pounds. IL ounces
together.
II was amazed that they
were even born alive" Mr.
Schultz said last night. To-day
their color was as good or bet.
ter than any other baby there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Housing Inspection
Revision Suggested

The Districts Board of APP
peals and Review has suggest
ed that reviSions be made in
housing inspection regulations
to permit spot checks on apart
ment buildings rather than
comprehensive inspections.
In an opinion released yes
terday, hearing officer Charles
w. Hart held that present reg
ulations require full inspections
of new and newly converted
apartment buildings.
But he added that lack of
inspectors may make full in
spections impractical in all
cases. He suggested the regula-
tons be modified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

District Court Judge Luther
w. Youngdahl said last night
the Importance Of Furnishing
juvenile delinquents has been
overstressed.
In a speech at the annual
benefit dinner Of the Big
Brothers Of Washington at the
Shoreham Hotel. Judge Young.
dahl said:
I'VE have overstressed the
Importance Of furnishing ju.
veniles rather than the mat.
ter Of prevention, which 1.
more economical and protect.
society more"
He added that timely pre-.
vention gives us the oppor.
tunity for the salvation Of thi,
precious resource"
Judge Youngdahl also sale
that. THE construction o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Alfred E. Bowers Dies;
BIMon, Active Baptist

Mr.. Bowers was a teacher
before going with the FBI. He
was assistant principal Of Ed
mund Pendleton High School
in Penola, Va, for a year be-
fore becoming principal Of Lit
tie Washington High School
in Rappahannock County, Va,
where he served for eight
years. He also was associated
briefly with Fork Union Mill
tary Academy in Virginia be-
fore entering Government
service.
Mr.. Bowers leaves his wife,
Harriet S. Bowers. and a step
son, Laurence S. Ryan, both
of the home address, l0302
Gardiner avenue, Silver Spring;
his mother, Mrs. Winifred
Bowers, of Richmond, Va, and
eight brothers and sisters.
Services will be held at l
pm. tomorrow at the Warner
E. Humphrey Funeral Home,
8434 Georgia avenue. Silver
Spring, with burial in Wash
ington National Cemetery.
Suitland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

Alfred E. Bowers, long active
In Baptist Church work and a
special employee of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation for "a
years. died Sunday at WASH
ington Sanitarium Of a coro-
nary thrombosis. He was So.
Born in Hanover County, Va,
Mr.. Bowers was graduate OF
the University of Richmond
and a member Of the first
graduating class OF Eastern
Baptist Seminary in Phila-
delphia.
He did not go into the min
istry, but devoted himself to
extensive work as a Baptist
layman. He often served as
a lay preacher. He was the
teacher of the Mems Bible Glass
at the First Baptist Church in
Wheaton at the time of his
death. had been treasurer OF
the Bethesda First Baptist
Church for three years and
also had served as a deacon
and teacher of the Mems Bible
Class at the Takoma Park Bap-
fist Church Of which he was
a member for II years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
D. c. Tuxes Discussed

The proposed new tax in
creases for District residents
were among a number of COM
munity problems discussed last
night at the first fall meeting
of the Fort Davis Citizens AS
ISOLATION. Roy c. Cook, pres
ident, conducted the meeting
at the Ryland Methodist
Church, Branch avenue and S
street Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
T. 6. Herring, IS,
Stote Come Official

HARRIsONBERG, Va, Sept
% (AP)-Thomas Griffin Her.
ring, IS, member of the Vir-
ginia Game and Inland Fish
cries Commission for 20 years
died Sunday at a nursing home
here.
He raised race horses on his
farm near here for many years
and was a past president of the
Virginia Horse Breeders AS.
ISOLATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Army Welcomes
japanese Visitor

Army Chief of Staff Lyman
L. Lemmitzer welcomed Japa-
nese 1t. Gen. Shigeru Sugi-
yama to Fort Myer yesterday
to begin the japanese officers
l8-day tour of military install
lations around the Nation.
A two-day visit to the Uni
versity of Michigan at Ann
Arbor also is included in the
itinerary for the Japanese Self
Defense Forces chief of ground
staff.
Commanded by 1t. Col. Max
r. Kenworthy, the Sd Infan-
try's "Old Guard" the LIST
Battle Group. participated in
the welcome.
Maj. Hugh Curry conducted
the Army Band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Arkansas Wins
Displacement,
Peace Aided

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Sept
% (AP).-A Federal Court
ruling upholding Arkansas
pupil placement laws has eased
a potentially troublesome sit
uation over indignation Of the
Dollarway School near Pine
Bluff.
There will be no Little Rocl;
incident in the Dollarway
School district this year." SAID
Attorney General Bruce Ben
nett Of Arkansas after yester-
days decision by the United
States 9th Circuit Court Of
Appeals at st. Louis.
The court upheld the laws
and reversed United States
District Judge Axel j. Beck's
order that three Negro stu.
dents be admitted to thu
school, AZ miles southeast o.
here. Judge Beck had alsC
ruled the laws valid. but or.
dered the children admitted
without regard to placement
act procedure.
The Dollarway School Boarc
commended Judge Beck ignored
the is standards of the very
laws he backed.
Attorneys for the Negro stu.
dents said the United States
Supreme Court would be asked
to review the decision.
Citizen resistance to judge
Beck's directive rose swiftly il
the school district and l,20t
white residents petitioned Gov
Orval E. Faubus to use all thu
forces at his command to stoT
forced indignation Efigies o.
Negroes we're hung n the area
Gov. Faubus, who had sale
he would act If disorder devel.
oped, commented: 1T appear
the decision will relieve tn,
situation for the time being.
Dollarway School officials hac
postponed the schools opening
until a ruling on the appea
was received.
The Arkansas placement laws
are patterned after those ir
Alabama and North Carolina
The United States Supreme
Court has upheld the Alabama
act as valid on its face.
Arkansas laws allow schoo
boards to assign pupils to spe.
cif1c schools after considering
the Is standards, which include
available facilities. transporta'
ton. psychological relation
ships and ability. Race is no
mentioned. Pupils may appea
assignments to the board anC
to the courts.
Little Rock used the law II
hold down indignation here
and at present only eight Ne
groes attend formerly whit,
high schools.
The decision of the appeal
court also affects an impend
ing Little Rock suit in which
the National Association fo
the Advancement of Coloret
People seeks to knock out tn,
placement law and expand To-
cal Indignation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Senator Thurmond's
Wife Improving
BY the Associated Press

The wife of Senator Thur
mond, Democrat of South Car
DINA, convalescing from an
operation involving removal Of
a brain tumor. was reported
last night to be showing very
good Improvement"
Mrs. Thurmond, 33, under
went the surgery last Thursday.
An aide to the Senator said
tests to determine the nature
Of the tumor were expected
to be completed next week.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-10
Mrs. E. +. Brisentine
Dies Prospect, So;
Services Set Friday

Mrs. Blanche Bell Brisentine. 80.
Of Prospect, died at Southside Com
munity Hospital, Wednesday, April
8.
She was a native of hpnomattox
county, born there April 4, 1875, the
daughter Of the late Charles Wood
son Bell and Lucy Ann Bell. She
was member OF Prospect Metho-
dist Church
She is survived BY five daughters
Mrs Lucy Coin, MIS- Annie Orange
and Mrs. Elsie Smith, OF Prospect,
Mrs. Jessie Moore, of Portsmouth.
and Mrs Margie Beale. of Pam
pin, a son, Marshall Brisentine. of
Prospect; sister. Mrs jamie
Meredith, Of Prospect, 10 grand
children, and six-great-g randchil-
dren
Funeral services will be held to-
day Friday at 2:3O pm. at Pros
pect Methodist Church. With inter
ment in the church cemetery. The
Rev Philip Thomas. pastor. viii
officiate
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-10
Missions Emphasis
Week Planned Bv
POwhatan Churches

The Powhatan Methodist Charge
will sponsor q Missions Emphasis
Week. April 1916 at the Powhatan
Methodist Church. Services viii be
gin at 7:30 each evening.
Frank Emerson and Cor n
Scott Of Randolph-Macon College
viii speak Sunday evening I heir
topic will be, India
Monday evening. the Rev. Lee
Paln0re. a missionary 70 Japan
Will lecture on Japan For
mosa" will be the topic Tuesday
night when the Rev. Stephen Chang
missionary TO Formosa. adore ses
the congregation.
The Rev Douglas Newman, PIX
tor Of the First Methodist Charct
III Norfolk VIII be the speaker
Wednesday. His topic will be The
European Work Camp in Austria
The concluding program d
Thursday evening VIII be con
Quoted BY the Rev Allie Knipmeyei
pastor of the charge Two films
Will accompany his talk on "Alaske
and Hawaii
A fellowship hour viii follow eaci
Of the programs