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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
Heart Attack
Kills Worker
On u. S. Job

A construction worker at the
new House Office Building was
stricken by heart attack to-
day and pronounced dead on
the scene after an ambulance
crew spent 20 minutes trying
to revive him.
Henry A. Vinson, So, of 1921
Georgia avenue NV. an oi!er
on a truck crane, was pro
nounced dead at 9::55 am. ac-
cording to an official of The
McCloskey Co., the building
firm where he was employed.
The official said the body OF
Mr.. Vinson, who was given
artificial respiration, was later
taken to Casualty Hospital.
Mr.. Vinson leaves a wife and
child at the home address. He
had been employed at McCloS-
key g. Co. since last May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

Review Of 10 Trovioto." Poee C-S
at the last moment he was &C.
tually sick of it," said Mr.. Mer-
rill. 80 I sang an aria in
stead"
The Metropolitan Opera star,
here for a weeks singing en-
gagement with other opera
stars, was full of "reminiscences
yesterday. He sat in a dress
ing room in the basement of
the Carter Barron Amphithea-
ter and listened for his cue
from the orchestra in rehearsal.
Outside it drizzled.
Whenever it drizzles. my
throat gets dry" he said.
General Eisenhower sat
through a drizzle in Denver 10
years ago to watch me perform.
He had a newspaper over his
head. When the program was
owed, he came up on the am
Iphitheater stage and congrat-
ulated me for not throwing in
the towel"
Mr.. Eisenhower, latest Of the
White House tenants who pre-
fer Mr.. Merrill's brand of OPP
era, is a tremendously enthu-
siaStic" opera buff. according
to the singer.
President Roosevelt, for whom
Mr.. Merrill sang an area from
THE Barber of Seville" was
delighted.
HE cheered. yelled and
shouted 'Bravop" said Mr..
Merrill.
When the star sang at a
birthday party for President
Truman, the Missouri Demo-
crat turned pages for Mr.. Mer-
rill'S piano accompaniSt. Later,
his daughter, Margaret Joined
Mr.. Merrill in a duet from the
opera Naughty Marietta"
Two-time presidential candi-
date Thomas E. Dewey was an
other musical sparring partner
of Mr.. Merrills.
I'VE sang the 'Whiffenpoof
Song together one night" he
said. But the greatest of
them all was Vice President
Barley. He had a fabulous
voice. The best bass around"
Mr.. Merrill dropped the rem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

businessmen throughout the
country.
He has six months to close
his doors "a deadline set
by the Redevelopment Land
Agency. The agency is re-
sponsible for converting the
surrounding Southwest slum
area into a sparkling, new
neighborhood.
But to Mr.. Engle. this con-
version means he is unable to
sell his property or to borrow
money to re-establish the
restaurant elsewhere.
disaster Loan" Plan
He appeared before the
Small Business Subcommittee
on behalf of the National
Licensed Beverage Associa-
ton, a group of proprietorS of
restaurants, taverns, bar cafes
and small, Independently owned
hotels throughout the country.
The association is seeking
an amendment to the Small
Business Act to allow the
Small Business Administration
to make disaster loans" to
businessmen suffering econ
nomic injury from Federal
urban renewal and highway
programs.
Current law permits loans to
up to $350,000 at 3 per cent
interest rates for 20 years to
businessmen wiped out by tor
nadoes, floods and drought.
Now Ineligible
Store owners facing the new
threat of massive urban re-
building programs also would
be eligible for the loans under
legislation sponsored by Repub-
lican Senators Beall of Mary
land and Javits of New York
and Democratic Senators Hum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

phrev of Minnesota and Clark
of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Engle noted that he
would be ineligible for such
Federal loans because the ad-
ministration holds that any
business gaining so per cent
of gross income from liquor
sales should be barred.
This discriminatory policy
would be ended, he said, if
such businesses, victimized by
Federal building, were declared
eligible for disaster loans.
Mrs. Franklin G. Sartwell,
past president of the South
west Citizens Association, also
pleaded for relief for small
businessmen caught by rede-
velopment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

iniscenseS for a moment to say
what IAN outrage" it is that
the National Capital had no
opera house.
Its like pulling teeth to
get Congress to put up the
money" he said. why every
small. broken down city in Eu-
rope has an opera house"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Orphan Ann Needs
Community Help

Nine-year-old Ann is a SYM
Dol of what the community
hopes for when it offers help to
a helpless child.
Real orphans are rare today,
but Ann is an orphan. Her
mother died when she was just
a baby; her father died soon
afterward.
With no relatives of her own,
Ann and her four brothers had
to count on strangers for their
care.
They live in a foster home
Their foster mother is paid by
the welfare department to care
for Ann and her brothers.
But the bond between them
has not been bought.
A born homemaker, the little
girl already is quite a good
cook. Pretty and feminine, she
helps keep her clothes in order,
and religiously presses the hair
ribbons she loves to wear. Her
grades are top flight.
Without the help of the COM
munity, Ann could not have
survived.
But she has more than JUS
titled the investment in her.
Ann is eligible for camp this
year.
Your contribution to The
Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund will give her a wonderful
vacation.
Previously Acknowledged g14 SQR OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

He was beginning to warm
to the subject when the ques-
ton of his age came up. Gle
turned a handsome 40 in June
MY cue!" he shouted. and
charged out of the dressing
room for the duet in the Sec
ond act of La Traviata."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send a 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-
GINA 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, $500 for six days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
Queen Contest Set

BALTIMORE, July 7 (AP).
The annual Maryland Farm
Queen Contest is scheduled to
be held on the evening of
August 81. 1859 at the Timon-
ium Fair Grounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

Other D. c. Bills Posed by Senate.
Poee b.
theless could set sweeping
guidelineS for legislative and
executive actions in metro
water supply, sewage disposal,
water pollution and transporta-
ton fields.
Priority Stressed
Solutions to those four prob
lens should be given priority,
according to the resolution.
In broad language, the reso-
luton notes that the District,
(which is the seat of the Gov
eminent of the United States
now has become the urban
center of a rapidly expanding
Washington Metropolitan re-
gion."
The region was defined as
the District, the counties OF
Montgomery and Prince Georges
in Maryland, counties of
Arlington and Fairfax and
cities of Alexandria and Falls
Church in Virginia.
Federal functions to be eff
fective now must be coordinated
with the development of this
region, the resolution states.
Solving Problems
Both Federal and District
ment officials were
charged by the resolution with
gearing their activities tt
metro development AL towarc
the end that. with the co.
operation and assistance of the
other areas of the Washing
ton metropolitan region. all o.
the areas therein shall be 81
developed and the public at
fairs thereof shall be so man
aged as to contribute effec,
lively toward the solution o.
the community development
problems of the Washington
metropolitan region on a uni
fed metropolitan basis"
The resolution invites Fed
eral and District officers tt
study the final report of thu
Joint Congressional Committed
on Washington metropolitan
problems. The officers were
urged to submit to Congress
specific recommendations OF
that report.
1t was filed by the Join
Committee January 81, 1859
Committeeman recommended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
Merrill Sang Aria Instead

Robert Merrill. a successful
baritone from Brooklyn, once
refused to sing Home on the
Range" for President Roose-
welt.
He's been a favored guest at
presidential Soirees ever since.
They told me it was F. D.
RS favorite, but I found out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
Report Criticizes
D. c. Housing Unit
Senate Urges U. S. Aid
In Metro Development
Declaration Of Responsibility Sets
GuideIines for Cooperation
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writer

The has adopted policy recog-
nizng the Federal responsibilities for developing the WASH
ngton Metropolitan Area.
This policy spelled out in Joint resolution passed
unanimously by Senate yesterday and sent to the House
today clearance would establish the resolution as the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
Horrigon's axes Fight
For Restaurant to Hill

Southwest Washington restaurant today appealed
Congress his business from run threatened by the
cty'S renewal program
Morris Enge operator of Harrigans at 729 Ninth street
SW told Senate subcommittee his plight typical of disposed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

IN o w HER Els THE
O'Henry twist: The experts
on crown Jewels laughed at
them. The articles were
copies made in Germany
during the war. The originals
are in the Vatican or some
other treasure house of Euro
pean antiquities.
But you can see the orb,
the Scepter and the crown
that got everyone so excited.
They are under glass in a
case in the Army Library in
the Pentagon."
The Rambler went to the
Pentagon this morning, en-
countered a little smoke still
lingering in the bus and taxi
corridors and found the
Army Library after consider
able walking. 1t is no small
affair, 100000 volumes,
100000 documents and 1900
subscriptions to periodicals.
Paul J. Burnette, the
librarian, showed him the
exhibit. The crown was a
large tiara covered with
sapphireS almost as big as a
robins egg. The scepter and
the orb apparently were of
gold. A card said they were
replicaS of the Charlemagne
jewels presented to Goering.
The Rambler was told that
Mrs. Marion McNaughton in
the historical branch knew
the story. She said they had
nothing to do with Charlie
magne-that they were copies
of the jewels of Otto I, the
first Holy Roman Emperor;
that the card was wrong.
There were seven COPIES"
she said. THE Nazis we're
fond of asSociating them
selves with historical German
heroes. Goering probably
wore that crown in a mock
ceremony. He must have
looked cute"
Asked about the story of
their being struggled into
this country, she said: 81
can't tell you that-that's
classified"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
School Board
Denies Racial
Discrimination
Arlington Says
Assignments
Rest on Court

! 1ne hTllnSJOIl OOuIlJy OSilOOl
Board, represented by Attor-
ney- General Albertis S. Harri-
son, jr., today declared 1t is
powerless to assign pupils I'M
less ordered to do so by the
court.
1t denied that it is conduct
ing a racially discriminatory
school system and argued that
the assignment of pupils is be-
ing made by the Virginia State
Pupil Placement Board.
The school boards declara-
ton came in response to de-
mands by Negro attorneys that
Arlington County be forced to
draft and quickly put into eff
feet a comprehensive plan to
deSegregate its schools.
Judge Bryan Hearing
The board filed its arguments
as Federal Judge Albert v.
Bryan in Alexandria opened
another hearing in the case
in which % Negro children are
seeking admission to white
schools in Arlington. The first
four Negro students were ad-
mitted to a white county school
last February.
Mr.. Harrison, his assistant,
Robert McIlwayne, and Attor-
neyS Frank L. Ball, ST., and
James H. Simmonds are rep
resenting the school board
which twice has rejected APP
plicationS of the Negro pupils
involved in today's hearing.
THE defendants (the school
board deny that the public
schools of Arlington County
are operated as a racially dis
criminatory school system and
further say that these defend
ants have been Invested of all
power with respect to assigning
pupils, except as specifically
ordered by the court, and that
such assignments are being
made by the State Pupil Place
ment Board" the school boards
argument asserted.
Bean TeStifieS
AS the hearing began, Attor-
ney Frank D. Reeves. repre-
senting the Negro pupils, sum-
moned L. Lee Bean, jr., newly
elected chairman of the Arling-
ton School Board, to testify.
Mr.. Bean said that all pupil
applications for transfer are
being sent to the State Pupil
Placement Board for action.
He conceded, however, that
in forwarding them the school
Superintendent does indicate
whether the transfer would be
acceptable to him.
He said the superintendent
decision is based upon place
ment criteria established To-
cally.
The % Negro pupils were
among 80 who first sought
entry to white schools in Ar
lington last fall.
Judge Bryan's Order
After the school board re-
jected all applications, Judge
Bryan ordered admission Of
four of the pupils to Stratford
Junior High School.
The United States Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals sub
sequently directed Judge Bryan
and the school board to recon-
slider the remaining 26 appli-
cations.
The school board did so last
month, but again rejected the
pupils primarily on the grounds
that they lacked the academic
standing which would justify
their transfer. In the mean
time. four Negro pupils aban-
doned their efforts to gain
admission to the white schools,
leaving % applicants now in
V0lVpd in tho LITIGATION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07
The
Rambler
Sees
Crown Jewels
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

why dOll Jpu "AANS
book?" the middle-aged lieu
tenant colonel said. This was
at the bar of the Officers
Club at Fort Myer. He had
been drinking just enough
to be loquacious,
"You ought to write a book
about the CID. You know
what that stands for, Crimi-
nal Investigation Division Of
the Army. l was in CID right
after the war. I could give
you stories for two books.
"I'll bet you never heard
how the CID recovered the
crown of Charlemagne.
1T has to do with the loot
of ReichsmarSchall Hermann
Goering, the commander OF
the Luftwaffe.
"As you know, Goering
tried to emulate Napoleon in
communicating works of art
and other treasures.
His loot was found wher-
ever he established a head
quarters.
"One special find-I'm a
little hazy about where it
was, but you can get the de-
tails from the Army-was
a medieval crown, an orb
with a cross and a Scepter.
They were shown to a
young American officer in
specting one of Goering'S
domicileS by a servant,
What are theSe?' asked
the American officer.
"'Sir,' said the servant,
these were the Herr ReichS-
marschall'S greatest treasure.
They are the imperial crown,
the Scepter and orb, the SYM
boil of his world rule with
which Charlemagne was
made emperor of the West
this DISCOVERY was
never reported. The officer
paid the servant something
not many dollars but a lot
of markS-to silence him.
The officer packed the SYM
bols of imperial rule among
his effects.
HE managed to Smuggle
them back to America, left
active service for the reserve
and went to his home in a
Midwestern State. I think it
was Kansas.
This story has never been
in the newspapers.
What the young officer
thought he was going to be
able to do with them I don't
know. But there he was in a
small town in the middle of
the United States with one
of the great relics of the
West. He was sure of that.
But he was plenty scared
when a couple of CID officers
called on him. He was still in
the Reserve and he didn't
want to be called back on
active duty and have to stand
trial before a court martial.
He went up to the attic and
came down with his treas
ures. He handed them over.
"How the CID heard about
it, I don't know. But the dis
appearance of articles like
that was bound to cause talk
among the Germans and that
was just the sort of thing
the CID investigated.
1.-THE CID men went back
to Washington under the i'm
preston they had rescued
the greatest treasure of all
the German loot of the war.
IN o w HER Els THE
O'Henry twist: The experts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

Not binding in law, such a
congressional declaration none
Other D. c. Bills Posed by Senate.
Pose BE-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

Review Of 10 Trovioto." Poee c-S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
Yang Calls Reaction
A Communist Trick

70 use the Captive Nations
tn e me, the Communists
would have found some
other excuse" he added,
The resolution is a vital"
smessage to captive people,
such as those In Northern
Korea, that we have not
been forgotten" he explained.
THE Communists would
like to have you, and all
Americans, to forget about
Hungary, Tibet and Korea"
the envoy declared.
They would like to toss
down George Orwell's 1894
memory hole the historical
facts of their seizure of all
Of Eastern Europe since l945.
Communists, the speaker
said, are international Beat
niks," who, like their counter
parts here, "shun interna-
tional responsibilities. scorn
the institutions of marriage,
home and the rearing of chill
dren. and behave in an I'M
diciplined and barbaric way"
Like the Beatnik, the envoy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

Russian Premier Nikits
Khrushchevs violent rcac-
ton against this country's
proclamation . Of Captive
Nations Week" is lust a
Communist trick to obfus-
cate the real intent" Of Vice
President Nixon's visit TO
Russia, Korean Ambassador
Yang said last night.
The envoy addressed dele
gates to Girls Nation at
American University.
Girls Nation, which is
sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary, annually
brings two girls here from
each State. the District and
the Panama Canal Zone.
1T is obvious that the
Communists must have to
throw some kind of smoke
screen up to becloud the
popularity already at the
United States Exposition in
Moscow and your Vice Presi-
dents earnest honesty" the
Ambassador declared.
If they had not been able
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
Mrs: Ho President
MONTGOMERY YWCA

The YMCA of Montgom-
cry County has elected four
new directors. They are: Mrs.
P. H. Ho of Bethesda, Mrs.
Henry M. Lowden of Chevy
Chase, Mrs. Frank H. Wiley
of Kensington; and Mrs.
Thomas Benjamin Smith,
also of Bethesda.
Directors reelected for a
second term are: Mrs. James
A. Boorman OF Silver Spring,
Mrs. Herbert S. Cotton of
Bethesda, Mrs. Donald A.
FitzGibbon of Bethesda, Mrs.
Clifford w. Hurley of Silver
Spring, and Mrs. Phillip
Thorson of Glen Echo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
Mrs. HQrrill
President

Mrs. ]. w. Harrill of Ar
lington has been elected pres
ident of the State Council Of
the D. c. Patriotic Women Of
America for the l959-60 year.
Other officers elected are:
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig,
LIST vice president; Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley, I'd vice
president; Mrs. j. E. Brickert,
chaplain; Mrs. Lawrence j.
Blackmar, recording secre-
tary: Mrs. Griswold Robinson,
corresponding secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

added, the Communist fire.
quently fascinates the naive.
Last nights session OF
Girls Nation, at which AM
bassador Yang was the CHEF
speaker, was Inaugural
Night, during which the
group installed Wallis Jean
Wilde, II, OF Wauwatosa,
Wise, as president and Peggy
Elizabeth Smith Of Nashville.
Tenn, as vice president,
Today the girls were to re-
ceive brief1ngs at the State
and Defense Departments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
Commons Return

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph E.
Cannon. jr., have returned
to their home in Bethesda
after almost a years travel
by auto in southern Europe
and the middle Eastern coun-
tries.
Enroute home by air, they
also covered Vienna, East
and West Berlin, and Copen-
hagen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
THE EVENING STAR
D. C, Wednesday,. July 49, 1859

FRANKLIN SIMON. WASHINGTON AND VIRGINIA
Washington store open Thursday 9:30A.M iii PPM.
Screen Corners, Va. open Thursday and Friday
$50 Am. iii $50 Pm.
Evening star., 1959-12-25

HOUSEWARES DEPT.-ALL STORES
SORRY, NO MAIL OR PHONE ORDERS FILLED
Evening star., 1959-12-25
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55-BottIeshp Grey Porch and Deck Paint,
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l00-Monod and NuEnomel High Gloss Enamel,
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72-Point Pan and Roller Sets set sse
3o-Monod Waterproof Spar Vornish, cIeor
gal. 3.6s
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The people's voice., 1959-01-16
Secret Meetings Should Be OufIuwed
Editorial from LEWISTOWN DAILY NEW

EdlCOrlal from LEW DAILY NEWS
The bill introduced Oas Tuesday in the House Repre-
sentavs requiring public meetings of bodies
supported by public funds would like to
become law.
We have said before that chamber proceedings with
their secret deeds have place the democratic form of
No public body stands above the public interest
and the pubcs right know the why and wherefore of gov
ernmenta action This extends to the least board
commission charged with carrying public affairs that
suit directly indirectly in the expenditure of public funds
Many states have laws spelling out in specific detail the
requirement that public business be conducted public
Provision made for minimum public notice be given
of special emergency meetings. These provisions many
instances require that newspapers be notified of meetings
sufficiently in advance to permit their These laws
also prohibit informal gathering out of formal session by
members of governmental bodies in which public business
might be discussed The target here the rhearsed meeting
at which decisions to flow smoothly and without ques
ton by members of the public body Such laws provide
closed meetings. usually when the merits of public empoye
be discussed but order that the of the dis
cusson be limited strictly to specific topic and that action
stemming from the closed meeting be taken publicly.
Montana would do we'll to have such law it's books
believe the maorty of public officials would
those few officials and governing bodies who have the
taken idea that public business private affair would
effectively thwarted.