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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

$9.2 million will be completed
in the latter part Of 1861. II
will carry four lanes Of south
bound traffic. replacing the old
Highway Bridge.
Eleventh Street Bridge-Tc
be built upstream from the
existing Eleventh Street Bridge
over the Anacostia River. II
will be q four-lane, one-way
bridge into Washington. while
the existing bridge will be one
way in the other direction. II
is expected to be completed
by 1864.
Along with the new bridges
new highways and expressways
in Virginia will reduce COM
muting time sharply. These
highways include:
Route Sc - An Interstate
System freeway 100 per cent
Federal funds. 10 per cent
State money from the Poto-
mac River to Strasburg, in the
Valley Of Virginia. The Viz.
GINA Highway Commission ha,
approved q general route fol-
a 14-mile stretch Of the high.
way in the Metropolitan Ares
from Washington to Oakton.
This corridor follows the Ole
Dominion Railway Line from
the Potomac through the north
tip Of Falls Church. then veer:
south Of Vienna to connect
with the already-approved sec.
ton Of the route ending neal
Oakton. Construction is ex.
pected to start within two OF
three years on this section. A
Smile portion between Gaines
vile and Centreville Is now
under construction.
Chantilly R0ad-This high.
way. to be completed in 1862
will provide q direct route tc
Washington's new Interna.
tional Airport at Chantilly, In
Fairfax County. From the air.
port. the road will pass south
of Herndon and north of vi.
emma and tie into the Circum.
ferential just north of Tyson!
Corner. Present plans call fol
airport traffic to be carried thu
remainder Of the way intC
Washington on the Circumfer.
entail and Route Sc.
George Washington Memo
rial Parkway tVirginia) Con
struction is now under wa!
from Spout Run, a mile and ;
half upstream from Key Bridge
to the Central Intelligenc,
Agency at Langley II fund
are available. the Interior De
partment plans to extend tn
parkway from Langley to tn
Cabin John Bridge. This woult
provide a continuous parkwa,
from Mount Vernon to Cabin
John Bridge.
ROUTE Reconstruction
to begin late this year on
section Of Interstate Route O.
1 (old Route - from north o
the Stafford County line to it
connection with the Shirle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
College Course

Mary Washington College of
Fredericksburg. Va. will offer
an eight-week summer session
beginning June IS. It also will
provide special five week
courses for teachers seeking
certificate renewal.
Evening star., 1959-11-24
Head Ache on Day Off?
Blame the LetdoWn

aches strike persons who have
not learned the limits of their
systems and learned to live
within them.
Persons who work all week
and sleep with the expectation
of the alarm awakening them.
This tension keeps the blood
vessels in the head fairly con-
Stricted. But, when the day of
relaxation comes blood pours
through these vessels and
stretches them. In turn the
dilated vessels often irritate the
tiny nerve endings beside them,
hence the ache.
The best treatment is a
different way of life involving
less tension. If this doeSn' I
work, physicians sometimes use
a drug known as ergotamine
tartrate, derived from a fungus
that grows on grain.
The GWU headache clinic
is studying the use of atomizerS
containing a form of this drug
Some so patients to date have
been given these atomizers
When they feel a severe head
ache coming on they use the
atomizer.
Although the study is still
in process and has not beer
evaluated fully, DR.. Blumen-
thai said many patients say the
spray works in from 5 to Il
minutes.
Evening star., 1959-11-24
Abuses Charged
In JobIess Puy

A Washington businessman
asserted yesterday that some
undeserving persons are taking
unfair advantage of loopholes
in the unemployment compen-
Sation law.
Edward j. Clarke, president
of Carroll's Laundry, addressed
his remarks to the International
Association Of Personnel in EN-
ployment Security at the Young
Women's Christian Association,
No one, he said, should OBJ
ject to the use of unemployment
compensation by workers un-
employed through no fault of
their own. He warned, however,
that administrators of the law
must guard against turning the
legislation into "a political foot
ball or =. a dole for the unde-
serving"
Evening star., 1959-11-24
Turkey Price
Cut Inspires
Thanks

Housewives, harassed by the
cranberry problem in planning
their Thanksgiving meal, have
something to be thankful for
after all - most turkeys are
cheaper than last year.
Representatives of leading
chain stores here report that
they are selling small and
medium-sized turkeys for 2
cents a pound less than last
year.
Poultry dealers say that
these turkeys are actually being
sold below the present whole
sale cost as a leader item" to
attract customers.
Meanwhile, a spot check of
groceries in the Washington
area showed that cranberry
sales are brisk in some stores
but slow in others.
However, most grocers esti-
mate that overall sales of this
berry will be of sharply this
year because of the contami-
nation scare.
Those who will have the day
off Thanksgiving include en-
ployeS of the District, Federal
and county governments in the
Washington area.
Banks and public libraries
in metropolitan Washington
will also close for the day
Thursday.
Public schools in the District
and in nearby Virginia and
Maryland will be closed
Thursday and Friday.
Evening star., 1959-11-24
END OF A MANSION
Motel to Replace
OIdGermon Embassy

financial difficulties delayed
this project. But finally, in
1887 Ambassador Hans Dieckof
decided 1885 Massachusetts
avenue was too ramshackle
and moved to a rented house
up the street at 1929 Massachu-
sets avenue NV. The En-
bassy Offices were left behind
in the old building.
World War II not only killed
the new project but closed the
old Embassy as well. The Swiss
took charge until 1945 when
the State Department took
over.
Found among the dusty fur
niture and files were a portrait
of Hitler and So million in
greenbacks, rumored to have
been for espionage here. The
cash was turned over to the
Treasury. Furniture and a
seven-passenger limousine, also
confiScated, were sold.
Nor was the West German
government any more enam-
ored of the old Embassy when
World War II hoStilities ended.
Its doom as a livable structure
was sealed when Ambassador
Heinz L. Krekler inspected the
premises. He turned thumbs
down.
Instead, West Germany with
the aid of a 100000 check
from our Government, estab-
lished new quarters at 1900
Foxhall road NV, and left
the historic old assembly Of
row houses to the wreckers'
hammer.
Evening star., 1959-11-24
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS
Star stan Writer

A mysterious but fairly COM
mon malady called "letdown
headaches" strikes Office work.
ers on week ends and clergy
men on Mondays.
The head pains don't strike
while the body is tense and
working, but while relaxing, q
Washington neurologist told
the District Medical Society's
scientific assembly today.
DR.. Lester S. Blumenthal. as
sociate in medicine and chief
of the headache clinic at the
George Washington University
Medical School, said the head
Evening star., 1959-11-24
GONE SMITH ANCESTOR

GONE SMITH ANCESTOR
operated a fleet of trans
Atlantic sailing ships out of
Alexandria, but I don't know
whether he left much money.
Hampton was a summer
home. I was born at the start
of the century in the big
house my grandfather built
at st. Asaph and Wolfe
streets. It's in pretty sad
shape now.
when I was a boy it was
all open country from the
Leesburg pike to Arlington
Cemetery. They used to chase
the fox through the Four
Mile Run, the Taylor Run
and the Cameron Run val
leys.
About the time was born,
the members of the Chevy
Chase club had to decide
whether it was to be a hunt
club or a golf club. Golf won
and the Chevy Chase hounds
were sent across the river
and Joined with my fathers
Hampton hounds to form the
Cameron Run Hunt Club.
"By 1903 he must have felt
encroached on because he
moved to the horse country;
bought a farm near Middle
burg. He died in 1882"
Capt. Smith has a brother,
Col. Mark Alexander Herbert
Smith, who is with the Burke
g. Herbert bank in Alexan-
dria.
Evening star., 1959-11-24

House subcommittee winch
next month will hold further
hearings on a Senate-passed
bill to provide two additional
Juvenile Court judges.
Judge Ketcham said the re-
port was not prepared to
prove anything" though he
conceded that completion had
been expedited so the figures
could be ready for next months
hearing.
Admitting categorically the
figures show no great recent
increase in the courts caseload,
the judge added that the case
load has been out of bounds for
years.
Concentrates on Mission
He added that as a result OF
a recent cutback in the courts
work on criminal non-support
cases and through other
changes in emphasis in pro-
cedures, he has been concen-
trating on his primary mission
of dealing with juvenile delin-
quency.
And he suggested that, given
more judge power, the court
could not only get this job
done, but also expand the
courts activities in dealing
with juvenile matters that are
less directly connected with
youth crime.
The past years cases, he
added, are two to three times
greater than those going to the
average juvenile judge in this
country.
In yesterdays report it was
revealed that in 1910 there were
1854 juvenile cases referred to
the court, a rate of 24.4 re-
ferrals per 1000 children under
l8 living in the District.
The figure had risen to 1886
referrals by 1850, a rate of 32.2
per 1000 children, but by fiscal
1859 the referrals had dropped
to 3,191-a rate of 1913 per
1000 children.
The report revealed that a
total of l,l68 juvenile delin-
quency cases we're disposed of
by court hearings last fiscal
year. Of this number, about
80 per cent were committed to
institutions.
This commitment percentage
the judge said, is excessive
when compared to commit
ments made by most other
juvenile courts in the Nation.
10 Per Cent Held Average
1.-THE average juvenile court
doesn't commit more than 10
per cent" Judge Ketcham
added.
However, he said he doesn't
feel the local commitment rate
is a result of harshneSs on his
part. He said he believes this
is caused because I'VE get
mainly the tough cases where
commitment is called for"
He explained that the Dis
trict Police Departments Youth
Aid Division, established in
1854, does a great deal OF
screening of relatively minor
juvenile offenses before they
are considered for referral to
Juvenile Court here.
The judges argument was
backed up by the report, which
show that in 1855 the number
Evening star., 1959-11-24
BY JOSEPH B. BYRNES
Star Stan Writer

The old German Embassy,
scene of lavish balls by the
Kaiser's Ambassadors and To-
Gale for international intrigue
and Nazi spy plots that rival
today's whodunits, is being torn
down.
The 70-room mansion that
has stood unoccupied for nearly
20 years at 1885 Massachusetts,
avenue NV. will be razed by
the Cornell Wrecking Co. to
make way for a 1,000-room
motel.
The property was purchased
for $165,000 in May, 1851, by
James S. Kerwin of Meadow
brook. Pa, president of the
Pennsylvania Forge Co., from
the alien property custodian.
1t had been seized at the out
break of World War II. Mr..
Kerwin sold the building three
weeks ago to Louis Burman,
Washington real estate in
vestor. Mr.. Burman leased the
property to Shop and Park, Inc.
To Be COMPLETED in '62
Mr.. Burman said he has no
plans to sell the property. He
said the motel would be COM
pleted some time in 1862. In
the meantime Shop and Park,
Inc, will use the property.
From 1893, when the red
brick structure was purchased
from Carol Thomas Ferguson.
until December 10, 1941, it
served as Germany's Embassy.
On that day NaZi Charge DAT
faires Hans Thomson and some
200 aides left for White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, in protective
custody" to join their Axis al
lies, the japanese.
Like the nation it represented,
the building had a forbidding
appearance. Its lavish interior,
which included 13 baths and a
large ballroom, was shielded by
a forbidding front.
Even when occupied, it had a
haunted look, with its heavy
brownstone porte cochere, dor
mer windows and hexagonal
spire at one corner.
Linked to Spy Rings
Countless fiction writers made
it the scene of their sagas.
There were rumorS of interna-
tional spy rings making it their
headquarters and tales of a
powerful radio transmitter un-
der the caves that sent our Sc
cretS direct to the Kaiser and
Adolf Hitler.
During prohibition it was the
scene of gay parties. News
papers duly noted when huge
trucks rolled up to the back of
the structure to drop off loads
of the finest layers and liquors
obtainable in a particularly dry
time.
Nevertheless, the Germans
were not smitten by their en-
bassy. 1t had been an i'm
provised structure thrown TO-
gether through the years from
several private row houses.
They began to plan early for a
replacement. The site for a
new embassy was bought in
1905 at Bancroft place and S
street NV.
World War I and postwar
Evening star., 1959-11-24
The
Rambler.
Leorns of Happy
Hunting Ground
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Residents of suburban
apartment developments are
q race apart. They are hardly
citizens of their communities.
The writer knows because
for IS years he lived in the
Parkfairfax Apartments on
the northern or Four Mile
Run border of Alexandria.
His landlord, the Metro
politan Life Insurance Co.,
collected the rent and paid
the taxes.
All the writer's interests
were in Washington to which
he took a bus each morning.
In the course of his work
he did a great many pieces
on the background of Wash
ington neighborhoods. He
never bothered to look up
his own.
He had heard oldSters say
from time to time that there
was a hunting lodge, as they
put it, in the area now oc-
cupied by the Parkfairfax
and Harrington apartments
more than 5000 homes in
all.
He thought they meant
there was some shooting of
rabbits and quail in the area
in the old days.
Then, bang-spang!, he ran
into an excellent picture of
the Hampton Hounds taken
about 1905 with the late
CORTLAND Hawkins Smith II,
NJ. F. H.
Evening star., 1959-11-24

THIS WAS THE HUNT
that used to course the area.
One can imagine gentlemen
in red coats crying Tally
hoI" as the fox was sighted
and, yoiking to the hounds as
Z they spurred their mounts
up the little glen now known
as Valley drive.
Perhaps reynard would
find sanctuary in the grounds
OF the Episcopal Seminary
and High School, or more
likely the pack and riders
would pursue him even there.
The hounds we're encoun-
tered in the excellent new
pictorial history of the near
by Virginia, area, Arlington
Heritage" written and pub
lished by Mrs. Eleanor Lee
Templenan.
And from the text 1t was
learned that an acquaintance,
G. H. Smith III, of the tele-
phone company, was a little
boy when that picture of his
father was taken, and living
in a big white house on the
hill where the darlington
water tower now stands.
Capt. Smith (he's an officer
in the Naval Reserve) readily
recalled the old days when
asked about them.
There was a huge barn
with stables about at the cor
ner of South Thirty-f1rst
street and the Leesburg pike
where a gasoline station now
stands - just beyond the
Shirley Highway overpass.
And there was a racetrack
on the property along the
pike where darlington
apartment buildings now
stand. His father went in for
thoroughbreds as well as
hunters. At one time he had
90 brood mares.
The track was a private
training track. His father
used to race his horses at the
Benning track and on the
Maryland tracks.
81 have a painting" he
said, "of four horses going
over a water Jump together
at Benning. One of them was
my fathers"
Where did the money come
from? Capt. Smith really
didn't know.
"It seems there was always
money in the Smith side Of
the family" he said, en-
phasizing the "was."
Evening star., 1959-11-24
Juvenile Commitments
Excessive, Judge Says
Ketchum Lays Rise to Tough Cases
Cuused by Police Screening Policy
By PHIL THOMAS
Star stan Writer

Juvenile Courts first thorough statistical study yesterday
showed decline in the rate of reera Of Juvenile
complaints to the court.
Judge Or w. Ketcham said the report also reflects
he feels Excessive number of commitments youths
in the last fiscal year.
The report examined yesterday by investigators from
Evening star., 1959-11-24

of referrals to Juvenile Court
dropped from the 1854 total of
3,899 cases to a figure of 3.126
cases.
Compared to the number OF
commitments in juvenile cases
disposed of in fiscal 1855
through court hearings, the
report showed that Ala per
cent of the 1,168 cases resulted
in probation for youthful Of
tenders.
The judge said the high rate
of commitment illustrates his
complaint that the courts
work of forestalling juvenile
oftenses is being sacrificed be.
cause he must devote more
time to efforts to rehabilitate
those already in serious trouble
Other ShOwings
The report also showed:
l. Some 52.1 per cent of the
flrSt-offender juveniles coming
before the judge received pro-
baton, with repeaters getting
probation in only 1913 per cent
of the cases.
2. Out of the 1,168 juvenile
delinquency cases handled by
court hearings, a total of 48e
involved. first offenders, while
$50 involved repeaters.
8. From 1896 juvenile cases
disposed of by the court Gin
cluding delinquency, traffic and
dependency and neglect cases)
in fiscal 1859, some 1879 were
taken care of without a hear
ing through the courts social
service staff.
4. OF the 3,191 youth cases
referred to the court in the
past fiscal year, a total Of
2,116 involved delinquency or
the part of the children, more
than 16 per cent girls.
5. The leading causes of the
referrals involved such crimes
as housebraekaing (470 cases.
petty larceny (412 cases., un-
authorized use of auto (23S
cases. and simple assault 144
cases..
Dangerous Years Set
6. So far as commitment was
concerned in fiscal 1859, the
most dangerous years seemed
to be between the 18th and
18th birthdays since 25s
youngsters in this age bracket
were sent to institutions out
of a total of 398 committed.
7. The number of jury trial.
presided over by Judge
K e t C h am has apparently
dropped since the days of for
mer Juvenile Court Judge Edith
Cockrill who stepped out at the
end of 1857. In fiscal 1856 she
held 100 jury trials for juve-
niles and for adults Gin non-
support cases, for instance)
and in fiscal 1857 there were IS
jury trials.
By comparison Judge
Ketcham held 81 jury trials in
fiscal 1858 and only 80 this past
fiscal year.
8. These fiscal 1859 trials
were included in a total OF
5,197 court hearings held by
Judge Ketcham. Old figures
from Judge Cockrill's reports
show that she held more than
$4,000 hearings in given fiscal
year.
Evening star., 1959-11-24
Teachers Ask
Pay Raise for
Supervisors
Montgomery Group
Foreoes Asking
Boost for Selves
By G. o. HERNDON
Star Staf Writer

Montgomery County's teach
er organization last night put
itself on record in favor Of an
increase in salaries for admin
iStrative personnel in leader
ship positions" but no addi-
tional pay increases for teach
ers next year.
Budget objectives Of the
3,100 = m e m ber Montgomery
County Education Association
were presented to the County
Board Of Education by Arthur
D. Simonds, jr., the associa-
tons executive secretary.
Administrative supervisory
pay increases recommended by
the association, it was eStimat-
ed by school officials, would
cost about $320,O00 If applied
to the 256 administrators,
principals, supervisors and
other non-teaching staff mem
bers in the county system.
Teachers Scale High
The proposal was the first
budget plea submitted by the
teachers group in recent years
which did not lead of with a
request for higher teachers
salaries.
This rather altruistic stand
on the part Of our member
ship" Mr.. SimondS stated, "is
not to connote that they or I
consider our teachers scale
really adequate"
He explained that school
board and County Council ac-
tions on the current budget
last spring were the basis Of
the new request.
The council-approved school
budget for the present year in
cluded a SO million-plus pay
boost for county teachers-an
increase which made the coun-
tvs teacher salary scale the
highest in the Washington
area.
Full Cost $780, 900
simultaneously, however, the
council Topped of so per cent
OF a proposed new scale for
administrative and supervisory
personnel. The full scale would
have cost about $4S0,000.
Mr.. Simonds said that coun-
ty teachers will not seek a
salary rise IN the 1861 budget
and they will seek exclusion
from any additional teacher
pay aid that might be author
lied by the Maryland General
Assembly next year.
If such aid were granted, he
said, the association would at
tempt to apply it ITO an i'm
proved supervisory -administra-
tive scale. to an expanded
summer school program and to
other improvements in the
educational program Of our
county"
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-07-23

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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-07-23
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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CARPENTRY: big or small, all kinds
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Evening star., 1959-11-08

The actual LSD session takes place in a small,
soundproof room comfortably furnished and con-
ducive to relaxation.
The drug takes anywhere from Is minutes to
two hours to take effect and during that time the
patient usually lies couch with his eyes closed.
Music ploys role
Music is often played to stimulate memories and
fantasies. And patients are told to ''go with the
music" )" that is, have fantasies suggested by the
music. Classical music is generally preferred.
Evening star., 1959-11-08

Very often mirror is found to be helpful in self
identification. Not infrequently patient will pro-
ject his unconscious concept of himself onto the
reflection in the mirror.
During the session the therapist encourages,
guides and interprets the flow of material flooding
from the patients subconscious. DR.. Mortimer
Hartman, tall, slim young man who was in
Freudian analysis himself for more than six years,
describes the patients state under LSD as "wak-
ing dream"
He describes LSD - Continued on nex4 page