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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

ToMPKINs, THEODORE n, On
Saturday, September 5, 1859, In
New Haven. Conn. .THEoDoRE r.
I T0MsPkINs beloved son Of Mrs.
q; NV. brother OF Loyce Smith,
Clarence and Colburn Tompkins.
He also 10 survived By two aunts.
other relatives and friends. After
~ noon Wednesday. September d.
Jarvis Chapel, 1882 You st. NV.
where funeral services will be held
on Thursday, September 10, At
pm lnterment Lincoln Memorial
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Whitley, Dk. FERDINAND d. On
s ssssii%Rsr 6h i0I SGR & BTssd
NV, Beloved husband Of Mrs. Mabel
4; Whitby and uncle Of Sister
f fIsnsnt 6 Msris O. p!i,,no, OF g.
and pr x1is Alien sa ~ Hnnsp M,
Mrs, Viola Whitby Meekins OF Phiia.
delphia. Pa; Or. Ira Whitby and
Dr., Cherries Whitby, both d De-
Of ooliad. Texas: other relatives i ana
many friends. After ] pm. Tues
day. September 8. friends are invited
to call at his late residence. Funeral
sseTyic eSA At seresn Baptist Church.
September o. at ! pm. the Rev
Please omit flowers The family
would greatly appreciate expressions
made to the District Division q
the, American Cancer Society. Casket
will not be opened In church. In
terment private. Arrangements By
WHITE, J. WALTER. On Sunday. Sen.
tember 9. 1853. at Mclean. va,
:, .I %ALSTER WHITE husband Of
John Walter White, jr. Friends may
call at the Money & King Funeral
Home, III Maple ave. W, Vienna,
Va. Services will be held Thursday,
September 10. at 0 am. from the
Trinity Methodist Church. Chain
Bridge fds Mclean, Va. Interment
Arlington National Cemetery. o
WHITING. GEORGE. On Monday.
September. 2, 1859. at the District
General Hospital. GEORGE WHIT
ING Of 22lS 18th st. NV. Notice
Of funeral later. ARRANGEMENTS BY
Dovie O. Brooks q Otis r. Allen.
w9CKLEy: MyRTLE M, On Sunday.
more ave-, Iakoina Park, Md, MYR-
TIE M .WOCKLEY, beloved wife Of
RAYMOND c. -Wockley; mother Of
Mrs. Melvina Z. Lewis and David L.
Wockley: sister Of Mrs. Nora P,
seidler and Mrs, Edna 0unnay Of
California: daughter OF Mrs. Mel
vina Bache Of Los Angeles, Calf
Friends may call at the Lee Funeral
Home 18th st. and Massachusetts,
ave. ne. where services will be held
Thursday, September 10, at 1880
an. Interment Arlington National
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

' Wednesdaya September 3, i95e, =!
place NV. beloved SON q Eva Mae
james, Gabriel, Shirley Ann anS s
Barbara Ann Bolton. A host OF
vive. Remains may be viewed at
the Petworth Funeral Home. Ine.'
S14 Upshur. ST.: NV, on Tuesday
Pm Funeral services will be held
at the RocK Greek Baptist Church,
Wednesday September Q. at / pm.
the Rev. Ernest Gibbs otnciating.
interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
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LoHR, CHARLEs 81, %. on Sunday.

sspss% SSaA 1853. - cH q sHRIEasd' Z
shSsR No. e. S.eS.t g: 20 sS' e Siia:ni
and Lucille 8. Iohr. he is also sur
Mr.. Lohr rests ct the dsseh Funeral
Home, 1889 Baltimore ave, Hyatts-
vile. Nd; Services at the University
pus. on Wednesday, September 0, Of
4 pm. Relatives and friends invited
1nterment Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Viewing after 5 pm. Monday. 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

WARREN: ROBERT M; On wednes.
S fSs. s eins Sd Rob h2Ss A. S sPd{
rem. husband Of Mamie n. Warren
OF $40 9th st. ne. Also surviving
are . niece. his nepheWs. other reia.
tives and many. friends. After 4 pm.
tuesday. friends are invited to caij
at the MCGUIRE Funeral Home IS20
gth st. NV, where services will be
held on wednesday, September D,
a. 80 pm. Interment Arlington
national Cemetery, 4.6-a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

s ss%Se5 g 3, aassssS. 1sWV5A LIER (.
Beloved husband ' Of e. Ju,,a ST. sm n;e.
brother Of Arthur smoot, uncle ~
Arthur smoot and Iris Brown; also
surviving are his cousin. Nettie
sriendsi After a pm. Tuesday,
70 call at the Mcduire FnnerSi
Home. 1920 Ninth st. NV. Funerai
services At 81. Philips Episcopal
Church, 243l shannon pl. Sc. on
Wednesday. September o. at / PM,
the Rev; Charles :, Walden Iofhciat.
Cemetery.
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Draths

A1 So 1f Sss Lena GH f zIsSp DSs
line linz" Jefferson and Mrs, Maqde Rock
Rins and Mr.. Addie Aisop: cousin Of
Bernice temple and Eunice BUCK
ner She also is survived BY other
relatives and friends. After ! pm:
TUESDAY, September 8, friends are
invited to cali at the Jarvis Chapel,
i432 You st, NV, where funeral
services will be held at $50 pm.
on the same date. Interment Caro-
line County, Va.
BELL, ANNETTE JACKSON. On Sum
day, September 8. 1850, ANNETTE
JACKSON BELL OF 3O2 I 81 nv.
nienfs nv Jarvis
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1883, a Eo s REG haven SV stsrsnII
ks 9oRN Tks SsH s. Rs:%: :Ss
brother Of Mrs. Mary TeaWSit, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harvey. Mrs Catherine
Doyle. Lucy Love. Mrs Rosetta
Ache: Tbon M5s MARE snd v. OHM Ernest
Funeral from the Taitavuil Funeral
Home. 1908 l4th ct. NV, on
Wednesday, September 0. ct. $3.50
an. REQUIEM mass ct ct. Anthony's
Church ct . an. Interment Airing
ton National Cemetery. 8
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dsy. September 9. 1859 At his home nn
Nd S SSSfIoHe n a. T asISss ssOFi rs
father Of Linda G.. Angela r.
George GREGORY, Marie V. and PAT.
rick Robert Thomas: son OF oeorgs
n Thomas. ST brother of Mrs
John Davn Mrs, Frank Hodge, Mrs
Eicnard Smith and Mrs. Ihoma,
Warner Z Pumphrsy Frreral Home au'
S434 GeorGia ave, Silver Spring
Nd. parking facilities), Mass MI
be ofered for the repose Of his sou
WEDNESDAY. September o, at 10 q m
~ 81 Johns Catholic Church, For.
Cemerefy. B
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day. September 8, 1853. ct his resi-.
Nae fe' RaDs sRis D; rHHEE nHISs'i n:
loved father Of Caroline b. 0ehmSn
end son Of IDA. J. and Arthur r
$iehman. Friends may call al the
Lee Funeral Home. 4th st. and Mas.
Sa.GSinusetts ave, pc. where services
10, at 3 am. Interment Ariinrfon
National Cemetery
Evening star., 1959-12-25
TaxWriteoffs
0kayed for s.
Defense Jobs
By the Associated Press

The Office of Civil and De-
fense Mobilization has author
lied Federal tax benefits for So
defense. space and research ia
cility projects in advance of
the December 81 deadline of
the tax amortization program.
The program, started at the
outbreak of the Korean War.
permits private firms to write
of in five years. in depreciation
for Federal tax purposes. part
of the cost of the construction
or expansion of defense plants
or research facilities.
The program was curtailed
sharply in recent years be-
cause of Treasury complaints
that it was cutting into tax
revenues and amounted in ef-
feet to tax-free loans to private
industry. Normally companies
are required to spread the de-
precautions of plant and equip
ment over 20 years or more.
Since October OCDM has
been speeding its handling of
applications to get all eligible
projects certified before con-
gresSional authority for the
program ends. A spokesman
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Moscow Sends U. S.
Warm YuIe GREETING

LONDON, Dec. 25 (AP).-
Moscow Radio today wished
Americans a merry Christmas
and a new year of true peace,
genuinely good neighborly re-
lations" between the Soviet Un-
ion and the United States and
"still more plenty" for all.
In special broadcast beamed
to North America, a commenta-
tor said 1859 Lived up to our
expectations" 1t cited Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev'S visit
to the United States, his pro-
posal for total disarmament
and the United Nations resolu-
ton on disarmament and
President Eisenhower'S wish
that all disputed questions be
settled by peaceful means"
1T is good to be able to say"
the broadcast continued, that
the summit conference which
last year was still unattainable
is now taking the shape of
reality.
without predicting any re-
suits in advance, I think it can
nevertheless be said that the
meeting of East-West heads of
government is going to be a
useful one the Soviet COM
mentator said.
He added that some influ-
ential forces in the United
Evening star., 1959-12-25

Parole Board. Finally. he went
to Gov. Luther H. Hodges him
self. George w. Randall, chair
man of the State Parole Board,
said Chief Newton's inveStiga-
tiOn indicated the young girls
place is with her mother"
2 Stop OFF to Say Thanks
California accepted jurisdic-
ton of the parole.
Borrowing money, the mother
arrived in Raleigh Monday.
But before she and her daugh-
ter headed back to California
they decided to stop in South
ern Pines Ito thank the people
who have been so good to US"
the mother said, especially
Chief Newton"
Chief Newton himself de-
clined to go INTO the story.
IT'S enough that somebody's
on the road home for Christ
mas, getting a fresh start. I
don't want that jeopardized.
That's all want to say"
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Bruzi! Seizes
Struck Ships

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil.
Dec. 25 (AP). - President
Juscelino Kubitschek ordered
the Brazilian Navy to take over
and operate the country'S
strike-bound merchant marine.
The merchant marine is
subsidized by the government.
Thousands of seamen walked
off their jobs Tuesday demand
ing higher wages. More than
100 ships were tied up in
Brazilian ports.
The merchant service carries
food supplies to heavy popu-
lation CenterS along Brazil's
coast. Prices could rise to
crisis proportions if the strike
continues.
Evening star., 1959-12-25

said yesterday only about a
dozen remain to be cleared be-
fore the deadline.
The largest of the projects
certified yesterday was an
$8,750,000 program for re-
search, development and pro-
duction of military electronic
devices at Dallas, Tex. Texas
Instruments, Inc, was author
lied to apply the rapid writeoff
to 80 per cent of the cost.
Amon&other firms receiving
tax writeoffs were Union Car
bide Corp, Solar Aircraft Co.,
Motorola, Inc; Thiokol Chemi-
cal Corp, General Dynamics
Corp. Boeing Airplane Co..
Lockheed Aircraft Corp, Ford
Motor Co. and General Elec-
trio Co.
Evening star., 1959-12-25

This miracle is recalled to-
day by lighting one candle on
the first night and adding an
other candle each successive
night of Chanukah.
L Home Festival
Chanukah is essentially a
home festival but numerous
community and synagogue OBJ
Servances are also held.
Temple Sinai, 3100 Military
road NV. will feature its
Chanukah family service at
$3.50 o'clock tonight with a
pageant, "Chanukah on Trial. :"
1t was written and prepared by
the Sinaites, a teen-age group
of the congregation, with Rabbi
Balfour Brickner, spiritual lead
er of Temple Sinai, assisting in
its production.
A Chanukah party will be
held for Jewish patients at st.
Elizabeths Hospital at 7:30 pm.
Sunday. 1t is being sponsored
by the Washington Armed
Services Committee Jewish
Welfare Board, in cooperation
with the st. ElizabethS Hospital
Jewish Chaplain and the He
brew Aid Circle.
A party for Servicemen will
be held at 7:30 pm. Tuesday
in Fort Belvoir Jewish Chapel.
Sponsors are the Washington
Armed Services Committee, the
Fort Belvoir Jewish Chaplain's.
Office. the Fort Belvoir yewish
Sisterhood and the District of
Columbia Association of B'nai
Birth.
Evening star., 1959-12-25

States would still like to freeze
Soviet-United States relations. "
But reason and good WILL" he
said, "are finding the way. .
We are better off than we were
last year. We now have a
greater guarantee that neither
We nor our children are going
to know the horrors of war and
that as they get to know one
another better the Soviet and
United States people will be-
come better friends.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Pusserby Saves
Children in Fire

ST. LOUIS, Dec. Is CAP).-
"A st. Louis woman will be able
to spend Christmas with her
children today because a
stranger passing by their burn
ing second floor fat yesterday
dashed through flames to carry
two of them to safety.
Joseph Horack, 26, was walk
ing near his home when he
heard screams for help. He
glanced up and saw flames
pouring out of a window.
Mr.. Horack dashed up the
stairs and met Mrs. Mary
Sites, who was running down
Evening star., 1959-12-25

each year is based on the lunar
calendar.
Chanukah has three names
the Festival of Lights, the
Festival of the MaccabeeS and
the Days of Dedication.
The holiday came out of the
successful rebellion by the Jews
AGAINST the tyrannical Syrian
King Antiochus " in ITS B. c.
Despite overwhelming cd S
against them the Jews, led by
Judah Maccabee and his BROTH
ers, defeated the monarch'S
forces in a victory for freedom
of conscience and religious
worship.
Temple Rededicated
The victors symbolized their
triumph by cleansing the
temple, which had been defiled
" the king and his followers
and made into a pagan hall,
and rededicating it. The cele-
bration lasted eight days. 1t
was then decreed that a similar
eight-day festival should be
held annually, starting on the
25th of the month Kislev. COM
memorating the great svent.
The name Days of Dedication
comes from this observance.
The holiday is sometimes
called the Festival of Lights
because a miracle is said to
have occurred during rededica-
tion of the temple. When the
lamp was to be relit, there was
only one cruise Jar or pot) of
undefiled oil in it, but to the
surprise of all the oil lasted
for the eight days needed to
cleanse the temple.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
X Simulated Leather
Handbags

$50 simulated leather handboss.
Many styles. Block, navy, red and
ton. PIeose odd lo9o Federal Tox.
Mems Budget Furnishings
Evening star., 1959-12-25

Natural color poplin cor coats with
plaid trim. Sizes 10 TO ls.
Misses Sweaters, short and Iona
sleeves, novelties. White, blue ond
green. Sizes "a TO 40. Were 4.9o
and more -2.90
Oownstoirs Store,
Budget Sportsweor
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Police Chiefs Present:
Fresh Start for Girl

SOUTHERN PINES, N. c.,
Dec. 25 (AP) Merry Christ
mas" shouted Police Chief C.
E. Newton to a l7-year-old
blond and her mother as they
boarded a bus for California.
And. although mother and
daughter are spending Christ
mas Day on a bus en- route
home, it is indeed a merry one.
The girl gave the burly
policeman a big hug as she
left and told him. III make
good. How can l help it? I'll
never let you down.
1t was Chief Newton's faith
In the girl-"I am convinced
she is basically a good girl"
he said-that brought the
mother, a waitress, to North
Carolina.
Story Starts With Arrest
The story started when the
girl was arrested a few weeks
ago and jailed at this Central
North Carolina resort town as
one of a rowing group of teen
ayers taken into custody for
robbery. Chief Newton pre-
sented his case to a Superior
Court grand jury. but hardly
had the girl entered prison
before he started working to
have her released.
Chief Newton telephoned the
girls mother, who was unable
to attend the trial. several
times. Then he had an investi-
cation of the home made and.
in cooperation with Cali
fornia authorities, found it was
approved.
Then he presented the girls
case to the North Carolina
Evening star., 1959-12-25

with two Of her children
clutched in her arms. There
are two more up there" she
screamed.
Mr.. Horack ran through a
burning kitchen into a bedroom
Evening star., 1959-12-25
SANTA GREETED
AS AN INTRUDER
IN HIS OWN HOME

CONNELLSvLLE, Pa,
(AP)-Playing Santa
Claus, Henry Molinaro en-
tered his home with a bag
of Christmas toys over his
shoulder.
His children didn't rec
ognize him. Neither did
the family dog.
The dog bit Molinaro's
leg twice before being
driven off.
Evening star., 1959-12-25

and found Myra Jane Sites.
4 and Terry. 8. He grabbed q
child under each arm, and fed
the building.
Mrs. Sites carried out Rob-
ert, four months; and Fred, 2.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
damaged otherwise imperfect
Our Own WoodIeigh
Mems Sport Coats

Were in regular stock fE.00
at much more ~
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Sundown Today Opens
Jewish Chonukoh

Jewish residents of the Washington area will celebrate
the joyous holiday Chanukah starting sundown today
and continuing SundoWn January 2.
For the third and last time the goth Century
and Christmas fall the day The previous times
were in 1910 and 1921 The date Chanukahs BEGINNING
Evening star., 1959-12-25

+ All wool and wool blends, eoeh
labeled for fobrie content. PopuIor
3-button styling. Solids, tweeds, sub
dued checks end stripes.
+ NetionoIIy advertised mems
sloeks. All first quoIity. Wool
Honnels, Orion blends, oeriIon"
blends. All Labelled for fabrie con-
tent. Some SiIieone and Seotehsord
tTeoted. Sizes 80, "a, 36 and 40
in the group. ResuIsrIy 6.ss ond
more. Now -------- 400
4 AcryIic fiber by Chemstrond
Mems lined ioekets. Sureoots, sub
urben eoots and short ieekets. Cot
ton poPlin, cotton twill, cotton ond
nyIon. All quilt lined. S, N and L.
Were 1000 and more. - 500
Oownstoirs Store, Budget Handbags,
Also 7 Corners and Bethesda BUDGET
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28

Labor today softened It's OPP
position to legislation for an
area transportation compact
after Representative Foley
Democrat of Maryland, intro
duced three new bills.
The first bill would set up
the compact itself. 1t incor-
porates language guaranteeing
workers the right to strike,
This bill would set up a three
member commission, with rep
resentatives from the District,
Maryland and Virginia, to reg
ulate transit companies in the
Washington Metropolitan Area.
The other two measures
sponsored by Mr.. Foley would
clarity Federal law. One would
amend the Interstate Com
merce Act to make sure that
temporary operating certificates
issued to utilities whenever
service is interrupted could not
be used as ke-breaking
weapons.
The other would allow unions
to seek Federal court orders to
protect employee rights during
mergers of regulated COM
panies. Under current law, the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion may decide whether such
employee rights must be main
tanned, Mr.. Foley said.
He introduced the Federal
bills as companion measures to
proposals already given the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Labor Seen FriendIier
ToNewT Transit Bills

I Senate by Senator Magnuson,
Democrat Of Washington.
Bernard Cushman, counsel
for the AFL-CIO local at the
D. C. Transit System, said he
believed the Foley bills met the
major objections of District
labor forces.
But we have been afraid that
the whole approach of the leg
islation is wrong" Mr.. Cush-
man said. "Area transportation
is a broader problem than reg
ulation by compact-it should
be integrated with the role Of
mass transportation, with metro
and city planning and place
ment of Federal buildings and
highways, perhaps with median
strips for transit"
Passage of the Foley bills.
however. probably would erase
active union opposition.
The compact. without the
strike guarantee, has cleared
both the Virginia and Mary
land Legislatures in identical
form.
Union leaders tried unsuc-
cessfully to write labor protec-
ton into the bill this year in
Maryland Legislature. Mr.. Foley,
although in sympathy with this
move, was understood to have
urged State lawmakers to ex-
clude the labor provisions be-
cause they dealt with Federal
law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Businesses to Close
Founder Of Flag Library, Ai|ing,
Leaves Free Service in Good Hands

the idea, but told Brooks he'd
have to get the approval of
every nation, so he went from
Embassy to Embassy until he
got it.
zone flag led to another, ="
said Mrs. Harding, who man
ages a hotel beauty shop when
she isn't busting of flags at
home. He saw there was a
need for flags-there was no
place you could get them"
The former toy manufacturer
began by borrowing flags from
all the embassies. He already
had friends at every one from
the first time around" Mrs.
Harding said. Then the State
Department lent him some
extras 1t had"
State and city governments
proved happy to supply their
flags, and the Flag Service was
born.
From his home at 5515 Sher-
rier place NV, Mr.. Harding
not only furnished flags to ali
corners. but insisted on helping
to hang them.
According to DR.. Oscar
] Kurtz, a client Of the flagman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Comerumun Loses
Plea for Trip
To Replace Film

A Washington attorney today
lost a court fight to obtain a
round-trip ticket to Lapland
from a local film professor.
He had commended that the
firm owed him $4,000 damages
because he had never received
one of his films, which he had
taken on a trip through North
ern Scandinavia four years ago,
The Municipal Court of APP
peals limited recovery for the
traveller, Paul M. Rhodes OF
2113B Suitland terrace Sc, to
$3.50, the cost of the film and
the processing charge.
Mr.. Rhodes, had taken Is
rolls of film to the Ritz Cam
era Center after he returned
from the trip. He got back Ia
of them plus one apparently
taken in Mexico.
Mr.. Rhodes, who described
himself in court as somewhat
better than an amateur photog-
rapher, said he used the pic
lures as a method of business
recruitment. The missing Aim
he said, included scenes of lap
land and businessmen who were
travelling with him.
He commended the camera
center should pay him the
round trip fare because that
was the sum necessary to be
able to retake the photographs
Chief Judge Leo A. Rover
held that the use he intended
to make of the missing photo
graphs was too speculative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28

ceremonies at the Tomb of the
Unknowns.
The presidential wreath will
be placed at IL am. by Sum-
ner G. Whittier. administrator
of the Veterans Administration.
Mr.. Whittier will address a
Grand Army of the Republic
memorial service at the Am
phitheater at 1880 am. Imme-
diately following, a GAR wreath
will be placed.
At 2:15 pm, a plaque will
be presented at the tomb by
the American Gold Star Moth
ers. Another wreath will be
placed at sos pm. by the Or
der of the AHEPA.
At o am. a wreath cere-
mony will be held at the grave
of Sergt. John Basilone, a Con-
gressional Medal of Honor
winner. by American Legion
Post 100.
Services will also be held at
the LIST and I'd Division monu-
ments on Constitution avenue.
Area Observances
In Montgomery County,
Rockville's 18th annual Me-
mortal Day parade will begin
at 3 pm. at the Rockville
Drive-In Theater on Route 355.
The two-hour parade of mill
tary units, fire companies and
majorities, will move along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28

Mr.. Harding has served more
than 1000 national organiza-
tons. as well as veterans
groups, cemeteries and inter-
national church conventions.
Every time there's a party
for a foreign dignitary at one
of the hotels, they call for
Brooks and his flags" DR..
Kurtz said. Il don't think he
got very far from a ladder the
whole time Queen Elizabeth
was here"
This afternoon in the board
room Of the National Savings
g. Trust Co., Mrs. Harding will
receive a plaque for her hus-
band from an old customer"
which cites g. his service to
B'nai Birth during the past
16 years in supplying flags Of
all nations. :"
After the ceremony a group
of Mr.. Harding's supporters
will incorporate the Flag Lii
brary Of the U. S. A.
Then Mrs. Harding will go
to Hadley Memorial Hospital,
where her husband is a cancer
patient, to tell him his flags
are in good hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
BY MICHAEL MOK
Star STAFF Writer

Brooks Harding lived in a
basement apartment with a
dream and 5000 flags.
The very day he left his wife
and three children last February
to go to the hospital, a State
Department truck rolled up
with 750 more flags. With little
room left, the new batch had to
be stacked in the living room
hall and bedroom.
In 81 years Mr.. Harding has
lived to see his flags fly in every
State of the Union, as well as
over Ireland, Israel and down
under in New Zealand.
Today his dream-a flag Ii
brary. where patrons may check
out flags instead of books-is
coming true.
1t all began with a single
flag, one Mr.. Harding designed
himself.
Brooks came to Washington
early in World War II with the
idea of a flag to honor all the
allies" Mrs. Harding said. I'll
was white, with four red bars
to represent the Four Freedoms
THE State Department liked