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Evening star., 1960-01-05

He suggested q law modelled
after a less stringent measure
in Prince Georges County.
The two-year-old Prince
Georges County ordinance re-
quires each solicitor to buy a
81 annual permit through the
police department. which keeps
a record Of the solicitors but
does not f1ngerprint or photo
graph them.
Inspector Vincent S. Free,
along with County Attorney
Robert B. Matthias, said the
ordinance has worked we'll.
II a resident complains about
"a solicitor who has been at his
door, police can check their
files and locate the man
through the company he rep
resentS, Inspector Free said. He
noted some municipalities also
have solicitor registration pro-
cedures.
Persons making door-to-door
sales must obtain a hawker's or
peddler's license at a cost of
S5l a year. These are secured
through the clerk of the Prince
Georges Circuit Court. This in
wolves no fingerprinting, pho
tographing or check on a police
record.
A solicitor is one who tries to
get orders for future delivery
while a hawker goes door to
door with his wares in hand
The Montgomery council took
the suggested ordinance under
advisement.
Evening star., 1960-01-05
D. c. Trunsit's
Profit Drops

D. c. Transit Systems net
operating income last Novem-
ber dropped nearly 43 per cent
under the comparable 1858
figure, mainly because of new
union wage increases, it was
reported today. .-.s
In a report to the Public
Utilities Commission, the com.
pany listed its November, 1859,
net income as $48,173. The
figure for November 1948 was
$84,203-a difference of more
than $4,000 or 42.8 per cent.
The comapny's net income
for last November was $28, 1863,
a decrease of $13,515. or 3l.2
per cent from the amount q
year earlier.
The company signed a new
contract with the streetcar and
bus operators union. effective
last November l, which pro-
vided an immediate f1ve-cent
increase in the $3.50 hourly
wage. A P. U. c. official said the
new contract added about $780,
900 to the company's payroll
in November.
A major argument from the
company for its requested s.
cent fare increase is the added
cost to the company as a result
of the three-year union con-
tract. The hearings on the
companys fare increase appli.
cation resume January IS.
Today's financial report for
the 1l-month period ending
last November 80, however.
showed a 10.1 per cent increase
in net operating income over
the same period of 1858. Net
income was up 50.4 per cent.
Evening star., 1960-01-05

police by housewives. Mr..
Kardy's request came after an
l8-year-old salesman was con-
victed of arson in several
apartment house fires in Silver
Spring and Bethesda recently.
These people swarm over
the county like a plague of
locusts each spring and fall.
bringing with them a crime
wave and literally hundreds of
complaints" Mr.. Hardy said.
I'VE have no law on the books
to control them. although they
are a serious menace to house
wives"
Objections Raised
In last nights hearing be-
fore the county council, not a
single voice was raised in sup
port of the proposal but a
strong representation of door
to-door statesmen Of cosmetics.
hosiery. brushes and vacuum
cleaners was there to object.
J. B. Wrenn of SIG Gilmore
street. Silver Spring. represent
ing the ElectroluX Co., said:
Il resent such an ordinance
strongly because it requires
fingerprinting and investigating
Of statesmen like common GRIM
inals. I also object to the sug-
gested So licensing fee; I would
object If 1t were only 3 cents.
because parttime sales people
should not be required to pay
| it,"
Another witness. Winton A.
Gastmann Of the Fuller Brush
Co.. said such legislation will
keep some good, reliable citi-
Zens out of the county"
There is a stigma attached
to this type Of fingerprinting."
Mr.. Gastmann said. "Prospec-
tive statesmen will resent being
told that they have to go to a
police station and register for
a license. They would rather
not SELL"
Mrs. Stella B. Werner, a
member of the council, OBJ
served that she recognized one
of the statesmen in the audience
who appears at her home in
Chevy Chase every six weeks to
display his products.
He came around recently to
ask me to sign a petition about
this, which made an interesting
situation" Mrs. Werner added.
Easier Law Urged
E. B. McVey. of Catonsville,
Md. who is branch manager
for a firm with 800 statesmen
in this area, agreed that would
be sellers will be discouraged
by a SO fee. and they won't
agree to wait while they are
being investigated"
Evening star., 1960-01-05

Thus the District government
sought immediate possession of
the property over the opposi-
ton of the restaurateurs and
sea food dealers located along
the wharf at Twelfth street
and Maine avenue S.W.
In Freeway Path
The District wants the land
so it can clear the area to
make room for construction of
the Southwest freeway and de-
velopment of the Southwest
Redevelopment Project.
A token demolition was un-
dertaken yesterday as a small
outbuilding in the wharf was
torn down.
The sea food merchants were
given notice by the District
on November / that they would
have to close up shop by last
Friday.
The merchants, stalling for
time. have claimed through a
spokesman that they want to
state their case for staying
in business at the same loca-
ton before the House and SEN
ate Committees. The spokes-
man. Perry F. Cannon, said
the merchants are convinced
that the old market need not
be torn down to make way for
the freeway. and the redevelop-
ment project.
Two Not Served
Chester H. Gray, corporation
counsel. said papers were not
filed against two occupants be-
cause one, Herzog's Restaurant,
had not had adequate notA-.
and another had no legal status
in the market.
Mr.. Gray said it would take
at least two weeks to clear the
building for demolition.
Evening star., 1960-01-05
TOURIST LURE
Senate
Opens New
Subwoy

Washington got an added
tourist attraction today with
the formal opening of the SUBJ
way between the New Senate
Once Building and the Capitol.
Senator Chavez, Democrat of
New Mexico. at the dedication
ceremony predicted the new
subway would prove to be "one
of the main tourist attractions
in the country" He is chair
man of the Senate ONCE
Building Commission which
supervised the construction.
The new subway will whisk
Senators through a 1,000-foot
tunnel between the New Sem
ate Office Building and the
Capitol in So seconds. Two
plush cars, each carrying 1S
passengers, will run between
the two buildings.
Another new tunnel connects
the Capitol with the Old Sen
ate ONCE Building. Two new
cars in that tunnel will carry
Senators from one building to
the other in Al seconds. But
this spur is not expected to GO
into operation until fall. The
old subway between the Capitol
and Old Senate Office Building
will operate until then.
The new subway network will
cost 50 million.
The Rev. Frederick Brown
Harris, Senate chaplain, saw
symbolism in the new subway
system. He called the cars
swift chariots of democracy
with the concern of untold mil
lions riding on their wheels. -"
And Capitol Architect J.
George Stewart saw q respite
from complaints about Capitol
construction projects as the
first new car pulled away after
the dedication ceremonies.
Thank God, that went of
all right" he muttered into
his pipe.
Evening star., 1960-01-05
Modern Duncinq
Class Opens Today

Adult women's classes in
modern dance will be offered
at the Jewish Community Gen.
ter, 1929 Sixteenth street NV,
beginning tonight. Sid Marker,
director of adult activities at
the center announces.
Gayla April Land, Of the
Erika Thimey Dance Studio
will instruct beginners and in
termediate dance classes at
the center every Monday night.
Beginners classes start at 1880
pm. and the intermediate at
1890 pm, Mr.. Marker said.
Evening star., 1960-01-05
Foirfox Planners Pick
Price for 18th Term

The Fairfax County Plan
ming Commission last night re-
elected Keith Price chairman
for his 18th term.
Mr.. Price, 63-year-old real
estate man. of l0l Barkley
drive, Mantua, has served on
the commission 16 years.
Curtis johnson was elected
vice chairman and A. Slater
Lamond was named secretary
After his reelection, Mr..
Price said requests for indus
trial re-Zonings will pose the
toughest problems for the COM
mission in 1860.
Mclean Tract ReZoned
Fairfax is currently consid-
ering an industrial master plan.
In other business, the COM
mission recommended rezoning
of a five-acre tract to a COM
mercial classification at the
southeast corner of Route 123
and Tennyson drive, Mclean.
In recommending commercial
for the tract, the commission
turned down the developers re-
quest for less restrictive, gen.
Evening star., 1960-01-05
Bus Protests Brinq
Pledge Of Service
Traffic Officials
Blame Tieups
On Platforms

d. c. Transit System officials
today met complaints about the
changeover from streetcars to
buses with promises of increas-
ingly better service and addi-
tional buses at an early date.
In the first phase of the
transitional period, traffic in
general has moved smoothly
except where the old streetcar
loading platforms are being re-
moved, District traffic officials
said.
Most complaints have been
heard from the Cabin john
Macarthur boulevard area, de-
prived of streetcar service over
the week end as part of the
plan to replace it entirely in
Washington with buses.
James w. Anderson, president
Of the Palisades Citizens Asso-
citation, said today: The
changeover plan is so young
that think it is a little early
to appraise it correctly. I would
give it few more days to see
how it will turn out and give
the system time to jell."
TOO Early to Tell"
Mr.. Anderson said that while
his association is scheduled to
meet tonight. he does not ex-
pect formal discussion of the
transportation problem.
Lawrence Bloomberg, chair.
man of the associations public
utilities committee, made It
clear: I'VE do intend to give
it thorough and continuing
study and watch it carefully.
II think it is too early to tell
anything about the new pro.
gram. We certainly intend to
check it. For the first couple
Of days it has been fairly con-
fusing. We are taking consid-
erably more time to get down
to work. 49,
Everybody agrees we will
not get the equivalent service
that we did from the Cabin
John streetcar line. This is the
only carline for which there
was not a direct bus substitu-
ton following the same route,
because we have an entirely
new route with the buses.
Some Of the equipment is
pretty old-ramshackle buses.
On one of them I got the smell
of burning rubber all the way
downtown.
But I want to make it clear
I am not critical of D. c.
Transit now. I think the Pub
lie Utilities Commission. is go
ing to take responsibility to
see that we get adequate serv-
ice."
100 New Buses Due
Alfred E. Savage, director of
the mechanical department of
D. C. Transit, said today the
company has ordered 100 addi-
tional new buses. He expects
delivery in late February and
March. He said they are Cen
eral Motors buses, with "A
passenger capacity and air
conditioning. He explained
they will be distributed
throughout the system.
Isaac B. Goad, director Of
transportation for the COM
pany. declared today that serv-
ice on the routes will get bet
ter as it goes along" He said
that while the operation has
not been perfect by any means,
considering the size of the Job
it is working reasonably satis-
factorily."
About 100 streetcars, taken
of the Friendship Heights,
Cabin John and Georgia ave-
nue. lines, are now in storage,
awaiting a buyer, Mr.. Goad
said.
Evening star., 1960-01-05

be relocated"
He said he would take the
matter up with the committee
within a week, and would reply
officially to the merchants after
a conference.
Chairman Bible of the Senate
District Committee said he will
discuss the situation with Sem
ator Beall, Republican of Mary
land. who was chairman of the
subcommittee that handled the
bill permitting the taking of the
market property.
Senator Beall said he planned
to confer on the matter within
a few days with Commissioner
Alvin c. yelling. Senator Beall
invited Senator Robertson,
Democrat of Virginia, to join
them.
Senator Robertson said he
and Senator Beall wanted to
make sure that Virginia and
Maryland fishermen would be
provided with adequate space
to sell their wares in Washing
ton.
Senator Robertson added,
however. that I'VE couldn't block
that development. 1t is essen
tial from a traffic standpoint"
Time Running Out
Meanwhile, time was running
out for the merchants.
The District government yes
terday went to court in an
effort to evict IL of 13 mer-
chants opposing removal from
the market.
The eviction request was con-
tained in papers filed with the
Landlord and Tenant Branch
of Municipal Court. The suits
requesting a court order that
would remove the merchants
claimed they were all tenants
by suffrance," living on Dis.
trict-owned land.
Evening star., 1960-01-05
The
Rambler
Hos q
Strap Fixed
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The Raj bier got too
strong the other day and
broke a strap after repack-
ing an old steamer trunk. It
was just for storage-he isn't
going anywhere.
Now, a trunk strap is hard
to find and this one was in
perfectly good condition ex-
cept for part just behind the
buckle where it had become
frayed and eventually
broken.
Where to go?
He thought of that sad
dlery store in Georgetown on
M street which everyone re-
members because of the tall
black horse that stands out
side - inanimately. 1t is
made of wood and papier
mache or something.
So he went there and the
strap was spliced in a jiffy.
A sign on the wall called at
tention to the fact that the
store will be IS years old this
year. 1t read: wv. H. Stom-
book & Son, 3728 M street
NV, 1895-1960."
He was waited on by Earl
P. Stombock, son of the
founder.
MY father started in this
business in the woods" Mr..
Stombock said. "He used to
strip tanbark from the trees
on the Blue Ridge and sell
1t to a tannery in Luray, Va.
Then he came to town
and worked for DAVIS, whose
shop was across M street.
DAVIS later moved over on
Wisconsin avenue.
"Harness-making was a
big business in those days.
Horses were still pulling the
streetcars - except for the
cable cars. Supplying har-
ness together with repairing
it for the firms whose drays
hauled freight from the rail-
road yards and the docks,
the brewers, the department
stores, the milk distributors,
the retail coal firms, the
lumber yards, the hardware
stores and suppliers of build
ing material was a big buSi-
ness. Everything that moved
through the streets had to be
hauled by horses.
Evening star., 1960-01-05
House Airing Pledged
In Fish Market Clusters
Way to Relocate Merchants Sought
By District Committee Chuirmun

Seafood merchants battling against eviction from the
Municipal Fish Market promised today airing of their
troubles before Congress
Representative Mcmillan of South Carolina
chairman the District Committee
"glad to talk with them"
81 am willing to help them" said ito see if they can't
Evening star., 1960-01-05
FingerPrint Proposal
For Solicitors Ropped

Over 100 statesmen and appeared at
hearing last night in Rockville protest suggested ordinance
requiring that solicitors be licensed and hngerprinted
The legislation requested by States Attorney Leonard
Hardy, in effort to control objectionable" magazine
salesmen who annually aresponbe for hundreds calls
Evening star., 1960-01-05

THERE WERE MANY
harness shops. Today our
existence is entirely due to
the saddle horse.
And we still have compe-
tition. There's Kings on
Eleventh street near Woody's,
and there are saddle shops
in the horse country at
Middleburg and Upperville
and Warrenton in Virginia;
others in Baltimore and
Philadelphia sell in this
market. And we In turn do
business all over the country.
A request for a saddle came
in this morning from Cali
fornia.
I'VE haven's had an order
for harness or the repair Of
harness in some time. We
could fill it. There are at
least three harness factories
left. But I don't know Of a
team of work horses left in
all of Montgomery County.
"As one farmer explained
it to me, it was the lack Of
hoStlers that did away with
the horses. Farmers couldn't
find hands who could har-
ness a horse. let alone
handle a team in front of a
plow, harrow or drill. 1t was
human failure, not failure OF
the horse.
Perhaps it's just as well
my father didn't live to see
this day. His boast was that
you could lay on the floor
the so or more pieces that
90 into the harness for a
team and he could assemble
the harness blindfolded."
The Rambler left with his
trunk strap a little saddened
by all this.
Evening star., 1960-01-05

IT is ONLY FIVE or six
years ago it seems, that
there were beautiful Per-
cheronS and Clydesdales and
BelgianS at the fairs at
Gaithersburg, Frederick and
Timonium and tug-of-war
contests between teams OF
the big, powerful animals
were thrilling events.
1t was no further back
that he attended a contest
among farmers who could
handle, not only teams, but
four and six horse bitches.
1t is less than 10 years ago
that Elwood Baker, whose
work in color photography
for The Star has since be-
come we'll known, was driv-
ing the Rambler back from
Frederick and we came to a
sudden stop.
ElWood had seen a picture.
An elderly farmer was SOW
ing a large field with winter
wheat with a seed drill
drawn by three horses,
hitched abreast. The field
was dry and the drill was
raising a dusty haze caught
in the glow of the setting
sun. And behind him corn
shocks like Indian tepees
stood row on row. Elwood
got his picture, black and
white. Now he has color, but
ne will never see that scene
again.
Evening star., 1960-05-16
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Kodiak mirror., 1960-05-28
Bob Hall Family On Trip Outside

MT. and Mrs. Bob Hall, Kodiak Airways operators, and children Anne. Jean, Betty and Bobby letf last Saturday morning for Seattle. They planned to spend few days in Washington, D. c. where Hall attended CAB hearings.
 They will visit relatives and friends in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Dakota, Colorado, Oregon and Washington before returning to Kodiak.
Kodiak mirror., 1960-05-28
Year Long Battle Ends In Victory
ATTU ANNIVERSARY

Today were assembled Tn front of headquarters"
 Thus started the entry for May 29, 1943 in the diary of a Japanese officer who lost his life in the last engagement of the Aleutian Cam paign on the Island of Attu.
 The text of the diary for that date is as follows:
 Today we are assembled in front of headquarters. The field hospital took part too. The last assault is to be carried out. All the patients in the hospital were made to commit suicide. Only B years of living and I am to die here. I have no regrets. Banzai to the Emperor.
 q am grateful that I have kept peace of my soul which Enkist bestowed on me Goodbye, Gaeko, my beloved wife, who loved me to the last. Until we meet again, grant you God speed, Miseka, who just became four years old, will grow up unhindered. I feel sorry for you, Fokiko, born February of this year and will never see your father"
 Shortly afterwards, 1000 BanZai- dedicated Japanese stormed from the last line of defense to attack and die. The desperation launched attack came very near to succeed ing. The Japanese overwhelmed American outpoSts and swarmed up a hill. They came under the cover of darkness and a snow storm.
 Their objective was the Ameri- can beachhead at Massacre Bay beyond the ridge. All that stood between them and their goal was a contingent of roadibuilding CT Engineers.
 They managed to throw up an improvised breastworks of equip ment and supplies including cases of dynamite and laid down with ering firepower. The Japanese first assault was broken and then the second and last assault of the Aleutian campaign came to a bitter crushing end.
 Within few hours the Engi- neers were back at their task of building the road, a job they un- derstood very we'll. Under combat conditions during the preceding F days of battle, the Engineers had biult more roads on the island than their Japanese counterparts had managed during the II months of their stay.
 Later the ridge where the at- tack was stopped was named ap- propriately enough - 'Engineer Hill" The entire Aleutian cam paign of World War II has come to be known as the Engineers War because all the installations on the Chain had to be built from scratch under the constant menace of Jap anese guns to say nothing of the handicaps imposed by gale-like winds, rugged terrain and long sup ply lines.
 The campaign, for all the diff culties, was completed with a smashing victory for the Ameri- cans within 12 months after 1t started, almost to the day.
Evening star., 1960-05-22
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Evening star., 1960-10-16
BoiIey-BroWn

Mr.. and Mrs. James M.
Bailey announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Linda
Lee to Midshipman Noel War
rem Brown, son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Noel w. Brown Of At
tica, Ind.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Morcus-Lebow

Mrs. Henry Marcus an
nounces the engagement Of
her daughter Muriel Sandra
to MIR. Morty j. Lebowitz,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Lebo-
witz. Miss Marcus is also.
the daughter Of the late Mr..
Marcus. A June wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1960-10-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II.
Darling of Huntsville. Ala,
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Doris Rod
gers to pr. Fernando Picci.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Raimon-
do Picci of Milan, Italy.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Dimond-MefrifieId

Mr.. and Mrs. E11t0t &
Thomas pimond annd inT4
the engagement of then
daughter Sheila Rosaire to
Mr.. Erwin Haven Merrifield.
son Of Mrs Evelyn Haven
Merrifleld Of Athos, Mass.
and the late Mr.. Merrffeld.
A fall wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
GoIden-S Skinner

Mr.. and 4 Mrs. Charles T.
Golden announce the engage
lnent Of their daughter Ruth
Lorraine to Mr.. Carlos n.
Skinner, son Of Mrs. Mary 9.
Skinner and the late Mr..
Mr.. Carlton H. Skinner. An
April wedding is planned.