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Evening star., 1960-08-10

and dips all over the place.
Help! Mrs. D. F.
ANSWER: First Of all
hang the skirt for "a hours
before measuring the hem.
Lots Of the stretch will hang
out. After marking hem,
spread skirt on table. Turn
hem to wrong side on marked
line and pin about "a inch
from folded edge. First time
around. I suggest basting too
Gig. -. Measure hem at
its narrowest point and trim
rest Of hem so the depth is
the same all around.
To solve the extra fullness
problem at hem edge, ease in
by machine stitching with
long stitch along edge.
Pin hem in place and be
sure to match seam lines
Gig. p. To adjust fullness
evenly, pull thread Of stitch
ing gently. fitting hem to
skirt. Steam stitched edge
lightly to remove as much of
the excess fullnesS as possible.
Finish raw edge by either
turning under "a inch. creas-
ing and ge-stitching Zig,
81, or stitch ribbon seam
binding "a inch from the
edge. Then hem by hand.
Miss Scott is hoppy to help SEAMS
TO NE readers with their sewing
problems. ond with questions on
wordrobs end foshion. However,
beeouse 50 mony ore seeking her
essistcnee, Miss Scott osks reoders
to pleoss limit their letters to one
question. Send your question to
Petrieia Scott in care Of The Evening
Star, enclosing Q stompsd. Self-od-
dressed envelope for reply.
(CopyriEht, 1860. by Field Enter
prises, Incl
Evening star., 1960-08-10
Miss Whitaker
Named Recent

Miss Helen Whitaker has
been elected regent of the
Contitution Chapter,
D. A. R.. for 1960-62.
Also elected to Office were
Mrs. Lois Hall Henderson,
vice regent; Miss Annie Mae
Caron, chaplain; Mrs. Albert
L. Nowicki. recording secre-
tary: Miss Mary Frances
Marshall, corresponding sec
retary; Miss Alice Marie
Funk, treasurer; Miss Dor
othy Grace Calling. registrar;
Miss Laura Louise Lewter,
historian; Mrs. Elizabeth Co.
burn Stamps, librarian and
Mrs. Adelaide Harrington
Reynolds, delegate.
Evening star., 1960-08-10
Sorority Names
New Officers

The Virginia Beta Iota
Chapter. Beta Sigma Phi in
ternational sorority, has in
stalled Mrs. A. F. Spezio as
the new president.
Other new officers are Mrs.
D. Vincent, vice president;
Miss J. w. Williams, extern
sion officer; Mrs. r. A. Serva-
titus, recording secretary: Miss
j. Simons. corresponding Sec
retary; Mrs. R. Kaster. treas
urer, and Mrs. w. D. Virgins,
jr.. civil defense officer.
Mrs. T. Jira is city council
representative; Mrs. Stimson
and Mrs. r. C. Taylor are
alternateS.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Philippines House
Gusts Member

MANILA, July 19 (AP).-The
House of Representatives last
night suspended Representative
Sergio Osmena, jr., son of a
former president of the Philip
pines, for charging that PreSi-
dent Carlos P. Garcia had been
bribed to veto a bill.
The suspension will last IS
months, almost the balance of
Mr.. Osmena's term. The House
is up for reelection in Novem-
Der, 1861. Mr.. Osmena, a bitter
critic of Mr.. Garcia, repeatedly
may run for president on an
independent ticket.
The suspension vote was
1876.
The bill Mr.. Garcia vetoed
gave Chinese trading rice and
corn-the nations two basic
crops-two years to get out of
retail trade and three years to
liquidate wholesale businesses.
The president called for an
investigation of the charges
and action against either him.
self or Mr.. OSmeno. The Con-
gresham did not present any
proof of the bribery claim. A
libel action against Mr.. Os-
mena is not possible since the
charge was made in a speech
in the House and was privileged.
Congress has passed the We
toed bill again with changes
urged by the president. How
ever. the President may veto it
again.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Democrat Butler
Is Considered
For Film Post
HOLLYWOOD, July 10 CAP)

HOLLYWOOD, July 10 CAP)
Paul M. Butler, retired chair
man of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, is one of
several candidates to head a
new movie organization aimed
at keeping production in this
town.
A meeting was held Sunday
at the Beverly Hills home OF
AL Hart, a banker, to talk over
formation Of the new group
Mr.. Butler was present as were
Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra
Dore Schary, William Goetz
Jerry Wald, Harold Hecht
Tony Curtis, Charles Bracket
Walter Mirisch, Norman Pan
ANA and Melvin Frank. All
are independent producers OF
producer-starS.
1 Il wouldn't say that Butler
has the inside track" Mr.. Hart
told a newsman, but he Ger.
tainly is under consideration
Everybody at the meeting
is concerned about movie pro-
duction moving to Europe. We
want to form an organization
to keep it here. It's not thai
we're anti-Europe. We're just
protecting our own business in,
vestments."
Mr.. Butler was non-commit.
tai after the meeting and has
since returned home to South
Bend, Ind. He plans to oper
law Offices there and in Wash.
ington.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
LINCOLN NOMINATORS SHOWN
AS MEN OF FEW WORDS

CHICAGO (AP)-To those who have listened to
political orators drone and taxing their vocabu
larieS and overtaxng your patience:
man named Norman B. Judd of Chicago got up
in the Republican convention in his home town 1860
and said Il desire behalf of the delegation from Il
noS to put in nomination candidate for President of
the United States Abraham Lincoln of Illinois,
The Republican National Committee today provided
q word count on that and other convention speeches
The printed proceedings of the 1860 convention show
that three men made secondng speeches that toaled 81
additional words.
None of them used the familiar man who" The
G. O. P researchers also reported that Lincoln accepted
the Republican nomination in quiet ceremony in his
Springfield home in which he uttered 1856 words"
Evening star., 1960-07-19
2lGermuns Killed
In Iron Mine Fire

SALzGITTER. Germany,
July 19 (AP).-An iron mine
fire. belching heavy black
smoke, today took the lives OF
at least 81 miners. Their bodies
were recovered. About 80
others were missing.
The disaster occurred in the
HannoverSche Treue (Hann-
overian FAITH Mine, part OF
government owned mining
properties formerly known as
the Reichswerke Hermann Co.
ering. Police closed off ap-
proaches to the mine. Anxious
relatives and weeping wives
waited at the company gates
for word on the fate of the
trapped men.
A mine spokesman said about
$50 miners of the early morn
ing shift managed to reach the
surface after fire broke out ir
a shafts power station.
He said it was suspected that
faulty cable sparked the fire
which then exploded an oil
storage tank supplying the gen.
orator with fuel.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
BY a Star Stan Writer

CHICAGO, July l9-Here are
some sure signs the 1860 preSi-
Dental campaign is at hand:
The Republican National
Committees publicity division
has ground out its first &C. o. p.
Truth Sheet" of the campaign.
1t also has put out what it
called "a G. o. P. feature No.
/" on Republican campaign
songs featuring the 1860 ditty
THE Good Time Train"
Neither the truth sheet nor
the song sheet, it must be said,
created any great stir among
early bird delegates for the con-
vention starting next Monday
Senator Frank Church ot
Idaho had the doubtful honor
of being the subject Of the first
truth sheet" It dissected his
keynote address before the
Democratic convention. Th {
sheet, entitled Church VS.. the
Truth" came up with 16 points
on which to challenge his ve-
racity.
They ranged over the farm
problem, tight money policies
presidential vetoes, commu-
nism, civil rights and the cos
of living.
Truth Squad" Uncertain
In 1856, the Republicans sen
a truth squad" trailing aftel
Democratic speakers across tht
country. No one here is quitt
sure now whether the Republi
Evening star., 1960-07-19
.INTEGRATION
Continued From First Page

continued fEOm fITSL rage
we're admitted to first-grade
classes in Delaware's school
system. This fall, under the
plan struck down today, Ne
groes would have reached the
second grade. BY 1872, Negroes
would have been seated in all
II grades.
obstacles" Cited in Dissent
Mr.. Redding contended that
none of the pupils he repre-
sented-there were 40 orig
inally-would ever be inte-
grated since all were S5ove
the flrst-grade level when the
plan went into effect.
Judge Herbert P. Goodrich
dissented. He wrote that lit
seems to me that in view OF
the local (Delaware) social in
ertia against any plan at all
that the one submitted and ap-
proved, is as good as we can
expect In view of the obstacles
to be overcome in making it
work"
Judge Biggs said that by
figures submitted by the State
of Delaware there are approxi-
mately 1000 Negroes now eligi-
BILE for desegregation in the first
grade. Only Is have applied
for admission.
He said "even if this number
be trebled" the number OF
Negro children involved in de-
segregation of grades / to Il
would barely exceed 500.
There are some 1900 public
school pupils in Delaware and
nearly $4,000, or about As pei
cent, attend integrated schools
most of them in the city OF
Wilmington. There are, accord.
ing to court records, some 1000
Negro pupils eligible for de-
segregation in all IL grades.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Indicted Teller
Helps Police in
Separate Case

A young bank teller was both
a defendant and'a Government
witness in District Court In
dictments yesterday.
William E. Mcdonald, %, Of
the 100 block of New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, helped po-
lice by refusing payment on a
$535 check for which a sales
man has been charged with
larceny, forgery and false pre-
lenses.
Mcdonald, who was head
teller of the Friendship branch
of the Riggs National Bank at
the time, was indicted yester-
day on a charge of embezzling
land making false entries in
bank ledgers.
In the first case, the grand
jury charged that Jerry E.
Rickenbach tried to pass a
check signed by a 68-year-old
woman with weak eyesight
which she had thought totaled
S5.35 instead of the $535 that
Rickenbach was alledged to
actually have put on the check.
The woman, Mrs. Florence D.
Sutton of 4701 Connecticut
avenue NV. showed a receipt
to her daughter Nancy, 40, of
the same address, later the
same day and the bank was
notified to stop payment. Teller
Mcdonald refused the check
VIII en- Rickenbach allegedly
tried to cash it the next day.
May 26, and Rickenbach was
arrested a short time later.
/ Mcdonald, head teller siroa
March, has been charged by
police with taking about $40
from the bank.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Powell Sees
New York on
Fence Now

NEW YORK, July 10 tAP)
Representative Powell, the
Democratic leader of Harlem
said today that Senator Ken
nedy could not be elected
President unless he carries
New York State.
The Negro leader added that
the Democratic presidential
nominee cannot carry New
York at the present point oi
party deterioration in the
State"
The Harlem leader also saio
at a news conference that he
may not participate in the
campaign although Il will moi
bolt the ticket"
The degree of my participa-
tion and enthusiasm would de-
pend on what Senator Ken
nedy says on certain matters,
Mr.. Powell said.
Nonetheless, Mr.. Powell said
Il won't see anything of great
attraction in the opposing camp
this year and, therefore, Ken
nedy is my candidate for Pres,
ident."
/ The Congressman said hi
specifically wants Senator Ken.
nedy to "repudiate the indorse.
ment of the president of the
White Citizens Council in Ala,
bama".
He said he also wants Sen,
ator Kennedy to spell out
that under his administration
the Federal Government woult
take steps to enforce the Su
preme Court school desegrega
ton decision.
| Mr.. Powell said he hoped tt
meet with one of Senator Ken
nedy's brothers and will
Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr.. II
discuss the New York situation
prior to a meeting late toda,
of Democratic leaders in Har
lem.
Mr.. Powell broke with tn,
Democratic Party to supper
President Eisenhower in botl
1852 and 1856. Recently he ha
come back into the party fold
Evening star., 1960-07-19
TEXAN BOOMS
BOB ANDERSON

SAN ANGELO, Tex, July 19
(AP).-A Texas Republican
says a move is under way to
name Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson as the G. o. P. vice
presidential nominee at the
party's convention in Chicago
next week.
Edwin S. Mayor. the 1863
G. o. P. gubernatorial candi-
date, said yesterday that the
native Texans stock has been
soaring since the Democrats
named Senator johnson OF
Texas as their vice presidential
candidate.
Il believe Mr.. Anderson's S
nomination would Offset what
ever the Democrats thought
they would achieve by nominat-
ing Johnson" Mr.. Mayor said.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Gov. Davis Comedies,
Won't Contest Burdick

BISMARCK, N. OAK, July
l9 (AP).-Gov. John E. Davis
has no intention of seeking a
recount in the June % special
election in which he was de-
feated for the United States
Senate.
Gov. Davis said figures of
the State Canvassing Board
action yesterday. showing Rep
resentative Quentin N. Burdick,
Democrat of North Dakota,
winner by lib votes, are con-
elusive. Gov. Davis said he
will telegraph his congratula-
tionS to Mr.. Burdick.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Maryland Group
Backs Goldwuter

ANNAPOLIS, July 10 (AP)
The Maryland Petition Com.
mittee for States Rights viii
be represented at a "Goldwatel
for President" rally in Chicago
Sunday.
The rally, in support of Sen.
ator Goldwater of Arizona fol
the Republican presidential,
nomination, will be held in the
Morrison Hotel.
The committee said that pc.
titions have been obtained ir
more than 43 States supporting
the Goldwater for President
movement. These petitions viii
be presented to each State
delegation at the Republican
convention.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
6. 0. P. Truth Sheet
Reps Senator Church

cans will depend this year on
the spoken or written word or
both to answer Democratic at
tackS.
The campaign song was writ
ten by lyricist Johnny Lehman
to the tune of Battle of New
Orleans" and, the Republicans
hope, will catch on like the
parodies on Yankee Doodle"
of 100 years ago and other
campaign songs
Like its predecessors" the
Republican handout said, "this
G. o. P. political pop number
catches the pulse of the Nation
offering a thumbnail glimpse OF
1860 campaign issues. BY No.
vember 8, it undoubtedly will
become a popular refrain"
How 1t Goes
: hereS now Cne song goes:
The good time train
Is awaitin' at the station.
Your ballot is a ticket
If you want prosperity.
The good time train
Is awaitin' for the Nation.
You better jump aboard hel
If you want security.
For good times now anC
always
And peace among free men
Well keep the Grand Ok
Party
In the White House onct
i again.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
KENNEDY FAMILY
INSIDER TAKES 1T
ALL AMICABLY

HYANN1s PORT, Mass.
(AP).-There's one men,
Der of the household of
Sena a tor Kennedy who
hasn't received much pub
lie mention yet.
His name is Charley"
Charley is a brown and
black wire-haired terrier
that likes everyone, even
Republicans.
His collar tag states:
MY name is Charley.
Please return me to Caro-
line Kennedy" Caroline
is the Senator's 2-year-
old daughter.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
South hCaroIina
Nixon Backers
AreCriticized

ORANGEBURG, S. c., July
19 (AP).-South Carolina's Re-
publican national committee
man yesterday criticized two
State delegates to the G. o. P.
National Convention who say
they will vote for Vice Presi-
dent Nixon on the first ballot
for the presidential nomina-
ton.
w. w. Wannamaker, jr., oi
Orangeburg said that such &C.
ton as announced by w. Tate
Baggett of st. Stephen woulc
be disloyal to the party anc
to the Republican, State Con.
vention. He said it would alsC
violate a written pledge.
Mr.. Wannamaker alst
charged that one other dele
gate. whom he did not Identify
plans to depart from the wishe
of the State party because thu
delegates "inordinate desire
for a political appointment
sometimes warp his good judg
ment :"
The South Carolina part,
has committed its 13 votes t,
Senator Goldwater of Arizont
on the first ballot.
Mr.. Wannamaker noted tn
State convention unanimousl
indorSed Senator Goldwate
and instructed it's 13 delegate
to the national convention t
vote for him. The unit rul
also was imposed.
Mr.. Baggett has said h
would vote for Mr.. Nixon OF
the first ballot, and that pos
sibly three or four other dele
IN fAc xr,4,,II 10
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Wrong Number

HILLSBORO, Ill. (AP). -
Because of a typographical
error, the listing for the tele-
phone company repair depart
ment here is a wrong number.
Callers receive a busy signal.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Arden Wins Office

MARTINSBURG, w. Va,
July 19 (SpeciaD james E
Mcdonald, of Arden, has been
named president of Martins
burg Fruit Exchange.
Evening star., 1960-07-19
PLATFORM
Continued From First Page

I
lower, he asserted, would pro-
mote imitation and recession.
The cabinet member also
dealt with a suggestion by Sem
ator Kennedy, the Democratic
presidential nominee, that the
Federal Reserve Board gear it's
policy decisions more closely to
the views of the President.
Warns of Disaster
World history provides nu-
merous examples of disaster
resulting from the actions of a
politically dominated reserve
banking system" Mr.. Anderson
said.
Mr.. Anderson's advice was
cut to much the same pattern
as that of Senator Morton of
Kentucky. the Republican ma
tional chairman.
In a talk prepared for the
opening of the platform COM
mittee session, Senator Morton
urged call for a pledge to aid
in building a better America
but not the lifelong Garden
of Eden" he said the Democrats
have offered.
He said the G. o. P. platform
should emphasize the RESPONSE
bility of the individual Amer
ican along with that of the
Government.
/ Rockefeller CRITICISM
| The platform committee gath
cred with an awareneSs that
Gov. Rockefeller has publicly
criticized policies of the Eisen-
hover administration on ma
tional defense and on a pro-
gram for medical aid to the
aged.
The New York Governor was
scheduled to give the commit
tee a detailed statement of his
views on these and other issues
later in the day.
He said at news conference
yesterday that he will urge a
much stronger civil rightl
plank than the one adopted by
the Democrats. He may want
the party to go further on this
issue than does Mr.. Nixon.
The committee also faced a
possible battle over a fam
plank. One of it's members is
Senator Young of North Da-
kota, an outspoken critic of the
Eisenhower administrations
J policy of pulling Government
, out of agriculture as much az
, possible. Senator Young ha!
fought in Congress for a farm
aid program more nearly like
that promised by the Demo
Gratis in their new platform.
In taking pot shots at the
Democratic platform, Senator
Morton said the document con.
; tained many promises the
Democratic Party could no
carry out because of opposition
within its ranks.
Total Welfare State"
Democrats proposed, in or,
der to produce their lifelons
Garden of Eden, a total vel
fare state, empowered to rur
: the life and control the affair
of every man, woman and chilC
in America" he said.
Senator Morton said Republi
cans should be concerned abou
the real needs of all the people
But we are also concerned
with our peoples responsible
ties-individual responsibilities
And we are concerned with tn
responsibility and honesty-th
basic integrity-of the Repub
lican Party. We cannot Shrul
this responsibility to some vas
Federal State ruling all the peo
pies lives"
Evening star., 1960-04-20
ViIIunovu Alumni

The Villanova Alumni Club
of Washington will hold the
third annual dinner dance at
7;30 pm. Saturday at the Rou-
manian Inn, BIS Thirteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1960-04-20
OAS Peace Unit Fails
In Dominican Dispute

embassy to the building former
ly occupied by Venezuela.
The Dominican Republic
the report showed, has refused
to grant safe conduct to the
refugees, except to say that
they could take up residence
again in the Dominican Re-
public. under the full guaran-
tees Of Dominican laws.
Ecuador and the refugees re-
jected this offer.
Evening star., 1960-04-20
Bunk Alarm Sounds,
But Bunk Isn't There

LINCOLN, Nebr. CAP-A
burglar alarm at the First Ma
tional Bank building in down.
town Lincoln brought police or
the run.
But there we're no burglars
There wasn't even a bank.
The First National Bank haC
vacated the quarters several
days earlier in connection with
its merger with another Lin.
coin bank.
Police blamed defective wir-
ing for the alarm.
Evening star., 1960-04-20
By the Associated Press

The Inter American Peace
Committee-deploring the atti-
tude of the Dominican Republic
has reported failure in its
efforts to mediate a dispute be-
I tween that nation and Ecuador
/ Ecuador last February asked
the five-nation peace commit
tee to attempt to settle the dis
pute, which centered around 13
Dominicans who were given
asylum in the Ecuadorian En-
basSy in the Dominican Re-
public.
I The committee held meetings
with both the representatives
of Ecuador and the Dominican
Republic, and reported its find
ing yesterday to the Council of
the Organization of American
States.
| The report said in part:
The committee deplores that
its efforts aimed at helping the
governments of Ecuador and
the Dominican Republic to solve
satisfactorily their controversy
have not had success, and that
the government of the Domini-
can Republic has not accepted
the offer it has made of
/ its services.
Nevertheless, the committee
said it hopes the two govern
ments will do as much as they
can to prevent an increase in
international tensions and find
a solution to their case.
The l3 persons involved in
the controversy sought asylum
in the Venezuelan Embassy in
January, 1859. When the
Dominican Republic and Vene-
zuela broke diplomatic relations
last June. Ecuador took charge
of the refugees. transferring its
The Sidney herald., 1960-08-24
r
AT FBERSOLE HOME

Mrs. Henry Thompson and Mrs.
Carroll Ebersole were honored
guests at a party Sunday after
noon. when friends gathered at
the Ebersole home to join them
in the celebration of their respec-
tive birthday anniversaries.
A delicious no-host dinner was
served at 3 o'clock after which
a social time of cards and visiting
was enjoyed. Present were Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Blair, Mr.. and
Mrs. Art Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hanto, Mrs. Ethel Smith,
Mrs. Lucy Fisher, Mrs. Helen
Reagen, Mrs. Elsie Ray, Mrs.
Carrie Hartzell and the honOred
guests and their husbands, Mr..
and Mrs. Ebersole and MI. and
Mrs. Henry Thompson.
The Sidney herald., 1960-08-24

Money should not be the end
sought in life.
Evening star., 1960-02-09
D. {. SECURITIES

Sales
Pot Elec PwT-30 at 27ss, 90 ct 27h,
at 279S
Peoples DruE st-5 at 41A, SO at
Evening star., 1960-02-09
Jersey STANDARD
Holds No. I Spot
In CoIIeqe Funds

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (AP)-
Standard Oil Co. New Jersey
continues as the most popular
common stock holding in port
folios Of SO leading college en-
dowment funds with assests of
almost 81 billion.
Some 56 per cent of the SO
million college fund assets last
June 80 were invested in
stocks. Bonds made up 80 per
cent, preferred stocks 2.6, real
estate and mortgages 6.6 and
other investments ~ per cent.
The study, conducted by
Boston Fund, mutual invest
ment company, showed that
while Jersey Standard held the
top spot with the college fund
managers, three other stocks
-Du Pont, General Electric
and Texaco - increased in
popularity.
Evening star., 1960-02-09
Two Railroads Order
Meroer Plan Study

CHICAGO, Feb. 8 (AP).-The
Milwaukee and the Rock Island
Railroads announced today
they have hired teams Of con-
sultantS to look into the feasi-
bility Of merging their lines.
The announcement was made
jointly by. Leo T. Crowley,
chairman of the Chicago, Mil
waukee, st. Paul & Pacific Rail-
road Co., and J. D. harrington,
chairman Of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad Co.
Firms retained are Clover
dale & Colpitts, consulting en-
gineers Of New York; Sidney,
Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chi
cago law firm, and r. w. Press
prich g. Co., investment bank
ing house.