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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-25
; Washington in December 1860

exceeds anything Of the kind ever before seen
in this city II is a twelve-light burner, the
material throughout being of superb gilt,
artistically embellished. The body of the
chandelier has three admirably designed
medallion heads of Washington. and above
this, there is tripod of figures. exquisitely
proportioned, symbolical of youth and i'm
mutability. Each of these figures supports a
column surmounted by finely modelled eagle.
bearing the shield Of our Nation. Within the
space formed by the three columns stands
figure of North American Indian, dressed in
allthe paraphernalia of the aboriginal warrior
Immediately above the three columns is the
cornice or GROWING piece of the whole work,
embellished with the coat of arms of the thir-
teen original States.
The chandelier IS long gone from the
room, and Capitol officials are at a loss
as to tohdt happened to it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-25

HAIR DRESSING. The place for the
ladies to get their hair dressed in the most
artistic and fashionable manner for the holi-
days, and on all other occasions, and to pro
cure braids. curls, and hair dresses of all
kinds, is at Madame Dubois's. 2S6 Pa. ave-, up
stairs.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES.-The place
to get life-like photograph, daguerreotype,
ambrotype, &C, taken in any style of the art
for holiday present to a friend, or for any
other purpose, is at Bradys, $50 Pa. ave, or
at Whitehursts. 434 Pa ave.
RESTAURANTS. The place to get all the
substantials and delicacies of the season
served up at all hours. in the best styles of
the Restaurateur's art. and to get the choicest
of wines and liquors to wash them down with
and the choicest cigars to help digestion dur
ing the holidays, and on all other occasions,
is at Hammacks. Pa. ave-, west of Willards'
Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-25

South Carolina = This cockade is made of
three layers Of very dark blue cloth, notched
at the edges and fastened together by gilt
button, on which the following appears in
relief: In the centre is the Palmetto" with
two arrows (crosseO and fastened together
at the point of the crossing with bowknot
of ribbon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-25

WHAT COMPANY CTHINKS. Company C.
Washington Light Infantry. assembled at their
armory on Monday evening The endorsement
of certain resolutions previously adopted by
companies A and B, of the battalion, express
sive of their determination Ito stand by the
Stars and Stripes so long as a shred remained"
was proposed, upon which discussion arose,
when they we're laid on the table by an over
vhelming vote. because clause in the consti-
tuition of the company prohibits any political
discussion; E. and for further and more potent
reason that said resolutions were inapprcpri
ate undea the existing affairs of the nation
THE COCKADES- see in some of the
avenue shop-windows the various cockades
now in use for sale. We give a description of
them for the benefit of our readers:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-25
And Christmas w0s coming.

The Places 70 Bay Holiday Presents and
Provisions, and all other Articles.
CONFECTIONERIES.- The place to buy
all kinds of confectioneries, fruits, nuts, &C,
Of the best quality and of the lowest prices,
for the holidays and all other occasions, is at
c. Gautier's, $50 Pa. ave. or T. Potentinis.
279 Pa ave- The former also announces fancy
goods from Paris
FANCY STORES. The place to get all
kinds of elegant fancy articles suitable for
holiday presents, such as ladies' workboxes
desks. odor cases. cabas, portmonnaies, toilet
bottles, perfumery of the choicest kinds, fancy
combs and hair pins, &c. &C., is at E. A. Lake
& Co.'S Marble Hall Bazaar, $40 Pa. ave-, under
Browns Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-25
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL-W

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL-We
are informed that Lock 2 near the Great Falls,
which caved in a short time since, was visited
lately by the superintendent and some of the
Directors, and that it was decided not to repair
the damage temporarily to allow the passage
of the loaded boats detained there as was first
suggested, but that the permanent marlborough
repair of the work shall be commenced i'm
mediately. 1t will take month or six weeks
to do this, and, of course, the idea of resump
ton of navigation this season is preposterous.
lctiOn to the Civil War as Reported by Tn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-25

The sound of marching feet doson
South 0retO louder and the people of the
Nations CGpitdl aOere making up their
minds ON the pervoding issue, Union or
secession. The columns of The Star re-
Elected this in reporting the local ne,os
of the day.
THE UNION FOREVER" This morning
beautiful flag, the Stars and Stripes" was
hoisted upon the staff over the Perseverance
engine house, in Centre Market Space, and
with it streamer, upon which was imprinted,
in legible characters, the Union forever :"
The Franklin Fire Company. which yester-
day had their flag halfmasted in respect to
the memory of venerable and respected
member and esteemed citizen. today at noon
ran it up to the masthead the flag of the
Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-25

The Union Cock0de. a double roSette,
the centre one being of red silk, and the
pendants of blue The gilt button that fastens
the whole together shows the eagle ofAmerica,
surrounded by the stars of the United States.
MIR. EDTTOR:-It is with the greatest
satisfaction find that the Star chronicles
every evidence Of the devotion of the citizens
of the National Metropolis to the Union. We
feel at the present time that we can give no
stronger evidence of our love of the Union
than by our reverence for the emblem of the
Union -.
Would that it might float from every house
top and "vantagepoint" in our lovely city
reading lesson of rebuke to every disunion-
ist!...
Threats of disunion and todr did not
occupy all the space, by any means
BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK-We
yesterday examined chandelier in the Vice
Presidents room, new Senate, manufactured
to order in Philadelphia . This chandelier
xt Sunday: Background to Conflict: An Intr
SUNDAY THE aTAR MArAZTNE WA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03

the dead man as Robert c.
Wheeler, rs, whose address is
unknown.
The two policemen said they
became Suspicious when they
saw the bars of a window torn
back at the rear of the Union
Storage Co. warehouse at $50
o street NV, the scene Of
the shooting. They searched
the warehouse more than an
hour but found no one inside.
Pvt. Monaco said they could
not lock the warehouse secure
ly, so turned on a first-floor
light in order to check it easily"
When they returned about $50
pm, they heard a noise inside.
Spotted Two Men
Pvt. Wingo said he sta
toned himself at the rear while
Pvt. Monaco checked the front.
Pvt. Monaco rounded the front
of the building. spotted two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
Inspector Wins Bout
With Husky Suspect

Washington Police Inspector
Otto Fuss, who is SIS, stocky
and a recovered victim of a
heart attack, yesterday outran,
outfought and arrested a
HOUSEKEEPING suspect 20 years
his junior.
It started as an automobile
chase and ended in a footrace,
climaxed when Inspector Fuss
overlook and tackled the
quarry, police said.
The chase began when Third
Precinct Detective Herbert M
Wanamaker and Thomas p
Reilly passed the Colonial
Liquor Store at 1903 M street
NV. about $50 am. There
they saw a broken window and
a man loading a case Of vodka
| into a car.
The detectives made a u
turn and began pursuing the
fleeing car up one street and
down another, meanwhile ra-
doing a description and the
license number of the fugitive
vehicle. Eight police cars, in
GLIDING that driven by Inspec-
tor Fuss, began converging or
the general neighborhood.
Inspector Fuss said no Other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03

policemen were in sight when
he spotted the car at Seven
tenth street and Kalorama
road NV. He pursued the car
to Fourteenth street and Park
road NV, where he said the
car turned east and got stuck
in a construction ditch near
Thirteenth street.
The suspect jumped out of
the stolen car he was driving
and began to run. Inspector
Fuss pursued on foot. After a
quarter of a block chase, In
spector Fuss overlook the ath-
letically built suspect and
downed him with a flying
tackle. They were still fighting
when other policemen arrived
on the scene.
Norris Ross of Baltimore was
charged with HOUSEKEEPING
and unauthorized use of an
automobile. Police said he took
the case of vodka, $32 from the
cash register and three cartons
of cigarettes from the liquor
store. The car Ross was driving,
police said, was stolen from the
Washington Gas Light Co. lot
lat 1101 Twenty-ninth street
NV,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
By JOHN LAWSON
Star Stan Writer

A group of Alexandria Ne
groes is angrily protesting a
proposal to locate a SO million
white high school on the site
of their homes, saying it is a
device to force them out of the
area.
The plan, they charge, is one
of a series of attempts to make
them move from an area called
Midtown, which adjoins a
community of expensive white
homes on one side and a large
apartment development on the
other. -.~
1t would also leave residents,
many of whom have lived all
their lives in the area, with
no place to go, they say.
A protest meeting has been
set for tomorrow. and some
of the Negro families are hir-
ing lawyers to battle the pro-
posal.
Near Seminary
The area is across Quaker
lane from the Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary and the
Episcopal High School near
King street. The plan to ac-
quire the land, made public
last week, proposes to take the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
Plane Turns Back
For Gear Repair

An Allegheny Airlines plane
made a safe, routine landing at
National Airport yesterday af-
ter turning back from Philadel-
phia because of landing gear
difficulty.
A company spokesman said
the crew learned that some n.y.
draulic fluid in the landing gear
had been lost and decided to
return to Washington because
the principal maintenance base
is here.
The flight is a newly sched-
uled one and there were only
three passengers and three crew
members aboard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
Get Bricks Outof River,
SIS Freestone Is old

The SIS Freestone, torpedoed
by Maryland legislation as a
gambling ship. ran afoul of au-
thorities again today.
The Potomac River Line,
which owns and docks the ship
at the foot of Seventh street
and Maine avenue S.W., was
told to haul back on land some
5 to 10 tons of bricks it dumped
into the Potomac.
The line was using the bricks
from buildings torn down in
the Southwest to level the river
bed near the bank to support
a gangplank from the ship. Y
Some of the bricks over
flowed from the lines property
into the river. violating Dis
trict police regulations pro-
hibiting refuse dumping into
the Potomac, and Harbor Po-
lice lodged a complaint with
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark King.
At a hearing today in his
Municipal Court Office, Mr..
King agreed not to press
charges if the company would
remove the debris from the
river.
The line, represented by B.
B. Wills, said it would. Mr..
Wills leases the property from
the Army Corps of Engineers.
The Freestone used to be a
gambling ship anchored off the
Maryland shore at Freestone
Point. The Maryland Legisla-
ture in 1858 forbade gambling
on the ship. and Mr.. Wills
took the boat over. Last sum-
mer, Mr.. Wills said he sold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
Stolen Truck
sGirI,6;
2 Boys Flee

A 6-year-old Fairfax County
girl was critically injured today
when struck by a stolen truck
driven by two teen-agers, Fair
fax County police reported.
The victim is Eleanor Reamy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas C. Reamy. 1907 Elm
wood drive. Burgundy Village.
Neighbors said Eleanor. a
first grader at Cameron Ele-
mentary School, was standing
On the sidewalk in front of her
home when the truck jumped
the curb. struck her and
crashed into a wire fence.
The boys who were in the
truck fed on foot and hid in
the woods nearby. police said,
A 14-year-old Alexandria boy
was captured about an hour
later, and police continued the
search for the other.
Police said the truck had been
stolen from Martyrs Floor
Covering Co., 906 Duke street,
Alexandria. A company Off
cial said it was the second time
within six weeks that the truck
had been stolen.
Mrs. Nancy Downs, 306 Elm
wood drive, said she helped
pull the child from beneath
the truck.
Eleanor, suffering a fractured
skull, was taken to Alexandria
Hospital.
Alexandria police said they
will charge the 14-year-old
with the theft of the truck and
with statutory burglary, 1t.
Thomas MCGOWAN said.
Fairfax Pvt. Norman Pedigo
said the boy, who told him he
was at the wheel of the vehicle
when it struck the girl. will be
charged with hit-and-run
driving.
The boy was arrested by
Alexandria Pvt. George Sellers,
in the rear of the city's main
tenance shop on Duke street.
Police said the boy told them
that another 14-year-old was
| in the truck with him and that
they had broken into Nixon's
Garry Out Shop, at 814 Wilkes
street. Nathan Nixon, the
owner, told police $14.50 was
stolen from the cash register.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
Citizens Call for Schools, Highways

Continued From First Page
recognize the honest necessities
Of the District of Columbia"
Sales Tax Failure Hit
He added, I'VE feel that the
failure of enactment of the 3
per cent sales tax was wanton
responsibility on the part of
those who engineered its failure
Of passage.
Another witness, Peter Click
ert, representing the Capitol
Hill-Southeast Citizens Asso-
citation, questioned highway
department plans for the inner
loop which is planned as a
rapid-movement traffic ex-
pressway encircling the down.
town area
Mr.. Glickert was critical of
plans for the east leg of the
inner loop, tentatively planned
to run from the Anacostia River
along Eleventh street and to
connec' with the north leg in
'F-a vicinity of Florida avenue.
He said the east leg should be
moved closer to the Armory-
Stadium area to serve these
traffic generating facilities.
Indicates Traffic Jam
Mr.. Glickert asked, referring
to the future opening of the
new stadium under construc-
ton:
Does the highway depart
ment really expect that $4,000
stadium customers. generally
unfamiliar with the neighbour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
ENTERING BALTIMORE

ENTERING BALTIMORE
is encountering reality. In
stead of countless comfort
able homes with no visible
means of support, here we
motor between sooty facto-
ries and wait at crossing
lights while men in work.
ing clothes carrying dinner
pals hurry to be in time for
the next shift.
It is like coming into Chi
cago, or Pittsburgh or Gin
cinnati or st. Louis.
Baltimore is undergoing
change. The highway build
erS are still adding to the
complex of concrete ribbons
that leads to the harbor
tunnel.
The skyline is changing.
The Emerson Bromo-Seltzer
and the O'Sullivan's Rubber
Heel towers are still familiar
check points for the north
bound motoriSt.
But there are several new
office buildings of a height
that seems dizzy to the
Washingtonian - the Tele-
phone Building and the
Commercial Credit Building
on downtown Charles street
and the two new State office
buildings uptown in the
Mount Royal section north
west of the BIO station.
Bigger changes are to
come. Ground has been
cleared for the Civic Center,
a huge auditorium to be built
In a four-block area at
Eutaw and Baltimore streets.
And the wrecker's pear is
knocking down multi-storied
buildings to clear a 22-acre
site in the old downtown
section of Charles street. The
O'Neill Department store was
one of the first to go, and an
office building already Is
arising from the ashes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
NEW SCHOOL OPPOSED
Residents Fight to Stay in Midtown

something for the area, why
don't them put in water and
sewers and streets?"
Legal Fight Planned
Another resident. John A.
Franklin, ST., built four houses
and the road that leads to
them on his four acres. His
own home is paneled in white
oak and full of antiques and
curios.
His son, John, jr., who lives
in one of these houses, said he
has engaged a lawyer to fight
the proposal.
They should come out and
see some of these homes" he
said. Il don't think they'd call
them slums of substandard if
they saw them"
Douglas johnson, who owns
an eight-room house at Quaker
and Johnson's lanes. said he
would certainly protest"
There's plenty of loose land
around here" he said. why
here? Where do they think
we'll live?"
Most of the residents belong
to the Seminary Civic Associa-
ton, which will meet tomorrow
ito present the problem and
plan a course of action" Mai.
johnson said.
Let's face it," he said.
Negroes can't buy suitable
property in Alexandria. The
city may wave money in your
face, but where can you spent
it?"
The Midtown area once was
proposed for low-rent public
housing. but the project was
abandoned after residents of
nearby areas strongly objected.
It was selected for the new high
school, according to Mayor Le-
roy S. Bendheim, because there
is a need for a large new school
centrally located.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03

the boat to two men who plan
to make it a floating restau-
rant" They hope to begin OPP
Grafton next spring.
Redevelopment Land Agency
officials, who expect to take
title to the waterfront land
shortly under pending legisla-
ton, are opposed to the plans
for the ship.
Gordon Howard, RLA'S dep
uty director, said he has told
the owners the ship will not
fit in with RIA urban renewal
plans for the waterfront. The
four-decker Freestone would
put a strain on parking, cut
off the view and reduce IA
cilities for small boats, they
contend.
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hood, can leave the stadium
grounds smoothly with the
present road facilities?"
Indorsing the six-year public
works plan in general, Harold
Gray, past president Of the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations,
urged that the Commissioners
transfer DiStrict-owned land at
Thirteenth and Upshur street
NV, which is currently UNI
used, to the Board of Education
as a sight for a new District
Teachers College. This action,
Mr.. Gray noted, indicated sup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03

30-acre island Of Negro homes
but not the apartment devel-
opment or any white homes.
Negroes have lived in the
area for a century or more.
Some Of the homes are expen-
sive; some are crumbling: many
are modest and neatly kept.
But the area has only make
shift roads. since no streets
have been dedicated, and city
officials point out there are
no storm sewers, sanitary
sewers or water lines to most
of the homes.
Rights-of way for the lines
have not been obtained. they
said. because titles of some of
the properties are clouded and
ownership confused.
Charge Services Denied
Negro residents contend,
however, that few of the titles
are clouded, that the city has
repeatedly refused requests to
put in streets, water and sewers
and that homeowners have
been denied permits to i'm
prove their homes.
There has been an effort
to force Negroes out by deny
ing them services" said Maj,
Marion I. johnson, president
of the areas civic association
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men inside and quietly asked
the special guard of nearby
bakery to call for more help.
Pvt. Monaco had traversed
the front of the warehouse and
had just rounded the corner
when he noticed a man coming
out of the warehouse by a
sliding door. Pvt. Monaco said
he grabbed at the suspect but
the man wrenched away and
fled down an alley toward the
rear of the warehouse.
Il told him to halt said
Pvt. Monaco, but he just kept
running. He suddenly turned
around and fired at him when
I saw something shining in his
hand"
Suspect Ignored Call
Pvt. Wingo said the suspect
ran toward him and he ordered
him to stop. He said the man
kept on running at me and I
fired at him. 1 ordered him to
halt again and when he didn't
1 fired again."
Pvt. Wingo said the man
staggered, regained his balance,
and ran into a nearby yard.
falling at the foot of a sand
pile. He was dead of a bullet
wound to the heart.
Policemen later found a
butcher knife near Wheelers
body. A f1ashlight was also
found nearby.
Just after the shooting, Pvt.
Wingo captured another Sus-
spect, Eli v. Jones. 20, of the
1900 block of Marion street
NV. He was seen leaving the
window originally broken and
was charged with housebreak-
ing. Jones took the stand and
admitted being on the scene at
the time of shooting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03
Police Hold 10
In School Case

Ten youths were to be ques-
toned today in connection
with the ransacking of the
Park View School at Warder
and Newton streets NV, &C
cording to Capt. Albert B.
Clark of the 10th precinct.
The school was broken into
late Saturday night by a gang
of juveniles apparently look
ing for money, Capt. Clark
said. Almost every room in the
three-story building had been
ransacked, he said. The build
ing was entered by forcing a
rear window open.
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THE MOTORIST is spared
realization that he is driving
through highly populated
territory by the width of the
parkway property and the
screen of forest trees on each
side.
The trees were a reminder
that now is the time to get
out and see the fall foliage.
1t is better to be early than
late. Some notes:
Turning leaves are adding
yellow dots to the green of
the black locust. The seed
pods of the honey locust are
hanging big and brown. But
the tulip, or yellow poplar tit
is really one of the mag
nolias) is at its best. These
tall splendid trees now have
golden leaves or patches of
golden leaves in their dark
green foliage.
The gums, sweet gum and
black gum, are red. The
sweet gum, the tree with the
leaf like a five-pointed star,
is under attack by a blight
that may end 1t as one of our
forest trees, Just as the
chestnut was eliminated
more than a generation ago.
But there are many along
the parkway. The black gum,
which has a leaf like the elm
Is more numerous, It has a
greater variety of color, from
a deep oxblood to a brilliant
crimson.
There is a lot of dogwood
along the parkway, and that
is red. When it comes to fall
foliage, the Shirley highway
and the Baltimore parkway
are more interesting than the
Skyline drive because of
these lowland trees.
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port for the college by the city
government, would have a great
influence on the accrediting
commission which is to evaluate
the college next February"
Wouldn't Raise Tax Level
Mr.. Gray stated that the cit
liens federation would prefer
that the six-year plan be cut
rather than to have to raise
our taxes to a higher level than
the taxes paid in the suburbs. I"
He said it is imperative" that
District taxes not climb above