davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-10-17

Opening lead: Ten Of hearts.
South carefully played the
Jack Of hearts. from dummy at
the first trick to make sure that
East had to win. II West won
the first trick he might think
Of leading q diamond next.
East continued hearts. and
South ruffed the third round
with q high trump. South then
led out all of his trumps, dis
carding two clubs from dummy.
Plot and COunterplOt
South's plot was simple. He
planned to take the top clubs
and then give East a heart
trick. East would be forced to
lead diamonds up to dummy's
ace-queen.
East could see what was COM
ing and could tell that it would
work. What could he do to
hornswoggle South?
The only chance was to make
South think he was about to
be dimfiammed. So East dis
carded the nine and then the
jack Of diamonds on South's
last two trumps.
This made South fear that
East had blanked his king Of
diamonds. If East had done
this the end play wouldn't
work. -
South talked himself into ac-
cepting his fear as reality, so
he led out dummy's ace of dia-
mondS. AS 1t happened the
king didn't drop, and South
was down one.
South'S fearful line Of play
was wrong for two reasons:
East might not have the right
cards to escape the end play.
and secondly East still had to
nerve himself to blank the king
Of diamonds even If he had the
right cards.
Don't abandon q good line of
play on the theory that your
opponent Is q cross between
Machiavelli and Houdini. The
odds are that your opponent is
only trying to look tough.
Daily Question
As dealer. you hold:
AAKQJ106 052 o1O7 %A52
What do you say?
Answer: Bid one spade. This
IS D f1ne hand, but not even
close to the strength needed
for q forcing bid. A simple one
bid is quite enough.
tcopyright. 1860. Gen. Features CeEp.l
Evening star., 1960-10-17
SHEfNWOLD
ON BRIDGE
Don't Play
Scared Cards
By ALFRED SHERWOOD

In case anybody should ask
you. 1t doesn't pay to be scared
about nothing at all. You can
tell 'em ! said so, and here's Q
bridge hand to prove 1t.
East dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
A732
3JS43
GAO
%K643
WEST EAST
as A904
wore 1AKQ9
o86532 uKJg4
%J1097 %QS
SOUTH ~
AAKQJl06
ol07
&A52
East South West North
10 Dble. Pass INT
Pass So Pass -
"A
Evening star., 1960-04-27
Rail Pay Demands
Termed Nearly
Equal to Profits

CHICAGO, April 81 (AP).-
A spokesman for the country's
railroads has told a presidential
emergency board that contract
demands of IL incorporating
railroad unions would cost al
most as much a year as the net
income of all United States
railroads last year.
Howard Neitzert, an attorney
representing the Eastern. West
.ern and Southeastern carriers
conferences, said yesterday that
the unions demands for wage
and fringe benefits would run
Sass million a year. Railroads
net income in 1859, he said,
was $578,300,000.
Mr.. Neitzert said the unions,
representing 100000 employees
not actually involved in run
ming trains, seek a 25-cent-an-
hour wage boost, better vaca-
ton benefits, free life insurance
and increased medical benefits
for dependents.
The railroads, contending the
union men already enjoy q
favored position in American
industry" have proposed a Is
cent-an-hour wage cut.
Evening star., 1960-04-27
Anti-Smog Device
Is Developed by
Union Carbide

NEW YORK, April 81 (AP).-
Union Carbide Corp. has de-
veloped a new system for re-
moving poisonous and smog-
producing elements from auto
mobile exhausts, the chemical
company said today.
Preliminary tests. the COM
pany reported, indicate the
system meets the requirements
laid down recently by the Cali
fornia Department of Health
when it ruled State motorists
must eventually install anti
smog devices.
The systems simplicity and
compactness indicate that no
major modification will be
necessary in mounting the unit
in the automobile" Union Car
bide said. The company added,
however, that additional tests
must be made to establish the
systems long-run reliability
before it is marketed.
Union Carbide said the puri-
fer combines the advantages
of direct combustion with cata-
lytic oxidation to burn between
80 and 80 per cent of the hydro
Carbons and carbon monoxide.
Evening star., 1960-04-27
Mexico Pays
S7OMiIIion
For Utilities

NEW YORK, April 26 CAP)
American & Foreign Power
Co. has sold its utility holdings
in Mexico to the Mexican gov
ernment for slightly more than
$40 million.
Henry w. Balgooyen. vice
president of the utility. said
today that this was a nego-
tiated sale made on a basis
which we consider fair"
The company, he added. will
reinvest in Mexico nearly all
the proceeds, about $63 million,
in non-utility investments.
This sum is to be paid to the
company in dollar notes over
a l5-year period.
The sale calls for a SIS
cash down payment to be
m a de by the Mexican n
government.
Evening star., 1960-04-27
American Electric
Sees 1929 Rise in Net

NEW YORK. April 27 (AP)
Philip Sporn, president OF
American Electric Power Co.
today predicted a 10 per cent
increase in profit in 1860.
He also said at the annual
meeting that earnings pei
share would gain more than 5
per cent despite an increase
of 100000 shares of common
stock. Earnings per share in
1859 were $2.41.
Mr.. Sporn based his fore
casts on electric power sales of
28.5 billion kilowatt-hours this
year, an increase of more than
10 per cent over 1859 sales.
which he called the largest
amount of power ever sold by
a private utility.
Evening star., 1960-04-27
Stocks Continue RoIIy
In Moderate Trading

trend was higher among cop
pers. chemicals, aircrafts. elec-
tronics, oils. rails, airlines,
building materials and electri-
cal equipments.
Wall Street still rode on the
encouraging news Of higher
auto sales in mid-April and
signs that steel demand is
stabilizing after a sharp de-
cline.
A few wide moves we're made
among volatile stocks.
Corporate bonds rose slightly.
Government bonds we're mostly
firm.
Evening star., 1960-04-27

NEW YORK. April 81 CAP)
The stock market continued
a general recovery early this
afternoon in moderately active
trading.
Gains of fractions to a point
or so among key stocks out
numbered losers.
The market was higher from
the start in a continuation Of
late yesterdays rally. AS the
session wore on. a scattering
of stocks erased gains and reg
istered small losses.
The Big Three automakers
remained narrowly ahead. The
Evening star., 1960-04-27
N. Y. COTTON

NEW YORK, April 81 tAP) Cotton
futures were mostly lower today.
Favorable crop reports, coupled with
light hedging met only scale-down
trade and local buying, There was
one May delivery notice issued at New
York. Only distant July showed a
gain but that delivery was relatively
inactive.
Showers were reported in many sec
tions of the cotton belt, which was
considered favorable In preparing the
fields for cotton plating. Many farm
ers have held up seeding operations
pending more moisture.
Late afternoon prices were 30 cents
bale lower to 25 cents higher than
the previous close May 3322 July
80 SO and October 30.75.
Evening star., 1960-04-27
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
A

Furnishes bY the Assoelsfee Press
s:OsE' .Sa sSIss ;dss Net
Dividends (estD High Low 2:20 Chg
Evening star., 1960-04-27
se Weaver Bros. Inc. 5,t,,

Washington sdE District 1890 Rsals-Motssre snLss-sse. ss
Mortgage Oaa correspondent for METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Evening star., 1960-04-27
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. April 27 tAP.-The
srain futures market opened mostly
steady today on the Board Of Trade.
to Il lower, May So ,Osa4 -O9; corn un-
changed to "a lower, May 81 lssa-7s
oats unchanged TO 70 lower. MAY
T4lz-h: soybeans UNCHANGED to -
lower. May S2.l2-1l5s.
Evening star., 1960-04-27
ODD-LOT TRADING

NEW YORK. April 81 APp.-The
New York stock Exchange reported
those odd-lots transactions bv prin-
cipsl dealers for April %: Purchases
shares including 3.025 shares sold
short
Evening star., 1960-04-27

WdWd a. Lothrop pf b 100
KEY dividend Plus stock dividend
tPluS extra or extras aDeelared Of
oaid so far this wear
Evening star., 1960-04-27
Yale&Towl.5O IL 31sb 3lh 3lAs+ n
InR Shat ls 1o4 1o3M 1o3hz+l
ZenithR I 60a 26 1ooA 1914 oo1Af u

LenithH 60a 20 4OOA WA SS34f "
Hourly Sales on the Exchange
ll:OO am $40 600 Noon $50 ooC
100 D m. $50 600 400 pm. 80 ooC
unit OF trading 10 shares on sales n
full Rates Of dividends in the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based or
the last quarterly OF semi-annua decla
ration. Unless otherwise noted. special
or extra dividends are not included
a Also extra OF extras. b Annual rate
plus stock dividend Declared or pait
In 1859 plus stock dividend. e Declared
or paid so far this year. Payable ir
stock during 1859. estimated cash value
on ex-dividend OF redistribution date
Paid last year b Declared or paic
clared or paid this year, an accumula
tive issue with dividends in arrears
p Paid this year dividend omitted, de
ferred or no action taken at last dividend
meeting. Declared or paid in 1860 plus
stock dividend. Payable in stock durinf
1860, estimated cash value, on ex-dividenc
or redistribution date. y Lquidating div
idend. cid Called. X Ex dividend kids E,
distribution xr Ex rights XIV Without
warrants. WV With warrants. wd Wher
distributed. wi When issued nd Next day
delivery. In bankruptcy or receivershlI
or being reorganiZed under the Bank
ruptcy Act, or securities assumed oS
such companies
Evening star., 1960-01-14
Stiff uition LowAsked
On Pupils

the taxpayers "are being taken
for ride" and that the city is
losing a great deal of revenue
from failure to crack down on
some 1900 or more students
Mr.. Broyhill has alleged are
attending District schools with
out paying tuition despite hav-
ing nonresident parents.
Robert F. Kreipp, assistant
corporation counsel, defended
recommendations of the city
heads which he said are de-
signed to prevent undue hard
ship on some families. Repre-
sentative Matthews, Democrat
of Florida chairman of the
subcommittee handling the leg
islation. said Mr.. Broyhill and
committee and city lawyers
would be asked to get together
to try to work out an agree
ment so that the unit can act
on the bill next week.
The Broyhill measure would
require authorized statements
from parents or guardians af-
firming residence and relation
ship with school pupils before
the school board could excuse
students from tuition pay
ments. Stiff penalties would be
set for failure to pay tuition
without formal exemption.
Evening star., 1960-01-14
Antietum Lund
Bill Gets Nod

A bill to authorize acquisition
of additional land for the
Antietam battlefield site in
Maryland won unanimous ap-
proval today of a House interior
subcommittee.
The subcommittee adopted
an amendment to limit pur-
chases by the Government to
500 acres. The Civil War battle
field park is near Sharpsburg.
The amendment would provide,
however. that easements could
be obtained on additional land
to protect the site against en-
croaching developments.
Chairman Pfost, Democrat of
Idaho. declined after the closed
session to predict whether the
bill would win full committee
approval. But she said the
unanimous vote Of the Subcom-
mittee was indicative.
Objection was raised to the
original bill offered last year
to authorize the. buying Of some
l 800 acres. u
Under the proposal, farmers
could still use their farms but
commercial development would
be prohibited.
Evening star., 1960-01-14

ton of a whole era of Ameri-
canals the reason for some
property deprivation.
Present law aimed at preserv-
ing Old Georgetown is not op-
Grating, conferees agreed. 1t
provides for Fine Arts Com
mission review Of Georgetown
building plans, aided by a COM
mittee of architectural experts.
The experts all resigned in 1858
in protest to repeated overrul-
ing of the commissions rec
concentrations by the District
Commissioners.
Fine Arts Commission Chair
man David Finley said the
commission should be pulled
out of any new law. The re-
viewing Old Georgetown Com
mittee should be appointed by
the District Court, with the
advice of either the commission
or the Institute of Architects,
he maintained. Mr.. Finley fur
ther suggested that the COM
mittee be financed in the Dis
trict budget and be quartered
in the District Building.
Evening star., 1960-01-14

for parties both opposed and
in favor of the legislation.
Pending before the commit
tee is a draft that would create
an old Georgetown committee
to pass on razing. repairing and
rebuilding in the sector.
Mr.. Gray criticized the draft
for vagueness and for failure
to specify the precise type of
architecture to be protected by
law. He said standards should
be established spelling out the
age. antiquity and type of
structure to be saved.
His prime objection was that
no compensation was provided
for building owners who might
be prevented by the proposal
from using their own property
in the way they believed most
profitable.
Mr.. Shapiro of the Coving-
ton-Burling law firm argued
that many courts and many
States have ruled compensa-
ton is unnecessary when a
social good-such as preServa-
Evening star., 1960-01-14
Dudley Skinker Named
For D. G. Marshal Post

Dudley G. Skinker, a Wash
ington attorney and former
Army counter-intelligence
agent, was nominated today by
President Eisenhower to be
United States Marshal for the
District of Columbia.
Mr.. Skinker, A, who lives at
9lI Dennis avenue, Silver
Spring. was named for a four
year term tosucceed Carlton G.
Beall. Mr.. Beail was named
postmaster for Washington last
year.
Active in Montgomery County
Republican political circles
since 1850, Mr.. Skinker was
born in Washington. He is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
Skinker. His father is a part
ner in the contracting firm of
Skinker and Garrett.
A graduate Of George Wash
ington University Law School
in 1910, Mr.. Skinker served
with the Army in the Pacific
with the Counter Intelligence
Corps from l94l to 1945. In
mediately after his discharge
he established a general law
practice in Washington with
Evening star., 1960-01-14

Offices at 26O7 Connecticut ave.
nue. NV. ~
He moved to Silver Spring in
1850 with his wife and three
children, Dudley. jr.. IL; Karen
Lynn. 10, and Cleveland. 7,.l q
A member Of the board Of
trustees Of the Sixth Presbyte-
rian Church, Mr.. Skinker Is
also on the board of trustees
Of the Greater Washington. Area
Boys Clubs and the board Of
the District Bar Association.
Before his appointment TO the
bar association hoard. lleserved
that organization as secretary
for I'VE years.
Since Carlton Heall's appoint
ment as city postmaster more
than q year ago the post OF
United States marshal has been
filled on temporary basis by
Charles Ward. chief deputy
United States marshall for tie
District. .t'3t
Evening star., 1960-01-14

Spokesman for several citi-
zen's organizations today backed
a stiffened law on tuition pay
ments for nonresident District
public school pupils.
Spokesman for the Federation
of Citizens Associations and
other groups criticized the
present laws for permitting
some students a free ride" at
the expense Of District tax
payers.
They also challenged some
alterations proposed by the
District Commissioners in legis-
lation introduced by RepreSen-
tative Broyhill, Republican Of
Virginia, to tighten existing re-
quirements.
Alexander j. Falk, vice presi-
dent of the Palisades Citizens
Association, charged that the
Commissioners PROPOSAL S
would tend to extract the
teeth" from the Broyhill bill.
He asserted that there are al
ready leaks" and that the Dis
trict is rather generous"
toward nonresident parents.
Clifford H. Newell, former
fe ederation president and
spokesman for the North
Washington Council of Citi-
zens Associations, charged that
Evening star., 1960-01-14
Committee on Old Georgetown
Starts Mapping Compromise Bill

A committee of three named
informally at a staff session of
the Senate District Committee
began work today on a COM
promise amendment of the Old
Georgetown Act.
Their aim is to prepare a
relatively non-controversial bill
to preserve the historical char
acter and architectural land
marks of Georgetown.
Serving on the draft COM
mittee are Chester Gray, COR
poration counsel of the District;
A. L. Wheeler, representing real
estate and business interests
in Georgetown, and David Sha-
piro, spokesman for the George
town Citizens Association and
the Progressive Citizens of
Georgetown. All three are
lawyers.
Their task was laid out for
them at a session of about 20
leaders of the local preservation
movement yesterday in the Sem
ate District Committee rooms.
Committee Clerk Chester Smith
called together the spokesmen
Evening star., 1960-01-14
D. c. Police Deal
l,5OO Warning
Tickets in Month

Washington police handed
out more than 1,5OO of the
city's new traffic warning
tickets curing December, the
first month under the new sys-
TEN, officials reported today.
Under a Commissioners or
der the warning tickets, rather
than the formal violation no.
tees, are being given to Con-
gressmen and foreign diplo-
mats, who are immune TO
traffic arrest. Policemen have
the option of handing out the
warning notices to drivers and
pedestrians for minor traffic
offenses.
In addition the tickets are
being placed on cars with out
of-town tags when the police
man suspects that the driver
actually is a city resident.
Evening star., 1960-01-14
The
Rambler
Sells the End
Not the Means
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

One evening in the World
War I period before Pro-
hibition a Mr.. Zalmon Sim
mons found himself engaged
in an interesting conversa-
ticn with a very personable
stranger at the bar of the
old Waldorf Astoria in New
York where the Empire State
Building now stands.
The conversation came to
an end when the stranger
said with emphasis:
Mr.. Simmons, do you
mean to stand there and try
to tell me that your business
is selling mattresses. You're
not selling mattresses; you're
selling Sleep"
Even thW Mr.. Simmons
did not realize he was talk
ing to an advertising man
until the stranger produced
his card. 1t read:
George Fowler, ]. Walter
Thompson Co."
Mr.. Fowler got the ac-
count.
That old Madison Avenue
story occurred to the Ram
bier yesterday as he walked
among the splendid new
chariotS on display at the
opening of the Automobile
Show in the Armory.
It's quite a display, long,
low, top-down convertibles
so low that the writer could
have jumped over them in
his younger days; modern
upholstery far more elegant
than is found in drawing
roomS-other than Holly
wood sets - rakish bodies
enameled with new colors
among which a cinnamon
bronze stands out as most
popular ,-
The management has
risked anachronism with a
touch. of oriental opulence.
Large Persian rugs have been
scattered across the floor and
here and there the new cars
have been rolled to5rest on
them. It even suggests the
wealth otsthe court of Saud
1bn Abdul, the King ofsSaudi
Arabia.
Evening star., 1960-01-14

Citizens Back
School Funds

Improvement of "substand: .:
ard" libraries in Montgomery
County public schools was given
high priority by 16 speakers at
"a hearing last night on the
Board Of Education,s requested
$50 million operating budgets
One hgndrsd persons ap-
peared, fof pnhsie nieeting
at Broome Jul e A School,
Rockville, where the spirit gem
orally was one Of agreement
and congratulations to School
ISupt. c. Taylor Whittier on his
proposal for the next fiscal
year.
Representatives Of civic
groups and parent-teacher as
sociations registered their re-
actions to the proposals, which
will go before the county
council later this month for
further discussion, changes and
final action in April.
Typical of the speakers
favoring increased library facil-
ities was Mrs. ]. E. Ablard.
library chairman of the Mont
gomery County Council of
PTA's who said:
Il doubt that there is one
school library in the county
that nears the adequate serv-
ice standards Of the American
Library Association"
The minimum expenditure
for books is 81 per elementary
pupil and $1.50 per secondary
pupil, or less than one-half a
book to each child, Mrs. Alb
lard said. The ALA standard
is IL to is books per child and
the State standard is five to
oeFel pOOkS, Sne ADDED.
Mrs. Ablard's committee rec
commended raising the allot-
ment to $3.50 per pupil for
library books plus providing
salaries for 90 Librarians and
20 library aids.
The hearings major COM
plant was registered by Arthur
d. Simonds. jr., executive sec
retary of the MONTGOMERY
County Education Association
who describes the salary scale
proposed in the budget for ad-
ministrative personnel as in
adequate in both content and
construction"
Ogden w. Fields, president of
the Montgomery Blair PTA, re-
quested four additional counse-
lorS, as the result of a study
at the Silver Spring high
school.
Evening star., 1960-01-14

subways" which Mr.. Chalk
found archaic.
He said the subway system
enviSioned for w shington
would be an improved version
Of the Stockholm system, with
lightweight stainless steel cars
capable of 70 miles an hour
and an average speed of 40
miles per hour, air condition
ing, picture windows, a smooth
ride with no "clickety- -clack"
and escalators at boarding sta
tions.
In a panel discussion on the
growing research and develop
ment activities here, Herbert
w. Robinson, president of the
Corp. for Economic and In
duStrial Research. predicted
that this business would double
from the present 130 firms to
260 in the next decade.
And in an assessment of gen.
eral business prospects, Edward
c. Baltz, president of the Per-
petual Building Association
said Washington would con-
tinue to- grow and enjoy pros
perity in the next 10 years.
Evening star., 1960-01-14
FIREMEN FREE
GIRL, q, TRAPPED
BY TOWEL RACK

Four we ar old Amy
Semmes sort of put her
foot in the towel rack today
and f1remen had to get
her loose again.
Amy, the daughter Of
Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Benedict J. Semmes, jr., of
1916 Forty-seventh street
NV, had gone into the
bathroom and apparently
tried climbing about. She
got her foot caught be-
tween the rack and the
wall, and Mrs. Semmes
couldn't free her.
Mrs. Semmes then called
flremen, who came and
broke the rack.
Evening star., 1960-01-14
WHY DON'T THEY LEARN

Nn DUN Il NE L LEAhN
from that classic advertising
story and sell America first?
Why don't they sell the fun
of touring this continent, the
largest network of motor
highways in the world?
And, coming closer to
home, why don't they sell the
marvellous motoring that can
be had in this area, either
to the mountains or to the
sea?
I know the shortest way
to Rehoboth Beach (via
Georgetown, Dell and I can
make it from downtown
Washington in three hours
with a good car.
l know the way the Valley
of the Shenandoah spreads
out before you when you
surmount the crests Of the
famous gaps: Thornton's
Gap, Smokers Gap and
Manassas Gap.
l know how to get into
the Fort Valley in Massa-
nutten Mountain, one of the
most beautiful bits of sylvan
scenery in America.
l know a roadside spring
on Route 7 near the crest
of the Blue Ridge and an
other at Panorama on the
same mountain on the road
to Luray (Route 21D. The
water is without the taste
of chloride. 1t doesn't know
what chloride is.
Those are the things that
would make me want to buy
an automobile. Why don't
they sell them?
Evening star., 1960-01-14

THE FOREIGN CARS are
downstairs and indeed their
variety is an entertaining
contrast to the conformity
which our rig5d discipline of
accepted styIs has enforced
on American eag& And there
is a far greater range Of
price. The little imports cost
far less and the hig ones far
more than me domestic
products.
AS in most industrial ex-
hibits of recent years; the
gimmickS of selling and dis
play are as interesting as
the products they are selling.
One exhibit is surrounded by
pairs of earphones that are
neSted in large rubber cups.
"Cover both ears" says the
sign.
When you do you hear Or
chestral music interrupted by
the voice of the pitchman
selling the car that is right
before your eyes.
One of the foreign ex-
hibits had handset tele-
phones in pairs. One was
marked general informa-
ton" the other, technical
information" All you had to
do was to press the button
and listen.
The robot may turn out to
be the better salesman.
But the live salesman and
the robot and the literature
all emphasize performance"
and luxury" and "go" and
roominess and wheelbase
and power.