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Evening star., 1961-01-02
RELP WoMEM
SECRETARY

SECRETARY. Girl Friday. must Be
very alert, single. over 81 years
old, to learn real estate business;
good salary, pleasant working con-
ditions.
Murray Levine Ia. 9-3144
Evening star., 1961-01-02
RELP WOMEN

TYPIsT, white; under So. $75-s90
s; S65-S75 wk.; must meet pub
lie, attractive: see Miss Evans in
person today; inquire ST. 3-366S
for appt. BOYD'S, 18th and @ NV.
TYPIsT for professional once
downtown: Immediately. Call ST.
TYPIsT, light shorthand; $4,000;
pssSi paSic ork IN NE to $50 Sf
Steno.: upper Conn, ave: I-giri
once: Ss5 to SiOO wk.: see in
person; Miss Lee, ST, 3-3666.
BOYD'S (Est. "A yrs.) Corner
18th and @ NV.
WAITRESS. white. part time; neat
and pleasant appearance; capable
Of handling V1Ps; days per wk.
Apply WASH. RESTAURANT AS
ISOLATION. 2003 Eye st. NV.
WAITRESS, white, neat and reii-
able; excel. clientele; uniforms I
meals furn.; no Sun: apply 3-6
pm. 5000 Conn. ave. NV.
WAITRESS. good earnings; 5-day
HOUSE kiEsrAuRHNT' $40 f7t6
WAITRESS, white, nights, good
pEy, tips: must be dependable
mostly drinks. Inquire between
1-2 pm. ZEPHYR REST, 491G
WIS. AVE. NV.
MATTRESSES. white, experienced;
day or evening. ZEBRA ROOM
323S Wis. ave-. EN-. 2-8307.
MATTRESSES. night work; apply
in person. LEONIE'S REsTAU.
RANT, 1900 University blvd,
Langley Park, Nd.
WAITRES0EG mari tinne and fnll
Evening star., 1961-01-02
CLERK-TYPIST

70 work In credit dept: sxpeF. In
legal typing helpful, but not nee.
Apply CERTIFIED FURNITURE,
S40l deorgta ave. NV.
Evening star., 1961-01-02
APIS. FURNISHED. Q.

BEAUTIFUL 2-bsdrm; spt; in nav
room, full dining room, spacious
bedrooms, de luxe kitchen, brandt
new furniture; utils. incl; S225l
MRS. BURNS. res. mgr, hH1AN
Evening star., 1961-01-02
STENOGRAPHER

Positions available now or after the
holidays. Must have good once
Skills and be able to deal with the
public, Tact and diplomacy are a
must. Regular salary increases and
opportunity for advancement.
Please submit complete resume In
eluding age and present salary
Al replies read In confidence. Boz
6e-M, Star.
Evening star., 1961-01-02
[MIseELLAMEoUS EoR sALE.

STORE FIxTUREs. sondoias, pes
board check out counter, Wafi
cases. cash register. OIL. 2.0477
TAPE RECORDER. Ampex $50:
perfect. eond., scarcely used; orig.
cartoon s400. IA. 7.5079.
TAPE RECORDERs FROM S20
prs.feeonasd pEsiGssaqs ffHs Tsp. 4s5; sS,s g on
Commission Electrorlic. NO. 7-43ps
Evening star., 1961-12-29
THE EVENING STAR AS
Washington, D. c.
Friday, December 2o, 1861

London Airport. Pilots were
warned not to take off because
Of the danger of slush enter
ing their engines.
A Jet flight for New York was
delayed for two hours and six
Comet airliner flights to con-
tinental Europe were also
held up.
Fog hampered shipping off
the European coast.
The 24,108-ton German
tanker ESQ Berlin and the
24,228-ton Swedish ore carrier
Malgomaj collided in tt ,
Scheldt River entering the
Netherlands from Belgium.
Both ships were heavily dam
aged.
The 15,067-ton Norwegian
tanker Rondefjell ran aground
and caught fire in the same
river but the flames were
quickly brought under control.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

took out his knife and cut it
Then he clamped the loose enc
in his teeth and began SWIM
ming the breaststroke. He and
Mcmahon were back to back
1t. Kennedy was low in the
water under Mcmahon, who
was floating along on his back
with his head behind Ken
nedy's.
From Kolombangara at 4:45
pm. Evans messaged KEN:
THIS COAST BEING
SEARCHED x IF ANY
LANDED OTHER SIDE
WILL BE PICKED UP BY
GIzO SCOUTS x OBJECT
NOW DRIFTING TOWARDS
NUSATUPI IS
Evans told his native scouts
to pass the word among the
islands to be on the lookout for
PIT boat survivors.
Tomorrow: The survivors
reach Plum Pudding Island.
Copyright 1861,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Freeze, Snow Spread
Chaos in British Isles

doners relying on the subway
system were late for work.
A water main burst in down.
town Bristol and flooded some
streets to a depth of three feet
and heavily damaging business
premises.
In Berkshire, Bedfordshire
and Suffolk, temperatures
ranged down to IL degrees
Fahrenheit.
Most roads in the southern
half of Britain are almost COM
pletely icebound," a Royal Au-
tomobile Club spokesman said.
I'm addition dense fog restrict
ing visibility to five yards is
reported in parts of Hertford-
shire and Kent"
Thick slush covering the run
ways delayed Jet flights from
Evening star., 1961-12-29

LONDON, Dec. 20 (AP).-
Snow, sleet and freezing rain
brought widespread transpor-
tation chaos in the British
Isles today.
The Royal Automobile Club
described the nations highway
system as "a vast skating rink"
with 10000 miles of road cov-
cred with ice.
In Scotland and eastern Eng
land there was heavy snowfall
as well, with drifts up to eight
feet deep around Glasgow and
Aberdeen. Near Glasgow a bus
with more than SO passengers
aboard was stuck in a drift
for over five hours.
Railroad schedules went out
the window as ice clogged
switches. Thousands of Lon
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Kennedy and His Men Swim for Land

pound, square gray flashlight,
wrapped it in a kapok to keep
it afloat and tied the kapok to
the plank also. Mcguire threw
the secret radio code book over
board.
With a last look at PIT 100
they cut the 2-by-8 loose from
the bow and, buoyed by their
kapoks, grouped themselves
about the plank, four on one
side and four on the other,
with a ninth man, often Thorn,
going back and forth from one
end to the other, pushing and
pulling at the plank. The men
on the sides each threw an
arm over the plank and padded
with the other.
Mcmahon, sure that death
Evening star., 1961-12-29

was only a matter of time, re-
mained silent when 1t. Ken
nedy helped him into the water,
which stung his burns cruelty.
In the back Of his kapok a
three-foot-long strap ran from
the top to a buckle near the
bottom. 1t. Kennedy swan
around behind him and tried
to unbuckle it. but the strap
had grown so stiff from INNER
sion that 1t wouldn't slide
through.
Mcmahon was surprised at
the matter-of-fact way 1t. Ken
nedy went about it all. 1t was
as If he did this sort of thing
every day. After tugging at the
strap a few times 1t. Kennedy
Evening star., 1961-12-29
BY ROBERT ]. DONOVAN


Sweeping Blackett Strait with
his binoculars in the early light,
coastwatcher 1t. Arthur r.
Evans Of the Royal Australian
Navy saw an object floating
near where he had observed the
blaze during the night. In his
morning report to New Georgia
and Guadalcanal, which had
the call letters KEN (after 1t.
Comdr. Hugh Mckenzie, one of
the great coaStwatcherS. who,
from his h e adquarters in
Guadalcanal, commanded the
organizations activities in the
Solomons), Evans noted:
ALL FOUR ODE
STROYERS) WENT WEST
OWE TWO TWO OWE x
PLANE DROPPED BOMBS
NEAR SAMBIA AND LATER
NEAR GATERE x SMALL
VESSEL POSSIBLY BARGE
AFIRE OFF GATERE AND
STILL VISIBLE.
At $50 am, upon receiving
notification from the PIT base,
Evening star., 1961-12-29
PIT 7Oo-CHAPTER 73

the island group east of Gizo.
There was considerable discus
sion about which of these is
lands 1t would be best to go on.
No one relished the risk of
swimming ashore, but they
agreed that the worst hazard
would be staying with the boat
too long. Every hour increased
the danger of detection.
I'll take Mcmahon with me" ,"
he said. THE rest of you can
swim together on this plank.
Thorn will be in charge"
Code Book Scuttled
The men who still had shoes
removed them and tied them
around the plank. They took
the boats battle lantern, a 10
Evening star., 1961-12-29

This is the 18th in series Of IS
articles bosed on the book "PT 100
John =. Kennedy in World War
% H." published by McGrow Hill
Book Co., Inc, New York.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

the coastwatcher near Munda
(call letters PWD) informed
Evans:
PIT BOAT ONE OWE
NINE LOST IN ACTION IN
BLACKETT STRAIT TWO
MILES SW MERESU COVE
x CREW OF TWELVE x
REQUEST ANY INFORMA-
TON.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Judge Locks Up
Wordy Witness
In Theft Case

Municipal Court Judge
Thomas C. Scalley today locked
up a defense witness who he
said was under the influence Of
liquor.
While teStifying loquaciousty
in a petty larceny case, the wit
ness help UP his right hand and
asserted That's how it was, I
swear to Christ"
Don't call on Him" retorted
Judge Scalley. You Just an
swer the questions and don't
volunteer any information"
when I need Christ I have
to call on him." answered the
witness.
Don't give me any of that
stuff" snapped the judge. I'll
stick you back in the cell block
in five minutes"
You're right, judge" said
the witness. True to his word,
after five more minutes Of
rambling testimony, the judge
ordered court marshals to lock
the man up.
He then found the defendant,
Clauzel Harry Courtney, of the
I1700 block of Eighteenth street
NV, guilty of stealing an cleo
trio guitar and gave him 18o
days in jail. ,,
Asked outside court why he
jailed the witness, Judge Scalley
said" he was under the
Influence and he was arrogant.
I'm going to hold him in con-
tempt and give him a little
time" s-..
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Civil Defense Ready
If Hurricane Strikes

If the Welfare Department.
for instance, reported that peo-
pie had been forced out Of
their homes, the OCD could
help arrange shelter for them
in a public school, have the
Health Department furnish IA
cilities and medical care, and
call the Red Cross to feed
them.
The OCD has no jurisdiction
outside Washington, but it does
relay information to the neigh
boring counties and, if asked.
furnishes help.
Their headquarters, at 1920
Howard street NV, is alive
with telephones, teletype ma
chimes and radios.
A radio-telephone system,
used otherwise as part of the
Attack Warning System, is
ready to call Civil Defense
headquarters anywhere along
the coast for direct reports on
Esther'S progress.
The OCD also moniSors
broadcasts of the Radio Anna
teur Civil Emergency Service,
a group of amateur operators
with radios in their cars or
homes who can aid in a
disaster.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Foggy Bottom Renewal
Plan Given Arts Group

I was a part of the Washington
Gas Light Co. property in
Foggy Bottom and has an ex-
tensive view of the Potomac
River. It is adjacent to the
site of the proposed National
Cultural Center and is bounded
by Virginia and New Hampshire
avenues and by Potomac Park
way.
In an open session later, the
arts commission also heard,
and approved, a presentation
of the design for a Southwest
Washington apartment and
town house cooperative which
recently was announced as
winner of a Redevelopment
Land Agency competition.
On the basis of this COM
petition, an 8.1-acre tract,
bounded by M, N and Fourth
streets and the Maine avenue
waterfront, was awarded at a
price of $3.10 a square foot.
Builders will be the w. C. and
A. N. Miller Development Co.
and Frederick w. Berens, Inc.
Appearing for RIA was John
F. Moran, jr., chief of the
agency's realty disposition divi-
sion, and David H. Condor of
the firm of Keyes, Lethbridge
and Condor. architects for the
project.
Summing up commission re-
action, Ralph Walker, a mem
ber, commented:
II think the plan is excellent,
but I believe there should be
more green in the center court.
Washington has a hot climate,
you know"
Evening star., 1961-09-20

A team of Civil Defense Of
ficials tracked Hurricane Esther
today, ready to bring rescue
and salvage units into opera
ton should the storm strike
Washington.
Melvin E. Mcbride, assistant
director of the Office of Civil
Defense said, weather bulletins
and advisories are coming in
We've been plotting them but
it's just been routine"
Mr.. Mcbride said the office
had notified city departments
concerned with emergencies at
4:45 am. that weather reports
indicate Esther probably would
bypass Washington.
George r. Rodericks, director
of District Civil Defense said
"by the Commissioners orders
we have all the resources OF
the city at our disposal to sup
port the needs of the people
1--WE advise the Commission
ers on what the urgent needs
are as we gather intelligence
Mr.. Rodericks explained that
although the OCD cannot tel
each department how to dc
its job, it does coordinate Their
efforts.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
By ROBERT J. LEWIS
Star staff Writer

A $50 million private rede-
velopment project for Foggy
Bottom today moved closer tt
the construction stage with
presentation of a preliminary
plan to the Fine Arts Com.
mission.
Representatives Of the in
ternationally prominent So
cieta Generate Immobiliare, an
Italian firm sponsoring the
project, made the design pre-
sentation in a closed session
Architects for the large
apartment, hotel and office
project are the Washington
firm of Corning, Moore, FL
more & Fischer and DR.. Luigi
Moretti, a professor Of archi-
lecture at the University of
Rome.
After the project was ex-
planned to commission men,
bers, Nicolas M. Salgo of New
York, American managing
partner of the Italian firm and
president of the sponsoring
company, said:
"The general architectural
concept and overall plan were
presented for the advice and
consideration of the Fine Arts
Commission. We are desirous
Of going ahead at the earliest
possible time on this fine site
that we now own. We want to
proceed with a program that
meets with the commissions
approval and that will be bene-
ficial to Washington"
The triangular site formerly
Evening star., 1961-09-20

jects that might be carried off
in a strong wind have been re-
moved. But most of this was
done at the close of the tourist
season on Labor Day.
"It's going to be Just another
strong Northeaster," predicted
Capt. Harry Bunting who, at
SO years of age, has sailed
countless fishing enthusiasts
on the ocean on his boat.
"They cali them hurricanes
now" he said. 1--WE called
them Northeast storms then"
Some Visitors Leave
Police Chief v. j. Phillips
estimated that perhaps 500 per-
sons had left this island resort
for the mainland yesterday be-
cause Of advance warnings of
the hurricane. He thought that
about 1000 remained.
A stroll along the boardwalk
showed that most of the places
of entertainment, hotels, res
taurants and bars were bat
tened down"-but noticeably no
more so than after the closing
Of any other tourist season.
Mayor Hugh Thomas Crop
per, Chief Phillips and a con-
tingent of Maryland State po-
lice, however, kept an all-night
watch in City Hall, monitoring
Evening star., 1961-09-20
OCEAN CITY, ND,
CALM, WATcHFUL
BY ALEX r.. PRESTON
Star staff Writer

OCEAN CITY, Md. Sept. 20.
1t could be said that this
popular Atlantic Coast resort
was bracing itself for an ex-
pected disaster-the dangerous
Hurricane Esther which was
working its way up the coast.
But such was not exactly the
case. ts 81.
Rain from the forward edge
of Hurricane Esther began fall
ing here shortly before IL am.
High tide was expected about
5 pm. and the eye of the
storm, if it continued its
northward course, was expected
to pass well offshore before
midnight.
The permanent colony is
alert, to be sure. Hotel signs,
chairs and other movable OBJ
Evening star., 1961-09-20
HURRICANES QUIET CENTER
SPREADS TO MILES OF FURY
Profile Of a typical hurricane:

Profile Of typical hurricane:
With central "eye" of quiet the hurricanes peak
wind fury extends 10 to Is miles from the center AS far
rs miles from the center winds may still blow from
80 to 46 miles hour (gae force.
The energy of single hurricane may equal 100 times
all the energy of the electric power generated in the
United States in whole year. In single second the
hurricane may have the energy of 21a nominal atomic
bombs
Meteoroogists say hurricane is great atmos-
pheric engine It's fuel is the heat released when water
vapor condenses.
1t begins when surface winds spiral inward
tropical Saturated with moisture, these winds
forces upward The rising air cools releasing moisture
rain This change to rain releases the energy that fuels
the hurricane
Death comes to the hurricane when it moves inland
into cool northern waters where its fuel the heat
energy released by water condensation is cut Off
Evening star., 1961-09-20
EASTERN SHORE HOPES FOR MISS
Thousands Evacuated as Storm Precoution

Thousands of persons fled
low-lying coastal Virginia and
Lower Chesapeake Bay areas
overnight in case Hurricane
Esther should slam into the
coast of Maryland and Virginia.
But as the day progressed it
looked like the worst would
pass by at sea with only fringe
winds, rain and high tides af-
fecting the Eastern Shore.
Hastily opened shelters around
Norfolk were jammed as Vir-
ginia aIerted all of its civil de-
fense units and its National
Guard.
Some 1000 evacuees moved
into Crisfield, Md, and other
Eastern Shore towns from COM
munities on Tangier and Smith
Islands. Standby evacuation
plans were made in other low
areas.
Maryland's Gov. Tawes
placed the State on a "maxi-
mum alert" and called on citi-
zens to maintain contact with
the situation through radio and
television.
Patrol Boats Wait
Maryland's Tidewater Fish
cries Commission urged all
pleasure boat owners to stay
in port and reinforce their
lines. Some 40 TIC patrol boats
were standing by for distress
calls.
Aircraft were flown out of
the area or tucked into hangers
at the Naval Academy in
Annapolis and at the Dover
CDel) Air Force Base as Of
ficials recalled Hurricane Hazel
which swept through the center
of the State October Is, 1854,
taking IL lives and destroying
millions Of dollars in property.
American Red Cross officials
in Annapolis said four Anne
Arundel County schools and 20
school buses are available today
for the evacuation of residents.
Stu Whelan, disaster chairman
for the southern end of the
county, said Eastport and Ger
mantown elementary schools
and the Bates High School in
Annapolis would be used along
with Southern High School at
Lotian.
Emergency plans call for
Evening star., 1961-09-20

Twenty-eight cars Of a So
car Pennsylvania Railroad
freight train were derailed near
Odenton, Md, early today, dis
rupting passenger service on
the railroads main line between
Washington and Baltimore.
A PRR spokesman in Balti-
more said the derailment oc-
CURED at Sill am, 2 miles
south of Odenton in Anne
Arundel County near part of
the Fort Meade Army reserva-
ton.
No one was injured in the
derailment, but cars strewn
across the tracks blocked train
traffic on all three main tracks
there, the railroads spokesman
reported.
AS a result, local train Serv-
ice between Baltimore and
Washington was disrupted
Evening star., 1961-09-20
28 Cars Deroii, Block
D. to Baltimore Line

completely for this mornings
two commuter trains, with
buses substituted to pick up
passengers who normally ride
the trains. &
Through trains of the line
were rerouted over the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad tracks.
The PRR spokesman said, how
ever. delays of up to two hours
could be anticipated on ar
rival times Of these trains.
There was no immediate ex-
planation for what caused the
cars of the Baltimore hound
freight to jump the tracks, and
an investigation was launched
by railroad officials to deter
mine the cause, the spokesman
added. Neither was there any
estimate as to when the tracks
would be cleared and service re-
storcS, he said.
Evening star., 1961-09-20

operation of cafeterias and set
ting up cots where needed.
Public schools in the Eastern
Shores four southernmost
counties were closed today. more
because of what might happen
than for what has occurred SC
far. The counties are Wicomico,
Worcester, Somerset and Dor
chester.
About 800 persons, including
three expectant mothers, were
evacuated from Tangier Island
in Chesapeake Bay and were
brought by boat to Crisfield
where they were put up in q
public school, the National
Guard Armory and the Elks
Club.
About 1900 more came from
Smiths Island, also in the Bay.
The Navy at Norfolk sent 200
Evening star., 1961-09-20

radio broadcasts and making
periodic calls to the United
States Weather Bureau in Bal.
timore.
Last year the roof of our
motel blew off," said Mrs. Ed
ward G. Rost, whose husband
operates a motel here.
/ She and her husband were
among the few who sought
shelter on the mainland last
night. They took a place in
another motel in Berlin, about
Is miles away.
I'VE boarded UP everything
we could" Mrs, Rost said. 81
took my silver, my diamond
and my mink stole and off ]
went"
At another popular beach
resort, Rehoboth Beach, DEL,
north of here, everyone was
Sitting tight" according to
City Manager Frank H. Buck.
There has been no emer-
.gency, whatsoever" he said.
The Red Cross, civil defense
and fire department is on a
standby alert to evacuate resi-
dents to the firehouse ano
high school tonight, if nec-
eSSary.
During the night the weather
was misty and the surf ran
high, reaching, at times, under
the boardwalk.
At the end Of the bridge
leading into Ocean City are
two gasoline service stations
Veteran of Resort
Pete Krarnatz, operator oi
one, said, I've lived here since
AZ but last year was the first
time we've been asked to stay
open all night during Hurri-
fcane Donna)."
Operator of the second serv-
ice station at the end of the
bridge is Burton A. Burch, who
has lived in Ocean City for II
years,
1T doesn't look bad to me- -
he said, "but ! don't know"
One of those who did not
put tape on his windows as q
precaution against the hurri-
cane was Edward H. Fisher, q
druggist.
I'm not an old-timer here .
he said. Donna Qast years
hurricane) didn't do me any
damage. The only water we
had was from the rain"
Evening star., 1961-09-20
BARR HAD BEEN A Sew

BARR HAD BEEN A Sew
enth Day Adventist who made
his living by laying roofs.
Then he had become a tent
evangelist. Then he expert
enced a change. He gave up
evangelism. He went back
to work as a roofer and came
to the park every Sunday to
attack the Bible.
Quirk usually debated
against Father Russell of the
Catholic Evidence Guild. But
on this day Father Russell
was yielding both his time
and his rostrum to Quirk
and Barr.
As I remember, the debate
hinged largely on Bars in
sistence that history made
no mention of Christians in
the first century. Quirk cited
the paragraph from Livy
written about so A. D. that
the Christians were becom-
ing a nuisance in Rome. Barr
said the monks had inserted
that in the Middle Ages.
l thought Quirk won. I
gave him every round. AS
we walked away he said:
"This is old stuff. The
English were arguing this
almost a century ago when
Thomas Huxley and Bisho
Wilberforce we're debating
evolution"
Evening star., 1961-09-20

Preserve a site of archae-
illogical value where the Sus-
quehanna Indians resided at
least 5000 years and MAIN
tained a big fort at the time the
area was first observed in 1908.
Provide the fast-growing
population of the Washington
Metropolitan Area a natural
recreational area. }
Committeeman admitted d
conflict in testimony as to
whether the plant would mar
the view from Mount Vernon.
Testimony was undisputed,
however, they added, that al
ternative sites exist for a sew
age treatment plant. l
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Addition Asked
For KeniIWorth

Overcrowding of the Kenil-
worth School was criticized last
night by the Eastland Gardens
Civic Association, meeting at
the school, Forty-fourth and
Ord streets NE.
Built for just over TOO stu
dents, the schools enrolment
is now over 1,100. Part-tilne
classes will be held this year
because of overcrcwding.
The association asked for
early action on an addition to
the school.