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Evening star., 1961-11-02
Beer-Drinking Horse
Done In by Stoggers?

VALDOsTA, Ca, Nov. 2
(AP) Brownie, the beer
drinking horse, is dead. He
may have died of the staggers.
But in this instance, Staggers
has nothing to do with the 28-
year-old Brownies drinking
habits. It's a disease horses
sometimes get.
After Sam M. Weldon, a pro-
duce farmer, bought Brownie
l8 years ago, man and beast
became drinking buddies.
He loves it better'n 1 do"
the 68-year-old Weldon COM
mented.
Brownie has been known to
get a few drinks too many
under his collar and to act up
as If he had lost his horse
sense. But Weldon said his
plowhorSe-pet had not had a
snort for several weeks prior to
his illness.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Humphrey Beckett, Retired
DC. Water Superintendent

Humphrey Beckett, 80. a re-
tired superintendent of the
District water system. died to-
day at his home in Rockville,
Md. after suffering a heart
attack this morning.
Mr.. Beckett began working
for the District in 1895 as an
employe of the Highway De-
partment. In 1941 he was ap-
pointed superintendent of the
Water Department, where he
had worked since 1901.
During his service here he
saw the water distribution sys-
tenn here grow from 800 miles
of mains in 1895 to more than
l,l00 miles in 1916. when he
retired.
Mr.. Beckett fought with the
Army during the Spanish
American War and the Philip
pine Insurrection of 1901.
During World War 1 he served
a year as a captain in Army
Ordnance. He remained in the
Ordnance Reserve Corps until
retiring as a major in 1912.
He was a member of the
American Water Works Asso-
citation, the Washington So
ciety of Engineers, the Ameri-
can Society of Civil Engineers
and the Maryland-Delaware
Water and Sewerage Associa-
tion.
Mr.. Beckett lived in Lanham,
Evening star., 1961-11-02
DR.. Samuel Dana
Wins Award for
Forestry Service

Samuel Trask Dana of Anr
Arbor, Mich, today was giver
an award for distinguished
service to American forestry
and the forest industries"
The award, a bronze plaque
and a check for $500, was made
by the American Forest Prod
ucts Industries during the
groups annual meeting here
DR.. Dana, dean emeritus o1
the University of Michigan's
School of Natural Resources
is widely known for his con-
tributions to education in the
natural resources field. He
began his career in 1907 with
the United States Forest Serv-
ice.
He left the Forest Service In
1927 to establish Michigan's
School of Forestry and Conser-
vation. For two years-l921-
23-he was State forest COM
missioner of Maine.
DR.. Dana is a fellow of the
Society of American Foresters
in which he has held various
offices including the presi-
dency in 1925-26. He is former
editor of the Journal of For
estry and served as a director
Of the American Forestry Asso-
citation for II years.
During his career, he par
ticipated in the work of many
Government and national as
sociation committees concerned
with forestry and natural re-
sources.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Inhubitunts Host
To Fire Bluffs,
Recall Horse Era

Horse-drawn fire wagons,
pinochle games in engine houses
and big fires of the past were
recalled in an armchair atmoS-
phere last night as the Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants
paid tribute to the Friendship
Fire Association.
Fire Chief Millard H. Sutton
and other District fire officials
were present to honor the fire
bluffs whose association has
been serving Washington's fire
fighters for 20 years.
Lester H. Steinem, a member
Of both the Friendship Associa-
ton and the Oldest Inhabitants,
related the groups history,
from its auxiliary fire-fighting
duties during World War II to
its present duties of taking
coffee and doughnuts to fire
men at all second-alarm fires
in the city. Members maintain
an around-the-clock vigil on
fire reports in the District.
In return for the tribute.
Chief Charles Schwartz of the
Friendship group presented the
Oldest Inhabitants the desk
journal from Engine Company
No. 6 covering the years 1886
to 1893. The book is one of a
collection of desk journals from
all the fires houses in Washing
ton. The collection, now located
in a District warehouse, soon
may be destroyed because of
lack of storage space.
The meeting was held at the
National Savings and Trust Co.,
Fifteenth street and New York
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Joon McCrocken Dies;
Dancer on Broadway

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 CAP).-
Joan McCracken, 80. actress
and dancer in a number of hit
musical comedies on Broadway,
died yesterday after a heart
attack. A heart condition forced
Miss McCracken to stop dane
ing seven years ago and it also
edrtailed her acting career.
Miss McCracken, a native of
Philadelphia, got her Broadway
break in 1943 as "the girl who
falls down" in the chorus of
the show Oklahoma"
The petite dancers role in
the chorus of the Rodgers and
Hammerstein hit was to jump
engagingly out of step with
the other girls. Critics called
her an enchanting new talent
with a flair for puckiSh COM
edy."
She later played in Broadway
productions of 'Bloomer Girl"
and Billion Dollar Baby" Her
Evening star., 1961-11-02
ChrYsIer Sees
Hope 10 Avert
Strike Tonight

DETROIT, Nov. 2 tAP).-
Chrysler Corp. Vice President
John D. Leary voiced cautious
optimism today that contract
settlement between the COM
pany and the United Auto
Workers could be reached be-
fore a midnight strike dead
line.
We're going to try" Mr.
Leary said as he joined UAW
President Walter P. ReutheI
in a showdown bargaining ses-
sion that likely will extend
until midnight. Mr.. Leary said
he thought the situation looked
a little better.
Today's session, scheduled
to start at 9 am, was delayed
an hour while the main bar
gaining teams awaited reports
from subcommittee that
worked throughout the night
on contract language.
AS negotiators recessed at
Ills am. after a session
stretching some 16 hours, Mr.
Reuther reported an under
standing had been reached on
that section of the contract
to cover supplemental un-
employment benefits.
This has been holding us
up" Mr.. Reuther told newsmen
I'VE now have tentative un-
derstanding. 1t is a matter OF
working out the highly techni-
cal, complicated language"
Two botly debated so-called
non-economic issues still were
unresolved.
They are the company's de-
mand for a reduction in the
number of union representa-
tives who draw company pay
while processing grievances and
otherwise tending to union
business in the plants, and the
JAW demand for relaxa-
ton of Chrysler's production
standards (work quotas.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Glen H. Hoppin,
Ex-Engineer at
Naval uILuborutory

Glen H. Hoppin, 81, of 2721
Ordway street NV, a former
engineer at the Naval Ordnance
Laboratory at White Oak, Md,
died Tuesday.
Mr.. Hoppin, a native of Dex-
ter, Mimi, came to Washington
during World War II to work
with the Office of Scientific
Development. He then moved to
the Naval Ordnance Labora-
tory, where he was in charge of
allocating space and equipment
to the various departments. He
retired two years ago.
Before the war, Mr.. Hoppin
worked in Detroit for the
Stout Metal Airplane Co.,
builders of the Ford triplane
He helped organize the Stout
Air Line, one of the first pas
senger lines, in the 1920s.
Mr.. Hoppin was a 1907 grad
uate of the University of Min
nesota. He was a member of
the Cleveland Park Congrega-
tional Church and a former
member of the Knights Tenn
plar in Detroit.
He leaves his wife, the for
mer Frances Stout; three chill
dren, Mrs. Marvin Preston of
Detroit, Mrs. Fred C. Moor of
San Francisco, and James Hop
pin of Detroit; eight grand
children, two sisters, Mrs.
Charles Pye and Mrs. Roy
Comport, both of Henderson
vile, N. c.. and a brother
Claude Hoppin of Spokane,
Wash.
Services will be at 80 am.
tomorrow at the S. H. Hines
Funeral Home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1961-11-02

Nd. most of his life. Six
months ago he and his wife,
Mrs. Anna l.. Beckett. moved
to the home of their daughter
in Rockville.
In addition to his wife, of
the home address, 1851 Cross
way road, he leaves his
daughter, Mrs. Charles Murray
and a brother, Walter Howard
Beckett, of Seat Pleasant, Md.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Group Planning
Civic Publicity

The North Michigan Park
Civic Association last night
voted to send a delegate to the
Capital Press Club workshop
on December 2 at Howard Uni
versity to get ideas on how to
publicize civic news.
In other action, the associa-
ton honored Miss Nancy Nc
Creary as Miss North Michi-
gan Park"
The meeting was held at
Michigan Park Christian
Church. Taylor street and
South Dakota avenue NE.
Evening star., 1961-11-02

in a new parliamentary bill
yesterday setting up the first
curbs ever imposed on the free
flow Of migrants to Britain
from Commonwealth nations.
Citizens Of these lands have
up to now always enjoyed the
same privileges as United
Kingdom citizens. They could
not be refused entry and, once
here, could not be deported
The break with tradition new
comes after a steadily mount
ing influx Of colored migrants
from the poorer Common
wealth nations - mainly the
West Indies.
Their scramble to settle down
amid the promised joys of the
welfare state have created a
crop of new social problems for
the British.
Text of the bill, published in
the House Of Commons, pro-
vides that intending immi-
grants must satisfy the author
tiles they can find a job in
Britain. Either they must have
a job ready to go to or have
qualifications likely to land
them employment in addition,
the bill permits restriction of
entry on grounds of health,
criminal record or security.
The government has con-
tended that the steady inflow
of unskilled labor has threat
ened an employment problem.
But it insists the new restric-
tions will not amount to any
kind Of color bar. The rules ap5
ply equally to citizens of white
Commonwealth countries and
the Irish Republic.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Illinois Senate
Rejects Negro
For State Board

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov.
(AP)-The Illinois Senate re-
fused yesterday to confirm the
appointment of a Chicago
Negro insurance executive to
the States new Fair Employ
ment Practices Commission.
The office of Democratic
Gov. Otto Kerner said it was
not known whether Gov. Ker-
ner would offer a substitute
appointment Immediately.
The vote against 70-year OLD
Earl Dickerson was along party
lines.
Republicans opposed him be-
cause they said he showed poor
judgment in allowing his name
to be associated with some or
ganizations which later were
labeled as subversive by the
House Committee on Un-Amer-
ican Activities.
The State Senate vote fol-
lowed an 11-8 vote by its execu-
tive committee recommending
that the full Senate deny con-
firmation of the appointment.
In the committees hearing,
Mr.. DickerSon said he never
knowingly Joined or remained
a member of any organization
labeled as subversive by the
Government.
There is no question of
loyalty" said Republican Sen
ator John Meyer, an FEPC
supporter when the legislation
was approved this year. I'VE
just want to get this commits
sion off to a good start"
Mr.. Dickerson, a lawyer. is a
former member of the Chicago
City Council.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Toipei Refugees
Ordered to Move

TAIPE Ell, Formosa, Nov. 2
(AP).-The Taipei city govern
ment has given 723 typhoon
victims two weeks to move
out of six primary schools OF
be forcibly evicted.
The refugees moved into the
schools after typhoon Pamela
destroyed their homes Septem-
Der IL. They have refused all
pleas to bulge from the %
clasSrooms they are occupying
This, the city government
said, is causing the schools con-
siderable inconvenience.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Expert Sees
Cancer Clues
In Viruses

Answers to many human
cancers may be uncovered
within a year, a nationally
known specialist predicted
today.
1t is highly likely, he said,
that viruses will be pinpointed
as the cause of many cancers
and more information will be
forthcoming on chemical agents
to treat them.
DR.. I. S. Ravdin, chairman
of the clinical studies panel of
the Cancer Chemotherapy Ma
tional Service Center, declared
that "the answer could come
next month, next year or next
week"
He addressed the opening
session of the second conference
on Experimental Clinical Can
Ger Chemotherapy in the Stat
Ter Hotel, where more than 800
cancer researchers have gath
cred to pool information in
what has been billed as "the
most important conference on
cancer ever held"
Light Seen Ahead
DR.. Ravdin. professor of
surgery at the University of
Pennsylvania and immediate
past president of the American
College of Surgeons, declared
that lit is highly likely that
before another year is past we
may well find that certain of
the common human malignant
LESSONS are viral in origin and
at the same time we may have
information on the control of
such LESSONS by chemical
agents :"
Cancer, he said, is undoubt-
edly an overall name for a
variety of diseases and future
cures will involve many differ
ent chemicals.
Matters have improved in
the cancer fight" DR.. Ravdin
declared, land we are begin
ming to see the light"
Progress Listed
He stressed the Importance
of keeping cancer patients
alive as long as possible "be-
cause we never know when the
answer will come"
He listed three major steps
made in the cancer fight over
the last two years:
l. Women who develop cho-
riocarcinoma "a type of cancer
of the uterus) during preg-
nancy can, in many cases, be
cured.
2. For the first time there
is evidence that a chemical
agent - 5-fluorouracil - can
help to reduce cancer of the
large bowel.
3. The spread of cancer can
be arrested sometimes "for the
first time in history" by COM
bining surgery and the use of
a chemical known as THO Tepa.
He said two groups have been
under study for the last three
years. Of the group treated
by surgery alone, he said, 20
per cent more developed re-
currence or a spread to an
other part of the body than in
the group treated by the two
methods.
Never before, DR.. Ravdin de-
clared, have so many we'll
trained researchers focused
their careers on a similar med
ical problem.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
20-Foot Fall
Kills Mon. e

A 20-foot fall from a window
he was cleaning cost the life of
Francis j. Trine, SO, today.
Police said Mr.. Trine was
sitting in the window of his
second-story apartment at 1914
Fourteenth street NV, scrap
ing something from the frame
when he apparently lost his
balance.
He fell to the sidewalk,
fatally injured. He was pro-
nounced dead about noon by
Deputy Coroner Richard We'll
ton.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Britoin Acts to Curb
Influx Of Migrants

LONDON, Nov. 2 CAP).-The
British government has pro-
posed that Commonwealth cit
izens must in the future prove
they can earn a living before
being allowed to settle in Brit
ain.
The proposal was contained
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Phillip K. Clarke, II,
Retired Policeman

Funeral services for Phillip K
Clarke, 70, retired Metropolitan
police officer, will be held al
8 am. tomorrow at st. Johns
Catholic Church, Hollywood
Md. Burial will be in st
AloySiuS Catholic Cemetery in
Leonardtown, Md.
Mr.. Clarke died Tuesday after
a long illness. He retired in
1949 as a private after Is
years with the District police
Evening star., 1961-11-02
NASA Decides to Keep
Contract With RocioIist

called NASA's attention to
an anti-Negro letter Mr.. Curt
ler wrote to a member Of the
school board.
The presidential committee
was established to enforce the
non-discrimination clause in
Government contracts, and
can order cancellation of con-
tracts in case of fragrant vio-
lations.
Neither NASA headquarters
here nor the Marshall Space
Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala,
was aware of Mr.. Curriers'
views on race questions when
the contract was awarded Oc-
tober IL, the spokesman said,
Marshall handled the contract
award.
View Not Essential
The spokesman said he could
not be sure whether prior
knowledge of Mr.. Curriers'
views would have blocked the
contract.
NASA'S spokesman said his
agency started investigating the
race allegations against Mr.
Gurtler before reports on the
case were published this week.
Government officials have
said the essential point is COM
pliance with the non-discrimi-
nation clause, not the contrac-
tors personal views or reputa-
ton on race questions.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
PIow Boosts Beets

TEHERAN. The use of the
moldboard plow in Iran, intro
duced by United States tech
nical-aid experts. has tripled
sugar-beet production.
Evening star., 1961-11-02
Beniumin Ferson

The family of Benjamin B.
Ferson, who died Tuesday, will
be receiving at 4337 Nebraska
avenue NV. tonight through
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1961-11-02

of 1916 Roxanna road NV,
Mrs. Betty Cooper of 8515
Grubb road, Silver Spring, and
Mrs. Blanche Kerr of Los An
geles, and three grandchildren.
Services and burial were yes
terday.
Evening star., 1961-11-02

first straight Broadway role
was in The Big Knife" with
John Garfield.
Evening star., 1961-05-13
Slain Woman
Run Over by Car

CHICAGO, May 13 (AP).-
The body of an unidentified
woman - covered with tire
marks and apparently run over
repeatedly-was found today
on a street in suburban Chi
cago Ridge. Police said she
probably was slain before being
run over.
Three witnesses told police
they saw an automobile circling
the intersection about 3 am,
repeatedly bounding over an
object in the street. After the
car drove off, one of the wit
nesses discovered the body.
The victim, heavy set, was
about 5 feet. 5 inches tall and
about so years of age. A charm
bracelet worn by the woman
bore the inscription Michael
1890"
Evening star., 1961-05-13
Walter H. Rem,
Railway Postal
Clerk 81 Years

Walter H. Rem, 80, a retired
postal clerk, died in Arlington
Hospital yesterday after an op-
Grafton.
Born in Muncy, Pa, Mr.. Rem
was graduated from Bucknel
University, Lewisburg, PaA, ir
1902. He moved to Washing
ton in 1917 and lived at TOT
N. West street, Falls Church
Va.
Mr.. Rem retired in .1941
from the Post Office Depart.
ment after 81 years of service
as a railway postal clerk.
He was a member of the
Columbia Baptist Church in
Falls Church and the Railway
Mail Association.
He leaves two sons, Frederick
B. Rem of TySons Corner, Va.
and Thomas o. Rem OF Al
bany, Ga; and a daughter
Mrs. Charles A. Ransone Of
1881 S. Wakefield street, Ar.
lington.
Friends may call at Pearson,
Funeral Home, 472 N. Wash.
ington street, Falls Church
after 6 pm. today. Funera,
services will be held at 2 pm
Monday at the Columbia Bap-
tist Church, Lee highway anc
Columbia street, Falls Church
Burial will be in National Me.
mortal Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-05-13
Telephone Wage
Talks Continue

Wage negotiations between
the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. and two union
locals continued today under a
contract extension" signed by
both sides last night.
The temporary agreement ex-
tends provisions of the COM
pany-union contract, which was
suspended" yesterday when
.negotiators failed to reach
agreement on new wage levels,
progression schedules and other
issues.
The telephone company's
three-year contract with the
two Communications Workers
of America locals is due to ex-
pire May IL, 1868.
Current negotiations were
opened April IA under one of
two "wage-reopening" clauses
in the contract. A similar clause
allows new wage talks before
May II Of next year.
The union locals represent
telephone operators, plant, COM
mercial and most clerical
employees of the company in the
District. suburban Maryland
and Virginia, but do not re-
present craft employees in sub
urban Maryland.
Evening star., 1961-05-13
Elephant Bottle
lniures Trainer

NEWARK. N j., May l;
(AP) An animal trainer was
injured yesterday when he was
caught in the middle of g
battle between circus eephants.
The handler, Donald Rifle
80, Of Anaheim, Calf, was
tossed 20 feet across the bis
top of the Wallace Brothers
Circus which opened a three
day stand at the Newark Me-
mortal Stadium.
He was treated at st. jaime.
Hospital for contusions of the
back.
The accident occurred before
the show went on while the
trainer was supervising the
erection of seats in the three
ring tent.
Lois, a 900-pound elephant
and her 600-pound teammate
Kitty, were being used to push
an l8-ton bleacher truck into
position. Apparently angerec
over the loud trumpeting Of
the smaller elephant, Loi!
charged and knocked her over
In the process, the trainer was
struck by Lois swinging trunl
and was hurled aside.
Evening star., 1961-05-13
Probe Is Ordered
Of Ruttermun
Vice Arrest Case
BY the Associated Press

The Justice Department
yesterday ordered an investiga-
ton into the vice arrest OF
George Ratterman. former foot
ball player and reform candi-
date for sheriff in Campbell
County, KY.
Ratterman, arrested early
Tuesday in a hotel room with a
woman. has contended that he
was drugged and that police
tore off his trousers. He said
he didn't know the woman was
in the room until he was
aroused by the entry of police.
The Justice Department gave
no official reason for the in
vestigation, but an informed
source said it was called to
determine if Newport CKyD,
police knowingly participated
in the use of framed evidence.
Ratterman has been charged
with breach of peace. disorderly
conduct and resisting arrest,
and his case is scheduled for
a hearing in police court next
Tuesday. The former profess
sional football star is an in
vestment counselor and the
father of eight.
Evening star., 1961-05-13
Yunks at Oxford
HitU. S. on Cuba

OXFORD, England, May /;
(AP). - Thirty-six American
students at oxford University
today issued an open letter tc
President Kennedy protesting
what they called the "continu.
ing hostility" Of the United
States Government toward the
Castro regime in Cuba.
The students, some Of them
Rhodes Scholars. come from IL
States and the District Of Co.
lumbia.
They said indirect interven-
ton" in Cuban affairs distorts
traditional American purposes
both as observed abroad and as
a motive for action at home.
The students added they were
encouraged by the President
statement that no United States
military intervention in Cuba
or further training of rebel
troops are contemplated.
Evening star., 1961-05-13
Non-VioIent Rally
Slated Today at
CIA Building

Various organizations grouped
into a Non-Violent Committee
for Cuba will stage a mass
rally today at the Central In
telligence Agency building at
2430 E street NV, spokesman
announced.
PicketS will include members
of the Fair Play for Cuba Com
mittee, the Committee for Nom
Violent Action and personnel
from the Peacemaker and
Catholic Worker magazines, ac-
cording to Mrs. Bea Herrick,
a spokesman for the Commit
tee for Non-Violent Action.
Mrs. Herrick's group includes
about 80 peace marchers"
who arrived here yesterday on
a walk from San Francisco to
Moscow. In addition to the
CIA demonstration, members
OF her group will continue a
week end-long silent vigil" at
the Pentagon, Mrs. Herrick
said.
She said the walk would
resume at 9 am. Monday. when
the group will leave the Penta-
gon and head for Baltimore
and then New York on foot.
About 10 marchers will then
fly to London to continue their
trek across Europe, she said.
From New York, the Fair
Play for Cuba Committee an
nounced it would send 1000
pickets to surround the CIA
building today, and to picket
the Senate office Building as
we'll in protest against the
Senate Internal Security Com
mittee.
The Fair Play for Cuba Com
mittee says it opposes the
Governments handling of the
Cuban situation. while the
peace marchers say they want
to persuade all nations to re-
nounce war.
Evening star., 1961-05-13

ing and movement of dele
gates.
DIR. Abraham Horwitz, direc-
tor of the Pan American Sani-
tary Bureau, said yesterday,
Mr.. Suro was a dedicated and
loyal worker in the struggle
for better health in the Amer
icas and was deeply devoted to
the ideals of our organization,
Mr.. Suro was the force behind
the scenes Of the international
meetings and conferences spon-
Sored by the Pan American
Sanitary Bureau.
Mr.. Suro leaves his wife,
Mrs. Piedad Levi-Castillo Suro
a daughter, Carmen. and a son,
Roberto, all of the home ad-
dress, and another son, William
A. of Philadelphia.
A funeral mass will be said
Monday at 10 am. at Blessed
Sacrament Church, 600l West
ern avenue NV, followed by
burial in Gate of Heaven
Cemetery, Silver Spring.