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Evening star., 1961-01-11
Allen D. Jones,
FTC Accountant
For 23 Years

Allen D. Jones. 70, a Federal
Trade Commission accountant
for % years, died yesterday of
a heart ailment at his home,
1911 Great Falls road, Mclean,
Iva.
Mr.. Jones. who was born in
Hurricane Mills. Tenn, at
tended preparatory school in
McKensie, Tenn. a former
auditor of the Tulsa (Okla.)
Power Co., he transferred to
the Interstate Public Service
Co. in Indianapolis. He was
vice president and auditor of
this company.
In 1880 he became auditor
Of the Virginia Public Service
Co. in Alexandria and IN 1885
he Joined the Federal Trade
Commission as an accountant.
11c IeClEeU III 1905.
He was a former member of
the Belle Haven Country Club.
Besides his wife, Ruby, of
the home address. Mr.. Jones
leaves a son. J. Allen, Roches-
ter, N. Y, a brother, Joseph
E., Oklahoma City, and four
grandchildren.
Friends may call after 7:3O
O'Clock tonight at Birch and
Son Funeral Home, 3034 M
street N. w. Services will be
held there at 2 pm. tomorrow.
Burial will be In Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Stanley Kline Dies;
Miller, Civic Leader

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Jan II
(SpeciaD Stanley P. F. Kline,
80. longtime miller, banker
and community leader, and
father of the president of the
Citizens Building and Loan
Association ~of Montgomery
County, died in a hospital here
Monday.
Mr.. Kline, who had under
gone an operation in the WASH
ington County Hospital on Fri
day, was the owner and opera
tor of Kline Bros flour mill
which he helped establish in
1904. He also was president of
the Liberty Mill in German
town, Md, from 1918 until he
retired a year ago, and was
Mr.. Kline, one of the found
ers of the Germantown mill
with its present president. A. r..
Selby. was board chairman at
the time of his death.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
M. Z. Pittmon, 78,
Former EmpIoye of
Engraving Bureau

Menzie e. Pittman, 70, a
former employe of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing,
died at the Kensington Garden
Nursing Home Monday after
q long illness. He had been in
the nursing home since July.
Born in Hancock, Md, Mr..
Pittman moved to Washington
with his family as a young
child. He was employed 46
years in the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. retiring
In 1949 as a section foreman.
He lived at 67l6 Colesville
road, Silver Spring, Md. until
last July.
He leaves his wife. Clair. and
o son, Col. Joseph M. Pittman,
both of Fort George G. Meade,
Md. He also leaves a son, Ed
ward w. Pittman of 808 AL
bany avenue, Alexandria. Va,
a sister, Mrs. Calvin Yeatter
OF ia v street NE, and five
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Prayers will be said at 9:3O
am. Friday at the Warner E.
Pumphrey Funeral Home, 8434
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring,
Md, followed by mass at 10
am. at st. Johns Catholic
Church, Forest Glen, Md. Bur-
ial will be in Ft. Lincoln Ceme-
terry.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
William Kaufman, CPA,
In Government % Years

william kaufman, 50. a cer-
titled public accountant with
the Government for "a years,
died Monday at George Wash
ington University Hospital af-
ter a long illness.
Mr.. kaufman, born in New
York, came to Washington in
1912 to serve on the central
auditing staff of the Social
Security Board, which later be-
came part of the Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare Department.
He lived at 1858 Battery lane,
Bethesda, Md.
He later joined the Bureau
of Public Assistance Of the So
cial Security Administration
where he was the chief of the
fiscal standards branch in the
Division Of State Administra-
Evening star., 1961-01-11

He lived in Boonsboro and
was q native of the county. His
son, C. Edwin Kline. lives at
9200 Harvey road in Silver
Spring.
Mr.. Kline was the first pres
ident of the Boonsboro Lions
Club, founded in 1929, and was
chairman of the board for the
hospital in which he died. He
also was a member Of the
Washington County Welfare
Board. During World War II,
he served on the local ration
committee.
Besides his son. Mr.. Kline
leaves his wife, Julia, Of Boons-
boro.
Funeral services were to be
held at 2 pm. today at the
Benevola (Md.) Church. with
burial in Boonsboro Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Miss DoIIie M. Davis, 50,
Former Government Aide

Miss -Dollie M. Davis. 50, q
former executive assistant with
the Justice Department and
congressional staff member,
died Sunday at Doctors Hospi-
tai after a brief illness. She
lived at 2723 Devonshire place
NV.
A native of Lexington. Mo-,
she attended Central College
there. Miss Davis came to
Washington in the 1930s, after
several years as a court stenog-
rapher in her home State. She
began her career here as a spe-
cial assistant to the late Carl
L. Ristine during the period
when he was investigating
cancellations of air mail con-
tracts.
Later, Miss Davis became as
sociated with the Bituminous
Coal Commission here for sew
eral years.
In 1941 she was appointed an
administrative assistant in the
Justice Department and helped
set up the Special Inspections
Divisions of the immigration
and Naturalization Service in
New York.
Six years later she joined the
Assistant Attorney General in
charge of the Lands Division,
A. Dewitt Vanech. as an execu-
tive assistant and remained
with him when he became Dep
uty Attorney General in 1851.
For four years, before be-
Evening star., 1961-01-11
2 Seized Here in Link
Haul

mitted breaking into the Rosen-
dorf home and other places by
using this formula:
First he rang the front door,
bell and finding nobody home,
broke the glass in a rear door.
secured the front door by the
inside chain, and went to work.
The loot always was carried out
in suitcases found in the home
The Coulter home was
searched in the presence of Mrs.
Coulter and her infant child,
who later was turned over to
relatives, Chief Scott said.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
U. 5. Guidance
Urged 10 Save
MetroCenters

The Fe deral Government
should take the lead in solving
mass transportation problems,
to save not only the Metro
politan centers, but also the
country's culture.
Miss Anne x. Alpern, Attor-
ney General of Pennsylvania,
made the observation In q talk
before the 40th annual meet
ing Of the Highway Research
Board at the Sheraton-Park
Hotel.
She urged President-elect
Kennedy to create In the White
House an office Of co-nrdinator
Of transportation along the
lines suggested by James M.
Lands. Eventually. Miss AL
perm envisions % department
of urban affairs" similar to that
advocated by the President
elect.
She said that the Federal
Government should begin by
solving transportation problems
to save the metropolitan CEN
tiers. Surface transportation,
she said, is the immediate
problem. but eventually, there
must be coordination of all
forms Of transport within the
Federal jurisdiction.
Miss Alpern declared the
Federal Government must cut
across political lines to get the
job done. She advocated a team
effort in which lawyers. engi-
neers, sociologists. planners
and others in the Nations
Capital would send out to the
big cities advice, money and
grants in aid to the States to
solve the mass transportation
bugaboo.
Cooperation Of State high
way departments in saving
beauty spots in highway con-
struction. as well as historical
gems. was also urged. Miss AL
perm said these are not slide
rule decisions.
She called "the most unre-
solved problem in the United
States today mass transporta-
tion." She pointed out that the
Bureau of Public Roads does
not have authority to 60 into
the mass transportation prob
lem. i
Evening star., 1961-01-11
HiIIcrest Group
Opposes Fortside
Housing Project =

Opposition to the Fortside
public housing project in
Southeast Washington was ex-
pressed last night at a meeting
Of the Hillcrest Citizens Asso-
citation.
The conensus was that public
facilities in the area are in
sufficient to cope with expected
increase in population as a
result Of the project.
The meeting heard a letter
on the project from David w.
Kendall. special counsel to the
President, which said:
"Inasmuch as it will probably
take three years before con-
struction and occupancy of
the housing project will be
completed, there should be
sufficient time for the Dis
trict government and the citi-
zens Of the neighborhood to
make satisfactory arrange
ments for any additional re-
quirements necessary for proper
absorption Of this project into
the community"
But Alva E. Neal, president
of the group. rejected the
statement as based on mis-
information" Mr.. Kendall's
letter was in reply to a Decem-
ber 2 representation made to
him by the association.
Mr.. Neal called for congress
sional investigation of the
project, which he said would
be at Anger place and Alabama
avenue Sc. and said that his
group plans resistance to it in
the hope that it will be with
drawn.
The meeting was held at
the st. Timothy's Episcopal
Church, 3701 Suitland road Sc.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Hemingway at Mayo
For apprehension

ROCHESTER. Mimi. Jan. II
(AP).-Famed Novelist Ernest
Hemingway has been under
going medical treatment here
for apprehension since Novem-
ber 80, the Mayo Clinic said
today. He is slated for release
within the next two weeks.
The clinic said Mr.. Heming-
ways condition Is regarded as
satisfactory.
A spokesman for the clinic
added that Mr.. Hemingway has
received no surgical treatment
and none is contemplated.
Mrs. Hemingway accompanied
the author to Rochester.
apprehension is commonly
referred to as high blood pres
sure.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Dobkin Declines
To Fight 'Boby
Broker Charges

Abraham Dobkin, IS, an at
torney with offices in the
1900 block Of Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, pleaded nolo conten-
dere-no contest-yesterday in
Municipal Court to two charges
of violating the Districts baby
broker law.
Mr.. Dobkin is accused of
assisting in the placement of
two District infants with cou-
Piles in New York State.
The law puts child place.
ment under control of licensed
agencies and prohibits ar
rangements by anyone but
close relatives or guardians.
Judge Thomas C. Scalley
continued the case until Feb
ruary "a pending an investiga-
tion by the courts probation
office.
Evening star., 1961-01-11

Mrs. Adeline Bergheim Dow
ling. a Justice Department en-
ploye for is years. died Mon
day at the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital after a long
illness.
Mrs. Dowling, who lived at
1888 Queens lane, Arlington,
Va, was secretary to the AS
sistant Attorney General in
the tax division of the Justice
Department. She had held the
position for four years.
Before joining the Justice
Department, Mrs. Dowling held
positions with the Presidents
Water Resources Policy Com
mission and the Defense Elec-
trio Power Administration.
A native of Minor County.
S. OAK. Mrs. Dowling attended
public school in Oldham, S.
OAK, and was q graduate Of
Evening star., 1961-01-11

Police were searching for &C
complies today after two ar
rests they said will break a
jewel robbery ring responsible
for thefts here totaling more
than 100000.
Led by Deputy Chief Edgar
E. Scott. five detectives and
two FBI agents last night seized
Johnny Ray Coulter, 26, of the
1900 block of Monroe street
NV. in well-conceived trap.
With guns drawn, they sur
prised Coulter at Third and
Taylor streets NV, Chief Scott
said. He said Coulter tossed a
box containing $45.G00 worth
Of jewels over a hedge and
quietly surrendered.
Later police arrested his
wife, Gloria Patricia Coulter.
SO. and charged both with
HOUSEKEEPING.
Much From Furrier'S Home
Most Of the loot recovered
from the box. including neck
laces, brooches and earrings,
came from the home of William
Rosendorf,, a furrier, at 1921
Tulip streets NV. where they
were stolen last fall. Chief Scott
said.
Another $4,000 worth of
loot was recovered in six suit
cases at the Coulter home, he
added. Police said they expected
to close eight or 10 housebreak-
ings in the last year involv-
ing expensive Georgetown and
Spring Valley homes.
Municipal Court Judge Cath
crime B. Kelly continued the
case until January 26 holding
Coulter in $4,000 and his wife
in $4,000 bond.
Chief Scott identified Coul-
ter as an unemployed musician
with a record for armed rob-
berry convictions at present on
parole from a purse-snatching
sentence.
He and Detective Sergt,
Mahlon Pitts gave these other
details:
Fourteenth precinct Detec-
tives Carlton Rogers and James
Shirley learned Of Coulter's
plans. and they were forwarded
to Chief Scott. The latter Or
ganized the trap, with Detec-
tive James Kohler joining the
other policemen.
Wife Arrested
At headquarters. Coulter was
told that police had evidence
from footprints, cigarettes and
lipstick. that a woman had been
assisting him. This led to the
Of his wife.
Chief Scott said Coulter ad-
Evening star., 1961-01-11
IsobeI Paterson,
Ex-Book Reviewer

MONTCLAIR. N. j., Jan. II
Cap Isabel Paterson, rs, a
novelist and former book re-
viewer for the New York Her.
ald-Tribune, died of a heart
ailment while visiting friends
last night. She lived in Prince
ton
Mrs. Paterson was born On
Manitoulin Island in Lake
Huron, Ontario, Canada, and
began writing book and theater
reviews for the Vancouver
Province. She started to work
in the United States for the old
New York World, then went to
the Herald Tribune. where she
ramained for about Is years.
She leaves a sister, Mrs. John
Good Of Stettler, Alberta, Cam
ada.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
H. w. Ambruster

FANWOOD. N. j.. Jan. II
(AP).-Howard Watson Am
bruster. 80, a retired executive
in the chemistry field, author
and Philadelphia newspaper
man, died in his home last
night after a heart attack. He
had been in poor health since
last March. His varied career
included q brief stint as the
first paid football coach at
Rutgers University in 1898.
Evening star., 1961-01-11

tive Fiscal Standards until his
retirement in December 1860.
Mr.. kaufman held his CPA
lin the State of New York. AZ
ter serving in the army as a
second lieutenant during World
War I, Mr.. kaufman opened
his own accounting office in
the city. In 1886 he joined the
Social Security Board regional
office in New York.
He leaves his wife. Matilda,
Of the home address, a brother,
Frank of Hollywood, Fla; and a
sister, Mrs. Bert Goldenburg Of
New York.
Funeral services will be held
at 1:l5 pm. tomorrow at Gaw-
ler's Funeral Home, 1855 Penn
sylvania avenue NV. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-01-11

Of the individual colleges makes
detailed evaluation of a stu
dents chances in college "all
but impossible"
The exchanges, while friendly
highlighted the first sessions OF
a three-day regional meeting OF
the College Entrance Examina-
ton Board at Georgetown
University The region covers
Northern Virginia, Delaware,
Maryland and the District. The
participants included some 100
high school officials and college
admissions officers.
Often Denied Data
Complaining that colleges are
frequently left in the dark when
looking at a high school
graduates personal evaluation
papers, the Rev. Joseph Moffitt
S. j., director Of admissions at
Georgetown. said, "Some high
schools even refuse to make a
Recommendation at ALL"
Such evaluation papers usu-
(ally accompany the students
transcript Of grades and the
results Of his college entrance
examination. Since grades and
class standings frequently vary
from school to school. such pa
pers are used to give the col
lege q notion as to the students
overall chances Of making good
at the college level, one officer
explained.
Few Negative
DR.. James Tolbert, director
of admissions and placement
at st. Johns College, Annapo-
lis. said many high school
counselors rarely make a neg
ative recommendation" but
then rely heavily on a rating
of moderate" Father Moffitt
suggested that the high schools
may be leaving the colleges
"hoding the bag" One college
spokesman said some of these
students end up mot getting
into college"
A few high school officials
go bit too far the other way,
another admissions officer said.
Some of them write two pages,
and when I get through read
Evening star., 1961-01-11

coming associated with the
Hooker Chemical Corp. offices
here, Miss Davis worked in the
office Of Senator Symington,
Democrat of Missouri. At the
time of her death she was en-
gagged in Government research
for the chemical firm.
She leaves two sisters. Mrs.
Laura Ellis of Wichita. Kans..
and Mrs. Polly Leonard Of
Pueblo, Calf.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow in Lexington.
Evening star., 1961-01-11

ing 1t I don't know whether
they have recommended the
student or not" he declared.
Today's session, to be held in
Georgetown's Walsh School Of
Foreign Service building, will
include talks by Representa-
tive Frelinghuysen, Republican
Of New Jersey and DR.. Homer
D. Babbidge. jr., commissioner
and director of the United
States Office of Education's
Division of Higher Education.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Carrier at MuniIu

MANILA. Jan. II (AP).-The
United States aircraft carrier
Bennington and five destroyers
arrived yesterday from patrols
OF the South China Sea during
the Laotian crisis. They will
take on fuel and supplies at
the big naval base at Subic Bay.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Evoluotion Breakdown
Held College Barrier
BY JOHN nj. ROSSON
Star Staff Writer

College officials from the District and three nearby States
complained here yesterday that number of high school
graduates not getting into college principals
counselors falling down the job evaluang them
for college entrance.
The high school officials replied that large student
bodies lack Of clerical help and insufficient knowledge
Evening star., 1961-05-01

Enjoy the extra pleasure Of these ottroctive
lamps in poirs at this low price! Very decoro-
tive table lamps brightly elozed, they will
blend well with most any decorl And they
come complete with their own white poper
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Evening star., 1961-05-01

here will mark the second half
Of the denominations centen-
nial meeting. which opened last
Thursday and ends Wednesday.
More than $40 elder and minis
tepal commissioners represent
ing over 100000 members in
1000 congregations are attend
ing the general assembly.
The Southern Church and
the former Presbyterian Church,
United States (now part Of the
United Presbyterian church,
split during the Civil War. The
former has the overwhelming
number Of its churches in 16
Southern States and the Dis
trict, and a scattering in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and New Mexico.
Evening star., 1961-05-01

and Reformed Church, now in
the process of uniting.
DR.. Blake's proposal received
strong support from the Right
Rev. James A. Pike, Episcopal
Bishop Of California. Since
then the other major religious
leaders have Endorsed the plan
while some others have opposed
it. When the United Presbyter-
ian Church, U. S. A., meets later
this month at Buffalo, N. Y,
numerous overtures furthering
the proposal will be on the
agenda.
Second Phase Opens
The second session today of
the Presbyterian Church, United
States (Southern) in the High
land Park Presbyterian Church
Evening star., 1961-05-01

An overture seeking to unite
the Southern Church with the
United Presbyterian Church
also is on the agenda for action
at this meeting.
An overture expected to
arouse heated debate today was
presented by the immediate
past moderator, DR.. Marion A.
Boggs of Little Rock, Ark,
challenging those who claim
there are Communists among
the clergy Ito name names and
deliver evidence" or keep silent.
Calls For Evidence
1--WE are absolutely sure in
our own mind that there are
no Communists or Communist
sympathizers among the min
listers of the Presbyterian
Evening star., 1961-05-01

Church, U. S., but If there are,
we need to know It," DR.. Boggs
declared in his resolution.
He further called on those
who make these charges to
produce documentary evidence
"in order to call to account
any who are guilty, keeping
the names in honor of the
innocent. and silence those who
are makig wholesale and ire
sponsible charges"
OVertures opposing the use
Of Federal funds for parochial
and private schools and con-
demning capital punishment
are among the resolutions to
be considered by the commits
SionerS this week.
Evening star., 1961-05-01
Presbyterian PorIey
Faces Unity Decision

byterian Church, U. S. A., pre-
Sented a plan of union that
would create a Protestant
Church of more than 18 mil
lion members. It called for the
merger of the 10 million Meth
odiSt Church, the 3.2 million
United Presbyterian Church,
the 80 million member Protest.
ant Episcopal Church and the
% million United Church of
Christ. The last consists of
the. Congregational Christian
Churches and the Evangelical
Evening star., 1961-05-01

DR.. Marcel Pradervand, sec
retary of the Wells Presby-
terian Alliance, yesterday told
the gathering that minority
churches sometimes need our
help in the realm of religious
freedom. This freedom, which
we take for granted, is often
denied to some of our minority
churches, both in non-Chris-
tian lands and countries domi-
mated by the Roman Catholic
Church.
S21 Million for Building
"The alliance has constantly
Evening star., 1961-05-01

fought for this essential free
dom and we believe that we
still have a task to perform In
this field. Religious freedom is
the basis of all other freedoms.
We must make sure that It is
granted without reservation to
all Christian minorities, includ-
ing Presbyterian minorities."
DR.. Wallace M. Aston, presi-
dent of Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Ga, newly elected
moderator, presided at the ses-
sion.
Evening star., 1961-05-01
By CASPAR NAMES
Star Staff Writer

DALLAS, Tex, May Com
misSionerS of the Presbyterian
Church, United States States,
General Assembly today will act
upon resolutions urging careful
study of a recent proposal call
ing upon the Nations four
largest Protestant denomina-
tionS to unite into one body.
Last December, DR.. Eugene
Carson Blake of Philadelphia,
stated clerk Of the United Pres
Evening star., 1961-05-01
0rtho Weed.B.Cono Gets Rid
Of Weeds Roots cand All

Use the Ortho Lawn Sproyer and
spray lawn weeds away! Or use
sprinkIing can. It's the easy way TO
wipe out oxoIis, pIonton, dondeIion,
chickweed. dock, thistle. Wild onion,
even poison oak and poison ivy.
Killed with Weed-B-Gon, weeds
don't grow back. Most die from the
roots up with one application.
Kqnn's - Third Floor. Woshneton;Low
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-16
When
dunk!"
ny JOE HVAMS
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD
Decenty l sat in ON a conference where SIX
= powered movie press agents were dream
ing up ways to attract publicity for newly signed
actress.
All the notions were pOOh-POOhed until one
veteran publicist spoke up. He said: There's only
one sure-6re recipe wet her DOWN. All his
colleagues promptly agreed.
The when in doubt, dunk publicity technique
is almOst as old as movies. 1t began hack in the
1905 when Mack Scnnett, who wanted to bring
SEX to his Keystone Cops, introduced bathing
beauty brigade. Like all creative activities, this
watery art keeps changing and improving. In the
pioneer days starlets wore bathing suits to their
dnnkings, but costumes have changed with the
times. Today the mans shirt Is favored by the
in four actresses who admire Doris Days Tgirincxt-
- Continued On merit p,
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-05-26
$500 REWARD

Cook Inlet fisherman of their friends, ac-
who from the salty waters OF
after first getting oiled the Inlet Bar Scientific tests
eoncuvey demonstrated this fact that
We willing to $500.
be this $500 reward must be a
reasonable acsme) and follow the few simple
rules below:
the Inlet Bar.
III provided persons using plugs
will be disquaified1
0 Choose brand of snake oil from the Inlet Bars
large varied stock and get properly oiled
Present yourself for inspection at the emo OF the iishng
ndpuabe spots of rust person
with artificial steel plates In their mead
weders false teeth not allowed to compete
people habualy drink excluded from TINS
competition onhead Jorgenson members OF his
Judges will be Tom and Arlene Fulton and decision OF the
judges will be final.
all - fishermen, friends connoisseurs OF
Cheechakos You not win the S5Uo
you'll $500 worth of fun at the F1sherman free
Sn1orgasbord the Inlet Bar Saturday night June 3rd
paid Adv