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Evening star., 1961-03-09
SERVICE SCENE
StohrHonored, Takes Order
OnS pace Like odd Soldier

front Of the room as he was
buttonholed by one guest
after another anxious to meet
and converse with him. But
with drink in hand he ap-
peared to enjoy himself. He
also lived UP to his reputa-
ton for keeping shop talk
in the office when button
holed by the press.
When a reporter asked him
rs there a missile gap," he
grinned and replied good
naturedly, If not pointedly,
that's a subject that does
not bear discussing at a
cocktail party"
Seen talking with the Sec
retary at some length were
1t. Gen. D. w. Traub, the
Army Controller, and Chi
neSe Ambassador Yeh.
Can Spend on Club
But If there was no official
comment on the Army's role
in the defense picture, there
was some welcome news that
made the unofficial rounds
Of the party which was closer
to Army officers hearts,
especially those who'd served
in Europe.
Apparently the White
House order blocking con-
struction Of a 5000, 900 addi-
ton to the United States
Army Officers Club near
Paris to cut spending dollars
abroad, was not meant to be
taken so literally that 1t ex-
cluoeo baSlcally needed re-
pairs. According to reliable
sources, the officers will be
permitted to spend $1,000 to
renovate the clubs kitchen
because 1t has been declared
"unsanitary." The money
comes from the clubs reve-
nue. and not Government
funds.
A number of Ambassadors
and members of Congress
and their wives turned out
for the well-attended party,
including Netherlands Am
baSsador and Mrs. van Roi-
Evening star., 1961-03-09

jen, Philippines Ambassador
and Mrs. Romulo, Korean
Ambassador and Mrs. Chang,
Belgian Ambassador and Mrs.
Scheyven, Australian Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Beale, Senate
Minority Leader and Mrs.
Everett Dirksen, Represent
ative and Mrs. Leslie Arends,
and Representative and Mrs.
Daniel Flood.
Just back from attending
the opening Of the United
Nations General Assembly,
Gen. Romulo said he ran
into Ghana Prime Minister
Nkrumah in the Waldorf
Astoria. He said the Prime
Minister has an encourage Of
so for whom an entire floor
Of the Waldorf was reserved.
Ambassador Romulo said
he's expecting a sugar mis-
sion from the Philippines
next week for conferences
with United States officials
on changing the sugar quota.
Guests Awaited
The van Roijens are also
expecting several visitors in
April. There's q possibility
Prince Bernhard will come
for an unofficial visit at the
end Of April. Also expected
will be Netherlands Foreign
Minister Joseph Luns. In
addition the van Roijens
plan receptions on April 10,
for the Amsterdam SYM
phony Orchestra; April IL
and 13, their annual tulip
parties. and May /, celebrat-
ing the Queens birthday.
Other party guests includ-
ed Gen. and Mrs. Alfred
Gruenther, 1CA director and
Mrs. Henry LabouiSse,
CENTO Affairs chief and
Mrs. Michael r. Gannett,
Col. Mary L. Milligan, di-
rector Of the WAC; the
chairman Of the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff and Mrs. Lyman L.
LemnitZer, and the Vice
Chief Of Naval Operations
and Mrs. James 8. Russell.
Evening star., 1961-03-09
BY RUTH DEAN
Star Staff Writer

Defense Secretary Robert
s. McNamara's latest order
giving the bulk of space re-
search to the Air Force may
raise the temperature of
inter-service rivalries in the
Pentagon but not at the
Secretarial level-at least as
far as the Army's concerned.
I'm an old soldier. When
I'm given an order, 1 fall in
line" said Secretary of the
Army Elvis ]. Stair, jr. last
night when asked if he felt
unhappy" over the order.
Furthermore" he added
with Q grin. I'm not the
sort Of person to be unhappy
over anything"
Secretary and Mrs. Stahr
were the honor guests at a
large reception given by
Army Chief Of Staff and
Mrs. George H. Decker at
the Fort McNair Officers
Club.
For Secretary Stahr, a
former infantry lieutenant
colonel who served with dis
ttnction in the Obi theater
IN World War II, last nights
party must have felt like an
old soldiers homecoming
welcome.
Birthday Today
The Army Secretary, who
celebrates his 45th birthday
today, and his petite and
vivaciouS wife, had a warm
handshake and greeting for
many of the Army's top gen.
erals and their wives as
they filed through the re-
ceiving line.
When Secretary Of De-
tense and Mrs. Mcnamara
arrived there was a 10-min-
ute break in the receiving
line to give the McNamaras
and the hosts and honor
guests a chance to relax and
visit with each other.
The Defense Secretary
never made it beyond the
Evening star., 1961-03-09

stories about and for chill
dren.
She and her husband COL
laborated on Rendezvous
in Singapore" China Sea
Roundup" and are current
ly working on a third book
all set in the PHILIPPINES.
Speaking with a soft,
Southern accent, Cora Chen
ey leans forward and talks
in a breathless fashion about
my" children in her books.
Her laugh and her eyes
Evening star., 1961-03-09

Women and at the University
Of Georgia.
Her first books "Skelton
Cave" and Rocking Chair
Buck" were adventure stor-
les about backwoods chill
dren-not unlike those she
had known in Alabama.
When her husband trans
ferred to Newport, R. l., she
wrote "Rumpus on Com
modore Hill" a story about
travelling Navy children.
Here she also researched
Evening star., 1961-03-09

and wrote THE Christmas
Tree HesSian." a historical
book about Newport during
the Revolution.
The latter book has been
published in Great Britain
and Japan, as well as the
United States.
A trip to Vermont and a
doll auction produced "A
Doll of Lilac Valley"
Between babies and house.
work, Cora wrote book after
book-all easy to read"
Evening star., 1961-03-09

Has Way
WithWords
By BETTY M. LILLY
Contributing Writer

ConIL1putAn8 WtlIer
Author Cora Cheney Of
Arlington, believes in q kind
Of children-to-children pro-
gram.
She feels early childhood
while minds are flexible and
unprejudiced-iS the time to
learn about other people Of
.the world and how they live.
Cora not only believes this,
she Is doing something about
it.
AS she travels about the
world with her husband,
Navy Comdr. Ben Partridge,
she learns all that she can
about the history and people
Of the area in which they are
stationed.
Then she writes about
what she has learned.
Latest Book
Her latest book, "The Peg
Legged Pirate of Sulu," is
reaching more children than
the author dreamed possible.
On Sunday, the Shirley Tenn
pie Show will dramatic the
book on TV.
This is the first time that
one Of her many books has
been filmed. II won't be blase
about it." she said, II am
tickled pink"
She has a pretty good idea
how the story will come
across since she "Sees the
scenes" as she writes her
books.
Actually, the characters
came to live right here with
us while I am in the mulling
stage Of writing" she said.
"Us" is her husband,
Comdr. Ben Partridge (who
has co-authored three books
with his wife) and their four
children, Waring, Irene, Alan
and Mary,
Her own children not only
inspire her writing, she says,
but they are her most un-
merciful" critics.
"The Peg-Legged Pirate Of
Sulu" came to live" with the
Partridges following their re-
cent two-year tour Of duty in
the Philippines.
During her research on
Philippine history, she found
the period when pirates
roamed the seas during the
Moro wars to be the most
colorful.
Sulu Voyage
She was 80 excited about
what she read that she, her
husband and their four chill
dren decided to take q 12-day
trip to Zamboanga in the
Sulu Sea.
As the only Americans
aboard the ship "Elcano,"
they ate exotic native food
and the children had free
rein Of the ship Except for
the prisoners hold.
Cora did not write her
story regarding Ping and his
friend the Peg-legged Pirate
until they had returned to
the Washington Area.
Il usually like to get a bit
away in time and distance
AIOAu u SUOry once / have
taken everything in," the
author said.
Her writing career began
when she was a third-grader
in rural Alabama. A discern
ing teacher read some Of
Cora'S first stories in school
assembly and she says that
she never quite got over
that"
Because Of her juvenile au-
dience response, she decided
to write books-big books
for children when she grew
up.
In line with this plan, she
studied Journalism at the
Florida State College for
Evening star., 1961-03-09

sparkle.
It is not surprising that
her home in Arlington is a
rendezvous for the neigh
boring children.
Tell me, have you ever
seen a real live pirate?" we
asked her.
mo one should write
about pirates if they've
never seen at least one," Cora
Cheney said, and smiled.
But not all of them have
peg-legs."
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Poor Uncle Wealthy;
She'll Share $421,551

Post office box, no one knew
why.
Their room was filled with
decayed food and other litter.
The Health Department or
dered a cleanout. 1t was then
the first of the bank books
were uncovered.
Joseph Bruno, a lawyer ap-
pointed to look into the Ha-
gan history, eventually found
two nieces, daughters of Mr..
Hagan's brother, Clarence. who
died in April, 1860. They are
Mrs. Mary Jane Burke, of. Bay
Ridge, Nd, and Mrs. Joanne
H. Smith of Eau Gallie, Fla.
Since their uncle left no will,
they will inherit the entire
estate.
Mrs. Burke, reached by tele-
phone at her Bay Ridge home,
said that a year ago today she
was notified her uncle had died.
She went to the funeral in
Philadelphia october 25. 1860.
AS she was getting ready to
leave, she asked a lawyer there
to send her a bill for the serv-
les.
That won't be necessary"
she was told, your uncle was
a very wealthy man. He left
in excess of 100000"
1T nearly floored me-" Mrs.
Burke said. Later she learned
her uncle's assets were actually
double the original figure.
Already comfortably off with
Evening star., 1961-10-22
CIV Class
Warned on
GuIlibility

George Washington Univer-
sity graduated 522 men and
women last night and sent
them out with a warning to
avoid educated gullibility."
Dean Calvin D. Linton of the
Columbian College of Arts and
Sciences of the university told
the fall convocation at Lisner
Auditorium that educated men
tend to accept accidental" art,
dissonant music and new ideas
in science when these are hand
ed out by authorities"
He said that man has been
deceived since Eden. Today
for example he said, more
money is being spent on quack
remedies than on medical re-
search.
Dean Linton also told the
graduates that gullibility can
manifest itself in believing too
little as well as too much. He
told the convocation to place
trust in love. ANY educational
theory" he said. which does
not deal with this imperative
thou shalt love- is not reach
ing the deepS."
Alumni achievement awards
Iwere presented to two alumni: !:
Miss Helena z. BeniteZ, execu-
tive vice president Of the Phil
ippine Women's University, and
DR.. Benjamin c. Willis, super
lintendent of schools in Chicago.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Uprooted Trees
Block Canal Rood

Rain-caused landslides up
rooted trees last night along a
two-block stretch of Canal road
NV, between Reservoir road
and Arizona avenue, forcing
closing Of the street.
Sergt. Wallace P. Angel, OF
the Park Police, said the con-
tinual downpour yesterday
looSened the earth from under
the abandoned street-car tracks
atop the palisades running
parallel to Canal road. The
mud washed down the 50-yard
slope, loosening two trees be-
tween 80 and 40 feet high. The
trees were leaning precariously
across high tension wires in
the area, he said.
Crews from the Potom a C
Electric Power Co. and the
police department were sched-
uled to remove the trees and
clear the area this morning.
Evening star., 1961-10-22

Prince Ge orge Counties. The
only primary highway blocked
was U. S. 522, between Gum
Springs and Cuckoo in Louisa
County, which was flooded by
the South Anna River.
The Highway Departments
only two inland ferries, at War
rem and Hatton in Albemarle
County, also were put out of
service by the rising James.
Three rescue squads Joined
forcS at Richmond Saturday TO
rescue a woman from her home
on an island in the James River.
The Richmond Weather Bu-
reau predicted variable cloudi-
ness and slightly warmer wealth
er for Su nday after overnight
! rains.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Miss Washington
To Visit at Stop
For BIoodmobiIe

Scarlet Jean ShinauIt, Miss
Washington, will accompany
the Red Cross bloodmobile on
its Semiannual visit to the
Samuel Gompers Masonic
Lodge, in the B'Nai Israel Syna-
gogue, Sixteenth and Critten-
den streets NV, from 4 to
9:45 pm. this Thursday.
Area donnors may also give
blood at the Red Cross regional
blood center, 2025 E streets
NV, from l pm. to 8:45 pm.
tomorrow, and from 9 am. until
4:30 pm. Tuesday through
Friday.
A complete schedule of this
weeks bloodmobile visits fol-
lows:
TomorrOW-sears, Roebuck & Co.
room, ] p,m.-5:4 45 pm: Seventh Day
Adventist Church, Carroll and Laurel
sVes.' Takoma Park, Nd, 3 pm. 30
m; n. Belvoir, ID Bat. Bldg. ISL,
Ft. Belvoir, Va, 3 pm. .-5:45 pm.
Tuesday-FirSt Presbyterian Church,
22O 8. Queen St, Martinsburg, W. Va.
1890 a.m.-4:l5 pm: Evening star
Newspaper Co.. Cd and / Sts. s.e..
lounge on 5th floor. 10 a.m.-3:45 pm.
Giant warehouse. Sheriff I'd. Land
Wednesday-PentaRon Room 3A-75O,
$50 a.m.-3:l5 pm; Trinity Episcopal
Church, Manassas, Va, . pm. TAB
pm, Main Navy, Constitution ave. aC
18th st. NV, Room 2541, $3.50 am
2.45 pm.
Thursday-Federal Office Bldg. No.
3. SuitIand. Md, $3.50 a.m.-3:Ib pm
Friday-Andrews Air Force Base
Service Club, Camp Spring, Nd. 8
a.m.-2:"0 p.m.;- DAILY Hall. Quantico
Va. o a.m.-2:45 pm.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Virginia Highways
Blocked by Floods

RICHMOND, Oct. 81 (AP).-
Rain-lashed central Virginia
was alerted to new danger to-
day as swollen rivers spilled into
low areas.
Platoons of State police and
sheriff's deputies spread
through the threatened areas
to warn residents to prepare
to evacuate.
The James River, already
tapping over its banks into
Amhearst County opposite
Lynchburg, was expected to
crest Is inches over flood stage
early Sunday morning.
Rising waters along other
rivers closed highways and
washed out bridges in Louisa
Albemarle, Powhatan and
Evening star., 1961-10-22

A Bay Ridge (Md0 woman
has discovered her poor
uncle was not as badly off as
he seemed.
For three years her uncle
Jesse Hagan and his wife, Ida,
lived in a single room on the
third floor of a lodging house
in Philadelphia, paying $25 a
month rent.
The HaganS were known as
next thing to recluseS. The hus-
band went to a real estate
office every month and paid
the rent, seldom saying even
hello to the woman who took
his money. Mrs. Hagan was not
much more talkative.
Finally illness drove Mr.. Ha-
gan to a hospital. He was in
and out Of it for months. Then,
on July IL, 1860, a visiting
nurse came around to the one
room retreat to check on his
condition. Getting no response,
she called the police.
Inside they found 72-year-
old Mrs. Hagan-dead for two
days or longer-and her hus-
band extremely i'll. He died
three months later at the age
Of rs.
The other day Mr.. Hagan's
estate was appraised at
$421,551.
1t disclosed cash deposits and
savings accounts Of about
$4,000, and heavy stock and
bond holdings. 1t showed, too,
an accumulated monthly pen
sion of $3.50 from an oil re-
filming company where Mr.. Ha-
gan worked as a machinist
from 1923 until he retired in
1850.
So far as anybody knew the
Hagans had no relatives, no
friends, no real human ties at
all. No mail ever came to their
room, though they did have a
Evening star., 1961-10-22

the estate of her father, who
died about a year ago, Mrs.
Burke said she would play the
Stoc market with her share of
the inheritance.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
DEAF man PERFECTS
SMALLEST HEARING AID

Silver Spring. Md-(SpeciaA remarkable midget hearing
aid has been perfected by who has been hard hearing
for nearly ten years.
This small aid has dangling cords separate transmitting
units and unusual idea and design prod
uct for the hard of hearing.
is especially made for those people who hear but
understand. This hearing instrument provides "earleve"
hearing with the picking speech sounds teevOn,
and radio his rather than transmier located in the
wearers clothing.
Due to the of ransstors the is extremely
low and the instrument weighs approximately 1t is
about the size of a sewing thimble.
Write Irwin Sealfon of & Hearing Center, 942l
Ca. Ave. Silver Spring Nd call JU 227 for full infOma
ton without any obligation whatever
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Mondays the night the
BEEFEATERS
are fed at LanSbMrgh'S!

If you're portfolio BEEF tond who snD, ihots some-
thing you Just don't want to miss! Whot chef con
do with hunk Of COW is simply fontostclThe tob for
GorgonUon beef dinner will range from l.e5 for
q moestc BEEF tenderIon down 10 dollar for whot
our chef coils BEEF SURPRISE. As we've sold before,
Veeetno beefs from our BEEEEATERS OF lonsburehsl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-03
Richardson Gets
2-Yeur IL Term

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 Cap -
Tommy Richardson, reelected
for a new two-year term as
president, will reconvene the
annual meeting of the Interna-
tional League today, but no
formal action is expected on
transfer of the Jersey City
franchise to Jacksonville, Fla.
The transfer was tabled yes
terday because the league has
not yet obtained clearance of
the Jacksonville territory from
the South Atlantic League.
Jacksonville has been a member
of the Glass A league for
many years.
I'VE hope to be able to take
action on the transfer in the
next week or so, a league Of
fetal said.
In addition to Richardson's
reelection, only other action
at yesterdays opening session
was defeat Of a Columbus pro-
posal to drop the Shaughnessy
playoff system. The vote was
I'll, with only Columbus in
favor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-03
EASTERN RETAINS LEAD
Cadets Vault Into I'd
In SchooIboy Ratings

st. Johns vaulted from ninth
to second and Washington-Lee
from sixth to third in the Sec
ond weekly high school rating
list voted by The Stars staff
of six scholastic writer's.
Eastern dropped seven points
from last weeks total of So but
retained the No. l position. st.
Johns collected At votes after
having only Is a week ago.
Westinghouse repla e d
Bethesda Chevy Chase in third
with As points. a gain of II
from last week. The Barons
dropped completely out of the
top 10 as a result of a TT tie
with Wheaton.
Eastern continued to roll
over Interhigh League opposi-
ton with a 51-13 decision over
Anacostia last Friday. St
Johns whipped DeMatha, &C.
0, and Washington-Lee stopped
Lee, 21-0, to gain support.
Montgomery Blair, with a
four-game winning streak, re-
tanned fourth place with 3S
points, a gain of two. AMMAN
dale, second last week, and
Richard Montgomery tied for
fifth place with "a votes apiece.
The Atoms were hard-pressed
to defeat Hammond, 20-12,
while Richard Montgomery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-03
LAVAGETTO, HEMUS HIRED
Nets Studying List
Of EIigibIes in Droft

series. The so-called "premi-
UNI" player lists also will be
made available at that time.
The day after the series
ends, in the city where the last
game is played, Houston and
New York will pick their play
ers. Each can get as many as
% for $1.9 millions or as few
as 20 for SIT millions.
There are no great stars on
the list" Giles admitted. But
there are players on the list
that the club normally wouldn't
sell for $75,000."
Picks LavagettO, Hemus
New York and Houston each
must take two players from
each of the eight other clubs at
| $4,000 each. Then each is
permitted to take one more
from each of the eight clubs at
$4,000 apiece. A special pre-
MUM" player list then will be
presented from which each Of
the new clubs will wind up
with four men at $125, 900 each.
None of the eight teams that
operated in 1861 can lose more
than one player in the pre-
MUM" draft that is expected
to include some name" play
ers.
Stengle announced the selec-
ton of Cookie Lavagetto ard
Solly Hemus as his first two
coaches at a luncheon yester-
day. Both Lavagetto and Hemus
were fired as managers this
year and Stengle, now II, was
fired by the New York Yankees
last fall because he was too
old, according to the Yanks.
The Nets have declared their
intention of going for older
established players in the first
year, hoping to build later with
youth.
I'VE won't lave any instruc-
ton school, Casey said. If we
get the ones I hope to get, 1
won't have to whisper in their
ears what to do.
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j. J!|.ai:ipur Takes
CoWdin for Sd
Stakes Victory

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 AP).-
Jaipur, a son of Nasrullah with
the blood of the distance run
ming Eight Thirty also coursing
through his veins, has Just
about wrapped up the Eastern
2-year-old title.
The George D. Widener colt,
whose dam, Rare Perfume. is by
Eight Thirty, won the SS0,675
Cowdin Stakes at Belmont Park
yesterday for his fourth victory
in six starts. Three of the
triumphs have been in stakes
the Flash and Hopeful at Sara
toga in addition to the Cowdin.
With Eddie Arcaro in the
saddle. Jaipur stepped the 7
furlongs in 1:223s under 124
pounds and beat Mrs. Herbert
Herff's Obey by a half-length.
Sir Gaylord from C. T. Chen
ery's Meadow Stable, an early
season candidate for title hon.
ors, showed again he would like
a little more ground. He was
no better than 10th in the field
Of IL at the quarter-pole and
wound up third, beaten only a
neck for second place.
Jaipur, coupled with Endy-
moin in the wagering, was the
solid favorite with the crowd of
22,248. He returned the across
the-board prices of S4.10. $3.50
and $2.10. Obey paid $3.50 and
$3.50 and Sir Gaylord was $3.50
to show.
Jaipur added S52,438 to his
bankroll. which now totals
S184,658.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-03

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (AP).-
Casey Stengel, his two new
coaches, scouts and other Off
Gals of the New York Nets got
down to serious business today,
working on the list of players
from which they must pick
their 1862 National League
team. 1t was all strictly conf
Dental.
The lists were made available
to George Weiss. club president,
yesterday by Warren Giles, the
National League. president.
Each club had to list Is avail
able men. seven of whom were
on the list August 81 and thus
came under the regular rs
player limit, and eight of whom
were out on option or under
control.
WithhOlds Details
Giles refused to disclose any
details of the lists, except to
say that the seven Cincinnati
men who were on the list of
| World Series eligibles would
not be made known to New
York and Houston, the other
new MI club, until after the
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six games, slowed the pace in
the second with 1912, rolled at
Pentagon City, but emerged
with a 51-pin margin over run
nerup Duey Hippeard, another
youngster. For IL strings Rob-
inette averaged a formidable
208-3. Hippeard shot 1921 to
move from fifth to second with
2,448, an average of 204.
Chef Wysocki rose from 18th
to third with 1924 for 2,416,
putting him SO pins off the
pace, and Mary Kuster, who
was seventh, climbed to fourth
at 2,407.
Rolling at Fair Lanes Laurel,
Engleman, a student at Mont
gomery Junior College, rolled a