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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
British Show
Interest in
jayne, ~

LONDON, Feb. II (AP).-So
what are your phlegmatic cous-
ms the British worrying about
these days?
The bomb? Apparently not.
To judge by the letters-to-
the-editor columns, they are
worrying mainly about the be-
havior of teen-agers, the quail
ity of television shows and
about all those Americans, in
Guiding Jayne Mansfield.
In the Daily Mirror, a CORE
spondent signing herself Mrs.
". R. Of Kingston, Surrey,
demanded:
$50 Jayne's suffering from
exposure after being lost at
sea? What's new in that? She's
been suffering from it for
years."
British Author Angus Wilson
took the Times of London to
task for a report of anti
segregation activities in Engle-
wood, N. j. He noted that the
Times correspondent said:
Relays of cars were carving
shoppers to other towns to buy
their food, tranquilizers and
other essentials of modern liv-
ing" Commented Wilson:
Il do not believe that in
serious news reports from any
other country but our ally the
United States would your cor
respondent see fit to include
such stale ironies.
IF this is the English idea
of jokes between friends, it is
an unfortunate misconception
of friendship"
A TV Worrier was Mrs. Le-
nora Wise Of Cambridge, who
wrote to the Daily Herald:
1.-THE coin-in-the-slot TV OPP
posed by the cinema owners
would do both the film industry
and TV a lot of good. It would
be a revolution in entertain
ment that would make them
think instead of giving us the
same old stuff"
The heat of H. s. Lightfoot
OF Harrow Weald was bleeding
for the British teen-ager. He
asked in the sketch:
why do teen-agers live on
cups OF tea, bread rolls and
cigarettes? No wonder they look
cold, feel the cold, and suffer
from coughs and chills."
T. L. Barlo Westerdale of
winchester was worried about
the British working man.
The British striker" Wester-
dale wrote in the Telegraph,
has taken the place of the
British mother-in-law as the
butt today of the chief jokes in
the press, on the radio and on
television.
Does he realize, as foreign
ers are drinking to his health
for throwing them his job, that
future generations will regard
him as the biggest fool of our
time?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18

Mr.. Rosenberg hos been following
Lotin American offoirs closely for
O dozen yeors, first os on editor IN
Venezuela and later as on Associ-
oted Press correspondent. Now chief
of the Associated Press Bureau in
Mexico City, he hos been touring
Central America for several weeks.
array of financial organizations
the Agency for International
Development, the Inter-Ameri-
can Development Bank, the De-
velopment Loan Fund. the Ex-
port-Import Bank, the World
Bank, the international None
tary Fund, Mutual Security and
the Treasury.
In Guatemala, applications
for $33 million in various loans
for roads, housing, agriculture
and resettlement projects are
being held up pending a study
of the effectiveness Of the
plans.
Taxes Pose Obstacle
In Ell Salvador some $40
million in loans awaits what is
technically described as "finali-
cation of Recommendation
which can be translated as
plugging of gaps"
United States pressure that
Latin nations comply with the
self help aspect of the alliance
in aid projects means that
these governments must raise
more tax money. Here the al
lance has run into opposition
from both the left and the
right.
The wealthy landoWning and
business classes have paid little
in taxes in the past and don't
like the idea. They assert the
alliance program will stifle free
enterprise and push their coun-
tries down the road to state
socialism.
A pro-Castro leftist party
leader in Nicaragua and an
other left-wing politician in
Guatemala argued that alliance
taxes will impede industrializa-
ton, thus hampering the de-
velopment Of the working
classes.
For more than two years the
Guatemalan Congress has been
stalling over a proposed tax
law. President Miguel Ydigoras
Fuentes has told Congress if it
doesn't approve an income tax
and limited agrarian reform,
the country won't get alliance
money. But the presidential
pleas have had no effect yet.
In Nicaragua. another pro-
posed tax reform is stymied in
Congress.
Will Seems Lacking
With the exception of some
government leaders, there seems
to be a lack of sincere will to
fulfill pledges of seriously I'M
dertaking to change economic
and social structures which
have produced tremendous dis
PARTIES of great wealth enjoyed
by a few and great poverty SUI
fered by the masses.
The concept of government
responsibility for the welfare
of majorities instead of power
full minorities is making head
way in this area very slowly.
Communists take advantage
of this situation by rushing in
with propaganda proposals to
solve the plight of the illiterate,
ill-fed and ill-housed masses.
1t appears many persons need
a clearer understanding of the
alliance and the stakes involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18

a Berliner you give up-the
Communists won't let you. If
you are a West German or a
foreigner they probably will,
but you may wonder after
wards if it was worth the
trouble.
First you find the right en-
trance. There are only two
for West Germans and one for
foreigners in all the rs miles
OF wall, plus one elevated rail-
way and two subway lines.
You have to show a passport
or an official identity card,
submit to a customs check. and
sign a statement about the
money you are carrying.
Changing Money Necessary
Once in East Berlin you have
to change your money. if you
want to buy a cup of coffee
or see a movie.
When you return to West
Berlin you have to go through
another check and account for
what you've spent.
West Berliners used to go to
East Berlin to get their hair
cut, or to hear the opera East
Berliners used to come to West
Berlin to work. to talk with
friends, to see a movie or to
look into the windows of the
luxury shops on the Kurfuers-
tendamm.
Motorists crossing West Ber-
lin from south to north often
took short cut across a salient
of Communist territory. Or
they could drive to the Mueg-
gelsee in East Berlin, the city's
biggest lake.
Flight Was Possible
Most important, East Ger
mans and East Berliners who
couldn't stand the Communists
any longer used to be able to
get up and leave. Risk and loss
were involved, but as many a;
5000 men, women and children
were doing it successfully every
day by mid-August.
| The wall put a stop to that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18

other American nations met at
Punta del Este, Uruguay, and
signed the charter launching
the $40 billion program.
The nations pledged them
selves in the alliance to lend
those conditions which benefit
the few at the expense of the
needs and the dignity of the
many"
What does this mean? Here
are some mixed answers found
on tour of Central American
nations:
A clerk in Honduras said: 1T
means the rich are going to
give to the poor"
A cab driver in Nicaragua ::
ut means we are going to get
rid of president Luis) So
moza."
A rich industrialist in Ell
Salvador: tits socialism"
A student in Guatemala: 1T
means delivering our country
to Yankee Imperialism"
A politician in Costa Rica !:
TITS an erroneous concept. We
need fair sterilization of prices
on our raw materials, not loans
and grants"
A United States Government
official: Essentially, it's moth
ing new. It's a continuation of
our aid and development pro-
grams"
Seek Matching Efforts
Basically, the United States
official seems correct. But
even the United States officials
in these countries are not in
agreement on the exact inter-
probation of how the alliance
is supposed to work.
In one country an aid official
said: I'VE are holding up a loan
until we see if the country will
adopt tax reforms. They
know it."
If there is anything new un-
der the alliance in this area, it
appears to be a tendency on
the part of the United States to
insist on greater involvement
on the part of the borrowing
nation in the way of matching
efforts and funds on aid prof.
ects.
The United States also is in
sisting on careful planning to
demonstrate the validity of
proposed projects. In one
country the government sent
the United States Embassy a
tWo-page memorandum re-
questing a $40 million loan. 1t
was tossed right back for lack
of Recommendation.
The republics are required to
prepare long. detailed technical
studies for loan projects. Lack
of proper studies has caused
delays that try the patience of
officials of both sides.
Experts Needed
One Central American Presi-
dent threw up his hands and
exclaimed: 1--WE are underde-
veloped-We haven't got enough
people who can make the kind
of studies the United States is
demanding"
A United States Ambassador
said: II think the first things
we should loan under the alli-
ance are engineers. economists,
managerial experts who can
assist these countries in draw
ing up development plans"
One confusing factor for local
planners is this: Although all
United States public funds
come from Washington, they
come through a bewildering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
Alliance Aid Faces
Misconceptions in
Central America
U. S. |nsistence on Local Efforts
Meets Opposition and Confusion
BY MORRIS w. ROSENBERG
Associated Press Staff Writar

GUATEMALA Feb. 1.-THE Alliance for Progress has
clear image to Central America Its future uncertain
Nearly in March, President Kennedy unveiled
vast 10year plan to spread hope freedom and better life
through the Western Hemisphere
few months later in August the United States and 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18

Mr.. Rosenberg hos been following
Lotin American offoirs closely for
dozen years, first os on editor IN
Venezuela and later as on Assoei-
oted Press correspondent. Now chief
of the Associated Press Bureau in
Mexico City, he hos been touring
Central America for several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18

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Evening star., 1962-09-10
George Gilmer.
Retired Miller

George c. Gilmer, 78, retired
head miller for Rogers Milling
Co. here, died Friday while
visiting in Charlottesville, Va
Born in Rockingham County,
Va. Mr.. Gilmer attended Oak
Hill Academy in McGaheys-
vile, Va, and started his mil
ling career by working in the
old waterwheel mills along the
Shenandoah river.
He belonged to Hiram Ma
sonic Lodge No. 10 here. and
to the North Chevy Chase
Christian Church.
Mr.. Gilmer leaves his wife,
Julia c.. Of the family address,
1927 Forty-fourth street NV;
four sons. John, 1705 Beverly
avenue, Mclean, Va; Hensel
D.. 4305 Haywood drive, Mount
Rainier, Nd; George E., Oak
Ridge, Tenn; and Fred r.,
2302 Edgar street. Falls
Church; a brother and four
sisters.
Services will be at 2 pm.
Tuesday at the Chevy Chase
funeral home, 5103 Wisconsin
avenue NV. Burial vii be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
Porter Perrin,
English Expert

SEATTLE. Sept. 10 (AP).-
Porter Gale Perrin, 66, nation
ally recognized authority or
English usage, died at his home
here yesterday of a heart at.
tack.
Mr.. Perrin wrote a series oi
seven texts on English, includ-
ing Writer'S Guide and Index
to English" a well-known COL
lege outline. He was a profess
sor at the University of Wash.
ington.
He served as president of the
National Council of Teachers
Of English in 1947 and was
chairman of the English De-
partment at Colgate University
for Is years.
Mr.. Perrin was born in Maine
He was a graduate of Dart
mouth and took a masters de-
gree at the University of Maine
and his Phi. D. from the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Teaching posts besides Wash
ington included Northwestern
University and Maine.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
Gen. SkIudowski,
Polish Premier at
Outbreak of War

LONDON, Sept. 10 CAP).-
Gen. Felicjan Skladkowski. ~,
Prime Minister Of Poland at
the outbreak Of World War II,
has died in London, friends an
nounced yesterday.
Gen. Skladowski was q ply
sician but had been too III
to practice for many years. He
lived modestly in a south Lon
don suburb and his death nine
days ago passed unnoticed by
the British press.
Gen. Skladowski was a men,
Der of the Polish Socialist Party
before World War I and a fol-
lower Of Marshal Jozef Pilsud-
ski. After Marshal Pilsudski's
coup d'etat in 1926, Gen
Skladkowski became Interior
Minister. He was appointed
Prime Minister in 1886, a year
after Marshal Pilsudski's death.
On the collapse Of Polish re-
sistance against the German
armies in 1889 he fled with
other members of his govern
ment to Romania, hoping to
form a government In exile
there. Instead he was interned
and relinquished his govern
ment posts.
Nearly 400 members Of the
Polish colony in London at
tended his funeral at Bromp-
ton Oratory Friday. His widow
is Jadwiga Skladkowski.
Evening star., 1962-09-10

died in 1910. They had been
married 36 years.
In the last few years, Mr..
Rooney had been living quietly
with his second wife, the
former Carmen Schaffer, whom
he married in 1914.
He was not known to drink,
but he smoked many cigars.
Until recently, he played golf.
In an interview 10 years ago
he said: Il won't retire as long
as / can walk"
Pat Rooney-young and old
- seemed indestructible all
through his career. Years ago,
he related:
II remember once in Chi
cago, I had a temperature of
102, and I was so sick / couldn't
even see the audience. but
/ got through the act all right. !"
The same spirit carried him
along into his 80s.
The cause Of Mr.. Rooney's
death was not determined
Immediately.
His son, entertainer Pat
Rooney, jr., was notified In
New Hampshire, where he has
a restaurant.
Mr.. Rooney's theatrical
agent, John Williams, said the
song-and-dance man had been
writing his autobiography re-
Gently, but never completed 1t.
Funeral services will be held
at the Walter B. Cooke fu-
neral home in Manhattan. The
arrangements we're TO be made
today.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
Mrs. Mabel B. Brooks, IS;
Lifelong District Resident

Mrs. Mabel Baker Brooks, q
life long resident Of Washing
ton, died Saturday at the Mar
Sail Nursing Home. 1855 Wy
oming avenue NV. after an
illness of several months. She
was S6.
Mrs. Brooks was the widow
of Alfred H. Brooks, former
head of the Alaskan division
of the United States Geologi-
cal Survey. The Brooks Range
in Alaska was named after
him.
Mrs. Brooks was the daughter
the late DR.. Frank Baker, the
first full-time superintendent
of the National Geological
Park. and a professor of ana
tony at George Washington
University.
With her husband, Mrs.
Brooks was one Of the early
group who established homes
in Cleveland Park. She lived
there for As years, moving to
1861 Crescent place n 1851.
After graduating from Gen.
trail High School, Mrs. Brooks
was graduated from George
Washington University. win
ming the university's Latin
prize. She went on to do ad-
vance work at Bryn Mawr (Pa.)
College.
She was teaching Latin at
Western High School when she
married her husband in 1908.
Mrs. Brooks was an active
of the Twentieth Gen.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
L.R. WormIey76,
Ex-SchooI Aide

Lawrence r. Wormley, rs,
former assistant superintend-
ent of engineers and custodians
for the District public schools,
died Friday in his residence at
5735 Kansas avenue NV.
A native of Washington, Mr..
Wormley retired in 1855 after
27 years service. He was q
member Of Calvary Episcopal
Church.
His father, the late William
H. A. Wormley, was owner of
the old Wormley Hotel at Fif-
teenth and H streets NV. His
wife Mary, a longtime staff
member of Freedmen's Hospital,
died in 1898.
He leaves a son, Stanton L.
Wormley, professor of German
at Howard University, of the
home address; two sisters, Miss
Jessie A. Wormley and Mrs.
Marian w. Lewis, both of Ard
wick, Md, and one grandchild.
The funeral will be at IL am.
tomorrow at Mcclure Funeral
Home. Burial will be in Har-
mony Memorial Park.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
Joseph Delaney,
Union President
Of Engineers

WEsTPoRT, Conn, Sept. 10
(AP).-Joseph ]. Delaney. SIS
president Of the international
Union of Operating Engineers
collapsed and died yesterday in
his Owenoke Park summer
home.
Westport police tried with
out success to revive Mr.. De-
laney with oxygen. They said
he apparently died of a heart
attack.
Mr.. Delaney succeeded Will
liam Maloney as head of the
Operating Engineers Union in
1858. coming up through the
ranks. He maintained an Of
flee in Washington. His resi-
dence was in the Bronx, New
York.
Mr.. Delaney leaves his wife,
Mary, and two sons, Joseph j.
Delaney, jr.. Of Norwalk, Conn.,,
and William Delaney Of the
Bronx.
Funeral plans were incom-
.plete.
Evening star., 1962-09-10

spy system that led to the
air raids which wrecked Ger
many's rocket facility at Peene-
munde, an island in the Baltic,
in 1943. The base had been
making vi and va rockets Of
the "buzz bomb" types.
The raid was hailed as q
turning point in World War II
and ended German ideas of
launching V-bombs against the
United States.
Mr.. Corcoran also was cred
tied with discovering Hitler's
foreign minister. Joachim Won
Ribbentrop. in a Hamburg
boarding house at the wars
end.
Mr.. Corcoran retired from
the Foreign Service in 1947 and
moved to La Jolla, near San
Diego, Calf.
He leaves his wife. Dulcie,
whom he married in 1894. She
had worked with him- in recent
years on his autobiography,
still unfinished.
Burial will be at Fort Rose
Grams National Cemetery in
San Diego.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
Daniel KessIer,
Section Chief in
Standards Bureau

Daniel w. Kessler. retired
chief of the Building Stone
Section Of the National Bureau
of Standards. died yesterday
at Doctors Hospital after a
long illness. He was 79.
Mr.. KeSsler. a native of
Chillicothe, Mo-, received a
BS degree from the Univer-
sity of Missouri in 1908, and
was graduated with a civil
engineering degree from George
Washington University in 1912.
He joined the Bureau of
Standards in 1912, where he
worked for 40 years. While at
the bureau, he invented ma
chimes and laboratory equip
ment for testing building ma
terials.
Mr.. Kessler was q member
lof the American Society for
Testing Material, the Geologi-
cal Society Of Washington, and
the American Association of
Engineers. He also was an
honorary member of the Ma
tional Slate Association.
Mr.. Kessler leaves his wife,
Lotta Logan Kessler Of 2031
Rosemont avenue NV; two
daughters, Mrs. Virginia Weise
Of SAT- Alta Vista road, Be-
thesda, and Mrs. Louise Clark
of Roanoke. and one son.
Edwin. who lives in California.
Services will be at 2 pm.
Wednesday at the Hines Fu-
neral Home, 290l Fourteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
james Schrider, Builder,
Dies in District Courtroom

MIR. Schrider had suffered a
heart attack in recent years.
A native of Takoma Park,
Mr.. Schrider attended area
schools.
He joined the Gosnell firm
% years ago as a construction
supervisor, rising through COM
pany positions to become vice
president and treasurer.
Involved in numerous area
building and real estate ven
lures, Mr.. Schrider was also
vice president and treasurer of
the Monroe Development Corp,
president Of the jefferson Gar
dens Corp. and vice president
and treasurer of the Manor
Equipment Corp.
Catholic Affairs
Mr.. Schrider was also active
in the Washington Catholic
community and was a past
president of the Jesuit Guild of
Washington. He was also a
member of the st. AIMS Holy
Name Society. A son, James,
is a student at the Woodstock
Jesuit Seminary.
Mr.. Schrider, who lived with
his wife, Helen. at 4703 Warren
street NV, also leaves another
son. Robert, and two grand
children.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
Lucille Spoin,
Putmun's S Aide

Mrs. Lucille Spain. So. for 80
years personal secretary to
Representative Wright Pat
man, Democrat of Texas, died
today at Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital. She lived here at
100 C street NE.
She worked for Mr.. Patman
until she suffered a stroke 10
days ago.
Originally from Paris, Tex.
Mrs. Spain is survived by a son,
William of Houston, Tex; a sis
ter, Mrs. H. H. Moomaw of Dali
las. and three grandchildren.
She was a widow.
Evening star., 1962-09-10
WiIIiom Corcoron Dies;
Retired U. S. Diplomat

william Warwick Corcoran.
rs. retired Foreign Service Of
ficer and famed World War II
spy. died In San Diego yester-
day after a short illness.
Mr.. Corcoran, born near the
Capitol. was a washington
newspaperman and horseman
before he Joined the diplomatic
service in 1920.
He made headlines once
again only two weeks ago, when
he peevishly returned his
Medal of Freedom to Wash
ington. He had been awarded
the medal in 1947 for services
during World War II in
Sweden.
Matter Of Importance
He returned the medal, he
said, because he felt that the
new Medal Of Dis
tinguished Civilian Service null
lifted previous awards, and was
of higher magnitude than his.
Mr.. Corcoran was graduated
from Georgetown Law School
before he worked for the Post.
the old Times and the old
Herald.
Inheriting q small real estate
fortune. he bought six race
horses and rode them. When
the fortune was depleted he
became a cub reporter. often
showing up at the office in
riding habit.
His horsemanship led di-
rectly to his State Department
career. AS he related 1t, for
mer Secretary of State Robert
Lansing offered him a Job
after he had taken Mrs. Lans-
ing's niece for a ride in Rock
Creek Park.
Served in Calcutta
He entered the diplomatic
service in 1920 as vice consul
at Calcutta and served there
after at Bombay. Madras,
Boulogne, Warsaw, Algiers and
Kingston.
During World War II. Mr..
Corcoran was United States
Consul at Gothenburg, Swe-
den. which he later called "a
picture window facing Ger
many"
He set UP his own private
Evening star., 1962-09-10
Pat Rooney, Sr., MiehtyMite
Of Show Business Duncinq

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (AP)
The final curtain has rung
down on Pat Rooney, sr.. the
mite Of a man who refused to
grow old and quit his beloved
dance routine.
He died last night at so =
while watching television with
his wife. Carmen. in their
rooms at the Hotel Sherman
Square.
Mr.. Rooney, only 5 feet 3
inches tall-with the looks and
manner Of a mischievous lep-
rechaun, had been making
night club appearances re-
Gently.
With the pep Of a man a
fraction of his age, he de-
lighted audiences right up 20
the end.
"ROsie O'Grady"
On the stage-in night clubs
On television - wherever he
had an audience-he was the
champion in dancing a waltz
clog to the old-time song "The
Daughter of Rosie O'Grady."
The son of an entertainer
and the father of an enter
tainer = both named Pat
Rooney = the old trouper
danced and sang for 70 years
since he was 10.
Mr.. Rooney was the son of
the original stage Pat Rooney,
a singing and dancing star of
the gaslight era. His mother
was Josie Granger. the ballet
dancer in the fathers touring
musical shows.
One Of Mr.. Rooney's big hits
in recent years was in the
musical Guys and Dolls" As
the leader of the Save a Soul"
band, he didn't get to dance in
that show. which was a hit
on Broadway, on tour and in
revivals.
Mr.. Rooney, a pal of the late
song-and-dance man, George
M. Cohan, was q headliner
when vaudeville was in flower.
Audiences in theaters from
coast to coast cheered his
Rosie O'Grady" clog.
IndestructibIe
Mr.. Rooney and his first
wife, the former Marion Bent.
we're billed as Rooney and
Bent" during many years as a
vaudeville headline act. She