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Evening star., 1962-05-07
BY BETTY MILES
Star Staff Writer

Washington's army Of side
walk superintendents has some
new recruits.
They live at D. c. Village, the
city's home for the aged and
infirm. From porch and lawn,
they are watching bulldozers
turn the earth for construction
as exciting as any in town
their new SAL million residence
Official groundbreaking cere-
monies at the Welfare Depart.
ment institution will be held
Wednesday. The new building;
will replace others dating from
1907. There will be 10 one
story cottages. each with 1t
own dining area, and single
double and quadruple bed.
rooms. Gone viii be the mas.
sive. noisy dining hall anc
dormitory sleeping arrange
menLS OF UOuhy.
A central service building will
provide space for recreation,
religious activities, entertain.
ment, barber and beauty shops,
sheltered workshops, a canteen
and craft activities.
Completion In '63
The project Is expected to be
completed by December. 1868.
With quarters for 500 in the
cottages, and the 344-bed in
firmary built in 1854, e44 men
and women soon can make
their home at d. C. Village.
Today, 684 live there.
One Of the most interested
Sidewalk SuperintendentS is
Thomas MAC" McCorkle, a
fascinated onlooker, although
he has q lot to lose.
His flower garden, cultivated
for five years, must go.
Mr.. McCorkle, who Is So, has
lived at D. c. Village 20 years.
He came to the home after
both legs were amputated. Since
then. his left arm has become
paralyzed.
Trains Right Arm
But he has trained his right
arm to do the work of two.
Manuvering his wheelchair
into ruts beside the flower bed,
Evening star., 1962-05-07

More than 80 firemen were
recovering today from fume in
halation and acid burns suf-
fered when fire destroyed a
tractor trailer and 28,600
pounds of medicinal chemicals
and supplies at the Kenilworth
(Md.) Terminal.
Scores Of firemen fought the
suffocating blaze for more than
two hours yesterday. Many
fell out as fumes from ether,
ethyl alcohol and xyline over
came them. Most were treated
at Prince Georges Hospital.
Others were revived at WASH
ltngton Hosnital Center, Leland
Memorial Hospital. Riverdale,
and Andrews Air Force Base.
Hours after the fire, two
members Of the District Heights
company collapsed In the fire
house and were rushed to
Prince Georges Hospital. Like
the others, they were released
after treatment.
Loss Tops $4,000
County fire officials esti-
mated the loss as at least $I5,-
900 of which $1,000 was to the
vehicle owned by the Bing-
hamton Warehouse Terminal
Of Lemoyne,. Pa. which has a
warehouse at 1911 Kenilworth
avenue, next door to the lot on
which the truck was parked.
Destined for delivery today
to Walter Reed Hospital, the
big van carried q wide variety
Of supplies. from crutches and
pajamas to barbiturates, ether,
acetic and nitric acids, potas-
SUM caustic, ethyl alcohol,
bandages and medicinal cotton.
As serious as were the effects,
the worst was spared in the
touch-and-go battle Of chem
icals (foam) and water against
chemicals.
Blast Is Prevented
The foam was Intellectual
against some Of the chemicals.
but firemen managed to pre-
vent explosion Of 20 drums Of
Evening star., 1962-05-07
The
Rambler
Gets
A Reminder
Bx GEORGE KENNEDY

A card from the Australian
Embassy reminded the RAM
bier that today is the 10th
anniversary Of the Battle Of
the Coral Sea.
It was an invitation to a
garden party Saturday after
noon at the Embassy on
Cleveland street NV, an
imposing mansion with white
pillars which was the home
of the late Gen. George s.
Patton, jr
The recipient was delighted
to accept. First, he enjoys
embassy garden parties, es-
pecially In the weather that
prevailed over the week end.
Second, he wanted to learn
a bit more about the Battle
of the Coral Sea. Beautiful
name, isn't it2
Twenty years ago!
It's hard to believe.
The propaganda line Of
the administration was: This
is a war we can lose.
The way things we're going,
that wasn't hard to accept.
After Pearl Harbor came
bad news after bad news.
The great British battleships,
the Prince of Wales and the
RepulSe, were sunk off the
Malayan coast by the same
weapon that had knocked out
our battleships on that fate
full Sunday of December Z,
1941-aerial torpedoes.
In the far Pacific the Jap
anese seemed to be able to
go where they they wanted.
Hong Kong, Singapore, Ran
COON fell.
Informed observers specu-
lated whether the Japanese
intended to 60 west into
India or south into Australia
and New Zealand
Evening star., 1962-05-07

day. A bottle Of either might
have ignited first. BY the time
the fire was discovered and
the first alarm was turned in
at 4:26 pm, smoke and fire
were pouring from the truck.
Another alarm was sounded
at 4:49.
Ten Quickly Felled
First on the scene were fire
men from the Tuxedo Cheverly
and Chapel Oaks Volunteer
companies. Unaware Of the
acrid fumes, they approached
the truck without oxygen
masks. and about 10 of them
soon toppled over.
Nine engine companies, nine
ambulances, one truck company
and two rescue squads were on
hand. ,s
Even with masks, firemen
were not immune to the heavy
fumes. Some Of them fell over
after they had removed masks.
A physician explained, that on
such q warm day. some Of the
fumes may have been absorbed
through the skin. Z
At least three firemen suf-
fered acid burns from exploding
bottles, and other firemen were
forced to turn their hoses on
them. Some Of the victims
needed complete changes Of
oxygen in their systems.
Oxygen Scarce
A scarcity OF oxygen tanks
occurred because the supply
normally on nand ha0 been
sent to Hagerstown to fight q
chemical plant fire.
Additional supplies came in
time from the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Rescue Squad. and from
the nearby Southern Oxygen
Co.. furnishing about 800 refills
of the 30-cubic-feet oxygen
back-packs.
A few medicines salvaeed
from the 50-foot long trailer
were transferred to q second
truck on the lot and guarded
by police.
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Grand Jury Begins
Savings-Loan Probe
Kuufmun Silent
After Testifyine
In Montgomery
By ROBERT GRUENBERG
Star staff Writer

SN@N SN-A-
Deputy Attorney General
Joseph Kaufman of Maryland
spent two hours before the
Montgomery County Grand
Jury today as it opened an in
veStigation into savings and
loan cases.
At the conclusion Of his testi-
mony, Mr.. Kaufman refused to
comment or answer questions
about the savings and loan
investigation.
He had been instructed, he
said, to do so by States Attor-
ney Leonard T. Hardy of Mont
gomery County. Mr.. Hardy
added that all Of the approxi-
mately so witnesses would be
similarly instructed.
1910 Report Noted
1t was understood, however,
that Mr.. Kaufman, during his
two-hour appearance, gave the
Jurors a picture Of the savings
and loan situation in Mary
land and recounted past efforts
at regulation.
On leaving the jury room he
was carrying d copy Of the
laws Of Maryland as they re-
lated to building and loan as
Sociations and q research report
prepared for the Maryland Leg
islative Council in 1910.
There were q lot Of good
recommendations made at that
time" said Mr.. Kaufman hold
ing the book out for reporters
to scan.
Receiver Appears
III they had been followed
we would have had a law be-
fore the present situation de-
veloped."
Since last October, when the
State began enforcement Of
the new savings and loan law,
four associations have been
forced to close. They held an
estimated SIC million in ap-
prximately $4,000 accounts.
| John McKeever, receiver for
the First Continental Savings a.
Loan Association of Chevy
Chase, was slated to follow Mr..
, Kaufman before the 2l-member
|, panel.
5 Before going into the jury
5 room. Mr.. McKeever said that
I an audit of the association
shows that on January 3, the
day IL closed. 1t had $2.7 mil
lion in 400 accounts.
First Continental is currently
fighting to reopen its doors,
arguing before the Maryland
Court Of Appeals, that the
States action is illegal.
Setup to BE Charted
The third witness scheduled
for today is Vincent Mahoney,
head Of the investigating group
under the direction Of the State
Department Of Assessments and
Taxation chief. Albert Ward.
Mr.. Mahoney is expected to
detail the officer setup and
relationships Of First Conti-
mental.
Another man who was ready
to testify II called was Lewis
F. Bidle. head of an auditing
crew working on First Conti-
nental's books.
The grand Jury headed by
jay Porter Conger, So. Chevy
Chase laundry executive, gave
indications Of settling down to
two weeks of involved testi-
mony.
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Census of Pupils

Parents in the Lynnbrook
area Of Montgomery County
will conduct q school popula-
ton census this week.
Evening star., 1962-05-07

OUR ASIATIC fleet based
at Manila had been knocked
out. 1t was apparent there
would be no relief for our be-
leaguered troops at Corregi-
dor and Bataan.
Across the world the Medi-
terranean North African port
Of Tobruk, an important
supply point for the British
fighting Romel in the desert,
fell.
This country was scared.
We moved all our citizens of
Japanese origin from the
Pacific Coast back behind
the mountains.
Imagine how they felt
down under. They had been
in the war more than two
years Their youth had been
drawn into the war In Africa
and to staging areas in
Britain In preparation for
the second front.
Many Of their young men
were taken prisoner at To-
bruk. Others had been called
back to protect the homeland.
Many had not yet arrived.
Then came news of O. VIC
tory in the Coral Sea.
Few details were released.
Little or nothing about
American losses.
But word from our Navy
Department that American
warships were pursuing the
Japanese fleet made big
headlines. We needed a VIC
tory.
What happened has long
since been told. It was the
first naval battle in which
the opposing fleets did not
sight one another
The fleets were 200 miles
from one another, never
nearer than $50 miles.
All the sinkingS were the
result of strikes by carrier
based planes
1t was not until more than
a month later, after the de-
cisive victory Of Midway, that
the Navy revealed our big
loss. japanese torpedo planes
had sunk the Lexington,
one Of our two big carriers.
90
THE LEXINGTON and the
Saratoga had been laid down
for superdreadnaughtS, sim
liar to the ill-fated Hood. At
the Washington Naval limi-
tation conference Of 1921 we
agreed to give up dread
naughts. We converted them
into aircraft carriers, which
{ burned out to be much more
practical. The Saratoga sur
yived the war despite torpedo
hits. It was one of the target
ships that went down in the
A-bomb tests at Bikini.
We all remember the pic
ture Of the men scrambling
over the side Of the capsizing
Lexington-many of them to
their death. Met Navy Capt.
Lawrence s. Lockett at the
garden party. He was a gum
ner officer, lieutenant q g.
on the Lexington. He went
over the side.
The barnacles ripped the
skin off his hands," said his
wife.
Our planes sank the Jap
anese carrier Shoho, a pygmy
compared to the Lexington.
But the Japanese turned
back. They were escorting l6
transports with about 10000
troops. They intended to
land them at Port Moresby
on the southeast coast Of
New Guinea. From there they
intended to fan out to New
Caledonia and the Fiji Is
lands and, with land based
planes, their famed Zeros,
cut the sea lanes to Australia
and New Zealand
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Blast Is Prevented

The foam was Intellectual
against some Of the chemicals.
but firemen managed to pre-
vent explosion Of 20 drums Of
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Trains Right Arm

But he has trained his right
arm to do the work Of two.
Manuvering his wheelchair
into ruts beside the flower bed,
The Fort Apache scout., 1962-08-01

the 100000 hatchery were OBJ
tanned through the persistent
efforts of Senator Hayden in
1859, who also secured addl-
tional funds since that time to
insure the hatchery'S compile
ton.
In 1860, the Tribal Council
passed a resolution naming the
project the Carl Hayden Fish
Hatchery. However, Sen atOr
Hayden, being a close personal
friend of Chief Alchesay, hered-
itary Chief of the White Noun
tain Apache Tribe, requested
the project be named after his
longtime friend.
When completed, the hatch
cry will supply fish not only to
the reservation but in other
areas of Arizona to meet the
ever increasing fishing needs
of the states residents.
Barry De Rose, Tribal At
torney, and Lester Oliver,
Tribal Chairman. announced
the exact date of the dedica-
ton ceremonies will depend on
Senator Hayden's availability to
be present for the historic
event.
The Fort Apache scout., 1962-08-01
Queen Contest
Slated Aug. "a
at Wkiteriver
WHITERIVER

WHITERIVER - T h e
girl who will reign as
Queen of the 1862 Tribal
Fair will be chosen at 7
pm, August "a, during the
annual beauty contest to be
held in AlcheSay Hall.
Tribal officials have is
sued an invitation to all
tribal girls between the
ages of ii and 19 to enter
the contest, The winner, to
be selected by a panel of
three judges, will, in addi-
ton to other awards, ap-
pear on television in PhOe-
nix to help publicize the
annual fair and rodeo
scheduled September 2 and
3 at the Tribal Fairgrounds
at Whiteriver.
Officials announced the
following rules for contest
ants in the beauty contest:
/. All contestants must
be members of the White
Mountain Apache Tribe and
must be single and between
IA and 19 years of age.
2. Contestants will be
Judged in camp dress and
modern dress with judging
points based on dress,
poise, personality, health
and physical grace.
3. Each community on
Continued Page 5, Col. 8
The Fort Apache scout., 1962-08-01
Tribe To Honor Senator Hayden
At Hatchery Dedication In October

ALCHESAY SPRINGS The
White Mountain Apache Tribal
Council unanimously approved
a resolution last week to dedi-
cate the new AlcheSay Fish
Hatchery in honor of Senator
Carl Hayden.
Plans were made for an all
day dedication celebration at
the hatchery early in October
with Senator Hayden as hon
ored guest.
A huge, free veniSon barbe-
cue is being planned as part of
the dedication ceremonies in
which invitations will be sent
to President John F. Kennedy;
Secretary of the Interior, Stew
art L. Udall; Philleo Nash,
Commissioner of Indian AT
fairs; Senator Barry GOldwater;
Governor Paul Fannin and
other state and national digni-
taries.
Superintendent Albert M.
Hawley and all the members of
the Tribal Council have volun-
teered to shoot sufficient deer
from their quota allotment to
provide the meat for the barbe-
cue.
Funds for the construction of
The Fort Apache scout., 1962-08-01
CovoIrymon Returns To Fl. Apache
After on Absence of 81 Years

now a buxom grandmother,
Council member and one OF the
Tribes most distinguished and
respected members.
Il know you, Mary exclaim-
ed. You're 1t. Rodney, the one
who used to like liver and on
ions!"
With this greeting, the Col
onel and the Lady held a nostal-
gic reunion of the days when
Mary's father was an inter
prefer for the old 5th Cavalry
Continued Page s, Col.
The Fort Apache scout., 1962-08-01
Council Endorses Proposal For
Phoenix Indian Medical Center
ANTELOPE HERD
INCREASE NOTED

WHITERIVER An increase
in the antelope crop planted
three years ago on BenitO Mesa
may result in limited hunt
being permitted sometime next
year, it was reported here this
week by Tribal wildlife Off
cialS.
Jim Sparks, manager of the
White Mountain Apache Recre-
alton Enterprise, observed
total of 63 antelope between
Chino Springs and Georges
Basin during a one-day aerial
survey conducted recently.
Sparks made the survey in a
plane provided by the Arizona
State Game Department and
reported spotting a number OF
trOphy-Size bucks in the area
covered.
The small herd using the
area between the Whiterlver
air strip and Fort Apache has
increased to a total of II ami
mails, he declared, with the
buck-doe ratio of all antelope
spotted computed at one to
one.
A 39-percent fawn crop was
indicated from the results OF
the survey.
The Fort Apache scout., 1962-08-01
was a small child

FORT Acknowledgements of
a long-ago era were revived
again last month when a for
mer Cavalry 1t, stationed here
from 1908 to 1908, returned for
his first visit in 54 years.
Colonel Dorsey R. Rodney,
United States Army, Retired,
walked into Tribal Headquar-
ters at Whiteriver recently and
met a woman he had last seen
as little girl more than half a
century ago.
The woman was Mary Rily,
The Fort Apache scout., 1962-08-01
Tribe Receives
Ist Interest Check

WHITERIVER-A check for ST 7,345
for interest earned by the Tribe from
August Is, 1861 to July l, 1862 on
capital improvement loans made to
the Recreation Enterprise was cred
tied to the Tribes Revolving Loan
Fund this week.
Jim Sparks, Enterprise Manager,
reported the check was the first in
terest payment on the loans and cited
it as further tangible evidence of the
benefits accruing to the Tribe from
the Recreation Enterprise operations.
The Fort Apache scout., 1962-08-01
Urge Action
ByCongress

WHITERIVER - T h e
White Mountain Apache
Tribal Council this week
backed plans for the con-
struction of an Indian Medi-
cal Center in Phoenix and
urged immediate action by
Congress to release prev
iously appropriated plan
ming funds for the projects
development.
Council members unani-
mously adopted a resolu-
ton approving the develop
ment of the Indian Medical
Center which would provide
health and medical serv-
ices for numerous Indian
tribes in a 4-state area of
the Southwest.
The Center, to be operat-
ed by the us. Public
Health Service, would pro-
vide complete diagnoStic,
medical and therapeutic
services and facilities for
Indian residents of the
Southwestern United States
and would also be a train
ing, refresher and research
center for the many medi-
cal activities not provided
by PHS in the Indian hos
pitals currently in opera
ton.
In endorsing the reSOlu-
ton, the Tribal Council cit
ed the long relationship of
mutual respect and under
standing which has develop
ed over the years between
the White Mountain Apach-
es and the Public Health
Service.
The Council noted the re-
markable rate of progress
in the Indian Health Pro-
gram on the Fort Apache
Indian Reservation by the
PHS.
They cited the recogni-
ton and understanding by
PHS officials of the basic
cultural differences and
mental attitudes of the
White Mountain Apache
Tribe toward both curative
and preventive health eff
forts. COntd. Page 3, Col. 2
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BY HARRY MACARTHUR

/ Another unique aspect Of
Michel's is that it is the only
place in town, and one of the
few outside of Hungary, with
a staff cymbalom virtuoso on
the payroll. The cymbalom is
an ancient ancestor of the
piano, a sort of small piano
with no keyboard, played by
striking the strings with wood
en- mallets bound in cotton.
With the mallets in the right
hands, it is an amazingly YER
Satile inStrume nt, ideally
matched with haunting gypsy
melodies. It's a must in Hun
garian orchestras on the home
grounds, but it is not widely
used in this country. possibly
because there are not m any
cymbalom virtuosi in this
country.
Michel's had a first rate one
for a number of years in Josef
Moskowitz, who played there
almost until his death at the
age of SO several years back.
Curiously enough, it was the
Hungarian uprising of 1855
that increased the ranks of
cymbalom players in this coun-
try. A number of them were
among those who managed to
flee Hungary and seek refuge
here from the Communists.
One of these is JanoS HoSSZu,
the current incumbent at
Michel's and a true master of
the instrument. Before getting
out of there he was leading
soloist with the Hungarian
State Orchestra. In the United
States he has appeared with
Stokowski, Bartok and Kodaly
and with the Boston Philhar-
monte and Chicago Symphony,
among other orchestraS. Once
he was personal cymbal ON
player to King Gustav of Swe-
den, but there aren't many jobs
like that around any more.
The HoSSzu repertoire is var
led and seems infinitely vast.
In performance, he combines
musicianship and Snowman
ship with a flair that has a
crowd gathered around watch
ing with awe and delight at
almost every session.
Mr.. HoSSZu's accompanist,
incidentally, is another refugee
from Communist Hungary, a
talented pianist and accordion
list named LaSzlo Balogh.
4 =
The decor at Michel's-dark
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was a delight for the little folks.
1t was a treat, indeed, to dine
at Olmsted's - both the food
and service excellent. Hardly
could it enter the diners head
to want something additional
when the waiter-never more
than four feet away - would
place it before you. More oft
en- than not there were two
walters per table, both avail
able at the mere lifting of an
eyebrow.
Why. then, has the Olmsted
gone broke?
Strictly on the basis of dol
lars and cents, Mr.. Brahms and
his lawyer probably are alone in
knowing the exact answer.
There are, however, a few safe
conclusions.
l. The Washington area in
recent years has added so many
new restaurants that reputa-
ton alone will not carry one
through. Competition is con-
siderably sitter than it was a
mere five years ago.
2. 1t somehow has become
"the thing to try the new
restaurants, not because the
old ones aren't good-t they are.
But because the new ones offer
a change in atmosphere, a new
setting.
8. The influx Of new resi-
dents in the area land the num-
Der is aStounding) consists of
young people who simply
haven't heard of some of the
long established spots which
make up the backbone of the
dining-out circuit here. They
need to be told.
4. The whopping lunch time
business which most downtown
restaurants enjoy is not always
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enough to carry the full bur-
den. In recent years some mid
town spots have been passed
by at dinner hour because of
the countless new restaurants
now available in the outlying
areas. There are, of course,
exceptions to that. some of
which come to mind readily.
We will miss the Olmsted,
and in particular its owner,
Jimmy Brahms. We also will
miss Annette. the Olmsted bak-
er for 40 years, whose rum buns
and pies we're masterpieces, to
say nothing of Roger DeVille,
the French chef. whose "Oys-
tiers Casino" enjoyed a envi-
able reputation. He was with
the Olmsted 10 years.
And in our opinion, the Ohm
sted bouillabaisSe was the best
in the city.
A few months ago Mr..
Brahms was planning to give
up the G street address and
move the Olmsted to Foggy
Bottom. In announcing the
bankruptcy filing, however, the
corporation said those plans,
too, had fallen through.
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Requiem for
An Old Friend
By JOHN M. RossoN

greats" in numerous fields
diplomatic, Government, visit
ing dignitaries, and show bust
ness, to say nothing of its role
as "favorite" of we little people.
To honor former British
Prime Minister winston
Churchill when he passe d
through Washington on his way
to Missouri some years ago
to make his famous Iron Cur
tain" speech, Mr.. Brahms
asked the British Embassy for
the recipe of the statesman's
favorite drink. The embassy
obliged and the drink has been
"a special ever since. Mr..
Churchill, seated in the res
taurant's most comfortable
chair, was the first to try it
and pronounced it "a work of
art"
Called The Churchill" and
served in a chilled wine glass,
it consisted of two thirds
brandy, one-third champagne
a drop of triple sec and a
cherry.
But Prime Ministers weren't
all who entered Olmsted's in
its heyday. White House per-
sonnet for years on end were
numbered among the guests at
lunch hour, the Executive Man.
sion being just three blocks
away. Cabinet officers and
ambassadors were as common
a sight entering and leaving
Olmsted's as tourists. Another
segment consisted of celebri-
ties of stage and screen, giving
OlmSted's a reputation which
drew the casts Of visiting COM
panies at the National and
Shubert theaters as faithfully
as the curtains fell at II or
1880 pm.
In its heyday, Olmsted's also
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Passing of the Olmsted also
is sad because its years were
truly noteworthy.
Its guests included the