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Evening star., 1962-09-08
'54 Beauties Vie Tonight
For Miss America Title

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Sept.
8 fAP).-A week Of frantic ac-
tivity by 81 talented beauty
queens will end tonight, in
smiles and tears, when judges
select a new Miss America.
a. The task confronting the
judges is this:
Pick 10 semifinalists from
among the contestants. From
the 10. select five fiualists.
Then name the girl who will
reign as Miss America 1868.
The girl who will succeed
Maria Beale Fletcher of Ashe-
vile, N. c.. as the Nations
queen Of beauty is expected
to be crowned shortly before
midnight.
The ceremony viii climax a
series Of preliminary judging
that began earlier in the week
in the Nations oldest beauty
pageant. Competing are repre-
sentatives from every State.
Canada, the District Of Colum-
bia, Chicago and New York
City.
h' , Swim Suit Winner
Seven girls have won tro-
phies in the three rounds Of
talent and swim suit prelimi-
narieS. Judging also has been
completed in the evening gown
4, division, but those winners are
never announced.
W. Winners in the preliminary
rounds receive $1,000 scholar
ships, but they do not neces-
sarily advance to the semi
) finals.
The winner Of the swim suit
f, competition yesterday was Miss
Wisconsin - who thought she
. was too thin and has been
drinking chocolate sodas to
round out her 35-22-35 figure.
She is Joan Mary Engh, 81, Of
La Crosse. Wis.
~ There was a tie in yesterdays
talent contest when the judges
were unable to decide between
the fiery baton twirling of Miss
Nebraska, Mary Lee Jepsen, Is,
of Papillion, Neb., and the or
gan and piano playing of Miss
Maryland, Beverly Ann Smith, :
Is. of Baltimore.
They join the four girls who
won the talent and swim suit
competition in earlier rounds.
WhirIs Flaming BatOns
Miss Nebraska twirled two
flaming batons to the music Of
Manuel de Fallas's "Ritual Fire
Dance" and received cheers
and applause from the crowd
Of 7,4l2. Wasn't 1t dangerous,
she was asked.
Hair doesn't burn, but you
Evening star., 1962-09-08

about $4,000 to keep a tenn.
porary home for soldiers anc
sailors operating here. The
District has tried for years tt
be freed of its maintenance
but Congress generally likes the
home, which welcomes former
servicemen from all parts oi
the country.
Senator Byrd demanded 9
full report on credit buying oi
television sets and furniture by
welfare recipients.
Hopes for Improvement
Testimony on welfare has
taken easily 80 per cent of the
subcommittee hearing time.
T his stems from Senator
Byrd'S interest after investiga.
tions showed more than hall
of recipients of family ano
general welfare aid were ineh-
gible. They have been dropped
from the rolls in the last six
months.
Senator Byrd said he hoped
next years hearings would re-
veal an improved program.
II hope we will be able to
have full confidence in the ad-
ministration of the program, SC
no extension of hearings will
be required" he said, in CLOSING
the public hearings.
II think you can do the job,'
he told Mr.. Shea. IF you do
you will earn not only the re-
Spect of Congress and the COM
munity, but of the Nation. The
Nation has its eye on the Dis
trict of Columbia's welfare pro-
gram"
Evening star., 1962-09-08
PROF PROBING
DOGS LIKES
IN TELEVISfON

ANN ARBoR. Mich.
(AP).-Does your dog pre-
fer one television program
to another? Or is he
smarter than some Of the
people you know?
If so, Prof. Gerard H.
RothSchild of the Univer-
sity of Michigan Psychol-
ogy Department would like
to know about it.
Prof. Rothschild is start
ing a new laboratory pro-
gram in connection with a
comparative p sycholo
course. and is looking for
all the information he can
get on unusual behavior in
dogs. The information
would be used for class
room instruction and pos
sibly as a basis for re-
search in animal psychol-
ogy.
Evening star., 1962-09-08

the National Council Of Re-
sistance. which StrenuouSly op-
posed Algerian independence
Mr.. Bidault never publicly en-
braced the Secret Army Or
ganization. made up of Euro
pean settlers and army desert
ers in Algeria who tried to block
independence with a campaign
of murder, bombing and arson.
However. his name appeared
on many Secret Army tracts.
Italian police last month
picked up Jacques Soustelle, a
former French cabinet Off
cial who broke with President
De GauIle over Algeria. Mr..
Soustelle also was expelled and
there are persistent reports he
is in Spain. Mr.. Soustelle has
been identified with right-wing
groups in France, but officials
there have said he is not
charged with anything.
There had been rumors that
Mr.. Soustelle and Mr.. Bidault
held a secret meeting in the
Austrian Alps. Austrian police
said they had found nothing to
substantiate the reports.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Cathedral Is Destroyed by Flames

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8
1AP). - A five alarm fire
flashed through 7l-year-old st.
Mary's Roman Catholic Cathe-
2 dral last night. destroying the
historic church which had sur
vived the 1906 earthquake and
fire.
The only reported injuries
we're cut hands suffered by two
firemen and q priest. Arch
bishop Joseph McGucken esti-
mated damage at $2.5 million.
o. The fire broke about 10 pm.
as members of the church's
Teen Club were holding a dance
in a lower hall used for nom
religious functions. The 40
teen ayers were moved out
safely with no panic.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
U. S. Develops Better
Radiation Detector

EVANSTON. H., Sept. 8 (AP)
The detection of radioactivity
will be made more thorough
with a new, more accurate
method, a United States Public
Health official said.
The new detection method
will go into effect soon through.
out the United States and will,
measure and evaluate radio
activity in man, DR.. George w
Gaffney said yesterday. DR.
Gaffney is director of the prof.
ect on measurements and evalu-
alton for the health service.
He said an instrument called
a whole body counter will be
employed in the testing. These
machines will be placed in %
different national locations.
Evening star., 1962-09-08

Arson investigators went to
work Immediately checking re-
ports that several youngsters
had run into and out of the
cathedral shortly before the
fire was noticed.
Fire Chief William Murray
would not comment on whether
the fire had been set deliber-
ately. but reported:
'"The police picked up
some young people but re-
leased them. 1t will be some
time before the full facts are
established"
AS he looked at the red brick
walls, all that was left of the
church. Archbishop McGucken
declared:
"We1l build right here as
Evening star., 1962-09-08

frontier Of his choice. The
frontier was not identified.
Unconfirmed press reports
last night said police sprang a
trap on several members of the
French Secret Army at the
little town of Civitanova
Marche, 18 miles south of the
Adriatic port Of Ancona. Police
there would not commene on
speculation that Mr.. Bidault
might have been in the group
caught there.
The report Of Mr.. Bidault's
arrest was first reported by
Ansa. Italian news agency.
The news agency said Mr..
Bidault did not ask political
asylum in Italy. He is accused
in France Of participating in
a right wing "clandestine
movement with insurrectional
detectives" The 62-year-old
politician, who led the French
resistance in the closing days
Of World War II, was stripped
of parliamentary immunity
last summer.
President Charles de Gaulle's
government has charged that
Mr.. Bidault is the leader of
Evening star., 1962-09-08
FIoridiuns Step Up
Wur on Mosouitoes

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Sept
8 (AP) P).-Pinellas County work
crews maintained their stepped
up antimosquito campaign to-
day in hopes Of stemming the
tide Of sleeping sickness cases
Seven new suspected cases
were reported yesterday, boost
ing the total for the county to
158. The total does not repre-
sent 10 cases which were found
to be diseases other than en-
cephalitis, the medical term
for the illness. The 10 cases
originally had been figured in
earlier statistics.
Encephalitis is a virus in
flamation Of the brain and
nervous system.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Delay Seen
In Estes Date
With Probers:
By the Associated Press


Continuation of stormy testi-.
mony by an Agriculture De-
partment employe is likely to
delay Billie Sol Estes appear,
ance before a Senate subcom-
mittee investigating his cotton
allotment deals.
Estes had been scheduled to
testify next Wednesday, when.
the hearings resume, and
chairman Mcclellan. Democrat
Of Arkansas, told newsmen he.
"has not been unscheduledT
for that day.
But Senator Mundt of South
Dakota, senior G. o. P. mem.
Der of the subcommittee, said
in a separate interview it
might take two more days to
complete the quizzing of N.
Battle Hales, a former Agri-
culture Department investiga=
tor who now is a co-ordinator
Of defense services in the,
agency.
Mr.. Hales began testifying
yesterday on what he called a
breakdown of farm aid safe
guards after the Kennedy ad-
ministration took office. He
claimed this weakening Of
safeguards allowed his superior
officers in the department to
grant Estes favored treatment,
And he added that his superiors
still don't want to tighten up,
In saying Estes has not
been "unscheduled" to testify
Wednesday. Senator Mcclellan
said he still hoped to complete
this phase of the investigation
by Friday. Senator Mundt
said, however, that he saw
practically no prospect" of a
windup during the coming
week. A
Estes is scheduled for trial
In Texas starting September "a
on fraud charges. His lawyers
have urged the subcommittee
to postpone hearing him until
after these and other criminal
charges against him have been
settled.
Evening star., 1962-09-08

orgahist on the Maryland State
float in the inaugural parade
for President Kennedy.
The four girls who had won
in earlier rounds were Patricia
Lei Anderson, Miss Hawaii, and
Charlotte Ann Carroll. Miss
Mississippi, in the talent con-
test, and Miss Michigan, Carole
Jean Van Valin. and Pamela
Gilbert, Miss Illinois, in swim
suit.
Semifinalists will repeat their
talent performances for the
judges tonight.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
WELFARE
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page Al
work, admitted the cases had
been transferred to rolls for the
permanently disabled in April
May and June. His workers hao
been concentrating on depend
ent children cases, then under
a congressionally ordered in
vestigation. They fell behind or
general assistance cases. he
said.
Lets not conjure up rea-
sons. They won't stand up be-
fore this subcommittee" Sen
ator Byrd said. Figures don't
lie. I'll check the figures"
at Didn't Rain-It Poured"
The three-month total of
446 exceeded the number of
transfers through the whole
preceding year.
Senator Byrd noted that the
time consuming dependent
children investigation began
last November. Yet, social work.
ers transferred about the same
number of cases from last No
vember to March as they did
through the same months a
year earlier, when there was
mo thought" ef an investiga-
ton.
Then suddenly, 10 times as
many cases we're shifted in
April as were transferred in
March, the Senator said.
you could say it didn't rain
but it poured" Mr.. Scholz
said.
Director Shea tried to silence
his assistant with a hand sign
Senator Byrd ordered, Lets
not be facetiouS.
Il am not trying to be-" Mr.
Scholz said. Our staff has been
under tremendous pressure with
heavy case loads and made
quate tools"
Byrd Unconvinced
But the Scholz. argument
didn't convince the Senator.
Some reason must have mo-
tivated the department to make
wholesale transfers from gen.
eral public assistance and in
a hurry. You have to admit
that the reason lay in the fact
that an investigation in that
category was about to get un-
der way. That is a pretty flimsy
reason" Senator Byrd main
tanned.
He had no quarrel with the
transfers themselves. They
Evening star., 1962-09-08

get singed." Miss Jepsen re-
piled. II always get singed."
Maryland's Miss Smith also
received a big ovation after she
had presented the Warsaw
Concerto" playing the organ
with her left hand and both
feet and the piano with her
right hand.
She also plays the saxo-
phone and clarinet but likes
"the church organ best because
Of the big sound from the
pipes" Miss Smith was the
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Nehru Critical
OF British Role
In Market

LONDON. Sept. 8 (AP)-
Prime Minister Nehru and gov
ernment chiefs Of Jamaica and
the Central African Federation
Joined here today in the chorus
of commonwealth discomfort
over terms of Britain's pro-
jected entry into the European
Common Market.
British negotiations with the
six Common Market nations
"in many respects are not
favorable" Nehru told newsmen
on arriving from India for a
commonwealth conference e
opening Monday.
Would Lose Market
Nehru was referring to the
safeguards Britain has been
trying to establish to protect
commonwealth exporters from
the loss of traditional markets
in Britain for their cotton,
wool. wheat, metals and other
products.
Nehru said India's sales to
Britain likely would be hit and
the commonwealth itself would
be weakened eventually by the
political links the British would
need to forge with the con-
tinental group.
Prime Minister Sir Roy
Welensky. whose Central Afri-
can (Rhodesian) federation
still lacks full statehood, was
similarly concerned.
Economic union, to be
really successful, has to develop
as a political union" Welensky
said. Political union must
mean a surrender of sover-
eighty to some sort of central
organization. I would hate
to see anything done that would
weaken the ties of the COM
monwealth."
Europe viii Rule"
Sir william Alexander Busta-
prime minister of newly
independent Jamaica, said he
was afraid and concerned"
about the Common Market
project: "It's like going into a
Russian forest with a guide !
eventually Europe will rule us"
Britain's Prime Minister
Macmillan, who tavors British
entry into the flourishing
market. must try to reconcile
divergent views at the 16-
nation commonwealth prime
conference opening
Monday.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Typhoon Kills II

MANILA, Sept. 8 (AP.-
Heavy rains accompanying
Typhoon Amy took IL lives in
the Philippines. police reported
today. -Four other persons were
listed as missing.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Byrd's Recommendation

] Wa
Byrd's Recommendations
Five recommendations from
Senator Byrd emerged through
what he termed "laborious'
questioning. He seemed Il
favor:
/. The Qualification of the
"man-in-the-house" rule. From
Joseph Meyers, of HEW, he
drew agreement that HEW
would not try to liberalize Of
make more conservative the
rule. This should silence some
HEW policymakers who have
considered the District rule toe
stringent and in possible viola.
ton of the new Federal law
which aims to protect children
though they have misbehavinl
parents.
2. Increased payments to the
aged, blind and permanently
disabled. The benefits from
more Federal aid should. be
proposed keeping payments to
recipients at the same level
when more Federal money is
available. The Federal money
would be used to reduce the
local taxpayers share of costs
rather than to increase pay
mentS.
154 Probers Needed
3. An investigation of at least
a 2 per cent sample of the
$3.50 recipients of aid for the
permanently disabled. A new
staff of 154 investigators il
sought in the budget to STAR
looking for freeloaders among
all dependent children and
general assistance welfare re-
cipientS.
4. Spending more thar
$4,000 asked by Mr.. Shea fol
day care for children of moth.
ers who are being trained fol
work. Community groups have
urged a $3.50 600 appropriation
Mr.. Shea was given another
week to see if his plans coulc
be expanded. Difficulties, HI
said, are the lack of facilitie.
and the need to change vel.
fare policies to care for chill.
dren of parents who are EN-.
ployed as well as those whc
are jobless.
5. Insertion in the budget o.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
2CIerks Held
In EmbezzIinu
0fHechtGOods

A Marine sergeant and 8
20-year-old woman yesterday
were charged with embezzle.
ment by Arlington police In
connection with the disappear
ance Of thousands Of dollar:
worth of goods from a Hecht
Co. store.
Detectives said Sergt. An.
thony Joseph Ortega, 36, a
part-time salesman at Hecht's
Wilson boulevard store, and
Miss Dale Yvonne Dickerson
20. a sales clerk at the same
store. engineered a scheme in
whieh store losses may exceed
$1,000.
Over $500 worth of goods
have already been recovered
County Detective Capt. Dudley
H. Rector said.
Three Play Customers"
Ortega, of the 800 block OF
Monticello drive, Falls Church
is stationed at Henderson Hall
in South Arlington. Police said
Miss DickerSon of the 100
block Of Engleside street, Alex
andria, has been employed for
eight months as a saleswoman
in the stores camera depart
ment.
Three persons who police
say acted as customers would
walk into the store to receive
wrapped goods. The three
persons are being held as ma
terial- witnesses.
A Hecht Co. detective said
the two sales people were seen
passing out wrapped goods and
not ringing up the sales.
The Hecht detectives trapped
them by monitoring all the
phone calls Of the two. They
discovered that the two were
informing the same three per-
sons Of the time to pick UP
goods.
Variety Of LOOt
1t took two trips of a Hecht
Co. delivery truck yesterday
to bring the eight hampers
Of goods to the Arlington DO
lice station. The goods had
been rounded up from a num-
Der Of homes including friends
Of the two and an uncle Of the
girl.
The recovered merchandise
included croquet sets, many
cameras, blankets, luggage,
trunks. fishing rods ard other
assorted sporting goods.
Ortega had been working at
the store for two-and-a-hal
months. Police said he first
got into the embezzling act by
being a customer" for a third
embezzler that has since left
the company and the Washing
ton area.
Both suspects posted $1,000
bail last night. Both will be
arraigned in the Arlington
County Courthouse Monday
morning.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
BidouIt Found in Italy,
Is Expelled Quickly

ROME. Sept. (AP)-Former French Premier George
Bidau wanted in France for antigovernment activities
been picked by police and escorted Of country
Italian government sources said today
Mr.. Bidault taken into custody unwantec
foreigner last night He said taken
Evening star., 1962-09-08
District Officials Drow
Criticism From Byrd

should have been made earlier.
he said. He objected to them
If they were meant to make the
general public assistance rolls
look more orderly to investiga-
tors,
Evening star., 1962-09-08

River Report
Potomac River. clear at Harper's s
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. 6hen-
andoah clear at HarpeT's Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-09-08
Architects Sketehbook
A Toy Kitchen
BY BILL MEYERRIEcKS
Contributing Writer

Fall is Just about here, and range have counter
and pretty those heights of 242 inches Both
derf days when the chill are 20 inches wide and l2-
dren play outdoors all inches Deep The REFRIGERATOR
day long win be only and cupboard 1921
memory. mothers problem inches high 20 inches wide
will become: What the and IL inches deep
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give the youngsters hours Of wood or build them all at
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Why Water Heaters
Don't Always Last

Today's quality water
heaters are built to last for
many years. and, properly
sized according to a family's
needs. will do so with little
care required.
Eventually, though, comes
the time for a plumbing con-
tractor to replace the heat
er, and you should know the
danger signs of a burning
out heater in order to avoid
an inconvenient emergency.
First of all, says the
Plumbing Heating Cool
ing Information Bureau, a
good water heater usually
does not wear out-the heat
ing surfaces slowly burn out
from abuse by the unknow-
ing homeowner. If a water
heater is overworked because
it is not large enough. or be-
cause of built-up sediment
in the tank, it clearly will
not last as long as one of
the right size that receives
proper maintenance. (You
can get rid Of most sediment
by draining out all muddy
looking water every month";
Danger sign number one is
the awareness that there
never seems to be enough
hot water. An understood or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-09-08

dealer elements Of the lum-
Der industry.
The meeting was held to
devise better merchandising
methods for lumber products
and services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-09-08

sediment encrusted heater
cannot be expected to per-
form efficiently. and can
rapidly burn out from the
extra work load.
Another danger sign is a
humping or cracking sound
from the heater when a hot
water faucet Is turned on.
This happens when layers Of
sediment (caused primarily
by hard water) build UP on
the floor Of the tank and on
the heating elements, pro-
ducing a heat = retarding
scale. The humping Is &C
tually a series of small ex-
plosions Of steam between
the layers Of scale.
Let your plumbing cons
tractor be the guide in Sc
lection OF a new water heat
er. His sizing charts will tell
you what size your family
needs, and he can advise you
about water softening equip
ment if this is needed.
A final point to remember
If you buy a water heater
with only a one-year manu-
facturer's guarantee, you're
just playing a betting game
with the manufacturer. A
quality water heater is al
ways the best buy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-09-08
Cordroom
Display Set

A cardroom setting of
Spanish influence, marking
a home fashions trend for
the fall, is featured in the
room-of- the-month display
at the National Housing Gen.
ter, 1925 L street NV, now
open.
The trend, as expressed by
Interior Designer Sarah Boyer
jenkins, blends the materials,
colors and accessories of many
lands to achieve a feeling of
cosmopolitan yet casual ele-
gance.
The cardroorn is the sixth
in a series of rooms Of the
month sponsored by the Dis
trict Of Columbia Chapter of
the American Institute of
Interior Designers. in which
members Of the chapter take
turns designing q full-size
idearoom at the Housing
Center. Miss jenkins room
will remain on view through
September 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-09-08

Paint, Varnish and Lacquer
Association.
Exterior surfaces with bad
chalking may require a sur
face conditioner obtainable
from your paint dealer, while
interior walls may need an
oil-baSed primer-sealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-09-08
Gore Con Keep
Paint Off Rug

Spreading newspapers I'M
der furniture you are re-
finishing will protect the
carpet from enamel or var
nish drips and splatters.
But to be sure that you
don't step in these spots and
track the finishing material
onto the rug, do one Of two
things: Either remove the
papers as you work around
the piece or cover any spots
with more newspapers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-09-08
Black Lacquer Effect

A black lacquer effect on
unfinished furniture can be
simulated with flat wall paint
and varnish.
After sanding the surface
as smooth as possible. brush
on several coats of flat black