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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
100 Years AGO
Indianapolis. In

The Civil War was rough
on railroads, with about as
much track being torn UP as
was laid. Thus it was big
news when the Iron horse"
got a new road to run on
from Washington to New
York City. The Star Of De-
cember Is. 1858, reported
this event in detail. the de-
scription Of the opening of q
second line between the two
cities being furnished by Will
liam Prescott Smith, master
Of transportation" Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
This paper quoted him In q
speech at the Willard Hotel:
IF our friends who came
down with us today from
New York and Philadelphia
had allowed themselves to be
less attracted by the social
feelings which their relief
from home duties afforded;
If they had resolved to occu-
by themselves less with the
interior arrangements Of the
train, and had made such
practical observations as our
professional eyes are given
to, they would have observed
at many points Of the 240
miles they have traversed,
from the metropolis of New
York to the metropolis Of
Washington, palpable evil
dence of the determination
of our companies to do a
great number of needful and
essential things effectively,
COMPREHENSIVE and per-
manently, by which the pub
lie convenience and the In
tArests Of the Government
are to be extended and sub
served. They would have
seen between New York and
Philadelphia q second track
from Jersey City to Trenton,
q distance Of so miles, all
complete and In good run
ming order-a model of rail-
way engineering. They
would have seen that be-
tween Philadelphia and VIII
mington the second new
track of the Philadelphia
and Baltimore road was in
actual use, and successfully,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22

too, as may have been OBJ
served by the passage of sew
eral trains going at a speed.
hardly greater than our own,
of 40 miles per hour. At
the Susquehanna they did
notice the active operations
upon the building Of the
great railroad bridge which
is about to span that noble
river, and thus dispense with
one Of the greatest remain
ing objections to the route.
At Baltimore, our guests
would have observed the new
and extensive passenger de-
pots, both at the President
Street and Camden Station,
while between Baltimore and
Washington the extension of
the double track to Annapo-
lis Junction is so rapidly ap-
preaching completion that it
is expected to be in full use
this month. But with the
improvements I have enum-
Grated, the companies COM
prising the route do not in
tend to stop. They are now
building over 80 Of the larg-
est and best passenger cars
which the well-known skill
of our workmen can produce,
a portion of which are al
ready in use and formed part
of our train today. Add to
these new locomotives and
other essential provisions for
charging the capacity and
comfort of the route and you
will have in the course of the
coming years q line which in
its completeness and its abili-
ty to meet any possible de-
mands that even the growing
character Of the country and
the peculiarly enlarged de-
mands that arise from the
anomalous events now tran
spring around us may create,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to coIdenSa-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
STAMPED enUeLCpeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22

To set our feet in the glo-
rious succession of dreamers
who, in spite of the stare Of
the wise and the worlds
deriSion, have never battered
what is over their heads for
what Is under their feet-to
be pioneers, brave but believ-
ing, Of the coming distant
day when the earth viii be
redeemed by men Of good
will, when the government
shall be upon the shoulders
Of the Princes Of Peace, when
men shall lay aside their
weapons of violence, when
lust shall be refined into love
and greed into goodness, in a
finer order, q cleaner and q
kindlier world.
THIS IS CHRISTMAS -
To take religion out Of the
creeds, and turn it into deeds
Of a loving kindness which
knows nothing of class or
race. For Christmas Is the
most radical and revolu-
tionary season Of the calen-
dar. Christmas involves q
love for all peoples, Of all
races, Of all colors, Of all
creeds and of all tongues. It
means to be raised out Of the
deep grooves Of selfishness
which have become the
graves of good resolutions and
the walls which separate us
from our fellows.
THIS IS CHRISTMAS -
To think little Of our rights,
and much Of our responsible
ties, TO thrill most Of all at
the chance Of putting q little
more into the common pool
than We take out; 10 remem-
Der that the faces Of men
and women are but masks
they wear, that behind every
one Is a heart longing for
sympathy and understand
ing; to remember that to the
extent that we live to get we
are kin Of the beasts. Only as
We live to give are we In very
truth the sons Of God. To
give is to live!
THIS is CHRISTMAS -
To minister to the needs OF
babies and children, to re-
member sympathetically the
shadows, the shrinking from
the inevitable, the poignant
loneliness, Of those who are
growing old. THIS IS
CHRISTMAS-To bear one
another's burdens; to have
done with pride and preju-
dice, with ugly thoughts and
wounding gossip; to believe
that love is the greatest
thing in the world, greater
than evil or falsehood,
stronger than death. 70
THIS is CHRISTMAS -
To be saved from a gay fes-
tivity that knows nothing Of
receptivity-from decoration
that forgetS dedication; to
realize that holly is holy only
when its scarlet beads are
emblems Of the crimson
myrrn OF Sacrl1lce, the glao
gift Of contrite hearts.
Till De, too, boldly pressing
Where once the angels
trod,
Climb Bethlehem's Hill OF
Blessing
And find the Son OF God.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
FROM THE STAR FILES..

and a line that will challenge
universal respect and admit
ration. You will have q
route over which the great
mails and passengers can be
and will be carried regularly
and successfully in ga
hours, at the most, instead of
the 10 hours which our ex-
press trains now take, or II
hours as was often required
by former schedules. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22

JIM 6eTTyUldn S december
is cartoon maligning the
Supreme Court is dangerous
and misleading propaganda.
To imply that little chill
dren may not mention God
in q Christmas carol O.
Rest Ye Merrie, Gentlemen~
because Of the Supreme
Court decision on enforced
prayer In the public schools
is unfair.
How would you explain
such a cartoon to a school
child? The cartoon Is the
kind of subtle snti-Court
propaganda that gives am
munition to the lunatic
right" which wants to
impeach Earl Warren.
Mr.. Justice Clark, is deliv-
ering the majority opinion
of the Court in the school
prayer case, affirmed that
the place of religion in our
Nation is an exalted one, but
achieved through the home,
the church and the inviola-
BILE citadel Of the individual
heart and mind. The Court
held that in the relationship
between q man and his
religion the state must be
committed to a position Of
neutrality.
Mr.. Justice Goldberg and
Mr.. Justice Harlan stated:
There is, of course, moth
ing in the decision reached
here that is inconsistent with
the fact that school children
encouraged to express love
and others are officially
for our country by reciting
historical documents such as
the Declaration Of Independ-
ence which contains ref
erences to the Deity or by
singing officially espoused
anthems which include the
composers professions Of
faith in a Supreme Being, or
with the fact that there are
many manifestations In our
public life Of belief in God.
Such patriotic or ceremonial
occasions bears no resem-
blance to the unqueStioned
religious exercise that the
state has espouSed in
this instance"
AS an American citizen I
believe that no governmental
unit has the right to impose
on me or my children a
state-devised mode Of reli-
gious exercise or instruction.
The Constitution is clear on
this.
My right to communicate
or not to communicate
with the God of my under
standing is a sacred right
that the Supreme Court has
upheld. Not even The Star
has the right to challenge
this under our Constitution.
Justin Mccarthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
This Is Christmas
By DR.. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

It's the week before
Christmasl But Christmas
is not something out Of
Charles Dickens. nor the aro-
ma Of q steamed plum pud-
ding, nor the tinkle Of bells,
nor even Tiny Tim. It is not
a feStoon to be draped over a
few days: not a bright
eolored toy to be damned in
to a child's stocking. 1t is
something about the uni
verse" That comment, as one
Christmas was approaching,
was uttered by a brilliant
friend who has now exper-
fenced his last Christmas on
this stage of mortality.
I refer to that unique
preacher and sparkling per-
sonality, DR.. Hal Luccock of
the Yale Divinity School. He
was musing, not 50 much on
what the coming Of Christ
mas as q gay festival may
mean to any one Of Us. but
rather what the coming of
Christmas to our own lives
may mean In its transfigur-
ing effect. For always the
vital question is not will we
come to Christmas, but will
Christmas come to usl Listen
to Dr.. Luccock as ne comes
to one Of his final Christmas
celebrations here-"One of
the ironies Of our time and
religion Is that the celebra-
ton Of the birth Of Christ
has become the most frantic
CONFUSION Of commercialiSm.
In many places the most
audible Christmas bell Is the
one attached TO the cash reg
lister. Christmas is the revela-
ton that at the center of the
universe Is an undefeatable
power Of love on which men
can rely and to which they
can join their efforts" In the
light Of this stupendous fact
Let us say as we stand to-
gether, gazing up at this
Christmas Spire-
THIS is CHRISTMAS -
To bow at the manger where
lies q little Child. For there
Is not a problem IN us or our
world that the cradle cannot
solve. When q wrong needs
righting or q work needs
doing. or a truth needs pro-
claiming, or q social order
needs reconst1ucting. God
sends q baby into the world
to do 1t. Every social evil can
be stopped at the cradle. EV-
cry prejudice poisoning and
warping class, national and
racial relationships can be
made to vanish into thin air
at the cradles Of the world.
1t is the pathos Of our blindly
scientific generation, with
its bitter sophistication, its
glittering cleverneSs and its
towering pride, that 1t has so
often missed the secret of
the child heart by which
alone the simple sublimities
and the sublime SlmpllcltleS
can be found.
THIS Is CHRISTMAS -
To thrill with the assurance
that not on one wondrous
night alone did a star of
promise light the heavens
and rain its radiance upon
the earth; but that straight
down the crowding years the
starlit pathway leads, re-
minding our earth-filled eyes
that always the highest truth
is born in lowly places and
clad in humblest garb. Al
ways the angels of Christ
mas whisper that starry
ideals must be followed pa
tiently and obediently, no
matter over what burning
sands or to what lonely des-
erts our faltering feet are
lured. For only a sign in the
sky above guides surely to
light and life and love.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22

Credit or responsibility"
for orginzation of cubist art
was claimed for the Ameri-
can In dams so years ago.
The Star of December 4,
1918, reported from Carlisle,
Pa. that an Indian named
Lone Star, an instructor in
the q. s. Indian Service
there, made the claim for his
forbears. He said he had
studied art specimens and
concluded the Indians had
founded the cubist school 200
years before. The eagle, he
said, is a common figure in
Indian art, but it is a square,
shaped totally unlike an
eagle. yet it Immediately
impresses the observer with
the conviction that 1t Is an
eagle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
so Years Ago

A trans-continental trip
via automobile was enough
Of an adventure to rate Q
three column picture and
half q column of type in The
Star of December 81, 1918.
Pictured was a formidable
"Lozier Light Six" flanked
by its sunrise crew" of Neil
Patteron, j. e. Mitchell and
Zen Holiday, who pulled up
in front of this papers old
building after covering $500
miles en- route from Los An
geles to Washington. 1t was
a leisurely jaunt of two and
a half months. There were
no blowouts, but many pune
lures. The equipment includ-
ed ropes. tackles, spades,
movie camera and hunting
equipment. For the most
part, the adventures stayed
on the Lincoln highway"
except where detours were
necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
GoIdwoter Bocker

Phyllis ]. Harte
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO CAP). CUsDA). = Hogs.
o,oOO; moderately active. butchers
steady 70 IS higher; sows mostly IS
h ais9er; shippers took almost 20 per
around $50 head al is 90; mixed Is
10000 lbs I4.25-l475; 230-250 lbs
II33.15-l4;25: 2-3 250-270 lbs 1926
4 4S;e5 279 q Oh lbs 55Jl3SS; J-3
100000 lbs i0.25-li 90.
Cattle, 5000: calves none; trading
on slaughter steers and heiferS mod
srately aetive, steers strong to IS
under 1.I5o lbs: heife-s steady to
fully 25 higher; cows slow. steady to
30 lower; bulls strong to so higher;
TO loads prime .2O6-l 225 ID slaughter
steers 2425: around a dozen loads
lbs %. 1928. IS: hiSh choice and and
prime l.40O-l.550 lbs 22.OO-22 rs:
choice 9OO-1 $50 lbs 22.75-23.5O; COM
parable Grade i.150-l,350 lbs. 22.50-
choice 1.200 lbs 1850; choice 1.4O0-
800 lbs 81 .0O-22 90; load 1 800 lbs
20.25; good 90O-l.25 lbs 81 0O-22 so;
standard and low good l9.OO-2l 90:
load high choice and prime .9sl 10
hetfers %. So; several loads high choice
and mixed high choice and prime 300
l,O50 lbs 22 so: bulk choice s00-1.1O0
lbs 81 1922. IS: utility and commercial
cows l2.00-l350; Gamers and cutters
10:50-12.50: utility and commercial
bulls l7.50-l9.00.
sheep 700; moderately active.
slaughter lambs steady to IS higher:
wooled slaughter ewes steady; a few
packages choice and prime 9O-llO 10
wooded slaughter lambs 20.00-2O so:
almost q double deck rs lbs at 20.75;
good and choice lS.5O-2O.5O; utility
and good 1901 90; Gull and utility
l2.00-l6.0O: double deck choice shorn
lambs with No. ! pelts 1880; Gull
TO- good wooled slaughter ewes 4.50-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
Stocks Higher;
AirIines Move;
Trading Active

NEW YORK (AP). - Stock
market prices improved early
this afternoon after dawdling
through the morning.
Trading became active and
the New York Stock Exchange
ticker tape Jagged behind floor
transactions.
But the action could hardly
be called a continuation of the
late rally yesterday that came
on news that President johnson
was continuing to stress Govern
mental economy.
Airlines and tobaccos adj
.vanced and most other groups
were mixed.
Pan American World Always,
which announced after yester-
days close a 2-for-1 stock split
and a dividend increase, gained
in active trading.
Liggett & Myers continued to
gain on strength of a report IA
vOrable to charcoal filter ciga-
-fetteS.
A bright spot in the market
was the savings and loans.
Wesco Financial. Trans World
Financial, First Charter and
Gibralter Financial advanced.
Corporate bonds were mixed
and Governments were mostly
unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
2,052 LAID OFF
BY STUDEBAKER
IN COST CUTTING

DETROIT ODD. Stude-
baker said it will attempt to
cut costs at its automotive
division in an attempt to
bring it to a break-even
point. All divisions but the
automotive division are op-
Grating profitably, Byers A.
Burlingame, president, said.
AS part Of this cost-cutting
program, Studebaker has
laid off 2.O52 workers, in
GLIDING 1,7S7 hourly and 325
salaried workers. More lay
offs can be expected. Stude-
baker said.
much as we regret these
personnel cuts, they are es-
sential to our planning" Mr..
Burlingame said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO CAP).-New crop wheat
futures led Q moderate general rally
on the Board Of Trade today after
| prices had shown q tendency toward
further weakness in early transactions,
At times, both the July and Septem-
Der contracts were up four cents or
so from the days lows on buying
credited to SPECTATORS toward estab-
lishment Of long positions and on
short covering.
Brokers said the runup appeared to
have been linked with both drought in
much Of the Great Plains and to Intro
| duction Of bills in Congress to eStab-
lish . two-price plan and to authorize
the Department Of Agriculture to fix
acreage allotments
Soybeans also rallied somewhat but
failed to wipe out earlier broad de-
elines.
At midseSion. wheat was k-3A
cents q bushel higher December s.. IA;
ssoy6eans Aga lower. January
Sl.163t; oats " lower TO u higher,
December 50 cents; rye iI-3A
higher December $1.449l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04

authorized a substantial new
offering of convertible subOrdi-
mated debentures to stocks Of
record on or about January 7.
Pan American said it is ex-
pected that the offering of de-
bentureS will entitle share
holders to purchase approx
mately $50 million of debentures
on the basis of 500 principal
amount for each IL to Is Pan
American common shares held.
The exact amount will be based
on the aggregate number Of
shares outstanding at the record
date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04

being reorganized under the Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by such com.
panies. N-Ex interest. ct-Certificates,
nd-Next day delivery. xw-Ex warrants
st : Stamped. f-DeaK in flat. x-Matured
bonds, negotiahflity impaired by maturity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04

Hdwd 4 Lothrop pf 5 ..... 70 -.
Quotations for l0o-share lots. Xxx For
25-share lots. Others TO- share lots.
I'd Ex-dividend. Plus extra Or extras.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
The EVENING STAR
Pan American Plans
Split, Higher Dividend

NEW YORK DD.-Directors
of Pan American World Anyways
have proposed a two-for-one
stock split and an increase in
the present quarterly dividend
to 80 cents from % cents paid
in previous quarters.
The dividend is payable Feb
ruary 10 to stock Of record Janu-
airy %.
The Pan American board also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
Billboard Firm
Sells Property

Rollins BroadcaSting, Inc, Of
Wilmington, Del. has an.
nounced the purchase of prop.
critics here and in Philadel.
phia from General Outdoor
Advertising Co. at a price in
excess of S. million.
The properties include gen
eral offices and a printing
plant at 1920 Bladensburg road
plus various real estate parcels
in the Washington area, some
of which are billboard sites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
NEW YORK
BONDS
CORPORATION BOT

. Furnished by the Associated Press
List Includes Most Active Bonds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
COTTON

; NEW YORK. (AP).-Cotton futures
: we're mostly higher late today.
There was further evening up OF
eember contract and switching from
that delivery to May 1854. A spot
firm was seller Of the nearby may POSI-
ton. One December notice was issued
today and was promptly stopped.
where the debate continued on the
. cotton bill. Dealers hoped that the
/, House would vote on the measure later
today. The bill viii seek TO lower. the
subsidy so that textile mills could COM
pete more effectively with cheaper
foreign cloth imports and syntheties.
Late afternoon prices were un-
the previous close. December 33.40,
March 33.49 and May 33.47.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
D. c. SECURITIES

Bid and asked prices On stocks listed
on the Philadelphia baltimore Washing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-29
March Endorsed
By Church Group

The United Christ Churches of
the Metropolitan Washington
Area yesterday Endorsed the
August % march on Washing
ton for Jobs and Freedom.
The organization urged men,
Der churches to help provide
any needed overnight facil-
tiles for demonstrators who
come to Washington from other
cities.
Churches belonging to the
organization also were urged
to participate in other demon
STATIONS involving non-violent
direct action in their localities.
reported the Rev. Charming
Phillips. pastor Lincoln Con-
gregational Church. one Of the
member churches.
The Endorsement was made
by 81 delegates representing II
churches at a meeting at
Cleveland Park Congregational
Church. The Rev. Kenneth
Wyatt, pastor Of Greenbelt
Community Church. is moder-
ator Of the organization.
The II United Christ
Churches include former Con-
gregational. Evangelical and
Reformed churches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-29
Mrs. c. M. Neri,
Native of Italy

Mrs. Caterina M. Neri, 81,
the widow of a former employee
of the Spanish Embassy, died
of a heart attack yesterday at
her home, 9106 Providence
avenue, Silver Spring.
A native of Italy, Mrs. Neri
came to Washington SIS years
ago. Her husband, Giuseppe
died in February.
She leaves four sons, John
", of 1914 Upshur street NE;
Anthony j., of the home ad-
dress; Frank, of 1910 Fifteenth
avenue, HyattSville, and James
j., of 1902 Roanoke avenue,
Takoma Park.
Also surviving are four
daughters, Mrs. Felice McNece,
of 1705 Merrimac drive, Hyatts-
vile; Mrs. Theresa Heinecke,
of 1912 Rogers road, Silver
Spring; Mrs. Alice Shoemaker,
of 240 Randolph road, Silver
Spring, and Mrs. Santa FIRE.
dette, of Clintonbrook, Md; IL
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 am.
Wednesday at st. Michael's
Catholic Church, Wayne ave-
nue. at Pershing drive, Silver
Spring, with burial in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery. The rosary
will be recited at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the Chambers Funeral
Home, 1855 Georgia avenue,
Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-29
Traffic Death Toll
In 6 Months Is 20
Above 1862 Rate

Traffic deaths in the Met
ropolitan Washington area
totaled 119 for the first six
months of the year, an in
crease of 20 over the same
period in 1862, the District
Department of Motor Vehicles
reported today.
The only county that showed
a decrease in traffic fatalities
was Arlington, which had 8 in
5he first six months of 1868,
compared with II for the same
period last year. Montgomery
county's toll remained the same
sand Falls Church had no
fatality in either period.
The Districts jump in traffic
deaths was by far the worst,
from % in January-June 1862
to 40 this year, an increase of
43 per cent. Fairfax county
went from IA last year to 10
this year; Alexandria, from 3
to S, and Prince Georges
county, from "a to 80.
Pedestrian fatal ities &C
counted for AZ of the ll9
traffic deaths, the department
reported. This compares with
SO for the same period last
year.