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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
Norfolk Suit
Seeks Death
OF Poll ak

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 90 (AP)
"A suit challenging the consti-
nationality Of Virginia's poll tax
was filed in United States Dis
trict Court today.
The suit was filed by Mrs.
Evelyn Butts. prominent among
civil rights proponents in
Norfolk.
It calls for appointment Of a
three-judge court to hear argu-
ments. 1t also challenges the
validity of Virginia's present
Constitution. claiming it never
had been ratified by the States
voters.
Under normal procedure, the
petition must be certified b!
Judge Walter E. Hoffman, chic,
Judge of the Eastern District Of
Virginia, and forwarded tc
Judge Simon E. Sobeloff Of
Baltimore, chief judge of the
4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Sobeloff would then
appoint the three-judge court,
which would include Judge
Hoffman.
Mrs. Butts suit was filed by
two Negro attorneys. A.
Jordan, jr., of Norfolk, and Len
w. Holt, formerly of Norfolk
and now Of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

I'VE have a love story to tell
you"
He said he came to the
Soviet Union first in Septem-
Der this year and met Miss
Shipman in Yalta.
"It was love at first sight, "
he added.
After spending almost two
weeks with the Russian girl,
who speaks six languages, Mr..
Brayton left the Soviet Union
determined to return and
marry her.
Mr.. Brayton said he went to
the United States for docu-
ments and returned October 81.
Il asked Miss Shifman to be
my wife. I asked her mother
and she was very pleased" he
said. Miss Shifman's father
died during the last war.
Mr.. Brayton said when his
seven-day visa expired he tried
to get the Soviet tourist agency,
Intourist, to renew it. They
sent him to Ovir, the local
militia department that deals
with foreigners visas. Ovir
"categorically refused" the ex-
tension. Mr.. Brayton said, and
referred him back to Intourist.
He said he and his fiancee
then wrote a letter to Mr.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear-
ing with gusty winds this eve
ming and fair later tonight,
low 80 to IS. Partly cloudy and
windy tomorrow, high in 40s.
Maryland-Clearing in east
with snow flurries in west to-
/ night, possibly a few inches of
snow in mountains, low from
40 on coast to 20s in noun
tains. Partly cloudy tomorrow
except for snow flurries in
mountains, high 40s in east
and 30s in west. Gusty winds
tonight and tomorrow.
Virginia-Windy tonight with
snow flurries in mountains and
partly cloudy east of noun
tains, low 40 on coast and 20s
in mountains. Windy again to-
morrow with snow flurries in
mountains and partly cloudy
east of them, high in 40s ex-
cept so on coast and 30s in
mountains.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Small craft warn
ings displayed. West or north
west winds 20 to 40 knots to-
night and tomorrow. Rain &C.
casionally followed by clearing
this evening. Visibility becom-
ing 10 miles by evening. Tides
l to 2 feet above normal ovel
lower bay tonight.
Five-Day Forecast
Temperatures will average
near Washington normal of As
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

KhruShchev. The letter turned
up later at Intourist head
quarters, he said.
After the letters, and visits
to the American Embassy and
the Institute of Soviet Ameri-
can Relations, headed by Mrs.
KhruShchev, he sent a telegram
to Mr.. Khrushchev.
Mr.. Brayton said he intend
ed to ignore an order from a
militia officer to get out of the
country by midnight tonight.
I'VE are morally right in this
issue and I plan to stay and
marry my fiancee," he said.
I'VE have appealed to Premier
Khrushchev and have every
confidence that he will reply
favorably."
Mr.. Brayton said he last
worked as a business manager
of a Fairbanks chapter of the
American Federation of Tech
nical Engineers.
He said he holds seaman's
documents and usually travels
as a seaman on American mer-
chant ships. He said he studied
political science for a year at
the Sorbonne in Paris and for
two years at Kensington Col
lege in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
John D. McGruiI,
Foreign Service
Officer in Libyu

John D. McGrail, 38, of An
Mandate, Va, a Foreign Service
officer, died last night in
George Washington University
Hospital.
Mr.. McGrail, formerly of
Belmont. Mass, was serving as
second secretary at the United
States consulate in Bengazhi,
Libya. when he became i'll a
month ago.
The son of Anna A. and the
late DR.. Frederick r. McGrail
of Belmont, he was a Navy
veteran of World War II and
IA 1850 graduate of Boston Col
lege.
Besides his wife, the former
Marie B. Leary of Watertown,
Mass, he leaves five children,
Frederick j., Margaret c., John
D., jr., Richard F. and Will
liam P.
In addition, he leaves two
brothers. Richard F., of Bel
mont, and Paul F., of Danvers,
Mass, and two sisters, Mrs,
Mary E. Harris and Mrs. Flea
nor A. Regain, both of Welles-
ley, Mass
A requiem mass will be cele-
brated early next week in
Belmont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
Mrs. GeorgeLone.
Norfolk Native

Mrs. George D. Lane, SO, the
wife of a retired district sales
manager for the Comptometer
Corp, died yesterday at he1
apartment after a long illness
Mrs. Lane. a native of Nor
folk, Va, was the former Anna
Mae Vidgood. She moved tc
Washington 40 years ago and
had served as a circle leader al
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church.
She leaves her husband, Of
3016 Tilden street NV, the
home address.
Services will be at 2:3O pm
Tuesday at the Gawler Funeral
Home, Wisconsin avenue at
Harrison street NV, with
burial in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
Col. Singles, USA,
TuughtC Chemistry
To Eisenhower =

Col. Walter Singles. UsA. re-
tired, IS. a West Point grad
uate who taught chemistry TO
'Dwig hit d. Eisenhower, died.
Tuesday after a stroke at
Portsmouth Naval Hospital,
Kittery, Me.
Col. Singles, who retired
from the Army because Of
physical disability In 1884. was
assistant professor Of chemistry
at West Point from 1918 to
1917.
Commissioned a second leu
tenant in the Army In 1904
when he was graduated from
the Military Academy, Col.
Singles served as an artillery.
commander in Europe during
World War I.
Before entering West Point.
he was graduated from
Westminster State Teachers
college in Pennsylvania. He
was born "a Darby. Pa.
Since his retirement from
the Army. Col. Singles had
lived in st. Petersburg, Fla,
during the winter and in Cape
Elizabeth, Me-, in the summer.
He leaves two sons, Walter
Singles of Pittsburgh and Col.
Gordon Singles, USA, of 912
West Braddock road. Alexan-.
dria; a daughter. Mrs. Edna S.
Thomas of Cape Elizabeth, and
two grandchildren. Col. Singles"
wife. Edna, died in 1857. So
Services will be in Portland,
Me, tomorrow. Burial will be at
West Point on Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
RESEARCH SHIP SINKS
SUBURBAN DILEMMA
Fairfax Police Spread Thin

we have any one free to handle
this complaint"
Another ramification Of the
manpower shortage is the coun-
tvs traffic death toll. which
now stands at As, for the year.
1T would help if we had more
men to patrol the roads," Maj
Durrer emphasized.
Fairfax led the State last
year with SO highway deaths
but this must be viewed against
a backdrop of almost 2 million
vehicle miles travelled in the
county, which is another Of the
States leading figures.
A manpower shortage is not
a situation warranting blame
on anyone in the chiefs opin-
ion, but he finds mo immedi-
ate answers"
Police received a pay boost
this year as part of a general
raise in county employees sal
aries. Fairfax police pay is
about in the middle compared
with Metropolitan Area scales
below the District and Mont
gomery County, generally on
a par with neighboring Ar
lington and Alexandria, and
above Prince Georges County
If Fairfax salaries were the
suburban areas highest, the
problem of getting men might
be wiped out. To anticipate
such a thing happening soon
would be unrealistic, Mai. Dur
rer said, and he would not
want it without like consid-
Grafton" for other county en-
ployes.
Thus. the main problem Is
that while the department has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
DR.. Wruther, 80, Ex-Chief
Of U. S. Geological Survey

After several years in private
practice as a consulting geol-.
ogist, DR.. Wrather moved to,
Washington as associate chief
of the metals and minerals
section of the Board of Eco
nomic Warfare.
In 1851 he was elected a life
trustee Of the National Geo.
graphic Society and served on
the society's committee for re-
search and exploration.
His awards included the
John Fritz Medal and honorary
degrees from Southern Meth
odiSt University; the Univer-
sity of Kentucky and the Colo
RADIO School of Mines. e.
DR.. Wrather was a former
treasurer of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement
of Science and former presi-
dent of the American Associa-
ton of Petroleum Biologists.
He was also a member of the
American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers,
the Society of Economic Geol-
ogistS, the Texas Geographical
Society, the Geological Society
of America, the Mining and
Metallurgical Society of Amer
lea, the Washington Academy
of Sciences, the Explorers
Club, the Cosmos Club and
Sigma M.
He leaves his wife, the for
mer Alice Mildred Dolling Of
4710 Woodley lane NV, the
home address, and two daugh-.
tiers, Mrs. Jane Topp Of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and Mrs. Catherine
Keshishian of 4610 Torney
road, Westmoreland Hills, Nd.
Private graveside services
will be at Morgan Park, Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
Seubourd to Cut
ESQ Firemen Jobs

RICHMOND, Nov. 20
(AP) .-Seaboard Air Line Rail-
road said yesterday it plans to
eliminate $50 firemen's jobs
over the next two years under
the terms of a railroad arbi-
tration boards decision earlier
this week.
In a sta m n t, Seaboard
described the boards ruling as
representing progress toward
modernization of operatin g
practices"
Seaboard said it employs
about IT'S firemen over its en-
tire line. This doesn't include
400 firemen in passenger serv-
ice who are unaffected by the
ruling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

DR.. william Embrey Wrather,
80, an internationally known
petroleum geologist and a for
mer director of the United
States Geological Survey, died
of a stroke yesterday at his
Northwest Washington home.
DR.. Wrather was appointed
head of the Geological Survey
by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1913. He remained
as chief Of the survey until
1856.
A pioneer in the application
of micropaleontology-th study
Iof animal fossils present in
petroleum depositS-he liked to
recall the turn-of-the-century
days when oil men hooted at
anyone who examined drill mud
with a microscope. Then came
a day when Gulf Coast drillers
wouldn't set a pipe without a
fossil expert at their elbows"
His conviction that geology
was the key to oil deposits was
proved when he and associates,
after intensive studies of West
ern Texas, discovered the great
Desdemona oil field in Conan
che County in 1918.
A native of Brandenburg, KY,
DR.. Wrather studied geology
and law at the University of
Chicago. graduating in 1908,
and taking two additional years
Iof graduate study. In 1850 the
university awarded him its
Alumni Medal.
He first joined the Geolog-
ical Survey in 1907. reporting
for work with a field party in
Montana. He later worked as
a petroleum geologiSt at Beau
mont, Tex, with the ]. M.
Guffey Petroleum Co. and the
Gulf Production Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

in the county's coming ordi-
nance.
Another logjam Of rezoning
cases faces the county's plan
ming commission. which must
make recommendations on all
applications before the super
visors can act.
The commission scheduled a
special meeting last Saturday,
but both this and q regular
Monday session we're postponed
because Of President Kennedy's
death. The commission is ex-
pected to decide Monday how
it can work out agendas to get
all applications decided upon
by the new year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
Robbi Al Silver Dies,
Leader in World JeWry

CLEVELAND, Nov. %
(AP.-Rabbi Abba Hillel Sill
yer. one Of the principal archi-
tectS Of the modern state Of
Israel and q leader in world
Jewry for nearly so years. is
dead.
He and his family were sit
ting down to Thanksgiving
dinner in his home in suburban
Shaker Heights yesterday when
he complained Of a shortness
Of breath and a tightening in
his chest. He was taken to
Lakeside Hospital. where he
died Of an apparent attack.
Funeral services are sched-
uled for IL am. Sunday at The
Temple. where he had been
spiritual leader for more than
As years.
Although his honors and &C
accomplishments were numerous,
Rabbi Silver. 70. was perhaps
best known as one Of the shap-
ers Of the state Of Israel.
He took part in a historic
conference of American Jewry
in New York In 1912 at which q
program was adopted defining
the establishment Of an inde-
pendent Israel as the principal
aim of Zionism. He presented
the Zionist case before the
United Nations in l947 and
1913 and on May IA, 1913, the
state of Israel was officially
proclaimed.
During the last 10 years.
Rabbi Silver had received
many honors, awards and cita-
tons, in cluding the Human
Relations Award Of the Ma
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews in 1858.
He has been called the father
of unemployment insurance in
Ohio. In 1928 he persuaded the
Consumer League Of Ohio TO
study unemployment and
unemployment insurance. Later
he framed the first state leg
islation on unemployment in
surance.
He helped found in Cleveland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

the first community fund In
the country and mediaJed In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT disputes.
The besspectacled rabbi was
slightly more than 6 feet tall
He had dark, piercing eyes. a
lively sense Of humor and an
almost incredible grasp of
facts.
His sermons were prepared
with meticulous care and re-
search and his New Years SER
mons on the state of the Ma
ton and the world were almost
civic institutions.
Surviving are his widow Vir-
ginia and two sons, Daniel. a
rabbi, and Raphael.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

police headquarters in Pixies
vile, he said. From there, il
Travelled to police in Maryland
Virginia and the District.
The portrait was made with
letters and symbols found on
an ordinary typewriter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

-ulCluuAllB OI4C Tic udg dAICA
old business before January
That is the date a county boarC
consisting Of two incumbent:
and five newcomers elected IL
the November 5 balloting vii
take office.
Three Of the December meet
ings will be devoted entirely tc
rezoning and planning matters
many of them controversial
Zoning Caution Urged
The Executive Committee OF
the Fairfax Federation Of Citi-
zens Associations this week
urged the board and commits
sion to be cautious about re-
zonings in areas where there
are no approved master plans,
according to Eugene Davidson,
president.
Mr.. Davidson said his group
is primarily concerned about
rezonings which will "suhstan-
TALLY change the character of
areas" where master plans do
not exist.
Logjam for Planners
The federation also wants
the governing bodies to defer
apartment applications until
specific criteria for multi
family rezonings are incorpo-
rated into an ordinance, Mr..
Davidson said.
The supervisors turned down
this request more than a year
ago, but the federation is OPP
timistic that the new board
might consider making such
rules binding by including them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

Carol Highlands, with burial
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
The family requests that ex-.
pressions of sympathy be in
the form of contributions to
Wallace Memorial Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
Fairfax Unit Asks
Zoning Restraint
As Cases Jam Up

A group Of Fairfax County citizens called upon the
board of supervisors and planning commission to exercise
restraint the governing units face December agendaS damned
with rezoning applications.
The supervisors have scheduled five meetings in December
including the day after Chrsmas-n drive to finish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29
BY CAROL GRIFFEE
Star staff Writer

Only one Of every 20 men
who enter Fairfax County's
modern, hilltop police head
quarters with the hope of join
ing the force finally will
qualify.
Couple this average with the
county's population. which to-
day pushes $4,000, and an
other in a long list Of county
dilemmas is pinpointed.
Fairfax County's police forcC
today numbers 204. It's author.
lied strength is 227.
The national average is IL
policemen for every 1000 resi-
dents. Thus, Fairfax County,
average is slightly above six
tenths Of a policeman for every
1000 people.
Needs BIS Men
However, Police Chief Will
liam L. Durrer believes that
because of the high education.
al and economic levels Of Fair.
fax residents along with the
suburban character Of the area
a maximum" law enforcement
job can be done with a Ito
1000 ratio.
This means a force Of 81
today-or Ill more men thar
he has. Nor is he likely to ge
them for some time.
Mai. Durrer admits that hi
force lis spread pretty thin
and that IS per cent Of polict
time is spent answering com
plants. with little being at,
tempted in "crime prevention.
High Traffic Toll
Police administrative person
mel are kept to a minimum 81
that every man possible can bt
put ION the road" Even so
complaints mount and must bC
handled according to their ap-
parent seriousness. 1t isn't un.
usual to hear the police dis
patcher ask over the radio, dc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points, subtract times indicated
from the above: Annapolis, 3h hours:
Beach. s hours: Deale, 41a hours
Solomon's Island, ga hours: Point
Lookout, IA hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

no trouble getting applicants
(some responding to radio ad-
vertisements), most can't meet
the required standards which
the chief describes as being
mot too rigid"
AS with most modern police
departments, applicants must
have a high school diploma or
its equivalent and be 81. Top
notch physical condition is re-
quired, and applicants must
fall within the height range OF
5 feet 8 inches to s feet
inches, with proportionate
weight. s
POlygraph Test Used
A polygraph test recently
was added as an aid to deter
mine an applicants moral
character, including whether
he has a previous police record
above a few minor traffic vio-
lations.
Lowering standards would
be no answer, the chief is con-
WINGED, because mot Just any
body" should be put on the
street as a policeman.
If raising pay and lowering
standards are no panaceas
then the only conceivable thing
to do is keep plugging" Mai
Durrer has decided.
Year-by-year pay improve
ments are sought. including
one in the upcoming 1864
budget. And the chief is opti-
mistic enough to believe thai
by July the difference be.
tween the authorized and ac-
tual force strength will be
whitfield down to five.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-29

to 80. Colder weather this
week end will be followed by
warmer temperatures about
Monday and colder about the
middle Of next week. Precipita-
ton amounts are expected to
range from one tenth to
three tenths of an inch &C.
curing as showers about the
first Of next week and as snow
flurries in the mountains to-
night and tomorrow.
Project Skywatch
The weather satellite Tiros
VII will take pictures over the
Washington area at 9::34 am.
tomorrow.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harperi
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. Shen-
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
| Midnight - As Noon -- 81
sam am. 80 Il sP D.m: " s.
Record Temperatures for the Year
HIGHEST, %. on May 9, June 10 anc
| July 81.
/ Lowest, 8. on January "a.
| Tide Tables
/ FURNISHED nv the United States Goa 81
and Geodetic Survey
!
Jackson advocate., 1963-02-23

Atlanta, Ga. - The Executive
Board of the Nationwide Hotel
Association, Inc, held its first
meeting for 1868 in Atlanta,
recently, with Mr.. Franklin F.
O'Neal, Chairman of the
Board, and Manager of Univer-
sity Motel, serving as host.
The business session was held
at Atlanta's newest hostelry,
the Danzig Motel, located at
345 Chapel Road, N. w., with
Mrs. Vera J. Lynn, Proprietress
Of the Danzig and her Manager,
Mr.. William C. Ponder, serving
as hostess. After a lengthy
business discussion in which the
organization made plans for its
1868 program and its 10th An
nual Convention to be held at
New Orleans, La, October 49,
16, with Mason's Motel at Con-
vention Headquarters, the group
was honored with cocktails at
Atlanta's Town Club, courtesy
of Mr.. ONeal. The group later
had dinner at PaschaPs La Car
rousel Restaurant and had after
dinner drinks at the La Car
rousel Bar.
The next Board meeting is
scheduled for April %, at the
New Dunbar Hotel, Washington,
D. c.
Seen in the picture attending
the meeting are, seated L to R,
Mrs. Marion H. Jackson, Wash
ington, D. c., MIA Secretary
and Publisher of "GO-Guide to
Pleasant Motoring; Theodore
r. Hagans, Jr., MIA National
President, and Vice Pres.-Gen.
Mgr, of the New Dunbar Hotel,
Washington, D. c.; Mrs. Doro-
thy Mason, Mason's Motel, New
Orleans, La, who will serve as
hostess at the 1868 Convention;
William E. Brooks, MIA Treas
urer, and Proprietor of Colbrook
Motel, Chester, Va; Mrs. Bon
ME McEachin, Second Vice Pres.
and Proprietress Of the Plaza
Jackson advocate., 1963-02-23

at Birmingham, Ala, said that
the total represents underpay-
ment Of $121, 800 in minimum
wages to 1908 employees and
Of $109,S34 in overtime COM
pensation to 1,100 men and wom-
en-.
In five Southeastern states
where he administers provisions
Of the Federal Wage-Hour law,
Williams said that reported un-
derpayments for the six-month
period totaled $3,284,387. This
was divided into $1,689,244 in
minimum wages for 1921
workers and 81 1,595,143 in over
time pay for 1890 persons.
Jackson advocate., 1963-02-23

Negroes giving them the news and COM
ment and opinions which interpret the news
in the light of the hopes and aspirations and
problems closest the minds and hearts of the
new American Negro.
So much of this news and comment is
exclusive appearing nowhere else, that the
local Negro newspaper fills a vital need which
no general medium, and no other type of
Negro medium, can satisfy.
That's why the new Negro city-dweller
gladly pays for his own newspaper. He's
like the American tourist in London who,
though surrounded by British papers, hunts
up the European edition of an American
Newspaper to get his news.
Now it's easy for any business to reach
this Uncommon Market anywhere in the
state by advertising in the one Newspaper
that is read by Negroes throughout the
state.
After 21 years of publication we are con-
fident of our service and the returns to our
advertisers. We gladly assist in public.re-
lations, sales promotion, and merchandising
for our advertisers.