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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
John {. Thomus,
Served d Years
As u. S. LAWYER

John Edward Thomas, rs
who served as Mayor Of Falls
Church CVaO from 1870,
died yesterday at Doctors
Hospital. He lived at 214 Law
ton street. Falls Church.
The son Of a Baptist minister,
he was born in Baltimore and
reared in the Falls Church
area. He was graduated from
the Georgetown University Law
School in 1911.
After practicing general law
with a private firm in Wash
ington. he joined the Miami
Fla) Atlantic Shores Corp. as
vice president.
For the last "a years of his
legal career he served as a
Government lawyer, first with
the Home Owners Loan Corp.
and then with the Office of
Solicitor, United States Depart
ment Of Labor. He retired
January 1, 1859.
Mr.. Thomas was a member
of the Kemper Masonic Lodge
Of Falls Church.
He leaves his wife, Edna
j. Thomas. of the home ad-
dress; two sons, John Edward
Thomas. jr., of Baltimore, Nd,
and Howard j. Thomas, Of
% Melbourne avenue, Silver
Spring; one sister, Miss Ida M.
Thomas, of 6313 Sixteenth
street NV, and one brother,
Carroll T. Thomas, of 1916
7 wenty-third street South,
Arlington.
Funeral services will be at 10
am. tomorrow at The Falls
Church, lis East Fairfax, Falls
Church. Friends may call at
Pearson's funeral home, 472
North Washington street, Falls
Church, until $3.50 O'Clock to-
night. Burial will be in Oak
wood Cemetery, Falls Church.
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Council DELAYS
zOningActiOn
Until I Return

The Far East travels Of two
Montgomery County Council
members have delayed final
discussions on revised sub
division regulations Tightening
restrictions on the use Of septic
tanks in rural areas.
The council yesterday can
celed a Friday night work ses-
sion scheduled earlier for action
on the controversial proposal
recommended six months age
by the County Planning Board.
No new date was set.
The five council members
agreed their two fellow men,
bers should be present for the
discussion to avoid duplication
later.
2 Due Back
Miss Kathryn E. Digs. a
member of the Republican
majority. and Grover K. Walk
er. a Democrat, are taking the
Far East trip as a finale TO a
Hawaiian convention held by
the National Alcoholic Control
Beverage Association. The two
are expected back this week
end.
The other member who at
tended, Council President John
A. Floyd, returned from Hawaii
last week after the convention.
The association represents Is
States and Montgomery County
in negotiating with distilleries
for stock the groups members
buy for their government
operated liquor dispensieries.
The council revealed yester-
day it rejected the proposed
subdivision regulations last
week in order to sidestep a
law providing for automatic
adoption if no action is taken
six months after a recon-
mendation is received from the
planning board.
5-Acre Lot Size
One of the most controver-
sial parts Of the proposal is
a provision requiring minimum
5-acre lots in areas outside
rural sections slated to get
sewer lines within five years.
The restriction has been Bit
terly attacked by a number of
developers and farmers.
Commenting on his Ha-
waiian trip, Mr.. Floyd said he
returned before the others be-
cause he felt he should get back
to county business. He said
he did not know when he would
file an expense voucher for
county reimbursement Of his
trip.
Miss Diggs, Mr.. Walker and
Circuit Court Judge Kathryn
L. Shook drew a total of $4,000
in expense money before they
left. Judge Shook was a guest
speaker at the convention.
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the alley behind the apart
ment.
Mr.. Camlin then returned to
the apartment on the eighth
floor where he found the door
chained from the inside.
Alarmed because his wife had
been respondent. Mr.. Camlin
told police he searched the
back yard and found her. They
had been married IS years. The
body was taken to the District
Morgue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
Fire in FuIIs Church
Hits Bowling Alley

A fire broke out in a Falls
Church bowling alley early to-
day. but there was only minor
damage.
Falls Church firemen said
the blaze at 6:16 am. was con-
fined to a portion Of the ceiling
around a light fixture in the
Falls Church Bowl, South Ma
pie street at Broad street. Two
alarms were sounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04

into Maryland after leaving a
liquor store. on Wisconsin av-
enue NV. She also was &C
cused of bringing $40 worth of
cigarettes into Maryland from
the District, the agency added.
She posted $52.50 collateral
pending a hearing January is
in Bethesda Peoples Court
agents said.
Quantities Limited
Under Maryland law, only
one quart of an alcoholic bev.
erage may be brought into thu
State from another juris++' ctior
at a time and no more thar
two quarts a month.
1t also prohibits importation
of more than two packs of Gig
arettes from other jurisdic-
tons at a time.
The enforcement agency
while keeping a watch for such
violations throughout the year
intensifies its surveillance
around the District line when
the holiday season approaches.
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the school would reach the root
problem in the District.
1T will let Negroes eat, sleep
and learn under skilled direc-
tion," the Congressman from
Harlem said.
The school could serve 1000
youngsters each year. It would
cost about 81 million to build
and 50 million to operate an
nually. But congressional COM
mitteemen figure that a Fed
eral building might be avail
able free in the Washington
area to house the school facil-
tiles.
Five Schools Planned
Conferees called for five such
schools for the country but
specified a location only ir
Washington.
The Senate originally asked
for Is such schools. The HousI
decided against any despit,
considerable minority senti
ment for Federal help to trair
school dropouts for an auto
mated society.
The school would be run By
the Health, Education and Wei.
fare Department.
But Federal officials would
cooperate with local school
administrators, aiming for q
local takeover at the end OF
five years.
Operation Of all five schools
is expected to cost $50 million
through five years.
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White House conferences on
child and youth work.
A graduate of Central High
School, she was a past president
of the zonta Club. a former
vice president of the WASH
ington Club and a member of
the Washington Clubs board.
She leaves no immediate
survivors.
Services will be at IL am.
tomorrow at st. Margaret's
Episcopal Church, Connecticut
avenue and Bancroft place
NV. Burial will be private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
Pair Planning Marriage
Killed by Auto Fumes

A young Arlington couple
planning to get married next
year died yesterday of carbon
monoxide fumes from a broken
tailpipe of the car in which
they we're found. The death
was ruled accidental.
Arlington police identified
them as James H. Crawford,
%. Of 1904 South Ninth street.
and Miss Hilda E. Pitts. %, of
5227 South Eighth road.
Arlington Medical Examiner
DR.. John H. Judson said the
two died at : am, about
two-and-a-half hours after
they had been seen in the blue
four-sedan parked in front of
a house in the 400 block of
South Ninth street. Police said
they apparently were waiting
for a friend whom they
thought still lived there, but. as
it turned out. had moved away.
TaiIpipe Broken Off
County detective James P.
ConnorS said the tailpipe of the
1851 Chevrolet had broken off,
allowing the exhaust fumes to
enter the trunk and Seep into
the passenger compartment.
Police said the car engine
was still idling, the heater was
on and the windows were
closed when they we're called
shortly before 8 am.
Mr.. Crawford, an honors gra-
duate in civil engineering from
the University of Florida in
April. was employed by the Ar
lington office of the Federal
Bureau of Public Roads.
Lived With Sisters
Miss Pitts, a five-foot blue
eyed blond, had lived with her
two sisters Mary, 81, and Gay
nell, 20, for about Is months in
the South Eighth road apart
ment.
Her older sister said the cou-
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Lions to Sell Trees

The Oxon Hill Lions. Club
will open its Christmas-tree lot
at the Eastover Shopping
Center on December IA. The
profits from sale of trees
and decorations will be used
for community projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
Insurance Firm Loses
$3.50 in Safe Theft

Alexandria police reported
today that a safe was pried
open and $3.50 stolen from an
ALEXANDRIA insurance firm.
G. Anderton Burke, an insu-
rance agent with offices at 218
King street, reported the loss,
which he said occurred Mon
day night or early Tuesday.
Police speculated that an out
side latch had been slipped
open. There were no signs of
forced entry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
Pupils Aid Retarded

The students Of Hammond
High School, 1876 Seminary
road, Alexandria, have given a
$54S check to the Alexandra
Chapter Of the Northern Vir-
ginia Association for Mentally
Retarded Children in memory
of President Kennedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
Job T raining School
Proposed for D. c.
By GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

81 million job training school, where teen-agers could
live and work. proposed yesterday for Washington bv
Senate-House conferees.
The conferees willing to sacrifice new "impaced
school aid for the District the pilot vocation center
ut is important to have residential Vocational
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04
ukomu Unit Cancels

The Citizens Association Of
Takoma voted Monday night to
cancel its next three monthly
meetings. The association will
meet again in April to elect
new officers,
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pie. who met about six months
ago, planned to marry after
Miss Pitts finished a course at
a Washington beauty school.
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YULE BOTTLE BATTLE
Maryland Revenuers
On the ProwI Again

Maryland's revenue agents
are at it again, nabbing two
persons for transporting liquor
illegally into Maryland from
the District.
A deliveryman for a WASH
ington liquor store and a Be-
thesda woman were the first two
persons seized by revenue
agents on the States Alcohol
Tax Enforcement Unit in their
annual Christmas-time crack
down.
Both were arrested in the
Maryland suburbs yesterday
and were charged with import
ing alcoholic beverages on
which the tax was not paid.
Hearings Set
Agents identified the deliv-
eryman as William James
Flowe of the 1400 block of Trim
idad avenue NE, an employe
OF a liquor store in northeast
Washington.
He was arrested in the
Hyattsville area while deliver
ing three cases of beer and IA
fifths Of wine. agents reported.
He was placed under 500 bond
pending a hearing in Hyatts-
vile Peoples Court on January
9.
. The enforcement agency ac-
cused Mrs. Frances c. Dominis
of the 5000 block of Bradley
boulevard of transporting $3.50
worth of whisky (SS bottles)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-04

Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest. 96 on May q, June 10 and
July 27.
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Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls. Shenandoah
clea- at Harpers Ferry.
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05
The March 49,,
Continued From Page One)

\SoAIihuSA iOih oSC ShCI
This is a formidable task,
even for a health agency with
The National Fou ndation's
proved capacity for leadership
and accomplishment.
An estimated 250,000 infants
are born with significant birth
defects each year in this coun-
try-one every other minute
and at least $4,000 children are
among the II million Ameri-
cans suffering from arthritis
or rheumatic disease.
It is a fact that, although
these are now leading causes
of disability in children, ade-
quate medical care for the great
majority stricken by these and
other chronic disabling diseases
is just not available in this
country. Perceiving this gap
in our health needs, the March
of Dimes has moved quickly to
establish treatment centers
throughout the country which
would make available the best
possible medical care for chill
dren suffering from birth de-
fects, arthritis and polio.
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05
honors in 1859.

| honorS IN 19oS.
Widensan entered Pam on. . Hsn
jamip Franklin aca0enrie scholar
ship and hast wssir was named to
Phi Beta Kappa.
I'm very excited" Wideman said
Sunday, and Every happy"
He added:
Il really didn't expect to get It,
but ] was hoping for It."
Wideman's father, John Wide
man, is working SIS a part-time
waiter after a recent lay-off.
Sanders was one of four senior
students selected from colleges
and universities in the western
states by regional committee
meeting at the California Institute
CT Technology in Pasadena, Calf.
In accepting the scholarship,
Sanders passed up a possible chance
to play professional football at
salary of around $4,000 a year.
He was drafted by the Chicago
Bears in the fourth round of the
National Football League draft
Dec. 8.
His brother the late Ed Sand
ers, was a former Olympic heavy
weight boxing champion-- the
last man to beat Ingemar Johang-
son before Floyd Patterson re-
captured the crown from him. The
boxer died of ring injuries sustain
ed in fight in Boston in 1866.
Sanders brother-in-law, Early
Battey, is a catcher for the Min
nesota Twins.
The only Negro other than Wide
man and Sanders ever to receive a
Rhodes scholarship was Alain
Locke, a 1905 graduate of Har-
ward university.
A total of SO seniors in eight dis
tricts are selected from throughout
the nation each year for the
scholarship. 1t pays 750 pounds
about $4,000 annually.
Athletic prowess and intelelctu-
ual ability are two of the princi-
pal requirements of the scholar
ship, established in 1904 by the will
of British statesman Cecil J.
Rhodes.
In addition, Rhodes stipulated:
'No student shall be qualified or
disqualified for election to a
scholarship on account of his race
or religious opinion.
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05
First Negro 80.

Continued From Page One)
captain Of PENIS undefeated
basketball team.
His mother, Mrs. John Wide
man, said that in a telephone
conversation with her son Satur-
day, he seemed concerned about
getting back to the University
Of Pennsylvania from Johns
Hopkins university in Baltimore,
where scholarships in the east
ern states were announced.
Wideman returned in time to
help Penn score a 74-70 win
over Vanderbilt university.
He began his basketball ca
reer at Peabody high school,
where he was graduated with
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05

ters concerning the Proclama-
ton.
Berl I. Bernhard, Staff Di-
rector Of the Commission will
preside at the Ceremony. Other
participants will include the
Very Reverend Francis B. Say
re, Jr., Dean of the Washing
ton Cathedral; DR.. Charles
Wesley, President of the Gen.
trail State College of Ohio;
who is also President of the
Association for the study Of
Negro Life and History; and
DR.. Joseph H. Jackson, Presi-
dent of the National Baptist
Convention.
In addition to preparing q
Centennial Report on the status
Of the Negro during the one
hundred year period since the
issuance of the Emancipation
Proclamation, the Commission
is assisting in the coordination
of Centennial Progra s
throughout the country. These
activities are being carried out
on request of President Ken
nedy issued in May 1862, that
the Commission take a leading
role in commemorating the
Centennial.
The Proclamation issued by
President Kennedy follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Emancipation Proclamation
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05
Negro Foreman
Continued From Page One)

cial deliveries being made on
time. The appointment marks
the first such for a Negro in
the San Antonio post offices
history, but is considered long
overdue.
The upgrading Of Lowery to
supervisory position was
hailed by the local branch of
the National Alliance Of Postal
Employees, which has staged a
long struggle to gain such an
appointment.
Lowery is a native San An
tonian, attended the local
schools, and graduated from
the then Douglass high school
in 1917. He attended Wilber-
force university, Ohio, where
he was an outstanding lineman
in football, and the ace pitcher
on the baseball team. He also
played varsity basketball.
Following his graduation in
1921 he was appointed instruct
or in the San Antonio school
system. When Phillis Wheat
ley high school opened in 1894
he became head of the physical
education department, and
coach.
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05
Tshombe Vows.

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Prime Minister Sir by Wslsaslv
Of the Central Af1isaa Fs1311lsa.
who has been symDathl0 IHf1s
cause.
Tshombe rejected - IL 5ieeuty
claims in the KatangAn capital.
He said: There was no, victory
since declared ElisabethviNs an
open city in order to avoid the
same sort Of destruction that took
place during the fighting IN Sep
tember and December last year."
Tshombe accused the United
Nations Of starting the newest hos
tilities and Of trying to give the
rest Of the world a false impres.
sion by cutting all communities
tinns"
Angrily denouncing the United
Nations and the United States,
Tshombe met reporters on the We
randa of Welensky's official resi-
dence.
1.-The United Nations has Great
ed a new Algeria in Katanga," he
declared. "And the United Nations
and the United States which sup
ports the United Nations - must
take full blame for what has hap
pened.
In New York, the United Ma
tions claimed victory and said its
military operations in Katanga
have ended. It said Tshombe left
Katanga Of his own volition, and
it offered him guarantees Of his
personal safety if he wishes to re-
turn.
U.N. Secretary General U Thant
sent congratulations on the opera
tons success to Robert X. A.
Gardiner, chief Of U.N. operations
in the Congo, and Gen. Kebbede
Guebre, commander of U.N. Con-
go forces.
In Salisbury, Southern Rhode
sia, Tshombe told newsmen he
had not fled his rich province,
saying: II must get back to Ka-
tanga Immediately"
Asked how long he thought the
Katangans would keep fighting,
Tshombe said resistance would
continue longer than in Algeria,
where there were seven years of
guerrilla war.
"We shall not use the same
methods as the Algerians, he
said. 1--WE shall, however, launch
an offensive of the Algerian type"
U.N. forces claimed the capture
of Elisabethville, Kamina in tht
north and Kipushi in the south !,
their drive to force Tshombe''
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05

joyment Of those rights; and
WHEREAS the goal Of equal
rights for all our citizens is
still unreached, and the secur-
ing of these rights is one of
the great unfinished tasks of
our democracy;
NOW, THEREFORE, l, JNO.
F. KENNEDY, President of the
United States of America, do
hereby proclaim that the Eman-
cipation Proclamation express
er our Nations policy, founded
on justice and morality, and
that it is therefore fitting and
proper to commemorate the
centennial of the historic E
Emancipation Procla m alton
throughout the year 1868.
call upon the Governors of
the States, mayors of cities,
and other public officials, as
well as private persons, organi-
cations, and groups, to observe
the centennial by appropriate
ceremonies.
I request the United States
Commission on Civil Rights to
plan and participate in appro-
pirate commemorative activi-
ties recognizing the centennial
of the issuance Of the Emanci-
patton Proclamation; and ! also
request the Commission on
Civil Rights and other Federal
agencies to cooperate fully with
State and local governments
during 1868 in commemorating
these events.
call upon all citizens CT the
United States and all officials
of the United States and of
every State and local govern
ment to dedicate themselves to
the completion of the task of
assuring that every American.
regardless of his race, religion,
color, or national origin, enjoys
all the rights guaranteed by the
Constitution and laws of the
United States.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF.
/ have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the
United States of America to
be affixed this twenty-eighth
day of December in the year Of
our Lord nineteen hundred and
sixty-two, and Of the Independ-
ence of the United States of
America the one hundred and
eighty-seventh.
(SEAL)
JOHN F. KENNEDY.
By the President:
DEAN RUSK
Coora+orxy IF Ctofo
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05
Centennial
By The President OF The
United States of America
A Proclamation

A Proclamation
WHEREAS January /, 1863
marks the centennial of tn,
Proclamation in which Presi
dent Abraham Lincoln declared
all persons held as slaves ir
States or parts Of States still
in rebellion to be "then, thence
forward, and forever free; and
WHEREAS the issuance of
the Emancipation Proclamation
marked the beginning CT the
end Of the iniquitous institu-
ton of slavery in the United
States, and a great stride to.
ward the fulfillment of the
principle Of the Declaration of
independence that "all men are
created equal, that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness;
and
WHEREAS the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation and the 18th.
18th and 18th amendments to
the Constitution Cf the United
States guaranteed to Negro
citizens equal rights with all
other citizens of the United
States and have made possible
great progress toward the en-
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05
Proclaim
Confined From para

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sored BY the United States
Commission on Civil Rights,
with Attorney General Robert
F. Kennedy as the main
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05

speaker.
The exhibition will include
the original Emancipation
Proclamation, as we'll as the
preliminary Proclamation is
sued by President Lincoln on
September %, 1862, along with
contemporary accounts and let
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05

capihalation.
The United Nations said Swe-
dish jet fighters almost complete
ly eliminated the Katangan air
force. destroying two British
Vampire jets and fur 'ot dSa
converted T6 Harvard trainers on
the ground at Ngule airfield.
Shelters at Kolwezi Airport, $50
miles northwest of Elisabethville
were reported destroyed.
cts a military promenade,
said ona Western diplomat.
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-05
Negro Police
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Chief Robert M. Edwards. Ed
wards meanwhile resigned fron
the force.
In addition to Wilburn. there
are two other Negroes on the
6O-men1ber Portsmouth police
force. One Is a lieutenant, the
other a patrolman.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29
McCharen tells
rehabilitation
progress

Earnings of 1901 disabled
Mississippians rehabilitated
in fiscal 1868 by the Vocation
al Rehabilitation division,
State Department of Educa-
ton were multiplied almost
five times as the result of re-
Mobilization.
This was announced by Ira
Wis McCharen, director, Vo-
~cational Rehabilitation divi-
sion.
The group before rehabili-
tation was earning a total of
$426, $50 annually. After re-
Mobilization they earned
81, lis, 47O, or 1856 times their
earnings before rehabilitation.
Fiscal 1868 covers the period
July l, 1862 June 30, 1868.
The number Of disabled re-
habilitated during fiscal 1868
exceeded the previous fiscal
year by 100 persons, repre-
senting a gain of 7.26 per
cent.
A total of $50 men end 651
women was aided during fis-
cal 1868. BY races they fol-
low: white, BAL; Negro, 658;
Continued on back page)
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29

In Holmes County, Supervis-
or Ray Campbell of Durant
apparently held onto his posi-
ton with a final unofficial
lead of six votes over Grady
Ellis of West. Campbell tai
lied sci votes to $50 for Ellis.
Former Lit. Governor Car
roll Gartin was again elected
to that office over State Urea
surer Evelyn CARLY. With
1858 precincts reporting We'd
nesday morning, Gartin led
Miss Candy by 231 1893 to 213,-
$50.
In the State Superintendent
of Education race, incumbent
Jack Tubb was reelected by
236, O43 to 211, 90 for opponent
Boyd Golding.
In Holmes County, 1t. Gov.
Johnson racked up 1888 votes
to his opponents 1863 In 9th
er state wide races, Holmes
gave a lead to Miss Evelyn