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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05

Synopsis: lhe Sto0telleF be-
gan q story for Jeremy. Sissy end
Miss 10. He told about O wicked
sueoboo Who wos sent BY the
Queen FoiV to live in Santa Lend.
CHAPTER III
NOG IN SANTA LAND
what did Nog do?" cried
Sissy, rising to her knees.
'What did he do?" echoed
Miss 10, pulling on the
storyteller's boot.
LET him tell" said
Jeremy, yanking his sisters
down.
The storyteller sighed.
"What didn't he dol" he
said shaking his head.
Tell u.s. Tell u.s."
well, for one thing, Nog
would sneak into the work.
shops after the other elves
had finished their work. He
would unwrap all the toys
that had been made that
day. Then, while everyone
else was sleeping, Nog
would have himself the big
geSt time, pulling off dolls
arms, tearing loose wires on
electric trains, hiding pieces
Of jigsaw puzzles and things
like that"
NOg Is Mean
"Why did he do it,"
gasped Miss 10.
HE was just plain
mean" said the storyteller.
''He fixed it so that when
little children came down
Christmas morning and
picked up their toys the
toys were. broken before
they even started to play
with them"
After that first Christmas,
Santa got a whole train load
of letters complaining about
all the broken toys he'd left
for children all over the
world.
Santa was pretty upset.
He called Nog in to see him
and he said, Are you re-
sponsible for all this trou-
ble?"
Maybe yes, maybe no."
said Nog without a bit Of
shame.
81 don't understand" said
Santa. why do you hate
children"
81 hate everybody" said
Nog and his purple face got
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05
BAREFOOT FACTS
RUN TWO WAYS

BELGRADE (AP). A
shoe factory here sent two
experts to Africa to look
into the possibilities of ex-
panding YugoSlavia's shoe
trade there.
They came back with two
highly different viewpoints.
There are no chances
to export shoes there. The
people 60 barefoot" one
reported.
Prospects to sell shoes
are excellent because
everybody is barefoot" re-
ported the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05
Santa and the T ttaumted House

Synopsis: The Sto1teIIer be-
gan q story for Jeremy. Sissy end
Miss 10. He told about O wicked
sUeoboo Who vos sent BY the
Queen FoiU to live in Santa Lend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-05

Tomorrow: Ringing in Ears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Negroes. I would like to be told

Negroes. I would like to be told
otherwise"
The salesman said, We've
never had it come up Any
one we sell out here is subject
to downtown approval" He
said Negroes have never been
refused or sold homes in past
and Mr.. Gregory would have
to wait until Monday for a def
mite statement.
II can't wait this long," Mr..
Gregory said. Negroes have
been waiting for 100 years for
equal housing. We have to have
an answer in IS minutes"
The salesman said that was
impossible. He said if CORE
picketS came, as Mr.. Gregory
stated, he would close up the
sales office and go home.
The office remained open
and the picketS left at 7 pm.
The Bowie pickets quit early
in the afternoon to send
Negroes to four other subdi-
visions in the Riverdale and
Lanham areas to test their ra-
cial policies. No picketing took
place in these subdivisions.
Richard Ochs, the CORE
picket chairman, said Negroes
who inquired at the four sub
divisions did not succeed in
buying homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
BibIeinCIuss
OKdforD.C.
ByWiIIioms

Wesley S. Williams, District
School Board president, said
yesterday the board will not
interfere with a teacher who
starts class with a Bible read
ing or the Lords Prayer.
There's no rule that says
you can't do it," he said.
I'VE have changed our rules
to comply with the Supreme
Court ruling. We no longer re-
quire the reading Of the Bible
or the Lords Prayer. But If
someone wants TO, who's going
to complaint" he declared.
School Superintendent Carl
F. Hansen commented, Il would
like to disassociate myself from
this CMr. Williams ruling. It
was made Independently by the
president"
He added that to his knowl-
edge no one else had thought
Enthusiastically of this as a
possible Interpretation. How
ever, think any other COM
ments from me would be in
appropriate"
Mr.. Williams said he did not
confer with anyone on his in
depreciation Of the ruling. Its
just my personal opinion, that's
all This is no afterthought. I
said this when the ruling came
out. said, What's to prevent
a student from carrying the
Old Testament around in his
pocket and reading 1t II he
wants tor
las long as there are no
l see no reason why
teachers shouldn't continue the
religious opening exercises II
they care to-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
SANS SONG, SANS SINGER
Once Gay Auditorium, Now Old and Ugly Faces Demise
attempt to reassemble It.

attempt to reassemble 1t.
Up In the first balcony is
where a branch of the Central
Intelligence Agency sat in a
long, wired cage. There are
bars on the doors. Gagged
"speakeasy" windows, and heavy
locks.
A section of the United
States Geological Survey occu-
pied the display floor beneath
the theater, the five floors in
the rear of the building and
the four floors in front. Thers
were no elevators, and when
Survey people wanted to get to
the other part of the building
they had their difficulties with
the super-secret CHA operation.
Bizarre Effect
Converting the Auditorium
into an office produced a
bizarre effect. Where seats
once were, you saw desks and
file cabinets. High in the cell
ing birds would swoop overhead
and now and then a mouse
would terrify a secretary. Every
week someone found a new
birds nest on a window sill.
Bob Ripley and his Believe
It-or-Not show had moved on.
The Auditorium tried basketball
and valuations. Paul Robson
sang here and Clarence Darrow
debated evolution with a Ken
lucky senator, Amelia Earhart
lectured and Ray Bolger danced
and sang with Rudy Vallee in
George Whites Scandals.
After the "Bootlegger's Ball."
one Of the last shows to be held
was the 1882 Prohibition Fair
E. Dynamic exhibits showing
an old-time Washington saloon
and a modernistic soda foun-
tain, contrasting conditions
before and since Prohibition"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Deunwood Girl, 5,
Killed by Auto
In Front of Home

A 5-year-old girl was struck
by a car and killed yesterday
in front of her home in the
Deanwood section of Northeast
Washington.
Pvt. John A. Barrett Of the
police Accident Investigation
Unit said the girl, Jaunice D.
Wade, listed in the $500 block
of Grant street NE, was
struck about 1910 pm.
Investigators said the car
which struck her was travelling
west on Grant street.
Police later charged the
driver, John I. Howard, So, of
the $500 block of Foote street
NE, with operating without
a permit and with driving at
unreasonable speed.
Washington traffic fatalities
are running 43 per cent above
the 35 fatalities reported at
this time last year. The so IA
talities reported so far in 1868
are only IL short Of the 81
persons killed in traffic acct
dents in all of 1862.
Jaunice was the fifth traffic
victim in the District during
the past week. Four of the
five were children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Swimmer Dies
In Virginia Pond

A 35-year-old Herndon (Va.)
man drowned in a small pond
during a party Friday evening
Fairfax County police said.
The victim was identified as
Samuel Jordan, Of Route Q
He swan out about IS yards
and disappeared in the pond,
which was six feet deep at most
points. police said. A friend,
Mrs. Ellen Langham, also of
Herndon, searched for him and
then called police.
The Herndon Rescue Squad
dragged for the body for about
three hours, until 10 pm, and
then returned yesterday morn
ing to resume the search in
daylight. The body was found
about 1915 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

shoot" A woman. seeing him,
reported a man with a gun.
This call diverted Sergt.
Harry, with other policemen
from all over, to seek out the
gunman and they soon found
1t, Winters gasping for breath
on a curb on Columbia road.
Bennett. meanwhile, got
clean away and eluded a large
scale search of the National
Geological Park for the rest of
the day.
His freedom, however, was
short-lived. Shortly after 6:15
pm, four detectives spotted
Bennett in the 500 block of F
street NV. and chased him.
Detective Hamilton w. Shoop
fired one shot at Bennett as
he ran but missed the fugitive.
Bennett finally was napbed
when he miStook two Army
officers for detectives and ran
the other way to avoid them
right into the arms of the real
police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

limited themselves to the Bel
air and Stony Brook drives en-
frances to Belair off Route $50.
These drives are public and
could not be considered Mr..
Levitt's property, according to
county police who eyed the
picketers constantly.
The North Springfield dem
onstration began about 4 pm,
minutes after Mr.. Gregory Of
fered to buy a three-bedroom,
$25,950 home from salesman
Joseph Pfister and sales man
ager Ray Hayes, representatives
of the developer, Edward r.
Carr, Inc.
Mr.. Gregory identified him
self as a member of the Wash
ington chapter Of the Congress
on Racial Equality (CORE)
He was accompanied by a
friend, Mrs. Norma Shelton, of
Washington, also a Negro.
Told None Available
Mr.. Pfister told Mr.. Gregory
no homes of the model he chose
would be available until Ccto-
Der and all sales were handled
by the Washington office.
Mr.. Gregory replied, I'VE as
sumo thai unless there is a
clear and stated policy to the
contrary, that 1t is closed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
BUILDINGS SHOULD be

BUILDINGS SHOULD be
assessed on the basis of their
economic value as a real
estate investment alone, in
our opinion, precisely be-
cause whatever art is in
volved cannot be expected
to reflect dependably either
cost or value.
If art were a tax assess
ment factor, Frank Lloyd
Wright's Guggenheim Mu-
scum conceivably could be
valued far higher than the
Seagram Building, even
though it cost only a fraction
as much.
Nor, conversely, can cost
be depended upon to re-
fleet art. Washington's ex-
travagantly grandiose third
House Office Building is not
a more satisfying building
because it cost over SIS mil
lion. Nor has its high cost
necessarily enhanced It's
owners prestige.
The Seagram Buildings
architect is Mics van der
Robe, whose famous slogan
is LESS Is More" Some
years ago, a young archi-
tectural student at the
Illinois Institute of Technol-
ogy boldly redesigned that
slogan to read LESS Costs
More" II he was right,
then more Costs Less"
Lovers OF art and beauty
might well ponder that. And
SO might the courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

And there was free ice cream,
too.
The great theater folded in
less than 10 years and in 1882
it was leased by the Govern
ment. The Federal Emergency
Relief Administration moved
in and was followed by the
Geological Survey in 1912.
During the war years the sur
vey people selected the invasion
beaches here.
Attached to "Old Dump"
Settled in the new Geological
Survey offices in the 7-story
Blair Building in Silver Spring,
Henry c. Collins looked back
on his 81 years at the Audi
forum. Il never thought 1
would get attached TO the old
dump, but I have"
Mr.. Collins, assistant chief
OF the Branch Of Special Maps,
said that many Of the people
who spent 20 years cursing the
place are now looking on the
demolition with a nostalgia.
unbelieving eye. 1T was TO be
torn down so many times that
we can hardly believe it Will
actually happen now" he said.
The Washington Auditorium
was planned for so years and
In 1925 the dream finally came
true. But 1t ran into the tail
end OF the hectic Jazz Age and
tried to struggle through the
Depression years when no one
was much interested in a char
ity ball or an auto show.
THE building is so strong
that 1t would require greater
engineering skill TO dismantle
1t than TO build it," said the
architect Of the grand monu-
ment that would surely stand
for a hundred years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
St. Putrick's Mass
For Hungary Saint

Americans Of Hugarian origin
will observe the Feast of King
Stephen I, founder of historic
Hungary and first member of
royalty to be canonized. at a
mass at noon today in St.
Patrick's Cathedral, Tenth and
G streets NV.
The Most Rev. Philip M.
Harmon, Auxiliary Bishop of
Washington, will preach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

IF, INDEED, THE question
of beauty were properly a
part of this case, one could
only applaud such we'll
meant comments and line
up, without hesitation, on
the side Of art and beauty.
But, in our opinion, there
is no measurable cause-and-
effect relationship between
the cost of art and art it
self. In the case of a build
ing, the cost of materials is
certainly more important to
the general sturdiness and
function than, say, was the
cost of materials in a
Michelangelo painting. But
they are more clearly re-
latable, as are setbackS and
plazas, to an assessment of
the economic value of the
building itself, based on it's
appeal to tenants, than to it's
quality as a work of art.
Considering this, it seems
to us that this band of
lovers of art and beauty
right as they certainly are
in their belief that buildings
should not be taxed on the
basis of "prestige"-are right
for the wrong reasons and
should promptly disavow
their wholly untenable view
that a buildings real dis
tinction can be equated with
cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
10Th ST. EXCITEMENT
Woes Hound Detective
As Suspect Gets Away

In all his Is years on the
police force, gray-haired, dig
nified 1t. Ernest H. Winters Of
the Fugitive Squad never had
a day like yesterday.
It started out beautifully, by
a policeman's lights, when the
51-year-old detective collared
a fugitive at Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV. But then,
in rapid succession, 1t. Win
tiers:
/. Got knocked off his feet
and down a short flight of
steps when he was hit with a
football block by the suspects
220-pound wife.
2. Seized the shirt of the sus-
pect and was left holding it.
3. Got reported by a house.
wife as a man with a gun" as
he pursued his quarry and was
closed in upon by various other
policemen.
4. Collapsed from loss Of
breath after a five-block chase
and had to be given liberal
whiffs of oxygen for his trip
to the hospital.
Wife Is Arrested
1t. Winters and his cohorts
did manage to arrest the sus-
poets wife, Laurie Bennett, 10,
who stands 5 feet 8 in her
stocking feet, and charge her
with assault on a police off,
Ger. She is being held in the
Woman's Bureau in lieu OF
$4,000 bond.
1t all started at 10 am. yes
terday. Police said Mrs. Ben
nett told them she expected a
visit from her fugitive husband
in the 1400 block of Fairmont
street NV. The husband, Floyd
A. Bennett, "a, is wanted by
Virginia police who have a
warrant accusing him of try
ing to break into his mother
in-law's house in the 500 block
of South Twenty-fifth street,
Arlington, last May 81.
Working in plainclothes with
Detective Sergt. Thomas F
Harry, 1t. Winters staked Out
the place to wait for Bennett.
Suspect on Bench
Bennett did not appear, the
detectives said, but Mrs. Ben
nett emerged pushing a baby
carriage with no baby in it,
and headed for the small park
at Sixteenth street and Har-
ward. 1t. Winters followed,
leaving Sergt. Harry at the
Stake-out.
In the little park, 1t. Win
tiers saw that Mrs. Bennett was
heading for a bench occupied
by her husband and the
couples 20-month-old daugh-
ter. Martha.
Freedom ShOrt-Lived
1t. Winters saw his duty and
tried to do it. He grabbed Ben
nett but the fugitive's shirt
tore loose in the detectives
hands. Mrs. Bennett apparently
had a change of heart and
flung herself across 1t. Win
ter's back with such vigor that
he went down.
1t. Winters drew his gun and
began chasing the younger
man down the Harvard street
hill shouting, Halt or I'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
BY JOHN SHERWOOD
Star staff Writer

The long, sad tale Of the
Great White Elephant Of Nine
tenth street ends with a bang
this month when the wreckers
bite into its ugly cement-b block
hide to make room for the E
street expressway.
called the Washington
Auditorium" the building at
Nineteenth street and New York
avenue NV. was the larg-
est theater of its day and news
papers described the 1925 OPEN
ing as the greatest event in
Washington amusement his
tory"
They even got President
Coolidge there for that first
night performance Of Faust.
Flappers wearing velvets, chif-
fons and jeweled hats stumbled
over the half-finished side
walks and into the vast thea
ter. There were 5000 persons
that made up this first and last
full house in the auditorium's
history.
"As Washington's monument
to culture" boosted one Of the
owners, ut will stand for
centuries"
But as a dispensary for cul-
ture, the $3.50, 900 fiasco Topped
in the first few years OF opera
ton. Grand opera and the Mon
day evening concerts gave way
TO dance marathons, revival
meetings and Joe Turner's
wrestling matches. When the
Government leased 1t in 1882
for, Of all things. office space,
1t gradually became known as
the rat hole"
The rat hole! Would Sud-
worth Frasier. who played the
lead in Robin Hood and por-
trayed Nanki-Poo in the Audi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Cities
a"1 People
Does More
Cost Less?'
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS

TN THE FAMOUS case of
l. the Seagram Building
in New York, many millions
of dollars are in dispute, as
we'll as an issue Of public
policy.
The tax collectors in New
York maintain-and they've
been upheld by the courts so
far-that the owners Of the
38-story building at 375
Park avenue should pay
taxes based on the prestige
value" Of the building re-
sulting from its supposed
architectural excellence
based, in turn, on the build
ing's admittedly high cost.
Involved in the outcome is
a difference of a quarter of
a million dollars, or more, in
real estate taxes every year.
The case has become a
cause celebre principally be-
cause of a hot argument
contending that If a city
taxes prestige" factors,
companies will be forced to
put up structures at the
cheapest possible cost, and
cover every possible square
inch of land Qeaving no open
space as a setting) and that
such a course will yield
nothing but mediocre build
ings, to the ultimate dis
advantage of the city's
quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

WHEN THE COURT ruling
was issued several months
ago, a band of persons sensi-
tive to questions of art and
beauty were outraged.
Ada Louise HuxtabIe, a
perceptive architectural
writer, said the courts deci-
sion may turn out to be the
worst thing to hit the city,
architecturally speaking,
short of an atom bomb"
The New York Times, in
an editorial, said:
IF the ruling stands, no
sensible investor will put up
a quality building knowing
that he will pay outrageously
for the privilege"
The current issue Of Life
Magazine, in an editorial
entitled How to Make a City
Ugly" says that Should this
absurd decision stand as a
tax policy precedent, it will
blight the rebuilding Of
American cities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Conflict Of Interest
Quiz Dealt Setback
Prince Georges
Group JoIted
By State Ruling
BY PETER MASLEY
Star Staff Writer

The legislative investigation
OF conflict of interest in Prince
Georges County has been hand
ed a setback by the State At
torney Generals Office.
In a letter to Robert Dentz,
chairman of the investigating
committee and delegate to
the Maryland General Assem-
bly,, the attorney generals Of
flee said the committee has
no subpoena power.
1t also questioned the COM
mittee'S authority to sit as an
official body of the Legisla-
ture between sessions.
THE overwhelming weight
Of authority is to the effect
that neither house Of a legis-
lature may lawfully appoint a
committee by a single resolu-
ton with power to sit after
adjournment" Gerard w. M.
WittStadt, an assistant attor-
ney general, said in his opinion.
However" he added, I'VE
can perceive no reason why
your committee can't act on
a voluntary basis by treating
House Resolution "a as a re-
quest, but by doing so it will
have no authority to issue sub
poenas or compel witnesses to
testify under oath"
ChaSanOw Irritated
Mr.. WittStadt's opinion was
criticized by Howard Chasa-
now, an assistant States at
torney in Prince Georges, who
was appointed yesterday as
general counsel to the investi-
eating committee.
Mr.. Chasanow said that
House Resolution "a, which
created the committee to in
veStigate the necessity Of legis-
lation on conflicts of interest.
lis an authorization to act"
1--WE feel that like any other
legislative committee, it would
have the power to subpoena
witnesses" he said.
Mr.. Chasanow is expected
to meet tomorrow with At
torney General Thomas B.
Finan in an attempt to change
his offices opinion.
Certainly there is a need
for legislation in the area of
conflict of interest by public
officials in Prince Georges
County. and the purpose of the
committee is to determine
where the greatest areas of
need exist and to formulate
legislation to cover them" he
said.
First Hearing Next Month
The conflict of interest COM
mittee is composed Of the
county's House of Delegates
members. Its first hearing will
be held late next month. Mr..
Dentz expects to hold a hear
ing once a week until the 1865
session Of the General Assem-.
bly, convenes.
Mr.. Chasanow said that
based on Mr.. Wittstadt's opin-
ion, the committee can sub
poena reluctant witnesses
while the legislature is in ses-
sion" The legislature will meet
in February for 80 days.
I'VE don't anticipate any
reluctance on the part of any
county officials to testify or
produce records" he said.
However, he added, I'VE do feel
the power to compel such testi-
mony with legal sanctions for
failure would be helpful"
Mr.. Dentz said there should
not be any stigma attached to
being called to testify"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

ing, and cost $5O,85O. When it
was dedicated in 1925 the Or
ganist played the Star Spangled
Banner and Dixie at the i'm
pressive ceremonies.
Today. while the demolition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

forums Mikado production
ever have believed itp
The great Moller pipe organ
doomed like a 100-piece SYM
phony orchestra. It has 5000
pipes, so miles Of intricate wir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

people 20 about their prelim-
inaries. the grand organ lies IN
a thousand pieces in the Or
chestra section. A man from
Richmond paid $1,000 for 1t,
dismantled 1t carefully and will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Bowie, North springfield Pickets
Protest Segregated Housing Policy

Civil rights demonstrators
expanded their picketing &C
tivities into Northern Virginia
yesterday while continuing
their protests against segre-
gated housing in Bowie, Md.
A handful Of pickets, led by
Karl D. Gregory, a Negro Fed
eral employee. demonstrated at
the North Springfield Subdi-
vision of Fairfax County, after
Mr.. Gregory said he tried to
buy a split-level home there.
Earlier yesterday, Mr.. Greg
DRY made a second unsuccessful
attempt to buy a home in the
Belair subdivision Of Bowie.
After his previous attempt, Mr..
Gregory filed a protest with
Federal housing agencies and
the Justice Department against
the developer, Levitt & Sons,
Inc.
Most Pickets White
More than so demonstrators
picketed Belair yesterday. They
were careful not to violate a
circuit court injunction ban
ming them from the property of
the builder. A copy of Judge
Ralph w. Powers order, issued
Friday, was posted at the en-
trance of each model home.
The pickets, mostly white,
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-01

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