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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
BY JOHN SHERWOOD
Star staff Writer

The young priest wore the
traditional pre- -lenten vest
ments OF purple for yester-
days mass. But the two altar
boys who assisted him were
grandly turned out in black
tuxedoes instead Of the usual
plain white vestments.
This was the 2 am. night
workers mass at the Church
of the Immaculate Conception.
where former altar boys In the
congregation serve mass as they
are. Fortunately an altar boy APP
parently never forgets his Latin,
Sometimes a volunteer will be
a man in his sos who last re-
cited Latin while a student
attending this church's ele-
mentary school. But yesterday
there was a run on former altar
boys.
Mount st. Mary's College,
Emmitsburg. Md. held It's junior
prom at the Hotel Washington
Saturday night. About 80 stu
dents and their dates showed
UP in formal wear for the only
nightworkers' mass In the
Washington area.
The Rev. James j. Powderly
offered yesterdays Printers
Mass as IL is called.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18

The cabbie recognized many
familiar faces as the wooden
pews began 10 fill. Al first
there was only the sound OF the
automatic furnace turning or
and off. but now there were
sharp footsteps on the marble
floor and winter coughs that
echoed off the high ceiling.
The high stained glass win
dows appeared strangely dark
without daylight shining
through them 10 illuminate
their brilliant colors.
At the church entrance there
Is notice that reads: Printers
Mass Every Sunday. 2 AM
Non-Printers Also Welcome"
The congregation yesterday
numbered about 300. II in
cluded milkmen. police. fire.
men. entertainers. newspaper
men, walters and mattresses,
doctors and nurses. regular
Pensioners. party-goers, lonely
old men and even a bum or
two.
Some 35 minutes later-after
a short Gospel, prayers for the
dead. and communion service
for 40 persons-the mass was
over.
Father Powderly went 10 the
4, rear OF the church where he
knew he would find Mrs Walter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
TUXEDOED ALTAR BOYS
Fam. Printers Mass Draws Hundreds

This mass was started here
In 1881 when a group Of news
papermen requested II.
Permission to say the mass
is renewed every three years In
Rome.
At 1880 am. Father Powderly
entered the old stone church
from a rear door. The only
light inside the cold and empty
building came from the sane
tuary lamp that always burns
near the marble altar.
The priest pulled 80 switches
10 light up the church. and
also lighted two long candles
on the white altar.
Walking down a red-carpeted
aisle, he stood by q large statue
OF st. Jude inside the main en-
trance on N street near Eighth
street NV. and waited for a
taxicab driver.
Leo Dornisch. who drives the
$3.50 pm. 10 1880 am. shift.
has appointed himself unoffi-
cial night sexton Of the church
Mr.. Dornisch has been COM
ing 10 this early mass since
1857. From his vantage point
In the rear Of the church he
watches for loiterers and super
vises the collections while at
tending the mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
Auto Paint Shop
In Cottage City
Damaged by Fire

Fire early today destroyed the
interior of an auto paint and
repair shop in the 1900 block
Of Bladensburg road, Cottage
City. two blocks from the scene
Of another blaze which dam
aged a Prince Georges County
Salvation Army building Satur-
day night.
Causes Of both fires are I'M
der investigation and officials
have not yet determined any
connection between the two
according to Fire Inspector
Harry r. Webster.
Today's fire was reported
about am. and burned
through the two story brick
building, Inspector Webster
said. He said a sports car in
side was badly damaged.
The blaze apparently started
in a small storage area on tn
first floo- Of the building
officials said. They estimated
the loss at $4,000.
The earlier fire occurred lat
Saturday at the Salvation Arm!
building, 1909 Forty-first ave
nue.. Colmar Manor. Inspecto
Webster said. He said the blazI
started in q basement arei
used 10 store clothing.
Flames were confined TO th'
basement. although there wa
smoke and water damage OF
the first floor, firemen said
The loss was estimated by Off
Gals at $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18

and of pain from an old in
jury to his left ankle. The
third trip to the hospital was
at 4:45 am. today.
Third Slug Recovered
An autopsy was performed
yesterday at the District
Morgue and a third slug was
recovered from the body.
Police received a phone cal
about 7 o'clock Saturday night
from Mr.. Bellamy. The victim:
former husband said he had
just received a call from his ex.
wife and quoted her as saying
HE is here with a gun" Mr.
Bellamy said he hurried to the
apartment occupied by his ex-
wife. a technician at the De-
partment Of Health, Education
and Welfare and mother Of
two young sons.
Mr.. Bellamy told police HI
heard strange noises and a shot
on the other side Of the apart.
ment door when he got there
Alarmed. he said he ran II
another apartment and asked
Mrs. Vermelle B. Whitaker Il
cali police. Then, he said, h
raced to a nearby tavern ant
called police himself. Both call
were received at police head
quarters at about the sam
| time.
Police said they encounters,
Mr.. Bellamy at the apartment
entrance and moments late
found Mrs. Bellamy's body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
The
Rambler
-. Goes
Beck q Century
BY JOHN McKELwAY

Shivering uncontrollably,
The Rambler waited in a
surprisingly long line of peo-
pie who also picked Satur-
day afternoon to get some
idea of what the good old
days were like.
It was bitterly cold stand
ing next to track eight at
Union Station but the others
seemed quite happy and
patient. Whole families-in-
GLIDING a baby rolled COM
pletely up in a blanket-had
been drawn by the exhibit"
Main Street, U. s. A."
1t had been collected at
Henry Ford's museum at
Dearborn, Mich, and rolled
into town in two railroad
cars as a tribute to Ameri-
can retail merchants. The
show, which closes today,
was sponsored locally by The
Star.
The best thing about 60
ing back to the mid-19th
century was the warmth in
side the two cars.
Candy, in the confection-
cry shop, in attractive glass
jars, looked far more mouth
watering than it does today.
Today's candy wrappers keep
the freshness in, one sup
poses, but what a gaudy
mess they are. They can des-
troy the appearance of a
whole room when left empty
on the floor.
And whatever became of
rock candy anyway? It was
good to grind down the clear
sugar and then chew the
leftover string-late as the
193Os.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
Arlington Bandit
Robs Cos Station

A bandit with red hair and
a red mustache robbed Burr
Heishman's Texaco station,
1903 Lee highway. early today
and escaped with $2l2, Airing
ton police reported.
Police said the bandit, his
hand in his topcoat pocket,
walked into the station at 4:5C
am. and forced the attendant
Kirk Spell. to give him the
money from a cash register.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
Traffic Must
Detour on
Rhode Island

Starting tomorrow at II am.
most traffic will be detoured
for nearly two years around a
one-quarter-mile section of
Rhode Island avenue NE. while
the District widens the thor
oughfare to six lanes and re-
builds a railroad bridge.
Westbound traffic will be
shunted off at Fifteenth street
onto Franklin street and return
to Rhode Island avenue via
Fourth street.
Eastbound traffic will con-
Itinue to use the avenue during
the construction period, except
for q short time when the Bal
timore a. Ohio Railroad bridge
is lifted into place.
The SIS million project is
expected to reduce accidents
on the stretch because of the
removal OF the piers support
ing the bridge, a Highway De-
partment spokesman said.
The new bridge, costing
about 50 million, will be paid
for entirely by Bureau Of Pub
lie Roads funds. The remain
der of the project costs will be
shared between the District and
the Federal Government on q
$3.50 basis.
Completion of the work be-
tween Fourth street and Eighth
place, scheduled for January
1865. will make the avenue six
lanes wide from the District
line to Logan circle.
The railroad will not pay for
the new bridge because the old
one is still in good condition,
and the rebuilding was only
made necessary by the Dis
trict's highway work. the
spokesman said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
Alumni to Meet

Members Of the Washington
chapter Of the Columbia Uni
versity School Of Journalism
Alumni. will hold q reception
at 8 o'clock tonight in the
National Press Club for visit
ing students of the school.
Justice Department informa-
ton officer Edwin Guthman
will address the group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Accounting Confer
ence Working Meeting OF
the Edison Electric Insti-
tute opens for two days at
the Mayflower.
The Association OF Oper-
ating Room Nurses meets
for the second day at the
Sheraton-Park and Shore
ham.
The Conference OF Grand
Masters convenese for the
second day at the Statler
Hilton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18

ALSO ON VIEW was a ter
rifying thing-the detach-
able collar.
The booklet said 1t was in
vented by a woman in the
early 1905. She got sick and
tired, the story goes, Of
laundering her husbands
shirts because of a trace of
gray around the collar. She
promptly sat down and cut
off all the collars on the old
mans shirts and started
years of agony for men. 1t is
not recorded what happened
TO her when the husband
came home.
1t took World War I TO put
an end to the detachable
collar-the only useful pur-
pose 1t solved, perhaps. Soft
collar shirts were a part Of
the Army uniform.
Another wonderful thing
has happened since the good
old days. High button shoes
have walked away.
And the show also bring
out that 1t was not until 1922
that there were such things
as left and right shoes.
The Rambler also dis
covered that the cash regis
ter-once a handsome piece
OF furniture-was perfected
In 1879 by q man named
James Ritty, OF Dayton, Ohio.
Pity Mr.. Ritty. He sold
rights to the machine for
$1,000 at a time II was con
sidered rather pointless.
Today, 1t is estimated
there are S million relatives
Of the Ritty Register.
But that's the way things
usually turn out on Main
Street, U. s. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
Most Are Forms;
Owners of Cufes
Seen as Authors
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. l8 -
Montgomery's State Senator
Gilbert Guide is being deluged
with form letters urging him
TO support legislation TO allow
more liquor licenses for county
restaurants.
He said about 500 letters
were received last week. He
said the letters appear to be
mass reproductions distributed
by restaurant owners.
All of them ask the signer
whether or not they favor pas
sage of a bill requested by Will
liam j. Brannan. jr.. attorney
for the restaurant owners.
which would allow 20 to IS
restaurants to get licenses to
serve liquor by the drink.
Most Favor Bill
Senator Guide said he has
opened 204 Of the letters and
they were 1874 to 10 in favor Of
granting the additional licenses.
One Of the 10 opposed wrote
a note on the form letter tell
ing Senator Guide not to be,
taken in by the flood Of mail.
He said the letters are being
printed and distributed over
the county by restaurant
owners and many are being
signed by restaurant employees.
He said he has received three
handwritten letters backing his
move for q two-year study to
determine whether any more
licenses should be issued. Only
three restaurants have licenses
now.
To Seek Delay
James r. Miller, chairman of
the county members of the
House Of Delegates. said he will
ask for another delay in House
committee action on the Guide
proposal, which has already
passed the Senate. Several Of
the House members want to
allow more licenses but haven't
decided whether to press the
issue in the face Of Senator
Guides opposition.
Mr.. Miller said the l0-mem-
Der House delegation viii dis
cuss the issue next Monday
night. The Guide bill Is sched-
uled to come up In the House
Alcoholic Beverage Committee
tomorrow, but Mr.. Miller said
he win ask for q weeks post
ponement. Action already has
been postponed once.
Senator Guide, meanwhile,
said he viii introduce legisla-
ton this week to outlaw bottle
clubs in the county. These are
establishments, many Of them
restaurants. which allow pa
irons to bring their own liquor
or send out for 1t.
More Bottle Clubs?
Senator Guide said he has
heard that more bottle clubs
will be opened to get around
the county's stringent liquor
laws. The bottle clubs cannot
be regulated by county authori-
ties because they do not come
under any Of the county's IL
censing provisions. Senator
Guide said.
! Liquor legislation also will be
a topic for discussion this week
in the Prince Georges County
delegation. II will hold a pub
lie hearing at Q pm. Friday In
the Statehouse on proposed
changes in the law which in
clude increasing the number Of
liquor licenses, increasing the
fees. allowing sale on Sunday
and putting the county into the
wholesale LIQUOR business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
|Liquor Bill Letters
Flood Senator Guide
Lawyer Denies Charge
In Divorces SIoying

day was to be asked by WASH
ington police to conduct ballis-
tics tests on bullets taken from
the body Of a slain divorce.
The tests also involve a So
caliber pistol found in the
pocket Of a lawyer charged
with homicide in her death.
The suspect, former Metro
politan Policeman Halcott A.
Bradley, 81, Of 1919 Seven
tenth street NE, had the
pistol in his hip pocket when
he was arrested Saturday night
shortly after the shooting, po-
lice said.
Mr.. Bradley appeared this
morning before United States
Commissioner Sam Werlich for
a preliminary hearing on the
police charge Of first degree
murder. He was held without
bond pending the outcome of
the inquest scheduled tomor-
row.
He was taken into custody
about 9 pm. by 18th precinct
1t. Mahlon Pitts and Detec-
tive o. H. Curtis in the apart
ment of a friend in the 2lOO
block Of Nineteenth street NV
The pistol was fully loaded,
according to homicide squad
Detective Harry Pixton. Brad
ley, who had no hat or top
coat with him, was charged
with homicide at the 18th pre-
cinct station house but has de-
MED any connection with the
shooting.
Victim Shot Three Times
Mrs. Landora L. Bellamy. 80,
was found sprawled in the
living room of her apartment
at 922 Madison street NV. by
Sixth Precinct Police shortly
after 7 O'Clock Saturday night
She had been shot in the
right leg, left shoulder and be-
hind the left ear. Two Of the
slugs were recovered. Detective
Pixton said a hat and coal
identified as Bradley's were
found in a closet at the victims
apartment.
Homicide Squad Capt. George
Donahue said a preliminary
examination Of the bullets indi'
Gated they did not match the
revolver found in Bradley's
pocket. Capt. Donahue said
Bradley was carrying an auto
matte but the bullets in the
Staying were fired from a re-
volver.
Police are searching for an.
other weapon, he added.
Attorney for Divorce
The police said they learned
; that the attorney had repre-
sented Mrs. Bellamy in hel
divorce action against hel
former husband, Lewis Bellamy
81, of 1919 r street NV, Q
clerk at the National Aero.
nautics and Space Administra-
ton. The divorce became fina
last November. according tC
| Detective Pixton.
It also was learned thai
Bradley himself had just re-
ceived a divorce from his third
wife which became final last
Friday, the homicide squad
said.
Bradley, who was ordered
held without bond pending APP
pearance for arraignment to-
day in General Sessions Court
spent Saturday night in the
Central cellblock. Yesterday
he was visited there by his at
torneys. Frank Reeves and VIII
liam Bryant,
He also made three separate
trips TO D. c. General Hospi-
tai, police records showed. Al
3:l5 pm. yesterday. Bradley
was sent TO the hospital fol-
examination when he COM
planned Of abdominal pains. Nc
treatment was required. police
said.
He was taken there again a
7:45 pm. when he again com
planned Of abdominal pain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18

A BOOKLET, passed out
by a guide, said that it was
in 1875 that milk chocolate
was produced as a covering
for candy and 1t was prob
ably shortly thereafter that
people began punching holes
in the bottoms of pieces of
candy in an attempt to see
what they were getting in
the assortment.
The old-time butcher shop
exhibit had as much charm.
There was a figure in a
straw hat and, in those days,
you could probably talk to
him without too much trou-
BILE and without punching a
button and waiting for him
to stick his surly head out of
a glass panel.
Armour g. Co. was one
Of the first outfits to
pre-package products. One
of its early products was
labeled the Ham What Am"
The Rambler also learned
that the tinsmith's shop
gave birth to the expression
mot worth a tinker's dam"
He used a dam of flour and
water to control the flow of
solder he used in repair jobs.
Druggists, in those days,
apparently took more trou-
BILE with what they placed in
their store windows than
they do now. They used
colored water in bottles and
did not feel it necessary TO
cram the display with col
ored paper, perfumes, hair
oils, razor blades and cut
rate pencils.
But, on the other hand,
they also sold something
called New Life Pills" and
rolled other pills by hand.
Ugh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
Race Issue Held HIDING
Problems of District

c competent teachers" Mr..
Tucker said.
Consider urban renewal
planning in the Adams-M Morgan
area where a good and reason
able planning start has been
made but which is now begged
down over public housing pro-
posals." Mr.. Tucker continued.
Public housing, you see, has
become synonymous with Negro
housing. And Negro housing is
somehow bad - or 1t seems TO
be. Race, again, has obscured
the real issues"
Mr.. Tucker charged that the
welfare Of Negroes is either ig-
nored or regarded as a liability
Sin most of the planning which
takes place In our town." re-
sulting In a situation where
vision is blurred and planning
! is distorted"
He cited certain League eff
forts and programs the past
five years which we're designed
TO equalize opportunities and
"close the gap" between Negroes
and whites living in the Dis
trict. He listed 10 areas which.
he said. will be given priority
concern" by the league during
the next several years.
mo Room For Tokenism"
The leagues efforts TO equal
lie opportunities allow mo
room for gradualism or token
ISM" Mr.. Tucker asserted. Mere
policy statements OF nondis-
elimination will not be salts
factory. he said. Community
businesses and institutions
must take concrete steps 10
implement such policies, he en-
phasized.
Discrimination must CO."
Mr.. Tucker declared. There
can be no doubt about that,
But to suggest that all prob
lens Of full participation in
community life would end with
the elimination OF this evil
would be folly. This inescap-
able truth must be reckoned
with. The Urban League recog-
lnizes this and plans 10 do more
about IT,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
Assails Hate Peddlers

"Once they (the schools)
were desegregated. a band OF
little men on the Hill went TO
work TO degrade, downgrade
and discredit them" Mr..
Tucker observed. These were
the same schools. the same adj
ministration and the same stu
dents who were there prior 10
desegregation. II the schools
we're poor the day after deseg-
regation. then they we're also
poor the day before. -.
Here, again. race became the
issue and the real problems
and needs OF the schools were
ignored. People swallowed the
garbage Of the hate peddlers
and fled. They ran away. But
the day OF reckoning will come. !"
The fact that the schools
didn't fall completely apart un-
der this pressure was "a mir
acle which was wrought by an
imaginative and energetic ad-
ministration. and loyal and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
BY CLARENCE HUNTER
star Staff Writer

Race has been allowed to OBJ
scure the Districts real COM
munity problems. Sterling
Tucker, executive director of
the Washington Urban League.
said yesterday.
Consider the status of pub
lie welfare" Mr.. Tucker told
league members attending a
general membership meeting in
Howard University's Rankin
Chapel.
while decay has been in
the program, obviously. for
some time, its pace was ac-
tolerated with Congressional
and community focus on race.
Cheating and chiSeling be-
came synonymous with Negro
- and the real issues, the core
factors. were conveniently
tucked into mothballs and the
wheel OF deterioration moved
quickly into motion"
The issue Of race also has
obscured the real issues in
District education, he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10
Ex-Dictutor Held
In Colombo Plot

BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. 10
(AP).-Police say ex-Dictator
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and 10
others accused of plotting to
seize control of the government
have been arrested. Gen. Ga
briel Ravaiz Pizarro. command
er of the armed forces, said all
persons implicated were in Gus
tody.
Mr.. Rojas was arrested at a
hideout in northern Bogota
Thursday. A police spokesman
said others arrested included
Mr.. Rojas' son-in-law and
three former officials of the
armed forces.
Authorities said they learned
Tuesday that Mr.. Rojas, who
ran Colombia from 1858 until
his custer in 1857, had hoped
to seize the presidential palace
with support from the armed
forces while President CUTLER
mo Leon Valencia was on a
24-hour state visit to Vene-
zuela.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10

which is funnier. The English
Lady is given a rousing por-
travel by Carroll Matoon. Susan
Hoagland and Grace Bouve, the
kings younger daughters, are
prettily paired commediennes
in Although Of Natives Maids
the Cream"
Others lending affecting per-
formances to the show are
Phillip Graneto, Arnold Victor,
Richard Barager, William
Struhs, Jerry Holloway, Rich
ard Davis, Noel Kellett, Con-
stance Fletcher, Eileen Con-
way and Kathryn Kossow.
Final credits go to Thomas
Rasmussen. the costume and
set designer, whose elegant
handiwork enhances the pro-
duction. Also to the pair who
executed each, respectively,
Kay johnson and Bob Hay.
utopia, Ltd" continues at
$3.50 pm. tonight and August
is, 16 and II at the Albert
Einstein High School in Ken
sington.
BONNIE ALTMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10
LYRICS UTOPIA, LTD
Rare G-SWork a DeIiqht

Spread the news this week
end that a "must-see" pro-
duction has entered the teem-
ing round of Washington
area summertime entertain
ment. The Lyric Theater Com
pany unveiled its annual Gil
bert and Sullivan offering in
Kensington Thursday night
with utopia, Ltd" and the
show is a pure delight.
If you've never heard of this
operetta, don't let that stop
you, and this advice goes dou-
bic If you're a Gilbert and Sui
Ivan fancier. It's rarely per-
formed anywhere so this may
be your only chance to see it.
Lyrics founder Peter Kline,
directed the show and also
plays one of its leading char
acters, King Paramount of
Utopia. His staging is brilliant
ly precisioned and this pre-
cision, in song, com e d y
and movement, is sustained
throughout. The youthful or
chestra, under the direction of
John Lands, performs the
original Sullivan orchestration
with wizard touch.
To get to the plot, Utopia is
a South Pacific island ruled,
but only nominally, by King
Paramount. Actually it's under
the thumb of two court judges
who are set to grasp complete
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10
Dinner Set

DR.. j. Sidlow Baxter. author
and lecturer. will be the fea-
tured speaker at the August
dinner meeting Of the
combined Christian Women's
Clubs OF Arlington. Bethesda
and Washington. M
The event is scheduled for
7 pm. Tuesday at the Jeffer-
son Room Of Schrafft's Res
taurant at the Park Arling4
ton Motel in Arlington.