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Evening star., 1950-09-28

they took me to the hospital.
Then, last week my parents
came over from Charleston to
visit me. They said Lawrence
was hit five days after I was. They
said he, was hit in the leg.
don't know how badly wounded
he is"
The brothers joined the Army
on the same sday-July IL, 1949.
They had worked in a coal mine
near Charleston and wanted to
get out and see the world. There
are II children in the Hawkes.
family.
Bruce and Lawrence had been
at the front three weeks when
Bruce was wounded. Bruce was
sure of one thing:
THE Koreans never did take
that hill." he said.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
S1,935,93o Is Lowest Bid
For Red Cross BuHdina

A low base bid of $1.935, ,939 for
construction of the new American
Red Cross building to house ac-
tivities of the District chapter was
submitted yesterday by the George
Hyman Construction Co. of Wash
ington.
Ten concerns competed at the
Public Buildings Service, the Sec
ond low bid having been offered
by John McShain, Inc, of Phil
adelphia with an offer of $1,937,-
200. The bids ranged to a high of
$2,249,000 submitted by Curtis
Builders, Inc, of Washington.
The new Red Cross chapter
house will be built on E street be-
tween Goth and 21st streets NV.
conforming to the concrete and
Limestone facing buildings within
the northwest triangle. It will be
q four-story and basement build
ing OF approximately 48,347 square
feet Of working area, completely
air conditioned.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Home Delivered Milk
Goes Up Cent a Quart
In D. {. Area Sunday

The price of home delivered
milk in the Washington area will
go up l cent a quart Sunday
to an all-time high of % cents.
Barring fresh demands from
producers or distributors, the
price will renlain at this figure
until next April /, when it will go
back to 81 cents.
This was the outgrowth late
yesterday of orders of the Virginia
Milk Commission in Richmond,
directing higher prices for Vir-
ginia areas.
Raise Farm Price.
Along with the consumer price
increase. the commission gave
farmers a raise of IS cents per 100
pounds. bringing the average pro-
ducer price to $6.05 per 100
pounds.
The increase was urged at a
recent hearing in Richmond by
the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association, which
argued increased costs made a
higher price necessary.
Major Washington dairies indi-
Gated they would follow their
practice of the past and bring
District prices in line with the
new price for nearby Virginia.
The action In Richmond, mean
while. appeared likely 20 start off
a minor chain reaction.
Representatives of Baltimore
dairies and the Maryland Cooper
ative Milk Producers, Inc, con-
ferred yesterday and announced
they would increase the retail
price Of milk ! cent a quart on
Monday.
Sought Adjustment.
While they made no mention of
the Virginia ruling, it appeared
they were anticipating the rise
and sought to act to adjust their
prices accordingly.
One veteran distributor here OBJ
served that, had the Baltimore
price not been raised, the pro-
ducer price of $3.50 paid in that
market would have been at var
lance with the Washington area
figure.
The Baltimore market, accord
ingly, might have lost some of it's
shippers, who would have been at
tracted to this area because of a
better price OF about 80 cents per
100 pounds.
The Associated Press quoted a
Baltimore producer spokesman as
pointing out that milk prices also
are scheduled to go up in Phila-
delphia on Sunday.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
American Oil Co. Workers
In District Area Get Raise

Wage increases have been auth
orized for some 4O0 American Oil
Co. employees in the Washington
area. it was announced today.
The increases are part of a gen.
eral 6 per cent wage increase
authorized for all employees of the
company and its subsidiaries.
For union workers it is condi-
toned upon an extension of pres
ent work contracts and will be-
come effective when the various
unions accept the terms.
For others, the new rates go into
effect Sunday. The minimum in
crease is 10 cents an hour or $17.33
a month, with a maximum for
salaried employees of $50 month
Retail gasoline prices remained
unchanged.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Family Life Conference
Is Scheduled Toniuht

The Rev. George B. Ammon,
associate secretary of the parish
and church school board, United
Lutheran Church in America, will
lead conference on family life
and the church at 8 o'clock to-
night in Atonement Lutheran
Church, Rhode Island avenue
and North Capitol street.
The conference, which opened
yesterday with members from six
local Lutheran churches present,
will close tomorrow. The Rev.
Paul L. Reaser is pastor of the
host church.
Another speaker at the meet
ing tonight and tomorrow will be
the Rev. Howard Reisz of Balti-
more, director of Christian edu-
cation and youth work, Maryland
Synod.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Planners Call
Meeting for Study Of
Major Area Problems

Major highway problems of the
Washington Metropolitan Area
will be considered at meeting
called by the Regional Highway
Planning Committee with staff
representatives of all local plan
ming agencies. The all-day meet
ing will begin at 10:30 am.
Closed sessions will be held in
the conference room Of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission in the Interior
Building.
From the meetings may come
some concerted action In support
of new plan of Federal aid in
the acquisition of rights of way
for State and local highways.
Harrison Heads Group.
Chairman of the regional COM
mittee. which has made a survey
of the highway needs of the
Washington area, is S. r. Harri-
son, deputy director Of the Dis
trict Highway Department. John
Nolen. jr., director of planning
for the NCPPC, will preside over
one of the important sessions.
Advantages and disadvantages
of a special authority for the ac-
QUESTION of rights of way will be
discussed by Mr.. Harrison, It
was pointed out in advance Of the
meeting that legislation is being
considered by the American AS
sociation of State Highway OFF,
cials providing for Federal aid
for such acquisition
The plan would be similar to
Federal aid for highway constfuc-
tion. in which States participate.
.-zs,.r Agency Aides to Attend.
Special stress viii be given at
the meeting, it was believed, to
matters relating to additional lin
tied access roads.
A. c. Taylor. a representative of
the Bureau of Public Roads, and
David Levin. also of that agency,
will attend the session.
Mr.. Nolen said the discussion
will deal with legal limitations and
administrative practices involved
in methods of obtaining rights of
way.
Representatives from the plan
ming agencies of Arlington, Alex
andria, Fairfax, Falls Church,
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties and upper Montgomery
county will attend.
Evening star., 1950-09-28

of Standards are collaborating in
studying the smoke phenomenon.
When we first observed the
smoke over Washington at 10 am.
Sunday, DR.. Wexler said, Our
studies indicated it would be over
Scotland Tuesday night and it
arrived right on schedule.
DR.. Wexler recalled that the sun
turned greenish yellow on the
Eastern seaboard in October 1918
when smoke from Minnesota forest
fires drifted toward the Atlantic.
He has been unable to find any
past reports of blue sunlight" as
a result Of forest fires, he said.
But the sun was seen as blue or
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Policemen in Planes
To Guide Traffic at
Maryland Navy Game
By ChurIes A. McAleer

A traffic policeman with wings
will help coordinate traffic con-
troll measures at the Navy Mary
land football game Saturday at
College Park.
He will be in a radio-equipped
airplane lowering over the Uni
versity of Maryland campus area
to help police in scout cars and
motorcycles get to the areas of
greatest congestion. The ground
policemen will have ROTC stu
dents at the university in their
patrol cars to handle radio COM
munications.
s Arrangements have been made
to handle an estimated 10000
automobiles. if necessary. Off,
cialS, however, doubt there will be
that many because the stadium
will hold only $4,000 spectators.
Police Detail Assigned.
A detail of about so State,
Prince Georges County and mu-
nicipal policemen has been as
signed to work with university
representatives to keep traffic
moving.
Parking lot attendants hired by
the university, will direct traffic
into the various parking areas.
The campus itself has four large
parking lots and a number that
are smaller. In addition, parking
will be allowed on streets of Col
lege Park and in the vicinity of
the old football stadium and the
university's housing project for
veterans.
The entire program will be under
the supervision of Maryland State
Police. The plan was Formulated
jointly by police. university officials
and the American Automobile AS
sociation.
Center of Assignments.
The airpIane, when traffic tie
ups are observed, will report by
radio to the campus police station
at University lane and Baltimore
boulevard. The station will serve
as center for all traffic assign
mentS.
The traffic plan calls for no.
left turns along the Baltimore
boulevard between Calvert road
and University lane and elimin-
alton Of through traffic on Uni
versity lane. Through traffic along
the boulevard will use the inside
lanes with outside lanes reserved
for cars bound for the campus.
University lane from New Hamp-
shire avenue to the campus will
be one-way towards he university.
until half-time IN the game, or
approximately $3.50 pm. It will
be one-way in the opposite di-
rection thereafter.
Details Worked Out.
Many of the details involved
were worked out by 1t. Col. George
o. Weber, the university's busi-
ness manager, who was called to
active duty a few weeks ago with
the 163d Military Police Natal
ion, District National Guard unit.
Col. Weber, now stationed at
Camp Custer. Mich, obtained
leave early this week to see that
all goes well.
1t was Col. Weber who super
vised the university's construction
program, including the new 81
million stadium.
Evening star., 1950-09-28

over Washington today in a layer
5000 feet thick beginning at about
5000 feet. Above 10000 feet
westerly winds have swept the
atmosphere clear and the sun is
shining brightly, the Weather
Bureau reported.
Bureau experts are convinced
the eerie lavender tint given to the
sun over Washington yesterday
and the blue color Of sun and
moon as seen over Northern Eng
land, Scotland and Denmark came
from minute smoke particles
suspended in the air. These, he.
said, undoubtedly come from the
Canadian fires.
Evening star., 1950-09-28

These smoke particles are only
about 8/1OO,0OOths of an inch in
diameter, DR.. Harry Wexler, chief
of the Weather Bureaus scientific
service division reported. Particles
of this size filter out the green
rays from the sunlight and allow
the blue and red rays to come
through strongly. AS a result the
sun looked lavender. Over Europe,
DR.. Wexler theorized, smoke par
ticles of a different size probably
filtered out both the green and
RED rays to give the sun a blue
appearance.
The smoke pail win, he over
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Newport News Mothers
Offer to Petrol Traffic
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Sept.
28.-Newport News mothers are
ready to don uniforms and patrol
traffic at school corners if the
police department is unable to
provide patrolmen for the job.
Leaders of seven units attend
ing the city federation of parent
teacher associations yesterday
voted unanimously to offer their
services to City Manager j. C.
Biggins and to the police.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
University Of Maryland
Adds Two to Stuff

The University of Maryland has
announced two new staff addi-
tions. They are Miss Dorothy
Binns, who will be assistant to the
Dean of Women, and Prof. Gordon
Lawson, who will resume teaching
in the department of practical art,
College of Home Economics, from
which he recently was granted a
years leave.
Miss Binns, a graduate of Ran
dolph Macon, Columbia Univer-
sity, and the University of Vir-
ginia, will succeed Miss Rosalie
Leslie. who is leaving to live in
New York City.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Weather Bureau Definitely Pins Conodun Fires

A combination of Canadian
forest fire smoke and ordinary
clouds continued to hide the sun
in the Washington area today. It
may be Saturday or Sunday before
the sun will be seen clearly again.
the Weather Bureau reported.
Shows and drenching rains have
snuffed out the chain of 100 forest
fires which blazed across Canada's S
northwest this week but scientists
here say the smoke that clogged
the atmosphere is being held over
the Eastern seaboard by a stag
nent high pressure area.
The smoke was still lowering
Evening star., 1950-09-28

Two brothers serving with the
same unit in Korea were wounded
within five days of each other.
One Of them, Pfc. Bruce Hawkes.,
10. of Charleston. w. Va, is re-
covering in Walter Reed Hospital.
His brother, Pfc. Lawrence
Hawkes., %, is in a hospital in
Tokyo. Both served with the 1st
Cavalry.
Bruce was struck in the stom-
ach three times by "burp gun" fire
on September 8.
II don't know exactly where
we were at the time" he said.
They just call it Hill 518. We
were on top. The Koreans were
attacking.
They hit me in the stomach.
Lawrence was there when I was
hit. and 7 didn't see him before
Evening star., 1950-09-28

Washington until air currents
sweeping this way from the south
west blow it out to sea. Rain to-
morrow or tomorrow night will
herald the arrival of the warm
southwestern air. If the rain
clouds are high enough they will
clear away the smoke, DR.. Wexler
said. &'va
The temperature is expected to
reach 66 degrees today. The
Weather Bureau said it would be
much warmer if the smoke were
not in the way of the sun.
DR.. Wexler said the Naval Re-
search Laboratory and the Bureau
Evening star., 1950-09-28
z at Naval Gun Fuctory
To Get Concentrations

Two employees of the Naval Gun
Factory will be honored tomorrow
with letters of commendation for
more than 30 years Government
service.
Those to be commended at 10
a. m. in the Office of Rear Admiral
B. Hall Hanlon. superintendent
OF the installation, are Walter J..
Stewart, machinist, of Is South
Pershing drive, Arlington, with
over 80 years service, and william
M. Richardson, chauffeur, 1923
First street NV, with over 80
wears service.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Man Held in Burglary
At Walter Reed Hospital

David CASTOR, 20, colored, yes
terday was held for the grand
jury under $4,000 bond, charged
with burglary at Walter Reed
Hospital two weeks ago.
CASTOR. who lives in the 1900
block Of Kingman place NV.
was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Cyril S. Law
renee. CASTOR is charged with
removing q safe, containing $3.50;
a cigarette machine and a trunk.
He has denied the charge.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
" Tax Exemption Bill
Is Signed by Truman

President Truman today signed
a bill exempting the YMCA here
from real estate taxes.
The measure was enacted by
Congress after officials of the "Y"
had objected to paying the taxes
which the District Commissioners
had attempted to levy on the prop
erty, which up to that time had
been tax exempt.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Organization Meeting
Set by u. of Va. Center

An organization meeting of the
Northern Virginia University Gen.
ter will be held at 1880 o'clock to-
night in the Washington-Lee High
School cafeteria.
The center, sponsored by the
University of Virginia Extension
Division, will organize the follow
ing classes: Elementary account
ing. principles of economies, Eng
lish composition, introduction to
English and American literature,
American history, mathematical
analysis, mechanics, general psy-
shology and introduction to So
tology.
Evening star., 1950-09-28

green in some parts of the tropics
after the Krakatao volcano blew
up in 1888.
DR.. Wexler said no reports of
a major volcanic eruption have
been received recently. He dis
counted the possibility that an
atomic explosion somewhere in the
world could be responsible for the
blue sunlight.
Blue sunlight. he said, has fol-
lowed the exact pattern of air
currents which moved over the
Canadian forests, came to the
Eastern seaboard and swept over
the British Isles.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Jobs Temporary
In Civil Service
After Nov. |
Emergency Stutus
Planned for Nearly All
New Appointments

The Civil Service Commission
plans to make nearly all appoint
mentS to the Federal service after
November l on temporary basis.
A request will be made of the
President for an Executive order,
returning the civil service hiring
and firing procedures to the
emergency status employed dur
ing World War II.
Although a commission spokes-
man would say only sit was hoped'
the President would issue the
order, other sources indicated
there was little doubt the Presi-
dent would make the necessary
authorization.
The Executive order, as requested
by the commission, would exclude
only postmasters and persons re-
cruited for certain hard-to-fill
jobs. The commission said the lat
ter exemption would be asked,
since it might be hard to get per-
sons with certain specialities to
accept anything but permanent
positions.
Scope of Policy.
The emergency indefinite" en-
ployment policy would:
l. Reduce considerably admins
tratiye confusion created by an
amendment to the emergency sup
Elemental appropriations bill.
which forbids permanent status
promotions, transfers and REIN
statements.
g., Protect the jobs of Federal
workers called into service.
8. Aid the recruiting programs
Of defense agencies, who already
have authority to hire on an
emergency status, but must COM
pete with departments Offering
permanent status appointments.
4. Keep the civil service from
being stated when normal
conditions return.
Officials said that, while the new
order would prohibit career ap-
pointments temporarily, existing
eligibility lists will be used in
making new appointments. The
commission also will continue to
hold eligibility examinations, it
was added.
Ban Killed by House.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee approved a ban on perna-
nent status hiring when it was
considering the supplemental ap-
preparations measure, but the
House killed it. The amendment
offered by Representative Whit
ten, Democrat, of Mississippi, for
bidding permanent appointments.
was retained, however.
Inclusion in the bill of a per-
manent status appointment ban
was opposed by commission and
other administration officials, who
felt such decision should be the
responsibility of the commission
and the President.
While the bill was being de-
bated, President Truman signed
an executive order giving perma-
nent status to an estimated 5O,-
600 employees hired under World
War II temporary or war-service
status.
Thousands Added to Rolls.
Since the outbreak of the Ko-
rean war, thousands of new work.
ers have been added to Federal
rolls. most of them by the De-
tense Department and the Selec-
tive Service System.
The new emergency employment
policy was outlined by Civil Serv-
ice Commissioner James M.
Mitchell before the Society for
Personnel Administration at a
meeting Tuesday night. This
group consists of Federal execu-
tives who are responsible for han
ding personnel in the agencies.
This brieflng of the provisions
in the executive order expected to
be issued shortly will enable the
agency officers to be prepared in
advance for placing it into effect.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Three Retiring Employees
Received by Suwyer

Three Department of Commerce
employees retiring Saturday were
received at noon today by Seecre-
tary Sawyer.
Those retiring are Miss Virginia
E. Webb of 1649 Thirty-f1fth
street NV, Patent ONCE employe
with 80 years service; Miss Mary
Dillin of 1854 Columbia road NV,
Office of international Trade, %
years, and James r. Boyd, Be-
thesda, National Bureau of Stand
ards, 27 years.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Church to Sponsor Fair

The Ascension Episcopal
Church. Sligo avenue and Carroll
lane, Silver Spring, will spon.
sor a Western ranch fair tomor-
row and Saturday from 2 to IL
pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-07-13
For The Horossed Farmers

Several weeks ago we asked for comments the
Planning Commission for Upper Montgomery County.
Last week received clipping from the Sunpapers
of July and note from reader asking us mot to
be afraid to reprint it. Here it is:
"A ruraversus- urban conflict is developing in Mont
gomery county that will bear watching
IAN offshoot of this development was the subject
of comment in these columns a few days ago. Farmers
in the upper part of the county had just sponsored
study to find out whether they carrying unduy
large share of the cost of the county government If
they the residents of the urban sections adjacent
to the District of Columbia getting partly free ride
in the matter of taxation The point was made that the
shoe is usually the other foot that usually it the
people of the heavily populated who claim that
they are overly taxed for the benefit of farmers.
Now the farmers of Montgomery have launched
another movement. They have had the County Council
authorize the creation of special planning commission
for the rural The goal is the preservation of the
rural aspect of that part of the county which is still
rural. There will be, among other things protection
from unrestricted housing developments. The commits
sion will have five unpaid members three of whom must
be farmersnot just any farmers but farmers residing
in the truly rural areas.
There will be attempt from this distance to give
the Montgomery farmers advice But it might be help
full to draw attention to- fact In seeking fortnight
support from the county government the farmers will
find themselves in exactly the position as the people
of Baltimore city and the heavily populated counties find
themselves when they seek aid from the General Assem-
bly, The Legislature iscontroed by from the rural
areas of the state. The Montgomery County Council is
controlled by men from the urban sections (Siver
Spring, Chevy Chase and Bethesda). That can make it
tough"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-07-13
Rockville Boys Team Wins
A Highly Pleasing Contest

Coleman followed with a double to
right, sending Whitworth to third
from where he scored on Leonard
Crowns fly to left. Robert Yocom
then also lined to left and Cole
man, who had advanced to third,
scored easily after the catch.
Two were out before the star
let's moved again into the scoring
column in the third. Earl Shipe
started it by walking and promptly
stealing second. At this point, Ia
year-old Frank Dunn pounded one
through the hole past first to send
Shipe across.
Rockville threatened seriously
again in the seventh, when Yocom
led off with a one-baser to left.
After Billy Wilt and Elmer Lag
arus had gone down via the strike
out route, Robert Garrett reached
first on an error and Shipe walked
for the second time, filling the
bases. The rally ended, however,
when Dunn grounded out, second to
first.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-07-13

With young Gordon Coleman
showing the way both on the
mound and at bat, Rockville's boy
baseball stars chalked up their
second win in three starts by shut
ting out the Georgetown Branch of
Washington Boys Club to 0 last
Saturday at Welsh Field. Cole
man not only whitfield out II of
the visitors while holding them to
measly four hits, but banged
out three safeties himself in four
times at bat.
1t was highly pleasing contest
to the small turnout of fans, who
saw the starlets shove over two
runs in the scond and add another
in the third to clinch the victory.
Aside from the second, when, after
one was out, they filled the bases
on a double, single and the lone
walk issued by Coleman, George
town never seriously threatened
In that stanza, Rockville's 15-year
old hurler pitched himself out of
the hole by buzzing three strikes
by each of the last two batters.
George Whistle" Whitworth
started Rockville on the victory
noad by leading off in the second
with sharp single past third.