davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1951-04-16
Rockville Cited by Officials
For Work On Civil Defense

three important roads. in a par
ticularly warm spot.
In planning, it is being as
sumed that the town itself woulc
be relatively undamaged. AL
though recognizing the possibility
of an enemy bombardier's in.
accuracy, Col. Chambers points
out that "if a bomb falls on Rock
vile we'll have no problems"
A hit on the target, on the
other hand. would bring problems
aplenty to the community of
5000 residents. And Rockville,
contrary to the general pattern
of inertia and apathy, is setting
out to solve them in advance.
It's expected, for instance, that
traffic into and out of the damage
area will be too heavy for the
towns three constables to cope
with. So a force of so citizens has
been signed up as auxiliary police,
and has begun training. It is a
picked group. controlled by a
lawyer, and the rank and file in
cludes some of the towns most
solid citizens.
To provide manpower for the
civil defense organization, a
warden force of about 800 men
and women will be necessary
Recruitment is about IS per cent
complete.
Questionnaires Distributed.
These wardens have distributed
to each of the towns 1000 homes
a detailed QUESTIONABLE. It asks
for detailed information on each
family member, the hours when
he can be expected at home, and
any special skills he may have. 1t
asks about the construction of
the house. whether there are any
special hazards; what type of
heat and cooking facilities it has;
what extra room there is, and
whether it contains a generator
or other special equipment.
This type of report. which has
not yet been duplicated elsewhere
in the Washington area. will pro-
vide Rockville civil defense lead
ers with invaluable information.
Rockville's volunteer fire de-
lpartment of IS men and three
trucks has been told it must ex-
pand enough to be able to fight
fires in the damaged area for 72
hours, providing its own reliefs.
Thirty-five additional men, all
with previous training, have been
signed up.
The towns civil defense engi-
neering division has sized up its
own problems.
The transportation section is
engaged in registering all trucks,
buses, private cars and taxis in
town.
Altogether, Col. Chambers
thinks his organization is about
80 per cent ready to face the
facts Of atomic warfare.
Evening star., 1951-04-16

Iare most easily netted. The sign
lat st. Johns Church is addressed
to the modern mind which wants
its faith buttressed with history.
It reads:
"Creditable evidence and honest
tradition record that Washington
ATTENDED services here on numer-
GUS occasions"
It's not hard to believe. There
must have been many Sundays
when it was more pleasant to be
rowed across the river than to
try to make Pohick Church, or
Christ Church in Alexandria on
the roads of that day.
The other historic house en- route
is Harmony Hall, owned and oc-
cupied by Charles w. Collins, a
ruddy genial gentleman from Ala
bama who was counsel for the
Bureau of the Budget when the
director was Brig. Gen. Charles
Gates Dawes. It was originally
called Battersea but in 1892 two
of the descendants of John Addison
'of Oxon Hill Manor brought their
brides to live there. They were
back from England, where they
had spent the Revolution, because
most of the gentry of Southern
Maryland were for the King in
ITS. (They were for the South
in 1861
Got Along Together.
The two Addisons rented Bat
tersea from a Magruder (Mac-
|Gregor) while awaiting the State
|of Maryland to return their in
herited properties. The two young
husbands and their wives got along
together so well that when they
left, one of the young women
said:
ut ought to be called Harmony
Hall"
This story came from Mr.. Col
Inns who also has served as Librar-
ian of the Supreme Court.
so, you see," he says, while
lit was patented as Battersea, and
carried as that for years in all
deeds and transfers, legal papers
for years have referred to it as
Harmony Hall. Even in the law
sentiment is stronger than docu-
ment."
Evening star., 1951-04-16

see Oxon Hill Manor are in for
a treat. The lawn slopes down
to the Potomac at a wide stretch
of the river. The English box
wood bushes are enormous and
make the air redolent. The swim
ming pool has been Handicapped to
become a garden pool rejecting the
house. Beds Of tulips are in large
bud, ready to bloom. Camellia
trees are already in perfect BIOS
som and a number of gardeners
are working in the greenhouses
and starting beds, at a distance
from the house, making ready
for the annual visitation.
While there has not been much
change after one gets a mile be-
yond the District line, there has
been too much to suit most of
the people along the river.
People Resentful.
Eve are getting too much of
Washington down here" says Ed
ward Gibbons, owner of Hurri-
cane Hill farm. He was born
AZ years ago on the place which
looks like a Currier & Ives pic
ture of an American farm-white
clapboard, green blinds, big farm
buildings, on a grassy knoll that
grazing animals have kept clipped
like a park. 1t looks across the
river at the new buildings that
have changed the appearance of
Alexandria, the Hunting Towers
Apartments. the Pepco power plant
and the huge hangers of National
Airport.
"They built Glassmanor and
we built a million dollar high
school," he says. land it's full
the first day it opens"
The excellent Maryland guide
book produced by the WPA writ
ers' project says that 81 miles
from the District line. on the right
side Of the road. is Motley Hall,
the home of Thomas Motley, Gov
ernor of Maryland from 1916 to
1879. Charles, third Lord Balti-
more, later occupied the house for
a brief period
Despite the specific directions.
this reporter passed the entrance
twice and asked boys along the
Evening star., 1951-04-16

sonry in the little village green
reads:
"In memory of our fellow citi-
zens who gave their lives in World
War II. Robert L. Davis. August
70, 1914: Richard N. Ryan, Deem
ber Is, 1914, and John L. Talbert.
March Is, 1945."
Huge Housing Development.
Across the highway is Glass
manor, a vast development of brick
houses and brick apartments ris-
ing in terraces up the hill. Beyond
lis the new Oxon Hill High School.
"A right turn on Oxon Hill road,
which crosses the new highway
near the high school, brings the
motorist past impressive gates
marked "Oxon Hill Manor"
This estate, the home of Sum-
ner Welles, former Undersecretary
of State. is one of the most beau
tiful country places in America.
It will be open to the public two
weeks from today on the occasion
of the Prince Georges garden tour.
The big wide Georgian brick
house at the end of the long drive
way overlookS the river from the
site of the original manor house
built in the 17th century by John
Addison, founder of a family which
for several generations played a
leading role in Southern Mary
land. John Hanson, one of those
"believe-it-or-not" presidents of
the United States before George
Washington, died there in 1888.
He was president of the Congress
of the Confederation of United
States before the adoption of the
Constitution. The old manor house
burned in 1895.
Those who avail themselves of
the garden tour opportunity to
Evening star., 1951-04-16
Sofecrockers Get ST, 200
From Builders Offices

SafecrackerS ignored small
change and checks but took 81 200
in currency from a small safe in
the offices of the Charles H. Tomp-
|kinS Co., GOT Sixteenth street NV,
one of Washington's biggest build
lerS.
Police were told by Manager
Allan D. Emory that the thieves
gained entry by forcing open
rear basement door. They forced
open desks and finally opened
the small, cabinet-type safe by
knocking of the dial.
Evening star., 1951-04-16

Boiling Air Force Base and the
Naval Air Station encounter only
Ia few traffic lights before enter
ing the parkway system at the
Mall.
Fort Washington, which used
to seem quite distance down
river, is now only a 25-minute
drive from F street. 1t is remark
able that there has been SO little
change between the fort and Oxon
Run, which flows into the river
about at the District line.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission has mapped
out a scenic parkway along the
river which will be the equiva-
lent Of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway to Mount Ver-
non on the other side.
Making Room for More.
Most of the building since the
South Capitol Street Bridge was
opened and South Capitol street
was extended south of Nichols
avenue has been within the Dis
trict. Apartment developments,
Bellevue Gardens, Upland and
others, cover every hill. There are
shopping centers in the valleys
and power shovels are eating into
hills to make room for more.
Beyond the District line on the
right is the little village of For
est Heights, Md, incorporated
only last year, whose first house
was built only 10 years ago.
Forest Heights has civic spirit.
It was incorporated so that its
citizens could tax themselves to
build roads. Work on the con-
crete cutters to keep the roads
from washing out is already un-
derway. And new as it is, it has
history. A bronze tablet on ma
Evening star., 1951-04-16
By George Kennedy

By George Kennedy
Despite a new bridge and a
new highway the Maryland shore
of the Potomac Immediately be-
low Washington is practically un-
touched territory.
Scrub pine woods and green
pastures go down to the great river
which widens out in coves and
bays and sparkles in the April
sunshine.
Foals with frail legs run after
their mares in the pastures, hens
noiSily protest the gathering of
eggs, geese leave the duck pond
to attack the approaching strang-
er and all this goes on only Is
minutes from the heart of the
city.
1t has been said that of all
American cities where the popu-
lation approaches or exceeds one
million Washington is the one
WA4CAC O11C Duo1A4CSO cCCIIO41 40 ClOS-
est to the farm.
This is because new bridges
across the Potomac and new
highways made rural Virginia a
few minutes from Washington s
downtown.
New Bridge and Highway.
Now a new span across the
Anacostia River, the South Capt.
tol Street Bridge. and a new high
way, the Indian Head road, which
the Federal Government built to
reach its big naval ammunition
factory at Indian Head on the
Potomac, have done the same
thing for Maryland country just
south of the District.
Motorists who use the new high
way and the four-lane dual road
along the Potomac flats past
Evening star., 1951-04-16
NURSES NEEDED

Registration of all women
with nursing training is ur-
gently needed to prepare for
a possible attack on Wash
ington. Nurses, practical
nurses and nurses aides are
asked to call the central Civil
Defense registration Office at
Metropolitan 2146. Volun-
teers over 18 for the Red
Cross nurses aide course are
also asked to call.
Evening star., 1951-04-16

in e d tn e
State Depart
ment as a spe-
C j a ! inveSti-
gator.
A veteran of
II years on the
police force, Mr..
Clarke for years
teamed up with
fellow Detective
Sergt. Howard
E. Ogle in a
series of epi-
sodes. The team
W a S separated
in 1948 when
Evening star., 1951-04-16
Say
Nes|ine Admits
Staying Harding
Defense Protests
When Government
Quickly Rests Case

AAS dUl
rested it's f1rst-degree murder
prosecution against Joseph F.
Nesline in District court at noon
today.
The action, coming after prose-
cution testimony that Nesline had
told two policemen that he shot
George Paul Harding, ex-convict.
on the balcony of the Hideaway
Club in Georgetown last January,
brought stormy protests from De-
fense Attorney Charles E. Ford.
Mr.. Ford, in a bench confer
ence with Judge Alexander Holt
zoff, protested resting of the Gov
ernment'S case by Assistant United
States Attorney Arthur McLaugh-
lin without calling persons the
defense considers important wit
nesses." Mr.. Ford asked that he
be allowed access to grand jury
testimony by these persons. Tha,
motion was denied.
Says Evidence Suppressed.
The defense attorney charged
suppression" of vital evidence.
Among those Mr.. Ford wanted
called to the stand is George
Clainos, convicted white SLAYER.
who was with Harding the night
he was killed.
Earlier, the court heard testi-'
mony of the two policemen that
Harding stood with his hands in
his trouser pockets and called
Nesline a stool pigeon"
The witnesses we're Sergt. Lionel
Couture of the homicide squad
and Pvt. Arthur L. Weber. Sergt.
Couture testified that Nesline told
him he had gone to the mems
room on the balcony of the
Georgetown bottle club. Harding
followed him, the policeman said.
Nesline told him when questioned
after the shooting. According to,
the sergeant, Nesline said, Hard
ing called me foul name and Al
so-and-so stool pigeon"
Nesline told the policeman that
Harding had both hands in hisj
trouser pockets.
Gun Not Registered.
Earlier testimony in the four
day trial, and corroborated today.
showed that Harding had a pistol
in his right hip pocket.
Sergt. Couture said that Nesline)
had told him that his (Nesline'sG
gun was not registered.
when I asked him where he,
got the gun," the policeman said.
she told me was asking too many
questions and that he did not
want to answer"
Pvt. Weber, who was riding a
police cruiser with Sergt. Couture
on the morning of the Staying.
corroborated the sergeant's tes-
timony this morning.
Nesline also told the policeman
that h. had been led to believe
that Harding might have" had
a gun.
Sergt. Couture testified that
Nesline told him he had certain
which led me to be-
lieve that Harding was going to
do something" Harding and
Nesline used to be friends-good
friends" the policeman said Nes-
line had told him.
Cross Questions Continue.
Mr.. Ford subjected Sergt. Cou-
ture to a vigorous cross examina-
ton, apparently based on omis-
sion of the remark about asking
too many questions" in the SER
geant's testimony before a cor
oner's inquest. Pressed for an
as to whether he may
have been mistaken in Nesline's
comment the sergeant answered
bluntly, "It was not a mistake"
In an attempt to show that
Harding may have been going for
his gun when he met Nesline on
the balcony, Mr.. Ford brought an
admission from the sergeant that
the handle of Harding's pistol was
'protruding slightly" from Hard
ing's hip pocket when he died on
the balcony floor.
Evening star., 1951-04-16
Seat Pleasant PTA

Bruce Bowman, president of the
Prince Georges County Council Of
IPTAs, will speak at a meeting Of
the Seat Pleasant PTA at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the school, 6308 Field
street.
Evening star., 1951-04-16
Hyc.tsviIIe PIoy Tomorrow

The dramatic club of the Hyatts-
vile High School will present
"Charley's Aunt" in the school at
8 pm. tomorrow and Wednesday.
Evening star., 1951-04-16
Detective Clarke, Half
orc and O. Raidinq
Team, Takes u. 5. Job

Paul H. Clarke, police detective
sergeant who was once half of
the well-known vice raider team
known as &C. and o." today
Evening star., 1951-04-16

organizational equipment and
medical stockpiling, welfare serv-
ices and research and develop
ment.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09

Mach number the term used
to- express the speed of jet planes.
IS derived from Prof. Ernst Mach.
who died in Germany IS years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
WOODENHAWK
By Mrs. Palmer Lare
Phone Greenwood 1888

The E. W. Adams Bros. old box
and mill factory was destroyed by
fire Thursday night. The factory
had not been in use for several
years, but was an old landmark of
the Adams The first part of it
was built more than 20 years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Vincent visit
ed his relatives in SeafOrd, on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilker-
son and children of Greenwood,
enjoyed the T V at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. Harry Carroll, Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Malitano, Jr.,
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. John Ar
ney Of Atlanta, Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Carroll and daughter and Mrs. Bud
dy Pritchett and son at supper on
Sunday evening.
Friends were shocked to hear of
the death of Mr.. Melvin Hammans.
aged "a, Of near here, early Sunday
morning, dhe to an automobile ac-
cldent. Melvin had many friends in
this community and will be missed
very much. The community ex-
tends sympathy to his bereaved
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston Carroll and
daughter were Wednesday evening
visitors of their daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Thomas in Denton.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hastings of
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Martha Allen Sears
Stylist In Dover
CcOntinued from nrst Dago1

pOrtant work. A good corsetiere is
fashion minded and style con-
sciOus and can assist her custo-
mers in achieving a fashionable
silhouette as well as improved
posture and health"
Sears has made important for
ward steps in corsetry by carefully
designing a most complete line Of
figure garments, foundations and
brassieres.
Wether your requirements are
for social activities, for work. for
school or for that most important
job of all-The HOmemaker-Sears
has the foundation for you.
So come and see for yourself
won't you, the attractive corset de-
partment, the modern fitting rooms.
Sears complete line of figure tyne
garments, and meet Sears local
Staff of capable. we'll trained fit
ters. Then you can decide for your
self that Sears has the right foun-
datiOn at the right price for your
individual needs.
We will be looking for you.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Insult And Injury

SINGAPORE - (A) - Police
here are looking for a Is year old
chinese bride-tO-be who few from
her house with all her wedding
presents and ornaments just before
she was to have married her AZ
year old suitOr.
The girls mother gave her the
presents and ornaments when she
asked for them. Then the girl ask
ed for money to get a dress from a
tailor. She left but never returned.
The bridegroom arrived with the
guests at the house and, when he
found the bride was gOne-with all
the Ornaments-prOmptly SUNNI
oned police.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Scout Work liz Sussex
Is Being WideRed
continued IRON nrss page,

NeOnLlnueu IRON 0fSg pager
The financial report showed that
$4,902.52 has been collected in Sus-
sex for carrying on the 1851 pro-
gram. DR.. Hudson urged all local
troops to develop messenger SER
vice in connection with the Civilian
Defense program and personal first
aid be stressed in all troops.
Leaders Training
The leadership training report
showed that rs per cent Of the unit
leaders have been given credit for
basic training. A training course
will be given in Milford on April 1
and s for basic scOutmasters, ad-
vanced scOutmasters and a course
in clubbing.
900 Enrolment
A total scout enrolment of 500
in the district was indicated in a
report by Mr.. Culver who also re-
ported a new troop sponsored by
Gethsemane Methodist Church, Re-
lance.
ne new troop committee includ-
es the Rev. Milton c. Millimer,
Ralph O'Day, Alvin Lyons, J. Nor
ris Dodd, and James White. The
scoutmaster is. Everett c. Murphy
and the assistant is Benson. Towers.
The present troop enrolment is IA.
Announcement was made that
the annual district dinner will take
place in the FIRE hall in SeafOrd on
Tuesday, April 10, at which time
Robert ID. Schmidt, of Wilmington.
Scout executive of the Delmarva
Council, will be the speaker.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Delightful Program
GiUeR At Milford
Century Club
teontlnnea rom nrat page,

(contlnued from ar5t pager
group were Mrs. Theodore Town
send. Mrs. John E. Burris, Mrs.
James CressOn, Mrs. L. Hayes Dick
ersOn, and the bride of last year,
Mrs. Robert Wood, with her two
attendants, Miss JoAnn Wood and
Miss Marilyn West in soft shades
Of green and matching hats. All
carried small nosegays or white
prayer books. one of them being
that which Mrs. J. Lynn Pratt car
ried at her own wedding. The love-
" finish to a delightful display was
the singing of Il Love You Truly"
by Mrs. James Cresson.
Next week Mrs. ]. S. Willis and
Mrs. Duane Lynn are chairmen for
a covered dish luncheon, the project
of the second group Of members.
Each member is asked to attend
bringing a dish and the usual ifty
cents ard enjoy with friends the
midday meal at 1890. 1t is BUSH
ness and Social Day and Mrs.
George GiltenbOth will sing accom-
panied by Mrs. James Homan. This
will be a delightful complement to
the covered dish luncheon, which
is always a signal for good food,
good attendance and a good time.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Boys Invade Sitting
Business

HALIFAX, N. S. - up - More
than 20 students of the Queen Ell
!zabeth High School here. all boys
have formed a baby sitting organ
lzation. The proceeds will go to
worthy projects.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Deep Freeze
Indian Style

sToNEY PLAIN. Alta. P =
There's some extra food on the
shelf at the farm instructors home
in this northern Alberta Indian Re-
serve, but nobody feels like eating
it.
Rne mixture, now a hardened
mass Of buffalo meat, fat and Sas-
katoon berries, is known to the In-
dians as Pemmican. It was unearth
ed recently near a farmers home.
Historians say the last major IN
dian encampment here was in 1885
and that the Pemmican must be at
least 65 years old. Indians claim it
may still be edible, but none have
volunteered to find out.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09

Franklin RoOsevelt's first "Fire-
side Chat" was on March u, 1888.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Danger: BedOuins At
Work

TRIPOLI, Iibya - (P) - Desert
bedouins recently stumbled across
a half submerged shell on a World
War II battle ground near here and
went to work trying to extract the
cOrdite from it.
They dug hole in the ground,
stood the shell upright and lit fire
around it. Suddenly the shell went
"whOosh" and took off. Authorities
who investigated the fall of a mis-
sile in. village more than a mile
away and the shell was a German
Us centimeter rocket. No casualties.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Explains Causes OF
Thin Egg Shells

It takes more than oyster shells
to make good egg shells. The hen
must have enough Vitamin d, must
have inherited ability to form a
Sound egg shells, and be free from
respiratory diseases.
Oyster shell furnishes that the
lime needed for a good shell. This
lime could also come from lime
stone grit with high calcium car
Donate content, or as ground lime
stone added to mash. The import
ant point is TO get the hens to eat
the lime material. Shell hoppers
that keep the shell clean should be
easy for the hens to reach. Shell in
one end Of the mash trough, or
sprlnkled on top of the mash. often
tricks" the hen into eating more.
The hen must have Yitamin d
before she can use the lime she
eats This sunshine vitamin" is
usually supplied by cod liver oil in
the mash. In winter, it's not safe
to depend on the hen being outside
IN the sunshine long enough to get
her Yitamin D from the sun. Pot
ency Of vitamin D supplements is
Indicated in units Of the vitamin.
A 40O-D oil goes four times as far
as 100-D oil When feed is mixed
at home or by the local feed dealer,
full knowedge Of the potency of the
oil you use is essential.
For hens fed about equal parts
by weight Of grain and mash. 1000
pounds Of mash should contain
five pounds of a 4OO-D oil or its
equivalent This same content Of
OH would not be enough if the hens
ate less mash and more grain.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Malaga Has Auto Black
Market

SINGAPORE - (P) - Lack of
shipping space from the United
Kingdom is creating black mar
ket for mOtOrcars in Malaga. Motor
dealers say that with high profits
from rubber and tin impatient GUS
toners are prepared to pay for new
cars at premium.
Customers who have booked cars
in advance are selling them off on
delivery at profits Of not less than
$500 on each. Dealers are calling
for the imposition of government
restrictions allocating only one
car to each person and forbidding
its resale.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Malay Chinese
Visit Homeland
Chronicle Photo
-chronicle Photn

SINGAPORE Il (P - Whether
China be under Nationalists or
Communists, large numbers of
Chinese from Malaga still like 10
visit their homeland.
The ships Szechuen and Van
Heutez left Singapore in December
with 1880 Chinese from Malaga
bound for Red China.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Stock Guide For
NeWsmen

DENVER - up II Officials of
the National Western Stock show
recently minimized chances I
journalistic comedy by issuing this
directive to newssmen: For those
of you who are covering animal
husbandry news for the first time.
here are few things you really
should know:
"Genders (of Cattle) are: MALE
bull; FEMALE-heifer, COW, STEER
deseXed male, beef. And with the
horses: MALE-Stallion, stud; Fe-
MALE-filly, mare; GEILDING a
desexed male. mean trick"