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Evening star., 1951-07-10
Donations Are Souuhl
For Hospital Supper

Montgomery County communi.
ties are being asked to donate
food, money and other items fol
the annual supper of the Mont
gomery County General Hospital
to be held July 81 in the new
cafeteria of Sherwood School in
Sandy Spring.
Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Layhill
is in charge of the canvassing fol
the annual fried chicken and
county ham supper. Supper ar
rangements are under the direc-
ton OF Mrs. Frederick S. Gilpin OF
Silver Spring. Booths and other
outdoor attractions will be or
ganlzed by committees headed by
Mrs. j. Justus Meyer, jr.. Sandy
Spring, and Mrs. George D. Coffee
Ashton.
Frederic S. Gilpin is in charge
of the mems committee.
Appointed by Mrs. Wilson to
take charge of solicitation in the
county are:
Mrs: Thomas F. Lansdale. Sandy snr;ns
MIS-: MIS- Charles GLAND, .olney; Mrs. A. " "
nrnes, srnes, h,iaytonsville; Mrs. J. j. Hutton
vile; Mrs. William Hobbs, colesville store store
70 JaGkson's lane; Mrs. C. Albert Parker
LayhiL; Mrs. C.. Lewis Unglesbee Glen.
mont; Miss Estelle Waters. Gaithersbure
ana washington Grovei Mrs. A. w. souder
damascus; Mrs. Fawn H. Munroe. Silver
Spring; Mrs. Hugh Thompson, Rockville:
MRS; John E. Muncaster, Redland road tc
;, Also Mrs, George Kelley, Glenwood; Mrs
Z; I; Brinton, Somerset; Mrs. Warren E
nannits; raad Browns Corner to Thompson's
Mrs; John A. Gibson. spencervilie; Mrs
Joseph S. Cunningham. Batson road; Mrs
Louis A. Poole, Peach Orchard road; Mrs
Carl L. Roby. White Oak; Mrs. Maynard
hogan. Briggs s-Chaney road; Mrs. j. Albert
Wilson. Sunshine; Mrs. Eugene w. Scott
Manor Club Estates: Mrs George M John.
son, GOOD Hope road; Mrs, John Darby
Jacksonville. and Mrs. William A. CASA.
way, Darnestown.
Evening star., 1951-07-10
By Wallace E. Clayton

| When the plane bringing Pic.
Robert l.. Smith back from Korea
landed at San Francisco last
Christmas Eve, he thought he was
just another veteran.
The quiet, sharp-faced youth
had said little and asked little
during the flight across the
Pacific. although nurses had to
perform every task for him, from
feeding him to brushing his teeth
and combing his hair.
For Pfc. Smith, barely 20, had
lost parts of both arms and legs
because of frostbite after lying,
unattended, in a Chosin reservoir
ditch while the Red Army rolled
over him.
His future appeared bleak.
Bleaker than it had, a few months
before, when fear of being laid
off from his job in rad cabinet
factory caused him to quit and
Join the Army.
Now he was coming home. A
four-way cripple.
Things Began to Happen.
But things he didn't know about
started happening. From San
Francisco went out the word that
the first quadruple amputee of
the Korean War was back. Peo-
pie started planning future for
Bob Smith.
That night-Christmas Eve-he
Itelephoned his widowed mother in
Middleburg, Pa, a town Of 1900
where he had once tended gar
dens, worked in a pool hall and as
Ia janitor after school, to help out
in home where $50 State
widows assistance pension was the
principal monthly income.
But he never mentioned his con-
|dition. He didn't want to worry
his mother.
Back in his rom, he wondered
why crowds of hospital attendants
passed the door. stopped and
looked.
You're . celebrity" a doctor
said in answer to his question.
You're famous"
Put an isolation room sign on
the door," Bob asked. Keep those
people away"
During the two-day stay in San
Francisco. Harold Peary. "The
Great Gildersleeve" of radio,
stopped in with a portable radio
for him. Bob thought he was
distributing them to several vet
leranS.
The Red Cross brought in kits
of shaving cream, lotion and other
toilet articles. Routine stuff.
Asked for Picture.
A hospital corpsman asked If
he could take a picture. of Bob.
"Why?" .-
you re celebrity.
Nuts"
Then the black-haired youth
was flown to Walter Reed Hos
Ipital, arriving here December %.
Three days later several letters
came for him. A doctor and a
nurse volunteered to open them
and read them. From the first
envelope opened fitted $40 bill.
II thought some friend was
sending me the money for some
Bob said later. ct was
shown the signature-I didn't
know the guy from Adam"
Another letter was opened. In
this was a $50 bill.
Il think the doctor and nurse
were more surprised than I was,"
grinned Bob.
The next day an attendant en-
Evening star., 1951-07-10

The question of who is respon-
sible for maintaining several
streets in the Woodmoor Subdi-
vision of Silver Spring, which
are severely worn because of lack
of repair, is being studied py
Montgomery County Attorney Da-
vid Macdonald.
Residents are unable to park
cars outside their homes because
of the condition Of the streets.
In at least one case, storm
water has gouged an 18-inch
ditch in front of one residents
property causing the lawn to start
crumbling.
The matter was referred to Mr..
Macdonald by Mason Butcher, di-
rector Of the Public Works De-
Ipartment, after residents of the
area complained. The streets in
volved are Lorraine avenue, East
moor drive, Brookmoor drive and
Brookmoor court.
Built Recently.
All were built during the last
three years but were not accepted
by the county for maintenance
because they did not meet re-
Iquired specifications, Mr.. Butcher
said.
He said the streets were built
under a 1916 ordinance which
required curbs and cutters un-
less waived by county engineers.
AS far as he can determine,
Mr.. Butcher said, the curb and
|gutter requirement was not waived
in the Woodmoor area.
Under new road ordinance
adopted last year, builders must
post bond to guarantee satisfac-
tory completion of a street. If
specifications are not met, the
bond is forfeited and the bonding
company then foots the bill for
finishing the work.
Mr.. Macdonald said he has not
vet determined who built the four
streets. Nor could he say at
this time what action, if any, the
county would take.
2-Block Stretch of Ruts.
Worst of the four streets is
Eastmoor drive. two block
stretch of ruts, pitches and loose
gravel.
Floyd Schlueter. who lives at
number 6, said mail trucks re-
fused to use the street. forcing
residents to pick up their mail at
the post Office about quarter of
Ia mile away.
He said the nine home owners
along the street also have diff
Guilty in getting downtown depart
ment stores to deliver merchan-
disc.
In bad weather. Mr.. Schlueter
said he has to park his car two
blocks away and tramp through
the mud in hip boots.
His next-door neighbor, Mrs.
Irene Ganshorn. at number 8. told
a similar story.
She said county officials had Of
fered to- improve the street butt
had told her it would cost between
Evening star., 1951-07-10
Montgomery Reports
Years S Sixth Polio Case

Montgomery County has re-
ported its sixth polio case of the
lyear.
The latest to be stricken is a
10-year-old boy of the 6700 block
OF Roosevelt avenue, Bethesda, ac-
cording to the county health de-
Ipartment. The boy is in Chill.
Evening star., 1951-07-10
Virginia Soldier
Killed as Auto
.Upsets on Road
Silver Spring Man
Dies of Injuries in
Accident May 20

FIC. GrOVer FRANKLIN t1ncnam,
I23, of Washington, Va, was killed
today when the convertible he was
driving overturned on Route 211
about 4 miles east of Gainesville.
Another area traffic fatality was
recorded last night with the death
lof Arthur Maxwell Bulmer, 73, Of
Is Manchester place, Silver Spring.
who was injured in a two-car coll
lision on May 20 at Lanham, Md.
Virginia State police said Pfc.
Fincham died instantly in the
crash about Ais am. Two pas
sengers in the car, William Earl
Burke and Marvin w. Sisk, both
%. of Culpeper. received only
minor injuries.
Trooper H. c. Lanahan said Pfc.
Fincham had turned the wheel Of
his car sharply to the left, causing
lit to crash into q bank and upset.
Papers found on Pfc. Fincham
showed he was returning to Camp
Kilmer, N. j., from a leave at
home.
Accident Victim Dies.
Mr.. Bulmer died at 8 pm. yes
terday in Prince Georges General
hospital. where he has been q
patient since the collision May 20.
A native of Montreal, Canada.
Mr.. Bulmer served in the Boer
War and with Canadian artillery
in World War I. He was en-
ployed in income tax work in
Montreal for many years. During
World War II Mr.. Bulmer was
in charge of the Montreal civil
defense guards.
A graduate Of McGill Univer-
sity in Toronto, Mr.. Bulmer was
Ia charter member of Kappa
Alpha Fraternity there.
Last fall, Mr.. Bulmer and his
wife moved to Silver Spring, hope
full that the warmer climate here
would help him recover from an
illness. They lived at the Silver
Spring address with Mrs. Bull
mer's sister. Miss Veronica Hoey.
Also surviving is a daughter,
Mrs. Glen Armstrong of Q Man.
chester place.
Three Young Women Hurt.
Three young women on their
way back to work in Washington
after a weekend visit at Fort
Ashby, w. Va. were injured yes
terday when their car swerved OF
U. S. so and struck a concrete
Iabutment.
Miss Winifred Radcliffe of Fort
Ashby. the driver, was critically
injured and is a patient at the
Winchester hospital.
Pat Southerd, a resident Of
Canada. was in a semiconscious
state at the hospital. where at
tendants said she suffered a pos
sible fractured foot and shock and
is in serious condition,
The third occupant of the car.
Irma WEIGH of Fort Ashby, was
treated for bruises and shock and
released.
State police said the accident
happened about IS miles east Of
Romney, w. Va. the Associated
Press reported.
Youth Hurt as Car Upsets.
A 19-year-old West Virginian
suffered multiple injuries in an
automobile accident near Char
lottesville yesterday.
Sherill Midkiff of Salt Rock
received skull fracture, broken
collarbone and fractured shoulder.
The Charlottesville hospital de-
scribed his condition as fair.
Midkiff was a passenger in a
car which overturned about 8
miles west of Charlottesville. The
driver, 30-year- -old Wernan N.
Lucas of Manassas, suffered back
and leg injuries. He was treated
at the hospital and released.
Evening star., 1951-07-10
Brides Kidnapers
May Be Tried First
In Fairfax Case

Two men accused of kidnapping
ard assaulting an Arlington bride
on June 26 will be tried next
month in Fairfax Circuit Court or
rape charges, probably before they
come to trial in Arlington County
on kidnapping charges.
The trial of James r. Polk, 10
of the 800 block of North Wake.
field street, Arlington, was set fol
August IA, and the trial of Viii.
liam Robert Payne, Is, of the 20(
block of Wooten avenue, Bethesda
was scheduled for August 20.
Attorney Ed Hall, representing
Polk. tried to persuade Fairfa,
Circuit Judge Paul Brown to put
the rape trials off until September
Judge Brown told the defense
lawyers he felt a month gave them
sufficient time to prepare theil
cases.
II realize the defendants have
rights" said Judge Brown, "bu
the other people involved in thi.
also have some rights"
Arlington Action Due Today.
The Fairfax trial dates were Sc
after a grand jury returned sep.
Iarate rape indictments against thu
men. Polk and Payne PLEADED
not guilty.
An Arlington grand jury meet.
today to consider kidnapping anc
burglary indictments against the
two. Arlington Commonwealth
Attorney Denman Rucker said the
dates set for the Fairfax trials
however, make it appear that they
will be tried first in that county
Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney
Hugh B. Marsh said Mr.. Ruckel
would be associated with him ir
prosecuting the Fairfax indict.
ments.
The pretty 19-year-old bride
Mrs. Nancy Hotchkiss, appeared
before the Fairfax grand jury yes.
terday to tell how she was forced
at gunpoint to leave her Colonia,
Village bedroom and accompany
the two men in an automobile
into Fairfax County, where each
assaulted her.
Polk Refuses to Talk.
After hearing Mrs. Hotchkiss
and police give their version of
what happened, the grand jurors
asked to hear Polk and Payne.
Polk was taken into the grand
jury room first, but it was learned
that he refused to talk without
the presence of his lawyer. He
was released from the grand jury
room without further questioning
and the jurors did not call Payne.
In other grand jury actions,
two manslaughter indictments
were returned. One was against
Claude S. Walters, AZ, of Route /,
Falls Church, in the traffic death
of Miss Concetta (Tina) Gulotta
of Pleasantville. NJ Y, who was
struck June II as she was crossing
Lee highway near Falls Church.
The other manslaughter indict-
ment named Edward Carroll, SO,
colored. of the 200 block of North
West street, Alexandria, who was
charged with the traffic death of
George Jones, "a, of Telegraph
road. Mr.. Jones was struck June
3 as he was taking a newspaper
from a delivery tube at the en-
trance to his home.
Also indicted yesterday was Lee
j. Fleming, %, of Fairfax on a
of felonious wounding.
Evening star., 1951-07-10
Nominutors to Meet

The Arlington Nominating Con-
ference for School Board candi-
dates will meet at $50 pm. Thurs
day at Westinghouse High
School. The conference is plan
ming convention in September
to select nominees for two vacan-
cies on the School Board.
Evening star., 1951-07-10
School Projects
Win Approval
In Montgomery
so Items Included
In Program Costing
Over ST Million

The Montgomery County Board
of Education today approved a
$7,266, 700 school construction pro-
gram comprising so of 81 projects
originally included in the budget
for 1852.
The program is divided into two
parts. Part / consists of 80 new
schools plus 81 equipment and
site improvement projects. Part
2 is a standby schedule of prof.
ects that may be undertaken in
case others in Part l are delayed
or postponed.
The board had asked for $11.2
million for the new fiscal year
which began July /. The County
Council replied that the full re-
quest was impossible to meet be-
cause it would put the county over
its limit of bonded Indebtedness
as set by State law. The council
decided that $7.2 million was the
most the county could legally au-
thorize.
Will Proceed Rapidly.
The board announced a policy
of proceeding rapidly to get prof.
ectS under way, even though Fed
eral permission must be obtained
before contracts may be awarded.
Part l of the construction pro-
gram includes:
Gaithersburg High. equipment
and site improvement, $4,000.
Western Junior High, equipment
and site improvement, $27,40O.
Eastern Junior High, equipment
and site Improvement. $4,000.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High,
equipment and completing con-
Struction, $4,000.
Montgomery-Blair High, equip
ment and completing constr ction,
$4,000.
Kensington Junior High, equip
ment and completing construction,
$36,2 200.
Montgomery Hills Junior High,
equipment and site improvement,
$31,100.
Sandy Spring Negro Elementary,
equipment and completing con-
struction, $46,500.
Parkside Elementary, equip
ment and completing construc-
ton, 900.
Laytonsville Elementary, equip
ment and completing construction
$24,300.
Forest Grove Elementary, equip
ment and completing construction,
$11,3OO.
Longview Negro Elementary,
equipment and completing con-
struction, $1,000.
Other School Projects.
Lone Oak Elementary, equip
ment and completing construction,
$53,
Viers Mill Elementary. equip
ment and completing construction,
$25,200.
Oakland Terrace Elementary,
equipment and completing con-
struction, $2O,400.
Richard Montgomery High,
equipment and completing con-
struction, $4,000.
Avenel Gardens Elementary,
completing construction and a.
10-classroom addition, $180,60O.
New Negro high, completing
construction and site improve
ment, $4,000.
Burtonsville Elementary, equip
ment and completing construction,
$4,000.
Wood Acres Elementary, equip
ment and completing construction,
$28,300.
Germantown Elementary, equip
ment and completing construction,
$4,000,
Evening star., 1951-07-10

for him. She started things of
with $1,000.
II thought that $1,000 would bs
ALL" Bob said.
But several weeks later, a rep.
reSentajive of the Kate Smith
ishow-one of Bob's favorite tele.
vision programs, incidentally -
came down and showed Bob what
appeared to be five-pound box o1
candy.
Checks Total $4,000.
II thought it was candy, until
lit was opened. Inside there were
checks totaling $15,000," Bob said
With the Pennsylvania Legior
fund, the Kate Smith fund, ano
the hundreds of individual contri-
buttons, Bon has about $120,000-
he thinks. 1t probably is more
Most was raised by the Legion. All
of it has been banked except about
$1,000 which Bob still has here and
draws on a little bit at time tc
buy the few things he needs or to
help his mother.
When she needs money, she
writes a check and signs Bob's
name. He makes an "X" below il
using the temporary right arm
hook he will soon trade for per-
manent hooks and a pair of ar
tificial hands. He can then use
either system he wishes. Artificial
legs will come later, during the five
months he expects to spend at
Walter Reed. and still more
months at a Veterans Administra-
ton hospital.
How are things now with Pfc
Smith?
I'm feeling pretty good in every
way" Bob said. The television set
lis out in the dayroom, where the
rest Of the amputees at the hos
|pital can watch it. Bob doesn't
care much for reading, but watches
the twice-a-week ward movies.
Sometimes things get little
slow. Like from 6 to 8 o'clock at
night, when the fellows are out
getting air, or going to the PIX or
to a movie in another part of the
hospital.
Has a Future to Plan.
But Bob has a future to plan, a
lot of opportunities to choose
from.
He's pretty undecided right
now. Maybe he and his brother
Howard, %, will go in business
Maybe he'll take a run out west
to look into that jewelry manu-
Ifacture offer. Maybe he'll take
the Legion job. He's not sure
But he wants to do something.
One thing he's pretty sure of
He's going to accept one of those
free lots-probably the one in a
good residential section nearest
Middleburg-and build a house, to
get the family out of the frame
seven room, single bath rented
place in downtown Middleburg.
Il want a two story place." he
said. But maybe, with my legs,
I'll have to settle for a rambler
Unless can install an elevator. !"
I'll get a specially fitted car,
too." he said. "A Ford, or maybe
an Oldsmobile. No convertible.
But maybe white wall tires"
II Bob's money is invested in a
trust fund, income from it and
his veterans pension will bring
him about $3.50 a month. But he
wants to talk to a lawyer before
doing anything.
That's about the extent Of his
planning now-to make sure he
knows what he's doing before he
does it.
But one thing is certain. There's
a happy future ahead for Bob
Smith.
Evening star., 1951-07-10
Street, Sewer
Work Outlined
AT Falls Church
Council Studying
List Recommended
By Planning Unit


Church Planning Commission or
spending funds from a $500,OO(
bond issue for street and storm
sewer Improvements are being
Studied by city councilmen.
City Manager w. Rhodes Wood
bury listed nine storm sewer
projects, totaling $150,0O0, and six
street jobs which will cost $125,-
1000. The remainder of the bond
issue will be spent for schools.
The projects were indorsed by
the city manager, Planning
Engineer KYLE Roop and the plan
ming commission when they were
presented to the council last night
Council action on the proposals is
set for July %.
Mr.. Woodbury. stressed that only
portions of long-range projects
can be completed with funds
available now.
Plan Timber Lane Project.
A sum of $4,000 would be allo-
Gated for storm sewer work or
Timber lane to start a $113,00C
project. Estimated at $4,000 each
are storm-sewer jobs on Hillwooo
avenue from the Falls Church
High School grounds to Trips
Run, near Lee highway, and
Greenwich street, where a $780,
900 project would be started.
Work planned for Oak Haven
subdivision at Lincoln avenue
would cost $25,OOO, and a bridge
over Trips Run at South Oak
street $4,000.
Other proposed storm sewer
improvements would be on Rose
mary lane, $4,000; East Broad
street. $4,000: Midvale street, ST.
500. and work at several street
crossings, $4,000.
In the street-improvement pro-
gram, East Broad street would be
widened for two blocks from just
east of Washington street to East
Fairfax street. This would cost
$25, 900. To provide a bypass fol
traffic from East Broad street to
South Washington street. East
Fairfax street would be wideneo
to 36 feet at a cost of $4,000.
Would Widen Street.
Little Falls street would be
widened to 80 feet from West
Broad street to the Arlington
County line. Cost of this job is
estimated at $4,000. Mr.. Wood
bury said that if Arlington would
improve a short section of Little
Falls street between Fairfax drive
and Falls Church. this road could
serve as an adequate bypass for
Lee highway for westbound traffic,
Also recommended for improve
ment is Great Falls street from
North Washington street to the
Washington and Old Dominion
Railroad. at cost of $4,000.
Construction of a sidewalk along
West Broad street, toward the
new junior-senior high school now
under construction, would cost
SIS, 1000. The school will be just
west of the city limits.
Back ICC Probe.
The remaining $4,000 in the
street program would be spent for
|curbs and cutters in areas where
property owners have agreed to
pay half the cost.
In other action, the council
voted to join Arlington and Fair
fax counties in requesting Sena-
tors Byrd and Robertson, Demo-
Gratis, of Virginia to introduce leg
islation requiring the Interstate
Commerce Commission to investi-
gate public transportation facili-
ties in the Metropolitan Area.
The council received from the
School Board formal replies to a
series of questions regarding the
boards plans.
Evening star., 1951-07-10
Girl, Z, browns in Pool

HARDWOOD, Md, July 10 (P).-
Two-year-old Francis v. S. Clagett
drowned in a swimming pool on
her parents farm yesterday at this
Anne Arundel County town. She
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Fendall Clagett.
Evening star., 1951-07-10
Moonlight Cruise Toniqht

The Lord Fairfax Chapter,
Order of De Molay vienna, Va0
will hold a moonlight cruise at
1880 o'clock tonight on the s. s.
Mount Vernon.
Montana labor news., 1951-02-01
The Montana Labor News will
not be responsible for the views OF
their correspondents.

mainland, but its hold pn the Loyal
ae, 81 tic larmosan Chinese and
It's ability d deieud the island IN
definitely ate prahlgmaucal It Ic
nafn> & Fundamentally authorization.
conservative government with
lide fo r,eommeSd it but it, appa,i
aa fl Communism
0f ~lnemm Rhee he says 'Prcsl-
dt1i Ssngman Rice d the kcpuh
III d Korea, despite his long resi-
.lqncc IN the United States and
Europe. Is 4 narrow and cnnserya-
tive Korean nationalist
The Iawrcnces. the Nhcrrys, anC
The other critics who complain tha'
Secretary Acheson should be fired
because b. docs not have the united
backing Of the country have much
til common with The youth who killed
both his parents and then begged
the court ior ylemeney On tn
ground that hcaNa. an orphan
EDMUND FREEMAN
Mi,soula. Dec =
Montana labor news., 1951-02-01
FOOD PRICES RISE
SHARPLY, Cpl TO
new HIGH

Washington. d. C.-l.cd BY a ,
percent rise in food prices. retail
pricesNof goods and services bought
by moderate-income urban families
rose 10 pcrecent between mid-No-
ycmbcr and mid December 1850. the
L. ; Labor Department, Bureau OF
Labor Statistics reported. This was
the greatest percentage increase in
the Consumers Price Index during
any month since September 1917,
when the index rose D. percent
The index for December IS was
1884 As compared with the 1888 -
average OF 100. This was As per
rent above last June, o5 percent
above a year ago, and 81 percent
above the level oi August 1889
House furnishings prices advanced
- per cent. Miscellaneous goods
and services rose 90 percent and
apparel o. percent. Residential
rents and fuel. electricity and re-
i~riecration also increased fraction
ally during the month.
As Of December IS, the index Tor
retail food prices alone stood at
PISA percent o 1.-THE l93S-U aver
agc. Mainly responsible Tor the
rise during the month were higher
prices for eggs. which moved up
contrascasonally more than Il per-
cent. and for fruits and vegetables
which increased a. percent. Egg
prices in mid December were at
the highest level in 80 years. How
ever. BIS noted that they have de
clincd in recent weeks.
Higher iood prices were reported
il, all OF the 50 cities surveyed and
ior most foods. Increases OF I per
cent or more were reported III At
lanta, birmingham. Richmond. Sar
Francisco, Savannah, Washington
Knoxville, Wichita, and Winston
Salem. The smallest advance, IL
percent. was reported in Buffalo.