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Evening star., 1951-05-17
Arnold Buses Crash;
Is Persons Treated
For Minor Injuries

Thirteen persons were slightly
injured when two Arnold Lines
buses collided at North Wash
ington boulevard and Harrison
street. Arlington, this morning
A total Of 80 persons were on both
buses.
Six of the injured were treated
at Arlington Hospital for minol
injuries and released.
Arlington Policeman William H.
CorSini said both buses were travel
ing east on the boulevard when
one crashed into the rear of the
other.
Mr.. Corsini said bus driven by
Marvin Milton Sweeney, 81, of 1921
Wilson boulevard, struck the left
rear of the other bus, operated by
Marvin Linwood Gibson, A., OF
4334 North Fairfax drive.
Mr.. Sweeney said he was thrown
from his seat by the impact, which
came while he had one hand or
the wheel and was making change
with the other. The badge on his
cap was punched into his forehead
so that he had to pull the meta.
out but the injury was not serious
Mr.. Sweeney also suffered a cut
right hand.
He was charged with reckless
driving and ordered to appear ir
County Court for a hearing al
$3.50 am. next Thursday. Mr.
Gibson was summoned as a mate.
rial witness.
Those treated at Arlington Hos.
pital and later sent home were
Mrs. Jessie Smith, So, 819 Wesr
Great Falls road, Falls Church
Mrs. Dorothy Sterling, Al, 1804
North Tuckahoe street; Mrs. Alta
Hancock. A. 1912 North Ohio
street; Mrs. Jimmy Dast, Is, ot
Sill North Washington street;
Mrs. Grace Walther. 40, of 623t
North Second street, and Mrs
Ruth Barclay, 80, of 6216 NORTH
Twenty-second street.
Evening star., 1951-05-17

Three Washington men were
named yesterday to the advisory
council of a new group which
plans to raise IS million annually
to aid the Nations hard-pressed
medical schools.
Establishment of the organiza-
ton, to be called the National
Fund for Medical Education, was
announced in New York by for
mer President Hoover, it's honor
Iary chairman, and S. Sloan Colt,
fund president and president of
Bankers Trust Co.
| Washington members of the
advisory council. which will map
the campaigns for private contri-
buttons, are: President j. Hunter
Guthrie. s. j.. of Georgetown
University; President Mordecai w.
johnson Of Howard University,
and DR.. Walter A. Bloedorn. dean
of the George Washington Uni
versity School Of Medicine.
Hopes to Surpass Mark.
The group hopes eventually to
surpass the IS million year mark
as support grows nationally.
"This sum will not completely
solve the distressing financial
problem of American medical edu-
cation" Mr.. Colt said,- "but it
represents an important voluntary
effort to help relieve the acute
problem Of the medical schools"
Mr.. Hoover said the Nation is
Short on medical skill" and med
ical attention, and added, in urg-
ing contributions from business:
"The efficiency Of all our COM
merce and industry today Is de-
pendent on the skill of medicine" i"
Wide Sponsorship Reported.
Officials of the fund said it has
the sponsorship of industry, the
medical profession. organized la
bor, agriculture, a group Of uni
versity presidents and II scien-
tif1c organizations.
Mr.. Colt said the fund trustees
have set up appropriate machin-
cry for distributing the money
among the Nations medical
schools. He said it's chief objec-
tive is to seek voluntary contri-
buttons to relieve the problem
faced by medical schools in try
ling to maintain high academic
standards in the face of Gripping
oudgetary problems.
Evening star., 1951-05-17

Must Get Own
Approval
D. c. Officials Won't
File Application;
Bids Open July z

The Commissioners announced
today that the successful bidder
for construction of a new parking
and market center on the site Of
Western Market must get his own
clearance with the National Pro-
duction Authority.
The city heads at the same time
postponed opening of bids for the
project from May % to July 2
at 2 pm.
Invitations were issued in May
for bids on 50-year lease of the
market site by developer who
would raze the present market
and erect and operate a new one.
Move Up to Bidder.
District officials had been asked
about authority for the construc-
ton from NPA. The city heads
reported today the District has
not presented the matter to the
Federal agency. That will be up
to the successful bidder, they said.
The Commissioners will, how
ever. support the application.
They emphasized that this did not
guarantee that NPA approval, "or
that the Commissioners will do
anything more than support and
Iindorse action which may be ini-
tiated by the successful bidder, to
whom award of a lease has been
made"
Temporary Space Required.
The lessee must provide tenn
porary market accommodations
for present tenants during con-
struction. At least $4,000 square
feet of floor space on the ground
floor must be reserved for a public
market, with adequate off-street
unloading facilities.
| In addition, the lessee must pro-
vide off-street parking for between
500 and 900 cars. The market is
located at Twenty first and K
streets NV.
Evening star., 1951-05-17
District Court to Act
Against Turdy Witnesses

District Court Judges no longer
will tolerate witnesses arriving late
in court, unless they have valid
excuses.
The judges warned in a memo
today that tardy witnesses face
contempt citations, with fines OF
Jail the possible penalty. Chief
Judge Bolitha j. Laws signed the
memo.
Judge Laws said late witnesses
should be brought either to his
attention or to that of trial judges
Evening star., 1951-05-17

in the country on the high band
(above channel g.. 1t went on the
air October 3, 1947. and three
months later became the Nations
first station to schedule programs
every day of the week.
Evening star., 1951-05-17

St. Elizabeths and Cleveland Park
sections.
Among specific proposals were
| f1oodlighting for the stadium at
Coolidge High School and a utility
building and other improvements
for the Macomb Street Recreation
Center in Cleveland Park
School Improvements Urged.
The committee heard proposals
for construction of an administra-
ton building for the Board of
Education on the grounds of the
Upshur Street Hospital. It also
was urged to build an addition to
the Margaret Murray Washington
School
| Bernard Finchgrund, represent
ing the Keene-Rudolph Parent
Teacher Association urged an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for better
lighting, new flooring and other
improvements at the school.
Mrs. Mildred Mavitte, for the
Richardson Parent Teacher Asso-
citation, protested that the Rich
ardson School was so crowded
that classes had to be held In the
auditorium.
L. H. Moses, jr.. for the Payne
Webb PTA, said an eight-room
addition to the Payne School was
urgently needed.
L. c. Carey filed a statement
asking for the immediate con-
struction of a stadium at Coolidge
High School.
Dunbar improvements Asked.
Robert G. MCGUIRE, jr., urged
a number of improvements for
Dunbar High School.
Mrs. Jacqueline Robinson, rep
resenting the Brookline Citizens
Association, told the committee
the Slowe Elementary School, was
in need of recreational areas be-
cause the children now have to
play in the streets at recess time.
Mrs. Joseph L. Miller, for the
IConnecticut Avenue Citizens As
sociation. asked the committee to
grant $550,000 for the erection OF
the projected Cleveland Park
branch library. The budget pro-
Iposal calls for $275,O00.
i She reminded the committee
THAT citizens of the area had raised
$4,000 toward the purchase OF
1.-THE library site.
u Gardner L. Bishop, representing
1.-THE Consolidated Parent Group
protested against what he called
discrimination on a racial basis in
budgeting and operation of the
schools.
Evening star., 1951-05-17

The Stars television station has
solved one of the perplexities of
lthe still youthful industry by set
ting up housekeeping in a big new
home.
BY gradual stages the station
has converted the Chevy Chase
Ice Palace, 4461 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, and now is conducting
all its operations there.
With the walls of its downtown
studios fairly bullying, WMAL-TV
went house hunting and found
the Ice Palace met the peculiar
requirements almost to a T(V.
And besides, there was space
for a much-needed auditorium for
audience-participation programs.
| With no interference from pill
lars or walls, the TV studio de-
signers would divide the space as
they pleased. High ceilings met
the needs of technicians, con-
Icerned with a multitude of lights,
and there was ample space for
microphone and camera move
ment.
| 1t all added up to two large
studios, called working studios"
by those in the trade. an audi
torium seating 1875 persons, con-
troll rooms and Offices.
| Even the buildings mezzanine,
where spectators once watched
gliding skaters, worked in per-
fectly for control rooms, an an
nouncer's studio and sponsors
viewing room, overlooking the two
large studios.
| WMAL-TV began moving out of
it's cramped downtown quarters
last October. 1t televiSed a daily
program from a temporary studio
in the new quarters, monitored
and relayed to the transmitter at
American University from a
remote pickup truck outside.
| BY February, Studio B was
ready for occupancy and now both
main studios and the auditorium
Evening star., 1951-05-17
University Park Fair

The University Park Schoo.
will hold a parents get-togethel
and community fair tomorrow
night at the school in University
Park. Md.
Evening star., 1951-05-17
Scouts PIun Cub Fair

Cub Scout Pack No. 220 will give
Ia Cub Fair" from ! to 4 pm.
Saturday at the Alta. Vista School,
bethesda.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
BIadensburg Offices
Contested in Election

All three Offices to be filed will
be contested in Bladensburg's bi.
ennial town election next Monday.
Mayor Andrew F. Gasch and
Vincent McCarron. former town
councilman, are candidates for the
mayoralty.
In ward l told Bladensburg)
Councilman Leonard G.. Simpson
is opposed by Robert H. D'Orsey
f, Councilman John P. Campbell
ward 8 (Sunnybrook), has as his
rival Edwin c. Cissel.
The election will be held from
z am. to 7 pm.
Voters also will ballot on tbe
question of raising the annual SAL
airy of the Mayor from $1OO to
$500, that of each councilman
from $25 to 5000 and that of the
town treasurer from $1,000 to a
maximum of $4,000, on the basis
OF percentage of the treasrer'x
tax collections
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Fairfax Crash Fatal
To Elkton Woman, IS

Mrs. Mary E. Lam, rs, of Elkton
Va, was killed instantly last night
when she was thrown from an
auto which collided with a trailer
truck at Kamp Washington, near
Fairfax.
Capt. H. F. Mayberry of Fairfax
town police said Mrs. Lam was
riding in a car driven by her son
Eugene, "a. The car turned over
several times after the impact
Mrs. Lam was pronounced dead
at Arlington Hospital.
Minor injuries were suffered by
Mr.. Lam's wife and their two
children. His sister. Miss Mildred
Lam, Al, was treated at the hos
pital.
Mr.. Lam was charged with man
slaughter and was released under
$4,000 bond for a hearing May 9
in Fairfax County Trial Justice
Court.
The driver of the truck, Howard
c. Miller, jr., q, of Arcanum,
Ohio, was not injured. He was
released on $500 bond on a reck-
less driving charge which will also
be heard May 8.
Capt. Mayberry said MIR. Lam
was travelling west on Lee high
way toward Warrenton as he ap-
preached the Kamp Washington
intersection. The truck driver was
headed east on Route SO, toward
Fairfax. There is a traffic light
| at the intersection.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Bishop Powell Is Injured
In Maryland Auto Crash
BY the Associaied Press

FREDERICK, Md, April 3d.
Right Rev. Noble c. Powell, Epis-
copal bishop of Maryland, suf-
fered slight injuries in an auto
mobile accident yesterday or
route 40, between here and Han
cock.
Police said the bishop told them
he suffered spell of dizziness
and drove into the rear of the
automobile ahead of him.
The driver of the other car, Mis-:
Helen Mock of Frederick, was un.
hurt. Her mother, Mrs. Herman
Mock, was cut on the face anc
arm.
Hospital officials said the bishor
would be released today. He is 9
former dean of the Washington
Cathedral.
He had been attending a chill
dren's day service at All Saints
Church in Frederick and was or
his way to another service al
Hancock.
Evening star., 1951-04-30

that he was appointed to the
Treasury as an amanuensis-a let
ter writer. There were no type
writers then. He married David
Miller's daughter and in 1880
bought 80 acres from his father
in-law and moved to the east
bank of the Anacostia.
There is an aesthetic streak in
the Yankee as every summer tour
ist who has been through New
England knows. Mr.. Shaw sent
to Maine for a dozen hardy white
lily bulbs, the flowers he had
known as a boy in the Maine
lakes. He planted them in an ice
pond and that was the beginning
of the acquatic gardens.
He made water lilies his hobby,
cross-fertilizing them and i'm
porting exotic varieties. He kept
his farm workers making new
ponds-all excavated by spade
and horse-draWn equipment. He
had no power shovels. Soon he
had acres of lily ponds.
In 1912 he turned the manage
ment over to his daughter. She
the great Victoria Regia
from the Amazon, a plant with
leaf 6 feet in diameter-a circular
pan floating on the water which
would support the weight of a
child. Each blossom opens for.
three nights each summer. She
also imported blue lilies from the
Nile and lotus flowers from Africa
China and Japan. Hybrid lilies
from the Shaw gardens won silver
medals at the Newport Horti-I
cultural show in 1913 and at the
New York show in 1922.
Wouldn't Pay a Nickel.
"How the Government got this
place is story in ITSELF" Mrs.
Fowler said. Her account is that
the Corps of Engineers was going
to take the place over without
paying her a nickel. The engi-
neers were taking over the river
bottom lands for flood control
and future park areas.
Maj. Brehon B. Somervell, ~
she said referring to the man
who later became a general and
built the Pentagon, "sent a lieu
tenant over one day with a lease
for me to sign. The lease gave
me continued possession of the
property for the next 10 years and
then it was to be surrendered toI
the Government without paw
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Falls Church Firemen
Plan Safety Exhibit

The Falls Church Fire Depart
ment will sponsor Fire in Nina.
ture," demonstration of the
hazards of fire, at 8 pm. Wednes-
day in the auditorium of st
James School, Broad and Spring
streets.
The presentation will show how
fires start and how they can be
prevented. 1t will be given by
the Liberty Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Co. and is part of the fire
departments public educational
program. No admission will be
charged.
Special invitations are being is
sued to police and fire depart
ments in the area as well as civic
organizations and local govern
mental officials.
The department also has urged
the public to attend.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Ferguson Urges
Review Of i. 5.
Loya|tyCases
Senator Asks Recheck
Under New Order
Of Cleared Employees
By the Assoeiated Press

Senator Ferguson, Republican
of Michigan called today for ar
immediate review of any doubtful
loyalty cases among Federal EN-.
ployes-under the new, strictel
standard ordered by President
Truman.
II am told there are consider
able number of such cases which
will need to be re-examined with
the new yardstick," Senator Fer
guson said.
He also told a reporter he will
continue to press for enactment
of his bill to give the new loyalty
standard the binding effect of
law.
Mr.. Truman on Saturday issued
an executive order which provides
that Government workers may be
fired in cases where there is rea-
sonable doubt of their loyalty.
Amends Earlier Order.
The order amends 1947 regu-
lation which the Presidents Loy-
atty Review Board had inter-
preted as meaning a person had
to be proved disloyal before he
could be discharged or barred
from employment.
Senator Ferguson and other
Congress members also had con-
tended that under the old order
an employe could not be fired il
it was impossible to show he was
disloyal at the time of the hear
ing Or just before. That would
exclude past disloyalty
Il am delighted that the Presi-
dent finally has seen fit to tighen
up the program" Senator Fer
guson said. "The thing to do now,
right away. is to review all the
cases which previously were ap-
proved even though there was rea-
sonable doubt regarding loyalty. .
308 Workers Fired.
Last night the Loyalty Review
Board of the Civil Service Com
mission reported the Government
has fired 308 employees on dis
loyalty charges since March, 1947.
In addition, 3,103 employees quit
while their cases were under in
vestigation or under study.
In all, 1929 cases have been
brought before loyalty boards in
the four year period. Total
civilian employment by the Gov
ernment was reported yesterday
at 2,362,100.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Pre- School Health Farley
To Begin in ARLINGTON

The annual Arlington Pre-
School Health Conference or
prospective elementary students
and parents will begin tomorrow
All county children who will he
SIX years old on or before Sep-
tember 80 will be included in the
conferences, which are directed
oy the Council of Parent-Teacher
Associations and the Public School
Department.
The conference schedule for to-
morrow through May is is as
follows:
Tuesday--Langston. 1854 Lee highway
ana Woodmont. 2422 North FiIlmoTs
street; Observation-Disclosures, 23f1Ci Rav
potlevard; Observation-Disclosures 32I6
Se zee nlshWay; Friday-Glencarlyn 300
5SeenIn 5SeIn % %Garlin Springs road and Maary.
5o9u 33o93u wilson boulevard; May 7-Kemper.
i.o3o South Lincoln street, and Wood.
ia%n, 4fS0 North Twenty-eighth stree
strsat May -Jaekson. 800 North Ed SON
third street; May 9LFairIinston IISn Wentys 9'los
South Stafford street; May i0-patr .cE
Henry: 7e0 South Fillmore street: NAV
11-shirley, 2S03 South Twentg- mt sIa6
street; May 14-Randolph, Fourteenth
and South Quincy streets, and MAY i@
Walter Reed, 1914 North McKinIey road.
md Wilson, 1901 Wilson boulevard
Evening star., 1951-04-30
BY the Associated Pres.

WINCHESTER, Va, April 3d.
Highlights of the program for the
oath annual Shenandoah Apple
Blossom Festival to be held here
Thursday and Friday were an
Inounced today.
The apple blossoms will not be
lat their best during the festival,
according to DR.. A. B. Groves,
plant pathologist with the Vir-
Iginia Agricultural Station at VIM
chester.
He said the blossoms were at
their peak yesterday, when thou
sands of visitors turned out to
view them, and that although
there will be some blossoms left
by Thursday. they will be def
nitely on the downgrade."
Miss Curl Lie, daughter of
United Nations Secretary General
and Mrs. Trygve Lie. will be
crowned as Queen Shenandoah
XIV at 2::30 pm. Thursday by
Secretary of Defense Marshall.
The first of the pre-festival
events is joint civic clubs
luncheon on Wednesday. Henry
Evening star., 1951-04-30

to establish title to his land. He
used the foreman of the Shaw
Aquatic Gardens as witness. The
years of cultivating lilies on the
flats established that it was above
the high tide mark. The lilies
cannot live in tidal waters. In the
end Mrs. Fowler was paid $100, 900
for her place.
Barn Converted Into Studio.
Mrs, Fowler now rents the old
tenant house from the Interior
Department. She has converted
the barn into a studio where she
paints flowers - something she
took up at so.
She is no Grandma Moses.
There is nothing of the primitive
in Mrs. Fowler's work. She has
instead an infinite capacity for
taking pains in working out tech
nical problems such as the ras-
sage of light through a glass vase.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Maryland Jaycees Sci
Silver Spring Farley

The Maryland Junior Chambers
of Commerce viii meet in annual
convention in Silver Spring, Sat-
urday and Sunday.
The two-day conference will
open on Saturday morning with
registration at Montgomery Blair
High School.
Also set for Saturday are a stag
luncheon at Stone House Inn at
which Stanley Pearson, president
of the Silver Spring Board of
Trade will speak. and a banquet
at the officers Club of the Naval
Medical Center. E. Brooke Lee,
veteran Montgomery County civic
and political leader, will deliver
the principal address at the ban
quet, at which Circuit Court Judge
Stedman Prescott will serve as
toastmaster.
Business meetings are slated
Saturday and Sunday.
Frank L. Hewitt, jr., director
OF the Silver Spring Jaycees, will
serve as general chairman of the
convention, and G. Gregg Evern-
gam, outgoing Silver Spring presi-
dent. will be registration chair
man.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Play About Attitudes
OF Youths 10 Be Giver
BY Students on Radio

A one-act play dealing with tn,
mental attitude of teen-agers vii
be presented by Dolly Madison
Junior High School students Al
500 tomorrow afternoon ovel
Radio Station WARL, Arlington
The broadcast opens observance
of National Mental Health Weel
in Northern Virginia.
In Alexandria, the premiere
showing of Angry Boy" a film
telling of a boy caught stealins
by his teacher. is set for 8 pm
Wednesday at the Recreation
Center. Cameron and Howard
streets. The film will be showr
at the same hour Thursday nigh
at Stratford Junior High School
Arlington.
Doctors to Lead Discussions.
At the Alexandria showing, DR.
Vance Alexander, psychiatrist anc
director of the Alexandria Health
Clinic, will lead a discussion. Tht
Arlington discussion will be led by
DR.. Henry Meyer, acting director
OF the health clinic there.
Window displays in Arlington
and Alexandria stores and specia,
exhibits in libraries of those COM
munities and in Falls Church will
be part of the observance.
The Arlington Junior Chamber
of Commerce will see the film
City of the Sick" at it's noon
meeting May IL at the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club. The
Alexandria Junior Chamber will
see the film May 27.
PTA and Clinic Are Sponsors.
In Fairfax County, a four-day
workshop will be held, beginning
May Is at Oakton School, on the
health of school children.
Sponsors are the County Fedora
ton OF Parent-Teacher Associa-
tlons and the Falls Church Child
Guidance Clinic.
Mrs. Melvin Chaser, president
OF the Northern Virginia Mental
Health Society, said that obsery-
ance OF mental health week will
emphasize the need for support OF
legislation ito increase the $1.54
per day appropriated for care and
treatment Of each of the States
patients.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Arlington Youth Wins
College Scholarship
By the Asseeiated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, April 80
Five Virginia high school seniors
have been offered scholarships to
the College of William and Mary
after competitive examinations in
chemistry, physics and biology.
The recipients of $500 scholar
ships include Richard K. Lyon of
Washington-Lee High School, Ar
lington; Sidney Taylor of Augusta
Military Academy, Fort Defiance
Evening star., 1951-04-30
|Highlights of Apple Festival
AT Winchester Announced

~. Taylor, radio news analyst,
will speak.
The annual pageant, "Our Heri-
tage,' in which some 1,700 schoo
children and adults participate
will be in the Handley High School,
bowl at 3 pm. Thursday anc
again at 1890 am. Friday.
On Thursday evening, the an
nual f1reman's parade will be held
with Sports Announcer Harry Wis
.mer as parade marshal. A dance
will follow.
Feature of the Friday program
is the annual Trail of the Pink
Petals" at 2 pm. All events are
scheduled on Eastern standard
time.
Another dance on Friday night
will bring the festival to close.