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Evening star., 1952-06-27
Woman Reported Hit
In Firing at Boat

An unseen gunman, firing from
the Virginia shore of the Potomac
River about one-half mile above
Key Bridge. repeatedly wounded a
woman on a cabin cruiser and
shattered the boats windshield
late yesterday.
But Arlington police are stymied
in their investigation because they
can't find the woman. In fact.
they could not find a report of
the shooting in any police head
quarters today.
Detective Capt. c. Burns Pres
sley said he was told by his SUBJ
ordinates that four Arlington po-
licemen were at the scene and
searched the wooded Virginia
shore for the assailant. The men
arrived after the woman had been
taken to a District hospital for
treatment, Capt. Presley was told.
A check Of District, Harbor and
Park Police Departments failed to
turn up a report of a woman be-
ing treated for a gunshot wound
in any of the District hospitals.
however.
Capt. PRESLEY said he was told
that the woman was injured in
the arm and shoulder about 6 pm.
He said the cabin cruiser report
edly headed for the Virginia shore
after the woman was struck, but
turned and fed for the District
shore when several more shots
were fired, shattering the wind
shield.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Emp|oye Car Pools
Urged in Case Of Strike

The Federal Personnel Council
urged Government agencies to de-
velop car pools among it's en-
ployeS for use in case of a transit
strike Tuesday.
The council, which is composed
Of the Governments personnel Of
f1cials and is the official advisory
unit to the Civil Service Com
mission and the White House on
personnel matters, also recon-
mended that working hours be re-
scheduled when necessary to ac-
commodate a car pool.
Other recommendations made
by the council last night in the
event a transit strike materializes
were:
/. That employees be encouraged
to use annual leave during next
week since it will be a short week
anyway, with the Fourth of July
holiday on Friday. Liberal use of
annual leave would reduce traffic
congestion.
2. That supervisors take 'leni-
ent" attitude toward employees who
make a reasonable effort to get
to work and are late or wish to
leave early to catch a car pool
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Presbyterians Name
D. T.. Man Moderator
BY the Associoted Press

FREDERICK, Md, June 27.--
The Rev. c. Stewart Mckenzie Of
Washington was elected yesterday
as moderator for the coming year
as the Baltimore Synod and
|Synodical of the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A., wound up its
27th annual conference.
Picked as vice moderator was
the Rev. Gordon r. Coming.
Wilmington, Del. Retiring moder-
ator was the Rev. Willard G.
Purdy, Wilmington. Reelected
as stated clerk was the Rev. A.
Brown Caldwell, Baltimore.
The conference has been in
session here at Hood College.
Elected to the General Council of
the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A..
were Rev. James F. Lundquist,
Washington; Rev. Edward G..
Conrad, Baltimore; Charles H.
Brown, Washington: Judge James
M. Tunnel jr.. New Castle, DEL.
and j. Nelson Gates, Baltimore.
The following committee CHAIR
men also were chosen: Minis
terial relations, Rev. John H.
Gardner jr., Baltimore; National
Missions, Rev. James c. Rahl.
Washington; Foreign Missions.
Rev. David I. Rees, Catonsville.
Md; Christian Education, Rev.
John Oldham. jr., Lower Brandy
wyne, Del; Pensions, Rev. George
T. Jameson, Red Clay Creek, Del;
Memorials, Rev. Harry v. Porter.
Washington; Social Education and
Action. Rev. Howard F. Gebhardt.
Arlington. Va; New Life Advance.
Rev. Paul C. Warren, Baltimore:
Presbyterian Life, David S. Bender.
Vienna, Va.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Free Stur Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs presented through the
cooperation of the District of Co
lumbia and Arlington County Rec
reation Departments and the Film
Center of Washington:
Washington, at Dusk.
Janney, Wisconsin avenue and
Albemarle street NV.
Brightwood. Thirteenth and
Nicholson streets NV.
Noyes, Fourteenth street and
Michigan avenue NE.
Davis, Forty-fourth place and
H street NE.
Hoover Second and N streets
S.W.
Ann Beers, Thirty-sixth place
and Alabama avenue Sc.
Walker, First and L streets NV.
Biggs-Montgomery. Twenty -sev-
enth and K streets NV.
Watts, Sixty-second and Banks
streets NE.
Camp Simms Playland, 1885
Simms drive Sc.
Arlington. $3.50 PM.
Langston. 1854 Lee highway.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Campbell Backs Park Bill
las Measure 10 Beat Heat

Edmund D. Campbell. candi-
date for the Democratic nomina-
tion for Congress from Virginia's s
10th District, has urged approval
of $4.5 million park bill in Con-
gress as "beat-the-heat" meas
ure.
The candidate addressed a
shirt-sleeved audience of 275 at a
picnic last night at the home Of
Mrs. Patricia McClain in Mclean.
An amendment to the Capper-
Cramton Act of 1924, Mr.. Camp
bell said, has already passed the
House. This would authorize ex-
Ipenditure in the 10th District, he
said, Of $4.5 million for parks
along tributaries of the Potomac
River.
The funds. If approved by the
Senate. would be spent in Coop
eration with the park authorities
of Virginia to develop parks along
Hunting Creek, Cameron Run,
Holmes Run, Trips Run, Pimmit
Run, Accotink Creek, Four Mile
Run and other streams, Mr..
Campbell said.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Three Way Tie Locks
D. T.. Chess Tourney

With seven of nine rounds COM
pleted, a three-way tie exists in
the 1852 District chess tournament
between Martin Stark, Comdr. c..
d. Mott and F. B. Campomones.
The play will continue Saturday
afternoons at the Washington
Chess Divan, 2445 Fifteenth street
NV.
Stark set back Campomones in
the seventh round and leads by
|31a points. Comdr. Mott, after
losing III. came back with five
straight wins and is in second
place, a quarter of a point ahead
|of Campomones.
With two rounds to go, the
relative standings are:
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Declares
Pollution Curbs
Are Inadequate
Would Ask Congress
To Provide Funds
For Work in Area

Edwin r. Cotton. director Of
the Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin, said today
that the sewage overflow in Rock
Creek Park should be taken as a
warning of the inadequacy of pol
luton control facilities in the
Washington area.
Mr.. Cotton said the sanitary
conditions in both the Potomac
and Anacostia Rivers are great
danger" to the people of WASH
|ington.
He urged that Congress provide
funds for pollution control here
and elsewhere in the Potomac
Basin.
while the communities in the
basin have done much to expand
their treatment systems" Mr.. Cot
ton said, they are faced with
limited finances. and the rapid
growth of population in and
around Washington.
"The critical areas affecting the
greatest number of people must
be given first priority, with lesser
problems being taken care of later.
Attention must be given to
eliminating the danger of septic
conditions in the river which can
be created under certain weather
conditions with the present sew
age load discharged into the Po-
tomac.
"Such condition will create
an emergency far worse than now
encountered in Rock Creek Park.
while the District of Colum-
bia. the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission and Vir-
|ginia communities have provided
Ia large share of their available
funds for this purpose, the ur-
gency is so great that other means
for providing funds should be ex-
|plored.
"The engineering has already
been done-f1nancing and con-
struction are urgently needed"
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Byrd DenIounces
Waste in Huge
5.
1000 Defy Heat
At U. Of Virginia
To Hear Bitter Attack
BY W. n. Shippen
Star Staff Correspondent

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. June
27.-The senior Senator from Vir-
ginia made a blistering attack on
the wasteful Democratic admins
tration here last night as politics
got almost as hot as the weather.
In fact. Senator Byrd was as
heated as Senator Taft himself in
his denunciation of waste, corrup-
ton in Government, deficit SPEND
ing and the growth of executive
power.
Mr.. Byrd'S full-dress attack on
the way things are being run in
Washington was delivered at the
10th Institute Of Public Affairs at
the University Of Virginia.
Although a university spokes-
man declared the institute is
sponsoring neither the heat nor
the fury of political campaigns.
Senator Byrd departed from aca-
demic discussion and got down
to cases.
Cites Huge U. S. Debt.
He made these points:
l. That the Federal debt stands
today at approximately $3.50 bill
lion.
2. That there is no experience
on which to base the MANAGEMENT
Of a debt of this magnitude.
3. That the Government, as
constituted today, is headed for
bankruptcy, or socialism, or both
4. That refusal of the courts
to sanction Federal seizure of big
steel was refreshing" evidence
that the vast expansion in execu-
tive power may be halted.
S. That only a solvent nation
dedicated to free enterprise can
maintain the world leadership
now demanded to halt Communist
aggression.
6. That, despite the need for a
balanced budget, our Air Force
must be overwhelmingly superior
to Russia's. We must continue to
control the seas, and our Army
must be adequate.
z. That this must be done al
though National security on this
scale is tremendously expensive.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Broken Water Main
Repairs Being Rushed
For Use Tomorrow

District authorities expect to
have the Canal road NV. water
main break repaired and operating
by tomorrow.
Crews have been working on the
36-inch line day and night since
lit burst last Wednesday afternoon.
The rupture knocked out or i'm
paired water pressure in about
one-fourth of the city's water
supply.
Total cost of repairs to the main
and the street it flooded has been
estimated at $4,000.
Cause Believed Found.
Water division officials, mean
while. believe they have diagnosed
the cause of the break, most seri-
GUS and widely felt in the city's
history.
Roy L. Orndorff, assistant SUI
perintendent, said the 80-year-old
main may have become bowed and
finally sprung from resting on a
sharp ledge of rock. The area is
considerably rocky, and while the
original builders probably padded
the pipe with soil, the soil may
have leached away over the years.
Mr.. Orndorf said it Is unfortu-
nate that three mains were laid
within 10 feet of each other along
a stretch of Canal road. This
made it more difficult to deter
mine which of the three had rup-
tured. The process of locating
and sealing off the break took
seven hours.
Different Methods Today.
Those lines were put down so
to 30 years ago." Mr.. Orndorff
said. while the engineering in
those days was generally excel
lent, we wouldn't lay the pipes
that way today"
President Truman, meanwhile,
yesterday sent to Congress a sup
Elemental appropriation request
for $1.2 million to remedy the
oVerflowing of sewage from the
Rock Greek Park interceptor sew
er. The amount is needed to re-
pair 1000 feet of sewer north of
Milk House ford. The area has
been closed to picnickers as a
health menace.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
New Industries Hire
|573 Employees for
'Mortinsburq Plants
Special Dispuseh 10 The Sscs

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, June
27.-New industry coming here
during the past year has resulted
in 513 new jobs, the quarterly re-
port of the Chamber of Commerce
showed today.
The new jobs are providing an
additional estimated annual pay
roll of more than 1850, 900. They
have come from six sources-E. I.
|du Pont de Nemours & Co., Tri-
Ess Products Co., Martinsburg
Veneer Co., jefferson Manufac-
turing Co., w. S. Frey quarry and
Alan Upholstery Co.
All of these are still in the be-
ginning or construction stage and
more employment is expected as
they approach operation.
Evening star., 1952-06-27

Judge Quinn, nominated by
President Truman today to be
chief judge of Municipal Court, is
a former FBI agent.
He is a judge of the Municipal
Court of Appeals. When appointed
by President Roosevelt to the
Municipal Court bench in 1943, he
was assistant director of the bu-
reau under j. Edgar Hoover. He
was elevated to the appeals court
bench in January of this year.
He is a native of Portsmouth,
N. H., and a graduate of, the
Georgetown University Law
School. He lives at 1910 Stephen
son place NV.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
City Heads Back Drive
To Aid Arab REFUGEES

The District Commissioners yes.
terday proclaimed their support
OF a clothing drive for Arab refu-
gees OF the Palestinian war.
Donations of wearable clothing
will be accepted at all the city's
f1rehouses. Arlington and Mont
gomery county flrehouses will also
participate.
The drive is sponsored by the
Washington Clothing COMMITTEES
for Arab Refugees, with head
quarters at 1000 Eleventh street
NV,
Evening star., 1952-06-27
THIS SUNDAYS BEST READING
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biggest job Of its short but event @ undertaking bring the
whole " million homes courtesy three generous
The Of teIevon the conventions bo down the
three questonsobou money timing The Edtoi
Section Ieoder looks the and reports the u efforts
to get
THE TEXAS SToRThe fight who Texos chcso
mondns almost much the bottle for the Republican
nomination ITSELF Both des-Esenhwets Tos-ors mohons
arguments Fyklund
positions taken by the sides article the Edtorio Section
STAR SNAPSHOT coNTEsT-The first weeks
for shutteuss published The Stor Pictorial Mosozne Other
Of the moezne include WIiom Meyers ore "0eeon
Waves Mode Order" and color sto Photographer
Rondolph Routt entitled THE Spirit Of Is"
BIT NAUGHTY BUT EXTREMELY NcE-Thot sums up
Windmill which thousands els attended World War H.
The stcid old thot
closed during oden and oo Meeke Londons Pm
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Evening star., 1952-06-27
I Can't Face It, Says Note
Found Beside Dead Salesman

|pitalized about six months ago for
a heart ailment. The note sug-
gested his wife Helen sell their
home to augment her income.
Arising at 1920 am. Mrs. Holt
did not smell the coffee which her
husband usually brewed at that
time. Going to the basement, she
found the body clad in pajamas
on a cot. An electric cord was
loosely looped around the neck,
but there were no signs of stran-
gulation.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid scheduled an autopsy.
Besides the wife and grandson,
Mr.. Holt is survived by his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Susanne Watson.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Strict Virginia
Traffic Laws in
Effect Tonight
Speed Limit for Cars
Raised From SO to
SIS Miles an Hour
By Alex R. Preston

Most of the 723 bills passed
by the Virginia General Assembly
earlier this year will become law
at midnight tonight.
A few others, which bore emer-
gency clauses, took effect when
Gov. Battle signed them earlier.
One new change is the raising
of speed limits on open highways
from so to SIS miles per hour for
passenger vehicles. Truck speeds
were reduced from SO to As miles
per hour.
Heretofore a 55-mile limit was
permitted only on dual-lane, divi-
ded roads.
Sitter Penalties Set.
But along with the increase
came much sitter penalties for
traffic violations. A new law pro-
vides:
l. Mandatory 60-day suspension
or drivers license on second
conviction of speeding within a
year.
2. Authority for courts to sus-
pend the licenses for 10 DAYS for
the first conviction of speeding.
3. A mandatory Today jail SEN
tence for driving after revocation
OF a license. GA mandatory sem
tence for f1rst-offense drunken
driving was killed by the General
Assembly because most legislators
felt 1t would be impossible to OBJ
tain convictions in many cases.
4. A mandatory license re-ex-
animation of drivers involved in
two accidents within IL months,
regardless of who is at fault, and
drivers involved in two moving ac-
cidentS within year.
S. Reactivation of a program
under which the motor vehicles
division takes away licenses of
drivers whose accident records or
traffic convictions indicate they
are a menace to others.
The first two provisions for
suspension of permits will apply
only when a motorist is convicted
of travelling in excess of 5 miles
per hour over the limit.
A revised method Of distribut-
ing State income tax reductions
under Virginia's unique system
goes into effect. The plan was
originated in 1850 by State Sena-
tor Harry F. Byrd. jr., of Win
chester.
Relief Rolls to Be Open.
The new system follows the
same principle but uses different
formula.
Virginians for the first time will
be able to examine the relief rolls
if they suspect there are cases Of
fraud.
A familiar traffic artery in
Washington's suburbs will change
names. Lee boulevard, which
passes through Arlington from
Memorial bridge, officially becomes
Arlington boulevard" after mid
might.
Evening star., 1952-06-27

A real estate salesman who told
his wife he was going to the base
ment of his home last night to
escape the heat was found dead
there this morning. apparently the
victim Of sleeping pills.
Besides the body of Clarence
y. Holt, SIS. of 4301 Brandywine
street NV. were two notes.
One told where two bottles of
sleeping pills were hidden in a
cedar chest and cabinet. He had
placed them there. the note said.
so his 4-year-old grandson, Harold
Watson, would not get into them.
ST can't face it any more" the
message read. Mr.. Holt was hos
Evening star., 1952-06-27

uAA1Coo SOlAc pIIVdGc dScLlCy puIs
up the funds to operate it.
Health officials say this short
sighted policy in regard to proper
laboratory facilities is a contribut.
ing factor to the high incidence OF
tuberculosis here-an incidence
which has been branded by DR.
Daniel L. Seckinger. director oi
health. as "our worst health prob.
lem"
Because the Health Department
cannot perform proper diagnostic
tests IN it's laboratory. the extent
and seriousness Of patients dis
ease often is not known until he
is admitted to a hospital.
Deficient in Beds.
Yet the city lacks sufficient
beds to hospitalize all new tuber-
culoSiS victims. Patients often
must wait months before they
can be admitted for diagnosis and
treatment.
The United States Public Health
Service and the scientific section
of the National tuberculosis As
sociation has listed sputum cul-
lures and stomach-washing cul-
lures as two basic diagnostic pro-
cedures. They report X-ray pic
lures sometimes indicate tubercu-
losis LESSONS where no leision
exists, or the shadow actually is
something else. Examination OF
|sputum smears on a slide also is
a general test which Is Of nc
value in many cases.
Yet here's the problem as far as
the Health Department laboratory
is concerned:
Two persons-a director and 9
technician-are the staff of the
laboratory, and must handle al
of the departments bacteriologit
work. In 1850, they were able ts
do but 100 sputum cultures, al.
Though there are more than 6,00(
known tuberculosis cases in thu
city.
No Time for Tests.
The Healht Department labora.
tory staff has no time to perform
these tests. And fees at private
laboratories average about $40 fol
each complete examination.
DR.. Howard M. Payne, chief o1
the tuberculosis service at Freed
mems Hospital, says stomach
washing cultures should have
been Immediately ordered on the
400 new tuberculosis cases turned
up in the 1948 city-wide chest
lX-ray survey.
Yet only that small minority
able to afford private examina-
tions received difinitive diagnostiG
tests prior to disqualification.
After a patient has been dis.
charged from a tuberculosis hos.
pital, he should have periodic test.
by stomach washing culture o.
sputum culture.
Must Keep Pace.
Because of the new drugs con
Stantly being offered as tuber'
culosis therapy, research labora
tories are necessary in any hospi'
tai which attempts to keep vi
Evening star., 1952-06-27

Judge Myers of Municipal Court,
who was nominated for the Mu-
nicipal Court of Appeals today by
President Truman, is a native of
Washington. He is SIS years old.
Judge Myers had practiced law
here for rs years before President
Truman nominated him to the
Municipal Court in 1948.
He was born in Southwest
Washington on April II, 1897.
He attended the old Amidon and
Jefferson Elementary Schools,
Central High School and George
Washington University. He is a
member of the vestry of All Saints
Episcopal Church. He lives at
1854 Mckinley st. NV.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Umbrella Bird Comes to Zoo
With New Animals and Snakes

The Washington Zoo today re-
ceived large shipment of animals,
birds and snakes.
DR.. William Mann, Zoo director,
announced the new arrivals in
cluded an umbrella bird from
South America, a bird the Zoo has
never had before. The name comes
from large, umbrella-shaped
crest of feathers on top of the
birds head.
Also coming today were couple
of rare varieties of the cookie
|the-rock bird from South America
Imangrove snakes from the East
Evening star., 1952-06-27

Indies, cobras from South America
and a young margay cat which
looks like a little ocelot.
Direct from the Belgium Congo
the Zoo is getting two pairs of
monkeys, one being black crested
and the other gray bearded.
Today's arrivals also include
some two-toed sloths from Florida
IA pair of South American bush
dogs and a couple of drill balloons
Most of the animals are replace.
ments of faces that have beer
missing at the Zoo for severa
wears.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
DistrictUrged
Seek Funds
For Zone Plan
Planners Request
Action on Revision
Of Regulations

The National Capital Park ano
Planning Commission today urged
the District to seek funds as soor
as possible for a complete revision
of the city's zoning regulations.
The revision would take 1e
months and would cost between
$150.000 and $175.000.
The proposal for the revision
was contained in a report pre-
pared by Harland Bartholomew
and associates, consultant to the
commission.
Sent to Zone Board.
A report was sent to the Zoning
Commission, which includes the
District Commissioners.
The revision would be accom-
plished by a 10-man staff work.
ing jointly under the Planning
Commission and the Zoning Com
mission, in cooperation with va
riouS other agencies.
The report proposes studies of
land use, population density,
building height, building bulk, Off
street parking and existing zoning
throughout the city. No forecast
was made as to what changes
may be needed.
u. S. Has Park Land.
Earlier, the commission an
nounced that nearly all the Ar
lington land needed for the George
Washington Memorial Parkway is
in Government hands.
The commission also announced
purchase Of the first two acres of
a projected l0-acre park at Ben
ming road and Southern avenue
Sc.
Twenty-three parcels of land
have been bought in the last year
for the memorial parkway in Ar
lington, officials said. Four more
now are in the process of being
condemned, and two others are
under negotiation for purchase.
The strip involved extends
along the Potomac from Spout
Run to the Fairfax County line
1t includes 210 acres.
Construction Funds Lacking.
Construction plans are under
preparation by the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads, but no funds are avail
able yet. Planning Director John
Nolan, jr., pointed out. Actual
construction is not expected for
some time.
No funds have been provided
for land purchase in Fairfax
County, either. Four border plots
which are partly in Arlington are
being left unpurchased for the
time being on this account.
Russell Macdonald, who joined
the commission staff a year ago
to handle land purchasing, has
resigned to enter private employ
ment. Edward Grotecloss, 5000
Thirty -ininth street NV, of the
Federal Housing Authority. is re-
placing him, it was announced.
The new Benning Park is a
wooded plot which will provide
some recreation facilities at the
edge Of Marshall Heights. The
area is not suitable for an extern
Sive playground. but it will be the
only park in that section.
The commission also reported
nine of 10 properties in the HOO
block of E street NE. needed for
Lovejoy School now have been &C
quired. The last plot probably
will be condemned.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Roilmon Critically Hurt

CUMBERLAND. Mo-. June ~
(R-Louis E. Fallon. Baltimore &
Ohio brakeman from Keyser. w.
Va, was critically injured yester-
day In an accident at the rail-
roads yard here. A company OIL
cial said Fallon fell beneath q
moving boxcar and suffered the
loss Of his left leg.