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Smyrna times., 1952-03-27
Career Conference

The Third Annual Career Con-
ference was held at Smyrna High
School on Tuesday, March 25. AS
a follow-up to this activity an es-
say contest is being held in all
English classes on the topic, "How
I Can Best Use My High School
Training"
Smyrna times., 1952-03-27
Basketball Records

Smyrna boys set new school rec
ords in the basketball season just
closed. Ebe Joseph and Dave
Jacobs, co-captains of the 1852
basketball team established new
records for their school.
Dave Jacobs scored 715 points in
a four-year high school career that
saw him average 1913 points per
game.
Ebe Joseph scored 558 points in
Smyrna times., 1952-03-27
Teachers Meeting

All schools in Kent County are
closed today in order to give the
teachers in the respective schools
an opportunity to attend the Kent
County Teachers Educational Con-
ference. The group will attend
sectional meetings in the morning,
and after lunch they will hear a
challenging address by the Presi-
dent of the University of Mary
land, DR.. Byrd.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-27

God has endowed man with in
alienable rights, among which are
self-government, reason, and con-
science.-Mary Baker Eddy.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-27

a three-year career, with a high
total of 319 in the year 1852. He
has a game average Of 16.4 per
game.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Policeman S Son, 4, Shoots
Finqer With Fathers Gun

The 4-year- -old son of a Metro
Ipolitan policeman accidently shot
himself IN the finger early yester-
day with his fathers service re-
volver. according to Montgomery
County police.
Charles Robert Johnson, jr., Of
l1609 Goodloe road, Viers Mill Viii
Ilage, was admitted to Children's
Hospital where his left index fin
ger was amputated below the first
joint.
The boys father is a station
clerk at No. 6 precinct.
Police said the boy had climbed
to the top shelf of a hall linen
closet where the gun was kept.
His parents were asleep in an adj
jacent bedroom at the time. Police
said his 2-year-old brother was in
the bedroom with Charles.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Women Voters Plan
Discussions Of u. n.

Unit meetings of the Arlington
League of Women Voters will dis
cuss the United Nations at meet
ings scheduled this week. Each
group will have a foreign visitor
as a participant in the discussion
Groups meeting today are North
Arlington, 8 pm, 4618 North
Fourteenth street; Aurora Hills
BIS pm, 619 South Twenty sixth
street; Bancroft, 8:15 pm, 4311
South Twelfth road.
Tomorrow's schedule is: North
Arlington, 10 am. Rock Spring
Neighborhood House: North Arl-
ington, l pm. Rock Spring Neigh
borhood House; Clarendon, 8 pm.
1908 Key boulevard.
On Wednesday groups will meet
at South Arlington, 8 pm, Fair
lington Administration Building;
Buckingham, 8:15 pm, Bucking-
ham Community Room.
The session on Thursday will
be at lis pm. in the Buckingham
Community Room.
Mrs. George c. Vietheer, presi-
dent of the Arlington league. said
the discussions will be devoted to
q re-valuation Of United Nations
since the Women Voters last
study.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Maryland Educator
Urges New Survey
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Nov. 17.-The
superintendent of Maryland's Is
schools yesterday called for fur
ther studies and recommendations
by the Maryland School and
Finance Commission, congratulate
ing that body for it's recently pub
lished report.
The commission, headed by
Harry j. Green, recommended q
$500 increase for teachers, faster
periodic pay boosts and higher
minimum salaries.
DR.. Thomas G. Pullen, jr., called
on Gov. McKeldin and the State
Legislature to maintain the exist
ence OF the commission with its
present chairman, DR.. Green. The
body was appointed by the Cover
nor on a temporary basis.
The commission had limited it.
self to studies involving teacher
pay, though it acknowledged that
its mandate could be interpreted
as authority to inquire into every
phase of the public school system
of Maryland. :"
The commission members felt
that such an extensive project
would involve employing numer-
GUS experts and would require too
much expense and too long a time
to be considered at present.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
|D'A|esandro Urges
Party Unity, Not Purge
BY the Assoejotsd Press

BALTIMORE. Nov. 1.-THE
Democratic Party in Maryland
needs teamwork, not purges or
punishments. says Mayor Thomas
d'Alesandro.
The Democratic national COM
mitteeman made the statement in
reply to Senator Melnicove, Demo-
crat. Of Baltimore, who suggested
the mayor revamp the party's
leadership in the State.
Senator Melnicove indicated the
Democrats should appoint a new
leader to lead them back into
political majority.
This is no time for purges,
prescriptions or punishments,"
MIR. D'Alesandro said. Thoughtful
Democrats will not talk of BAN
ishments of other Democrats, but
Of reconciliation"
AS a start. the mayor said he
would call a meeting of Demo-
cratic legislators before the Gen.
eral Assembly convenes on jan
uary 4.
Democrats are in control OF
both houses" he pointed out. I'VE
have the obligation to chart our
course.
Whatever there may be in the
program to be formulated by the
Governor that is sound and in the
public interest shall receive our
full support"
Mr.. D'Alesandro is considered
to have an eye on the gubernato-
rial race two years from now.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Chest Workers Meet
tomorrow 10 Report
On Latest Collections

The Community Chest-USO
workers meet again tomorrow to
report on their latest collections.
Last Thursday they had $685.
|511, little more than 80 per
cent of their $4,150,000 goal.
Tomorrow's reports will be made
at a 1920 pm. luncheon in the
Washington Hotel. The affair will
also be a birthday party. Joseph
Maestri, the campaign mascot,
won't be 3 until December 18,
but the campaigners are giving
him the party now because the
drive is scheduled to end a week
from Wednesday.
More than $100 million has been
raised so far this year by Chests
throughout the Nation.
Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas
and Detroit are already over the
top in their drives. Seattle, Wash,
has passed the 81 per cent mark,
and Greensboro, N. c., Buffalo
and Toledo are almost as far
along.
In a sidelight on the campaign
here, the Districts ability to pro-
vide leisure time activities for
girls will come in for criticism
this afternoon.
Six high school girl seniors will
discuss the subject at $3.50 pm.
in Chest headquarters at 1101 M
street NV. They'll appear during
Ia meeting of the Girls Study Com
mittee of the United Community
Services.
The girls will be Barbara Nc
Lindin Of Cardoza; Sylvia Peppers.
Dunbar; Gretchen Arnold, East
erh; Nancy Lancaster, Roose-
welt: Jacqueline Gainous. Spin
garn, and Janet Gallagher, Wood
row Wilson.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
IVPI Bulletin Issued
On Apple Research
BY the Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va, Nov. IT,
A new bulletin containing alb
stracts of recent apple research
lis available from the Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station
at the Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute.
Compiled by DR.. L. L. Davis of
the station, the bulletin Is titled
Abstracts of Recent Research Of
Factors Influencing Quality Of
Apples, Juice and Processed Fruit
Products"
1t deals with the effect of fer
tilizers on the quality of apples.
methods of storage and the blend
ing of apple varieties in the max
ing of apple juice.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Elusive Eagle Finally Shot
BY PHOTOGRAPHER After 4 DAYS

The American eagle is better
adapted to- his environment OF
the Potomac than almost any
photographer trying to shoot him
with a big Bertha"
Randolph Routt may Be an ex-
ception, but at this stage of. the
game he's not inclined to boast
1t was touch-and-go. hide-and-
seek for four days, over terrain
of the eagles own choosing.
Willing to Concede Draw.
The photographer finally got
back to the Office with his mega
tives late in the day, but he was
willing to concede the eagle at
least a draw:
Maybe Old Baldy began to
think I was shooting blanks in
this thing" said Mr.. ROltt, pat
ting his 65-pound, 28-inch tele-
photo camera a bit weakly. or
maybe he started to feel sorrv.for
me-"
Anyhow, MIR. Routt got his shot
"a clear view through the trees
from about 600 feet, not as near
as he wanted, but as near as he
dared to creep through brush and
swamp.
The eagle was perched some 80
feet above the Potomac, scanning
the river from the wooded bank
near Ft. Hunt to .Ft. Washington
on the Maryland shore.
Goes on for Days.
Old Baldy and a smaller eagle,
perhaps his mate, had eluded the
cameraman by taking of for the
far shore when he came in sight.
This went on for days.
The woodland. swamp and
thickets between Mt. Vernon Me-
mortal Boulevard and the river
a few miles below Alexandria ap-
parently are the hunting grounds
Of the pair.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
7 ordy Drivers Rush
To Virginia Garages
|ForCor Inspections

Virginia motorists who failed tc
have their autos inspected by the
deadline Saturday were jamming
nearly garages today.
Arlington police yesterday
booked four drivers on charges OF
failing to display an inspection
sticker.
Hundreds of auto owners were
caught short by rain Saturday
State police said regulations pro-
hibit inspections in wet weather
Police switc boards were
swamped with calls asking wheth-
er the 45-day inspection period
would be extended, but State
police stuck by the Saturday dead
line.
Motorists charged with not hav-
ing stickers can put up 1925 COL
lateral. They are then ordered to
drive their cars to the nearest in
spectioD station.
Evening star., 1952-11-17

Vienna to reach a population OF
5000 and become an independent
second-class city.
Mr.. Moore, who is budget officer
for the National Capital Housing
Authority, came to Vienna from
nearby Maryland in 1948. He
liked the many big trees that line
the streets. There are 70-foot
walnut trees along the lane where
Mr.. Moore, his wife, Eleanor, and
their two daughters live. The
daughters are Elizabeth. IA, and
Cynthia. II.
A native of Georgia, Mr.. Moore
attended schools there and George
Washington University. His IA
vorite pastime is fishing.
One of the objectives Mayor
Moore envisiens for his town is
extension of sewer and water
service to all residents of Vienna
who need it. He also is inter-
ested in orderly planning and de-
|velopment Of the town.
This Is another in a series
coverin0 municipalities OF the
Washington area.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
WW Protests Any Dispose
Of Hospital Sites by VA
BY the Associated Press

Col. George E. Ijams, speaking
for the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
protested yesterday against any
disposal of surplus sites for vet
erans' hospitals by the outgoing
administration.
Col. Ijams, who is the VFW's
national rehabilitation service di-
rector, said in a statement that
he has been told by persons he
did not name that the Veterans
Administration "iS now declaring
surplus certain hospital sites pre-
viously purchased by the Gov
ernment or donated by local
communities for the construction
of VA hospitals"
He said he had written VA Ad-
ministrator Carl R. Gray, jr., to
protest any such plan. There was
no immediate comment from
the VA.
Col. Ijams said he understood
some sites were to be sold be-
cause of 131 ,0O0-bed limit placed
on the VA hospital program by
President Truman.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
We'll Bundled Infant Found
On Park Road Doorstep

A pink-clad baby girl, we'll
bundled against a chill night, was
found abandoned last night on q
doorstep in the 400 block of Park
road NV.
The child, who is colored, was
wrapped in two pink and white
blankets. She was taken to Gal
linger Hospital, where she became
for matters of record. Julia
Brown"
About five days old, she weighs
S pounds, 1917 ounces, and wore
a white knitted shirt, a flannel
gown. pink nylon sweater, pink
knit cap and bootees of the same
color.
Evening star., 1952-11-17

Small game is fairly plentiful
and occasional ospreys of fish in
the shadows. American eagles
are known to dive on ospreys once
the smaller birds make a catch
and get some altitude.
When the frightened osprey
drops its fish to gain speed, the
eagle collects it in mid-air.
The big birds are believed to
nest on isolated sections of the
shore near where the Potomac
Joins Chesapeake Bay. Like the
osprey, they build large nests OF
sticks and add to them yearly.
Rewarded by Glimpse.
Mr.. Routt drove about 400 miles
up and down the boulevard during
his hunt. On the second day he
was rewarded with a glimpse of
the big bird he got to know as Old
|Baldy.
II was within 700 feet and
trying 10 live up a view through
the trees when he spotted me.
He took off for Maryland, flying
lat about so feet above the Po-
|tomac. I waited an hour, and
finally saw him coming back.
II didn't move. but he spotted
me before he was half way across
the river. He turned and went
back" Mr.. Routt saw the smaller
eagle several times. but always
well out Of range of his camera
Started for Last Time.
On the third day he got a pic
ture Of the latter bird, but the
shot was too long and it was
obscured by trees. Saturday, the
photographer glimpsed the big
eagle again.
"He was hard to see, because
he blends in with his background,
except for that white head. I was
really creeping when I started
after rim the last time. And,
believe me. I knew when to stop!"
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Police Break Up Show
|Af West | Lanham on
Charges Of |ndecency

Prince Georges County police
broke up a smoker at the West
Lanham firehouse Saturday night
and arrested a District cab driver
on charges Of possessing and
showing an indecent film.
Led by Police Chief F. Allen
Richards, a raiding party of plain
clothes and uniformed men
walked into the flrehouse. where
more than 300 men were found
viewing the film on the second
floor.
William Wilson Keen, 40, of
the $500 block Of Connecticut
avenue NV. a cab driver, was
the only one arrested. In addi-
ton to the charges Of possessing
and exhibiting an indecent film,
he was charged with transporting
into Maryland a film not passed
by the State Board Of Censors.
Keen was released under $500
bond pending a hearing Friday
at Upper Marlboro.
One of the raiders. Detective
Sergt. Richard A. Pearson, said
the police entered the building
shortly after 8 pm. Saturday and
arrived on the second floor just
as showing of the film was being
concluded.
Reports that salacious motion
picture films have been shown in
the f1rehouse have been circulated
through the Landover community
for the past few years, and have
been the underlying cause of
strong feeling between f1remen.
some town officials and the re-
form element.
The latter have said that the
subject was an underground issue
in the bitter municipal campaign
a year ago. in which new mayor
was elected after results of the
election had been challenged in
the courts.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Air Force Plane Lands
With Faulty Propeller

An Air Force twin-engine
Beechcraft made an unscheduled
landing at the Falls Church air
park yesterday when a faulty pro-
peller developed after a takeoff
from Boiling Air Force Base.
The plane, piloted by Brig. Gen.
John B. Ackerman. of Mclean,
Va, carried 1t. Col. w. r. Pitts
and Airman First Glass c. j.
Dewhirst, and was enroute to
Rome. Ny.
It was repaired by a Boiling
crew and flown back to Boiling
later in the day. Gen. Alderman
and his passengers continued the
trip in another aircraft.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
PrinceGeorges
Popu|ationGains
1907 in Decade
194,182 Count in
1850 Compared With
Sc, ,490 in 1910

Prince Georges County has
more than doubled its population
in a decade.
This was officially revealed to-
day. as the 1850 final census fig
ures showed a population of
194,182. This compares with So
400 in 1910.
Hobert A. Yerkey, district SUPER
visor, Census Bureau. said the
1850 Prince Georges County popu-
lation comprised 99,111 males and
95,071 females. The average in
come in 1949 of the county's fami-
lies and unrelated individuals
was 1854. Mr.. Yerkey observed.
The county had 171.247 whites.
22.652 Negroes and 283 persons of
other races. The median aye of
the population was 26.5 years,
while per cent were IS years old
and over. the report showed.
The number of children under
5 years old was 27.044, while resi-
dents 81 and over totaled l18,077.
Among the 46,440 married
couples living together, 43,275
lived in their own households.
while 3,165 shared the households
OF others. The average population
per household was 3.65 persons.
The report declared that of per-
sons IA years and older, 77,84O
were in the labor force. This repre-
sented 80.5 per cent of the males
and 32.2 per cent of the females
in this age group. OF the en-
ployed workers. 9.4 per cent were
engaged in manufacturing.
There were 87.9 per cent of per-
sons IA to II years of age in
school. the report said. In the
group to 13 years old, 96.9 per
cent were in school. The report
said the average years of school
completed by persons Is years
and over was 11.9.
Mr.. Yerky pointed out the data
on education and income was
based on inquiries made of a
sample Of one in five of the whole
population. Other data were based
upon complete enumeration. he
explained.
Evening star., 1952-11-17

ana before that
had never held
an elective po-
Sition.
Being mayor
of Vienna in
wolves presiding
at the regular
monthly town
council meet
ings, and sit
ting as judge
one mig h t a
W e e k in t h e
town court.
S i n c e the
Evening star., 1952-11-17

new water and sewer system dur
ing the past four years, more and
more people have come to make
their homes there. The popula-
ton now is calculated to be $500
and Mayor Moore looks for it to
keep on growing. At some not too
distant date, Mayor Moore expects
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Navy Surgeon
Hits Reluctant
Civilian Doctors
Says Their Objection
To MiIitury Duty Is
'Picoyunish and Puny'

Rear Admiral Lamont Pugh
surgeon general of the Navy, to-
day labeled the civilian doctors
objection to military duty as pic
|ayunish and puny."
The surgeon general spoke at
the opening session of the Asso-
citation of Military Surgeons of
the United States. meeting at the
Hotel Statler.
Admiral Pugh said hat during
his tenure as deputy surgeon gen.
eral and as surgeon general, get
ting doctors for the Navy Medical
Department has been a matter of
paramount concern.
Describing the reluctance of
civilian doctors to serve in their"
Navy as "picayunish and puny,"
Admiral Pugh then asked what
was the main objection to mill
tary medicine and the main at
traction to civilian medicine.
Matter of Easier Money"
1--WE all know it is simply a mat
ter OF easier, quicker and bigger
money-avarice; a better, if albeit
Q fanciful and possibly an ephe-
neral opportunity to get rich
quick" he said.
Admiral Pugh said there were
constant cries that the service
must be made more attractive to
civilian doctors.
there is q little more
within the bounds of reason that
can be done to make service more
attractive" Admiral Pugh said.
"And since when has the doctor
OF medicine and dentistry become
such a pantywaist as to require
that bald responsibility others
accept with good grace must be
diked out with certain frills before
he will buy it? And when use
the phrase will buy it. I quote
verbatim both. the prima donna
doctor and his agents"
The admiral said that during
his stay in Korea this summer he
failed to detect evidence of any
special effort being made on the
part of any one to make the Serv-
ice more attractive to the soldiers
and Marines who were fighting.
THE expectation of being a
servant of the people should have
been a cardinal motivating prin-
ciple with those who enter upon
the study of medicine" Admiral
Pugh said, g.. there would appear
to be grounds for wondering if
the doctor isn't on his way to be-
coming an hereto of the doctrine
that it is more blessed to give than
to receive"
Type Of Man Needed.
Admiral Pugh said the kind of
man needed by the Medical and
Dental Corps of the services "is
an individual who to himself
clearly realizes that 1t is a priv
iJege and not penalty to serve in
a uniform of his national defense
establishment by abhoring
ignoble ease he can perform no
more worthy mission than that of
protecting and restoring the most
priceless element, that of health
. in the armed forces"
About 1900 persons are attend
ing the meeting scheduled to con-
tinue through Wednesday. Many
of the country's leading physi-
clans, dentists, nurses and scien-
fists will take part in the scien-
tific sessions.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Study Group to Meet

The Eastern Suburban Study
Group will meet at 10 am. to.
morrow in the Jesup Blair Com
munity House. DR.. Clarence E
Newell, professor of educationa.
administration at the University
of Maryland, will lead q discus.
sion of How to Make Parent
Committees Effective in the Com.
munity."
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Alternate Route
For Proposed
Freeway Studied
Inter-County Belt
North Of Berwyn
Is Suggested

An alternate route for the pro-
posed inter-county belt freewaS
approximately one. mile north o1
Berwyn, Md, is being studied by
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, il
was learned today.
The disclosure came as the
commission barred its proposed
master highway plan for the
Maryland Washington regional
district in Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties.
Last Friday the Berwyn Citizens
Association indicated dissatisfac-
ton with one of the proposed
interbelt routes. They objected to
the link between Greenbelt and
Oak View on New Hampshire ave-
nue. because it would pass through
Berwyn.
The commission said the alter
nate for the Berwyn route has
been under study for some time.
One of the problems involved in
this section of the belt freeway
is that a large tract owned by the
United States lies north of
Berwyn. while to the south of this
tract the area is heavily built up.
No PrioritieS Suggested.
The plan emphasizes the pat
tern of roads in suburban Mary
land which the commission believes
should be developed during the
next quarter century. It does not
attempt to indicate which roads
should receive priority.
The plan is divided into three
groups of roads:
/. Controlled access highways,
such as the Annapolis freeway
and the Baltimore Washington
freeway. Also in this group are
major highways which are par
TALLY controlled through service
roads adjoining the freeways, such
as University lane.
2. Major highways with divid-
ing strips. such as Georgia avenue
in Montgomery, and Colesville
road in Prince Georges.
3. Connecting and secondary
roads such as Good Luck road and
Temple Hills road in Prince
Georges and Seven Locks road and
Bradley boulevard in Montgomery.
The commissions plan shows
four proposed new bridges across
the Potomac River. Two Of them
are major links in the Inter-
County Belt Freeway. which would
completely bypass Washington
while linking the four jurisdictions
surrounding it.
The bridges are at Jones Point
landing. linking Prince Georges
and Alexandria, the other at Cabin
John, linking Montgomery and
Arlington County.
Other Bridges Proposed.
Other proposed bridges include
one above Potomac, Md, near Oak
Spring lock which would link
Montgomery and Fairfax Counties
crossing Minnehaha Island. An
other proposed bridge would link
the District and Arlington County
by an extension of Nebraska ave-
nue. near Foxhall road above Key
Bridge.
Overpasses and interchanges on
the major arterial routes are indi-
Gated along with the recommended
rights of way for each type of
highway. The commission stressed
that the plan is not final, but will
be changed to meet changing con-
ditions. Copies of the plan have
been sent to agencies in the juris-
dictions involved in the overall
planning for the Metropolitan
Area.
When the plan is adopted, the
commission will incorporate it in a
report containing supporting data
such as estimated population dis
tribution and traffic volume.
Evening star., 1952-11-17

aSSaultlng him were William H
Anderson. sr., 40, colored, of 2015
North Culpepper street, Arlington;
his son, Sherman Anderson, 20;
another son, who is II. and an
other 17-year-old youth.
Pvt. Hart lost consciousness once
during the fight when he was
struck on the head with pick
handle, police said. When he
came he. he managed to draw his
gun and place the three younger
assailants under arrest. The elder
Anderson fled.
Pvt. Hart radioed for help and
10 policemen were sent to the
scene. Police said they had alerted
every man on the department to
organize a manhunt for the elder
Anderson when he called Police
Judge Hugh Reid and arranged to
surrender.