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Evening star., 1952-07-28
Hospital Opens Clinic
Int akoma Park Today

A clinic will be opened today
lby the Washington Sanitariun
and Hospital, Takoma Park.
Most patients will be treated or
a part-pay basis. DR.. Clifford r
Anderson, dispensary director an.
nounced. Some will receive free
treatment.
The clinic was to be opened
with a brief service at 3 pm
Scheduled to speak are DR.. r. r
F1aiz, international medical di-
rector Of the Seventh-Day Ad-
ventist General Conference, and
Elder E. D. Dick, General Con-
ference secretary.
Located in the basement of the
old hospital, Flower and Carroll
avenues, the 10-room clinic will
house three examination rooms
two treatment rooms, three Of
fees, a nursing Office and a lec-
Iture room.
The building will be open from
g am. to 4 pm. Sunday through
Friday each week. Medical treat
ment will be given in the morn
ing and surgical treatment in the
afternoon.
Free clinics operated by Wash
Iington area Adventists are at the
Prince Georges Medical Center
Hyattsyille, and at 523 Sixth
street NV.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Proqrum for Tonioht

Programs presented through
the cooperation of the District
Arlington County, Prince Georges
County and Montgomery County
Recreation Departments and the
Film Center Of Washington:
Washington, at Dusk.
Murch, Thirty-sixth and ELI.
lcott streets NV.
Rudolph, Second and Hamilton
streets. NV.
Taft. Eighteenth and Otis
streets, NE.
Kenilworth, Kenilworth avenue
and Ord street NE.
Virginia Avenue, Ninth street
and Virginia avenue Sc. i
Bald Eagle. Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.W.
Logan. Third and G streets NE.
Francis, Twenty-fourth and N
streets NV.
Blow. Nineteenth street and
Benning road NE.
Douglass Dwellings, 1000 Ala.
bama avenue Sc.
Arlington County. $3.50 pm.
Walter Reed School, Washing
ton boulevard and Mckinley road.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 pm.
Silver Hill Elementary School.
Wallace road and Banner street.
Montgomery County, at Dusk
Wheaton Recreation Center.
Claridge road, Wheaton.
Smithville Elementary School,
Smithville.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
S in Mental Hospital
Al Petersburg Escape
BY the Assoeioted Press

PETERSBURG, Va, July %
Five inmates escaped last night
from the security ward of Central
State Hospital here.
The inmates, all Negroes. fled
between 8 and $50 pm, while
taking garbage to an incinerator.
The incinerator was located in q
locked room and it was not known
how the i've got the key which
opened the door. A hospital Of
ficial, who asked that his narne
not be used. said the men were
unguarded.
After entering the incinerator
room, the inmates climbed a
ladder to the roof of the security
building, which houses the crimi.
nally insane. From there they an.
parently jumped from one floor
level to another. finally leapinp
Is to "A feet to the ground outside
the hospital area.
The escapes were listed Al
James Washington, 10, of Rich-
mond: Robert Jones. %, of Route
3. Midlothian: Otis Harris, IS. Of
Norfolk; William Wallace, 23. Of
Covington, and Roy Reeves. So.
of Lynchburg.
The hospital official said the
security ward, which houses 100
patients at the mental hospital
ordinarily keeps all patients under
strict observation. Inmates dis
posing OF garbage usually would
be under observation by an at
tendant. who would unlock the
door to the incinerator room.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Fairfax Boy Injured
When Struck by Cab

A 11-year-old boy was injured
critically and his 10-year-old sister
also was hurt when they were
struck by a taxicab on Route so
in Fairfax County yesterday.
The boy, Thomas Jerome Terry,
colored. of Merrifield, is in Arling-
ton Hospital with severe head in
juries. His sister, Margaret, was
treated at the hospital for an
injured arm and released.
The accident occurred about g
pm. on Route so near Route $50,
The taxicab driver, Elustus
Thompson, Al, colored, Of the 600
block Of B street Sc, was charged
with reckless driving and released
under $100 bond pending a hear
ing.
Fairfax police said Mr.. Thomp-
son told them the boy threw some-
thing at the taxicab, and fell
into the side Of the cab as it went
out OF control. The police re-
ported they did not know how the
girl was struck.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Flight Curbs Ordered
During Enemy Attack
~ III. A..oe;o,.d pr...

Civilian and military air au-
thorities have agreed on a plan
to ground all non-military planes
during any enemy air attack.
The main purpose is to keep
civilian planes from interfering
with radar or visual Spotting OF
United States air and ground de-
Tense counteraction.
The Defense and Commerce
Departments and private flying
groups have agreed to set up rules
for three emergency conditions:
Warning white, warning yellow
and warning red.
Under a red warning an air at
tack would be imminent and all
flights would be grounded except
those approved by the military
and most radio aids to navigation
would be shut down.
Under q white warning-in eff
feet Is soon as q military erner-
gency Is declared-the Civil Aero
nautics Administration could re-
quire all civilian planes to file de-
tailed flight plans and to fly un-
der rigid restrictions.
Under q yellow warning an at
tack Is expected but not imrni-
nent or an attack has just oc-
CURED. Military commanders at
their discretion. could clamp
down restriction Of either q red
or white warning.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Mechanic, ~, Is Killed
In Howard County Crash
Bv ,he A,,ocio,ed Pres,

FREDERICK, Md, July 28.-
State police said Harvey j. Har-
mon, 20. Of Long Corner, How
ard County. was killed yesterday
on Route ~ in an auto accident
about IA miles from here.
State Trooper Samuel r. Dor
sey said the station wagon ran
up an embankment and rolled
over. Mr.. Harmon was found so
feet from the wreckage. DR..
George Burgtorf. medical exam
iner. said death was due to a
skull fracture.
Police said Mr.. Harmon came
to Maryland two months ago from
Floyd, Va. and had been working
las q mechanic for the contractor
building an extension Of United
States Route 40.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Virginia 10Th District
Democrats Pledge
Support Of Ticket

The 10th District Democratic
Committee Of Virginia today
pledged its unconditional and
wholehearted" support of the
|Stevenson-S -Sparkman ticket.
State Senator Charles r. Fen
wick, committee chairman, re-
leased the following statement
from the committee:
1.-THE Democratic committee for
the 10th Congressional District OF
Virginia notes with enthusiasm
the nomination by the National
Democratic Conyention Of two SUI
|perbly qualified men for President
|and Vice President of the United
States.
1--WE. have faith in them as men
whose abilities are proven and
whose qualifications are sound.
1--WE pledge to them our uncon-
.ditional and wholehearted support
now and throughout the cam
paign in Virginia. We shall do for
them every act possible in the
limits of our honor and capabili-
ties"
In addition to Senator Fenwick,
other 10th District committee
members who signed the state
ment were: Mrs. Anne wilkins of
Fairfax, secretary; Guy Bayes,
Armistead Booths, Lytton Gibson,
Harrison Mann and Thomas Mon
cure.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Falls Church Rotary Club
10 Get Charter Wednesda,

The newly formed Rotary Club
|of Falls Church win receive its
charter at a ceremony Wednesday
might.
Past District Governor Frank
w. Kellum viii make the presen-
tation at q meeting which will
begin at 2 pm. at the Dardanelles
Restaurant. District Gov. Dan j.
Friedman. Of Richmond. also will
speak.
Of6cerS Of the new club are:
President. City Manager w. Rodes
Woodbury.: vice president. John
II. williams; treasurer. the Rev.
Francis w. Hayes. jr., and secre-
'tary. DR.. Walter D. Stacker.
Evening star., 1952-07-28

Pvt. William Street said King told
him some one pushed the boy in
front of the train. Pvt. Street said
the oval-shaped track was sur
rounded by crowds Of youngsters
and their parents. and the jostling
crowd may have caused the little
boy to lose his balance and fall
in front of the train.
Pvt. Street said the train was
of heavy metal construction,
powered by q gasoline motor.
The boys grandmother. Mrs.
Henrietta Robinson, was with him.
Beechwood Park Is on the Ma
gothy River near Glen Burnie.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Us Stores to Join
In Shopping Week
lat Silver Sprinu

Seventy-f1ve Silver Spring stores
will participate in Shop Silver
Spring Week beginning Friday.
Thousands of dollars Of savings
in merchandise will be offered the
public during this sixth annual
event. according to the Retail Mer-
chants Division Of the Silver
Spring Board Of Trade.
Past sales Of this type have
drawn more than 100000 persons
Ito Silver Spring stores during the
event. Sales records during the
event have surpassed those at
Christmas seasons.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Chesapeake Ferry Bootmen
Sadly Face Uncertain Future

bay 70 EaSCOn than TO cross on
the Romancoke Ferry.
The old-timers on the Bay run
are the Higgins brothers OF the
Eastern Shore-Capt. Dan, 60;
Capt. Gardiner, So, and the "baby
of the family" Capt. Edward
(Ned Higgins. ~.
Capt. Dan signed on with the
old Annapolis Claiborne compa-
ny when he was discharged from
the Army after serving in France
in World War I. The. company,
late-- purchased by the State in
1941, was operating side -wheelers
then.
Sailed Boat from New York.
In 1919 the horse and buggy
was giving way to the automobile
The pressure for enlarged ferry
service across the Bay increased
with each passing year. In 1927
Capt. Dan helped sail the old fer
ry Gov. Ritchie down from New
York City.
They took the ocean route in
the wooden boat. Later, all-steel
boats were acquired, the newest
at a cost of almost a million
dollars
Last Fourth Of July week end,
which extended from Thursday
into Monday, the fleet of four
boats, reinforced by a fifth from q
run further south on the Bay,
moved $4,000 vehicles from Sandy
Point to Matapeake.
The crews spelled each other on
12-hour shifts around the clock
as long as one car remained to be
transported. Yet there were peri
ods when automobiles stacked up
bumper to bumper on the ap-
proacheS far beyond the capacity
OF five ferry boats to keep them
moving.
Prospective purchasers from as
far away as Seattle, Wash, have
inspected the boats In recent
months. Capt Dan Higgins is con-
f1dent the newer boats could make
1t to the West Coast via the Pam
anna Canal under their own power.
Heavy seas would run right
through these boats" Capt. Dan
declared, ''but the water can't
get into their hullS."
Some Of the younger crewmen
spoke Of getting jobs chipping rust
and swinging paint brushes on
the four-mile bridge which scars
to a dizzy height over the channel.
No Place for Sailors.
But Capt. Dan shook his grey
head. He pointed to two tiny
6gures on the supporting cables,
like flies on d thread.
1T takes q steeple-jack for that
kind OF work." he said, mot an
able bodied seaman
Purser William H. Lowe. who
has sailed for years under Can't.
Edward Higgins on the John M.
Dennis, estimated that the Hig-
gins brothers have put in over 90
years between them in the ferry
service.
The boats and the men who
work them are an integral part OF
the communities along the Bay.
especially on Kent Island. d
The payroll from the service
supplements modest incomes from
Grabbing, fishing, oystering and
small farms.
I'VE have operated like one big
family" MIR. Lowe said. ..Now|
the family must break up. IT'S
worse than that. somehow. It's
almost as bad as a mass execu-
ton"
Evening star., 1952-07-28
bidsAre Sought
For 0verpasses
In Arlington
81 Million Project
To Ease Congestion
On Busy Boulevard

Bids have been called for on
construction Of Arlington boule-
ward overpasses at Glebe road,
Tenth street and Courthouse road.
The Virginia Department Of
Highways announced at Richmond
today it will receive bids on the
projects, estimated to cost So mil.
lion. until 10 am. August IA.
If bids are accepted, the COM
mission expects that work on the
overpasses will begin this summer
and will be completed within Is
months. The three projects are
designed to ease traffic congestion
on the heavily-traveled boulevard.
Principal North South Artery.
Glebe road traffic will be carried
over Arlington boulevard. Arling-
ton boulevard, formerly called Lee
boulevard. is Route SO. Glebe road
lis the county's principal north
south artery and serves the huge
Parkington shopping area.
The Glebe road project, the
highway department said, will
provide the latest features of high
way design for a traffic inter-
change All left turns on the
bolevard at that point will be
eliminated and traffic signals at
the intersection will be removed.
Courthouse road traffic viii be
carried over the weSt-bound lane
of Arlington boulevard through q
pecial-designed overpass. The
Tenth street intersection will pro-
vide a grade separation SO as to
permit Tenth street traffic to move
over the west-bound lane of the
boulevard.
Plans for the three overpasses
were announced by the depart
ment last year. Low ground at the
site of the Tenth street and Court
house road projects was filled last
fall.
Some inconvenience to traffic
will be inevitable during construc-
ton, the department said. Plans
have been worked out for the
most efficient maintenance of
traffic during the construction"
Four Traffic Signals.
The department also has called
for bids on installation of four
traffic signals at difficult intersec.
tions in Arlington.
The sites for the proposed sig
mails: Intersection of Routes 100
and 1913 at Chain Bridge; Routes
1921 at Lorcom lane, North Up-
ton street and North Woodstock
street; Arlington boulevard at
North Granada. North Edison and
South Edison streets, and inter-
section of Route 20 and Route 211.
North Troy street.
Pedestrian push buttons will be
installed except at Lorcom lane
and Chain Bridge.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
g. w. Denmeud Heads
Gome Commission
BY fhs Asseeiated Press

BALTIMORE, July 2e.-Garnel
Wood Denmead Of Baltimore Is
the new chairman Of the Mary
land Inland Game and Fish Com
mission.
Named vice chairman was DR..
William B. Holton Of Bethesda.
Mr.. Denmead succeeded Jonathan
D. Longfellow Of Salisbury. as
chairman.
Mr.. LOngfellow's term on the
commission expired ON June /.
His successor as commission
member Is r. Frank Wimhrow,
lalso Of Salisbury.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Miniature Train Engineer
Faces Hearing in Boys Death

A 3-year-old Washington boy
yesterday was crushed to death
beneath the wheels of a miniature
train at Beechwood Amusement
Park near Glen Burnie, Md.
The victim was Gregory Robin
son, colored, Of 1718 Fifth street
NV. His chest and skull were
crushed as the train loaded with
merry youngsters passed over him.
Curtis King, 80. colored. Of
Baltimore. operator Of the train,
was charged with manslaughter
and ordered to appear In Ferndale
police court September 8 for q
hearing.
Anne Arundel County Police
Evening star., 1952-07-28
VPI Will Establish
Leurn-und-Eurn
System in Fall
BY the ASsoeioted Press

BI.ACKSBURG. July "a pro-
gram Of alternating work and
study win be started at VPI in
September, Earle B. Norris, dean
Of engineering, announced yester-
day.
Students enrolling In the pro-
gram will take i've years to gain
their degrees, while earning
enough to support themselves
meanwhile.
During the first four years
they will switch from the class
room to the factory-or vice verSs
every three months. The final
year Of the progxam will be spent
entirely In study.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
williamsburg Book
Tells Story in Photos
BY The Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, va. July 28
A Photographic story Of ths
restoration Of this one time Co
lonial capital city, '"The City That
Turned Back Time" win be pub
lished here Friday.
The book is being published BY
Colonial Williamsburg as part OF
the 25th anniversary Of the res
toration.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Gov. Battle Cheered
On Return for Stand
On Loyalty Pledge
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. July 28-
Gov. John Battle, who led the
Virginia delegation in refusing to
sign the loyalty pledge" at the
National Democratic Convention
received a rousing welcome on his
return here last night.
A band from Charlottesville, the
Governors home. was on hand
as were $500 cheering citizens
Placards held high said "Virginis
Is Proud of Governor Battle >
Jefferson Said It: Battle Dit It.
and "They Didn't Rattle Battle.
The band played Dixie"
The governor was accompanied
by other members of the Virgins
delegation who went to Chicago
with him.
Listen to Rebr0adcast.
The assemblage. as part of the
program. listened to the governors
words which he spoke at the con-
vention Thursday:
with us it Is a matter of prin-
ciple," they heard him say In the
rebroadcast, and their cheers
mingled with the recorded cheers
from the Convention Hall.
Then the crowd, gathered al
the south portico of the Capitol
heard Gov. Battle tell of the fight
He said he wanted to explain
Virginia's stand at the convention
The Virginia delegation fought
the loyalty pledge" because ap-
parently it would have bound del
egates to "any action that con-
vention might take at that time
or any other time" Gov. Battle
said.
He said it was a fight over
principles. not personalities"
Mentions Personalities.
He mentioned few personali-
ties, however. Without referring
by name to Michigan Senator
Blair Moody. author of the
loyalty pledge" Gov. Battle said
Senator Moody twas appointed
by michigan Gov. G. Mennenl
Soapy Williams" and that later
when Senator Moody was asked
how long he had been a Demo
crat he replied: "Since last Sat
urday night"
Gov. Battle said that Franklin
d. Roosevelt, jr., another backe,
OF the pledge, not too long age
ran on an independent ticket fol
Congress.
The Governor said he felt GER
tain that Virginia's stand had
helped check "a swing to the left
under Roosevelt and Minnesots
Senator Hubert Humphrey"
He said after Virginia, South
Carolina and Louisiana were
seated. 1--WE didn't hear any more
from those gentlemen"
Gov. Battle warmly thanked
those who welcomed him back.
mo finer thing ever has-oi
ever will-come to me-" he said
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Clarke County to Open
School Building Bids
speeiqI plspoteh Is ne stor

BERRYvIILE. Va, July a.
Bids for. construction Of a new
Clarke County High School on q
26-acre site in Berryville win be
opened by the Clarke School
Board August II In the ofiice Of
Supt. George w. Burton.
Mr.. Burton says It Is hoped tc
hold the cost Of the building be-
tween 100000 and 500. .00O..
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Two Hurt, One Hurled
Into Severn as Bridge
e..
Rips OFF Yacht Mast

The mast Of the 100000 sailing
lyawl Mayhap was torn off yester.
day when the craft failed to cleal
the Severn River Bridge al
Annapolis.
The top of the 85-foot mast
struck the center span of the
bridge. It crashed to the deck
injuring two of the crew and
throwing one into the water.
The yawl is owned by George
and Richard E. Breed, consulting
engineers with Offices at 1903 K
street NV. Richard Breed was
on board at the time Of the acci-
dent.
Party of Mine Aboard.
Anne Arundel County police said
q party Of nine Washington resi-
dents were on the Mayhap for the
Sunday cruise. The vessel hao
left the Annapolis Yacht Club les:
than an hour before the crash.
Proceeding at 10 knots unde,
power, the Mayhap headed for the
center span Of the bridge. Wher
the tip Of the mast struck, il
teetered at a crazy angle for 9
few minutes before crashing to the
deck. The passengers rushed te
the bow and escaped serious in.
Jury.
William. T. Gales, identified q.
Ico-publisher of q new Washington
magazine called the Spectator, wa.
knocked overheard. He was picket
up by a passing motor cruiser
Thomas Hagin. identified as pub
Usher Of the Spectator, suffered
q severe leg cut. Alfred Korn, al
employe of American Encyclopedia
suffered head injury.
One Man Hospitalized.
The Mayhap returned to the
yacht club under its own power
Mr.. Korn was taken to the Anne
Arundel General Hospital and ad.
mitted. He was believed hit BY
Ia flying pulley.
The damage to the yawl wa.
estimated to exceed $4,000. The
shattered mast smashed the cabir
roof, deck chairs and ripped tn,
rigging. The smaller mast asterr
also was torn down.
The bridge was not damaged
The Mayhap is an 86-foot yawI
built in Boston in 1910. She ha.
q 1917 foot beam. It is believed
to be one of the largest yachts ir
the world with a centerboard in.
stead Of the usual deep keel fol
that type Of vessel.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Maryland Delegates
Return After Hectic
Week at Convention
BY the Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, July 2s.-Mary-
lands delegates to the Democratic
National Convention started ar
irving home yesterday without the
fanfare that marked their de-
parture.
They returned in small groups,
greeted only by relatives and
friends.
At Mount Royal station in Bal
timore where the largest con-
tingent arrived aboard a special
train, there was only one sign
of politics. A woman carried a
large placard urging support OF
George p. Mahoney, the Demo-
cratic senatorial nominee.
Tells of Stevenson Visit.
Mr.. Mahoney was among those
who returned on the special train.
He told waiting friends that Gov.
Stevenson might make an ap-
pearance in Maryland during his
campaign for the presidency.
Mr.. Mahoney said he had con-
ference with the Democratic
nominee before leaving Chicago,
and that Gov. Stevenson said he'd
visit Maryland at some time dur
ing the campaign.
Mr.. Mahoney ha6 kind words
for the man he defeated in the
primary last May. Representative
SaSScer, who served as the dele
cation chairman.
No Effort Too Great.
Gas chairman Of the delegation,
Mr.. Sasscer was perfect" Mr.. Ma
honey said. mo hours were too
long for him. no effort too
Mayor D'Alesandro. who sue
ceeded Mr.. Mahoney as Maryland
national committeeman, remained
in Chicago. Some delegates came
back by plane; others left the spe-
cial train at Cumberland and at
Washington.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Another Break
In Water Line
Hits District
16-Inch Main Serving
Federal installations
In Virginia Snaps

District workmen were mendine
new break in the water lines
today after a 16-inch main burst
yesterday on the District side OF
Key Bridge.
The break caused no consumer
shut on. since it was In one Of two
lines operated by the Washington
Aqueduct to serve Federal install
lations in Virginia.
The escaping water, however,
washed away earth supporting
three Potomac Electric Power Co.
cable ducts. They were propped
up temporarily with steel beams.
Traffic was disrupted briefly,
and q barge trip had to be cam
celed because of tons Of mud
blocking the c & o Canal.
Main Laid in 1910.
Officials could not say exactly
what caused the break. The main
was relatively new, having been
laid in 1910. It was thought that
the presence Of the power COM
pany mains over it might have
had something to do with it.
David Auld, superintendent of
the water division, said there had
been a few more breaks than
usual recently in the water lines,
but expressed no fear for the sys-
tenn generally.
Serious breaks recently have
been in a main on Canal road on
June Is, which deprived a large
part of the city Of water. and one
at Second and Florida avenue
NV which was potentially, but
not actually, more serious. 4
Water Shut Off.
This break, which happened
July %, was at the junction Of
three large mains. It caused a
water shut off in about a dozen
blocks for about 30 minutes.
There have been other serious
breaks in recent years, Mr.. Auld
noted. In 1910, there was q bad
one in q 48-inch main at Arizona
avenue and Canal road. Others
were in 1915 at Thirteenth street
and Spring road NV. in a So
inch main, in 1949 on the ap-
proach to the Freeway on K street
in a 24-inch main, and year ago
at Constitution and Delaware ave-
nues In O 20-inch main.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Mon Dies in Pool

STANLEY, Va, July 28.-Cecil
Rollings, about 35, Of Wakefield,
died here yesterday apparently of
% heart attack while swimming
In q public swimming pool. Mr..
Rollings. his wife and two chill
dren were spending the week end
here at q cabin they had rented.