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Modern Woodmen

Georgetown Camp. Modern
Woodmen of America, elected as
officers: Consul, Stanley Beach;
Ipast consul, Joseph Clarke: ad-
wiser. Norris Bloom; banker, L. S
Owens; secretary. j. H. Mcintyre;
escort. George Hurlebens; watch
man. Charles Slifer: sentry, T. j
Carroll; trustees. Lawrence De-
Carmo. Joseph Warner and T. j
Carroll.
They will be installed on Janu-
ary IL.
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project. reports a Regular Army
sergeant instructor will serve a.
drillmaster.
Albert Herman, Andrew Chum-
bris. Elwyn Tracy, Karl K. Parker
William E, Peacock and Bernard
Beard have recently been awarded
Meritorious Service Citations.
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porary headquarters: and the
house was visited by the Marquis
de Lafayette. ~
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By Wolter w. Hubbord
American Automobile Association

Here is a one-day trip-provid-
ing an early start is made-which
will prove of scenic and some his
toric interest. It. will require al
most 100 miles of over-the-road
travel.
The AAA suggests that the trip
start with the southwark drive to
One of series Of motor trips from Wosh
ineton. Clip and save it for future
reference.
Piscataway. in the Old Line State.
At the time of the Revolutionary
War, this town had a tavern where
travellers between the Northern
Neck of Virginia and Annapolis
were accustomed to stop. Many
Scottish merchants, who handled
much of the trade with England
before silt filled the creeks that
made them ocean ports. lived with
in a few miles of PiScataway.
At Hughesville. Maryland S and
231 form a junction. Four miles
south is Charlotte Hall, which was
known as Ye Coole Springs of St.
Maries when it was established
In 1893. 1t has the distinction of
being the first health resort of
the province, popular because of
the healing properties claimed for
its waters.
Aside from it's being one of
Maryland's great turkey-raising
and processing centers, particu-
larly the Norman turkey farms,
it is known for Charlotte Hall,
opened two years before the Decla-
ration Of Independence was signed
and named for Queen Charlotte
of England. In 1897 it became
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first-class total cost. Hawaiians
are saying that the only difference
is that tourist-flight vacationers
have to wait until, thev are on
the ground for their aloha cock
tail, as no liquor is served aloft,
and that a charge of so cents is
made for the aerial breakfast.
At about the same time the
lower Hawaiian fares became ef-
fective. the prospects of cheaper
aerial rates were being announced
for another direction by the In
ternational Air Transport Asso-
ciation.
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Notebook
Continued From Page CID

an alternative in accommodations
both sleeping cars and coaches
The West Coast Champion leaves
Washington daily at 8 pm.
Other ACL trains operating al
year to Southern destinations in
clude the Miamian, the Havana
Special, the Everglades. which
goes only as far as Jacksonville
and the Palmetto. daily to Sa-
vannah. Ca, and making con.
venient connections to Whining
ton, N. c., and Augusta, Ga.
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Low Fores Around World

IATA's New York office released
information that the association IS
recent traffic conference at Cannes
France, worked out step-by- step
extension of low-cost air tourist
services that will completely girdle
the world by April /, 1854. Mem
ber lines also agreed to provide
Ia full network of tourist services
Through Europe, beginning April
II, 1858.
The conference also agreed that
meals would be provided on North
Atlantic tourist flights. For ex-
ample. the basic one-way tourist
fare between New York and Lon
don in the peak season will be in
creased by IS to $275, and the
present charges for meals will be
dropped.
The IATA announcement also
said:
"The. new European tourist
services will begin on April next
on virtually every route now op-
Grated by the airlines. They will
be carried in the same aircraft
now used, but these will be fitted
with an average of about Is per
cent more seats, depending upon
the type.
I'm addition to the regular tour
ist services, there will be some
tourist services available on night
flights within Europe at further
discounts of about 10 per cent be-
low normal tourist levels. Special
excursion fares for festivals, trade
fairs and the like, which are a ira
ditional feature of European air
transportation, will continue to be
offered"
On some routes abroad, the tar
ifs of first-class flights will be
raised slightly as low-cost tourist
/ fares are introduced.
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Christmas Party Planned by Forty and Eiqht

District of Columbia Grand
Voiture 174 of the Forty and
Eight, American Legion, next Sat-
urday evening will be hosts to
more than a hundred under
privileged children from the
Southwest area at a Christmas
party at the American Legion
Club from 2 to S pm.
Kenna Main Post will also hold
Ia Christmas dance in its club
house, 1901 Nichols avenue Sc,
next Friday evening.
Army and Air Force Post and
the regular Department Execu-
tive Committee meetings have
been advanced one week for this
month only due to the holidays
The former will convene Tuesday
evening at the American Legion
Club, while the latter will be held
Thursday evening there.
Officers of Washington Police
and Fire Post recently installed
by Department Commander Rob-
ert A Bunch and his staff
are: Commander. Ernest Renfro;
first vice commander, John A.
Shallcross: second vice comman-
der, Anton w. Kluge: third vice
commander; James v. Pearson;
Iadjutant. Charles L. Bryant;
finance officer, Nelson G. Thayer;
historian and membership officer;
Hardin N. Lancaster; judge advo-
cate, Robert w. Kirchmeyer; serv-
ice officer, John I. Mcdonald; +;
chaplain, Millard H. Sutton.
The department commander
has appointed Herbert j. jacob,
Norman Grant. Thomas M. Lee,
Watson B. Miller, Edward G..
Comingore, ST.: Philip Stearn,
Martin L. Dellinger, Edward Du-
vail, jr., and John Grady as men,
bers of a temporary Board of
Directors of the American Legion
Building Corp
A permanent board will be
elected at special department
convention to be called in the
near future.
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One of series Of motor trips from Wosh-
ineton. Clip and save it for future
reference.
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Smith and the Washington Tro.
|phies. The former is awarded
the local Legion post with a mem.
bership of more than a hundred
who on that date have enrolled
the largest number of its current
years membership as comnarec
with its final total for the pre-.
vious year. The latter is award.
led to post of less than a hun.
dred membership. on the same
terms.
Marine Corps night" will be
celebrated by Navy Department
Post at the New Colonial HoteI
next Tuesday evening. Following
Ia reception for new members
from 1880 to 8 pm. Col. James
C. Murray, U. S. M. c., of the
Korean truce team will deliver ar
address entitled. Truce Negotia
tions at Panmunjom." Dancing
and entertainment will follow.
The organization of a post colol
guard was perfected by Wood
ridge Post last week. William
|E. Peacock. in charge of thu
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Next Saturday is the deadline
for the award Of the John Lewis
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City Highway Groups
|0ffer Plan for New
Southwest Entrance

A. plan to provide q new en-
trance into Southwest Washing
ton from the city's central section
has been prepared by highway and
tredevelopment officials.
At present, "it's just a PLAN
one highway department spokes-
nina said today. But it looks to-
ward the day when the slum-
ridden Southwest section gets q
housing and highway face-lifting,
It may ultimately be Incorporated
lin the overall redevelopment pro-
gram. 10"
The new plan calls for treating
Tenth street S.W, between q
street and Independence avenue
lin such q way as to funnel traffic
to and from the Mall. Tenth
would split just north Of the rail-
road tracks to curve and connect
with both Ninth and Twelfth
streets at independence avenue.
| For this to be effective. Ninth
would have to be cut through from
Independence avenue to Jefferson
drive. To the south, Tenth street
would cross over the proposed T
street freeway to feed and receive
traffic onto the proposed bridge
across Washington Channel.
Development of Tenth street In
this manner would relieve the
traffic burden on Fourteenth
street. highway planners said.
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William A. Gallagher, special
assistant to Attorney General
Germany. said the Justice De-
|partment today is preparing its
Iextradition case against Mansour
Mr.. Gallagher. who. along with
Special Assistant Vincent p
Russo. presented the evidence te
the grand jury, said he expected
Walker to come to Washington
for trial without objections,
The indictment, while bringing
no legal charges against Mr.. Gull
lum, named him as a cocoon
Espirator." Justice Department
officials said Mr.. Cullum lives al
Germantown, Md, founded radio
station WWDC and then sold 1t
and has been a commodity trader
here since 1943.
The one-count indictment could
lead to a maximum punishment Of
five years imprisonment and a
1910, 900 fine each for Walker and
Mansour.
The indictment charged that
the conspiracy was brewed at q
luncheon February Is. 1851, at the
New England Raw Bar and Res
|taurant. % Municipal Fish
Market.
As far as the public records
show, there is no evidence that
Walker proflted from the favors
|he allegedly did for Mansour
whom he described as q good
friend"
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Lincoln Park Citizens Back
Segregation at Rpseda|e \

The Lincoln Park Citizens Asso-
citation last night asked that seq.
regation be continued at RoSedals
playground.
Declaring it deplored recent In
terracial disturbances there, mem
berS nevertheless asserted that the
Recreation Department should not
change its stand. The playground
Is open to white children only.
The group also commended
school board member Robert r.
Faulkner for his recent charges
of waste dspace in District schools
Mr.. Faulkner had suggested thai
the transfer of Eliot Junior High
this year to colored use was pre-.
mature.
Levy r. Tindal, president, con.
Quoted the meeting in the Epworth
Methodist Church. Thirteenth
street and North Carolina avenue
NE.
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need Of new Government pay

need Of a new Government pay
raise.
Another thing I found was q
complete lack of fear among en-
|ployes over the result of Novem-
ber's election. The feeling seemed
to be that. whether the Demo-
Gratis or Republicans win, the av-
|erage career employee has nothing
to worry about. .,..g
This may be because of the
pledges given by Gen. Eisenhower
and Gov. Stevenson that career
employees, doing capable and nee
essary jobs viii not be touched.
It may also stem from the in
creased strength Of the merit sys-
tenn principle in this country and
the feeling that the American
public would not stand for a re-
turn OF the spoils system. Nat
urally. it's recognized that there
will be almost a complete turn
over in the political patronage
Jobs, no matter which party wins.
AS far as this reporter can tell,
Federal employees are divided al
most $3.50 in their preference
for Stevenson or Eisenhower. Ger
tainly. there seems to be no basis
for the frequently made charge
that Federal workers will vote as
a bloc for the administration ir
power. This was disproved ir
1913. when the nearby Maryland
and Virginia Counties. predomi.
nantly occupied by Federal work.
ers, voted Republican. And it,
being disproved again this year
Federal employees will vote as in
dividuals, not as group or class
One additional note about thu
conventions: Our deep vote Of
thanks to Herbert Hollander oil
the NFFE, Hal Miller of the AFGF
and Bill Doherty of the Letter
Carriers, for their invaluable as
sistance and cooperation in the
coverage Of the sessions.
! 4 \
NEW CRITERIA-The Specia,
Senate unit investigating civil
service proposes that new criteris
be developed in Government ir
determining the Importance and
salary of supervisor and other ex-
ecutive positions. In a report tx
Chairman Johnston of the Senate
Civil Service Committee, the Sen
ate staff said this new criteria /.
needed to "negate any conception
no matter how ill-founded, thai
there is an incentive to empire.
build'-that is, to maintain large
stats, whether needed or not.''
| The staff headed by former
FBI Agent Melvin Purvis sale
Federal agencies and the Civil
Service Commission should make
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BurIeith Unit Opposes
Institutions Plans

A proposal to construct three
new buildings on the grounds of
the House Of the Good Shepherd,
Reservoir road and Thirty-sixth
and Thirty-seventh streets NV,
met determined opposition last
night at a meeting of the Burleith
Citizens Association.
Col. William ]. Hughes, presi-
dent Of the board of the Catholic
school; his attorney and two
architects presented q builders
plan to the association and asked
for questions afterwards.
They got plenty of questions,
and when they were through, they
heard their answer-no.
|. Chief among residents com
plants was not the new buildings
but an old laundry that allegedly
blankets the area with smoke and
CRIME and which was called q bad
influence on students Of Western
High and Gordon Junior High
Schools.
Girl inmates of the correctional
institution work In the laundry
Other objections to the new
construction - q nuns living
quarters wing and two new
chapels-involve coming regula-
tons limiting the height of q
building. Plans call for buildings
60 feet tall, while all other build
ings in that zone designation, 3
Restricted. may be only 40 feet
high.
The association unanimously
voted to have Culvir J. Chamber
lain, attorney and past coming
board member, represent it when
the Zoning Reimbursement Board
meets on September %.
E. Erskine Blakely, association
president. conducted the meeting,
which was held in the Gordon
School, Thirty-f1fth and T street,
INV.
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Walker and Egyptian Indicted
On Cotton Conspiracy Charge
Legal Bottle Seen ,
In Move to Extrodite
Monsour for Triul

A conspiracy indictment against
Clovis D. Walker. former Agricul-
ture Department official. and
Loutfy Mansour Of Egypt promised
today to touch OF an interna-
tional legal battle.
The Justice Department said it
will try to extradite Mansour
to face trial here with Walker.
A Federal grand Jury late yes
terday indicted Walker and Man
sour on q charge Of conspiring
to defraud the Government on
the sale Of long-staple Egyptian
cotton. fe '''
At the time of the alleged con-
Spiracy in 1851. Walker was head
of the Agriculture Departments
cotton branch.
Walker allegedly kept Mansour
informed about American plans To
buy, and about prices the United
States would pay. This appar-
emily helped the Egyptian make
several million dollars extra profit
at the expense Of American tax
payers.
The Indictment charged that
Walker passed some Of the infor-
nation TO Mansour through Dyke
Cullum, o commodities trader and
one-time associate Of former Sena-
tor Thomas, Democrat. Of Okla
homa, Mr.. Cullum, however, was
not indicted.
Irregularities In the Govern
ment's cotton buying program first
reached the public through Sen
ate Agriculture Committee hear
ings in May.
Walker. veteran Of IS years
with the Agriculture Department.
denied any wrongdoing, but re-
signed his Government job with
the explanation that his useful
ness had been impaired. He sold
his home at 1910 Warren street
NV. and on June Is moved with
his wife. Eula, to Homestead. Fla.
Mansour was in the United
States when Senate investigators
became interested. He returned
to his business headquarters in
Alexandria. Egypt-and it may
take some legal legerdemain to
get him back.
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

IFive-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity-Sept. 1871.
Temperatures will be normal to
II or 3 degrees above normal with
"a slowly rising trend to end with
cooler weather Saturday and Sun
day. Washington area normals
for the period are 70 and 60 for
the daily high and low. Showers
likely Friday or Saturday totalins
h-A inch.
River Report
(From u o. EnginoegD.)
! Potomac River clear at Harpors Ferry
and ct Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
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District and vicinity - Sunny
this afternoon, high in lower 80s;
clear and cooler tonight, low about
81. Tomorrow, fair with hign
around 80.
Maryland-Clear tonight, low
around so in west and 50-55 In
east portion. Tomorrow, fair with
high around 80.
Virginia-Clear and cool to-
night, low Of 50-55 in the interior
and $3.50 near the coast. Tomor.
row, fair with high Of 1888.
Wind Cat National Airport)
Southwest, 2 miles an hour, al
1l:l8 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-16
Hole Dug in WoIl FoiIs,
Police Score Burqlurs

Burglars yesterday dug . hole
in q pawn shop wall at 1928 Sew
enth street NV. and attempted
to drag q suitcase filled with mer-
chandiSe away.
Police, however, spotted the
men just after they had squeezed
through the hole on the way out.
The thieves dropped the loot and
ran. Meyer and Morris Gottlieb,
owners of the shop, told police
rings, watches and clothing had
been taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-16
|Grammer's Trial Set
Oct. 6 in Baltimore
In Auto Death Of Wife
By The Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Sept. 16.-G. Ed
ward Grammer pleaded not guilty
again today to the murder Of his
pretty wife, which the police say
he tried to make look like an auto
mobile accident.
Trial Of the 35-year-old office
manager from New York was set
for October 6.
Grammer asked to be tried by
the court rather than by Jury.
Judge Herman M. Moser signed
an order requiring the State to
turn over to Grammer's attorney
a copy of the statements which
police said Grammer gave them
about his wife's strange death.
The order also opens for inspec-
ton Of Grammer's attorney all
other State evidence.
Held Since Labor Day.
Grammer pleaded not guilty al
ian earlier Police Court arraign-
lment. He. has been held in Jail
since the Labor Day week end
when police questioned him fol
two days about his wife's death or
August 20.
She was found dead in the car
Grammer had given her on Their
wedding anniversary in June.
Mrs. Grammer, SO, had been liv-
ing here for several months with
her widowed mother.
Judge Moser'S order also re.
quired the State to list the name.
and addresses of all the witnesse.
it expects to put on the stant
against Grammer.
Woman to Testify.
One is a 28-year-old New Yorl
woman identified thus far only a.
Mary Matthews and described b.
prosecutors as more than a cas-.
ual acquaintance" Of Grammer il
New York. There has been NJ
other indication Of her connection
with the case.
Grammer stood pale and sub.
dued before the bench at today.
arraignment. He entered the ples
in a voice so low a clerk had tt
ask him to repeat.
His attorney, Anthony r. Fede.
rico, told the court:
Because of the hysteria thai
exists over this case. no jury o.
part of any jury could render my
client a fair and impartial tria
anywhere in the country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-16
Forced Regulations
Wont Change Radio
And IN, Industry Says
By Cecil HoIIond

An industry spokesman told
Congress today that forced regu-
lationS are not the answer to
crime and other offensive pro-
grams on radio and television.
Ralph w. Hardy of the National
Association of Radio and Televi-
sion Broadcasters, said the indus
try is keenly sensitive to the crit
|icisms. He added that things
are improving"
Mr.. Hardy testified as the House
Interstate Commerce Committee
investigating offensive radio and
television programs resumed hear
ings after q recess of several
weeks.
Voluntary Code Urged.
While acknowledging that some
programs on both mediums are
not what they should be, the
spokesman urged that the indus
try be given time to work out the
problems through q voluntary
code. ~....
II know of no business enter
prise where good will is so COM
pletely the paramount factor in
the success of the undertaking as
it is in broadcasting." Mr.. Hardy
said.
Remember that in our BUSH
ness. the people do not even have
to 60 to the trouble of calling up
to cancel their subscription. All
1t takes is a simple twist Of the
wriSt-even by q child--and your
competitor is enjoying front and
center stage where moments ago
you flourished."
Assails Censorship.
He said forced regulations would
be completely un-American" and
that censorship of programs would
run counter Ito our whole system
of free speech and a free press"
Another witness was Hollis M.
Seavey, director of Washington
operations for the Mutual Broad
casting System. He emphasized
that radio and television are try
ing to stress the everyday virtues
of clean living, good morals and
fair play" -.
The investigation, which got I'M
der way before Congress adj
ljourned, was ordered by the House
after several members complained
that broadcasts included much OBJ
jectional matter with emphasis on
such things as the art of pouring
whisky and on "hootchy-kootchy.",
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Motorcycle Contracts Hit

The Federal Trade Commission
yesterday ordered Harley-David-
son Motor Co., the Nations biggest
motorcycle manufacturer, to quit
making contracts which forbid its
dealers to handle a competitors
products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-16
i New Cases Of Polio
In District Area Raise
Total 10 32S for Year

Seven new cases Of polio re-
ported today in the Metropolitan
area raised the 1852 total to 328.
There were 157 at this time last
year.
Three Of the seven were District
cases, which now number 101 as
compared to 81 at the same date
last year. :.
Latest to be stricken were an
I8-year-old boy Of the 1900 block
Of Duncan place NE. admitted
to Children's; . 10-year-old boy
of the 5000 block Of C street Sc,
admitted to Gallinger: and . as
Iyear-old man Of the 1900 block o
Independence avenue Sc, ad-
mitted to Gallinger.
; Deaths in d. G,
Three District residents have
died from polio this year.
Fairfax County reported one
new case, its 54th, involving a
29-year-old woman Of Hemlock
drive, Falls Church, who was adj
mitted to Gallinger. There were
16 cases in Fairfax at this time
last year. So far, one polio death
has been reported.
Montgomery County also re-
ported one new case, Its 33d, COM
pared to 43 at this date last year,
A 6-year-old girl of the 5000 block
Of Bradley boulevard. Bethesda
is the latest victim. No deaths
from polio have been reported
this year.
10 Prince Georges Cases.
Prince Georges County Health
Department listed its seth and
10th cases Of the year. thus main
tanning its record Of the hardest
hit nearby area.
A 2-year-old girl Of 1900 block
Of Greedy road. Kentland, Md.
admitted to Children's, and Q &C.
year-old woman Of the 1900 block
Of Colesville road, Hyattsville. Md.
are the latest victims. Two have
died Of the disease this year.
| Neither Alexandria nor Airing.
ton reported any new cases. Their
respective current totals are q
and A.