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Evening star., 1953-06-22
Attack
Some Results
Of Pay Raises
Point to lnequities
In Salary Setup;
Threaten Court Move

Grumblings Of discomfort by
some recently promoted police
men today followed signing Of
the police-f1re pay raise bill.
There also were indications
that some retired policemen may
take court action If the higher
pay provisions are not applied
to their pensons.
One point of controversy is the
possibility that a lieutenant ap-
pointed before this week could
make 5000 under the pay raises.
while a lieutenant promoted to
that rank now could make Sc, Al.
Must Complete Five Years.
This comes about because of
the longevity provisions of the
bill-calling for regular $120-a-
year increases each five years.
A lieutenant appointed within
the past five years would not
become eligible for the full in
crease until he completes his five
years.
But a lieutenant appointed
now could get the full amount if
he had long service as a sergeant.
One police private pointed out
today that he and some Of his
colleagues will be making about
5000 a year more than the cor
poral who supervises them.
Also because of the longevity
provisions some captains may
make only $149 a year more than
detective Sergeants
Congress May Reconsider.
There was a possibility that
Congress may take another look
at the police pay situation.
Some policemen said members
of Congress had told them that
if any inequities developed, they
would be ironed out with later
legislation. However, it appears
likely that this could not be done
until next year. because of the
press of business in the current
Congress.
Some retired policemen want
the longevity provisions Of the
bill applied to their pensions.
Police Chief Robert " Mir.
ray. who attended many confer
ences at the Capitol during
drafting Of the pay law, said his
understanding is that these pro-
visions do not apply to mem
bers retired before the bill was
signed into law.
A few Of the retired officers
have said they will seek a pen
sion increase in the courts If
the law does not provide pension
boosts for lengthy service.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
TTum0ns Halt Trip
To Visit Woman,
81 and Bed-Ridden
BY the Assoeioted Press


CUMBERLAND, Md, June
22.-Mrs. Elizabeth Byrnes,
who is 90 and bed-ridden
with q broken hip, had an
unexpected visit yesterday
from former President and
Mrs. Truman.
Stopping in Cumberland
en- route to Washington. the
Trumans were greeted by
the State motor vehicles in
Spector, William Byrnes, son
Of the aged woman.
The noted visitors agreed
to drop in on Mrs. Byrnes a
moment. Instead Of a mo-
ment, they remained half an
hour, much to the delight of
the elderly woman and doz-
ems Of neighborS who clus-
tered about the porch, chat
ting about the weather and
politics.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Man browns in Well ;
Neighbor Suffocates
In Effort 10 Save Him

III IIIUIIU J0VeHIIII
A Prince Georges County man
drowned in a deep. narrow we'll
yesterday and a neighbor lost
his life attempting to rescue
him.
Dead in the double tragedy
are:
Foye Edward Barley, 40, of
High Bridge road, near Bowie,
co-operator of the Barley Hunt
News Service, a press release
service at 1404 New York avenue
NV.
Louis Frank Kast, 81, Mr.. Bar
ley's neighbor, who worked at
the Naval Gun Factory here.
Witnesses Tell Story.
Witnesses and Fire Depart
ment rescue workers told this
story:
Mr.. Barley yesterday after
noon entered the sealed. 26-foot-
deep well behind his bungalow
home to make some minor re-
pairs. About halfway down the
shaft, he blacked out from lack
OF oxygen in the intense heat
and fell into about six feet of
water at the bottom.
His 13-year-old daughter.
Gloria, heard him fall. She
screamed to her mother and
neighbors.
One neighbor, Joseph Willis,
said he peered down the s.
foot-wide well, finding nothing
but dark silence.
Il ran back into the house
and got a rope and graphing
hook" he related. "and with the
help Of some other neighbors, we
were able to pull Barley a few
feet out of the water"
Descends Without Rope.
Then Mr.. Kast came to the
scene. He became very excited
and insisted on going down after
his friend.
Before the other rescue work.
ers could get Mr.. Kast to tie
rope around himself, he began
the descent.
Like Mr.. Barley, he, too,
blacked out about halfway down
and fell.
Mr.. Barley's body slipped from
the graphing hooks when Mr..
Kast fell. The neighbors at the
surface lowered the hooks a sec
ond time and succeeded in hold
ing Mr.. Kast's head above water
for about 20 minutes until Fire
Department rescue squads began
arriving.
. The double tragedy almost be-
came a triple one when 1t.
James Wildman, Al, Of the Bowie
Fire Department had himself
lowered into the well on a rope.
About 10 feet down, he started
to pass out from lack Of oxygen
and was hauled to the surface.
Other rescue units arrived,
meanwhile. and released oxygen
into the shaft, making it safe for
rescue workers to descend and
bring up the two bodies.
An autopsy by DR.. John r.
Maloney, Prince Georges County
medical examiner. showed that
Mr.. Barley drowned, but Mr..
Kast died Of asphyxiation. APP
parently. Mr.. Kast suffocated
before he hit the water or while
he was being held above it by
the graphing hooks.
DR.. Maloney has sent a SAM
pie Of the air from the well to
the State medical examiner In
Baltimore to determine whether
there was any gas present.
Mr.. Barley, who has two other
children-a boy, Is, and a girl,
10-had been co-operator and
manager Of the New York avenue
firm for % years. The firm
processes press releases for deliv-
cry to wire services. news bu-
reaus and newspapers here.
Funeral arrangements for the |
two men are incomplete. Mr.. |
Barley's mother, Mrs. Myra Bar
ley, of 2521 North Capitol street,
is returning from a visit to Vero
Beach, Fla, to attend the
services.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
DOG Vaccination Clinics

Dog vaccination clinics in
Montgomery County were to be
held today at the following To-
cations: Fairland School, 6 to
7:3O pm; Bethesda Elementary
School, S to z pm; Glenmont
Elementary School, 5 to z pm,
and Takoma Park Health Center,
5 to z pm.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Kiwonis Club DELEGATES

DR.. Otis r. Farley. president,
and Samuel B. Wilson, secretary,
are representing the KiwanlS
Club of Eastern Branch, D. c..
at the 38th Convention Of XII
wants International this week in
New York.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Ten Hurt in Collision
OF Cars on Route I

Ten persons were injured,
none seriously, in a three-car
collision on Route l, three miles
south of Laurel, last night. Traf-
f1c was snarled on the highway
for nearly two hours.
Prince Georges County Police
said the accident occurred about
8 pm, when a car driven by
John Eidel, sr., "a, Of Newark,
N. j., struck two cars travelling
in the opposite direction. Police
said he was attempting to pass
a line of cars.
Drivers of the other two autos
were identified as John T. Nc
Cormick, of New York City, and
William Rantanen, SO, of zoos
Merrimac drive, Silver Spring
No one was charged.
Injured in the Eidel car was
the driver, his wife, Patricia, 81
and the year-old son, John, jr.;
Roy Meyer, 81, who suffered q
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Navy Nurse Is Injured
When Auto Strikes Tree

A Navy nurse was injured
early yesterday when the auto
mobile she was driving struck a
tree in the $500 block of Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Police said 1t. Agnes E. Brand
of 1920 Porter street NV, a
nurse at the Bethesda Naval
Medical Center, apparently went
to sleep at the wheel of her
car. The accident occurred at
S am.
She was taken to the medical
center and treated for a con-
cussion and broken nose. About
$500 damage was done to the
! car,
Evening star., 1953-06-22

Emmitt Sullivan Of No. 8, in
plainclothes. She was Subse-
quently questioned by Detective
Mahlon Pitts of No. 3 and Detec-
tive Sergts. John L Connors and
Frost of headquarters.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Woman Dies After Being Hit
And Dragged 1OOFeet by Auto
Goithersbure Mon
Faces Charge
Of MonsIouehter

A Silver Spring woman was
fatally injured yesterday when
she and her husband were struck
by a car as they were walking on
Route 240 a half mile south of
Rockville.
Mrs. Iva Lee Ward, %, of 737
Thayer avenue, died of a crushed
chest and internal injuries about
9 am. at Suburban Hospital.
The accident occurred shortly
after midnight. Her husband,
Carl S. Ward, "a, was treated
for cuts and bruises and released.
Charged with reckless driving
and manslaughter was Albert l..
Day, 81, of Route l, Gathers
burg. Police said Mr.. Days car
knocked Mr.. Ward down an en-
bankment and dragged Mrs.
Ward about 100 feet before stop
ping.
Mr.. Day was released under
$1,000 bond pending a hearing
in Rockville Police Court July %.
Evening star., 1953-06-22

fractured leg; Helen Manning,
13, and her sister, Maureen, 18,
all of Newark. Mr.. Meyer and
the Eidel child were admitted
to Leland Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. Rantanen and his wife,
Margaret, %, were treated and
released, Patrick Mccormick of
New York City, a brother of John
Mccormick, was treated and re-
leased also. His uncle, DR..
Thomas j. Mccormick, SIS, of
Norwich, Conn.,. a dentist. was
admitted with cuts and bruises.
Evening star., 1953-06-22

The delegates were invited to
a special White House tour be-
tween morning and afternoon
sessions. Later In the day. they
were to be guests Of the District
Red Cross Chapter. at a recep-
ton in the chapters new head
quarters building.
Members of the District organ
ization used the occasion to cite
their record for the past year.
They said it was the most pro.
ductive in history.
During the year, 5000 volun.
teers reported for duty.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Poses as Maid.

Mrs. Dorothy Bordeaux, q
member Of the wedding party
who lives at that address, asked
her. what are you doing here?"
II am one Of the extra maids, i"
Mrs. Ross reportedly replied.
Mrs. Bordeaux said she then
left the room. When she re-
turned. both $54 from her purse
and the maid" had disappeared.
Mrs. Ross was arrested on the
street near her home by Pvt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15
Returns
TOCivilian
Status Soon

Lcdr. Robert H. Byers, USNR,
has been serving as Analysis Off
Ger on the Staff of Surface Anti
Submarine Development Detach-
ment here for the past 2 years.
Byers is being processed for sep
aration from active duty upon
completion OF which he will pro-
coed to his home in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, and resume his for
mer position with the Armstrong
Cork Company.
He enlisted in the Naval Res.
erve vi Program in September
1912 and obtained his commission
as Ensign in March 1913 from
Columbia University Midshipmen
School. He then graduated from
the Officers Torpedo School at
Newport, r. /. and attended
schools at Norfolk, Va, before
being ordered to the USS Colahan
(DD65S) as Torpedo Officer in
July 1913. In February 1914, he
was transferred to the USS Mar
shall (DD676) as Torpedo Officer
and served aboard that vessel un-
till separated from active duty in
December 1915. While serving in
the above destroyers, Byers par.
ticipated in action with the Fast
Carrier Task Forces 3s and So.
He is entitled TO wear the Asia
tic Pacific Campaign Ribbon with
8 engagement stars. the Philippine
Liberation with two engagement
stars. the American Theater Mes.
al and the World War IL Victory
Medal In April 1851 he was re.
called to active duty and reported
for duty on the Staff of Surface
Anh-Submarine Development De-
tachment.
After his release from active
duty in 1915, Byers was a member
OF the Organized Reserve in Ian
caster, Pa. from July 1916 until
April 1851 and serve as Comman.
ding officer Of Division 4-l9 from
/ July 1913 to 30 April 1851.
Lcdr. Byers graduated from
Franklin and Marshall College in
1870, with a B. S. degree in chem
istry. Upon graduation he was
employed by the General Chem
ical Co., Claymont, Delaware.
After World War IL, he was en-
plQyed by the Armstrong Cork
Co., Lancaster, Pa, as a research
chemist in the development and
application Of paint for the floor
and building materials division.
Lcdr. Byers has been residing
at 1914 Seminary Street, with his
wife Elizabeth and their son JEFF
frey, age 6.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15

said. "All wholesale prices have
been falling steadily since August.
Consumer prices peaked out in
August.
Secretary Humphrey ignored the
suggestion of Sen. Humphreys
group that the Treasury withdraw
the bond offer until he has "ad-
vised and consulted with the policy
making branch of the government
the Congress.
But he issued a statement saw.
ing that inflationary forces are
still present and declaring that the
higher cost to the government, in
higher interest payments on a por.
ton of the national debt, twill be
offset many times over if it lessons
the cost and disorganization of
imitation.
New Treasury officials argue
that short-term bonds are frequent
ly traded just about as money is
and that they therefore contribute
to inflationary preSsures. Holders
of long-term bonds, however, are
likely to hold them to maturity,
Humphrey and his aides have said.
The Treasury opened its books
to cash subscriptions of the new
bond Monday. Indications were
that buyers would seek to purchase
well over the one billion dollar
quota. Wall Street rumors said the
issue might be oversnbscribed as
much as five times.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15
CAPEHART INSISTS
NATIONAL ECONOMY
IS ON SOUND BASIS

after new Democratic blast at
higher u. S. bond interest rates.
Secretary of the Treasury Hum
phrey defended the higher interest
rate on new bond issue which
appeared, from signs in Wall Street
and Washington, likely to be heav-
lily 0versubscribed.
Capehart said he sees no factors
in the present economic situation
that should bring any recession
and none indicating any increase
in inflationary pressures.
''Payrolls are the biggest in our
national history, the government
still is spending about a billion
dollars a week on the defense PRO-
gram and while farm prices have
dropped. they seem to have leveled
off" he said in an interview.
However, Sen. Sparkman Cd
Ala joined eight other Democrats
and Independent Sen. Morse of
Oregon in declaring that boost in
interest rates on government
bonds, ordered by Humphrey, al
ready is operating to tighten credit
for farmers and small businessmen
and may bring an economic recess
sion.
Because of the Treasury's ac-
ton, interest rates are going up
all over the country" Sparkman
said. THAT means it not only is
going to cost more for the farmer
or small businessman to borrow
money but in a great many in
stances it means that the banks
won't make the loans at all. That
already is happening"
Sparkman said he estimated the
increase in private lending rates,
as consequence of the Treasury's
action in offering 30-year bonds at
3A per cent interest, would cost
the average small home buyer
$3.50 a month more on his install
ment payments.
Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn) was a
leader of the group of nine SEN
ators who issued Monday state
ment denouncing the interest rate,
highest on such an issue since 1888.
Sen. Humphrey told the Senate
the Treasury's action contains
germs Of a new depression" He
contended all the signs indicate
that deflation and not initiation
is the current problem"
Farm prices have been falling
substantially since July and are
under continuing pressure" he
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15
.ClamOr Is
All Based On
Chemistry
BY DOROTHY ROE
AP Woman,s Editor

That thing called giamnr Is
strictly chemistry, says Charles
Charles Coburn. the monocle-wear.
ing veteran Of stage and screen.
who has been exposed to more of
II than most men during his so
years as an actor. producer and
movie star.
The word glamor Is used much
too loosely, says the benign Co
burn. because il Is possessed by
only a few women in each gener-
ation-and they are the lucky ones
who are born with it. Asked to de-
fine this elusive but explosive qlial.
ity. Hollywood's grand old man
chewcd meditatively on his brunch
toast and said:
When a woman has Il, she's
like a magnet, drawing all men
to her. She's like a hypnotist, put.
ting her subjects in trance, SO
that they do as she desires, with
out their own volition. She doesn't
have TO be beautiful--she may be
actually ugly. But Il she's born
with this rsfe quality, the world
Is her apple.
Coburn has either managed or
acted with most Of the great stars
of the stage and screen OF the last
three generations. But OF all the
beauties with whom he has shared
the spotlight. he can name only a
few who. in bis opinion. had that
certain thing Of all Of them, the
most glamorous. he says. was the
late Minnie Maddern FiSke. first
lady Of the stage al the turn az
the century. Says he:
Aside from my wife, Mrs. Fiske
was the most glanorous woman
have ever known. When she was
On the stage, people forgot every.
thing but her, Her magnetism
reached out through the sheaser
and drew the audience literally out
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15

hormones. Or how seeing sudden
danger spurs aGrenal glands to
give you extra adrenalin, in order
20 fight or run.
This big.chief gland is the
hypothalamus. Scientists haven't
been sure Just what it does, or
how it works. It's been called the
seat Of the en- otions. and apparent
" is involved in the strange mech
anism Of sleep.
An amazing role for the hypo.
thaIamus is found in insect exper-
iments by DR.. 8erta Scharrer Of
the University OF Colorado School
of Medicine,
She finds ii has two vital con
trolls over the pituitary, the gland
at the base of the brain which up
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15

of this world. never thought Of
her as Mrs Fiske. but as what.
ever character she vas playing,
because she was the character
That is what is meant by : great
actress
The nearest approach to Mrs.
Fiske in today's roster OF actress.
es. says CobuTn, is Helen HAYES
He also admires Katharine Cor.
nell Among movie stars Of the
past, be remembers most wildly
Clara Bow, the IT Girl q me
sa0s.
Coburn has been relaxing in
New York after completing work
On his saFd picture. Trouble Along
the Nsy 10 he released soon ~
Warner Bros.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15

to now has been considered the
boss gland.
One control, she finds, is that the
hypOtaalamus actually produces
some hormones, and sends them
to what, in humans, would be the
back part of the pituitary gland.
These hormones regulate the salt
and water and fluid balance Of the
body.
The brain gland sends these hor-
mones through a nerve to the pit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15
By JACK BELL

WASHINGTON R-Sen.. Cape
hart R-IndJ, replying to Demo
cratic suggestions that the Essen
hover administration may be head.
ing the country toward depres-
sion, said Tuesday the national
economy is on a sound footing.
capehart, chairman of the Sen
ate Banking Committee, spoke out
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15

.uitary. for a storage and release
wien Necessary,
] Sending hormonesa along nerves
is a brand rev discovery.
This same nerve coming frem
the brain gland also has = branch
line running to what. IN humans.
would Be the front part Of lie
pituitary gland. That mont pars q
the pituitary makes the hogl1cpes
which control the ser gIandis the
adrenal glands. the thykeid slahd.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15
| Mystery Gland
In Brain Bosses
The Whole Body
BY ALTON [. BLAKEsLEE
AP Seienee Reporter

DENVER IRA mystery gland
in the brain seems to be the real
boss gland of the human body,
it was announced here.
1t even translates thoughts Of
love or sex or fear or hate, to
order other glands into action. This
could explain how thoughts Of love
could stimulate production of sex
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15

Wednesday. April IS. 1850
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TaE ksy wIsT elrIzsa 81. /,
Evening star., 1953-08-14
District Area Reports
7 New Polio Cases

Two new cases of poliomyelitis
reported today by Maryland
health departments raised the
1858 Metropolitan Area total to
ITO as compared to 148 for the
same period last year.
Latest to be stricken in Prince
Georges County was an 8-year-
old girl who lives on Lanham
road, Bowie. She contracted the
disease August 9 and was ad-
mitted to Children's Hospital
Wednesday. This was the coun-
tvs 18th case this year. Twenty
four had been reported at this
time last year.
A 12-year-old girl was Mont
Gomery County's 34th case of
the year. She lives in the 23OO
block of Linden lane. Silver
Spring, and was admitted to
Children's Hospital Wednesday.
Other area totals include: Dis
trict. 81; Arlington, II; Alex
andria, 3,
Evening star., 1953-08-14
By the AsSocioted Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 14.-A ST.
year-old grandmother, who says
she really isn't a bad fellow" d"
put crimp in SO million con-
struction project yesterday by
building a chickenwire fence
around the contractors equip
ment.
Work on the sewer project was
curtailed.
And Mrs. Wanda K. Sienkie-
leWski stood at a handy window
overlooking the scene with a
small caliber rifle at her side.
II have to watch them because
they're liable to try to sneak the
equipment out when I'm not
looking" she said.
The equipment is parked on
Mrs. SienkleeWski's lawn in Su-
burban Essex. She mas no
objection to this, she said
today, but she wants the con-
tractor to put it in black on
white that they'll repair any
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Virginia Boosts Estimate
In Corn-Crop Damage
BY the Associated Pres.

RICHMOND, Aug. 14.-The
State Agriculture Department
yesterday revised it's estimate of
drought damage to the Virginia
corn crop upward from $40 to
$25 million.
Corn is past the point of re-
covery." a department spokes-
man said.
The department declined to
estimate drought damage to all
crops, but crop forecasts indi-
Gated a decline in production of
nearly all crops.
Federal-State Crop Statisti-
clan Henry M. Taylor has said
the total crop damage was sp-
preaching the $100-million mark.
Drought damage to the corn
crop last year amounted to $19.-
786, 900.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Proqroms for TONIGHT

Programs presented by The
Evening Star through the CO.
operation of the District, Ar
lington County, Prince Georges
County. Montgomery County and
Alexandria Recreation Depart
ments and the Film Center Of
Washington:
Washington, at Dusk.
Chevy Chase, Forty-first street
and Livingston road NV.
Brightwood, Thirteenth and
Nicholson streets NV.
Noyes. Tenth and Franklin
streets NE.
Rosedale, Seventeenth and
Gales streets NE.
Buchanan, Thirteenth and D
streets Sc; also marble tourna-
ment at 8 pm.
Bald Eagle, Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.W.
Hayes. Fifth and K streets NE.
Briggs Montgomery, Twenty
seventh and K streets NV.
Watts Branch. Sixty-second
and Banks streets NE.
Randall, First and I streets
S.E.
Arlington County, $3.50 PM.
Recreation Center, 4811 North
Third street.
Abingdon, 3o35 South Abing-
don street.
Montgomery County, $3.50 PM.
Broadacres, Beacon drive, of
New Hampshire avenue extended,
Silver Spring.
Glen Haven, Inwood street and
Chestnut Ridge road, Silver
Spring.
KenSington Parkway, Kensing-
ton parkway and Everett street,
Kensington.
North Bethesda, Oak place, of
Old Georgetown road, Bethesda.
Alexandria, $3.50 PM.
Shirley Duke. 10S Lynwood
street.