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Evening star., 1953-12-09
Pogodo on Annapolis Grounds
Surprised the Academy, Too
Widow of Suito,
japanese Envoy,
Presented Token
BY J. L. MichoeI
Stor Stcff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 8. - For
more than a decade visitors to
the Naval Academy have Won
dered why a Japanese pagoda
stands on the grounds where
America trains its midshipmen.
The object is unusual in its
setting and so is the story be-
hind it.
Muff1ed commands rang out
that day in March, 1899. Regi-
ments of midshipmen, formed in
double line from Blake road to
the America dock, stood at at
tention.
Hirosi Saito, japanese Ambas-
sador, had died. His ashes were
on the way to the cruiser Astoria
and his native land.
About year later, the ENJOYS
widow informed the State De-
partment, through the embassy,
that she wished to express her
appreciation.
Gift of Garden Lantern"
''It was a great honor" she
wrote, "for the family of Mr..
Saito that his ashes were sent
back to Japan by the United
States Government on board the
cruiser Astoria. I have learned
that most of the vessels officers
are Annapolis graduates and I
have decided to send a garden
lantern to the Academy as a
token of my humble gratitude"
And then one day in January,
1941, the commandant of the
5th Naval District received a
letter from Admiral R. E. Inger-
soil, then Acting Chief of Naval
Operations. 1t said:
"The Chief of Naval Opera
tions has been informed that
13-story granite pagoda weigh
ing approximately IA tons, con-
sisting of II pieces of stone of
which the largest is about S feet
square, will arrive in Baltimore
on board the Azuma Maru. Re-
quest you arrange transporta-
ton to the Academy"
Surprise to Academy.
Until that letter was read,
the Naval Academy knew moth
ing of Madame Saito's offer to
the State Department. High
Academy officers mopped their
browS while the Azuma Maru
shifted course to a New York
dock. The pagoda was shipped
here by rail.
A dilemma threatened. Could
the pagoda be accepted? It
could, the Navy Departments
legal staff ruled, because it was
personal gift.
Private contractors erected
the pagoda at Japanese expense
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Chest X-Ray Program
In Arlington Ends Friday

Tomorrow and Friday are the
last days Arlington residents
can get free chest X-rays this
year.
The mobile X-ray unit will be
set up in the Arlington Theater
lobby at Columbia pike and
South Fillmore street from 10
am. until 6 pm. on both days.
The X-ray program is spon-
sored by the Arlington Tuber-
culosis and Health Association
and the Arlington Health De-
partment.
A story in The Star stated er-
roneouSly Monday that the
final days would be Friday and
Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
CherrydaIe Firemen
Ask Toys for Children

The Cherrydale Volunteer
Fire Department appealed to-
day to the people of Arlington
for toys. dolls and food to be
distributed to needy children at
Christmas.
The f1remen will repair them
from now until Christmas and
the Ladies Auxiliary will make
dresses for the dolls.
The presents will be distrib-
uted Christmas Eve and at a
party at 5 pm. on Christmas
Day. The firehouse is at 5000
Lee highway.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Waters Opens
New Fight on
Assessments
County Aide Seeks
Cut in Fees Based
On Front Footuqe

Apparently beaten in his
frontal assault on Prince Georges
tax assessments, County Com
missioner Edward J.. Waters
launched a flank attack yeSter-
day.
His was one of two maneuverS
that promised to stir new battles
in the county war over how to
set values on property.
A College Heights Estate dele
cation. asking a tax cut, won a
3-to-2 county board verdict-or
at least a temporary verdict.
Members of the delegation
complained their plush COM
munity's assessments have been
reckoned on the basis of $35 a
front-foot for land and IS cents
a cubic foot for houses. The
commissioners ordered the asses
sors' Office to use maximums OF
$50 and so cents.
Everett w. Marion offered the
motion. Mr.. Waters and Daniel
Abbott backed it. Chairman
Thomas Latimer and Mrs. Fanny
Spacknall voted no.
Fight for 10 Per Cent.
Last month Mr.. Waters set
off the assessment fuss by de-
claring he would try to get a
fat 10 per cent cut in all property
assessments. CA poll in The Star
on November % showed a COM
mission majority against him.
Meanwhile, civic and PTA
groups have condemned his pro-
posal for what they labeled short
comingS in county services even
with the current income.
And State tax commission
officials, charged with keeping
assessments uniform through
out Maryland, warned they
would not permit Prince Georges
to get away with an across-the-
board cut.
At yesterdays session in Upper
Marlboro, Mr.. Waters seized
the College Heights Estate case
as a way out.
'I am willing to compromise, :"
he declared. His compromise
would set a limit on how much
assessors could charge per front
foot.
After the meeting, he told re-
porters he also wanted ceiling
on cubic foot ratios on struc-
lures. Just now, however, he is
concentrating on land measure
ment ratios, he said.
New Demands Seen.
Since the College Heights Es-
tate group managed to have its
assessments reduced. there is no
reason to doubt other neighbor-
hoods will demand reduction.
That means more naCCleS at
board meetings, with new bar
RACES from tax officials and civic
leaders.
And Mr.. Waters latest pro-
posal for rewriting assessment
guides means more counterat-
tacks from various points-not-
ably organizations in neighbor-
ing Montgomery County. Assess
ments there are higher than in
Prince Georges.
The issue should come to
head in the next few weeks. TIC
put his changes into effect fol
the next fiscal year, Mr.. Waters
must push them through before
January !.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Transit
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was nothing wrong with that.
He said that surplus already
belonged to the stockholders
and that a survey showed that
resource was not needed for any
great additional outlay for new
equipment.
He als.1 revived company pro-
posals that it was willing to
spend lalge sums in any con-
certed move to provide faster,
better service. This came dur
ing discussion Of a CTC pro-
poSal nearly three years ago for
the development of system of
large fringe parking areas from
which the transit company
would provide short-run busi-
ness, on five-minute headways
for motorists from there to
downtown Offices.
Under that plan, it was re-
called, the transit company was
Offering to put up $4.5 million
for new equipment to provide
the supplementary short-run bus
service The city was to provide
the funds to condemn land for
the large fringe parking areas
and to arrange for their opera
ton.
Still Ready to Go Ahead.
According to Mr.. Broadwater,
the witness said that plan was
brushed off" by the District Mo-
tor Vehicle Parking Agency. Mr..
Wolfson. however, said the COM
pany still stands ready to go
ahead with that plan.
Chairman Payne, referring to
the way the Wolfson control had
been cutting up the one-time SIS
million undistributed profits for
increased dividends, asked if the
company still had the needed
$4.5 million. Mr.. Wolfson replied
that such sum could be sup
piled from either bank loans or
from an increase in long-term
Indebtedness.
Asked to give his own views
on how to foster greater use of
public transportation, Mr.. Wolf
son gave the Senators some
thing of start when he replied
that he did not know.
1--WE have no monopoly on
brains" he declared. Maybe
the citizens can come UP with
better solutions than our own
experts can advance"
Suggests Subways.
He talked about the fringe
parking idea, the need for
speedier, better streetcar and
bus service and added that may
be SubwayS might be one answer.
He was sure of one thing-that
the answer would not be found
until after a survey by an
independent group of experts
with no axes to grind"
Downtown business interests,
Mr.. Wolfson said, are losing mil
lions because of traffic congeS-
ton.
He said that after paying top
level income taxes he would have
little left from his profits from
the transit company to date but
he got a rejoinder from Senator
Morse, Independent, of Oregon,
that the ''little income people"
like the janitor and charwoman.
had no interest in that. What
interests them, he said, is the
size of the declared dividends
while requests were pending for
higher fares.
The question of why Washing
ton banking interests did not
buy CTC control when stock
prices were low and the company
had that SIS million surplus came
up again. Chairman Payne said
the committee will go into that.
He said bankers viii be asked to
testify or submit statements.
I
Evening star., 1953-12-09

leaving a note
that he would
be "back in
two years"
The missing
youth is Glenn
c on n er, a
ninth-g ra d e
S t u d ent at
George Wash
ington High
School. He is
the son of
Mr.. and Mrs.
James Con-
ner, All East
Howell ave-
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Professor Named Editor

DR.. Harold Hoffsommer, head
Of the Sociology Department at
the University of Maryland, was
elected editor-in-chief of the
Journal of Rural Sociology at a
recent meeting of the rural
society held at Oklahoma A65M
College.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Council 10 Act
On Tax Cuts
In Alexandra
But Heads Off
Move for Slash
In Assessments

The Alexandria City Council
last night promised action on q
tax cut at its next meeting.
In doing so. it put the brakes
on Mayor Marshall j. Beverley's
drive for an immediate slash in
property assessments. Mr.. Bev-
erley had called on the council
to "give the people representa-
tion besides taxation"
Councilman Frank Mann
steered the move for temporary
delay with statement asserting
the council had not sufficiently
considered alternative ways Of
giving taxpayers the benefit Of
anticipated surpluses in city rev.
enueS.
Suggests Alternatives.
The council ordered reports
from city finance officers and
the Citizens Advisory Tax Com
mission on Mr.. Mann's suggested
alternatives:
/. Reduce assessments across
the board
2. Keep assessments un-
changed and cut the present tax
rate of $2.75 per 500 of assessed
value.
3. Give taxpayers a propor-
tional credit on their 1854 tax
bills, without changing either
assessments or the tax rate.
The $2.75 rate was set last
June to meet a budget of $6.8
million. It was based on this
years city wide reassessment
program.
The reassesSment, required
every four years by State law, is
nearly completed, and there is
every indication the new tax base
will be considerably higher than
was expected last June. Final
figures should be available De-
cember 18, it was said last night.
Await Funds Report.
Before it acts, the council will
get a report on the probable
amount of unexpended funds in
this years budget and on the
total rise in assessment value.
The vote to refer the question
to the advisory commission was
5 to 2, with Mayor Beverley and
Councilman Leroy S. Bendheim
opposed on the grounds that it
was a policy matter and should
not be submitted to the citizen
group.
The council also approved q
redistficting of Alexandria's vot-
ing precincts. The new arrange
ment will give the city 16 pre-
cincts instead of the present IL.
New voting places will be
Washington. Ficklin, jefferson,
Lee. George Mason. Maury,
Blessed Sacrament, Mount Ver-
non, Barrett, Macarthur and
Stonewall Jackson Schools, the
Ablindon Playground Recreation
Hall. No 2 Fire House, the Bev-
erly Hills Community Church,
Groves Garage and George
Washington High School.
Approves Negro Police.
The council also adopted q
resolution stating it's willingness
to hire Negro policemen. City
Manager Ira F. Willard had said
that although there was no rule
against hiring Negroes as police
men the city had never done so.
He asked the council for an
expression of policy.
The council also:
l. Voted to employ full-time
co-ordinator of civil defense and
a secretarial staff.
2. Authorized the expenditure
of $39,975 for a new six-wheel
aerial fire truck.
3. Put off until its next meet
ing action on a city ordinance
defining the political activities
in which city employees may take
part.
4. Asked the city manager for
a report on the use of police
cars and personnel for carrying
bank funds.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
PTA to Meet in ARLINGTON

The Clay Fillmore Parent
Teacher Association will meet
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
school, Arlington, Va. Members
will discuss music in the cur
riculum.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Lincoln Dinner Feb. Is

Republicans in Prince Georges
County will have their Lincoln
Day dinner at Z pm. February
Is at the University of Mary
land. Tickets will be SIS a plate.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Alexandra Mother
Appeals for Missing Son

An Alexandria mother ap-
pealed today for the return of
her missing 16-year-old son who
left home Saturday night after
Evening star., 1953-12-09
-Foirfux Legion Meets

Fairfax (Va.) Post No. 1T Of
the American Legion will meet
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Fair
! fax town hall.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

It is best to try to find out
where the player is before finding
out what he is doing, in order to
avoid asking too many questions.
Assuming that tourist has de-
cided to be in Madison Square
Garden knitting, he starts by say
ing: l am in New York State.
A series of questions and answ-
ers goes like this:
@. Are you in New York City?
A. Yes.
@. Are you indoors?
A. Yes.
@. Are you in a residence.
A. No.
p. Are you east of Fifth Ave-
r =?
A. No.
@. Are you on main thorough
fare?
A. Yes.
@. Are you in a sports arena?
A. Yes.
The questioner goes on to ask
further pertinent questions to dis
cover where the tourist is and
then what he is doing in Madison
Square Garden. Actually this
shortcut illustration. The game is
more time-consuming usually, un-
less you are just lucky enough to
hit the proper stride in the begin
ming.
When players catch on to the
game the tourist does not need
to tell the country or state he is
supposed to be in. The game is
more exciting, starting from
scratch. The incest thing about
this game is that it can be played
leisurely while sitting around a
room.
Some people prefer to play it
while buffet meal is being con-
sumed. But that doesn't give the
tourist much chance to eat.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

Proclamation to leave his bold
signature.
The signed proclamation was
given to Director Zepp for franz
ing and exhibition at the Ohio
State Museum in Columbus
Three copies of the Proclamation
were signed by the Governor for
souvenirs of the occasion.
Following is the text of the
Proclamation:
Whereas on March /, 1903,
the first General Assembly of
Ohio organized at Chillicothe to
complete the requirements for
statehood, and Ohio on that date
entered the Union as the seven
teenth state the first carved
from the historic Northwest
Territory, ara
Whereas on July 8, 1949, a
commission was created by law
to prepare plans for the com
memoration of the sesquicenten-
nial anniversary of the State oil
Ohio in 1853, and
Whereas, the commission has
devised and formulated a sesqui
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
W4ssr's.2%sc
BY Jan, PhyI, and Lin

This past week has marked an
other milestone in our years grad
ing periods. Time is slipping fast,
and only twelve weeks remain in
this last semester. But even in the
midst of tests and quizzes, we all
took time to be very happy to see
Mr.. Bowles back with us after a
long illness. Welcome back, Mr..
Bowlus, we've certainly missed
you.
The commercial departments are
busy again on a community serv-
ice. This time the project is Easter
Seals. A lot of work goes into
sending these seals out, but you'll
agree that lot of good comes out
of them. Speaking of commercial
classes-those new electric type
writer's down there are real neat
how about it?
A trailer in back of the school
was the scene of considerable hust-
lie Wednesday morning as all high
school students filed out to have
chest X-rays. Even the teachers
took time from their busy sched-
ules to take advantage of this op-
portunity.
This year, once again, London
student captured the highest score
in the County Scholarship Test.
Jerry Bangham took top honors
and, we hear, rated very high in
the state. Congratulations to all of
YOU who received ratings, we're
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
SPORTS
Dambach Saws
Acid Kills Fish

DR.. Charles A. Dambach, chief
of the Ohio Division of Wildlife,
in discussing paper presented
at the Ohio Water Clinic by H.
S. Morgan, division engineer of
the Pennsylvania Department of
Health, said that Ohio's problems
with acid mine pollution will no
doubt become. even more acute
IN the future, unless the coal in
dusry itself and all governmental
agencies concerned multiply their
efforts toward finding a practical
method of dealing with the pro-
blem.
Mr.. Morgan had presented a
paper at the clinic outlining
Pennsylvania acid mine wastes
drainage abatement program.
Many of Ohio's streams are un-
inhabitable for fish cue to the
acid condition of the water
caused by drainage from both
shaft and strip mine operations
in Ohio. Also many streams have
lost their recreational value be-
cause of acid mine drainage, and
two lakes h ave been endangered
by the same cause.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
is 0hioans Lost
Live Hunting

Columbus, Ohio - Final tabu-
lation of hunter casualties in 30
states and four Canadian provin-
ces shows that 1913 persons were
reported killed and 9O7 injured in
firearm hunting accidents during
1851.
Compiled by the National Rifle
Associated from Standard forms
used by various state conservation
groups, the information was re-
Gently released in booklet form
entitled Uniform Hunter Casual
ty Report" The first report was
issued in 1850, listing 173 killed
and $50 wounded as recorded in
80 states and two Canadian pro-
vinces.
Of the LICE accidents reported
in 1851, 311 were caused by the
victim.
Sixteen Ohioans lost their lives
as a result of hunting accidents
with firearms during 1851, while
79 others suffered injuries.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Wool Superior To
Synthetic Fibers
Hopkins Says Wool
Ouf-Performs Others

COLUMBUS, OHIO-The bid of
the new man-made fibers for
woops traditional markets is a
competition of ideas, not of fibres,
Giles E. Hopkins, Technical Di-
rector of The Wool Bureau, today
told members of the Ohio Woll
Growers Cooperative Association
at their annual meeting in Co
lumbus. No synthetic fiber has
wool's basic and essential quail
tiles, he declared, and scientists
doubt that these properties can
ever be produced synthetically.
The speaker told his wool-grow-
ing audience that producers of
the new fibers are today compet-
ing with wool by endeavoring to
enlist the interest of mills in
fibers which they claim can be
processed at a profit and which
in the end will be accepted in
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

centennial program in keeping
with the dignity and prestige of
the State of Ohio, and such pro-
gram has been designed to lay
emphasis on the industrial and
agricultural and cultural achieve
ments of the State of Ohio and
the part each of these aspects
has played in the development of
the state from its pioneer begin
ming in 1903 to its present high
rank and status in the sisterhood
of states.
Now, therefore, /, Frank j.
Lausche, Governor do hereby
proclaim 1853 as the Ohio Ses-
quicentennial year, and / call
upon all the people of Ohio to
accord it such observance as will
result in the proper honoring of
the Buckeye State, and in pass
ing on to succeeding genera
tions the rich heritage which is
ours. This I do in recognition and
appreciation of the manifold
blessings which have come to US
from the generous hand of the
Almighty.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Proclamation Signing
Makes Ohio History

One of the moments in celebra-
ton of the Ohio Sesquicentennial
Year that will itself become a
part of the states history was
the signing of the official Proc
lamation by Governor Frank j.
Lausche in his office at the state
house in Columbus.
The Governor signed the Proc
lamation in brief ceremony
shortly before II o'clock noon on
Monday, December %, 1852.
Witnesses were four members of
the Ohio Sesquicentennial Com
mission, Robert Lazarus of Co
lumbus, Rep. Henry w. Deming
of Granville, and ]. A. Neck
stroth, editor of the Ohio State
Journal, Columbus, and Erwin c.
Zepp, Executive Secretary of
the Commission and Director of
the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society.
Also present were Robert c.
Wheeler, Administrative Assist
ant to the Commission, and Rob-
ert S. Harper, press representa-
tive for the Commission.
Amid the flashing of news
mems camera bulbs, numerous
pictures were made as the Gov
ernors pen moved across the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Old Houses Need
Thoro Inspection

1t pays to be nosey when buying
or remodeling an old house.
First, locate the builder, if pos
sible, to learn if the house was
properly constructed. Try to get a
copy of the original plans and
specifications for information not
otherwise available.
Next, study look on house
construction for information on
structural factors to examine.
Some of these books contain a
check list-copy it and use it
when inspecting the house.
Finally, make thorough tour
of inspection, beginning in the
basement. Inspect main girders
and beams to be sure they are
straight and free from cracks.
Check spacing and size of joists to
determine whether they are ade-
quate. Test their condition,-if a
knife blade digs easily through
such framing members, it may in
dicate dry rot or termites.
Check for crawl space if the
basement does not extend the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03
Teen
TALK
BY VIVIAN BROWN

A girl or boy who can think up
new party games will never be
left sitting at home when a party
is in progress. Such popularity is
deserved because new games are
hard to come by as any party goer
or giver knows.
A big lift for Debs who yearn
to be popular is offered in a new
handbook of party games called
How to Run a Successful Party"
published by Toby Press (35
Cents).
Favorite games of movie stars
Ann Sheridan, Gene Tierney,
Gordon Macrae, Robert Mont
gomery and others-are offered.
The ideas for seasonal and re-
gional parties should perk up any
dull neighborhood.
A hit with kids who have played
it is "The Came" Robert Mont
gomery's choice. 1t is too in
volved to go into here, but if
you've never played it, and your
friends don't know it, you can
find directions for it in this little
handbook. 1t is lots of fun and
should keep your guests interest
ed and amused for hours.
Another game suggested in the
book sounds like fun. 1t is Where
Am / and What Am / Doing?"
The object of the game is for
the players to guess the identity
of one of them who Is known as
the tourist
The tourist" decides where he
is and what specific thing he is
doing at the place. The other
players must establish where the
tourist is and what he is doing
This is done by players asking
a question in turn, which may be
answered only by Eyes" or mo"
or II don't know
A total of 25 questions may be
asked. If the other players have
not guessed the whereabouts of
the tourist and what he is doing
within the time limit set, the game
ends and a new game starts,
with any other player assuming
the role of tourist.
The tourist can plan to be any
place in the world, doing anything,
no matter how fantastic it might
be. His imagination can be useful
in a game of this sort.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

salt. Cream butter and sugar;
beat in egg and vanilla thorough
ly. With mixing spoon, blend
flour and salt into butter mix
ture. Stir in walputs. Drop by
heaping teaspoonfuls a few inch
es apart onto creased baking
sheet. Bake in moderate (375F
oven about 10 minutes until
under sides of cookies are lightly
Drowned. Remove to wire rack
to cool. Makes 31a to dozen
delicious cookies to serve with
ice cream.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-03-03

lieu of the service rendered by
wool.
Efforts 10 create this state of
mind among garment-makers, re-
tail distributors and the public
are being made by the great
chemical companies producing the
new fibers, he continued, on a
scale and with expenditures of
vast funds hitherto unknown in
any of the textile industries.