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Evening star., 1953-08-21
Elephant Fails to oRecoN
To Hyrox, Zoos New Denizen

ing several suggestions by pho
tographers for pictures of him.
self and a civet in close poses,
agreed to lure the animal to
the front of his cage.
After some hesitation. one
came forward when Mr.. Bloom
waved a handful of cooked meat
he had borrowed from a keeper
in front of the animals cage.
Asked about his business of
catching wild animals. he said:
GAS far as am concerned,
it's just a job. and it's not like
the movies" He declared that,
as an example. "you don't have
q long line of native bearers
wearing those white hats"
Mr.. Bloom said he and a part
ner hired native help whenever
it was needed. On his latest
trip, his seventh, they captured
about 100 animals.
"We had about a dozen boys
lifting up stones, and when the
hyrax came out of his hole, we
caught him in a sack" he de-
clared.
Mr.. Bloom said the civets were
captured in "glorifled mouse
traps" AS to the larger animals,
some are driven into an en-
closure. Others are lassoed by
ropes tied to long bamboo poles
while driving a car along beside
them.
First Time in u. S.
Mr.. Bloom, whose home is in
Essex, likes to follow up his ami
mails to their destination.
He is in this country for the
first time and is staying with
DR.. Mann. He expects to leave
for home on Wednesday and
plans to start out for Africa
again this October.
DR.. Mann and his guest de-
cided to take time off from Zoo
affairs this week for an evenings
relaxation. They attended the
Shrine circus in Alexandria and
had a look at the animals.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
By Sam Eostmon

The Zoos new hyrax-a small,
cookie-shaped individual-and
its 8-year-old elephant Nelly ap-
peared dubious yesterday of the
news that they are kissing kin.
Visitors with no firm faith in
the science of taxonomy were
inclined to share this viewpoint,
after comparing the two animals.
DR.. William Mann. Zoo direc-
tor, who had announced that the
hyrax and the elephant are re-
lated, conceded this was the sort
of statement that rocked the
public's faith IN Zoo officials.
Nelly. a Zoo resident since
1949, who has always prided her
self upon her memory, indicated
that she just couldn't place the
new arrival.
Captor Eyed Warily.
The hyrax merely stared war
lily out of his new quarters at
stocky Britisher who had cap
tured him in Kenya, Africa. The
animal collector, Reginald T.
Bloom. 80, in turn showed equal
caution in attempting to entice
a civet to the front of his cage
at the photographers request.
Five civets and four zebras,
which had not yet arrived from
New York, were also included
in Mr.. Blooms shipment to the
Zoo.
DR.. David johnson, head of
the division of mammals, Ma
tional Museum, said that "it is
possible that the hyrax and the
elephant had a common ances-
tor"
He explained that the assump-
ton is based on deductions made
by taxonomists from fossil rec
ords.
IF So" he added. that ances-
tor must have been considerably
larger than a hyrax and consid-
srably smaller than an elephant"
Mr.. Bloom, after firmly Veto
Evening star., 1953-08-21
7 Tax Inspectors Named
By Alexandra MANAGER

Alexandria City Manager Ira
F. Willard today announced the
appointment of two tax inspec-
tors.
They are CORTLAND H. Grimm
of 203 South Royal street and
Charles w. Simms of RID No. S
Alexandria. Mr.. Grimm has
been employed in the Office Of
the Commissioner of Revenue
for the last II years. He at
tended the University of Virginia
and Strayer College Of Account
ing.
Mr.. Simms has been a public
accountant in this area since
1949. He is a graduate Of Ben
jamin Franklin University.
The two inspectors will serve
in the recently established Divi-
sion of Tax Inspection. checking
up on business license and per-
sonal property tax returns.
Evening star., 1953-08-21

said.
The big holdup in recent
weeks has been the slow drying
of wall plaster and the resultant
delay in painting.
The next impasse is the in
stallation of a new telephone
switchboard to handle Is incom-
ing and 10 outgoing trunk lines.
1t now has been promised for
September Is.
The main portion of the
sprawling. buff -bricked building
has not yet been accepted by the
county.
Parking Paving Completed.
Workmen, Mr.. Krogmann said,
are putting the finishing touches
around the structure. All Of the
some 500 windows have been
cleaned. and the floors have been
waxed. r,
To the rear of the building,
asphalt-paving of a 224 car park
ing lot has been completed.
The biggest headache, Mr..
Krogmann said. probably will be
the partial dismantling and NOV
ing of large 2,oo0-pound IBM
machine.
The building chief said he had
been getting tremendous CO.
operation" from other depart
ment heads.
For example. he added, the
health department. has every
piece of its equipment tagged, so
its exact position in the new
building can be located by the
moving crews.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
TempIeton KnoIIs
Awaits Bus Action

The Tenpleton Knolls Civic
Association in Prince Georges
County decided last night to
wait and see whether the school
board will change its mind about
suspending school bus service in
their community.
Some parents have threatened
to keep their children out Of
Wildercroft Elementary School
if buses are not provided.
Mrs. A. Russell Romer, 6217
Kennedy street. Templeton
Knolls. said a school board
member promised to bring the
bus matter up for reconsidera-
ton by the school heads.
Mrs. Romer said Templeton
Knolls children would have to
cross a creek on a footbridge
and walk along two streets with
no sidewalks to reach the school.
Civic Association members
agreed to delay action until the
school board takes another look
at the situation. The board re-
Gently decided to suspend bus
service from Templeton&K Knolls.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
School Building Goal
Set in Falls Church.;
Bond Issue Studied

The Falls Church School
Board has reached tentative
agreement on new school con-
struction goals but has not yet
decided the size of a bond issue
it will ask the City Council to
present to the voters
Earlier this year the School
Board requested the council to
order a referendum on $775,-
900 bond issue for high school
and elementary school con-
struction. The request was with
drawn when the council an
nounced it would offer a sep
arate bond issue for storm sewer
and street construction.
Board members agreed last
night that new elementary school
construction is of paramount
Importance and tentatively de-
cided that a 100000 addition
to the Mount Daniel school
would relieve overcrowding. The
addition would provide six class
rooms, a multipurpose room and
a library.
Madison Addition Studied.
The board is also considering
construction of an addition to
the Madison School to provide
safeteria space and several
classrooms to enable elimina-
ton of temporary elementary
classrooms now in use.
The board is expected to pre-
sent it's bond issue request to
the council next month.
The board took under advise
ment a proposal to extend school
bus service to students who at
tend the George Mason Junior
Senior High School. H. P.
Strople, board member who sug-
gested the service could be added
this year, was appointed to study
the problem and report at the
next board meeting.
Band Uniforms Sought.
A proposal of the George Ma
son Junior Senior High Schools
Band Boosters Club that band
uniforms be purchased this year
Is being studied by the board.
The boosters club reported it
has raised $1,500 toward the cost
Of the uniforms and asked the
board to contribute the addi-
tional $500 needed. Board mem
bers indicated they would prefer
to accept the boosters fund as
a contribution and make up the
additional funds needed in order
to retain the uniforms as school
property.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
Teachers PAY
In Montgomery
Increased S21O
$3.50 SoIory Set;
SO Positions Open
In County Schools

The starting pay for teachers
with bachelors degrees will be
increased from $2,940 to $3.50
this fall, the Montgomery County
School Board announced today.
The $210 raise was made as the
county approached school open
ing some so teachers short in
its recruiting program.
H. Stanely Stine, School Board
president, said the board decided
on the starting pay increase
yesterday at a special meeting
after a luncheon honoring the
three retiring members of the
board.
First Two Steps Dropped.
Board members met Tuesday
in closed session with the county
council.
The new starting pay was OBJ
tanned by simply dropping the
f1rst two steps in the old paw
schedule. The board failed to
go along with a plan submitted
by Controller Brian M. Benson
and other staff employees which
called for a starting pay of $3,-
100, a year reduction in the time
1t takes to reach miximum pay
and the rounding out to the next
$100 of all steps in the salary
schedule.
Rate Still Lags.
The new starting pay still is
below those offered in Arling-
ton and the District, Mr.. Stine
said. But the county compares
more favorably after the fifth
year.
The boards action cost the
county about $45,000 this year,
Mr.. Slime stated.
Honored yesterday at the Be-
thesda Naval Officers Club were
Mrs. Durward v. Sandifer, Mrs.
Ben B. Taylor, jr. and Roy Tasco
Davis. All have resigned from
the board in the last two months.
Attending the luncheon with the
board members were DR.. Forbes
H. Norris, school superintendent
and DR.. Edwin w. Broome, for
mer superintendent.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
Overturned Tor Truck
DELAYS Shirley Traffic

A truck loaded with hot tar
turned over today on Shirley
highway at the Washington &
Old Dominion railroad tracks
in Arlington.
The driver, Henry Peyton, 20,
of Culpeper, Va, was treated at
Arlington Hospital for burns on
his hands. The truck and the
slippery tar tied up morning
rush-hour traffic on the high
uaV
Evening star., 1953-08-21

mond. He enlisted in the Army
in April, 1851. and arrived in
Korea that June. The soldier
was declared missing from June
to october, 1851, and finally
word was received by Mrs.
Nichols that he had been cap
tured.
Also named as being freed last
night were:
Corpl. Shelby B. White of
Baltimore, Corpl. Roy E. Cline,
Williamsport, Md: Corpl. Nor
man C. Powers of Portsmouth,
Va; Corpl. Alton o. Krantz,
Concord. Va, and Pfc. Marshall
o. Hensley, Speedwell, Va.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
Baltimore Firm Awarded
Takoma Park Sewer Job

A contract for Takoma Park
storm drain job was awarded
yesterday to a Baltimore firTn
that bid $83.912.
The drain will run 1,100 feet
along Brashears Branch, from
Philadelphia avenue to Niagara
avenue. The Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission gave
the job to the John H. Ensey
Co, lowest of 10 bidders.
The sanitary commission also
announced it will run its own
test to settle a dispute over stack
vents. Home builders, plumbers
and the commission have not
been able to agree whether the
vents are satisfactory. 4
Evening star., 1953-08-21
7OPer Cent Fail
Driver Test on
School Buses
West Virginia Faces
Problem After l.,645
Take Stiff Exum
BY Hermon F. Schoden

About 10 per cent of West Vir-
ginia's 1,645 public school bus
drivers failed a written examina-
ton issued by the State Board
of Education, it was revealed
today.
Required each year under
State law, the true and false
test heretofore left from 80 to.
90 per cent of the drivers
stranded under the minimum
grade Of 80.
This years high degree of
failure has posed a problem
for school districts hard put to
hire competent drivers.
Will Work Itself Out
But Maj. c. P. Taylor, in
spector for the9State Department
of Public Safety, believes the
crisis will work itself out when
the drivers take a second ex-
animation in a few days.
That's what the test is for"
he said. "Some of the oIdtime
drivers have failed to refresh
themselves on the handbook "a
90-page pamphlet of State Board
of Education driving regula-
tionsD, If they expect to pass
the test next time, they'll have
to read up."
Failure of the drivers, averag-
ing As to 48 years of age, is of
interest in the Washington area
where authorities are seeking
SITTER laws on drivers and
equipment hauling school age
children.
The mass failures was revealed
first in Berkeley County, where
16 out of % drivers were left at
the post.
No Quarrel With System.
But in the face of a vexing
situation. School Supt. James L.
Creasey of Martinsburg said he
ha dno quarrel with the system.
1t was up to the drivers to learn
the regulations for the better
protection of school children,
he said.
He pointed to a 20-year span
of no fatal accidents or serious
injuries in the county to back
up his statement.
West Virginia boasts some of
the Nations toughest school bus
safety laws. Bus drivers each
year must pass physical ex-
aminations, including Wasser-
man tests, road tests and writ
ten examinations. Buses must
be State inspected three times
q year. So
Tests Observation.
Some of the questions asked
drivers last week clearly were
meant to test their observation.
They included:
Coasting is a safe and eco
nomical way to descend hiss.
The correct answer: False.
The uniform shape of a stop
sign is round. False. (They are
octagonalO
The driver shall thoroughly
clean the interior of a bus each
week. False. ct should be done
every day.
If chains are used on snow
or ice. your stopping distance
Is reduced by one-third or more.
True.
Next week the drivers will get
their second chance at a pass
ing grade. Unless there is con-
siderable boning up, it'll take a
manhunt to fill the ranks of
men 81 and older who can pass
the 50-question quiz.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
Woman Awarded $500

Mrs. Barbara Cohen Wolf,
9703 Admiralty drive, Silver
Spring, Md, has been awarded
a $500 scholarship by the Wash
ington Alumnae of Kappa Alpha
Theta Sorority. A speech ther-
apy student at George Wash
ington University, Mrs. Wolf
will receive her bachelors de-
gree next January and continue
in graduate work.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
Legion Names ChupIuin

Col. Alva j. Breasted, U. S. A.
retired, has been named chap
lain Of the 10th District Ameri-
can Legion. it has been an
nounced. Col. Breasted, a vet
eran of both world wars, re-
Gently completed a year as chap
lain of the Department of Vir-
ginia American Legion.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
Alexandra Guard
Faces Eviction From
Classroom Quarters

The Alexandria Nation a !
Guard, probably the oldest in
the United States, is being
evicted to make room for the
city's expanding school popula-
ton.
Guard officials fear that unless
they can find a new home by
September /, the unit will have
to disband. And if that happens.
present State and Federal plans
to build a large new Alexandria
armory will be cancelled.
Since the old Alexandria
armory burned down last jan
uary 81, the unit-the 125th
Anti-Aircraft Artillery-has been
making it's home in five former
classrooms-three in the old
Washington Academy School at
COL Wolfe street and two in the
old Lee School at 1901 Prince
street. The heavy equipment-16
trucks and one 90-millimeter gun
valued at a total of SITS 900
has been stored in the open in
a fenced inclosure on the city
dump.
Better Than Nothing.
Although guard officials say
their present quarters are far
from adequate, they feel they are
better than nothing at all, which
is what they will have if the
school board goes through with
its avowed plan to evict the unit
from the Lee School September l
and from the academy by Octo-
ber /.
j. S. Everly. school board
chairman. said the eviction
order was given because the
guard room will be needed for
classrooms this fall. The school
population has so increased in
that area, he said, that the board
is reopening Lee School. which
had been abandoned last year
Glasses were held last year at
the academy despite the presence
of the guard offices.
Marvin owens, administrative
assistant to 1t. Col. Thomas j..
Buntin, battalion commander,
said an appeal to school officials
has proved fruitless. Yesterday,
he said, City Manager Ira F..
Willard was asked to get the city
to rent quarters for the unit. He
said the owner of a three-story
building at 113 North Royal
street has agreed to rent the
now-vacant structure to the unit
for $3.50 a month.
Mr.. Owens said the city man
ager told him he would bring
the matter up at a special coun-
Gil meeting next Thursday.
Rooms for Storage.
Mr.. Owens said the five school
rooms are used for Offices and
training rooms as well as for
storage of about $4,000 worth of
rifles and other equipment.
"If we don't find a place to
store our equipment to train our
men, We'll have to disband," he
said. He added that the unit
only needs quarters for about two
years, at which time it would ex-
pect to move into the new
armory.
He said the 125th, which can
trace it's history back to 1853.
now has II enlisted men and 16
officers. New members are be-
ing recruited every day. he said,
particularly from George Wash
ington High School, and he ex-
poets that if the unit is able to
continue. it will have close to 200
enlisted men by January /. The
unit has been called to active
duty about dozen times since
its original Indian-fighting days,
the most recent being a 20
month tour Of duty during the
early part Of the Korean war.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
Lyon Village Fair

The fifth annual Lyon Village
fair will be held September II
to 10 at the Lyon Village Play
ground, Lee highway and High
land street. Arlington. The fair
is presented to support the Lyon
Village Community House. z
Evening star., 1953-08-21
CoImar Manor
To Fight Liquor
Permit in Court
Mayor Protests as
License to Reopen
Tavern Is Granted

NO1tIldT MdI1Or OFFICIALS are
preparing for a court fight to
upset the Prince Georges County
Liquor Board ruling. which
would permit reopening of one
of the towns former rip-roaring
rum-row spots.
The boards action was an
nounced yesterday in Upper
Marlboro, after a decision in an
other controversial case was
postponed. One new license was
granted, and two transfers were
approved.
Raymond Smith, John L. Zirn-
norman and Hinda Wausau.
erstwhile burlesque strip-tease
star. asked the board for an
on-sale liquor license. at Rays
Tavern. Inc, 1929 Bladensburg
road.
Colmar Manor's Mayor, John
N. Torvestad and Councilman
Robert V. Yost. vigorously op-
posed the application. They
pointed out that liquor permit
used at that address. then known
as Smiths Tavern and operated
under other ownership, was re-
voked in May, 1852. The place
has been closed since then.
Need Challenged.
The municipal officials told the
board there are now 13 alcoholic
beverage dispensaries in Colmar
Manor and Cottage City and that
no more are needed.
Republican Delegate Albert
r. Hassall, attorney for the cor
poration, countered with the as
sertion that one of the first
licenses issued after the prohi-
hition act was repealed was
granted for use at 1929 Bladens-
burg road.
Mr.. Hassall contended that a
reopening would constitute a
continuance of a long-estab-
lished business, and his position
was supported by the board.
Chairman Ernest L. Fairall cited
a Circuit Court opinion over
ruling a former County Liquor
Board in similar case. He said
his group unanimously held it is
bound by that decision.
College Park Case.
The case was that of a Col
lege Park restaurant, which was
denied a permit on the ground
that there were 10 other licenses
in use nearby.
Judge j. Dudley Digges ruled
that refusal to grant the permit
was unreasonable because the
restaurant had received the
third license issued in that COM
munity and that, but for mis-
management, the permit would
have remained in effect.
"This is the same situation"
the chairman said, "but more
So" Mr.. Torvestad Immediately
notified the board an appeal will
be filed. ...
Decision was reserved on a re-
quest for an off-sale beer permit
by the Government Employees
Marketing Service at 1887
Branch avenue, Camp Springs.
Need Argued.
Disputing delegations of area
citizens argued over the alleged
need of beer outlet there.
Thomas Elmo Jones, counsel
for the opponents. said deeds
for property in the section pro-
hibit sale of spiritous or malt
liquors. The board withheld ac-
ton to study the question.
An on-sale beer and wine
license for use at the M & T
Market, 6l4 Main street, Laurel,
was granted to Amos D. Tuttle
and William H. Mitchell.
One Of the transfers approved
shifted a beer, wine and liquor
off sale license from 6501 Walker
Mill road to Joseph A. DeNIichele
and Joseph D. Shuck, for use
at 6013 Sixty-sixth avenue. East
Pines.
The other granted ownership
transfer of an on-sale beer, wine
and liquor license at the new
Tea Topper Tavern, 1894 Central
avenue, Seat Pleasant.
Evening star., 1953-08-21
Pupils Register Tuesday

The Annandale (Va.) Elemen-
tary School will register new STU
dents at the school between 8
am. and 3 pm. Tuesday.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-17
Loan Closet For
Cancer Set Up Here

A loan closet Of sickroOm SUP.
plies for cancer patients in south
ern Delaware has been set up al
Milford, it was announced By Mrs
William N Cam, Commander OF
the Women's Field Army Of the
Delaware Division, American Can
Ger Society,
The Society maintains another
loan closet Of similar supplies at
its offices at 1924 Market Street,
Wilmington.
The two loan closets cehtain
various types of dressings needed
by cancer patients. bed pads, gowns,
supplies Of gauze, urinals, com
modes, and other sickrOom eduip-
ment and supplies. Except for the
dressings and gauze, which ere
given to needy cancer patients, the
supplies are loaned for use by any
cancer patients, and are later to be
returned. These supplies and equip.
ment are not only for needy pa
tients, but for any who desire them,
Mrs. Cam pointed out
The new loan closet has been set
up at Milford under the sponsor
snip Of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
Arrangements for it we're made by
Mrs. Mary Tatman, Cancer Crusade
Chairman at Milford. Persons de-
string to inquire about loan closet
items may do so by calling Mrs.
Tatman at Milford 1856.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-17
New England Trip

A six day trip touring the New
England States and visiting rela-
tives was the recent experience of
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Fry, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Willis Hammond and Miss
Helen Wilgus. In New Haven, Con-
necticut, they were guests of Mr..
HammOnd's mother and sister, Mrs.
Wilbur Hammond and Mrs. Harri-
son Baldwin. Here they visited
Yale University and then travelled
on to Mt. HOlyOke College in Holy
oke, Mass, and Deerfield Academy
for Boys and went through the old
town of Deerfield, Mass. Amherst
College was their next stop where
Mrs. Fry's father was a graduate.
Smith College was also visited in
North Hampton, Mass. In Brattle-
bOro, VT, they were the guests of
DIR. and Mrs. David Baldwin. On
Easter Sunday they stopped at a
little Congregational Church in
Wilmington, VT, and attended their
service. At Keene, N. H., they saw
the ski lifts and winter sports sec
tion. Returning home they visited
a high mountain from which five
states could be seen, saw several
mOreT colleges and spent a few
hours in New York City with Mrs.
Frank MIRA, Mr.. HammOnds
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-17
Trophy Grange Notes

The program chairman, Mrs
ReGa Gruwell, planned an open
meeting last Monday night for
farmers interested in Weed Control
Sprays and insecticides. Mr.. Miller
Wilkins of Milford, introduced Mr.
JOhna Moore and Mr.. Robert Smith,
representative of the California
Spray Chemical Company. They
gave very interesting talks and
and showed slides on both weed
control and fungicides. Mr.. George
Vapaa, Associate County Agent,
and Mr.. r. F. Stevens, of Universi-
ty of Delaware, also gave fine talks.
AT the conclusion of the program
all enjoyed ice cream and crack
ers.
Next Monday evening, April 20,
Trophy Grange members will at
tend the visiting program at Beth
esda. On April 27, Mrs. Anna Moore
and Mrs. Grace human will be in
charge of the program.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-17
Milford Grange

Milford Changers will have q
Flower and Hobby Show this SAT-
urday evening when all members
have been asked to exhibit speci-
men Of their hobby and to enter
flowers in the Show. Mrs. Paris
Kirby, Mrs. Douglas Fry, and Mrs.
Clarence E. Jester are in charge of
the program while Mrs. Hattie
Bennett, Mrs. Helen Lynne and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Willis have
charge of refreshments. A large
attendance is expected.
About twenty-five members of
Milford Grange journeyed to
Georgetown on Monday evening
when the Degree team initiated a
class of candidates in the First and
Second Degrees for Midland
Grange. Several of the local mem
bers attended Pomona on Thurs
day at Columbia Grange.