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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26
BEHIND HOME PLATE
BY H. S. Douglas

Over at Williamsport on Tuesday
afternoon, the boys of South Po-
tomac Junior High had an easy time
with the lads of Williamsport Junior
High, the final score being 55 to q.
Nine of the Hagerstown boys
figured in the scoring, with Twigg
and Mckee leading the way with l6
and IL points respectively. For the
losers, Ketzel and Taylor had 8
points apiece and Martin had 6.
It looks as if it is all over but the
shouting in the regular season of
the Junior Basketball League,
In the South Potomac Division, the
K of c team is on top with a record
of 10 wins against only / lose, with
the Jaycees and Optimist teams tied
for second place, each having a rec
ord of and 3.
In the Woodland Way Division,
the Lions have it cinched with per
feet record of 10 straight wins, with
the Alsatia club being nearest to
them with 7 and 4.
The regular season just has an
other week to go, after which the
play-offs for the league champion
ship will get underway.
$3.50
Every now and again, Francis
Siam, Evening Star staff cores
pondent, in his sports column, "Win,
Lose or Draw" comes up with a
really funny baseball story and in
Friday afternoons column, he had
one think really tops them all.
1t concerns Bert Shepard, form
er big league pitcher who lost a leg
while in German prison camp in
World War II and did little pitch
ing after the war, when he had been
fitted with a wooden leg.
During the recent Palma Celia in
vitatiQnal baseball golf tournament
the players were swapping stories
in the locker room when Shepard
came up with this one:
"You remember Mike Martin, who
trained the Senator's? Well, this is
the honest truth. l am pitching bat
ting practice one day in Boston and
l hear a crack as | put my weight
on the wooden leg. said to my
self: "Cripes, I've broken it."
threw another pitch, but what
didn't know was that my phony
foot had fallen off my wooden leg
Only the sock was holding it.
II got mad, turned my back to the
plate, and gave a kick like Lou
Groza on a field goal The sock and
shoe, with my wooden foot, flew of
and landed back of second base
People in the stands screamed but
the guys on my club fell dowr
laughing.
"But the payof was Mike, running
from the dugout with his kit Of
liniment. Mike began working or
the rest of the artificial leg-witt
no foot-and / about died laughing
"Took him quite few seconds tt
realize he was no tree surgeon,
| Bert concluded.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26
PVT. DANIEL MITCHELL
NOW STATIONED IN JAPAN

Private Daniel E. Mitchell, son of
Daniel F. Mitchell, 141 Conoco-
cheague Street, Williamsport, is serv-
ing in Japan with the oath Infantry
Division.
Now receiving intensive field
training, the oath is part of the Sc
curity forces in Japan. Before be-
ing rotated out of the line early in
1852, it spent 10 months in Korea.
Private Mitchell, a 1949 graduate
of the Williamsport High School, en-
tered the Army in August 1852 and
arrived overseas in January Of this
year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26
PVT. HERBERT GRIMM
IS SERVING IN JAPAN

Pvt. Herbert H Grimm, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Grimm, Route
l, Keedysville, is serving in Japan
with the 1st Cavalry Division
Private Grimm, who is serving as
a rifeman, received his basic train
ing at Camp Breckenridge, Ky. Be
fore entering the Army. he was en-
ployed by the Trego Store and Ele-
vator Company.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26
THOMAS KLINE USN
ON USS OTTERSTETTER

Thomas F. Kline, seaman, u. S.
Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs, Robert l..
Kline, ST., TAI Northern Avenue, and
husband of Mrs. Barbara A. Kline,
Chewsville, is participating in OPP
Grafton Springboard aboard the ra-
dar picket escort vessel USS Otter
stetter.
Springboard is a mid-winter ex-
ercise in the Caribbean. The Otter
setter is undergoing intensive anti
submarine warfare and joint sur
face-air operations.
Upon completion of the exercise,
the ship is scheduled to return to
her home port in Newport, R. l.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26
PVT. CLARENCE KOONTZ
ON MANEUVERS IN ALASKA

Pvt Clarence Koontz, whose wife,
Joann, lives at 327 Liberty Street
and mother, Mrs. Goldie r. Sender
lives at 316 Liberty Street, is par
ticipating in Exercise Snow Shoe, y
an Army winter training maneuver
in Alaska
Private Koontz, a driver in the
196th Regimental Combat Teams
Company c, entered the Army in
November 1851 and was last station
ed at Fort Jackson, S. c. A 1949
graduate of Hagerstown High School
he is former employee of holland
Company.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26
Clock Runs On Light

A Swiss watch and clock firm an
nounces that it will put on the
market a new photo-electric clock
that runs by exposure to light A
spokesman said the clock would run
"a hours on energy drawn from one
hours exposure to light either
natural or artificial.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26
oMothero Ships; aRabyD Subs

The Navy is developing midget
minesWeepers and submarines that
can be launched from mother"
ships, it has been announced in
Washington. The "baby" sub still is
in the planning stage, but so of the
new minesWeepers already are un-
der construction, it was said.
Evening star., 1953-03-21

down on a floor where it can
reemain stretched for about "a
hours. Tack the corners lightly
into place. After brushing or
vacuuming. spray the back with
a solution consisting of one-half
pound of chip glue in two quarts
of water. Allow to dry thor
oughly before putting the rug in
it's proper place.
Plastic Coated Woodwork.
Question: Three years ago I
used a so-called colorless liquid
plastic over vanished window
sills and portions of floors sub
ject to heavy traffic. Because the
wood had been vanished, a spe-
cial preparation had to be used
previous to applying the plastic.
The finish is wearproof but has
turned reddish brown and is
checking. How can it be re-
moved without using an "air
hammer"
Answer: If the usual types of
paint removerS have no effect
on it, try rubbing with a coarse
sandpaper, then finish rubbing
with a finer paper to take out
the coarse securing marks. The
Evening star., 1953-03-21

only other method is to use
heat lamp. holding it about IL
inches from the surface. When
the coating becomes soft, scrape
it off with a putty knife.
Wood Floor in Basement.
Question: Will you advise us
about laying a wooden floor over
the concrete floor in the base
ment? It seems that I have read
somewhere about spreading a
black mastic or asphalt on the
concrete and then laying the
flooring.
Answer: The procedure is to
mop a heavy coat Of liquid as
phalt dampproofing, then put
down a layer of heavy asphalt
Evening star., 1953-03-21
By Roger Whitmon.

Question: Our problem refers
to draining our hot-water heat
ing system. How often should
such a system be drained? Is
it advisable to do this in the fall
of the year? Our plumber in
sists it need not be drained. but
we know fresh water heats bet
ter than stagnant. What is
your advice?
Answer: I agree with your
heating man that it is not neces-
sary to drain the heating system
every year. Ordinarily. some
water is drawn off at the bottom
of the boiler in the fall, to drain
off some of the sediment accum-
ulated there.
TWO or three pailfuls should
be sufficient. Water that has
been heated several times has
Evening star., 1953-03-21

had the air driven out of it thus
making it less corrosive as far as
the boiler and the piping are
concerned. Fresh water and
water that has been standing in
the boiler for a long time will
heat up equally as fast.
Question: Sometime ago you
gave instructions regarding the
sizing or stiffening of backs of
rugs. But I did not save the
clipping. Will you please repeat
these instructions?
Answer: Turn the rug upside
Evening star., 1953-03-21
Should You Droin Hot -Woter System Periodically?

saturated felt. overlapping the
sheets at least Is per cent Of
their width. Asphalt dampproof-
ing should be mopped on be-
tween the Tapped sheets. A wood
block flooring is then put down
with a special asphalt mastic
cement.
Mr.. Whitman offers readers
leaflets on wide variety Of sub
jects concerning home repair
work. If you would like to have
his leaflet, W-22, Cleaning Paint
ed and Vanished Walls and
woodwork, send 10 cents in coin
to Roger c. Whitman, p. o. Box
SO, Station G, New York 10,
N. Y.
(Released by Consolidated News
Features. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Republicans Destroy
Civil Service System,
Johnston Charges

Senator Johnston, Democrat,
OF South Carolina, who headed
the Senate Civil Service Com
mittee during the last four
years, charged today that the
Eisenhower administration is
destroying the civil service merit
system.
In a Senate speech Senator
J1hnston said "the happenings
OF the past few weeks show a
strong tendency to completely
destroy the merit system"
Senator Johnston said the ad-
ministration'S new security pro-
gram was the major link" in
a chain Of events that were
crippling civil service.
President Eisenhower couldn't
possibly be aware of what his
cabinet officers and his assistants
are doing to the merit system, "
the South Carolinian declared.
He called on the President to
keep close watch on what was
going on.
Senator Johnston said recent
events in civil service would
plague the Republican Party for
years to come"
Senator Johnston also chided
the Citizens Committee for the
Hoover Commission and the Ma
tional Civil Service League for
remaining strangely silent while
the new, administration returns
the Government to the spoils
system"
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Red Czech Magazine
Says Russia Never
Shifts Foreign Policy
By the AssocIossd Pres.

VIENNA, May Ga Czecho-
slovak Communist magazine
claimed today that talk of a
Russian peace offensive" is a lot
Of Western nonsense. and that
there is no change in Soviet
policy.
Vienna diplomats said the un-
usual statement could be con-
f1rmation of a widespread West
ern belief that the Kremlin peace
drive is only propaganda.
It also could be, however, Just
a roundabout restatement of the
usual Communist line that the
Soviet Union and her allies al
ways have sought peace and are
the only nations with a consis-
tent record as peace-lovers and
peace-seekers.
Literarni Noviny, a weekly
publication for Czech Communist
writer's and artists, declared:
In the last six weeks the press
Of the capitalist world, and par
ticularly the American press. has
been full of news that a change
has taken place in Soviet foreign
policy. There has been much
written and spoken about a
Soviet peace offensive and the
busy. small-town journalists have
drawn far-reaching and fan
tastic conclusions that the Soviet
regime has embarked on new
course, completely different than
previously.
This campaign reached its
high point in the speech of Pres
ident Eisenhower in which he
demanded proof through deeds.
This entire matter is only
wishful thinking of the authors
of this fantasy-the Soviet Union
has never changed it's foreign
policy and has no need to change
it," the magazine said.
Evening star., 1953-05-06

The Governors conference just
concluded at the White House
promises to become a permanent
fixture in the Eisenhower ad-
ministration.
At the end of the two-day
session yesterday, Gen. Eisen-
hover told the visitors that Off
cials who had briefed them on
various aspects of Federal op-
erations expressed conviction
that from our viewpoint" the
session "has been a tremendous
success"
Many of the Governors also
said that the conference had
tended to encourage a greater
measure of cooperation between
Federal and State governments.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Captains Death Asked

PUSAN, Korea, May 6 (P.-
The government has asked for
death sentences for the captain
and three crewmen of a Korean
ship which sank off Pusan in
January with the loss of 249
lives. The three-judge Pusan
court indicated it would reach a
verdict next week.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Governors Adjourn, PorIey
MAY Become an Annual Event

AS the Governors left. Gen.
Eisenhower told them:
"We are going to look forward
to a time, sometime in the fu-
ture, when you can spare time
and we can be together again" :"
There were no tangible re-
suits from the meeting. but it
afforded another opportunity for
Gen. Eisenhower to re-emphasize
his hopes Of finding some ''logi-
cal division" between Federal
and State functions.
He has asked Congress to
create a commission to survey
this field. and he stressed that
out of this study it is hoped to
get an adjustment of "our COM
plicated tax system" with its
overlapping levieS.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Rosalind Russell Gets Ham
And Acre Of Virginia Land
By the Asseeiated Pres.

ABINGDON, Va, May 6.-Ac-
tress Rosalind Russell can settle
down on an acre in Southwest
Virginia.
The land was given her yester-
day by the Barter Theater, which
decided she deserved it's annual
award as the seasons top stage
actress.
Miss Russell, who won for her
role in wonderful Town." also
picked up another prize-a Vir-
ginia-cured ham.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Woman Attorney to Seek Post
As Delegate From Fairfax

State Bar and the American
Bar Association.
In announcing her candidacy,
Mrs. Zimmerman said: "Presi-
dent Eisenhower's victory in
Virginia and other Southern
States last November opened
the door to a genuine two-party
system in the South. But this
door will close again if we do
not back the President by rum
ming qualified Republican candi-
dates for local and State offices. !"
Mrs. Zimmerman was an or
ganizer and founder of Northern
VirginianS for Eisenhower last
year. She also has served as
treasurer of the Fairfax County
Republican Committee and a
member of the Republican State
Central Committee representing
the 10th Congressional District.
Mrs. Zimmerman was born in
Minneapolis, Mimi. and has
lived in Virginia for II years.
Her husband, Edward j. P. Zim-
norman, is a tax attorney in
Washington. The ZimmermanS
have two children.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Rockville Kiwonis
To Sponsor Rodeo
On Bethesda Farm

Professional performers will
participate in a rodeo tomorrow
and Sunday sponsored by the
Rockville Kiwanis Club on the
estate of Mr.. and Mrs. Garvin
E. Tankersley.
A pageant and parade of cow
boys and coWgirlS will open the
events at 2 pm, both days. The
estate known as the AL Marah
Arabian Horse Farm, is located
four miles from the Distric line
on River road, Bethesda.
Cash prizes will be presented
by Movie Actress Constance
Bennett at the completion of
bronco-busting. trick riding and
roping events.
Proceeds from the rodeo will
be used for charitable purposes,
the Kiwanis Club announced.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Court Test May Be Asked
On Baltimore Rent Control
BY the Associoted Pfess

BALTIMORE, May 22.-The
next step in the controversy over
whether rent controls should be
continued in Baltimore rested to-
day with the city's Real Estate
Board.
The board is expected to seek
an early court test of a bill
signed into law by Mayor D'Ales-
andre yesterday which would al
low the city to take over control
of rents when and if. Federal
controls expire. Unless Congress
reneWs them, they will go out
July 81.
City Council passed the local
rent measure yesterday, II to 2,
with one new member not vot-
ing. The bill was based on a
law rushed through in the final
hours of the last Legislature.
Validity of that act, passed in
different versions by the Senate
and House of Delegates, had been
questioned.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Prince Georges Signs
Two School Contracts

School construction contracts
totaling nearly SO million have
been awarded by the Prince
Georges County Board of Ed
ucation.
Supt. William S. Schmidt said
bids have been accepted on the
Glenridge Junior High School
and a junior-senior high school
at Cherry Hill and Powder Mill
roads.
Victor Beauchamp of Arling-
ton County will build the latter
for $2,074:000. The P. F. Du-
laney Construction Co. Of Wash
ington was given a $559,355 con-
tract for the Glenridge school.
Both are scheduled for compile
ton in the fall of 1854.
The board had planned to
build the schools with $2,518,232
available from Federal grants.
Bids opened several days ago
exceeded that amount.
Contracts were awarded, Mr..
Schmidt said, after the County
commissioners agreed to provide
an. additional $4,000.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Virginia Candidate Urges
State Traffic Safety Unit

Creation of a special State
commission on traffic safety was
proposed yesterday by Mrs.
Kathryn Stone, candidate in the
Arlington Democratic primary
for the Virginia House of Dele
gates.
Mrs. Stone discussed her plan
in an address at the Mount
Olivet Methodist Church attend
ed by representatives of eight
Arlington County women's clubs.
The commission should con-
slider all elements of Virginia S
increasing traffic problem, the
candidate said. Last year, Mrs.
Stone declared, 960 persons were
killed on Virginia highways.
10000 persons were injured and
property damage was estimated
at $50 million.
Mrs. Stone said traffic prob
lens In the Arlington area re-
quire immediate safety planning.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Dixie Manor Club
Defeated in Fiqht
For Liquor Permit

A contested application for a
liquor permit in the Morningside
area has been denied by the
Prince Georges County Board of
Licenses Commissioners.
The board ruled yesterday that
zoning regulations bar transfer
of a license from the new Marl-
boro Hotel to the Dixie Manor
Club, 6125 Suitland road.
Property at the latter address
is classified rural residential and
cannot be used for business pur-
poses, the board held.
Other objections heard at its
April meeting were not consid-
cred, Chairman James B. Carrico
announced at Upper Marlboro.
Two Resume June 1.
Mr.. Carrico and Board Mem
ber John S. Underwood will re-
linquish their posts by June l
They will be succeeded by two
other Republicans, Chairman
Ernest D. Fairall of BeltSville
and Joseph v. Wyvill, jr., of For
estville. Brooke Kerby, a Demo
crat. will remain as the third
member of the board.
The board issued two stern
warnings yesterday.
One accompanied approval o1
an application filed by Mrs. Mar.
guerite L. McGolrick for owner
ship transfer of a license used al
Haney's Tavern, 5501 Suitlano
road.
| Marine Warrant Officer H. L
Bales, investigator for District
Area Armed Services police, said
numerous complaints have been
made about fights. brawls and
! trays" at the Haney Tavern.
He told the board the armed
services want to curb the disor-
der, but emphasized that the tav-
ern had not been placed off limits
and that he had not been ordered
to oppose the transfer.
The other warning was given
to Mrs. Rose c. Shelton, operator
of Otto's Bar and Grill at 1927
Bladensburg Road.
Colmar Manor Councilman
Robert v. Yost said Mrs. Shelton
has cleaned up the once notorious
spot. Town authorities do not
object to the license, but will in
sist that order be maintained.
An on-sale beer license was is
sued to Harry H. Moore for use
at Harry's Diner. Laurel.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
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Evening star., 1953-05-22
Hearing Set June 10
On Protests Over
Water, Trash Rates

The Maryland Public Service
Commission will hold a hearing
June 10 in Baltimore on pro-
tests Of recent rate increases for
sewer and trash collection made
by the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission.
The hearing will get under
way at 10 am, according to w.
Joseph Tewes, PSC assistant
secretary.
The commission decided yes
terday to hold the hearing on
the formal protest filed by Will
lard A. Morris. president of the
Allied Civic Group Of Silver
Spring.
The PSC received more than
100 complaints about the sharp
increases. but the protest fled
by Mr.. Morris was the only one
prepared in legal language.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
League Of Women Voters
To Choose Officers Today
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, May 22.-Ninety
delegates to a convention of the
League of Women Voters of
Maryland were scheduled to elect
officers today after a series of
round-table discussions on polit-
ical problems.
League President Mrs. Joseph
Hirschmann of Baltimore told
the group yesterday that its
membership had nearly doubled
in the past four years. She said
296 members added last year in
creased the State total to 1882
Four years ago it was 1899.
Ten Maryland chapters were
represented at the meetings.