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Evening star., 1953-11-23
Teacher Wins
Prize inHot Rod
Club Contest

A school teacher won a prize
in a hot rod contest yesterday.
Contestants were tested in the
Northwestern High School park
ing lot for parking in narrow
spaces, getting through narrow
lanes, keeping their car wheels
on painted lines over a pre-
Scribed course, and similar
things.
The teacher, Ralph R. Fox, of
West Lanham Elementary, took
third prize.
Richard j. Hobbs, 7402 Birch
avenue, Takoma Park, was first.
and Jerry Allinger, 904 Gist ave-
nue., Silver Spring, second.
The road-eo was sponsored by
Gents Roadster, Inc, a Prince
Georges hot rod club.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Board Backs
Camp Springs
Water Pleas
Trade Group to Ask
McKeIdin to Order
Extension of Lines
By J. |. MichoeI

Pushed by irate housewives
with empty clotheslines. the
southern Prince Georges County
Board of Trade will urge Gov.
McKeldin to order extension Of
water mains to the Camp Springs
area.
The trade board at a recent
meeting deplored the lack of ac-
ton by the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission and
decided to appeal to the execu-
tive.
Lawrence S. Mccoy, chairman
Of the Trade Board special water
committee. said Gov. McKeldin
has agreed to hear their pleas
at the State House at Annapolis
next Monday afternoon.
Demand Water Lines.
The area businessmen and
about 500 housewives are not
asking for sewage mainS-at this
tlme-but they are demanding
that water lines be extended
from their present terminus at
st. Barnabas road, Gordon's Cor
ner, to a point about 100 yards
south of Allentown road.
THAT territory has been with
in WSSC Jurisdiction about
seven years." Mr.. Mccoy said,
land home-owners have paid
taxes without deriving any bene-
fit"
Mrs. Theima Rice, a member
of the special committee, said
nearly 500 of the 600 property
holders in the section have
signed a petition which will be
presented to the Governor. The
communitys women circulated
the paper from door to door.
Have Dug Five Wells.
Give wells have been dug at
my house at cost of $780," Mrs.
Rice declared, land still we have
to haul all the water we USE"
The petition alleges that "a
good part of the year many fam
lilies, all of whom are dependent
on shallow wells, are without
water for drinking. bathing,
washing and sanitary purposes
and have to rely on the local
volunteer fire department to haul
water for them"
Camp Springs citizens feel that
the Sanitary Commission is TAX
ing care of the northern section
of the county first. The petition
says:
1--WE know the need for water
is much greater in this COM
munity than in others that have
been furnished with water for
many years. We feel that the
commission is unfairly discrim-
mating against our area"
S65O,OOO Cost Seen.
Mr.. Mccoy said the sanitary
commission has asserted that
the project would cost $650,000
but that a committee of con-
tractors named by the trade
board has estimated that the
work can be done for $278, 900.
Development of the section
is retarded and fire insurance
rates are higher, because of tile
lack of water, Mr.. Mccoy said.
He further said that the coun-
ty paid $4,000 to dig wells at
the Camp Springs Elementary
School.
A comparable amount of
county funds were expended,
he added, to run lines to a school
| in the OXOn Hill area.
Evening star., 1953-11-23

The stacatto crack of rifle
fire that has punctuated the
quiet of Congress Heights for
half a century has been per-
manently stilled by progress.
Gone beyond recall is the
District National Guards pistol
and rifle range at Camp Simms.
The range, near Alabama ave-
nue., Fifteenth street and Simms
drive Sc, will not be rebuilt, a
Guard spokesman, said. En-
croaching real estate develop
ments have ringed the Camp
Simms area to such an extent
that a ricocheting slug would al
most certainly do serious damage.
To Be Cut by Parkway.
In addition, District officials
have announced plans for ex-
tending Oxon Run Parkway
through the heart of Camp
Simms, with one lane of a dual
highway fianlling each side of
the picturesque stream.
Demolition work on a 288-
family unit housing project, con-
structed in 1916, soon will be
completed. When the site is
finally cleared, little of the prop
erty will be used by the Guard.
Most of it will be taken over by
the District for storage facilities
and re-establishment of a truck
drivers training center.
Camp SimmS was first &C
quired by the Districts National
Guard in 1908. when Maj. Gen.
George H. Harries, a former re-
porter for The Star, envisioned
it as a firing range.
A tract of about ITO acres was
rented from a Mrs. Georgia M.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Virginia Daughter Dinner

Mrs. w. Dalton Bundy, Of
Alexandria, will be honored as
Virginia Daughter of the Year"
at ceremonies Wednesday night.
The celebration, sponsored by
the Sons and Daughters Day
Foundation, Inc, will begin with
dinner at 7:30 pm. in the Shore
ham Hotel and move later to the
Mayflower Hotel for the Elks
Charity Ball.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Jewish Group to Meet

The Adult Institute of the
Montgomery County Jewish
Community Center. 2901 East
West highway, Chevy Chase,
Md. will meet at 9:15 pm. to-
morrow. The Rev. Thomas H.
Baker, pastor of St. Paul Meth
odist Church, in Chevy Chase,
will speak on Jewish Founda-
tions of Christianity" The in
stitute is offering five different
courses of study.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Church Council
Official Outlines
Greed ofHope
Eisenhowers Hear
Statement to Be
Given to Conference

The President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover heard Dutch minister
preach at National Presbyterian
Church yesterday on a state
ment that will be offered to the
World Council of Churches meet
Ing next summer.
DR.. w. A. Wiser It Hooft, gen.
eral secretary of the World
Council of Churches, outlined
the basic features of the state
ment, Christ, the Hope of the
World"
The 20,000-word message will
be submitted to 600 delegates
from nearly every country in the
world at the two-week meeting
in Evanston, Ill. Composed ny
25 church leaders, it is an effort
to state agreement on theo-
logical matters by Protestant
churches.
Former Efforts Hit.
Previous efforts by this COM
mittee to formulate a statement
have been criticized by many
American church leaders for
failure to take into proper con-
Sideration issues of social reform.
DR.. Wiser t Hooft, Hollander
who now lives at council head
quarters in Geneva, Switzer-
land, asserted yesterday that
hope means very simply that
God will not forsake but con-
tinue and accomplish His work
of salvation.
"The great goal to which this
work of God moves is described
in two ways. We hear of the
Kingdom of God. And we hear
of the coming of Christ in glory.
But these two mean one and the
same thing.
For Jesus Christ is not only
the prophet who announces the
kingdom. In Him the king
dom is embodied. In Him it is
present. And so the coming of
the kingdom in it's fullness is
the manifestation of the king
dom of Christ"
Replies to Criticism.
DR.. Wiser t Hooft replied to
criticism that the statement did
not concern itself enough with
social issues by asserting sit is
utterly untrue that the Christian
hopes mean pie in the sky To
be sure, the churches and the
Christians have often behaved in
such a way that this terrible
misunderstanding became almost
inevitable.
Wherever they have justified
slavery, wherever they have
turned their backs on their So
cial and political responsibilities
in this world in order to enjoy
a private, egoistic caricature of
the Christian hope-they have
in fact amassed evidence for the
MarXist thesis that religion is
the opiate of the people"
Social Reform Not Answer.
But he insisted that world
wide disillusionment with social
reform as the answer to it's ills
calls for another solution. There
fore the New Testament ideas of
the second coming of Christ and
the millennium must remain as
the last hope for man, he de-
clared.
The sermon by DR.. Wiser t
Hooft was the first presentation
here by a prominent European
of the message to be submit
ted to the World Council of
Churches meeting in August. It,
and subsequent discussion, is
expected to touch off a vigorous
debate among church leaders,
Evening star., 1953-11-23
II MoryIonders Going
To All CONGRESS

BALTIMORE, E, Nov. %. -
Twenty-Seven young Maryland
erS will receive a Send-of lunch
con here Friday before departing
for Chicago to represent the
State at the National All Con-
greSS.
The delegation will be COM
posed of youngsters selected for
individual achievements in All
farm and homemaking projects.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Lonkford Files for House Seat
From MoryIond's Fifth District
Democrat Beaten
In 81 Election
Gets EorIy Stort
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 23.-Dele-
gate Richard E. Lankford de-
posted a $100 filing fee with
the secretary of state here today
and declared himself a candi-
date for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress from the
5th Maryland district.
Mi. Lankford was defeated by
slightly more than 1000 votes in
the hast election by Representa-
tive Small, Republican, of Mary
land.
Mr. Lankford won the primary
election over seven Democrats.
81 am filing at this time for
the Office to show that I am sin
cere and intend to stay in the
race until the end," Mr.. Lank-
ford said.
Await Sasscer's Move.
The primary elections are next
June and the general election is
nearly a year away.
Most of those interested in
the 5th District seat have been
waiting to see what former Rep
resentative Lansdale G.. Sasscer
plans to do.
Mr.. Sasscer held the seat un-
til the last elections when he
gave it up for an unsuccessful
bid for the Senate. He was
defeated by George P. Mahoney
in the primaries, but the latter
lost to Senator Beall, Republi-
can, of Maryland, in the general
election.
(Reached at his home in Upper
Marlboro today, Mr.. Sasscer
said:
Il appreciated the opportunity
of serving the 5th District and
enjoyed my IA years service in
the Congress, but as I have pre-
viously stated, I am not candi-
date for Office and have no in
tentions of running. I am back
in law practice and expect to
stay there.'O
Veteran of Navy.
Mr.. Lankford has been a dele
gate from Anne Arundel County
since 1948 when he was appointed
to fill an uneXpired term. He
was elected to a four-year term
in 1850.
He is a Navy veteran of World
War II, a member Of the Legis-
lative Council and chairman of
the county Community Chest
campaign.
The 39-year-old lawyer is a
graduate of the University of
Virginia and the University of
Maryland Law School.
Towes Hailed as Potential
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Virginia 40 and 8 Banquet

Virginia members of tn e
Society of 40 and s, the play
ground and welfare organiza-
tion of the American Legion,
will have a banquet Saturday
December IL at 8 pm. in the
Magnolia Room of the Hunting
Towers in Alexandria.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Thieves Steal Five Guns

Five guns were reported stolen
last night from the Geist Supply
Co. in Sandy Spring, Md. Mont
gomery County Police reported.
Police said the guns were taken
after the front door was broken
open.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Polio Chairman Named

Mrs. Frances O'Shaughnessy,
of $50 South Magnolia drive,
Falls Church, Va, has been
named Fairfax County chairman
for the Mothers March on Polio
to be held January 81.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Youth Joins Choral Group

Edmund H. Geschickter, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F..
Geschickter of 9709 Bexhill
drive, Kensington, was selected
recently to sing with the Colgate
Thirteen, the Colgate University
singing group in Hamilton, N. Y.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
StreetCdr Kills
Woman Racing
ToGet Aboard
Mother of Two, 28,
Is 59th Fatality
In Traffic This Year

A 28-year-old mother was
killed shortly after midnight
when she was struck by a street.
car at Georgia avenue and
Buchanan street NV.
Mrs. Glenna Frances LaRue,
of 1852 Tenth street NV, was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Garfield Hospital. 1t was the
59th traffic fatality in the Dis
trict for 1858. The toll stood at
SIS at the same date last year.
Mrs. LaRue's husband, Clay
ton H. LaRue, told police he and
his wife had run across. the
street and were trying to catch
the Streetcar that struck her,
according to the report. Mrs.
LaRue was the mother of two
children, police said.
Police listed the motorman as
James r. Jenkins. 40, of 1915
Twelfth street NV.
An inquest will be held later.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Towes Hailed as Potential
Candidate for Governor

BALTIMORE, Nov. % (P.-
State Comptroller j. Millard
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Group Asks Lower
Juvenile Trial Age

The Lincoln Park Citizens
Association last night asked for
lowering of the age at which
juveniles may be tried by adult
courts and urged closer cooper
alton between the juvenile squad
and other elements of the Met
ropolitan Police Department.
The group asserted that crimes
now being committed by persons
in the juvenile age group are of
a nature not anticipated at the
time the present juvenile laws
were codified.
It was also said that COM
plants to police often are met
with the reply that they cannot
do anything, since the matter
falls under the jurisdiction of
the juvenile squad.
The association also requested
the Commissioners and the
House and Senate District Com
mittees to abandon the proposed
widening of Constitution and
Independence avenues east of
the Capitol and instead make
them one-way streets.
The meeting was conducted by
j. Watson Flanagan, president,
in the Epworth Church, Thir-
teenth street and North Caro-
lima oVnpIIo NE
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Lost Boys Mother Praises
|Neiqhbors in Successful Search
FuIIs Church Child, 3,
Found as 500 Hunt
For Several Hours

Falls Church is a wonderful
place." Mrs. Lawrence w. Smith
said yesterday after her 3-year-
old son Christopher, missing for
six hours, was found by a house
wife who joined hundreds of
other Falls Church people in a
search for the boy.
Christopher was safely home
at last, gorging on scrambled
eggs, toast and milk, as Mrs.
Smith, mother of three, praised
her neighbors.
Soon after the boy disappeared
around $50 am, Falls Church
police organized the hunt, in
which they SAID nearly 500 per-
sons-policemen off and on duty,
f1remen, neighbors and schoolboy
patrols-participated.
It wasn't until 1888 pm. that
police received a call that Chris
had been located, more than a
mile from home, by Mrs. Francis
L Latrell of 919 Park avenue,
Falls Church. Mrs. Latrell had
been driving around the city for
an hour and half, ever since
a patrol boy knocked on her door
and inquired about the missing
child.
Mrs. Latrell had the benefit of
one clue, from her foster daugh-
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Proposal to Cut
Assessments in
Prince Georges Hit

The Montgomery Appeals Tax
Court today attacked the pro-
posed 10 per cent reduction of
assessments in Prince Georges
County and called on the State
Tax Commission to take imme-
diate action to obtain uniformity
of assessments throughout the
State.
In a two-page letter to the
Tax Commission, signed by
Chairman Carey E. Quinn, the
court ssaid. it cannot and will
not condofe, and sit idly by if
other counties deliberately vio-
late such (uniform assessment)
laws and maintain low assess
mentS in order to maximize
Estate schooD equalization fund
payments"
Referring to the sharp in
creaSes in assessments in Mont
gomery last year, the court said !:
1T will be highly unfair to citi-
zens of Montgomery County if
the State Tax Commission acqui-
esces in the proposed reduction
of assessments in Prince Georges
County or fails to take immedi-
ate action to correct the inequi-
| ties among the counties"
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Ex-NaW Officer Among 81
Indicted in Montgomery

Thirty mine indictments were
returned yesterday by the fall
term Montgomery County grand
jury.
The grand jury. which began
celebrating a week ago. is slat-
ed to be in session for at least
another week When it receSSes.
it will have considered nearly
100 cases
Among those indicted yester-
day was 1t. Comdr ThaddeuS
w Boyle. 81. a retired naval avi-
ator. of the 5400 block of Valley
place. Chevy Chase. Md. He was
charged with sodomy involv ng
9-year-old Chevy Chase boy
The retired officer will face
trial on December 2. Five other
cases involving alleged sex as
sault on Chevy Chase children
are pending against him in Cir
cult Court
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Laurel Boy, 5, Burned
While Playing, Dies

A 5-year-old Laurel boy,
badly burned while playing with
matches, died today in Le-
land Memorial Hospital. River
dale. Md.
Larry Vernon Wright. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon D. Wright
of 407 Washington avenue
Laurel. suffered burns over two
thirds of his body when his
clothing caught fire yesterday
afternoon. He died about
o'clock this morning.
r According to Laurel Police
Sergt. Emerson Lloyd. Larry was
playing in a field in the 300 block
of Laurel avenue with two
younger children when his
clothing caught fire while he was
burning some paper.
Sergt. Lloyd said the boys
screams attracted Mrs. John
HaSlup of $40 Laurel avenue
who threw a coat around him to
smother the flames. Mrs. Has
lup summoned the Laurel Res
cue Squad, which removed the
boy to the hospital.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Owner Pleads Guilty
In Lion MauIing Case

The owner of lion. which
mauled a 6-year-old Silver
Spring girl, pleaded guilty today
to a charge of keeping wild or
vicious animals at his home in
Aspen Hill, Md.
Bartelle E. Ford, owner of the
lion, was given a generally SuS-
pended sentence by Trial Magis-
trate Philip M. Fairbanks, in Sill
yer Spring Police Court.
The lion and it's mate have
been lodged at the Washington
Zoo under a temporary arrange
ment since the incident on No
vember IL.
H. Carlton Veirs. of 12003 st.
Dunston lane, Silver Spring,
father of the little girl, Carla,
who was scratched and bitten,
testified that he entered the
lions cage with his daughter to
pet the animal.
When Caesar, he lion, struck
Carla with his paw. sprinning
her around and causing her to
fall, 81 thought he was playing
with her." Mr.. Veirs said.
The lion stood over the child
and Mr.. Ford had to use a lead
pipe to make the animal move,
Mr.. Veirs added. Carla was
treated and released at Mont
gomery County General Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Central Delinquency
Agency Advocated

The main problem in con-
trolling juvenile delinquency, the
Inter Federation Council was
told last night, is teaching par
ents where to turn for help.
Mrs. Irma Bogdanoff of the
Prince Georges Federation of
Civic Associations, told the group
the real need is for one agency
to serve as a guide for all other
groups. In this way, she said,
parents would know what is
available to them.
The group agreed that juvenile
delinquency is one of the most
important problems confronting
the community and the Nation.
The meeting, conducted by
Daniel M. Greene. chairman, was
held in The Star Building, Elev-
enth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Chevy Chase Group
Plans Quiet Action

The Chevy Chase Citizens AS
sociation last night adopted a
program of "quiet private action
to combat juvenile delinquency
and pre-delinquency.
The association approved a
committee report saying that,
in dealing with the comparative
ly few youth disorders in the
Chevy Chase area. quiet private
action is preferable to headlines
and police prosecution"
The association program has
five points:
l. Members of the groups
Youth Activities Committee will
call on the parents of any chill
dren reported as unco-opera-
tive by the director of the Chevy
Chase Community Center. The
center was called the hub Of the
areas recreational program
Disturbances there are definitely
the exception, members said.
2. Association members will
make a point of reprimanding
any children seen misbehaving
whether they know the children
or not.
3. Members will seek to avoid
behaving before children in any
way they would not want CHI
dren to initiate.
4. The association will encour-
age it's members to take up scout
ing and other organized activi-
ties for youth.
S. The associations youth
committee, headed by Lee F
Dante, will work with the Com
misSioners' Youth Council to sci
up an area council in Chevy
Chase.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Health Chief Seckincer
Confined by Heart Attack

Health Director Daniel L.
Seckinger is confined to his room
for three weeks to recuperate
from a heart attack, the Com
missioners we're advised today
DR.. Seckinger suffered a Sc
we're attack of flu October l9.
He entered George Washington
University Hospital for a check
up on october "a. There it was
determined he also had suffered
a coronary occlusion.
Last Friday DR.. Seckinger re-
turned to his home for con-
tinued rest. Deputy Health d.
rector Frederick c. Heath has
been acting in DR.. Seckinger'S
absence.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Leon Tobriner Estate
Listed at S515,OOO

Leon Tobriner, who was Wash
ington's oldest practicing attor-
ney, left an estate valued at
more than $515,000, exclusive of
more than $4,000 worth of prop
erty he and his wife owned
Jointly.
This was. shown today in a
petition for probate of his will
filed in the Register of Wills
office in the United States Dis
trict Court for the District OF
Columbia.
Mr.. Tobriner died November
2 at his residence In the Shore
ham Hotel. He was 81.
Under terms of his will nearly
the entire estate will go to his
widow, Mrs. Blanche Tobriner
of the Shoreham Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
By the Assoeiated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. IT,
The death of three men whose
car ran off an opened drawbridge
near Williamsburg Saturday has
prompted James A. Anderson,
State highway commissioner. to
re-examine every movable span
bridge" in Virginia.
Mr. Anderson said 1T will be
our purpose on all power-oper-
ated movable spans" to provide
devices which insure the closing
Of barrier gates to oncoming
traffic before the bridge can be
swung out of place.
Three Williamsburg men who
set out early Saturday morning
to hunt ducks drowned when
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Eakins' Outdoor Painting
Given 10 National Gallery

An oil painting. "The Biglen
Brothers Racing" by the Amer
ican artist Thomas Eakins. has
been given to the National Gal
lery of Art by Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney of
New York. Gallery Director
David E. Finley announced to-
day.
Until now, Mr.. Finley said,
Eakins has been represented in
the gallery's collection only by
portraits. He expressed gratitude
at the acquisition Of an example
of the artists skill in depicting
outdoor scenes.
John Walker, chief curator.
said the work probably was
painted about 1873. He called
the painting of oarsmen racing
IAN excellent illustration of the
manner in which this great
American realist. like certain
Italian Renaissance artists. stud
led anatomy, worked out per-
spective mathematically and in
vestigated movement with logical
thoroughneSS.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Hearing Set on Order
To Supply Impounded
Animals for Research

The Commissioners are con-
sidering issuing an order that
would make impounded animals
available to medical schools and
hospitals.
They have called a meeting for
10 am. December 4 in the Dis
trict Building, when interested
persons will be given a chance
to express their views.
To carry out the plan the Com
missioners would set up an ami
NAL ALLEGATION board. The board
would include a representative
from the Health Department,
one from the Police Department,
one from the public who is in
terested in animal welfare and
one from each of the institu-
tions interested in obtaining ami
mails for medical research.
Would Designate Institutions.
The order would designate the
institutions eligible to obtain
animals. They would be any
school or college of medicine,
dentistry. veterinary medicine;
agriculture or medical diagnostic
laboratory or hospital or other
scientific, educational or gov
ernmental establishment in the
Metropolitan Area.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
said that the order was proposed
at the request of medical schools
and hospitals. If it were put
into effect, the Pound might be
transferred from the jurisdiction
of the Police Department to the
Health Department.
| Five Days for Return.
Every effort first would be
..iade by the poundmaster to find
the owner. After five days, they
could be turned over to an in
stitution.
Approved medical schools would
get IS per cent of the animals
and other institutions would get
! the rest.
Regulations would provide for
humane treatment of all animals
used in experimentation.