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Evening star., 1953-07-18
Arlington 10 Choose
School Board Slate at
Convention Tuesday

Letters of accreditation have
been sent to 90 Arlington civic
and business organizations
which are expected to partici-
pate in the school, board NOM
mating convention in Washing
ton and Lee High School next
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The convention will select two
candidates for the Offices now
held by Board Member E. r.
Draheim and Board Chairman
Curtis E. Tuthill. Mr.. Tuthill
is not a candidate to succeed
himself while Mr.. Draheim seeks
reelection when their terms ex-
pire at the end of the year.
The nominees selected prob
ably will be opposed by two can
didates chosen by the Arlington
Independent Movement, a coali-
ton. of Democrats, Republicans
and business interests.
Meanwhile, Charles o. Carl
Ston, president Of the Arlington
County Council of PTAS, de-
Tended the right Of PTA groups
to participate in the convention.
He said the recent criticism of
such groups for taking part in
the conferences leading up to
the convention appears to stem
from a misunderstanding"
The National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers manual, he
said in statement to the press,
permits local units to "partici-
pate in or initiate a caucus for
the purpose of finding qualified
candidates for the local school
boards"
1.-THE participation of the
PTAs and other organizations
in the planning conference and
the convention reflects the desire
Of such groups to secure quail
fed candidates through non
partisan action" Mr.. Carlston
said. Because leadership on
community boards of public edu-
cation is Of vital concern to par
ent-teacher members, 1t is en-
tirely appropriate that members
of PTA groups exercise the pre-
negatives of citizenship by par
ticipating in the school board
nominating convention"
He said delegates to the con-
vention from PTA groups are
sent without instructions and are
therefore entirely free to vote
for the candidate of his choice"
A proposed rule of the con-
vention states: Participation in
the convention by any organiza-
ton or person shall not be con-
strued as requiring support in the
subsequent campaign of any can
didate chosen at the convention. "
Evening star., 1953-07-18
7woD. c. Area Policemen Win
Traffic Institute FeIIoWships

Two Metropolitan Area police
men have received 81, $50 fellow
ships to study traffic safety at
Northwestern University.
They are Corpl. John T. Hig-
don Of the Montgomery County
Police Department. and Police
man Richard r. Frederick Of the
Arlington County Police Depart
ment.
The fellowshipS were awrded
by the Kemper Foundation for
Traffic Safety for a nine-month
course in traffic police admins
tration at the Northwest Uni
versity Traffic Institute, Evans
ton, Ill.
Thirty-one winners of the
awards were chosen in a Nation
Evening star., 1953-07-18
Tidal Basin Span 10 Bear
Name Of Gen. E. W. Kutz

The name of a former District
Engineer Commissioner will be
attached to one of Washington's
bridges, IL years in existence.
The District Commissioners
yesterday decided to designate
the 628-foot span over the north
end of the Tidal Basin the Gen.
Charles w. Kutz Bridge. It car
ries Independence avenue over
a neck of the Basin.
The late Brig. Gen. Kutz
served as Engineer Commissioner
three terms-1914-17, 19l0-21
and 1941-45. The bridge was one
of Is built during his tenure
Ceremonies rededicating the
structure will be held soon, with
Gen. Kutz's widow participating.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
Vaccine for Bristol Area
InocuIotions Requested

BRISTOL, Va, July 18 (P.-
State Health Department off,
cials have given a quick helping
hand to a plea from Bristol area
authorities for the mass inocu-
lation of children to fight the
threat of a polio epidemic.
An emergency committee Or
ganized Wednesday to combat
the problem of the infantile
paralysis outbreak in this area
last night requested the inocu-
lation of children here and in
Washington County.
DR.. Mack I. Shanholtz, State
health commissioner, said in
Richmond a few hours later that
he already had made a formal
request to the United States Pub
lie Health Service for gamma
globulin. the anti-polio vaccine.
The report of two new polio
cases last night at Glade Spring
in adjoining Washington County
boosted to SO the total reported
in two weeks in an area encom-
passing about 10000 persons in
Bristol. Va.-Tenn., Washington
County in Virginia and Sullivan
County in Tennessee.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
$4,000 Fire Destroys Barn
Near PooIesviIIe; 8C0Ives Die

flames while he was in the dairy
barn milking. He got the cows
out Of the barn. Flames swept
through the bank barn before
he could reach the calves there,
f1remen said.
Mr.. Peddersen was alone when
the fire started.
Because Of the drought. the
only water available to firemen
was in tanks they carried on
their trucks. They kept the big
dairy barn sprayed with water
while the bank barn burned to
the ground.
Montgomery County Fire In
Spector Thomas Slater said he
had not determined what caused
the blaze.
Mr.. Chisholm, the owner,
lives in Baltimore. The farm Is
located on Club Hollow road.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
Maryland Firemen
To Join Districts S
Civil Defense Test

The first test of the efficiency
OF civil defense aid to the Dis
trict from nearby mutual aid
areas will be held at z am. to-
morrow at the Tidal Basin. Dis
trict Civil Defense Director John
e. Fondahl has announced.
The exercise will be confined
to simulated firefighting. involv-
ing some 80 pieces of apparatus
81 Of them to be provided by
volunteer fire companies from
Calvert, Prince Georges, Mont
gomefy. st. Marys and Charles
Counties in Maryland.
About 500 volunteers from the
Maryland counties, together with
crews Of the District Fire De-
partment. will participate.
Flash ON Bombing.
At 2 am, word will flash to
the Maryland State Sub Control
Center at College Park, Md. that
Washington has been subjected
to a bomb attack.
At a call for additional fire.
lighting equipment, available
apparatus from the nearby State
will be dispatched and met at
the District line, where it will be
split into four groups and con-
voyed by civil defense motorcycle
couriers to Engine Houses Nos
20, %. IS and 26.
From there, they will be di-
rected by radio and proceed with
Metropolitan Police escorts to
the Tidal Basin area, where the
supposed fire is to be raging.
Pumpers to Operate.
Chief Instructor Clarence
Quick Of the Fire Department
will arrive on the scene at about
$3.50 am. and deploy the ap-
paratus. Some bumpers will
obtain water from fire hydrants
and others will pump from the
Tidal Basin, relaying water over
distance, as would be the case
If there was pressure failure
from damaged water mains.
More than $4,000 feet of hose
will be used and nearly 5000
gallons per minute will form q
giant wall of water.
Acting Chief Fred Literal OF
the District Fire Department ex-
pressed appreciation of the CO.
operation of the Maryland Civil
Defense Agency, under the direc-
ton of Sherley Ewing, and par
ticipation of the Maryland vol
unteer fire companies
Some roads adjacent to the
Tidal Basin will be closed fol-
the operation from about 8 am
to II am, but motorists can
get to the Lincoln Memorial and
the Monument. . Park and Met
ropolitan Police will be present
to reroute traffic.
Evening star., 1953-07-18

wide competition among appli-
cantS In the United States,
Canada and Hawaii.
Corpl. Higdon is the third rep
resentative Of the Montgomery
department to attend the inSti-
tute. known as ''the West Point
OF trafic policemen"
Montgomery graduates are
Sergt. Charles Peters and Capt.
Ernest L. Thompson.
Mr.. Frederick, "a, of 2812
Arlington boulevard, has been a
traff1c policeman in Arlington
since 1949, when he was dis
charged from the Navy.
He is the only Virginia police
man selected for the Kemper
awards.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
HyottsviIIe Opens
Purkinu Lot Tonioht

Hyattsville will open its new
public parking lot with a party
at Z o'clock tonight. The lot
adjoins the armory.
A beauty queen will reign.
State Senator John Raymond
Fletcher and General Assembly
Delegate Perry o. Wilkinson will
speak,
Evening star., 1953-07-18

cept decent government" Mr..
BaylesS, declared.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, for
mer Arlington Board Chairman,
was moderator OF the meeting
in Stratford Junior High School.
The Non-partisan nominee is
news editor of McGraw-Hill
Publications Washington Office.
He is married and the father Of
two children. Cynthia, 8, and
Glen, jr., 6. He holds a Bache-
lor of Arts degree in journalism
from the University of Okla
homa and is vice-president Of
the Abingdon School Parent
Teacher Association.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
Man Put on Probation
In Work-Hours Case

Clarence Vic Dore, 40, operator
of the Little Giant doughnut
shop in Alexandria, was placed
on probation for two years yes
terday in Alexandria Juvenile
Court on charges of employing
a 17-year-old girl as a waitress
and allowing her to work more
than 40 hours weekly.
Dore had been fined $50 the
day before in Alexandria Police
Court for working two other
mattresses more than 40 hours
j week.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
"a MoryIonders Due
In u. S. From Orient
BY the Assoeiated Pres.

SEATTLE, July 18.-The
names of 81 MarylanderS are on
the passenger list of the Marine
Adder, which is due to dock here
from the Far East, the Military
Sea Transportation Service an
nounced.
The MarylanderS by home
towns include:
KenShgton-Sergt. Emmett L
Catron. 10400 Brum avenue.
HagerStown-Corpl. Kenneth
E. Gearhart.
Ftederick-Pfc. Rodger E. L
HaineS.
LandoverrM/Sergt. Jack I
Thomas, 6505 Landover road.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
$46 Stolen by Thief
At Cleaning Shop Here
Ry the Assoeicted Press

A thief escaped with $46 yes
terday from Kilroy's Cleaners.
331 Fifteenth street NE, after he
opened q cash register while the
clerk was in a back room.
The clerk, Mrs. Myrtle Talbot,
so, of 410 Fifteenth street NE,
told police the man asked her
for a pair of trousers listed to
Jones. She said she hurried to
the front Of the store when the
cash register bell rang and saw
him run out the door.
He was described as a light
skinned colored man, about 20
years old, 6 feet tall and slender.
Evening star., 1953-07-18

committeeman is a vice presi-
dent of the Montgomery Young
Democrats and chairman Of
Precinct 1911 in the Four Cor
ners area. He lives at I'LL Dub
lin drive, Silver Spring.
A lifelong resident of the
county, Mr.. Buscher is COM
manding officer of the Mont
gomery division of the Organ
lied Naval Reserve. A lieutenant
commander in World War II, he
was the first World War II State
commander of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars. Mr.. Buscher was
an elected delegate to the State
Democratic convention last year.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
Frame House Burns
In Upper Montgomery

A two-story frame house
burned yesterday in Stewartown,
midway between Gaithersburg
and Damascus in Upper Mont
gomery County.
Gaithersburg firemen said the
fire started when a kerosene
stoye exploded. No one was
injured.
Evening star., 1953-07-18

Spring to its
membership.
Mr.. Busch
er, 36, long
time part y
worker. was
named to- a
vacancy ere
ated by the
resignation Of
Mrs. Camilla
Bowman. She
resigned be-
cause of ILL
ness in the
family.
Thn AA.u.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
@ NITI RRITI0N
'TRRBNbFgBFe ,
.0fCar Injuries;
1853 Toll Is IS
Man Killed While
Asleep Under Truck;
Women Other Victim

Washington's 1858 motor We
hicle toll rose to IS today with
the addition Of two more fatal
tiles.
Mrs. Anne Lodge Palmatier,
81, Of 5207 Andover road, Chevy
Chase, died last night in George
town Hospital of injuries suffered
in a collision at Forty-sixth and
Albemarle streets NV. She had
been a secretary at the Agri-
culture Department for 80 years.
The body Of Leo Schneeberger,
about so, whose residence could
not be established Immediately,
was found early this morning on
the lot Of the Southwest Mar
ket, Tenth and E streets S.W.
Police said he apparently was
sleeping beneath a truck. whose
wheels passed over his body as
1t pulled out of its parking space
about 2 am.
Three Hurt in Same Accident
Three other persons were in
jured in the accident that proved
fatal to Mrs. Palmatier.
The accident occurred at 6::25
pm. Police said Mrs. Palmatier
was a passenger in a car driven
by Chorus w. Crickman. of 52O6
Westwood Drive, Westmoreland
Hills. Md. Another passenger
was Mrs. Carmen Crickman, his
wife. This car was going north
on Forty-sixth street.
Woman to Be Charged.
The second car, which Acct
dent Investigation Unit police
said was the striking vehicle.
was driven by Louise j. Yeakel,
80, of 1900 North Second street,
Arlington. Va. Also passengers
were her mother, Mrs. Verna
Yeakel, 81, and her grand
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Flunk,
rs, also of the North Second
street address.
Police said Miss Yeakel drove
the car through a stop sign and
that she would be so charged.
She was X-rayed at GEORGETOWN
and released.
Mrs. Crickman suffered head
injuries and was admitted to
Georgetown. Mrs. Flunk suf-
fered knee cuts and was released
from the hospital.
34th Traffic Fatality.
Mrs. Palmatier was born in
Derby, Conn, and was educated
at Meridian, Conn. She is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. James
A. Kane of the Andover road ad-
dress, and Mrs. Harry DAILY Of
Middletown, Conn. There also
are two brothers, Robert Lodge
of this city, and Frank j. Lodge
of Chicago. Mrs. Palmatier was
the widow of George A. Palma
tier. who died II years ago.
Her death was the 34th from
traffic causes here so far this
year. In 1852 there were 81 traf-
f1c deaths at this time. The total
for last year was IS deaths.
Streetcar Hits Pedestrian.
Two pedestrians were injured
yesterday, one by an automobile
and the other by a streetcar.
Mrs. Jean Mckay. 73, of 1865
Blaine street Sc. suffered frac-
lures of the skull and right arm
when she was hit by the street.
car in the first block of Mas
sachusettS avenue NE. She was
taken to Casualty Hospital,
where her condition was de-
scribed as critical. No charges
were placed against the motor
man. Police said the victim
stepped into the path of his
car.
Mrs. Irene Keenan,, so. Of
2013 Powhatan road, Hyatts-
vile, suffered shoulder and leg
fractures when struck by a car
at Thirtieth and @ streets NV.
Police said she walked against
the moving automobile,
Evening star., 1953-07-18
Autos Kill All in Viroiniu

RICHMOND, July 18 (P.-
Virginia counted 1927 violent
deaths for the first six months
of 1889 including All in motor
vehicle accidents.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
McKeIdins Beut Heot

ANNAPOLIS. July 18 P.-
Gov. McKeldin and his family
beat the heat by spending last
night on the Chesapeake Bay
aboard the State yacht Potomac.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
Buscher Fills Vacancy
On Democratic Group

The Democratic State Central
Committee of Montgomery Coun-
ty last night unanimously elect
ed Charles B. Buscher of Silver
Evening star., 1953-07-18
PIGEON Club Plans Feost

The District Racing Pigeon
Club will hold a crab feast at
Z o'clock tonight at SOIL Creston
street. BladenSburg, Md.
Evening star., 1953-07-18
Diagnosis Of Polio
Al Rockville Lodge
Now Held Doubtful

The course Of the outbreak
at Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium
in Rockville casts considerable
doubt" on its diagnosis as polio.
Montgomery County Health Di-
rector v. L. Ellicott said today.
DR.. Ellicott issued his state
ment after a conference with two
Johns Hopkins polio experts and
representatives of the Sanitari-
um, the National Institutes of
Health and the county health
department. s..s
"An exact diagnosis of the
cause of the illness at Chestnut
Lodge Sanitarium will have to
wait on the result Of further
studies." DR.. Ellicott said.
Laboratory studies of the spec
linens taken from the patients
will take some time, he added.
It may be several weeks before
it is known whether, the disease
is polio.
Hopkins Experts Arrive.
The two Johns Hopkins ex-
pertS arrived here yesterday for
a study of the cases. They are
DIR. Howard A. Howe, adjunct
professor Of epidemiology. and
DR.. Philip E. Sartwell, associated
professor of epidemiology.
members of the conference
agreed that the symptoms OF
the cases as they occurred were
those of poliomyelitis," DR.. Eli
colt said.
He added that the attending
physicians were correct in re-
porting them as polio as required
by law.
DR.. Ellicott. however, reiterated
an earlier statement that fea-
lures of the cases as a group were
unlike those in polio outbreaks.
He cited the quick recoveries, the
short interval between cases and
the high attack rate.
Council Furor Goes On.
Meanwhile, the furor of the
Rockville City Council continued
as Councilman j. Warren Milor
charged that Mayor Daniel r.
Weddle has refused to hold any
conversation with him concern
ing his request for an emergency
session to discuss the polio"
outbreak.
Mr.. Milor said his phone had
rung constantly since he had
asked for the meeting. He urged
residents to petition the Mayor
and council for the session he
said was needed to clarity the
situation and to inform the pub
lie of what steps are being taken
for their protection.
Water Reported Clear.
Rockville City Manager John
Macdonald told the Montgomery
County Council yesterday there
was no contamination of the
city's water and sewer system.
r. w. Koch, county sanitation
chief, supported him, saying
there was no connection between
the Chestnut Lodge outbreak and
the small quantity of pollution
in a stream near the sanitarium
Mr.. Koch said tests were made
on the city's water every week
but added none had been made
since Tuesday when the County
Council directed the health de-
partment to make a test.
Evening star., 1953-05-20
Records Show 6OPct.
Jumpin Delinquency,
Judge CockriII Says

Juvenile Court Judge Edith
Cockrill declared yesterday that
juvenile delinquency in the Dis
trict shot up 601a per cent in
the 1872 fiscal year. according
to the number of complaints, her
court has received
The iurist told a meeting of
the Civitan Club in the May
flower Hotel that the public must
be alerted to the juvenile prob
lem because of the alarming in
crease.
Majority Under Is.
She said court records show
that the age limit of the major
ity of juvenile delinquents is
constantly dropping and that
most of them are under Is. In
the past year. she added, there
has been a so per cent increase
in delinquents under IL and that
group now constitutes 20 per
cent of the total number of
cases.
She called for a broader
community understanding of the
juvenile problem and declared
that prevention is far more i'm
portant than correction in this
society.
BIameS Homes.
Judge Cockrill listed the home
as the greatest source Of juve-
nile delinquency.
I'VE may often work so hard
telling parents they are not
good parents that they develop
an inferiority complex" she
said. and take negligent atti-
tude toward their children. She
pointed out that much delin-
quency is caused by physical
deficiencies in the homes them
selves and the lack of affection
between children and parents.
Judge Cockrill declared that
1t is the responsibility of the
Juvenile Court to provide care
and training for delinquents
under 18, rather than to punish
them. She added that her court
has broader discretionary pow
ers than other courts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11

On the theatre program of the
Key West Players latest produc-
ton, 1.-THE Bat'' opening on Thurs
day, February 18th, there is cha
racter listed only as 1.-THE I'M
known" being acted by said Jim
Gibbs, newcomer to the Key
West Players, and an almost-new-
conner to Key West. Jim was born
in Cleveland Ohio some thirty
years ago. II was at this point
that he made it quite clear that he
is single, and not only that, there
are no strings attached. By that,
We suppose that he means that the
girls in the ports he has visited do
not keep any meaningful mementos
of one. 1t. Gibbs.
To get on with the statistics: Mr..
Gibbs served with the U. S. Navy
during World War II and since in
the active reserves. In civilian life
he was in the General Construction
Business. He returned to active
duty with the Navy in June of 1852
and was sent to Key West in Octo-
Der with Anti-submarine squadron
I, as a helicopter pilot. He admits
absolutely nothing, but hints that
the police might get further in
sight into the proWling business il
they investigated the possibility of
using Helicopters.
Jim got his taste for show biz
when he was a leading light in
four Olson and Johnson type pro-
auctions in Cleveland for American
Legion Blue Babies. He even tried
his hand as NC. in a minor night
club in Chicago.
Among other things. Jim has
sold used cars which of course has
absolutely nothing to do with his
role as the Unknown" in The
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11

Mrs. Henry Sands, membership
chairman, introduced three new
members: Mrs. william Mason,
Mrs. Stuart Hicks, and Mrs. Lula
Russell.
Mrs. Norberg Thompson, who is
general chairman of the Flower
Show, led the informal discussion
of plans for exhibits and arrange
ments. Because Of popular de-
,mand, the exhibit of miniature
flower arrangements viii be re-
turned to the show.
Mrs. John Butler will be In
charge Of this exhibit in which
children are invited to participate.
The overall size of these arrange
ments shall not exceed three inches
(container and flowers).
Other committee chairman not
previously announced were named
by Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. Joseph
10th will assist Mrs. William Ford
as co-chairman of the shell con.
tanners exhibit. Tropical foliage
plants viii be chairmaned by Mrs.
Irving Duke and Mrs. Wallace
Kirke is in charge of the ticket
committee.
Mrs. Thompson announced that
the Elk's Club annex viii be open
ed in preparation for the Flower
Show on February Is. Anyone de.
string transportation for plants or
exhibits will please contact here
by that date.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11

Bat" He has really fallen for this
little town, and expects to stay here
and make it his home after his
release from the Navy in June,
1854. So you can expect to see
more of Jim Gibbs in future Key
West Players productions.
No newcomer to the stage at the
Barn Theatre is Gertrude Splaine
who is so capably taking the role
of Lizzie" in 1.-THE Bat, how
ever Dick, her husband, is brand
new member and is making his de-
but as Richard Fleming" Unfor-
tunately, this will be no new Lunt-
Fontaine combination as Lizzie is
a jittery maid of doubtful years,
and Dick becomes but ghost of
his former self in the early stages
of the play.
Gertrude and Dick have been
playing opposite each other since
way back in college Capers"
when he was induced to play the
lead opposite a pretty ingenue
who turned out to be none other
than our Cert. Both are talented
singers and dancers and have been
in many amateur musical come
dies in other parts of the country.
Gertrude viii be remembered in
her former roles with the Players
in "The Case of the Crushed Petu-
Mas" kind Lady" and as Aunt
Dicie in For Better or Worse"
Tickets are available al the
Southernnost Drugstore and the
box office.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11
SUGGESTED CUTBN.KS
AND BUDGET NEEIlS
DUE BY FEB. %

WASHINGTON IN - The seere.
tary Of each of he armed serv-
ices has until Feb. "a to Fvsew
the pending budget and tahmit
recommendations for cutbsb
The date was set in q diRctise
from Roger II. Kyes. IS setins
secretary Of defense was
learned Tuesday. TIE dEcttvs
spells ont further the Renerd eeca-
omy orders 10 all depar penis
issued Feb 3 BY Budget I<ecfor
Joseph Dodge with Pro dent
kisenh0wsr's approval.
The military heads were - TO
make every effOgs 70 seeee in
tsiaissnt savings and TO rekssss
the urgensy" es their rAsned
rates Ut expansion.
Earlier. ire services est rssfrs
so sw ard no new constructs esyas.
tracts ard ts halE existing = xts
that eannus be clas&ed sssesa l.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11
Dances And Boxing
On, Schedule For
|USO-NCCS Plans

The regular mid-week dance to
the music Of the Tune Toppers'
Orchestra viii be held tonight at
the USO Noes.
The USS Gilmore will sponsor a
Block Dance on Duval Street, in
front Of the USO Noes, on Thurs
day evening, for the benefit of the
Navy Charity Carnival. Food,
drink, games and other concessions
viii be erected on the club grounds.
Music viii be furnished by the
USS Gilmore Band, and a gala
time is anticipated.