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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
CAPS Annual
Meet to Hear
DIR. Roy Davis

DIR. Roy Tasco Davis, former
Montgomery County State Senator
and now member of the Board of
Education, will address the annual
meeting of the Citizens Associa-
ton for the Public Schools, We'd
nesday, February %, at 8 pm. in
the Courthouse.
DR.. Davis will discuss current
school Legislation.
The association also will elect
officers, discuss proposals for re-
organization of the body and leg
islation providing staggered terms
for Board of Education members.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19

Being poorly nourished might be
enc reason older people have a
constant tired feeling and lose
sleep; or are even overweight.
Evening star., 1953-08-04
Take Nv Word for 1t By Fro"t Cobb,

From the same story: Hap
pening to look up, a dark-haired.
hatchet faced man climbed
painfully out of the car" I'm
proved: Happening to look up, l
saw a dark-haired, hatchet-
faced man climb painfully out
of the car.
From a best-seller: Creeping
downstairs to get bite from the
refrigerator I accid ent ally
stepped on a set MOUSETRAP
WITH BARE FEET" Clear:
Creeping downstairs =. acci-
dentally stepped with bare feet
on a set mousetrap.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1953-08-04
MUTT AND JEFF.
RIVETS
THE TcoDLES

Clearness of expression is the
secret of all good writing. If you
can write a sentence that con-
veys the exact thought you have
in mind, that sentence is good
writing, even though it may con-
Sist of only few simple words.
When the l-g-n-d 0ittle-girl
neXt-door) writes, II see the
cat" her sentence is far superior
to the way Old Doc S. expresses
the same idea: Il have an opti-
cal illusion of a feline quad
ruped."
Not all bad writing is caused
by elegant" misuse of six-cyl-
inder words. however. Much of
it is caused by the authors fail
ure to anchor modif1ers firmly
to the words they modify. use
the term 'loony logic" to de-
scribe sentences that are made
ridiculous by dangling conStruc-
ton. faulty reference or lack of
conference.
Here are a few examples:
From a leading newspaper
horror" story: AN autopsy
showed that a 30-year-old
woman died in the Channelview
APARTMENT THEY SHARED
OF A BRAIN INJURY CAUSED
BY BLOWS" Clear: An au-
topsy showed that a 30-year-old
woman died of a brain injury
caused by blows; she died in the
Channelview apartment which
they shared.
From a magazine story: by
then my patience was too nearly
exhausted to make q coherent
reply" Clear: BY then my pa
tience was too nearly exhausted
for me to make a coherent reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Polio Diagnosis Now Doubted
In Chestnut Lodqe Outbreak

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-
UNI, the National Institutes of
Health and the county health
department.
IAN 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.
Hopkins Experts Arrive.
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.
The two Johns Hopkins ex-
perts arrived here yesterday for
a study of the cases. They are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
THIS SUNDA US BEST READING
CHE Sunday $tuf

SIX MONTHS OF EsENHowERhe Mondoy moks the end Of President
Eenhower first months office Whot hos he accomplished Wh
has he left undOn And who do the people the roots think
obut his administration The these questions supplied
by So Sto Writer Allen DruY and leading editors crucial
Of the Their findings the Editorial Section.
HOMES AWAY FROM HoME-When the weather hits mony Woshins
heed the Weekly Washington Area residents
activities oeeon City Rehoboh Beech ond Virginia Beech
beginning this Sunday, the Trove ond Resort Section.
TO WITH ATOMIC WASTE?-Thot. Big pub
ed problem tho the Atomic Energy Commission hos ho
bson producing How the problem hos been
sodhow dangerous radioactive moteos disposed OTIS
described pictured by soH Writer Wilton
Photographer Ewood Boxer in The stor Pictorial Mosozne
WEAPON AGAINST GANGsTERs-nome prosecution Of hood
ums practically thing Of the Now the Justice Department
otter foreisnbon criminals under the How
the Government hopes expe crooks told by Mm Gutenberg
Editorial Section
ADMIRAL cAYS sUS-The Chief
Of Novel Operations wondering right which house will be during
her husbands coming the Penoson After spending the
yeos Naples and winding with the British coronation
corneys preparing settle down Washington stor sot
Writer Isobe Shelton writes Of the ootuI Mrs. Robert cone the
Sunday Society Section.
FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK ORDER
MING AND SUNDAY STAR HOME DELIVERY $l.75 A MONTH";
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18

DR.. 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 nigh attack rate.
Council FurOr Goes On.
Meanwhile, the Juror 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.
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. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Tidal Basin Span 10 Bear
Name Of Gen. T.. W. Kutz

The name of 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. 1t car
ries Independence avenue over
a neck of the Basin.
The late Brig. Gen. Kutz
served as Engineer Commissioner
three terms-1914-17, 1921
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. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Old Aqueduct Bridge
Piers May Be Used
For New Structure

The District Highway Depart
ment is drafting preliminary
plans for possible use of the old
Aqueduct Bridge piers for a new
superstructure.
Engineer Commissioner Louis
w. Prentiss launched the newest
study as possible solution to
traffic congestion on Key Bridge.
The latter structure was built
in 1923, replacing the Aqueduct
Bridge, some of it's piers date
from 1843. The original bridge
had a wooden superstructure
that included a water filled
trough carrying barge traffic
across the Potomac River from
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.
Gen. Prentiss said a prelim-
mary check of the piers showed
them to be sound.
His idea. Gen. Prentiss said, is
to build an inexpensive bridge
on the old piers to link the
George Washington Memorial
Parkway. on the Virginia side,
with the upper Northwest
reaches of Washington.
This, he said. would alleviate
the traffic load on Key Bridge,
and might be done quickly
enough so that it could take a
large part Of Key Bridge traffic
while that structure undergoes
widening-another suggestion Of
the Engineer Commissioner.
The line of Aqueduct Bridge
runs at a 20-degree angle to
Key Bridge, touching the Vir-
ginia side virtually beneath an
arch of the taller span. The
piers are on the upstream side
of Key.
The Commissioners, mean
while, deliberated further yes
terday on the E street bridge
question. It appeared likely that
they will have their recon-
mendation ready sometime next
week, and that they will rec
ommend to Congress the con-
struction of that controversial
river crossing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Confederate Veteran
Breezes Into Yank
Capital With Gusto
By Eronk SortweIl

A 108-year-old Civil War Vet
eran rushed through Washing
ton yesterday. carrying his full
head of black hair. a cane, a
Confederate flag in his lapel and
another on his tie.
General" John Sailing was on
his way from his farm in Black
more. Va, to Unger, w. Va.
where he will receive an hon
orary membership in the Pa
triotic Order of the Sons of
America.
The generals title is honorary
too. He acquired it by being one
of the five Confederate veterans
extant. One Yankee veteran also
is still alive.
Mr.. Sailing spent his war
service digging saltpeter "all up
and down the valley" in Scott
County. Va. He did not see COM
bat.
Representative Wampler, Re-
publican, of Virginia, ironically
the youngest member of Con-
gress, representatives of the
Patriotic Order and q delega-
ton of newspapermen met Mr..
Sailing as he got off b plane at
National Airport.
They saw a gaunt. toothless,
smiling man, Drowned by q life
in the sun. He wore a suit of
Confederate grey. it's lape1s Or
namented by medals and conven-
ton badges, as well as the STARS
and Bars
Mr.. Sailing was interviewed
through his escort on the trip,
Frances Franklin, who has writ
ten a novel, Back to the South. /"
Miss Franklin, luckily, has a
piercing voice: Mr.. Salling'S
hearing is failing.
What is his secret of long life?
"Give you all the answers I
know. they're all true. I've hard
ly ever harmed anybody. Always
paid attention to my own bust
ness. Help anybody I can who
needs it. Sometimes borrow
money and give half to somebody
who needs it,"
What's he doing these days?
watching my farm. See after
my men"
Hired help?
"You can't get it. They say
wouldn't do for Uncle Sam to
catch US at work or they'd take
our checks from u.s."
How does he keep his hair so
black and luxuriant?
II wash it about twice a year,
unless I'm out in the rain"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18

nearby woods. Drawing a silver
plated gun from his shirt, he
walked to Mr.. Soper's car and
demanded the keys to it. Mr..
Soper complied.
Got into Car.
The man then walked to the
opposite side of the car, and en-
tered, sitting alongside Mr.. Soper
in the front seat.
Police said Mr.. Soper told them
the man then gave him back the
keys, and ordered him to drive
south on Naylor road, over to
Southern avenue Sc, and then
to turn around and drive back to
a parking lot alongside the SUI
permarket.
There, police quoted Mr.. Soper
as relating, three other men
walked out of the bushes. They
directed Mr.. Soper to go to the
store, and asked if anyone else
was inside. Mr.. Soper said he
told them two other persons were
working on stock. and were
slated to do so throughout the
night. He quoted one of the
bandits as replying:
eff you see them, tell them
we are new employees who will
help for the night"
Mr.. Soper then unlocked the
front door and did not see the
all-night clerks. According to
the police, they might have been
in the rear OF the store or in
the basement.
The gunman, nervous and talk
ing fast. repeatedly warned Mr..
Soper not to look at the other
three unmasked men. While two
men remained outside, the gum
man and one other bandit went
into the store.
Police said Mr.. Soper told
them he was ordered to open
the safe, remove the money and
checks and put them into two
large envelopes for the bandits.
After the men got the money
and checks, police said Mr.. Soper
told them he was ordered to
turn around and go to the back
of the store. AS he walked to
the rear. the bandits fled out
of the front door, he said.
Minutes after the robbery,
Scout Car 141, manned by Pvts.
E. j. Fouff and John Berner,
chased a gray car down Suitland
parkway in nearby Maryland.
According to the police lookout,
there were four men in it. The
car eventually was lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
4 Men Sought
In $4,000 Theft
AT Supermarke:t !!
Flee After Manager
Takes Money From
Safe at Gunpoint

Police were on the lookout TO-
day for four men reported to
have taken $4,000 from the Food
Fair Super Market, 3O41 Eaylor
road Sc, last night.
William H. Soper. "A, nan
ager of the big store, said the
bandits took at least $4,000 in
cash and the rest in checks. rep
resenting receipts Of Thursday
and Friday.
Apparently Well-Rehearsed.
Police said Mr.. Soper, who
lives at 4100 Cottage terrace,
Cottage City. Md. gave this &C
count Of what they termed an
apparently well-rehearsed hold
up:
At about GAS pm, he locked
the front door of the supermar-
ket in the presence of three
clerksA John England, II, James
Brown. 10, and Edward Rep
pert, Is.
The three youths waited until
the door was locked. Then they
walked to car belonging to the
Brown youth, parked north. of
the store on Naylor road, and
drove away.
Mr.. Soper said he walked to
his own car, parked about 100
feet south of the store. on Naylor
road. When he got to the car he
entered on the drivers side.
Then a man (police asked that
his description not be publishedD
approached Mr.. Soper, from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Liquor Raids Net S.,
IS Under New Ban
On Illegal Presence

Six raids by police last night
Melted 10 persons charged with
keeping and selling whisky with
out a license and another Is
charged with presence in an il
legal establishment under the
Districts new crime law.
The biggest raid was in the
1900 block Of Willard street NV.
where police found a night club
set up in a three-room base
ment.
Melvin F. Middleton, 81, COL
ored, of the 800 block of Eight.
zenith street NV. was charged
with keeping and selling whisky
Illegally there. Sixteen men and
10 women were accused of pres
ence in the illegal night spot
Police confiscated 10 half-pints
Of whisky, a quart of vermouth
cans of beer. tables, chairs
glasses and a cash register.
Other Raided Places.
Other spots raided and tn
persons arrested were:
The 1900 block of Union stree
S.W., Robert Fitzpatrick, 49
colored. and his wife, Maggie
AZ, same address. In addition
to the whisky charges, FitZ
patrick was accused of operating
a lottery. Police say they fount
used numbers slips there. Fivt
persons were arrested for pres
ence in an illegal establishment
The 1900 block of Seventh
street NV, Oscar Thompson
81. colored, of the 900 block o:
T street NV, keeping and sell
ing. Six others were charged
with presence in an illega
establishment.
Seized on Eleventh Street.
1400 block of Eleventh stree
NV, Mary Washington. 40. col
ored, 1015 N street NV; Marie
LeGrand, 33, colored, and Stan
sci Beal, ~, coiored, both of thu
raided address, keeping and sell
ing.
1900 block of Tenth stree
NV, Julian. Collision, 81, col
ored, of the 1900 block of Ninth
street NV, and Isaac Wright
%. colored. 100 block of U stree
NV, keeping and selling an,
presence in an illegal establish
ment.
500 block of Second stree
NV, Thomas E. Robinson, SO
colored. that address, keeping
and selling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
NLRB Rejects Complaint
AGAINST Capital Transit

The National Labor Relations
Board yesterday dismissed a
complaint against the Capital
Transit Co. brought by Local No.
2 of the AFL Office Employees
international Union.
The union had charged the
company with refusing to bar
gain in good faith. 1t contended
the company had refused to put
into effect an oral agreement
reached between union spokes-
men and T. G. Butler, company
director of Personnel and Labor
Relations in April. 1852.
Last April an NLRB examiner
ruled against the union and rec
commended dismissal of the COM
plant. The union appealed. The
company said it has refused to
recognize the union as bargain
Ing agent.
The NLRB action upheld the
examiners finding and denied
the unions appeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
D. &. Parents of Hero Killed
In Korean War Receive Medal

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T. Fogo,
ST., of the Coronet Apartments,
200 c street Sc, yesterday re-
ceived the Bronze Star Medal
with Combat "V." posthumously
awarded to their son, Marine
I'd 1t. Edward Togo, jr.,
killed in Korea.
The award was one of five pre-
sented by Gen. Lemuel C. Shop
herd. jr., commandment of the
Marine Corps, during a colorful
sunset parade on the -ectangle
of the Maraine Barracks, Eighth
and I streets Sc. Also Gecor-
ated during the hour long cere-
mony and review were four Ma
rine officers now stationed IN the
Washington area.
1t. Fogo, a platoon leader with
the First Marines, 1st Marine
Division, was killed in action last
January Is while leading an
advance on a heavily fortified
enemy position. The citation
recognized his bravery that night
and on other night patrols be-
tween December 10, 1852 and
his death.
Mr.. Fogo is a member of the
professional staff of the House
Armed Services Committee.
1t. Col. Jack c. Scott, 80, OF
the Marine Corps Division OF
Aviation. was awarded Gold
Stars in lieu of his second Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and
third Air Medal. These were for
achievements from August to
November, 1852, as a jet-fighter
pilot with the First Marine Air
Wing. On three missions last
october, he dived through dark
ness and anti-aircraft fire to
destroy 6 enemy trucks and 10
! freight cars and seriously dam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Air National Guard
Drills Today at Andrews

Washington's Air National
Guard will drill today at An
drews Air Force Base in a final
preparation for Is days of train
ing at MCGUIRE Air Force Base,
N. j.
The encampment for the 18th
Fighter Bomber Wing will open
next Saturday, with maximum
tactical training as the main OBJ
jective.
The wing is made up OF the
121St white House" Squadron,
based at Andrews, and the 104th
in Baltimore and the 142nd in
Wilmington, Del.
First units of the guard will
leave Andrews next Saturday by
motor convoy. The air movement,
including the local squadron's
F-51 Mustang Fighters. will take
of at dawn from Andrews for
Mcclure. An advance detach-
ment will arrive Tuesday at the
New Jersey base.
Col. Willard w. Millikan Is
commander of the wing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18

aged two locomotives. Col.
Scott and his wife and three
children live at 20 South Aber-
deem street, Arlington. Z
Mai. Kenneth B. Nelson, 80,
also of the Division of Aviation,
received a Gold Star in lieu of
his second Distinguished Flying
Cross for defying heavy anti
aircraft fire on November 6,
1852, to score direct hits on
enemy positions. He also was
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
with Combat w" for meritorious
achievement as commander of a
Marine airbase squadron in
Korea from November 16, 1852
to April 81, this year. He and
his wife and two daughters live
at "a Montgomery road, AMMAN
dale, Va.
The Bronze Star also. went tc
1t. Col. Roy j. Batterton, jr.
IS, of the Personnel Department
at Headquarters. for meritorious
service from October, 1852. to
March, 1858, as senior adviser
to the Republic of Korea Marine
Corps Schools. His wife and two
daughters live on Hunter road in
Merrif1eld, Fairfax County, Va.
First 1t. William c. Kochs, jr.
So, of the Supply Department at
Headquarters. received the Letter
of Commentator Ribbon with
Pendant and Combat w" for
service as a supply officer with
the LIST Marine Division from
July 3, 1852, to March 9, 1858
He lives at IT'S North Oak street
Arlington.
In addition to Gen. Shepherd
and special guests. Col. James B
Berkeley. commanding the Ma
rine Barracks, and his staff took
| tho rovyio1r,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
HyottsviIIe Opens
Parking Lot Tonight

Hyattsville will open it's new
public parking lot with a party
at 7 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. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Baby Critically Injured
In Three-FIoor Fall

A year-old girl was injured
critically when she fell yester-
day from a third-f1oor window
to a brick walkway at her home.
Alb Franklin street NV.
The child. Henrietta Lynch.
colored, was taken to Feed
mems Hospital after she ap-
parently fell after climbing on a
bed near the open window.
The child is one of eight chill
dren-the oldest Is years-in the
room. The father. Clarence
Lynch, was at work. The mother
left some time ago. according to
Detective Grayson Chapman Of
the Homicide Squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18

ment, American Legion. The Le-
gion's National Color Guard will
participate in the ceremonies.
Gen. Wright, who assumed
command of the Military District
of Washington in June, 1852, is
being honored for his ''untiring
efforts as the Military Chairman
on the Inaugural Committee and
for his continuing cooperation
in civic as well as combined civic
and military affairs" The cita-
ton also praises his "unceasing
efforts in behalf Of youth
activities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Arlington Drivers
ASKED to Detour
From Boulevard

Arlington police have asked
motorists who can conveniently
do so to detour that portion Of
North Glebe road between Ran
dolph street and Arlington bou-
levard.
They explained that traffic
will be slowed down for several
weeks due to construction of ap-
proaches to an overpass at the
Arlington boulevard-Glebe road
| intersection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18

Medal in rec
ignition of his
services to the
community in
ceremonies on
the Fort Myer
parade ground
at 3 pm. to-
day.
The award
will be pre-
sented to Gen,
w rig h t by
Sylvan King,
chairman OF
the the Dis
trict DeOart-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 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
stove exploded. No one was
ini1lrad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-18
Autos Kill All in Viroiniu

RICHMOND, July 18 (P.-
Virginia counted 1927 violent
deaths for the first six months
of 1858, including All in motor
vehicle accidents.