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Evening star., 1953-06-07
Home Town Greefs
Nation S Top JET Ace

APPLE VALLEY, Calf, June
6. - This desert community
turned ont en- masse-a thou
sand Strong-today and loudly
welcomed home its hero, the ma
tion's top jet ace.
An Air Force band played as
a local development company's
plane landed with Capt. Joe Nc
Connell, jr., who shot down a
record Is MICS in Korea. The
crowd cheered.
Capt. McConnell's three chill
dren, Patricia Anne, 9; Kathleen,
7, and Joseph. 6, whom he hadn't t
seen since he left for overseas,
rushed out to meet him.
His blond wife Pearle was with
him in the plane that had flown
him the five miles from George
Air Force Base at Victorville. He
has been assigned there as an
instructor.
Zeke Cornia, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, gave
Capt. Mcconnell the key to the
town and Che plans for a three
bedroom house to be built for
the McConnells by the Chamber
and the Lions Club.
Capt. Mcconnell managed to
say: II knew they'd make me
speechleSS. and they did.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
2,080 Maryland u. Graduates
Hear Mcke!din Views on Peace

Gov. McKeldin Of Maryland
welcomed as good news yester-
day the prospect Of q possible
truce in Korea.
But he told 1850 University
Of Maryland graduates the truce.
if it comes. viii be an uneasy
and uncertain one. And he
warned that the Nation must
continue recruiting men into the
armed services.
True peace won't come
easily" he said.
The Maryland chief executive
spoke at open-air Commence
ment exercises at College Park.
At least 5000 spectators at
tended the two-hour ceremonies.
Neil H. Swanson, author and
editor. told the graduates they
should accept proudly the re-
sponsibility Of defending Ameri-
can freedom.
American youth, he said, is
inheriting "the earth'S richest
treasure" He asserted:
1T is not unfair that you
should now have to take upon
yourselves the burden of defend
ing America. It is quite fair and
reasonable. For America is
yours. You have inherited q
Nation"
Mr.. Swanson, is executive edi-
tor Of the Baltimore Sunpapers
Gov. McKeldin presented di-
plomas to white-clad graduates
of the School Of Nursing. He
also awarded second lieutenant
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Adenauer Emissary Says
u. 5. Will Consult Bonn
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, June
6.-West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer'S special ennis
sary returned here today from
Washington after delivering a
message to President Eisenhower.
Herbert Blankenhorn, chief of
the political department of the
Bonn foreign Office. said he
brought back from his trip the
conviction that the United States
will undertake no decisions on
an international level regarding
Germany without consulting the
Bonn government.
This assurance also was given
the chancellor yesterday in a
cable from Gen. Eisenhower.
Mr.. Blankenhorn'S departure
from Germany last Sunday was
in secret. During his stay in
Washington, he was received by
Gen. Eisenhower and State Sec
retary Dulles.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

bars to 145 blue uniformed Air
Force Reserve trainees who are
slated for immediate active serv-
ice. DR.. Byrd announced that
18 of the new officers are due
for overseas duty.
Mr.. Swanson and Melvin H.
Baker, board chairman of the
National Gypsum Co., received
honorary doctorates. Honorary
agriculture merit certificates
went to w. Lee Allen of Sails
bury, Hubert P. Burdette Of
Mount AIRY and Louis Merry
man of Sparks.
Many Of the spectators moved
chairs beneath trees to escape
the hot sun. and DR.. Byrd won a
cheer from the graduates when
he cancelled the closing academic
procession because of the heat.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
NaWChief in Norfolk
Slain With Crowbar,
Woman Assaulted
BY the Associoted Press

NORFOLK, Va, June GA
Navy chief was beaten to death
with a crowbar early today and
his woman companion, who po-
lice said was raped, spent nearly
10 hours alone with the battered
body before she was discovered
in semiconscious state by three
sailors on horseback.
Naval authorities identified the
dead man as Chief Quartermas-
ter Dean L. Kirkdorfer, 80, USN.
attached to the Norfolk Naval
Air Station. His home address
was listed as Cassopolis, Mich.
Police said the woman, Miss
Carmela Cravedi - distraught
and badly bruised when she was
found about noon - described
the assailant as "big negro"
Her condition was reported sat
isfactory in a local hospital to-
night.
Work of a Maniac
Three sailors riding rented
horses discovered a car with
Chief Kirkdorfer's battered body
and Miss Cravedi slumped over
the wheel on a lonely dirt road
in nearby Princess Anne County.
"On the basis of what we know
so far" State Police Investigator
L. M. Coffman said, "it would
appear to be the. work of a
sex maniac"
Police said the woman's partly
incoherent story disclosed that
she and Chief Kirkdorfer drove
down the dirt road by mistake
while looking for place to get
a cup of coffee.
Attacked With CrOwbar.
The sailor stepped from the
car for a moment, she told off,
GERS, and as he did so, he was
attacked by a "big Negro with
a crowbar." After a short scuffie
back of the car, she said, the
Negro crammed Chief Kirkdofer's
body into the back of the car on
the floor nd struck him again
with the weapon.
Miss Cravedi said the man
then attacked her. She said she
tried to- walk back to the road,
found she was too weak and
tried unsuccesfully to drive the
car back through heavy under
brush to the road. She then
remained in the car until she
was found by the three sailors.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Montgomery Begins
Hearings Wednesday
On Budget and Taxes
By ChorIes [. Hoffman

Montgomery County residents
this week will tell their govern
Ing officials just how they feel
about the county's proposed $25
million budget and rising tax
bills.
The County Council will begin
public hearings on the proposed
budget Wednesday night with
school board funds slated for dis
cussion that evening at the Rock
vile Court House.
Then Friday evening the hear
irgs will be held on budgets for
the departments of public safety,
health and welfare. The hearings
will wind up the following Mon
DAY with all other departmental
budgets up for discussion.
The proposed budget includes
$15.6 million for operating ex-
penses and $9.3 for capital prof.
ects.
Lower Tax Rate Asked.
The budget would call for a
$1.90 general county tax rate
20 cents lower than the present
rate.
The pressure, however, is on
the council to restore 81 million
to the school operating budget
and $32 million of school con-
struction bond issues which
former County Manager Irving
G.. McNayr Topped of board re-
quests in submitting his budget.
The County Council Of Parent
Teacher Associations - one of
the strongest and best organized
groups in the county-has cir
culated a petition which has
been signed by thousands of
residents urging the restoration
of funds.
Such action-if the council
succumbs to the pressures being
applied-would mean that the
recommended tax rate would
have to be increased about 20
cents. killing the proposed re-
duction.
Large Turnout Expected.
The PTA group is not alone in
its support of the heavier school
budget. The League of Women
Voters already has come out for
the proposal.
Last years school budget
hearings drew several hundred
residents. A standing room only
sign will be out come Wednesday
night.
In past years public hearings
on the budget have been monop-
olized by groups-each support
ing an increase in a particular
departments funds.
This year, however, the council
probably will hear from a number
of individuals and organizations
urging a spartan" budget. Sure
to be represented are the vari-
Gus taxpayers organizations and
civic groups which have given
hundreds of hours to study of
the proposed expenditures.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Fair to Bar Beer
If WCTU Makes
.Up $1,000 Loss
BY the Assoeieted Press

FARMER CITY, H., June g.
No beer will be sold at summer
racing events in Farmer City
provided the Women's Christian
Temperance Union presents a
petition of 1900 signatures
each signature accompanied by
a dollar bill.
Such was the ruling made by
the community's fair board. after
calculating that profits from the
sale of beer at June horse races
and July 4th auto races would
total $1,000.
The temperance group had re-
Quested the beer ban.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Victor N. LIono, 68;
Former U. N. Official
By the Associofed Press

SAN FRANCISCO. June g.
Victor Manuel Llona, Peruvian
author and former chief of the
language section, food and agri-
cultural division, of the United
Nations. died here last night at
68. Senor Llona was a native of
Lima. He leaves a widow, Yo-
landa, and a daughter, Doris.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Missionary Says Crisis
Hos Aided Religion
BY the Associated Press

MANILA. - DR.. E. Stanley
Jones, a Methodist missionary
and author of several books on
social science, says present world
conditions have brought peoples
all over the world closer to re-
ligion.
He observed that "the peoples
have felt the need for something
to live by because the world
they live in is so shaky." This
Evening star., 1953-06-07
New Army Recruiter
Is Named Ketchum
By the Associoted Press

OXNARD, Calf. June g.
The Army has an appropriately
named new recruiter here today.
He's Sergt. Sam Ketchum. a
veteran of 13 years service in
Guiding World War II and Korea.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

situation, he said, is specially
true in Japan where the old
PHILOSOPHERS of life "are going
to pieces and giving way to mod
ern ways Of living"
Evening star., 1953-01-16
THE EVENING STAR A,
Washington. D. c. =
FRIDAY, JANUARY Is, 1888

the high point in the line Is
more than 1000 feet.
"The big drills to prove the
ores and all other machinery
had to be taken in there by
planes. They used flying box
cars for the big loads.
"And he did this with private
capital. He got four steel
companies to join in the venture
Republic. Wheeling, Armco
and Youngstown Sheet & Tube.
together with National and M.
A. Hanna Co. After they had
proved 800 million tons of high
grade ore. a Job that cost a lot
of money. they borrowed 5000
million from insurance COM
panies. pledging the ore as
security. The whole develop
ment will be in operation in
about two years.
Nov don't tell me that a
man who can do things like
that can't be effective here in
Washington"
Evening star., 1953-01-16

and that I hope so as to the
second.
This man is going to be
effective" my friend said.
Don't give me that stuff about
it's the same old Congress. Gen.
Eisenhower has been elected to
make some changes. and this
man is going to help him make
them.
did he tell you about the
Labrador ore project? That's
big. It dwarfts everything he
has done: Putting National
together to be one of the biggest
steel producers. or combining
Pittsburgh Coal and Consolida-
tion Coal to become the biggest
and most efficient coal company
in the world.
1T looks as If there is enough
ore up there to keep us going
Evening star., 1953-01-16

for a long time. even at in
creased rates Of steel production.
They are building a double
track railroad to. reach it-35s
miles long. 1t runs north from
a port just inside the Gulf of
st. Lawrence, called Seven
Islands. to the big ore deposits
they have tested. It is probably
the biggest railroad construction
on this continent since the
Canadian transcontinental lines
were finished.
ITO get through the Lauren
tians. they drilled a tunnel half
a mile long. At the north end
of the tunnel, the rails soar over
a valley on a bridge $50 feet
long. The maximum grade on
the southbound track-the one
that will carry the carloads of
ore-ls 3 per cent That means
a climb Of 8 feet in 100. Yet
Evening star., 1953-01-16
money after that-not even in
the years of the great depression.
Big Hanna Expansion.

money after that-not even in
the years of the great depression.
Big Hanna Expansion.
There wasn't time for him to
tell. the story of the big expan-
sion Of Hanna under his man
agement. He did tell what led
to it.
1--WE have always done a lot
of research and development
work." he said. I'm these ex-
traction industries, you have to
look ahead or you will find that
you have got everything out of
the ground that is to be had
and you are out of business.
1--WE were in Venezuela 20
years ago. We proved the ore
property that Bethlehem is now
utilizing to supply her Sparrows
Point plant at Baltimore. Beth
lehem got it from the VeneZue-
Ian interests we were in part
nership with. No. we didn't lose
out there. We let it go. There
are political difficulties in We
nezuela. There is one big thing
to be said about Canada. 1t is
the best country outside Of the
United States to do business in.
About research and develop
n1ent in his various companies,
he said:
ct don't live in the present. I
live two or three years in the
future"
1t was time to go, and he
started to pack. But that still
gave him time to talk about one
venture close to his heart in
which, he says. he has been far
from successful.
That is the breeding Of the
running horse.
The last Republican Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Ogden
Mills had a racing stable and
it was reported that Mr.. Hum
phrey had horses on the tracks.
What was the name of his
stable?
"I've got to give that up."
he said. Horse racing is a
business and the Secretary of
the Treasury can't have any
business. I'm going to give my
horses to my wife and daugh-
ter. Mr.. Mills probably gave
his horses to his sister, Mrs.
H. c. Phipps. when he became
Secretary.
II have no stable. I raced
horses under my own name. Few
people have ever heard of them
because I only had few horses
and they were not very good.
had a 2-year-old filly named
'Hummy.' the name my grand
children gave to my wife. She
raced. at Laurel. Saratoga and
Belmont.
'I have seven brood mares
! in Kentucky. I bring Their foals
Evening star., 1953-01-16

that he was always an officer
and twice president of his class.
Football was rough. The half
back was supposed to buck the
line as often as going around
end. But life was pretty pleas
ant in the maple Lined streets of
Saginaw's residential section.
Well l-to-Do Family.
The Humphreys were well-to-
do. Young Humphrey risked be-
ing called sissy by playing ten
mis-, but he did not take a chance
on wearing the blazers affected
by the society dudes. He had a
pony as boy. and he always
loved horseback riding.
He started to take engineering
at the University of Michigan
and then changed to law. He
never got over being an engineer.
In 1912, he got his law degree
and went into his fathers firm,
which became Humphrey. Grant
& Humphrey. In 1913, he mar
ried Pamela Stark. They had
been going together in high
school. In 1917, he left Saginaw
to take a position in the Office
of the general counsel of the
Hanna Co. in Cleveland.
How had he happened to do
that, his interviewer asked.
WELL" he said, Dick Grant,
the general counsel of Hanna,
had married Saginaw girl. He
visited our town frequently and
was a great friend of my father.
He offered me position, and ]
went with him. My father had
died in 1915"
The United States had en-
tered the war. and Hanna was
doing a big business, bringing
ore from its Mesabi range dig
gings down the lakes from its
docks at Superior, Wis, and
Duluth, MINI. In 1920. right
after the war, Mr.. Humphrey
was made a partner. He was 80
years old.
But there was an inventory
depression after the war-1921
you remember" he said. "And
we had to write off a big loss. In
1922 we became a corporation.
Then 1924 was a bad year for
us. We lost 81 million. We
hadn't written enough off for
one thing. The corporation was
in bad way. There were rumors
that the Hannas were going to
pull out and all that sort of
thing that happens when a cor
poration makes bad showing
in its annual report"
Something had to be done
about it, and something was
done. In 1925, Mr.. Humphrey
was made executive vice presi-
dent, the general manager of
the company. Hanna never lost
Evening star., 1953-11-30

l. Patriot dark fruit coke, made with
Portueese brandy and sherry. In |,
2, 8 and S pound sizes. pound, Ito
2. Cresco "Porty Time" set of s diff
ferent hors d'oeuvres, in colorfuI con-
toiner. Ready to mail. 2.75
8. Hond-Pointed teapot, 4-eup size,
packed with 48 bags Of delicious Dor-
jeeline teo. 3.95
4. Old Mill set Of 6 jeIIies and pre-
serves, and candy set in oval
plastic troy. SIS
5. Martha Anne dark fruit cake, made
with bonded brandy and sherry. Gift
boxed. w pounds. 2.65
6. Cresco "Toost" set of unusual hors
d'oeuvres, for the most discriminating
hostess. Reody to mail. 400
Evening star., 1953-11-30
our Food Shop is piled Christmas
tree high with delicious and
exotic foods

7. HodIey California eIoce fruits and
nuts on handsome wooden tray, with
fork. 2 pounds. 40
8. Woodward 6 Lothrop cheese as
sortment consists of Swiss, Danish and
Norwegian cheeses. 275
9. Steph's "Epicure" assortment of
eIoce fruits. with fork, in attractive
contoiner. pound. Las
10. windmill" cheese assortment 10
q deluxe assortment of unusual inn
ported cheeses, 8 varieties. SIS
IL. Old Mill gift set Of 4 jelIies ond
preserves, with candy /. set in round
plastic dish. as
II. ming Teo Party" consists Of 4
unusual, delicious teos, beautifully
eift-pockoeed. ounces, net. 2.2S
Evening star., 1953-11-30

Shop Floor Building Floor Building
Chevy Chase and Alexandra
Come whole exciting display of gift foods in
the Food Shop. Visit the Martha Anne Fruit Cake
and House of Herbs demonstrations. Let us help you
select those special decacies you for the holidays
Evening star., 1953-01-10
By Robert J. Lewis

The new Congress may be
urged to authorize more modern
financing aids to encourage pri-
vate rehabilitation of deterio-
rated dwellings, it appeared
today.
The big problem in rehabil-
itation of existing houses for
rental, many students of the
problem agree, is to obtain
financing that can be amortized
over a sufficiently long period Of
time. If such financing were
available, it would be feasible
for a greater number of private
individuals and firms to under
take this kind of reclamation
work.
Right now, the Federal HouS-
ing Administration is understood
to be preparing to request au-
thorization to insure an addi-
tional half billion dollars Of
''modernization" loans by pri-
vate lending institutions.
Under the program, however,
loans must be paid back within
three years, or, in the case OF
work on multi-unit buildings, a
seven-year repayment period is
specified.
Students of the problem of re-
claiming sound. older dwellings
contend that such a short repay
ment period as three years limits
the making of such loans chiefly
to home owners who can afford
to pay the relatively large re-
payment amounts. 1t is virtual
ly valueless as an encouragement.
to reclamation of a property for
rental, they say.
If a longer repayment period
Evening star., 1953-01-10
New Formula Sought to Aid
Renewal of Rundown Houses

were available on Government
insured loan, many builders and
others could be attracted to the
field of mass reclamation of de-
Perforated homes. in the opin-
ion of many persons.
officials of both the National
Association of Home Builders
and the National Association of
Real Estate Boards said today
they have been studying the
whole question of how addition
al attention may be directed to
the problem of banishing slums
through private enterprise &C
ton.
Both agreed that a new
insured loan formula would
provide a workable approach,
though neither as yet has de-
veloped a concrete proposal TO-
put before Congress.
One source emphasized that
at present the more-liberal
seven-year amortization term is
allowed by FILA on loans for the
modernization of two or more
units in a single building, in
spite of the fact that there is a
greater need today for single
family homes for rent with the
greater space they provide, than
for apartments. Yet FHA's
present formula allowing only a
three-year amortization period
on loans for work on single
family homes gives less encour-
agement for this type of reclama-
ton than for modernization Of
the less-needed apartments.
A spokesman for the home
builders association said the
whole question of residential
(See LEWIS, Page B-3)
Evening star., 1953-01-10
u. S. Rent Law Controls Fewer
Than Third OF All Rental Units

have as much of a battle on
their hands in Congress as if
the majority of units were still
controlled.
What may contribute to the
ease with which the G. O. P.
may administer the coup de
grace to Federal controls, many
observers believe. is that only l
million controlled units today
are in what are designated as
critical rent areas"
The other 4 million controlled
dwellings are in "non-critical"
areas. They are scattered and in
most cases the fact that they
are still under Federal curbs is
owing to purely local decisions
made by local officials on the
Continued on Page B-3. Col. H.
Evening star., 1953-01-10

Only a skin-and-bores skeleton
is left of what once was a hearty
giant in the rent control field.
The number of dwellings still
under control are down today
to a relatively puny S million
from the once mighty Is million
under rent restrictions at the
peak period in 1912.
More than 2 million units
were sliced off last September,
with the result that now far less
than a third of the Nations
total of between II million and
18 million units are under curhs.
Thus-unless most Of the
guessers are wrong-G o. P.
leaders who believe that Federal
controls should be killed, or be
allowed to die, are not going to
Evening star., 1953-01-10

SOMETHING NICE IN A SUMNER HOME-lt would be
strange duck today who would call the product
very tasteful and elegant bit of archec-
ture Yet that exactly the Harper Weekly described
this cottage built by President Ulysses Grant at Long
Branch n j. during his first term study of this kind of
thing long resulted in the formulation of pithy
which could be written follows: "TOdays arch-
tecura fashion be OmOrrOws architectural atrOcy
doctors mistakes decently inferred but arch
tects live to haunt hmPhOtOs Courtesy of James
Ivey Collection of the Works of Early Illustrators.
Evening star., 1953-06-14
I'|;',s s!0|'Sl'2 I|!!E:,s
ORANGE ALASKA
PAUL WELLER PHOTOS

NALIFoRNIA takes special pride in doing things
~ differently from her sister states. Even tried
and true recipe like the Baked Alaska gets new twist
its baked "a l'orange." Here's her way with this
dish:
Slice off tops of navel oranges Cut out fruit and
cut into bite-size pieces. removing membranes Pour
over n cup grenadne syrup and chill Refill orange
cups" with mixture.
Beat egg whites until foamy beat in u cup sugar
gradually until mixture holds in peaks. Top with
pint very firm ice cream, Immediately cover with
meringue to edge of orange SHE'LL completely seal the
ice cream.
Place filled cups on small bread board or in a
shallow pan lined with several thicknesses of heavy
wrapping paper aluminium foil.
Bake in hot oven (4OO0F.) 3 to minutes Serve
Immediately. Yield: 8 portions
C&ro.mtno taadQaAsA
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