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Evening star., 1953-07-25
Flooded British Farm Land
Seen Lost for 10 Years

LONDON. - Agricultural ex-
pertS in Britain now calculate
that it will take 10 years for
the farmlands affected by the
terrible east coast floods in Feb
ruary to return to normal pro-
duction.
In the floods, 10000 acres of
orchard, rich arabic land and
valuable pasture were covered by
the sea.
Farmers in these flooded
areas-and they number several
hundredS-have been optimistic
IN recent months as fields which
had lain under salt water pro-
duced crops and orchards bios
somed as usual. However their
optimism was short-liVed. The
long-range damage done by the
sea is only now becoming ap-
parent.
Fruit trees are beginning to
die and crops to wither.
Farmers with prize herds OF
dairy cattle which have taken
them years to build up are hav-
ing to rent grazing land at ex-
orbitant prices if they do not
want to be forced to sell their
cows.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Movie Tax Repeater
Puts Eisenhower on
SPOT With Leaders
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower was put
squarely on the spot today bv
Congress passage of a bill to
repeal the 20 per cent tax on
movie theater tickets. =
If he signs the bill, the esti-
mated net loss in Federal reve-
nue. will be $10O million a year
and other industries may ask for
similar tax relief.
If he vetoeS it. he will be
rejecting a bill which Won sup
port of top Republicans, such as
acting Senate Leader Knowland
of California and Senator Mil
likin of Colorado, chairman of
the conference of all Republican
Senators.
Senator Knowland. like Vice
President Nixon, halls from
California, heart of the motion
picture industry.
The House and Senate which
acted yesterday. passed it by
overwhelming voice votes. But
neither took a roll call tally to
show whether the necessary two
thirds to override a veto could
be mustered.
The President won his biggest
legislative fight of the session so
far with a plea that the excess
profits tax on business must be
extended six months to provide
$500 million additional revenue
to fight the Federal deficit.
Senator Williams, Republican,
of Delaware. said of the movie
tax repeal:
II do not see how the bill can
escape veto in view of the need
for revenue. I think the movie
people have a good case. but so
have lot of other industries hit
hard by excise taxes"
Senators Knowland and Milli-
kin said they did not know what
Gen. Eisenhower would do.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
House Group Backs Fund
For Drouuht-Aid Loans
RN the Asxocinfad PIRKa

BY the Asseciatsd Press
. The House Appropriations
Committee yesterday approved
President Eisenhower'S request
for $3.50 million for emergency
loans and other aid to farmers
and Stockmen.
Gen. Eisenhower asked the
money for aid in drought areas
but the committee recommended
that loans be made available in
any section where there is need
for emergency credit.
The committee also proposed
that emergency loans of less
than $4,000 be made. Previous
legislation set that figure as a
minimum size for emergency
loans.
The committees action sends
an appropriation bill on to the
House floor, where it may come
to a vote later today.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Bandit Gets S515
Al Alexandra Office

A gunman held up the man.
ager and an employe of the Lib
erty Loan Co., 106 North Colum-
bus street. Alexandria, yesterday
and escaped with $515. police re-
ported.
Detective Capt. Thomas Woods
gave this account:
w. Ray Morgan, the loan COM
pany manager, saw a man walk
up to the counter carrying
brown shopping bag. He pointed
a nickel-plated pistol at Mr..
Morgan.
The bandit handed the bag
over the counter and ordered the
employe. Miss Marjorie Kane,
who was using the phone, to
hang up.
Mr.. Morgan removed cash from
two drawers.
The man was last seen running
l1O1 OAl O1I NO1QL1IDuO SUI ecu. 11C
was described as between Is and
80 years old, in need of a shave.
and wearing sunglaSseS.
Maryland detectives said they
believe the Alexandria holdup
man may be the same man re-
sponsible for recent loan COM
pany robberies in Frederick, Sill
yer Spring and Mount Rainier.
Montgomery County detectives
said the description ties in with
the report of the 5000 holdup of
the Liberty Finance Co. in Fred
erick last Monday and the 81, 1875
holdup of the Coastal Finance
Co. June q in Silver Spring.
1t. Vincent Free of Prince
Georges County police, said the
Alexandria report describes a
man who resembles the bandit
who held up the Lenders Finance
Co. for 81 200 on July z.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Boys Nation Holds
Party Conventions,
Visits Capitol Today

The session of Boys Nation
continued here today with a visit
to the Capitol as a scheduled
highlight
The 90 boys, each sent from a
Boys State organization in their
home States. will be graduated"
in the art of government and
craftsmanship at 10 am, Thurs
day.
Last night they were addressed
by Charles Webb, of the Bricker
Committee, on the Bricker
amendment to the Constitution.
which would limit the Presidents
treaty-making power. Mr.. Webb
outlined the proposed amend
ment for 20 minutes at the gath
ering in the University of Mary
land dining hall.
Discuss Amendment.
Then the youthful assemblage
discussed the matter for more
than two hours, and recessed
without making a decision. 1t
will be taken up again when the
group convenes tomorrow
evening.
Earlier yesterday, the Boys
Nation sessions received some
tips on conduct and the forma-
tion of political parties.
Both Nationalists and FEEDER
alists alike were told to behave
well and, 1--WE don't expect flirt-
ing with girls or that sort of
thing" The admonishment came
from Allen Willard, director of
the American Legion's National
Americanism Convention, spon-
Sors Of the program.
Party Conventions Today.
The high school juniors, most
of them II, were divided into
parties by the simple expedient
of Slicing the roster up the
middle.
In addition to the Capitol ex-
cursion, party conventions were
to be held today. Nominations
of presidential candidates was to
follow.
Also on the schedule were
tours of the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier, the Pentagon
and other Government agencies,
and a visit to President Eisen-
| hover on Wednesday.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
British Give Scholarships
As Thanks for u. 5, Aid

AS an expression of it's graft
tude for the European Recovery
Program, the British Govern
ment is offering United States
citizens IL scholarships at Brit
iSh universities.
Under the Marshall Scholar
ships Scheme, the scholarships
will be competed for annually.
Provision has been made for
an Advisory Council to assist the
British Ambassador in admins
tering the plan in the United
States. Members of the Council,
designated at a meeting in Brit
ish Embassy Thursday, are:
DR.. Detlev w. Bronx, Miss
Margaret Clapp, Walter S. Gif-
ford, Gordon Gray. Paul Hoff-
man. Clarence B. Randall and
Sir Roger Makins, the British
Ambassador to the United
States, who will be president ex
officio.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Death Sentence Delights
Convict in Stabbing Case
BY the Assoeioted Press

SAN RAFAEL, Calf, July Is.
James F. Silva smiled and said
fine" when he was condemned
to die. He said he wants it that
way.
The 24-year-old San Quentin
convict was condemned to the
gas chamber when a jury yester-
day convicted him Of the almost
fatal stabbing of another pris-
oner. Because he already is serv-
ing life for second degree murder.
the death sentence is mandatory.
Over the violent objections Of
his court-appointed counsel, Sill
va pleaded for a guilty verdict.
insisting he plotted the assault.
would do it again and deserves to
die.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
SIT Million Cost Seen
For Baltimore Tunnel
By the As.oc,oted Pres,

BALTIMORE, July 25.-A SIT
million cost estimate was made
yesterday on the proposed tun-
mel under Baltimore's harbor.
William F. Childs. jr., chief
engineer of the Maryland Roads
Commission, cautioned that this
was mot a firm figure"
Consulting engineers have
only just begun to determine
exactly where the expressway ap-
proaches to the tunnel should
go, so there is no way now to
estimate how much will have to
be paid for the rights of way.
The SIT million figure Mr..
Childs gave is the first estimate
the roads commission has made
since it decided 10 days ago on
the approximate location of the
tunnel and the approach ex-
preSswayS.
The tunnel itself is expected
to cost around $46 million, with
the other $31 million going into
the approaches.
Evening star., 1953-07-25

which they graduated last year,
and the Quantico VaD Marine
Base. Their wives also are
good friends.
Airman Naples was killed July
7 when a B-29 bomber, on which
he was radio operator, crashed
at a South Korean air base after
being damaged on a mission
over North Korea.
Crash Killed 13.
According to the Air Force, the
ship was returning to its base
when it radioed the Korean field
it was in trouble, circled once
and then crashed. Thirteen men
perished. The ship was part of
the 10Th Bomb Wing, 28th
Bomber Squadron, based at Ka-
dena Air Force Base, Okinawa.
Airman Naples parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick B. Naples,
live at 1925 Vernon street NV.
He also is survived by a brother,
Frederick Naples, jr., and sis
ter, Lorraine Naples.
Mr.. Naples, a native of the
District, attended Boothe Ele-
mentary School, Francis Junior
High School, Armstrong High
School and Howard University.
He was a member of the ROTC
while at Howard. He had been
in Korea since April and joined
the Air Force in May, 1851.
1t. Smith Wounded July 8.
1t. Smith was wounded July 8
in action around contested East
Berlin Hill. During an engage
ment which saw the enemy drop
5000 rounds Of artillery on his
position, 1t. Smith was hit by
fragments in both arms and legs.
He was a member of F Company
I'd Battalion, 7th Regiment, of
the 1st Marine Division.
He is a native of Miami, Fla.
His parents live in Miami and
Lansing, Mich.
1t. Terrell was wounded one
day earlier than his buddy, on
the same hill. He belonged to c
Company, 1st Battalion.
During the See-saw battle for
the strategic hill, mines were
laid on its slopes. 1t. Terrell
stepped on one of these mines.
His left leg had to be amputated
below the knee and his eyes were
pierced by mine fragments. Sew
eral Of his fingers also were shat
tered.
According to his family. the
wounded Marine is to be flown
soon to the National Naval Med
ical Center at Bethesda, Md.
It is hoped that his eyes may
be saved. He has never seen his
three-month-old daughter, Con-
stance Elizabeth.
| His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillips A. Terrell, live at the
Dorchester Apartments. Mr.. Ter
rell is vice president of Copper
weld Steel Corp, Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Terrell's parents live at 442l
Hawthorne street NV.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Gold Discovery Helps
YuqosIuviu's Economics
By the Assoeiated Pres,

pv InS ASSoCioIeo TIeS1
BELGRADE.-There's gold in
Yugoslav hills that provides
cash to meet the country's eco
nomic needs. Deposits in the
mountainous regions of Central
Yugoslavia have been discovered
during development of huge hy-
droelectric projects.
While far from rich, they serve
a double purpose. AS a by
product for the power project
which probably will realize far
more profit in the long long, the
gold provides cash for machin-
cry. To get the ore out. Yugo-
slavia has imported American
gold-extracting manchery.
Evening star., 1953-07-25

the time the two policemen had
stopped their car, Leddy was
swinging at the two men in the
other car.
He ran down Massachusetts,
avenue toward Twelfth street as
the two policemen arrived.
Pvt. Carlisle said he shouted
at the man to stop, then fired
one shot as a warning.
At this point. Leddy ran to a
vacant house at 1904 Massachu-
sets avenue and smashed in the
door with his shoulder, the po-
liceman said. The two policemen
cornered him in the house where
he gave up without further
trouble,
Evening star., 1953-07-25

whose wife lives at 4201 Mass
achusetts avenue NV; Marine
I'd 1t. William T. Terrell, 25,
whose wife lives at 1857 Prospect
street NV; Pfc. Paul L. Make,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hayden
Make of Waldorf, Md.
Its. Smith and Terrell are
close friends, having attended
school together at cambridge,
Md, the Naval Academy, from
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Painter in Stolen Car Is Seized
After Crash, Fight and Flight

Police early today rounded up
an Annapolis painter who, they
say. had an automobile accident,
got into a fight and then
smashed in the door of a vacant
house trying to escape arrest.
The painter was identified as
Thomas Leddy. "a. He was held
for Annapolis police after it was
discovered the car he was driving
was stolen from there.
1t all started at 2 am. at
Thirteenth street and Massachu-
SettS avenue NV.
Police Pvts. Ralph Carlisle and
John B. GriggS, of No. 2 Pre-
cinct, said they saw Leddy's car
ram the rear of another auto
mobile at the intersection. By
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Spirited Election Seen
In Alexandra as Five
Beat Filing DeadIine

Alexandria voters looked for
ward to a spirited November
general election as a rush of in
dependent candidates beat the
filing deadline last midnight.
Seldom have Democratic nomi-
nees had any opposition in Alex
andria general elections. The in
dependent opposition this time
materialized on the very last
day.
Those who filed yesterday are
William c. Bauknight for Com
monwealth's Attorney, Mrs.
Maude L. Duborg and John Al
vim Croghan for House Of Dele
gates, Denis H. Ayres for Civil
and Police Court justice and
Edward H. Seeley for justice of
the peace In the 9th ward.
Opposing Wagner.
Mr.. Bauknight is opposing
Earl Wagner, who defeated the
incumbent Howard w. Smith,
jr., in the Democratic primary.
The Smith, Wagner contest was
one of the bitterest the city had
seen in many years.
Mr.. Bauknight, 80, has prac-
ticed law in Alexandria since the
fall Of 1852 Although he primar-
lily is in private practice, he also
acts as an assistant to the city
attorney handling prosecutions
for the city.
Is Active in OAR.
Mrs ~Duborg and Mr.. Croghan
filed to oppose the incumbent,
Armistead L. Boothe, for Alex
andria's single seat in the House
Of Delegates. Mr.. Boothe was
unopposed in the Democratic
primary.
Mrs. Duborg, Sc. is active in
the Daughters of the American
Revolution. She was a leader
in the OAR movement last year
for repeal of Virginia's So-called
world government resolution.
The General Assembly finally did
reScind the controversial resolu-
ton.
Mrs. Duborg said Mr.. Boothe
certainly wasn't on our side in
that fight"
Is Practicing Lawyer.
Mr.. Croghan has been practic-
ing law in Alexandria the past
six years. He said he was urged
to file by many friends who were
dissatisfied with the service of
the incumbent.
Mr.. Ayres, 81, filed to oppose
the two Democratic nominees for
AleXandria's two Civil and Police
Court Judgeships. The two DEM
ocratic nominees are the incum-
bents, James R. Duncan and
James N. Colasanto. They had
no opposition in the Democratic
primary.
Mr.. Seeley, 48, of 4l2 East
Custis avenue, is unopposed for
justice of the peace in the sixth
ward.
Evening star., 1953-07-25

District and vicinity-Clear
and cool tonight with low about
"a. Tomorrow sunny and warm.
Maryland and Virginia-Clear
and cool tonight with low near
60. Tomorrow sunny and warm.
Wind - NortheaSterly. 10-15
miles per hour tonight.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Battle Appoints Three
As Medical Examiners
By the ASsocioted PFess

RICHMOND, July 25.-Gov.
Battle yesterday appointed three
new members to the State Board
of Medical Examiners.
They are DR.. Russell M. Cox
of Portsmouth, DR.. John c. Wat
son of Alexandria and DR.. Ray
mond B. Francis of Richmond.
He also reappointed DR.. w. r.
Payne of Newport News and DR.
Henry S. Liebert of Richmond.
All of the terms run through
June 80, 1858.
Evening star., 1953-07-25

ing to the De-
fenSe Depart
ment's latest
casualty list.
Killed W a S
A ir m a n 1/c
Percy Jerome
M a pies, %,
colored, whose
widow, Eliza
beth, lives at
1011 Webster
street NV.
w oun d e d
NUnrn MoriI1o
I'd 1t. Jean
v. Smith. "a.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Polio Fighter Stricken

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, July 25.-
Mrs. Marvin Schrum of Rock
Island, chairman of the Rock
Island County March of Dimes
anti-polio campaign this year,
was taken to Moline public hos
pital three days ago. Yesterday
doctors diagnosed her illness as
polio.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Jet Market Threatened

Britain's jet airliner market is
in danger because of awakened
competition, George Edwards,
plane designer, reported recently
IN London.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
D. {. Airman Killed,
Two Marine Officers
Wounded in Korea

One District airman was killed,
two Marine officers were wound
ed and a nearby Maryland man
was wounded in Korea, accord
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Home Beneath Ruins

Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick O'Malley
now live in a cavern beneath the
ruins of Mount Venus Castle at
Woodtown. in Fires Dublin
Mountains.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Perfume Concerts Urged

A French scientist suggests
manufacturers hold periodical
perfume concerts" piping
smells to the audience through
rubber tubes.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Camp Fund Gifts

A contribution to The Evening
Star Summer Camp Fund has
come all the way from Tokyo,
the gift of Mr.. and Mrs. Eman-
uele Fontana.
The following camp fund gifts
are acknowledged today:
Previously
acknowledged --- $16,501 .25
Rock Greek Lions Club $500
7 .,l;o.I A,,Sr;I;o SO, -
Evening star., 1953-07-25
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
Record Temperatures I

Record Temperatures IhIs feAS.
Highest. 9S. on july 2 and 1S.
Lowest, %. on March 2.
High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, So, at 1855 pm.
Low. 63. at 6:lo am.
Evening star., 1953-07-25

River Report.
(From U S. Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpers Ferry,
Evening star., 1953-07-25

MOnlhIy precipitation IN inches IN the
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Robinson-Prentiss
Dinner Group Named

E. D. Merrill, president Of the
Washington Board of Trade. is
among committee members ar
ranging a dinner at Hotel Statler
March IL in honor Of Brig.
Gen. Bernard L. Robinson. for
mer District Engineer Commis-
sioner. and his successor. Brig.
Gen. Louis w. Prentiss.
Other committee members are
Joseph A. Kaufman. president
of the Federation of Citizens
Associations; c. F. Preller, pres
ident of the Central Labor
union; Daniel w. Bell, and
Ralph Mittendorf.
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Parade Group Named
For Cherry Blossom
Festival April 8

The National Cherry Blossom
Festival Committee yesterday
announced the appointment Of
members to the parade COM
mittee.
The festival will be held April
8 through April IL.
Parade April 9.
The parade is scheduled for 9
pm. April 9 on K street NV.
Ludwig Caminita. jr., is chair
man Of the parade committee.
He announced the following had
been named to his comittee:
John Roper. L. c. Bierach.
Norman Bernstein, Earle Brown,
Warren Bushey, Theodore John
Christensen, Maj. James c. Dun
ton. Sidney Haken. Phil Jolles.
Also. Edward j. Kelly, George
Lamb, Arnold M. Lederer, Daniel
A. Leonard, Police Chief Robert
V. Murray, Frank P. Payne,
Cody Pfanstiehl, E. A. Pritchard
Phillip Robinson, AL Sanders.
John F. Schlotterbeck, George
Supplee, Fire Chief Millard II
Sutton. Edward S. Turner and
DeVere R. Weldon.
May Bloom Early.
The pageant will be held at
the Jefferson Memorial April II
and IL. Festival officials. are
hoping the warm weather will
not bring the blossoms around
the Tidal Basin out too soon
II they do come out, even as
Evening star., 1953-03-01

much as two weeks early, how
ever. the National Capital Parks
Office plans to spray them with
a hormone preparation. This
will hold the blossoms about two
weeks.
Mr.. Caminita also announced
two huge model trains from the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad have
been accepted as the first entries
in the parade.
One is modelled after an 1853
locomotive and coach and the
other, to show the progress of
railroading, is of a modern diesel
electric locomotive and stream
lined coach Mr.. Caminita said
applications for entry in the pa
rade are running far ahead of
last year.
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Hollywood Diary
ESQ Zso and George
Set for Finale
Set for Finale
BYSheilah Grahnm

Beach to relax after having
filmed two television shows q
week since February.
Thumbnail description Of
Terry Moore-"A short Mickey
Rooney" jeanne Dru will
do "The Camel Caravan" for
Eddie Small. Anne Baxter
has been seeing q lot of Paul
Gregory in Europe.
You can bet now that Clark
Gable will not resign with Metro
when the current contract ex-
pireS.
June Allyson and Dick Powell
are planning parties for June's
brother. Arthur Peters, who is
spending the summer vacation
with them. He's a freshman at
Columbia-the university, not
the studio.
Roberta Haynes has gone ma
tive. She serves coconut milk to
thirsty guests: says she gets
crates of it from a couple OF
Samoans she met when making
Return to Paradise"
Ray Milland Is exhausted after
making five telefilms in two and
a half weeks. Wait until he's
finished the seasons quota !!
Like Lucille Ball, he'll say that
making an ordinary movie is
practically a vacation.
Eddie Cantor, lunching at Ro-
manoff's before taking off for
Honolulu, told me: II feel fine,
but still have to take it easy"
He'll be in New York October
Is, through, for the music hall
(See GRAHAM, Page B-23.)
Evening star., 1953-06-25
HOLLYWOOD.


Corinne Calvet, an interna-
tional expert on the subject.
says American girls often are
too beautiful and thus can't
stack up with the French
femmes in sex appeal.
That paradox stemmed from
this question: What is it that
French girls have that lots of
American girls wish they had?
I'm France" expounds curry
Corinne, girls are not born
with perfect features. Some Of
us have big noses; others have
big mouths and so on. So we
learn early that we must de-
velop other charms. First, we
talk with our eyes; later with
our hands, but it's in the eyes
that we develop our sex ap-
peal.
American girls often are
born with perfect features.
They let beauty do the work
of sex appeal. It's a lazy way
to attract a man but it's the
most difficult way to hold him.
Men want more than beauty.
Ask my Johnnie"
She nodded to her husband.
Actor John Bromf1eld. exercis-
ing in the swimming pool.
Johnnie nodded in agreement
with her implication.
The two have been married
five years. which beats par for
the Hollywood course. Career
wise, Corinne has snagged one
of her best parts in Flight
to Tangier."
MY role is even bigger than
Joan Fontaine's. And she won
an Oscar. I thought perhaps
this might make Miss Fon-
taine a little difficult to work
with. But so far, no. The other
day something was wrong with
my costume and it made me
look silly. She saw it and told
me about it. That's the first
time any leading lady has ever
given me a tip to make myself
look better"
Corinne says her only trou-
BILE in the picture is with the
bosses.
II have one scene where I
swim nude in the river. They
insist I wear a nude bathing
suit. I wanted to close the set,
put on a G-string and get
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Films GIumorous?
Not to Barbara
BY the Assoeiaied Press
HOLLYWOOD.


Barbara Rush is walking
proof that co-eds and reporters
dress better than movie stars.
Barbara is starred in 1T
Came From Outer Space" the
first Sd picture to be shown
on a wide screen. Universal
International rates it as one
Of the studios most important
pictures.
"Yet," means the attractive
actress. II can't afford to dress
as well as I did when I was
going to college"
Barbara worked her way
through the Santa Barbara
branch of the University of
California as courthouse and
police reporter for the Santa
Barbara News-Press.
II wore a different outfit
every day." she discloseS,
sometimes two different out
fits a day, especially if I at
tended a prom or some other
school function at night"
How did she do it?
II also had another job as
model for a Santa Barbara de-
partment store. 1t consisted
of wearing the finest clothes in
the store and making sure
that the other co-eds knew
where they came from"