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Evening star., 1953-12-25
7O,OOOin Mental Hospitals
Also Share in Christmas Cheer

School at Owings Mills, recorded
carols are heard from loud
speaker.
Children Present Pageant.
Children of the school are pro-
ducing their annual pageant,
with scenery from the manual
training shops and costumes
from the domestic science classes.
Total cost of the show is 81 cents
the shops couldn't make tinsel.
Spring Grove Hospital at Ca
louisville held an open house yes
terday.
Mrs. Isabel Schuman, volun-
teer co-ordinator, said gifts such
as sweaters, socks. nightgowns
and bed jackets were provided
for all patients, and such items
as large coffee makers, electric
irons, radios and a television set
were presented to the wards.
Christmas Play Given.
Springfield Hospital at Sykes
vile was reported aglow with
Christmas trees. All comers are
invited to a performance of a
Christmas play produced by the
staff. Student nurses. organized
into an a capella choir. tour the
wards singing carols.
Turkey and trimmings are the
order Of the day at all the hos
pitalS.
Mental Hygiene Commissioner
Clifton T. Perkins declared the
patients have received the most
precious gift of all-the feeling
that some one cares. a
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Judgment Of Pilot
Blamed in Crash
BY the Associo,ed Press

An Air Force investigating
board reported yesterday that
the pilot of B-36 which crashed
against a mountain in Texas on
December IL insisted on at
tempting visual landing rather
than follow instructions from q
ground control approach crew.
1t said that incorrect ap-
proach and poor judgment by
the pilot" was the primary cause
Of the crash which killed nine
men.
The accident occurred when
the huge bomber flew into the
side of peak after two attempts
to land at Biggs Air Force Base,
Tex, during cloudy weather. The
B-36 was on a flight from Cars
well Air Force Base, near Fort
Worth. to Biggs when it hit a
peak of the Franklin Mountains
west of the airf1eld.
The Air Force announcement
said:
THE Biggs ground control
approach crew gave instructions
to the pilot which would have
placed the aircraft in the proper
position for a landing on the
north-south runway at Biggs.
However. the pilot elected to
make visual approach in land
ing and so advised the GCA
crew. They advised the aircraft
commander of proper emergency
instructions and continued to
monitor the aircraft during two
attempted approaches to the
field. These emergency instruc-
tions were given to and acknowl-
edged by the pilot in adequate
time to avoid collision with any
known hazards in the area"
Evening star., 1953-12-25
More State Control
Of School Spending
Urged in Virginia
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Dec. Is. - The
Virginia advisory legislative
council has recommended that
the State exercise greater control
over the costs of local school con-
struction.
An 11-page report submitted
yesterday to Gov. Battle and the
1854 General Assembly noted
that the State has been fur
nishing great deal of the money
in many cases and yet has had
little to say about how it should
be expended"
The council. whose report was
based on the investigation of a
10-man committee headed by
State Senator Mosby Perrow of
Lynchburg, suggested that local
tiles be required to get the advice
of the division of institutional
engineering in planning school
construction for which the State
has put up funds.
If the State contributes
toward the cost of State or local
capital outlay expenditures" said
the report. "it is only reasonable
that the State should be permit
ted some voice as to how it's con-
tribution shall be expended.
There is no desire on the part
OF the council to interfere with
local freedom in the selection oil
styles of architecture, materials
site or any of the aspects OF
building construction which
should be decided upon by those
who will use the buildings.
However, it is felt that where
savings can be effectuated by the
use of new materials. by making
available to one locality the
benefit of experience in others,
and by supervision of the con-
tractor in the execution Of the
building project. these savings
should be brought about and the
locality as well as the State will
receive the benefit thereof"
To those localities which don't
receive State aid, the council
suggested that the divisions
services be available on a volun-
tary basis.
The council also recommended
that all contracts for school con-
struction be let only after COM
petitive bids. There is no such
requirement at present.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Man Killed by Auto
While Fleeing Arrest

A Baltimore man was killed
last night when he ran into the
path of an automobile on U. S.
l near Savage, Md, to escape
arrest for being in a fight, State
police reported.
Police identified the victim as
Christian Moore, 25, of Balti-
more.
Trooper F. Ross Sparks said he
had responded to a trouble call
at an inn near the highway and
Guilford road. He said he found
a near-riot in the establishment,
and radioed for help.
Outside, Trooper Sparks said
he saw two men in a fight. He
broke it up and put one of the
men in his cruiser. He said he
went back for the other man,
who later was identified as Mr..
Moore.
He saw me coming for him
and ran. I hollered for him to
stop, but he kept right on-right
in front Of the car" said Trooper
Sparks.
A technical charge of reckless
driving was placed against the
driver of the car, William Ro-
senthal of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Trooper Sparks said Mr.. Rosen-
thai did everything possible to
avoid hitting the victim.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
40 10 Enter Society
AT u. Of Maryland

Thirty-one undergraduate stu.
dents, three graduate students
and six faculty members at the
University of Maryland will be
initiated into Phi Kappa Phi,
scholastic honorary society, on
January IL.
The undergraduate students,
all seniors, include Simon Atlas.
&c Parkway road. Greenbelt:
John w. Biggs, Jessup. Md: Jane
P. Cahill. I'LL Massachusetts, av-
enue NV; Willard S. Cahill,
34l0 Cheverly avenue. Cheverly;
Neri A. Clark. Tin Laurel Hill
road, Greenbelt; Edgar A. Day;
Marguerite Gettier, Hunting
town, Md; Jennifer Hauk, 64O5
Fulton street. Chevy Chase, and
Robert j. Henault, 42-C Cres-
cent road, Greenbelt.
Also, George E. Henkel, Col
lege Park; Jean H. Hudson. Tus-
carora, Md; Elizabeth Hough-
ton, 45l9 Yuma street NV; Ar
thur c. Johnston, Baltimore;
Mary A. Kifer, TABS Baltimore
avenue, Takoma Park; Algi-
nantes Kuprenas, 1914 N street
NV; Cora Lurie, New York;
Eugene G. Michel, 1902 Fifty
eighth avenue, Hillside, Md:
Robert H. Moore, 1920 Harvard
road. College Park; Mary Mar
garet Mueller, 1922 Rittenhouse
street NV, and Eda S. Offutt,
1929 Tulane drive, West Hyatts-
Vile.
Also. Alice M. Phillips, Ait
Woodberry street. Hyattsville;
Danold c. Piper. 1908 Longfel-
low street, Hyattsville; Virginia
Reeves, 1549 North Seventeenth
street, Arlington, Va: Robert
Stephens. 1915 Iris street NV;
Peggy j. Topping, 5602 Hamilton
Manor drive. Hyattsville; Mary
E. Turner, 1909 Sheridan street,
Hyattsville; Charles Wagner,
Baltimore: Richard w. Waters,
II Belmont court. Silver Spring;
J. w. Way, 2058 Thirty-fourth
street Sc; Frances A. White,
4405 Beachwood road, Hyatts-
vile, and Walter ZaharevitZ.
The graduate students are
John M. BurnsioT, Richard W.
Calish and Mary c. Dunlap. Fac
ulty members are DR.. Wilbert j.
Huff. chemical engineering; DR..
Morley A. JUL, poultry; Prof.
Thyra F. Mitchell, textiles and
clothing: DR.. Henry r. Reed.
electrical engineering; Associate
Professor A. Wiley Sherwood,
aeronautical engineering, and
Charles Shreeve.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Seven Hurt in Ashton
Two-Cor Collision

Seven persons were hurt, one
critically, in a two-car collision
last night on Route 20 three
miles northwest of Ashton, Md.
All were admitted to Montgom-
cry County General Hospital.
The injured included DR.. John
w. Knutson, 46, of 1926 Lang
drum lane. Chevy Chase, and
his four children. Karen. IT;
Kristen, Is; John. jr., II, and
Paul, 10. The others who were
hurt were Thomas Reid, %, of
Gainesville. Md, and Donald
Easton, Is, of Sandy Spring.
Paul KnutSon was reported in
critical condition. All of the
others were reported injured
seriously.
DR.. Knutson is an official of
the United States Public Health
Service dental division.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Determined Police
Chase Speeder 10
Quantico RoadbIock

Two determined Arlington po-
licemen today chased a fast
travelling Marine all the way to
Quantico, Va, where the speeder
finally was stopped by road
block.
Pvts. James Connors and
Frank Brodkorb had less than
an hour left to work when they
spotted a siwtf- f-traveling black
sedan headed south on Shirley
highway at 7:30 am.
They said they clocked the car
at 95 miles an hour and couldn' t
overtake it. They radioed to
Pvt. James Mangan, the dis
patcher:
We're behind a fast one. We
can't catch him. We're ap-
preaching Lincolnia. Can Fair
fax County give us any help?"
No Fairfax Cruisers.
Pvt. Mangan queried Fairfax.
Not a cruiser was available.
ASK State if they can help us.
We're going past Springfield
now,' flashed back the pursuing
policemen.
But State didn't have any,
thing either-except one cruiser
near Fredericksburg.
PvtS. ConnorS and Brodkorb
were just as anxious as any one
else to get off on time and go
home for Christmas, but they
saw their duty:
We're going through Wood
bridge now. Maybe you better
get that Fredericksburg cruiser
to head north"
Arranged ROadblOck.
Pvt. Mangin meanwhile talked
with armed services police and
arranged for a roadblock at
Quantico. BY this time the two
Arlington policemen were getting
out of Arlington radio range:
You're on your own now,
boys. Go to it," said Pvt. Man.
gan.
When next heard from-via
telephone-PvtS. Connors and
Brodkorb were at Quantico. The
speeder, a Marine, had been
stopped at a roadblock. The
policemen said they paced the
fleeing car between 95 and 100
miles per hour throughout the
30-mile chase.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Holiday Traffic.
Takes4Lives
District Man Dies
Of Injuries After
Arlington Crash

The Washington areas 'holi-
day traffic toll mounted over
night with four traffic fatalities
recorded in nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Robert L. Scott, 26, colored, of
4219 Dix street NE, died in
Arlington Hospital early today of
injuries received in a two-car
crash on Columbia pike near
the Arlington Navy Annex.
The accident happened just
before midnight. Police said the
car driven by Mr.. Scott smashed
into the rear of a car driven
by Robert L. Muhlhausen, 10, of
226 Jefferson street NV.
After the collision, Mr.. SCOTS
car ran off the right side of
the road and smashed into a
utility pole. The car was a
total loss.
Police said Mr.. Muhlhausen
lost control of his car. ran off
the left side of the road and
struck another utility pole. He
was not hurt.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Sailors Slightly Hurt
As Car Hits Pole

Two sailors escaped with only
cuts and bruises. although the
auto in which they were riding
was demolished after crashing
into three abutments and a light
pole at the Maryland approach
to the South Capitol Street
Bridge early today.
The Seamen, Aviation Machin-
ist Robert F. McKeon and Ap-
prentice Seaman William K.
Pursell, are both assigned to the
carrier Midway, believed pres
emily at Norfolk, Va. Mr..
McKeon's home address is 321O
Nineteenth street North, Arling-
ton. Mr.. Pursell's address was
not available.
Both men are being held for
observation at Bethesda Naval
Hospital. Their injuries have
been diagnosed as cuts and
bruises.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
ID. G.. Policemen
Ordered to Use
| REGULATION Holster

Shooting from the hip will be
impossible for District police
men under a new order issued
yesterday.
Deputy Chief Howard v. Covell
told policemen to refrain hence
forth from using swivel-type hol-
sters or shoulder holsters. and to
stick with the type prescribed in
the police manual.
Chief Covell said the regula-
ton type holster was adopted
because it was the safest kind.
He cited the case of a policeman
who accidentally shot himself
when his pistol-carried in a
swivel holster-discharged as he
was getting into a car.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Fire Calls OFF Holiday
For Deputy Chief Here

There was no holiday today
for Deputy Fire Chief Fred j.
Literal. l.
Although off for Christmas,
Chief Literal was put to work
when his next door neighbor's
house at 3712 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV. caught fire just before
dawn.
When he heard the sirens and
bells he turned to give his men
a hand. Damage to the home
of J. H. Fraser was estimated
at $4,000. A faulty fireplace was
blamed,
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Bullet Wound FutoI
To Chevy Chase Mon

James M. Buffln, Sc, of the
5000 block Connecticut avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md. died last
night in Suburban Hospital
from a bullet wound in his head.
He had been found lying on
the floor at his home, several
hours before. A .32-caliber pis-
tol lay nearby. Montgomery
County police are investigating.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Boy Hunting
Yu|e Boughs
Slips, browns
Billy Hooe ,l3, Of
Alexandra, Falls
Into Reservoir

A young Alexandria school,
boy, gathering pine tree branches
for hristm mas decorations,
drowned yesterday in Alexandria
Reservoir after falling into its
deep waters.
The victim was William E.
Billy Hooe, 13, who was in the
eighth grade at Jefferson School.
He lived at % Sunset drive, in
Alexandria.
Police said he and a playmate,
Kenneth Hart, IL, of No. 81 West
RoSemont avenue, were at the
reservoir when William fell into
the water, which is about 10 feet
deep.
Had Wrapped Presents.
Police reported that Billy ear
lier had been wrapping Christ
mas presents for his grand
mother, Mrs. Ada Toombs, and
then he and Kenneth went to
the area of the reservoir, behind
the George Washington Masonic
Memorial Building.
The boys played with a sling
shot, the police said. They found
two trees which they uprooted
for Christmas decorations. At
about this point the Hooe boy
found a hole in the reservoirs
board fence and climbed through
it. He was trying to walk around
the brick wall which sloped
toward the water, Kenneth said,
when his feet slipped on the
brick. which was covered with
wet moss.
After Billy fell into the water,
police said. Kenneth called to
him, then ran home to tell his
father. E. G. Hart, who called
police. Mrs. Hart. meanwhile,
called the Fire Department.
Efforts Fail.
The boys body was found
within a few minutes by the fire.
men. They applied artificial res
piration unsuccessfully, and Will
liam was pronounced dead on the
scene by DR.. Alfred Abraham
son, the medical examiner.
Meanwhile, the boys grand
mother was taken to her home
after watching the rescue work.
His brother, Jimmy, IL, quietly
sat on a sofa near the brightly
lit Christmas tree. The father is
dead.
The boys mother, Mrs. .Kath-
crime Coburn didn't know of the
death until later. She was out
Christmas shopping, to augment
the boys Christmas presents of
games and clothing.
Billy was born in Alexandria
and had lived there all his life.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Pedestrian, II, Killed.;
Fire Volunteer Held

A volunteer fireman respond
ing to an alarm in Arlington
County last night struck and
killed an elderly pedestrian, po-
lice reported.
The victim was Benjamin F..
Lanham, II, of 4342 North Fair
fax drive, Arlington.
Police said Mr.. Lanham was
struck by a pickup truck about
8:45 pm. as he was attempting
to cross Wilson boulevard just
east of Barton street.
The truck driver, Albert w.
Jeffries. 18. of 3714 North Sew
enth street, Arlington, was
charged with manslaughter, po-
lice said. He told police he was
responding to a fire alarm and
saw Mr.. Lanham too late to
avoid hitting him, police said.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Santa Finds District
Tough Shedding; No
Real Snow Since '35

Washington hasn't had a
genuine white Christmas
since 1885, the Weather Bu-
reau reminisced today. In
that year. snow began falling
on December % and sifted
down intermittently for five
days.
Since then there has been
only a trace of snow for
Christmas Day in 1945 and
1850. Sled-wiSe, 1947 was the
best. Three inches of snow
fell on the 26th of December.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Nebraska Formers
Are Moving to Town
BY The Assoeioted Press

LINCOLN, Nebr.-Gov. Robert
Crosby of Nebraska got a COM
plant from city workers in vari-
Gus parts of the State that small
farmers were moving into town
and taking jobs of normal city
workers.
Mostly the drought was
blamed. Gov. Crosby explained
he couldn't do anything about it.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Man Caught in Office
OF Photo Service

Henry T. Johnson. colored.
20, of 733 Third street NE, was
charged with housebreaking
early today after police officers
caught him ransacking the Of
fee of the Fleet Photo Service
at 1882 Fourteenth street NV.
Pvts. j. D. Leacock and P. j.
Farrell of the second precinct
made the arrest.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Maryland Man Killed
BY Auto on u. S. ]

William Theodore Beavers, Sc,
OF JeSsups. Md, was killed last
night when struck by an automo-
bile on U. S. / about a mile south
of Waterloo, Md.
Maryland State police said the
car that struck him was driven
by Arthur Green of Needham,
Mass. He was charged with
reckless driving. The accident
happened at GAS pm.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Expects No Abuses.
Church Charter Found

The original constitution of
the Church Of the Province of
New Zealand has been found in
the archives of a Wellington
bank, its hiding place" for 100
years.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Virginia Counties See
Merit in Proposed
New Taxing Powers
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND. Dec. 25.-Spokes-
men for both the League of Vir-
ginia Municipalities and the
League of Virginia Counties
say they like a legislative COM
mission proposal that the States
counties be granted broad new
taxing powers to help meet
rising costs of local government.
Some legislators predicted that
the taxing powers for the coun-
ties, largely shunted aside by
other sessions of the Legislature,
will have fair chance to
emerge as general laws in the
forthcoming General Assembly.
Some of the larger counties
already have many such powers
under specific legislation at the
last session. Others are hopeful
that recent court decisions on
their taxing powers will give
them authority to make such
levieS.
County Tax Rights.
The Virginia Advisory Legis-
lative Council. in a 22-page re-
port. yesterday proposed that
legislation be passed to allow
counties to collect license and
capitation taxes.
w. Stirling King, president of
the League of Virginia Munich
palities, said he felt the VALC
report was very sensible, very
intelligent.
He said he was impressed by
the view expressed in the re-
port that counties and cities
should share their tax pro-
ceeds in some equitable way so
they can, as he said, ..'co-oper-
ate with each other, rather than
compete"
Expects No Abuses.
William B. Speck of Char
lottesville, secretary of the
League of Virginia Counties,
said that if the plan were put
into effect, I'm certain that
the counties won't go whole-hog
on this thing"
Delegate Charles N. Loving
of Hot Springs. chairman of
the House Committee on Coun-
ties. Cities and Towns, said he
felt it was ''only fair to give
the counties the same oppor-
tunities and privileges that most
Of the cities and towns now
have"
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Britain Using More Sugar

Britain is obtaining more and
more raw sugar from the British
West Indies.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Word Game
Find 38 or more words in
FRUSTULE,

Find 38 or more words in
FRUST ULE,
meaning, the shell of micro
scopic seaweed." Average is "a;
time limit, 25 minutes.
Rules of the game-l Words must be
Of four or more letters. .. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition OF
"s" such as bats cats" are not
used. 2. Only one form of a word is
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Answer to CHRYSALIS.
cash. char, chairs, chary, claylsh. CLASH.
class, crash Grass, hairy, halls. hiss,
rails, rashly. racy, richly, sails, sash,
aalic scaly. scars, shay. SlSal. say.
slash. airy. aril archly. ashv, lash, lass
lair, laic, larch, lacy, liar, Ira, lyrics.
Evening star., 1953-09-25

A boy named Fred A. Sowder
brings up an old question in the
following letter:
''I am 13 years old and read
your column almost every day.
I want to ask you a question
which has me stumped. I guess
it was meant for a joke, but I
want to see what kind of an
answer you can give. The ques-
ton is this: What happens when
an irresistible force meets an
immovable object?' An adult
asked me that"
The term irresistible force"
means a force which nothing
could resist, or hold back. An
"immovable object" is one which
could resist, or hold back, any
thing.
The answer Is this: It Is q
mistake to use both terms at
once. Il there u such Q tkang
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Uncle Rays Corner

as a force which nothing can
hold back, it is wrong to speak
of an object which will hold
back anything.
II, on the other hand, there IS
an object which can hold back
anything, 1t would be a mistake
to say that any force could
move it.
This question brings to mind
the age-old contest between de-
fense and offense in war. There
was a time when the baronS and
other mobiles of Europe seemed
to have an almost perfect de-
fense against attack. They made
the stone walls of their castles
so thick that battering rams
failed to break them down. When
the enemy tried to climb over
the walls, soldiers dropped heavy
molten metal or boiling oil.
Despite that defense. the Of
Evening star., 1953-09-25
By Romon Coffmon

fense found several ways to cap
ture a castle. One was by night
attack, with soldiers scaling the
walls under cover of darkness.
Another method was to surrounc
the castle, and to keep the peo
pie inside from getting food.
Hunger would bring surrender,
at length.
After the coming Of gunpow-,
der, there was a slow, but steady,
change in the power of mobiles.
Large cannon we're able to bat
ter down the walls of castles.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Sunken Copper Recovered

The British salvage ship ivy
ford has raised 1900 tons Of cop
per from the wreck Of the Dutch
liner Klipfontein which sank; OF
the coast Of Mozambique some
months ago.