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Evening star., 1953-12-24
Boys Knock Down Woman,
Run Bicycle Into Her

Two boys who pushed an ell
derly woman to the street and
another who then ran into her
with a bicycle, were sought today
by the Accident Investigation
Units hit-and-run section.
The woman, Mrs. Genevieve
Glenn, 24O0. Sixteenth street
NV, suffered a fractured hip
and was taken to Emergency
Hospital in fair condition shortly
after 8 o'clock.
Last night a taxicab driver,
Lester Wright of Landover, Md,
told police he saw five boys ap-
proach Mrs. Glenn as she stood
at the corner of Harvard street
and Columbia road NV. Two of
them pushed her, then a third
ran into her with the bicycle
while she was down, Mr.. Wright
said. The boys fled and Mr..
Wright took the injured woman
to the hospital.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Senate Group Names
Wissman Chief Clerk

Bert Wissman, 43, a former
Washington newspaper reporter,
will become chief clerk of the
Senate Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce on jan
uary /, it was announced by Sen
ator Bricker, Republican, of
Ohio, committee chairman.
Mr.. Wissman has been on the
staff of the Senate Republican
Policy Committee since early in
1851, when it was under the
Craftsmanship of the late Senator
Robert A. Taft.
The post of committee chief
clerk pays $11,646 a year. Ed
ward Jarrett. who has been serv-
ing as clerk, will remain with
the committee as assistant clerk,
with no change in his pay, Sen
ator Bricker said.
Mr.. SWissman began his news
paper career here as copy boy
on the staff of The Star. He
covered Capitol Hill for the
Washington Times-Herald for
10 years before joining the Policy
Committee. He is married and
lives at 1902 Ravensworth place,
Parkfairfax, Alexandria, Va.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Appeals Court Upsefs
Army Employee Firing

A charge of misconduct"
against a civilian employe of
the Army who enjoyed veterans
status was not specific and de-
tailed enough to warrant his
discharge. the United States
Court of Appeals for the District
ruled yesterday.
The appellate courts ruling
upset decision of the U. S.
District Court for the District
of Columbia. That court had
upheld the dismissal which was
backed by the Civil Service Com
mission and the commission s
board of review.
At issue was the sufficiency of
charges against Clayton E. Man
ming. a former $4,000-a-year
clerk at the Pentagon.
The appellate court opinion
cited a section of the Veterans
Preference Act of 1949 which
states that mo permanent or
indefinite preference eligible shall
be discharged without being ad-
vised specifically and in detail
of the reasons"
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Woman's Plea Resulted
In Stores Showing Nativity

The birth of Christ is being
pictured in the display windows
of most large department stores
here this year. largely because
an Arlington woman urged the
managers to display nativity
scenes.
Mrs. James v. Hunt, 43, of
ALP North Fourth street,
started a letter. writing cam
paign three years ago to get the
major stores to put the Christ
back in Christmas" She called on
store heads and took her cam
paign to the Washington Mer-
chants and Manufacturers AS
sociation.
Mrs. Hunt enlisted the help
Of the Sodality Union of Wash
ington, representing almost
5000 Catholic women. They sent
out letters by the hundreds,
The Hunts won a 5000 prize
in a contest sponsored by the
Christophers. a religious organi-
zation, for a letter telling how
Mrs. Hunt. mother of three
children, . with Gods help,
changed the world for the
better"
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Traffic Delays Aid
To Injured Policeman

A motorcycle policeman,
knocked to the street by a hit
and-run car on the Benning road
viaduct this morning. had to
wait over 80 minutes before am.
ambulance could get through the,
rush-hour traffic to reach him.
The police radio dispatcher
sent a dozen scout cars and
motorcycles to the scene to break
up a half-mile-long traffic jam.
AS the District Fire Depart
ment ambulance. which drove 4
miles. approached the scene. it
broke down, and a Casualty Hos
pital ambulance was rushed 8
miles to replace it.
Pvt. William E. Kitchen of the
Traffic Division finally reached
Emergency Hospital, 38 minutes
after the first call went in at
1922 am. His injuries were re-
ported not serious.
He had been hurled to the
ground when a gray Plymouth
struck his motorcycle as he was
going east over the viaduct:
Police blamed the traffic tie
up partly on the accident and
partly on the fact the Benning
road has four lanes which pour
into the. two-lane viaduct.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
There Is q Sonto, 2 ExGls
Say as $4O0 Bonus Shows Up

Employees in Mr.. Leonard's
Office told their chief they had
just received a list from all States
giving war bonuses with more
than 100 names of former
soldiers that could not be located.
Among these were listed Mr..
Amick and Mr.. Maxi .as living
near Washington when last
heard from. A fast check
through the telephone book To-
Gated their whereabouts.
MIR. Leonard said the former
West Virginians had moved
after submitting their applica-
tions. Their checks were deliv-
cred to the old addresses in due
course. but were sent back to
West Virginia because they bore
a warning to the poStman they
we're not to be forwarded.
Messrs. Amick and Maxi each
had identical. joyous remarks
when told Of their good luck:
Nov, I really believe in Santa
Claus"
Evening star., 1953-12-24
ConIiff, Aide 10 Rover,
Honored for u. 5. Service

Assistant United States At
torney John C. Conliff, jr., yes
terday was awarded a certificate
signed by Attorney General
Brownell and a gold pin for Is
years of outstanding Govern
ment service.
The award was made by United
States Attorney Leo A. Rover
during a brief ceremony in his
Office. Mr.. Conliff was named by
Mr.. Rover as his secretary in
May, 1928. during Mr.. Rover's
previous tenure as United States
attorney. In 1881 Mr.. Conliff was
appointed as chief clerk and re-
manned in that position until
1941 when he was appointed an
assistant United States attorney.
Mr.. Conliff has been serving
as chief of the criminal division
and as court liaison officer. His
wife, the former Katheryn
Crowder, is also a member of the
bar. The Conliff's live at 5000
Briley place, Springfield, Md.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
.S2A,5O7 Awarded
Victims Families in
Morninoside Crash

Damages totaIing 1924 .507 ST
were awarded in Baltimore Fed
eral Court yesterday to families
of three persons killed April 8,
1851, when an Air Force B-25
bomber crashed into a home at
Morningside. Md.
The settlement handed down
by Chief Judge William c. Cole
man was called the largest ever
made in that court.
Two Children Dead.
The suits grew out of the
deaths of the two children of
M/Sergt. Samuel Snyder, sta
toned at Andrews Air Force
Base, and his brother-in-law,
Irwin N. Guyer of Crawford, N. j.,
who was visiting the Snyders.
Judge Coleman granted the
largest amount. $164,311.89 to
Mr.. Guyer's widow. Mrs. Violet
S. Guyer. suing for herself and
three children. and for her own
personal injuries. Of that
amount, $4,000 was. for her in
3juries and damagezto an auto
mobile.
The court explained the settle
ment would enable Mrs. Guyer
to have $500 annual income
if the money was invested at 312
per cent.
Total Award Is S56,749.
Sergt. Snyder and his wife,
Dorothea, were awarded $4,000
for the death of each of their
children. For their own injuries.
Sergt. Snyder and his wife were
granted $4,000 and $14,850. re-
spectively. Together with dam
ages for personal property loss.
the Snyder's total award reached
$56,749.76.
TheNcrew Of the Inflated plane.
notifying the Andrews tower of
landing gear trouble, had been
ordered to fix its controls so it
would head for Chesapeake Bay
and bail out. Instead of heading
to sea, the plane suddenly dipped.
landed 200 feet from the Snyder
home. then rammed it and set
it af1re. 49,
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Mother Of ; Fails 10 Get
Delay in YuIe Jail Term

A mother pleaded. in vain in
Municipal Court today to be
home with her children for
Christmas.
Mrs. Viola Smith, 40, colored,
of the HOO block of Fourth
street S.W. appeared before
Judge Milton S. Kronheim, jr.,
on charge of drunkenness.
please, judge" she sobhed. II
want to be home with my chill
dren. I'll come back and serve
time afterward if you'll just let
me be home for Christmas"
"M-m-," observed Judge Kron-
helm, "15 days."
Mrs. Smith, who was arrested
early today at Fourth and L
streets S.W., has three children,
S, 4 and 8.
Judge Kronheim noted she has
been in drunk court four times,
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Choral Societies 10 Sing
Messiah al Cathedral

The Washington and Cathe-
dral Choral Societies, under Paul
Galloway, will present Handels
1.-THE Messiah" at 3 pm. tomor-
row at Washington Cathedral.
Four soloists will sing with the
200-voice chorus and 40 mem
bers of the National Symphony
Orchestra will play a score of
the original orchestration.
The preacher at an IL am.
prayer service will be the Very
Rev Francis B. Sayre, jr.. Ca
thedral dean.
Holy communion will be cele-
brated at 8 am. in st. Mary's
Chapel by the Rev. Charles r.
Stinnette, jr., and at 9:30 am.
in Bethlehem Chapel by the Rev.
G.. Gardner Monks.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Congregations Plan
To Dedicate Services
To Jewish Youths

Several Washington area
Jewish congregations will dedi-
cate their services tomorrow to
young people home from COL
leges and other schools.
A youth service will be held in
Adas Israel Congregation, Con-
necticut avenue and Porter street
NV, at 8:15 pm. with Rabbi
David H. Panitz speaking on
Have You a Purpose in Life?"
Cantor Jacob Barkin will sing.
Rabbi Henry Segal will conduct
a similar service at $50 pm. in
B'nai Israel Congregation, Six
teenth and Crittenden streets
NV. Cantor Ichiel Ghildin of
Brooklyn will sing. Members of
the B'nai Israel Young Peoples
Group will hold a symposium on
Aspects of Jewish Survival.
A reunion of the Washington
Hebrew Congregations Youth
Temple Alumni will be held after
the IL am. service Saturday in
the temple. 816 Eighth street
NV. Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld
will conduct the 8:15 pm. service
tomorrow.
Other services to be held to-
morrow are as follows:
Tifereth Israel CONGREGATION,
Fourteenth and Euclid streets
N.W.-8:30 pm, Rabbi Harry
Silverstone on True Friend
ship" Cantor Paul Gewirz will
sing.
Har-Tzeon Congregation, in
Highland School, Wheaton. Md.
$50 pm, Rabbi Arthur Tai
madge on "The Lifetime of a
jew" Cantor Sidney Ritt will
sing.
Temple Emanuel, in Chevy
Chase Baptist Church, 5671
Western avenue N.W.-8::30 pm,
Rabbi Leon M. Adler on "A
Christmas Exodus"
Ohev ShOlOm Congregation,
500 I street N.W-Rabbi Albert
j. Davis on "The Second Book"
at 9 am. Saturday.
Beth Ell Congregation of
Montgomery County, 3 Pooks
Hill road, Bethesda. Md.-8:30
pm, Rabbi Morris Gordon on
Louis I. Ginsberg, the Immortal
Professor" Cantor Wolfe Mos
tow will sing.
B'nai Jacob Temple, 2504 Nay
lor road S.E.-8:30 pm, Rabbi
Reuben r. Levine on 1.-THE Three
and the One" Cantor Morris
Berger will sing.
Langley Hebrew Congregation,
in University of Maryland Me-
mortal Chapel-8 pm, Rabbi
Meyer Greenberg officiating.
Youth services at 10:30 am.
Saturday.
Montgomery County Jewish
Community, 2901 East-WeSt
highway, Chevy Chase, Md
$3.50 pm, Rabbi Tzvi H. Porath
on Passage in the Night" a
review of Sholem Asch's recent
book. Services at 9!15 am.
Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Youth Council
Asks S4l,374
For 81 Work
City Studies Request,
ST, 900 Provided
For Current Costs
By Mirium ottenbero

The Commissioners are study
ing a budget request of $42,374
to carry on the work of the
Youth Council and It's 26 area
committees during the next fis-
cal year.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
told the councils budget COM
mittee that the Commissioners
would do all they can to meet
the request. 4
# approved, it will be sent to
the Capitol when the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on
the District considers the Dis
trict budget in the early spring.
Welfare Gives $1,000.
A council spokesman said the
group will have an $1,000
budget for the rest of this fiscal
year out Of funds made avail
able by the Welfare Depart
ment. It was explained that
the delay in opening new welfare
facilities at Blue Plains and
Laurel. Md. made that money
available.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
chairman of the Youth Council.
told the Senate Juvenile De-
linquency subcommittee Tuesday
and Commissioner Spencer yes
terday that paid professional
help is essential to help the area
committees and to make certain
their policies are consistent in
the fight on juvenile delin-
quency.
It was explained that some
area committees will be able to
operate virtually without help
but less organized sections will
need professional support. The
council is emphasizing that each
of these neighborhood teams
should develop its own plans for
dealing with its problems but
city-wide policies will be set by
the youth council and carried
out by its staff.
Salaries Included.
The councils proposed budget
includes salaries for a paid di-
rector at $8.360, an assistant
director at S5,940, three field
staff workers at $500 each, an
office manager at $3,410. two
stenographers with a combined
salary of $3.50. The rest of the
budget provides for travel,
postage. communications. print
ing. Office supplies and similar
expenses.
The council is operating with
Ia staff of two, Miss Winfield
Thompson and a stenographer
loaned by the Welfare Depart
ment. 1t was thought likely
that one field worker and a
clerical worker will be hired i'm
mediately with the Welfare De-
partment paying the bills tenn
porarily.
Ultimately, when the 26 area
committees are all operating,
the council will have 400 volun-
teers carrying out the delin-
quency- prevention program at
the neighborhood level.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Grand Jury Hearing
On Corper Recessed

The Federal grand jury in
vestigating graft and narcotics
conspiracy charges against sus-
pended police Lieut.. H. H. Car
per and his former aide. Sergt.
William L. Taylor. recessed yes
terday until early next month.
Only two witnesses, both un-
identified, were heard yesterday.
A previous Indictment against
the two policemen was thrown
out on q technicality several
weeks ago.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Look Alive and Stay Alive,
Commissioners SUGGEST

The District Commissioners
today admonished motorists and
pedestrians alike to exercise ut
most caution sa os not to get
killed during the holiday season.
"The seasonal disability" they
declared in formal public state
ment, known as 'holi-daze,
brought on by a combination of
holiday planning. frenzied shop
ping, party-going and similar
activities, makes drivers and
walkers oblivfous to dangers"
Noting that A of 81 traffic
fatalities to date have been pc
destrians. the city heads urged
that pedestrians in particular
take note of whero and how
they navigate.
1--WE appeal to all to exercise
extreme care" the Commission
ers said. Join whole -heartedly
in our efforts to reduce traffic
accidents to a minimum and if
you have to partake of 'one for
the road make it non-alco-
holic."
Evening star., 1953-12-24

There are at least two ex-GIs
in the Washington area who be-
lieve there is a Santa Claus and
he has his Office at 1400 Penn
Slyvania avenue NV.
Roy K. Amick of the Bar
croft Apartments, Arlington, an
auto salesman, and John Maxi,
Of sos Rosemere road. Silver
Spring, had given up all hope of
receiving $400 World War II
bonus checks from the State of
West Virginia.
Both had filed for the bonus
months ago. As time passed and
they heard no word from their
home State, both assumed they
had been turned down.
Yesterday, they received phone
calls from the Office of Waldron
E. Leonard, chief of the Divi-
sion of Veterans Affairs for the
District at 1400 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. The former SOL
diers were informed West Vir-
ginia was looking for them to
give them their bonuses.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
last-Minute
Shopperskeep
Sdntd(s) Busy
Business Reported
Slightly Improved
Over Lost Year
By chorIes J. Yorbrouoh

Downtown Santa Clauses,
work about done, sat through
the last minute shopping
throngs this afternoon, wonder
ing what hit them.
One, who might be better
known in Presidential Gardens,
Alexandria, as Earl r. Smith,
is still nopiuSsed. In full Santa
Claus regalia at Woodward &
Lothrop's Mr. Smith had trouble
on the last day.
A 4-year-old girl on his knee
asked for a baby sister for
Christmas. With all the aplomb
demanded of a seasonal Santa
Claus he proposed that I'VE talk
1t over with your parents"
The question wasn't typical.
Business Is Better.
Mr.. Smith and other Santas
at work in downtown stores had
the usual requeStS-dolls for lit
tie girls, mechanical toys for the
boys. Business was a little above
last year. The average purchase
was about $5 in toy departments.
In one store. parents in the
last throes of getting something
under the tree for the children
could go as higl as $295 for a
French-made paddle boat. No
body did.
Or they could pay $120 for a
SWiss-manufactured mechanical
bird in a cage. Several did.
Last-minute top shopping has
its reasons.
Harry j. Walker, 1920 Ham
line street NE. a professor at
Howard University, and his wife,
La Vergne, a teacher at Crum-
nell Elementary School, sought
a toy for their 2-year-old son
just before the real rush started
about noon. Their reason for a
last-minute foray:
Work Delays Shopping.
Mr.. Walker has been working
for days and nights on a manu-
script for UNESCO. He got it
in the mail last night. AS for
the toy, it's a mechanical train.
"The boys only g." said his
mother. but all he wants is
something in transportation"
Another late shopper was Mrs.
Bryan West of Langley, Va,
mother of three children for
whom she started shopping in
November. That phase COM
pleted, she was out today seek
ing gifts for children of friends.
Still another was William
Fraleigh. 941 North Madison
street, Arlington. Mr.. Fraleigh
had the unusual pleasure of
hearing his two daughters,
Georgia, 6. and Billie 4, cozy
up to Santa Claus and ask for
things so simple and so mex
pensive he could easily make the
purchases while Santa Claus
kept them occupied.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
District Man, 81, Dies
In Bethesda Accident

A 52-year-old man died last
mig ht from injuries received
when he was struck by a car on
Route 240 near Grosvenor lane,
Bethesda.
He was John A. Palmer, col
ored, of 10133 Montreal ave.
NV. Montgomery County police
said Mr.. Palmer died at Subur-
ban Hospital about an hour after
the accident. g
Police said he was struck by a
northbound car driven by Allan
B. Elliot, 40. of Route 2, Rock
vile. Mr.. Elliot told police he
tried to veer to the left to avoid
hitting the man who came on
the road near the Parkside
ADartrnentS
Evening star., 1953-12-24

Speeding through the Bel Alton
community. the officers saw the
boy run into a house, the spotted
pup close on his heels. The pup
was jailed overnight and was re-
turned to his home yesterday.
The boy told the deputies he
shot the girl because he hated
other children. when I was 60
ing to school, he said, Every
body picked on me-" He was
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon and is held in an
undiscloSed location.
Authorities said he probably
will be given a mental test be-
fore his case is brought into
court.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Maryland U. Students
To Attend Conference

Four University of Maryland
students will represent the
school at the fifth Quadrenniel
National Conference of the
Methodist Student movement at
the University of Kansas Mon
day through January 2, they are
Frank Drost. Mary Elizabeth
Happ. Donald Piper, and Mary
Kathryn White.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Christmas Lights
Stolen From Tree of
Alexandra Mayor

S o m e body untrimmed
Mayor Marshall j. Beverley's
Christmas tree in Alexandria
and made off with the lights.
The Mayor, who lives at
922 Timber Branch parkway,
said the lights were stolen
from his outside Christmas
tree Tuesday night. "Sheer
vandalism and deviltry," the
Mayor declared.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Virginia State Police
List Two Traffic Deaths

Virginia State police today re-
ported two persons died yester-
day as result of traffic accidents.
outside the Washington area.
Mrs. Columbus Clayton, 65. of
Norfolk was killed early last
night when she was struck by
a hit-and-run driver about a
half block from her home in
Norfolk.
Navy 1t. Glen Forrest Ken
nedy. 81, of Portsmouth, Va.
died in a Winchester Hospital,
the second victim of an accident
late Tuesday on U. S. Route II
one-half mile south of Paris,
in Fauquier County.
His month-old daughter.
Catherine P Kennedy, was killed
instantly in the crash and State
police said Mrs. Kennedy, the
driver. was injured seriously.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
St. Nick's Visit
To Arctic Stations
To Be Via Planes

Less picturesque but more
practical Air Force planes
will substitute for Santa's
sleigh and reindeer to drop
Christmas stockings to serv-
icemen at isolated weather
stations inside the Arctic
Circle.
The planes will take off
from Thule Air Base, Green
land. and Goose Bay Air
Base, Labrador to deliver
this consignment of the &c.
600 gift stockings being dis
tributed by the Red Cross,
the Air Force said.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
D. c. Mother and Daughter
Hurt Fatally on Turnpike

A Washington woman and her
daughter were killed and five
other persons injured last night
in a crash on the Pennsylvania
Turnpike near Pittsburgh, the
Associated Press reported.
State police identified the dead
as Mrs. B. P. Odom. about 76. Of
1880 Rhode Island avenue NE,
and her daughter. Miss Martha
Lunette Odom, about As, of the
same address.
Another passenger in the
Odom car, Jane Odom, 48, of
Gardner Webb College, Boiling
Springs, N. c.. was reported in
fair condition at the New Ken
sington (Pa) Citizens General
Hospital. LIS
Mrs. Odom and her daughters
were reported en- route to Fort
Wayne. Ind, to spend Christmas
with her third daughter. .u
Miss Odom was private nurse
who worked at Sibley Hospital
where she graduated about 20
years ago. according to her uncle,
T. 0. Babb, of the Rhode Island
avenue address. ...
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Lodge Distributes Food

The Morning Star Lodge of
Elks is distributing packages of
food to needy families through
out the city today. The food
has been supplied by members
of the organization and mer-
chants.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
District Woman
Killed in Crash
Delivering Gifts
Husband Injured
As Wheel Flies OFF
Car at AnnunduIe

A Washington woman was
killed and her husband injured
last night in an accident as they
were delivering Christmas pres
ents near Annandale, Va.
Killed in the accident on
Route 236 was Mrs. John p.
Way, jr., 33. of 1889 Fort Ste
vens drive NV, Fairfax County
police said. '''
Her husband was reported in
fair condition at Alexandria
Hospital. He suffered head in
iuries and cuts. \
Police said the left rear wheel
of the Ways car flew off and
the car went out of control 1t
struck a culvert. tore down sew
eral mail boxes. hit a second
culvert and flung out the two
riders. tt
Mrs. Way was pronounced
dead on the scene. Police were
unable to determine who was
driving. The Ways had just left
the home of Mr.. Ways sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Guthrie in Alex
andria, where they had left
Christmas presents.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Three Injured in Collision
North of Goithersburq

Three persons were injured
early today in a head-on COLI
lision on Route 240 about two
miles north of Gaithersburg,
Montgomery County police re-
ported.
Admitted to Suburban Hos
pital with fractured knee was
Miss Mary Price, a nurse at
District General Hospital. driver
of one of the cars.
Treated for a possible broken
ankle and head injuries was
Pvt. Lawrence Buttery. 81, Of
Camp Polk, La. He was trans
ferred to Walter Reed Army
Medical Center.
Pvt. Buttery was passenger
in a car driven by his brother,
Billy Ray Buttery. 16, of Glen
wood, Howard County. Md. The
driver was treated at Suburban
and released.
Both cars were nearly total
losses, police reported.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Bottles in Charlottesville

RICHMOND, Dec. "a. (R.-
Gov. and Mrs. Battle viii spend
the Christmas holidays with
their family in Charlottesville.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
NutionuI GoIlery to Close

The National Gallery of Art
will be closed tomorrow and
New Years Day. January /.