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Evening star., 1953-11-02
Three Fleeing Arrest
Caught in Chase

Three men who broke away
from an officer who held them at
gunpoint. were re-arrested early
yesterday after a foot chase and
held as suspects in a $1.30 rob-
berry.
Norman Macauley, 46, of 800
I street NV, was jumped by the
three men. police said, as he
walked near Ninth and @ street
NV. about 4:30 am. Sunday. He
was knocked to the pavement
and $1.30 was taken from his
pocket, police said.
Pvt. Delmo v. Pizzata Of No. /
Precinct spotted the scuffle from
block away. He ran to the
scene, he said, and held the three
men at gunpoint. AS he maneu-
vered the trio close to a call box.
they broke and ran in different
direction. The private fired two
shots in the air and gave chase.
Meanwhile, Pvt. John j. Bies,
on duty nearby, heard the shots,
and started after a man who ran
into an alley in the 500 block
of Eleventh street NV. He ar
rested him there.
Pvt. Pizzata caught his man
in another alley in the 900 block
Of F street NV, he said. The
third member of the gang, police
said, was arrested hiding on a
roof above the Eleventh street
alley.
The suspects, all colored, were
identified as Fleming Vincent
Briscoe, jr., 81, of the 500 block
OF Twenty-second street NV;
John Franklin Shedrick, 20. of
the 900 block Of Twenty-fourth
street NV, and Noise Vaughn,
18, Of the 2400 block of I street
NV.
All have been charged with
robbery. Shedrick was also
charged with possession of a pro-
hibited weapon-a switcblade
knife.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Thieves Fail 10 Crack
B. & 0. Safe at Laurel

Thieves knocked the handle
and combination off a safe in
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
station in Laurel, Md, early to-
day, but apparently were unable
to open the door and get the $400
it contained.
Laurel police said railroad off,
cials would have the strong box
opened today to make sure it
was not entered. officers said
indications were the thieves were
amateurs and were not able to
open the safe.
Police said the thieves pried
a window open to reach the
ticket agents Office and the safe.
A cash drawer in the counter
was torn loose. but it held no
money. h
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Speed Limit Cut !:
To 80 M.P.H. on
Eost-West Highway

The speed limit on winding
East West highway between Sill
yer Spring and Bethesda has
been cut from 40 to 80 miles an
hour.
The State Roads Commission
decreased the speed limit be-
cause of an increase in the num-
ber of serious accidents on the
road.
Police Chief Charles M. Orme
of Montgomery County warned
that the new limit will be rigid
ly enforced after q week to per-
NIT motorists to become familiar
with it. n
Evening star., 1953-11-02
One Dead as Bus Hits
Two Cars on Highway

One man died and six persons
were injured in the flaming
wreckage of two autos struck by
a Greyhound bus on U. S. Route
l near Baltimore yesterday.
Killed was Joseph r. Dean, so,
colored, of Baltimore, passen-
ger in a car driven by Lester AL
ford, 81, colored, also of Balti-
more.
. According to the Associated
Press, Baltimore County police
said the triple crash occurred in
the following manner:
An auto driven by Samuel L.
Kendrick, 81, of Baltimore, made
a U-turn out of a filling station
near the community of ArbutuS
Afford, southbound behind Ken
drick, stopped in time.
The bus. also Southbound,
struck the rear of Affords We
hicle, Tipping it across a traffic
island, and then rammed the
Kendrick auto. Both autos burst
into flame.
The driver of the bus, Benton
o. Kline, 80. of the 100 block OF
Lanier place NV, and both
drivers were charged with man.
slaughter. police said.
Injured were:
Mrs. Emma Dean, 81. Front
Royal, Va. neck injuries; Mrs
Celestine Dean. 80, of 1917 {
street Sc. fractured left wrist;
Mrs. Virginia Baltimore, Happy
Greek. Va, lacerationS and shock
and Carol Baltimore, z, laceratec
back and head. All were pass.
engers in the Afford automobile
and are all colored.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Montgomery Health Unit
To Open New Offices

The Montgomery County
Health Departments new offices
in the County Building in Rock
vile will formally open at 2 pm.
Wednesday with a discussion Of
the county's health problems.
Guided tours of the depart.
ment'S offices and laboratories
will start at 1890 pm.
Speakers at the afternoon
public meeting will include Or,
j. w. Bird; DR.. v. L. Ellicott,
county health officer; Miss Sadie
Gladwin who will describe public
health nursing services, and Miss
Claudia Galiner Of the Mont
gomery County tuberculosis AS
Sociation.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Thieves Keep
.Po|iceBusy
nWeek End
Wave of Robberies
Hits Homes, Stores
And School Here

Police were kept jumping over
the week end in an outbreak Of
robberies, including theft Of two
refrigerators.
Eli Busada of 1923 Twenty
ninth street Sc. told police
thieves entered two homes he
owns in the 31O0 block Of o
street Sc. and left with re-
frigerator from each one. He
put the loss at $500.
Police also reported the theft
of $50 from a cash register in
the Boyd School at TOO Twelfth
street NV. A broken glass
window was discovered late yes
terday, police said. on the ground
floor of the building. The
thieves probably entered the
building between 8 pm. Satur-
day and 4 pm. Sunday, police
said.
Jacques w. Lurba. police said,
reported the theft of $526 from
a safe at the grill he operates.
Ceres Grill at 1907 F street NV.
Two thefts also were reported
yesterday in home at 404 Sec.
ond street NV. Police said $186
was taken from the wallet Of
Alfredo Gavazza, 48, while he
was sleeping. Another occupant.
Ruth Roth, 81. reported the theft
of $50 from her pocketbook.
A Highs store at 800 F street
NE. was held up and robbed at
gunpoint of SIS late yesterday,
Mrs. Sadie A. Diggs. SO. COL
ored, a clerk at the store, said
a colored man entered the store
and ordered a drink. He waited
until other customers had left
the store. then pulled out gun
and moved over to the cash reg
lister.
He took IS, then fed from the
store.
Mrs. Diggs said the gunman
paid for his drink before COM
mitting the robbery.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Bethesdo-SiIver Spring Pupils
Set for Democracy Contest

Six model" talks by eminent
Americans will be broadcast Sat-
urday over radio station WGAY
in Silver Spring, Md. Between
November Is and. 20 local win
ners will be selected. State elimi-
nations will be completed by De-
cember %, and national winners
will be announced by February /.
Sponsors Of the contest are
the National Association Of Ra-
dio and Television Broadcasters,
the Radio -TeleviSion Manufac-
turerS Association and the United
States Junior Chamber Of Com
merce. Local directors are Fran
els Schaffer, of Silver Spring
and Roger Spencer. OF Bethesda.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Virginia Co|ored PTA
To Convene Nov. II
Al LaWrenceviIIe

The 26th annual convention
of the Virginia Congress of Col
ored Parents and Teachers will
convene at Lawrenceville No
vember IL with the theme. "For
Each Child an Equal Chance"
The meeting will be held at
the James Solomon Russell High
School and will continue through
November Is.
This will be the first time in
the 26 years of the organization
that it will meet as an incor-
porated group, its charter hav-
ing been granted recently. The
Board of Managers will hold a
pre-convention meeting at the
school at 3 pm. on the opening
day.
DR.. Robert P. Daniel, preSi-
dent of Virginia State College,
will be the speaker at a dinner
meeting the first day. DR.. Sam
uel A. Madden, director of the
colleges Department of Audio-
Visual Aids, will introduce DR..
Daniel. Mrs. Thelma S. Pegram
will preside at the first session.
Principal Is Speaker.
Mrs. S. M. Burrell, executive
secretary, will preside over the
district and council presidents
breakfast on the second day.
Leslie Giles, principal of the
James Soloman Russell School,
will speak.
The first general session will
be held at 10 am. on the second
day. Alfred Kennth TALBOT, jr.,
vice president of the organiza-
ton, will present and interpret
the convention theme.
At 8 pm. of the second day,
DR.. Earl H. McClenny, president
of st. Paul Polytechnic Institute,
Lawrenceville, will deliver the
main address. DR.. j: Rupert Pic
oft, executive secretary of the
Virginia Teachers Association,
will introduce him.
Problem Clinic Planned.
A feature of the final days
conference will be a problem
clinic at $3.50 am. led by Mrs.
Margaret G. Dabnet of The De-
partment of Adult Education,
Virginia State College.
The general session at $50
am. will feature a panel discus
sion on How Does the School
Provide for the Development of
Each Child to His Maximum Ca
pacity?"
DR.. A. G.. Richardson, associate
supervisor of elementary and
secondary education, State De-
partment of Education, will
lead the discussion.
Curtis A. Crocker, guidance
counselor, Armstrong Hig h
School, Richmond, will lead an
audience participation session at
II am. The convention closes at
| $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Negro Group Indorses
Stanley; Opposes Almond
By the Assoeiotsd Pres,

DANVILLE, Nov. 2.-The Vir.
ginia Voters League, a Negro
group, has given its full indorse-
ment to Thomas B. Stanley for
Governor and A. E. S. Stephens
for Lieutenant Governor, ac-
cording to letter received today
by Negro residents of Danville
and PittSylvania County.
The letter adds, however. that
1--WE cannot and will not recon-
mend j. Lindsay Almond, jr.. for
attorney general. Lindsay AL
mond has been outspokenly
anti-Negro, and we must never
encourage such people with our
votes"
Shown the letter after a
political address at nearby
Glenwood last night, Mr.. Almond
at first declined comment and
then declared:
ANY person who states that
I am anti-Negro or anti-any-
thing else makes a false state
ment. My entire record of public
service demonstrates otherwise
am for what conceive to be
best for Virginia"
Evening star., 1953-11-02
VHginio's Farm Income
Drops Below AVERAGE

Virginia's farm income
dropped during the first eight
months of drought-hit 1853 on
an average greater than the Ma
t1onal figure. Maryland farmers
received a slight increase.
Cash receipts of Virginia
farmers were reported by the
Agriculture Department to be
about 512 per cent under the
income for the first eight months
Of last year.
The national decrease was
about 4 per cent.
Decreases were reported for
both livestock and crop receipts
for Virginia farmers.
The report said Virginia farm
cash receipts for livestock
dropped from $170,520,00O to
$166,512,000. Crop receipts de-
creased from $84,822, 900 to STA
969, 900. while total receipts
tumbled from $255, ,342.00 to
$241 ,481, 900.
The department said the VOL
ume of farm marketings for the
Nation is at record high and
4 per cent higher than last year
Prices, however, are averaging
considerably lower.
The department reported
Maryland farmers received $181,-
lie, 900 in cash receipts during
the first eight months of this
year, compared to $181, $4,000
during the first eight months OF
last year.
The report showed, however
that Maryland's slight increase
was due to larger amounts re-
ceived for crops since receipts
from livestock decreased.
Receipts from crops increased
from $60,189, 900 last year to
$62 ,646,000. Livestock receipts
dropped from $120,970,0O0 to
$118,529, 900.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
.virginidns Ask
More Drought
DdmdgeAid
18 Additional Areas
Send Representative:
To Conference Here
BY the Assoeiated Press

Federal drought aid for IS
more Virginia counties was
sought today by a committee of
six Virginians.
They came TO make a plea for
these 18 counties to be added to
38 already approved by the Agri-
culture Department for aid to
offset damage caused by the late
summer drought which ended
last week. The rains came too
late, however, to revive pastures
and save crops.
The group was scheduled to
meet with R. L. harrington,
chairman of the Agriculture De-
partment's Drought Committee.
Those scheduled to see him are
p. A. Lewis, chairman of the
State Agricultural Mobilization
Committee; w. H. Daughtrey,
associate director of the agri-
culture extension service at
Blackshurg; James Stone, acting
director of the State Farmers
Home Administration at Rich
mond; Henry M. Taylor, Federal
State crop reporting service sta
tistician; Giles Miller, a Culpeper
banker, and State Commissioner
of Agriculture Parke C. Brinkley
or a representative of the de-
partment.
Other Pleas Expected.
Mr.. Lewis said, when asked if
the, 18 counties in question were
suffering as much as the 38 al
ready approved. answered, they
certainly are"
He said he expects ether coun-
ties in the State to apply for
aid if these 18 are granted their
requests.
Ten of the 18 were previously
rejected for aid by Secretary of
Agriculture Benson. They are
Bland. Buchanan, Giles, Gray
son, Prince George, Prince Will
liam, Scott. Shenandoah, Taze-
well and Westmoreland.
Another eight new ones are
on the list: Fairfax, Fauquier,
Clarke, Loudoun, Surry, Smyth,
Russell and Pulaski.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
8 Nearby Maryland
4-H Youths Win Trip
To Chicago Congress

Eight Maryland youths from
the Washington area are among
some 81 members of the State
All Club who have won trips
to the 32nd National All Club
Congress to be held in Chicago
on November 29-December 3.
IL The trip, is an award to boys
and girls for outstanding achieve
ments in All Club leadership,
agricultural and home economic
projects. An educational and
sightseeing program in Chicago
has been planned by more than
so organizations.
1900 Going To Event.
The Club Congress is expected
to draw about 1900 delegates
representing 48 states, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and Alaska.
The eight area youths and
their achievements, chosen from
a total of $4,000 Maryland All
Club members, are: Geraldine
Geisbert. 19. state leadership:
Marybelle Remsburg, 10, home
improvement, and Ann Runkles,
II, clothing, all of Frederick
County.
Also, Louis Arlington. II, poul-
try. Sykesville; Betty Lou Sny-
der, 18, recreational leadership.
Clinton, and Robert Dorsey, 18,
dairy achievement; r. Carson
Fender. %, field crops, and Cor
don Keys, 19, livestock. of Boyd,
Germantown and Olney, re-
spectively.
Recipients of other State
awards are Allie Messer and
Ruth Burdette, Gaithersburg;
Carroll Leatherman, Frederick
County; Barbara Jane Lore, CAL
vert County; Verna Lichtenberg
and Kathleen Somers of Anne
Arundel County, and Miss Sny-
der
Four Counties Cited.
Counties to receive cash
awards for recreational purposes
are Calvert, Charles, Montgom-
cry and Washington.
Four Maryland All Clubbers
will participate in the Chicago
Livestock Judging Contest on
November 27. They are Robert
Fiery, jr., II. Washington Coun-
ty: James Martin. 10. Baltimore
County; Henry Freter. Is, and
Donald Bennett, 10. both Of
SykeSville.
The team qualified for the
contest through their achieve
ments at the Maryland State Fair
last September. En- route to Chi
cago they will stop at practice
farms in Ohio and Indiana for
further training in the judging
of horses, beef cattle, sheep and
swine.
Evening star., 1953-11-02

Plans for the seventh annual
Voice of Democracy Contest for
10th, 18th and 18th grade stu
dents have been announced by
the Bethesda and Silver Spring
Chapters of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Contestants will be required
to write and record fiYe-minute
scripts on the subject II Speak
for Democracy"
Twelve f1nalists will receive
a $500 college scholarship, an
all-expense trip to Washington
and Williamsburg, Va, next
February and a radio or tele-
vision receiver. Prizes also will
be given at the community level.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
.Rev. Charles D. Keon Named
Rector of Epiphany Church
Missouri Pastor
Is Widely Known
Episcopal Leader

The Rev. Charles D. Kean of
Kirkwood, Mo-. has been ap-
pointed rector of the Episcopal
Church of the Epiphany here,
it was announced yesterday.
Junior Warden Richard H.
Wilmer announced at morning
prayer meeting that Mr.. Kean
will assume his duties January
Is. He will succeed the Rt.
Rev. Leland Stark, who became
Bishop Coadjutor of the New
ark IN. j. Diocese last July.
Mr.. Kean, rector of Grace
Church, Kirkwood, since 1914,
has been prominent in national
Episcopal Church affairs. He
served as clerical deputy to the
denominations General Con-
ventions of 1916. 1949 and 1852.
The 43-year-old clergyman is
now a member of the Committee
on the Constitution of the Cen
eral Convention, and for the past
four years has served as Secre-
tary for the Commission on Ap-
proaches to Unity. the body that
carries on negotiations with
other denominations. He is also
a member Of the divisions Of
curriculum development and
adult education of the National
Council Department of Christian
Education.
Ten Years in st. Louis.
During his nearly 10 years in
metropolitan St. Louis, Mr.. Kean
was active in religious and civic
affairs there. He has been a
member of the diocesan coun-
Gil, and has served as chairman
of the department of promotion
for the past eight years. He is
also chairman of the committee
on canons of the Diocesan Con-
vention, and is editor of the dio-
cesar magazine, Missouri
Forth"
The clergyman has served for
three years as a member of the
Board of Directors of the st.
Louis Social Planning Council,
and has been active on various
civic committees dealing with
health, welfare and recreation
programs.
Mr.. Kean has also served as
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Rev. Weston Urges
School Board Victory
In Arlington Elections

| The Rev. Ross Allen Weston,
Arlington minister, yesterday
stepped into the county's politi-
cal arena and urged his congre-
cation to vote tomorrow for
continuation of "the splendid
school program" now in effect.
THE assault against the pres
ent School Board and the attack
against the quality of education
in Arlington County has it's
source in those citizens who are
concerned chiefly with making a
profit at the expense of educa-
ton and gaining power in local
politics." Mr.. Weston declared in
a sermon.
The Arlington Unitarian Church
minister, who recently was
cleared of a contempt of court
citation growing out of sermon
in which he commented on a
court ruling, did not name spe-
cif1c candidates.
Backs Incumbent.
But it was clear that he was
backing Nominating Conference
Candidates E. r. Draheim, in
cumbent, and Clark Keating for
the school board. The two are
opposed by Independent Move
ment Candidates James R. Miles
and Dolph Hays.
Mr.. Weston said "peddlers of
discord" are conducting an "un-
fair, dishonest campaign" against
Arlington's school leaders.
THAT real estate boards and
chambers of commerce have the
right to work for lower taxes and
higher profits goes without say
ing. AS for the political huck-
sters, there are those who resent
the progress that has been made
in Arlington in spite of them,
and those who seek to vent
their Illustrations by gaining
power over their fellow citizens"
he declared.
He said the political attacks on
school leaders come from "un-
principled unethical un-
Scrupulous blind unjust
men who would blame modern
education for all the moral,
mental and emotional problems
which children experience in our
disordered world"
Pledge Planning on Bills.
In another late campaign de-
velopment in the nearby Vir-
ginia area the two Republican
candidates for the House of Del
eegateS from Fairfax-Falls Church
said they plan to visit every
other House member before the
next session of the legislature if
elected.
Harris T. Richards and Mrs.
Cynthia Zimmerman, the COP
candidates, who are opposed by
John C. Webb and Omer Hlrst,
Democrats, declared they would
try to enlist support for the con
Structive reform measures we
propose" before the Legislature
conveneS.
An Alexandria candidate for
the post of Commonwealth At
torney, meanwhile, announced
he will seek appointment of a
qualified local commission to
study juvenile delinquency.
William C. Bauknight, Inde-
pendent, who is opposed by Earl
F. Wagner, Democrat, in to-
morrow's election, pledged an
all-out effort to curb juvenile
delinquency.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
2 Meetings to Discuss
Easter Seal Campaign

Plans for the Easter Seal
campaign next year will be dis
cuSsed this week at two meetings
of the Virginia Society for
Crippled Children and Adults.
The Fairfax County Chapter
will meet at 8 pm. Wednesday
in the county courthouse. The
Arlington County Chapter will
meet at s pm. Thursday in the
Crippled Children'S Building.
1910 North Edison street, Ar
lington.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
County Tax Unchanged

TOWSON, Md, Nov. 2. (P).-
Baltimore County commissioners
set the tentative tax rate for
next year at $1.98. the same as
the present rate and said coun-
ty taxpayers are virtually as
sured their tax bills will not be
increased,
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Heads AIumnue Group

Miss Shirley McGhee has been
elected temporary president of
the Northern Virginia Chapter
of the Madison College Alumnae.
Other officers are Miss Wales
Darby, vice president, and Miss
Dorothy White, secretary.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Roturiuns to Hear Envoy

Gaganvihari Mehta, Ambassa-
dor from India. will speak on the
problems and plans Of his coun-
try at-a dinner meeting of the
College Park (Md0 Rotary Club
at 6:15 pm. Wednesday in the
University of Maryland dining
hall.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Eust Silver Spring PTA

The East Silver Spring School
PTA will hear DR.. Louis Jacobs
superintendent of the National
Training School for Boys, and
Henry j. Palmer, of the District
Juvenile Court, at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the school auditorium,
Silver Spring avenue. j.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Pedestrian Dies
Of Auto Hurts;
Another Is Hit
56th Traffic FutoIity
Of Year Is Listed;
z Airmen Injured

A pedestrian struck October 3
died early yesterday in District
General Hospital of head in
juries. He was William F. john
son, 81, of gil L street NV, the
Districts 56th traffic fatality of
the year.
Police said Mr.. Johnson started
to cross the street near his
home, hesitated and then started
back again. On his second ven-
ture, police reported, he walked
into the path of an auto driven
by Walter C. Scurlock, 90, of sic
Forty-fourth street NE.
An autopsy will be performed
at the Morgue later today.
Man, S3, Is Struck.
Meanwhile. an 83-year- old
man is in Casualty Hospital in
undetermined condition as the
result of being struck by an
automobile shortly before S am.
today.
He is William Paul Roberts
of 1919 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc, hit as he crossed the street
about a half block from his
home. The auto driver was
listed by police as Thomas E.
Lombard, SO, of the 4400 block
Texas avenue Sc, a chief
clerk at the Willard Hotel.
Mr.. Lombard was charged
with failing to yield the right of
way and ordered to appear at a
hearing before the Corporation
Counsel at Municipal Court on
November II.
The aged pedestrian is suffer-
ing back and possibly internal
injuries, hospital authorities
said.
Years Deaths Now Sc.
The death of Mr.. johnson
brings the Districts 1858 traffic
fatality total to date to Sc
deaths as compared with 49 at
this time last year. The total
for 1852 was IS deaths.
In another accident, 4-year-
old James Wheeler was critically
injured at Minnesota avenue and
East Capitol street. He is in Dis
trict General Hospital with head
injuries.
The youngster is the son of
Mrs. Parren Wheeler, of 1882
Burns place Sc. His father, a
retired District fireman, died
about six months ago.
Driver Of the auto, police re-
ported, was Mrs. Mozella Smith,
48, colored, of the 200 block H
street NV.
Accident Blamed on Disease.
In another accident attributed
to the diabetic condition of a
pedestrian, no apparent injury
was suffered.
Witnesses told police a man
identified as Robert T. Suffridge,
63, a retired soldier of no fixed
address, first collapsed on the
sidewalk at Fourteenth and F
streets NV.
He was helped to his feet, said
he felt all right, and started to
cross F street in the 1900 block.
In doing so, police said. he
walked into the side of street
car and was knocked to the
ground.
Upon his admission to District
General Hospital no injuries.
could be found, but it was de-
termined the ex-soldier had col
lapsed because of a diabetic con-
dition.
The operator of the street car.
Raymond E. Randolph, %, of
the 6100 block Forty-third ave-
ME. Hyattsville. was not held.
Evening star., 1953-11-02
Mary Washington AIumnoe

The Maryland Suburban
Chapter of the Mary Washing
ton College Alumnae Association
will meet at 8 pm. Wednesday
at the home of Miss Doris Burns,
1000 Crosby road, West Hyatts-
vile. Md.