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Evening star., 1953-11-28
Maryland State Grange
To Meet in HagerstoWn

The Maryland State Grange
will hold it's 18th annual meeting
IN Hagerstown Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday. State
Master Edward Hotter expects
$50 delegates to attend the
three-day session at the Alex
andria Hotel.
DR.. H. C. Byrd. retiring presi-
dent of the University of Mary
land, will address a luncheon
session on Wednesday. Over 800
members and friends are ex-
pected to attend the luncheon.
Gov. McKeldin will extend greet
ingS and Mrs. McKeldin will re-
ceive the prize winning quilt.
Mayor Winslow Durham will
welcome the group in the open
ing session on Tuesday morning
Mr.. Hotter will give the masters
address at the same program.
DR.. Lloyd Halverson. econo-
mist for the National Grange,
will present the outlook for agri-
culture on the Wednesday morn
ing program. Miss Beth Peterson
of the Du Pont Co. will demon
strate new fibers Wednesday
morning.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Santa Reaches Alexandra
As YuIe Lights Go On

Bright Christmas lights we're
turned on yesterday in Alex
andria's central shopping area.
Present for the Christmas light
ceremony was Santa Claus him.
self. He arrived at Alexandria
Union Station at 3:45 pm. and
rode down King street in a Fire
Department rescue vehicle.
Also present was an ardent
fan of the North Poler-3-year.
old Marshall j. Beverley, jr.. son
of Alexandria's Mayor. Mar
shall. jr., threw the switch that
turned on the lights. His father
assisted in the ceremony.
The lights and a loudspeaker
system to dispense noel music
are sponsored by the city's Re
tail Merchants Association.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Falls Church Woman
And Son Die in Crash

A Falls Church (Va.) woman
and one of her sons were killed
yesterday when their car skidded
on an icy road and hit a tree
near Princeton, Ill.
They were Mrs. Martha G.
Myers. 80, who had lived at 119
Heather lane for about two
years. and her son Jerry, 10.
Her husband, Air Force 1t. Col.
Lawrence T. Myers, who was
reported driving the car. was
suffering shock and another
son. Steven. 5, has face cuts.
Col. Myers had been detached
from duty with the Air Force
machine records section at the
Pentagon last Friday. The
family had planned to visit in
Philadelphia and Chicago be-
fore Col. Myers took his new
post at staff school at Lowry
Air Force Base. Denver, accord
ing to Falls Church neighbors.
Col. Myers was from California,
neighbors said.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Court Upsets
Development 5
Rezoniing Curb
1O0-Acre Fuirfux
Tract Reverts to
Suburban Status

Judge Arthur Sinclair of Fair
fax Circuit Court yesterday over
ruled a County Board of Super
visors rezoning of 100-odd acres
a quarter of a mile south of
Seven Corners on Sleepy Hollow
road.
In a lengthy decision, Judge
Sinclair declared the board S
action changing the land from
suburban to rural classification
was "unwarranted discrimina-
ton against these properties and
cannot be sustained"
Owners of the land, including
builders who planned to set up
"a 158-lot development, appealed
to the Circuit Court to reverse
the action, taken last June 3 by
the county heads.
3-to-2 Vote.
Disregarding a recommends
ton of the County Planning
Commission. the supervisors, on
their own notion voted 3-to-2
for the change. It was necessary
they said, for the welfare of the
community. The tract is ada
cent to Ravenwood, Buffalo Hill
and Sleepy Hollow.
Witnesses for the supervisors
contended the greater number
of homes allowed under sub
urban zoning would be. detri-
mental to the area. It was
argued that sewer lines there
are inadequate. classroom space
is scarce and traffic hazards
would be increased.
Home-ownerS in Ravenwood,
described as a desirable COM
munity," said their property
values would be deprecated by
the planned development.
During the five days the ap-
peal was heard in court, top
Fairfax planning and zoning Of
f1cials testified they did not
concur with the supervisors de-
ciSion.
Evidence Inadequate.
In his ruling, Judge Sinclair
said 1.-The evidence before the
planning commission did not. the
evidence before the Board of
Supervisors did not and the evil
dence before this court did not
show this rezoning to bear any
substantial relation to the public
health, safety, welfare and
morals :" of the community.
The development is planned
by the Smell Construction Corp,
in partnership with Frank j.
Murphy, Inc. The builders paid
$220,000 for 81 acres of the
tract last Marcia price, they
contended, was based on de-
velopment of 158 lots. Under
the rural zoning imposed in
June, only 80 lots were allowed.
The builders and two other
owners of the tract, Grover H.
Dodd and the w. r. Kelly estate,
were represented by Attorneys
Lytton H. Gibson and Harry w.
Porter of Falls Church.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

The District Commissioner.
| yesterday went out to see fol
themselves what damage larger
buses would do to old George.
town houses.
The Capital Transit Co. want!
to put in the larger buses. The
Progressive Citizens of George.
town are fighting the idea or
the grounds that vibration woulc
ruin their homes.
The battle over the big buses
has been raging for a couple
of years. The king-sized car
riers are 5 feet longer and
inches wider than regular buses
and have 81 seats instead of A.
In all the Commissioners
visited three Georgetown homes
on their inspection tour. When
it was over they didn't commit
themselves definitely. But it ap-
peared from their comments
that at least two of them weren I
very impressed by the citizens
complaints.
AS the Commissioners and
their entourage-transit officials
citizen representatives, reporters
and Observation-Disclosures the
king size bus in front of the Dis
trict Building, Mrs. Harold 3
Hinton, vice president of the
citizens association, started her
campaign:
Listen to the noise, for in
stance" she said. You ought
to get up here over the engine
if you want to be shaken"
The bus pulled away from the
curb and Mrs. Hinton turned to
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
Engineer Commissioner, saying,
"You ought to sit up here and
see how it shakes your kidneys. F"
Every One Goes Inside.
The bus rode to the first
stop, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Byington, jr., 1889
Twenty-ninth street NV. Every
body went inside. Mrs. Bying-
ton had expected only the three
Commissioners.
A crack in the wall of a pantry
was exhibited.
Mrs. Byington: "Mrs. Hinton,
you must go outside; there's a
swarm of people outside and men
are taking pictures Of the
house."
Commissioner Spencer: "The
bus is sitting outside, just wait
ing for U.S."
Mrs. Hinton: "Send them up
and back
Mr.. Spencer: They've already
done it once"
A reporter: 'I didn't feel any
shaking"
Mrs. Hinton: There were so
many people standing around
and talking and holding the
floor down."
Later she said: I'm sorry the
Byington house didn't operate
for you. It operated for me reg
ularly yesterday"
Obeyed Speed Law.
Mrs. George w. Cakes, 1918
o street NV. a member of the
citizens group. had been as
signed to ride up and down the
street in the bus to make sure
it went at a normal speed.
A reporter: Did he go at a
good clip?"
Mrs. Oakes: twenty-five
miles per hour"
Reporter: IF he went any
faster he'd be arrested"
Evening star., 1953-11-28
City Heads Appear Unshoken
BY Georgetown Bus Tour

Mrs. Oakes: Yes, I guess
that's true"
Reporter: ut seldom happens,
though"
AS the bus moved off, Mrs
Hinton pointed out her house
"the first white one right
through there"
Il can lie in my bed and feel
the house shaking and smell the
smells (of diesel OLD"
Reporter: rs it a frame
house?"
Mrs. Hinton: "Yes, that's why
didn't want to take you and
show it to you. I knew you'd
say it's an old frame house
which it is"
The party went to Mrs Oakes
house, where there is a crack
down the brick front. 1T hap
pened within the last two years.
Mrs. Oakes said.
She turned to Gen. Prentiss
"You want to see crack in the
wall that has happened within
the last year in my bedroom?"
| The general nodded.
In the wall of the second-floor
front room was crack. 81
have to have that done over
every year." said Mrs. Oakes.
Reporter: Every year?"
Mrs. Oakes: Every 18 months. +"
Feels Vibration.
There was considerable watt
ing for the bus to go up and
down. When it did, Gen. Prem
tiss said he felt vibrations
through his hand which was on
a window air-conditioning unit.
A child's voice f1oated in from
the hall: "You better take them
up stairs, there's a big crack
come"
Mrs. Oakes (to Gen. Prem
tiss): "You don't want to see
any more cracks, do you?"
Gen. Prentiss: Not if I have
to climb another fight, don't. +"
AS the group left Mrs. Cakes
door, the photographers pre-
vailed on her to walk through
the wet ivy to point at the out
side crack. Then they got Gen.
PrentisS and Transit Vice Pres
ident John B. Ecker to stand
beside her. The pictures taken.
they climbed out of the ivy and
boarded the bus.
The last house on the tour was
that of Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott
Weatherall, 1908 Dumbarton ave-
nue. NV. The living room
plaster showed several cracks.
Mrs. Weatherall told the Com
missioners that whenever a bus
went by, even a small one, the
televiSion set went bad. and
showed nothing but lines and
squiggleS.
Gen. PrentiSs: Lets have the
pleasure of having the bus go
by here"
A reporter: "It's been by"
Gen. Prentiss: "Oh, no, I
mean the big bus"
Mrs. Hinton: ut went by
while I was standing in the
doorway. I could feel it shake. I"
The general said he had felt
vibration, but no more than he
felt when some one walked
across the floor.
The party transferred to reg
ular bus and dropped Mrs. Hin
ton and Mrs. Oakes at Mrs. Hin
tons house.
Mrs. Hinton: "Goodby. you've
been very fair and decent to us. !"
Gen. PrentiSs: "Glad to have
you aboard"
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Citizen Group Hits
Prince Georges Plan
To Reduce Taxes

Prince Georges County should
neither reduce property assess
ments nor trim its $2.13 tax rate,
but instead should use surplus
funds for new school and higher
teacher salaries, the Spring Park
Community Association said yes
terday. The associations men,
bers live between Eastern and
Ethan Allen avenues in Takoma
Park.
In a letter read to the Com
missioners at Upper Marlboro,
Robert Mandel, the associations
president. and Clifford j. Wal
dron, its secretary. said:
your action was taken ap-
parently because it had been
discovered that the county treas
urer had a surplus of more than
$1.4 million in the first quarter
of this fiscal year"
Refer to Motion.
They were referring to re-
cent motion adopted by the COM
missioners which asked the
county tax assessor to be pre-
pared for 10 per cent blanket
reduction of real estate assess
ment as of December 81.
1.-THE association, the letter
said, "is opposed to any reduction
in either assessed valuation or
the tax rate. There is an urgent
need for more junior and senior
high schools in this part of the
county. The junior high school
at Mount Rainier which serves
our area is now about 40 per cent
overloaded and indications are
that this condition will become
worse"
The commissioners are study
ing a request from a College
Park firm for a $4,000 reduction
in personal property assessments.
Protest Assessment.
A spokesman for the National
Scientific Laboratories of 5005
Calvert road told the county
commissioners that their listed
$144, 900 inventory and equip
ment assessment is too high. He
explained that the firm sells to
the Federal Government and
that when partial payments are
made on contracts the Govern
ment takes title to some of the
company's material.
County Tax Assessor Louis w.
Kutsch and the commissioners
counsel have been asked to pre-
pare recommendations.
Only IL of so homeowners
who had been notified that their
objections to real estate assess
ments would be heard appeared
yesterday to argue their case.
Most of the complaints sched-
uled for hearing yesterday came
from the Coral Hills area.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
CherrYdaIe Plans Benefit
For HYattsViIIe Firemen

Cherrydale (Va0 volunteer
f1remen will sponsor party to-
night and a dance next Friday
night for benefit of the families
of two HyattSville CMd0 f1remen
killed in a fire truck accident.
Both events will begin at 8 pm.
the CherrydaIe firemen said.
The proceeds will go to the
welfare fund for the families of
John T. Streets and William r.
Stainback killed october 81
when Hyattsville ladder truck
was hit by another truck.
Meanwhile, the Hyattsville
Volunteer Fire Department an
nounced that the welfare fund
has reached $500. Contribu-
tions can be mailed to the Fire
mems Welfare Fund, Box 521,
West Hyattsville, Md.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
2 MaryIanders Charged
In Theft From Store

Two Sandy Spring (Md) men
were charged with housebreak-
ing and theft yesterday as Mont
gomery County police recovered
three guns reported stolen from
Sandy Spring hardware store.
Held under $1,000 bond each
pending a hearing Tuesday in
Silver Spring police court were
Samuel H. Rounds. %, and
George A. Thomas, %. Both are
colored.
According to Detective Corpl.
Harold Treadwell, the guns were
taken Sunday night after thieves
broke into the Geist Supply Co.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Speaker at Art Exhibit

Nuzhet Baba of the Turkish
Embassy will speak at pm. to-
morrow in the Silver Spring
(Md) art gallery. 9216 Flower
avenue. at the opening of an
exhibition by Miss Frances Bru-
ton. Miss Kathryne Dinmitt,
Miss Elizabeth Dropkin, Nor
man Lewis, Harold Sloan and
Paul Spyropoulos.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Baltimore Adopts BUDGET

BALTIMORE, Nov. % (P).-
The City Council of Baltimore
unanimously adopted late yes
terday record $127,700,000
budget for the next fiscal year.
The council took no action, how
ever, on additional taxes to bal
ance the budget.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
YuIe Buying
Rush Begins 10
Crowd Stores
Shoppers Equal or
Exceed Numbers
OF Year Ago
By Donald B. HodIey

Washington department stores
experienced the beginning of the
Christmas buying rush yesterday.
and most Of them prepared for
even larger shopping crowds
today.
i The first day after Thanks
giving traditionally is the start
Of the Christmas buying season,
but the significance of the crowds
yesterday was that they at least
equaled heavy traffic of a year
ago and in many cases were
ahead.
For a number of the stores
sales so far this year have Jagged
moderately behind those a year
ago. At times this has been laid
to uncertainty over Federal jobs
under a new administration and
has led to some grumbling on
the part of retailers.
There wasn't any grumbling
today as executives toured their
stores to watch the developing
rush. Most of them conceded
that yesterdays traffic was ahead
of that a year ago, but some
were not too sure whether this
would mean a commensurate in
crease in sales.
Interest Means Buying.
However. a Woodward and
Lothrop official pointed out that
traffic at this time of year means
interest, and this in turn, means
buying. Traffic is a good indi-
Gator of volume. he said.
OF course they're buying, said
an official of LanSburgh & Bro.
Spokesman for the Hecht Co.
and S. Kann Sons Co. said
crowds were larger than last
years but that stores had more
convenient hours than they did
a year ago.
Then the stores were open
In the afternoon and at night.
While afternoon crowds we're
god, they thinned out at night.
Opening in the morning this
year, traffic was heavy all day,
the store executives said.
An official of Julius Gar
f1nckel & Co. said traffic was
heavy and may have been above
that OF a year ago. But he
warned that special sales this
year may have accounted for
some of the increase.
Day Free for Shopping.
While many Government
workers took time off yesterday
to go shopping, all of them were
free today, a number of execu-
tlves pointed out. The fact that
all area schools were closed yes
terday also contributed to the
crowds, they said.
The beginning of the rush fol-
lowed steady narrowing in the
declines from year ago, report
from the Federal Reserve Bank
Of Richmond disclosed last night.
However. department store
sales for the area, including
suburban branches, remained
around 3 per cent behind those
a, year ago up to November %,
and sales of the downtown store
sales remained down about per
cent. Heavy Christmas buying
could reduce these declines by
the years end.
The Richmond Reserve Bank
said area sales were only / per
cent behind totals of a year ago
in the week ended November o.
Sales of downtown department
stores were even with those a
year earlier.
i In the four weeks ended the
same date, the area department
store sales were per cent be-
hind figures for a year earlier,
while those of the downtown
stores were off 3 per cent.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
Visitors to Nome

The American Automobile As
ISOLATION, via Wien, brought to
Nome, Sunday Fl guests from six
States. This group was conducted
by Charles E. Pugh, Harrisburg,
Pa. Forty-two visitors came to
Alaska with him but half of them
elected to 60 to Eagle and Fort
Yukon on the Yukon River, in
stead of visiting Nome.
Doctor and Mrs. N. G. Mayer,
Apple Creek, O., registered as the
only medico for the day Doctors,
when pleased with the hospital
ity of Nome, make excellent sales
men for travel in Alaska, as it is
becoming known more and more
that, in Alaska, good health pre-
walls.
Others were David B. Armour,
of the Armour Packing family,
AdhS DULL, ILL, II. IL. L1I1CAICy,
Jeffersonville, Ind; Q. D. Coffee,
Jr., North Wilkesboro, NC; Mrs.
E. K. Bowers, Oklahoma City;
Mr.. and Mrs. NeuenschWander,
Akron, O.; J. Homer Kratz, Ken
nett Square, Pa; Elmer H. Seid-
man, Lakewood, O.; Elymore J.
Wilson, Chicago; William Basha-
rad, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs.
A. E. Medland, Rochester, NY,
who is with the Eastman Kodak
co.
Mr.. Pugh stated that he had the
most wonderful party he had ever
conducted and on departure, each
visitor said he or she liked Nome
the IVA earlier had extended
honorary membership to each and
Nome's golden Billikin travels to
the States to many places, bearing
good will and an invitation to
others to visit Nome next year.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
Frank Dufresne of Field
And Stream, Visits Here
After Twenty-Seven Years

Frank .Dufresne, assistant edit
er of Field and Stream and former
Nomeites was a visitor in town
Saturday renewing old friend
ships made from 1920 to 1926
while he was here with the us.
Marshal's office and later with the
Alaska Game Commission.
He was accompanied by Dr.. T.
W. Blake, well-known Seattle
physician, and Warren Avery Of
Wenatchee. They came on Wien's
and also had a 42-inch sheefish
which was caught farther north.
Dufresne is a well-known au-
thority on Alaska game, and now
lives in Olympia, Wash, and ad-
vises that his book, animals and
Fishes" is being revised and will
soon be ready for publication.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the

Compiled by the
US. Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy tonight with oc-
casional light rain. Partly cloudy
Tuesday with occasion light rain
in the afternoon. Winds from the
SW 10 to Is mph today. Light
SW winds Tuesday. Low tempera-
ture expected tonight so, high to-
morrow 62. r
Nome data last "a hours as Of
ZOO am. today: high temperature
81, low 50. Maximum wind Is
mph from the NE. Sunrise at 3:11
am, sunset at 9:O2 pm.
A year ago today: high temper
allure 81, low As. Extremes this
date since 1907: high Y in 1912,
low 80 in 1888.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
Child Hit BY Car Near
Military Gate to Nome Field

Raymond Nuipak, son of Hazel
Nuipak is hospitalized, having
been struck by a car near the
gate to Nome Field.
The child was reported to have
been with a group of children,
one of whom had already run
across the road in front Of the
car, driven by Ray Kangas.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
PAN AMERICAN ANYWAYS

Arriving Saturday were: Jim
Allio, Barrow Morgan, Ken Ub-
belhode, Carl Reinisch, Mrs. John
Penning.
Departing were: Tom Stuart,
VIM. Lennon, Robert Mayokok,
L. c. Ferguson, Carmi Meske, L.
L. Lambson, Myrtle Stubkjaer.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
BOY SCOUT OFFICIAL HERE

Ken Ubbelhode, Boy Scout lead
er, arrived Saturday to spend the
week at the Boy Scout Camp at
Dexter, where Troop 666 is now
in encampment.
Also at the camp is Noel Vogen
of the Teller Boy Scout group.
Ubellohde will also lay plans
for the annual Boy Scout fund
drive where here.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
MIMI HOSPITAL

Admitted: Raymond Nuipak,
Billy Joe Hadley, Daisy A. Kuyu-
look of Savoonga, and Laurits
Ness.
Discharged: Fred Walker, Fred
Davis, Bobby Ahkinga, Roland
Schlecht, Victor Weakuk, Lauri
Daniels of Elm, Lee Kammerer.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
N o T I G Z

Beginning August l the Solo
mon and Safety ferries will oper-
ate six days week between the
hours of 500 am. and 700 pm.
There will be no service on Thurs
days. Service furnished after
hours will be $3.50 per car paid
to the ferrYman.
John. M. Cooley.
District Engineer
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
ALASKA AIRLINES

To Anchorage: Otto Deter, J.
Falconer, D. NJ. Sprill, George
Pope, Maj. G. Kabs, Capt. With
ington, Ronald Scheht.
From Anchorage: Lieut.. Dean
Hoover, Col. Mueller, L. S. Selma
bel, M. L. Farrar, D. w. Dean, A.
B. Ashley, John Jack.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03

Barrow Morgan. son of Capt.
and Mrs. Stan Morgan of the
A. c. S., has arrived home on
visit and was welcomed by former
school friends. Barrow attended
Nome high school here.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
Coastal Monarch to Depart

The Coastal Monarch is dis
charging freight and plans to de-
part late tonight orAtomorrow
morning, according to agent W..
Sipprell.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Kuyu-
look of Savoonga are the parents
Of a son, Isaac Fred, born July
81 at the hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03

ATTENTION MASONS
There will be work in the third
degree Thursday evening at 500
at Anvil Lodge T g. A M No. lao.
Boyd HARDWOOD. WIN.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03
IN COMMISSIONERS COURT

Perry Kagoona, Jr., was given
20 days in the Federal Jail for
disorderly conduct.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-03

PIONEERS ATTENTION -
MEETING AUG. 5 - 500 PM.
Pioneer Igloo
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-15

There is much Voluoble informo-
tion in the free booklets offered by
some of our advertisers. The list be-
low shows some of the free booklets
or special offers thot may be secured
by referring TO advertisements in this
issue. Look for them on the pooes
Indicted. For prompt replies just send
postal cord or letter direct to the
advertiser. Be sure to use the coupon
if one is included in the advertise
ment.
The answer 70 dry formers proyey,
write for free booklet. P. n
The price of a pump is in the per-
formdnee. write for free literature.
p. IL
Sove stock, save time, save money
write for literature on the farm
doxeF. p. Is
Pumps help make your irrigation poy
off. Moil the coupon for free in
formotion. p. Is
Write for free sompIe release and
see how you con moke more
money. p. 81
Write for a free copy OF THE Re-
toiIers Report on Americas Beef
Problem" containing full foets and
figures. p. 3
Moke good, conservative long term
form and roneh looms. Write for
details. p. IT
Write for particulars on quito ports
for cars end trucks. p. 81
= The perfect wound dressing, write
for information. p. -
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-15

Markets Association in Billings Dec.
6. Association is comprised of IL
livestock markets in Montana selling
livestock at auction. Dan O'Neill,
Havre, president, pointed out that
all markets have established labora-
tory facilities to assist veterinarians
in vaccinating and testing and de-
clared that Montana markets well
come opportunity to be of further
service to producers in assisting in
eradication and control of the dis
ease.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-15

Donald A. Williams. left. newly ap-
pointed head of the Soil Conservation
service. is pictured here with DR..
Robert Salfer. former head who trans
ferred for reasons of health 10 take
charge of soil and wafer conservation
research in the agricultural research
service. MIR. Williams is well known
TO Montanans. as he served from 1885 TO
1888 as project engineer of the Power
Dutfon Soil Conservation Project with
headquarters in Great Falls. This
assignment was the beginning of his
career with the Soil Conservation Serv-
ice. In 1851 he was named assistant
chief of the service. Last month he
became acting administrator and now
has been appointed administrator.