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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-05-01

PROBATE NOTICE - Approval and
Settlement of Account. Account and
vouchers OF the following named
person and estate have been filed
in the Probate Court of Madison
County. Ohio, for approval and set
tIement: Louie Il. Stump Utem 81
prust Number 81 Docket 8 Page
go. Il fSf
Unless exceptions are filed there
to, said account will be for hearing
before said Court, on the 3rd day of
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-05-01
London Golfers
Be at Grovepor+

London Highs golf team took
both games in the Tri-City con-
test Tuesday afternoon, April %,
on the Groveport course, defeat
ing Mifflin's team 101a to51a
and Gahanna-Lincoln II to o.
Dick Simmon and Dick LeBeau
were medallists for London High.
LONDON High 101s
Evening star., 1953-05-26

Bethesda Project
Work to Begin

Work is expected to get under
way in a few days on the new
1,40O-unit apartment develop
ment on Rockville pike at Gros-
venor lane, Bethesda, to cost
ultimately, about SIS million.
The garden-type apartments
will be built by Alvin l.. Aubinoe,
Washington and Montgomery
County developer.
Mr.. Aubinoe said the total de-
velopment will consist of /, 2 and
3 bedroom units. The develop
ment will rise on the 76-acre
tract on the east side Of the pike.
A building permit for the first
section of 100 units was granted
Friday. The apartments are ex-
pected to be ready for occupancy
November IS.
The new development is aimed
at serving employees Of the Ma
tional Institute of Health and the
Bethesda Naval Hospital q short
distance south Of the tract.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Possible Delay Seen
In Capital Transit's
Fare Boost HEARING

Robert Mclaughlin, new chair
man of the Public Utilities Com
mission, last night said he
thought there was a possibility
of postponing the hearings next
month for a rate increase for the
Capital Transit Co., under GER
tain circumstances.
He appeared on "Your Com
missioners Report" televised
over WMAL-TV, The Star sta
ton. Also on the program was
Kenneth Spencer. who has been
chairman of the commission.
but who is leaving to take a
position with utilities consult
ing firm in Dallas, Tex. His
resignation becomes effective
Sunday.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said one Of
the reasons the rate hearings
might be subject to postpone
ment is that another member
may be named to the commission
to replace Mr.. Spencer before
the date set for opening of the
hearing.
Cites Congressional Move.
Another reason for postpone
ment would be joint House and
Senate investigation of the
transit situation in the Wash
ington area. A bill for such a
probe now is bottled up in the
House Rules Committee. Mr..
Mclaughlin added that he favors
such an intensive investigation.
Mr.. Mclaughlin was ques-
toned on his position in regard
to public servants in the utilities
field who resign and take jobs
with private firms. He men
toned no specific person.
He said it depends on the in
dividual and that there is GER
tainly no violation of any known
0bc&VuOC AL QUILL q O1A14Os 4A4 .
Mclaughlin added that, if such
a move was really unethical,
Congress would Immediately en-
act legislation to prevent it.
Two Methods Discussed.
Turning to District Commis-
sioner Samuel Spencer, the re-
porters asked if he thinks the
public works program will be
introduced at this session Of
Congress, in view Of the fact the
Commissioners are studying
methods of financing the pro-
gram. Commissioner Spencer
said the study by the Commits
sioners means the bill will be
introduced at this session.
He discussed two obvious ways
Of financing the public works
Evening star., 1953-05-26
City Heads SET Hearing
On Parole Board Protests

The Commissioners will hold
a hearing Thursday at 10 am
for members of the Parole Board
who are objecting to the recon-
mendation of the Department OF
General Administration that the
board be incorporated into the
Department of Corrections.
The Citizens Advisory Council,
yesterday recommended the re-
lection of the administration
plan in a letter to the Commits
Sioners.
The hearing was requested by
Col. c. Campbell Johnson, chair
man of the board. Other mem
bers are Herbert ]. jacob and
Hugh F. Rivers.
Former members of the board
who are also protesting are
Frank r. Jelleff, United States
Attorney Leo Rover and Wilbur
LaRoe.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Merchants Clinic
Planned Tomorrow

The Washington Junior Cham
ber of Commerce and the Sales
Executive Club will sponsor q
Merchants Clinic from $50 am
to $3.50 pm. tomorrow in the
Shoreham Hotel. Speakers will
include:
Gerald Grosner. of Grosner's
Clothing Store; j. P. Stedhouder
manager of Central Charge Serv-
ice; Ferd Nauheim, consultant in
direct mail advertising; Harold
Singer, vice president of Lans-
burgh's Department Store;
Morris Moss, vice president OF
the Hecht Co.. and M. Belmont
VerStandig, advertising man.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Pupils al Patterson
Facing Part-Time
Glasses Next Fall
By james 6. Deone

Some Patterson Elementary
School pupils face part-time
classes in September. Associate
Supt. Carl P. Hansen said yes
terday.
These will be the first part
time classes in the city's white
schools since 1850.
Simon and Congress Heights
Elementary Schools also face a
tight enrolment squeeze, but DR..
Hansen said he hopes to avert
part-time schedules at those two
schools.
In Simon's case, emergency
measures will be necessary, how
ever. DR.. Hansen said he plans
to shift IS Boiling Air Force Base
youngsters from Simon to Tyler
school. and two classes will be set
up in Simon's auditorium. Kin
dergarten enrollments also will
be restricted.
Figure Unknown.
The school official said he
doesn't know how many Patter-
son children will go on a reduced
schedule. Patterson's expected
fall enrolment is 1880, almost
500 over normal capacity, so
double shifts appear unavoidable
for part of the pupils. DR.. Han
sen said.
Under a part-time scheme, one
group of children attends school
in the morning and another in
the afternoon. Such groups lose
about an hour of instruction a
day
The part-time schedule will
continue until next February.
when the opening of the new
Draper School-now under con-
struction-is expected to relieve
all three crowded white schools.
Draper is at Ninth street and
Wahler place Sc.
Simon Enrolment Up.
Both Patterson and Congress
Heights have had part-time
classes before-Patterson start
ing in 1948 and Congress Heights
in 1947 They ended with the
opening of Simon in December,
1850.
But Simon's own enrolment
has mushroomed into the city's
biggest-currently 1,343. al
though the building was in
tended for only 936. And new
home construction will bring an
additional pupil influx next fall.
Miss Edith M. Williams, ST.
mons principal. is expecting a
September enrolment pf 1850.
Evening star., 1953-05-26

program. One would call for is
suance of bonds and the other,
for an increase in taxation. The
Commissioner sad he does not
favor a bond issue but would pre-
fer that the Federal Government
borrow whatever money was nee
essary and turn the proceeds over
to the District rather than have
the District, as such, issue bonds.
Mr.. Spencer said that. if taxes
get too high in the District, in
relation to nearby Virginia and
Maryland. more residents of
Washington will move into near
by States to get a more favorable
tax situation.
Bryson Rash, WMAL-TV news
commentator, was moderator of
"Your Commissioners Report"
Commissioner Renah F. CANA
lier also appeared.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
| House Accepts Move
To Deny New Building
Al St. E|izabeths

The House yesterday accepted
the decision of it's Appropriations
Committee in withholding funds
for plans for a new maximum
security. building at st. Eliza
beths Hospital.
There was no debate or move
to restore the requested $195,-
900 planning fund yesterday
when the House ran through the
1854 Labor-Health, Education,
Welfare supply bill for amend
ments.
Welfare Secretary Hobby and
hospital authorities, therefore,
will have to look to the Senate if
the item is to be restored, since
the item was not subject to ac-
ton again today in the House
when it votes on passage of the
bill.
Present housing at st. Eliza
beths for the criminally insane
has been called dangerous. Mrs.
Hobby recommended the plan
ming fund for the new building
when she submitted her revised
and reduced budget for her de-
partment.
The House committee, in de-
letting this request, said that,
while there was some justif1ca-
tion for the new building, it was
not disposed to recommend more
funds for buildings so long as
Federal patients were a minor
part of st. Blizabeths load.
At the time, hospital authori-
ties said more than half of the
inmates of overcrowded Howard
Hall-the present maximum Sc
curity building-were there un-
der Federal custody.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
D. {. Heads Act 10 Expand
Assistant Assessor Field

The Commissioners today in
structed Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West to prepare pro-
posed legislation to broaden the
field from which the city may
select assistant assessors.
The 1854 budget estimate OF
the assessor includes provision
for four additional assistant as
SCISSORS.
Assessor James L. Martin ad-
vised the city heads that it is
difficult to fill the jobs because
Of a requirement now in the law
that they must have lived in the
District for at least five years
prior to appointment.
The city heads decided they
would seek to extend the eligi-
bility to the Washington Metro
politan area.
Commissioner Renah F. Cam
alier objected to the Districts
bringing in such officials from
any farther afield. He main
tanned that the city should be
run by local people.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Muy'sWeiYd ondWetWeother
BATTLES Those Who Forecast 1t

| nothing do do with weather
rain-wise, or tornado-wise.
Only on two occasions-Hiro-
shima and the Bikini underwater
explosion-did weather changes
develop, he said. At Hiroshima,
on August 6, 1945, raging fires
which followed the A-bomb blast
sent up a rising pillar of heat
Conditions were just right,
and a thunderstorm developed
in a few hours" the weather.
man said.
At Bikini, the bomb produced
rising column of steam and wa
ter vapor, which rose. started
formations of strato-cumuluS
clouds, and heavy rainfall fol-
lowed in the immediate area
within 80 minutes.
Don't Blame the Bomb.
AS for dust and atomic par
ticleS producing sufficient nuclei
for rain drop formation, he said,
I'VE have no evidence that such
explosions contribute enough"
For that matter" he contin-
ued, what about the droughts
and immense dust storms of the
1930s? The dust storms threw
up more particles than all the
A-bombs would total since then.
They didn't produce rain then. "
Cloud-seeding?
Ironically enough, on May /.
the Council of the American Me-
Evening star., 1953-05-26

we'll have a truck as a CONVEX
tible.
Tornadoes have lashed the
Middle West.
Why?
Men concerned more with the
weather than about it stepped
up today with few pronounce
ments, varying in some degree
but all in agreement on one
thing that is troubling the lay
mans mind.
Mans atom bombs or his
cloud-seeding have nothing to
do with it.
"The atmosphere is able to
produce lots of rain without
mans help" one expert re-
marked in jest.
8.3 Inches So Far.
AS of yesterday morning. $50
inches of rain have fallen on
Washington and much of the
Eastern Seaboard so far this
month. The average rainfall for
the month is 3.98 and the wet
test May on record was in
generally wet 1889, when 1860
inches fell.
This all comes as no surprise
to two unofficial experts and as
very little to the official ones at
the Weather Bureau.
For instance, DR.. Charles G.
Abbot, former secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, has
made a life work on solar radi-
alton and the variability of the
sun and it's effect on weather.
DR.. Abbot forecasts, a year
ahead, days on which rain is
more likely to occur.
For 1853, he named 81 days
out of Mays 81.
Weather Bureau records show
at least a trace Of rain on 81
days thus far.
The 1853 Hagerstown Alma
mack, basing its conjecture on
the calculations of a Pennsyl-
vanian named w. A. Shoemaker,
is not quite so specific as DR.. Alb
bot. but just as abundant with
it's rain. The Almanack calls for
three definite rainy periods COW
ering II days and leaves the
door wide open for more precipi-
tation on eight other days.
Two Reasons.
Simple reason advanced by the
Weather Bureau for what may
charitably be called an "un-
settled" spring is twofold:
l. There has been an unusual
ly large amount of warm, un-
stable, tropical air moving up
from the Gulf of Mexico, we'll
laden with moisture and energy
2. From the Northern Pacific
have come many cold fronts or
leading edges of cold air.
When the two meet, they
form not only perfect breeding
ground for tornadoes, but de
velop into new storms as they
move toward the East Coast.
Why this particular year and
this particular May?
"The ultimate cause still
eludeS U.s." one of the Weather
Bureaus top men declared.
Echoing the Weather Bureaus
official stand, he expressed con-
f1dence that the atomic blasts
this year or any year, have
Evening star., 1953-05-26
District 10 Review
System Of Issuing
Auto Tags TO Dealers

The Districts regulations for
issuance of automobile dealers
tags will be scrutinized soon to
see whether they permit unnec-
essary loss of revenue by the city
Schuyler Lowe, director OF
general administration. said he
would discuss them with the
corporation counsel's office. the
assessor and the director of We
hicles and traffic.
If it appears that the District
is losing out on revene through
the way the present law operates,
he said. change should be rec
commended.
Sees Nothing Illegal.
Mr.. Lowe said that nothing IL
legal was involved. but the ques-
tion which has been raised to
him is whether the legislation
overlooks means Of complete en-
forcement of normal tax and
licensing activities.
Nearly $500 dealers tags were
outstanding at last check. Under
the regulations. they may be
used not only for cars on sale
but by a new car or used car
dealer and his employees for the
operation of vehicles he owns
or holds.
Get Special Rate.
Dealers may purchase the tags
at $50 each for the first three
and $40 each for additional ones.
Questions have been raised as
to whether the regulation. lib
eralized in 1949, permits those
holding the tags to avoid license
and personal property fees and
annual inspections.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Resident Watches TV
AS Burglar Loots Room

A Southeast resident today
told police a housebreaker cut
a screen on her bedroom window,
crawled into her apartment, stole
her purse and a fur scarf and
escaped-all while she was in an
other room watching television.
Virginia H. Hall. colored, 80,
who lives in a first floor apart
ment in the 4400 block Of Falls
terrace Sc, placed the house,
breaking at some time between
9:20 pm. and II pm. When she
turned of her television set and
prepared for bed. she said, she
discovered her loss.
Evening star., 1953-05-26

LeOrOlOglcaI society issued q
statement concluding that stud
les fail to show that monthly
or season precipitation over
selected target has been signifi-
cantly increased by ground-based
cloud seeding"
Studies do not preclude the
possibility" the statement went
on, that precipitation can be in
creased, but it is suggested that
any increase has been relatively
small on the target area.
Weather over the Nation can
not be modified by cloud-seeding,
the consensus indicated.
About TornadOes.
Tornadoes?
A more widespread system of
tornado reporting, better net
works and an increase of public
consciousness combine to make q
periods tornado total higher
than in earlier years. In other
words, tornado that might blow
itself out in an uninhabited,
mountainous or isolated area
and never find its way into
Weather Bureau record books,
now is reported by one means or
another.
In 1850. the bureau began
bearing down on its tornado
study and network.
From 1916 to 1850, the aver
age number of tornadoes re-
ported ran like this for the first
five months: January, 4; Febru-
ary, S: March, II; April, "a, and
May, 33.
BY comparison. the totals re-
ported this year: January, ID;
February, IS; March. 48; April,
81, and May, 66.
May, 1949, for example. had
LOG reported tornadoes, and
March, 1898. had 80.
May has a good chance Of set
ting the rain record for Wash
ington. It has only that 1888
figure of 1859 inches to reach
1t has long since passed the 6.97
inches of 1897 and the GIG
inches of 1888.
But what if you lived on Mt.
Waialale in Hawaii, where 436
inches fell in one year? Or Cher
rupunji, India, which had 241
inches in a month? Or Baguio
the Philippines, with As inches
| in "a hours?
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Epiphuny Curute RESIGNS

The Rev. Harry L. Mayfield is
resigning as curate of the Epis-
copal Church of the Epiphany.
1917 G street NV, to become
rector Of st. Phillips Parish in
Laurel. Del. His resignation is
effective September s. Mr.. May
field has served as curate since
his ordination as deacon In 1851.
He was ordained o priest last
June.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Mclaughlin Foted
ForChoirmonship
And Gets 1t

Robert Mclaughlin was
formally named chairman
of the Public Utilities Com
mission yesterday.
His naming was practi-
cally a sure thing.
The Engineer Commis-
sioner of the District, by ira
dition, is never named top
man.
The only other member at
this time, Kenneth Spencer,
has resigned effective Sun
day.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
D. c. Fee Bill Action
Finished in Congress

Congress today completed ac-
ton on a bill to authorize the
District Commissioners to de-
termine the fees to be charged
by Is of the city's license and
regulation boards.
The Senate accepted an
amendment written into the
bill yesterday by the House to
require that the Commissioners
hold public hearings before they
change any established fee. The
measure now goes to the White
House for signature.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Police Enviision
Crime Squads
For EntireCity
Shimon Experiment
At No. 2 Precinct
Will Be Model
By J. Theodore Crown

A clty-Wlde system OF general
crime squads, based on highly
successful experiment at No. 2
Precinct. is being planned. Po-
lice Chief Robert v. Murray said
today.
The experiment at No. 2.
launched by the police chief on
January l, has proved of such
value that similar squads will
be set up in nearly all other
precincts.
The squad is headed by 1t.
Joseph w. Shimon and, for the
past AZ months, has been re-
sponsible for all crime investi-
cations in the precinct. Results,
police officials say. have been
extremely gratifying.
SIS Felonies Solved.
During the first four months
Of its operation, the squad closed
518 of TIT felony cases-com-
pared with Alb solutions among
758 cases for the first four
months of last year. Out of
40 misdemeanors, 301 were
solved, compared with 245 out
of SGT last year.
The squad has brought a new
term to underworld parlance
Criminals caught in its net say
they have been "shimonized."
At the close of last year, It
was decided to begin the expert
ment in the precinct with the
worst record of. crime. The gen.
eral makeup of the squad was
planned in a series of confer
ences between Chief Murray and
Capt. John E. Winters, precinct
commander.
1t. Simmons squad of two
precinct detectives, five proba-
tionary detectives and three pri-
Yates work out of a three-room
Office on the second floor of the
precinct station.
They use their own cars and
buy their own gasoline. Their
hours vary, depending on the
number of cases confronting
them. They have developed a
pride in their work and a morale
that is the envy of the depart
ment.
Keeps Own Records.
The squad keeps its own
record flea sort of who's who
of the criminal element in the
precinct. Any tidbit of infor-
nation picked up about a known
criminal or q suspicious person
is dropped into that persons file
l<no matter how unimportant II
may seem at the time.
The group has recovered more
than $4,000 worth of stolen
property since January /. Its
record of cases solved and prop
erty recovered do not include
work done in connection with
crimes in other precincts.
The squad has developed a
degree of cooperation with
downtown squads rare in pre-
Observation-Disclosures relations
The same cooperation is ex-
tended to other precincts.
Criminals arrested in con-
nection with one case are
procesSed carefully to determine
if they might be connected with
any other cases. This practice
has led to solution of some cases
which might otherwise have
gone unsolved.
Chief Murray said he plans
to set up similar squads in all
precincts, with the possible ex-
ceptionS of No. 6 and No. 8
These. he said, may be COM
bined under one squad, since
their crime rate is comparatively
small.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Folk Dancers
Ask Clearance
For Janlborees
Montgomery Urged
To Permit Parties
Despite Protests

Washington area square dane
ers today asked the Montgomery
County Council to pass an ordi-
nance that would permit the
holding of dances in the county
without "harassment" from out
siderS.
The letter urging the measure
was sent to the Council by the
National Capital Area Square
Dance leaders Association, head
ed by Haviland Hobbs. Chevy
Chase attorney.
The letter from the associa-
ton topped a series of protests
received by county police and
other officials over the breakup
of a huge outdoor square dance
jamboree Saturday night on the
woodward & Lothrop private
parking lot at Wisconsin avenue
and the District line.
5000 Were Present.
Some 5000 residents from
Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
trict had turned out for the jam
boree dance. More than 1000
Western-garbed men and color
full, billowy- -skirted women were
dancing when protests of nearby
residents forced their leaders and
Woodward & Lothrop officials to
call an end to the festivities at
1905 pm.
In his letter to the council Mr..
Hobbs deplored the situation in
which a few people can prevent
a hundred times as many from
having a good time for several
hours one night in the year.
"It is neither fair nor reason
able" he said.
Held Everywhere.
The association noted that
such open-air dances clean,
wholesome and worthwhile
are held all over the country
and in some areas draw as many
as $4,000 persons.
Under present county ordi-
nances a warrant for disturbing
the peace can be obtained
against a person operating a
loud-speaking system to the an
noyance of the neighbors. Sat-
urday night three residents Of
the nearby area threatened to
swear out such a warrant.
The associations proposal in
effect would read, Mr.. Hobbs
said, "in the course of a public
event properly authorized and
scheduled mere noise or sound
created in the orderly conduct of
the event would not be breach
of the peace"
The association and Woodward
& Lothrop officials failed to get
a permit for Saturday nights
dance. A. Morton Thomas, di-
rector of licenses inspection, said
that if the association applies
for a permit for a future affair
his Office would take it under
consideration to determine
whether or not it would con-
stitute a nuisance"
County Councilman Louis A.
Gravelle today said he has passed
the dance area Saturday night,
found it very colorful and saw
no roWdinesS."
Evening star., 1953-05-26
By ChorIes J. Yorbrouqh

All right, so it's been raining.
The farmers sodden fields
haven't been worked on sched-
ule, corn planting is late, golf
games and picnics have been
Cancelled. Fish can't see any
bait to bite in muddy water,
and lawn-mower mileage is pill
ing up.
Mildew is taking over in the
lowlands and a man might as