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Evening star., 1953-05-18
Six From Nearby Virginia
To Have Planning Roles

Six nearby Virginia residents
will take active roles in the
fourth annual Virginia Citizens
Planning Association in Char
lotteSville next Monday and
Tuesday.
The two-day session will be de-
voted to discussions on such top
les as Getting Your Commun-
ity Ready for Industry" How
to Get Subdivision and Zoning
Ordinances Adopted" THE
Changing Economy of the South"
and Technical Assistance for
Local Planning"
Among speakers and panel
members at the session will be
Richard Wakefield, Matt c. Hup-
puch and Mrs. Kathryn Stone,
all of Arlington, Charles Robin
son, of Alexandria, Herbert F.
Schumann, jr., of Fairfax
County, president of the associa-
ton, and Mrs. Robert S. Pickens,
of Ashburn.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Flash Storm
Causes Floods
In Montgomery
Lightning Strikes
; Homes; Scores Of
Trees Blown Down

Warm and humid weather was
in store for Washington today.
following another flash storm
yesterday. That one-latest in a
series in the area-concentrated
in Montgomery County.
The Weather Bureau said the
thunderstorm, which hit about
5 pm. yesterday. did most of its
damage in the Silver Spring,
Bethesda and Wheaton areas.
A total Of .46 inches of rain was
recorded ofiicially at National
Airport.
Lightning hit three homes,
scores of trees were blown down,
power lines were dropped across
roads and flash floods stalled
traffic.
TV Antenna Is Hit.
The Kensington Volunteer Fire
Department went to a home at
2810 Wiseman road, Wheaton,
where lightning struck a tele-
vision antenna and started an
attic fire. The firemen also re-
moved a tree which fell on a
house at 1906 Elnora road,
Wheaton.
Lightning hit the chimney Of
an apartment house at 3505 Min
nesota avenue Sc. Occupants
were cleared out for several
hours until the building had
been inspected for safety. A
house at $50 Hilltop terrace Sc.
also was hit by lightning, but
lost only a few bricks from the
chimney.
A power line which dropped
across Jones Bridge road near
the Bethesda Naval Hospital
caused traffic to be rerouted.
Showers Likely Today.
The Weather Bureau forecast
warm and rather humid weather
for today. with the temperature
rising to about "a degrees in the
afternoon. There is a chance of
thundershowers later today.
Tonight will be fair and cooler.
with the thermometer dropping
to go degrees. Tomorrow will
be cooler.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
New Addition Started
AT Lanham Church

Members of Lanham Metho-
dist Church attended a ground
breaking ceremony yesterday for
. their new $4,000 addition at
Whitfield road near Annapolis
road. Lanham, Md.
Among those to turn the first
shovelS of earth were the oldest
active member. Mrs. Harry E.
Cowan. and trustee emeritus
John Paris.
Others taking part included
Charles Brooks and Annie B..
Gardner of the official board;
Howard Taylor and John Mar
burger, trustees; William Joyce,
former Building Com m t e e
chairman; Kenneth Lee and
Paul Lanham, Building Com
mittee, and Ray Hurley, former
Finance Committee chairman.
DR.. Vernon Middleton, execu-
tive secretary of the Methodist
Church's Board of Home Mis-
sions and Church Extension, was
the principal speaker.
The Rev. Louis Young is pas
tor of the Lanham church, which
was organized in 1887.
The new addition will have an
auditorium seating $50 persons
and fellowship hall and kitchen
in the basement. Robert j. Page
of Bethesda, Md, is the architect.
The present church, built in
1921, will be converted into an
educational structure.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Father and Son Group
To Organize in GIenmont

Five tribes of Indian Guides,
a father-son organization spon-
sored by the YMCA, will be
chartered Friday in a ceremony
at dusk on the grounds of the
Glenmont (MdO Elementary
School.
Members of the tribes began
carving their totem poles and
rigging up Indian headdresses
last January in preparation for
the event.
They are to receive national
charters from the National Long
House, an organization of In
dian Guides all over the Nation.
Charles j. Miller, Chief of the
Central Atlantic area, will Off
cially welcome the new Glen
mont Long House.
Chiefs of the Glenmont group
are Harry Hofmeister, Martin
Ackerman, Jack Fox, Austin
Phillips and William Curtis.
The chiefs also are executive
committee members of the Sill
yer Spring Community Young
Mems Christian Organization, a
Red Feather agency. The YMCA
has sponsored the program.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
BY the Assoeiufsd Press

PORT DEPOSIT, Md, May 18.
Three drenched fishermen res
cued from the Susquehanna Riv-
er after their fish-loaded boat
capsized told this story to State
police.
I'VE had close to $50 shad, -
Roland D. Burk of Boring and
John L. Woodward and Preston
o Blossom, both of Glyndon,
agreed when they decided to halt
several hours of drift net" fish
ing Saturday night.
The water was slapping at the
gunwaleS as Mr.. Woodward
headed the 16-foot craft for
shore.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Youth Killed as Stolen Car
Crashes Into Power Pole
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, May 18.-
Franklin D. Hardin. 16. of Balti-
more, was dead and another
teen-ager was charged with
larceny after a hectic flight in
a stolen car that crashed into
a power pole carrying $4,000
volts.
The accident, early yesterday
at the intersection of Mountain
and PinehurSt roads, plunged
parts of Anne Arundel County
into darkness for more than six
hours.
The Baltimore Gas & Electric
Co. reported service out in
JacobSville and Gibson Island
for almost six and a half hours
Sunday morning.
Charged with larceny of the
automobile was Edward j. Long
II, also of Baltimore, who was
admitted to the hospital with
head decorations.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Nurses Will Jump
From Planes in CD
Rescue Moneuver

Civil defense observers will see
nurses parachuting to their
patient for the first time in a
practice rescue maneuver to be
held at the Hybla Valley Airport
near Alexandria Sunday
Two Washington nurses,
Aldine Glass and Edna Wald-
spurger are members of the
Alexandria Civil Air Patrol
squadron which is sponsoring the
simulated rescue to train its
members in air search and
rescue techniques.
Dwight Dillon, a former para
trooper, who taught the girls
pafachuting, also will make an
exhibition jump.
The operation, which will be
conducted over a 50-mile area,
will bring together radio opera
tors. pilots, air observers, first
aid crews, and CAP cadet rescue
teams.
The public IS invited to the
demonstration at the airport,
just off Highway four miles
south of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Virginia Jaycees Name
Top Men at Convention
By the Asseeiniad Pres.

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va,
May 18.-Jack P. Barnes OF
Portsmouth has been named
the States outstanding Junior
Chamber of Commerce president
for 1858.
Mr.. Barnes was awarded the
Sydney Peck Trophy at the clos
ing session of the three-day
State Jaycee convention here
yesterday. Mr.. Peck is a past
president Of the Virginia Jaycees.
George Rawlings of FrederickS-
burg was elected to the presi-
dency of the young mems or
ganization.
Among the vice presidents
elected was Kenneth B. Ludwig,
camera shop operator, of 1857
N. Thirty-third road, Arlington.
Alexandria Jaycees won honors
in project competitions. They
were first in profit making,
mimeograph publications, church
and religious activities; second in
publications and trade promo
ton. and third in annual publica-
tions and youth activities.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Arlington Student Wins
Area 0ratorY Contest
BY the Associofed Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, May
ia sophomore from Arling-
tons Washington Lee High
School will represent the Dis
trict. Maryland and Virginia in
an Optimist International ora
torical contest in Washington
next month.
Robert S. (Shep) Morgan, IS,
of 1852 South Sixteenth street,
Arlington, won the Optimist
area contest here Saturday over
80 other contestants.
In second place was Tom A.
harrington, IA, Leland Junior
High School ninth grader, of IA
Woodhaven boulevard. Bethesda.
Elected as governor of the dis
trict for the coming year was
DR.. Harold Angel, a chiropractor,
of 8726 Colesville road, Silver
Spring.
Among lieutenant governors
named were Frank Smith of
Charlottesville. Zone B, and
Martin E. Brown, Washington
accountant, of 4648 North Twen-
ty-third road, Arlington.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Il Area Students Named
Cadet Officers at VPI
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

BLACKSBURG, Va, May 1s.
Twelve Washington area STU
dents at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute here have been ap-
pointed as officers in the cadet
corps for the next school year.
Capt. w. T. Hoeck III, Arling-
ton. will be q member OF the
regimental staff, and Capt. L. B.
Womeldorph, Leesburg, will
commany Company D of the 1st
Battalion.
Capt. j. M. Elliott, Arlington.
will be a member Of the I'd Bat
talon staff, while Capt. H. H,
Oakley, Martinsburg. will COM
mand Company F.
1t. Col. j. T. Fraiser, Arlington.
will head the Sd Battalion with
Maj. G. E. Bunce, Arlington, as
his executive officer and Capt.
R. L. Bryan, Alexandria, as a
staff member. CaptS. L. F..
Ayres. jr., Arlington, and T. w.
Lovelace, Alexandria. will COM
mand Companies L and M.
1t. Col. J. w. Shorter, Waynes-
boro, will direct the 4th Bat.
talon and have Maj. K. e.
Kohler, of Washington. as his
executive officer. Capt. T. r.
CHARTERS, Fredericksburg, will
command Company o.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
U. Of Md. Dormitories
Will Get New Names

University of Maryland dormi-
tories will be renamed tomor-
row under a new plan that will
give them names of Maryland
counties instead of letters or
numbers.
A ceremony to mark the
change will be held at $3.50 pm.
in the Tunnel Amphitheater.
Margaret Brent Hall will be
renamed st. Mary's; Anne
Arundel will be rededicated with
a plaque bearing the same name.
Dormitory II will be named
Queen Anne and Dormitory III
will become Somerset.
Among the names to be given
the mems dormitories will be
Prince Georges. Montgomery,
Baltimore, Hartford, Allegany
and Cecil.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Man and Wife
Die Of Injuries
In Auto Crash
Two Others Hurt
As Cars Collide
Heud-On in Fuirfux

An Alexandria man and his
wife were killed in a head-on
crash in Fairfax County yester-
day.
They were Charles w. Haynes,
63, and his wife Ruby, 81, both
of l West Luray avenue.
The crash occurred at the in
tersection of Route 236, also
known as Little River Turnpike,
and Route $40, Braddock road.
at Weyanoke, between Lincolnia
and Annandale.
Started Left Turn.
Fairfax County police said
that Mr.. Haynes was driving
west and started to make a
left turn to Route 620. An east
bound car driven by James E.
holland. %, of the 5000 block of
Colvin street. Alexandria, crashed
into the front of the Haynes car,
police said.
Witnesses told police the
Haynes car bounced 20 feet into
the air and come down on it's
top. Mrs. Haynes was pronounced
dead at the scene! Her body
had to be cut from the wreck
age.
Mr.. Haynes died a short time
after he was taken to Alexandria
Hospital.
Both Seriously Injured.
Mr.. holland and a passenger
in his car, Lonnie McCleary, 20,
Of 1913 Lynnwood street, Alexan-
dria, both were admitted to Alex
andria Hospital with serious in
juries. Mr.. holland had severe
laceratjons and internal injuries
and Mr.. McCleary had a broken
leg. hip and ankle.
Police charged Mr.. holland
with two counts of manslaugh-
ter. No hearing date was sched-
1I1ol
Evening star., 1953-05-18
WooIIs 10 Quit u. s. Post
In Alexandra in july
by the Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, May 18.-Wil-
liam P. Wools, jr., special as
sistant in the Alexandria ONCE
of the United States District At
torney for Eastern Virginia,
plans to resign in July.
Mr.. Wools. a Democrat. has
held the post since August, 1851.
He will enter private law prac.
tice.
He is the son of Corporation
Court Judge William P. Woods
of Alexandria.
Meanwhile, District Attorney
Designate L. S. Parsons, jr.,
said the main District Attor-
ney Office for the district may
be shifted from Richmond back
to Norfolk, his home town.
The Office was located In Nor
folk from 1944-47 and in 1943
before being transferred to
Richmond.
Mr.. Parsons also said he had
asked James r. Moore of Rich
mond to accept an appointment
as senior assistant district at
torney with Offices in Richmond.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Bultimoreun to Head
Health Finance Study
BY the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, May 18.-Rich-
ard w. Case, Baltimore attorney
has accepted Craftsmanship of a
commission which will study
State and local responsibility for
public health financing.
The announcement of Mr.
Cases acceptance was made yes
terday by DR.. George H. Yeager
chairman of the Committee on
Medical Care of the State Plan
ming Commission.
The Sobeloff Commission on
Streamlining the State Govern
ment first pointed up the need
for a study of public health
financing. Later the General
Assembly requested that the in
vestigation be made.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Arlington Teacher
Wins $1,000 Award

Miss Frances Keck, social
studies teacher at Washington
Lee High School in Arlington,
has been awarded a $4,000 fell
lowship for study next year. The
award is from the Fund for the
Advancement of Education. es-
tablished by the Ford Founda-
ton.
Miss Keck plans first to study
city governments in Milwaukee,
Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland.
The latter part Of the year she
expects to study cultural contri-
buttons made by Spain, Mexico
and Indians in the Southwest.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Permanent Campaign
On Vandalism Sought
In Nearby Maryland

Early next month a meeting
will be held to organize a per-
manent group to fight vandalism
in nearby Maryland.
Among tentative plans the Or
ganization already has are spon-
sorirg the formation of boys
clubs and setting up an employ
ment bureau to act as an inter-
mediary between merchants and
the schools so that students
seeking summer work can be
helped to find it.
The organization and it's pro-
gram are the result of a cam
paign started by one man be-
cause the depredations of juve-
niles was costing him some $500
a week.
The man behind the drive is
Sidney Lust, who owns a string
of theaters in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties.
Damage to Theaters.
Early in March, Mr.. Lust took
note of the fact that slashed
seats, damage to rest rooms and
water fountains, stolen drive-in
theater speakers and other acts
Of vandalism were costing him
considerable money. He had a
man employed full time to repair
the damage, and the repairman
couldn't keep up with the work.
He believed that most of the
damage was being caused by ju-
veniles, so he asked Mrs. r. o.
Stelzer, president of the Prince
Georges County Council of Par
ent-Teacher Associations, to
meet with him and his theater
managers to discuss the problem.
After that session, Mr.. Lust
decided to invite representatives
of PTAs. schools and law en-
forcement bodies and some STU
dents themselves from both
counties to meet and discuss the
problem. The meeting was held
on March 20.
The group decided to organize
a drive on vandalism, which it
found was not confined to thea
tiers.
Less than two weeks ago the
group, which calls itself the
Montgomery Prince Georges
County Committee to Fight VAN
dalism, heard Mr.. Lust report
that the vandalism at his movie
houses had practically halted.
Plans Permanent Setup.
But the committee decided to
organize on permanent basis
to wage a continuing fight
against vandalism.
Judge Alfred D. Noyes of the
Montgomery County Juvenile
Court, who has been it's chair
man during the two-month
campaign. said the group is con-
tinuing the campaign by reach
ing students directly through
their school councils, and cir
culating letters to parents
through the PTAs.
OF Mr.. LuSt's part in founding
the organization, Judge Noyes
said:
II think he should be given a
great deal of credit for taking
the initiative on a very real
problem, and, as a citizen, for
getting his fellow-citizens to-
gether to do the job"
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Red Cross Donations
Total S1,547,258,
Final Audit Shows

Washington area residents
gave a total of ST., ,547,258 for Red
Cross activities in the recent
drive, R. Roy Dunn, chairman
of the 1858 fund campaign, an
nounced yesterday.
The campaigns final audit dis
closed that contributions were
$16,258 above the 1881 900
quota. or 101 per cent of the
objective.
Most Since 1945.
The 394,535 gifts were the
most since 1945, at the con-
clusion of World War II.
The Government Division of
the campaign raised $699, ,464, or
1901 per cent of its goal, with
237,1 gifts. It was headed by
William McChesney Martin. The
General Business Division, head
ed by M. A. Morrison, raised
$422,2 ,220, or 10000 per cent of
it's goal, with 57,202 gifts.
Thanking the area contribu-
tors, Mr.. Dunn said:
This outpouring of generosity
by the District and surrounding
counties residents is inspiring
proof of their convictions con-
corning the service of Red
Cross in this community and
throughout the world.
10000 Volunteers Thanked.
Their support of the need
for additional blood collections
for gamma globulin processing
alone already is bearing fruit in
the District, where first injec-
tions of the blood derivative
preventing paralytic polio were
administered by the District
Health Department.
Efforts of the 10000 volun-
teers who aided in this cam
paign deserve the thanks of all
people in our communities"
Mr.. Dunn announced also
that those wishing to make ad-
ditional contributions to the re-
lief of the tornado stricken area
in Texas should send the dona-
tionS to the District Red Cross
Chapter Fund Office.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
3 Cling Hours to Upset Boot,
Lose Nights Haul of $50 Shud

Suddenly a small wave struck
the bow and it went under. The
boat turned over.
The fishermen, wearing life
preservers, grabbed quickly for
the side of the boat and held on
For two hours. they estimate
they drifted downstream. con-
stantly crying for help.
Mrs. Stanley Willis, on shore
heard the calls and set out in a
motorboat, but the motor quit
and she had to return to shore. =.
She notified Corpl. John Dough-
erty of the State police. who
reused local watermen and made
the rescue.
The $50 shad? They got away.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Ex-ChapIain Named Head
OF DAv in Maryland
BY the Assoeiassd Press

ANNAPOLIS, May ia
Lutheran minister who served
as a chaplain with the 35th In
fantry Regiment in World War
II yesterday was elected State
commander of the Disabled
American Veterans.
The Rev. Christian Neumann
Of Annapolis, was named by
some 200 delegates from DAV
posts throughout the State to
succeed William L. Minor Of
Baltimore.
Mr.. Neumann Is associate pas
tor of Huber Memorial Lutheran
Church, Baltimore.
The delegates voted to hold
their 1854 convention in Balti-
more.
Other officers named at the
close Of the two-day annual con-
vention in the Statehouse here
include: Justian E. Shook, Ken
sington, historian. and Benjamin
L. Parnell. Takoma Park. officer
Of the day.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Armed Forces
Show Draws
Record Thrones
$4,000 See Display
Of U. S. Might at
Boiling Air Base

The week end Armed Forces
Day show at Boiling Air Force
Base broke all attendance rec
ordS for such shows here, even
II it did end on a wet note.
The estimated 10000 persons
who came to see the numerous
airplaneS and exhibits yesterday
received a Commute warning
that the thunderstorm which hit
this area was due to strike about
4:50 pm. This was only a short
time before the show was due to
end anyway.
The warning, which came
from Bolling'S air weather Sec
ton. was broadcast several times
over the public address system.
Spectators streamed out of the
base in cars and buses over the
Commute period and this pre-
vented a sudden. heavy traffic
jam. However, a shortage of
taxicabS delayed the departure
OF some persons who did not
have cars.
TwO-Day Total is $4,000.
Yesterdays crowd, lured by
the pleasant weather which gen.
orally prevailed during the day,
brought the total attendance for
the Saturday-Sunda show to
an estimated 232, 900 persons. A
Boiling public information off,
Ger said this was the largest
crowd ever to attend an Armed
Forces Day show at the base
since the occasion was inaugu-
rated four years ago.
More than $4,000 automobiles
came to the base in the two
days. and yesterday more per-
sons walked into the base than
on Saturday. More families also
brought their children. t-
Some of the airplaneS which
had been on display left last
night, but the majority of them,
including the giant B-36 inter-
continental bomber, were to de-
part for home bases throughout
the country today. The Army,
Navy and Marine Corps also
we're scheduled to remove their
equipment. running from such
things as the Navy's deep-sea
diving show to big field guns.
Marines Depict Assault.
AS on Saturday, one of the
days biggest attractions was a
simulated assault by helicopter-
borne Marines. They used ma
cline-gunS, artillery dropped by
helicopter, f1ame-throwers and
other implements of war.
The crowd also was thrilled
by the Jet-aSsisted-take-off
(JATO) of the Navy's P2V Nep-
tune, big twin-engined aircraft.
It's eight JATO bottles forced
the plane Steeply into the air,
and left a long plume of smoke
behind.
1nere was more noise yeSter-
day than on Saturday. A Patton
MAT tank fired a barrage of Is
shells and nearly outdid, in in
tereSt, the firing of one of the
Army's biggest weapons, the 240
millimeter cannon. This gun
fired two shells, and the roper
cuSsion ratified windows and
shook the ground. Spectators
were warned to hold their hands
over their ears.
The show ended with the
Army, Navy, Air Force and Ma
rine drill teams performing.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Cadets Will Have Drill
At Alexandria School

The cadets of George Wash
ington High School in Alex
andria will hold their annual
competitive drill at 7::30 pm
Wednesday in the high school
stadium.
The best drilled private, best
squad. best platoon and best
company will be selected. Medals
will be presented to winners of
the first three drills by American
Legion Post No. "a. The captain
of the best company will be
given a cup by the professor of
military science and tactics.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Montgomery Blair PTA
To Meet Tomorrow

A discussion of work-and-play
opportunities in summer months
for high school children will be
conducted during a meeting OF
the Montgomery Blair Parent
Teacher Association at 8 pm. to-
morrow in the new library OF
the school.
Forest Gustafson. recreational
director for Montgomery County
will lead the discussion. Homer
Kempfer, newly elected president
of the organization, and other
officers, will be installed.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Student Orchestra 10 Play
Al Arlington School

Washington-Lee High Schools
orchestra will present it's annual
concert at $3.50 pm. Friday at
the school auditorium in Arling-
ton.
The program will include
Bach's Concerto in D Minor
with Richard Brewer and David
Brewster as soloists, and music
by Mozart, Beethoven, Benjamin
SibeliuS and GODDARD.
Miss Dorothy Baumle is
conductor of the 68-membe1
orchestra.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Womon's Car Hits Bridge
When Dress Catches Afire

A Chillum (Md.) woman was
injured yesterday when a Gig
arctic spark ignited her dress,
causing her to lose control of
her car, which crashed into a
bridge abutment.
Mrs. Sonia M. Rouse, Is, of
5709 Chillum Heights drive was
reported in good condition at
Leland Memorial Hospital, Riv-
erdale, where she is being treated
for head and leg cuts.
Prince Georges County Police
Pvt. John Baze said Mrs. Rouse
told him her dress began to
flame up as she was driving on
Riggs road near Sligo Creek
parkway.
Mrs. Rouse was not burned
by the fire, Pvt. Baze said.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Meeting at SuitIond

The Rev. Clifton Bell of the
Suitland Christian Church. will
address the senior class of the
Suitland Junior Senior High
School at the schools P-TA
meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in
the gymnasium.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Mary|and-D. {. BARRIERS
Re-e|ect Durso President

Tony j. Durso. secretary OF
the District BARRIERS board, has
been reelected president of the
Maryland and District of Colum-
bia BARRIERS Association.
He was named yesterday at
the annual meeting in the Park
Plaza Hotel. Baltimore.
Among the vice presidents
elected were four District bar
bers, H. s. Fink, H. w. Riddle,
Raymond Griffith and Matthew
Adinolfi.