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Evening star., 1953-12-24
Paper Raise
Drafted
For Teachers
Commissioners Must
Find 81 Million If
Scule Is Approved

District officials today were
putting finishing touches on q
compromise teacher pay raise
plan to submit to Congress.
The plan viii be a paper one
only. however. unless the Com
missioners overrule staff aides
and decide to try to find money
to put it in effect. Budget OH
Ger Walter L. Fowler has said
any raise would require extra
taxes.
Congress last summer in
structed the District to report
by January { on the adequacy
OF school pay. It is this report
on which Board Of Education
members and city aides reached
agreement yesterday.
Staff officials expected to sub
nit the report to the Commits
sioners today.
No Funds in Sight.
If the city heads approve, the
report will tell Congress school
teachers and officers ought to
have raise. It won't say any,
thing about when, however. be-
cause officials appear agreed
that no funds for any raise are
now in sight.
The raises agreed upon-sub-
ject to the Commissioners ap-
proval = are midway between
those asked originally by the
school board and those suggested
by the District personnel office.
The original school board plan
would have cost about So mil
lion and the personnel Office
plan would have cost about 81
million the first year. Schuyler
Lowe. the city's general admin
istration director, said yesterday
the cost Of the new compromise
plan hadn't been computed, but
he guessed it might go hallway
between, or about 50 million.
Points of Agreement.
Conferees reached agreement
on these major points yesterday:
New pay range for teachers
with bachelors degrees of $4,000
to $500. The present range is
$3.440 to $5,204. The school
board had asked SO, 600 to SIS, 600.
New range for teachers with
masters degrees of $4,10O to
$4,000 Present range is $4,016
to $5,792. The board had wanted
$4,100 to $1,000.
A boost for Supt. Hobart M.
Corning from $4,000 to SIT, 500.
The school board would get the
right to raise the superintend-
ent'S pay as high as $4,000, pro-
Vided the Commissioners agreed.
Top Pay Time Cut.
A reduction from Is to Il in
the number of years it takes
teachers to reach top pay. The
board had wanted a reduction
to seven. Principals would get to
the top in eight years and as
siStant Superintendents in six.
Retention Of a $500 gap be-
tween elementary. junior high
and senior high principals, re-
spectively. The board had wanted
to cut the gap to $500, meaning
bigger boosts for elementary and
Junior high principals.
The school board agreed to
drop a request for $500 extra
pay for teachers with 80 college
credits beyond masters degree.
Also dropped was a plan to re-
store premium efficiency pay to
a few teachers who lost it in a
pay change several years ago.
Evening star., 1953-12-24

There are at least two ex-GIs
IN the Washington area who be-
heve there is a Santa Claus and
he has his Office at 1400 Penn
slyvania avenue NV.
Roy K. Amick of the Bar
croft Apartments, Arlington, an
auto salesman, and John Maxi,
Of COS Rosemere road, Silver
Spring. had given up all hope of
receiving $400 World War II
bonus checks from the State of
West Virginia.
Both had filed for the bonus
months ago. AS time passed and
they heard no word from their
home State, both assumed they
had been turned down.
Yesterday, they received phone
calls from the Office of Waldron
E. Leonard, chief of the Divi-
sion Of Veterans Affairs for the
District at 1400 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. The former soli
diers were informed West Vir-
ginia was looking for them to
give them their bonuses.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
MI. Vernon Area Homes
To Be Judge on Displays

Some e 1900 h ONE es in the
Mount Vernon (VaD area will
be judged during the holidays on
their Christmas lighting displays
A committee of the Mount
non Citizens Association,
headed by Percy Edward Smith
of Fort Hunt road, will do the
judging between Christmas and
New Years Day during the
hours Of 8 and 10 pm.
According to Marine Capt.
Alfred w. Rohde, the organiza-
tion's president, certificates will
be presented to the owners of
homes with the best outdoor dis
play, the best indoor outdoor ex-
hibit. the best all-around display
and the best religious theme.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Woman's S Plea Resulted
In Stores Showing Nativity

The birth of Christ is being
pictured in the display windows
of most large department stores
here this year. largely because
an Arlington woman urged the
managers to display nativity
scenes.
Mrs. James v. Hunt, 43, of
41l2 North Fourth street,
started a letter-writing CAM
paign three years ago to get the
major stores to "put the Christ
back in Christmas. She called on
store heads and took her cam
paign to the Washington Mer-
chants and Manufacturers AS
sociation.
Mrs. Hunt enlisted the help
of the Sodality Union of WASH
ington, representing almost
5000 Catholic women. They sent
out letters by the hundreds,
The Hunts won a $500 prize
in a contest sponsored by the
Christophers. a religious organi-
zation, for a letter telling how
Mrs. Hunt, mother of three
children, with Gods help,
changed the world for the
better"
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Fabric Festival Planned
Al MARYLAND U. Jan. IA

The second annual University
of Maryland Fabric Festival will
be held January IA and Is in the
Maryland Room of the home
economics building, Dean Marie
Mount has announced.
Exhibits and demonstrations
on textiles and the results of q
survey made earlier this year on
the college woman's basic ward
robe will be presented by junior
and senior women in the uni
versity's textiles and clothing
department. @
A representative Of the DUPONT
Corp. will speak on new synthetic
flbers.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Christmas Lights
Stolen From Tree of
Alexandra Moyor

Some b cd " untrimmed
Mayor Marshall j. Beverley's
Christmas tree in Alexandria
and made off with the lights.
The Mayor, who lives at
922 Timber Branch parkway,
said the lights were stolen,
from his outside Christmas
tree Tuesday night. "Sheer
vandalism and deviltry," the
Mayor declared.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
District Woman
Killed in Crash
Delivering Gifts
Husband Injured
As Wheel Flies OFF
Car at AnnunduIe

A Washington woman was
killed and her husband injured
last night in an accident as they
were delivering Christmas pres
entS near Annandale, Va.
Killed in the accident on
Route, 236 was Mrs. John P.
Way, Ijr., 33, of 1889 Fort Ste
vens drive NV, Fairfax County
police said.
Her husband was reported in
fair condition at Alexandria
Hospital. He suffered head in
jurieS and cuts.
Police said the left rear wheel
of the Ways car flew of and
the car went out of control. It
struck culvert, tore down sew
eral mail boxes, hit a second
culvert and flung out the two
riders.
Mrs. Way was pronounced
dead on the scene. Police were
unable to determine who was
driving. The Ways had just left
the home of Mr.. Ways sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Guthrie in Alex
andria. where they had left
Christmas presents.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Chest Goal Exceeded
By yCounty Employees

Montgomery County Manager
e. r. Beall yesterday reported
county employees had gone over
the top in the 1854 Community
Chest Drive.
In a letter to David Scull,
president of the County Com
munity Chest, MIR. Beall said
contributions thus far totaled
$2,102, two dollars above the
quota. Mr.. Beali added he had
been told it was the first time
for q number of years the county
employees have exceeded their
quota.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Silver Spring Boby
Found Dead in Bed

A 15-month- baby. the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy L. Horn
beak, 2504 Arcola avenue, Silver
Spring, was found dead by his
parents early today.
The infant. John Lee Horn
beak. had been suffering from
a severe cold, his mother said.
At 4 am, Mrs. Hornbeak placed
the baby, who was crying, in
bed with her. The parents called
a rescue squad shortly after 8
am. when they awakened and
found the apparently lifeless
body Of the child. Mr.. Hornbeak
Is q wholesale driver for Thomp-
sons Dairy. The couple has four
other children.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Maryland U. Students
To Attend Conference

-Four University of Maryland
students will represent the
school at the fifth Quadrenniel
National Conference of the
Methodist Student movement at
the University of Kansas Mon
day through January 2, they are
Frank Drost, Mary Elizabeth
Happ, Donald Piper. and Mary
Kathryn White.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
D. {. Mother and Douohte,
Hurt Fatally on Turnpike

A Washington woman and her
daughter were killed and five
other persons injured last night
in a crash on the Pennsylvania
Turnpike near Pittsburgh, the
Associated Press reported.
State police identified the dead
as Mrs. B. P. Odom. about 76, of
1880 Rhode Island avenue NE,
and her daughter, Miss Martha
Lunette Odom, about As, of the
same address.
Another passenger in the
Odom car, Jane Odom, 48, of
Gardner Webb College, Boiling
Springs. N. c., was reported in
fair condition at the New Ken
sington (Pa.) Citizens General
Hospital.
Mrs. Odom and her daughters
were reported en- route to Fort
Wayne. Ind, to spend Christmas
with her third daughter.
Miss Odom was a private nurse
who worked at Sibley Hospital
where she graduated about 20
years ago, according to her uncle.
T. o. Babb, of the Rhode Island
avenue address.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
District Man, 81, Dies
In Bethesda Accident

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

The Broyhill Crest Citizens
Association of Annandale, Va,
has awarded prizes for Christmas
decorations to Mrs. Robert E.
Brown. 1871 Cynthia court;
]. P. Kroger. 1405 Wayne street,
and Roy E. Reed, 2675 Oakwood
street.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Arlington County Report

Copies Of the annual Arling-
ton County government report
for the fiscal year ending last
June 80 are available free to or
ganizations and citizens in the
ofi1ce Of the county manager at
the courthouse.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Bottles ia Charlottesville

RICHMOND, Dec. "a. (P.-
Gov. and Mrs. Battle will spend
the Christmas holidays with
their family in Charlottesville.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Three in Family Killed
In Shenandoah Crash

Three members Of a Lexington
(Va.) family were killed about
2:30 am. today when their car
crashed into a telephone pole
in Shenandoah County, Virginia
State Police reported.
Killed instantly in the crash
on Route IL, about 3 miles north
of Mount jackson, were Sidney
A. Smith, %, of Route /, Lex
ington, and his wife and child,
police said.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
NutionuI Gallery to Close

The National Gallery Of Art
will be closed tomorrow and
New Years Day, January /.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Three Injured in Collision
North of Goithersburq

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

Virginia State police today re-
ported two persons died yester-
day as result of traffic accidents,
outside the Washington area.
Mrs. Columbus Clayton, IS, of
Norfolk was killed early last
night when she was struck by
a hit-and-run driver about a
half block from her home in
Norfolk.
Navy 1t. Glen Forrest Ken
nedy, 81. of Portsmouth Va,
died in a Winchester Hospital,
the second victim of an accident
late Tuesday on U. S. Route II
one-half mile south of Paris,
in Fauquier County.
His month-old daughter,
Catherine P Kennedy, was killed
instantly in the crash and State
police said Mrs. Kennedy, the
driver, was injured seriously.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
'Gruenther 10 Seek
1900 More Planes,
Boost in Soldiers
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Dec. 10.-Gen Alfred
M. Gruenther will ask the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
next week for 1900 more war;
planes and 10 per cent boost
in NATO ground forces, in
formed sources said yesterday.
The plane shortage is still the
weakest gap in the Western
Europe defense structure, Gen.
Gruenther will tell the ministers
of the IA NATO nations which
open their 18th meeting in Paris
Monday.
It's a good bet the ministers
will give the supreme allied COM
mander in Europe all the planes
and troops he is asking for, or
nearly all.
If they do, NATO will have:
l. An air force of about $500
planes. It now has close to 4,40O
warplanes. but Russia is esti-
mated to have 10000.
2. Ground forces totaling
around 108 frontline and reserve
divisions. It now has SO, includ-
ing the Greek and Turkish
armies.
More than so foreign, defense
and finance ministers of the
NATO countries will begin gath
ering in Paris this week end for
the three-day meeting.
Secretary of State Dulles will
head the United States delega-
ton. His team will consist of
Defense Secretary Wilson, Treas
ury Secretary Humphrey and
Foreign Aid Chief Harold Stas-
sen.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Pa|afiaI GrunewaId Home
To Be Sold by Sheriff
By the Asseeio,ed Press

FREEHOLD, N. j., Dec. TO-
The palatial Spring Lake home
and furnishings of Henry w.
(the Dutchman) Grunewald,
Washington mystery man in
congressional influence-peddling
probes, goes up on sheriff's sale
December 28 to satisfy a judg-
ment.
The North Jersey shore home,
along with its furnishings, will
be sold to satisfy a Judgment
obtained by a New York furni-
ture firm against Grunewald and
his wife Christine for a $1O.943 .68
decorating fee on the house. The
judgment, including fees and in
terest charges to October /,
amounts to s11,545.48, the sher-
if announced Tuesday.
The 61-year-old Grunewald
was released from Jail in WASH
ington last Friday after he
served 80 days for probation vio-
lation. Grunewald entered a
guilty plea early this year to
contempt of Congress charges
after he refused to tell House
investigators about his interest
in some tax cases and how they
were settled.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Czechs Who Fled in AirIiner
Hope They Can Stay mU S.

so because of fear of reprisals
against their families"
Il would say that about 95
per cent of all Czechoslovaks
would flee their Red-dominated
country if given a chance" he
commented.
All the members of the party
said it. was difficult to earn a
living in Czechoslovakia unless
they embraced Communism
Fundamentally.
Advancement in my business
was a reward for being a good
Communist, not for being a good
architectural craftsman" Mr..
Suran said. II only mention
this because it is the general
practice in my country today.
There every individual must do
what is required by the state.
If the boss tells you to work on
Sunday you work on Sunday
without pay. You receive just
enough money to buy food but
not the kind of food you buy
here"
Evening star., 1953-12-10
By John A. Giles

Five Czechoslovakian members
of the So-called Freedom
Flight" who are now in this
country on 90-day visas, yester-
day expressed keen desire to
remain here despite home ties.
They escaped from Commu-
nist-ruled Czechoslavakia last
March % by seizing an airline
CAT and landing at Frankfort,
Germany.
The flight was engineered by
Miroslav Slovak. the pilot of
the airplane, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Helmut Cermak, the navigator
and his wife. The trio and two
of the passengers who elected
not to return to their homeland
-Antonin Volejnicek and Bo-
humil Suran-are guests of the
Air Force. They met reporters
at a Pentagon news conference.
The plane carried a total of
20 people. A sixth member of
the flight a Yugoslav television
engineers now in his home
country.
Mr.. Cermak, who flew with
the Royal Air Force during the
last war and Mr. Slovak had
independently sought means
of escape as early as 1850.
Mrs. Cermak was interned in
a German concentration camp
during the war but told news
men that those operated by the
Reds were far more severe.
Mr.. Volejnicek said that his
wife was pregnant when they
left and since then he had re-
ceived word that he had be-
come the father of a son.
The Czechs explained how it
was necessary to fly low over
the border so that radar could
not pick them up. But once
over Germany the plane rose
to 10000 feet and immediate
radio contact was made with
the United States Air Force.
They also commented that
people in their country were
allowed to listen to foreign radio
broadcasts, including those from
this country. as long as they
listened alone.
Mr.. Suran said that while %
OF the passengers chose to re-
turn home they probably did
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Mrs. Kee Seeking
Reelection to House
By the Associated Pres.

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Dec.
10. - Representative Elizabeth
Kee, Democrat. of West Virginia
became the first person today to
file a certificate of candidacy
with the Secretary of State for
the August, 1854, primary.
She will seek Democratic re-
nomination from the States fifth
district. Mrs. Kee of Bluefield,
was elected to Congress in a
special election in 1851 to f1ll the
unexpired term of her late hus-
band, then was reelected in
1852.
The 1854 primary will be
August 8.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Colorado Alumni Purty

The University of Colorado
alumni will hold a Christmas
party from $50 to 8 pm. to-
morrow in the Hotel Statler. All
alumni are invited.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Hilltop Gurden Club

The Hilltop Garden Club will
meet at l pm. tomorrow in the
home of Mrs. Laurence W..
Bailey, 3746 Southern avenue
Sc.
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Dickie and Patty Castilow have
returned to their home after Wis
ting at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. r. Lantz, in Washington, D. c.
They were accompanied here by
Mr.. and Mrs. Lantz, who visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Lantz, Center street. Other
visitors at the Lantz home Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Muir
ply and family, Elkins, W. Va.
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to the brides mother, will be held
by a half-hat of matching lace
edged with seed pearls The bouquet
will be of white roses with a white
orchid.
The matron of honor will wear a
floor length gown of pink mousse
line de sole with an attached stole.
The bodice will be fashioned with
gathers Of the same material A
sheaf Of red roses will be carried.
Costumes of the bridesmaids will
be the same as that worn by the
matron Of honor. The flower girl,
Inga Elizabeth Cox, will be in a
short dress Of pink nylon and she
will carry a hoop of red roses.
A reception will follow at the
Union club, after which a wedding
trip to Bermuda will be taken The
couple will reside at Pennwynne,
Pa, after July IS.
Both are graduates OF Dcnison
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Additional Local
Ads, Too Late
For Classification

FOR SALE-l2 Gu. #. Deep
freeze, 5 years old like new, .
price. Dewitt & DeBerry.--Adv. 1t,
FOR SALE-G Gu. #. Servel re-
frigerator for bottle gas, , wears
old, installed and guaranteed. Bar
gain. Dewitt & DeBerry.-Adv. Ii.
FOR SALE-One International
hay loader. If not sold, will be at
Accident sale Monday. A. d. Fike,
Friendsville, Md.-Adv. lG-2t.
FOR SALE-Used kitchen cabi-
net, $20.00.-DeWitt & DeBerry. o.
Adv. It.
FOR SALE-One six foot, one
five foot, gas refrigerators. In
stalled and guaranteed. Payments
very reasonable. Dewitt q DeBer-
ry.-Adv, 1t.
FOR SALE-One six foot Kego-
sene Refrigerator. Guaranteed to
freeze good. Dewitt & DeBeI2y.--
Adv. It,
WANTED-House Of five rooms
and bath, or downstairs apart
ment, in or near Oakland. Phone
2-2052. Donald Teagarden, Crellin
ADV. 16-2t
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18-9-THE DON'T CARE" cIRL-AIitzi Gaynor. David
Wayne (Color THE HOAXTERS-EXpOse Of Communist
Danger Double Feature
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Scouts Softball
League Is Started

Crellin and Oakland Boy Scouts
won games in the Scout softball
league ON Tuesday afternoon in
the opening of the season Crellin
defeated Swanton IA to :, while
Oakland defeated Mt. Lake Park
9 to /. Deer Park was idle.
Games are scheduled each Tues
day afternoon.
In the Crellin-Swanton game on
the formers field X. Mersing and
S. Coaw homercd for Crellin,
while II. Craver hit for the circuit
for Swanton. Mersing was the win
ming pitcher. Crellin scored 5 in
the second, 1 in the third, 6 in the
9th and > in the 9th. Swanton
scored 6 runs in the third and in
the fifth. Both teams had II hits.
The other game was played at
Mt. Lake Park. Mt Lake got its
lone run in the sixth inning while
Oakland scored in the list. 3 in
the Bird, and in the 5th. Dinta-
man was the winning pitcher.
The schedules;
June %, Deer Park at Mt. Lake,
Crellin at Oakland
June 30. Mt. Lake at Deer Park,
Cr,IIip 81 Cu-aptop
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To Be Married

Miss Dorothy Mae Markert,
daughter of Nh. and Mrs. Frederick
Schaefer Markcrt, Rocky River,
Cleveland, Ohio, will become the
bride Of James Robert Bosley, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. ira James Bosley,
of Wellsboro, Pa, formerly Of
/ Oakland. on Saturday evening,
June 20, at seven o'clock.
The ceremony will be performed
in the Rocky River Methodist
church by Rev. Walter p Castoo,
pastor Of the church, assisted by
J. Stanton Conover, Of West Shore
Baptist church.
The bride will be given in mar
rage by her father. Matron Of
honor viii he Mrs. Benjamin Frank
lin Penn, and bridesmaids will be
Carol Pursglove Schuele and Jean
Hollinger DUNCAN. Best man will
be Robert Judson Sepessy, Ithaca,
New York; and ushers will be
James MacDowell Markcrt, the
brides brother; Joseph Charles
Keaney, Jr., Mt. Lebanon, Pa,
Herschel Holmes Bowyer, Airing
ton, Mass; and David Leland
Baker, Cleveland.
The bridal gown will be a com
bination of imported Chantilly lace
and nylon tulle over ivory satin.
The lace bodice is fashioned with
long sleeves and V neckline
edged with pearl embroidery and
an inset of illusion. Bands Of lace
will trim the tulle skirt and extend
over the cathedral train. The
sweeping veil Of illusion, belonging
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university, Granville, Ohio, where
she was a member Of Delta Delta
Delta social sorority and Phi Beta
Kappa, honorary society. The pro
spective groom was graduated from
Gilman School in Baltimore before
going to Denison. At Denison he
was a member of Beta Theta Pi
social fraternity.
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May Form SOftball League

Persons interested in forming a
senior softball league in and
around Oakland have scheduled a
meeting for Thursday night at the
Mt. Lake Park elementary school,
at 8 o'clock DIST The league would
be similar to the one formed last
year. and games would be played
some weekday evening. Those in
terested in entering team and
others interested in playing were
being urged to attend.
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Seeking Road Bids

The State Roads commission is
advertising this week for bids on
grading, draining, relocating and
surfacing a little over a mile of
state route 495, from a mile north
of Jennings, extending northeast
erly towards Grmtsville.
The bids are to be in the hands
of the State Roads commission by
July Z. The exact distance is 1850
miles.