davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Maj. Draper, Eisenhower Pilot,
Still Operates on Dads Team

high 7OS, taught Bill the game
as soon as he could swing a club.
Bills sisters and mother would
plan their own vacations, while
father and son went off on in
formal "golf1ng tours" with Bill
planning the itinerary.
BILLY was about 10, believe,
when two men on one of the
courses we visited invited us to
play against them," the father
said. Billy was really hot with
his set of junior clubs. We
wound up with a tied score.
When We were leaving, one of
the men confessed he was the
professional on the course"
Mr.. Draper explained he had
to keep young to meet Billy on
his own ground, and Maj. Draper
added he was obliged to grow
up fast to keep up with his Dad.
Mr.. Draper set an example by
volunteering for duty with the
Seabees in the Pacific in the
last war.
One result was that Mai.
Draper was the only freshman
in his class at the University of
Maryland to qualify for the ci-
william pilot training course.
Accepted by PAA at 20.
At 20. he was the youngest
pilot to be accepted by Pan
American A1rways for training
to ferry P-40 fighters to Africa.
A year later he was an Army
lieutenant, teaching instrument
flying.
Before he was 25, Maj. Draper
had served as chief pilot for the
"Fireball Line" between Miami.
Fla, and the China Burma
Theater, had terlied Bit bomb
erS across the North Atlantic
and had qualified in many other
military types.
At present, Mr.. Draper's log
OF his sons activities contains
100 ocean crossings. These
flights took young Draper to al
most every country in the world,
including Russia.
After the war, he lew special
missions out of Washington, in
Guiding a three-month tour of
China in 1947 as 1t. Gen. Albert
c. Wedemeyer's pilot. He was
co-piloG when President Truman
deW to Wake Island to meet
Gen. Macarthur.
Pilot in Europe.
In 1850. Maj. Draper was as
signed as Gen. Eisenhower's pilot
when the general left Columbia
University to take command of
NATO in Europe.
While in Europe, the general
used to invite Maj. Draper to
play golf with him several times
month. In recent months, the
major has been too busy to keep
his game up to par.
He must testify the White
House Constellation at regular
intervals, supervise the mainte-
nance and the crew and keep
abreast of weather conditions.
Now and then, he takes some
high Government official on a
long flight to keep his hand in
at global operations.
But Maj. Draper keeps his golf
clubs polished and at hand, in
case the President should call on
him to make up a foursome.
Even without practice, Billy
is good golfer" his father said.
He can hit ball a mile. When
he gets a chance to put more
time on his game, he may be
able to beat his Dad"
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Falls Church Raises Tuition
Observation-Disclosures

The Falls Church School Board
voted last night to raise tuition
rates $50 for nonresident stu
dents.
The move, which will be effec-
tive next fall. was made in an
effort to relieve Falls Church
residents of any tax burden for
out-of-town pupils.
Tuition fees were increased
from $3.50 to 5000 for elementary
and from $500 to $3.50 for junior
and senior high school students.
In other action, the board
decided that only children whose
9Th birthday falls on or before
october i, 1858, may enter school
next term.
Members Francis w. Trapp
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Fairfax Pays Subsidy
To Rural Counties,
Federation Is Told

Charles Platt, chairman of the
Tax Committee of the Fairfax
County Federation of Citizens
Associations, said last night that
the county "is paying an aver
age of SIT million subsidy each
year to rural counties in Vir-
ginia."
Mr.. Platt told members of the
federation that one of the big
gest jobs the organization has is
to educate State legislators on
the inequities" in the State tax
distribution formulas.
Fairfax County's tax rate
would have been at least one
third lower over the past several
years if we had been getting our
fair share of State revenues" ="
he said.
Drafting Report.
The tax committee is drafting
a detailed report showing how
urban and suburban counties
suffer taxwise, Mr.. Platt said.
The report, a result of a year and
half of study, will be distrib-
uted to citizen groups in Vir-
ginia'S urban counties and to
State and county officials.
Bernard r. Mullady, 46, of
Springfield, was nominated for
the presidency of the federation.
Mr.. Mullady is now first vice
president of the group and for
mer president of the Annandale
Citizens Association.
Others Nominated.
Others on the slate submitted
by the nominating committee
were: John c. Shower, Franklin
Park, first vice president: Alex
Radin, Holm Hills, second vice
president: Mrs. Lee Libman, vi
emma, secretary; Mrs. Dudley
Kirk. Holmes Run Park, asso-
ciate secretary, and Douglas
Pepper, South Woodley, treas
urer.
Elections will be held May 81.
Further nominations may be
made from the floor.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
New Law Seen Aidinu
Prince Georges Finances

County Treasurer Julian Nc
Kay last night termed the re-
Gently passed financial reorgan-
ization bill for Prince Georges
County the beginning of the end
Of "pen and ink" days for finance
and assessment Offices there.
Speaking at a meeting of the
county's Municipal Association
in Hyattsville, Mr.. Mckay said
the new law is the means where
by the county's business can be
brought right up to date by use
of modern methods of proce-
dure."
The bill, to become effective
July /. consolidateS into a single
Department of Finance the
comptroller's Office, the transfer
Office. the bureau of assessments
and the treaSurer's Office. It also
requires the submission of a
single report of the county's
financial status as opposed to
several under present lawS<-
Evening star., 1953-04-17
81 Cars and Trucks
Net Only $S23 in
Sale at ArIinqton

Thirty-two impounded We
hicles brought total of 1923
at public auction in the Arling-
ton County property yard yes
terday.
Oldest of the vehicles, Ford
Model T. brought $14. The high
est price paid was SIT for a 1910
Ford panel truck and the lowest
was So for a 1884 Graham sedan.
The vehicles were impounded
in recent months by county po-
lice because of defective equip
ment or because they we're
abandoned on the streets. Sher-
iff Carl Taylor conducted the
sale. The funds will be turned
over to the State Motor Vehicles
Division.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Bullets Nov Down
Cow
That Acts Like Bull
BY the Asseciafed Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md. April II.
Florist Henry Bester brought
a young cow in from the country
to eat the grass around his green
house yesterday.
But it looked like there was
more bull in the critter when
she:
Snapped her halter and
moseyed into town.
Led three policemen on a
chase that led to the city park
and into the middle of a lake.
Flipped a policeman and a
pedestrian with her horns and
charged a boy on bike.
That was enough for the
police. They killed the maverick
with six bullets.
Mr.. Bester is thinking Of buy
ing lawn mower.
Evening star., 1953-04-17

and Oliver Campbell opposed
this action. It will exclude chill
dren from pre-primary classes
whose 9Th birthday comes after
October /.
The new George Mason Junior
Senior High School has been ac-
credited by the Virginia Board
of Education, it was announced
at the meeting.
Board members decided to de-
cline membership for the present
in the Greater Washington Edu-
cational Television Association,
Inc. The board felt that finan-
cial obligations Of membership
in the organization were as yet
too vague.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Silver Spring Gallery
To Have Art Exhibit

The Silver Spring Art Gallery
will open it's second spring ex-
hibition at 4 pm. Sunday at
9216 Flower avenue.
Films and slides made in
Greece will be shown, and T.
L. Chrysanthopoulos of the
Greek Embassy will speak.
Artists exhibiting will be Jean
Flagg, Bella Weinberg, Mary
Ann Walburn, Antonio Cortizas,
Donald Gallagher and Isabel
Giamietro.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Beer vioIators
Hit by Prince
Georges Board
Two Permits Affected
As County Tiehtens
Liquor Enforcement

Prince Georges is cracking
down on liquor violations.
In its meeting in Upper Marl-
boro yesterday the county Alco-
holic Beverage Board suspended
one permit, refused to renew an
other and heard indignant COM
plants against Colmar Manor
and Capitol Heights taverns.
The board also directed its
inspector, Rober Beall to investi-
gate an accusation that a Hill
side area tavern keeper per-
mitted a beer-drinking father of
six to run up a $1,000 bill.
The customers wife COM
planned to the State Controller
in a letter saying her husband
had paid the bill. His name was
withheld. Credit sale of alco-
holic beverages is illegal.
To-Day Suspension.
A To-day suspension of a beer
license used by Savannah John
son, colored, at I'LL Eastern ave-
nue., Deanwood Park, was Or
dered. beginning today.
The boards action resulted
from police court convictions of
her sons, Dennis and Daniel, for
selling beer Illegally.
A beer license issued to Nellie
Hopkins, colored. for her tavern
on the Bowie-Laurel rd. will be
Cancelled when it expires on
May /.
After hearing testimony from
several witnesses, chairman
James B. Carrico announced that
renewal was refused because "the
board is of the definite opinion
that this establishment unduly
disturbs the peace of the neigh
borhood."
Taken under study were allega-
tions that Otto's Bar and Grill,
1927 Bladensburg road and Roses
Delicatessen, Capitol Heights, are
operated in a disorderly manner.
Transfers Approved.
In other actions yesterday, the
board granted a beer license to
the Marlboro Motor Raceway
and approved these transfers:
Beer, wine and liquor on-sale,
from George M. Jones, trustee,
4301 Baltimore avenue, to Elk's
Lodge No. 1778 at 6700 Edmons-
ton road, East Riverdale, and
an across-the-street shift of an
on-sale beer, wine and liquor
license owned by the Upper
Marlboro American Legion Post.
Ownership changes were sane
toned for permits used at the
Surf Club. 4201 Bladensburg
road, the Turf Club on the Bal
timore boulevard near Laurel;
ODonnell's Farmhouse, Inc, 7707
Marlboro pike; Club 4400. 44OO
Rhode Island avenue; Garner's
Liquor Store, Upper Marlboro,
and Loop Liquors, Inc. Roose-
welt avenue, Seat Pleasant.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Comma GIobuIin Film
To Be Shown BY PTA D..

A film on inoculation of gamma
globulin for polio will be shown
at 8 pm. Monday at meeting
of the College Park PTA.
Miss Dorothy Vickery, head Of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis education de-
partment in New York, will COM
ment on the movie.
Other speakers on polio will be e
Miss Catherine Gaule. Maryland
representative of the polio
foundation. and Mrs. Dorothy
Zundell. executive secretary Of
the Prince Georges County chap
ter.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Arlington Fees
Boost and Cuts
lnBudgetUrged
But Citizens PIeu
For Improvements
Offsets Economies

Higher taxes on business and
auto licenses, minor cuts in
school funds and heavier gen.
eral reductions in Arlington's
proposed Sill million budget
were suggested by the Civic Fed
Grafton last night.
The suggested economies, COM
bined with an unexpected sur
plus of SITS, 900 and higher rev.
enue estimates, were offset.
however, by a recommendation
that $326,000 be spent for side
walk and street construction in
school areas.
A 3512-cent increase in the
county's real estate and personal
property tax rates was recon-
mended instead of the 421a cents
proposed by county officials.
Reductions Explained.
Major budget cuts proposed by
the federation:
1 $4,000 from school funds,
$4,000 of which would come
from expenditures for adminis-
trative and supervisory personnel
and $4,000 from estimated cost
of non-teaching personnel serv-
ices.
2. $4,000 from the estimated
cost of general county personnel
services. It was said this saving
is possible due to lapses of en-
ployment when persons quit
county jobs and are not replaced
Immediately.
3. $65,OO0 from the police
budget, eliminating the proposed
addition of II policemen, two
new radio cars and three motor
cycles. 1--WE feel there is already
TOO much cruising of main thor
oughfares and not enough polio
ing of other areas" a fed
GRAFTON committee said in sug-
costing the cut.
4. $4,000 listed in the general
county budget as miscellaneous
contributions. This figure in
cludes a $12,500 donation to Ar
lington Hospital for coverage of
INDECENT patient care.
List Higher Revenue Sources.
Major changes in revenue
estimates suggested by the fed
Grafton:
/. Increase the tax rate on
business and professional Ii
cenSes from 18 cents to % cents
per 500 of gross sales to achieve
$360,000 more in revenue.
2. Increase the cost of county
auto tags to a fiat fee of $40,
instead of the Is cents per hun
dredweight now charged, and
raise the rate for trucks from Is
to 80 cents per hundredweight.
This will add $256, 900 to county
revenue.
8. Add $175,0O0 to the figure
of $81 900 now in the budget as
surplus from current tax collec-
tions. The federation commit
tee said county officials revealed
this week that the surplus has
increased this much since the
budget was prepared.
4. Revise estimates Of revenue
from personal property tax
sources in the coming year to
add $33,500 to anticipated rev.
enueS.
Urge Verbatim Reporting.
The Revenues and Expendi-
lures Committee, headed by
Clyde E. Merriman, which pre-
Sented the budget revisions, also
urged that verbatim reporting of
county board meetings be con-
tinued in the coming year at a
cost of $4,500. The budget sub
mitted by County Manager A. T.
Lundberg does not include this
item.
The changes proposed by the
federation would result in a real
estate tax rate of $3.161a cents
($1.26 for general county, $1.9O1a
for schools and a personal prop
erty tax rate of $3.451a cents
($1.48 for general county and
0T1L F0r
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Virginia High Court
Hears Arlington Case
BY the Associated Press


RICHMOND, Va, April IT,
For the second time in recent
months, the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals has broken prec-
edent to hear arguments in a
case before it decided whether to
grant a review.
The high court today was
studying arguments presented
yesterday on the question of
whether Federal employees legally
can serve as members of school
boards.
Should the court decide to re-
view the case, yesterdays argu-
ments-together with written
briefs-will serve as the facts on
which the court bases it's opinion.
The case in question involves
three members of the Arlington
County School Board who also
are Federal employees. The last
time the court heard arguments
before granting a review was in
a case involving the legality of
Federal employees serving on the
Arlington County Board.
In the first case the high court
ruled Federal employees could not
serve on the county board, re-
Sulting in the custer of three
members Of the Arlington gov
erning body.
The three school board mem
bers-Dr. Barnard Joy, Warren
Cox and DR.. E. r. Draheim-
were declared ineligible to serve
January q in a decision of the
Arlington County circuit court.
The Arlington courts decision
came as a result of a suit filed
against the school board by John
Locke Green, Arlington attorney
who also presented arguments
against Federal employees on the
county board.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Silver SPRING Sweeping Set

More than 80 Silver Spring
merchants will sweep Georgia
avenue tomorrow to mark the
opening of the annual cleanup
campaign. The merchants, mem
berS of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, will meet at OILS am.
at the Baltimore & Ohio station
on Georgia avenue.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Anderson Hospital Teu

The Women's Auxiliary of the
Anderson Orthopedic Hospital
will sponsor a silver tea in the
azalea garden of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred E. Frisbie, 636 Twenty
fifth street, South Arlington,
from 3 to s pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Variety Review TONIGHT

The student government of
BetheSda-Chevy Chase High
School will present a variety re-
view, "The Extravaganza Show
Boat" at 8 o'clock tonight in
the gym. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1953-04-17
Holmes Run Gurden Club

The Holmes Run Garden
Club was organized last night
with 80 charter members at a
meeting in the Annandale Va.)
Grange.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
? Boys Die in Ice Box at Dump,
Pushing 2-D0y Toll toll

about six hours before Lucien
Duval, 33, an uncle of the Fer
guson boy, lifted the ice box lid
and saw the two unconscious
forms.
Mr.. Duval said tearfully: II
just got through reading about
those other kids dying in ice
boxes, so a companion and I de-
cided to take a look"
| Firefighters tried desperately,
but in vain, to save the boys
lives by artificial respiration and
the administration of oxygen.
SmaShes Box.
After the boys bodies were re-
moved one of the searchers
grabbed heavy piece of timber
and smashed the box to bits in
a fit of rage.
About nine weeks ago, Reg
inald st. German, another uncle
of the Ferguson boy. was killed
in a fall from a roof in Boston.
The Ferguson family. which
includes four other children,
moved from Boston to Haverhill
only three months ago.
Both the Ferguson and Rogers
boys had gone out together after
supper. When they failed to re-
turn home at dark police were
notified and a search party was
organized.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
zoners Kill Rehearinc
On Parking Lot Grant
AT New Jersey and {

The District Board of Zoning
Adjustment yesterday refused to
hold a new llearingg on a case in
which it approved of a parking
lot at New Jersey avenue and c
street S. e.
The denial was unanimous.
Last month the board granted
the parking lot permission by q
3-to-2 majority.
Misstatements Charged.
Attorney Robert E. Lynch,
representing the home-owners of
the vicinity. who are overwhelm-
ingly opposed to the lot, de-
manded a rehearing on grounds
that the parking lot application
had made erroneous statements"
in the July hearing.
These. according to Mr.. Lynch,
included a claim that ITO We
hicleS would be provided for.
Actually. he said, fewer than 100
can be accommodated. The
lawyer also cited testimony by
the opposition that the adjacent
Congressional Hotel approved the
lot. He called attention to q
letter from hotel officials declar-
ing active disapproval of the lot.
Hairless Opposes Rehearing.
Richard Hairless, former
Representative from Arizona,
argued against a rehearing yes
terday. Mr.. Hairless is one of the
parties financially interested in
opening the parking lot. His in
terestS have told the coming
board they propose to make so
parking spaces available to Con-
gress.
The board, in it's ruling, will
require that certain conditions
be met by the lot operators, such
as planting screening shrubs
around the spot and surfacing
the property.
Evening star., 1953-08-14

w S4eANC 4AAOAO
than 400 jobs in political Sched-
ule c. All but 40 of the requests
have been denied by the csc.
The commission was especial
ly shocked when Interior Secre-
tary Mckay wanted to place the
jobs of the regional directors of
the National Park Service in
Schedule c. The National Park
Service has always been noted
for the fine quality of its work
under a nonpartisan merit SyS-
tenn, and all Americans have al
ways been proud of its achieve
ments. Naturally. the CSC denied
Interiors request.
The Justice, State, Agriculture
and Commerce Departments also
have made a large number OF
requests for Schedule c jobs,
although not as many as Inte-
rior. Some of these requests have
been granted, but a lot of others
have been denied.
Undoubtedly, some of the Cab
met officers and agency heads
will seek a White House show
down, but csc officials heartened
by President EiSenhoWer's prom
Use of support. feel certain their
decisions will be upheld.
So far the CSC has granted
about 425 requests for Schedule
C positions, but they stress that
only 81 of the jobs were under
the merit system. The rest were
in excepted Schedule A or were
new positions.
Il
NPA-The National Produc-
ton Administration finally has
agreed to take back all the en-
Evening star., 1953-08-14

in quite a haul. Householders
should call North 7-2140.
Montgomery County The
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission will make a special
pickup if the icebox is a real
danger. Householders were ad-
vised to break up or at least
punch holes in abandoned boxes
to eliminate the danger of suf-
location. For removal, call Juni-
per $4,000.
Arlington County County
Manager A. T. Lundberg said his
men will pick up the boxes and
remove the doors before dump
ing. Residents should call jack
son 7-4800, Extension 281.
Alexandria-Mayor Marshall
]. Beverly has requested City
Manager Ira F. Willard to notify
the Sanitation Department to
pick up abandoned boxes. Any
one wanting this service should
call Mr.. Wizards Office, the
mayor said.
For sections not providing this
service, Arthur Clarendon Smith,
jr., general manager of Smiths
Transfer & Storage Co.. said his
firm would provide equipment to
pick up the old boxes.
And Charles j. Bell, president
of Local 639, Teamsters' Union,
aid members would volunteer
their time to man Smiths trucks
or any other trucks District stor-
age companies would donate for
the purpose.
Evening star., 1953-08-14

ployes the Civil Service Commits
sion found had been dismissed
illegally in the agency's recent
reduction-in-force program. The
NPA had baked at rehiring some
Of the employees and the COM
mission had to step in to enforce
it's findings.
Meanwhile, the commission
has agreed to hear the appeals of
NPA employees it had ordered
fired to make way for the work.
ers found to have greater reten-
ton rights.
FAO-The Foreign Operations
Administration (formerly the
Mutual Security Agency will
decide within the next few days
whether to give aptitude tests
to Its 1,70O employees to help
decide which workers should be
fired in its forthcoming reduc-
tion-in-force program. Budget
cuts are forcing the agency to
dismiss between 800 to $50 en-
ployes by November.
When the news of the exam
leaked out, the CIO Government
Workers Union, Local No. l,
sharply attacked such a move.
The union said such an exam
would be unprecedented and
would be used to justify dis
mlssals which could not other
wise be justified by status, senior
lty. efficiency and other factors.
FAC officials deny this is the
case. They point out that in
imposing the budget cuts, Con-
Evening star., 1953-08-14

gress gave the FAC complete
authority to make the personnel
cuts without regard to civil serv-
ice or veterans preference fac
tors. Therefore, if Director
StasSen wished, he could FIRE
any one he wanted to. He has
a free hand.
Mr.. Stassen, however, does
not desire such arbitrary powers
and wants to be as fair as pos
Sible, FAC officials say. There
fore, they say. he has thought
Of the possibility of having an
aptitude test of employees. This
test would only be one factor in
determining who is to be re-
tanned. Civil service status.
seniority. efficiency and veter-
ans preference will certainly be
considered and will play a large
role in determining who is to
remain and who is to go, officials
say.
TRIP-Civil Service Commits
sion Chairman Philip Young
leaves next week for a one
month trip to visit the commits
Sion's regional offices throughout
the country and to study person.
mel problems first hand in vari-
GUS Federal installations. Mr..
Young feels it is necessary to
get a clear picture of what is
happening in the field service
before actions can be taken on
personnel matters for the Fed
eral service as whole. About
80 per cent of Government work.
erS are outside of Washington.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
By the Assoeiufed Press

HAVERHILL, Mass, Aug. a.
Two youngsters Suffocated in
a discarded ice box last night,
bringing to II the number of
children who periShed in that
manner throughout the country
in two days.
The latest victims were
Michael T. Rogers. 4, and Ed
ward p. Ferguson, 3.
A searcher found their bodies
entombed in an abandoned ice
box on a dump about 200 yards
from where the youngsters lived.
Four children died in Rich
mond, Va, in that manner yes
terday and five youngsters died
in Proctor, Ark, Wednesday
night.
Survivor an Invalid.
And just a year and one week
ago, 4-year-old Gary Smith,
locked himself in an ice box in
Springfield. vt. He lived, but is
partially blind and an invalid.
Doctors said eventual lack Of
oxygen in the ice box caused
permanent damage to young
Gary'S brain tissue.
About 200 policemen, firef1ght-
erS and volunteers had searched
for the Haverhill youngsters for