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Evening star., 1953-10-17
Laundry Destroyed
In Alexandra Blaze;
-Four Firemen Hurt

A two-alarm fire destroyed the
Banner Laundry at Oronoco and
Alfred streets in Alexandria early
today.
The four exterior brick walls
of the big building and some
cement floors were all that re-
NAMED standing after the flames
we're controlled. Most Of the root
collapsed.
Four f1remen were injured.
Paul Jacobs, sr., and Garland
Marks, both cut their hands
fighting the flames. Robert
Walker was overcome by smoke
and Orville Poe suffered an eye
injury. All were treated at Alex
andria Hospital.
The first alarm was sounded
at 1910 am. when a passerby
noticed smoke coming from a
window. The second alarm was
sounded 10 minutes later. There
were two more special alarms
to summon selected pieces OF
equipment from other COM
panies.
It was 3:15 am. before the
blaze was extinguished.
The laundry building occupied
approximately half block. It
was one of Alexandria's oldest
laundry and dry cleaning estab-
lishments. The owner, Samuel
E. Harper, jr., was absent and
firemen said they could not es-
innate the loss.
The fire department reported
that it received a number o1
| telephone calls from anxious
customers who wanted to know
if any clothing had been saved
It all went up in smoke.
Evening star., 1953-10-17

A referendum would show ma
jority in favor of women guards,
she prophesied.
Commissioner Everett Marion
agreed. Commissioner Edward
(Ned) Waters said little. Mr..
Waters has said several times
that he's opposed to hiring
women on the police force. Mr..
Marion thinks they could be
valuable additions.
Mr.. Latimer pointed out that
10 women are to be hired for
clerical work. When they go to
work. 10 policemen will be freed
for duty outdoors, he said.
Mr.. Waters wanted to know
how long the PTA representa-
tives had lived in Prince Georges.
Later he said most of you ladies
live in apartments, presume. F"
They told him three of the
seven live in houses.
Mr.. Waters said the county
board was trying to find ways to
get the most for its money, to
protect home-owners" from
"confiscatory taxes"
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Ex-Loan Office Manager
Gets ; Years in Theft
BY the Associated Press

FREDERICK. Md, Oct. IT,
A twice-wounded World War II
veteran was sentenced yesterday
to three years in prison for en-
bezzling $4,000 from a loan Of
flee he managed.
Circuit Judge Patrick M.
Schnauffer dealt the penalty to
Marvin j. Wolford, 81. who quit
the loan firm last January and
moved to Cumberland, Md. A
subsequent audit uncovered the
shortage.
Wolford, pleading guilty, told
the court he ran into financial
troubles after contracting to buy
an $18,500 home.
1T got in over my head" he
said, explaining he covered up
his embezzlement by submitting
10 $500 fictitious loan applica-
tions over a six-month stretch
starting in July, 1852.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Arlington Policeman
Hurt in CycIe-Auto Crash

Arlington Police Pvt. Bernard
E. Keyes suffered leg and arm
injuries last night when his mo-
torcycle collided with car driven
by an Arlington youth.
Pvt. KeyeS, 81, said the colli-
sion occurred at $40 pm. on
North Stafford street near Fair
fax drive. The off1cerwas treated
and released at Arlington Hos
pital.
Police charged Theodore A.
Perdue, Is, a craftsman, of 1920
North Stafford street, with fail
ing to yield the right of way.
Police said he was going south on
Stafford street and cut left across
the street to enter a parking area
Perdue was told to be in Ar
lington Police Court Tuesday
morning.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Maryland Teachers
Move 10 Preserve
Academic Freedom
BY the Asseeiated Pres.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 17.-The
Representative Assembly of the
Maryland State Teachers Asso-
citation asked the association
land the community" today to
make every effort to protect
teachers from unwarranted at
tackS."
The request was included in
resolutions adopted at the close
of the associations 86th annual
convention.
The teachers asked for protec-
tion from attacks of "a vengeful
nature, as well as those result
ing from the narrow outlook of
individuals or minority groups.
Academic freedom must be
preserved if we are to develop
an enlightened society,""
Other Resolutions.
The assembly in other resolu-
tionS advocated:
l. More adequate school build
ings-"we deplore any austerity
program in school construction
that ignores a policy of sound
long-term construction"
2. Greater State responsibility
for education in the joint rela-
tionShip with local governments
I'VE believe in equal education
al opportunities for all citizens
of Maryland, regardless of geo.
graphical location"
8. Greater efforts to see that
all teachers are fully certified by
completing educational require.
mentS.
4. More liberal retirement anc
sick leave benefits.
Eddy Gilmore Speaks.
Speaker for the closing gen.
eral session was Eddy Gilmore,
until recently chief of the AS
Sociated Press bureau in Mos
cow and winner of the Pulitzer
Prize for his coverage of Russia.
About $4,000 teachers attend
ed the convention.
The teachers yesterday heard
DR.. Thomas G. Pullen, jr., State
superintendent of schools, list
some serious problems" faced
by the school system.
He said Maryland needs 5000
5000 new Schoolrooms by 1860
Maryland's school enrolment
he said, will grow at the rate OF
24,000-27,000 a year. going from
the present 100000 to about
100000 in the next six years.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Prince Georges Approves
Use Of Land for Cemetery

Permission to use 100 acres
for a cemetery on Sheriff road
near the George Palmer highway
was granted yesterday by the
Prince Georges County COM
misSioners.
The applicant, Louis H. Bell.
2008 I street NV, sought ap-
proval of the entire 106-acre
tract. But the commissioners
said they can grant such special
zoning exceptions only for areas
not larger than 100 acres. The
future cemetery has been zoned
rural residential up to now.
The commissioners also ap-
proved a request to put a golf
driving range on Palmer high
way, near the Vista -Woodmore
road. That property also was
zoned rural residential before.
The applicant was Andrew P.
Gordon of 1853 Hayes street
NE.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
County Republican Group
To Meet Tomorrow

Prince Georges County Know
Your Precinct Republican Clubs
will hold a meeting at 3 pm.
tomorrow in the First Baptist
Church, Seventieth avenue and
M street, Highland Park, Md.
State Senator John R.
Fletcher, Republican. of Prince
Georges, and Miss Bertha S. Ad-
kins, G. o. P. national commit
teewoman, will address the col
ored voters at their annual event.
Other speakers will include
county Police Court Judges Nita
S. Hinmar1 Crane and Theodore
L. Miazga and County Treasurer
Julian B. Mckay.
Mrs. Pearl T. Hampton is
chairman of the organization's
board of directors.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
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Evening star., 1953-10-17
Church to Get Flags

A set of American and Papal
flags will be presented to St.
Mary Of the Mills Church. Lau-
rel. Md, by the Washington
General Assembly. Fourth De-
gree knights of Columbus at l
pm. tomorrow. The assembly
will hold a dance for members,
friends and wives at $3.50 pm. in
the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Woman Faces Trial
In Death Of Baby
AT Nursery Home

Prince Georges County author
tiles plan to try Mrs. Arleen D.
Tenant in November on indict-
ments charging her with man
slaughter and assault in the
death of a child placed in her
Maryland Park nursery home.
Mrs. Tennant, who is AZ,
pleaded not guilty yesterday in
Upper Marlboro Circuit Court.
She was among more than so
persons arraigned before Judge
Charles C. Marbury.
Her plea to true bills returned
by the October grand jury were
entered through her counsel,
Frank M. Hall Of Upper Marl-
boro. She was released under
81, 900 bond.
States Attorney Carlyle j.
Lancaster said Mrs. Tenant has
elected to go on trial before
the court without a jury. A
trial date will be set soon.
7-MOnth-O Old Boy.
Mrs. Tenant is charged with
responsibility for the death last
April "a of James Cecil Hender-
son, 7-month-old son Of an
estranged District couple.
The child was pronounced dead
at Prince Georges General Hos
pital. He was taken there after
he had stayed six days in Mrs.
Tenants nursery home in the
400 block of Sixty-f1fth avenue,
Maryland Park.
Death resulted from multiple
blows on the head and face,
according to DR.. James I. Boyd,
county medical examiner. DR..
Boyd said his findings did not
necessarily mean that the blows
were inflicted by persons.
Mrs. Tenant told police the
boy hit his head against a crib
or fell out and landed on his
head. She gave similar explana-
tions for the deaths OF three
other children placed in her care
in the last nine years.
Woman Denies Murder.
One of the other defendants
who entered not guilty pleas yes
terday was Mrs. Grover c. Mil
stead, indicted on a murder
charge in the death of her hus-
band last June IA in their home
near Camp Springs; Md.
Another was Edward H. Du-
laney, a Seat Pleasant volunteer
fireman, named in a true bill
charging warehouse burning. Ar
raignment of William K. Rob-
erts, assistant chief of the same
unit at the time of his arrest
was postponed when his at
torney, A. Gwynn Bowie, object
ed. Mr.. Bowie informed the
court that motions are pending
g.. to quaSh indictments against
Roberts charging arson anc
warehouse burning.
Samuel D. Floyd, 81, a Dis.
trict colored truck driver indict.
ed for rape, also entered moi
guilty plea. Floyd is charged
with assaulting a 26-year-olc
Forestville tMd.) woman last
July Z after she got off a night
bus near her home.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Stanley Says Dalton
Pulled Teacher Pay
Figure From Air
~ the As.oeidisd Pres.

:
Democrat Thomas B. Stanley
goes to the Breaks of the Cum
berland today out in Southwest
Virginia while his opponent in
the Governors race, Republican
Ted Dalton, stays in the Char
lottesvil1e area.
Mr.. Dalton spoke at Char
lottesville last night, where he
observed that both his grand
fathers served in the Confeder-
ate Army. Then he asked, But
what does that have to do with
my qualifications for Governor?
He aimed his oratorical ques-
ton at a newspaper reference"
which emphasized Mr.. Stanley
was a descendant of a Confed-
crate soldier.
Mr.. Dalton did not name the
newspaper.
Teacher Pay Issue.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Stanley was
speaking in Grundy and charg-
ing that Mr.. Dalton pulled fig
ures from the air" when he said
teacher pay should be $4,000 at
an annual minimum.
"How does he arrive at that
fgure?" Mr.. Stanley asked. ut
would be foolish for me at the
present moment to pull some
figure out of the air and say
This is it," In a fluctuating
economy "such as ours, who can
say what this figure (teachers'
minimum) should be four years
from now?"
Mr.. Stanley continued that "if
I were inclined to make promises
just to get elected I could pull
a figure out of the air also, and,
to be sure, 1 could get a bigger
one than my opponent"
Mr.. Dalton has proposed that
degree-holding teachers get ST.
500 annually as aslninimum. This
is about $500 yearly above the
present scale.
Kellam Affair.
During question -and-answer
session after Mr.. Dalton's speech
he was asked if he planned to
use the "Kellam affair" as ma
terial for his campaign.
He answered by reading a
statement he had given out the
previous day in which he made
no comment on the income tax
evasion indictments against for
mer State Democratic Campaign
Director Sidney S. Kellam, but
denied Democrat charges that
the indictment was inspired by
the Republicans to embarrass the
Democrats.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Film to Record Trip

Comdr. Irving M, Johnson will
present motion picture of his
trip around the world in a brig
antine at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the Washington Missionary Col
lege gymnasium, 715 Maplewood
avenue, Takoma Park. Proceeds
will go to the Sligo Boat Club.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Glasses in Family Life
Offered in Arlington

Adult evening classes in fam
lily life education and child de-
velopment will be offered at two
Arlington high schools if suftl-
cient enrolment is secured.
Arlington County School Supt.
t. Edward Rutter said is STU
dents are needed to begin class
at Washington-Lee High School.
and 10 for a class at Hoffman
Boston High School. Informa-
ton may be obtained by phoning
the schools.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
80 Boy Scouts at 0Iney
Join Civil Defense Tests

Eighty Boy Scouts and leaders
from the Western. District of
the National Capital Council
participated in a civil defense
demonstration early this morn
ing at the Civil Defense Train
ing Center, Olney, Md.
A group of Explorer Scouts
from Arlington simulated first
aid, fire fighting and a search
for victims of a bombed-out
dwelling.
The Scouts met for the demon
stration at am.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
IState tot
Tax Protests
In Montgomery
Meeting Proposed
Between County
Officers and Nice

Montgomery County's loud
and long clamor over this years
sharply increased assessments
may get an official airing within
the next three weeks, probably
October 81 or November 3.
State Tax Commission Chair
man Deeley K. Nice has pro-
posed an informal meeting be-
tween the commission and coun-
ty officials to discuss the assess
ment situation.
Mr.. Nice said his aim is to
keep politics out of the dispute
and determine if there is any,
thing wrong with assessment
procedures in the county.
The meeting was proposed in
a letter to j. PAUL Marshall,
Republican member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
from Montgomery County. Mr..
Marshall had asked Mr.. Nice
what instructions the tax COM
mission has given the county
assessor.
Bitter Protests.
Residents of the suburban area
last fall began a bitter protest
that still is being sounded. The
suburban reassessment caused
some property values to double.
with the average increase
amounting to about rs to 80 per
cent. The climax came last May
with a suit, recently dismissed
in Circuit Court, asking a re-
assessment of the entire State
and a'return to- 1948-49 property
values on the county'S tax books.
The suit was field by members
of the Homeowners Tax League.
Many county residents have
charged that Montgonlery's as
sessments are out of line with
after areas of the State and as q
result the county suffers when
State tax funds are distributed
for school aid.
investigations which have
tried lead to conflicting reports
as to what the basis for COM
plant is," Mr.. Nice said in his
letter. He added:
"It is difficult to understand
this situation because Mont
gomery has an appeals tax court
which is on the scene and should
have a thorough understanding
of property value in Montgomery
County"
The tax court actually makes
the assessment although the ap-
praisals are made by the assess
ment Office.
Meeting Planned.
The meeting to discuss "the
general situation" probably will
include the Tax Commission,
the County Council, the Appeals
Tax Courts, Assessment Super
visor Wilton T. Allen and mem
bers of the county's General
Assembly delegation.
Mr.. Nice said yesterday that If
there were any bad assessment
procedures in the county they
ought to be corrected.
IF something is wrong the
people ought to know about it, u
Mr.. Nice said. He added that
where there is so much smoke
there may be some fire"
The commission chairman said
he was especially eager to keep
politics out of the assessment
situation.
Some members of the county'S
Annapolis delegation are known
to fear that residents will vent
their anti-assessment feelings at
the polls next year.
ALI members of the county's
Annapolis delegation are Repub-
licans and five of the seven
council members are of the same
party. The Democrats have
made it clear they will take ad-
vantage of the assessment in
creases in next years campaign.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
PTA Plans Open House

An open house will be held
at the new Fillmore Elementary
School. 33 North Fillmore street,
Arlington, from 2 to 4 pm. to-
morrow. The parent-teacher as
sociation is sponsoring the
event.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Moose Women's Dinner

The Silver Spring chapter
Women of the Moose, will serve
a spaghetti dinner from 3 to 6
pm, Sunday in the Lodge home,
926 Wayne avenue, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1953-10-17
Youth Council
To Swing Into
Action Monday
D. c. Heads Outline
Duties in Naming II
OF Is Members

The District Commissioners
late yesterday announced ap-
pointment of II of Is members
of the recently conceived Youth
Council.
They specified the duties of
the new group. The council as
signment closely follows the line
suggested by Commissioner Sam
uel Spencer at a conference
two weeks ago.
Four members of the group;
which has been charged with
reducing and preventing" juve-
nile delinquency in Washington,
will serve in an ex officio capac-
ity.' They are:
Gerard M. Shea, director of
public welfare; DR.. Hobart M.
Corning, school superintendent;
Milo F. Christensen, recreation
superintendent, and Capt. John
F. Ryan, head of the Metro
politan Police Juvenile Squad.
Others Appointed.
Others named yesterday were:
DR.. Zigmond M. Lebensohn,
associate assistant professor in
medical psychiatry, Georgetown
University.
Ferdinand v. Grayson, execu-
tive director of United Cornmu-
nifty Services.
Mrs. John C. Payne, member
of the Board of Directors Of the
Washington Congress of PARENT
Teacher Associations. n
Roscoe Evans, principal of
Shaw Junior High School and a
member of the Juvenile Court
Advisory Committee.
DR.. C. Herbert Marshall, pres
ident of the Federation of Civic
Associations.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
former president of the District
Board of Education and member
OF the Juvenile Court Advisory
Committee.
Sidney Lust, owner of the
theater chain bearing his name.
Four Others Selected,
Commissioner Spencer ex-
planned that the remaining four
members of the council have
been selected, but they have not
yet been approached on whether
they are willing to serve.
Under the Commissioners or
der. the council will go into ac-
ton on Monday. It's aims, as
set forth by the city heads, are
l. To recommend legislation
and regulations deemed desirable
on the strength of studies of
means to reduce and prevent de-
linquepcy. The council, however,
is under specific instructions to
keep out of the law enforcement
field, now being explored by an
other citizens council here.
2. To develop and execute a
program to control delinquency
This will consist of designating
certain areas of the city that will
be surveyed by area committees
appointed by the council. The
Commissioners leave to the dis
cretion of the council whether
the entire city shall be studied
by area committees or whether
only selected sections shall come
under scrutiny.
Coordinate Area Activity.
It will also be the councils
job to "evaluate and coordinate
the work of the area groups and
to set overall policies to be fol-
lowed by the smaller groups
The council further was charged
with trying to coordinate the
efforts of both private and gov
ernmental agencies devoted to
prevention of delinquency.
The council is under instruc-
tions to hold four regular meet
ings yearly and however many
special ones the Commissioners,
council chairman or council ma
jority choose to call. Members
will n1oct nffinarc noHh vnor
Evening star., 1953-01-04
NEW YORK.

NEW YOHh.
Many television performers
complain that even one show a
month is a strain-but not
plucky Jane Froman.
She says it's no trick at all
doing one a week, and last
Tuesday she started on a twice
weekly schedule with her Jane
Froman's U. S. A. Cantee" on
CBS-TV.
You might think that after
Miss Froman's long battle to
recover from the critical in
juries suffered in a plane crash
In Lisbon in 1943. anything
would seem easy.
However, she says that isn't
it-that the real reason is be-
cause of the relaxed atmosphere
of the entire group, from
Executive Producer Irving
Mansfield. who conceived the
show, and Producer-Director
Byron Paul. all the way through
the technical crew.
1--WE don't have the tension
that television is supposed to
have" she relates. There's
no swapping, no temperament
And that, she thinks, is a
necessary ingredient for a good
TV show. It's her contention
that a show produced under
tension leaves viewers almost as
tired as the cast.
Miss Froman's debut as a TV
regular took her into a new
phase Of an already colorful and
successful career.
USo's First
She began her singing career
while a student in the Univer-
sity Of Missouri. and hit the big
time as a vocalist on the old
Chesterfield radio hour. Other
engagements that followed in
cluded a role in the "Ziegfeld
Follies" and numerous night
club and radio assignments.
In 1912. when 100 performers
were asked to entertain with
USO troupes overseas. she was
the first to accept. She left New
York by plane February 81,
1943. and the plane crashed at
Lisbon the next day. Miss Fro
man was the only occupant of
her compartment to survive, and
that by a narrow margin.
She and Co-pilot John Burn,
whom she later married, were
thrown near each other in the
Tagus River and he kept her
afloat until help arrived As min
utes later. Both had suffered
serious injuries but hers were
critical and caused her to have
Evening star., 1953-01-04
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1885, WTOP-1nvitation to Learn
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Tales of the South Pacific" and
William Rogers, literary editor of
the Associated Press, discuss Dos
toevsky's "The Idiot"
2:3O, WRC-American Forum of
the Air: Representative Katherine
st. George, Martin Work and Muir
ply Malin discuss what Are Your
Children Reading?"
2:30, WTOP-New York Philhar-
monic Symphony: Bruno Walter
conducts the orchestra in Mozart's
symphony in D Major" and NAH
ler's Symphony No. 4 in G Major"
with Irmgard Seefried as soloist.
500, WRC-Hollywood Star Play
house: jeanne Dru stars in Match
Point"
7:05, .WGMS-Carols: Epiphany
Service of Carols will be broadcast
from st. Johns Church, Lafayette
Square.
$3.50, WRC-Theater Guild on the
Air: Van johnson and Nancy Olsen
have the leading roles in "State
Fair"
900, WTOP-Playhouse of Stars:
Macdonald Carey stars in Wave
High the Banner"
9:15, WOL-Korean Campaign:
Major Donald E. Kramer is heard
on the new series of commentaries
on the Korean campaign.
9:3O, WASH-America in the Year
Ahead: Speaker of the House Jo-
seph Martin, Mouse Majority
Leader Charles Halleck, B. M. Nc
Kelway, editor of The Star; j. r..
Virgins, managing editor of the
washington Post, and other news
men discuss the role of the United
States in world affairs.
Os3Ct VWxA1l0<41lStt11I \OUAC. 11S
commentator discusses the Ameri-
can scene as he would in addressing
an English audience.
1000, WWDC-District Round
table: The topic for discussion is
professional Ethics in Medicine" p"
1000. WOL-Georgetown Univer-
sity Forum: Does the United Ma
tionS Conflict with American law?"
1890, WWDC-America in the
Year Ahead.
1880, WTOP-Capitol Cloakroom: !:
Representative Charles Halleck is
interviewed.
1880, WOL-Netherlands Com
|poSers: The Hague Residentie Or
Ichestra is heard in Hendrix Andres
lsen's 'Ricercard," voorholens La
Sirene" nd Bading's "Divertimento. 81