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Evening star., 1953-06-01
Early Start Set
On Maryland
Road Program
Gasoline Tax Rise
Goes Into Effect;
ChiIds Busy on PIons
BY the Assecioted Press

BALTIMORE, June MARY
landers started paying a cent
more tax on a gallon Of gasoline
today to help finance the States
ambitious new highway build
ing program. The tax is now
6 cents.
The State Roads Commission
already has taken several steps
toward doing the building. Will
liam F. Childs, chief engineer
Tor the commission, will lay
before it within the next few
days a list of projects which he
has singled out for fast starts.
Mr.. Childs hopes to have 100
miles Of improvements going by
the end of the year.
Early Start Is Important.
The commission has to give
its final approval to the jobs
and determine the priority in
which they shall be processed.
1T is important that we get
started just as soon as possible, :"
Mr.. ChildS said.
One reason he advanced is q
belief construction costs will be
lower in the next few months
than later on.
Maryland's road building has
been tapering off for a year or
more, and contractors, as Mr..
Childrs puts it, are a little bit
hungry. Later on, when the 12-
year, 1858 million program picks
up and there is more for the
contractors to do, their prices
will spiral upward.
Another reason for early speed
is to clear away less complicated
jobs while time-conSuming pre-
liminaries on major projects are
being accomplished.
Simple Improvements.
Mr.. Childs declined to specify
the jobs he has in his portfolio
of quick starters, but they fall
into a category that includes
modifying curves, widening and
resurfacing.
Instead of major construction,
they involve relatively simple
improvements to existing roads.
They involve few if any right-of-
way problems and a minimum of
surveying.
If Mr.. ChildS and his aides can
get any work started by January
1, they will be ahead of schedule.
When the mammoth highway
program was approved by the
General Assembly early in April,
the time table called for con-
struction to start In 1854. This
was considered the minimum lag.
The commission still hasn't
let the contracts on some jobs
it had the money in sight for as
far back as 1047.
Prepares Speed-up Plan.
Mr.. Childs indicated he also
hopes to have ready for the COM
mission In q few days q plan for
speeding up the work left over
from previous authorizations.
This includes several major
projects Of which perhaps the
most important Is the extension
Of the dual highway west from
Baltimore to Frederick.
This new Super-highway for
q. s. 40 now reaches as far west
as Ridgeville. with about IL
more miles to go to the Mon
ocacy River bridge just east Of
Frederick.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Methodists
Face Vote on
Oman Views
Maryland Delegates
To Be Asked to Back
Run-in With Probers
By the Assoeintad Pres,

WESTMINSTER, Md, June /.
-MethodistS of the Baltimore
Conference will be asked this
week to back up their new bishop
In his rNn-ins with congressional
investigators.
Delegates from the 324 churches
In Washington. D. c., and Mary
lands counties west of Chesa-
peake Bay convene here Thurs
day for their annual conference.
A proposal to be laid before
the ministers and 1aymen says:
1--WE pledge our support to Bis
hop G. Bromley Oman in his
stand for academic freedom in
our institutions of learning and
IN his courageous attempts to
clarity such issues with our pub
hc servants"
Heads Three Conferences.
Mr.. Oman is resident Bishop
Of the Washington area and rules
the Central Pennsylvania confer
ence and the peninsula confer
ence on the Delaware-M Maryland
Virginia peninsula as well as the
Baltimore conference.
He sometimes is called the
voice Of Methodism in the United
States and in recent weeks has
been jousting with two members
of the House Un-American
Activities Committee, Chairman
Velde and Representative Jack
son, Republican, of California.
Bishop Oman called the COM
nittee's staff incompetent and
said its files are 100 per cent
false, irrelevant, or at least un-
verified" He said the files
linked him with organizations to
which he never belonged and
others listed as subversive after
he left them.
Will Take Vote Thursday.
The ATS ministers Of the Balti-
more Conference and lay dele
gates from the churches will get
their chance to vote on the in
dorSement Of Bishop Oman
Thursday afternoon when they
take up the report Of the con-
ference Committee on World
Peace.
The committee prefaces the
proposed pledge with this decla-
ration:
I'VE call upon the people Of
the United States to treasure the
God-given rights Of free men to
think without fear and express
honest conviction without the
danger of threat and abuse"
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Pilot and Cadet Unhurt
In Jet Truiner Crush
sy ths Assoeioted Press.

RICHMOND. June Am Air
Force pilot and a young aviation
cadet bailed out of their falter-
ing T-33 jet trainer moments be-
fore it crashed in a wooded area
Of Chesterfield County yesterday
The pilot, 1st 1t. Phillip r.
OBrien, 26, a veteran Of Korean
air battles, landed in the middle
Of the James River, but swan
ashore after a tough struggle to
get out Of his parachute.
The cadet, Edward F. Mazdra,
20. Of st. Louis fell in q pasture,
but was also unhurt.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Kensineton School
Dedication Thursday

Mrs. Ben Baylor. jr., a member
OF the Montgomery County
School Board, will dedicate the
new Parkwood School during
ceremonies at 10 am. Thursday
at the school, Franklin street
and Saul road, Kensington, Md.
Also present at the dedication
will be Mrs. Agnes Kain. princi-
pal, and other members of the
school board. The invocation will
be by the Rev. Wendell s. Ire
dick, of the Warner Memorial
Presbyterian Church, Kensing-
ton.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Gift Of Tract
May Allow Sale
0fArmoryLot
Offer Would Provide
Lund for Civic Center
In Silver Spring

Proposed donation of a tract
within two blocks of the much
disputed Armory lot for a Silver
Spring civic center may permit
sale Of the Armory project for
municipal parking.
The prospective donation has
been arranged by the Silver
Spring Board of Trade if agree
ment is reached on the transac-
ton. The tract has a 190-foot
frontage on Colesville road be-
tween Spring street and Spring.
vale street. It extends through
to Ellsworth drive.
This proposal and an alter
native will be discussed at a
meeting of the Allied Civic Group
at 8:15 pm. Wednesday in the
liquor dispensary hearing room.
Alternative Plan.
The alternative would set aside
approximately one-third of the
Armory lot for public buildings.
including civic center, with the
remaining space to be used for
parking facilities. The $4,000
square feet of the Armory lot to
be used for civic center purposes
would have to be bought from the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
A spokesman for groups which
have been trying to resolve dis
position of the property said the
source of necessary purchase
funds for the alternate plan Is
"as yet undetermined"
However, if the Board of Trade
lot is accepted, the Armory. lot
could be bought from the COM
mission "out of Silver Spring
parking district funds collected
from business properties"
Received without Cost.
The commission, which re-
ceived the property without cost.
had been offered $500, 900 for the
tract. Proceeds of a sale would
be used for the commission
program in the suburban area.
County bond funds in the
amount of $5OO,0OO are available
to buy the Armory lot for park
ing, Board of Trade spokesman
said.
The spokesman said that ac-
ceptance of either of the two
proposals has already been rat-
flied by the Board of Trade.
Conferences resulting in the
two proposals were held between
representatives of the Board of
Trade, the Allied Civic Group.
the EvanSwood Citizens Associa-
tion and other interested par
ties.
Ruling FavOrs Commission.
Controversy over disposition
and use of the Armory lot came
to a head when the county coun-
Gil by court action questioned
the commissions right to sell
the tract to Silver Spring pri-
vate interests. In this action.
the court ruled that the land be-
longed to and could be sold by
the commission.
Civic groups in Silver Spring
have endeavored to have all or
part of tne tract retained for use
as a public park or public build
ing. They say the property was
conveyed to the commission for
these proposed uses.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Two Gunmen Flee With $525
After Fairfax Circle Robbery

Two gunner forced their way
into a Howard johnson Restau-
rant at Fairfax Circle early to-
day as employees were closing
the building and escaped with
$525 from a cash register.
The two men sped off in a late
model sedan, police said, and
headed toward Arlington County
on Route so. Roadblocks were
established on both sides Of
bridges linking Virginia with the
District by Arlington and Metro
politan police. but no suspects
were apprehended.
The men, one armed with a
.38-caliber pistol and the other
with a .45-caliber automatic,
showed past two poiters who were
putting garbage out a rear door
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Rhino in Circus Dies;
Caught Bod Cold Here
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, June Rob
ert, 8-year-old two-horned Afri-
can rhino. was found dead in
his fiat car cage yesterday as
the Ringing Bros. circus ar
rived here for a two-day stand.
Attendants said Robert,
ranked as a robust teen-ager"
in the rhinoceros world, caught
a bad cold during the circus
Washington engagement two
weeks ago and had been ailing
ever since.
Evening star., 1953-06-01

ter now, his mother says. But
he's still appallingly thin.
His 16-month-old sister was
treated for malnutrition at Gal
linger Hospital recently. She
doesn't look thin. but the doctors
got her started on strained baby
food, and off a strict milk diet.
"She wouldn't eat anything
else," her mother explains.
II Washingtonians send him
to camp, Albert wants to play
baseball and swing on swings.
He's not sure about the swim
ming-"Water'S so cold" Per-
Evening star., 1953-06-01
MeteoroIoqists Elect

1t. Col. Robert B. Sykes has
been installed as chairman Of
the District branch of the Ameri-
can Meteorological Society.
Other officers are DR.. Morris Tep-
per, vice chairman; Sidney
Teweles. secretary; Ralp h
Kresge, treasurer and Louis P.
Allen, repreSentative-at-large
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Comp Fund Facts

How to send a kid to camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
to The Evening Star, Wash
ington 4, D. c.
Or bring cash to the Star
cashier.
The cost: $35.72 for IL
days, or $17.86 for six days.
The Star will acknowledge
your gift.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
by the Assoeiosed Press

BALTIMORE, June L. Gov.
McKeldin said yesterday his pres
ent inclination" Is to run for re-
election.
He also reiterated that he is
not unalterably opposed to capi-
tai punishment.
And he broke long silence on
the route for the proposed Balti.
more tunnel by saying he favors
q Canton-F Fairfield route.
The Governor has never said
he would seek another term and
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Commencement Set
At Carver Junior

The first commencement exer-
cises at Carver Negro Junior
College will be held at Z pm.
Thursday on the campus. in
Rockville, Md.
DR.. William E. Henry, pre-
sident of the Negro State
Teachers College, at Bowie, Md,
will deliver the main address,
Associate in arts degrees will be
conferred by H. Stanley Stine,
president of the Montgomery
County Board of Education.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Benefit Concert at Church

The adult choir Of the Warner
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
Kensington, will give q benefit
concert at 8 pm. Wednesday,
under the direction of Charles
A. H. Thomson, minister of
music.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Midshipmen March
In First June Week
Dress Parade Today
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, June L. The
Naval Academy's June Week feS-
tival switches today from dances
and romance to the first of four
dress parades with all the spit
and polish that goes along with
a midshipman' life.
For 924 seniors, scheduled to
be graduated here Friday, The
parades will be their last as
middieS.
June week, which began last
week with selection Of the annual
Color Girl, the ring dance and
other social events, ends Friday
with graduation and the start
Of annual training cruises for
non-seniors.
John F. Floberg, Assistant Sec
retary Of the Navy for Air, will
take the review on Worden Field
at 4:30 pm. today for the first
Of the weeks dress parades.
Mr.. Floberg will receive a IT.
gun salute and will take the sa-
lutte of the 3,500-man brigade.
First and second classmen will
get together for one dance to-
night, while the class of 1855 will
stage the annual "youngster
hop"
The only showdown Of the
gayety came yesterday as the 924
middies, second largest class in
the acedemy's history, their fam
lilies and friends attended two
Seperate baccalaureate services
in the chapel.
Vesper services and a glee club
concert completed the day of
quiet and devotion.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
F. A. Rudolph to Graduate
At ANNAPOLIS Fridoy

The 924 Naval Acarhedy mid
Shipmen scheduled to graduate
Friday include Francis A. Ru-
dolph, 1474 Columbia road NV.
He is a native of Washington
and was graduated from Calvin
Coolidge High School a week
before entering the academy as
a Presidential appointee. He
previously had served in the
Naval Reserve here for about a
year.
Midshipman Rudolph's name
was inadvertently omitted from
the list Of area graduates in
Sundays Star.
Evening star., 1953-06-01
Free Chest x-Rays
Slated in Arlington
In Next ; Weeks

A free chest X-ray campaign
will be conducted in Arlington
County from Wednesday to June
26 at the following locations:
Evening star., 1953-05-11

counts for the presence Of some
feminine charm. Everybody
had such fun that some Of the
senior Senators decided to re-
turn the compliment with a
dinner for the same group next
fall If Congress is in session at
that time. All Of this is an
outgrowth from two begin
nings:-Senators Taft and
Milliken's dinner for the late
Senator Wherry a couple Of
years ago at the Congressional
Club, followed the same year
by the freshman Republican
Senator'S dinner at the Carl
ton: and the almost weekly
luncheon m tings-they
started on Tuesday, then
shifted to Wednesday-of the
current freshman Republican
Senators who have been TAX
ing turns hearing talks by
members Of the Cabinet, Sher-
man Adams and Vice Presi.
dent Nixon.
Capital HorS d'Oeuvres:-
United States Ambassador to
Italy Glare Boothe Luce is
finding that Italian men are
very much reserved toward a
woman ambassador. At least
that has been the first reac-
ton. not entirely unforeseen.
The Blacks, (Shirley Temple
and her husband Charley
are finally taking their leave
of Washington. They're setting
out Thursday to motor to
Southern California where
Charlie plans to 60 into the
television business. They were
saying goodbye to friends at
Mary Holmes party Saturday
when Shirley was flashing her
Mothers Day present from her
husband-a diamond ring so
blue that it was the color Of a
light sapphire. Gen. and
Mrs. Haislip were at this party.
fresh from seven weeks in Eur
ope, Africa and Asia Minor.
They hit only the high spots
Cairo. which they liked best Of
all, 1stanbul. Athens. Rome,
Naples where Admiral "Mick"
Evening star., 1953-05-11
Mr.Mogruder Is Engaged

Honor for the Queen In tho
Court Of Gaiety.
Mr.. Magruder. who is the
grandson of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Hull of Savannah.
Ca. was graduated from the
Malcolm Gordon and Kent
Schools and Princeton Univer-
sity with the class of 1899. He Is
a member of the University Club
in New York, and the Rumson.
N. j. Country Club.
In 1941-42 he served as assist
tant military observer at Singa-
pore and was with the military
intelligence serving on the staff
of Gen. Douglas Macarthur in
the Southwest Pacific and in
Japan from 1942-46. He was
awarded the Army Legion of
Merit. Mr.. Magruder now is in
the Far East with the foreign
department of the National City
Bank of New York.
Evening star., 1953-05-11

Mr.. George Lloyd Magruder.
grandson Of the late DR.. and
Mrs. George Lloyd Magruder for
many years prominent in Wash
ington, will be married in the
early summer to Miss Carolyn
Marie Murray. The engagement
recently was announced by Miss
Murray's mother, Mrs. James
Roy Murray, Of San Antonio,
Texas.
Mr.. Magruder is the second
son Of retired Army Col. and
Mrs. Lloyd Burns Magruder of
Rumson, N. j. Col. Magruder
was appointed from the District
of Columbia to the Military
Academy at West Point by
President William Mckinley and
many relatives and friends still
live here.
Miss Murray is the daughter
Of the late Mr.. Murray and was
graduated from the Hockaday
School in Dallas before entering
the University of Texas where
she was a member of Pi Beta
Phi sorority. She made her
debut at the San Antonio Ger
man Club in 1947 and was pre-
sented by her parents at a re-
ception and dance early in 1948.
She is a member of the Girls
Cotillion Club and the San
Antonio Junior League as we'll
as serving on the Board for the
Sunshine Cottage.
The prospective bride was
Duchess of the Roman Empire
in the Court Of Empires during
Fiesta Week in 1948 and the
following year she was Princess
~ TpANho NJ VnnoVaf oVN Maid ~
Evening star., 1953-05-11

Envoy etes
Visitor

Australian Am b Ssa dor
Spender was host today at a /
o'clock stag luncheon honoring
the visiting Australian Com
missioner of Taxation, p. s. Nc
Govern. The Commissioner has
been here for the past two weeks
negotiating on tax agreements
between his country and the
United States.
Among the officials who at
tended the luncheon were
Deputy Commissioner NJ. j.
Belcher, Under Secretary Of the
Treasury Marion Folsom; the
Assistant Secretary Of State for
Economic Affairs, H. F. Linder; E;
the Canadian Minister, Sidney
Pierce; Australian Minister Ar
thur Tango and Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. H. Chap
man Rose.
Others were DR.. Leslie Mel
vile Of the International None
tary Fund. the Deputy Com
missioner for Internal Revenue,
Eldon King and MIR. Dan Throop
Smith, Assistant to the Secretary
Of the Treasury.
Evening star., 1953-05-11
Exclusively Yours-- BETTY '=~=
President Cabinet Senators and Two Women Are Present
At Amusing STAG Dinner Given at Burning Tree Club

Carney and his wife Grace
took them to Capri on the Ad-
miral's barge, and Luxembourg
where they attended the we'd
ding Of Prince Jean and the
Belgian Princess Josephine
Charlotte =.
Senator and Mrs. Harry
Byrd gave a huge luncheon at
his place at Winchester, Va.
yesterday which drew Vice
President and Mrs. Nixon, the
Secretary Of the Treasury and
Mrs. Humphrey. and a raft
Of Senators and other friends
The annual Shadbake of
the Rod and Gun Club was
held in yesterdays balmy wea-
ther at their place in King and
Queen County Nancy Ord
way Haight and her small son
are here from Princeton visit
ing the Bill McCormicks until
tomorrow. The small one Is
going to get a playmate
The best looking horse in
town is really a. bathing beauty.
He just stands by the Ran
dolph Kidders' pool and adds
considerable decor with his
own blue hue by the blue lined
pool. He once rode on the
carousel at Great Falls which
had to be dismantled by it's
owner recently. Dottie bought
this blue one, Sis Spalding also
got a horse which she gave to
the Georgetown Neighborhood
House, some Princeton men
got the tigers, but I wonder
what happened to the lovely
deer?
Evening star., 1953-05-11
OOC7etY views A''7A8a'a7
Spring F Festivo| Held
At White Sulphur
Many CopitoIites Among Those
Spending Week End at Greenbrer
Society News
s , a,et!..
By Ann Cline

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va. May 10.-An end has
come to q magnificent four days.
The sixth annual Spring Fes-
tival here at the Greenbrier,
something that takes a long
week end to complete-had two
climaxes. The social climax came
Saturday evening with the
brilliant anniversary ball. The
sports one came yesterday with
the windup of the 72-hole
Greenbrier Open golf tourna-
ment.
The hundreds of people invited
by the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad to attend the festival
included social and official repre-
sentatives, mostly from Chicago,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit,
Washington and various other
Eastern cities.
Windsors Present
Participants in the festivities
included the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor, who stayed with their
hosts, the chairman of the board
of the c. & o. and Mrs. Robert
Young. Also guest of the Youngs
were Bob Hope Gin his usual top
notch form, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney Luft, the latter Judy Gar
land.
The Duke and Duchess and Mr..
Hope were among the judges for
the waltz contest at the ball Sat-
urday. Helping them select the
winners we're Chief of Protocol
John F. Simmons and Mrs. Har-
old Talbot, wife of the Secretary
of the Air Force, who accom-
panied her husband here from
Washington.
The contest was a spectacular
thing to watch. Dancing to the
music of Meyer Davis and his
orchestra, the ladies made a
lovely picture in their billowy
and colorful gowns as they were
twirled around the ballroom by
their partners. After a process
of elimination which took some
time because of the number of
couples taking part, the judges
selected Miss Toni FrisSell, a
Evening star., 1953-05-11

There's nothing like a party
ratio of two women to about
so men. It's a ratio that any
woman. particularly in this
man-shy town, will approve of,
though she may never attend
such a party.
It's even more impressive
when the President of the
United States. the Vice Pres
ident, the Cabinet and a bevy
Of well-known Senators make
up the masculine contingent.
In order to be one of the two
feminine fry in such a gath
ering you would have to be
one of the two most distin-
guished women in the United
States Government - either
Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp
Hobby or Senator Margaret
Chase Smith. but I can't see
either one of them changing
places with the rest Of us.
Mrs. Hobby and Mrs. Smith
were the only women present
at the recent "stag" dinner
given by the freshman Repub-
lican Senators in honor of Sen
ators Bridges and Taft. It took
place at Washington's most
popular new spot, the Burning
Tree Club. and the whole af-
fair was a WOW, though what
happened can't be recorded
here because the entire party
was off the record.
Something amusing, though,
happened every few minutes,
they say. The freshman sena-
tors Bush, Barrett, Beall,
Goldwater. Griswold, Kuchel,
Payne, Potter and Purtell-
put on skits, and 8 or 9 anus
ing prizes were awarded to as
many Senators under the
Craftsmanship of Senator Gold
water. Both President Eisen-
hover and Senator Taft made
speeches that were partly hui
morous and partly serious.
Senator Bush was the spokes-
man for the hosts.
Every member Of the Cabi-
net and every Republican Sem
ator who could be there was
there, which, Of course, ac-
Evening star., 1953-05-11

Miss Martha HI. Sutton.
Miss Martha Hale Sutton,
daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Har-
old Griffith Sutton of Chevy
Chase, was married on May 9 to
Mr.. Frederick HotchkiSS Miller,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert An
derson Miller of Tarentum, Pa.
The Rev. j. Hillman Hollister
performed the ceremony which
took place at the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church. A reception
followed at the Chevy Chase Wo-
mems Club.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father who is Director of
Admissions at George Washing
ton University, wore a gown of
embroidered organdy with a
fingertip veil of tulle attached
to a cap of organdy. She carried
q bouquet of lilies of the valley
and white orchids.
Matron of honor was Mrs.
Robert A. Miller III, sister of the
bride, and bridemaids were the
Misses Virginia and Sally Sutton,
other sisters. Serving Mr.. Miller
as best man was his brother,
Mr.. Richard HotchkiSS Miller.
Ushers were Mr.. Robert A. Mil
Ter III, the bridegroom's brother.
Mr.. Harold Griffith Sutton, jr.,
brother of the bride, 1t. James
P. Murray, jr. and Mr.. Samuel
S. w. Matthews.
The former Miss Sutton Is a
graduate of Mount Vernon Ju-
nior College. Mr.. Miller was
graduated from st. Paul's School,
Yale, and the University Of Mich
igan where he received a mas
ter's degree. He is a member Of
Phi Gamma Delta.
After a Miami Beach wedding
trip. the couple will live in Shell
byville, Ind.