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Evening star., 1953-04-29
Sonia Henie Lawyers
Blame Builders in
Collapse Of Stands
BY the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, April 29.-Law-
yers for Sonia Henie blame q
construction firm for the collapse
Of a grandstand section at her
ice show here last year, and law
yers for the construction firm
blame ushers hired by the ia
nous skater.
Lawyers for more than 400
spectators who claim damages
for injuries suffered in the coll
lapse started OH a key court
case yesterday saying it was Miss
Henie's fault. The claims total
about S. million.
The case being heard first will,
by agreement of all parties, de-
termine the responsibility for the
bleachers collapse.
Leonard Weinberg, one of four
lawyers presenting the test case
of the plaintiffs, told the jury
that the greed for money and
more seats to supply more
money" resulted in the hurried
erection of the temporary seats
made of green lumber and in
adequate nails.
A seating plan approved by
city officials before the show in
dicated II aiers of seats, he said,
but the section which tumbled
had 80 tiers.
Mr.. Weinberg also said some
patrons were admitted before
workmen had finished building
the bleachers.
Counsel for Miss Henie argued
that experts had been hired to
build the stands and therefore
should be held responsible.
A lawyer for Edwin p. Coro-
natl, whose firm handled the
grandstand construction, indi-
Gated In his opening statement
that Mr.. Coronati's defense
would be based on the conten-
ton that usherS hired BY Miss
Henie allowed spectators to take
their seats before the conStruc-
ton was finished. This caused
overcrowding in some parts Of
the stands and the resultant
strain in those parts was greater
than the stands were designed
to take, he added.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
County Democrats
Oppose Tidal Bill

Montgomery County Demo-
Gratis last night passed a resolu-
ton opposing the tidelands oil
bill before the Senate.
The $50 persons attending a
meeting of the Montgomery
County Democratic State Gen.
tral Committee in. Silver Spring
also indicated their support Of
the Anderson amendment to
keep offshore Oil resources in
Federal hands with revenue to
go to public schools.
Copies of the resolution will
be forwarded to the Democratic
Senators now leading the fight
against the tidelandS bill and
to Maryland Senators Beall and
Butler, both Republicans.
The State Central Committee
also adopted a proposal to ap-
point a group Of observers who
will attend and report back on
hearings and sessions Of the
Montgomery County Council
during its legislative sessions
during May. The Council Is
predominately Republican,
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Bobby -Soxers' Eating Lowers
Vitality, Raises Eyebrows

Nor can super sundaes SUBJ
stitute for greenstu1fs. Stout
ness doesn't always indicate a
stock , of energy. A blubbery
bellies vitality may be far less
than that of a lesser lass.
Miss Sadye F. Addison Of the
Agriculture Departments Bu-
reau of Human Nutrition and
Home Economics reviewed nu-
triton studies of the last decade
and found that girls generally
have poorer diets than boys.
But the adolescent girls ate
worst of all.
Nor does growing up always
improve a girls diet.
NutritionistS found college CO.
eds majoring in home economics
who were following poor diets.
And West Virginia nutritionistS
studied college group and found
"a per cent of the co-eds weren't
eating enough iron-rich foods.
Thirty-one per cent of the girls
were underweight.
The Agriculture people think
mother ought to get into the act
Evening star., 1953-04-29

Highlights of the Winchester,
Va, Apple Blossom Festival: (All
events on Eastern Standard
Time).
Tomorrow.
8 am.-Beginning Of all-day
public visits to the blossoming
apple orchards.
$50 a.m.-Queen-elect Kath-
ryn Eisenhower and princesSes
tour orchards.
10 a.m.-Opening Of all-day
showing Of Army. Navy and Ma
rine Corps street exhibits.
IL a.m.-Beginning Of free mo-
ton pictures at the Palace
Theater.
Noon-Distinguished guests
stag luncheon at E. W.. Barr
Packing House.
Noon-LadieS' luncheon at
George Washington Hotel spon-
sored by the Ladies' Auxiliary Of
the Virginia State Horticultural
Society.
1880 p.m.-Coronation Of Miss
Kathryn Eisenhower at Queen
Shenandoah XVI by Gen.
James A. Van Fleet at the Hand
ley School Bowl.
8 DIFFERENTIATION Of "Our
Heritage-A Pageant Of Spring
time" at the Handley School
Bowl.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
BurtonviIIe Youth Hurt
In Crash Near Laurel

A Burtonville (Md.) youth was
injured last night when the auto
mobile in which he was riding
crashed into a pole near Laurel.
Ad mitted to Montgomery
County General Hospital was
William s. McCullum, 10. He
was reported in fair condition to-
day suffering from a compound
fracture Of the right leg and face
cuts.
Three other Burtonville teen
ayers in the car were treated at
the hospital and released. They
are Robert MerSon. Is: Melvin
E. Athey, II. and Thomas Bur-
ton, Is. Athey, driver Of the
automobile, has been charged
with reckless driving, police said.
The vehicle struck the pole
and skidded 10 feet before COM
ing to q stop. according to po-
lice,
Evening star., 1953-04-29

pointed out that good nutrition
for girls in the teens is especially
important because these girls
are the future homemakers and
mothers"
Thus they need to know
early how and why to select the
right foods for themselves and
later for their husbands and
children" the report says.
Adolescent girls bad eating
habits are partially due to their
concern over the shape of things
to come.
Teen-age boys shovel the grub
in without worry over weight.
But sub-debs, the Department
finds, are prone to fretting over
their rapid changes in girth
and shape (anO try to become
thin by cutting down on their
food"
Alas, it works all too seldom,
the Department says.
The girls may shun the three
squares a day, but they succumb
to soda fountains and snack
bars. Thus they lose COR gain)
what they've gained Cor lost
Evening star., 1953-04-29
SpeeiaI Dispoteh TO The Siar

ANNAPOLIS, April 29.-Lob-
byist George H. Hooker and
Delegate Albert I. Baker were
leading the field today as legally
required expense accounts for
the 1858 Maryland General AS
Sembly continued to pour into
the Statehouse here.
Mr.. Hooker, who represented
the Associated Brewers of the
Fifth Region, Inc, of which he
is executive secretary, reported
personal expenses from March
IL to April 6 of $l.345. That's
about SGT for each legislative
day he was here.
Mr.. Baker, Democratic Dele
gate from Queen Annes County,
reported total expenses Of ST.
295 for the 90-day session, which
ended April 7. He divided it
among hotel or lodging, $3.50;
meals. $3.50; travel, $95. and
miscellaneous. $1.500.
Voted Themselves $500.
The legislators are required to
file expense accounts for the first
time this year because of a $500
expense allotment they voted
for themselves this session. The
attorney general ruled that ac-
counts would have to be filed or
else the allotment might be con-
sidered a salary increase, which
would require a constitutional
amendment.
Lobbyists have been required
to file expense accounts for many
years. Their reports must be in
80 days after the close of the
session.
The legislators will only get
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Lobbyists Top Expenses Field
As MoryIdnders File Reports

$500 regardless Of how large an
expense account they file. Most
of the expenses can be deducted
from their income taxes.
Room costs ran as high as
the $3.50 reported by Delegate
4. Gordon Boone, Democrat, of
Baltimore County, and as low
as the So reported by Delegate
Robert A. Wallace, Republican,
Of Montgomery County.
All but one of the Delegates
has filed his account. OF nine
Senators who have not filed,
two. Senate President George
w. Della and Senate Majority
Leader Louis L. Goldstein, said
today they have no intentions
Of filing accounts.
Sees Expenses Mistake"
Said Mr.. Goldstein: '"I knew
what the State was going to pay
me when I ran for Office" He
added that he regarded the vot-
ing Of expense money by law
makers this year as lone of the
biggest mistakes the Legislature
made"
Mr., Della did not elaborate
other than to say he opposed
the expense money in the first
place.
Among the lobbyists receiving
top fees were Jacob Hartman,
who reported $4,000 as lawyer
for the Maryland Jockey Club,
and D. L. Adams, lobbyist for the
Maryland State Legislative Board
of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Fiemen and Enginemen,
who reported a lump payment
of $3,059 for salary, expenses,
hotel and supplies"
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Girl Hurt When Wagon
CoIIides With Auto

A six-year-old girl suffered a
broken leg yesterday when her
coaster wagon collided with an
automobile, Arlington police re-
ported.
Linda Mayrene George. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
George, 1929 South Four Mile
Run drive. was admitted to
Arlington Hospital.
The automobile driver, Lucious
Hillmon, 80, colored, of the 1000
block of South Oakland street,
Arlington, was not charged.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
New Jersey Man Dies
From Accident Injuries

An Elizabeth IN. j. motorist
died in Leland Memorial Hos
pital. Riverdale, Md. yesterday
Of injuries suffered April II in
q three-car traffic crash.
He was Regor Osipchic, IS.
His wife Christine, So. also is
hospitalized at Leland. Their
son Alexander, 20. is in Prince
Georges General Hospital. He
has not been told of his fathers
death.
The sons wife Lucy, 26, also
was a patient in Prince Georges
Hospital. but has been released.
Maryland State police said
the accident happened on the
Baltimore boulevard just south
of Laurel.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
PreschooI Group Plans
Founders Duy Lunch

The 10th anniversary Of the
founding Of the Rock Spring CO.
operative PreSchool Association
will be observed with a luncheon
at 1890 pm. Saturday in the
Neighborhood House, Rock
Spring Congregational Church,
Rock Spring and Little Falls
roads. Arlington.
Scheduled speakers at the
Founders Day luncheon will be
Mrs. Edmund Campbell, a mem
ber Of the Arlington County
School Board, and DR.. Bernard
Joy, chairman of the board.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Thief Carries OFF
7 AzoIeu Bushes
From SchooIyord

Montgomery County police to-
day were looking for a mean
thief who last night dug up and
stole seven azalea bushes from q
Schoolyard at Wheaton, Md.
Yesterday the red azaleaS were
In full bloom, planted in a circle
around the flagpole in front of
the Highland Elementary School
at Milton avenue and Claridge
road.
Police Pvt. James M. White
said the azaleaS were ripped out
between 10 pm. yesterday and Z
am. today. The theft was re-
ported by Mrs. Isabelle LuneSki,
school principal. The azaleaS,
she said, were purchased for $40
three weeks ago by the schools
Parent Teacher Association.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Higher Apple Tex Asked

ROANOKE. Va, April 20 (P.
Apple growers of Roanoke and
Botetourt counties have asked
the State Apple Commission and
the Legislature to raise the State
packed apple tax 80 per cent.
The growers want more money
to promote the sale Of Virginia
apples.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
School Board Hits
Cuts in Budget at
MontgomeryMeeting

Tax-conscious Mont g m er y
County officials clashed last
night with Board of Education
members faced with increased
school enrollments at a mass
meeting at Bethesda-C h evy
Chase High School, sponsored
by the county council of PTAs
The meeting was the first in
a series of protests by PTAs
against a proposed cut Of 81
million in the school board
budget of SIT million.
Halliday sessions for many
students, If the proposed cut
goes through, were predicted by
Mrs. Ben B. Baylor, School
Board member. She cited an
expected increased enrolment Of
5000.
Cites Letters to Council.
Lathrop Smith. county council
member, declared expressed pub
lie sentiment Is 500 to against
increased spending. He read a
number Of letters to the coun-
Gil to prove his point.
Alexander Hancock, acting
County Manager since the recent
resignation of Irving G. McNayr,
defended Mr.. McNayr's Spartan
budget" as necessary because
money is tight"
He charged that "if we con-
tinue the building program at the
pace recommended by the Board
of Education, debt maturity in
four or five years will be as much,
or more. than capital outlay"
Mr.. Hancock declared the
Board of Education will not be
faced with as severe a task as
many other county departments
in operating within the Spartan
budget"
Problems Facing Board.
Wylie Barrow, another school
board member. cited these prob
lens facing the board:
l. An increase of over 5000
pupils next year, requiring 100
additional teachers.
2. A need for salary increases
to attract and hold qualified
teachers in a competitive market.
He declared the SIT million
budget is realistic. The county
managers budget. he said, will
provide only 140 of the 100
teachers needed, and no increase
in the minimum salary.
Miss Lawl0r Hits Board.
Mrs. Kathryn Lawlor, former
member of the council and now
a Maryland Assembly delegate.
criticized the School Board for
it's policy of giving the schools
rubber tile floors and venetian
blinds" when additional rooms
and teachers are so badly needed.
The second in a series Of pro-
test meetings was announced for
8 pm. May Z at Richard Mont
gomery High School. Rockville.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Fenwick Hits Back
AT Stanley Charge He
Would Add Bureaus
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, April 29.-
State, Senator Charles r. Fen
wick Of Arlington says his guber-
natorial opponent. Thomas B.
Stanley. should devote more
time to studying his own abb
sentee record before he attempts
to understand my program"
Senator Fenwick was repeat
ing a charge that Mr.. Stanley
was often absent during con-
gress:onal votes while a member
of the House of Representatives.
Mr.. Stanley resigned to run for
Governor.
The Senator hit back with the
absentee voting attack last night
in denying Mr.. Stanley's claim
that he, favored creating three
new State bureaus.
Divisions, Not Bureaus.
Senator Fenwick said actually
he was supporting two new small
divisions, not bureaus, and the
expansion of another division.
Regarding his platform call for
a division Of reconciliation and
negotiation in the State labor
department, Senator FenWick
suggested that Mr.. Stanley read
the Virginia Public Utility Labor
Relations Act of 1852, which
makes it mandatory for the
State labor commissioner to
mediate labor disputes, but does
not give him the assistant to do
the job"
II had hoped that the absentee
record complied by my friend
and opponent while he was sup
posed to be representing his
district in Congress meant that
he was carefully following the
activities of the General Assem-
bly,, but apparently he wasn't.
I suggest that he bone up quick
ly."
To Be Compact Unit.
Senator Fenwick said the di-
vision of industrial planning he
backed would only be an ex-
pansion of the planning division
Of the Labor Department. "It
will be a compact unit charged
solely with the responsibility of
assisting communities desirious
Of attracting new business best
suited to the respective. COM
,munity's needs"
II am surprised that my ap-
ponent. businessman, regards
the expenditure of a few thou
sand dollars too great a price to
pay for bringing millions of dol
lars Of new revenue to the State"
he added.
The other division he suggest
ed would comprise three persons
Ito give technical assistance to
rural communities desirious Of
setting UP recreational pro-
grams" Senator Fenwick said.
This has been indorsed by
recreational groups throughout
the State"
In answer to Mr.. Stanley'S
charge that new bureaus would
bring new taxation, Senator
Fenwick stated he was opposed
to bureaucracy" and to lin
creased taxation"
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Costs Of Mental Treatment
Held Equal 10 Bodily Ills
By the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, April 29.-Dr
Maurice C. Pincoffs said last
night Maryland spent some $l0.5
million in 1852 to treat mental
patients, or an amount about
equal to all other health expen-
SeS.
DR.. Pincoffs. president Of the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty
of Maryland, addressed the
groups annual conference.
He said physicians figure Is
to so per cent Of their patients
have emotional or mental prob
lens tied in with their bodily
ills.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Montgomery Weighs
Merging Health Units
In Economy Move

Consolidation of some of
Montgomery County's IL health
centers is being considered by
county officials seeking means
of curtailing rising government
costs.
DR.. v. L. Ellicott, county
health officer, and Acting
County Manager Alex K. Han
cock yesterday disclosed to the
council such a study was under
way.
At the same time Mr.. Han
cock told the council only the
needieSt families will escape
paying $1.25 q round trip when
they are brought to the clinics
in county vehicles.
Just a few weeks ago Coun-
Gilman Louis A. Gravelle at
tackled some Of the county's
health services as New Deal
Socialistic theories" He was
especially bitter in denouncing
free transportation to the
clinics.
No Names Mentioned.
DR.. Ellicott did not reveal
which centers were being con-
sidered for consolidation. The
county now operates them in
Rockville, Gaithersburg, Damas-
Gus. Poolesyille, Olney, Viers Mill
Village, Colesville, Bethesda,
Cabin John, Kensington, Silver
Spring and Takoma Park.
tw .TlV
DR.. Ellicott said he also was
studying the possibility of con-
solidating some clinics with fire
houses and public libraries in
their neighborhoods.
All the proposals, the health
officer said, are aimed at cut
ting expenses for the coming
fiscal year. Some centers now
are open only a few hours a
week and are unused the rest
Of the time.
The Health department asked
for $408,1 from the county to
operate next year. Former County
Manager Irving G. McNayr
recommended this be cut to
$316,652, some $4,000 less than
the department is receiving this
year.
Centralized Services.
Talk among councilmen indi-
Gates they would like to see as
many of the health departments
services centralized in the new
$1.s million county office build
ing slated to be ready for occu-
pancy sometime this summer.
Councilman Gravelle and Mrs.
Stella B. Werner also expressed
hope that as many county build
ings and offices as possible be
moved out Of commercial areas
into lower rent residential Sec
tionS.
Both expressed a desire to re-
move the Bethesda County
Office building from its present
site on busy Wisconsin avenue
into a quieter area. Mrs. Wer-
ner said the, land there was too
valuable to continue its use by
the county.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Blossom Queen
Arrives Today
Al Winchester
Valley Apple Trees
In Full Bloom for
Spring Festival

By Mary Lou Werner
S1rr S&.,ef

WINCHESTER, April 29.-
Warm spring weather and or
chards of pink-tinted blooms
greeted the vanguard of visitors
arriving for the annual Shenan-
doah Apple, Blossom Festival to
be held here tomorrow and Fri
day.
Most Of the apple trees sur
rounding this valley town were
in full bloom to add to the splen-
dor of the festive springtime car
nival. Some frost had been
expected last night and it was
feared the blooms might be
affected. But at the last minute
the weather grew warmer, pre-
serving the blossoms at their
peak.
Miss Kathryn Eisenhower, 49,
year-old niece Of President Eli
senhoWer. was due to arrive here
today in preparation for her two
day reign as Queen Shenandoah
XXVI.
Presidents Niece.
Miss Eisenhower is a freshman
at Penn State College and is
the daughter of the Presidents
brother. Earl D. Eisenhower and
Mrs. Eisenhower of Charleroi,
Pa. She succeeds Miss Nina
Honey Bear" Warren, daughter
of CALIFORNIA; Governor, who
was last years queen.
Among the precoronation du-
ties on Miss Eisenhower's sched-
ule today are the opening of
street exhibits at 11:45 am, an
apple pie baking exhibition at
noon in the George Washington
Hotel and attendance at a recep-
ton for festival workers at 7:3O
pm. All events are on Eastern
standard time.
On the first day Of the festival
tomorrow, Miss Eisenhower and
her princeSses will spend the
morning touring Winchester's
surrounding apple orchards.
Growing Tomorrow.
The coronation ceremony will
take place at 2::30 pm. tomorrow
at the Handley School Bowl. Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, retired
Army commander in Korea, will
serve as minister of the crown.
The annual pageant, "Our Her.
itage-a Pageant of Springtime, -
will begin at 3 pm. at the Hand
ley Bowl as soon as the corona
ton is over. There will be a Sec
ond performance Of the pageant
at 10:30 am. Friday.
Radio and television star
Arthur Godfrey and cowboy hero
Hopalong Cassidy are due to ar
rive here Friday to give the
festival it's customary touch OF
entertainment celebrities.
Godfrey is to be grand marshal
of the grand feature parade at
2 pm. Friday. In recent years
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Van
Johnson and Howard Keel have
had the same honor.
HOpalong and Topper Due.
Hopalong Cassidy and his
horse, Topper II. are a special
attraction for the children. The
hero of television and movie
westerns will make a personal
appearance at 1880 am. Friday
at the Handley School Bowl and
will march in the grand feature
parade.
Also on the packed festival
schedule are the usual luncheons
for visiting celebrities, the
Queens Ball at 10 pm. tomor-
row and the Princesses' Ball at
10 pm. Friday. Tex Beneke's
orchestra will play at the Queens
Ball and Shep Fields and his
orchestra will provide music for
the Princesses' dance. Both
dances will be held at the Ma
tional Guard Armory in VIM
chester.
Before the tWo-day celebra-
tion draws to a close, festival
officials look for upwards of
100000 visitors.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Hospitul Board Elects

Joseph w. Wyatt has been
elected president of the Alex
andria Hospital Board Of Direc-
tors. succeeding Mrs. Malcolm
D. Lamborne. Other new Of
ficers are: c. E. McCarty. vice
president; Miss Mary SwitZer,
secretary, and E. Guy Ridgely.
treasurer.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Reserve Officers to Meet

The Silver Spring (Md.3 chap
ter Of the Reserve Ofncers' AS
Sociation will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight at the Villa Rosa Res
taurant, $40 Roeder road. Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1953-04-29

publicans will
hold q pri-
mary July IA.
B e n ME L.
Fletcher, jr.,
who paid his
$36 filing fee
to run for the
County Board
a day after
Cne QeaQllne,
told the Ar
lington r e.
publican Ex-
ecutive Com
m l t ee last
night, II don't
Evening star., 1953-04-29
By Richord RODGERS

Bobby-Soxers generally get less
nouriShment than any other
youth group, Agriculture Depart
ment nutritionists say. And the
Federal vitamin experts detect
in the girls diets a threat to
future family life.
A recent Agriculture report
said many nutritioniSts have