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Evening star., 1953-06-23

ter Reed Swimming Club, Miss
Mary Freeman, 19, attempted to
break the woman's short pool
150-yard backstroke record but
missed it by a little over two
seconds.
Box Lunch Served.
After an exhibition by diving
champions and an expert fly
caster. the crowd settled down
to a box lunch: Chicken, tomato,
hard roll, cupcake, candy bar
and fruit.
Mrs. Pauline Bets Addie,
woman's world professional ten
mis- champion, played an exhi-
bition game with Allie Ritzen-
berg. Woodmont pro. She de-
feated him handily, 6-3. Ga.
Most of the men spent the
later hours in the clubhouse. lis
tening to entertainment, playing
cards or just talking.
OOCOOIO WIZ dCCOAARdlllCO CIlC
men from their hospitals-Wal-
ter Reed, Quantico, Fort Belvoir,
Bethesda Naval and Boiling
Field-were enthusiastic about
the affair.
Months in Hospital.
Some Of these guys have been
in the hospital for months" one
of them said. "It does them a
lot of good to get out of that
atmosphere and have some fun.
1T does them good. I mean, if
they don't get too sunburned.
I'm afraid some may be a little
sick tomorrow. We've had to
chase a few inside"
The Woodmont members were
also very happy.
I'VE didn't know exactly how
much they would enter into
things" said one woman passing
soft drinks. Except for one or
two wandering around by them
selves. everybody seems to be
having q swell time"
The men agreed.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Major Oil Companies
Fall in Line With
New Gas Price Rise

Retail gasoline dealers for five
major oil companies today fol-
lowed the lead of ESQ Standard
Oil Co. by increasing the con-
sumer price one cent gallon
for the second time in less than
two weeks.
Metropolitan dealers handling
California, Gulf. Texaco, Sin
clair and Cities Services gasoline
announced the increase today.
Expected to follow soon are
American. and Socony Vacuum
dealers.
The latest retail increase was
occasioned by a new 8 of a cent
wholesale increase to dealers.
Last week the consumer was as
sessed an additional penny when
the wholesale price went up 6
OF a cent.
ESQ Standard, which first an
nounced the new increase yester-
day, said it would be effective in
ID States as well as the District.
The rise was attributed to a
IS centS-a-barrel increase in
crude oil. Last weeks increase
was called IAN area adjustment"
Of prices which followed the lift
ing Of controls.
Horace Walker. executive dl-
rector of the Metropolitan Re-
tail Gasoline Dealers Associa-
ton, said a survey indicated the
new Metropolitan area prices will
average these:
District-Regular, 1913 cents;
premium. 31.6.
Virginia-Regular, 30.3 cents;
premium, 1926.
Maryland-30.2 cents; premi-
un, 32.4.
Maryland dealers near the Dis
trict line meet the lower District
prices.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Man, S Identity Sought
After Fatal Bridqe Lean

Police today asked the aid of
newspapers and radio stations to
help in identifying an elderly
man who leaped to death from
the Calvert Street Bridge yester-
day. ---- -.
The body was found on the
roadway beneath the span after
taxi driver reported seeing
him Jump about 4:10 am.
Capt. Richard Felber. of the
homicide squad, said the man
was over. 60 years old, 6 feet tall
and weighed 200 pounds.
He had flowing white hair and
wore a light gray suit sold by the
Raleigh Haberdashers, a light
gray felt hat. black shoes, a
white shirt and tie. The body is
held at the morgue pending
Identification.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Reds Name Square
In France After StuIin
By the Associated Press

VERSAILLES.-The square in
front of Frances West Point
the War-damaged Saint Cyr
Military Academy near here
has just gotten a new name
Marshal Stain Square,.
The Communist controlled
municipal council bestowed this
name on the square, as a Soviet
delegation from the Russian
in Paris looked on.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
$40 Service Hospital Patients
Taste Woodmont' S Hospitality

Five hundred and twenty pa
tients from local service hos
pitals descended on Woodmont
Country Club yesterday for a
day of swimming, fishing. eating,
tennis, volleyball, softball, golf
and cards.
The men, many on crutches
or in wheel chairs, seemed to
have fine time.
Wives and daughters of club
members acted as hostesses-
rubbing suntan oil on hospital
white backs: passing soft drinks,
food, ice cream and cigarettes
and making the guests feel at
home.
A softball game started the
day. It was followed by an ex-
hibition of trick-shot golfing by
Paul Hahn.
Nixon Impressed.
While Mr.. Hahn was betting
drives with a broken club and
knocking balls off a tee held in
the lips Of a pretty model, Vice
President Nixon arrived.
Mr.. Nixon, who took up golf
a year ago, watched Mr.. Hahn
briefly and muttered: THAT fell
low can do things with one of his
hands that I couldn't do If I
had four" The Vice President
shot a 101 on Saturday.
Representative Westland, Re-.
publican, of Washington, anna
teur golf champion, showed the
crowd o few 5-iron shots.
Mr.. Nixon was besieged by
autograph hunters. One of them
apologized for asking the Vice
President to write with this
lousy PIX pen" Mr.. Nixon agreed
with him, and called for a pencil.
Trophies for All.
Swimming races were held,
most Of them odd-swimming
across the pool, blowing up bal
looms until they burst. and then
swimming back, or swimming in
inner tubes. AS In the other
sports, all the winners got
trophies.
The real swimmers. one Of
whom broke q record, didn't get
trophies.
Gail Peters, who is "a today,
gave herself q birthday present
by shaving % seconds of the
woman's noteworthy perform
ance" record for the 300-yard,
short-pool breast stroke.
Swimming alone, Miss Peters
did the 800 yards. butterfly
stroke, in 4:22.2 seconds. Her
record must be authenticated by
the Amateur Athletic Union be-
fore it becomes official.
A fellow member of the Wal.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
HoIifie|d Charges
Acc Is Captivating
To Private Industry
BY the Assoeioted Press

Representative Holif1eld, Demo-
crat, of California, has charged
the Atomic Energy Commission
with attempting to open the door
prematurely to private utility
and industrial control of atomic
power.
Mr.. Holifield. a member of the
Senate House Atomic Energy
Committee, told the House yes
terday that the Acc "is capitu-
lating to the overzealous de-
mands of industrial and utility
Spokesmen who seek special con-
cessions to private industry in
atomic affairs"
In a talk bristling with criti-
cisms, Mr.. Holif1eld said recent
policy statements by the Acc
and proposed changes in the law
were "dissimulating," lacking in
candor," and contrary to con-
gressional intent.
Sees Public Interest Ignored.
Private utilities which never
looked kindly on the development
of public power resources. doubt
less would prefer to foreclose
the) future by getting control
of atomic power still unborn"
Mr.. Holifleld said, adding:
I'm any event, the Atomic
Energy Commission completely
ignores the public interest con-
siderations in atomic power
policy. 1t blithely asks private
industry, which would mean m
practical effect a few big cor
porations, to do the job"
Mr.. Holifield said the posi-
bilities of atomic power have
been greatly exaggerated for
self serving ends"
Refers to Breeder Speech.
He referred to the recent
speech of Acc Chairman Gordon
Dean before the Edison Electric
Institute revealing that an
atomic breeder" reactor had
been successfully demonstrated.
Mr.. Dean hailed this as a for
ward step in civilian power pro-
duction.
Mr.. Holifield also referred to
Acc proposals for interim legis-
lation which. in effect, would
permit private ownership and
operation of nuclear power facil-
tiles, and the private sale of
flssonable materials.
Asserting that atomic power
is still long way of, Mr.. Holi-
field said the Aces proposal to
let private companies own fis-
Sionable materials would mean
putting private enterprise Into
the atom bomb business"
Evening star., 1953-06-23

pie, Understandable words are
always to be preferred to the
SeSquipedalians.
For example, suppose you hear
a friend say that he is suffer-
ing from acute cephalalgia. What
would you do? Call a doctor?
Get as far away from him as
possible to avoid catching it?
Send flowers? None of these
would be necessary, since ceph-
alalgia is merely another way
of saying headache.
Someone remarks that he saw
homunculus at the circus.
Does this bring to mind some
exotic. species of animal, or a
poisonous snake? The word is
not at all sinister: it is a name
that can be applied correctly to
the little clowns who make us
laugh-homunculus means "a
little man; a dwarf"
If you observed your neigh
Evening star., 1953-06-23

Dor in the act of pandiculation,
would you call a cop? Better
not. It is not at all illegal to
stretch and yawn, and that is
what pandiculation means.
The man who makes his liv-
ing as a diaskeuast is in what
profession? The editor of this
paper is a diaskeuast-one who
edits or makes revisions.
PronunciationS of these Jaw
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Two Ex-Nazi S Leaders
Sentenced by French
sy the Associated Pres.

MARSEILLE, France, June %.
"A military tribunal today SEN
fenced former Gen. Wilhelm
Bittrich, ex-commander of the
9th Armored Division of the
German SIS Elite Guard, to five
years in prison for war crimes.
The tribunal also sentenced
Ernst Guttman, former lieuten-
ant Of the German field gendar-
merle attached to the same di-
vision, to 20 years in prison.
Bittrich was accused of coun-
tenancing hangings. pillage and
arson committed in France dur
ing World War II by his SIS di-
vision.
Gutmann allegedly command
ed several firing squads that
executed Frenchmen.
Both pleaded not guilty.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Hunt for Missing Girl
Spurred in California
ByCar Struggle Story
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NORWALK. Calf, June 23-
The search for an 8-year- -old girl,
missing and feared kidnapped, was
going on in Northern California
today.
|" A Stockton cab driver reported
he had seen a girl of Stella Dar-
lene Nolan'S description strug-
Cling with woman in a car.
Cabbie William A. Mcleod told
Stockton police he saw a girl
jump from a blue 1852 Mercury
sedan on the city's outskirts at
$50 am. She was screaming,
Il want my mommie." he said.
A woman and a man were in
the car, he said. and the woman
got out, pulled the girl inside
and the machine drove of. Mr..
Mcleod said the girls features
and clothing closely resembled q
picture of Stella he saw in a San
Francisco paper.
Blond. blue-eyed Stella disap-
peared Saturday night from Auc-
tion City, shopping center near
here where her parents worked.
The parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen Nolan of nearby Compton.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles
sheriffs Office continued one of
the largest searches in it's his
tory. going again through houses,
backyardS and fields in the area
from which Stella disappeared.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Massachusetts Cir, 7,
Kidnapped and Released
BY the Associoted Press

~ VV %SSoCt0uGQ EVGSS
PEABODY, Mass, June 23.-
A 7-year-old girl was snatched
from the yard of her home by
a young man yesterday but later
was freed unharmed in North
Reading, some 10 miles away.
Little Gail Monteith, daughter
of a cost and production study
man for the Worcester Tele-
gram Gazette, was kidnapped
from her yard while playing with
a companion, Sherry Lynne Mer-
row, 4, and a dog.
The dogs barking attracted
Joan's mother, Mrs. Carol Mer-
row, who rushed from her home
and saw a young man, about 20,
grab Gail, push her into a car
and drive away.
Mrs. Morrow notified Peabody
police. Less than an hour later
the car was spotted by North
Reading Police Chief E. Hudson
Rogers, but got away. Still later
the girl was found in the North
Reading home of Robert Dicey.
Dicey's wife told police Gail
came crying to her home. She
was unharmed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13

seems that if he doesn't respond
to them they will influence the
voters to elect someone who will
Some groups seek bigger appropri-
ations for some project; others
seek more government regulation
to limit their competition.
Both the pressure groups and
those who respond to them forget
an important thing: 1t is no coinci-
dence that since Americans threw
off the shackles of rigid govern
mcnt control in the Revolution 175
years ago, they have advanced their
standard of living more than man
did in the previous $500 years Of
his history.
Free men have done a wonderful
job. They have been obliged to
fight wars to preserve their free
dom. But they have two other obi
gations-to use their individual
talents to gain personal profit and
also to benefit their fellow men.
They should remember that every
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13


at approximate cost of $4,000; and
one to BERTHE NJ. Thrasher to re-
move a stable and erect a dwelling
of four rooms and bath, on the
south side of Pennington, between
Proctor and Gilmore streets.
A letter of appreciation was read
from the Oakland cemetery COM
mittee for the checks which as
sisted the committee in making i'm
provements and cleaning up the
area. The letter was signed by
Mrs. E. z. Tower, John Treacy, H.
C. Leighton, R. L. Davis and Julia
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13
Think OF FUTURE TRADE.IN
WHEN YOU TRY OUT A CAR !
Reports Prove MercUry's Trode-In Value
Tops Them All in It's Price Class!

Omart shoppers know the acfuaI cost Of a
new car isn't found on the price tag. When
you buy a car you're making an investment.
When you sell or trade in that car, one,
two, or more years later-you get back
part Of your original purchase price. With
some cars, this resale value is disappoint-
ingly small. But with Mercury according
to four Independent, impartial surveys
you get the highest resale value in the en-
tire Mercury price class.
The reason? Mercury's consistent years
ahead styling, for one thing. Clean, long,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13

low lines that set the style and stay in
style. Colorful interiors that keep their
smartness for years. And Mercury's Proven
V-8 performance is another reason. A V-8
engine is the only type ever used in
Mercury-and this latest is the best per-
former we've ever built.
So-before you buy any car-get the
story on Mercury. Find out about Mercury's
optional power features-the widest choice
in the ield-check on Mercury's proven
economy. Above all, try Mercury ride! We
feel sure you'll agree no other car will do!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13

By motion it was agreed that the
street department would cease do
ing private road work since the
area now had a private concern
doing similar work. Previously the
town had put in driveways and
charged the property owners for
the work.
Leslie Baker, night policeman,
was voted a two weeks vacation
with pay. Two permits were
granted, one to B. l. Gender, Jr.,
to erect one-story brick veneer
dwelling, 27 by A, on High Street,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13

time man leans on the govern
ment to do part of his job, the
government gains new power and
applies it to limit the freedom Of
someone else.
Eventually, instead Of free So
cieyt in which individuals can seek
personal wealth, you have a socie-
ty dominated by government Of
ficials who can seek personal
power. Meeting this problcm-thc
great issue of our times-is the
real mission of the Eisenhower Ad-
ministration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13
Along the Potomac
to Washington
With Your Congressman
Dewitt S. HYDE

A question often hear from
Maryland citizens is this; what
is the Eisenhower Administration S
real mission? What is it trying to
do?"
This is the answer: 1t is trying
to take the government out of
business and reduce government
controls over business and the lives
Of our people. The by-products of
this are less spending, less debt,
and, soon, lower taxes.
Sometimes, however, it appears
that pressures from the many
groups who want more from the
Federal government are so great
that the trend toward socialistic
form of government cannot be
stopped. For example:
Southern Congressman vigorous
ly oppose extension of Federal
power and control-eXcept for
Federal support of cotton prices
and control of the Tennessee Val
ley Authority.
Western Congressman make a
valiant stand on behalf of free en-
terprise-eXcept for electric power
development which they insist the
Federal government should handle.
Midwestern Congressman are
staunch advocates of the govern
ment's keeping hands off business
as long as it supports farm
prices.
Northeastern Congressman have
mixed emotions about the whole
subject, but tend to approve gov
eminent aid and regulation. For
example, they favor public hous-
ing.
Big-city Congressman frequently
are downright socialistic. OF course
there are exceptions in this and
every other case.
Pressure groups besct every
member of Congress. Often it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13
Camps to Close

Camps Minnctoska and White
thorn, of near Hutton, operated by
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank +. Hansen, Of
Baltimore, will close ON Monday
after the usual six weeks summer
encampment. The closing will mark
the end of the camps 28th season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13

Local boys who attended the
camp this summer were Guy w.
limbaugh, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy William limbaugh; John and
Doris Updyke, sons of Mrs. r. c.
McComas. Hansen said there were
1877 persons in camp this year in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13

GLIDING employees and councillors,
with 1913 of them being campers.
Most of the campers are from the
Baltimore area.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13
Oakland Council Has
Routine Meeting
Good Collections Shown For
MOnth-TO Mark Streets
In Davis Addition

The Mayor and Town Council of
Oakland confined its activities to
mostly routine affairs at its regu-
lar meeting on Monday evening in
the City Hall.
Report of the clerk-collector,
Arthur Lawton, showed collections
of $l3,074.26 and expenditures Of
$10,S03.25, leaving a balance on
hand of $2,479.7O in the general
fund and $61.10 in the parking
meter fund.
Among the receipts was 81
073.13 from water accounts, ST.
527.09 from taxes and $7,474O4
from miscellaneous items. Among
the miscellaneous items were $3,-
685.04 from state income tax,
$9S7.28 from race track percent
age, 81 ,347.10 from bank stock tax,
and $3.50 from parking meters.
Included in the expenditures
were 81 900 for the Oakland Fire
department, $3,8O7O2 for street
supplies which included about ST.
500 for oil for alleys of town. The
town also made a payment of $500
on the city garage, and $3.50 on
the concrete mixer recently pur-
chased.
To Place Corner Posts
The town has arranged to place
corner posts along streets and al
leys in Davis addition to the town, |
so that property owners there can
determine their lines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-08-13

a. Rowan.
The Council decided to hold its
next meeting Wednesday, Scptcm-
Der 9, two days after Labor Day.
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Chieuao Gruin

CHICAGO. Mar. 9 tP.-Grains stayed
within very marrow price limits on the
Board Of Trade. today as the market
IEaitsd " tsa to see what would happen next next
Russian Premier Stain has died
Stalin's death created . good deal
o. uncertainty and this could not help
put, put 4 be ], reflected In such international
tainty did nothing else, it seemed to
be cutting down trading activity. The
market practically came to . halt after
Wheat near the end Of the first hour
SSS2Shi S:2Ssh corn vas 2 lower to y hisher'
cbsra.d Mbarcn, $i;o6h. and oats were un-
Soybeans were unehansed to u cent cent
higher. March, S2.9894, and lard was
dsed dU cents po,,nds loTss p;sts to aye cents hun
Grain, news items pertaining to wheat
bull; 6Tllish SIDE Was the prospect Of fairly
balanced BY the sS expeetatiOn O' of ofi mors %as
moisture In parts Of the Southwest. o
oon Italy has received ofierinSs on S.250,-
o o00 bushels OF wheat and may ac-
s. ssshss1Isd saisI e buy 100000 .aa SSsheis i
the near future west dermany viii win Sc Sc
million bushels An " hiRn Is L
Of the winter Wheat Belt to-day or
tonight. The hye-day weather out
look Tor Kansas. Oklahoma and Nebras-
inch in Western Nebraska to OTIS inch
IN Eastern Oklahoma, except that It
VII pc less than 0.1O inch in Western
Milling scompanies In the Southwest
said wheat prices were about 3 or 4
under the level at which. wheat, held
offered on the free market However,
it would take an. advance Of about 10
to cause redemptions from the Govern.
ment loan.
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations supplied BY the
United States Department Of Agricul-
Apples--About steady: bushel baskets
nsfic,ox and boxes y q No l. psnnsylyants
s,$5: staymans 5iz:inchh up 4.oo-4 .sB, d
N-inch uu 2;75. New jersey Romes.
~ sdsstoesnId 5tasa gD, SaS. dun. u $ No. ,i,.
A, unwashed, Pennsylvania Katahdins
ad.SJ adl5Ssl.aS, few, 1.so; 1o-pound SACKS .s,.
sacess washed U. S. No. is size 4,
sweet potatoes: Dull: bushel baskets
qgIseP: e. S., Puerto SIssns 400
jersey oraPPssii Pssssitrx z;sS,a sSSaatStion,. S9j
Ponltry-Fryers steady to arm; Lishtt
SsoasPs SsmPs oss St Van rPeg.. Peands ps
tinued far short Of trade needs. Broiiers
or fryers' eye. 1..;s.C ; pounds Md s: %.
stock cattle reported back for week
end and Mondays trade.
Calves 20; quotations nominally un-
HOGS. 100: run exceeding estimate,
but outlet extremely narrow, around
30 neaQ CnOtCe lSUsylU p0un0 D1TTOWS
and gilt sold rs cents under Thursdays 8
average at 21.25, but otherwise hogs
still in first hands and being fed for
Mondays trade. =
Sheep. none.
Grain Market.
Flour-Receipts. ABA 100-pound
sacks.
shipments, none; stocks, 3,S1?,231 bush
els. No. 2 red winter garlicky, q q;
spot. domestic, 2. 10: January. 2.16; No.
. Corn--Receipts, ss.7so bushels: ship
ments, 1850 bushels stocks, 1,531.264
oats-Receipts. 1880 bushels: ship
ments. none: stocks. none.
Barley-Receipts, none: shipments,
24.967 bushels; stocks, none.
Soybeans-Receipts, 3.847 bushels:
shipments, none; stocks. 475.521 bushels.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80 tons.
Egg Market Steady.
yesterdays Quotatione.l
Eggs: Market steady. Light, TO mod
crate receipts included heavier arriyals
of nearby. Offerings not burdensome but
fully ample for fair demand.
Prices paid I. o. b. Baltimore 6y frse
receivers: Large,a minimum so per cent
A quality whites, 52-54; brown and mixed
colors, 52-641a. Mediums, minimum 80
per cent A quality whites. 49-51: brown
and mixed coiors, 49-51. Standards,
minimum SO per cent B quality; current
Egs receipts: 2.2o9 cases.
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Market Still Steady;
StaIin' S Death Does
Not Cause Shifts
BY the Asseeio,sd Pres.

NEW YORK. Mar. 6.-The
stock market remained steady
today with trading quiet. The
news Of Premier Stalin's death
didn't cause ripple in the list.
Price changes were mostly
fractions of the smaller variety
with many issues holding un-
changed. A few moved a point
or so either way in a quiet man.
ner.
The volume Of trading hit a
pace a little better than yester-
days rather low 1,54O, 900 shares.
The pickup in trading interest
was not marked enough to cause
comment.
Motors were Just about the
only major division to head lower
as a group. Others were steady
or narrowly mixed.
Higher were Southern Rail-
way, Union Pacific, Consolidated
Natural Gas, Eastman Kodak,
Union Carbide, Philip Morris,
International Harvester. and
Philco.
Lower were Santa Fe, Southern
Pacific, Standard Oil IN. J0,
U. S. Gypsum, American Cyana-
mid. United States Steel, Gen.
eral Motors, Chrysler. Sears Roe
buck. and Boeing.
Du Pont' was up around a
point at times. The company
had record high sales last year
and earnings equal to $4.70 a
share as against $4.64 the previ-
GUS year. Taxes last year came
to $8.17 a share.
Celanese was up a little after
plans were disclosed to start
production of vinyl acetate, a
major chemical used in such
things as textile finishes, safety
glass and adhesives.
General Electric was steady. It
reported record high sales and
earnings of $5.26 a share last
year as against $4.79 the year
before.
Czarist Russian bonds had a
brief furry of demand at firm
prices, and several issues of Iron
Curtain countries also were firm,
including some Chinese bonds.
The American Stock Exchange
was mixed with a few issues
showing rather good gains.