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Evening star., 1953-08-09
Richmond Attorney
Heads Virginia Bar
BY the Assccioted Press

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
w. Va. Aug. st. Justin Moore
of Richmond, Va, today was
elected president of the Virginia
State Bar Association, succeeding
Fred B. Greear of Norton.
Mr.. Moore, a former president
of the Richmond Bar Associa-
ton. was elected without oppo-
sition at the State association S
63rd annual meeting here.
Five vice presidents represent
ing five regions of Virginia, also
elected without opposition. were
Piedmont, Robert j. McCand-
lish, jr., of Fairfax; Southwest
John P. Saul Of Salem; Valley
w. w. Wharton, Harrisonburg
Tidewater, Dunton J. Fatherly,
Eastville. and Southside, Edwin
B. Meade. Danville.
Secretary-treasurer William T
Muse, dean of the University OF
Richmond law school, also was
reelected without opposition.
Named to the associations ex-
ecutive committee were j. Sloan
Kuykendall, Winchester, and A.
c.. Epps Of Richmond. They
succeed Edwin B. Meade and
william Rosenberger of Lynch
burg.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Troctor-TroiIer Crushes Cor,
Driver Is Dug Out Unhurt

half miles east Of Warrenton on
Route 20. State Trooper Rex
Hoskins said both vehicles were
travelling west.< He said Wilson
struck a sign at the roads edge
while attempting to pass the
truck, and bounced into the
truck, Trooper Hoskins said the
truck and car both went of the
road. the car overturned in a
ditch. and the truck overturned
on top of the car.
Police we're able to free all but
Wilson shortly after the accident.
They had to get a huge Army
crane from nearby Vint Hill to
lift the truck off of the car, and
then had to use shovels to dig
Wilson free from the crushed
and half-buried automobile.
Wilson is being held in Jail
under $4,000 bond.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Mrs. Verna 5. Dyer,
Former VA EmpIoye

Mrs. Verna S. Dyer, "a. died
Friday in her room in the All
States Hotel, 514 Nineteenth
street NV. She had lived there
25 years.
She was the widow of James
H. Dyer, former Mayor of
Hoopestown, Ill.
Hotel workers found her dead
on Friday. With the clothes
she had set aside to be buried
in. they found copies of an obit-
uary she wrote for herself. leav-
ing blanks for the place of death
and time of funeral.
Born in Switzerland, Mrs.
Dyer was educated there and in
the United States. She held
degrees from the Southern Fe-
male College, College Park, Ga.
and Tulane University, New
Orleans.
According to her own obituary,
she had travelled extensively in
Alaska. Cuba, Europe, and about
every State in the Union"
Mrs. Dyer came to Washington
in 1917, to work at the old Pen
sion Office. When this was made
part of the Veterans Administra-
ton, she continued her work for
that agency.
She married Mr.. Dyer in 1887
but returned to Washington after
his death in 1941.
She was an active member
of the Western Presbyterian
Church, the Red Cross, Com
munity Chest, the Twentieth
Century Club, the National Geo.
graphic Society, and a lifelong
member of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union.
Many nieces and nephews, in
Canton, ILL.,, and Switzerland
survive her.
Funeral services will be held
in the Western Presbyterian
Church, 1906 H street NV. at
2 pm. Monday. Burial in Ma
tional Memorial Park.
Evening star., 1953-08-09

Donna Laverne Bean, 10; James,
16; Veronica, Is and Van, IL.
Other Area Entrants.
Besides the Stonemans, early
entrants included a number of
other hillbilly artists from the
Washington area.
Don Bryant, 1923 North Jack
son street, Arlington, brought
his banjo. and Pfc. Calvin New
man. Fort Myer, Va, came with
his fiddle.
Other contenders included
vocaliSts Freddie Stafford, 921
North Garfield street, Arlington;
Sonny Johnson, 3705 Plyers Mill
road, Kensington; Pete Grigg
1924 Wisconsin avenue NV;
Frank and Henry Blevins, of
Fairfax, Va; William Findley
Fairfax, and Bud Burdine,
1920 North Thirty-fourth street,
Arlington.
Contest Producer Connie B
Gay said the show would go on
regardless of the weather. All
the grandstands are covered and
only the contestants would have
to stay out in the rain.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Mrs. Maud D. Lemon,
Physician S Widow,
Church Member, Dies

Mrs. Maud Duvall Lemon, 80.
of the Highlands Apartments,
Connecticut avenue and Cali
fornia street NV, died yesterday
in her daughters Baltimore
home.
Mrs. Lemon, daughter Of the
late Andrew Brown Duvall. once
District corporation counsel, was
the widow of DR.. Hanson T. A..
Lemon, Washington physician
who died 80 years ago.
A member of Foundry Meth
odist Church for many years,
Mrs. Lemon belonged to the old
Metropolitan Methodist Church
when it was located at Four and
a Half and c streets NV.
She was a graduate of Colum-
bia College, now George Wash
ington University, and a long
time member of the Twentieth
Century Club.
In addition to her daughter,
Mrs. j. Kennedy Vickers, she is
survived by two sons, James H.
Lemon, $500 Fordham road NV,
and Andrew D. Lemon, 1415
Tuckerman street NV, three
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Her brother. Walker M. Duvall,
514 North Lincoln street, Ar
lington, and sister. Mrs. Walter
G. Tfiel, Passaic. N. j., also sur
Vive.
Friends may call at Gawler's
funeral home, 1855 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. Services,
scheduled for pm. tomorrow,
will be private.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Maryland Family
Of is Seeks Prize
For Hi||bi||y Music
By Mary Lou Werner
Star Stan Correspondent

WARRENTON, Va, Aug. g.
If strength of numbers can do it,
Pop Stoneman from Carmody
Hills, Md, will win a prize to-
morrow in the National Cham
pionship Country Music Contest
at Warrenton, Va.
Pop Stoneman, his wife and
their 13 children all play coun-
try music. They're confident
they can take the hillbilly band
prize. And some of the Stone
mans may break away to COM
pete in the solo categor1es.
Generally, Pop uses only his
wife and four or five of the chill
dren to make mountain music.
But If the going gets tough, he
can call on dozen reserveS+in-
cluding a few in-laws.
10000 Expected.
The music contest, which
started tonight and resumes at
q pm. (EST) tomorrow, is CO.
sponsored by the Warrenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and the Association for Greater
Warrenton. These organizations
predict that the event will out
draw the Gold Cup Races, which
were viewed by 10000 in May.
Pops family adds big chunk
to the crowd here.
Pops full name is Ernest v.
Stoneman. He's so. He and his
wife, Mrs. Hattie E. Stoneman,
Sc, live with their four youngest
children at 3O7 Seventy-fourth
place, Carmody Hills, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stoneman, who
come from the Blue Ridge Noun
tain country near Galax, Va,
have had Is children, 13 of them
still living. With a family like
that. they ran out of instruments
and invented one.
They call it a whomper. 1t
looks like an diversified banjo
and sounds remotely like a bass
fiddle.
Wrote Songs.
Pop has been a country-style
musician most of his life. Back
in the 1920s he had a band in
Galax called the Dixie Noun
taineers. He wrote several hill
billy songs then, including 'The
Sinking of the Great Titanic"
and "Snowfakes Fall Again"
In the 1930s he Joined a hill
billy act, Trina and Ezra" His
stage name then was Raincrow
Bill.
Pop, who works at the Naval
Gun Factory's Bellevue annex
when he isn't making music, can
play just about any stringed in
strument there is.
None of his family has, had
any musical training.
The Stoneman children, from
the oldest down, are: Eddie L.,
33; Mrs Irma jewell, 80, of East
Riverdale; John c., 90; Mrs.
Pattie Arnez, %, of Sails, Miss;
Joseph William, 26; Jack Mon
roe, "a: Gene and Dean, 23-year-
old twins; Calvin Scott, 81: Mrs.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
William H. WoeIom, IA
Cuncer Researcher
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-William
H. Woglom, IA, a pioneer in can
Ger research work, died today.
He had been associated with the
Crocker Institute of Cancer Re-
search at Columbia University
more than 80 years.
The, Brooklyn-born professor
started his work in cancer re-
search in 1909 as an assistant in
cancer research at Columbia
Later he served as assistant to
the director of the Imperial Can
Ger Research Fund in London,
and gained a reputation as one
of the foremost and earliest au-
thorities on the subject.
He was a past president of the
American Association for Cancer
Research.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Old Frescoes Found

ESSEN, Germany (CDN). -
Artists restoring the damaged
abbey church of st. Peter in
suburban Werden have discov-
cred wall frescoeS or paintings
they believe may be 1000 years
old. The design is of overlapping
circles. The principal colors are
red and yellow. Announcements
of this kind are made with great
caution since some similar dis
coveries" in Lubbock proved to be
modern forgerieS.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
speeiuI pispo,eh 10 The s.or

WARRENTON, Va. Aug. g.
A Washington motorist was
trapped inside the wreckage of
his automobile for three hours
after a tractor trailer over
turned on top of it here today.
Thomas Wilson,. 20, colored.
Of the 500 block Tenth street
Sc, was literally dug from the
wreckage without any apparent
injuries and placed in jail on a
reckless driving charge.
Two passengers in his car.
James j. Meredith, 80, colored,
of the 200 block P street NV,
and Mrs. Nellie Murrell, 68,
colored, Of Shipman, Va, were
admitted to Physicians Hospital
here with undetermined injuries.
The truck driver, Howard
Wayne Teal of Chesterfield, S. c.,
was admitted to the same hos
pital in serious condition.
The crash occurred two and a
Evening star., 1953-08-09

maculate Conception. which
comprises the eastern United
States.
He had been minister general
of the Order of F'riars Minor
Conventual since 1886 and was
the second American to head the
order founded in 1909 by St.
Francis of Assist.
From 1882 to 1896, Father Bede
was minister provincial here.
He was born in Rome. N. Y.
and was educated at seminaries
in the United States and at the
University Of Innsbruck. Austria.
He was ordained in 1908.
Funeral services will be held
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Alexandra S Mayor
Chides City Manager
For Inaction on Jail

Alexandria Mayor Marshall j..
Beverley last night took City
Manager Ira Willard to task over
conditions at the city Jail.
/ Mayor Beverley's comments
were prompted by a letter from
Corporation Court Judge William
lP. Woolls, warning the City
Council to do something about
fixing up the Jail.
Judge Woolls reminded the
city heads that a court order can
be issued forcing Jail improve
ments. Attached to his letter
was a copy of the most recent
Jail commissioners report rec
ommending enlarging Jail facili-
ties plus a long list OF other Jail
improvements.
Mayor Beverley said construc-
ton of a Jail addition would be a
major capital improvement for
which the city does not now
have funds.
Told Willard to Act.
But we (the counciD told Mr..
Willard to go ahead with the
other improvements months
ago." Mayor Beverley said.
He recalled that the council
had received a report from the
Jail commissioners in the spring
and instructed Mr.. Willard to
fulfill many of the recommen-
dations Immediately.
HE told us he would. I called
the Jail today and they told me
nothing had been done. In my
opinion Mr.. Willard should have
made whatever Improvements he
could and report back to us if
he didn't have enough money to
make them ALL" the mayor de-
clared.
He said he would instruct Mr..
Willard tomorrow to make a
personal inspection of the Jail
and Immediately make improve
ments possible with city forces.
HE can let me know what
things can't be done and I'll call
a special council meeting" the
Mayor added. and said he
thought the jail situation was
another instance Of something
postponed and left undone."
Criticized Earlier.
Members of city council last
week jumped on Mr.. Willard over
lack of progress on street and
storm sewer projects. Mr.. Will
lard has asked. the director of
public works to prepare report
explaining the delays.
Mr.. Willard could not be
reached last night to comment
on the mayors statement. When
he received Judge Woolls' letter.
however, he said he asked the
city sergeant to notify him which
improvements should be made
first because the city does not
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Maryland Farmers
Discuss Control Of
Silt in Reservoir

LONG CORNER. Md, Aug. 8.
There are 28 farms along the
headwaters of the PatuXent River
in this locality. and what the
farmer does with his land here
directly influences the water
users in suburban Maryland.
The streams which originate
on these % farms feed directly
into Brighton Reservoir. which
is one source of water for the
Maryland Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
If these 28 farmers conserve
their land, the water runs clear
into Brighton Reservoir. If they
fail to take care Of the land, the
evidence is found in the form
of silt in the reservoir below.
Two Women on Panel.
Conservation was the subject
of panel off farmers here this
afternoon discussing the means
of improving the land and rais-
ing the thir standard of living.
Taking part in today's discus
sion were six farmers, two Of
them women, who have been at
tempting to improve their land.
They brought out the fact that
these farms are old. many Of
them passed down for genera
tions.
And then they told of the
things being down to improve
the land. These included strip
cropping on the contour, the use
of more fertilizer. and gradual
extension of grass farming.
Farmers Are Listed.
Where these practices have
been applied. it was said, the
land holds the water and the
streams run clear.
Taking part in the discussion
were Mrs. Bessie Murray, who
has lived for 35 years on a 1885,
acre farm; Mrs. Howard Peddi-
cord, who operates a 75-acre
dairy farm: j. Albert Hardy. who
in II years has built up a rum
down farm; Reuben Helton.
holder of a 275-acre beef and
dairy farm; Everett Bullinix, the
first to start conservation farm
ing in the area, and Rene
Oehler, who farms a 130-acre
farm.
The conference was sponsored
by the Howard Soil Conservation
District and the Maryland Com
mittee for Conservation Now.
Evening star., 1953-08-09

Monday in Assist and next Fri
day in Rome, Italy.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Most Rev. Bede Hess,
Franciscan Head
BY the Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. g.
The death of the Most Rev. Bede
Hess, worldwide head of the
Franciscan Fathers, was an
nounced here tonight by the Or
der's Eastern provincial head
quarters. He was 68.
Father Bede died yesterday in
Assist, Italy, according to word
received by the Province Of I'M
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Labor Drawn 30 Miles
If TroveI Is Speedy

NEW YORK.-In locating fac
tories in suburban and rural
areas, companies have found that
labor can be drawn from a
radius of about 80 miles if the
roads are good and are lightly
travelled.
But if employees must drive
through congested areas, the
distance must be reduced to Is
or 20 miles, Factory Manage
ment and Maintenance Magazine
reports.
Evening star., 1953-08-09

have enough money for all at
present.
Besides new addition, the
jail commissioners recommended
installation of an emergency
alarm system, wall repairs. paint
in the laundry room, exhaust
fans. lockers. screens, and uni
forms for guards.
Evening star., 1953-08-09
Soyo Been Milk

United Nations experts on child
nutrition have discovered that
soya beans can be processed into
milk" suitable for even the
youngest. The domesticated buf-
falo in Asia and the Eastern
Mediterranean, where cows milk
is scarce, also has been found to
be an important dairy animal.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

W7HAT are your dreams and aspirations -
w and how do they compare with those of
other people? Would you, for example, like
to make lot of money, or are there other
things that appeal to you more? Is getting
better education one of your ambitions? Would
you like to live to be 100? Would. you like to
be able to shuck your responsibilities and lead
the carefree life of Riley?
To find out what most people want out of
life, psychologists and sociologists in leading
universities and research foundations have
conducted countless studies, polls and wide
scale surveys. Collectively they've probed the
attitudes and ambitions of hundreds of thou
sands of representative Americans Let's take
a look at some of their most interesting and
provocative findings.
Question: You'd you like to lead the
'Iife of Riley - tcith the leisure to do
exactly as you pleased. be free from,
cares and responsibilities, and not hare
to think about acOrking for a Liring?
Aras,cer: If this sounds to you like Utopia
then, believe it or not, you differ radically from
most people. A leading life-insurance company
surveyed cross section of over 5000 Ameri-
cans on this question. The vast majority
(three out of FOUR said the life of Riley" was
not for them. In fact, 76 per cent of them
Evening star., 1953-08-23

said they wanted to 60 on working even after
they reached retirement age or at least to
keep on doing something useful"
Of the "a per cent who regarded the pros
pect of completely leisured and carefree life
with pleasure, the majority were younger men
- under 49,
Q: If you're like most of Ws. one Of the
main things you ,cGnt out of life is
happy marriage. What qualities in a
mate do YOU regard as most essential
to this?
A: If you're the average person, your views
on this score are somewhat disillusioning -
or at least less than idealistic. For the con-
sensus of national surveys and wholesale
studies shows very clearly that most men and
women do not consider such qualities as love,
faithfunesS and devotion as the most impor-
tant qualities in husband or wife. Nation
Evening star., 1953-08-23

wide polls have repeatedly shown that the
quality most men esteem highest in a wife is
that of being good cook and good house
keeper. Having good disposition was rated
next in importance. Love and loyalty ranked
close to the bottom of the list - along with
being good mother, and having intelligence
and common sense.
The quality the majority of US. women
esteemed highest in husband was being a
good breadwinner Faithfulness ran a poor
second. Love? Only small minority gave
this top priority.
Q: If you had an AEaddin's Lamp. tchGt
tcould be the first thing you'd ,Uish for?
4: If you're like. great many people, you'd
wish first to get away from it ALL for
while. At the University of California, psy-
biologists made a study of $1,000 wishes ex-
pressed by contestants on a leading radio
Evening star., 1953-08-23

give-away program. One third of the people
wished for some experience that would relieve
the humdrum tedium of their daily existence
- such as a trip to the Riviera or the South
Seas, junket to Hollywood and date with
their favorite movie star, etc.
Thirty per cent wished for something more
practical such as a living-room set, new
kitchen stove or refrigerator. A scant l3 per
cent wished for luxuries like maid, fur
coat new television set.
Q: If DsOnebOcly gaze you 81 900 tomorrow,
1cIlat ,cOuld you do ,cith it?
Il: Though your first wish might be for trip
or extended vacation, chances are you wouldn't
use it for pleasure at all. The odds are better
than even that you'd either keep the money,
CT invest It i'll something that would increase
your sense of financial security.
A coast-to-coast poll asked this same ques-
Evening star., 1953-08-23

Is it money? trip Europe? happy marriage? Recent
scientific studies have produced surprising about
the average American ambitions how your up
by ErnstH
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Tea Planned
By Mrs. Kane

Mrs. Theodore Kane will en-
tertain at tea and cocktails Sun
day in her studio. Her guests Of
honor will be the members of
her committee who are working
for the success of the Bal Bo-
heme, of which she is chairman
The annual Bal Boheme. spon-
sored by the Arts Club of Wash
ington, is one of the very gay
and colorful events in the Capt.
tai each season and this year
will be given April 9 in the Hotel
Statler. The theme of the Bal
this year is Famous Americans
of Fact and Fancy and the judg-
ing of the costumes will be done
during the grand march at II
o'clock. Dancing will begin at 8,
Mrs. Eisenhower heads the list
of patronesses and others serving
as patrons and patronesses are
Saudi Arabia Ambassador,
Sheikh Asad Al-Faqih, Yugoslav
Ambassador and Nine. Popovic
and Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de Lequerica.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Miss KeIIens
Will Return

Miss Vivien Kellems. who was
the guest for day or so of Mrs.
Robert Mackenzie Waggaman,
will be back the latter part Of
May to be guest of honor at
garden party. Miss Kellems,
whose home is at Stonington,
Conn, where she is head Of an
industrial company. is the
founder of Liberty Bellies. an or.
ganization opposed to the with,
holding tax and the social secur.
ity tax collections by individuals
and companies.
Miss Kellems spends much of
her time in New York where she
has an apartment on 64th street
and where also is maintained the
headquarters of the Liberty
Bellies.
Mrs. Waggaman is an ardent
Liberty Belle worker and at the
moment is making a drive. for
members.
Mrs Allegro Taylor Of New
York. came down for the tea
which Mrs. Waggaman gave
Tuesday for Miss Kellems and
stayed over with Mrs. Wagga-
man until last evening.
Evening star., 1953-03-13

President and Mrs. Eisen-
hower's first dinner party in
the White House will be held
tonight and will honor Lord
and Lady Ismay of England.
Lord Ismay. the Presidents old
friend, is secretary general of
the Permanent Council of
NATO and is over here on
NATO business. Churchill's
military adviser during the.
war, he was formerly Gen. Sir
Hastings Ismay, better known
as Pug"
Why was he called Pug? The
tall, attractive man with the
hearty sense of humor was
asked yesterday at the elegant
party given for him by rank
ing members of the cabinet.
Hes been called that ever
since he was a child" put in
the agreeable, good looking
Lady ISmay. "I guess" an
swered her husband with a
grin, because I look like a
Pug. Churchill once said to me
after keeping me up very late,
Come on, it's time you were in
your basket" The laughter
that ensued almost broke up
the receiving line.
The line was standing in
the reception room off the
ballroom of Anderson House.
It was composed of the top
three cabinet members who
deal with NATO affairs and
one agency chief ditto. Stand
ing in the paneled room in
this order were Secretary of
State and Mrs. Dulles, Lord
and Lady Ismay, Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. Hum
phrey, Secretary of Defense
and Mrs. Wilson and Mutual
Security Administrator and
Mrs. Harold StaSsen. All were
more or less joint hosts at
the s o'clock reception that
drew ambassadors from NATO
countries, members Of Con-
gressional Foreign Relations
and Armed Services Commit
tees, NATO chiefs here and
officials serving under the four
hosts.
A large table in the center
of the ballroom was we'll dotted
with teatime delicacies such as
finger rolls stuffed with chicken
salad, tarts filled with crab
flake and baby chocolate eclairs
all under the shepherding eye
of Mrs. Victoria Geaney, house.
keeper of Blair House. A Sec
ton from the Marine Band
Orchestra provided pleasant
background music from their
vantage point high on the bal
cony in the two-storied bali
room.
Ike and the BoIcony
Bachelor Representative Jim
Fulton was there. full of news
about lunching at the White
House. The President had
taken him and his congress
sional colleagues on the usual
tour. At one point Jim had
looked out the window and
made a sudden discovery. This
balcony the Democrats wanted
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Helen Hayes
Is Aonored

The American Theater Wings
luncheon yesterday had a two
fold purpose. It's president, Miss
Helen Hayes was honored and
the seventh birthday of their
Washington Hospital Committee
was celebrated.
Among those who reserved
tables at the Statler for this oc-
casion was Mrs. Harold H. Bur-
ton. Her guests were Sonora de
Fernandes, Nine. Yang, Mrs.
Leslie Munro. Lady Steel, Mrs.
Wade Hampton Haislip, Mrs.
George Maurice Morris and Mrs.
Kenneth P. Landon.
Others attending were Mrs.
H. Chapman Rose, Mrs. McChes-
ney Martin. Nine. Thor Thors.
Mrs. John N. Greely. Mrs. Caro-
lyn H. Shaw, DR.. Alma Jane
Speer and Mrs. Walter Wyatt.
At the speakers table were
guests from the Theater Wing in
New York and local theater peo-
Pile. Also seated there was Miss
Julie Harris. who now is appear
ing here in II Am a Camera"