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Evening star., 1953-10-21
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OFFICES 6 sTUDIos WANTED

COMBINED STUDIO-Living quar-.
ters. top f., downtown. lge. rm. al
least 25x50; lge. skylight in ceiling
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dan; low mileage: good, cond. STpS.
LEO RoCCA, INC, 430l Conn. ave,
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FURNISHED OFFICE in suite Of
CPA: Sheraton Bldg, 14th and G
SIS. Air-cnnd bldg. ST. 3-o615.
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CHEVROLET So de luxe club sedan;
green; r, h.; spotless car in show
room cond. low mileage: see this
one. Butler bonded. ST .395. LEE D.
BUTLER, INC, 1921 21st st. NV.
Used-Car Dept. 5000 M st. NV.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Gravestone Left on Steps
Stolen From Cemetery

A gravestone left at the front
door of an Arlington family'S
home was found to have been
removed from the Oakwood
Cemetery in Falls Church, Coun-
ty police reported.
The marble marker, at the
grave of a 10-year-old child who
died in 1880, was one of three
stones left at the front door of
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
M. Terry, 1924 Williamsburg
boulevard, over the week end.
Police believe it was the work
of juvenile pranksters.
Two other smaller stones.
bearing the letter "H." also were
left at the Terry home and po-
lice had not determined whether
they also came from Oakwood
Cemetery. which is On East
Broad street near Seven Corners.
Under Virginia law. the max
imum penalty for unauthorized
removal of cemetery markers is
six months in jail and $100
fine. The maximum penalty for
unauthorized entry into a ceme-
terry at night Is a $25 fine for
trespaSSing.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
RezOning Pleas Granted
By Montgomery Council

The Montgomery County
Council yesterday rezoned from
residential to commercial a f.
acre tract on Rockville pike at
Wall lane.
The council also granted a
request for a change from single
family to apartment house use
of an 18,850-square- foot lot on
Colesville road just south of the
Ashton intersection.
The lot is occupied by a two
story frame house which will be
converted into apartments. The
council said in its opinion that
there was a need for apartments
in the Ashton area. The Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission opposed
the rezoning.
The council denied rezoning to
commercial of a lot at 4910
Hampden lane, Bethesda, and a
lot on the north side of Mac
Arthur boulevard about four
fifths of a mile west of Cabin
John Bridge.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Alexandra Official
Heads Planning Unit

Philip B. Hall, assistant di-
rector of public works for the
city of Alexandria, is the new
chairman of the Northern Vir-
ginia Regional Planning Com
mission.
Mr.. Hall, a citizen member of
the commission. lives at 1113
Cross drive.
At meeting in Fairfax Court
house last night, Mr.. Hall was
named to succeed John w.
Brookfield, of Springfield, who
was the commissions first presi-
dent. Mr.. Brookfield represents
the Fairfax County Planning
Commission on the regional
body.
Named vice chairman to sue
ceed John Graham. of Falls
Church. was Max S. Wehrly, of
631 North Edison street, Arling-
ton, representative of the Ar
lington Planning Commission.
Mr. Wehrly is executive director
of the Urban Land Institute,
1897 K street NV.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Prisoner Is Freed
After Serving Part
OF Illegal Sentence

A Maryland man, mistakenly
imprisoned on check charges, was
free today on a writ of habeaS
corpus.
He is Horace R. Jenkins, SO,
of the 500 block of HolStein ave-
nue.. Takoma Park.
Mr.. jenkins was convicted last
August in Hyattsville Police
Court by Substitute Trial Magis-
trate w. Britton Moore and was
sent to the House of Correction
for six months.
A few days ago, some one
promised the prisoner a job. So
he wrote to the Hyattsville court,
pleading for release. His letter
reached Trial Magistrate Theo-
dore L. Miazga. He pointed out
to Judge Moore that Police Court
authority in such cases in limited
to dismissal or ordering de-
PENDANTS held for grand jury
action.
The two magistrates had a
writ prepared. bringing jenkins
into Upper Marlboro Circuit
Court.
There, Judge Charles C. Mar
bury suggested to the States
Attorney that Jenkins be freed
and the $40 check charge
dropped. /,
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Alexandra Gazette Suit
To Be Tried March 3

A suit challenging a 1889 set
tlement providing for distribu-
ton of the stock of the Alex
andria Gazette has been set for
trial on March % in Alexandria
Federal Court.
Judge Sterling Hutchinson on
Monday overruled a motion to
dismiss the suit as it applies to
Miss Sara Perrine Carlin. daugh-
ter Of c. C. Carlin, jr.. Gazette
president and majority stock
holder. The 1899 agreement gave
Miss Carlin 200 shares, 48 per
cent, of the papers stock in
settling the estate of her grand
father, the late c. C. Carlin.
Keith Carlin, a brother of the
Gazette president, brought the
suit to set aside the agreement.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Rockville Amends
zoninq Ordinance

After a Commute public hear
ing last night, the Rockville City
Council amended the towns zon-
ing ordinance by adding light
industrial classification.
The amendment was revised
after objections to it's provisions
were heard last week at a similar
hearing. Eliminated from the
amendment was a ban on use
of railroad spurs at night and
on Sundays and holidays.
Representatives of the Balti-
more & Ohio had protested the
switching time limit as discrim-
inatory at last weeks hearing.
The new draft also lifted the
restriction on the height of light
industrial buildings from Is feet
or two stories, to SO feet or three
stories.
The zoning code change drew
praise from real estate men and
developers.
At the meeting, City Manager
John G. Mcdonald announced
that $34,400 contract has been
signed for an additional water
storage tank to be completed by
next May. The new tank will
more than double city water
storage facilities. 1t will have
capacity of one million gallons,
and the contract went to the
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., low
est of four bidders.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Sanitation Unit
tGiiveU Up
Any Authority
Emphasize Stond
Against Plan for
General Manager
By Gene Goodwin

The politically appointed
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commissioners are not about to
relinquish any of their authority
to a high-paid general manager.
That was emphasized yester-
day when the commissioners
voted to expedite the hiring OF
a fiscal manager and put off
making an appraisal of the
agency's physical properties.
The fiscal managers post they
have in mind would carry con-
siderably less authority than the
position of general manager rec
commended early this year by
Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York
engineering consultant firm
which the commission had hired
to survey the big suburban
Maryland water and sewer util-
ity. .
Prompted by COnsultant.
The commissioners action
came in a somewhat stormy ses-
sion after a written prodding
from their New York financial
consultant, Townsend VAIN
wright.
Mr.. Wainwright called atten-
ton to a prospectus which the
commission put out last May to
help sell $4.8 million in bonds
The prospectus assured poten-
tial bond buyers, among other
things, that the commission was
hunting for financial administra-
tive help and hoped to have a
complete appraisal of its prop
critics made by the end of this
year.
Mr.. Wainwright also suggested
that failure to live up to these
assurances would affect future
bond sales. This brought sharp
disagreement from Commission
Attorney Arthur C. Keefer.
Mr.. Keefer said the commits
sion's money is borrowed solely
on the faith and credit of the
two counties it serves, Prince
Georges and Montgomery. 1t
makes no difference to bond
buyers, he added, whether or
not the commission has been
appraised of the current market
value of all it's properties.
Defer Question.
The Commissioners finally ac-
cepted Mr.. Keefer's suggestion
that the appraisal question be
held over for referal to the new
fiscal manager.
The fiscal manager envisioned
by the commission, explained
Commissioner j. Norman Ager,
would have supervision over all
aspects of the utility except the
engineering department, headed
by Harry B. Shaw.
The Commissioners and Mr.
Keefer made it clear they don't
like the Ford, Bacon & Davis
idea of general manager who
would administer the entire op-
Grafton.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Indicted Woman
Loses Takoma Home

The Takoma Park home of
Mrs. Lois Sparks, who's now
under indictment by the Mont
gomery County grand jury on
charge of manslaughter, was
sold at public auction yesterday
for about $16,725.
High bidder on the seven
room house at 1905 Carroll ave-
nue. was Clarence H. Taylor.
Mrs. Sparks had been both
living in the house and using it
as a small child-care nursery.
The manslaughter charge arose
from the death of a 4-year-old
boy at her home October 3.
The. public auction was held
because Mrs. Sparks defaulted
on the last four payments on her
mortgage, according to Auction
eer Robert w. Kindwell, of Thos.
j. Owen and Son.
Mr.. Taylor bid $11, 900 on the
house to protect second trust
which he holds on it of $5,725.76.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
FuII-ScaIe Air Raid Drill
Suggested by FondahI

Civil Defense Director John E.
Fondahl has suggested a full
scale AFRAID drill for the Dis
trict some time next spring.
The exercise would be the first
held by the present civil defense
organization to involve the gen.
eral public. Previous tests have
concentrated on Government
buildings and schools.
Traffic would be stopped and
the public would be instructed
to seek shelter. Since there pre-
sumably are not enough desig-
mated shelters to accommodate
them, people on the street could
duck into stores for purposes OF
the test, it was suggested.
The exercise probably would
not last longer than 10 minutes
The commissioners yesterday
took the proposal under consid-
Grafton. Federal Government
approval apparently would be
needed.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
County Council Elects
Hammond President

Harold F. Hammond yester-
day was elected president of the
Montgomery County Council to
succeed George F. Nesbitt.
Mr.. Hammond, who is As, lives
at 1920 KingSbury drive, Silver
Spring. He has been a member
of the council since 1850.
The new president was ap-
pointed to the council to fill a
vacancy and then ran for elec-
ton later the same year.
Mr.. Hammond will head the
council through the 1854 elec-
ton year. He is a Republican,
as are five of the seven-member
council.
Elected president pro tenn was
Louis A. Gravelle, another Re-
publican. Mr.. Gravelle was
named to the council last jan
uary after Mrs. Kathryn j.
Lawlor resigned to accept a seat
in the House of Delegates.
Reelected secretary was Lath-
rop E. Smith.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Joint Sewage System
Contract Completed
As Alexandra Siqns

Alexandria and Fairfax County
at last are committed to joint
sewage disposal system, which
engineers say can save each $2.1
million in original building costs.
The Alexandria Sanitation
Authority yesterday signed the
contract cementing the Coop
erative arrangement. The Fair
fax Board of County Supervisors
had signed the contract last
week.
Alexandria's final approval of
the contract yesterday climaXed
nearly three years of surveys and
negotiations.
Detailed Surveys.
The first step was the regional
sewer survey that covered all
nearby Virginia communities.
The survey began in April, 1851.
after several months of negotia-
tions. The survey was completed
in June, 1852. 1t recommended
a combined Alexandria Fairfax
system to save the two jurisdic-
tions money.
There followed more detailed
surveys and hearings before the
State Water Control Board. Last
February Alexandria and Fair
fax began the legal and finan-
cial negotiations that resulted in
the contract both jurisdictions
now have approved.
Legal Test Next.
The next step is to submit the
contract to- a legal test. Attorney
William w. Koontz, legal adviser
to the Alexander Sanitation
Authority, said he believes the
suit can be filed within two
weeks. Mr.. Koontz said the
authority'S bond attorneys are
confident the contract will stand
up in court. The legal test is
necessary to satisfy prospective
buyers of bonds to be issued by
the authority to finance the
project.
The complete project, includ-
ing trunk lines in Alexandria
and portions of Fairfax County
and a sewage disposal plant, is
expected to cost $10.4 million.
Alexandria'S share of the cost is
ST 7,048,000 and Fairfax's is
$3,360,000. Under the contract,
the Fairfax share is to be paid to
the authority at the rate of
$215,000 annually, plus addi-
tional charges for operating
COSTS
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Falls Church Contest
To Be Part Of Fifth
Birthday Celebration

Miss Birthdayrama will be Sc
lected as Falls Church opens a
celebration of it's fifth year as a
city tomorrow at George Mason
High School.
Six contestants are students
at George Mason, and six others
are from Falls Church High.
Vying for the title and a $50
prize will be Betty Cline, Betty
Hinman, Donna Lee Hinshaw
Ann Albaugh. Mary Beth Roeder
and Rosalie Stuart, from George
Mason, and Janet Gray, Ann
johnson. Beth McCullom, Jean
Mach, Sandra Villella and Jill
Dalmess from Falls Church
High.
The show will open at 7 pm.
tomorrow and also will run from
7 pm. to IL pm. Friday and
from l pm. to IL pm. Saturday
Tomorrow night, a style show
will be presented by sever
Northern Virginia shops. The
show will include display booth;
by a number of area firms.
Participating in the entertain
ment program will be Pick
Temple, Jim Gibbons, Mark
Evans, Connie B. Gay anC
Jimmy Dean and his Texas
Wildcats.
The Marine Band Orchestra
is scheduled to perform at the
three evening shows and on
Saturday afternoon.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Maryland Man Held
In Fatal Cane Jabbinq

A Silver Spring man-has been
charged with murder in the
death of a Kensington man who
was jabbed in the eye with a
cane.
Richard R. Seek, 56, of 2715
Lawrence avenue, Kensington.
died yesterday in Suburban
Hospital after he was found un-
conscious on the parking lot Of
the Silver Spring railroad sta
ton.
Edward D. Parrish, So, of the
900 block of Cameron street. Sill
yer Spring, was booked on the
murder count yesterday Pre-
liminary hearing is scheduled
Tuesday in Silver Spring.
Montgomery County Detective
Sergt. Kenneth M. Watkins said
witness who was with the two
men said Parrish's cane jabbed
the victim in the eye while they
were in a car On Sligo avenue
Monday.
The victim lived "a hours.
Sergt. Watkins said death was
due to a hemorrhage caused by
the cane damaging the brain
behind the eye.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Restaurateur Charged
In LeWd Picture Raid

Arlington detectives last night
confiscated nearly 1000 lewd
pictures in a raid on a restau-
rant in the 1900 block of Jeffer-
son Davis highway. -
Charged in the raid was the
restaurant proprietor, Nick
Christopher Latsios, 33, former
professional boxer who 10 years
ago fought Henry Armstrong in
Griffith Stadium.
Detective Charles H. Lee said
he. Detective Sergt. Russell Run
yon and Detectives Thomas j.
Tracy and John w. Wise. jr.,
seized 81 decks of nude picture
cards.
Latsios' case today was con-
tinued to December 8 in Arling-
ton County Court before Judge
Hugh Creggor.
The former boxer was charged
with offering lewd pictures for
sale and selling a pharmaceutical
product without a license.
Evening star., 1953-11-25

tinguiSherS for the Government
but also is filling large civilian
orders for the extinguisherS and
insecticide SprayerS.
During the Korean war the
company developed and pro-
duced wood and metal work
ing trailer" which has been
adopted for use by all construc-
ton branches of the armed serv-
ices. The trailer now is coming
into demand on the civilian mar
ket.
A recent Navy contract with
a secrecy classification necessi-
tated the construction of an en-
tirely new building at Rockville
Born in Sweden.
The elder Lofstrand, affec-
tionately called 1.-The colonel" by
his employees, was born in Swe-
den and came to the United
States in 1864. He decided to
retire in 1945.
The company had achieved
success, and his son had been
elected Maryland State Senator
from Montgomery County. He
thought it would be nice to spend
his time on the farm at Rock
vile and watch Black Angus
cattle Craze in a field beside the
Lofstrand plant.
So he sold the Old Ebbitt and
moved to the farm for the sum-
mer. But he couldn't stay away
from the shop.
At 68, Mr.. Lofstrand is presi-
dent of the company. He is at
his desk every day, except around
noon.
AS lunch time approaches, the
president leaves his Office. He'll
be found in a kitchen adjoining
the board room, probably tossing
a tempting salad and checking
on the pork chops about to be
served to the executives.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Fire Code PROVIDING
Marshal Is Adopted
For Prince Georges

Prince Georges County has
adopted its first fire code.
Regulations approved by the
county commissioners yesterday
became effective Immediately,
but enforcement of the rules will
be on a gradual basis until the
next fiscal year begins July 1.
The new code, patterne d
closely after that of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters, sets
up a Fire Prevention Bureau
headed by a fire marshal and
staffed by inspectors and clerical
aides.
Two Years is Preparation.
Joseph F.. x. Mayhem, chair
man of a special committee of
the county Volunteer Firemen's
Association, eSented the
lengthy code to the commission
ers at their Upper Marlboro
meeting. The committee had
worked two years to prepare the
document, Mr.. Mayhem said.
Fees to be levied for inspec.
tions commercial and industrial
establishments are expected tt
make the bureau self-support.
ing. Private homes will not bt
inspected. except when owner.
so request.
To Appoint Marshal.
Mr.. Mayhem said tentative
plans call for an Office in Up.
per Marlboro and employment
of at least three inspectors. Th,
marshal will be appointed b,
the commissioners, after his pro.
fessional qualifications hav'
been Endorsed by the firemen'
association.
In another action yesterday
the commissioners granted tn,
firemen's request for a $2,80t
appropriation to buy sirens
pack radios and generators fol
civil defense use. Vincent Sim
mel, secretary of the associa
tion, pointed out that $4,000 al
located last year for civil defensC
had been returned to the coun'
tvs general fund.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Soldier at Fort Meade
Convicted Of Assault
By the Asseeio,sd Pre,s


ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 25.-A Fort
Meade soldier was acquitted of
rape but found guilty of assault
and battery Monday night by an
Anne Arundel County Circuit
Court jury.
The all-male jury deliberated
nearly three hours before finding
Sergt. Fred Abner McNew, %. of
Lilly. KY. had assaulted a 22-
year-old woman last Septem-
Der 19 in a farmhouse near Fort
Meade.
The jury recommended leni-
ency. Judge Benjamin Michael
son will sentence McNew Friday.
Evening star., 1953-11-25

Another in series of articles on in
dustry in the Washington oreo.
crutch, now widely used by
civilians as we'll as wounded mil
itary personnel.
During World War II Lof-
strand developed the adjustable
aluminium crutch for military
use and then began its manu-
facturer. Today it is the biggest
producer of the arm-type crutch
in the country, with an output
of $4,000 pairs this year.
But the LofStrand Co. got its
start in another line, a glass
washer and Sterilizer used by
restaurants, hotels, hospitals
and drugStores in many parts
of the United States.
Back in 1886, when Anders
r. Lofstrand was operating the
Old Ebbitt Grill at 1927 F street,
his son firmly announced he was
uninterested in the restaurant
business.
Puts Up S13,5OO.
Rudy LofStrand told his father
he was determined to work with
tools and machinery, he wanted
to be a manufacturer. The
father finally consented to put
up $13,500 so the young graduate
of Washington and Lee Univer-
sity could go into business fol-
himself.
Rudy LofStrand bought a lathe
and one or two other pieces OF
machinery and hired two helpers
He decided to return his fathers
favor and started developing the
glaSS-waSher.
It was an instantaneous sue
cess at the Old Ebbitt and orders
poured in from other restaurants
and from drugstores.
The Lofstrand company was
Incorporated, and soon it ac-
quired quarters at $50 Selim
road, Silver Spring. Then il
really started expanding.
With a staff of designers anc
skilled mechanics, it brancheC
into such lines as insecticide
sprayers, fire extinguishers
chain saw sharpeners and other
products. AS World War II came
on, it worked closely with the
Army engineers and various de-
fense agencies to perfect articles
needed in combat areas around
the world.
New Plant in 1916.
BY 1916 the Lofstrand busi.
ness had grown SO much that the
company built new plant ir
Rockville. 1t continued to re-
ceive numerous contracts from
the armed services, some o1
which are still secret. In this
work the LofStrands have con-
tributed materially with design
and development plans, as well
as actual manufacture.
Meanwhile, the company ex-
panded its civilian sales organi-
zation. In the last two years
| IT, has nr0dIIced moro than 400 :
900 water, pump-type fire ex-
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Growth of Lofstrond Co. Based
OnDesigning and Manufacture

The Lofstrand Co. at Rock
vile is typical of the newer
Washington area industries,
whose success is based upon
both the development and man
ufacture of products.
A prime example of its work
is the lightweight arm type of
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Montgomery Police Group
Protests Promotion Rules

The Montgomery County Po-
lice Association went on record
last night against the county's
new rules on police promotions.
At a special meeting in Silver
Spring, the officers unanimously
approved a resolution condemn
ing the new regulations as un-
fair.
The association said its main
objection is the examination re-
quired now. In recent months
several officers were promoted
without taking examinations.
The association urged all Of
f1cers to apply for promotion.
however. The resolution added
that applicants should make it
clear they were protesting the
new rules. There are nine va
cancies to be filled.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Southern Maryland
Electric Coop Asks
Decrease in Rates
BY the Assoeio.ed Press

py Ine RSsoCioIeo Fteb
BALTIMORE, Nov. 25.-
The Maryland Public Serv-
ice Commission yesterday
was asked by a Southern
Maryland utility for per-
mission to reduce its rates.
The firm, Southern Mary
land Electric Cooperative.
Inc. serving all or parts of
Calvert. Prince Georges, ST.
Marys and Charles Counties
wants to reduce rates on all
classes of service. The
changes would decrease
revenue by about 100000 or
S per cent annually.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Purke BrinkIey Honored

RICHMOND, Nov. 25 (P).-
Parke C. Brinkley. State Com
missioner of Agriculture, has
been cited by The Progressive
Farmer in its December issue as
the Man of the Year" in Vir-
ginia agriculture.