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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17

Chapel Marsha Griffith, infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
Griffith of Alexandria, Va, was
baptised by the Rev. Raymond P.
Black. Her godparents were Mrs.
Griffith's sister from Alexandria;
Mrs. Shippers Waters from Wash
ington Grove, and Mr.. Bill Baker,
also from Alexandria.
A confirmation service was held
at Christ Church, Rockville, on
Wednesday evening with the Ri.
Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop of the Do
cese of Washington, officiating.
Those from Ascension Chapel who
were presented to the Bishop for
Allen; Mrs. John Christian; Miss
confirmation were Mrs. Herman
Kay Harding, Mr.. John Davis, and
Linda Williams, Hunter Davidson,
Philip Edwards, Linda Florence,
William Geisbert, Marcus McGraw,
George Peter, and Fay Seaton.
Congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs.
David Novel; on the birth of a
daughter, Nancye Luise, on Thanks
giving Day at Montgomery County
General Hospital.
The Gaithersburg choral groups
under the direction of Bill Earl
will present their Christmas con-
cert, "The Meaning of Christmas"
tomorrow evening friday at S:15
pm. in the gymnasium. Admis-
sion price-adults, Csc; children,
35c. Proceeds will be used for the
choir robes.
On Sunday, December 20, at 8
pm, Christmas candlelight serv=
ice will be held at Epworth Meth
odist Church. The choir will pre-
sent a Christmas story in music
and pictures. The offering will be
used to purchase new robes for
the choir. The public is invited.
The P.T.A. will meet on Monday
evening at 8 pm. in the gymnasi-
UNI. The fifth grades will present
Christmas program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Jacobs will
leave on Wednesday for Park For
est, ILL.,, to spend the Christmas
holidays with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Burke.
Mrs. Charles w. Beall has re-
turned from Kansas City, Mo-,
where she was the guest of her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. w. Beall, Jr.
Mrs. Paul Ramsdell is visiting
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Kingsley in St.
Louis, Mo.
Sgt. and Mrs. Jack Wooden and
their young daughter Barbara have
returned from Tokyo and at pres
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17
VEGETABLE GOALS

Production goals for Maryland
spring vegetables were recently
released by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, according to George
J. Martin, Chairman of the Mary
land State Agricultural Stabliza-
ton and Conservation Committee.
Goals for early spinach and cab
bage were the same as for 1868.
Early white potato goals We're re-
duced to $500 acres, $50 of the
acreage planted last year but at
normal yields this acreage would
yield 625,000 bushels, the same
yield figure as in 1858, Martin ex-
planned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17

Road, Rockville, has completed a
Course in Practical and Theoretical
Radio and Television and has been
awarded a Diploma by the Ma
tional Radio Institute of Washing
ton. He finished the prescribed
course of technical studies with
creditable grades and is to be con-
graduated upon his achievement.
NEW H-F ASSN. MEMBERS
Barbara Riggs Stiles, Rockville,
and T.. B. Dorset, Dickerson, have
been accepted as members of The
Holstein7 Friesian Association of
America by action of the Board of
Directors at their recent meeting
in Brattleboro, Vermont.
The association is the worlds
largest dairy cattle breeders reg
istry organization, with approx
mately $4,000 members throughout
the nation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17
TWINBROOK SIDEWALKS

Bids for the construction Of
sidewalks in Twinbrook have been
opened according to Rockville City
Clerk Sara Mortimer. F. o. Day
was low bidder, but the contract
cannot be awarded until the next
city council meeting she said. 4
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17
MARYLAND COAL

An analysis of coal in the Mary
land economy will be published to-
morrow by the University Of Mary
land, Bureau of Business and Eco
nomic Research The study covers
the development of production and
distribution since 1886 and esti-
mates the potentials for 1865.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17
Here & There
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Continued from Page l
vile Road Hot Shoppe in Silver
Spring. A delicious buffet luncheon
will be served and entertainment
will be furnished by the David
Plat trio.
Edwin Kline, who is the vice
chairman for the Christmas Party,
will collect toys to be distributed
by the Volunteer Bureau of Mont
gomery County-a Red Feather
Agency.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17

RECEIVE WGAY PROMOTIONS
Ernie Tanner has been named
Vice. President of Radio Station
WGAY, Silver Spring, it was an
nouneed this week by Joseph l..
Brechner, General Manager. Chuck
Dulane has been appointed Pro-
gram Director and Supervisor of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17

that Mr.. N. Page Worthington had
accepted the Vice craftsmanship of
the drive.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17
HEART FUND

Organization of the 1854 Heart
Fund Campaign, the slogan of
which will be "Help Your Heart
Fund-Help Your Heart" moved
another step forward with the
recent announcement by Mr.. John
c. Donohue, Campaign Chairman,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17

WGAY News and Public Servic,
Activities.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Army Suspends GI's
Insubordination Term
By the Associated Press

TAEGU, Korea, Sept. 26.-A
sentence of one month at hard
labor against an American pri-
vate for INSTRUMENTATION to a
Swedish member of neutral
inspection team has been sus-
pended by the reviewing au-
thority.
Pfc. Millard F. Armstrong of
Louisville, KY, received the sus-
pension yesterday. His fine of
$28 a month for two months re-
manned in effect.
Armstrong was accused of in
subordination and assaulting
Capt. Karl r. LARSON in Taegu
this month when the Swedish
officer ordered Armstrong to send
a telegram.
Armstrong was tried Septem-
Der 9 by a special court-martial
in Taegu and acquitted of the
assault charge. He was SEN
fenced to one month at hard
labor and a $56 fine for address,
ing the officer in an insubordi-
nate manner.
Maj. Gen. William S. Lawton,
commanding general of the
Korean communications zone,
suspended the confinement.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Canada Settles
Strike Sporked
By oCookie
By the Associofed Press

DUNCAN, B. c., Sept. 26. -
British Columbia's most unusual
labor dispute has been settled.
David Badle, a mill worker,
who was fired for eating a cookie
before lunch, is back on the job
after an arbitration board ruled
his dismissal was not warranted
"in view of other disciplinary
measures available"
The board did rule, however,
that Mr.. Badle had started his
lunch ahead of time. He was
fired August 4.
The cookie dispute resulted in
a one-day strike at the plant OF
the B. C. Forest Products at
nearby Youbou. The 400 work.
ers demanded Mr.. Badle be re-
stored to his job. The strike was
settled when the men agreed to
arbitrate the dispute.
The board conducted a three
day hearing and when it ended
Thursday. Chairman j. A. Byers
of Victoria remarked;
II don't think I'll be able to
look a cookie in the face again"
Evening star., 1953-09-26
One Killed, 10 Are Injured
In Alaskan BIG Crash
BY the Associated Press

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 26.
"A B-29 weather reconnaissance
plane attempting to limp back to
Eielson Air Force Base with Grip
pied engines, crashed yesterday
2 miles north of the field, killing
one creWman and injuring 10
others.
The plane had taken off from
the field few minutes earlier on
a regular weather observation
trip to the North Pole. A short
distance out, the pilot reported
his engines were failing and he
was turning back.
The big craft plowed into the
ground short of the field. None
of the 10 injured men was criti-
cally hurt, air base officials said.
The plane, attached to the 58th
Weather Reconnaissance Squad
ron, was the first of the big con-
verted bombers to crack up in
more than five years of weather
mission flights in polar areas.
Names of the men aboard have
not been announced.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Casares Off TO Grid Game
After Paying $50 Fine
BY the Associoted Press

TAMPA, Fla, Sept. 26.-Rick
Casares, University of Florida
football star, was convicted OF
reckless driving and fined $50
yesterday in a case which grew
out of a fatal accident in which
he was hurt and his woman COM
panion killed.
The case in municipal court
lasted only a few minutes. After
paying the fine Casares left for
Gainesville where he is to play
in the Georgia Tech-Florida
game today
Mrs. Nellie Bourguignon, %
year-old wife of an air force
sergeant, was killed in the acci-
dent.
A coroner's jury on September
ID cleared CasareS of RESPONSE
bility in Mrs. Bourguignon'S
death, calling the accident un-
avoidable.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Mrs. Frank Grier, Widow
Of Supply Firm Founder

Mrs. Frank L. Grier, 81, widow
of a founder of a large. dental
manufacturing supply company,
died Thursday in Beebe Hospital,
LeWes, Del, after an illness of
several months.
Mrs. Grier was born in Gov
ington, ILL.,, but had lived most of
her life in Delaware. Her hus-
band, DR.. Grier, was a founder
of the Caulk Co.
She is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. j. Lockwood Pratt and
Mrs. Harold K. Wakefield, both
of Rehoboth Beach, Del; three
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were to be
held at the Grier home in Mil
ford, Del. at 2 o'clock this after
noon. The family requests that
donations be made to the Heart
Association.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
George H. Clark, y,
Kodak StockhoIder
Rx the Assoeinted Press

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Sept. 26.
George H. Clark, 90, one of
the IA original stockholders of
Eastman Kodak Co., died today
after a lingering illness.
His original holding in Kodak
was 10 shares.
Mr.. Clark rose from an initial
job as barrel stave maker in his
fathers shop to one of the city'S
leading induStrialists and phi
lanthropiStS. Close friends said
his anonymous philanthropies
'totaled millions" He and his
wife donated $1.5 million to
Rochester Institute of Tech
nology, of which he was a di-
rector. He was associated with
many Rochester enterprises.
Mr.. Clark had been a director
Of Eastman Kodak since 1922,
and was one of the largest stock
holders.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
PhiIadeI phia Man Named
U.S.. Envoy 70 Uruguay
BY the Associated Press

Dempster Mcintosh of Fhila-
delphia, a foreign trade expert,
was given a recess appointment
by President Eisenhower today
to be Ambassador to Uruguay.
He will succeed Edward L.
Roddan, former Washington
neWSpaperman and assistant to
the late Senator McMahcn,
Democrat, of Connecticut whose
resignation was accepted by the
President today
Mr.. Mcintosh was born in
Newport, R. l., January II, 1896.
He is a foreign trade consultant
and for 10 years directed the
foreign activities of the Philco
Corp. and it's affiliates.
Prior to going with Philco he
was associated for many years
with the American Steel Export
Inc.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Walter Spry, College
Professor of Piuno
By the Assoeioted Press

SPARTANBURG, S. c., Sept.
26.-Prof. Walter Spry, IS, a
member of the Converse College
faculty since 1888, died here last
night.
Prof. Spry, professor of piano,
had studied music in Vienna,
Berlin and Paris, and had a ma
tional reputation as concert
pianist, teacher and composer.
He was a native Of Chicago.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Big Foggy Bottom I
Project Is Delayed;
New Option Granted

The Washington Gas Light Co.
yesterday agreed to extend an
option held by New York devel-
opment firm on an 11-acre tract
in Foggy Bottom so that the
development firm may have a
years more time to undertake
promotion of a hotel and apart.
ment project on the site.
This is the second extension
Of time received by the develop
ment syndicate. A first six
month option was obtained a
year ago then was extended for
six months.
Under terms of the earlier
agreement. the option to pur-
chase expired yesterday. Infor-
nation supplied by a syndicate
spokesman several weeks ago
indicated the purchase would be
made on the expiration date,
but yesterdays agreement for a
time extension indicated these
plans were changed.
Further Work Planned.
A joint announcement yester-
day afternoon by the gas COM
pany and the syndicate-known
as the Potomac Parkway Plaza
Development Co.-Said the time
extension was agreed to "in order
to meet present economic con-
ditions and permit further work
to be done on the project before
the final transfer of land"
A spokesman for the parties
said there was no information
available as to whether addi-
tional financial arrangements
were involved in connection with
the time extension.
George Preston Marshall,
owner of the Redskins football
team and local spokesman Of
the syndicate, has discussed for
newspapers several different
plans for development of the
site. Latest has been for con-
struction of a multitude of build
ings to cost Eetween $50 and
$50 million"
Progress Reported.
John w, Harris. president Of
John w. Harris Associates of
New York, who heads the syndi-
cate, said yesterday:
During the past year, our
syndicate has made great prog
ress in performing all the pre-
liminary work for this huge
development.
"Its size and the general prob
lens involved, however, have
presented difficulties in COM
pleting our efforts within the
original 12-month option period.
"We have requested and re-
ceived from the Washington Gas
Light Co. an additional option
period in which to complete our
work. We are confident that
within that period we shall take
over the land and that conStruc-
ton will begin shortly there
after"
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Elizabeth Taylor, Stricken
In Denmark, Recovering
By the Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark,
Sept. ga Danish doctor re-
porter today that Movie Star
Elizabeth Taylor is recovering
from what was described as a
nervous collapse The actress,
who fell i'll yesterday, is resting
in seclusion at Copenhagen's S
sWank Hotel d'Angleterre.
Although neither Miss Taylor
nor her actor husband, Michael
Wilding, left their rooms, Dr..
Sven Johnson said the Holly
wood star was absolutely get
ting better"
The doctor, who visited Miss
Taylor last night, said she is
suffering from a nervous ailment
following over-exertion.
Mr.. Wilding announced last
night that his wife was suffering
from a nervous collapse" He
also said she was having trouble
with her back.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
598 German Prisoners
Reported Freed by Reds
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, Sept. 26.-Taeg-
liche Rundschau, official news
paper of the Soviet army in
East Germany, said today that
598 German war prisoners
homebound from Soviet camps
have reached the Russian oc-
cupation zone.
They are the first German
prisoners freed by the Soviets
since Russia and East Germany
signed a new pact last month.
There was no indication of how
many more will be released.
Taegliche Rundschau said
several hundred" prisoners
from West Berlin we're in the
group. These were taken to Eli
senach for transfer to West
German authorities later.
The Kremlin signed an agree
ment with it's East German sat-
elite August % providing that
German prisoners held for mi
nor war crimes would be par
doned and sent home.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
AdmiraIA.L.Parsons,
Retired Engineer
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Rear
Admiral Archibald Livingstone
Parsons (retired), 78, former
chief of the Navy's Bureau of
Yards and Docks and it's civil
engineers, died Thursday night
He was a consultant on, the
development, design and con-
struction of advanced base float
ing dry docks-the Navy's So
called secret weapon in the Paci-
fic in World War II.
A native of Derry, N. H., Ad-
miral Parsons won the Navy
Cross in World War I. He retired
in 1888 after 35 years in the
Navy.
From 1929 to 1888, he headed
the Bureau of Yards and Docks
and the civil engineers.
After his retirement he be-
came a consultant for Frederic
R. Harris, Inc, New York ma
rine and highway building firm.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Turfman We'll Suspended
On Housekeeping Charge
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Ike We'll,
78, Chicago horse owner and
trainer, was suspended for at
least one year yesterday by the
Illinois Racing Board for alleged
doping of a horse. We'll was
charged with doping of the juve-
nile filly Lovin Lady, winner of
the third race at Washington
Park on September /. A saliva
test showed presence of drug,
procaine.
We'll has filed a $250,000 dam
age suit against track stewards
at Washington Park, the Wash
ington Park track management
and the Chicago Biological Re-
search Laboratory, which con-
Quoted the dope test.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Benedict Curtis Smith,
Alabama Businessman
BY the Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 26

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 26.
Benedict Curtis Smith, widely
known Montgomery business
man, died in a hospital here
last night after an illness of
several months.
MI. Smith was a football star
at Tulane University before
World War I. He was a student
at the New Orleans school from
1916 to 1920. He was a native
of Cripple Creek, Colo.
He was a resident of Birming-
ham from 1881 until 1850, and
was widely known throughout
the Southeast in the building
materials and roofing fields. He
was associated with the Logan
Long Co. at Montgomery.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Woman Elevator Operator
Helps 100 Escape Fire
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, Sept. 26.-An ele-
vator operator who thought she
should stay on the job lust like
a captain stays with his ship"
today was credited with removing
more than 100 persons from the
upper floors of a smoke filled,
downtown business building.
Mrs. Mildred Brown, 35,
mother of three, made II trips
to the 18th floor yesterday to
rescue persons stranded when
fire broke out in a storeroom.
II didn't know how long the
(elevator) power would last and
I told everybody to step lively
if they wanted to ride with me, !"
said Mrs. Brown. She suffered
slightly from inhaling smoke
fumes.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Mrs. Worfhington,
Active in Charity and
Wartime Aid, Dies

Mrs. George Y. Worthington,
81, active in local charities and
aid to France, died yesterday in
Emergency Hospital. She had
suffered from heart trouble sew
eral years.
A native of st. Louis, she was
educated in converts in Switzer-
land and France while her faith
er, James Kingsbury Waterman,
was in charge of railroad con-
struction for Cecil Rhodes in
Africa.
Came Here 40 Years Ago.
She came to Washington 40
years ago to live with her grand
mother, Mrs. Harriet Turner, at
her Dupont Circle home.
In 1914 she married George Y.
Worthington, jr., head Of the
real estate firm bearing his
name. Until his death in 1852,
Mrs. Worthington lived at 2122
lie Roy place NV. She recently
had been living at 1868 Colum-
bia road NV.
During World War II Mrs.
Worthington was president of
the Washington Chapter of
American Aid to France. She
was awarded both the Legion of
Honor and the Medaille Com
memorative by the French Re-
public for her work in raising
funds to support the under
ground and help postwar resto-
ration.
Active in Church Charities.
A member of the congregation
at ST. Matthews Cathedral, Mrs.
Worthington was active in many
Catholic charities. For many
years she served as a member of
the Board of the Christ Child So
ciety, and was active in the op-
Grafton of the society'S fresh-air
farm for underprivileged chill
dren.
She also belonged to the Sui
grave and the Chevy Chase Clubs.
Survivors are:
Three children, Mrs. Calvin
Lombard, Glib Wynnwood road,
Wood Acres, Md; George Y.
Worthington III, 4915 Earlston
drive, Westgate. Md. and Mrs.
Campbell Foster, Louisville, KY,
and a sister. Miss Winifred
Waterman, Baltimore. Five
grandchildren also survive.
A requiem high mass will be
sung Tuesday in the Cathedral.
No time or place of burial had
been set.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
ChapIain's S Wife Loses
$3.50 Clothing TO Thieves

The wife of an Army chaplain,
recently returned from Alaska,
has lost $3.50 worth of clothing
to thieves who broke into the
couples automobile.
Probationary Detective Clar-
ence R. Roberts of No.. six pre-
cinct said two foot lockers were
taken from the car of Capt. John
H. Belt, parked in front of 835
Whittier street NV. Thursday
night. Both Capt. Belt and his
wife are undergoing treatment
at Walter Reed Hospital.
The theft left Mrs. Belt only
the clothes she was wearing at
the time.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
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tingencies with which both
countries may be faced indi-
cate the advisability of de-
veleping their relations upon
a basis Of continued friendship,
in support of the policy of
strengthening the defense of
the West. This policy shall
include:
1. On the part of the United
States, the support of Span
sash defense efforts for agreed
purposes by providing military
end item assistance to Spain
during a period of several
years to contribute to the ef-
fectiVe air defense of Spain
and to improve the equipment
of its military and naval forces,
to the extent to be agreed
upon in technical discussions
in the light of the circum-
stances, and with the co-opera-
tion sof the resources of Span
ish industry to the extent
possible. Such support will be
conditioned as in the case of
other friendly nations by the
priorities and limitations due
to the international commit
mentS of the United States and
the exigencies of the inter-
national situation and will be
subject to congressional ap-
preparations.
2. In consequence of the
above stated premises and for
the same agreed purposes, the
government of Spain author
ICES the Government of the
United States, subject to
terms and conditions to be
agreed. to develop, maintain
and utilize for military pur-
poses, jointly with the gov
eminent of Spain. such areas
and facilities in territory un-
der Spanish jurisdiction as
may be agreed upon by the
competent authorities of both
governments as necessary for
the purposes of this agree
ment.
3. In granting assistance to
Spain within the policy out
lined above, as the preparation
OF the agreed areas and facili-
ties progresses, the Govern
ment of the United States will
satisfy, subject to the provi-
slons OF paragraph l, the mini
mum requirements for equip
ment necessary for the defense
of Spanish territory, to the
end that should a moment re-
quiring the wartime utilization
of the areas and facilities ar
rive, from this moment, the
requirements are covered to
the extent possible as regards
the air defense of the terri
tory and the equipment of the
naval units: and that the arm
ament and equipment of the
army units be as far advanced
as possible.
Article III.
For the purposes of this
agreement and in accordance
with technical arrangements
to be agreed upon between the
competent authorities of both
governments, the Government
of the United States is author
lied to improve and fit agreed
areas and facilities for military
use, as we'll as to undertake
necessary construction in this
connection in cooperation
with the government of Spain,
to station and house therein
the necessary military and ci-
william personnel and to provide
for their security, discipline
and welfare; to store and
maintain custody of provisions,
Evening star., 1953-09-26
MIG Pilot Reported Aiding
U. 5. in Testing Plane
BY the Associoied Press

SEOUL, Sept. 26.-The North
Korean pilot who flew a Rus
sian-made MIG Is jet fighter
to a Seoul air base Monday was
reported today to have lett
Korea.
His whereabouts could not be
learned but one unverified re-
port said he was flown to
Okinawa to advise American
pilots who will test fly the MIG.
The Communist plane was
diSassembled and placed aboard
a C-124 transport last Tuesday.
1t was en- route to the United
States for detailed study when
it was stopped on orders from
Washington.
There were unofficial reports
earlier that the MIG had been
taken to OkinaWa.