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Evening star., 1953-11-14
$50 Postmen
Take Exams
For Promotion
NATIONWIDE Tests
Launch lmportiol
Selection System

Five hundred and fifty post
Office clerks and letter carriers
sat down at the Mckinley High
School this morning to wade
through part of the largest
written competitive examination
in the departments history.
Another $50 will follow this
afternoon with some $4,000 9TH
ers doing the same thing
throughout the country.
The questions, prepared by the
Civil Service Commission and the
post Office, were rated top secret
right up until 10 a.m.-coded by
officials as 'T-hour."
inspectors Frank Wright and
John E. Falconer. with 35 post
Office supervisors watched the
men file into the school building.
each one carrying his copy of
the 603-page Post Office Manual,
mostly well worn.
Each Has Pass.
And each man had his pass
to the exam, No pass, no exam
and no promotion, explained one
official.
Inspector Wright" said a
clerk, II forgot my room num-
ber."
"A fine supervisor you'd be-"
decided the inspector as he
looked up the number and sent
the man to the classroom.
Two hours and five minutes
and los questions later, the men
filed out of the school.
Vacancies to Be Filled.
When the tests are graded
by Civil Service Commission
machines. the post Office will
begin to fill vacancies of fore
men and clerks in charge.
Selections will be made from
this register until June 80. 1855.
after which time new examina-
tions will be conducted.
The examination was the first
to be held under new program
set up recently by Postmaster
General Summerfield to assure
that future promotions of en-
ployes to supervisory jobs will
be made whenever possible on
the results of the impartial, COM
petitive exams.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
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Evening star., 1953-11-14
115-Foot PIT Found
Near Store Center

A 15-to-20-foot pit was discov-
cred yesterday in front of a
building in the $500 block of New
Hampshire avenue in Prince
Georges County.
Louis E. Weaver. of 4103 Fifty
first street, Bladensburg, told
county officers his little girl
stepped from his auto there and
the earth started to collapse be-
meath her.
The hole was in front of a
shopping center. An employe of
a store said the earth had sunk
there before and contractors had
filled it in,
County Police Pvt. E. w. Ru-
pert and j. H. Miller stood by
last night until county work
crew filled the pit.
County authorities have asked
the public to report all such po-
tential traps after a little Suit
land girl fell into a concealed pit
and drowned last Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Group in Southwest
ToConsider Appeal Of
Pilot Project Decision

The Southwest Businessmen's
Association on Monday will con-
slider whether to appeal a three
Judge Federal tribunal decision
upholding the constitutionality
of the act authorizing the South
west redevelopment program.
Attorney Joseph H. Schneider
said the question of appeal will
hinge largely on whether the
business group wants to back it
financially.
Sees $4,000 Needed.
This will be discussed at an
association meeting at p.m.
Monday at the American Sc
curity & Trust Co. building, AS
Seventh street S.W. Mr..
Schneider said he thought be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 might
be required to back the appeal.
Mr.. Schneider represented his
mother, Mrs. Goldie Schneider,
owner of a hardware store at
TIA Fourth street S.W., in the
case ruled on last week by the
tribunal. The property is slated
to be taken in connection with
the pilot redevelopment project
in the so-called Area B, TO-
acre slum ridden tract bounded
by the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks and Fourth, I and South
Capitol streets.
The three-judge court held
that the 1945 act authorizing the
program was constitutional in
sofar as it permitted the taking
of land for slum clearance or
slum prevention purposes. But
it left the door open as to
whethe rthe program, as it is
being carried out, is within the
bounds of this restriction.
Appeals Court Move.
Mr.. Schneider said after the
question of appeal on the consti-
tutional issue is determined. he
will decide whether to challenge
in a lower court the propriety
of the programs administration.
Procedures permit a three
judge ruling to be appealed di-
rectly to the Supreme Court. Mr..
Schneider said his present think
ing, however, is that any appeal
would be made to the U. S.
Court of Appeals.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Civilian Plane Use
Of Andrews Base
Held Near Solution

Problems connected with the
use of Andrews Air Force Base
by civilian aircraft should be
solved within so days, according
to Robert B. Murray, jr., Under
secretary of Commerce for
Transportation.
He said the Defence and Com
merce Departments together are
now working out the details.
He described the problems as
mot insurmountable."
The use of the base by civilian
planes was advanced as a means
of relieving congestion at Ma
tional Airport. This followed
abandonment of plans to con-
struct new civilian airport at
Burke. Va.
Ups First Estimate.
Mr.. Murray's estimate of the
time to complete the details for
use of Andrews was given at a
press conference yesterday. At
first he put the time at 80 days
for resolving all difficulties. Then
he extended it to so days.
Agreement by the Air Force
to use of its base was announced
last May. 1t did not halt the
efforts of objectors to the plan
to try to head it off.
Both Maryland Senators and
seven Representatives carried to
President Eisenhower plea
that Baltimore's Friendship Air.
port be used as an alternate
air terminal for Washington.
Residents of the Andrews area
protested. They asserted that
a commercial airport would
thrust additional hazards on a
thickly populated area and end
the quiet atmosphere.
Traffic Increases.
There was even a charge made
that the Air Force itself en-
couraged protests against the
civilian use of the field. This
was made by Milton w. Arnold,
vice president of the Air Trans
port Association.
Meanwhile, traffic at National
Airport has continued to in
crease.
When the agreement by the
Air Force was announced last
May, it was estimated that it
would take two years to prepare
for handling civilian flights.
This estimate came from the
Civil Aeronautics Administra-
ton, which said new civilian
terminal facilities would have to
be built and a new runway laid
down.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
ID. {. Lawyer Fined SIS
On Drunk Driving Charge

James I. Heinz, 46-year-old
Washington lawyer. was fined
$75 yesterday in Municipal Court
after he was convicted of driving
while drunk.
The attorney. who lives at
2016 North Troy street, Arling-
ton. was arrested August % on
the Whitehurst Freeway.
At the same time James H.
Wilson, A, of / Twin Oak drive.
Chillum, Md. a Capital Transit
bus driver, pleaded guilty to
driving his bus while drunk, Oc-
tober 81.
Police said his bus struck q
fire plug at Tenth and Upshur
streets NE. He will be sentenced
by Judge Andrew J. Howard. jr..
December 80.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Private Faces Action
Of Police Trial Board

Pvt. William p. Finnin of No.
8 Police Precinct will face trial
board action soon on charges of
having reported for work under
the influence of alcohol yester-
Gay afternoon.
He was suspended by 1t. Carl
Mccormick.
Pvt. Finnin recently figured in
the arrest of tic. milk bottle"
houSebreaker in Northwest
Washington, whose trademark
was his fondness for milk in his
victims iceboxes.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
School Officials Seek
D. c. Heads Support
For Teacher Raise
By jones G. Deone

School officials are hoping to
win support from the District
Commissioners for a new teacher
pay raise next year.
One city official said privately
yesterday, however, that he
doesn't know where the money
is coming from, since the city's
budget is so tight.
Supt. Hobart M. Corning this
week outlined the new pay pro-
posals to two meetings of teach
ers. The proposed raise is part
of a revised pay schedule school
officials have been trying to get
adopted for some time.
The commissioners would not
pass the revised schedule earlier
this year, because of the city's
uncertain financial prospects.
Teachers in July did get a
somewhat more modest raise,
however. The July increases
ranged from 6 to 10 per cent.
And school and city officials re-
Gently have been working togeth-
er on report on the pay situa-
ton for Congress.
Case Requests Report.
The report was requested by
Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee, who ex-
pressed interest in making teach
er pay as fair as possible. The
report is due to be submitted
January 4.
Charles N Zellers, school busi-
ness officer, said yesterday pro-
posed legislation will accompany
the report. The city official said,
however, he does not know
whether the Commissioners will
send bill along.
The new pay schedule would
give a $160 raise to beginning
teachers with bachelors degrees.
At the other end of the scale,
teachers with masters degrees
and at least 80 extra hours of
academic credit would get
maximum increase of a little
over 5000.
The new range for teachers
would be from $4,000 to $6,4O0,
compared to $3,440 to $5,791 at
present.
Higher Bracket Raises.
The scale for senior high prin-
cipals would be changed, under
the proposed schedule, from the
present $6,725-$7,881 to $7,700-
$1,000. The scale for associate
superintendents would be raised
from the current So, ,700-$9, $50 to
$10,300-$12,300
Mr.. Zellers said Supt. Corning's
salary has not been dealt with
yet. The commissioners ex-
cluded the superintendent from
last July's school pay raise. The
Board Of Education, early in the
year, approved an increase from
his present $4,000 to $17,500,
however, as part of the proposed
schedule.
Originally. the new pay sched-
ule would have taken effect grad
ually over f1ve-year period.
School officers, in view of the
recent raise, now want to put it
in effect all at once, Mr.. Zellers
said.
No accurate figuring has been
done on the total cost, but the
new schedule probably would add
something like So million to next
years school budget, he added.
Last July's raise cost about SIG
million.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
0uantico Marine Charged
In Fatal Attack on Cook

A Quantico Marine corporal
was booked on homicide
charge last night for what police
described as an unprovoked at
tack on a 37-year-old unem-
ployed cook.
The attack, according to De-
tective Sergts. Bernard Cook and
Clarence Winemiller. took place
Thursday night at the corner of
Sixth street and New York ave-
nue. NV. The victim. Gus
Condias of 713 Third street NV,
died several hours later in Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Booked on the homicide charge
was Corpl. r. B. Hedric. 19, who
was returned here late yester-
day from his post at Quantico,
Va.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
The Washingionians Urge
More Attention 10 CD

The Washingtonians last night
urged the Commissioners to give
more attention to the develop
ment of civil defense.
The citizens said the excellent
system used during World War
II has been allowed to fall apart
to such an extent that the Dis
trict would be helpless in the
face of an atomic attack.
In other business, the group
supported the appointment of
John w. Tramperg. former Dis
trict director of public welfare,
as Social Security Commissioner.
The group also asked the Federal
Government to pay half of the
District budget.
The meeting was conducted by
Miss Eta Taggart, president, in
her home at 1914 Connecticut
avenue N w.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Arlington Approves Plan
To Build Rocky Run Road

A plan to built one-way road
running from Arlington boule-
ward into Clarendon was ap-
proved today by the Arlington
County Board.
The thoroughfare. which would
run through Rocky Run play
ground, would be known as
Fairfax drive and will connect
eventually with an existing Sec
ton of Fairfax drive in Claren-
don.
The exit from Arlington boule-
ward will be built by the State
as part of a current construc-
ton program. The connection
will be made between ramps now
being built at Court House road
and North Tenth street.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Buz Sawyer, Hero
OF Comic Strip, Here
On Way 10 Patuxent

BuZ Sawyer passed through
town yesterday on his way to a
new career as a naval test pilot.
The comic strip hero today
becomes an official student
at the Navy's test pilot training
center at Patuxent.
The base is planning a big
party for him tonight. (Both
Buz and Roy Crane, his creator,
will be there.)
With Buz will 60 his old side
kick-Roscee Sweeney. Sweeney
the bumbler lately has been rele-
gated to the Sunday strip. But
that's the boy who's closest to-
Mr.. Cranes heart.
That's m e." he says.
Sweeney. just an average guy
getting along. Just trying to do
the right thing and getting
balled up."
Began Career During War.
Buz started his hair-raising
career some 10 years ago, while
the country was at war, and
there was no other Navy strip
going.
His adventures caught on
quickly-not only in America,
but in Denmark, Sweden, Fin
land, Norway and about Is Latin
American countries.
At the wars end Buz, like
many another. got out of the
Navy. He took up trouble-shoot-
ing for an oil company.
/ He roamed the world looking
for trouble and found it. Enter
a couple of characters dear to
Mr.. Cranes heart-Sparrow and
Hammerhead Cool. In the draw
ing they're much different from
Buz. They're cartoons; Buz has
to be drawn straight, and hand
some.
Troubled by Kidnapping.
Their latest villainy was in
volved in the kidnapping of Buz'
son. That, by the way, gave Mr..
Crane a worrisome time. It
wasn't long after Buz' baby was
kidnapped that the Greenlease
kidnap-slaying took place.
After several troubled days
and sleepless nights, Mr.. Crane
was relieved to learn that his
strip had nothing to do with the
vicious crime-it had been
planned for years. Nevertheless,
he wound up the sequence much
sooner than he had expected to.
One of the greatest troubles
with a comic strip is to keep
it fresh, Mr.. Crane has learned.
That's one reason Buz is going
back into the Navy as a test
pilot.
Another is that it may help
the Navy in public relations
way.
Buz will have a few problems
the average test pilot trainee
doesn't come across. For ex-
ample. there is a spy ring in
his future-but not for longer
than it takes one of the best
trouble shooters in the business
70 break it up.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Bishop Urges
Stripping FOA
OF TechnicaIAid
Missionaries Leader
Calls for Exponsion
Of Point 4 Concept
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

The head of the Roman Cath
olic Maryknoll missionaries said
today the United States should
divorce its technical help pro-
grams from the military defense
activities of the Foreign Opera
tionS Administration.
Bishop Raymond A. Lane, SUI
perior general of the American
Foreign Mission Society, Mary
knoll, N. Y, said I'VE strongly
maintain" that FOA, (which is
primarily concerned with de-
fense. is the improper agent both
psychologically and politically
for this important program"
The bishops talk was prepared
for the Catholic Association for
International Peace, meeting
here, which chose him to re-
ceive its annual peace award.
Formerly in State Dept.
The program of United States
technical aid to underdeveloped
countries trying to improve their
agricultural or industrial status,
generally known as Point 4, was
formerly administered by the
State Department. After PreSi-
dent EisenhoweI" took Office, it
was assigned, along with other
foreign aid programs, to the
newly created FOA.
1--WE believe firmly that the
Technical Cooperation Admins
tration should be returned to
the control of the State Depart
ment or of some agency of the
Government not tied up with de-
fense or economic expansion"
Bishop Lane said. g. We be-
lieve and strongly urge that the
basic original concept of the
Point Four program be main
tanned and also expanded, and
finally, we strongly urge that the
program be carried out in such
a way as not to offend the hu-
man values of the people being
aided or the moral values of the
American people who are pay.
ing for the program"
''Materialistic Approach"
Without giving details, the
Bishop added: There are def
mite grounds for Catholic criti-
ciSm of the materialistic and
purely economic approach of
some Point Four technicians.
Declaring that "misunder-
standings, bad relations and
finally wars begin in the minds
of men," the Maryknoll superior
said that missionaries should not
be "gadders about but keepers
of the law of guests"
t:To wander from house to
house, from country to country
and to abuse the rights of others,
the privileges of hospitality, the
laws of a nation are things alien
to Christians and particularly to
a missionary preacher of the
kingdom of Cod" he said.
Bishop Lane declared educa-
tion should emphasize "a knowl-
edge and love of all peoples of
the earth. The union in
Christ and the likeneSSes and
common traits of all men, rather
than the differences between
peoples"
"These teachings lead to the
conclusion of service to all ma
tions and world peace" he said.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Judge CockriII Sees
Hysteria Created
Over Delinquency

So much is being said and
written about juvenile delin-
quency that an erroneous feeling
of emergency and hysteria is
created in the public mind,
Juvenile Court Judge Edith
Cockrill believes.
"If all of the things that have
been written and all of the
things that have been said were
true, perhaps we would have
less juvenile delinquency" Judge
Cockrill told the Faculty Wom-
ems Club of George Washington
University yesterday.
But" she added, "it is per-
haps fortunate that all of the
things that have been written
and all of the things said have
not been put into effect"
She said figures showing %
per cent increase in complaints
in this field last year are not a
true indication of the situation
because they do not take into
account a change in the police
reporting system or a population
rise.
Makes 1919 Estimate.
She estimated the actual in
crease at 10 per cent.
Speaking at the Army Navy
Country Club, Judge Cockrill
emphasized the community re-
sponsibility in combating the
problem-to understand the ma
ture of the problems and to give
appropriate agencies adequate
facilities and personnel. Her
own court is understaffed, with
case workers handling double
the number of cases they should
have.
I'VE know the court is a
closed court" Judge Cockrill
went on. However, that does
not mean that any person does
not have the right to find out
about it. I think it is every
persons duty to know what goes
on there-the type of thing that
goes on"
Analysis of a selected group
shows that so per cent of the
cases before her court had a
record of irregular attendance
in schools. She said later this
percentage probably holds true
in all groups.
MisfitS for Schools.
1--WE cannot have. private in
struction in public Schools" she
observed. "but we must recog-
nize there are some children who
just don't fit into the schools. :"
To meet this situation, child
guidance counsellors are needed
in the elementary grades, not
just IN the nigh School classes,
she said.
Judge Cockrill denied reports
she said are prevalent in some
quarters that I'VE have coddled
boys and girls" She said there
is a definite responsibility in the
field of prevention-to study
cases to determine the causes.
Just as there is no single
answer to juvenile delinquency,
there is no single cause for it"
she said.
Hostesses at yesterdays lunch
con session were Mrs. Oswald S.
Colclough. wife of the dean of
faculties, and Mrs. John T. Fey,
wife of the dean Of the Law
School.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
German Memorial Duy

DR.. Georg Federer, charge
d'affaires ad interim of the Ger
man Diplomatic Mission here,
will observe German Memorial
Day tomorrow by laying a
wreath on the grave of a Ger
man soldier who died in this
country as a prisoner-of-war.
The ceremony will be at 10 am.
at Fort Meade, Md.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
$500 Fire Damages
Kenwood Country Club

Fire caused an estimated $500
damage yesterday to dining
room walls of the Kenwood Golf
and Country Club, the Bethesda
Fire Department reported.
The fire was caused by an
overheated chimney from the in
cinerator, firemen said, The
blaze did not interfere with the
clubs activities.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Department Store Sales
In Area Down 5 Pct.

Department store sales in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
Jagged S per cent behind those
of a year ago in the week ended
November 7. the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond has reported.
In the four weeks ended the
same date, sales were 9 per cent
behind those of a year earlier.
Sales are down 8 per cent for
the year so far
Downtown department store
sales were 8 pei cent behind
those OF a year ago for the week,
off IL per cent for the four weeks
and down 6 per cent for the
year.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Boxer Held in Entry
Of Gov. Boqqs' Car

A 25-year-old boxer was held
for the grand jury yesterday
under $1,000 bond on a charge
of breaking into the car of Gov.
j Caleb Boggs of Delaware.
He is Connie wilkins. jr., of
the 1000 block of Seventh street
NE. who was arrested last
month.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
PoIicewomun Winder
Honored on Retirino

Associates of Police 1t. YER
onica Devlin Winder yesterday
presented the officer with a
watch at brief ceremonies mark
ing her retirement from the
Women's Bureau.
1t. Winder, who had served
in the bureau for 80 years, was
in charge of all criminal and
social Investigations. Capt. Mary
C. Gainey presided at the cere-
monies which were attended by
Police Chief Robert Murray.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Nationality Supper

international Student House,
in celebrating its first series of
nationality suppers", will hold
an Italian supper and an exhibit
of Italian handicrafts at pm.
tomorrow at 1925 r street NV.
Evening star., 1953-11-14
Head of Moose to Speak

Judge Willard D. Campbell,
supreme governor of the Loyal
Order of Moose, will be the
speaker at mass initiation of
new members of the Washington
Lodge at 2 pm. tomorrow in
the Mayflower Hotel.
Seward seaport record., 1953-04-24
us. Department ot the Inferior
 Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Floyd Alfred Blossom, entryman, together with his witnesses, Lloyd H. Terry and Alfred c. Cooper, all of Ninil- chik, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, An chorage Serial No 0l4556 for the Lot 10. NEA SEA-, SEA- SEA-, SW 4 SEA- Sec. 27 T. North R. 13 West Seward M, containing 16544 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alas ka, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within Gle period of publication or thirty days there after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued.
 VIRGIL O. SEISER,
 Manager Date First Publication April 10, 1853 Date Last Publication May 8, 1853