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Evening star., 1953-11-04
Montgomery Plans
To Clean Up Town
Near Rosemary Hills

Montgomery County is work.
ing on plan to clean up sani-
tary conditions in Lyttonsville,
a colored community adjoining
fashionable Rosemary Hills off
East-West highway.
The County Council yesterday
agreed to ask the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
to meet with it in the next few
weeks to discuss the situation.
A county Health Department
survey disclosed that of Ill
houses in the area, only six had
approved septic tanks and seven
had city water. Eighty-five had
unapproved privies and IL had
no toilet facilities.
The Health Department clas-
Sified SIS of the houses as sub
standard. twenty-five of 80
oWner-occupied homes were con-
sidered habitable, while so of
81 rented dwellings were sub
standard.
The report also said insect and
rodent infestation was evident
in every block" everyone has
his own private dump in the
backyard" and most of the resi-
dents get their water from a
public hydrant or two springs
in the area.
The sanitarianS also found
six pigpens and almost every
one in the area raises chickens. P"
Waste water, they said, was
simply thrown on the ground.
Chief Sanitarian R. w. Koch
recommended that a petition for
sewer and water lines be circu-
lated in the area adjacent to
Rosemary Hills where they most
easily could be installed. These
connections would cost each
homeowner, about $500.
The outlook for public sewer
and water in the rest off the
area was not bright, Mr.. Koch
said.
Mr.. Koch also recommended
that a cleanup campaign be
launched in the area by organ
izations existing there.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Commissioners Rename
Part of Arizona Avenue

The Commissioners yesterday
changed the name of Arizona
avenue NV. between Canal road
and Van Ness street to Glover
Archbold parkway.
The action resulted from a
hearing last Monday at which
about 35 citizens in that area re-
quested the change. They also
suggested that Dalecarlia parkway
INV. between Loughboro road
and Westmoreland circle be re-
named Arizona avenue.
The Commissioners took no
action on the latter suggestion
because the Palisades Citizens
Association protested the change
and asked that Weaver street
and Weaver place in the area be
named Arizona avenue instead.
instead.
Engineer Commissioner Louis
w Prentiss told the board he
would consult the Arizona dele
cation in Congress before decid-
ing on a street to be called Ari-
zona avenue.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
BeIvoir Little Theuter
Opens FuII Season

Fort Belvoir'S little theater
group will open its fall season
at 8:15 pm. tomorrow with
"Three'S a Family" a three act
comedy.
Hospital patients from the
post and from the Quantico Ma
rine Base will be the clubs
guests. The show will continue
through Saturday night.
Evening star., 1953-11-04

This is literally true, for No.
1925 is the address of Washing
tons own miniature Hollywood.
Here, in the oldest part of the
Capital, a group of smart young
This is the second in O series Of articles
on industries in the Washington oreo.
men operate the Byron Motion
Picture Studio and Laboratory,
an up-and-coming company,
which is taking a place of honor
among Washington industries.
In eight years, Byron, Inc. has
risen to the top in its particu-
lar field: It is one of the coun-
try's two largest laboratories and
producers specializing in 16-mil-
limeter film.
At incredible speed, it turns
out news reels of momentouS
Washington events that are
viewed on television screens from
coast to coast.
Every Day Watching Bridge.
With the patience of Job, its
cameramen spent every day for
three years photographing each
phase of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge construction. From more
than 10000 feet of film, the
Byron staff is piecing together
an invaluable record for en-
gineers-and an exciting story
for laymen-on that ambitious
project.
What it will cost the Bethle-
hem Steel Corp. has not been
disclosed. But some idea of the
expense may be gained from the
fact that the cost of photography
alone exceeded 100000. The
bill for the film required was
almost $4,000.
Byron does a land-office busi-
ness in television commercials.
1t produces both animated car
toons and commercials requir-
ing live actors. On it's stage is
produced and filmed Facts
Forum" the weekly television
panel feature seen on go stations
throughout the United States.
Pictured Star at Work.
The company makes all those
Savings Bond Shots for the
Treasury Department. It turns
out film promoting Community
Chest campaigns and polio fund
appeals. 1t produces TV COM
mercials for such local firms as
Briggs & Co., Smith Storage Co.
and Bergmann's Laundry.
A few years ago, it produced a
film entitled "The Star Goes to
Press" showing how this news
paper is put together. The movie
has been viewed in many cities.
The State Department was so
impressed with color film called
Invitation to the Nation" which
was made for the Washington
Board of Trade, that it pur-
chased the movie and had it
translated into % languages for
foreign release.
A medical strip issued by Byron
for the Navy Department won
Evening star., 1953-11-04
HyottsviIIe Citizens
Form Association

Hyattsville residents have been
invited to attend a meeting Fri
day of the Hyattsville Citizens
Association, which held its first
organization meeting a month
ago.
DR.. Ruben G. Steinmeyer, po-
litical science professor at the
University of Maryland. will ad-
dress the meeting, to be held at
8 pm. in the Commissioners
Room. County Service Building.
HyattSville.
Election of officers for the new
group will be held.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Police Find Car
Won't Sand Up
Upside Down

Less than two months ago,
Prince Georges County police
bought a new car to test whether
its type could stand up under
patrol work.
Last night it f1unked.
1t skidded in gravel on a turn
at Powdermill and Gunpowder
roads, Beltsville, overturned and
plowed a furrow before coming
to halt, with the top and both
sides smashed in.
The driver, Pvt. Robert Baes-
chin, and his partner, Pvt. John
j. Lighter, were shaken up but
not hurt seriously.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Live Bomb Found
Rolling Down Alley
BY Baltimore Boy
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.-Eight-
year-old Leroy CoombS found a
live 20-pound aerial bomb roll
irg down the alley" on his way
home to dinner last night.
A bomb disposal expert said it
definitely contains explosive"
and suggested it was either a
British or Japanese missile. 1t
was the second live bomb found
Ill the southern section of the
city in less than a year.
Learning the bomb was live,
Leroy said somewhat happily:
Gee, if I'd dropped it I wouldn't t
be here"
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Police Privute Fined
On z 2Churqes by Bourd

Pvt. Albert H. Pizzi of the 14th
Precinct yesterday was fined $50
on each of two counts of drink
ing alcoholic beverages while on
duty and for failing to report
off duty.
Trial Board charges brought
out that Pvt. Pizzi, while on his
foot beat, entered a restaurant
and drank beer. The policeman
also was found guilty of not re-
porting off duty until one-half
hour after his shift ended.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Montgomery Students
To Visit U. N. Sessions

Two contingents Of students
from Montgomery County junior
and senior high schools will make
an all-day trip to United Ma
tions headquarters in New York
tomorrow and Thursday.
The annual trip is sponsored
by the Montgomery County
League of Women Voters.
About As students and five
teachers will leave each day to
attend a session of the General
Assembly.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Role Of Chest
In Delinquency
Fight Cited
Drive Still Ahead
Of Lost Year With
$2,347,427 In

The Community Chest yester-
day turned its attention to the
ways its services aid the fight
against juvenile delinquency, as
this years fund drive continued
to run ahead of last years.
AT a luncheon in the Hotel
Washington, gifts and pledges
totaling $2,347,427 were reported.
This is 1888 per cent of the 81
million goal and 4.67 percentage
points ahead of last years total
at this time.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle.
head OF the newly appointed
Commissioners Youth Council.
warned that juvenile delinquency
is on the increase here and across
the NationC Three symptoms are
evident, she said:
l. Juveniles are committing
more and more serious crimes.
such as murder and rape.
More Taken to Court.
2. Increasing numbers of chill
dren are being brought into
court.
3. Younger and younger chill
dren are becoming involved.
These facts have aroused q
great interest and enthusiasm in
work against the problem, she
said, because we love our chill
dren."
Another cause Of concern is the
steadily mounting property dam
age inflicted by young vandals,
Mrs. Doyle pointed out. Destruc-
tiOr in school buildings was
problem when she was on the
Board of Education here, Mrs.
Doyle said, and it has become
very little better" since.
Cites Quiet Halloween.
She thinks that the delin-
Quency problem can be solved,
and pointed to Halloween as an
example of what can be done
If all work together.
''I think all agencies concerned
will admit that the current Hal
loWeen is the easiest we have ever
had" she said. Were getting
there now. But it was years ago
that the program started. with
business. civic and Government
agencies trying to cut down on
the Senseless destruction"
CheSt-Supported agencies help
all three classes of children, the
ones who will never become de-
linquents, the "pre-delinquent"
group and the actual delin-
quents, she said.
"a gift to the Chest is just
taking out an insurance policy
On the future of the country"
Mrs. Doyle declared, saying that,
although the home is the basic
bulwark against delinquency, the
agencies are necessary corollary
Government Unit Leads.
The Government unit yester-
day reported both the largest
percentage of goal achieved, and
the most money collected
$l,077, 1903, or 64.33 per cent.
Other reports follow:
Business, $196, ,966.69, 1886 per
cent; Operation Advance, $685.
222.O5, 63.35 per cent; Residen-
tiaI, $178,734.O5, 64.2O per cent;
Alexandria, $54,946.64, 62.25 per
cenH Arlington, 40,74426, 62.48
per cent; Fairfax, $21,550.33,
52.24 per cent; Montgomery, SOL
28o.21, 42.86 per cent; Prince
Georges, $34,644.98, 52.84 per
cent.
The Kelly Miller Junior High
School glee club sang a new
Chest song, Give, Give, Give, "
composed by Mrs. Robert w.
BOYD, 1915 AmeS street NE.
Evening star., 1953-11-04

ROudabuSh is the man who
established this healthy and
growing industry in Wash
ingtOn. Star Staff Photo.
first prize for scientific films at
last years Venice Film Festival.
The news film processed daily
by Byron is seen locally on sta
tlons WTOP-TV and WTTG.
This represents work of both the
Columbia Broadcasting System
and x-Movietone News. AS
soon as the CHS and Fox photog-
raphers shoot their Washington
scenes, they send the film to
Byron for completion within an
hour or so.
Variety of Talent.
Under one roof of what used
to be a bowling alley, the As
member organization does every
thing from writing script and
planning a film to turning out
the finished product. Along the
way, it does such incidental
things as preparing title cards
and selecting background music
Evening star., 1953-11-04
PrinceGeorges
ToCut All Tax
Assessments
10 Pct. Reduction :.
To Be Effective
On December 81
By J. L. MichoeI

Prince Georges County plans
to reduce all property assess
mentS 10 per cent as of De-
cember 81.
A motion unanimously adopted
by the County Commissioners
yesterday instructed the County
lax Assessor Ito be prepared for
a blanket 10 per cent cut in as
sessment valuations of every
pieces Of property in Prince
Georges County"
Commissioner Edward j. Wa
tiers, who sponsored the motion
at the Upper Marlboro meet
ing, said the county's $1.4 mil
lion surplus and constantly ris-
ing asSessable base make the
cut feasible.
He said residential and COM
inercial property valuation, ex-
elusive of public utilities and
some other categories, has ad-
vanced from 1888 million in
1850 to $324.8 million in 1858.
A further advance of approx
inlately $40 million is expected
to be added at the end of this
year.
December 81 Deadline.
It was pointed out, however,
that before the proposed 10 per
cent reduction can become effec-
tive, another motion definitely
ordering the cut must be passed
by December 81, the last day
the commissioners can change
the assessments.
Mr.. Waters said he will offer
the motion and the commits
sioner's action yesterday indi-
Gated that a majority probably
will go along.
But there are obstacles, among
them the State law requiring
that assessments be on uni
form basis throughout Mary
land. That law possibly fore
shadows a dispute between the
State Tax Commission and the
commissioners.
Prince Georges Tax Assessor
Louis w. KutSch and Albert w.
Ward, executive secretary of the
State Tax CommiSsion-f1nal
arbiter of such matterS-called
the proposal unprecedented" l"
They said they could not dis
cuss the question until they have
had time to study it.
Republican State Senator John
r. Fletcher of Prince Georges
also declined detailed comment.
The Senator said however that
"I feel the matter. may have
serious repercussions if a dis
agreement develops between the
State Tax Commission and coun-
ty authorities.
$1,41S,775 Surplus.
The $1.4 million County sur
plus figure cited by Mr.. Waters
came from the county's first
quarterly financial statement re-
leased yesterday by Treasurer
Julian B. Mckay. His report
showed the county has a sur
plus of $1,418,775 as of Septem-
ber 80.
An act of the last Legislature
authorized consolidation of the
county's fiscal bureaus and pro-
vided for quarterly and annual
financial reports.
The statement just issued
shows that Mr.. McKay'S new
Department of Finance collected
$7.8 million in the first fiscal
quarter and dispersed $29 mil
lion.
In addition, the county COL
lected 81 million for the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission, $2O1, 1861 for the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and $780,
800 in State property taxes. Mr..
Mckay estimated that the
county's new policy of placing
some of it's funds in short term
Government bonds and interest
bearing bank accounts will re
turn about $4,000 in three
months.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
CherryduIe. PTA Fair

The Cherrydale School PTA
will hold a fair from 6 to 10 pm.
Friday and noon to 6 pm. Sat-
urday in the school auditorium,
Lee highway and North Nelson
street, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Byron's Miniature Hollywood Stands Alone
In Field of Washington Industries

company, therefore. employs art
lists, camermen, directors, ami
nation cameramen, sound en-
gineerS and editors.
When actors are needed, the
company hires them, too. Some
of these performers are mem
bers of the Washington unit of
the American Federation of Tel
evision and Radio Actors. Some
are recruited from the casts at
the Arena Stage. Still others
come from drama classes at
Catholic University.
Byron'S studio and laboratory
has more than $500,000 worth of
equipment in its studios and lab
oratories, which certainly must
be the envy of technicians
throughout the industry. The
carpeted reception and confer
ence rooms. employees lounge and
executive Offices are as hand
some as a corporation lawyers
library.
The man behind all this in
vestment is Byron Roudahush,
who had a tough time in high
school days deciding whether to
go on the stage or study engi-
neering at college. He finally en-
rolled for course in chemical
engineering at Lehigh University
That lasted four months.
Gets Depression job"
Young Mr.. Roudabush quit
college for study at the Ameri-
can Academy of Dramatic Arts.
After graduation, he got jobs in
stock companies and road shows,
and eventually acted on the New
York stage.
In. 1880, during the depression,
he came to Washington and took
a job as a sales clerk at Star
Radio Co., 400 Eleventh street
NV. Then he went to kits
Music Store, 1880 G street NV,
as a manager of the radio and
record department. In 1885, he
opened a retail Photographic
store in the Albee Building.
Byron's father was Prof.
Charles E. Roudabush, superin-
tendent of schools in Minerville,
Pa They we're interested in
new methods of teaching and
talked frequently of making films
for visual education. The younger
Roudabush had been expert
menting with motion picture
equipment. In time, he produced
a half-hour color film for a
beauty salon chain.
The day after the attack at
Pearl Harbor, Byron established
a small motion picture sound
studio at 1712 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV. He began producing
training films for the armed
services, and turned out 165 med
;ca' films for the Army Signal
Corps
Patented Invention.
During the war he added a
laboratory for printing color
motion pictures, the only such
service then available on the
East Coast except in New York.
At the end of the war, the lab
was moved to 1704 Seventeenth
street NV, but with business
booming, the company acquired
its present quarters and moved
there in 1947. This permitted
all operations to be brought
under one roof.
Byron developed several de-
vices which the rest of the in
dustry adopted. He has patented
an invention called the color
correct" process.
And how old is this man of
such attainments? He is 46.
At that, he is the oldest member
Of his organization. The average
age there is in the low 30s.
Although they are specialists,
only small percentage of the
employees are college graduates.
They are trained on the job by
Byron.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Congregational Buzuor

The Rock Spring Congrega-
tional Church, Little Falls and
Rock Spring roads, Arlington,
will hold its annual bazaar start
ing at 2 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Arlington Folk Festival

A folk festival, a program of
foreign music, will be presented
at 8 pm. Sunday at the Arling-
ton Jewish Center, Arlington,
Va.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Kensinqton Bake Sale

The Kensington CMd.) Volun-
teer Fire Department Ladies
Auxiliary will hold a bake sale
on Saturday starting at 9:30
am. at the KenSington Food
Town store.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Airport Club PIuns Dinner

The National Airport Club will
hold a dinner meeting tomorrow
at 6 pm. in the Magnolia Room
at Hunting Towers, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
WoIter Reed PTA to Meet

The Walter Reed Elementary
School PTA will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the school auditorium,
1914 North Mckinley road, Ar
lington, Va.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
By John V. Horncr

When you enter the door at
1926 Wisconsin avenue NV, you
step from the quaintness of old
Georgetown directly onto a plush,
movie set.
This is literally true, for No.
1926 is the address of Washing
tons own miniature Hollywood.
Here, in the oldest part of the
Capital, a group of smart young
This is the second in q series of articles
on industries in the Washington oreo.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-10

Conn, over the holidays.
Mrs. Jennie Hudson entertained
at a dinner Saturday night in cele-
Dratlon of her birthday. Guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Baker and
daughters, Sandra Jane and Iva
Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Egil Garthe. and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lynch and
daughter, Carol Ann, of Westgate
Hills, Pa. Mrs. Hudson was the
recipient of lovely flowers and 80
birthday cards.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Monroe and
son and daughter, Harold and Ia
mara, visited Mrs. MonOre's bro
ther-ln-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. F. Wiltsey in Norfolk, Va, dur
ing the Easter weekend.
The Be Ye Faithful Sunday
School Class is having a covered
dish supper in the church dining
room on April 21. Each member is
requested to bring covered dish
and guest.
MlllsborO has surpassed it's quo
ia of $1,000 in the Red Cross Drive.
raymond Cannon, a highly re-
cOlOred citizen of this com
Inunity, died in the Beebe Hospital
in Lewes on March 26, after being
suddenly stricken in the Diamond
State Poultry Plant, Lewes, where
he was employed. Burial was made
at Old Field Cemetery, near Mills
bOro, Sunday, March 80.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-10
DAGSBORO
By Mrs. Essie Hickman

Special Easter services were held
on Sunday in the Bethel Methodist
Church with a large attendance.
Mrs. Helen Johnson gave a stork
shower on Thursday night for her
sister, Mrs. Eleanor Long. She re-
ceiVed many gifts. Refreshments
were served and enjoyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Layton and
Rev. and Mrs. w. T. Archer Of
Georgetown mOtored Sunday to
New Jersey to visit their aunt,
Mrs. Harry Myers and Mrs. Will
liam Tucker.
Miss Iris ClOgg, R. N, of Dover,
spent Wednesday 10 Monday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
ClOgg.
Mrs. Mary E. Vickers returned
to her home Monday after being
i'll at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Helen ClOgg.
Mrs. Maud Murray is spending
a few days with her sister, Miss
Bertha X. Bunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rogers
are occupying their new home, To-
Gated on the old dirt road leading
from DagsbOrO to MillsbOro.
Jack Hudson, who mas been very
Ill at the Beebe Hospital in Lewes,
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-10
OUR HIGHWAYS

We have two main arteries Of troffic, two hiehwoys
now oVerbUrdened with dangerous traffic If the Sunday
law is changed, with honeycomb of so-coled "Drve-ln
Operations" you automatically and immediately dump on
these limited arteries of travel hree-fod rafic bottle
neck on day which is acknowledged to be one off, if
NOT the busiest Of the week. In the present doy Of ex-
eessVe travel. surely it is our duty to
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-10
THE MERCHANT SPEAKS

town eonnot ofFord TO be without a fheuire The
lite OF community reVolves around it, Close If and YOU
soon hove ghost town. Customers like TO trade IN
town where they also find entertainment Thars why
The first unit in real estate development is olwoys
theotre lnfest our highways with "drvens" and YOU
ruin your town. soy protect your theatre in every
way.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-10
Gray, over the weekend.

Gray, over the weekend.
Grier MundOrf, temporarily
working in Center Moriches, Long
Island, N. T., spent the weekend
with his wife here.
Mrs. Richard G. Peters of STAN
ford, n. Y, has been spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. w.
Norman Hickman and her brother.
n. 9. Chamberlain, in Frankford.
Mrs. Emma Chamberlain from Ma
pie Shade, N. J., has also been
their guest.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Dale Harri-
son are visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Harrison and DR..
and Mrs. Edward Webb in Avon
dale, Pa. Lieutenant Harrison, who
recently underwent surgery, will
report to Walter Reed Hospital.
Washington, April %, prior to his
return to Fort Knox, Ky.
Mrs. W. B. Atkins, Mrs. Walter
Belts and Mrs. II. B. Mitchell spent
two days this week in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John H. Long and mother.
Mrs. Sara C. Rogers of Greenville.
were Sunday dinner guests Of Mrs.
w. Norman Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Jones cell
ebrated their 18th wedding anni-
versary on Monday night by enter
tanning Mr.. and Mrs. James Toomey
and family, Mr. and Mrs. James
Herr and Mr.. and Mrs. Green Fos-
key Of Laurel.
Rev. and Mrs. James Steen of
near Wilmington were visiting in
town with relatives and friends
over the Easter holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lynch and
Carol Ann, of Westgate
Hills, Pa, spent the weekend with
Mr.. Lynch's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Egil Garthe.
Mrs. Russell Woodward of Fred
erick, Pa, Miss Florence Artis of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Samuel
Wallace of Clayton were Sunday
dinner guests of Mrs. Virginia
Nichols and Harriet. Mrs. Wood
ward and Mrs. Wallace are Mrs.
Nichols sisters.
mrs. J. A. Burton spent last
Thursday with her daughter, Mrs.
Walter Kemp, in Newport.
Miss Ethel Steele of Wilmington
visited her brOther-in-law and sis
ter, U. S. Senator and Mrs. John ].
Williams, over the holidays.
Mrs. George Adkins is confined
to her home because of illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Belts of Will
mington spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Belts.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Hudson and Mr..
and Mrs. Bobby Hall and daughter
Charlotte Ann, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Hudson in New London,