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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
By William A. MiIIen

NOW IllaI Tie IedSe-purCnaSe
program is law, Office of De-
tense Mobilization officials con-
slider it unlikely that new Fed
eral Government buildings gen.
orally will be constructed in
downtown Washington.
This Is because Washington is
considered the No. enemy tar
get. And the Federal Govern
ment Is about to launch a public
buildings program over the next
three years, the first since be-
fore World War II, under the
newly approved buy-as-you-rent
plan.
But what. If anything, Wash
ington will get out Of the new
program remains to be seen. The
General Services Administration
and the Post Office Department
are now engaged in compiling a
list of priority Federal construc-
ton for submission to the Budget
Bureau and the House and Sem
ate Public Works Committees.
This is expected to, be sent to
Capitol Hill for approval before
the current session ends.
New Acc and CHA Buildings.
Certainly new buildings for
the Atomic Energy Commission
and the Central Intelligence
Agency, both of which are in the
market for new structures, would
be constructed in outlying areas,
calculated as safe from enemy
blasts aimed at the National
Capital. Both of these agencies
are housed in several different
buildings, adding to the security
problem in passing papers from
one Office to another several
blocks away. It is reliably re-
ported that CHA has occupied as
many as 80 different buildings
here at one time.
The State Department, in
terested in getting an addition
to its existing structure at
Twenty first street and Virginia
avenue NV. probably will put
up the new building that proves
the rule. For officials said it must
be at the seat of Government and
will remain right here in the
District. It is now housed in q
number Of different buildings.
Director Arthur s. Fleming of
the Office of Defense Mobiliza-
ton has asked the Atomic Energy
Commission and the Defense De-
partment for new construction
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born naturalized American. had
known John from child hood'
and that 'they were schoolmates
together in Wiesbaden. in West
German. Their last contact was
in mid-July but the Official
statement said mo evidence has
come to light connecting Hoefer
in any way with the John cases''
The American command said
the motive for MIR. Hooters
suicide appears to have been
mental depression induced by
purely personal reasons in no
way connected with official
duties"
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U. 5. Officials Cant Link Suicide 10 John Case

BERLIN. july 81. United
States authorities said today
they had no evidence that would
link the suicide Of an American
counter intelligence agent with
the disappearance Of DR.. Otto
John. b
The agent WOlfgang e.
Hoefer, A. shot himself July %,
three days after DR. John, former
West German security chief,
crossed to Communist East
Berlin.
The United States Berlin COM
mand acknowledged for the first
time that Mr.. Hoefer. q German
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Frontiers Of America
Elects Akron Physician

Or. Melvin E. Farris, SO. a
physician. Of Akron. Ohio. was
elected president Of the Frontiers
Of America as the Negro service
organization wound up its con-
vention here last night.
DR.. Farris succeeds DR.. Ber-
nard Harris, Of Baltimore.
During its four-day conven-
ton, the Frontiers adopted q
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u. S. To Keep New Buildings
From Downtown Washington

data in view Of the hydrogen
bomb tests.
He wants a re-evaluation Of the
old atomic bomb rule that new
vital industrial and governmental
installations should be erected at
least 10 miles from a target zone
That generally means the most
densely populated section of a
city.
Studying Effects Of H-Bomb.
The Acc and the Defense De-
partment are now studying the
results of the Midi Pacific proving
ground hydrogen bomb blasts.
These were conducted in a series
that included March 1. March ~
and April 6. The Federal build
ing planners want to know the
effects, of the H-bomb blasts on
structures. NJ
The location of new Federal
buildings here and elsewhere will
have to meet with the approval
of the Office of Defense Mobili-
cation and other, planners having
authority. Because any lease
purchase construction has to re-
ceive the approval of the Budget
Bureau, the ODM, another arm
Of the White House. will be
notified.
Officials estimate that it would
add Is to Is percent to the nor
NAL cost of a Federal buildir g If
it be desired to incorporate adj
ditional structural security to
cope with atomic blasts.
Government authorities point
out that the farther a new Fed
eral building is located from a
downtown area, land costs would
be considered less, as a general
rule.
Downtown Area Vulnerable.
ODM officials pointed out that
the present policy is against set
ting up new Federal buildings to
house essential wartime func-
tions of the Government in the
vulnerable downtown area of the
Capital. They said this would
not bar a new facility for the
Smithsonian Institution for ex-
ample. Legislation to construct a
new building for the Smith
sonian on the Mall, between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets
NV. is pending in Congress.
These officials said the new
General Accounting Office at
Fifth and G streets NV. is the
last building of this type to be
constructed in downtown Wash
ington. Because plans had gone
so far, its erection was not
halted, when the effects of the
new atomic b o m b became
known. they explained. The new
United States Courthouse was in
a different category because 1t is
an essential service to the city,
they said.
Officials said the present pol
Icy contains an exception to the
general rule, II there is q COM
pelling reason, both for govern
mental and industrial buildings
why they should be built in q
vital area. They cited the Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology
now being constructed near Wal
ter Reed Medical Center, as Q
virtual bomb-proof building.
The ODM authorities sale
that if the new institute re-
ceived a direct hit from a big
enemy bomb it would go under
But it is built to Withstand 9
blast pressure five miles out
from the target. they explained
It has a stoutly constructed
core" for protection. Such con-
struction is recommended where
buildings are built in vital areas
ODM said 1t Is endeavoring to
! approach the problem of new
buildings on q caSe-by-caSe
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Scientists See Need
For New System Of
Personnel Security
By the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, July 31.-The
Federation of American Scien-
fists urged today a new person.
mel security policy to eliminate
unnecessary Illustrations" to
Government workers.
The Federation's Executive
Committee, representing mem
'bership Of about 1900 scientists,
said in a statement it is deeply
concerned with the need to re-
wise Government policies in
handling scientific personnel.
The statement applauded a
report this week in which the
House subcommittee on military
operations criticized the Defense
Department for what it called
inept handling of civilian SCI
entiSts.
Admonished Military.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Riehlman, Re-
publican. of New York. called on
the military departments to
make participation In reaSearch
and development programs more
attractive to scientists by wip-
ing out "irritations and frus-
trations."
This problem is not limited
to the Defense Department" the
statement by the federation said.
'We believe that the President
should give immediate attention
TO the formulation of q new per-
sonnet security program for all
Government activities"
The statement set forth two
prime detectives Of such a
policy:
!. To "confine clearance pro-
cedures to the minimum area OF
vital military secrets"
2. ITO avoid unnecessary frus-
trations and delays caused by
present over-extensions Of clas-
sif1cation restrictions"
Sees Critical Need.
The executive committee add
ed that the problem of modify
ing the military organization ito
create the necessary flexibility
for successful research and de-
velopment" is critical and in
need of immediate attention.
The Federation Of American
Scientists is a national organi-
cation, formed in 1945 to influ-
ence legislation in scientific
matters.
The organizations statement
was released by M. Stanley Liv-
ingston. chairman, nuclear
physicist who is now teaching at
Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology.
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resolution favoring home rule for
the District and elected the
following officers:
Harold I. Pilgrim. Philadel-
phia. first vice-president: VIII
liam Hammond. Chicago, second
vice-president; George C. Flem-
ing. 924 Quincy street NV,
third vice-president; Peter c.
Jones, Dayton. Ohio. secretary,
and William 81. Sawyer, Column,
bus. Ohio, treasurer. The founder
of the organization, DR.. Nimrod
B. Allen, was reelected executive
secretary.
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Udo1c, 1dILlCI bIldlI ldJ 1AAS OOWA q
hard inflexible rule.
Government to Stay Here.
The officials made it clear
there is no idea in the program
of abandoning Washington as
the seat of Government. Any
new Federal growth would be in
the vicinity Of Washington, but
far enough outside the city linn
its to be free from a direct bomb
ing attack they declared.
They said the Federal Civil
Defense Administration is NOV
ing out of Washington, from
1890 Columbia road NV. only
because it could find no suitable
home in this area. It is soon
going to Battle Greek, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01

NOMINEE Colorado Springs
Lit. Gov. Gordon Allott, Al,
won the Republican nominal
ton for Senator from Colo
RADIO yesterday at the G. .P.
State assembly. MIR. All0tt
will oppose either John A.
Carroll, former Denver Con-
gresham, or Mayor Quigg
Newton of Denver in the
November 2 election.
-A.P. WirephOtO.
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Government to Stay Here.

basis, rather than laying down 8
| hard inflexible rule.
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COMPARE THE COST. Get B. F.
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txbeless Nth the m0stest. Buy
during this sale and save. They
fit standard wheels.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
District Wont Object
To Nickerson Fund

The District Commissioners
have decided against asking
President Eisenhower to veto
legislation that would pay Mrs.
Dorothy Kilmer Nickerson SIS.
600 for spinal injuries suffered
when she was shot accidentally
by an off-duty policeman.
They reached this decision
after a closed session discussion
in which. it was understood,
Corporation Counsel Vernon E.
West stuck by his earlier opin-
ion that the Nickerson grant
could set a precedent whereby
the city would be held liable
for the actions of its off-duty
policemen "a hours a day.
Mr.. West said, however, that
language in the Senate report on
the bill might help avoid such q
situation.
With the exception of Com
missioner Renah F. Camalier,
the Commissioners Board has
consistently opposed any dam
age award to the partially par
alyZed woman. Mr.. Camalier
said today he still does not re-
gard the Nickerson award as a
precedent.
Mrs. Nickerson was shot four
years ago in an after-hours
night club by a Metropolitan
, Police private who was playfully
demonstrating with his service
pistol. The policeman has since
been removed from the force
Assuming presidential sigma
ture, she will be paid from Dis
| trict funds.
Evening star., 1954-08-20

DR.. Harold E. Edgerton of the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology has descended 1,70O feet
into the Mediterranean in the
French Nays deepsea bathy-
scaphe. the National Geographic
Society announced today.
It was the first time, the an
nouncement said, that the div
ing submarine was stationed at
a fixed distance from the sea
floor. 1t stopped at 1,700 feet
for half an hour.
DR.. Edgerton. professor Of
electrical engineering at NIT,
invented the electronic flashlight
for ultra -high-speed photogra-
ply. With funds provided by
the society, he built special fash
cameras used in the bathyscaphe
descent August IL.
He was the first non-French
scientist to dive in the bathys-
caphe. With him was Com
mandant Georges Houot, who set
a worlds record of 13,287 feet
last February 160 miles south
west of Dakar in the Atlantic.
The recent exploration was in
the Mediterranean 10 miles off
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Attack Staying ofGirl
Reported Confessed
By Ohio Youth, II
BY In. Asseeietsd Pres.

TOLEDO. Ohio, Aug. 20.-A
sgaunt 17-year-old youth has adj
mitted he raped and stabbed
Mary Jolene Friess. the attrac-
tive auburn haired high school
girl whose nearly nude body was
found in a lonely woods near
here last Thursday. Luca a S
County police said today.
Her face slashed and her body
battered, the 17-year-old co-ed's
body was discovered after she
failed to return home from a trip
to her rural mailbox.
She had been dragged from
her bicycle; her pink blouse and
blue denim shorts were torn and
doctors said she had been raped.
Younger Boy Implicated.
Detective Capt. Alfred Bart
cowiak of the sheriff's Office said
the youth, Bernard Schneider,
admitted the crime and impli-
Gated a 12-year-old companion,
who was brought in for question
ing today.
Sheriff William Hirsch said
Schreiber will be formally
charged today and a written
statement will be prepared for
him to sign. Capt. Bartcowiak
said Schreiber spoke in low even
tones as he told this story:
The two boys noted the Mon
day before the Staying that the
girl came to a rural mailbox to
pick up mail. They decided then
to attack her.
He and the younger boy hid
in weeds near the mailbox the
day of the Staying, and let her
go by. AS she returned, the
12-year-old leaped from the
weeds and hit her with a club.
The girl bolted into the woods,
Schneider in close pursuit.
The younger boy slugged the
girl again, while she was strug-
Cling with Schneider, then ran
away.
Schreiber pulled out a knife
and stabbed her twice. After
ward he raped her, and went
home for lunch, officers said.
Said to Have Told His Mother.
The sheriff said Schreiber's
arrest came after he got a tele-
phone call from a woman who
chose to remain unidentified.
The woman said the boy had
told his mother, Mrs. Paul
Schneider, he had killed a girl,
the sheriff said.
Detective Sergt. William Bar
Der and Sergt. William Sloan,
who went to arrest the youth,
said Mrs. Schneider told them
she had been conscience stricken
since hearing her sons confess
]. sion, but didn't know what to
do with the information.
Stoop-shouldered and pigeon
chested, Schneider stands 5 feet
10 inches tall and weighs 1872
pounds. A Junior at Anthony
Wayne High School. he appeared
to speak casually of the events.
Mary Jolene had been attend
ing the Burnham High School
in rural Sylvania. A quiet girl.
she had been making her home
with a cousin and legal guardian,
George Bond, and his wife.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Sporfsmen Charge
Chincofeague Bridge
Would Spoil Refuge

A proposed 100000 bridge
and causeway linking Chinco-
league and Assateague Islands
has met opposition from sports
men who feel it would spoil the
Federal wildlife refuge on Assa-
league.
The bridge would provide a
southern access to Ocean Beach,
Md. Planned by Chincoteague
business interests, it has the fa-
vor Of Leon Ackerson of WASH
ington. owner and developer of
Ocean Beach.
The sportsmen are concerned
over the need for new high,
way to the bridge from Ocean
Beach. which would have to be
built mostly through the Wild
life refuge.
The refuge. is miles long and
mostly on the Virginia side. is
the main winter home for the
snow goose and for ducks. It is a
year-round home for herds of
wild ponies. and its beach is a
refuge for shorebirds.
Talmage Wilcher, commodore
of the Chincoteague Yacht and
Sportsman's Club said the road
would cause wildlife to deterio-
rate and that thousands of
tourists and sightseers would de-
stroy Assateague Island"
The executive committee of the
2,000-member club already has
voted opposition and ballots have
been mailed to all club members
to vote on the bridge proposal,
Mr.. Wilcher said.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
1,7OO-Foot Underseos Dive
Taken by u. S. Scientist

Toulon. In a report to the So
ciety, the scientist said, "It was
great honor and q big thrill
to be the first American to dive
with Georges Houot. The bathys-
caphe Is one Of the most signifi-
cant developments in underwater
research"
up to now, the number Of
photographs taken in the oceans
below 5000 feet could be counted
on your fingers. = he added. with
the bathyscaphe. thousands Of
depth photos can be made under
direct control of the observer. :"
Evening star., 1954-08-20

Carlton Hall 21. Roanoke. Va, and Pau
line Reynolds 20, Palo. Iowa
Bernard LipScomb 43, Bethesda Md.
and Claudia Snow. 35. Chevy Chase.
olR May l,; Ii e Fails S56un Church Va, and
Wilda Craig. 81 l Scott circle.
Phyllis Kidd. Fl. Arlinston Va. a
and Barbara smith. is. 6I9 54th St.
Jessie nss HsdTs sdasrd 3D. i55s & M aoa
Donald Bridges. 20. 3s1s Carpenter st,
Sc. and Laurence Coffman. II 4404
sna oIts Afford 1ss s. Me5ss essttsnooss st
John Cook, 45. 1895 eolum st. NV and
:, Selma wilkins %. Rocky Mount. N: G;
aPinii Phviiis Dslson saso Ha IYneRsars IVA "a. anu
NV; ana EaIa Fields. 25. si4' oEls-
HfaSsFf and pefs e2sDs D%sgke stH Rassn
Coy zusns5s pssrson on IaS0Csf sa i
warden Hys; : Hardy. 90. 2Io Rhode Island
ave, NV. and Barbara Kins. 22. 340l
Arfsap ssap'Sn %s ra as Sioux Fails s. OAK. and
Lois Riecks, Il. BRIGHTON. Mich.
and Oralee Cullum. 1S, Columbia, s. e:
HensfEi0n MarsR 30 FSsnsof Sot 81 D snd s
and irene Gregory, 2l. Charleston.
John Carroll. e.. 1343 Kennedy st. NV.
and Mildred Wiebe. 25, Silver Spring.
David Harrison. 1s. ia NJ st. Sc, and
John Wescott IS. BROOKLYN. N. Y. and
Patricia Moore, 10, st. Petersburs.
Green. Glenn, ir.. 81: Atlanta, Ca. and
Eileen o'sulliyan. 20. Milford. Conn.
Wilson Schurr. 80. 1919 30th st. NV.
and June Poston. 23. Bradenton. Fla.
Emmett Sigmon. jr.. IS. Fletcher. N. C..
and Charlotte Simpson, 20. Durham.
Richard Talbot, 90, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y,
and Margaret Crowley, FL. Hampton.
Bruce scull, ~. 313 Rock Greek Church
I'd; NV, and Vivian coffey, ss. sprin-
ErVin VIM Drayton. yt %. Allendale. 8. C.. and
Nestor saimivsra i As, LOGAN County,
n: Dak; and Ruth woolf. Al cincin-
Lawrence Warren, 10; 23a | st, Sw:. and n
/ osia Godfrey, 10. 142S Carrollours ST.
Leslie Measell. s5. 343o 14th st. NV,
and GLADYS Owens. SO, 3233 N St
irwin cozier. SO. 500 5sth ST. ne, and
Sophie Saponekoo. 30, 533 Oslethorpe
Evening star., 1954-08-20
By Marty Links Kitten Survives Buriol

HANFoRD. Calf. R.A pet
kitten was attacked by q dog
and left for dead. Earth was
tossed over the Kittens grave.
During the night she revived.
clawed her way out and re-
covered.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Lurqest ContiIever spon

QUEBEC. The Quebec bridge,
spanning the st. Lawrence River
in Canada. is the worlds largest
cantilever span. Completed in
1917. it contains more than 49,
900 tons of structural nickel
steel.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Overchurqes Repoid

Seven present and former off,
cials of EaStleigh, England, have
repaid travelling expense over
charges following a probe Of
accounts.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
100000 Flee 10 Fields

Fearful of a second earth
quake. 100000 Greeks joined
10000 made homeless by an
earth tremor in sleeping IN
fields and on mountainsides,
Athens reports.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
'MorriogeLicense
Applications

Under D. G. t1tU couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, tDait three fuH days,
and recetUe the license on the
fifth day. Sundays and holi-
days are counted the same as
other days.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-01-29

DC-4's-largest aircraft II FS in the Territory go into operation on Pan Americans routes throug ghout Alaska, providing regular scheduled service between Nome, Fairbanks, Whtehorse, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-01-29
SHIRLEY GUKR OF SALVATION ARMY TO PHILIPPINES

Capt. Shirley Cukr. stationed here with the Salvation Army and more recently stationed in California, writes from Los Angeles that shes en route 10 the Philippine Islands for a fiye-year tenure.
 .I think so often of the many friends in Wrangell. she writes. and will be looking forward to taking a trip back to Alaska when my five years in the Philippines have passed.
 She reminds keep sending the paper and her address will be 609 C. Ayala Singalong. Manila. Philippine Islands.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-01-29
CARL BRADLEY AND
 SISTER, OPAL LoWNEY RETURN TO WRANGELL

Following the funeral of Ed Lowney in Seattle a week ago We'd nesday, his widow, Mrs. Opal Low ney and her brother, Carl Bradley returned to WrangeI last Monday.
 Nr. Lowney, we'll known Wran- gell Fisherman. passed away in Seattle two weeks ago. lie was bur jed in the veterans plot of Wash eli Cemetery. Mrs. Lowney. who has moved back into her home at the head of the bay. will remain i'll Wrangell.
 Mr. Bradley said they flew north on one of the first trips of Pan Americans new DC-6 clippers. "a really palatial airplane,' which made the trip from the Seatte- Tae- oma airport to Annette Island in two hours and forty-five minutes flying at 1000 feet and 900 miles per hour The cabins are pressur- ized to an altitude of 4,000 feet.
 Both Mr. Bradley and Mrs. Low ney expressed their deep apprecia- tion to friends and organizations in Wrangell for their kindnesses during the illness and following the death of the late Mir Lowney
 Mr. Bradley especially expressed thanks to the Seattle branch of the Redmen Lodge which conducted the funeral service and helped out in innumerable ways for arrange ments. "They were simply wonder ful,' he said.
 A sister of MT. Lowney's. Mrs Martha Osborne of Manitou Springs, Colorado, flew to Seattle 10 attend the funeral.
 He said many Wrangell people. now in Seattle, attended the fun eral service despite the severe wea- ther Seattle was experiencing at the time. Among them were the Chet Lloyds. Bill Lloyds, Mike Gatos, and Leonard Campbell In Seattle Mr. Bradley also saw his son. Eddie, who is attending Edison school, and Dolores Paulson who has just completed a course in beauty culture.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-01-29

planes back in l940. Now they join with other veteran Alaska Captains to bring their vast experience to Pan Americans new Super-6 Clipper service.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-01-29
ANNEXATION EXTENDED TO VA MEETING

All individuals and companies in terested in the future development of the tourist industry in Alaska are invited to attend the annual me ling of the Alaska Visitors As sociation at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau Feb. 1. according 10 a statement issued by Ed Coffey. the Associations president.
 Plans will be formulated fnr wide-seala national advertising and promotion as well as assistance to local communities where possible and any problems pertaining to tourism in Alaska may be present ed, he continued.