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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Fire Engine Scouting Raid
Fails to Smoke Out the ENEMY

Mayor Marshall ]. Beverley of
Alexandria, Va. yesterday car
ried out another maneuver in his
citys battle to get back an
antique fire engine-but found
that his advance skirmish plans
hadn't been well enough laid to
contact the enemy.
The Mayor stormed the ram
parts OF the New York State
capitol at Albany, according to
the Associated Press. to put his
arguments before, Gov. Dewey
But the Governor had with
drawn--to New York City on
another matter.
So the Mayor. q Democrat.
plodded through the capitol cor
tration support of his claims to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
AIexandrian Acquitted
OF Murder Charge

Sidney Florida Boy) Hearon.
80, colored, of the 1900 block
of North Henry street. Alex
andria. yesterday was acquitted
in Alexandria Corporation Court
in the murder of Lawrence
Moore, 81, colored. last August.
Mr.. Hearon repudiated at the
trial an alleged confession he
had made to police.
Mr.. Moore, who lived in the
unit block of I street NV, died
of gunshot wound in the head.
His body was found early last
August Is beside a railroad track
near the 100 block of North
Fayette street, Alexandria. De-
tectives arrested Mr.. Hearon.
who works for the Mutual Ice
Co. in Alexandria and lives in
the company's clubhouse, later
the same day.
Mr.. Hearon was defended by
Richard S. Luckett. jr., a court
appointed lawyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Doctor Ordered 10 Paw
S2,70O in TRIANGLE Suit

A Federal grand jury yesterday
awarded a Silver Spring man
$4,000 in suit against a local
physician. charging misconduct
with the compliments wife,
since divorced.
The complainant, Joseph Pow
ell, AZ. a liquor store manager,
OF the 1900 block of Clement
place. Silver Spring. accused DR..
Leonard S. Berman of miscon-
duct with Mrs. Powell in 1851,
when she was employed as a
nurse in the doctors Office. The
Powells were divorced in 1852.
They were separated at the time
OF the alleged offense.
The monetary judgment was
granted by jury before Judge
Luther w. Youngdahl in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Attorney John
Alexander represented Mr.. Pow
ell. Dr. Berman was represented
by Attorney p. Bateman Ennis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
AIIergy and Chemistry Query
Turn 2 Teen-Agers to Science

was none at Wilson. There was
none at any District school.
Finally a friend suggested the
National Institutes of Health in
Bethesda.
She called a doctor at the in
stitutes. and he let her use the
apparatus. She couldn't have
bought it. 1t sells for $1,000
or SO.
To be sure, she diluted her
material with water. more than
most allergists would. She was
a little worried as she prepared
to inject it under her skin. Her
mother was little worried, too.
A drop under the skin of her
left arm, by hypodermic. soon
raised a wheal. She was allergic
to house dust, as the doctors had
said. but she was much more
allergic to her own house than
she was to the croSs-section of
houses the doctors had been
exposing her to.
She wants to be an allergist
when she grows up" What
can stop her?
Catalyst Explored.
Alan Taught one day asked
his Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School chemistry teacher why
catalyst made certain reactions
possible. The teacher didn't
know.
That's not surprising-nobody
knows.
Interested in both chemistry
and physics, Alan saw chance
to combine them and to try to
solve a question that bothered
him.
So he set about building his
own spectrograph.
Everybody says it looks like
a small grand piano." he said,
but at school they call it a
coffin for triangular midgets."
An excellent piece of work
wood. aluminium, steel--the spec
trograph. by reporting different
substances by the kind of light
they transmit has led him a
little closer to finding out what
a catalyst does.
Elusive Substance.
In the chemical change. he
reports, a third substance is
formed. neither what you start
with. nor. what you end with.
The change goes on so rapidly
he cannot catch the middle
substance, isolate it, and ind
out what it is.
Now Alan is looking forward
to atomic physics-but he hasn't
quite made up his mind. He
wants a couple of years of
college under his belt before he
picks a field for life.
But IS per cent Of atomic
energy is now lost in transform
ing it into useful power. That
intrigues him, as did the ques-
ton his teacher couldn't answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Police Find Truck
In Which EmpIoye
Vanished With Cash

Alexandria police found the
truck in which a chain store
clerk disappeared yesterday after
picking UP $1,000 for his COM
pany. but they have found no
trace of the missing man.
PvtS. Mason Saunders and Jo-
Seph Seraf1n found the truck
parked in the 5000 block of Bruce
street just after midnight. The
keys were in the ignition. Police
said an nearby resident recalled
seeing the truck parked there
late yesterday morning.
Raymond C. Booth, %, of 20
East Windsor avenue. an en-
ploye of the Sands g. Co. store
at Potomac Yards. disappeared
in the company truck about IL
am. yesterday after picking UP
$4,000 cash for his firm at the
Citizens National Bank at Mount
Vernon and Hume avenues, po-
lice said. Sands & Co., which
caters to railroad employees,
needed the money to cash checks
of Potomac Yard employees.
Police said they found a bank
slip in the truck, showing that
the money had been picked UP.
The cash includes $4,000 in $50
bills, $400 in SIS bills and $500
in $40 bills.
Booth is married and has a
3-year-old son. Police said Mrs.
Booth told them she last saw
her husband about 1920 am.
yesterday. She feared her hus-
band met with foul play, police
said.
Police broadcast a 13-State
lookout. Booth is described as
S feet 8 inches tall, weighing 1875
pounds, with blue eyes and black
hair. ..-. 81. .
Booth had worked for Sends g.
Co. of and on for about three
years, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

When Mary Jeanne Kreek was
IL, doctors discovered she was
allergic to SO things.
+ In high school, Alan F. Taught
asked a sensible question. His
chemistry teacher couldn't an
swer it.
These things started the pair,
both now II, on scientific byways
that have led them to being
chosen as among the top 40
young scientists in the country.
They are finalists in the ma
tional talent search conducted
by the Science Clubs Of America.
eliminating in the display of
their work in the Hotel Statler
today and a chance at national
honors to be awarded on Mon
day.
Mary Jeanne. a senior at Will
son High School. lives at 1895
Verplanck place NV. Alan. a
senior at Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School, lives at 5618 Glen
wood road. Bethesda.
AllergieS Spur Curiosity.
Mary Jeanne is allergic, she
said. to dog hair. wheat flour.
rice. lamb, milk house dust.
feathers, silk. cabbage. carrots,
kapok, caffeine. lemons, oranges.
grapefruit lines. tomatoes, rye.
certain cleaning fluid ingredi-
ents. ragweed, certain grasses.
wool. mildew and molds gener-
ally. There are others, but she
has lived without them for so
long she couldn't think of them
offhand.
It made her curious. She
started on the road toward al
lergy analysis by translating re-
cipes calling for forbidden foods
into foods she could eat.
She decided the key to the
whole thing was being able to
live. normally. with her allergies.
rather than live theoretically.
Develops Own Tests.
Now she has progressed to de-
veloping her own tests to see
what she is allergic to. This is
no easy process. She had to
study some so books to learn
enough to start out She talks
like a 17-year-old who has read
that many specialized books.
Doctors told her she was al
lergic to house dust.
But the test solution pharma-
ceutical houses sell is drawn
from house dust from~all over
the country-Los Angeles. Chi
cago, Kennebunkport.
Mary Jeanne took her own
house dust from the family
vacuum cleaner. She baked it
in the oven to dry it out.
Then she Debated it. That
means treating the dust with
ether and carbon tetrachloride.
Its surprising how many fat
globules there are in DUST" she
said.
Then a treatment with DR..
Alexander Fernandez Coca's ex-
tracing fluid. That, she said,
was developed by the doctor and
is alkaline with an emphasis on
the body salts. She built her
own fluid, using DR.. Coca's for
mulae.
Finds Needed Filter.
The muck-duSt and chem
icals-She filtered four times.
Then came a stumbling block.
She needed to run her solution
through a Berkefelt filter. There
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Bill Granting Home Rule
In Maryland Advances
BY q s,off Correspondent Of tn. S,o,

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-The
State Senate was scheduled to
vote today on legislation grant,
ing home rule to Maryland mu-
inequalities.
The bill, which already has
passed the House. was reported
out of the Senate judiciary Com
mittee yesterday. That's further
than the bill, recommended by
the Sobeloff Commission, has
ever advanced before.
The committee tackled on an
amendment. It would prohibit
the towns from levying any new
taxes without approval of the
Legislature. Herbert w. Reich
cit. Mayor of Mount Rainier and
president of the Maryland Mu-
nicipal League. said he is willing
to accept the amendment.
The bill provides for a referen-
dunn next November to amend
the constitution restricting the
Legislature to passage Of legis-
lation dealing only with towns
as a class. The municipalities
would be divided into four
classes by population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27

the aged hand pumper. which he
says Union troops stole during
the Civil War.
He saw Guy Graves. jr.. as
sistant secretary to the Cover
nor. I'm not trying to start
another War Between the
States" Mayor Beverley told Mr..
Graves. But we would like to
have that fire engine back"
Today Mayor Beverley plans
to lay some new evidence be-
fore the Firemen's Home Mu-
scum at Hudson. N. Y. where
the fire engine Is housed. There
was no indication whether Mayor
Beverley had any advance in
formation that officials Of the
museum would be at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27

ed legislation by Delegate Kath-
ryn Lawlor to abolish the State
Tax Commission and create a
new department Of assessments
and a Maryland tax court to
hear assessment appeals.
However, Mrs. Lawlor said she
intends to move that the vote
be reconsidered today when she
hopes more House members will
be present
Another Montgomery County
bill-the one providing that
property shall be assessed at 100
per cent for State taxing pur-
poses and at whatever percent
age county officials want for
county taxing purposes-Was re-
ferred to the Legislative Coun-
Gil for further study yesterday
by the House Ways and Means
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Waters Asks Probe
OF Prince Georges
Hospital Policies

Prince Georges County Com
missioner Edward j. Waters
has called for complete in
vestigation Of Prince Georges
General Hospital.
Mr.. Waters request came at a
commissioners meeting yester-
day after hearing from a Seat
Pleasant delegation protesting
the hospitals policy on admit
ting chronic cases.
Three other commissioners
agreed on the need for an inves-
tigation.
But Thomas E. Latimer. chair
man of the board and also presi-
dent Of the hospital directors,
said that most county residents
are satisfied the hospital is be-
ing operated efficiently and in
accordance with the best medi-
cal procedures.
The board postponed until
Tuesday a decision on ordering
the investigation. At that time
a report is due from the hos
pital on the case which stirred
the controversy.
A Seat Pleasant woman was
denied admission to the institu-
ton last month. The hospital
doctor who examined her dag
nosed her illness as chronic.
Later she was admitted on the
intercession of a physician who
had never seen her but took
her case to accommodate a
friend. according to Preston
Tate. adjutant of the My Mary
land American Legion Post in
Seat Pleasant.
The woman died in the hos
pital of a cerebral hemorrhage
eight days later. according to
Harry w. Penn. the hospital
superintendent.
Mr.. Peen said the hospital
lacks facilities tor caring for
chronic patients. who should be
in nursing homes. Admitting
chronic cases would deny hos
pital beds to acute cases, he
said.
Mr.. Tate and Mayor Ben H.
Watkins appeared before the
commissioners today.
Mr.. Tate said the hospital
keeps talking about chronic
cases. And what we're talking
about is a woman who died"
he said.
Commissioner Dan Abbott said
something must be done j..
after all each Of us only lives
once"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27

tional radio hroadcasts that in
cumbent G. o. p. officials have
failed to halt tavern liquor sales
to minors. is named in two in
dictments handed in yesterday
to Circuit Judge j. Dudley
DiggeS.
One alleges that the common
tator libeled the county's Re-
publican State Senator, Paul J.
Bailey. in letter to the editor
Of The Enterprise, a st. Marys
County weekly. The letter was
published last July %.
The other accuses Mr.. Lewis
of libeling st. Marys County TriaI
Magistrate j. Donelan Hurry, ST.
of Clements. who also is chair.
man of the local Republican
Central Committee, and Substi-
tute Trial Magistrate Wilson H
Knight. who lives at Compton
The allegedly libelous material
in this case is part Of a letter
written to Gov McKeldin last
April 10 by Mr.. Lewis.
Two Politicians Named.
Joseph D. Weiner of Leonard
town. acting chairman of the St
Marys County Republican Gen.
trail Committee, who also is Sec
rotary and counsel to the local
Liquor Board. is one of the poll
ticians named in 81 true bills
returned by the jury after a
seven-day investigation of Mr.
Lewis allegations.
The other political figure is
Mr.. Weiner's cousin, Abe Weiner
a member of the county School
Board and a Lexington Park
tavern owner and slot machine
distributor
Four indictments naming the
Weiners and Orville Staples. a
District real estate man, charge
that the three conspired to vio-
late State gaming laws and laws
pertaining to houses of III fame.
They also are accused Of OBJ
Structing justice in St Marys
County.
ALI the true bills naming tav-
ern keepers accuse them Of SELL
ing liquor to minors.
Bench warrants were issued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Virginia Social Workers
To Hear Senator Aide

Roy Sorenson. legislative aide
to Senator Kennedy, Democrat,
Of Massachusetts will address
the Northern Virginia Confer
ence Of Social Work on Monday.
Mr.. Corenson will discuss
President Eisenhower's proposals
for changes in the Old Age and
Survivors Insurance and Old Age
Assistance programs.
Commenting on his statements
will be Mrs. Marie Lane, Wash
ington representative of the
American Public Welfare Asso-
citation. and John G. Howell, SUI
perintendent of the Arlington
County Welfare Department.
The meeting will be held at
8:15 pm. in the American Red
Cross auditorium, 1888 Arlington
boulevard. Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Butler Asks U. S. Aid
To Remark Boundary
BY the Assoeiassd Prs.s

Legislation to provide Federal
aid to Maryland and Delaware
to re-establish their common
boundary was introduced yester-
day by Senator Butler, Repub-
lican. Of Maryland.
The bill would authorize the
Coast and Geodetic Survey to
help define the boundary.
Senator Butler said in a
statement that markers have
been neglected for two centuries,
with the result that many are in
bad condition and some moved
to incorrect locations and others
lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
BY J. 1. MichoeI
Stor SsoH cerrespondeni

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Feb.
27.-Fulton Lewis, jr., two mem
bers Of the st. Marys County
government, a Washington real
estate man and seven tavern
keepers face trial on indictments
stemming from a feud between
the radio commentator and Re-
publican politicians.
Mr.. Lewis. who has charged in
newspaper statements and ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Policy Role for Faculty
Is Urged by f|emming

d. Arthur S. Flemming. di-
rector Of Defense Mobilization,
told the University of Maryland
chapter of the American Asso-
citation of University Professors
last night that the faculty
should have a bigger voice in the
policy-making Of the admins
tration.
DR. Fiemming, on leave Of
absence from his post as presi-
dent of Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity also said the student should
be given "a feeling of being
more than a spectator"
1.-THE principle of consultative
management" he said. should
be useo in the operation of an
institution Of learning. giving
faculty. administration and trus-
tees a share in policy making.
He cited the Eisenhower adj
ministration as "a good example
Of this principle in action"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Status Of Maryland Bills

SJR3. by Malkus-Requesting the
establishment of a study commission on
city-county fiscal relationships.
SJR7, by Finance committee-Re-
questing the Governor and budget d.
rector to submit budget proposals and
supporting documents to members Of
every year calling for 30-day session
BILL DEFEATED.
HB26. by Lawlor-To replace thefState
Tax Commission with MARYLAND Tax
Court and new State Department Of
Assessments and Taxation.
AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN AND
PASSED.
SB13. by President--To provide for
the suspension Of the drivers licenses OF
minors convicted Of two moving viola.
tions within year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Waller Addison Seeks
MARYLAND House Seat
By the Assoeiofed Press

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 27.-Walter
D. Addison. veteran desk officer
in the General Assembly. an
nounced today he will run for
the House Of Delegates in Prince
Georges County.
Mr.. Addison, Sc, a Mitchell
vile Democrat, is assistant jour-
nal clerk in the Senate. He is
a member Of the State Tobacco
Authority. a director of the
Prince Georges Farm Bureau
and in private life is a farmer
and real estate salesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
$1,107, 900 Fort Meade
Contract Awarded
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 81. The
Army Corps of Engineers an
nounced yesterday award of a
$1.107,0 900 contract to Frederick
Raft Co.. Inc, Hartford, Conn.
for the National Security Adj
ministration project at nearby
Fort Meade.
The contract covers the re-
naming utilities such as a
sewage treatment plant. pump
ing stations. a water storage
reservoir and central heating
plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Warrants Are Being Served
On III Indicted in St. Murys

for the defendants and the
sheriff's Office was to begin serv-
ing them today. Bond for Mr..
Lewis was set at $3.50 on each
indictment, or total Of $500.
The Weiners and Mr.. Staples
will be required to post $500 bond
each on each Of the, four charges.
Bail for the tavern operators
was fixed at 500 on each charge.
No date for arraignments or
trials has been set but Circuit
Court Clerk c. Benedict Green
well said the defendants prob
ably will be called on to enter
pleas when the next court term
begins March Is and that trial
dates will be announced then.
Mr.. Lewis in a statement yes
terday afternoon said:
1.-THE charges against me are
completely unfounded /. they
are the product of retaliation
by the political gang I exposed.
! appealed to the Governor to
clean up the corruption and i'm
moral conditions that existed in
st. Marys County and he refused
to do SO. My letter Of complaint
to him is now used as the basis
Of these charges"
Gov. McKeldin has said he
considered the questions raised
by Mr.. Lewis as strictly q st.
Marys County matter.
MIR. Lewis first statement
added, 1.-The rest Of the 81 in
dictments are an eloquent dem
onstration of the justification OF
my complaints. !"
Letter Mentioned by Lewis.
Last night. in broadcast over
radio station WWDC. Washing
ton. Mr.. Lewis briefly mentioned
the letter published by the
Enterprise and then declared:
LAS for the charges that I
was guilty of criminal libel
against the two local magis-
trates. perhaps that calls for
some explanation: The sup
posed libel was contained in my
original letter of complaint to
Gov. McKeldin. The letter has
never been published in print,
nor have any quotations of it
ever been in print. The fact
that it was sent to Gov. Nc
keldin Is the sole ground for the
libel charge"
MIR. Lewis expressed curiosity
as to how the letter got before
the grand jury. He said, the
Governor was asked this after
noon how the letter managed
to find its way to the grand jury
and he said he had no idea. He
said that the letter is still in
his files and that no request was
made for it by the grand jury"
Let me publicly state" Mr..
Lewis added. that did not
supply it. so draw your own
conclusions"
so" said Mr.. Lewis. "the
Maryland story begins to achieve
results. :. 81 indictments have
come from it. two of which are
against me, and if this be the
price that I. as q reporter and
citizen. must pay E.. am more
than happy to pay the price,"
Quotation From Letter.
Mr.. Lewis did not mention this
quotation which also was a part
Of his April 10. 1858. letter to
the Governor:
Il shall appreciate a confir-
nation in regard to the school
board appointment. I am sure
you will find widespread COM
mendation Of it among decent
citizens Of st. Marys County"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Farm Bureau to Hear
DR.. Paul Nystrom
BY the Associated Press

DR.. Paul Nystrom of the Uni
versity of Maryland, will be prin-
cipal speaker tonight at the
annual banquet of the Prince
Georges County Farm Bureau.
The affair will be at $50 pm.
in the Suitland High School.
Mr. Nystrom will discuss THE
Future We Face"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

~ me ASsoeiotoo PTosS
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-Yester-
days proceedings in the Legisla-
ture included the following:
BILL ENACTED.
SB64. by Turnbull-To forego license
suspension OF drivers convicted OF moving
trafic violations upon proof Of financial
responsibility within 10 days Of the YER
dict and to recognize forfeiture of coll
lateral as conviction in this respect.
SB66, BY Turnbull-Giving legislative
sanction e. certain requests to relisious
iRsEssoSLiuTIoNs ENACTED.
SJR2,. 81 shehai,--Reouestinr the
state Roads Commission TO improve
the type and location Of road signS.