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Evening star., 1954-08-15

Federal Court in Richmond
earlier this week. he said he has
been totally deprived of the use
and enjoyment" Of his property.
Like many in his profession.
the physician shied away from
questioning by a reporter.
''You know. we are supposed
to avoid personal publicity" he
said. .Please see my lawyer
about the case"
The attorney. former State
Senator C. O'Conor Goolrick Of
Fredericksburg. said:
when the Government took
over the property on three sides
on the mainland and denied him
the right of access, except
through privately-owned prop
erty, 1t practically amounted to
cohfiscation,
Many Areas Restricted.
Throughout the region Of the
Chesapeake Bay and its tribu-
taries, the Defense Department
lists more than so Military in
stallations. Vast water areas
are restricted or prohibited from
use by commercial and sports
fishermen, yachtsmen and others
seeking recreation in the region
Resentment has built up in
many quarters when the mill
tary expands its vast land hold
ings and forces families and
small communities to move.
The situation of DR.. Nunnally
Is just the reverse of those who
want to hold on to their lands
He used to be happy with his
island retreat, only some 80
miles from his practice In Fred
ericksburg. Now, he believes, he
Is entitled to sell.
DR.. Nunnally and a colleague
Drs N. Talley Ballou, acquired
the property in 1888. They
reached It by travelling a county
road, for which they paid as.
sessments. to a boat wharf or
one of the nearest shores.
They drilled well and ferries
over all of the building material
that went into the redwood cot
tage, pine-paneled throughou
and containing two bedroom
with connecting bath, livin,
room. kitchenette and larg
screened porch.
Has Electric Plant.
In a separate outbuilding, al
automatic electric plant was in
stalled. A tractor was brough
Evening star., 1954-08-15
BY Alex r. Preston
ssar Stuff Correspondent

DAHLGREN, Va, Aug. A.
Tall. genial. DR.. Claude A. Nun
nally probably would be the last
person in the world to protest
against the national defense ex-
periments at the Naval Proving
Grounds here.
But low-flying planes and con-
cussion from massive explosions
make it impossible for him and
his wife to find the relaxation
they used to enjoy at their sum-
mer home on an island retreat.
The 5O-year-old Fredericks-
burg physician, who served in
North Africa and the European
theater during World War II,
bought and built on his two
acre island before the Govern
ment moved in. Now he is nearly
surrounded by a forbidden shore
line on three sides.
The only public right-of-way
to q dock on the mainland has
been cut of.
Neighbor Co-operates.
Today. If he wants to visit his
island to see a house being Jared
to pieces by shock waves, he
depends on the kindness of a
neighbor, who permits him to
use a private boat dock on the
shore farthest away.
However. the neighbor says he
can't commit himself to extend
ing this privilege to any future
owner of the island.
DIR. Nunnally believes the Gov
ernment has virtually conf1scated
his property without paying him
for it. In a $4,000 suit filed In
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zens Bank morris Plan) at
Fourteenth and G streets NV.
at the time it acquired control
of Union Trust in 1916. Union
Trust now has deposits totaling
about $62 million.
With Washington Loans
$50.5 million, a merged insti-
tuition would have deposits to-
falling some $l12 million and
become the city's fourth rank
ing bank. Ahead of it woulc
be Riggs. National Bank oi
Washington and American Sc.
curity 81 Trust.
Equity, which has eyed Wash.
ington Loan for some time, made
its first move a week ago Fri
day when it bought Mr.. O'Don.
nell's block Of $500 shares.
Evening star., 1954-08-15
More Earnings Seen
In Hamilton Merger
With National Bank
By WiIliom A. kiIIen

Greater earnings are toreSeen
for the merged Hamilton Ma.
tional Bank and the National
Bank Of Washington. Hamilton's
shareholders were advised yes.
terday.
A letter to the shareholders,
explaining the situation. was
signed by Barnum L. Cotton.
Hamilton's new president and
former NATIONAL president. and
Wilmer j. Waller, chairman Of
Hamilton's board and until re.
Gently its president.
The shareholders win meet
September IA to vote on the
merger, already approved by the
boards of directors Of the two
banks. The board and the man
agement recommend approval BY
the shareholders Of the merger
agreement, which is also subject
to approval Of the Controller Of
the Currency.
The merged bank would be
known as the National Bank Of
Washington. oldest in the DIS.
trict. organized in 1909.
Heavier Earning Power.
Z The letter pointed out that
National has shown substantially
more earning power than Hamil-
ton, having had net earnings
after taxes in 1853 Of $850.393
on its capital stock Of $2.l00.-
600. as against Hamilton's earn
ings after taxes of $511.000 on
its capital stock Of $2.000.000.
"It is believed that the IN
creased capital and earning
power, combined with Hamilton's
facilities, will result in greater
/, actual and proportionate earn
ings for the consolidated bank"
the letter declared. 1T is hence
believed that the distribuation OF
stock, all things being considered.
is being made upon a fair ana
equitable basis"
Greater business capabilities
from the merger were antici-
pated in the letter. President
Cotton and Chairman Waller
declared that If the June 80
figures on assets and liabilities
main substantially un
changed, the consolidated bank
will have deposits in excess OF
| $2l5 million and capital funds
| in excess of $12.5 million. thus
greatly increasing its ability TO
meet potential demands.
Network of IL Ofiices.
at will have q strategic net
work of IL Offices enabling 1t to
offey a complete range Of bank
| ing services in all sections OF
the city to all classes Of Gus.
toners their letter asserted.
The letter pointed out that In
the opinion of counsel. the ex-
change of shares Of Hamilton
and National for shares OF the
consolidated bank will not be
subject to the capital gains tax
provisions Of the Federal income
tax law. 1t made clear that sales
of stock by former shareholders
of Hamilton and National who
do not desire to retain their
shares of the consolidated bank.
will "of course, be subject to
capital gains tax"
The shareholders were in
; formed that the merger agree
ment is on file and available for
inspection during banking hours.
Management offered 10 answer
any further questions by share
holders.
Proxies for the use Of share
holders unable to attend the
September IA meeting are i'm
closed with letters. Those pres
ent and voting in person on that
day will have proxies automatic.
ally Cancelled, the letter said.
Evening star., 1954-08-15
Dr.. John Rests at Spu

BERLIN, Aug. IA (R.-Dr.
Otto John. turncoat former West
German intelligence chief. is
taking a rest cure at the Soviet
zone spa Bad Elster, near the
Czechoslovak border, the West
Berlin newspaper Telegraf re-
ported tonight.
Evening star., 1954-08-15

it. They said they could not use
it. Neither can he now"
Evening star., 1954-08-15
Retired Major CompIacent.

The property next to Mr..
Elliott is owned by Maj. William
j. Holloway, retired from the
Marine Corps. He is about the
same distance away from the
Evening star., 1954-12-15
a Virginia Colleges Get
Standard Oil Donations

-Four Virginia colleges today
were among 1873 privately en-
dowed United States colleges and
universities receiving donations
totalling $500,00O from the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey.
Checks ranging from $4,000
to $1,000 were mailed through
out the United States by the
company ito support general
higher education at the under
graduate level"
Institutions in Virginia re-
ceiving grants were Randolph
Macon College, Randolph-M Macon
Women's College, University Of
Richmond and Washington and
Lee University.
Eugene Holman, chairman of
Jersey Standard, said the COL
leges can use the money as they
see fit. Other institutions in
cluded such Well-known schools
as Harvard, Columbia and Notre
Dame as well as 16 Women's COL
leges and a number of smaller
schools specializing in science
and engineering.
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Jet Flight 10 Mark
Wright Anniversary
Al Kill Devil Hill

A memorial fly-over by Is Jet
planes and a luncheon address
by Rear Admiral I. N. Kiland,
5th Naval District commandant,
viii mark the 51st anniversary
of the Wright Brothers first
flight at Kitty Hawk. N. c., on
Friday.
The annual service is spon-
sored jointly by the Kill Devil
Hill Memorial Society, the United
States Park Service and the Air
Force Association.
Last years celebration, the
most elaborate ever held. was a
four-day program commemorate
ing the 50th anniversary of pow
cred flight.
The memorial flight this year
will see the Is jet planes in for
nation over the Wright monu-
ment atop Kill Devil Hill and
then a return fight during which
each plane will dip It's wings
twice.
The luncheon, to be addressed
by Admiral Kiland. will be in the
Carolinian at Nag's Head.
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Contract 10 Design,
Build, Run BeIyoir
Atomic Plant Is LEI

The American Locomotive Co.
Of New York has been awarded
q lump-sum contract TO design,
build, test and operate the first
experimental nuclear power plant
at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Chairman Lewis w. Strauss OF
the Atomic Energy Commission
announced the award last night.
The contract, he said, is the
first of this kind to be let on a
f1xed-price basis and as. such is
an important step In the devel-
opment Of power-reactor tech
nology.
The contract price Is $685.
753. The cost will be shared
jointly by Acc and the Army.
The plant will be built to pro-
vide construction, operation and
maintenance information and to
demonstrate both the capabili-
ties and limitations Of atom
power plants. 1t will have the
capacity of 1000 kilowatts OF
electricity. and will be built of
components transportable by air.
The design is based on stud
les by the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, which established
the feasibility Of building such
a plant.
It is designed principally for
use at remote bases, but author
tiles see vast possibilities also
for commercial use.
Use, Of such a plant will re-
duce the amount of bulky con-
ventional fuels which must be
transported to support a mill
tary operation.
When the reactor was first
announced last August, the
Army emphasized that 1t would
be constructed with provisions
to eliminate any hazards to
nearby communities.
Eighteen firms submitted bids
ranging from the low of $2,-
096.753 to 500 million.
American Locomotives pro-
posal was the most favorable
to the Government from the
standpoint of cost, design and
responsiveness to other terms
of Aces invitation, Admiral
Strauss said.
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Arlington Student Choirs
To Present Carol Concert

Some $50 students of Wash
ington-Lee High School in Ar
lington will present a candle
light concert at $3.50 pm. Friday
and Saturday in the school
auditorium.
The event is sponsored by the
Host Lions Club.
Participating will be the
Washington-Lee Choir, the Mad
rigal Singers, Mixed Choir and
Girls Choir. Some carols will
be sung by the audience and by
alumni of the choir.
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word of Christmas greeting from
him. However, l ignored this rude
ness when / next wrote him.
Dear Ed: January II
Great news! found your shoes.
Size 1917, Ell? But don't bother to
confirm this, as ! want to get them
off to you without a moments
unnecessary delay. Unfortunately
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actually mailed him the shoes.
My guess is that Ed viii be less
apt to leave his property behind
when he makes future visits, and
the same holds true of a number of
other guests to whom I've accorded
similar cooperation. And it's
highly gratifying to know that I've
never once addressed a single un-
kind word to any of them.
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yours. Just tell me
where you left them
and I'll send them
without delay. Best
wishes to you and the
family for the Christ
mas Season. PARKE
Soon afterward l re-
ceived another letter
from Ed, reading: I'm
the guest room, stupid!
Where else?" Not a
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your lovely family.
PARKE
Shortly afterwards |
got a wire from Ed
saying, Never mind
the fragile stuff. Quit
stalling and send those
shoes" l was a bit sur
prised that Ed referred
to my courteous
promptness as stalling.
but, a few days ago, /
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it make whether he left the pair he
was originally wearing or the spare
pair? He wanted those shoes. My
own reply was considerably more
courteous.
Dear Ed: November %
The reason asked that ques-
ton was because wanted to know
what color the shoes were. Please
let me know. because want to
return them to you at once. Hope
your family is feeling fit. PARKE
The next letter from Ed wasn't
exactly impolite, although it did
strike me as a bit abrupt. 1t just
said Brown"
After l recovered from a cold
that had laid me up / promptly
wrote him another letter.
Dear Ed: December II
Now we're getting somewhere!I
figured they were either brown or
black, and it's good to know def
nitely. The shoes are as good as
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! BAREFOOT GUEST

He left his shoes in
the spare room at this
writer's house. He'll
never do that again!
W7HEN friends visit us in our
w house in the country they're
apt to leave various articles behind
when they depart. after which
they write and ask me to mail them
back to them. None of them ever
repeat this offense. however. am
allergic to wrapping up stuff and
Juggling it to the post Office, and
have devised a system to break
them of this careless and irritating
habit.
What do is cheerfully cooper
ate. Let me illustrate with how
handled Ed Hamilton, who left a
pair of shoes here after a week end
last October. The minute l received
his request to mail them l an
swered him.
Dear Ed: October l8
Got your letter. l was wondering
how you could have left your shoes
behind. Did you 60 home barefoot?
l hadn't noticed. PARKE
A little later Ed answered. He
said no, he hadn't gone home bare
foot. He had taken an extra pair of
shoes when he visited US, and he
wanted me to mail them to him.
Again ! co-operated.
Dear Ed: November Z
I'm all set to send those shoes
back to you, but first I've got to
know which pair you left here, the
ones you were wearing when you
arrived or the extra pair you
brought along with you? PARKE
Ed wrote back and demanded
for Pete's sake, what difference did
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/ mislaid your earlier letters and /
forget whether you want me to
send them by railway express or
parcel post. Whatever you say, old
pal. PARKE
In his reply Ed said he didn't
give a damn how / sent them just
as long as l got those shoes off in a
hurry.
As soon as l could, l wrote him
back.
Dear Ed: February Is
1t sure looks as though you'd be
receiving those shoes any day now.
I've decided on parcel post. But
there's one thing ] want cleared up
first. Do you want me to mark the
package Fragile? That might
seem unnecessary. but on the other
hand it might be dangerous to take
chances.
Please give me this information
so / can get the shoes off promptly.
Warmest regards to you and all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-18

EVFTY weeks Of the year together. and two
II weeks apart - is it good idea for hus-
band and wife? Will it give them fresh per-
spective on one another? Or is it a bad idea
that may lead to temptation and trouble?
Since the end of the war, split vacations
have been increasing. The president of a
prominent travel bureau which serves as a
clearing house for travel information. says.
What the war did was to establish the fact
that women could travel alone and still be
respectable. Today, a couple of wives travel
ing together are taken for granted. It's no
longer signal for men everywhere to wolf
after them. The war changed our whole travel
culture, not so much in the Midwest, where
family vacations are still the big thing but
along both coasts"
Why do husbands and wives go on separate
vacations? There are three main reasons:
I. They have separate interests. He wants
to fish. She wants to sight-see.
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friend Of hers, and the husband goes hunting.
They're much happier that way
American Express officials whom inter-
viewed pointed out that there has been
slight trend away from the long established
rule that wives determine the nature of most
vacations. 1T used to be that when couple
came in to consult US about vacation plans,
one official said, we only concerned ourselves
with the wifes main interests because we
knew that nine times out of ten that's the
kind of vacation it would be.
Lately, however, the husbands have been
getting emancipated to the point where they
sometimes go off on the kind of vacation they
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z. They cant manage vacation at the
same time
J. They're just plain bored with one another
BY way of illustration of the first situation.
spokesman for Cooks, the international
travel agency, told me about one couple who
went on Caribbean cruise.
No Cruise Eo4 Mim
HE wife loved every minute of it." he
said, but the man just sat in a deck chair and
tolerated the whole thing, except for one event
- shooting clay pigeons. But the rest of the
trip was not much fun for him. Every year
since. the wife has gone on the cruise with
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By A. E. Hotchner
Photograph b. OrDo.sd Cieli

want. Take my own case My wife's idea il
toflyto Paris and walk in and out Of the shops
till her legs fall OF. ! did it couple Of times
to please her. but / hate to fy and / hate
shopping even more. What like Is leisurely
cruise on slow boat So last year went on
my cruise and really had q good rest; she
tipped around Paris and Bought a lot Of junk.
Wen do it again this year.
wives Say No
How do wives feel about these split vaca-
tons? Arecent national poll of Q, 600 married
women revealed that seven out Of 10 wives
were firmly against them Nevertheless, it
indicates that three couples out Of 10 may now
spend all or part of their vacations apart.
Here are samplings Of some of the comments
from these questionnaires:
A New York housewife: Separate vaca-
tons? Never! went away alone last year.
COsstfsMed on page Is
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Taking a holiday from each other may
seem like smart modern idea, but experts
tell why it is packed with dynamite !. J. !.
Evening star., 1954-06-03
Lowell WeNett-
Just an Old Mccarthy Custom
Destruction of StenogroPhc Notes by His Secretary
Followed Precedent Set by Senotor as q JUDGE

these circumstances could only
be open to the inference that
the evidence destroyed con-
tanned statements of fact con-
trary to the position taken by
the person destroying the evi-
dence."
Senator McCarthy's career
as a law unto himself, it will
thus be seen. did not begin
after he reached the United
States Senate. Indeed it was
by virtue of this personal con-
cept that he became a Senator.
He ran for the Office while still
on the bench. OF this the su-
preme court said, Under the
facts of this case we can reach
no other conclusion than that
the defendant Mccarthy by
accepting and holding the Of
flee of United States Senator
during the term for which he
was elected circuit judge, did
SO in violation of the terms of
the constitution and the laws
of the State of Wisconsin, and
in so doing violated his oath
as a circuit judge and as an
attorney at law"
But the Wisconsin Supreme
Court could not unseat a
United States Senator
Evening star., 1954-06-03
Democratic Leadership Is BUSY
Minority Culs What 1t Wants From Eisenhower's
Program; President Finally Recognizes Tactic

South Dakota Democrats have
just doubled their 1852 primary
vote.
Minority Leader Johnson
and Whip Clements have the
advantage, of course, of a real
majority of one and can usually
count on Independent Morse
OF Oregon as well. They also
work hard on the great game
of politics.
Both men were constantly on
their feet, moving in and out
of cloakrooms and directing
their aides! so that no vote
would be missed. In contrast,
Majority Leader Knowland
and his whip, Senator Salton-
stall, stayed in their seats. It
is a frequent picture from the
press galleries.
1t is possible that Knowland
will get his revenge on the Eli
senhower housing bill.
Democrats were prepared to
tailor it nearer to their hearts
desire when Senator Maybank
OF South Carolina suddenly
kicked over the traces after
the Supreme Court outlawed
segregation. This means that
the makings are there for a
wedge to be driven into the
Democratic ranks, North and
South.
Republicans are having a
conference on housing in the
hope of arranging some such
unhappy surprise for the mi
nority.
Evening star., 1954-06-03
ReoI Issue Seen Overshodowed
Trivial Domestic SquobbIes Are Divertine Americas
Attention From Red Dagger Pointed at Our Heort

east Asia has become another
satellite, it won't be long be-
fore the outpostS Of freedom
in that area-the Philippines,
Formosa and Japan-will be
forced to submit to the Reds.
The attention Of the public
became focused later. however,
on the great show on television
and radio. The real threat to
our national security was over
shadowed by the imaginary
threat to our institutions, de-
irving from the Army-McCar-
thy squabble. Constituents
who decide. particularly in an
election year, the policies of
those elected to Congress. for
got about the deadly danger
which threatened this land
and their interest in what
occurred across the two oceans
was dimmed. Frequently timid
politicians, who always fear
to assume responsibilities in
matters concerning an armed
conflict, adopted the easy and
appealing philosophy of oppos-
ing sending of American boys
to fight in "faraway jungles"
and supported the more ap-
pealing economy policy in our
armed services. At this time,
when the U. S. S. r. alone
has upwards of 4 million men
under arms without counting
the forces of Red China and
RuSsia's European Satellites)
we decided to reduce the flimsy
ground forces from 20 to II
divisions. At this time, when
the U. S. S. r. has at least
$4,000 planes including a large
proportion of the latest Jet
types, we cut down not only
the number of wings but also
the training of personnel. And
now that we know that the
Reds have built themselves a
navy with nearly twice as many
submarines as the Germans