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Evening star., 1954-05-23
Lineup May Change
In Final Run Today;
Duke Na|on Bumped
BY the Assoeioted Press .

INDIANAPOLIS, May a.
Fifteen veteran race drivers and
three newcomers filed the 80
car field for the 500-mile Me-
mortal Day race today in q high
speed day that produced six Of
the 10 fastest qualifying trials
ever run.
One of last week ends 16 quail
iflers was bumped-Duke Nalon
and the Novi Special, whose 10
mile average Of 136.395 miles an
hour wasn't good enough.
The driver who crowded Ma
Ion out was Andy Linden Of Los
Angeles, making his third and
last try in the Brown Motor Co.
Special of Richmond, Ind. He
averaged 1880.
First to Top 1877.
Two years ago Linden was the
first man ever to top 1877 m.p.h.
for 10 miles at. the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway. Now it ap-
pears that figure may not be
good enough to make the start
ing lineup.
The only driver in the tenta-
tive lineup now with less than
1877 is rookie Ed Elisian, with
1861. The field averages
138.35O, compared with 136.429
for last years starting lineup,
the fastest up to now.
The 18, who qualified in 71a
hours of almost unbroken
running, took their places behind
last weeks Is survivors in the
provisional lineup for the May
81 race. The field is subject to
revision in the final trials to-
morrow. when the slower drivers
can be eliminated by faster
qualifiers. Each driver gets three
chances.
The 1S who qualified today
failed to break Jack McGrath's
week-old record of 141:033 miles
an hour for the 10 miles, but Cal
Niday, Pacoima, Calf, turned in
the second fastest qualifying
speed. 139.828. He was driving
the Jim Robbins Special, which
was the first car out of the 1858
race.
The crowd, well below last
Saturdays estimated 125,000,-
was a little disappointed because
Bill Vukovich, the 1853 winner.
did not go after a new record
but qualified at 138.478. That
was the 18th best time so far
this year but was almost certain
to get him in the race.
Faster Than Last Year.
Vukovich's speed was faster
than the 1882 with which he
led the field last year. tec~
Johnnie Parsons, winner of
the shortened. 345-mile race
in 1850, took the Belond Equa-
Flow Exhaust Special around in
1858 and became the third
former winner in the field join
ing Vukovich and Troy huffman,
the 1852 victor. who ran last
week end.
Niday and Parsons each had
a lap above 140 and joined Nc
Grath and Jimmy Daywalt in
the select circle of 140-plus rum
nerS.
The one-lap record Of 139.600
set last year by Chet Miller has
been bettered 18 times so far
this year.
Rockies were almost crowded
out by the hot pace set by the
old hands. The tentative lineup
included only four-Pat O'Con-
nor, who qualified last week end.
and Elisian, Danny Oakes and
Bill HOmeler, VINO mace the run
today.
Produced Two Spins.
The extra pressure of the
higher speeds needed to make
the starting lineup produced
two spins and a lot of uncom-
pleted runs.
Bill Holland of Indianapolis,
the 1949 winner. had trouble on
the turns and was called in be-
fore he could finish his quail
f1cation.
Frank Armi, Tanford, Calf,
who wrecked a car trying to
qualify last year, spun six times
into the infield and so did Man
uel Ayulo. Burbank, Calf.
Neither was hurt.
Evening star., 1954-05-23

single. double and triple hooks
with the greatest ease. Seven
guards in package sell for 35
cents and you should be able to
find them at your tackle dealers.
Another creation is one that
should gladden. those who fish
with the lowly angleworm.
Called the worm reaper" it is
ground where you dig for worms.
it in your pocket or tackle box.
Half a pellet is crushed in a pail
of water which is poured on the
ground where you dig for worms.
If there are worms within foot
or two of the surface, they'll
come wriggling out in a minute
or SO. Rinse them or they'll die.
We do not know the chemical,
but it is harmless to lawns.
However you're warned to keep
the solution from your eyes. The
pellets are available at tackle
stores.
The Remington company is
distributing free two pocket
Evening star., 1954-05-23
OUTDOORS

For years anglers have used
cork in one form or another as a
hook guard. Nothing. unless it
is a bad backlash, can make
Evening star., 1954-05-23

Totals 3O72414 Totals 33 10 81 13
Walked for clevenger in 9Th.
2Flied out for Brewer in Sth.
Bran Tor Williams in 9th.
4Struck out for Miranda in Sth.
HoS oStovv vork -----------O OHHa oEESS 10 YTv-y
tal. McDousald Carey. Erfors@zAE:
ganis. Clevenger. Bauer, Runs batte9 IN
LM.ntle, al Bauer 12}; Two.bafss s,t bits
Mantel Stolen base-Mantle. 6acri-
Aces - Reynolds a. e.; RizaTtO; ..ls9.s: Hausr
Rizzuto to McDougald to ,Robinson;
Coleman to McDougald to Collins. Left
Gases Sa s1sn'HSoor on eafisMor aerrin. /: off Rey:
nolds, Q. Struck out-By Clevenger, 2:
BY Brewer, !: by Werle. by Reynolds.
s. Hits-O6 Clevenger. Z in 8 innings:
o: Brewer. 2 in 2 innings: on Herrin, l
Runs and earned run-O6 Clevenger,
5-4: of Brewer. IL: on Herrin, Ill;
OF Werle. 90: on Reynolds. 90. Hit
BY pitcher-By Clevenger lCarey),. Win
ming pitcher-Reynolds Dill. Losing
pitcher-C1evenger n-2). Time-2:2S.
Attendance-22,953
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Arlington Squirrels
Found Not Rubid:
They Enjoy Nuts

Arlington residents threatened
by aggressive squirrels should
"f1ll their pockets full of nuts" !"
So advised County Board
Member George Rowzee at yes
terday's meeting OF the county
heads. Five persons, mostly in
the Arlington Village Apart
ments area. have reported at
tacks from squirrels.
County Manager A. r. Lund-
berg said fewer than Is of the
animals had been destroyed since
Shirley Stanford. supervisor of
the refuse department, was ap-
pointed special squirrel eradica-
tor Monday.
A spot check of squirrels de-
etroyed SO far has failed to show
o single case of rabies. Mr.. Lund-
hergasaid.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
HerbertH tHoovertoH HeIpLounch
u. S. Units Chest Cunpuiqn
RoIIy on Wednesday
Also to Heur Stussen
And Celeste Holm

Former President Herbert
Hoover will make the principal
address at the kickoff rally for
the Government unit of the Com
munity Chest campaign at noon
Wednesday in the Departmental
Auditorium.
The program will include talks
by Harold E. Stassen, Foreign
Operations Administration direc-
tor: Miss Celeste Holm, stage,
screen and television artist, and
John S. Hayes, president Of
WTOP and general chairman of
the Chest campaign.
Last years area drive totaled
$3,832.000. This years goal is
the same with the addition of
plus" which means all that con-
tributors choose to give toward
raising the additional 81 1868, 900
needed to finance more adequate
services. Some 250,000 persons
in the National Capital area
benefit from services by over 100
Red Feather agencies. +
The Government units goal
has been set for 81 500, 200 "plus." "
Minimum goals for other units
are: Large business firms,
1898 900: business and profess
sional unit. $746,000; residential
unit, 1921 500; Alexandria, $685.
500: Arlington. $67,200: Fairfax.
$42.500; Montgomery, $4,000.
and Prince Georges, $65 1000.
."I am confident" Campaign
Chairman Hayes declare
Washington can have a success
full campaign. The dollars are
here. All we must do is find
them. It can be done if every
one remembers that a gift
through the Chest is the biggest
bargain Of the welfare dollar. It
can be done if every one remem-
bers to give more by Novem-
| ber T."
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Center Distributes
1853 Pints Of Blood

The Washington Regional
Blood Center announced last
night it had distributed last
week a total of 1868 pints Of
blood in the District and COM
munities covered by the blood
mobiles in Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia.
There were 606 pints of blood
distributed in the District, 216
in Maryland, 402 in Virginia, SO
in West Virginia and IL outside
the area.
In addition to the regular
weekly bloodmobile schedule for
collections, Red Cross donors
may give blood at Garfield Hos
pital daily from 9 am. to S pm.
Mondays through Fridays: at
Freedmen's Hospital, 1-8 pm.
Mondays through Fridays, and
on Sunday afternoons from Us
pm. ..
Also, at Walter Reed Army
Hospital, Mondays through FRI
days, 8 am. to 4 pm, and on
Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8
o'clock; the Washington Region
al Blood Center, Mondays, /
pm. to 8 pm, and on Tuesdays
through Fridays, 8 am. to S pm.
The bloodmobiles are sched-
uled to make the following visits
in the coming week and will
start at 10 am. unless otherwise
indicated:
Monday; Prince Georges County: AN
and Frederick counties: Presbyterian
Church, Loudoun ST., Winchester from
Tuesday. X s ~" D. c. Chapter: Main Navy,
Constitution avenue, RIM. 2541 from
9:30 to $3.50 pm: Berkeley County: In
W. Va. from 8 to pm.
Wednesday. d. c. Chapter: Pentagon,
RIM, "A 750; Morgan County: Berkeley
Spring High School, Berkeley Springs,
Thursday. Mineral County: High
School gym, Keyser, w. Va: Montgomery
County: David Taylor Model Basin,
Carderock. Md. from 9 to 3 pm.
Friday, Shenandoah County: Evangeli-
cal and Reformed Church, South Main
st.. Woodstock, Va.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Army 10 Hear Mrs. Moss
In Red Case Tomorrow

Mrs. Annie Lee Moss, sus-
pended Army clerk, will be given
a hearing tomorrow at Fort Les
ley j. McNair on charges. The
hearing will be closed to the
public.
Seven specifications forwarded
to Mrs. Moss includes a report
that she was given Communist
Party membership book No.
37269 for 1943.
She has denied all the charges.
Her attorney, George E. c.
Hayes. has said that in general
the latest allegations are the
same as those lodged against her
at the time she appeared before
Senator McCarthy's Investiga-
tions Subcommittee.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Drowning Death Ruled
As Suicide by Coroner

Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald yesterday issued a GER
tificate of suicide in the death OF
a man found floating in the
Washington channel of East
Potomac Park.
The dead man was identified
as Joseph r. Meadows, 80. Of
1915 Vermont avenue NV. Po-
lice said the man had been work.
ing as a garage attendant at
1900 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
New Southwest
Plan
Due Thursday
Developers Won't
10th Street Used
As MuII-Like Rood

District officials on Thursday
will see a new proposal by the
New York firm Of Webb g.
Knapp for ironing out highway
problems affecting the big
Southwest redevelopment area.
Local highway and planning
officials hope the plan, worked
out after months Of negotiation,
viii be an acceptable solution
for handling traffic volumes In
the waterfront area east Of the
Fourteenth Street Bridge.
The basic problem is that both
city highway engineers and
Webb q Knapp-which wants to
conduct the vast redevelopment
project-have had conflicting
plans 70 rthe use Of Tenth street
plans for the use Of Tenth street
Highway officials had intended
to connect a new bridge over
the Washington Channel to
Tenth street, making the street
a major carrier Of north-south
traffic.
Mall-Like Esplanade.
The New York Arm headed
by William Zeckendorf wants
Tenth street used as q monu-
mental mall-like esplanade that
would serve local-bound traffic
in the rebuilt area. Their feel
ing is that such a grand entrance
is essential to link the South
west with the rest Of Washing
ton.
Their feeling on this point Is
so strong that they have made
presentation Of a firm redevel-
opment plan contingent on get
ting such a use for Tenth street.
The new plan, it was under
stood, will propose that the Dis
trict's major through traffic
movements be handled on
twelfth street wv. Key factors
in the plan will be whether it
eliminates conflicts with build
ings of the waterfront CONNER
cial center.
Details of the plan, not yet
known to officials here, are ex-
pected to be presented at 10
am. Thursday meeting at the
National Capital Planning Com
mission headquarters by Earle
w. Andrews. highway consult
ant retained by Webb & Knapp,
and I. M. Pei, the firms archi-
tect.
Favor 18th Street Plan.
District officials recently have
indicated strong support for such
a Twelfth street plan.
In fact. District Engineer
Commissioner Louis w. Prentiss
has proposed that a replacement
for the old trestle-topped Four
teenth street bridge be built in
line with Twelfth street for
one-way northbound traffic. The
idea is that the newer of the two
existing Fourtee enth street
bridges. which now carries one
way northbound cars, would be
converted for southbound use.
This would require use Of
Fourteenth street for one-way
south traffic for a substantial
distance. But no design plans
for it have been worked out.
Evening star., 1954-09-19

The mules towing the Canal
Clipper on it's sightseeing cruise
along the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal were able to use a new
bridge yesterday, making it un-
necessary for them to buck M
street traffic.
The bridge is at the foot Of
Georgetown, a narrow bridge
with a plank fiodr on a steel
truss. It was first used yester-
day on the regular Saturday
afternoon trip to Lock Five at
Woodmont, a half mile beyond
Chain Bridge.
The Canal Clipper cast off
with As passengers at 2 pm, on
schedule, at its terminus at the
foot of 30th street. Sherman G..
Martin. a doughty man who
takes tickets. pushed the boat
under the bridge and into Lock
Four with the help Of the lock
tenders. In q few minutes the
water rushing through the
opened sluices raised 1t eight
feet.
Maurice Sullivan, q Park Serv-
ice ranger. lectured on the his
tory of the canal during the
four-hour trip.
The mules moved along the
towpath ON the north or right
side of the weSt-bound boat,
until warehouses and factory
buildings left no room for q tow
i path. Until yesterdays trip
they had to go up on NJ street
at Key Bridge and make their
way against traffic to Foundry
| Branch at Foxhall road. where
there is a tunnel. They would
use the tunnel to get on the
south side, which Is the tow
path side for the rest Of the trip
Ths mules never were involved
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Plan to Demolish 7empos
Is Up to Congress, Officials Say

The sweeping new proposal to
demolish temporary buildings
along Constitution avenue and
double the avenues present
width was characterized by Fed
eral officials yesterday as a
major policy question" Congress
will have to decide.
The proposal grew out Of a
plan, presented to the National
Capital Planning Commission,
for design of the new $24 million
bridge that will cross the Po-
tomac 1900 feet up-river from
Memorial Bridge.
The plan shows a direct con-
nection between the new span
and Constitution avenue, which
already is fed by traffic lanes of
Memorial Bridge. AS a means
of handling the increased load,
the plan proposed the avenue
widening-from the river to
Twelfth street N.W.-as a long
range project.
There are many problems. One
is whether it is possible traffic
wise to handle thoroughfare
that would have perhaps six
lanes of traffic moving in each
direction. Another is the prob
lem of relocating big sewer
mains in the marshy Mall area.
Biggest Question of All.
But the biggest question of all
is when, and how, can the tempos
along the south side of the ave-
nue. be wiped out.
The five tempos between
Twelfth street and the river
house $4,000 Federal employees,
in more than % million square
feet of space. The Navy Building
alone, on Constitution west of
Seventeenth street, is virtually a
town in itself with more than l
million square feet of space.
Peter A. Strobel, new public
buildings administrator, told re-
porters after the proposal was
unveiled that such a big-scale
removal of tempos was "a major
policy question for the future"
H. G. Hunter, Mr.. Strobel's
deputy. said the District has no
Federal construction program.
His guess is that a congressional
policy decision-backed up with
appropriations-is the only real
answer.
William A. Miller, General
Services Administration regional
director for this area, put the
problem Of new Office space sue
cinctly::
where are you going to put
these people? We are retrenching
now. There are only two alterna-
Evening star., 1954-09-19

tives-build new buildings or
rent more space. We have no
money for either"
May Offer Some Hope.
The new lease-purchase pro-
gram. under. which the Govern
ment gets eventual title to new
buildings through long-term
rental contracts, may offer some
hope. t
Tentative proposals, for exam
pie, call for a new Atomic Ener-
gy Commission building under
the program somewhere in the
nearby Maryland area. But the
area, otherwise, isn't slated at
this point to reap immediate
benefit from the program.
Here are the tempos concerned
in the new proposal. moving
westward from Twelfth street
NV:
Temporary Building q, be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth,
contains 89,320 square feet. It
is occupied by 841 Defense De-
partment employees. It was built
in 1912.
Temporary Building T, Four
teenth and Constitution avenue
NV. 163.353 square feet: is oc-
cupied by Defense Department,
Federal Communications Com
mission and Labor Department
and has 1920 people, Built in
1912.
There are no Government or
other buildings on the south side
Of Constitution avenue, between
Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets
NV.
Temporary Building T-3, 140,-
$50 square feet. occupied by the
Atomic Energy Commission, part
of the Navy's Bureau of Ships
and other naval Offices and has
1,113 people. Built in 1912, it is
at Seventeenth and Constitution
avenue NV.
Navy Building, Seventeenth
and Constitution avenue NV.
1853. 1900 square feet, occupied by
the Navy's Bureau of Ships, Bu-
reau of Aeronautics, Bureau of
Ordnance, Bureau of Supplies &
Accounts, the Army Provost
Marshal General, the Surgeon
General of the Army and the
Naval Dispensary. It houses TO-
065 Federal workers. This build
ing was constructed in 1918,
when Franklin D. Roosevelt was
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.
Munitions Building, Twentieth
street and Constitution avenue
NV, 794,738 square feet, oc-
cupied by the Veterans Admin
istration's insurance, construc-
ton and benefits offices. It
houses 4,681 employees and, like
the companion Navy building,
was erected in 1919.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Firemen lntegration
Under Way After
Score Of Transfers

The racial integration program
Of the District Fire Department
was under way today after a
score Of transfers yesterday to
put it into operation.
The transfers involved IA COL
ored firemen and six white fire.
men.
Originally 1t was announced
that the IA colored firemen were
being sent to companies where
vacancies existed, and Commis-
sioner Samuel Spencer said that
impression had been conveyed
to him also by Fire Department
officials.
It was disclosed. later, however,
that six white firemen were in
volved in the transfers, appar-
emily to make room for the coll
ored firemen in the companies
involved.
The two colored firemen as
signed to each of six companies
involved will alternate on the
two platoons-one working with
one platoon Of 10 men, and the
other working with the second
platoon of 10. The other two
colored men will work In the ad-
miniStrative division,
Transfers of white fireflghters
involved these men:
/. D. Galloway and W. r. Mccloskey.
4hirtssnsS !, street stree Sss<een K K and I [
H. A.; Dansereag, transferred from
consin avenue NV.
B. I. Paduda. transferred from Truck
Co. No. 16,. Pennsylvania avenue and
Twenty eighth street Sc.
P. W. Smith. transferred from Engine
Greek Church road NV.
D. A. Green, transferred. from Truck
Co. No. 10. Brentwood road and Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Reassignments of colored fire.
men include:
Milton G. Early and James I. Lipscomb
TO Truck No. 10.
Paul A. Galloway and Ivan r. "a
more, to Engine No. B.
Oliver D. Davenport and Joseph l.
NTH. to Truck No. 16.
Samuel w. Jefferson and James N
Ross, to Engine No. "a.
Algie r. Lewis and Norbert M. King,
to Truck No. 3.
/ william e. Davis and Calvin Wat
son. to Truck No. II, Connecticut ave-
niue and Porter street NV.
william B. Tompkins and Oscar e
Lyles, to Truck No. /, New Jersey ave-
nue. and = street NV.
Charles q. Faeans and Edgar P. Lee
to the administrative division.
Evening star., 1954-09-19

Tire Thief's AHbi
Suffers Puncture

David Mack, 40, colored, had
a ready explanation as to why
he happened to be rolling an
auto wheel, complete with a tire,
in the 1900 block of Sixth street
NV. at 12:45 am. yesterday.
II bought the tire from some
children" he told Municipal
Judge Frank II. Myers. II was
going to pay a bill at Freedmen's
Hospital and then ] was going
to roll the wheel to my cousins
house. She needs one for her car"
what is the make Of her
carp" inquired Assistant United
States Attorney Austin Fickling.
"A Chevrolet" Mack replied.
MIR. Fickling displayed the
wheel. It was a Packard wheel,
and the loss had been reported
by the owner.
Fifty dollars or 80 days."
Judge Myers decreed.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Chamber to Heur Baker

Albert E. Baker of the Wash
ington Board Of Trade economic
development committee, will ad-
dress the Mount Vernon-Lee
Chamber of Commerce dinner
meeting at $50 pm. tomorrow
in the Wagon Wheel Restaurant
on Route !, three miles south
Of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Lions Club to Get Flag

Commissioner Renah F. Cam
alier will present a District OF
Columbia flag to George E. Wal
ton, president of the Southwest
Harbor Lions Club, during the
clubs luncheon meeting at ]
pm. Tuesday in Hamel's Res
ta1rant.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Grade Schools
Here Seeking
Larger Stats
New Budget Asks
Funds for Hiring
OF More Personnel
By james 6. Deone

BY james 8. Deone
School officials are hoping the
Commissioners and Congress
will give the green light to staff
ing District grade schools with
assistant principals, more clerks
and other new personnel next
year.
Charles N. Zellers, school sys-
tenn business officer. said last
week more adequate grade
school staining has high priority
in the proposed 1856 school
budget. on which the Commits
sioners soon win hold hearings.
Executive sessions on city de-
partmental requests start Tues
day, and q public hearing Is
scheduled for September 80.
Supt. Hobart M. Corning sub
mitted the proposed school
budget to the Board Of Educa-
ton last month. It includes
$29, $1,000 for operating ex-
penses. With construction items
added, the budget totals more
than 1865 million.
Sought for Several Years.
School officials, backed by
principals, teachers and parent
groups, have wanted funds for
grade school assistant principals
and clerks for several years. DR..
Corning told the school board
there aren't enough clerks now
to 60 around, and principals. es-
pecially in the larger schools,
are overburdened with paper
work.
The proposed budget asks
$41, 800 for clerks and sos, 1885
for assistant principals. The
latter would be appointed in
every school with at least "a
teachers.
Mr.. Zellers pointed out that
most secondary schools already
have such personnel even though
in some cases they do not have
as large enrollments as grade
schools lacking them.
Provide for Specialists.
WED like to see elementary
schools get caught up," he de-
clared.
Besides new administrative
help, the proposed budget pro-
vides for a number of specialized
elementary teachers now lacking
or in short supply.
The amount asked for these
specialists is $225,155. It would
add ,18 teachers for slow-learn-
ing or atypical children, eight for
remedial reading, seven for
speech correction. three for the
mentally retarded, three for
music. three for art, five for
science and three for the visit
ing instruction corps, which
teaches shut-ins.
Assistant principals also are
being sought for Bell. Chamber
lain, Phelps and Washington
vocational high schools.
Clerks Reorganized.
Officials have disclosed. mean
while, that the clerical staff in
the elementary schools has been
reorganized in connection with
the new racial integration pro-
gram.
Clerks throughout the city
have been re-assigned according
to school enrollments. This has
given formerly colored schools
more and formerly white schools
fewer clerks. The white schools
formerly had somewhat more
in relation to enrolment.
The new positions in colored
schools were filled by new ap-
pointments rather than transfers,
an official reported. So far no
clerks of the opposite race have
been assigned at any schools,
this official said, although there
is no longer any rule barring
such assignment.
Evening star., 1954-09-19
Actress Quits Hospital

DENVER. Sept. IS (P).-Sing-
ing Star Ethel Norman left st.
Luke's Hospital today after a
weeks stay for minor surgery
I'm still a little weak from being
| up and around" she told a re-
porter, "but otherwise. I feel
fine"