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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Citizens Bank Buys
Debt Certificates for
Takoma Park Library

The Citizens Bank of Takoma
Park today bought $35. 900 worth
of certificates of Indebtedness
from the City of Takoma Park,
Md.
The City Council authorized
the sale at an interest rate of
10 per cent for the 10-year
certificates. The only other bid
der was Suburban Trust Co.,
which offered 2.5 per cent.
The money is to be used
toward building a new $4,000
public library at Philadelphia
and Maple avenues. The differ
ence in cost is to be made up
from the sale of the present
library on Sherman avenue.
Mayor George M. Miller ap-
pointed Councilman Sydney w.
Tymeson as Mayor protein.
In the absence of official in
structionS or invitation to par
ticipate in the civil defense test
yesterday, the council appointed
Councilman o. j. Forehand,
chairman of the public safety
committee. to represent the COM
munity in all future defense
matters.
The council approved a request
by F. Byrne Austin, 7419 Maple
avenue, Democratic candidate
for Congress from Maryland'S
9Th district. to erect a banner
across Carroll, in front of the
firehouse.
Robot Edward Rhan was given
a Six-month probationary ap-
pointment as private in the fire
department, effective July l..
William Randolph was appointed
a private in the police depart
ment July /.
Mayor Miller presented to Po-
lice Chief Chester E. Thomas,
for the third year, a National
Safety Council plaque for COM
plotting 1853 without a fatal
traffic accident.
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Bentley Says Mccarthy
Renders Public Service

Montgomery County young
Republicans were admoniShed
last night by Representative
Bentley of Michigan to wait "un-
til all the chips are on the table, +"
before deciding which side is
right in the Army Mccarthy
dispute.
"It's entirely too early to
judge" he told the county
Young Republican Club at a
rally in the Rock Creek Shelter
at Meadowbrook.
when the Republicans were
in the minority" he said, 81
think Joe Mccarthy did more
than any one else to arouse the
public to the dangers of COM
munism."
While declaring the Wisconsin
Senator has, in his opinion, rem
dered a public service to the
country, Mr.. Bentley also upheld
the Eisenhower administration
and denied it is backsliding in
the handling of Subversives.
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Arlington Republican!
= .
Committee Elects

The Arlington Republican
County Committee held it's or
ganization meeting last night
under Craftsmanship of Kirkley
Coulter, who was elected COM
mittee chairman at the Repub-
lican mass meeting May 26.
Last night. the committee
elected Oren r. Lewis, first vice
chairman: Mrs. Wilma Mac
Pherson, second vice chairman;
Mrs. Irma Heiss, secretary, and
Roy Murray, treasurer.
The committee also elected
five memberS-at-large. They
are Representative Joel T. Broy-
hill, Republican, of Virginia;
Robert C. Gotten. jr.. president
of the Young Republican Club
of Northern Virginia: Mrs. Har-
ry Howard, president of the
Arlington Republican Women'S
Committee: Colin c. MacPher-
son, Arlington County treasurer,
and Edgar w. Humphrey, a for
mer county chairman.
Mr.. Coulter, the new county
chairman. is chief clerk of the
Senate Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

In 13 months in the hospital,
Jerry underwent Is operations
and was given so pints Of blood
from the Red Cross blood bank.
When he left the hospital yes
terday Jerry was on crutches
because most of the major skin
CRAFTS were on his legs and the
long period of inactivity had
weakened his muscles.
A sixth-grade student at Belts
vile Elementary School at the
time of the accident. Jerry COM
pleted the seventh grade with the
help of a visiting teacher, Mrs.
Thelma Darling.
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Three sea offers, who can't
stand hot weather, were trying
to make the best Of it today. as
Washington sweltered through
its first heat wave Of the year
The thermometer was nudging
80 degrees when the poodle
furred. web-footed mammals ar
rived at the Zoo yesterday,
packed in ice. a
DR.. William Mann. Zoo direc-
tor. was chain smoking as he sat
outside the small mammal house
and awaited their arrival. !.
You're looking at a very
nervous man." he said. Sea
offers are a rarity in captivity.
I don't know of any place where
they are actually in a ZOO. They
require a great deal of food and
can't stand hot weather. that's
about all know about them"
A pickup truck arrived just
then. In the back, under a tar
paulin. was a big cage, which held
the three offers presented to the
Zoo by the Fish and Wildlife
Service. Between the tarpaulin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Narcotics Are Taken
In Drugstore Theft

An undetermined quantity Of
narcotics was stolen last night
from the Peoples Drug Store at
100 Kennedy street NV. by a
thief who broke through a tran
som window.
The theft occurred between
1890 pm, closing hour of the
store, and 2:10 am. when a
policeman discovered the entry.
Herbert C. Smith, 20. the
store manager. said an inventory
would be required to determine
the amount of drugs taken.
Nothing else in the store was
disturbed.
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Bea|I 10 Be Tried July 10
On EmbezzIement CHARGE
speeiol pispeteh e me star


PORTSMOUTH, Ohio. June
15.-Edward T. Beall, former
county manager of Montgomery
County. Md, will go on trial here
July 10 on a charge of embezzle-
ment.
The date was set today by
Judge Vernon Smith of Common
Pleas Court after a conference
with Scioto County Prosecutor
William Harsha, jr., and Mr..
Beall's attorney, Ernest G. Lit
Teton.
Mr.. Beall was indicted last
month on a charge of embezzling
$738.81 from the Portsmouth
General Hospital in 1852 during
a time when he was acting hos
pital director and city manager
here. MIR. Beall has denied the
charge.
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Methodists Take Up
New District Issue
AT Richmond Today

RICHMOND, Va, June 49,
Virginia Methodists were to get
down to the topic most likely to
stir UP a hot debate today when
the question of adding a 18th
district is brought up during the
second day of the 172d session OF
the Virginia Methodist Con-
ference.
A redistricting committee was
to bring in report asking that
its work be continued for an
other year. The committee was
appointed two years ago to de-
termine whether a new district
should be added in the Newport
News Hampton Warwick area.
But while the main report was
to be read. a minority report was
to call for the immediate crea-
ton of the district, to be known
as the Peninsula district. The
minority REPORT was to recon-
mend that II pastoral charges
be taken from the Norfolk
district and ID from the Ports
mouth-Newport News district.
3 10 Get Full Membership.
The conference also was sched-
uled to receive into full member
ship today 10 ministers who have
served for two years.
At the session last night two
speakers urged the approx
mately 1900 delegates to devote
careful attention to the issue of
segregation.
The two speakers, Mrs. j. A.
Berry, president of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service. and
the Rev. P. Lee Palmore, a mis-
Sionary to Japan. made no
recommendations along the seq
regation line.
But they did stress the idea
that foreigners are watching
Americas move In the field of
race relations. And Mrs. Berry
said questions on segregation by
foreigners often prove embar-
RAISING to missionaries.
Race Relations Guides.
The Board of Social and Eco
nomic Relations tomorrow will
bring in a report asking the
conference to appropriate up to
81 900 to draw up study guides
on race relations.
This report also will state
that during the past year there
has been increasing use of I'M
scrupulous propaganda, mislead-
ing half truths and the big lie
technique in political campaigns
and certain congressional in
veStigations."
The Commute on World
Peace, scheduled to report to-
morrow, will renew and in
tensify" its demand for outlaw
ing war and for "some method
of enforceable disarmament"
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Dog in Cap and Gown Gets Laurel Diploma

One Of Laurel High Schools
most illustrious pupils plain
black mongrel-put on a cap and
gown last night and walked off
with diploma.
For Midnight, the pet dog of
Norman Kerns, Is. of Laurel. it
was the end of a four-year
career - one which not only
earned him a diploma but a
place in the class yearbook.
Meningitis master also gradu-
ated last night as did 81 other
seniors.
The dog had been attending
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7 Firms Order
Wafer Curbs in
Virginia Area
Put Limited Ban
On Use in Fuirfux
And Alexandria

A limited ban on outside use
of water affecting more than
$4,000 customers in Alexandria
and Fairfax County went into
effect today.
Alexandria Water Co. and its
affiliate serving Fairfax County.
Virginia Water Co.. imposed a
daily ban from 4 pm. to 9 pm.
on use of water for sprinkling
lawns. washing cars or filling
swimming pools.
Annandale Water Co. imposed
a similar restriction to be in eff
feet from noon to midnight.
Fairfax Hydraulics Water Co..
serving about $500 customers in
an area south of Alexandria, an
nounced restriction from 4 pm.
to 8 pm.
Fine Up to $50.
Residents of Arlington County
face a fine of up to $50 for out
side use Of water between z am.
and 9 pm.
Falls Church City Manager
w. Rhodes Woodbury. said there
is no restriction on the city's
5000 customers and none is con-
ternplated.
Water company officials
blamed continued dry weather
for the shortage. Use Of water
has risen to new highs since last
Friday and has reduced pressure
in some areas.
New Line Will Help.
Howard Richards. manager Of
the Alexandria Water Co.. said
a new 30-inch line now being
installed from the company's
Occoquan plant will provide
plenty of water when it is COM
pleted.
Alexandria is a major sup
plier of Fairfax Hydraulics and
Annandale.
James A. McWhorter. pres
ident of the Annandale firm.
said additional pumping and
storage facilities will be installed
to provide a larger supply for
the firms $500 customers.
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He was every ones mascot. The
cap and gown were made for
him by 17-year-old Peggy Boil
ton. another graduate. And like
any other senior, the dog wore it
proudly. especially when Prin-
cipal L. B. Rowland gave him
his diploma.
Said Mr.. Rowland: Hes been
no trouble. Everybody accepted
him. and he's very well be-
haved. The only time he was
disorderly was when another
dog thought he had the same
privileges" 4
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Prentiss Is Nominated
For Permanent Rank

Brig. Gen. Louis w. PrentiSS,
District Engineer Commissioner,
yesterday was nominated by
President Eisenhower to the per-
manent rank of brigadier gen.
eral.
Gen. PrentiSs is now a colonel
in the Regular Army holding the
temporary rank Of brigadier
general.
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4 Arlington Boys Admit
Breaking Into 80 Cars

Four boys picked up by Ar.
lington police early today ad.
mitted breaking into about 80
automobiles since last Septem.
Der, Detective Capt. Dudley c.
Rector reported.
The four. who range in age
from Is to Is. also admitted two
break-inS at Jackson School. on
Edison street near Wilson boule-
ward, Juvenile Bureau 1t. John
e. Cullins said.
A radio. record-player and
about IS in cash were taken
from the school, 1t. CullinA said.
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classes with them for four years.
His record won him many friends
and these words of praise in The
Rambler, the class yearbook:
lone of our most outstanding.
if not the most intelligent. stu
dents in our class, is Midnight.
He's very polite and always
(well, almost always is on time
for his classes. :"
The tribute, accompanied by
Midnights' photograph, noted
that though his marks weren't
the very best, he was o howl
ing success" in music.
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Policeman Graduates

Montgomery County Police
Corpl. John T. Higdon was
among 81 men graduated yes
terday from the Traffic Insti-
tute at Northwestern University,
Evanston, Ill. Corpl. Higdon,
formerly stationed at Bethesda,
has been a member of the county
police force since 1910.
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Wheaton Academy Choir

The Wheaton Academy Choir
will give a concert at 7:45 pm.
Thursday at the Metropolitan
Baptist Church,
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
Delayed Reports
Bring Traffic
Toll To 1872

CHICAGO R-Delayed reports OF
accidents in Texas and Indiana
have brought the traffic death toll
Tor the Christmas holiday to 1892.
This was the biggest toll on rec
ord for two-day Christmas week
end, and % more deaths than the
National Safety Council had pre-
dicted for this Christmas.
The number killed in all types
OF accidents over the weekend to-
tailed 515-also a new record for
a two-day Christmas holiday. This
figure included So persons who
died in fires and go who died in
miscellaneous mishaps between 6
pm. Friday and midnight Sunday
local time.
Previous high for a 54-hour
Christmas survey was 277 dead in
traffic and 1886 from all accident
causes in 194S.
This Christmas Texas led all
states with IS traffic deaths and
California was second with 20.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28

CHARLES T. ARCHER

Charles T. Archer, 81 died last
night at his residence of his son.
Mr.. Archer resided at 621 Caroline
ST.
He is survived by the widow.
Mrs. Sarah Archer; one daughter.
Mrs. Miriam Waldron, Ft. Lauder
dale; two sons, William r. Archer,
Key West, and Charles H. Archer,
Deerfield, Fla; four grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
Mr.. Archer was member of
the Key West Volunteer Fire De-
rartment, charter member of the
P. O.'S. of A., and a charter men,
Der of the Red Men.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O in the
First Congregational Church with
Harry Gregory officiating. The bo-
dy will beplaced in the church at
! p. m.
Burial will be in the family plot
in City Cemetery, Pritchard Fun
eral Home is in charge of arrange
mentS.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
Florida Airman
Sentenced For
Japan Staying

TOKYO "a japanese court
Monday convicted a Florida air.
man of Staying a Japanese girl
and sentenced him to eight years
in prison, the U. S. Air Force
reported.
Airman l. c. Merrill C. Harvey
of Jacksonville, Fla, was given
until Jan. 10 to file an appeal in
JaDan courts.
The Air Force said Harvey shot
and killed Naomi Shibata, working
in a bar near Itazuke Air Base
on Kyushu, Oct. 8.
Testimony indicated Harvey and
the girl had been friends and the
shooting grew out of a quarrel.
Maximum sentence for murder
in Japan is death: minimum, three
years Imprisonment.
Mrs. Ruby D. Harvey, the air
mans mother, said in Jacksonville
she had not heard from her son
since late in September.
Mrs. Harvey, a clerk in the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue, described
her son as "quiet boy"
The airman is her only son. There
is a married daughter.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
Kentucky Woman
Shot To Death,
Dragged Home

IRVINE, Ky. R-The body of
Mrs. Sherman Collins, apparently
shot to death and dragged to her
home, was found by police last
night.
Sheriff Fred Brandenburg said
the 32-year-old woman had left her
home at nearby Wagersville, Ky,
two days age when her husband
had been struck down by rifle bull
lets fired from a nearby woods.
Sherman Collins, hit in the neck
and back, had managed to crawl
to the house and notify his wife
who started out on foot for Irvine,
eight miles away.
Brandenburg said Mrs. Collins
body, found in a back room of the
home, had mud on one shoulder
and a footprint on her chest. He
said she had been shot elsewhere
and then dragged to the house.
Collins had notified the sheriff
that his wife was missing after
neighborS. took him to the home of
a brother yesterday morning. He
could offer no explanation for the
shootings.
Brandenburg ruled out a robbery
motive. He said $50 in the woman's
purse was untouched.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
Fire Threatens
Mountain Town

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf. Up -
Wind-lashed flames, which have
burned 1000 acres of timber and
scorched roofs and fences, today
threatened a mountain town in Ca
jon Pass, gateway to southern
California from the east.
Nearly 500 residents in 12O homes
in Devore were alerted for possible
evacuation. Fire cracked less than
mile from the San BernardinO
which runs US. Highway 66.
A dozen families moved out Of
the nearby settlement of Verde
mont last night. Fire fighters
stopped the flames at the door
steps.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
'25Per Cent
Pay Boost For
Military Asked

WASHINGTON Up Sen. Mans
field (D-Mont) proposed today a
Is per cent boost in military pay
rates as a means to maintain a
tnree-mllllon-man military force
on permanent basis with mini.
mum use of the draft.
Mansfield said too he is opposed
to any universal military service
program which is not accompanied
ny new excess profits tax on
war production. He included the
modified system which the Eisen-
hover administration has said it
will ask Congress to approve next
year
IF we have to draft men, then
we should also draft the excess
profits which come from war and
defense production" he said.
He said that when the admins.
tratlon's military manpower pro.
gram reaches the Senate he will
propose that kind of a tax as an
amendment. An excess profits tax
was in effect during World War
IL and again during the Korean
War. 1t was allowed to expire a
year ago.
AS outlined last week by Secre.
tary of Defense Wilson, the new
military manpower program con.
templates extension of the present
draft law, due to die this summer
In addition, there would be pro.
vision to give six months of train.
ing each year to 100000 youths
who volunteer. They would then
Re obligated to serve in the re-
serves for 9la years. Men current
ly are drafted for two years and
then are supposed to serve in the
reserves for six years.
The administration plans to ask
for an increase in military nav.
but has not announced the amount
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK R - The stock
market was lower today in early
dealings, although several areas
OF SteadlneSS prevailed.
Both gains and losses spread
over a range of around a point
with the depressed side of the list
more extensive.
SteelS, motors and oils remained
steady. Utilities and tobaccos
edged higher, Other major divi-
slons of the list were predominate-
ly lower.
Among early blocks were New
York Central 5000 shares up y at
81, American Cyanamid 1000 off
81 at 53l2, International Harvester
l,20O off "a at 35ls, Pepsi-Cola
i.5OO unchanged at 17l5, and Boe-
ing 1,400 off u at 7O9s.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
Haury Funeral
Rites Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Nell
Haury, who died Sunday afternoon
will be held Wednesday at p. m.
iE the Chapel of Pritchard Funeral
Home. The Rev. A. D. O'Briant will
officiate.
Mrs. Haury is survived by the
husband, Ed Haury: two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Larsen and Mrs. Char
les Riggs, Jr.; two brothers, Ho-
mer Furr and Jack McClung; ia.
ther, Clarence McClung; one sister,
Mrs. Bell Miller; and two nephews,
Harold and Herbert McClung.
Burial will be in the family plot
in City Cemetery.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
Red China Paper
Says Communists
Will Gust Chang

TOKYO R-The Chinese Com.
muniSt people will "liberate Tai.
wan (Formosa), put an end to
Chang Kai-Shek (presid.lt of Ma.
tionaliSt China), and shatter the
U.S.-Chiang war treaty." a semi
official Red China newspaper said
today.
Using some of the strongest lam
guage yet employed in month.
long propaganda barrage, the Pei
ping Peoples Daily. quoted in a
Peiping radio broadcast heard
here, asserted:
I'm the interests of peace it is
imperative that the United States
government withdraw all of its
armed forces from Taiwan. the
Penghu (PeScadores) Islands and
that Taiwan Strait, and put stop
to its incurSionS on Chinese terri
tory and independence
The broadcast said China would
''reSpond with counterblows" If
anyone should impose war upon
them.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
CLYDE.MALLORY
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sitorS, the rapidly growing popu.
lation of the West Coast of Flori-
Ga and the Florida Keys and the
steady increase in traffic between
the United States and Cuba, con-
vince us of the necessity of direct
cruise service between these points
and Havana" stated X. A. Osborne,
P and o vice president and gen.
eral manager.
Using these facts as a basis,
we anticipate sell-out on ali crui-
ses, both over and back, through
out the coming winter season." Os-
borne added.
Osborne also pointed out that the
sister ship of the SIS Cuba, the SIS
Florida, which accommodates 500
passengers, offers the popular
Showboat cruise between Miami
and Havana. Broadway goes to
sea" is the theme of these tri-
weekly overnight cruises on which
stars of stage, screen and televi-
sion are featured attractions with
Jose Martinez cruise director of
the SIS Florida, acting as emcee.
Combination Fares
Combination fares on the SIS Gu
la and Florida will be available.
allowing holiday seekers to vary
their itineraries. For example, Mi
amians may choose Key West as
a port of embarkation, enjoying the
dsylight cruise of the SIS Cuba,
and return to Miami on the over
night cruise aboard the SIS Florida.
Dinner, breakfast and luncheon
ere served aboard the SIS Cuba on
passage from Tampa to Havana
end return, luncheon both ways be-
tween Key West and Havana. Din
ner and breakfast are served in
both directors on the SIS Flo
rida.
Effective Jan. 10, P and o will
offer personally conducted all ex.
pense tours to the interior of Cuba
in conjunction with the Santiago
Habana Bus Co.
Sightseeing Trips
Air-conditoned busses with Eng
liSh speaking guides will meet
the ships when they dock in Ha-
vana.
A variety of trips will be offered
to the western parts of the island,
including such interesting and his
toric parts of the island as San
Juan and Martinez, Pinar del Rio,
Soroa Springs, Sugar Mill, Matan-
zas, Yumuri Valley, Veradero
Beach and others.
In recent years many new high.
ways have been constructed
throughout Cuba, and modern no.
tells and motels are springing ur
to meet the demands of an ever.
increasing tourist trade.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-28
NAVY CONFIRMS
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Wy 1--WE will be in control and we
can build another line.
I'VE want to talk to the Navy
and see how much they want" he
added.
The Navy bought the pipeline
from the commission in 1852, a
move planned to streamline the op-
Grafton of the utility.
Construction of the line, complet-
ed in Oct, 1912, was a coopera-
tive venture by the Navy and the
commission.
Step-Up Here
When the United States was pIung.
ed into World War II, military ac-
tivity was stepped up sharply,
pointing up the need for a reliable
water source.
The first step toward construc-
tion of the line was taken by the
Florida Legislature in 1941 when
that body authorized the formation
of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Com.
mission, a political subdivision of
the State of Florida.
Spessard Holland, now u. S. Sem
ator, was governor at the time.
To date, the total cost 4 Il the
project - building an 18-inch wa
ter line the 130 miles from Florida
City to Key West - is $6,S86, ,2O8.
Two-thirds of the tab was pick
ed up by the Navy.
The commission floated revenue
bonds to handle the balance.
Growth Shown
That the water system has shown
a tremendous growth can be seen
from the following figures:
During 1914, total of 81 ,467 900
gallons of water were pumped
through the line.
The figure for 1854 is expected
to top 82,000,O00 gallons.
Revenue from the sale of water
has jumped from $12,S45 to $61, ,O67
per month over the same period.
The purchase agreement that
transferred ownership of the line
to the Navy in 1852 provides that
the commission buy water from the
Navy for resale to civilians.
A little over a year ago the com.
mission failed to get freeholders
approval of a new $14, 4,OOO, 900 water
line to parallel the existing line