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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Byrd Turned Down
81, 500 Salary,
Spokesman Says
BY the Assoeia.ed Press

BALTIMORE. Mar. 2. - A
spokesman for DR.. H. C.. Byrd
said last night the candidate for
Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor had declined to accept a
salary of $22.500 voted him as
president emeritus of the Uni
versity of Maryland.
He asked the board Of regents
instead to give him terminal or
separation leave pay that any
teacher or staff member would
have earned" according to E.
Brooke Lee, Montgomery County
Democratic leader in charge Of
Byrd headquarters here.
This. said Mr.. Lee, would
amount to something like 40
per cent of the 1854 years sal
airy already voted to him as
president emeritus"
Lee said DR.. Byrd told him he
had rejected the offered salary
of $22, 500 at a board of regents
meeting four or five weeks ago
He issued the statement in
comment on a move in the
Legislature yesterday to block
paying Mr.. Byrd a $22.500 sal
airy for 1854. The proposal. an
amendment to the budget, was
introduced by three Republican
Senators and was voted down
1873
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
New Law Held Need
For State Approval Of
Ocean Beach Bridge
ey the Assoeiated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 2.-If a
bridge is to be built between
Ocean Beach and the Worcester
County mainland. its promoters
will have to get a new law
through the General Assembly.
Assistant Attorney General Jo-
seph D. Buscher says paper
document" posted last June
didn't meet the 1853 Legis-
lature's. requirement of a bond.
For that reason. the act author
izlng a bridge to Assateague
Island cannot go into effect. he
ruled
Mr.. Buscher wrote his opinion
for the Wicomoco County dele
CATION. Delegate Hanna. Demo-
crat. of that county had charged
on the House floor last year that
talk of a bridge was encouraged
to stimulate the sale of lots at
Ocean Beach.
Thousands of Lots Sold.
Leon Alderman. Washington
real estate dealer. has been de-
veioping the resort on the island
below Ocean City. The bridge
corporation. headed by j. H. Lee
Fisher of Baltimore. is separately
ORGANIZED. Thousands of lots
have been sold on Assateague.
reachable now only by boat, but
construction has been sparse.
The 1858 General Assembly
passed a law authorizing the
bridge if a bond were posted by
last June l and construction
were completed by mid-1957. Mr..
Buscher acknowledged wording
of the bond requirement was
ambiguous" but he took it to
mean the act was forfeited if
bridge hackers didn't come up
with a proper bond in time.
Never Posted Bond.
He said he had told attorneys
for the bridge company If a
satisfactory bond were SUBJ
mitted later, it would be de-
cided then if the legal stipula-
tions had been met. Ruling last
night the law was no longer
valid. he said they never came
back with a bond.
Mr.. BuScher commented the
document was for completion of
the bridge if the Charles H.
Tompkins Co. of Washington
got the contract to build it.
Tompkins signed it over to the
State.
The assistant attorney general
said he was convinced the bridge
corporation had made a bona
fide effort" to finance the prof.
ect. He said he had been told
its bond counsel cautioned
against a public loan unless the
Maryland Court of Appeals up
held the authorization act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Iakoma Park League
Backs Home Rule Plan

The Community League of
Takoma Park last night Endorsed
a home rule proposal to be voted
on during the towns biennial
election March %.
The measure would give the
city council authority to amend
the charter by approval Of the
voters or upon petition by Is
per cent of the municipalities
registered voters
In another action, the league
voted opposition to a proposal
to grant the right Of veto to the
Mayor. This proposal also will
be decided by the voters at the
municipal election.
In other business. the league
heard a talk by Police Chief
Chester E. Thomas and voted to
hold q Meet the Candidates
Night at the firehouse at 8 pm.
March 16.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Parents Asked 10 Aid
In Report Card Study

The Montgomery County
Board Of Education will ask par
entS and school principals to as
sist in a study of an improved
report card system for the coun-
ty.
The County School Board last
night was informed of the report
card study, and was told that
parents will be asked to Coop
crate.
The school board now lets in
dividual schools choose between
the achievement system. which
is grading by letter, or the des-
criptive system, or a combina-
ton of the two.
Board member, Leila Edwards
said some parents are not happy
where the descriptive method is
now in use. Assistant Supt.
Thomas Pyle said the commit
tee will report again in late
spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Montgomery Bar Group
Backs Judge Prescott

The Montgomery County Bar
Association yesterday Endorsed
Judge Stedman Prescott for re-
election to the circuit bench.
A resolution suggesting that
ne enter both the Democratic
and Republican primaries was
passed unanimously at lunch
con meeting at the Christian
Church in Rockville.
Several Republican attorneys
spoke in favor of the Judge. who
is a Democrat, succeeding him.
self. The resolution was intro
duced by William Prettyman and
seconded by Thomas Anderson,
assistant States attorney,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
North Takoma Group
Wants Candidates
Stand on Public Parks

The North Takoma Citizens
Association wants to know how
candidates for city Offices stand
on the preservation of public
parks. but its president denies
the request is connected with an
attempted park land abandon
ment last fall by the City Coun-
Gil.
R. G. Perkins. president Of the
organization. made this state
ment yesterday in answer to a
story in Sundays Star in which
the association was reported as
pointing up the issue as a result
OF the previous case.
who ever released the notice
to the paper had no authority
to speak for the association as a
whole" Mr.. Perkins declared.
THE association is not at pres
ent challenging the legality of
the abandonment"
A letter to the council. signed
by Mr.. Perkins and dated No
vember %. 1853, protested a
council action of the preceding
month which purported to aban-
don 20-foot strip of park land
and charged the council passed
an ordinance relative to it with
out prior public announcement
or public hearing.
Mr.. Perkins said that "subse-
quent private consultations with
the city government answered
this letter more or less to the
satisfaction of the officers of the
association"
He added: brief mention was
made of the matter at a citi-
zenS' association meeting last
Thursday at which the associa-
ton passed a motion to query
potential candidates for the city
offices in the forthcoming cleo
tons with respect to their stand
on adequate public hearings
prior to action relative to future
abandonment of park lands"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
liked by Hospital Quiz, Man
Walks Out, but Returns Dead

A 4l-year-old railroad engineer
was pronounced dead on arrival
at Alexandria Hospital yesterday
just one hour after he walked
away from the same hospital
without being treated because a
nurses questions taxed his pa
thence.
The victim, Beverley Ludlow of
Route S. Franconia, died as the
result of a heart attack, &C
cording to DR.. Alfred Abramson.
deputy coroner. He was an engi-
neer for the Southern Railway.
Mrs. Mary Ludlow sa'1 her
husband complained of ..vere
pains in the chest around $3.50
am. yesterday. She took him to
Alexandria Hospital. They were
directed to the emergency room.
where Mrs. Ludlow said they
waited briefly for the emergency
room nurse to come let them in.
The hospital said the emergency
room nurse was near the front
desk when the Ludlows came in
and followed them to the emer-
gency room.
Walks Out During Quiz.
Mrs. Ludlow said she waited
outside the emergency room
while her husband went inside
with the nurse. Mrs. Ludlow
said her husband came out 10
minutes later and announced
that the nurse was trying to get
his "life's history" Mrs. Ludlow
recalled that her husband said
Tets get out of this place-I'd
rather ole at home"
Van c Adams. hospital admin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Senate in Maryland
Votes 10 Tax D. {.
Loan Associations
BY o s,or s,off Correspondent,

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 1.-The
Maryland Senate. over the OPP
position Of its Prince Georges
County representative. has ten
tatively approved legislation to
tax the income of District build
ing and loan associations doing
business in Maryland.
Senators voted 21-5 last night
to advance the measure for final
passage today. 1t still has to
60 to the House, however.
The Senator's also rejected, by
ITO. an amendment postpon-
ing the effective date of the bill
from 1854 to 1855.
Fears Higher Mortgage Rates.
Senator j. Raymond Fletcher.
Republican. Of Prince Georges
obviously uncomfortable in OPP
posing a bill backed by his Mont
gomery colleague-Senator An
ders r. Lofstra1d. jr.-said the
bill would hamper competition
and raise home mortgage rates
in his county. .
In another action, Senator
Fletcher petitioned out of the
Rules Committee his bill to ex-
tend sl,es Washington Suburban
Sanitary District to Morningside,
which IS In. urgent need of mod
ernizing its water and sewer ia
cilities.
Due on Floor.
Then the bill was referred to
Senate judiciary. where it re-
ceived q favorable report. It is
scheduled to 60 to the floor
today.
The Rules Committee had re-
fused to report 1t out, Senate
President George Della said, be-
cause it felt the bill is too local
in nature to be constitutional.
Thirty-day sessions can only
consider fiscal. emergency and
general public welfare matters.
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02

ginia's responsibility. It includes
1881 900 in land acquisition and
overpasses of Fort Myer drive
and Arlington boulevard.
District Tie-Ins.
District approaches. $685.
400, including 81. $50. 900 for land
acquisition. The main struc-
lures include tie-ins with the
Rock Creek and Potomac park
way. New Hampshire avenue,
Twenty-sixth street and depres-
sion Of D and e streets NV. be-
tween Twentieth and Twenty
fourth streets.
The District street improve
ments covered in the cost esti-
mate reach only as far eastward
as Seventeenth street NV. Traf-
flc Director George E. Keneipp
testified yesterday that 1t may
be necessary to build a multiple
use vehicular tunnel" south of
the White House between Seven
teenth and Thirteenth streets
NV.
District highway officials ex-
planned. however. that such a
tunnel is a future possibility"
that would not be needed In the
near future to handle traffic
generated by the E street bridge.
Their idea for handling traf-
fic east Of Seventeenth street is
to widen to five lanes the road
way between the White House
and the EllipSe. The center
lane Of the five would be used
for one-way traffic in alternate
directions during morning and
evening rush hours.
Data to Defend Stand.
Obviously building their de-
lenses for the opposition ex-
petced next week to the E street
project, meanwhile, District
highway experts yesterday pro-
duced an elaborate array Of
charts and traffic statistics.
Mainly. they were designed to
show:
l. That District streets, with
the improvements proposed
would function smoothly with
an E street bridge.
2. That the most substantial
traffic demand is for a bridge
feeding traffic across the Po-
tomac at points between Me-
mortal and Key bridges.
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
engineer commissioner, told the
subcommittee he intends to do
whatever he can to increase the
capacity of existing bridges.
But he warned that, with all
bridges now carrying more cars
than they were built to handle.
he is reluctant to put any span
out Of commission even for the
period required to- make i'm
provements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Council Hears Plea
To Reject Rezoning
OF Kensington Tract

The Mayor and Town Council
Of Kensington and an estimated
SO town residents, including
spokesman from the Town Criers.
a community civic group. put
their bitter opposition to in
creased commercial coming on
the record last night in Silver
Spring.
They opposed requested COM
mercial and light industrial re-
coming for a 712-acre tract be-
tween the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad tracks and Frederick
street. The property is owned
by Russell Mizell, Kensington
lumber dealer and builder. who
said the land is unsuitable for
single-family dwellings unless
they are of cheap construction.
Merriam Cites Covenants.
The towns Mayor. Lewis
Merriam, former president of the
Brookings Institution, led the
opposition at the hearing before
the Montgomery County Council.
He declared there are inadequate
access roads to the proposed in
dustrial area and that covenants
running with the land prohibit
the proposed use.
Attorneys j. Hodge Smith and
Thomas c. Kelly spoke for the
rezoning request. The land. they
declared. could be put to no
other reasonable use than the
one proposed. Also cited was a
recent staff report issued by the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. which
Endorsed the commercial and
light industrial request.
The attorneys declared the APP
plicant would dedicate two por-
tions of the tract for use as buff
fer strips on which park and rec
reational development would be
possible.
Tax Advantage Seen.
An estimated 30 citizens ia
vored the rezoning, including
William S. Stanley. president of
the Kensington Chamber of
Commerce. He told the County
Council that Homer Hoyt, land
economist. often has pointed out
how business centers and stores
increase the tax basis of a COM
munity.
In another petition before the
council, a Silver Spring corpora
tons plan to erect a 275-unit
apartment development near the
Rosemary Hills subdivision en-
countered virtually unanimous
opposition from neighboring
homeowners.
Attorney Plummer M. Shearin.
Blair Lee III. planning consult
ant, and John E. McKeever. a
property manager, spoke in be-
half of the applicant. the Mar
mont Corp.
16-Acre Tract.
Requested was R-20 coming on
a 15.8-acre tract north OF Grub
road and northwest of East-West
highway. Mr.. Lee told how the
builders would provide a 200
foot-deep buffer strip north of
Grub road.
Opposition speakers included
Charles Gordon. president of the
Rosemary Hills Citizens Asso-
citation; Harlan A. Westrell,
president of the Rock Creek For
est Citizens Association. and
William S. Cheatham. Washing
ton lawyer and resident of Rock
Greek Terrace
The council took all rezoning
requests under consideration and
agreed to hold the record open
for five days to receive additional
A@L
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Alto Vistu PTA to Meet

The Alta Vista Elementary
Schools Parent Teachers AS
ISOLATION will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight at the school on Beech
avenue in Bethesda. Col. Lath-
rop Smith. Of the Montgomery
County Council will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Byrd Booking Approved

The Hyattsville (Md) District
Democratic Club has unanimous
~ concurred in the action Of the
State Central Committee in in
dorsing DR.. H. c. Byrd for Gov
ernor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
BY the Assoeiossd Press


ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 2.-Yes-
terday's proceedings in the
Legislature included the fol-
lowing:
HOUSE:
Bills Enacted.
NIB 5-By Notwithstanding am
balances of MARYLAND chapters Of the
American Red Cross from titllns taxes.
license fees and the State Gasoline tax.
lib 13--By speaker---Requiring per-
sons under 81 to provide financial re-
sponsibiiitv when applying for a driver
license.
lib 4O-By Luber--Es Establishing q
central licensing office.
lib 45-By Stevenson and McNulty--
Authorizing incorporated towns. cities
or villages to regulate speed on streets
and roads not cart Of the State highway
system.
lib 47--By Luber-specifyin that
the Federal Government Is not included
in the sales-tax exemptions for nom
profit organizations.
HB 7S-By Clarifying resi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
GreenbeIt Group to Meet

The Greenbelt Citizens Asso-
citation will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Center School.
Roger Wilcox. president of the
o. anbelt Community t;uiloers,
will speak. A British documen-
tary film will be shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Social Council Discussion

SVStOt SVUHtSTI OISSuSStUU
A meeting to discuss a social
planning council will be held at
8:15 pm. tomorrow in the Jew.
ish Community Center. 8402
Freyman drive. Chavy Chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02

Attacks Stanley Stand.
Former Representative Thorn
as B. Fugate, of Lee County.
attacked Gov. Stanley's position
on the amendments as a re-
versal of a gubernatorial CAM
paign pledge. Mr. Fugate man.
aged Gov. Stan'ey's campaign
in the 9th district.
BY indorsing the amendments.
Mr.. Fugate said. the Governor
was contradicting his campaign
stand when he said he would
not let anything happen to
destroy peaceful relations be-
tween employers and employees.
The 7-year-old law prohibits
closed or union shop agreements
in the State between unions and
employers.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-11-19
COVERING THE WATERFRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN

ton from hunters until the sea-
son opens in the Back Bay and
Currituck region. A check of our
records show that they arrived
on the night of November goth
during years the season opened
en- that date" said Turner.
They Are Rare Fowl
Before the season passes or
during the next few weeks, that
is, there will be several thousand
Snow Geese at Pea Island, a ref
uge which was created primarily
for their protection during the
late 1905. Last year about 5000
of the snowy fowls that come
each year from their breeding
grounds above the Arctic Circle,
spent the winter at Pea Island.
Actually, they remained until
early January and there is a
tradition in this region that they
begin their migratory flights
IOIlll WdIu again, Oll IllS A4iSAAt VI
Rodanthe's Old Christmas, Janu-
airy 5. (Actually they seem to
choose any early January night,
when the moon is full, for begin
ming their return trip north"
Such authorities as National
Geographic Society indicate that
the total Greater Snow Goose
population in North America is
between IA and 10 thousand.
During one severe winter when
coastal feeding conditions were
probably below par, $4,000 were
counted at Pea Island. Regard
less of the size of the flocks, their
appearance at Pea Island always
attracts bird-watchers from far
and near. -. AS the Conrad
Wirth" squeezed into the south
side slip the final flock now in
a formation that resembled a
See BROWN, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-11-19
ROANOKE ISLAND
WAT'RS SWARMING
WITH ROCK FISH
Weights Up to Seven Pounds;
One Party Lands 107
By AYCOCK BROWN

Waters to the west, east and
north of Roanoke Island have been
literally alive with rockfish or
striped bass this week and catches
have been ranging from so to more
than 300 fish by parties trolling
with bucktail lures.
Best catch by one man was that
of U. S. Midget of Manteo, who
last week end accounted for more
than 300 stripers from 9 o'clock
until sunset@or about seven and a
half hours of fishing. A runnerup
to this catch by Midget was made
by party headed by Jim Gray of
Jacksonville. They were trolling
in Croatan Sound between the Air
port and Manns Harbor. Capt. Jes-
Sc Etheridge, the skipper, said
catches of so to more than 100
fish were taken by parties trolling
on Wednesday.
Weather conditions this week
have been perfect for this type of
fishing and for the first time this
year during the past week. the
striped bass have been appearing
in great schools. Catches have
been report d from Roanoke
Sound, where Midget made his
remarkable one-man catch and this
week from Croatan Sound. Catches
have also been reported from
fresh-water Albemarle Sound, but
the best fishing currently, seems
to be in Croatan Sound, according
to Capt. Etheridge.
Bob Young and party of Kill
Devil Hills caught 81 in waters
See ROCK, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-11-19
REV. L. ID. HAYMAN
RETIRES TO LIVE
AT OUTHPORT|
Well-Known Methodist Min
lister Establishes Handi-
craft and Boat Shop

One of Dare County's natives,
a well-known and popular min
lister of the Methodist CHURCH for
"A years retired this month, his
last pastorate being Carolina
Beach, and has established a
a home as he says he and wife
ARE going back to Southport
where we formerly served, to
spend our remaining days in that
quiet but lovely old town."
'Now we have moved into our
own home-"he says Dun
Movie is the name we have
given it, a neat six-room cottage
and comfortably furnished-with
fig trees, grapevines, BURBERRY
bushes and a large yard and gar
den spaces. We have our shop
and also our 36-foot boat for
commercial services. We are not
retiring in the sense of stopping
workout retirement age caught
up with us, and we are making
a change over to this way of liv-
ing. Tell our friends to come to
see us here at Southport.
Mr.. Hayman's shop referred to
is a bodybuilding and woodcraft
shop. He is a skilled mechanic.
He says, while some things of the
present day ministry are little
difficult as one grows older, he
expects to miss and doubtless al
ways feel the hunger for such
things as a congregation to visit;
the preaching of twice on Sun
day, the ministering to the sick
and dying, etc"
1t has been full life-44 years
in the ministry and many friends
will miss him too, but will wish
him God-speed.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-11-19
U. S. MIDGETT HITS
'ROCKFISH JA'KPOT
ROANOKE SOUND

Ulysses S. Midget of Manteo
became the rockfish champion of
Dare coastal waters on Friday.
From 9 o'clock in the morning
until near sunset he trolled with
one line from a small power boat
and caught over 800 fish, all of
them rock fish Striped bass as
the off-islanders call them. He
fished alone near Beacon No. 33
in Roanoke Sound, a marker off
Manteo's ShalloWbag Bay( the
local harbor). He said that he
quit counting after passing 800,
so he got some over 800 fish.
The fish were not wasted. Il
gave away 10 messes and carried
a so pound sack full home for my
personal use," he said. THAT did
not include $500 worth that I
sold at a local fish house" He re-
ceived % cents per pound for the
larger fish and II cents for the
small ones.
At first Midget was the on
ly person fishing at Beacon No.
33, but several boats went there
before the day had passed and
everyone had good catches.