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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Work on Virginia
Church Unit Starts

Ground for the 100000 edu-
cational wing Of the Mount Ver-
non Methodist Church was bro
ken yesterday at Belle View
boulevard in the Belle Haven
Estates, Alexandria, Va.
Each person in the gathering
of more than 200 members and
friends took part in turning a
spadeful of ground and depos-
iting the dirt in an earthen con-
tainer. The container will be-
come a part of the church'S
archives.
Speakers at the service were
DR.. John H. Pearson, Superin-
tendent of the Alexandria Dis
trict, the Methodist Church; DR..
T. E. Lands, minister of WASH
ington Street Methodist Church.
and the Rev. William w. Laugh
lin, jr., pastor of Mount Vernon
Church. The master of cere-
monies was Ode r. Howell, jr.
The projected building will
have a combination sanctuary
and hall seating 275, pastors
study, kitchen, IL classrooms and
storage space.
The congregation, organized
In January, 1853, worships in
the Holm Hall School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Winners in Model Air Show

eighth street Sc; Richard Angel, Drexel
Event No. 90. class A-B-Robert
Aberle. Rosedale, N. Y. no other con-
Event No. %. class k-A-peter Far
rara, Glendale, N. Y; Russell Gardner,
Baltimore; Joseph Harris. 1923 Thirty
eighth avenue. Cottage City. Md.
Event No. "a class A-B-Sander Gam
herman, Baltimore; Fred Williams,
Easton, Pa; Roger Barron, Springfield,
Va.
Radio Control Flying.
Event No, %, group l and 2 combined
Helmut A. Keuhnel Hampton, Va;
liam Street. Baltimore. Md.
Event No. 26--Joseph Coles. Mount
bies, D. C.; Frank Lashek, Sea Grit, N. J..
Combat Flying.
binedA hS H0pfns s3 aod Ss%
street Hillcrest Heights. Md, Clarence
Smith. Baltimore; Wallace Kirby. Balti-
more.
Carrier Landing.
Event No. IS. groups / and 2 COM
bined - Robert Goodwin, 1875 Willard
street NV; John AlbertSon, 2007 North
Taft street, Arlington; Thomas DeVille,
New York.
Armed Forces Competition.
Event No. 29-T/Sergt Clarence Mar
cussen, 4341 German terrace Sc; Ernest
Bennett. Norfolk.
Clipper Cargo.
w. s. Blanchard. Hampton. Va; AL
GetZ LandiSYille Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Arrest Convinces
Truck Driver Beer
And Milk Don't Nix

Beer and milk don't mix-that
is, beer bought in the District
and Illegally transported into
Virginia in milk truck.
A Herndon, (Va), farmland
Saturday was charged with il
legally transporting IL cases of
beer in a milk truck when he
was stopped by Virginia ABC In
vestigator M. K. Bryant and Ar
lington Police.
Mr.. Bryant said the farmland,
Winston Reed Wilkerson, SO,
colored, had just made a delivery
of raw milk to a Washington
dairy and was passing through
Arlington on his way back to the
farm. In the rear of the milk
van, Mr.. Bryant said, were a
number of empty milk cans, 10
pounds of iced butter and IL
cases Of beer, allegedly pur-
chased in the District. The Of
f1cers had. been tipped of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Suspect in 7 Killings
Fatally Shoots Self
As Pursuers Close In

A suspect in a double murder
near Chesapeake Beach, Md, last
night ended his own life today by
shooting himself in a barn while
police and bloodhoundS pursued
him.
The murders occurred bout
11:15 pm. on lonely road mile
east of State Route 261 in CAL
vert County, between Chesapeake
Beach and Willows. The suspect
shot himself in a barn a mile and
a half away about $50 am.
Maryland State police at Wal
dorf identified the suicide as
Vernon Hicks, IS, colored, of
Huntingdon, Md.
Girl, 20, Wounded.
Those killed last night were
Mrs. Marian Smith, 81, of
Chesapeake Beach and Wilson
Fletcher. %, of Willows. Both
are colored as is Alice Smith,
20, daughter of the murdered
woman, who also was shot. Miss
Smith is reported in good con-
dition at Calvert County Hos
pital. Prince Frederick, with
head wounds.
Police said the three victims
were in car driven by Mr..
Fletcher and were shot after
being hailed by a cclored man
as they drove along the road.
Mr.. Fletcher was shot first, then
Mrs. Smith and her daughter,
police said.
Veteran in Killing.
Mrs. Smith and Mr.. Fletcher
were pronounced dead on the
scene by DR.. George Weems, CAL
vert County medical examiner.
Police said Mr.. Fletcher was a
veteran who recently returned
from duty in Korea.
The shootingS caused police to
launch an intensive search. The
Waldorf State Police substation
said the searchers heard a shot
ring out from a barn owned by
Jack Jones of Chesapeake Beach.
Inside, they found the body of
Hicks.
The motive for the shootings
has not yet been determined.
police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for TONIGHT

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with The Film Center of WASH
ington and the recreation de-
partments of the following coun-
ties and cities: District of Column
bia, Arlington, Prince Georges,
Montgomery, Fairfax and Alex
andria.
Washington, at Dusk.
Janney. wisconsin avenue and Abe
a, Rudolph End and Hamilton streets
Powell. 10th and Lamont streets NV,
OK ke itnSn3 E Kenilworth avenue and
Hoover. end and N streets s.w.
Congress Helghts, Savannah street and
Monroe, deorgia avenue and Columbia
Francis. gath and N streets NV.
Male, 50th and c streets Sc.
Douglas-DwellinSs. 1000 Alabama ave.
nue. Sc
Arlington County, $3.50 PM.
Halls Hill, 1900 South Dinwiddie
Lyon village, Lee hiGhway and North
Highland streets.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 PM.
Highland Park Elementary School,
Riverdaie playground. foot of Ritten-
house street. Rtverdale.
Montgomery County, $3.50 PM.
Jesup Blair, Georgia avenue and Dis
trict line, Silver Spring.
Rolling Terrace. Barron. Bayfield, and
Hood streets, Takoma Park. e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Jurors Ordered
ToProbe Death
0fLouis Hicks
Grand Jury Told
To End Mystery Case
Of Purulyzed Veteran
By J. L. Michoel
Stor Staff corrospondenS

La PLATA. Md. July ia
Charles County grand jury today
was instructed to probe the mys-
ferrous death of Louis A. Hicks
by Circuit Judge j. Dudley
Digges. who said:
1T is very important that this
matter be solved if at all posi-
BILE and it narrows itself down
to you"
The paralyzed war veteran
was found dead March % in his
specially equipped car after it
crashed into his home six miles
west Of here.
Authorities at first, ruled the
death of the 34-year-old war
veteran, paralyzed from the waist
down by shellf1re, as accidental,
but later called it a homicide.
Relatives Sought Probe.
An investigation conducted
jointly by State police, Charles
County States Attorney Robert
T. Barbour and the local sheriff'S
Office was started at the instiga-
ton of the victims relatives.
Judge Digges, in his brief
charge to the panel headed by
William C. Abel, an automobile
dealer of Marbury, said, after
the States attorney had indi-
Gated he would ask the Jurors
to first consider nine other
presentments:
I'm addition to these, the
States attorney wants to take
up with you another matter
which has been the subject Of
investigation.
This is a very important
matter and one you should con-
slider thoroughly. The investiga-
ton has not been completed and
no conclusion has been reached.
1--WE feel that you should go
into the matter at this time and
have before you witnesses so
that they will be required to
make whatever statements or
answer whatever questions are
to be answered under OATH"
Presses for Conclusion.
Judge Digges' charge followed
an announcement by the States
Attorney that he would ask the
grand jury to probe the case in
an effort to bring it to a conclu-
sion.
Mr.. Barbour said that he felt
that most of the more than 100
witnesses who have been quizzed
have been cooperative, but that
a few have apparently not told
all they know about the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Extra Patrol Hats
Breuk-In Attempts
In Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier (Md.) police
said today they have halted a
series of attempted store break
ms by adding heavily armed,
plainclothes patrol to the night
police guard in the business dis
trict.
Police Chief Fred P. Schatz
said an extra unmarked police
car was added to the routine
after dark patrol two weeks
ago after thieves attempted
without success to burglarize
hardware. grocery and dime
stores and loan establishment
in Mount Rainier.
He said there have been no
attempts at breaking and enter
ing since he and Pvt. Thomas
Miller started patrolling the area
with rifles and Shotguns from 10
pm. to am. nightly. The
chief said the extra patrol would
continue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19

Following are the results of the
ninth annual National Capital
Model Air Show, which brought
out 391 contestants and 10000
spectators at Andrews Air Force
Base yesterday.
The winners in the 80 events,
listed in first, second and third
places:
Free Flight, Gas.
Event No. L, Glass AaA--Hugh Hunton.
seph B. Peters. St. Augustine, Fla: Sam
uel Bronstein, SOLO Knollwood drive s. E.
5seS SeR Rac EG sree Ga ehe1er1 1 Md w Rcn
ard Angel, Drexsi Hill, Pa: Nelson NIX K.
Utterly; Easton1. Pa: 49,, 49,
Neson 1t ter Mayer kata Ba MiassF;
Event No. 4, Glass hA-Robert Mani
gold WATERFOWL, NJ Y; Karl Eroh,
Trenton, N. j.; Sander Gamerman. Bal
Event No; 5, Class A-.Robert Hooper.
Roger Barron. Springfield. Va.
Howard campbell Red Bank. n. n j.: ".
Event No. I. Groups i and 2 COM
?'F Eaaln "l Hs%s ST vass
Control Line, Speed.
Event No. 8, Class A--Jimmy Wenger.
New Brunswick, N. j.: Joe Hardesty, GA
Great Falls street. Falls Church, Va;
Ag EVea au3 NJ. ., class gAaonnte Nylsr.
Karen Biddie, Neshaminy, Pa. No third.
Event No. 10. Glass C-Joe Hardssty.
Knollwood drive. Sc: Karen Biddle.
Event No. IL. Glass A--Paul Menehan
1920 Saratoga avenue. s. e; e. r. Boset-
Il. wilmington, Del; Richard Hood. New
Event No; 1e. Class paul Msnehani
E. r. Bosetti:. Donald Orr, Norfolk, Va.
Andrew dTsRt ri ovd IT, fs ss 1dckRs dste
Silver Spring, Nd; Geral Myers. York
Event No. "A. JET, Groups and .
Heights. N. j.; Frank Lashik, Sea Grit
N. j.: John Hill, Baltimore.
Gas Control Line, Stunt.
Event No. 15-Gerard Anderer. Phila-
delphia: Lowell Serist. Scherr, w. Va.
Bob Neal, catonsville. Md.
Fairfield drive. Bethesda. 4 Md. wayne sS
sutherland, Baltimore: Henry Spielman
Baltimore.
Outdoor Unlimited, Rubber.
Event No. I'D Letter. Philadelphia
Ira Deutsch. woodbridge, N. J.
Event No. 1S-Robert Perkins, Balti-
more; John Alien, Brooklyn, N. Y; James
Harton, Baltimore.
T0wline, Glider.
Event No. 19-Matthew Walcott,
BROOKLYN; Rudolph .Aukschun. Jack Gar
ner Catonsville, Md.
Event No. 2O-Gerald walburg, Nor
folk; Bill Dunwoody. Brooklyn; Robert
Tabler, 1921 Montauk avenue, Bethesda.
Event No. FL. class h-A-Rudolph
Aukschun; Jay Knisht. 2S46 Twenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Arlington Lawyer
Heads Young 6. 0.P.
State Federation

Marion Edwyn Harrison, ZIG
North George Mason drive. Ar
lington, an attorney. was elected
president of the Young Repub-
lican Federation of Virginia at
meeting in Roanoke Saturday.
The committee meeting was
held during a G. o. P. conven-
ton at which Oren R. Lewis,
Arlington attorney, presided.
Mr.. Harrison, who succeeds
William v. Roth, Blacksburg at
torney, who resigned, takes a
seat on the State Central Com
mittee as result of his election.
Mr.. Harrison is also vice presi-
dent of the Arlington Republi-
can Club and a county commit
teeman.
Yesterday, William M. Nixon,
26, Of Princess Anne. declined the
nomination as First District Re-
publican candidate for the House.
His father had tentatively &C
copied the nomination for him
at a District convention June 26.
This leaves Democratic Repre-
sentative Robson unopposed un-
less the G.. o. P. District Com
mittee selects a nominee before
the September deadline.
The convention at Roanoke
had as its primary purpose a
decision of whether or not to
name candidate to oppose SEN
ator Robertson, Democrat, in
November.
The convention declined to
nominate a candidate to oppose
Senator Robertson but the State
Central Committee may decide
on such a candidate when it
meets in Richmond, July 81. A
two-thirds vote of the committee
would be needed to name a can
dldate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Two AWOL Navy Monkeys
EIude Capture Near Bethesda

A couple Of smart monkeys
are cavorting around the Be-
esda-Kensington area after
spending the week end eluding
their would-be captors.
The two rheSus monkeys es-
capped Friday by squeezing
through a ventilating fan outlet
at the Bethesda Naval Medical
Center.
DR.. F. N. Stein today asked
residents not to feed the ami
malS.>
Our only chance to catch
them is to let them get hungry
enough and then they may go
for food in . cage" DR.. Stein
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Rockville Cocker Wins
Al Falls Church Show

A 312-month-old puppy owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward j. Far
reilly of Rockville won the best
in match award at a member
puppy match held by the Capital
City Cocker Club at Falls Church
yesterday.
The winning pup was Keep
sake STARTER, black-an-tan
cocker. He won the clubs Chal-
lenge Trophy.
A 5-month-old puppy, Heyday
Hideway, was adjudged best of
the opposite sex at yesterdays
show. Her owners are DR.. and
Mrs. Clarence A. Smith of Be-
theSda
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Five Persons Are Injured;
One Car Falls 100 Feet

Five persons were injured yes
terday in an accident which sent
one car topping down a 100-foot
embankment along Shirley high
way in Fairfax County, police
reported.
Olan Dendy, 10, of Highland,
N. c., a passenger in the auto
mobile that went over the bank,
was admitted to Alexandria Hos
pital in critical condition with
a fractured skull.
The other injured were Paul
James Owens. 10, of 1876 F street
NE, head injuries and face cuts;
Mrs. Myrtle Davis, 35, of Route
l, Springfield, cuts and bruises;
her daughter, Miss Joyce Davis,
16, Of Route /, Springfield, frac-
tured shoulder, and Theodore
Newman, 81, of Carmel. N. Y,
currently stationed at Quantico,
Va. for Marine Reserve train
ing, cuts and bruises.
All of the injured except Mr..
Newman were riding in a car
driven by Mr.. Owens. Mr.. New
man was a passenger in a car
driven by Maxwell Patrick Ma
than, 10, of Winter Park, Fla,
who also is temporarily stationed
at Quantico.
Fairfax County Police Pvt. Hill
airy jenkins gave the following
account of the crash: Both cars
were travelling south on Shirley
highway. The Nathan car at
tempted to pass the convertible
driven by Mr.. Owens, and bump
ers Of the two vehicles hooked
The two cars. with bumpers
locked. Skidded about rs feet
along the highway. When the
cars separated, the convertible
ran of the right side of the road
and went over the steep bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Private Schools Feel
Little Effect Yet From
Segregation Ruling
By the Associated Pr.ss

The Supreme Courts decision
on segregation in public schools
appears to have had little effect
thus far on private schools in
Virginia.
With one or two exceptions, it
has caused no traceable increase
in enrollments or in inquiries at
the time of the High Courts de-
cision, but unusual interest has
died down.
Catholic schools in Virginia,
it was announced recently by the
Richmond diocese, will admit
both white and Negro pupils to
parochial schools in those areas
where there are no separate
parochial schools for Negroes.
officials Of Episcopal schools
shy away from any discussion of
the matter at this time. It ap-
pears to be a highly charged
question that will have to be
threshed out in high church
councils.
Military Schools Take Stand.
Military prep schools are firm
ly determined that the no
segregation decision shall not
apply to them. Their attitude
was pretty we'll summed up by
one of them:
LAS long as tthe schooD is
operated under it's present board
of trustees and staff of admin
istration, the school will con-
tinue the policy with respect to
the indignation of races that is
now consistent with the social
customs of the geographical area
in which the school is located"
In any event, costs at all pri-
vate boarding schools would be
a deterrent in Virginia to any
solution to the segregation prob
lem for the great majority of
families with children to edu-
cate.
Annual Costs Listed.
These costs run roughly
around $500 a year. At some
military schools it is around
81. 200-$1 800 a year after uni
forms are purchased. Some costs
run up to $4,000 a year.
While most prep schools indi-
Gated no increase in enrollments
or inquiries they could trace to
the segregation ruling, one re-
ported that "our enrolment for
next year shows q marked in
crease over that of last year at
the corresponding time. We are
unable to say that this condi-
ton is q result of the Supreme
Court decision on segregation in
schools"
One boys boarding school said
there has been no increase in
Inquiries, with one possible ex-
ception, we have received more
catalog requests from the
Washington area than we con-
slider normal for us"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19

said. He is head of the Physiol-
ogy Division Of the Naval Med
ical Reserve Institute.
'They are as free of disease
as we can get a monkey" he
said. The animals were being
used in a group Of about 80
as controls in a research pro-
gram on submarine and diving
medicine.
Members Of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Rescue Squad yes
terday sought unsuccessfully to
capture one of the monkeys
seen to swing through the trees
near the 1900 block of Glen
ridge street. Kensington, and
the 5000 block Of Fayette bad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Mohoney to Appeal
Denial of Access to
Calvert Poll Books
BY the Associated Press

An issue in the drawn-out race
for the Democratic nomination
for governor is headed for the
Maryland Court of Appeals.
George p. Mahoney said yes
terday he would ask the high
court to rule on Judge John G.
Gray's decision in Calvert County
Circuit Court denying his at
Corneys access to poll and regis
tration books in Calvert County.
Mr.. Mahoney-unless he can
upset the outcome through court
and recount proceedings lost
the nomination by a convention
vote count of 80 to 70 to DR.. H.
C. Byrd. The convention will
meet a week from today to ratify
the nomination, much as the
electoral college ratifies the cleo
ton of the president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Four Coin Boxes Ripped
From Drink Machines

Thieves last night robbed soft
drink machine coin boxes at four
filling stations along Georgia
avenue in Montgomery County.
County police said coin boxes
had been ripped of the machines
at two filling stations in
Wheaton, one at Aspen Hill and
one at Norbeck. The machines
were outside the filling stations.
The amount taken was not
known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Condition Of Boy, T..
Critical After Being
Hit by Car on Route |

A 2-year-old boy was in crit
ical condition at Walter Reed
Hospital today from injuries re-
ceived Saturday night when
struck by a car on Route /, near
Woodbridge, Va.
He is Ronald Eugene Johns,
son of Army Sergt. Floyd Johns
of Schaefer'S Farm, near Wood
bridge.
Virginia State Trooper John
D. Lokey reported that the boy
suffered a fractured skull and
a broken arm after running onto
the highway into the path of a
car operated by Jack D. Will
liams, 81, of Quantico, Va. The
driver was not charged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Virginia Safety Award

RICHMOND, July 10 Or
Gov. Stanley will accept the Ma
tlonal Safety Council grand
award for Virginia S traffic safety
promotion last year at Thurs
day luncheon of State depart
ment chiefs here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Arlington Lawn Party

The Seventh Annual st. AIMS
Catholic Church lawn party will
be held from Z pm. to IL pm.
Wednesday. at Tenth and North
Frederick streets. Arlington.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06
Catholic Hour
Will Premier
Morality PLAY

WASHINGTON (NC) The
Catholic Hour, seen every Sun
day ins August on WBNS-TV at
900 am, will present the Amer
ican premiere of solo perform
ance of "Everyman," famous 18th
Century morality play, on August
3. The program, produced by the
National Council of Catholic Men,
will originate from New York and
will be carried by 85 stations.
Helene Oosthoek, one of Hol-
lands leading actresses, will play
all the roles. To portray the diff
ferent characters of the cast she
will use especially designed masks
created by her and executed by
the Dutch sculptor, Hans Melis.
and painter, Jan Nalentyn. This it
is said, will be the first time that
an American TV audience will
have seen such an art form.
Mrs. Oosthoek, mother of two
children, was widowed when Ger
man forces occupying Holland ex-
ecuted her husband for leading the
Dut c h underground resistance
movement. Returning to the the
ater to support herself and her
children, she developed this spe-
cial type of solo performance which
has brought her recognition
throughout Holland.
"Eyeryman" tells the story of
that hour which all of us must
eventually face when God summons
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06

will be regarded all over Asia.
For the first time in history a
communicated indigenous national
movement has fought . western
power in an open war and has been
able to establish communist rule
over large territories and on a
permanent basis as a consequence.
In the area which now disappears
behind the Iron Curtain live well
over one million Catholics, known
as active opponents of communism,
and the most soidly Catholic COM
munity in all Asia. What will hap
pen to them is by no means clear
but their future looks black in
deed"
Mr.. Hyde doubted the feasibility
of moving them to free territory
or OF any free territory in that re-
gion being able TO receive or ab-
sorb them.
He criticized the way French
premier France cold-shoul-
dered the Vietnam delegation at
Geneva although they represented
the people whose country was be-
ing "parcelled out by Others and
who will know the consciousness
in their own lives" He said the
French leader, for the sake of a
political gamble, not understanding
their religious and theological OPP
position to communism, had push
ed them aside as stumbling block
TO his personal plan.
The Catholic Herald also had
two-column editorial article on the
cease-fire in which it said:
1T would be fantastic to see the
cease-fire in Indo-China as being
anything but victory in the field
for communism. And in the case
of this victory Catholics cannot but
feel bitterly at the betrayal of
many hundreds of thousands of
excellent Catholics who it would
seem al present must be left to
the tender mercies of the COM
munists.
If one thing is absolutely GER
tain it is that these Catholics un-
der their courageous spiritual and
lay leaders, will suffer the perse-
cution, whether it be swift and saw
age or long and subtle, about
which communism never compro-
misses"