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operators as reasons for sharp
drops in night parking. One said
ne even saw a reduction in day
time parking during the McCar-
thy-Army hearings, and attrib-
uted them to keeping house,
wives at home.
Downtown Traffic Congestion.
4. Traffic congestion. Several
operators said they believe
snarled streets keep motorists
away. One suggested that the
Districts proposed fringe park
ing program. under which mo-
florists would park outside the
central area and come In by bus,
might help clear streets.
No operator voiced opposition
to the fringe parking PROPOSALS.
Why, II business Is so bad,
have so many new lots and ga
RACES opened recently? Why are
new ones=-including large ga
RACES at Eleventh and F streets
NV. and in the 1900 block Of =
street N.W.-sti1l planned?
Operators asked these ques-
tons gave two main answers.
The first was that some loca-
tons are still good risks. The
other was that some deals were
q long time in the making, and
that operators couldn't get out
Of them II they had wanted.
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Disabled Officers Elect,
Chance Name Of Group

The Disabled Emergency Off,
GERS of the World Wars has
changed its name to the Disabled
Officers Association, it was an
nounced as its national conven-
ton ended yesterday at the Hotel
Statler.
The association includes dis
abled officers of World Wars I
and II and of the Korean War.
National officers elected yes
terday were 1t. M. s. Stevenson,
Cookeville, Tenn, commander;
Capt. c. D. Symes, North Holly
wood, Calf. senior vice comman.
der and Capt. Paul ShaughnesSy,
Boston, junior vice commander.
The two-day convention closed
with q banquet last night.
Earlier in the convention,
Commander Stevenson read q
letter Of greetings from President
Eisenhower.
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Wandering Pigeon
Brings Message
from Iron Curtain

The case of the puzzled pigeon
that crashed the Iron Curtain
with a message from Czechoslo-
vakia was outlined yesterday by
Radio Free Europe officials.
A pigeon fancier in Klatzen-
back, Germany, sent 81 carrier
pigeons to a friend in Nuremberg
with instructions to release
them for q return fight home
Fifty-three returned on sched-
ule.
Three days later, the other re-
turned. Attached to its leg was
a note from a resident of Czech
oslovakia's Pilsen area. It de-
veloped that the Grant pigeon
had strayed across the East
West dividing line.
The message was addressed
for delivery to either Radio Free
Europe or the Voice Of America
It said that leaflets from West
Germany were being gathered
and eagerly read by the popula-
tion," despite efforts Of the Com
munistS to get to them first.
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Motorcycles, 10, Dies
After Injuries in Crash

A 19-year-old motorcyclist
died in Leland Memorial Hos
pital last night of injuries re-
ceiyed in an accident Tuesday
when his motorcycle and a truck
collided.-
Richard L. Lillard of 4005
Beechwood road, College Park,
was thrown so feet from his mo-
torcycle in the collision at Balti-
more boulevard and Erie street.
Prince Georges County police
said the motorcycle struck the
left rear wheel of a dump truck
making a left turn into Erie
street. The truck driver, Robert
Campbell, 80. of Lakeland. Nd.
was charged with reckless driv-
ing and failing to give the right
of-way while making a left turn.
A hearing Is scheduled to be
held in Hyattsville Police Court
July Is.
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Transit Wage Boost,
Welfare Aid 10 Cost
100000 Annually

Effective Thursday, wage in
creases and the introduction OF
health, welfare and insurance
plans will cost the Capital Tran
sit Co. 100000 annually, off,
Gals said yesterday.
Wage increases, which will
give union employees a S cents
an hour advance and non-union
workers jumps ranging from 3A
per cent to about 4 per cent OF
their salaries, will cost the COM
pany about 100000 annually.
The health and welfare union
plan and the non-union insur-
ance benefits will add $240,000
annually to the company'S oper-
ating expenses.
Wages Rise to $1.9O an Hour.
E. Cleveland Giddings. vice
president, said the wage increase
will raise the wages of bus and
streetcar operators, who consti-
tute the majority Of union en-
ployes, to $1.90 per hour"
These increases and the health
and welfare plan for union en-
ployeS are part of the current
contract, negotiated between the
company and Division $50
Amalgamated Association OF
Street, Electric Railway and Mo-
tor Coach Employees of America,
ALL. The contract was entered
into in 1852 and will expire June
80. 1855.
Mr.. Giddings said the health
and welfare plan to which en-
ployes and the company will
contribute, provides for $4,000
of ordinary life insurance; $1,000
non-occupational death; Group
disqualification benefits and hos
pital benefits for doctors visits
not exceeding 5000 for each hos
pitalization and $40 weekly non
occupational disability benefits
to begin after 80 days Of dis
ability or exhaustion Of present
paid sick leave.
Non Union Workers Insured.
Non-union employees, Mr.. Gid
dings added. will receive without
cost to them $4,000 in life in
surance and $1,000 non-occupa-
tional accidental death and dis
memberment insurance.
Union President Walter j
Bierwagen said married union
employees will contribute $3.50
monthly and single employees 81
under the new program. The
company will contribute a sim
liar amount.
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Bus Crashes Into Tree,
Injuries lis Lone Rider

A Capital Transit Co. bus
went out of control and smashed
into a tree, injuring its only
passenger, who was within two
blocks of her destination yester-
day afternoon.
Taken to Prince Georges Gen.
eral Hospital by the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad was Mrs. 10 Ann
Gerard. 2703 Upshur street.
Mount Rainier, Md. The bus.
operated by w. II. Barham, 6308
Powhatan street, Riverdale, Md.
collided with two parked cars
and smashed into the tree In
front Of 1902 Upshur street.
Mount Rainier police quoted
Mr.. Barhams as saying his steer
ing gear failed.
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Sey avenue and a court just OF
Massachusetts, avenue northwest
get a thrill from pegging rocks
into the hotel and apartment
lobbieS..
A typical comment of those liv-
ing in the block came from Har-
vey G. Bechtel, owner and oper-
ator of the Stratford Hotel, next
door to Representative Curtis
apartment at the Capital Plaza,
"Just the other day one of my
guests. a Mr.. Moran, was sitting
in the lobby when a gang of
kids threw stones into the build
ing striking him.
IT spent $504 putting gravel
in the tree spaces and fixing UP
those window boxes outside. Look
at them. They are ruined" he
said.
zone thing I have learned
though. I'm going to remove the
gravel. It's too handy for these
kids. This week alone I have had
to replace four windows in the
lobby that were broken by tossed
stones. ss
Assault Charge. Dropped.
1.-THE newspapers didn't exag-
gerate one bit. If anything, the
situation is worse than that de-
scribed in the attack upon Rep
resentative Curtis" he said.
Mr.. Bechtel disclosed that Fri
day he was asked to appear at
the Office Of the United States
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monumental edificeS as the New
York Telephone and Irving Trust
buildings. not to mention many
palaces and pavilions for the
New York Worlds Fair.
Scientist During War.
World War II took him out Of
civilian art in 1941, and he be-
came one Of the Nays secret
scientists, struggling to solve the
problems of strategic wireless.
He had combat duty with am
phibiouS details first in the Med
iterranean and then in the
Southwest Pacific.
Out of uniform, Mr.. Wilson
settled down to the task of max
ing a home for himself and his
mother at 3611 Prospect avenue
NV, in Georgetown.
Music and travel are the hob
bieS of the new Fine Arts Secre-
tary. He says he Is as much adj
dicted to symphonies and opera
as he is to breathing and he has
q similar enthusiasm for explor-
ing obscure places in Europe,
Central America and his own
country.
Takes Realistic Position.
Neither q conservative nor q
radical in art, Mr.. Wilson de-
scribes his position as being
realistic"
His appointment was an
nounced by David E. Finley,
chairman Of the Fine Arts Com
mission. with these words OF
commentator:
II think we have been very
fortunate in obtaining the serv-
ices of an executive officer Of
such training and experience. "
Mr.. Wilson's headquarters are
in Room 1000, New Interior
Building.
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Wilson Named
Of.
Fine Arts Unit
Succeeds to Post
Held for 81 Years
By DR.. Cuemmerer
y DR.. Cuemmerer

Linton Rayburn Wilson has
been appointed new secretary
Of the Fine Arts Commission to
succeed DR.. H. p. Caemmerer
who held the post for 80 years.
Mr.. Wilson is a reserve naval
commander who formerly was an
architect and now Is an author
ity on radio communication.
A native Of Armstrong County.
Pa, he was born in 1908 and
educated at Princeton. where he
received his M. A. degree in 1928.
For Is years he was with Voor-
hees and Walker, q famous firm
Of designers responsible for such
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Attorney in Municipal Court.
The mother Of a 14-year-old col
ored boy living in the 500 block
of New Jersey avenue NV. had
lodged a complaint alleging as
Sault.
: Upon answering the request
from Assistant United States At
torney Alfred Burka. Mr.. Bechtel
and his lawyer, Mark Friedlander
were told the complainant had
dropped the charge.
The hotel owner said the
charge grew out of an incident
on May 81. when he found the
boy on the roof of a one-story
extension of the hotel, tossing
stones into whirling ventilator'
IT asked the boy to get down
and he cursed me-" Mr.. Bechtel
said. when I. went out after
him he picked up a brick and
tried to hit me. twisted his arm
and made him drop the brick.
Then, I tossed him out Of the
hotel. 49,
Keeps Brick As Souvenir.
For my trouble, I got hauled
down to court. The next thing,
I guess, will be a civil suit lodged
against me. All for trying to OPP
crate a decent hotel"
Mr.. Bechtel has saved the brick
as a souvenir.
Others in the neighborhood,
an official Of the Capital Plaza.
sightseeing guides and hackers
who work there agreed with the
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Maryland Polls
To Be Open From
IAN. to JPN.

Polling places for tomorrow'S
primary election in nearby Mary
land will be open from Z am. to
Z pm, daylight time.
Democrats will nominate a
governor, controller, attorney
general, five members of the
House of Representatives and
many local officials.
Republicans will nominate a
governor, three members of the
House of Representatives and
local officials.
Both parties will nominate a
Judge for the Court of Appeals
from the Second Appellate Cir
cult and two circuit judges.
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Silver Spring Firemen
To Put on Ladder Drill

The Silver Spring Volunteer
Fire Department will put on an
aerial ladder drill at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the Lions Club
Carnival, Georgia avenue, north
Of the railroad overpass. Silver
Spring.
On display also, will be the de-
partnsent's new $4,000 rescue
! and salvage truck.
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1928 and 1925 and his doctorate
from Yale in 1929. He began his
legal career as clerical assistant
under Justice Butler Of the Su-
preme Court in the 1925 term.
His teaching assignments in
clude posts at the University Of
Oregon, Marquette University,
Loyola University and the Uni
versity of San Francisco.
AS dean of the Law School OF
Columbus Division Of Catholic
University he will direct both the
night and day schools.
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Still Seized at EIkridqe

ELLICOTT CITY, Md, June
% (R.-AgentS Of the Maryland
Alcohol Tax Enforcement Unit
today seized q 35-gallon still
which repeatedly had been OPP
Grating just of the Baltimore
boulevard at nearby Elkridge
for six months. No one was ar
rested.
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District Plans
Fireworks 10
Mark July A
Traditional Show
To Be Held on
Monument Grounds
A-12 THE SUNDAY STAR
= Washington, p. c.
SUNDAY. JUNE 81, 1854

A lavish fireworks display will
highlight WaShington's contri-
button toward the Nations cele-
bration of 178 years Of indie
pendence to be observed July S.
The fact that July 4 falls on
a Sunday viii enable thousands
of metropolitan Washington
residents to enjoy q three-day
holiday. Government offices and
commercial establishments will
close their doors the following
day as well.
A crowd Of 10000 persons, in
Guiding officials of the District
and Federal Governments and
members of the diplomatic corps,
will witness the traditional fire.
works display on the grounds of
the Washington Monument.
Transportation facilities and
area highways are expected to
be clogged with travellers.
Motorists Warned.
The National Safety Council
has issued advance warning that
"a heavy foot on the throttle can
mean a heavy heart for some
one" in urging motorists to
drive carefully.
The Greater New York Safety
Council has predicted that the
auto accident toll for the three
day week end will approach the
362 deaths recorded over the
recent three-day Memorial Day
week end.
The American Automobile As
ISOLATION predicted there will be
more autos on the roads than
during ANY comparable three
day period in history" The as
ISOLATION urged it's members to
observe safe driving habits.
Bryson Rash, WMAL-TV news
commentator, will be master of
ceremonies at the monument
grounds fete. The Marine Band,
under the direction of 1t. Col.
William F. Santelmann, will give
q special one-hour concert with
Ben Mitchell Miller, Navy vocal
list, and Lloyd Lindroth, Army
harpiSt, as guest artists.
Flag Ceremonies.
The combined color guards of
the four services will participate
in flag raising ceremonies open
Ing the observance at 8 pm.
The fireworks display prepared
by the international Fireworks
Co., has announced several spe-
cially prepared sets which will
include:
Portraits Of President EiSen-
hover and George Washington
in lines of colored fire, a repre-
sentation of the American flag
in colored fire. scores of aerial
flights of colored shells, and q
finale using $50 shells with syn
chronizing mechanismS so as to
form a continuous firing.
General admission price is 81
for adults and so cents for chill
dren. Tickets may be purchased
at the following locations:
Peoples Drug Stores, Eleventh
and G streets NV, and Fiji
tenth and G streets NV; Drug
Fair, 1701 K street NV; Wash
ington Monument Lodge, Monu-
ment Grounds; American Au-
tomobile Association, 1712 G
street NV; Willard Ticket
Agency, Willard Hotel: Greater
National Capital Committee,
Board Of Trade, 1916 K street
NV.
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Grocer Is Held Up
And Robbed of SIS

A grocer, Philip RoSenbloom.
reported to police last night he
was held up and robbed Of SIS
in his grocery store at 1904
Fourth street NV.
Mr.. Rosenbloom. who lives at
594 Nicholson street NE, said
his assailant. a colored man
about Is years old, walked into
the shop at 1918 pm. while ne
was alone. He poked a revolver
in his ribs. the grocer said, and
emptied the cash register.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27

Catholic Uni
versity, 1t was
an n o u n c e d
last night.
DR.. Mill e r
has been dean
of the Univer-
sity Of San
Francisco Law
School since
p 1851. A native
of Minnesota,
he received his
ABB. and MA,
degrees at the
University OF
NRs..-1.4ka a..
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Falls Church Legion Head

The Falls Church Post No. 1870,
American Legion, and its aux
iliary, will hold a joint installa-
ton Of officers at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow in the Old Falls Church
(Md0 parish house. New COM
manders of the post and auxil-
iary are La Rue Van Meter and
Mrs. Bessie lingerie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27
Dr.. Vernon Miller Named
Columbus Law Dean

DR.. Vernon x. Miller of Cali
fornia has been named dean of
the Columbus University Law
School, recently merged with
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Halle

lContlnued From First Page.)
$4,000 under bushes of q Subur'
ban road.
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Fairfax 10 Submit
$4,000 Tax Bill 10
BeIyoir Apartments

Fairfax County is preparing
to make use Of a new State law
by submitting q tax bill Of about
$50 900 for an apartment project
on federally owned property at
Fort Belvoir.
Legislation that took effect on
July authorizes Virginia coun-
ties and cities to collect taxes
from leased interests in the
State.
The Lewis Heights Apart
ments of more than 800 units
are owned by private corpora
ton, although they are located
on a part Of Fort Belvoir, coun-
ty officials said. The Govern
ment leases the project and pays
an annual fiat rental to the
owners, according to county as
SCISSORS.
Employment Of a private real
estate appraiser to determine
the leased interest of the owners
in the apartments was au-.
thorized by the Board Of County
Supervisors yesterday, after the
matter was brought to the
boards attention by County
Executive C. C.. Massey and
Commemorative Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh.
Mr.. Massey said one bill was
submitted to the apartment own
ers in 1858, and a SO 900 payment
was made under protest. At that
time, the owners collected rents
from the apartments and held a
lease for the Government prop
erty on which they are located.
The contractural arrangement
between the apartment owners
and the Government later was
changed, however, whereby the
buildings now are leased to the
Government, according to Mr..
Massey.
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$40, 900 under bushes of q subur-
ban road.
Picked Up Package.
According to the Associated
Press. Cleveland Heights police
said they arrested a man they
identified as James Howard Lett.
81, after he picked UP a dummy
package supposed to contain the
money in cash.
Police Chief E. w. Gabriel told
the Associated Press that Lett
admitted writing the letter, but
no charges have been filed yet.
Lett was captured, police said,
after a department store woman
detective, wearing a blonde wig
to simulate Miss Halle's long.
blonde hair, left the package in
accordance with instructions re-
ceived in a phone call following
the threatening letter.
Hid in Shrubbery.
Two detectives hid in the
shrubbery, and captured Lett
when he stopped to pick up the
package, police said.
According to Associated Press,
police quoted Lett as saying the
plan to extort money from Miss
Halle was masterminded by two
strangers from Detroit whom as
met in a bar. Lett said the men
had promised him $400 for help
ing them, but insisted he could
not identify them.
Detectives later arrested a
woman companion at Let's
home and took her to the central
police station for questioning.
Told of a planned meeting
with the accomplices at Let's
home, police waited, but no one
showed up.
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Long Way Around

CORUNNA, Mich. GA
Corunna firm sent a letter con-
tanning a $109 check to DR.. H. NJ
Allshouse. an Owosso dentist
The towns are three miles apart.
1t took the letter two months to
make it-via Italy. "A note in
Italian said it was found ins 70
newspaper mailed to DR.. Vim
cempo Spatore by his parents In
OWoSso,
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Stewart Takes Oath
To Succeed Lynn as
Capitol Architect

j. George Stewart today tool
the oath of Office as Architect
of the Capitol, effective October
/, to succeed David Lynn, who is
completing 81 years of service In
that post.
The oath was administered by
Judge James r. Kirkland of the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict Of Columbia in the presence
of gathering Of Senators. House
members, friends and other as
sociates of the new appointee.
The ceremony took place in
the Office of House Speaker Mar
tin.
Natives of Delaware.
Judge Kirkland was counsel to
the Senate District Committee
at the time Mr.. Stewart was
. chief clerk of that committee
Both are natives of Delaware
Mr.. Stewart, a Republican, was
formerly a representative from
that State.
Mr.. Stewart will not take over
his duties as architect until after
Mr.. Lynn officially retires next
month. But the new official, il
was announced, will in the mean
time be associated with the office
as a temporary consultant. This
will enable him to become ac-
quainted with the personnel and
the scope of his new duties.
One of the big jobs facing
Mr.. Stewart soon, Mr.. Lynn told
his successor, will be to SUPER
wise construction of the new $40
million Senate Office Building
Congress has just appropriated
Sc million to start the big project
Immediately east of the present
Senate Office Building.
Pledges Best Efforts.
In a brief. discussion with Mr..
Lynn before Whlrring motion
picture cameras, Mr.. Stewart
pledged himself to the best of
his abilities to carry out the work
so well accomplished by his
predecessor.
Among those present were
Senator Bridges, Republican, Of
New Hampshire, president pro
tenn of the Senate; Senator Will
liams, Republican, of Delaware;
Senator Frear, Democrat, of Del
aware; Speaker Martin, Repre-
sentative Allen, Republican, of
Illinois, chairman of the House
Rules Committee; Represent
alive Rogers, Democrat, of Flor
ida, and these relatives of Mr..
Stewart: Frank H. Stewart, a
son, of Dewey Beach, Del: Mrs.
Irene Whisenaut, a daughter. of
Wilmington, Del, and her two
children, Stewart, 9; and Paula
Ann, 6.
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$4,000 Fire Sweeps
Feed and Storage
Barn Near Laurel


Fire caused an estimated $780,
600 damage early today to q
large barn and feed storage
building near Laurel. Nd, on the
farm estate of the head Of q
Washington ice cream and dairy
firm.
The fire was just 100 yards
from the home of Clifford Y.
Stephens, president of Highs
Dairy Products Co. and also
owner of the Olney Acres chick
IN farm.
It was discovered about $40
am. by one Of Mr.. Stephens
seven children. a son. Mark, IA.
The boy said he was awakened
by the cracking of flames and
looked out a window and saw
the barn already ablaze. He
aroused his parents and other
members Of his family, and they
summoned flremen.
The Laurel, Savage and Bur-
louisville Volunteer Fire Depart
ments answered the call, but
were unable to save the structure
and could only water down other
nearby buildings to prevent the
fire from spreading.
The barn-actually a series Of
three connecting buildings-had
considerable feed mixing, dairy
and other farm equipment inside
plus some 1000 bushels of barley,
500 bushels of shelled corn and
about 10 tons of already linked
dairy and chicken feed. It was
destroyed, as was a pony, the
only animal kept there.
Origin of the blaze has not
yet been determined, but firemen
and the family said it may have
been the result Of faulty cleo
trical wiring.
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Bondit Changes Script

GLENDALE, Ariz. (Po. - For
once, a holdup man didn't an
nounce to his victims: This is a
stickup!" A gunman who entered
a finance company Office here
proclaimed, Let me have your
attention" He got it and a bum
die of cash.
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Munich Plants Guarded
After Rioting Hurts Il
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug.
19.-Hundreds Of police guarded
Munich's strike bound factories
today to prevent a repeat of yes
terday's rioting in which 81 per-
sons were injured.
Pickets also were out in force,
but their activities were orderly.
It was the 18th day Of a strike
affecting 100000 Bavarian metal
workers who are demanding q
3-cent-an-hour wage increase.
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19.-An American atomic can
non-one Of 80 based in West
Germany-plunged on q 12-foot
road ennbankment near here to-
day. injuring three United States
artillerymen.
The S5-tons weapon was being