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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02

Another in series Of joys for logging
memories regarding District traffic
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Bockstoge With Sonto
Reporter Finds Playing Santa Claus
Hot, EquivocoI and Yuk-kity Work

foam rubber pillow stuffed inside
hot red ski suit, and hair
covering all of the face, except
the eyes, makes hot work
especially with endless streams of
children climbing on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Star STAFF Photo.

But worst is the beard, which
is made of Tibetan yak hair. It
has a tendency to curl inward
and snag the teeth. A mouthful
of yak hair is hard on the jolly
old spirit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Do You Really Drive Well?

Car A is preparing to turn left,
after having given the proper
signal and yielded to Car B.
Motorist in Car c should:
!. Yield right of way.
2. Accelerate to clear the in
tersection ahead of Car A.
8. Sound the horn, or, If at
night, blink the headlights, to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Alexandra Jayeees Plan
Trade Show April 8-11

The Alexandria Junior Cham
Der Of Commerce win sponsor
its third annual trade show
April 8 through IL at the Alex
andria Roller Skating Arena.
There will be 70 booths for
displays Of merchants and or
carnations and exhibition spaces
for 10 new automobiles. The
JayceeS will give away a new
automobile on the last day of
the show.
Aunt Jemima. radio and tele-
vision personality. will appear
at the show to entertain the
visitors. Several radio programs
viii be broadcast from the floor
Of the show.
Eugene Olmi, jr.. is general
chairman of the show. Robert
CulbertSon is chairman of booth
sales All bat few remaining
booths already have been re-
served by exhibitors.
Proceeds will go to the Jaycees
civic fund for contributions to
community projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Health, Welfare, Recreation
Forum Set May Ia by UCS
Assistont City Editor
Of Stur to Direct
Meeting at StotIer

The United Community Serv-
ices fifth annual formum on
Health. Welfare and Recreation
will be held May IA at the Hotel
Statler, according to an an
nouncement by Charles c.
Glover III. UCS president.
Chairman will be John w.
Thompson. jr.. assistant city edi-
tor of The Star. Mr.. Thompson
also is assistant treasurer Of The
Star Co.
He was a member of the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies and was
one of the civic leaders who
helped develop plans for United
Community Services, the success
sor to the council and the Wash
ington Community Chest.
Mr.. Thompson served on the
UCS executive committee in
1913, 1949 and 1850 and was
chairman Of the UCS public rela-
lions committee during 1919 and
1850. He also has served as a
member of the Community Chest
Federation public relations COM
mittee.
Members of the conference
steering committee are John S.
Hayes. chairman of the 1853 con-
ference: Mrs. John w. Stem
house. chairman of the UCS Vol
unteer Services Department;
Glenn E. Watts. president OF the
Industrial Union Council, Go:
Miss Helaine Todd. executive di-
rector of the Girl Scouts of the
District and Montgomery County.
and George G. Fleming. execu-
tive of the Progressive Life In
Surance Co. and member OF the
UCS executive committee.
Civic leaders who previously
have served as conference chair
men are Mrs. Harold HitZ Bur-
ton, chairman of the first con-
ference held in 1850: William
McManus. 1851; William Leahv.
1852. and Mr.. Hayes.
A native of Washington. Mr..
Thompson has specialized in mu-
nicipal affairs in his work at The
Star. He is a. member of the
board of directors of The Eve
ming Star Broadcasting Co.. of
the executive committee and
the board of directors Of the
Washington Loan and Trust Co..
of the board OF directors and
public relations committee Of
Emergency Hospital. and secre-
tary of the Chevy Chase Club.
His home is at 1905 Langdrum
lane, Chevy Chase. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Arlington Quota Club
Sets Up Scholarship

A yearly scholarship in men,
DRY Of the late Mrs. Florence
Cannon. former civic leader and
chairman of the Arlington Coun-
ty Board. has been established
BY the Arlington Quota Club,
Of which she was a member.
The scholarship award of 5000
a year will go to a teacher to
take advanced training in special
education for handicapped chill
dren. The recipient must agree
to serve two years in Arlington
County schools after completing
the study.
An applicant must be a sue
cessful teacher holding bache-
lor's degree and a teachers GER
tificate, and must maintain
high standards of scholarship,
personal integrity. character and
ability" said the Quota Club
announcement.
Teachers or former teachers
interested in applying are asked
to notify Miss Rose Feilbach,
1900 North Edison street. Ar
lington. by April /.
In addition to Miss Feilbach,
others who will serve this year
on the committee TO select the
scholarship winner are Mrs.
Mildred Blattner. president of
the Quota Club: Mrs. Elizabeth
Campbell. chairman of the Ar
lington School Board: Charles
Walsh, assistant superintendent
of Arlington schools in charge
OF personnel, and Mrs. Helen
Fiuiay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Arlington Vote League
To Hold Annual Session

The Arlington County League
of Women Voters viii hold its
10th annual meeting at 8:l5 pm.
Tuesday in st. Georges Epsico-
pal Church. Nelson street and
/ Fairfax drive, Arlington.
On the program are the cleo
ton and installation of officers.
adoption of a budget and selec-
ton Of a local-affairs program
for the coming year.
Candidates are Mrs. Vernon
Weihe. for president: Mrs. Paul
w. Jones. IT.. first vice president:
Mrs. Edwin L. Kahn. second vice
president: Mrs. Jesse Bell, secre-
tary. and Mrs. Alex Firfer, treas
urer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Arlington Board
Drops Precinct
Registrars
AboIishes 81 Posts,
3 to 0, Despite
Advisers Opposition

The Arlington County Board,
after q bitter hour-long debate
and despite an opinion by its
legal adviser. decided yesterday
to abolish the county's 81 elec-
ton precinct registrars. The
vote was 3 to O..
Two board members, Demo-
crat Wesley w. Cooper and In
dependent Alvin F. Kimel, alb
stained from voting. They de-
clared the board should not dis
regard the advice of its official
counsellor. Commemorative At
torney William j. HaSsan, who
said the board did not have the
authority to eliminate the regis
trarS.
Almond Letter Read.
Earlier. Mr.. Hassan read q
letter. received yesterday from
the Attorney General Of Vir-
GINA. j. Lindsay Almond, jr.,
concurring in his opinion. The
Commemorative Attorney has
stated the 1852 act of the Vir-
GINA Assembly under which the
registrars would be discarded
does not empower the county to
take that action without State
legislation.
The registrar fight began last
month when Ralph NJ. Kimble,
member of the County Electoral
Board. recommended that all
voter registration be conducted
in a general registrars Office.
Mr.. Kimble. Republican. called
the present registrar system out
dated and inefficient.
Deadlocked Previously.
At two previous meetings, the
County Board deadlocked over
the plan. On both occasions, the
board chairman. Mrs. Leona
Bucholz. did not vote.
Yesterday. however, Mrs. Buch-
holz declared the precinct regis
trarS' were appointed when 1.-The
population was scattered, roads
and streets unimproved and cars
fewer in number" She said 80
per cent Of the voters row are
registered at the Central Regis
trar's Office in the Investment
Building.
Besides Mrs. Buchholz, who
is an Independent. board mem
bers who voted to discontinue
the registrars were Republicans
Robert A. Peck and George M.
Rowzee, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Gront Calls on Notion
To Defeat Road Projects

Mai. Gen. U. S. Grant III, in
a new attack on the proposed
E street bridge. Rock Greek park
way and Glover -Archbold free
way. has urged the help Of the
people Of the whole Nation" to
defeat these projects.
Gen. Grant. former chairman
of the National Capital Planning
Commission. made the attack IN
an article in the Atlantic Natu-
ralist, magazine of the District
Audubon Society.
A longtime foe Of these three
projects, Gen. Grant wrote that
they are Objectionable as bad
city planning >. (and) not eco
nomically justified" as we'll as be-
cause of 1.-The damage they will
do to our irreplacable parks :"
IF the people of this country
understood what the District
Highway Department proposes TO
do to the beauty and amenities
Of their National Capital, great
pressure would be exerted on
Congress to prevent the ill-con-
Sidered plans" he wrote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21

A resident of the county the
past IS years. Mr.. Mulligan has
been active in Democratic az
fairs, serving as president Of the
county's Caravan Club, an Or
ganization promoting Demo-
cratic principles.
He is a member of the Prince
Georges County Boys Clubs
board of directors. American
Legion Post 1871. Veterans Of For
eign Wars. Disabled American
Veterans, Second District Demo-
cratic Club. Washington Elks
Lodge No. Is and the Colmar
Manor Parent Teacher ASSocia-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Goldstein Raps Mahoney
For Political Effrontery'

BALTIMORE, Mar. 20.-Louis
L. Goldstein. Democratic floor
leader of the Maryland Senate,
today accused George P. Ma
honey. candidate for governor in
the Democratic primaries of
political effrontery and danger
Gus governmental theory"
Mr.. Goldstein sharply criti-
cized Mr.. Mahoney's demand in
his signed letter appearing in q
Friday morning newspaper for
q legislature composed largely
of probationary Democrats"
The Calvert County Senator
said Mr.. Mahoney has been a
candidate in Maryland so often
in recent years that he should
have acquired a better under
standing of the basic viewpoint
Of Maryland people"
Il never rem emit Der Gov
Richie asking for q pro- Richie
legislature. or Gov. O'Conor ask
ing for a pro-O'Conor legislature
or Gov Lane asking for pro-Lane
senators and delegates" Mr.,
Goldstein said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Baltimore Man Badly Hurt
As Car Runs Off Route 5

A Baltimore man was injured
seriously yesterday when his car
ran of Route near Bryantown.
Nd.
State police at Waldorf said
the driver. Melvin Vernon Diggs.
66, vas alone in the auto. The
car. travelling at high speed.
went Of the right side Of the
road. swerved across the high
way. then hit a bank and turned
over. police said.
Mr.. Digs was admitted TO
La Plata Hospital in fair condi-
ton with head injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Gen. Reckord to Speak

Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord.
adiutant general of Maryland.
viii be guest speaker at the
Maryland Day Spring Convoca-
ton at 1890 am. Thursday in
the University of Maryland
Coliseum at College Park. Mary
land Day Commentaries the for
nation Of the first settlement IN
the State IN 1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21

his candidacy
for the Dem
ocratic nomi-
n alton for
sheriff.
Mr.. Multi
gan has been
a member of
the Colin a r
Manor town
police force
for 10 years.
He is a for
m er deputy
sheriff and a
prin er for
the Washing
TON najly Nau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21

back and take them to the same
point tomorrow.
From Walla Walla to Paw
Paw" said Grant Conway. Treas
ury economist who joined the
majority which followed the
jurist the extra five miles. JUS
tice Douglas is a graduate of
Whitman College at Walla Walla,
Wash.
Brought back by truck to the
freside of the Cardinal Club,
Justice Douglas was prevailed
upon TO tell about this business
Of lassoeing mountain lions.
I'VE were in Arizona" he said,
land We were hunting lions with
dogs. We freed a tom. 1t is
difficult to laSSo a lion in a tree
However, We tried. Then We
raised the moose on a stick. That
is the way it is usually done. The
lion fights with the rope and
gets his head in the moose. Then
the lion is yanked from the tree
and someone has to grab his tail.
The lion is rolled over by twist
ing the tail. Then comes very
delicate operation. Using small
ropes. a foot of the lion is
lassoed. usually the hind foot.
Then the rope is worked around
his back and a half-hitch taken.
The same is done with q fore
foot. Then a stick with a coil
of wire is poked at his head.
The lion fights the wire and the
coil is drawn closing his jaws.
Then the disabled lion is
swung in an arc and carried
away.
We took this lion to the ranch
of Marvin Glenn. He uses lions
to train his dogs in tracking the
beasts. He will let one go and
set the dogs after him an hour
later.
I'VE also freed female lion
but We shot her"
TV and Radio Men Appear.
The mixers around the fire.
place talking about the days
walk were impressed by the
number of television men and
radio who had met them at the
occasional points where a road
goes down to the towpath. Some
were sure that they were parti-
cipat!ng in the biggest national
story of the day. Others warned
that Senator Mccarthy was
probably topping it,
The Post and Times Herald
has another entry in this derby
The other walker is Robert Esta-
brook, the head of the editorial
page. Mr.. Estabrook is IS. The
expectation of knowing observers
however. is that Mr.. Pussy. So,
probably will finish strong.
Also along are DR.. John H
Cover. director of the bureau OF
business and economic research
at the University Of Maryland
and Walter r. Sanderlin. pro-
fessor of history at Washington
and Jefferson College at, Wash
ington. Pa, who is making his
second trip. He first walked the
length of the canal in 1947.
BUT for the members of the
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
on the hike there is no doubt as
to the winner. Their prediction
is that only seven of the 80 mer
still hiking will finish and theil
selection is the man whose walk
! ing pace they admire. the mar
from Walla Walla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Bonk Cashier Named

NEW MARKET. Va. Mar. 20
tSpeciall Allen D. johnson,
81, Of Rappahannock County. is
the new cashier at the Citizens
National Bank here. He sue
ceeds T. r. Beahm. who EFT the
bank last September 26..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Aerial Fire Petrol

MARTINSBURG. w. Va. Mar.
20 tSpeciaD A State Conser-
walton Commission patrol plane
has been assigned to this Sec
ton during the current spring
fire season for fire patrol over
an eight-county area, County
Forester Byron j. Warder an
nounced today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
By George Kennedy
Ssor Stoff Correspondent

CARDINAL CLUB, TOWN
CREEK. Md. Mar. 20. - The
racks and ruins Of winter are
over.
A band of intrepid followers
of-the-l Leader hiking from Cum
berland to Washington on the
towpath Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal behind Supreme
Court Justice William o. Doug
las saw signs of spring on every
side today.
The shoots Of box elder. the
bush which boys used to use to
cut whistles in the days when
everybody could make some
thing, were green. The peppers
were peeping. Boys were fish,
ing. Hawks were hunting. Pussy
willows were fuzzy. VS. Of chat
tering geese were flying high
overhead-northwest bound.
Filled with the wonder Of
spring. the mixers were surprised
at how easy was the first day of
the exacting 20 mile a day
schedule.
First miles in Auto.
This was due to the first nine
miles. which were traversed by
automobile. Washington was a
mere 100 miles instead of 1879
miles from the starting point.
The first days walk to the Card
inal Club turned out to be a
mere II miles. according to ped
ometers worn by scientific mixers
liz miles according to the map
instead of the 2l-mile sched-
uled.
Justice Douglas, who lassoes
mountain lions, has a way of
roping his friends. Merlo Pussy.
editorial writer of the Washing
ton Post and Times Herald.
doesn't feel like a lion this eve
ming but he does feel that he has
been roped.
1t was Mr.. Pussy who mad
vertently started this walking ex-
petition. The author of the
Pulitzer PriZe-winning biography
of Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes merrily wrote an edi-
torial advocating a parkway on
the C & o Canal strip which is
owned by the Federal Govern
ment. It has his daily stint.
Every newspaperman, espec-
tally editorial writer's, like to see
their stuff in print. Mr.. Pussy
didn't quite say so but it may
have occurred to him today that
it would have been better if the
type had been thrown away.
Met Challenge.
The editorial resulted in a
letter from Justice Douglas chal-
longing the writer to walk the
towpath with him and realize
the wonder of this thread of will
derness entering the Nations
Capital from the mountains to
the west.
Mr.. Pussy. who has been train
ing for this event, by walking
from his home in Albemarle
street NV. to the Post-Times-
Herald building on L street felt
a blister coming on one of his
toes after the first six miles of
the relatively soft footing Of the
towpath.
Moleskin. a type of adhesive
tape favored by mixers. was
slapped on the bottom of his
foot.
Your correspondent was
threatened with a similar blister
at the 12-mile mark. His rela-
tive immunity possibly was due
to his failing to walk the first
six miles. He had to telephone
a story about the start for the
first Saturday edition Of the
Star.
The end Of the scheduled walk
was the Cardinal Club. a As
year-old fishing and hunting
club established by Cumberland S
businessmen at the confluence
of Town Greek and the Potomac
Because IL or II miles was
such a short workout for the
first day. Justice Douglas pro-
posed walking five miles further
to the tunnel opposite Paw Pow
w. Va The truck carrying the
gear would bring the walkers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
.. HTLTl lDITI0N
Hearing starts
On Reaches Run
Span March 80
House Unit Sets
Dotes for D. c. Areo
Bridge Arguments

Arguments for and against a
new Potomac River bridge at
Reaches Run will be heard
March 80 and 81 by q House
District subcommittee which is
considering Washington area
bridge needs.
Committee officials announced
definite dates for the hearings
yesterday.
The House unit, headed by
Representative Kearns, Republic
can, of Pennsylvania already
has held hearings on proposed
bridges at E street NV. and at
Jones Point. Alexandria. The e
street project is the District
Highway Departments choice
for the top-priority need to re-
lieve downtown congestion.
Strongest champion of the
Reaches Run proposal. submitted
as an alternate to the e street
bridge. Is the National Capital
Planning Commission.
Span Near 18th Street Bridges.
The span. beginning at
Reaches Run on the Virginia
side of the river, would cross
the Potomac and Washington
Channel Just downriver from
the existing Fourteenth street
bridges to tie into the proposed
Southwest IF street, freeway.
The planners urge that, az
part of the bridge project. Q Vir-
ginia approach road be built
along the river as far as Four
Mile Run. They argue that it
would serve areas in both Vir-
ginia and Washington which
need q new bridge the most.
District officials. in turn, con-
tend the greatest need is west of
Memorial bridge (near E street,.
They question that city streets
would be able to absorb the cars
that would be poured into the
Fourteenth street area by o
Reaches Run bridge.
E Street Span Protested.
Bitterest protests against the
E street span were that 1t would
constitute an illegal and i'm
proper encroachment on Theo-
dore Roosevelt Island, in pass
ing over the memorial island and
dropping piers to it. After the
hearings. District officials sent
the subcommittee drawing
showing that it would be possible
to build up the island and let the
bridge dip into a tunnel beneath
its surface.
Chairman Kearns said at the
time he thought the idea had
quite a potential" and said he
would consider it at the same
time as he gets the Reaches
Run bridge testimony.
Committee officials said yes
terday. however. that it was in
tended the March 30-3l hearings
would deal only with Reaches
Run. 1t was considered likely.
nevertheless, that the E street
design change might also come
up for discussion.
Witnesses Listed.
! Invitations will be sent tomor.
row to the following witnesses:
/ Harland Bartholomew, Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission chairman; John Nolen,
jr., Planning Commission direc-
tor; Conrad Wirth. National
Park Service director: Edward
Kelly, National Capital Parks di-
rector; Brig. Gen. Louis w.
Prentiss. District Engineer Com.
missioner. and District Highway
Department officials.
| Also traf1ic Director George z.
Keneipp; James c. Anderson,
Virginia highway commissioner;
Clifton G Stoneburner. Arling-
ton County highway engineer:
Leon johnson. Arlington Devel-
opment Committee; Mrs. Leone
Buchholz. chairman, Arlington
County Board. and John A.
Remon. chairman. District Re-
CevelOpment land Aoeprv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
C&O Canal Hikers
Cover IA BIisterinq
Miles With Douglas

When the hounds of spring are
on tDinter's traces:
The mother of months In
meadow or plain
Fills the shadows and tDindv
places
With lisp of leapes and ripple
OF rain.
SiDinburne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
ChiIIum Democrats to Meet

The Seventh Precinct Demo-
cratic Club Of Chillun. district
Of Prince Georges County. will
meet at $50 pm. tomorrow at
1900 Woodbury. street. Riggs
terrace. West Hyattsville. Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Prince Georges Man
Seeks Sheriff Post

Ernest H. Mulligan. president
OF the Municipal Policemen's
Association of Prince Georges
County. yesterday announced
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-22
Dimes Friends
Aid Ain Family
FelIed by Polio

A Kansas farmer has discovered
that a good neighbor in time Of
need is more valuable than silver
and gold.
Robert Stahl and his family
were saved from heartache and
tragedy by the action of good
neighbors.
Stahl, his wife and four chill
dren were busy on their 127acre
farm near Wichita, Kans. last
summer-getting set for the fall
harvesting when polio struck.
First, little 3-year-old Troy
came down with the disease. Then
Ronald, who is 10, contracted
polio. A few days later, Charles,
u, and Patsey, IA, also went on
the sick list.
Finally, Mrs. Stahl herself was
afflicted.
The whole family was moved
to St. Francis hospital, Wichita,
leaving Stahl alone on his farm.
For a while, ne didn't know
what to do. The financial burden
had been lifted through March O.
Dimes funds but the burden O.
work remained.
Then his neighbors volunteered
to take over his farm until the
family was out Of danger.
These neighbors pitched in and
Stahl went to town. For days,
he kept a vigil at the bedsides Of
his wife and children.
With the continued help of that
other good neighbor, the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
sis, the family began to improve.
StahI went back to his farn1
comforted by the knowledge that
his family was being cared for.
His neighbOrs had done a WOE
derful job of keeping things going
on the farm. So he was able to
carry on.
Today Mrs. Stahl and three OF
the children are fully recovered.
Charles, the 12-year- old, still has
one partially paralyzed leg but
Mrs. Stahl hopes he too will soon
be well.
"Then maybe" she said, ''it'n
all seem like just bad dream"
The National Foundation hopes
so, too. That's why it has launched
a huge polio prevention program
involving gamma globulin and
trial vaccine. If the program sue
ceeds, families like the Stalls
may be free Of the polio threat
forever.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-22
100000 Loss Uninsured
In Annette [. SaWmiIl Fire

KETCHIKAN, pa fire that
destroyed the all-electric sawmill
at the Indian cooperative commu-
nifty Of Metlakatla on Annette Is
land was reported here Wednes-
day
The loss was estimated at $780,
GOO. There was no insurance.
Six nearby homes were men
aced before the fire was extin-
guished two hours after it broke
out. Metlakatla firemen were aid
ed by Coast Guard and Civil
Aeronautics Administration fire
trucks. The firefighters were ham
pered by low water pressure, due
to the cold weather.