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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Bv John A. Giles

A special study which showed
that the military's top brass
Jared better financially than
comparable civilians because Of
various extra benefits has been
bottled UP in the Pentagon.
Charles r. Hook, Middletown
(Ohio) steel executive and con-
sultant to the Hoover Commits
sion on Governmental Reorgan-
ization. came up with the re-
port which startled Pentagon
officials who have been advoca-
ting military pay boost.
DR.. John A. Hannah, Assist
ant Defense Secretary for Man.
power and chief pay raise adj
vocate, took one look at the Hook
report and promptly locked all
so printed copies in his safe.
Made 1948 Study.
Mr.. Hook was asked by DR..
Hannah to make the study be-
cause he headed q 1948 COM
mission which, after many
months, recommended that mill
tary pay be increased and the
whole wage structure be read
justed. Congress bought most OF
that program.
So when this years pay bill
became begged down in Congress
someone again thought Of Mr..
Hook. He was an expert in the
field, and it was felt Congress
members would lend a SYM
pathetic ear to what he might
say.
Mr.. Hook adopted a new APP
proach. He made a rank-by-
rank comparison of military
take-home pay versus civilian
take-home pay. He did this by
attaching monetary values to the
several fringe benefits received
by military personnel such as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
News Of Music
By Doy Thorpe

National symphony Orchestra, How
ard Mitchell. conductor. Soloist:
Mischa Elman. violin. Carter Barron
Amphitheater Al-Tchaikovsky pro-
gram: Marche Elav, Opus 81; Violin
Concerto in D. Opus 50: Romeo and
from swan Lake: 'Isla" Overture.
Nobody can find fault with an
ALL chaikovsky program. The
great Russian is adored by the
multitudes and admired by the
few. His art is perhaps not at
its zenith today. but few COM
posers whose music we turn to
more readily are as completely
successful in achieving their
goals as the man who could write
both the Marche Slav and the
Nutcracker Suite.
Mischa Elman, Howard Mitch
ell and the National Symphony
Orchestra gave an interesting
resume Of the music of Tchai-
kovsky last night at the Carter
Barron Amphitheater. No aspect
was omitted. yet every single
piece was one of great popular
renown. It would be difficult-it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
The Week in Religion
By Religious News Service


A growing trend for merchants
to do business on Sunday is
being fought by church leaders
and groups over the country.
Church declarations. minister
ial associations. pastors and even
bishops are laundering against
this development which they feel
is leading to a steady desecrea-
ton Of the Sabbath.
Latest group to ask q halt to
the trend is the Washington
Federation of Churches which
called on businessmen in the
Capital to curb any futher en-
croachment" on Sunday.
In an open letter to the Adj
vertising Club the churchmen
disclaimed any intention to re-
introduce Sunday blue laws
They said that not only mer-
chants but also their employees
need to have q day free from
business and one which they can
spend with their families and
attend church with them.
In a separate letter to minis
tiers in the Capital area the
federation directors asked the
clergymen to call to the atten-
ton of their congregations this
trend toward increasing Sun
day business"
Bishops Issue Statements.
Three bishops in Indianapolis
recently issued statements urg-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Mental Inmate Freed
After 10 Years Vows
Cleanup Of AsyIums
BY the Associated Pres,

NEW ORLEANS, July 3.-Mrs.
Louis Hartway, 61-year-old
widow freed from Michigan men
tai institutions after a l9-year
battle. said today she wants to
aid other patients she believes
confined illegally.
I'D like to clean up the mem
tai institutions" she said after
her arrival here by plane from
Detroit. Those places must be
exposed. ! want to help those
other poor souls. But / want to
recuperate first"
Her release was granted In
Detroit yesterday by Circuit
Judge Lila Neuenfelt who ruled
that she had been committed
illegally.
Aided by Freed Inmate
Mrs. Hartway. said she was
aided by Miss Mary w. r. Speers,
who. spent Is years In mental
institutions in Michigan until
released by Judge Nuenfelt in
1852. Last June Miss Speers filed
suit against the State Of Michi-
gan. Wayne County. the city Of
Detroit, four doctors and others
for $l8.5 million. Miss Speers
was arrested in 1886 on a bad
check charge and was committed
while awaiting disposition Of her
case. @
Mrs. Hartway was arrested In
1885 during an argument over q
debt owed her and then held for
observation.
She charged that patients in
Michigan institutions are "hu-
inflated" and victims of "bru-
tality.r She said she was nearly
murdered" in 1886 in the Wayne
County General Hospital during
quarrel with an attendant over
food.
In Detroit, DR.. Anthony
Aruzzu, assistant superintendent
Of the psychiatric division Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Mexican Board Wont Act
On 1rotsky Slayer 5 Plea
BY the Assoeiossd Pres.

MEXICO CITY, July 3.-Mex-
ico's parole board said today it
will not act on a plea for lib
erty by Jacques Mornard, the
killer Of Leon Trotsky.
The board explained that Nor
nard still has an appeal pending
before the supreme court and
under Mexican law he cannot
be paroled until the appeal is
settled. It was filed in 1945, but
has not been pushed and there
fore has not been decided.
Mornard, who has served
nearly II years Of a 20-year
sentence for killing the anti
Stain Bolshevist. made his pa
role application several weeks
ago. With it he sent the peso
equivalent Of $278 which the
court ordered him to pay Trot-
sky's widow.
Mornard killed Trotsky with
an ice ak here in 1910. He has
never elaborated on who he is
or why he murdered Trotsky.
He lives in a private prison
apartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Pentogon Locks Up Report
Listing Top Officers Benefits

free medical care, commissary
privileges and free servants for
higher ranking officers. He added
these figures to the cash base pay
and subsistence and quarters al
lowances for each rank.
Lower Grades Fare Poorly.
He reported that in the en-
listed grades. particularly in the
lowest brackets, the military
men and women do not fare
as well as civilians in compar-
able stations.
He then went on UP the line.
The lower ranking off1cers-the
lieutenants and captains-also
are not faring as well. Mr.. Hook
found.
The middle bracket officers
those up to and including
colonel-Mr. Hook reported to
be about on a par with civilians.
But when the officers get into
the general and flag officer
ranks they steadily move ahead
of civilians in comparable sta
tions, he said.
High Level Luxury.
And the four-star admirals
and generals, Mr.. Hook found.
live on a scale far more luxurious
than like civilians can afford.
Defense Department officials
did not deny that DR.. Hannah
decided to withhold the Hook
report. But they contended that
the reason he took the action
was that Mr.. Hook. surprisingly
and Unexpectedly. introduced
the single pay structure idea for
the military.
'Dr. Hannah just did not want
to further confuse the already
confused military legislative
picture by throwing that one
into the hopper and decided to
put it aside for now" Q spokes-
man said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Fort Necessity Battle
Hailed as Birth Of
u. 5. Military Might
z
Special Dispo,eh 10 The siar

FORT NECESSITY. Pa, July
3.-The celebration of a battle
which took place 200 years ago
was held here today battle
described as the birth of Amer
lean military power"
Gen. George c. Marshall, for
mer Chief of Staff Of the Army
and former Secretary of State,
was principal speaker at cere-
monies marking the 200th ami
versary of Fort Necessity held
in the reconstructed version of
the tiny fort where George
Washington made his name.
Gen. Marshall, who said he
picnicked as a child on the site
of the original fort, described the
battle at Fort Necessity between
Alexandria militiamen and
force of French and Indians as
actually the. birth of American
military power and leadership"
Alexandria Unit Marches.
He added that the action at
Fort Necessity was a ..prelimi-
nary to the Revolutionary War
and our march to the westward"
Since then, Gen. Marshall
said, "a tremendous shift in
power has taken place. Our
greatest interest at present are
far remote from the mountains
of western Pennsylvania"
The ceremony included the
marching colorguard of Alexan-
dria'S 125th Anti-Aircraft Bat
talon, Virginia National Guard.
The Alexandria unit is a lineal
descendent of the militia outfit
that George Washington led to
Fort Necessity for the first battle
OF the French and Indian War.
The guard appeared in forest
green uniforms carrying muskets
loaned by Mt. Vernon.
Turns Fort Over To Masons.
The fort, rebuilt by the In
terror Department.. was formally
turned over to the Masonic or
ganization by Secretary of the
Interior Mckay.
In dedicating the fort to the
MasonS, Secretary Mckay said.
This crude fort and this obscure
battle brought into international
prominence for the first time
George Washington. then an un-
tried youth. upon whom fate was
to thrust unique role in the
shaping of world history"
Attending the celebration were
Col. Humphrey j. G. Weld,
British military attache; Count
Jean de la Grandville, minister
counselor of the French Embassy,
and Brig. j. w. Bishop, Canadian
military attache.
Robert E. Lee Moore. Alex
ar1dria civic leader, brought the
greetings of the citizens of Alex
andria to a crowd of about 5000
attending the celebration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
me week m Religion
Church Groups Push Drive
Against Business on Sundays

ing church members not to shop
on Sundays. They are Roman
Catholic Archbishop Paul c.
Schultz. Protestant Episcopal
Bishop Richard A. Kirchhoffer
and Methodist Bishop Richard
c. Raines.
Their statement followed the
distribution in nearly 500
Protestant and Catholic churches
of $4,000 leaflets pleading for
Sunday closing of supermarkets.
The leaflets were prepared by
the Interfaith Committee for
Community Welfare. The COM
mittee has asked all food mar
kets to close on Sundays, begin
ming July 4.
Archbishop Schultz urged
Catholics to strongly support"
the closing move. He said, THE
law Of God requires it. The in
terest OF employees and owners
and their families requires it.
Only the greed of a very few
owners and the indifference of a
vast mass Of Christians binders
it."
Reference Is Obvious.
The Every few" was an obvious
reference to a statement by the
Rev. Frank Little. Methodist
pastor who is committee chair
man. that only lone or two"
supermarket chains desire to be
open on Sunday but their OPEN
ing requires almost all other
chains to stay open. too.
Mr.. Titles committee has
been attempting for more than
six months to obtain an agree
ment closing grocery stores on
Sunday.
The indianapolis situation
prompted the Catholic Tele-
graph Register Of Cincinnati to
comment few weeks ago that
"the snpermarket has become the
modern house Of worship, with
families visiting it on the Lords
Day quite as regularly as they
ever attended church."
Sunday is now market day in
some large Cities" the paper said,
mentioning Houston and Detroit
as examples, in addition to In
.dianapolis.
Labor Leaders Protest.
Two Ohio labor union officials
had written to the Catholic
paper and to Cincinnati priests
expressing fear that Ohio towns
would become like Indianapolis.
The labor leaders protested "a
presently rising trend to profane
Sunday with n-essential buy
ing and selling"
And In Columbus, Ohio, last
week the Sunday closing issue
brought charge by a city coun-
Gilman Of church influence
against the State"
Councilman Albert B. Gregg
made the charges after a church
women's group passed a resolu-
ton urging enforcement Of an
old ordinance which forbids the
sale OF groceries on Sundays.
The church women said that
amy increase in the commercial
lzation OF Sunday is a blow at
the spiritual power Of our coun-
try" e @p.nr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04

MnS. LOO1SE ~. nAn1WAxs
hospital, said that ito the best
Of my knowledge there has been
only one instance OF brutality
that came to official notice-and
that was three years ago."
He said a check Of the hospital
records would be needed to de-
termine for certain. He said he
had been with the hospital since
1888.
Probate Judge Thomas C..
Murphy. who signed the COM
mitment papers for Mrs. Hart
way in 1885, said in Detroit:
He was beginning a search Of
the records to determine If
others are held on similarly IL
legal grounds. He added:
There may be few. The
law offers little protection for
the person to be committed. In
a criminal action every right is
guarded and lawyer furnished
if necessary, to prevent liberty
being taken away illegally for
even a day.
But in cases of commitment
and they are generally life sem
fences, the law doesn't even pro-
vide lawyer. The judge must
act as jury, judge. attorney for
the defense and sometimes doc
tor. It's wrong I've been fight
ing it for years. The law should
be corrected"
Reunited With Daughter.
Mrs. Hartway, a native of New
Orleans, formerly was employed
in the State tax collectors Office
She was interviewed at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. June Cas-
Sidy. The two women had not
seen each other since Mrs. Cas-
Sidy was 5 years old. Mrs. Hart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04

way also has three brothers and
six sisters here.
II was so young don't re-
member my mother at ALL" said
Mrs. Cassidy. This is really the
first time I've ever seen her"
Mrs. Cassidy was reared by a
grandmother and did not know
until few years ago that her
mother was a mental hospital in
mate.
II. wanted it that way" Mrs.
Hartway explained. There is
such a stigma attached to that
sort of thing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Hawkins Again Heads
Apple Cooperative
SpeeiaI pispofeh 10 The Star

MARTINSBURG. w. Va.
July 3. - Paul M. Hawkins of
this city was renamed president
Of Martinsburg Fruit Exchange
oldest apple cooperative in
the country at the annual
meeting Friday.
John Y. Mcdonald. Charles
Town. was renamed first vice
president: DR.. Eagle. second vice
president. and Boyd Rooney, re-
named secretary treasurer. The
board was also renamed with
the exception that William Kill
mer, Martinsburg, was named in
place Of John Smith. Knoxville,
Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Douglas Gets City Post

HAGERSTOWN. July 8 tA1.-
H. s. Douglas, So. publisher of
the weekly Globe Independent
for the last 10 years. has been
named chief clerk of Hagers-
towns city personnel depart
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Church Delegate Named

r. w. Won Blon, president oil
st. Matthew's Evangelical Luz
theran Church. SGT Kentucky
avenue Sc. has been elected a
delegate to the biennial national
convention Of the American
Lutheran Church to be held at
Beatrice, Neb.. in October. Mr..
Won Blon will be the lay repre-
sentative for 10 parishes in this
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
Rehoboth Beach Once Haven
For Methodist Camp Meeting

News Of the associations for
nation was written up in church
papers. and in little more than a
month the entire 800 shares Of
stock were subscribed.
George A. Jones was placed in
charge of grading and laying out
streets. and the first cottage was
constructed in the summer of
1874. Rehoboth Beach was on
its way.
Rehoboth Beach has not held
strictly to its original purpose,
which. in the words Of Mr.. Todd,
was to provide and maintain
a permanent camp meeting
ground and Christian seaside re-
sort where everything inconsist-
ent with Christian morality as
taught by the, Methodist Epis-
copal church shall be excluded
and prohibited"
Mr.. Todd further stated that
"the Sabbath shall be strictly
observed. and no traffic or recre-
alton in violation Thereof shall
be lawful"
Rehoboth Beach no longer is
a Methodist camp meeting spot,
and there is traffic on Sundays.
Activities here now. while much
more quiet than many seaside
resorts, might surprise those
founding fathers.
Residents are uncertain just
how the Methodist church lost
Rehoboth. Miss Ann Hazard,
one Of the resorts older resi-
dents, knows most of the history
of Rehoboth, but couldn't re-
member what happened to the
camp meeting.
Miss Hazard, who lives on
the corner of First street and
Rehoboth avenue in one of the
first houses built at the resort,
said she had never before been
asked how the beach community
changed from a Methodist meet
ing to q summer resort colony.
And none Of Miss Hazards
old newspaper clippings and
booklets on the resort gave the
answer.
Some residents said the Re-
hoboth Camp Meeting Associa-
ton failed to pay its way. There
were others, however, who
thought the resort just "outgrew"
the camp meeting, which in time
became less popular with church
members.
At any rate, the resort gradu-
ally grew up around the original
meeting location. Elaborate sum-
mer homes were built on the OUT
skirts, which, in time. became
a part of the resort community.
In the late 1920s Henlopen
Acres was developed by w. S.
Corkran. Here such wealthy
families as the Du Points have
built summer homes.
Boardwalk in 1873.
Rehoboth's first boardwalk,
which now lines several miles of
white beach. was constructed in
1873. and the first summer"
hotel was built on lots A and B
Of the original plot. This hotel.
the Surf House, burned in 1877.
The first Hotel Henlopen was
built in 1883. and the present
Henlopen, a white building at the
upper section Of the beach. was
built several years ago. There
are scores Of hotels that line the
resorts boardwalk.
Backed up by Rehoboth Bay,
this resort also is a headquarters
for a sizable deep-sea fishing
feet.
The Rehoboth Art League.
formed to promote interest in
all forms of art, is a center Of
community activity. A show Of
paintings is now being held at
the league headquarters in Hen
lopen Acres. and art classes are
conducted on a summer or all
year basis.
Rehoboth Beach, with an all
year population of about $500,
becomes a city Of more than 3d.
600 during the summer.
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II Miles Average Trip

NEW YORK.-The average
journey per passenger on the
Glass ! railroads Of the United
States in 1852, the latest year for
which information Is available,
was 72.43 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04
By james Birchfield
Siar Siaff Correspondent

Sfor Sioff Sorrespondem
REHOBoTH BEACH, DEL.
July Sand and surf. sun and
shade are parts Of this Atlantic
Ocean resort. It is but q step
from the sun-drenched beach to
the soft GOODNESS of shady wood
lands.
Unlike many beaches along the
the forests meet the
sand Of the beach here at Re-
hoboth.
The Rev. Robert Todd. pastor
Of st. Paul's Methodist Church
in Wilmington. was impressed
with the restful atmosphere Of
Rehoboth Beach. That was in
1872 when the Rev Mr.. Todd
selected Rehoboth as a site for
a Methodist camp meeting.
And since the day that Mr..
Todd saw and liked this seaside
spot, thousands Of visitors each
year have found that this early
minister selected well.
The skill of those who planned
the early Rehoboth is still visible
in the streets that become mar
rover as they stretch back from
the Atlantic.
It was the idea Of those who
founded the camp meeting that
every cottage should have a view
of the ocean. To accomplish
this, the streets were laid out as
broad avenues near the beach,
to become narrower as they ex-
tended back through the trees.
Prompted by Health.
Mr.. Todd had discovered the
advantages of a summer by the
sea before he founded Rehoboth.
A man of advanced years and
failing health, he had visited
Ocean Grove. N. j., the summer
of 1871.
That summer spent by the
ocean in New Jersey had SO re-
vlved Mr.. Todd's health that
he returned to Wilmington con-
WINGED that the Delaware
Methodists should locate an
ocean site for a summer camp
Camp meetings in those days
were an important part of re-
ligious life. Services were held
several times each day and
families would spend their vaca-
lions attending the meetings.
There were recreational facili-
ties for children. and the en-
phasis was on religion and quiet
rest.
Mr.. Todd wrote that the Della
ware camp meeting should be
located somewhere between
Cape Henlopen, at the Della
ware Bay, and Cape Charles, at
the mouth of the Chesapeake
He finally decided, after an in
that Rehoboth was the
best location.
Without delay. Mr.. Todd wrote
to his friend. the Rev. w. w.
Warner. then pastor of the
Methodist Church at Lewes, a
short distance from Rehoboth.
A meeting subsequently was
held at Lewes. and the plan was
presented to a preachers meet
ing at Wilmington. In Novem-
Der, 1872, a contract was drawn
up for the purchase of two farms
of about 200 acres each from Lo-
renzo Dow Martin and John
These farms formed the
first Rehoboth Beach settlement.
Less Than $4,000.
It would be difficult to pur-
chase a single choice lot here
now for the price paid for the
original Rehoboth land. Accord
ing to records, the Rehoboth
Camp Meeting Association paid
SO. 1872 for the 400 acres.
The money for the purchase
was advanced by the Rob-
ert j. Jump Of Denton, Md, and
Immediately 800 shares of stock
in the association were offered at
$50 a share. The purchase of a
share Of stock entitled the pur-
chaser to select a building lot for
an additional $50.