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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Z Men Accused Of Selling
Dope 10 Police AGENTS

Two men accused of selling
narcotics eight months ago were
arraigned yesterday and held
for action of a District grand
jury by United States Commits
sioner Cyril Lawrence.
They are Alfred Arlington, "a,
colored, of the first block of E
street S.W.. and Alfred E. Fetch
er, %. of the 100 block of Third
street S.W.
Both, police said, sold narcotics
to undercover agents in the vi
cinity of Fourth and H streets
S.W., last June. They were held
under $4,000 bail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Maryland Delegates
Vote 7 Collections
Of Receipts Tax
By Gene Goodwin
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. Glow.
McKeldin's plan to balance his
record budget by telescoping two
collections of the States gross
receipts tax into one fiscal year
was halfway toward legislative
enactment today.
The House of Delegates ap-
proved it last night, 83 to 8, and
sent it across to the Senate.
The House added an amend
ment to the Administration
measure. reducing the gross re-
ceipts tax on railroads from az
to 2 per cent and making it uni
form with the tax on most of the
States public utilities. which are
the chief payers of the levy.
Would Advance Date.
Under the bill. the collection
date on the tax would be ad-
vanced from August l to April l,
making possible two collections
next fiscal year beginning July l
and adding about SIS million to
the State Treasury.
The Education Committee
voted. IL to !, yesterday to kill.
for this session, the controversial
Anne Arundel County bill to
force all Maryland public schools
to use the A. B. c. D. report card.
The only vote for the measure
came from one of its sponsors,
Delegate Orlando Ridout 4th,
Democrat, Of Anne Arundel.
Committee Chairman Wilkin-
son urged the committee to re-
ject the bill. but issued a state
ment favoring the competitive
reporting system. The commit
tee disagreed. he said.
Court Power Voted.
The House took up a recon-
mendation by Simon E. Sobe-
loft, new Solicitor General of the
United States, and voted to al
low the Court of Appeals to lift
death sentences, as we'll as upset
verdlcts in criminal cases. Mr..
Sobeloff made the suggestion as
he stepped down as chief judge
of the States high court early
this month.
The vote was rs to 10, after
Delegate Jerome Robinson,
Democrat. of Baltimore, said the
bill would erect another safe
guard around the most absolute
power granted to man." that of
taking life
The House yesterday defeat
ed legislation by Delegate Kath-
ryn Lawlor to abolish the State
Tax Commission and create
new department of assessments
and a Maryland tax court to
hear assessment appeals.
However, Mrs. LaWlor said she
intends to move that the vote
be reconsidered today when she
hopes more House members will
be present.
Another Montgomery County
bill-the one providing that
property shall be assessed at 100
per cent for State taxing pur-
poses and at whatever percent
age county officials want for
county taxing purposes-was re-
ferred to the Legislative Coun-
Gil for further study yesterday
by the House Ways and Means
Committee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
By Fronk Sortwell, Jr.

0y Ttonk SoItWelIj JT.
When Mary Jeanne Kreek was
IL, doctors discovered she was
allergic to SO things.
In high school, Alan F. Taught
asked a sensible question. His
chemistry teacher couldn't an
swer it.
These things started the pair,
both now II. on scientific byways
that have led them to being
chosen as among the top 40
young scientists in the country.
They are flnalists in the ma
tional talent search conducted
by the Science Clubs Of America.
eliminating in the display of
their work in the Hotel Statler
today and a chance at national
honors to be awarded on Mon
day.
Mary Jeanne. a senior at Will
son High School. lives at 4336
Verplanck place NV. Alan. a
senior at Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School. lives at 56l8 Glen
wood road. Bethesda.
Allergies Spur Curiosity.
Mary Jeanne is allergic. she
said. to dog hair. wheat -four,
rice. lamb. milk house dust,
| feathers. silk, cabbage. carrots,
kapok. caffeine. lemons, oranges,
grapefruit. lines. tomatoes. rye,
certain cleaning fluid ingredi-
ents. ragweed. certain grasses,
wool. mildew and molds gener-
ally. There are others. but she
has lived without them for so
long she couldn't think of them
offhand.
1t made her curious. She
started on the road toward al
lergv analysis by translating re-
cipes calling for forbidden foods
into foods she could eat.
She decided the key to the
whole thing was being able to
live. normally. with her allergies,
rather than live theoretically.
Develops Own Tests.
Now she has progressed to de-
veloping her own tests to see
what she is allergic to. This is
no easy process. She had to
study some so books to learn
enough to start out She talks
like 17-year-old who has read
that many specialized books.
Doctors told her she was al
lergic to house dust.
But the test solution pharma-
ceutical houses sell is drawn
from house dust from all over
the country-Los Angeles, Chi
cago. Kennebunkport.
Mary Jeanne took her own
house dust from the family
vacuum cleaner. She baked it
in the oven to dry it out.
Then she Debated it. That
means treating the dust with
ether and carbon tetrachloride.
Its surprising how many fat
globules there are in dust" she
said.
Then a treatment with DR..
Alexander Fernandez Coca's ex-
tracing fluid. That. she said.
was developed by the doctor and
is alkaline with an emphasis on
the body salts. She built her
own fluid, using DR.. Coca's for
mulae.
Finds Needed Filter.
The muck-dust and chem
icals-she filtered four times.
Then came a stumbling block.
She needed to run her solution
through a Berkefelt filter. There
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Military Funeral Set
For Mai. Gen. Crumer

Burial service for Maj. Gen.
Kenneth F. Cramer will be held
at 2 pm. Monday at Arlington
Cemetery with full military
honorS.
Gen. Cramer, SO, commander
of United States Forces of the
Southern Command in Germany,
died February 20 in Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
D. {. Man Pleads Guilty
To Having Obscene Books

Leon Aquilino. Ct, Of the 1900
block of K street NV, yesterday
pleaded guilty to the possession
OF indecent and obscene pam
phlets, books and pictures.
Aquilino was arrested at his
home on February 9. A charge
OF possession of numbers slips
was dropped by the United States
Attorneys office.
Municipal Court Judge Andrew
Howard. lr., set sentencing for
March 30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Farm Bureau to Hear
Dr.. Paul Nystrom
BY the Assoeioted Press

DR.. Paul Nystrom of the Uni
versity Of Maryland, will be prin-
cipal speaker tonight at the
annual banquet of the Prince
Georges County Farm Bureau.
The affair will be at $50 pm.
in the Sultland High School.
Mr. Nystrom will discuss THE
Future We Face"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Planning Group
Backs Bridge
Al Jones Point
Ducks Stund on
Controversial
E Street Proposal
By George Beveridee

washington regional PLAN
ners have decided to indorse
strongly the proposed Jones
Point bridge before Congress
next week, but to duck a stand
on the controversial E street
bridge.
That was the effect Of q vote
by the National Capital Regional
Planning Council yesterday. in
preparation for bridge hearings
opening Monday before a House
District Subcommittee.
The subcommittee staff. ap-
parently feeling that the plan
ners approved of both bridges,
had written the council inviting
testimony along with other
proponent witnesses.
Actually. however. the council
consistently has ducked firm
position on the E street question.
In December. 1852. it favored
the Jones Point bridge as well
as one between Memorial and
Key Bridges location of
the E street proposal. Several
m MI ers stressed yesterday.
however. that that action had
not approved E street as a
specific project.
Watkins Asks Instructions.
Robert M. Watkins. council
chairman. urged that he be
given firm instructions as to
how he should testify at the
E street hearing.
Frankly, if I were member
of the House and called the
council in to testify and couldn't
get an answer on E street. I
would decide either that the
council hadn't enough staff or
hadn't gone into the question"
he declared.
Fritz Gutheim. council member
from Upper Montgomery County.
moved that the position be clari-
fed by resembling the December,
1852 Endorsement of an uniden-
titled bridge somewhere" between
Memorial and Key Bridges.
His motion failed. with a 4-to-4
tie vote. Voting for the motion
were Mr.. Gutheim. John w,
Brookfield of Fairfax. Max
Wehrle of Arlington and John
Graham of Falls Church. Voting
against it were Mr.. Watkins of
Maryland. c. Luckett Watkins.
Alexandria. Brig. Gen. Louis w
Prentiss. District Engineer Com
missioner and John A. Remon,
representing the National Capital
Planning Commission.
This. therefore, left Mr.. Wat
kins with instructions to testify
on the councils past record
without a definite stand on E
street.
Canal Development.
In other actions, the council:
/. Voted to favor continued
acquisition of land along the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal for
development for some public use,
but decided not to take stand
on whether a parkway should be
built there.
2. Urged that Virginia acquire
right-of-way land for the pro-
posed ''outer loop" highway.
which would encircle Washing
ton in both Maryland and Vir-
ginia and cross the Potomac on
bridges at Jones Joint and Cabin
John.
3. Decided that each jurisdic-
ton represented on the council
appoint a staff employe to serve
on a staff committee for the
council until such time as a
technical staff director is hired.
The council has been trying
for months to get the planning
director. who is needed to get
area-wide planning studies under
way. Both the council and the
Planning Commission have
nominated men, but neither as
yet has been cleared by the
Civil Service Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
If the Shoe Fits
But His Sole Gripe
Was, 1t Didn't

A rare new hazard for
pedestrians revealed itself
yesterday.
An unidentified man was
walking on K street near
Connecticut avenue NV,
when he tripped over
something on the sidewalk.
One of the "loaferS" he
was wearing flew off his foot
and into a sewer.
When last seen. he was
seen trying to flag down a
cab.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
Mission Head to Preach

The Rev. William Linebeck,
general secretary of the Capital
Area Christian Missionary So
ciety, will preach at II am. to-
morrow at Shepherd Park Chris
tan Church. Twelfth street and
Eastern avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
173 to Get Certificates

The School of Theology for
Laymen, 487 Michigan avenue
N. E., this week presented 173
certificates of completion in a
course entitled 1.-THE Theology of
Man" Another lecture series will
be conducted next fall.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

bite humans who also may become
infected. A sort Of q chain reac-
ton. so the problem is to find the
bats.
Now the bat isn't q bird because
it has fur and teeth. II isn't a
mouse, because il has wings. There
fore IT is nothing but a bait there
are some "a species of bats, only
one of which is known TO be carry
ing rabies.
So the possibility Of being bitten
by an animal which has been bit
ten BY bat Is very remote here,
especially since no bats have yet
been reported migrating over Key
West.
The bat belongs TO the order of
Chiroptera: mammals having their
foreIimhs modified TO form wings.
They are the only mammals eapa-
bic Of true flight.
Bill Jennings went TO Fleming.
keeper Of the light house, who says
that be has seen none who have
hit the windows Of the lighthouse
as migrating birds sometimes do.
Jennings was referred 70 william
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Do You Hare Bots In YomB Betrey?
State Board OF Health Is Looking For Bats

It's bats the Florida State
Board Of Public Health is after and
it has solicited the help of the
Monroe County Audubon Society -
not in protecting, but reporting
bats.
Here's the story. Bin Jennings of
the Florida State Board of Public
Health came TO Key West, a few
days ago. looking for bats, prefer
ably the kind that migrate.
He contacted Willie Saunders. In
spector Of Weights and Measures,
who referred him TO the Audubon
Society since that society keeps re-
cords Of bird migrations and might
have some records on migrations
of bats. Also. Jennings said, barn
owls eat bats and perhaps some
body might know where some barn
owls roost and could ask the owls.
But why al the commotion over
bats II seems, according 10 the
State Board uf Public Health, ore
species Of bats Is known 10 carry
rabies
II these bats bite animals the
animals may becume injected. then
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

Warner, EntomoIoGist for the Mos
quito Control. because he and Neil
Saunders and their efficient crew
have seen to IL that there are not
enough mosquitoes left on the Is
land of Key West to bite people.
much less eat the bats Il there
were any bats to be eaten.
The matter was also referred to
the Key West Art and Historical So
eiety for research at East Martel-
10 Towers and to a number Of local
residents who might have had an
opportunity 70 observe bat and bird
mierations.
BIZ Jennings also talked 70 Jack
Watson, Of the U. S. Fish and Wild
life Service who IS stationed IN Big
Pine Key, and Jack reported he
had not seen any bats In al the
time he's been stationed there.
Jennings is going to stop ard see
Robert Porter Allen Of the Nation
al Audubon Society at Tavernier, 50
the research goes % apaee.
So if anyone knows where there
are bats in . beifrey. roostlng pla-
Continued On Page EightI
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
School Survey
Team Due Here
Late Tomorrow

The six-man survey team from
the State Department of Educa-
ton win arrive here late tomor-
row afternoon to look into future
Monroe County school needs.
On the drive down the Keys. the
team viii inspect the schools at
Tavernier and al Marathon. Hor-
ace O'Bryaut, superintendent Of
public instruction. said today.
Tomorrow night. the survey team
viii meet with the school board
and the school trustees at the Ad-
mlniStratIon Building.
On Wednesday, the survey team
viii split into two groups TO check
the public schools In Key West.
On Thursday the team viii be
gin work on their findings in a
day long session at the Admins
tration Building. The group viii
leave here late Thursday.
Heading the team are B r.
Tilley. assistant in surveys, and
l.. S. Barstow. assistant in fin
anee,
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Four Survive
Of
Navy Plane

ELIZABETH cry, NC. a.
Four crewmen Of q Navy patrol
plane that ditched last night with
five aboard were found today IN
Pamlico Sound about rs miles
south Of here. One was In a life
raft and three on a navigation
light.
A Navy spokesman said there
was no word on Marine Corps jet
with two aboard that disappeared
last night while searching for the
Navy plane.
The Marines aboard the two
place F3D Skynight all-weather
fighter jet from the Cherry Point
Marine Air Base were identified
as End 1t. Roy o. wilkins, %,
the pilot. of Indio, Calf: and NJ.
Sgt. Gerald A. Moreau, 80, Of
Havelock, NC, the radar opera
tor.
The Air Reserve training unit at
Anacostis Naval Base in Washing
ton said the missing man, who
apparently went down with the
plane. was Richard Zigmund Gar
lenski, seaman apprentice, wash
ington, d. c. son of Cecilia C.
Coffman.
The survivors were:
Dmitrius Georgius SotiropoIos,
airman apprentice, Washington,
DC.
1t. Cmdr. George Sanford
Smith, Fairfax, Va.
Ii. Albert Winston Funkhouser,
Edgewater, Md.
1t. Robert Lawton Mallonee,
Towson, Md.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Drinking Water Safe Here;
Pools May Be Contaminated
Weather Bureau
Explains Cause
Of Sat. Flood

Here's what caused Sstvr.
days flood, according 10 the
weather bureau;
There was . north south
trough along fhe surface Of the
earth from Cocoa 10 Key. West.
In the trough, eonvsrslns winds
from the northwest met winds
from the southeast.
A low pressure area In fhs
middle Gulf Of Mexico pulled
winds sioft from The southwest
over ths trough. This southwest
wind from the Cult and carib-
bean Sea was unusually moist.
The eonvsrsins winds In The
trough moved upward, carry.
ing The moist cir aloft with n.
As the cir rose. u cooled.
causing the unusually moist cir
10 eondenss.
That's what ell the rain wss
- eondsnssfe from the unusual.
" moist cir.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Spectacular Fire
Hits Honolulu

HONOLULU IA spectacular
fire. punctuated by booming ex.
ploSionS. destroyed block of build
ings in Honolulus industrial area
last night.
Firemen said the cause was un-
determined. They estimated dam
age at several hundred thousand
dollars.
one of tha destroyed buildings
housed the Tongg Publishing Co.
Two warehouses. one loaded with
trucks and another owned by a
lumber company. also were de-
stroyed.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
81 Die AS Rebels
Fight In Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia, B-Clzshes be-
tween French security forces and
Nationalist guerrillas In restivs
Iunixia and Algeria took a week.
end toll of al least 81 killed.
Twenty rebels were killed In one
encounter Saturday at Djebel Gar
oou, in eastern Tunisia Thirty
others were wounded and two cap
tured. The French lost one soldier.
In the Aurex Mountains Of south
east Algeria, Frereh paratr0opers
killed five guerrillas and lost two
men IN fighting near Djebei Uen-
moul. Two rebels and one French
soldier were killed in another
clash in the Algier region near
Gigzirt.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Man Injured
I'm Accident

A bieycliSt identified as Leon
Sumner. Is, of sos Catherine ST.,
was slightly injured Saturday when
he ran into an open car door
GA Eaton St, police reported to-
day,
According to the report. Sumner
was treated at Galley Memorial
Hospital for abraSionS and contuS-
ions shortly after he ran into a
door of a parked car owned by
John ". Cord, Sc. Of l+06 RooSe-
welt Blvd.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
To
Aid Burning
Freighter
Fire Extinguished
BY Crewmen As Nayy
Stands BY To Help

Navy surface and air
craft sped to the aid of a
burning tanker Is miles off
Boca CRica at noon today,
but crewmen aboard the
burning vessel extinguished
the fire.
The tanker, the S. S. Washington.
was headed north. according to a
spokesman at the Boca Chica Ma
val Air Station when an electric
motor on the main engine short
circuited and caught fire.
The tanker was loaded but il was
not Immediately learned II the car
60 was gasoline or oil.
Rescue Unit Sent
The Air-Sea Rescue Unit at the
Naval Air Station dispatched an
RAD carrying rescue gear and a
helicopter.
The Coast Guard stationed here
dispatched a 3s-foot picket boat to
the scene.
Meanwhile. two Navy mine
sweepers, a blimp, and two sub.
marines converged on the Wash
ington.
Crewmen aboard the Coast
Guard boat said clouds Of black
smoke poured from the tanker.
Navy Escort
A Navy minesweeper was es-
corting the Washington northward.
The port Of departure and the
destination Of the tanktr were not
Immediately available.
The pilot Of the air-sea rescue
hencopter was James r. Locklair,
chief aviation pilot.
The pilot of RAD was Cdr. d. c.
Rumsey. Lcdr. T. n. Meadows
few eo-pilot in the RAD.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
SHOW Is CANCELLED

CHICAGO R-The once-delayed
Chicago run of George Bernard
Shaw'S play Saint Joan" was can
celed yesterday because of the
continued illness Of actress Jean
Arthur who was to play the title
role.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

However, ths elfy's drinkinp
water Is completely safe. ersaix
added.
Even the water in eisterns," he
said, lis safe TO drink il the cis-
tern is in good condition"
Braatz issued the following state
ment today about the eity's water
supply:
The Florida Keys Aquedvet
is . sealed pressure system and
II 10 highly improhahly that the
rains could affect this supply.
Merely as . routine prseautlen,
additional samples will be taken
from the Aqvsduei and sent 10
fhs laboratory IN Miami; how
ever. local wells and eistsrns
which are not In good repair
should be eyed with caution.
with 1888 inches Of rainfall,
most of the eisterns should be near
overflowing. The sediment in the
bottom Of cisterns is probably stir
red up to give the water some of
color. II the roof, cutters and els.
tern itself were in good repair and
clear prior 10 the rain, there ID
no need TO suspect them.
A reasonable amount Of danger
does exist in cisterns with cracked
walls or bottoms and open wells
which can be contaminated by sur
face water. This water should moi
be used for dinking.
"The problem Is the number of
children playing in the rain pud-
dies and ponds. The danger Is In
creased with the continued use Of
toilet facilities diseharging sewage
into cesspools and septic tanks
which are already flooded and over
flowing into yards and rain ponds.
This water poses the hazard
until il subsidies either by draining
off or evaporatng. Parents are
urged not TO let their children play
or wade in these ponds "
All Time Record
The big rain set an all.time wea-
ther bureau record.
Sam Goldsmith, head Of the bu-
reau, said the rain was the most
TO fall on Key West in q 24-hour
period.
A total Of 1888 inches fell be-
tween $50 a. m. Saturday and
S:45 a. m. Sunday.
Mostly Of This fell on ssiurdsy,
from $50 .. m. 10 midnight -
U.os inches.
In the three hour period from
2:22 p. m. Saturday until s:z2
p. m. s.44 inches Of water drop
ped on the city.
The previous record for Key
West rainfall was 1884 inches In
"A hours on Oct. I, 1913.
Flights Cancelled
Inc heavy rain caused cancela.
ton Of three flights Saturday. Ma
honal Airlines cancelled Us flight
that was due to arrive here at
4:47 p. m.
Two Aerovias Q Flights leaving
Key West at las .. m and al 4
p m. we're killed by the rain.
The passengers scheduled for
these two flights stayed overnight
and went out on planes for Havana
early Sunday.
By 1918 a. N. Sunday, Aerovias
@ flights we're back on schedule.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Big Change In
Weather For
Weatherman
/ Meteorological
c Aide Here To Go
! 10 Nome, Alaska


From Key West TO Nome,
Alaska.
That's the big change
Jack Brown, meteorological
aide at the u. S. Weather
Bureau here, is making.
Brown, who lives at 17l5 United
Street with his wife and nine-year.
old son, il leaving tomorrow for
the flight TO Nome
His family, he said, will join him
IN Alaska next summer.
Brown said he asked for trans
fer 10 the Nome weather bureau
some time ago and the transfer
lust recently came through.
Previous Experience
He said he was stationed in AL
aska in l944-l945 with U. 5. Air
Force weather section.
az like that part of the world
very much" Brown said today,
land have been wanting to get
back there ever since was sta
toned there with the Air Force.
Brown came here in April, 1850,
rs his first assignment with the
Weather Bureau.
He was born in Newport, Tenn,
and educated in Nashville.
There is just one thing, though"
he added. "I'll have to buy an en-
tire new wardrobe for the Alas
kan climate.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
QUARTERBACK CLUB
TO DINE TONIGHT

The Quarterback Clubs regular
dinner meeting win be at 6;4S pm.
today in the High School cafeteria.
All business will be expedited 50
members who wish may attend the
Douglass. Pompano High School foot
ball game.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
wEATHERMEN MEET

MIAMI BEACH R'-The Ameri-
can Meteorological Society. group
of people who should know some
thing about it, meets here Wednes-
day TO talk about the weather.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
We Need It,.

Today will be pretty much
OF . summer day" the wss-
theraman said this morning.
Temperatures will be in The
low eighties with . few scat
tered showers likely" he added.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Aftermath Of Record Rainfall
Holds Dangers, Sanitarian Says
BY DENIS sNEIGR

Parents were warned today to keep their children
from playing wading in water left from the weekend.
big rain.
Bill Braatz, sanaran at the County Health pepart-
ment said the water may be contaminated from overflow
ing septic tanks and cesspools