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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
Reservations Closed for Tour
BY Boat to Whitehall Mansion

sion has been selected by the
Baltimore chapter, American In
stitute of Architects, as the
dwelling which best typifies Colo
NAL architecture in Maryland.
Mr.. Schaun also announced
that two more historic homes
have been added to the list
of those visitors can see next
week. They are Acton, built
by Philip Hammond in 1766,
and the Peggy Stewart house
of, the same era.
Other activities of the three
day program will include wa
ter front tour of Annapolis on
Tuesday and a tour of the
Naval Academy, including the
weekly midshipmen dress pa
rade on Wednesday. Govern
ment House, the home of Mary
land Governors since 1869, will
be opened to tour visitors Tues
day afternoon.
Mr.. Schaun said reservations
for the three-day affair were
still being accepted at the His
toric Annapolis Office, 81 State
circle. He said tickets also can
be obtained from American Au-
tomohile Association Offices in
Washington, Silver Spring, Hy-
attsville, Alexandria, Va, Ar
! lington, Va. and Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
a Devens Cases Studied
For POW Charges
By the Associated Press

FORT DEVENS, Mass, Sept
25.-Lt. Roger H. Coleman, post
public information officer, says
that -four or less cases" are be-
ing considered here to determine
whether former Korean war pris-
onerS should be charged with
currying favor with the enemy
while prisoners.
Previous reports that % cases
were being considered were in
error, apparently due to a mis-
understanding between Army Of
ficials and newsmen, 1t. Coleman
said yesterday.
A report issued by the Depart
ment of the Army said there
were fewer than a dozen cases
in an Army area. Total number
of cases being considered
throughout all Army areas is IS,
according to the report.
The hearings are private, 1t.
Coleman said, because "some of
these people undoubtedly are
innocent" Investigating officers
are trying to determine whether
the former POWs violated the
uniform code of military justice
while prisoners.
Findings of the board will not
be made public, but will be sent
to 1st Army headquarters, New
York, for action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
Storebreaking Suspect
Seized After Tip and Trap

A 44-year-old District man
was charged with storebreaking
early today after two Arlington
detectives, who hid near a mar
ket for 80 minutes, arrested him
as he broke window.
The detectives, Walter Kadel
and Walter Cauffman, went to
the Open Air Market, 1905 Will
son boulevard, after a soldier
waiting for a bus called police
and said he heard suspicious
noises behind the store.
Arriving on the scene, the de-
tectives found nothing. A half
hour later however, they said
they caught Alfred Crawford,
colored, of the 200 block of G
street S.W.
Crawford was jailed pending a
preliminary hearing in Airing
ton County Court Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
BY The Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 25.-His-
toric Annapolis announced today
it can accept no more reserva-
tons for a water tour next
Thursday to Whitehall, the home
of a former Colonial Governor of
Maryland.
George Schaun, executive sec
rotary of the society. said, how
ever, that persons wanting to see
the mansion on the Whitehall
River near st. Margaret's may
drive there in their cars. It is a
feature of a three-day Annapolis
open house beginning Tuesday.
Mr.. Schaun said a lack of boat
space limited the number who
can make the Whitehall trip by
water to 204. The society is plan
ming to run two eXcursionS-a
morning trip and one in the aft
ernoon. Gov. and Mrs. McKeldin
will be among those on the morn
ing excursion, he said.
Whitehall, the pre-Revolution-
airy War home of Gov. Horatio
Sharpe, is now in the process of
being restored. Mr.. Schaun says
it is not furnished but will afford
tourists a "behind-the-s scenes
view of a restoration. The man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
'2Gunmen Waited 80 Minutes
to Get $7OO,OO0Loot

ing a conversation of no signifi-
canoe.
mo-" Mr.. Tichenor replied.
well, it doesn't make any
difference" said the robber,
whipping out his gun. Get in
side"
Mr.. Tichenor knew only one
of the dual combinations TO the
cash vault. The bandits forced
him to turn his combination on
the dials. Then they bound him
and settled down to wait for Mrs.
Jean Beebe. teller and the only
one with the second combina-
ton.
She walked in about 10 min
utes later and one of the ROBBERS
grabbed her collar, jerked her
through the door and told her:
1--WE are wanted men. have
a sister and mother and don't
want to hurt you. But I'll blow
your brains out if you don't open
the vault"
Wait for Safe to Open.
Mrs. Beebe released her COM
bination on the vault. But there
was still wait of about Is min
utes before the mechanism auto
matically went into action to
swing the vault open.
Meanwhile, two men tellers ar
rived for work and the bandits
bound them up as they had MI.
| Tichenor and Mrs. Beebe.
With the vault finally open,
the bandits used adding machine
covers as bags into which they
scooped cash. Then they fed,
apparently in a waiting automo-
bile. The money was on hand
in the bank for payrolls.
Mr.. Tichenor then managed
to roll over on the floor to a
floor button with which he
sounded an alarm to police head
| quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
Union Keeps Word
Not to Ask Pay Lift.
Gets 1t Anyway
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-An AFL
union which has agreed not to
ask for a wage increase for three
years yesterday received a 10
cents-an-hour boost anyway for
its 1000 members.
Chicago contractors called in
officials representing Local "a,
AFL fathers and told them they
were voluntarily giving the union
an increaSe-effective as of Sept.
(which will raise the scale from
$3.50 to $3.40 hourly.
Last December, George T..
Moore, president of the fathers
local, signed an agreement that
his union would not ask for a
raise for three years.
E. E. McEldowney, chairman
of the arbitration board of the
Employing Plasterers Associa-
ton of Chicago, said the fathers
were given an increase anyway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
3 on Health Council
Get Reuppointments
The Commissioners yesterday

The Commissioners yesterday
reappointed Mrs. Henry A. Bart
lett. Miss Ruth Heintzelman and
Herman A. johnson to the Pub
lie Health Advisory Council for
three-year terms.
The three members were given
one-year appointments last year
when the council was set up.
Others on the nine-member
board received two and three
year appointments. The council
will hold its first fall meeting
next Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
CaIifornians GAINING
Upper Hand in Battle
AGAINST Forest Fires

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25.-
With three men dead and at
least 10 homes burned, weary
firefghters today appeared to be
gaining control of four forest
and brush blazes throughout
California.
Flames killed three frefighters
from the Folsom Prison honor
camp yesterday near the small
mining town of Sierra City,
north of Lake Tahoe in North
ern California.
They became separated from
other men on the lines and were
trapped by the rapidly moving
fire. Folsom officials tentatively
identified them as Mel w. Grod-
xix. A; Frank w. Burr, Al, and
Richard Fierro, 80.
Now Under Control.
Perhaps the most dangerous
fire outbreak was near Chats
worth, IS miles northwest of Los
Angeles. That fire burned at
least seven homes, but at last
report, after blackening more
than 1,700 acres. was under con-
troll. The fire was in Box Cam
yon and Santa susanna Pass
near Chatsworth.
More than 100 persons were
estimated to have left their
homes temporarily. At the
height of the blaze 500 men
fought the fire at the border of
Los Angeles and Ventura Coun-
ties.
Sierra City was threatened for
a while yesterday by raging
forest fire that came within a
half mile of the town. The 200
residents were preparing to flee
when a change in the wind less
ened the danger. Control was
expected some time today as 500
men remained on the lines. One
forest service building was burn
ing in the blaze that has covered
approximately 5000 acres.
5000 Acres Blackened.
A fire in the San Ysidro noun
tains 10 miles northeast of San
Diego has blackened 5000 acres
of watershed. State Ranger
James Fenlon expressed hope
that it would be controlled today.
About $50 men on the 30-mile
perimeter are guarding against
new f1areups. The area is east
of Warner Hot Springs.
Three homes were reported de-
stroyed in the little Southern
California community of Frazier
Park. This blaze had been con-
sidered under control, but fared
up again yesterday afternoon
and raced through the southern
section of Frazier Park. It has
burned over more than 300 acres.
1t was expected to be controlled
today.
In Los Angeles County three
men were arrested. Officers re-
ported they were seen setting
fires which the men said were
backfires to save their ranch
property. Bill Ward, q, operator
of ranch, said he had tried in
vain to get help to save his
property The fire burned over
all but so acres of the 406-acre
ranch, but no buildings were
damaged. Ward and two of his
ranch hands, Ray Taylor, 81,
and Cherokee Landrum, 46, were
booked by sheriff's deputies on
suspicion of malicious burning
in violation of a county ordi-
nance,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
BY the Associated Press

MOUNT VERNON. N. Y, Sept.
Is. - Two early-bird gunner
waited out the time mechanism
of a bank vault yesterday, then
stole nearly 100000.
1t took them nearly 80 minutes
with the enforced help of ar
irving employes-to open the
double combination vault. But
they engineered the morning rob-
berry of the Fulton avenue drive
in branch of the County Trust
Co. with extreme calmness. One
of them even left the bank in
the midst of the robbery to get
Irvine to bind employees.
The bandits described them
selves as wanted men,"
They threatened employees with
gun, tied up Manager Edmund
Tichenor and three of his tellers,
but did not actually harm any
one.
Described as Young.
The FBI joined police in a
search for the bandits, both Of
them young and rather roughly
dressed. A 13-State alarm was
flashed for them.
An audit later set the exact
amount of the loot at 99,768.17.
A bank spokesman said a bond
ing company already had reim-
bursed the institution in this
amount.
1t was the first bank robbery
in the history of this West
chester county community of
about $4,000 just north of New
York City.
The two bandits were waiting
when Mr. Tichenor arrived at
the rear door of the bank at
7:30 a.m.-half an hour before
opening time.
do you know Fran Warren,
the singer?" one of them asked
the manager apparently feign-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
FILA Spotlight Shifts
From SiIberman 10
New York Target
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Sept. 25.-The Sem
ate Banking Committee moved
its Federal Housing Administra-
ton investigation to New York
today after Detroit hearings that
spotlighted a million dollar
"windfall" profit on housing
projects built with Government
backed loans.
Saul SHERMAN, builder sports
man of Baltimore, Md, testified
during the tWo-day hearings that
he got million dollars more in
FILA guaranteed loans than it
cost him to build four housing
projects.
1t is the excess loan money
over actual construction cost that
the committee has labeled wind
fall profits"
Mr.. SHERMAN, chairman of
the executive board of the Cleve-
land Browns National Profess
sional League football team and
president of three race tracks,
said the profits had been retained
by a firm in which he is a part
ner. He admitted, however, huge
loans had been made out of the
profits to himself and the tracks
he heads.
Taxes Not Paid Yet.
Mr.. SHERMAN said he hadn't
yet paid income taxes on the
million dollars made in 1861.
Committee Counsel William
Simon said it was absolutely
legal" for the firm to retain the
funds. He pointed out they
would have been subject to in
come taxes had they been paid
out in dividends instead of
loaned.
Mr.. SHERMAN and Ralph
Dechario own Uplands, Inc.
Mr.. SHERMAN is president of
Randall Jockey Club, Inc, of
Cleveland; the gainesville (Ohio,
race track, and the Tropical
Park race track at Miami.
Committee records show Up
land lent the Randall Jockey
Club $504,355, the gainesville
track $4,000. and Tropical Park
track $25,130.
Says They Want Publicity.
Mr.. SHERMAN, a $2,6OO-a-
year FILA employe in Baltimore
in 1861, said the committee
got all the facts" in question:
ing him at an executive session.
He said the committee was now
after publicity to make a show"
Committee auditors testified
yesterday that an examination
of the books of Cozy Homes,
Inc, of Detroit, home-im-
provement and subcontracting
firm, showed the company did
a gross business in 1852 of
$685. sos.
OF this amount. auditors said,
statesmen WHO SOlQ nome owners
on making improvement loans
got $101,017. or more than 40
per cent of the total.
Subcontractors who actually
furnished the materials and did
the work got $685. 900 and Cozy
got $20,500 or 10 per cent of the
amount which statesmen induced
home owners to borrow from the
FILA for improvements.
Senator Capehart called this a
"par scheme" whereby a sales
mans commission was all he
could get above the actual cost
of the job and 10 per cent for
his company-cost and 10 per
cent being par"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
Births Reported in the District
BOYS.

From D. C. Health DEPARTMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25

| Edward and Rosa Bolen.
| William and Ida Brady.
| Benson and Florence Buffham.
Aubrey and Helen Carrier
| George and Jacqueline CLANCY.
Fred and Pauline Decker.
| Claws and Mae Eads,
| Richard and Hilda Farrell.
| Ed ward and Eva Fleming.
| Robert and Jean Flynn.
| Paul and Eve Fout.
| John and Shirley Goldsum.
| Charles and Ellen Griffin.
| George and Hilda Hardy
| David and Patricia Highsmith.
| George and Evelyn Horkan.
| Alexander and Carmeia Landini,
| Charles and Ernestine Lester.
John and Elizabeth Mangold.
| William and jeanne Moulden.
| James and Rita McGuigan.
! Castandinas and Josephine Pappas.
| Enrico and Opal Quattrociocchi.
| Julian and Helen Richards.
| Herbert and Fredda Rubman.
| Ralph and Carole Smith.
! Wilbur and Ethel Spence.
Carl and Mildred Tagarielle.
James and Mary Taylor.
James and Norma Wider
| Sherman and Dolores Winder.
| William and Barbara Brown.
| Clarence and Henrietta Lindsay.
| Jonah and Helen Mulky.
| Thomas and Orlean Pierce.
| Mathew and Mary Terry.
| Samuel and Cleo Warren.
TWINS.
jeffrey and Helen Kitchen, boy and girl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
MorriogeLicense
Applications


apply for a marriage license on
one day, t0ait three tuH days
and receive the license on the
fifth day. Sundays and hoH-
days are counted the same as
other days.
NV. and Blanche Grooms. II. 1siI
Stevens I'd. Sc.
Pittsburgh,
Gregory Torcetta. 30 5000 5th st. NV,
ana Anna Petruzzelli, %. 5023 Ord
Robert Biumb. 90. 5o1e Tilden st. NV
and an Anne Hoagland, "a, 2932 Cortland
Garland Abshire. IS, 1907 New Hamp-
Seat sre P aee niw'; MD and Lois Wenk' u.s.
Forest Harris. ~. Kensington, Md, and
Carol Collier. ~. 53OS Nevada ave.
John Lawrence. 25, Alexandria, Va
and Dolores Harrison. I9. 14O2 5otth
ave. Sc. o''-
Ros e. Da Aen 81 and ES.y Pauline
Ernest Todd, 90. 1886 9Th st. NV. and
Theola Marley. FL, sos 9th ST. Sc.
Baden, 90. both of 1925 s7th st. n W
Leroy .CleWel, 81. kanghorne Manor
"a, and Ethyle Schomp. SIS. Trenton
RAYMOND Cullen. %. Fort Belvoir. Va
and Daisey Vauss, 10. 300 10th st
Natalie Urso. e5, Westerly, R. T. and
Elizabeth Dixon. FL, 52I3 Illinois ave ave
Thomas Carter. %. 1870 Nsr,to -.
INV; and NC Minnie Brown, 2s. Lynch
Be mia mol Lowe, g, Catholic University
walter Oldham. 81. 453 Florida ave
Nv and Dorothy Lihle, A, Wades.
Ronald Nicoletta, %, and France,
VILE; re prono. Fl, both of Utica. N. Y.
Wllbert Mason, 3S. and Viola Lanson
~. both of 1923 18th st. NV.
julius Hinton. 26, and Elmer Dious 90
both Of 1920 10th st. ne. 80
Ie0rge Myers, 20. 32l4 9th st, Sc and
H Harriet Renfrow. %, Capitol Heights
Herbert Hunt, %. and Marie Dune,
IS, both of Baltimore
Sammle Brook. 2S, Upper Marlboro
M HsiSS and Virginia Miller. Is. S SSSa
Paul Hawkins" 40, 1444 Savannah St
Sc and Maxine clarke. So, 1857
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
Mopsy

because that union was in an
unfair and awkward position
after all other area building
trades workers were granted re-
cent pay boosts.
1.-THE fathers kept their word"
Mr.. McEldowney said. But we
didn't think they should suffer
from their good intentions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-25
Deaths Reported
From D. C. Department of Health

Ida L. Eilard. 81, Sheraton Park Hotel
Edward J. Weaver, 81, 527 18th st. NV.
Lottle S: Wright, II. 340S 18th ST. Sc.
Ella V. Ryon, 70. 552 LeBaum st. Sc.
Joseph c. Noble, 6S. Takoma Park. Md.
Eric Dale, &c. 3S96 Porter st. NV. 80
Edith Y. Leach, 5S, III Nicholson st.
NV.
William H. Small, 55, 61o Upshur st.
Harold r&i Baker. As, District Heights, Md.
Mary C. Ellis, ST. Spottsylvania. Va.
George T. Walker, SO. 3222 Sherman
ave. NV
Fannie Allen, go. 1908 l. st. NV.
Blanche Lee. so, Annandale, Va.
Llstine Green. ~. 1714 D st. ne.
Jonathan j Gudger. infant, 1854 Mon
roe ST w.
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

An editorial in the Chicago American
makes biting and Well-fOunded criticism OF
those in public Office who wilfully betray the
trust placed in them by making politically
smart" statements, regardless of how little
truth there may be in them, and withOu'
apparent consideration of the effects of theil
proposals might have on the nations fnan
clal sOlvency, material security, our repre-
sentative form of government, and ultimate
ly on our personal freedom. AS the Ameri
can puts it, 1T isn't pretty sight when the
nations lawmakers stOOp to demagOguery tC
confuse an issue and distOrt the truth"
The American cites the filibuster agains
the Atomic Energy Bill Us an example of tn,
spurious argument that "the public interes
will be best served if private industry i
frozen out of power development. This con
tentlOn panders to uniformed prejudice
and conveniently ignores two basic truths:
1.-THE private utilities are not privat
at all, but are owned entirely by the public
which has purchased and can purchase stOc1
in the corporations.
"2-These private utilities are gOverne,
by law, supervised by regulatory agencie
and franchised. They are infinitely more re
spOnslVe to the public need and interest tha'
the bureaucratic management of gOVernmen
ownership. And they pay taxes.
Moreover, Observation-Disclosures in
evitably leads to State Socialism"
Fortunately for the country the sociaIiz
ers failed, and the development of atomic en-
erby for peace time purposes, including tn
generation OF electric power, will be open
development by efficient, competitive, pri
Vate business, and not bound to the erati
political tide which would govern a fedora
~,onoN0lv in this field
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
VANS PANTS ARE FALLING DOWN

The Soviet male is in danger of having
his pants fall down because of shortages of
suspenders and buttons" says a recent AP
dispatch from Moscow, describing the trials
and tribulatiOns Russian shoppers are now
undergoing. And the dispatch is based on
high authority Trade, the official
newspaper of the ministry which runs all the
stores in the country.
It seems that the volume, variety and
quality OF all manner of goods have been de-
creaslng, despite all the late government
propaganda about giving consumers better
break. The commOneSt wares are in short
supply-sewing needles, hairpins garters.
shaving gear, belt buckles, cosmetics, elastic
items and so on and so on. And some of these
goods, Soviet Trade says are obtainable
from spectators and black market operators
who operate out of suitcases and briefcases
on the streets right in front of the empty
stores.
Thus does the workers paradise meet the
needs and desires of the people. And the
reason things work out this way isn't hard
to discern. Under communism, or any other
tOtalitaTian system, there is no true cOmpe
tltlOn as we know it in either manufacturing
or retailing. There is no incentive to do a
better job Everything is run by decree, and
the red tape involved is incredible. The re
suit is poor goods, shortages of goods ex-
cessively-priced goods.
American factories produce what the
people want, or they go out of business. Com.
petition keeps the price equitable That's the
difference between our marketing system anC
the Soviet system.
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27
Chrysler Dealers To
Hear Of Plans

Thirty-three hundred Chrysler
dealers throughout the U. S. will
be told Chrysler's plans for 1866
by e. c. Quinn, president, Chrysler
Division, ChTysler Corporation via
clOsed-circuit televisiOn on Thurs
day, August 26th.
Gathered in hotels and theaters
in % major cities the dealers will
be brought up to date on Chrysler's
latest plans for increased penetra-
tiOn of the market e. M. Braden.
general sales manager, and c. r.
Curtain, sales manager, will discuss
sales, advertising and merchandise
ing for the balance Of the year and
for 1866.
This is the second time in four
months that we have used closed
circuit television in order to reach
the entire dealer body with an inn
portant sales message" Quinn said.
AS a result of a successful meet
ing of this type in May we were
able to acquaint our dealers with
our aggressive sales plans and the
effort was reflected in a substantial
increase in sales during the months
Of June and July"
Quinn said, THAT the closed
cult meeting is part of a program
to increase meetings between top
is aimed at increasing dealers
factory executives and dealers and
Milford chronicle., 1954-08-27

waiting for a further decline in
prices to buy a cherished article
for which you have been saving.
you can be reasonably safe in buy
ing now. Some prices, such as for
metals and textiles, may seek higher
levels during the months to come.
Barring crop failure, forecast that
farm prices will sag when this
years crops are in. Food ought,
therefore, to be a little more rea-
sOnably priced. However, these saw
ings for you will, / expect, be offset
by increases in rent, transportation,
and other cOst-Of-living compOnents.
Several factors support my rea-
sOning: ID The anticipated in
crease in secOnd-half business .ac-
tivity will probably spur some raw
commodity price levels, which in
turn will be passed along to you.
in the price of the finished product.
(2) If international tensions con-
tinue to deepen, there will be a
definite threat to some imports and
a subsequent bOlstering Of some
American made" markets, and a
probable firming of prices of such
products. CD The liberalized credit
policy of the Eisenhower Admin
stratiOn will tend to halt deflation.
and may once again encourage in
flation, which means price rises.
Is This Good For YOu2
My personal reaction to the re-
cent credit stretch, freeing more
than SIS billions for expanding
bank loans and investments, is
mixed. This policy went into effect
at time when shOrt-term money