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Evening star., 1954-05-22
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Evening star., 1954-05-22
Reservists 10 Hear
J. Strom Thurmond

J. Strom Thurmond, former
Governor of South Carolina, and
the Dixiecrats' candidate for
President in 1948, will be the
main speaker tonight at a ban
quet ending a two-day conven-
ton of the Virginia department
of the Reserve Ofiicers Associa-
ton in Alexandria,
Mr.. Thurmond, an Army re-
serve colonel, is vice president
for Army of the national reserve
officers group. and is the sole
candidate so far for president
of the organization at its ma
tional convention next month
The banquet is scheduled for
o'clock tonight at General
George Patton Hall. Fort Myer
Va.
Virginia reservists Of the four
armed services began their 23d
annual meeting yesterday at the
George Mason Hotel in Alex
andria.
The women's auxiliary of the
organization opened a parallel
series of meetings at the same
time.
Top Armed Forces brass at
tended an ROA cocktail party
in Alexandria last night. Mem
bers were expected to take q
stand today on service policies
relating to the release Of re-
serve officers at two business
sessions at the George Mason
Evening star., 1954-05-22
PrinceGeorges
Gets Detailed
Map of Streets

A detailed street map of Prince
Georges County has been printed
by the Maryland-National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commis-
sion.
Copies are available to the
public free of charGe at the Com
missions Prince Georges regional
Office in the Calvert Mansion,
4811 Riverdale road, Riverdale.
The map covers the portion Of
the Maryland Washington re-
gional district within Prince
Georges County. It shows block
numbers and incorporated town
boundaries as well as the COM
Missions park system.
Prepared on a scale of 1000
feet to the inch, the map repre-
resents over years work by the
commissions technical staff. A
total Of 1000 copies have been
printed. Revisions will be made
periodically to keep the map up
! to date.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Collision Injuries Fatal
To Elderly Waldorf Couple

An elderly Waldorf (Md0 cou-
pie died in Casualty Hospital
here yesterday from injuries suf-
fered when their car collided
with another vehicle at Indian
Head highway and Livingston
road, near Accokeek, Md.
Mrs. Eva Evelyn Berry, "a,
died shortly after arriving at the
hospital. Her husband, Milton
Joseph Berry, 72, died seven
hours later.
Mr.. Berry retired as a District
fireman in 1888 after 81 years
service. Police listed his ad-
dress as RID l, Waldorf.
Prince Georges County police
said the Berry automobile COL
lided with one driven by James
E. Griggs, colored, of 1923 Fifty
second street NE. He was slight
ly injured, as was his passenger.
Brook Onley, 10, colored, of 5055
Lee street NE.
Police said Mr.. Griggs works
at the Naval Powder factory at
Indian Head.
Evening star., 1954-05-22


One Of series obout principal Con-
didotes in the neorby Maryland pri-
mories June 70.
Republican State Central Com
mittee. Like his opponent, he Is
making his first try for public
Office.
He has lived in the county more
than II years, the last two and
a half years in Damascus. Before
that, he lived in the Manor
Country Club area and in Ia
koma Park. Previously, most OF
his life was spent in Washington
The real estate field is COM
paratively new for Mr.. Cook. He
began his own business when he
moved to Damascus. Just prior
to that, he had been vice presi-
dent of a real estate firm in
Silver Spring for several years
Ran Ambassador Laundry.
The laundry business has occu-
pied most Of his career. His
father had been in that business
for over 40 years. and when he
died in l945 had owned and op-
Grated the Ambassador Laundry
in Washington. Upon his death,
the son took over the business.
Mr.. Cook, since moving to Da-
mascus, has taken an active part
in planning and zoning matters
for the upcounty area. He also
is secretary of the Damascus
Lions Club.
During World War II he was
under contract to the Navy as
a civilian, instructing in laun-
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Jewish Fund Drive Opens
In Alexandra Tomorrow

The Alexandria campaign of
the Greater Washington United
Jewish Appeal will open tomor-
row with a one-day house-to-
house solicitation in the Alex
andria area.
Approximately 100 volunteers.
representing 10 Alexandria Jew
ish organizations, synagogueS
and temples, will meet for
brunch at the Alexandria Hot
Shoppe at 10 am. tomorrow and
will receive instructions. After
five hours of solicitation the
workers will gather again at
Agudas Achlm Synagogue for a
report meeting.
Co-chairman of the Alexandria
United Jewish Appeal campaign
are Jules Bernfeld and DR.. Irving
RoSen.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
o. HATE EDfrT0lT
Vest Receives
Suspended
|4-Year Term
Ex-Aide Sentenced
On z EmbezzIemeni
Counts in Arlington

William c. Vest. 49,. former
transportation director for Ar
lington schools, yesterday was
given q suspended four-year
sentence on two counts Of en-
bezzlement.
Circuit Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy placed Vest on proba-
ton on condition that he CO.
operate in taking psychiatric
treatment provided through his
probation officer.
Before Suspending the SEN
tence, Judge Mccarthy said a
four-year sentence on each
count would run concurrently.
The embezzlement charges
stemmed from a grand jury in
dictment last December accus-
ing him Of keeping receipts OBJ
tanned for the use of school
buses. The buses had been char
tered by the Optimist Club.
Pleaded Guilty.
Vest pleaded guilty to the
embeZzlement charge.
In court yesterday, Vest asked
for clemency. saying he had
suffered a great deal of mental
torture" since his arrest last
November 80. He told the cedrt:
II will teach my son and other
children to profit by my mis-
takes"
Vest, who lives in the 2l00 block
Of North Pierce strret, Arlington,
also was indicted by a special
grand jury in January on eight
charges. including larceny, en-
bezzlement and perjury.
On April /, he pleaded guilty
in the perjury case to contempt
of court and was given a 10
day suspended jail sentence.
Other Charges Dropped.
Yesterday, at the request of
Commemorative Attorney Will
liam j. Hassan, the court dropped
the larceny charges.
Before the special grand jury
session, Vest had been cleared of
charges that he stole tires from
the school bus garage at the
County Property Yard.
Last December, he was fined
$10O after being charged with
mishandling State auto inspec-
ton stickers. He pleaded guilty
to the charge.
Vest was discharged from his
SIS, ,200-a-year job on December
Is.
Vests attorney was Griffin T.
Garnett, jr.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Delays in Remembering Bring
Many Chevy Chase Headaches

Many residents of the Beth
esda- Chevy Chase area have CO.
operated with the program of
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
to fit the suburban Maryland
area into a grid system being
extended out from the District.
But others have not complied
some simply through procrasti-
nation, others through obSti-
macy Many homes still are sport
ing their old house numbers.
Residents of the area were
notified about April l that many
of the numbers were being
changed. May l was the date
set for the REMEMBERING to be-
come official.
Adds to Police Trouble.
One police dispatcher put it
this way:
How do people calling for
aid expect us to find their home
when they give their new house
number over the telephone and
still display the old number be-
side their doorway"
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad has experienced
the same trouble.
1T could be the difference
between life and DEATH" a rescue
squad dispatcher explained.
Mail Carriers Problem.
The Post Office Department is
also having its problems
The regular letter carrier has
no trouble with the proper de-
livery of letters whether they
carry the old or new street num-
bers. He knows that Mr.. Smith
lives in the green house two
doors above the church.
But when a substitute carrier
gets on the route, anything can
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Child Center Tour Inpresses
2 Holding D. C.. Purse Strings

Two Of the Congressman whose
hands hold the strings of the
Districts purse toured one of
the city's installations yesterday
to see howe the money is spent.
"I was impressed" declared
Chairman Wilson of the House
District Appropriations Subcom-
mittee.
"It looks nice-I think it will
be all right" said Representative
Fernandez. Democrat, of New
Mexico, a member of the same
subcommittee.
They were speaking of the
Public Welfare Department es-
Establishments at Children's Cen
ter, Laurel, Md. Accompanied by
the three District Commissioners
and assorted lesser city officials,
the legislators went through q
substantial part Of the District
Training School for the feeble
minded and the Industrial Home
School for delinquent children
now nearing completion.
The party moved at a lively
pace through living quarters, din
ing hall. 0ccupational training
rooms and recreation rooms.
Question on Ventilation.
In the Training School, Rep
resentative Wilson. Republican
of Indiana, playfully swung one
of the pitiful little occupants by
the hands. Representative Fer
nandez wondered aloud whether
building ventilation could not be
improved.
The Congressmen, Commits
SionerS and retinue fingered in
the kitchen of the central din
ing hall, popping gigantic straw
Evening star., 1954-05-22

berries, grown on the school
farm, into their mouths. They
viewed some of the beautiful
needlework and weaving being
done by the girls better mentally
developed and said friendly
things to them as they worked.
The response was warm.
They listened interestedly as an
attache explained the screen COW
ering over the bowl-Shaped CELL
ing lights in the dormitory for
high-grade morons. The occu-
pants, it seems, had taken a
fancy to bringing hot dogs from
the dining hall and keeping them
warm in the light fixture for
late snacks. Only screens could
stop them.
Laurel New to Them.
Although they have gone
through such institutions in their
home States, the two Congress
men had never been to Laurel
before. It was also a new expert
ence for Commissioner Samuel
Spencer and Brig. Gen. Louis w
Prentiss, Engineer Commissioner
The tour idea came to Chair.
man Wilson shortly before the
Districts current budget hear
ings began last Wednesday.
LAS I see it, we have the au-
thority of appropriating funds
for the District, and as long as
we have that authority it's our
responsibility to see how the
money is spent" Mr.. Wilson ex-
planned. 1--WE owe it to the Dis
trict to see at least a little of
what they are doing"
And then he added: II think
they're doing just as much as
they can with what they have"
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Attorney for City
Of fWoynesboro
To Join Ministry
BY the Assoeidfed Press

WAYNESBORO, Va, May %.
-Waynesboro will lose its city
attorney to the Episcopal min
istry in September.
McRae Werth announced
Thursday he will enter the Epis-
copal Theological Seminary at
Alexandria at the conclusion Of
his term as city attorney.
Mr.. Werth attended the Uni
versity of Virginia in 194l and
1912 and after service with the
35th Division in Europe received
his law training at Washington
and Lee University He passed
the State bar in 1947 and was
named city 1ttorney here in 1850.
The attorneys wife is the for
mer Miss Karen Humphrey of
Alexandria. They have one
daughter.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Kensington Street
Plans 10 Be Studied
AT Hearing Thursday

The Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion will hold a public hearing
at 4 pm. Thursday on proposed
amendments to its master plan
for streets in the Kensington
central business district.
The principal changes call for
the widening of Connecticut
avenue, Plyers Mill road, the
Kensington- Wheaton road, st.
Paul street, Metropolitan ave-
nue., Howard avenue and
Knowles avenue.
Connecticut avenue, Plyers
Mill road and the Kensington-
Wheaton road would be widened
to 100 feet
Connecticut Avenue Plan.
On Connecticut avenue from
the boundary of incorporated
Kensington to Warner street
the commission proposes taking
Is feet each off abutting prop
erty on each side of the present
50-foot right-of-way.
From Farragut street to Law
renee avenue so feet would be
chopped off abutting property on
the east side of the street. The
plan would pave the way for
extension of Connecticut avenue
about l mile to Viers Mill road.
The widening of Plyers Mill
road from its present 80 feet
would be accomplished by taking
land on both sides of the street,
NThe same is true of the Ken
sington-Wheaton road, now 80
feet wide.
Would Double Width.
The widening to so feet of St
Paul street calls, in general, for
taking 35 feet off property on
the west side from just south
OF Oberon street to Plyers Mill
road and 10 feet off each side
from Plyers Mill road to Dupont
avenue.
The Knowles avenue widening
calls for taking 80 feet off prop
erty on the north side from
Summit avenue to Connecticut
avenue.
Metropolitan avenue would be
widened to so feet by clipping
Is feet off property on each side
of the street.
d. Howard avenue, running along
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
would be widened from 40 to 50
feet in the Fawcett street area
from SO to IS feet at Connecticut
avenue and from SO to 80 feet
in the Detrick avenue section.
Evening star., 1954-05-22

dry procedure at the Philadel-
phia Navy Yard. His wife, Beth
any, is a substitute school
teacher in Damascus and a
county justice of the peace.
Mr.. Wilcox is the Republi-
can-and only candidate from
this district indorsed by the
county Charter Committee. In
other council districts, the Char
ter Committee has indorsed both
Republicans and Democrats.
He has a 300-acre farm.
A native of Elmira, N. Y, he
was raised in Trenton, N. j.
Navy Officer in 2 Wars.
He was a Navy lieutenant in
World War I, serving as a dis
bursting officer and cost inspector.
He remained in the reserve until
1888 when he retired as a lieu
tenant commander. In World
War II, however, he was recalled
for four more years of the same
type duty at industrial plants,
shipyards and other installations.
From 1927 to 1941, he worked
for the United Gas Improvement
Co., a public utilities holding
concern, in Philadelphia. From
1916 to 1949. he was with the
United Nations Relief and Re-
Mobilization Administration. He
came out of retirement in 1852,
going to Richmond with the
Office of Price Sterilization.
Mr.. Wilcox is a member of the
Masonic order and is active in
the Izaak Walton League and the
Retired Officers Association.
He is married and has two
daughters.
Evening star., 1954-05-22

happen. Asst. Supt. Roland
Warrington of the Chevy Chase
Post Office said.
One substitute carrier Thurs
day became lost in his delivery
rounds. completely missed a Sec
ton of Aspen street and re-
turned to the office carrying
about half the mail with which
he had left, Mr.. Warrington said.
you can be certain we hear
about these delays from resi-
DENTS" he added.
Upsets Felt in Baltimore.
The house REMEMBERING has
had its upsetting effects felt even
in Baltimore where the State
Department of Motor Vehicles
has been swamped with Chevy
Chase residents requests for
changes of addresses on registra-
ton cards, titles and driver per-
mits. The registration change
staff had to work overtime last
Saturday to catch up on the
backlog. That effort, combined
with staff illnesses. and a ma
chine breakdown, caused tieup
in work in changing addresses
on permits. But by yesterday
the department reported the
backlog nearly had been wiped
out and that they anticipated no
further delays in the process.
Despite the confusion, the
planning commission reports it.
has received only "a half dozen
or so" complaints since the re-
numbering became official. The
problems in Chevy Chase are
merely repeat performances of
those which have occurred in
the rest of the Prince Georges
Montgomery suburban area
which have undergone the same
REMEMBERING process.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Fire Sofety Films

Arlington elementary school
children will get instruction in
home fire prevention through
films given to the schools by the
Northern Virginia Association of
Insurance Agents. The IS copies
of the film, Preventing Fires in
Your Home" were produced by
the Virginia Department of Edu-
cation with the National Com
mission on Safety Education.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
GiIkerson Takes
Hurrisonburq Post
By the Assoeiated Press

HARRISONBURG, Va, May
22.-Cecil Fillmore Gilkerson,
q. member of the athletic
staff of the Wilson, N. c., High
School for four years, has ac-
cepted the post of Harrisonburg's
city director of recreation.
He will report for duty July
1. succeeding Wayne E. King
who will become principal of the
Strasburg High School next fall.
Mr.. GilkerSon is widely known
in the Shenandoah Valley as a
baseball player. He is on the
roster Of the Harrisonburg Turks.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Harpers Ferry Land
Transfer 10 u. ). Recorded
Special pispoth TO The siur


HARPERS FERRY, w. Va,
May ga deed transferring
land from West Virginia to the
Federal Government for the
establishment of the "Harpers
Ferry National Monument" has
been recorded in Charles Town.
The deed is for total of Sis
acres in four tracts. One tract
in Loudoun Heights contains ZIG
acres; one in Bolivar Heights 81
acres; two areas in Harpers
Ferry contain 80 and 101 acres.
The land was purchased by
West Virginia with $350.000 ap-
propriated by the 1851 Legisla-
ture to create the monument.
The National Park Service is &C
cepting the title and will admin
lister the project.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Meet the Candidates
Meet the Cundidotes
ReoItyMo and Farm Operator
Seek Montgomery Nomination
By ChorIes A. McAIeer

Two Republicans upcouny real estate broker
other retired accountant and seeking parys
nomination for the Montgomery County Councils district
This is the Olney The selection
however throughout county
The contest of five facing Republicans choosing
member council slate
In the first district the aspirants
Damascus and Vesus j. Wilcox SO, who lives
LaytonSvie The winner will face Democrat Jerry T. Williams
Layonsvle in the election.
primary contest in the district
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Police Regroup
In Hicks Probe;
News Curb SET
Active Role Resumed
By Sheriff in Mystery
Death of Veteran
, THE EVENING STAR
Washington. D C..
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1854
BY J. |. Michoel
Stor Sfnff CoKresnondenf

LA PLATA, Md, May o.
State and Charles County police
investigating the unexplained
death of Louis A. Hicks re-
grouped their forces today for
a co-ordinated drive to appre-
hend the killer of the paralyzed
war veteran.
Sheriff r. Vernon Cooksey, it
was announced after a four hour
conference that ended at mid
night, will Immediately resume
an active role and States At
torney Robert T. Barbour will
monitor all news releases.
Mr.. Barbour told reporters
that the conferees agreed to
withhold statements until they
meet again today to decide what
information can be released
without endangering solution of
the case.
Sheriff Cooksey, when the May
Circuit Court term began Mon
day. asked State police to take
temporary charge of the in
quiry because of his work VOL
ume and frequent appearances
on the witness stand.
Lieutenant Heads Unit.
1t. Leonard N. Brown headed
the State police contingent at
the conference which included
G. Edward Newcomer, the de-
partment's homicide specialist.
Other investigators represent
Ing the State were Corpl. Noble
A. Collision and Trooper First
Glass A. B. Coleman.
County officials present were
MI. Barbour, Sheriff CookSey
and Francis R. Murphy, one of
his deputies who has discovered
valuable clues.
Mr.. Barbour would not indi-
cate whether arrests are likely
soon.
It is known, however, that
there are several suspects some
of whom have already been
questioned.
Work Around Clock.
Officers assigned to the case
have been working almost around
the clock running down leads.
All information at hand tends
to support the police conclusion
that the 34-year-old veteran,
paralyzed from the waist down
by war wounds, was a Staying
victim.
His 1850 sedan, equipped with
hand controls, crashed into his
home near McConchie, Md,
March %. Mr.. Hicks was pro-
nounced dead of chest injuries,
severe head wounds and multiple
body abraSionS.
Mrs. Dorothy Hicks, his 25-
year-old wife. told police the
crash occurred when her hus-
band lost control on a sharp
curve in front of their home on
Simms Landing road just miles
west of here.
She received superficial face
cuts.
Authorities at first ruled the
fatality an accident, but began
an investigation at the request
of relatives who suspected foul
play.
Probers found the cars throttle
rod taped wide open when the
jammed hood was lifted by a
crane, then discovered bloody
clothes in the Hicks bungalow.
The blood was analyzed by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
and classified as the same type
as that of Mr.. Hicks.
Mrs. Hicks, now living in
Richmond, has refused to come
here to aid investigators.
Evening star., 1954-05-22

Mr.. Cook. a real estate man,
claims support Of the county's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23
IA Word to the Wise
By Mrs. Fronk Colby

There is more who-whom
trouble today. Mrs. L. H. r.. Of
Syracuse, writes: II have been
corrected for saying on the tele-
phone. whom shall ] say is call
ing?' What's wrong with that?"
Well. let's see. Suppose we
shift the words Of the question
a,little. thus: Whom Is calling,
shall ! say?" See how INGRAM
NAUTICAL that sounds? And it is
just as ungrammatical as it
sounds. Better: Who shall I say
is calling?
DR.. j. Y. T. Grieg once OBJ
served that "who has been try
ing to devour whom for cen
turtles and has only been
prevented from swallowing 1t up
completely by misguided gram
marians."
While I cannot agree that
efforts to prevent cannibalism
among the pronouns can justly
be termed misguided" 1t is true
that most of us do have diff
Guilty with who and whom: and
a great many of us are afraid
to risk whom" in any event.
.Whom" is a useful word and
an honorable one when put into
its proper place; but the result
is jargon when it is not.
In the sentence cited above.
leave out shall I say" We then
have Whom is calling?" The
answer would have to be Him
is calling; or "Her is calling"
If this discussion still does not
clarity the usage for you. write
to me in care of The Star, and
I'll be happy to go into greater
detail.
distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Inc)