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Evening star., 1954-08-20
Father Sees Murder
In Boys Bizarre Hanging
by the Assoeioted Press

CORAL GABLES, Fla, Aug,
20.-The nearly nude body Of
the 17-year-old son of a well-to-
do Coral Gables family was
found hanging from q stick be-
tween two trees today under
circumstances that caused the
father to say. Somebody MUIR
dered my boy"
The sheriff's Office said. how
ever, there was no indication Of
foul play.
1.-The theory is suicide. but the
investigation is continuing" said
, Deputy M. Hill.
The youth was Kenneth
Grimm, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence o. Grimm. The father
owns Grimm Electric Co. here.
Kenneth was last seen about
6 pm. yesterday. The father
found the body in a vacant lot
near his home after a search
that began at midnight and
continued for several hours.
The body was hanging from a
stick rigged between two trees.
His feet had been bound with
a rope which encircled his neck,
causing him to hang head down.
ward with his body bent in a
sharp arc. The rope encircled a
tree.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Bus and Sfreetcar
Changes Ordered fol
Legion Parade Day

The Public Utilities Commits
sion has ordered transportation
companies operating in Wash
ington to make numerous route
changes and operate from tenn
porary loading zones August 81,
the day of the American Legion
parade.
The commission also eStab-
lished IL special taxicab stands
at convenient locations in the
downtown area, not far from the
line Of the big parade.
Temporary loading zones for
Capital Transit Co., will be set
up at the following points:
Both sides of H street NV,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets; north side Of D street
NV. between Eighth and Ninth;
north side of E street S.W. be-
tween Six-and-one-half and
Seventh streets, and the south
side Of Pennsylvania avenue Sc,
between Third and Fourth
streets.
SPECIAL loading zones for buses
Of the Alexandria. Bancroft &
Washington Transit Co., will be
established on Washington drive
between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets NV, and on the west
side of Twelfth street between
Madison and Washington drives.
| The temporary loading point
for buses Of the Washington
Marlboro & Annapolis Transit
Co. will be on the north side of
E street NV. between Tenth and
Eleventh streets.
Interstate buses Of the Grey
hound and Virginia Stage Lines
will operate over Key Bridge to
and from their terminals here.
Detailed route changes for
streetcars and buses on parade
day will be published by The
Star a few days before that time.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Legion Team 10 Drill
AT Archives Lighting
Ceremony August 2o

A crack American Legion drill
team will give half hour dem
onstration preceding the flood
lighting of the National Archives
Building for the first time SUM-
day, August 20.
Details of the program, which
gets under way at $3.50 pm,
were announced today. In yes
terday's Star, the date was inad-
vertently given as Sunday, Au-
gust %. The ceremonies are part
of the American Legion's pre-
convention activities.
Constitution avenue NV. be-
tween Seventh and Ninth streets
will be roped off for the drill
teams performance.
After the advance of the coll
ors of the 48 Legion Depart
ments, National Legion Chaplain
Tom Clark will give the invoca-
ton, and the Legion's 1858
champion choral group, the CUT
worth Chorus from Milwaukee.
will sing.
Wayne C.. Grover, archivist OF
the United States, will introduce
distinguished guests, and Edward
F. Mansure, General Services
Administrator, will give an ad-
dress of welcome.
Arthur j. Connell, National
Legion Commander, will throw
the switch to turn on the flood
lights. After the ceremony ends
the public will be invited inside
the building to view a speciaI
exhibit of World War ! and Il
documents, along with the per.
manently housed Constitution
Bill of Rights and Declaration
of independence.
Original plans for the build
ing, drawn in 1880, included
fioodlighting, but the money was
not voted by Congress until 1852
Evening star., 1954-08-20
NucIear Power Plant
For Heat, Electricity.
To Be Built al BeIvoir
By John A. Giles

The first experimental nuclear
power plant to produce electric
ity and heat for remote military
bases and provide experience for
development of such units for
civilian use will be built at Fort
Belvoir in nearby Virginia.
The Defense Department and
the Atomic Energy Commission
announced plans for the proto-
type of the package" or trans
portable power reactor last
night. They said it would elm
mate the need to transport bulky
conventional fuels to far-away
military installations.
Thirty-three private firms
were asked yesterday to submit
bids on the development, en-
gineering design and building of
the plant. Acc expects to let
the contract this fall. Oficials
said it would be "two or three
years" before the plant is oper-
ational.
High Cost Project.
DR.. Lawrence HafStad, Aces
reactor development director,
said it would cost considerably
less" than So million He con-
ceded it would be a "high-cost
electric -power project" but said
it was justified because it would
provide the experience which
eventually could result in such
plans for civilian use. The re-
Lactor will have a capacity;apt
]. 100 skiIpWatts Of electricity.
The small reactor, q pressure-
water type, will be built within
| the exclusion area Of the Army
Engineer and Development Lab.
oratories and will be con-
structed with provisions to elm.
mate any hazards to nearby
communities" the announcement
said.
DR.. Hafstad, Mai. Gen. S. D
Sturgis. jr.. Chief of Army En-.
gineers, and Col. James Lampert
the Corps of Engineers atomic
expert, stressed the safety fac
tor at a news conference.
They said the safety designs
had been extremely Cal efully
worked out" and DR.. Hafstae
said it's location at Fort Belvoil
shows that Acc now feels that
it is no longer necessary to To-
cate such reactors in less popu.
lous areas.
Gen. Sturgis said the develop
ment would be worked closel!
into the Engineers training pro.
gram.
Can Be DisaSSembled.
The plant will be built so that
it can be easily disassembled ano
transported by air. In addition tc
use at remote bases. the an
Evening star., 1954-08-20

District and vicinity-Fair to-
night, lowest about 68. Tomor-
row, partly cloudy and warm.
Maryland - Partly cloudy
rather warm and humid tonight,
lowest 64-70. Tomorrow, partly
cloudy, rather warm and humid.
Virginia-Partly cloudy, rath-
er warm and humid, lowest 65-
70. Scattered thundershowers
likely in the south portion this
evening. Tomorrow, partly
cloudy, rather warm and humid.
Wind-Light and variable.
Pollen count-Two grains per
cubic yard of air for 24-hour Pc
riod ending 9 am. today. In
complete due to rain.
River Report.
tFrom u. 8 Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Fer
~ and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Custer Of Young Urged
in Legion Parade Dispute

Demands for the resignation of
Philip Young. Civil Service Com
mission chairman, have resulted
from his refusal to give Govern
ment workers time off for the
American Legion parade, Sylvan
King, vice president of the
Legion's 1854 Convention Corp,
said yesterday.
Mr.. King. addressing the Ar
lington Rotary Club, emphasized,
however. that trying to get Mr..
Young fired is mo way Of ap-
preaching the problem from a
constructive viewpoint"
He said he hopes the matter
can be settled by discussion.
Arthur Connell, Legion ma
tional commander. will protest
Mr.. Young's ruling to the White
House, according to Mr.. King.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Parade Lighting Job Curbs
Constitution Ave. Traffic

Two blocks Of Constitution
avenue NV. will be closed to
traffic tonight and tomorrow
night to permit Pepco electro
clans to put up special lights for
the American Legion parade.
Park police said the avenue
would be blocked between Fif-
teenth and Seventeenth streets
NV. from II pm. TO Z am. both
nights.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
BY shs Assoeiassd Press

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NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Brook
lyn's four thrill killing teen-
ayers, once boastful about their
deeds of violence. turned sick
and shaken from the sight of
one Of their hapless victims.
Jack Koslow, 1S-year-oid lead
er, Of the four. wept when con-
fronted yesterday with the bat
tered, ater-soaked body of q
Negro victim and told detectives.
"I feel sick"
Two days before. Koslow gave
police details of this Staying and
other savage attacks Of the night
before. At that time he told
them: Last night was a supreme
adventure for me-"
Murder Scene Revisited.
One by one the four youths
we're brought onto a Brooklyn
waterfront pier to identify the
body of willard Menter. "a, who
ran afoul of his killers in q
Brooklyn park Monday night.
Police knew nothing of the
Staying until after the four
youths were arrested early Tues
day on an assault complaint and
told of beating and torturing a
man and throwing him into the
East River. Police began drag
ging the river and yesterday re-
covered the body.
Koslow. lean and mustached,
was the first to be shown the
bruised and bloated figure
stretched out on the pier. Ee
turned pale and whimpered:
"Take Me Away"
eyes, that's the man. Take
me away from here before I
faint"
Brought to the scene next was
husky Melvin Mittman, II. His
muscles bulged under tight dun
gareeS and polo shirt as he stood
looking down on Mr.. Menter's
corpse. In a strained and tear
full voice he said he recognized
the man.
eyes. yes, that's the man. We
threw him into the river"
Police reported only two days
ago that Mittman had told them
he liked to pummel the gangs
victims Ito see how hard !
could hit"
But on the pier he tried not to
look at the body. rs this the
MANI" police asked. Point to
him." Mittman pointed, but
turned his head away.
Killer Sobs.
Jerome Lieberman, II, an
swered police questions grimly,
but there were tears in his eyes.
ut looks like him. It might
be him." the youth said.
Police, recalling that the four
had mentioned their victims
poor teeth. pressed for a surel
answer. "Get closer. Look al
his teeth" they commanded.
Lieberman bent over the body
and then quickly jerked back
eyes, that's him, that's him." hi
said quickly.
The last and youngest of the
four, 15-year-old Robert Trach.
tenberg, remarked: THAT mar
wore brown pants. These ART
blue"
Brother Identifies Body.
He glanced up at the sterr
eyes of policemen around him
and quickly added, ''I might be
Evening star., 1954-08-20
HaIf-Inch Drenchinq
OF Area May Signal
New Showers Today

Doused by nearly half an inch
of rain and lashed by high
winds, the District area was in
line for other possible scattered
showers late today.
Although the temperatures
were expected to remain under
yesterdays peak 80, high hui
midity made up for it today.
Continued warm weather was
forecast tomorrow.
A brief thunderstorm dumped
A of an inch of rain at the
Weather Bureaus National Air
port station yesterday, and more
in other spots.
Total Rainfall Down.
Last nights rain brought the
months total to 2.92 inches, OF
of an inch above normal for Au-
gust. However. the years total
to date of 1876 inches is 7.54
behind the annual normal fall.
Several fires were reported in
the outlying areas, and trees and
wires were blown down in the
brief storm. Power failures were
reported in some nearby Mary
land districts.
"ComicaT' Bolt.
! Standing in the back door OF
his home, Russell A. Morrison
43. of 1921 Forty-eighth avenue
Sc. saw a blue fame of light
ming circle him about three
times" knocking him out the
door and off the four-foot porch
"It ran around a little tret
about 20 feet. away and disap.
peared," Mr.. Morrison said. II
didn't hurt or frighten me al
all. More comical than anything
else"
More than $4,000 damage wa.
caused by a, lightning-set fire, II
a vacant house at 2713 Ara drive
Silver Spring. The house Il
owned by George Elefsiades
2705 Ara drive.
/ Also in suburban Marylane
homes were hit by lightning a
4404 Bennion road, Wheaton
4420 Saroe drive, Wheaton City
and 10510 Greenacres drive, Hill
andale.
The home Of 1t. Col. Fredericl
j. Coffee. $500 Eighteenth road
North Arlington, was struck, b,
lightning with slight damage.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
1000 Mill al House,
Break All Windows
BY the Asseeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 90
Wiley j. Clark and his wife,
Blanche. returned home from
work last night to find almost
every window broken in the two
story row house they had just
purchased in North Philadelphia.
The Clark's are Negroes and
their new home is in a pre-
dominently white neighborhood.
An estimated 1000 persons
were milling around the Clark
home when the service station
attendant returned home at 8
pm. At midnight there were
still 800 outside. At daybreak
there were about Is.
A police car was assigned to
guard the house as Mr.. Clark
and his wife stayed home today
to clean up the damage.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (P.-Six-
teen persons arrested July 10 after
q racial disturbance at the Trum-
bull Park housing project on
Chicago's far south side were
convicted of disorderly conduct
yesterday.
Three of the defendants were
placed under supervision of the
boys court. The others drew
fines ranging from 81 to $50.
In municipal court. Donald
Howard, 81, the first Negro to
move into the previously all
white housing project, also was
convicted of disorderly conduct
and fined 500.
The housing development has
been the scene of recurrent ra-
cial disturbances since the How
ard family moved in July 1858.
Evening star., 1954-08-20

nonucement said such units
would be valuable in wartime
military theaters and in areas
where heat and power facilities
had been destroyed and would
help ease wartime restrictions on
domestic consumption.
The plant building will be 20
feet wide, AZ feet high and 80
feet long. It will be located in
an area covering several acres.
Heat from the reactor which
will be similar to that in the
atomic submarine Nautilus. will
be used to produce steam which
will drive a standard turbine
electric generator. Steam could
provide space heating.
Principal equipment will in
clude the reactor, heat exchanger.
steam turb-generator, condenser.
pumps and feedwater heater.
Highly enriched uranium will be
used as fuel. DR.. eHafstad ex-
planned that the same amount of
energy can be generated from a
pound of fashionable uranium as
from 1,700 tons of coal. A pound
of uranium measures about a
cubic inch.
Here's how the plant operates:
Water circulates through the re-
actor at elevated temperature
and pressure: in the reactor the
water slows down the fast neu-
irons born in the fission process,
cools the fuel elements and in
the process picks UP heat; the
water then passes through heat
exchanger where its energy is
transferred to the "steam work.
ing loop: there it Is converted
to saturated steam under pres
sure of 200 pounds per square
inch. Some of the steam can be
drawn directly from the line tc
provide heating and the balance
is used to power the generator
to produce electricity. The tur-
bine exhaust is condensed and
the water is pumped to the feed.
water heater for reheating anC
continuation of the process.
Studies Began in 1852.
Studies on DEVELOPMENT Of {
land-based military nucleal
| power plant was begun by tht
| Army in 1852. Acc called upor
! the Oak Ridge National Labora'
tory to determine which type o.
relatively small nuclear power
plant would be best adaptable tt
the needs determined by th'
Army Engineers.
The Engineers then requested
the Operations Research Office
of Johns Hopkins University tx
analyze the feasibility of the re-
actor in comparison with con
ventional power plants in over
seas m ilitary application. i
found that larger initial cos
was offset by lower burden o1
transporting bulk fuels.
Belvoir's will be the first re.
actor built solely for electric
power and heating purposes. Pre-.
vious reactors have been built
| for weapons material produc-
ton, experimentation, research
! or nuclear propulsion.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Legion Makes Plans
To Set Up Booths 10
Serve Convention

Plans for locating and man
ming information and registra-
tion booths for the large number
of people who will attend the
national convention Of the
American Legion were COM
pleted last night.
During the meeting in the.
American Legion Clubhouse. 433
Third street NV, Herbert j.
jacob, president Of the 1864
Convention Corp, disclosed that
registrations for the convention
are coming in at pace that far
exceeds expectations.
Last night was the first time
the information and Registration
Committee got nearly 160 volun-
teers together to discuss their
duties. The volunteers, who
are members Of the Legion and
it's women's auxiliary. were
briefed on their forthcoming
work of giving out information
or registering delegates and
others.
Location of Booths.
The location of IL booths was
decided upon. They will be
situated as follows:
Washington National Airport,
the Greyhound Bus Terminal.
Union Station, the National
Guard Armory. the Hamilton.
Roger Smith, Sheraton-C Carlton,
Willard, Mayflower and Wash
ington Hotels, the Hotel Statler
and the District Veterans Center.
Although the convention starts
on August 80, the booths will
go into service August 26. ac-
cording to James A. DeForce,
chairman of information. They
will be open at 10 am, and on
Saturdays. Sundays. and Mon
days. until 10 pm. On other
days they will be manned until
6 pm. The booths will close at
pm, August 81. the day Of the
big Legion parade. They will
close permanently at noon on
September 2.
Jack Evans, it was announced,
Is chairman Of registration. Col.
Edward Davis, national execu-
tive director of the Legion, will
assist in the work. Vice chair
men of the Information Commit
tee are Ralph Blevins and A. K.
Reynolds.
Four-H0u Shifts.
It was pointed out that the
volunteers who will man the
booths will work in shifts of four
or five hours.
Mr.. jacob said convention
preparations are under full con-
troll at this time and rolling" I"
He added. however, that the
matter of letting Government
employees off early is still mot
settled"
Another speaker was Clayton
p. Wells, assistant general man
ager of Gray Line Tours. He
told the volunteers of some of
the problems the committee
might meet lin connection with
sightseeing.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Sofes Aouin Sofe

INDIANAPOLIS. R.-An oil
company had to change the safe
combinations In 18 local stations.
A burglar who cracked the main
ONCE safe took q list Of the
combinations. He also got q small
amount Of cash.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Byrd's Ship Active

The North Star, used in ADJ
miral Richard Z. Byrd's Antarc-
tic explorations. now operates as
q refrigerator ship for fishing
vessels OF Samoa, Apia reports
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Sheep Pay Price

Sheep with inferior Karakul
coats in South Africa's North
west Cape area are now being
grown for mutton instead Of
pelts.
Evening star., 1954-08-20

Showers and thundershOwers forecast tonight tOr
most of the country exception Of the northeast
from the lower the Middle Atlantic
states to New England southwestern States of Cali
fornia and Nevada Cooler weather expected In New
England and Middle Atlantic States and in parts Of the
northern Rockies with little temperature change elsewhere
Hot weather continue most Of the south with highest
readings again southern plains and lower Mississippi
Valley areas AP Wirephoto map.
Evening star., 1954-08-20

High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High. 90, at 2:10 pm.
Low. 20. and $40 am.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Humidity.
Evening star., 1954-08-20
Can Be Disassembled.

The plant will be built so that
it can be easily disassembled and
transported by air. In addition to
use at remote bases. the an
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-02-26
ZIONISTS GIVE
$500 TO J.N.F.
AT GATHERING

A total of $500 was raised for the
Jewish National Fund at a meet
ing of the Phoenix Brandeis Zionist
District Feb. 8 at Beth Ell Auditor
ium.
The contributions followed an ap-
peal by Rabbi A. L. KrChn. He
recalled that, during his visit to
Israel two years ago, he saw how
the JNF inscribed the names OF
all Americans who had planted
trees in Israel. He urged support
of the program so that the trees
might protect Israel's land for gen.
erationS to come.
BrandeiS officials hope to pur-
chase a forest of trees in honor OF
Rabbi Krohn.
The groups meeting commence
rated the 50th anniversary of the
death of Theodore HerZl, pioneer
Zionist.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-02-26
Large Giving
eeded, Says
Leader

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Edward
M. M. Warburg, general chairman
of the United Jewish Appeal, this
week urged American Jewish COM
munitieS to prepare to contribute
far larger sums than at any time
in the past"
This is essential, he said, to "aS-
sure that the people of Israel are
not weakened economically at a
moment in their history when
everything sries out for their eco
nomic strengthening"
Warburg made his statement as
UJA officially launched, its 1854
nation wide campaign for $119, 9,921,-
$50 at an inaugural conference held
here.
BOycOttS Threaten
With ISraels people more than
halfway along the road to econo-
mic independence" he declared,
greater support than ever must be
made available if they are not to
fall victim to the economic boy
colts and blockades dir e C tie
against them"
Warburg termed "the Fastening
of ISraelS march to economic indie
pendence one of the most urgent
tasks that has ever faced the Jew
iSh communities of the United
States" He warned that "any eco
nomic reversal at this time will not
only impose severe hardShipS on the
new states entire population but
expose them to possible new as
saults by a whole array of hostile
nations
Other Needs Cited
The UJA chairman called atten-
ton also to other programs which
the Appeal has been called on to
finance this year. He pointed out
that close to 100000 refugee and
distressed men, women and child
rem in total of 81 countries on
four continents are urgently in
need of broad-scale settlement, well
fare and rehabilitation assistance
He cited $4,000 recent immi-
grants in Israel, 10000 distressed
men, women and children in Euro
pean and Moslem lands, and 10000
newcomers to the United States,
with needs ranging from housing,
medical aid, food, clothing, voca-
tional training, relief and adjust
ment help.