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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
; Prince Georges
Police Lieufenants
Promoted 10 Captain

Three Prince Georges police
officers today wear captains bars
as the first appointees to the
newly created rank.
Acting in Upper Marlboro yes
terday. the county commission
ers established the new rating
and elevated three lieutenants.
At the same time, the county
heads approved a long list of
other promotions.
The new captains are Vincent
S. Free, acting superintendent
of police; Charles N. Thomson,
chief of detectives, and Roland
B. Sweitzer, department property
officer and head of the police
training school. The new grade
pays $5,400 a year.
Named $4,800-a-year lieuten-
ants on recommendation of
Captain Free and County Per-
sonnet Officer Harold T. Rice
were Detective Sergts. E. Lee
Humphrey and Earl j. Huber
and Sergts. T. r. Blandford and
Boyd E. Hamilton. Detective
Emmett F. G.. Gray was pro-
NOTED to the rank of detective
sergeant at $4,000 a year.
Corpl. Donald D. Forsht was
advanced to the rank Of de-
tective, and Pvts. George E.
Clements, Robert H. Cabral and
C. j. Vincent became probation
airy detectives.
Promoted to the rank of SER
geant were Corpls. Adam d.
Linsey, William P. Wiseman and
Benjamin E. Richards; Pvt. 1/c
David F. Dudley and Pvts. Oliver
w. Weekley and John F. Bran
zell.
New corporals are Wade Beall,
Oral o. Husk, Robert l.. Haislip,
Douglas B. Maxfield. Charles E.
Schaefer, James H.. Vincent.
George I. Thornberry. William
F. Perry and Townsend D. Bird.
New Pvts. lie are Thomas A.
Rogato. Robert F. BaeSchlin,
Carl M. Keech, John E. Sellner,
John j. Magruder, John F. Baze,
Robert NJ. Snyder. Clarence A.
Butler. James H. Miller, Joseph
E. Thornberry and Frank w. Noe,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Kansas City Teen-Ager Steers
Into 81 $50 Rood-e-o Title

Clement C. Wagner. 10, son Of
a Kansas City, Mo-, real estate
dealer, last night was named
champion teen-age driver of the
United States. during a banquet
in the Willard Hotel.
He took the top honor in the
third annual National Teen-Age
Road-e-o and won a $3.50 schol-
arship.
Ronald Hendricks. 10, of Bel
ton, S. c.. won second place and
a $3.50 scholarship. Third place,
with a $500 scholarship. went to
Clay Gervais, 10, of Carmichael,
Calf. Alan r. Foster of Auburn.
N. Y, took fourth place honors
and a $3.50 scholarship, while
j Robert Austin, Is; of Burling-
ton. VT. placed fifth and won a
$3.50 scholarships
Score of 1854.
Young Wagner scored 1854
points out of a possible 1000 dur
ing the three-day competition
here for 81 teen-age drivers from
all 48 States. Canada, Hawaii and
the District.
The only girl contestant, Mary
Lou Crum, of East Palestine,
Ohio, finished 18th, and the Dis
trict entrant, Gordon w. Muir
of 1862 Mintwood place NV,
finished in sixth place. Mary
lands entrant. Harry w. Wells
of 5000 Leland street, Chevy
Chase, finished in 18th place.
The presentations were made
by S. Bruce Black, president OF
the Liberty Mutual Insurance
Co., and John v. Lawrence, man.
aging director of the American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Student Held for Action
On Marijuana Charges

Matthew Rozmarynowski, a
University Of Maryland graduate
student, accused of growing mari
iuana plants, faces action of a
Prince Georges County grand
jury.
The 24-year-old physics stu
dent from Greenbush, Va.
waived preliminary hearing yes
terday in Upper Marlboro Police
Court and was released under
81 900 bond.
Rozmarynowski was arrested
early in July by Dan Wiseman,
university police chief, county
vice squad detectives and Federal
narcotics agents.
The officers said they found
two small marijuana plants in
flower pot in the defendants
room in the 1900 block of Knox
road, College Park, and a box
of what appeared to be mari
juana seeds under his bed.
Rozmarynowski was charged
with possession of narcotics
Chief Wiseman said he came to
the university last September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14

Trucking Associations. Inc. These
two companies and the United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce sponsored the road-e-o.
The contest involved four days
of stiff competition, including
tests and examinations and driv-
ing under actual traffic condi-
tons in downtown Washington
and on an obstacle course
especially laid out in the Ma
tional Guard Armory.
Dearborn Speaks.
The principal speaker at the
dinner was Ned H. Dearborn,
president of the National Safety
Council.
He pointed out that Americas
traffic toll could be cut in half
in the next 10 years. if every
new driver had to take a driver
education course.
1.-THE trained driver is a safe
driver" said Mr.. Dearborn.
"Pros are smart enough not to
showsoff but play it safe on the
highway and anywhere else"
Mr.. Dearborn said figures show
that teen-age drivers who have
had driver education have only
half aS MANY accidents as I'M
trained drivers. At the same
time. he said, 1--WE have adequate
driver education in only 80 per
cent of our high schools"
Mr.. Dearborn urged stricter
driver examination, more rigid
traffic enforcement and better
public education as essential
points in a continuing program
designed to cut the Nations
traffic toll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Area Murine Reserves
Leuye for California

Members Of Marine Fighter
Squadron 321 left today for Ell
Toro, Calf, for two weeks of
summer training.
The $50 members are princi-
pally from the District and
nearby Maryland, and are a
Reserve unit of the Marines. The
90 pilots from the squadron are
flying to California in Corsair
fighters. The others are going
in transport planes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Legion Parade
Time Off Asked
In Senate Bill
Proposal Rejected
For Partial Holiday
Several Doys Ago

Senator johnson. Democrat, OF
South Carolina, yesterday intro
duced . resolution intended to
help Federal and District en-
ployes get time on August 81 to
see the American Legion parade.
The concurrent resolution
states II Is the sense Of Congress
that Government workers In the
Washington Metropolitan Area
Who can be spared should be
excused from work the after
noon Of August 81, without loss
Of pay or leave.
The Commissioners announced
several days ago that the pro-
posal for q partial holiday for
Federal employees had been re-
jected by the White House. The
Commissioners normally follow
the Federal Governments lead
in such matters. District en-
ployes, therefore, would get no
time of. either.
Reconsideration Sought.
Spokesman for the American
Legion expressed disappointment
over the no-holiday decision.
they said efforts would, be made
to get a reconsideration.
National Comdr. Arthur j.
Connell said he would appeal to
President Eisenhower.
From his home in Middletown,
Conn. Mr.. Connell asked Legion.
officials here to compile detailed
information regarding the re-
lease Of Government workers on
previous occasions. such as for
the visits Of foreign dignitaries.
The situation was discussed
yesterday at meeting attended
by Herbert J. Jacob, president
Of the National Convention
Corp: William F. Hauck, direc-
tor Of the Legion's Washington
Office: Clarence Arata of the
Greater National Capital Com
mittee; Col. Waldron Leonard.
District director Of veterans af-
fairs. and Metropolitan police
and traffic representatives.
They will reconvene next week.
Parade in Afternoon.
The parade begins at 2 pm,
August 81. It will pass along
Pennsylvania avenue, Fifteenth
street and Constitution avenue
NV. Traffic will not be per-
mitted to cross the procession
at any time or at any point.
Serious traffic problems are an
ticipated.
Those favoring a partial holi-
day for Government workers
contended the traffic problem
would be eased if the workers
are released early and station
themselves on the side of the
parade nearest their homes.
On the other hand, it was esti-
mated that a four-hour laycff
would cost the taxpayers $1.9
million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
7 New Polio Cases Bring
Arlington Total 10 Il

Arlington County yesterday
reported two new cases of polio,
bringing its total for the year
to II.
The Health Department listed
the cases as a 30-year-old woman
living in the 5000 block of North
Twenty eighth street who has
been admitted to District General
Hospital, and a 7-year-old boy,
1000 block Of North Danville
street, admitted to Children's
Hospital.
The county also had IL cases at
this time last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14

.ahiRef WOn't
Block Ian for
.RedeveIopulenf
Attitude Outlined
On Auchincloss Bill
To Erect Center
sya s,ar Stuff cer..pond.ni

THURMONT. Md. Aug. ia
President Eisenhower's cabinet
has indicated q mot unfavor-
able attitude toward the
Auchincloss proposal for de-
yelopment Of Southwest WASH
ington.
White House Press Secretary
James G. Hagerty told reporters
one of seven items on the agenda
at an unusual mountain top cab
met meeting at nearby Camp
David yesterday was:
THE relationship between the
proposal for the development Of
Southwest Washington and the
Government policy for dispersal
of Government buildings hous-
ing persons engaged in essential
functions.
He explained this concerned
the bill sponsored by Repre-
sentative AuchincloSs, Repub-
lican, of New Jersey, for elimina-
ton of temporary buildings oc-
cupied by several Government
agencies and development of a
new center in the Southwest,
where the Government would
lease space in structures built by
private interests.
Flemming Leads Discussion.
Mr.. Hagerty said the cabinet
discussion, led by ONCE of De-
Tense Mobilization Director
Arthur S. Flemming, was mot
unfavorable" so far as "non-
essential" agencies are con-
cerned. {
Another cabinet topic, Mr..
Hagerty said, was discussion by
Civil Service Commission Chair
man Philip Young Of "restate-
ment of administration policy In
support of the career civil serv-
Ice" He did not elaborate on
this.
Also, the President started
spadework on the State of the
Union message, he will deliver to
Congress next January. He OUT
lined the type of material he
wants to be submitted by each
agency for use in preparing the
message.
Other Items on Agenda.
Other items on the agenda in
cluded reports on the domestic
economic situation and on for
eign aid operations. discussion
on plans for helping evacuate
refugees from Northern Wet Nam
in Indo- China, and talk about
coordination of staff work be-
tween the White House and vari-
Gus Government agencies.
Mr.. Hagerty noted that for
the first time he was making
public the agenda Of q cabinet
meeting-without telling details
of the discuSsion-becauSe Of
the unusual nature of the meet
ing in connection with an all-day
outing at the Presidents Catoc-
tin Mountain retreat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
County Storts Action
On Flood Work Bonds

Prince Georges County has
started its first financial move
toward participation in the
Anacostia River f1ood-control
project.
The county commissioners in
Upper Marlboro yesterday au-
thorized advertisements seeking
bids on a 1854. 900 bond issue to
help prevent inundation of the
Peace Cross area at Bladensburg.
County, State and Federal
funds will finance the $13 million
project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Police Push Search
For Two Gunner
In Bank Robbery
Continued From First Page,o

Continued From First Page.) /.
robbers said anything. He went
back to Mr.. Pinckney."
Mr.. 'Pinckney was telephoning
at the time. The gunman told
him to get into the bank vault
and fill a briefcase handed to
him.
II just stood there" said Mrs.
Swider, land the other two didn't
say a word
Overlook $1,000.
Then M/Sergt. Baldwin en-
tered, his pocket loaded with a
roll of money, mostly $40 bills,
totaling $1,000.
"A man with a gun pushed me
and said over there, over there, :"
the sergeant said. "He didn't
search me-"
Happily, the sergeant still had
his 81 200 after the Stickup.
Mrs. Swider. 7108 Foster ave-
nue., District Heights, said the
gunner did not mistreat her or
the other woman teller or the
woman customer.
"One of them took me by the
arm, was all. she said. And
all he said was, In there. in
there. meaning for me to get into
the vault"
She agreed with Sergt. Bald
win that the robberS-two carry
ing Lugers and the third, what
appeared to be a heavy-caliber
automatic-could not have made
their getaway from the bank
more than two or three minutes
before the eight persons in the
vault escaped.
Opened From Inside.
The branch manager freed
them by a device inside the vault,
which permits a prisoner to un-
lock it, they said.
The bank was bonded by the
United States Fidelity and Guar
anty Co., H and Fifteenth streets
NV
It's superintendent, w. H. Bad
enhoon, last night issued a no.
tice of a reward of 10 per cent
"of any money recovered" y,
Mr.. Badenhoop's announce
ment also said the banks loss
already has been repaid by his
colnpany'S draft.
The bonding company said
that serial numbers already are
available on some $50. 900, de-
livered shortly before the holdup
The money came from a Fed
eral Reserve Bank in Baltimore
according to bank officials.
And serial numbers may be
available soon on the remainder
of the loot, said the bank branch
manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
License Agent Named

LEESBURG, Va, Aug. IA (Spe-
cial.--Mrs. Henry w. Warner of
Leesburg has been appointed as
automobile license agent for
Loudoun County. effective Sep
TENDER /. She succeeds Mrs.
Walton r. Safer, who has held
the position for three years. The
appointment was made by Com
missioner C. II. Lamb of the Di-
vision Of Motor Vehicles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Arlington Taxes
On Real Estate
Are Due Monday

Arlington real estate taxpayers
have until midnight Monday to
pay their bills. County Treasurer
Colin C. Macpherson said yester-
day.
This is because the deadline,
set by the General Assembly,
falls on Sunday. Previous rul-
ings by State attorneys general
extend tax headlines to the fol-
lowing day when Sunday is the
closing date.
Persons who desire TO pay in
person, however, may visit the
Treasurer'S Office between 5 am.
and S pm. Monday. The mid
night deadline applies to the
postmarks on payments sent by
mai.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Principal Retires

HAGERSTOWN, Nd. Aug. IA
lSpeciaD Samuel B. Plummer.
81, principal Of the Williamsport
High School for the past "a years
of his 42-year teaching career.
is retiring. He started his teach
ing career at Emmitsburg and
later taught at New Market, Md.
before coming to Hagerstown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
500 FOREST FIRES
a DAY

This was our average in the U. 8. dur
ing 1858. It represents one of Americas
most shameful wastes, for out of 10 of
these fires which burn over 90, 0OO, 600
acres were caused by carelessness. They
were caused by everyday people who
were thoughtless with cigarettes. mat
ches. campfres. etc. These unnecessary
fires destroy timber that could have
built homes and furniture. watersheds
that could have produced water for our
homes and industry, recreation areas
that could have meant relaxation and
fun for many. many people. Yes, forest
fires are our most shameful waste. The
next time sou are IN or near the woods
don't forget Smokey's warning Re
member Only Yoa Can Prevent Forest
Fires"
Published as d public serusce in coop
eratioa witk Tia Advertising Couacii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Dorsey Given Permission
TO Study Vote Records

BALTIMORE, Aug. il R).-
Philip II. Dorsey. unsuccessful
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for attorney general.
has won a court order giving
him permission to examine vot-
ing records in Baltimore's eth
legislative district.
Judge James K. Cullen yes
terday said Mr.. Dorsey is en-
titled to examine voters au-
thorization cards but pointed
out his ruling applies specific
ally and strictly" to the manda-
mus suit brought by Mr.. Dorsey
and. was not to be regarded as a
precedent.
Mr.. Dorsey, who lost the 4th
district by 116 votes to G. Ferdi-
nand Sybert and failed to upset
the result through a recount,
was given permission by the
Board of Election Supervisors to
examine some Of the cards. But
after criticism by voters whose
signatures had been questioned
by Dorsey lawyers. the board re-
fused to let Mr.. Dorsey continue
his admitted fishing" expedi-
ton.
Judge Cullen gave an extern
poraneous opinion late yesterday
and said he would file q writ
ten memorandum Monday. Mr..
Sybert defeated MFR. Dorsey in
unit votes, although he trailed
in popular vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Byrd, Mal1oney
Resume Ballot
Duel Monday
Bofh Sides Challenge
395 Votes Cost in
Queen Annes County
By he Assesiassd pr...

CENTREVILLE, Nd. AUG. Il.
Lawyers for Or. II. G. Byrd and
George r. Mahoney will resume
their challenge of paper ballots
on Monday in the Queen Annes
County phase of the struggle for
the Democratic glbernat0riaI
nomination.
Legal representatives Of the
two contenders for the nominal
ton challenged 395 Of the 79O
paper ballots considered at Gem
treville yesterday. In all, they
looked at less than one-Sixth Of
the 1000 ballots cast in the
county.
Attorneys for DR.. Byrd, ap-
parent winner Of the nomination
by a unit vote count Of 8O-72 in
the State. objected to 284 Ma
honey ballots. The Mahoney
camp challenged Ill votes for
DR.. Byrd.
Queen Annes County's three
unit votes are at stake in the
contest. Mr.. Mahoney needs
them and the four unit votes OF
Talbot County. where a similar
review has been taking place, to
upset the Byrd victory.
Chief Judge William r. Hor-
ney of the Second Judicial Cir
cult yesterday began his personal
review Of 289 ballots challenged
there.
In both counties, the actions
are not recounts Of all votes,
but a review of ballots chal-
lenged by one side or the other
as improperly marked. In Queen
Annes County the challenged
votes were not kept separate. 50
in order to find the disputed
votes. all 1000 must be reviewed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14

HHE EVENING STAR
Washington. D. c
SATURDAY, AUGUST IA, 1854,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-11-30
Safety Program
For Pedestrians

after all, pedestrians are people.
So give them a break in traffic"
In those words Cpl. P. Peterson
of the Ohio State Highway Patrol
at London today appealed to mot
oristS to do their share in help
ing bring about a reduction in pc
destrian accidents in Madison
County.
ANY effective pedestrian safety
program must have the whole
hearted cooperation of both motor
lists and pedestrians" !" he said.
He reminded motorists that even
when the needless conduct of walk
ers puts a driver in a spot, the
driver is not justified in retaliat-
ing.
Remember" he said, "the odds
always favor the motorist. A hu-
man being is no match for a 3,O0o-
pound vehicle"
The Patrol Officer believes that
most drivers and walkers display
a cooperative attitude in traffic.
No pedestrian, he said, deliberate
ly gets run over nor does a driver
run a pedestrian down with NAL
ice aforethought.
Most difficulties between driv-
ers and walkers result from heed
lessness on the part of one or both,
or from stubborn determination
by someone to have his own way"
Cpl. Peterson said.
He advised motorists to make it
a habit to give the walker the right
of way, even when he's not EMIT
led to it. He also urged them to
be on the alert so they can corn
pensate for any carelesSness on the
part of walkers.
Drivers should always slow
down near schools and play
grounds, in residential districts,
and in shopping areas" he warned.
"They should be especially alert
for the elderly whose reactions are
slow and for children whose youth
makes them impulsive and unpre-
dictable."
In addition to the usual traffic
hazards, he said, special dangers
are encountered at this time of
year. He listed these as:
l. More hours of darkness.
2. More rain, snow, Sleet, and
ice.
3. The beginning of holiday
shopping.
Such conditions mean that mot
orists should slow down to count
eract reduced visibility should
guard against wet and slippery
road surfaces, should be on the
alert for pedestrians whose vision
is obstructed by bundles or um-
brellas.
Constant alertness, plus more
give and less take will go far ir
reducing the pedestrian traffic ac.
cidents ON our highways" Cpl
Peterson said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-11-30
Outer Space Hits
Us With Signals

Washington - Astronomers lis
tening to unseen stars can hear
faint radio signals even from "em-
PITY" space.
They actually pick up, at one
certain frequency on giant radio
telescopes, a high-pitched hum
from hydrogen atoms thinly scat
tered in the interstellar void. In
that Single significant note" ply
sicists now find a new measuring
rod to map the universe.
Radio astronomy, barely two de-
cades old, already is probing new
regions in the heavens, the Nation
al Geographic Society says. 1t
pierces dark clouds in the Milky
Way and hears galaxies colliding.
1t records what optical telescopes
can never see, through a radio
wave window in the earth's atmos-
phere.
In December, 1881, a Bell Tele-
phone Laboratories engineer, Karl
G. Jansky, first discovered myster-
ious background kissing in his radio
set while tracking down atmos-
pheric static. He showed concluS-
lively that the noise was coming
from outer space.
Little attention was paid, for
equipment was inadequate to show
much about the signals. Then
World War II accelerated develop
ment of radio and radar equip
ment. With big new dish-shaped
antennae, astronomers be G a n
sweeping the skies. Not only did
they find kissing from the heavens
as a whole, but louder noises from
certain spots.
These are the radio stars. !"
They broadcast energy, similar to
light but at a longer wavelength.
Of the several hundred known to-
day, few can be identified with
visible objects in the heavens.
An expanding shell of dust and
gas called the Crab Nebula, rem
nant of a giant star explosion
seen by Chinese astronomers in
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-11-30

1854, seems to hold one strong ra-
dio source. Others lie in the con-
stellations Cassiopeia, Sagittarius,
and Cygnus-the Swan. Two have
been identified as turbulent gas
clouds in the Milky Way. Still an
other, according to DR.. Walter
Baade and DR.. Rudolph Minkow-
ski of Palomar Observatory, rep
resents a vast collision between
two entire galaxies.
Because radio waves have far
greater length than light, radio
telescopes must have far wider
mirrors" Even then they are less
accurate than optical telescopes.
To match the focusing power of
one-inch conventional telescope,
radio antenna $50 miles across
would be required for some wave
lengths.
At Jodrell Bank near Manches-
ter, England, a mammoth metal
mesh saucer $50 feet in diameter
near completion. Unlike a 220-foot
predecessor, this great antenna
can be turned, tilted, and aimed at
particular radio stars. Another
like it is being built in Australia.
In the United States, Harvard,
Cornell, and Ohio State Universe
ties, the Naval Research Labora-
tory in Washington, D. c., and the
National Bureau of Standards pio-
neer in radio astronomy. At SEN
eca, Maryland, and x-shaped an
tenna with fixed arms 2,040 feet
long is operated by the Carnegie
Institution of Washington.
The Navy already has a radio
sextaRt for navigation by invisible
stars. Astronomers point to other
uses. With added equipment, great
saucers similar to the one at Jod-
rell Bank could bounce a radar
echo off the moon that would re-
turn to earth not as a faint pip.
but roar. 1t might be possible to
send a signal to Mars or Venus, or
track a rocket as far away as the
moon.