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Evening star., 1954-11-11
Alexandra Puts Off
Segregation Stand

Representatives Of the Alex
andria school department will
appear as unofflcial observers at
a public hearing on segregation
scheduled Monday in Richmond,
Va.
After receiving a suggestion
that either the superintendent or
one or more board members be
designated as observers, the
School Board last night declined
to take any formal stand on the
question.
A 32-member commission Of
State legislators, appointed by
Gov. Stanley, will conduct the
hearings beginning at 10 am.
Monday In the Mosque, Rich
mond, to determine how the
State may comply with the May
II decision Of the Supreme Court
outlawing segregation in schools.
Joseph Leverenz, member of
the School Board, reported on a
recent meeting Of the School
Board Association and the Vir-
ginia Education Association in
Richmond, at which the segre-,
CATION problem was the principal
panel subject. He said the con-
census Of the meeting was that
local school boards refrain from
taking a position at this time.
Mr.. Leverenz did suggest, how
ever, that observers be sent.
When his suggestion failed to
receive action, Supt. T. C. VIII
hams said after the meeting he
planned to attend as an observer.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
1akonla Park Man Wins
VA Efficiency Award

James c. Gill Of 1926 Elston
street, Takoma Park, Md, has
received a $500. efficiency award
from Veterans Administrator
Harvey v. Higley for developing
a streamlined procurement sys-
tenn.
The system created by the
Veterans Administration pur-
chasing specialist is saving the
VA approximately $4,000 a year.
Mr. Gills system includes q
number Of shortcuts in prepar-
ing bid invitations and in pro-
cessing VA purchasing orders,
One OF the methods Mr.. Glll
introduced involves the use Of
precut mimeograph stencils that
have reduced the time needed to
process invitations for bids. He
also centralized the handling of
purchase orders so more work
can be done III less time.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Steel Plant Granted
Fairfax Rezoninq

The way has been cleared for
construction Of q new $500 ,O0O
steel fabricating plant by South
ern Iron Works in Fairfax
County.
The Fairfax Board OF County
Supervisors yesterday granted
two rezoning requests by ap-
proving a special use permit to
make construction Of the plant
possible.
The site is located along Shir-
ley Highway, just north Of the
Southern Railway tracks, near
the Northern Virginia Construc-
tion Co. gravel pits. Thirty-two
acres is contained In the site
that Southern Iron Works is ac-
quiring, but only about eight
acres was involved in the re-
zoning application and the spe-
cial use permit.
The supervisors turned down
an application by American AS
phalt Products Co. for permis-
sion to continue operations In
the same vicinity. American As
phalt was given authority to op-
crate temporarily, while Route
z was being improved.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
fe-Driver' BroyhiIIA Acquitted
In Speeding Conviction Appeal

Thomas J. Broyhill. Arlington
builder who was high scorer in q
safe driving contest between men
and women earlier this year. was
acquitted Of q speeding charge
when he appealed to the Henrico
County Circuit Court In Rich-
rnond, Va. yesterday.
Mr.. BroyhiH was driving his
wife and i've children to his
family home in Petersburg. Va.
on May 8 when q State trooper
stopped him on the northern app
proaches to Richmond. This was
about e month after he was de-
winner Of the Arlington
l1len-vs.- .-women driving contest.
The policeman said Mr.. Broy-
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Race Question
SINNERS al
PTA Farley
Maryland President
Urges Compliance
With Court Ruling
BY ths Associated Press

! BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.-THE
Maryland Congress of Parents
and Teachers met for its seth
convention today with the seq
regation issue simmering beneath
the surface.
Leaders Of the 1T, 7,000-mem-
ber organization with 495 local
units In the State wondered ex-
actly when and how 1t would
come up at the meeting.
Joseph A. Hunter. Baltimore
postal clerk. rounding out his
three-year term as president,
took cognizance Of it in his an
nual report.
The concern Of the PTA, he
said, is the welfare Of all chill
dren. both white and Negro.
Repeats Early Stand.
He reiterated the stand taken
by the State organizations board
Of managers in July. It urged
local units to work with school
authorities toward the develop
ment of sound plans for COM
pliance with" the Supreme Court
decision in May which found seq
regatlon In the public schools
institutional.
One proposal to come before
the convention is that the State
government increase It's school
appropriation by almost $14.5
million q year.
While the segregation issue
did not appear on the conven-
ton agenda, it cropped up re-
peatedly in an advance meeting
yesterday Of the board of man
ayers.
Workshop Urged.
Mrs. A. D. Pollack, president
Of the Frederick. County PTA
Council. suggested the congress
sponsor a Statewide workshop
conference of school and civic
leaders to study the segrega-
ton problem carefully.
Mrs. G. r. Clements, former
State president from Annapo-
lis, presented a reveiew Of the
report made Monday by q spe-
cial committee Of school SUPER
intendents on the issue.
Their recommendations that
segregation be ended gradually
and on a time table determined
by local school authorities will be
included in a plea the State is
making to the Supreme Court.
The board Of managers took
no action on the report and.
there was no certainty the report
itself would be brought before
the convention.
Request Affiliation.
The first requests Of local Negro
PTA units for affiliation with
the State organization also were
reported to the board Of mana.
gers.
Two are in Montgomery Coun-
ty, two in st. Marys. The Long
view School PTA In Montgomery
County already has been granted
afhliation. The other three re-
quests are In process.
! Mrs. Fred A. Bull Of College
Park. nationally prominent in
both PTA and Homemakers
Clubs, has been nominated to
succeed Mr.. Hunter.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Board Kills Rezoninq
For 2SO-Room Hotel
On South GIebe Road

The Arlington County Board
last night denied a coming re-
quest that would have allowed
construction of a 280-room ho-
tel in the 2400 block of South
Glebe road.
Application for the zoning
change-from Rs, one-family
dwelling district. to R-A 6-15,
apartment dwelling district
was made by owners Of the 21a-
acre Stoneburner property on
Glebe road near the Army Navy
Country Club. The applicants
told board members the Pick
Hotel chain planned to operate
a hotel on the premises.
Board Members George A.
RoWzee, jr,:: Robert A. Peck and
Alvin F. Kimel voted to deny the
requested rezoning. Voting in
favor were Mrs. Leone Buchholz,
board chairman, and Wesley w.
Cooper.
The board also denied requests
for commercial coming in the
2400 block Of North Madison
street and the 2700 block of
North Washington boulevard.
A request for apartment coming
in the 1900 block of North Cul-
peper street was deferred for
consideration at 10 am, Novem-
Der ~. The zoning change was
requested by John e. and Betty
B. De Lashmutt. In another post
ponement, the board agreed to
hear the request of Safeway
Stores, Inc. for commercial zon-
ing at $40 North Edison street at
8 pm. this evening.
Evening star., 1954-11-11

hill was driving so miles an hour
In q 45-mile zone on Route 1.
Fined SO and costs by q Henrico
County trial justice. Mr.. Broy-
hill. who also is q member Of q
special highway committee Of
the Virginia Advisory Legislative
Council. appealed his convic-
tion.
He was acquitted by Judge
Harold F. Snead after his case
was argued by Attorney Alfred
1. Hiss Of Arlington.
Mr.. Broyhill, q cousin Of Rep
resentative Broyhill, Republican.
Of Virginia, was an unsuccessful
Democratic candidate for norni-
nation to the House Of Delegates
IN last years Arlington primary.
Evening star., 1954-11-11

equipped with special hose noz-
zles that cast a heavy fog-like
spray, approached the center of
the blaze from the back part of
the basement. While the force Of
the spray drove the smoke and
heat up through the holes in
the floor, the atmosphere cleared
sufficiently for other firemen to
spot the blaze and douse it with
normal streams of water.
Francis Gaskell, the assistant
manager of the store, who lives
at 1918 Newton street Me-, told
f1remen he smelled smoke Just
before 6 pm. and, after checking
coffee urns and electrical con-
nections on the first floors he
started down the basement steps.
Halfway down, he said, he met
Mr.. Arnett coming up and both
fed the store after removing the
evenings receipts from the cash
registers,
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Escaped Convict
Uses Detectives
Car for Getaway
Star Stan Photo.
. NV last night

A convict who escaped from a
road gang in Fairfax County
made his getaway in a detectives
car, police learned yesterday
after the fugitive was in a wreck
hundreds of miles away in Am
hurst County, Va.
The convict, Albert Oglesby, 10,
escaped from a Camp 80 road
gang near Clifton Tuesday after
noon.
Late Tuesday night, Fairfax
Detective Lance Greer discovered
his 1947 blue coupe had dis
appeared from the parking lot
b e hind police headquarters.
Fairfax police promptly broad
cast a lookout for the detectives
car. Ill.,.
Detective Greer's car was
found yesterday abandoned on
a highway in Amhurst County,
A short time later, the mystery
was solved when Ogleshy had q
wreck in another stolen car. I
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Byrd to Appear
| |AtVictory Boil

DR.. n. c. Byrd. defeated Dem.
ocratic candidate for Governor
Of Maryland. plans to make his
first public appearance since the
November Q election at Prince
Georges County Democratic VIC
tory ball tonight.
Although Dr.. Byrd was de.
feated by Gov. McKeldin, Prince
Georges County Democrats
elected their candidates In all
local Offices.
Tonight's victory bali will be
held at 8 o'clock In the I. c. e.
club ct Suitland.
Evening star., 1954-11-11

were speedily pulled out by their
comrades, Pvt. Chackwin leav-
ing a boot behind as a memento.
Firemen admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital for observation
were Pvt. Howard G. Hensley.
AZ. of the 500 block of Newcombe
street Sc; 1t. James Varah. 43,
of the 5400 block of Fisher road
Sc; Pvt. Henry A. Large, Al, of
the 900 block of Perry place NE;
Pvt. Willis Van Sickle. of Alex
andria. Va: Sergt. Elmer L. Hall.
43, of the 4l00 block of Emery
street NE; Pvt. Leroy Bynacker,
81. of the 1000 block. Of Barnaby
terrace Sc, and Pvt. B. G. Hur-
ley, IS, of the 10000 block of
Dunmore street. Silver Spring.
Md.
Store officials said an esti-
mated $4,000 worth Of mer-
chandise was destroyed and
equipment damage was about
$25, 900.
Cause Uncertain.
Cause Of the fire was not Inn
mediately determined, although
f1remen on the scene thought it
came from a faulty electrical
connection.
The layout Of the basement
made the firefighting Job partic-
ularly nasty. The only way the
heat and fumes could escape
and the f1remen could get in
was through an interior stairway
and three sidewalk trapdoors.
Everytime the firemen would try
to enter, they would be forced
back by the billowing smoke
seeking a way out.
Finally. the men brought pnue-
matte drills into play and
punched holes through the con-
crete Of the stores main floor
toward the front Of the building
where most of the fire was 10
Gated. Ventilation fans were
placed near the holes.
At the same time, firemen
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Eight FeIIed in SIS, 900 Blaze
In Thomas Circle Drug Store

A three-alarm fire in the base
ment of the Peoples Drug Store
at Fourteenth street and Thomas
Circle NV. last night caused an
estimated $75,000 damage and
overcame some dozen firemen
before it was brought under con-
troll an hour later.
It took 40 pieces Of flre-fight-
ing equipment. plus some pneu-
matte hammers, to Subdue the
stubborn blaze which attracted
5000 spectators.
The blaze, coming at the rush
hour, snarled traffic on busy
Fourteenth street.
The fire apparently started In
the basement Of the 34-year-old
corner building at 5:45 pm. It
was f1rst discovered by q dish
washer. James w. Arnett, col.
ored, Of 1870 n street NV.
Smoke Hampers Firemen.
O.
Although flames never were
visible to on-lookers, dense smoke
shrouded the newly white paint
ed building. at times hainperiag
firsrnen who raiseed three aerial
ladders.
-Four persons had to be helped
from the building. Interrupted at
dinner in her third-floor apart
ment was Mrs. Lola Albin, 68,
and her guests. Miss Irene Mat
thewS, 81, and Dick Martin, 40,
all residents Of the building. A
fourth person, Mrs. Rizpah e.
Chamberlain. 76, had to be as
sisted from her second.fioor
apartment.
Among the firemen overcome
by smoke and treated on the
scene were Pvts. Walter Chack-
win, Ray Bath and L. j. Tannis,
all Of No. / Engine.
Trapped in Basement.
In the early stages of fighting
the blaze, all three were trapped
In the basement when big piles
of stock fell over on them. They
Evening star., 1954-11-11
'Beouty and the Beust'

Beauty and the Beast, Adven-
ture Theatres production for
children. win be repeated at
1850 am. and 3 pm. Saturday
ct Leland Junior High School,
ty-fourth and Elm streets,
Chevy Chase. The production
opened last week end.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Any Comment on This Chic Chopeou?
Boby Bonter-No. rs

Can you make with the small
talk?
Take q look at the young man
to the right. What's he saying?
The caption printed beneath
the picture gives the words put
into his mouth by Constance
Bannister's 1855 calendar. Can
you beat 1t? II your wits keen
enough, a cash prize awaits you.
Each day for the next six
days The Star will print a new
Bannister baby picture. Under
each picture viii appear a caption
from the calendar. Your job is
to write a better caption In is
words or less.
For your convenience a coupon
will be printed with each picture
but it isn't necessary. to use the
coupon. You can sketch one Of
your own. Just make sure your
coupon tells which picture you're
captioning, either by number or
BY q pasteup Of the photograph.
Daily prizes viii be given for
the best and most original cap
tions. First prize will be SIS,
second prize $40 and third prize
IS. A grand prize Of 500 will
be awarded for the best caption
submitted during the 30-day
contest. In case Of any tie,
duplicate awards will be made.
The contest Is open to any one
except employees Of The Star
and The Evening Star Broad
casting Company and members Of
their families. Contestants may
submit any number of captions.
All captions for picture No. Is,
published today. must be re-
ceived In The Star Office not later
than noon Sunday, November 4.
Prize winners win be am
nounced one week after publica-
tion Of each picture. Judges win
be members Of The Stars staff
and their decisions win be final.
Mail your entries to Baby
Banter" The Evening Star.
Washington 4. D. c.
The coupon may be pasted on
q postal card. II you prefer.
Winners Of Baby Banter Com
test No. 10, Are Announced To-
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Benefit Dunce Slotted

The Childrens Welfare and
Safety Club will hold a benefit
dance 10 pm. to / am. tomor-
row at the Prince Georges Coun-
try Club.
Evening star., 1954-11-11

Winners Of Baby Banter Com
test No. 10, Are Announced To-
day, Page B-9.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Trapped in Basement.

1IdppCU III bdScmGuC.
In the early stages of fighting
the blaze, all three were trapped
In the basement when big piles
of stock fell over on them. They
Evening star., 1954-12-06
Mary Morgoret Mcbride Soys-
She'll Never Rush Aquin

little cape which extended out
from the city. My informant
said one rich woman who
lived well out on the cape
solved her transportation
problem by a private trolley
car system.
'fIer car was all fixed up in
side with curtains at the
windows and little vases with
cut flowers In them, and it
was operated by a private.
uniformed driver" my friend
explained. Several times q
week she'd ride into town. And
when she wanted to stop of
and do some shopping. there
we're special spurs built from
the tracks so her trolley could
move of on a siding and park.
You check up on that"
finished my friend. ut will
make a charming column and
I've never seen it printed any
where"
I agreed that it was a lovely
story and so did all the Tampa
people ! asked about it. The
only difficulty was that nobody
hotel staff. newspaper edi-
tors. even an Oldest Inhabitant
! ran into-had ever heard Of
the private trolley. Could its
home have been Tampico in
stead of Tampa, I wonder?
And If so. where is Tampico?
Anyway. ] got taken on q
three-hour motor "trip. made
all the speeches and gave all
the interviews, proving success
fully that I'm not an authority
on women nor anything else.
] didn't sun-bathe. I didn't
take a dip in Tampa Bay. /
didn't read my detective story.
I didn't even get time to call
my brother until I was in the
hotel lobby on my way back
to the airport.
But I did bring home a
superb pecan pie as you shall
hear tomorrow.
(Frcm AP Newsfeatures).
Evening star., 1954-12-06
OAR Chapter
To Give Party

A meeting and Christmas
party of the Frances Scott
Chapter. District Daughters of
the American Revolution will
be held at 8 o'clock Thursday
evening in the OAR Chapter
House, 1882 Massachusetts,
avenue NV.
Among the honor guests will
be Miss Gertrude CarraWay,
national OAR president gen.
eral; Miss Faustine Dennis,
the State regent; Mrs. Charles
Carroll Haig, national presi-
dent of the Children of the
American Revolution, and Mrs.
Joseph B. Paul, national pres
ident of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
Guest soloist during the an
nual event will be Miss Lee
Meredith, TV star, who will
be accompanied by Miss Lois
Wommack.
Evening star., 1954-12-06

wanted a long, leisurely tele-
phone talk with my brother
who lives in Winter Park; !
was looking forward to SUM-
bathing: taking a dip in warm,
delicious Tampa Bay and, in
between, reading a detective
story. I figured I'd have time
for all this and worrying about
my speech to boot.
But nothing went according
to my private schedule. Some
way or other, a rumor without
much foundation had got
about that had something
new and startling to say about
women. So hardly had !
reached my hotel room and
started to tear off my winter
suit. furs and extra coat, by
then rather oppressive in the
80-degree temperature, than
the telephone began ringing.
A newspaperwoman wanted to
ask me about women. A news
paperman wanted to do ditto.
They were bringing photog-
raphers. A radio station
wanted me to talk about wom-
en-. A second radio station
wanted me to talk about
women.
I promised everything, then
began to search frantically for
my list of column tips. It was
gone-and of all those won-
derful ideas ! could remem-
ber only one.
A helpful friend had told
me that in the old days of
Tampa a lot of rich people
built magnificent homes on a
Evening star., 1954-12-06

son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson of
Arlington. The wedding will
take place December 81.
Miss Boiling is a graduate
of Hollins College and is now
attending the University of
Virginia. Mr.. Wilson is at
tending the School of Archi-
lecture at the University of
Virginia.
Pecknoy- Ueel
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Pecknay
announce the engagement of
their daughter Marilyn to Mr..
Melvin Ugel, son of Mrs. Har-
riet Ugel and the late Mr..
Samuel Ugel. The wedding
will take place in June.
Miss Pecknay attended Bar
bizon School in New York and
is presently with the United
States Coast Guard Headquar-
ters. Mr.. Ugel served with
the United States Coast Guard.
Evening star., 1954-12-06
Virginia WoIcott
Becomes Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Walcott
of Ann Arbor, Mich, announce
the marriage on November 27
of their daughter Virginia to
DR.. George E. Beauchamp, jr.
of Chicago, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Beauchamp of this city.
The ceremony was performed
by the bridegroom's father in
the home of the brides parents.
The couple will make their
home in Chicago.
Evening star., 1954-12-06

f6r "a hours.
Not tha t
the "a hours
weren't fun.
Only there
W e r e n ; t
enough Of
them.
/ w q s
down here
to make a
speech. but
I also had a
list to check
of ideas for
possible col
II m n q I
Evening star., 1954-12-06

TAMPA. Flats too late
to do anything about this time,
but never again will ] rush all
the way to sunny Florida Just
Evening star., 1954-12-06
Enquqennents Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B.
Gernhofer announce the en-
gagement of their daughter
Barbara Wallace to Mr.. Jack
C. Cosby, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd M. Cosby of Needville,
Tex. The wedding will take
place in July.
TeepIe-Ryon
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hol-
brook Teeple. jr. of Hyatts-
vile announce the engagement
of their daughter Janet Cecile
to Mr.. Charles Ronald Ryon,
son Of Mrs. Cecilia Grimes
Ryon.
BoIIing-WiIson
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cecil
Boiling of Norton, Va, an
nouncs the engagement of
their daughter Ella Joan to
Mr.. Herbert Eugene Wilson, jr.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
|Retria| Of Nelson
Recessed as Counsel
Confers With Judge

The retrial of Charles E. Nell
son. wealthy Maryland farm
er, and five other remaining de-
PENDANTS on gambling charges
was recessed today while counsel
conferred with Judge James w.
Morris in his chambers.
The trial testimony began yes
terday before a jury in the U. S.
District Court for the District Of
Columbia Immediately after
Judge Morris had upheld an
indictment as to six defendants.
At the same time he dismissed
a gambling charge against flve
other defendants.
The Judge sustained the in
dictment charging conspiracy to
violate gambling laws and pro-
noting a lottery against Nelson,
the latter's wife. Mrs. Virginia
Madge Nelson; Robert L. Now
land, his wife, Mrs. Mary c.
Rowland and Blight H. Lee.
Lowry Case Sustained.
He also sustained a single
count of promoting a lottery
against former Police Precinct
Detective James E. Lowry. Lowry,
now retired from the police
force, was accused only on the
single count.
The single count of promoting
a lottery was dismissed against
the following:
Suspended Police Detective
Sergt. Robert G. Kirby, William
K. MacWilliams. his wife, Mrs.
Bertha N. MacWilliams; Fife
Lou Trent and Elizabeth Brady.
The dismissal clears them.
Earlier Conviction Reversed.
The U. S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia, in
reversing an earlier conviction
of the defendants, held that
prosecution evidence obtained as
a result of Nelson records being
turned over to the Senate Crime
Investigating Committee in 1851
is illegal.
During the hearing before
Judge Morris, grand jury min
uteS were studied and testimony
given to help him determine just
what evidence presented before
the grand jury came either di-
rectly or indirectly from the
Nelson records.
In a memorandum opinion
handed down with his ruling,
Judge Morris declared:
Il have reached the conclusion
that all evidence which was con-
tanned in the Nelson records. or
which resulted in leads con-
tanned in that evidence, consti.
tutes inadmissible evidence be-
fore the grand jury. :" He
added that only evidence fur
nished by witnesses who were not
discovered by leads from said
records can be considered as evil
dence upon which the indictment
can be sustained"
Evening star., 1954-10-30
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