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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
1O-Year Suspended Term
Given Youth for Arson

A 19-year-old youth was given
suspended jail terms totaling 10
years and placed on probation
for i've years in Fairfax Circuit
Court yesterday, after he pleaded
guilty to two charges Of arson in
connection with the burning Of
several unoccupied houses.
Jack B. Grady. Of 613 Oak
street, Falls Church, was arrested
on arson charges. after Fairfax
County police said he helped two
17-year-old members Of the Dunn
Loring Volunteer Fire Depart
ment set fire to two large empty
houses on February ! and 8.
Both were heavily damaged.
Fairfax Circuit Judge Paul
Brown said he reluctantly went
along with the recommendation
of a psychiatrist in placing
Grady on probation.
The Judge compared the two
house burnings to the outbreak
of vandalism In the Bethesda
! area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
u. Of Md. Sets Up
Group 10 Air Effect
OF Segregation Ban
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, June 12.-The
University of Maryland Board
of Regents yesterday set up a
special four-man committee to
study the effect on the university
of the Supreme Court rulings
against segregation.
The board discussed the prob
lem in executive session for some
time before making the public
announcement it had set up the
committee.
The members are DR.. Louis l..
Kaplan. chairman: c. Ewing
Tuttle, B. Herbert Brown and
Mrs. John L. Whitehurst.
The only announcement about
the discussion was that the re-
gents had noted Baltimore's de-
cision to end segregation in its
city schools in the fall while
Maryland's attorney general has
ruled that outside the city at
least it would be illegal to end
segregation until the Supreme
Court has entered final DEGREES
and mandates implementing its
decision. Such action is not ex-
pected until after the court stu
dies briefs which are to be SUBJ
mitted in October.
The university already has
opened its graduate divisions to
Negroes, as the result of a Sc
rieS of legal actions over period
of several years. The under
graduate schools at College Park
have not been opened to Ne
groes.
The regents set October 2s
for ceremonies installing DR.
Wilson H. Elkins as the new
president of the university.
DR.. Elkins, now president OF
Texas Western College at FL
Paso. was on hand to confer
with the board and part of its
discussion was about providing
him with home.
DR.. T. B. Symons, acting pres
ident of the university, reported
a 100000 house has been located
within a mile and a half of the
campus at College Heights ES-
tateS.
DR.. Symons said it could be
rented and a special committee
was empowered to provide a
temporary home for the new
president and make recommen-
dations later this summer for
a permanent residence.
He is to become president of
the university September /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
YouthKIIed as Auto Hits Pole;
3 AirmenH Hurt in Second Crash
Men From Andrews
Injured as Cor
Skids Into Ditch

Three Andrews Air Force Base
enlisted men were hospitalized
early today after their car skid
ded out of control at Piney
Branch road and New Hamp-
shire avenue and overturned in
a ditch. Three others were less
seriously hurt.
Prince Georges County police
said a 1941 model car driven
by Elmer Hawkins, 20, colored,
clipped off six wooden guard rail
posts and turned end-over-end
in a ditch on the south side of
the road at about 6:15 am. The
car was headed east.
Hawkins, who suffered a con-
cussion and head decorations.
told police his brakes failed as
he slowed down for a twisting
grade at the accident scene, Is
feet over the Montgomery Coun-
ty line in Prince Georges
County.
Also hospitalized were Lee s.
Parker, Is, with a possible frac-
ture of the left leg and cuts and
bruises. and George Whitmore,
10. suffering from severe scalp
decorations, conclusion and lac
erations of the left knee.
Three other airmen in the car
were bounced around" police
said, and were given first-aid
at Washington Sanitarium in
Takoma Park and at Prince
Georges General Hospital and
released.
The injured airmen were to be
transferred to the Andrews hos.
pital. All were said to be In
good" to flair" condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Police Soy Driver
Walked Awoy and
Is Being Sought

A 20-year-old mechanic was
killed today and two companions
injured, one critically. when the
auto in which they were riding
went out of control and crashed
into a utility pole, police said.
Dead was James Sellner. 20,
of 1909 Fifty-firSt avenue, Hill
side, Md. Police said he suffered
multiple fractures and internal
injuries when he was thrown
from the car against the utility
pole.
Frank Litchfield, 43, of Sill
Sixty-fourth avenue, Capitol
Heights, Nd, was in critical
condition in Casualty Hospital
with a broken left arm, frac-
tured pelvis and head injuries.
Police still are seeking the
driver of the car. who, they said.
walked away following the ,ac-
cident.
The auto was travelling east
on Benning road Sc. at 4::20 am.
At Southern avenue Sc. it
struck q traffic island, careened
across Southern avenue. rammed
the utility pole at the southeast
corner of the intersection.
crossed Benning road and
stopped on an embankment in
front of 5102 Benning road, po-
lice said.
Mr.. Litchfield was thrown
from the rear seat when the car
struck the pole.
A third passenger. Charles
Cumberland. jr., 20, Of 1904
Fifty first avenue, Capitol
Heights, was treated for minor
injuries and released at Casualty
Hospital. Police said he is the
owner of the car.
Mr.. Sellner's death was the
25th in traffic here this year,
compared with 20 at the same
time last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
; Will Be Honored
At Sd Infantry
Retreat Tomorrow

An Arlington CVa) Army lieu
tenant and two other members
of the Sd "Old Guard" Infantry
Regiment will be honored during
the regiments Sunday retreat
ceremony at 4 pm. tomorrow at
Fort Myer.
A Bronze Star medal for hero
ism while serving with the 7th
Infantry Division in Korea will
be presented to 27-year-old. 1t.
Henry Boettcher, 1903 North Ode
street, Arlington.
A Commentator Ribbon with
medal pendant for meritorious
service in Korea will be pre-
sented to Sergt. lie Robert L.
Lickle, "a, of Lansdowne. Md.
and a Purple Heart for wounds
received in Korea with the 40th
Infantry Division will go to Pie.
Frederic Shrader, IS, Of BARLEY.
w. Va.
The public is invited. Some
800 members of the regiment and
the 100-piece Army Band win
participate. Sunday retreat GER
emonies were revived several
weeks ago and are q regular
weekly feature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Laborer Found Dead
On Tracks in Laurel

A colored laborer was found
dead between the tracks Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in
Laurel, Md, yesterday. Police
said he apparently fell from a
passing freight train.
The body of Louis Samuel
Page, AZ, of no fixed address,
was discovered by a B. & 0. en-
gineer at 2:15 pm. Laurel police
said Mr.. Page, who at one time
boarded with a family in North
Laurel, apparently tried to jump
off a northbound train which
passed Laurel a short time
earlier and hit his head on a
railroad tie.
DR.. John T. Maloney, Prince
Georges County medical ex-
aminer, said cause Of death ten
tatively was a heart ailment. An
autopsy was to be performed
| today, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Arlington teacher Retires
After 80 Years Service

Miss Lillian Smackum, a
teacher in Arlington schools for
80 years, retired yesterday.
Miss Smackum, who lives at
1902 Georgia avenue NV. came
to teach at Kemper school for
colored children in 1915. She
had studied at Miner Teachers
College and has continued her
college work with other courses.
Arlington was known as Alex
andria County when Miss
Smackum came to Kemper.
Teachers received an annual SAL
airy of $490 a year. and the
maximum pay was $500.
An active member Of St.
AuguStine's Catholic Church in
Washington, she plans to devote
some of her spare time to church
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Rockville Picnic Awaits
Republican Leaders

Montgomery County Republic
can precinct chairmen and elec-
ton officials viii attend a picnic
tomorrow at the Rockville farm
of State Senator Anders r. Lof-
strand, jr.
The affair, to be held from 4
to 8 pm. will be conducted at
Southlawn Farm. Mr.. LofStrand's
home.
It also viii mark the kickoff
for the 1854 campaign by the
county's United Republican Or
ganization. County Republican
candidates bearing this indorse-
ment, Gov. McKeldin and other
ofiicialk will be among those
attending.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Montgomery Police Praised
At Hearings on Pay Rise Bid

Montgomery County police,
seeking to raise their wage scale
to the Metropolitan police level.
got strong support and praise
last night in the second of three
public hearings on the county'S
proposed SIT million operating
budget.
Support also was registered
last night for a 10-fold increase
in the proposed $7,305 for civil
defense.
The county council at 8 pm.
Monday will hold hearings on all
departmental budgets except
schools, health. safety and well
fare.
The council last night heard
the Allied Civic Group of Silver
Spring and the County Civic
Federation urge adoption of the
recommendations of Public Safe
ty Director Arthur E. Miller and
the County Police Association
for a wage scale equal to that
OF the District policemen.
Boost Starting Pay.
The request would boost the
starting pay of police from
SO, 1859 to $4,000 and would pro-
vide average annual increases
Of $671 a man.
The pay raise would cost the
county an additional $4,000
a year for the present 165-man
force, according to Washington
/. Cleveland, of the County Safe
ty Board. The board supported
the pay boost for policemen
and suggested consideration be
given the associations request.
Mr.. Cleveland pointed out that
while the police association was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12

asking for the same pay District
police receive they were willing
to work a six-day week instead
of the five-day week now in
effect in Washington.
James r. Miller of the County
Taxpayers Inc. suggested a
compromise. He urged the
council to grant a $500 a year
increase to policemen instead of
the $500 anticipated by former
Acting County Manager Jeptha
j. Carroll.
Mr.. Miller suggested the addi-
tional funds be raised by not
allowing the recommended eight
man increase in the police force.
More Police Sought.
At the same time, the Rock
vile attorney urged the council
take steps to get more State
police assigned to the county to
handle non-injury accidents.
The managers recommended
lions include some $4,000
for adjustment of salaries of
county employees. Any police
raise would depend on the rec
concentration of the County Per-
sonnet Board, which a few
months ago refused to propose
a raise.
Mai. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
u. S. A., urged the council to
appropriate the full $78,610 for
civil defense recommended by
the County Civil Defense ASSo-
citation.
1--WE have no civil defense as
such, and we won't have until
the need is recognized by every
one from the council down to
the last citizen" Gen. Hershey
said.
The civil defense program pro-
posed by the association is worth
less unless a staff. is provided
for by the council. Gen. Hershey
said. The managers propose.
carries no staff provisions.
Eldon Sweeney q the County
Council of Parent Teacher AS.
sociations also urged the council
to provide for the full budget
asked by the Civil Defense AS.
ISOLATION.
Support Is Registered.
Strong support was registered
for a proposed $21, 900 appropri.
alton to establish a preventive
psychiatric clinic team to worl
with children by the Mental Hy.
giene Society and other county
health groups.
Henry Redkey, Of the PTA
council, in a series Of illustrated
presentations, took to task tht
acting managers recommends
ton that three nurses be cut of
the request for secondary schools
and four off the elementar!
schools.
Mr.. Redkey urged that thu
full $42, 1856 cut from the health
officers budget requests for nurs'
ing services be restored.
The council also heard Law
renee M. Fisher, a Democratic
candidate for a seat on the coun'
Gil, urge that the present bud
getting procedure be changed.
Mr.. Fisher suggested that de-
partment heads be given con
troll over the priority Of bulge
item requests, with the manager
having only authority to recon-
mend a total sum for each de-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Scholarships Worth
S1S6,2OO Won by 70
AT Westinghouse

University and college schol-
arship awards amounting to
$780, 200 have been won by 70
students at Westinghouse
High School in Arlington.
Seven hundred and thirty
graduates received their diplo-
mas at graduation ceremonies
last night.
The $186, 200 total for the
awards does not include the
financial value of six appoint
ments to the Naval Academy,
four to West Point and two to
the Merchant Marine Academy.
Also excluded. are q number OF
athletic scholarships.
One senior, Frank Chiffon,
was offered nine scholarships
He will attend the University OF
Chicago. He also received offers
from Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology, Harvard, Brown,
Carnegie Tech, California Tech,
Washington and Lee and others
Miss Bette Joy, daughter of
School Board Member Barnard
Joy, won a $1,000 award from
the New York Fashion Institute
Of Technology.
Ross Fletcher won a national
honorary scholarship from Har-
ward, the highest award Of that
university. He was president OF
the Washington-Lee student gov
eminent this year.
Six boys won naval ROTC
scholarships. They are Robert
Cell. University of Virginia:
Robert Lee, Rensselaer,; Cecil
Truluck, Illinois Tech; Henry
MAUI, Colorado University; Viggo
BertelSen, Harvard, and John
Shope, Penn State.
Alan Roach won a scholar
ship at the University of Mis-
souri,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Circuit Court Action
Sought for Youths
In Thrill Bombing

Montgomery County States
Attorney Walter w. Dawson will
ask the Juvenile Court to waive
jurisdiction over three juveniles
held in the thrill bombingS" in
the Bethesda area.
IT am going to make the re-
quest and if legally possible I am
going to get them into Circuit
Court" Mr.. Dawson said yester-
day.
The States attorney added he
had conferred by telephone with
Juvenile Court Judge Alfred D.
Noyes but said 1--WE haven't
agreed on anything" IS
Await Police Reports.
Both, he said, were awaiting
full police reports of the cases
which have not yet been COM
pleted. He said he expects to act
the first of the week.
Judge Noyes last night again
refused to comment. The judge
last Wednesday sent the youths.
ages Is and Is, to the Maryland
Training School for Boys, to
await hearing Thursday on juve-
nile petitions based on COM
plants of malicious destruction
Of property.
The youths were apprehended
by police last Tuesday in con-
nection with a series of five
! bonbings and an attempted
arson that had terrorized resi-
dents of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase area.
Declines to Talk.
Judge Noyes has declined tc
say whether he will waive juris-
diction in any of the cases.
Two other youths, both 18. are
scheduled for hearings in regular
Police Court June % on charges
of malicious destruction of prop
erty and attempted arson.
When Judge NoyeS sent the
juveniles to the training school
he said they should be giver
psychological examinations while
there. Presumably, he expect!
to have some results of the test.
by Thursdays scheduled hear
ingS in Juvenile Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Body Of Bethesda Woman
Found in Summer Home
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS. Md. June H.
The body of q Bethesda. Nd.
woman was found yesterday in
her summer home at Sherwood
Forest, 10 miles north of here.
DR.. Elmer c. Linhardt. jr..
deputy medical examiner for
Anne Arundel County, said the
woman, Mrs Beverly G. Slant,
So, of the $500 block of Wildwood
road, apparently died of an over
dose of sleeping pills.
He ordered the body sent to
Baltimore for an autopsy.
County police at Edgewater
said Mrs. Slant was found dead
in her bed by Paul Gaver. They
said she had left several notes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
81 Given Diplomas
Al Alexandra School

A class of 81 was awarded di-
plomas at commencement exer-
cises of Parker-Gray High School
in Alexandria.
DR.. Margaret Just Butcher,
English professor at Howard
University, and a member of the
District Board of Education, was
the commencement speaker. A
list of the graduates follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Home Sweet Homicide

Students at Eastern Suburban
Junior High School will give a
comic mystery play, Home
Sweet Homicide" at Sis pm.
Monday and Tuesday at the
school, Franklin street and Old
Bladensburg road, Silver Spring.
Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Roads Officials
Ponder Move
For 24Olink
Wire to Planners
Points Up Issue
Of Jurisdiction
By George Beveridse

The Maryland Roads Commits
sion pondered its next step to-
day, after contesting new move
by the National Capital Planning
Commission to block extension Of
u. S. Route $40 to the EaSt-WeSt
highway.
The planners move was made
two days ago in conditionally
approving plans submitted by
roads officials for the design OF
the inter-county belt road in
Rock Greek Park east Of Wis
conSin avenue.
While going along with the
belt road design. the planners
rejected a proposal that the belt
road outside the park be con-
nected to a second roadway lead
ing to the East-West highway.
Jurisdiction Challenged.
Maryland Roads Commissioner
Russell H. Mccain, after an all
day meeting of his group yes
terday, fired this wire back to
the Federal planners:
IF press release of your reSo-
luton of yesterday dealing with
inter-county beltway is correct,
we cannot concur with excep-
tons designated as A, B and c,
as these three sections involve
areas outside of park lands.
where full jurisdiction is vested
in the State of Maryland.
1--WE believe plans submitted
are in full accord with your prior
commitments. ! am authorized
to state that these views are
unanimously concurred in by the
members of the Maryland-Na-
tional' Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission"
Foresaw Approval.
Roads officials told a reporter
they have believed since last
November that they had the
planners approval for the pro-
posed road network, so long as
Route 240 itself did not actually
pass through the park.
It was understood no de-
cision was reached on what the
roads group should do next. or
on whether it should do any,
thing until the planners have a
chance to see the telegram sent
yesterday.
There was unanimous agree
fnent, however, that the COM
mission should get itself firmly
on the record to both the pub
lie and the planners that it is
''in no way acquiescing" to the
conditions voted by the planners,
1t was learned.
No Reaction by Planners.
There was no immediate re-
action from the planning COM
mission on the telegram.
The belt road plans, mean
while. probably will be taken to
Federal Court early next week
as evidence in a suit brought
by property owners who live near
the park involved. They con-
test legality of such a load as
q violation of park uses.
Judge Matthew M. Mcclure
of the U. S. District Court for
the District of Columbia recently
said he was unable to rule on
the issue until detailed plans
were submitted. showing how
the road would affect the park.
Lawyers for the two parties
had arranged to meet in the
Federal Courthouse yesterday.
but conflicting court appearances
by a Government attorney pre-
vented it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12
Cunudiun FIuq Presented

A Canadian flag has been pre-
sented to the Alexandria CVa)
Kiwanis Club by William M.
Oliver of the Canadian Embassy
here. The gift was symbol Of
goodwill between the United
States and Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

dian state Of mind recently.
His words, certainly, were not
meant to soothe angry pas
SionS.
"At the time Of partition"
he said, india and Pakistan
had similar problems. -. ;.
While in India efforts have
been directed toward building
up things, in Pakistan the
tendency has been to create
hatred among the peoples
against India"
Pakistanis retaliate with
claims that India Is diverting
Indus River water from PAX
istan and has grabbed Kash-
mir without permitting a
plebiscite which would show
the will of the people to join
Moslem Pakistan.
What has caused these diff
ferences? Two things princi-
pally. religion and geography.
midas inept public relations
hasn't helped, either.
Sword Against Islam
The PakistaniS have not
forgotten that Islam was spread
by the sword. They are real
lists and fear the same thing
could happen again, this time
with Islam on the receiving
end.
India. not a Hindu state. is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

remain under Yugoslav juris-
diction.
It would remain for experts
to work out the details Of ac-
cess for Yugoslavia to the free
port Of Trieste.
Mutual guarantees for mi
norities are envisaged. There
are about $4,000 Slovenes in
the Italian zone and $1,000
Italians In Yugoslavia's zone.
These terms are sufaciently
favorable to both sides 80 that
they can well afford to sacri-
fice their emotions and his
torical memories. Moreover,
with the territorial question
settled, they can proceed to
adjust the reparation claims
that are still outstanding. in
volving about $125 million.
This "juridically provisional"
agreement is much to the lik-
ing of the United Kingdom
and the United States. Britain
can withdraw the 5000 troops
she has there and the United
states can recall the 1000