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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
City Asked 10 Draft
New Compensation
Law for Workmen

The Washington Board of
Trades insurance committee
today asked the District Com
missioners to draw up new work.
mems compensation legislation
for the city.
The committee told the city
heeds the present law was not
C"awn specifically for the Dis
trict and could be improved in
many ways. The committee did
not propose any changes in ben
fits or in the administration of
the present law.
Workmen's compensation is
handled in the District under the
national labor law (the Long
shoremen and Harbor Workers
Act), which was extended to
cover the workers in the city
about 1928. 1t was not designed
to meet specific local conditions.
It is administered by the Fed
eral Employees Compensation
Commission.
The trade board group agreed
to work with Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon E. West in drawing
up suggested legislation. The
Commissioners said they would
call in labor groups before taking
any action, however, since the
matter affected them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Afraid Warning
Siren Test Proves
A Mailing Success

Encouraged by the piercing
wall of new-type afraid warn
ing siren installed at Seventh
and D streets S.W., District Civil
Defense officials now plan to
push installation of more OF
them.
The test was conducted yes
terday. 1t was pronounced a
success by Civil Defense Direc-
tor John E. Fondahl.
The siren cost $4,000. 1t is
powered by an 18O-horsepowe,
gasoline engine and whips ur
1873 decibels of sound.
Seven of the big ones will be
installed eventually and six 9TH
ers with a lower decibel rating
of 1875. The SO sirens already
installed around Washington
produce 112 decibelS.
After the new sirens are in
stalled the present ones which
heap electronicaly will be
changed to a wall toNcorrespono
with the sound of the bigger
ones.
The civil defense office ha:
100000 for completion of the
afraid warning siren system
Congress appropriated 100000
for the District and the other
$4,000 is coming from Federal
civil defense funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
u. S. Gains 7O2New Citizens,
Including Ex-GuerriIIo Chief

verSity School of Languages. He
expects Nick. now a student at
Western High School, to begin
naturalization proceedings next
month.
Youngest Is Three.
Youngest of the new citizens
is David Maurice Ragland, 3,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Ragland. 3008 Charming street
NE. Mr.. Ragland adopted David
through the Austrian courts
while stationed in Linz. Austria,
in 1851. and brought him to this
country under the immigration
quota.
His parents took the oath for
him and Mr.. Ragland proudly
held David's hand over his heart
as the entire courtroom recited
the pledge Of allegiance to the
flag
The Raglands have two daugh-
tiers, Carol Anne, 6, and Vir-
GINA Lee. 2.
Mrs. Ichi Misumi Sato, 1887
First street NV, became a citi-
zen after 81 years in this couh-
try. 43 Of them in Washington.
She said she waited so long
before being naturalized because
of past restrictions against Jap
anese. She works at the Dunbar
High School lunch counter.
After the ceremonies the
Women's Bar Association held
a reception for the new citizens
in the lawyers lounge. This in
novation. the association hopes,
will become standard practice
under the sponsorship of various
local organizations.
Among the guests at the re-
ception were judges of the Dis
trict Court and Argyle R.
Mackey, commissioner of immi-
grafton and naturalization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Phone Firm Shifts
Two Negro Clerks
To Main Office

| Employment Of two Negro
clerks in the headquarters Office
in keeping with trend toward
integration was announced yes
terday by the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co.
Two women clerks were trans
ferred from the company's bus
mess office at Fourteenth and
U streets NV to the downtown
accounting Office. The U street
Office is manned only by colored
personnel.
Commenting on the shifts,
H. H. Vogel. company vice pres
ident, said:
The company for many years
provided employment for Ne
groeS in keeping with the pre-
vailing practice of the commu-
nifty. Conformance with the con-
ventionS and customs of the
area we serve has, in this matter,
as well as many others. long
been a fundamental considera-
ton in the company's operations.
Recently number Of changes
have taken place here in WASH
ington which reflect a growing
trend toward full indignation.
In recognition of this trend, we
have moved in this direction by
integrating certain of our pres
ent clerical employees"
Company officials have had
several conferences about. inte-
grafton with a subcommittee of
the Presidents Committee on
Government Contracts. The
group is headed by John A
Roosevelt. son of the late Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Move for Two New Judqes
In Virginia Faces Delay
Bv Alex R. Preston
Stor StoH Correspondent

RICHMOND. Feb. 9.-Pleas to
relieve "a critical condition in
the administration of Justice
by authorizing two additional
circuit judges in Northern Vir-
glnia were being studied today
by two committees of the Cen
eral Assembly.
There was a possibility, how
ever. that the Legislature. called
on to authorize about six addi-
tional judges throughout the
State, may deny all requests and
launch a study of the whole
judicial setup for action two
years from now.
The Courts of Justice Commit
tees of the House and Senate
held a joint hearing yesterday
on legislation to give the 35th
and 18th judicial circuits each
third judge. The 35th is made
up Of Arlington alone. while the
10th embraces Fairfax. Alexan-
dria. Falls Church and Prince
William County.
1t was Thomas w. Phillips.
presenting the Arlington case,
who described the situation as
critical.
New legislation proposed,
meanwhile. was a resolution by
Delegate Harrison Mann of Ar
lington to amend the State con-
stitution so as to write in specific
permission to designate candi-
dates for State and local Offices
by party labels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Three-DaY-0|d Baby Dies
DESPITE Blood Donations

Desperate though futile effort:
were made to save the life of q
3-day-old Rockville baby yester-
day who was born prematurely
with a closed esophagus.
Whole fresh blood, quickly
packaged by a machine at the
Red Gross Blood Center, was
rushed with a police escort tc
Children's Hospital, and given to
the child shortly after surgeons
had succeeded in opening a food
channel in her throat. The child
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Donald Freeman of 600 West
Lynfleld drive, Rockville, Md,
died several hours later.
Beside the malformed throat,
the infant was found to have a
marked shortage of blood plate
lets, tiny cells of the blood, hos
pital officials said.
The recently installed machine
at the blood center makes it pos
Slble to draw and package fresh
blood-without the loss of plate
lets which takes place in stored
blood.
Donors of the blood were Mrs.
Jeffrey A. Abel, 4531 Warren
street NV, a blood bank aide.
and Howard E. Crane of 1O5O9
Malone street. Silver Spring. a
member of the emergency donor
panel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Runaway Truck Kills
Man Trying 10 Halt Il

A Washington man was in
Jured fatally when he tried to
halt a runaway truck and fell
beneath the wheels today on a
Falls Church parking lot, police
reported
Policeman Frederick Swan said
the man had been identified as
Walter Taylor, colored, about 25,
of 1167 Fifth street NE.
Mr.. Taylor was helping to I'M
load the truck about IL am. on
the parking lot of the Acme Gro
Gerry at 1856 West Broad street
when another truck, unoccupied.
started rolling toward the build
ing. Mr.. Taylor jumped to the
running board of the runaway
vehicle. slipped and was run
over, Mr.. Swan said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Man Held on Charge
OF Theft From MaiIbox

A 3l-year-old unemployed
man yesterday was held by
United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence for action of
the grand jury under $1,000
bond for theft from a mailbox.
A Post Office investigator said
Mark M. Kelley, of the l4oO
block of Belmont street NV,
was taken into custody Satur-
day after Kelley was found to
have IN his possession a letter
taken from a private mailboX
in the 800 block of Third street
NE.
The investigator said the letter
contained a S25 United States
Savings Bond. Kelley was ar
rested after Post Office investi-
gators were called into the case
by Silver Spring Md police.
who had Kelley under investiga-
ton. A check with the addressee
showed he had not received the
letter. the investigator said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09

The United States today
gained 102 new citizens in nat
uralization ceremonies here. in
Guiding a 3-year-old Austrian
boy, a 78-year-old Japanese
woman and the former COM
mander in chief of a Yugoslav
guerrilla army.
The event took place in the
ceremonial courtroom in the U.
S. District Court for the District
of Columbia.
Among those naturalized were
Col. Slavko Bjelajac. At. of 2818
Thirty eighth street NV. and
his wife. Marta.
The officer was chief of the
Yugoslavian premier's military
cabinet when the German in
vaded his country in World War
II. Captured in Bosnia. Col.
Bjelajac was a prisoner Of war
in Germany and later in Italy.
He escaped by getting a sentry
drunk on wine. Using forged
German credentials, he and a
friend crossed Italy to Yugo-
slavia where Col. Bjelajac Or
ganized bands of guerrillas into
an army of $4,000.
MihailOvich Takes Over.
He placed his forces under
guerrilla chief Gen. Mihailovich
and proceeded to harrass the
Germans.
When allied forces were invad-
ing Italy. Col. Bjelajac was sent
by fishing boat across the Adri-
attic Sea to convince the allies
they could land in the Balkans
with guerrilla support. The allies
decided against this.
Col. Bjelajac then went to
Cairo. Egypt. where he was
undersecretary of war in King
Peters Yugoslavian government
in-exile.
His wife had been informed in
Italy during the war with their
son Nick. The family was re-
united in Cairo in 1947. Col.
Bjelajac is now an associate
professor in the Georgetown Uni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Virginia House
Gets bi|I.to
Halt Tax Credit
Committee Approve.
81 Million: Carter
PIon by 1917 Vote
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. O.
The Carter bill to shelve income
tax credits and make an addi-
tional 81 million available for
general appropriation won 10 to
Z approval in the Virginia Legis-
lature's House Finance Commit
tee yesterday.
Action on the hotly-contested
issue came at the end of a pro-
longed public hearing at which
spokesman pulled out all stops
on both sides of the Byrd in
come tax reduction law. which
the Carter bill would suspend.
The bill now goes to the House
floor.
The Byrd Act was described
by opponents as beneficial
mainly to a few large corpora
tlonS and big individual income
taxpayers. and as blockade
against the use of surplus mon
ey for the building of needed
capital improvements at State
institutions.
On the other side the argu-
ment took the line that the Byrd
Act was Symbol of Virginia Is
fiscal sanity" and the biggest
selling tool the State possesses
in attracting new industry.
But Delegate Armistead Boothe
OF Alexandria. main supporter Of
Delegate Stuart B. Carriers bill
at the hearing, said it was wrong
to lure new industry to Virginia
with the promise of tax reduc-
lions when ultimately the build
ing needs Of the State must one
day be met.
He said the Byrd Act had &C.
CELEBRATED the demise of the
States historic pay-as-you-go
plan of financing and added:
THE day will come when Vir-
gina will have to face up to cap
ital needs and will have to i'm
pose a sales tax or bond issues.
The retention of the Byrd law
will speed this evil day"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Methodist MEETING

Fred H. Heather, associate
secretary of the Method = Com
mission of Chaplains, and the
Rev. Frank Cockrell, administra-
tive assistant to the Asbury
Methodist Home for the Aged,
Gaithersburg, Md, will attend
the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Association of Methodist
Hospitals and Homes tomorrow
and Thursday in Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
JobIess Man Dissuaded
From Three-Story Lean

A District child welfare super.
visor today dissuaded a jobless
man from jumping from the
third floor of the District Public
Welfare Department Building al
835 Rhode Island avenue NV.
Gerald A. Tracey, senior super
visor Of the child welfare divi-
sion, talked to the man, who is
colored. nearly 10 minutes before
police arrived and pulled him
from the window ledge.
The man was taken to District
General Hospital, where he told
police he was an unemployed
bricklayer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Hearing Set
On Plan for
Family Court
Senute Session
Feb. "a to Study
Proposal for D. c.

The Senate District Commit
tee today scheduled a public
hearing at 10 am. on February
"a on a bill for the creation of a
family court for the District to
take over all domestic relations
cases.
The hearing will be conducted
by the Judiciary Subcommittee,
headed by Senator Barrett, Re-
publican, Of Wyoming.
Creation of the court is advo-
Gated by Chief Judge Bolitha
Laws of the U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia
Unless the separate court is
created Judge Laws has advised
District committeeman the Fed
eral court will need three addi-
tional judges to meet its work
load.
Three Judges Proposed.
The proposed three Judge fam
lily court would handle domestic
relations issues now in the juris-
diction Of District Court, such as
marriage, divorce, separation
adoption and family property
matters.
The House Judiciary Subcom-
mittee, headed by Representa-
tive O'Hara. Republican, of Min
nesota. will conduct separate
hearings later.
Mr.. O'Hara said he has assured
Judge Laws and other members
Of the District Court bench here
that these hearings will be
scheduled as promptly as pos
sible. First the House group
wants to get clear of pending
public works legislation.
Topic for Bar Group.
The District Bar Association
will hold a meeting at 8 pm
tonight to discuss the family
court proposal and hear an ad-
dress by William j. Jameson,
president of the American Bar
Association. The meeting will
be held at 8 pm. in the May
flower Hotel.
Former Commissioner F.. Jo-
seph Donohue and Edward Ben
nett Williams will advocate the
family court proposal in a debate
with Jean M. Boardman and H.
Mason WEIGH. two of its oppo-
nents. The bar later will take
a vote on the question of whether
to indorSe the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
LewisduIe Tulks Set

Four members Of the Prince
Georges County Board of Edu-
cation staff will discuss special
services in the schools at a
meeting Of the Lewisdale (Md.)
Elementary School Parent
Teacher Association at O'Clock
tonight in the school auditorium
Hungry Horse news., 1954-12-17

horses than they were. 1t took
him two days to fetch them home.
The first night he stopped at
the Tom Lee place. l think he SAID
something about Pete DeGroat and
his wife living there at that time.
When he went through Columbia
Falls the next day, they all came
out to look at the two Hungry
Horses, as they called them. They
asked Bill where he found them at.
They all knew he'd been looking
for them for over a month.
When he told them he found
them up the South Fork, why some
fellow spoke 40 and said that was
an awful Hungry Horse country up
there. (Today there is small Hun
CRY Horse lake, a Hungry Horse
creek and a Hungry Horse noun
tain up the South Fork).
Bill later traded Jerry to Char
lie Ruyle, and afterwards Charlie
worked for the Kalispell fire de-
partment, and he must have sold
this horse to the city because he
Hungry Horse news., 1954-12-17

After they crossed the South
Fork of the Flathead river, they
discovered that Prindiville's two
lead horses were missing.
Prindiville's two leaders, Tex
and Jerry, must have looked for
a better place to ford because it
was all ice and slippery, why in
stead of trying to cross there, they
went up the South Fork, looking
for a better ford or bridge. That
was the last seen of them for over
month. This was in March, 1901.
Bill was hunting for them all the
time, but could not find them or
their tracks. The snow was "belly
deep"
Well, when he did find them
you can imagine how they looked
living on nothing but willows and
brush. Bill had to break a trail
into them and pack in oats and
feed them before he could get them
to stand the trip out. They were
nothing but skin and bones, and
you never seen two hungrier
Hungry Horse news., 1954-12-17
Starved Horses Give Name to Big Dam

used to drive him on the lire Wa
gon.
The last seen of Tex, why the
Kalispell Mercantile company had
him on their delivery wagon, and
all the old hands who are there
now remember him.
The mother of this horse Tex
was a black mare named Lory,
called the Prindiville mare. She
won a race at Columbia Falls in
October, 1892, for $400 against a
gray mare called Grey Eagle own
ed by Calix Dugas and Ben La
Fargo. Ben LaFarge was a step
father and Calix Dugas, a half
brother of Gaspard Martin, he who
the town of Martin City is named
after. Tex was out of that black
race mare. He was sired by a
running horse called Starlight
owned by Mr.. Larabee, the Deer
Lodge banker.
(Author of this article, David
Prindiville, died last July 3 at the
age of 81.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-12-17

Horses were closely associated
with settlement of the West, and
in Montana's Flathead county
there are great sections where
horses still are favored transpor-
tation. Spotted Bear district OF
Flathead National Forest In this
day has ID miles of roads and
1000 miles of trails for horses IN
its 1000 acres.
The Flathead also has physical
features named after horses. There
is a Lost Mare creek, Dead Horse
ridge, and of course Hungry Horse
name of a creek, mountain and
small lake. A big dam was built
below the mouth of Hungry Horse
creek on Flathead's South Fork,
so today there's also a Hungry
Horse Dam.
Accepted version of how Hungry
Horse creek got its name was first
printed in Hungry Horse News is
sue of Oct. 8, 1916. (There, are
also other versions of the name,
but not as descriptive). Author
was David Prindiville, who with
his brother, William, were first
Montanans to attend Notre Dame.
1t was an academy back In the
1905, not a university. David
Prindiville's account OF how Hun
cry Horse creek was named IS as
follows:
During the winter of 1900 and
1901, William Prindiville of La
Sale at that time, but who died
about six months ago, was freight
ing from Bolton up the North Fork
of the Flathead river to Kintla
lake, where oil was supposed to be.
They were taking up the drill, cas-
ings and pipe, so when they struck
oil, they could pipe it down to the
railroad. The company which was
doing this had to make a showing
as they were selling stock.
In freighting the drill up the
North Fork, the sleigh with the
drill upset, so Al Jacqueth, the
Flathead county surveyor In
charge, said this was as good a
place 10 SldII VI l41AlS oo eAiAJ
Jack Rueter had the contract TO
do this freighting, and him and Bill
Prindiville, the two Meader bro
theirs, one of the Shannons, little
Frenchman named Johnny, and Ed
Potter was the cook. l forgot the
rest of them.
When they started they shipped
up from Columbia Falls in box
car or two. The horses had never
been over the road before, and they
got there, why instead of coming
back the same way, they drove
back as they had no load. They
took the harness off their team
leaders, chained them to the rear
of their sleighs, and so started.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-12-23

WEDDING invitations engraved, Their
mographed (raised lettering) printed
at The SCOOP, 8l4 East 152nd st.
WICKER davenport for basement rec
reation or sunporch. RE. 1-7O19.
DINING room set, 8-piece light wall
nut, closet and pads included, must
be seen to be appreciated; reason
able. S46 East 146th st.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-12-23

HOOVER sweeper, Ike new, SIG; also
744 East 1l7th ST., UP. MU. 1901.
, 1954-07-14

C~ouncilwoman Abramson had
to leave before the vote was
taken due to illness, it was
said.
Chairman Carroll indicated
his disgust by Immediately
the chair over to the
Vice Chairman, who, inciden-
tally is Mr.. Hodge.
, 1954-07-14
HODGE

Frederiksted said that he con-
siders that when Mr.. Hodge
was apcfogetic and apologies
to us and members Of the Lee
gislative Assembly that. that
is satisfactory, and that he has
done enough. He moved that
the apology be accepted and
the Resolution be withdrawn.
The motion was seconded
by Councilman Jack Flick.
Councilman Herbert Hey
wood said he was in sympathy
as an yof his colleagues but,
he said, looking at the matter
from a point of view as to
what viii happen when the
the Legislative Assembly
meets, this question is part Of
Councils record and in the
last paragraph of the resolu-
ton, it states that a copy of
this resolution shall be sent to
the Chairman of the Legisla-
tive Assembly of the Virgin
Islands.
, 1954-07-14

Continuing, Mr.. Haywood
said he was willing to accept
the apology, but indicated that
the Chairman of the Assem-
bly, might refer to a bit of cor
respondence addressed to him
which he considers obscene
and will not seat the member
in question. What will then be
the result, the Assembly will
not be able to proceed with
its work.
Chairman Carroll also ia
vored passage Of the Resolu-
ton and submission Of a writ
ten apology by Mr.. Hodge, as
the proper method and for
the record. The same attitude
was taken BY Councilman
Raymond Pedro. The other
members favored dropping
the Resolution.
CHAIRMAN DISCUSSED.
LEAVES CHAIR
, 1954-07-14
FOR SALE
FORD CONSUL

1852 FORD CONSUL
Westinghouse Electric Stove
Crosby Shelvador Fefrigera.
tor
EASY Spin Drying Washing
Machine
Other items Of Furniture
Call Frederiksted 88
, 1954-07-14
DISGUSTED.
LEAVES CHAIR

The vote was taken; four
members (Councilmen Rohl-
sen, Flick, Schade and Ben
jamin) voted to drop the Re
solution; three (Councilmen
Carroll, Haywood and Pedro)
voted for the Resolution.
, 1954-07-14
THE GRAND

fails to fill me with wonder
and thanksgiving.
The audience last night was
representative, appreciative &
understanding and showed be-
yond a doubt that the Grand
Experiment was a hugh suc-
cess; that there still exist in
st. Croix the hard core of art
appreciation; persons who
love to listen to good music,
who appreciate art for itself,
and who refuse to succomb to.
the modern trend Of living
each day hard to itself
but instead who would prefer
to sit and wonder at the Great
i've skill of God inspired men
who can compose, and men
who can produce Wondrous
Evening star., 1954-08-19
Peiping Silent on Report
|M AirIiner Survivor
By he Assosioisd 4 press

HONG KONG. Aug. 19.The
Hong Kong government said to-
day no word had been received
from Peiping Of any more sur
vivors from the Cathay Pacific
Skymaster. shot down by COM
munist fighters on Hanan Island
July 23.
The Chinese Nationalist Tatao
News Agency in Formosa re-
ported yesterday that g seriously
injured foreigner, believed to be
a survivor from the plane. ar
rived In Canton August z aboard
a Communist gunboat. Eight
persons were rescued after the
crash, but nine others. includ-
ing three Americans, are listed
as missing.
Observers here were inclined
to- doubt the report. which pur-
portedly came from underground
sources on the mainland.
The Hong Kong government
pointed out the Chinese Reds
had told Britain,s Charge DAT
faires in Peiping. Humphrey Tre-
velyan. that any information
about other survivors would be
passed to him as soon as re-
ceived. Since then. the local Of
ficials said. nothing had been
heard.