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Evening star., 1954-11-30
Legion Post 10 Forward
: Santa Claus Letters

Arlington Post No. 139, the
American Legion, is arranging to
forward Christmas cards to
Santa Claus, Ind. thereby max
ing it possible for the recipients
to find the famed Santa Claus"
postmark on their holiday mail.
For those who wish to take
advantage of this service, the
group is asking the public to ad-
dress envelopes and apply proper
postage, then insert in an
other envelope, also with proper
postage. The outer envelope
should be addressed to Christ
mas Card Committee, Post 139,
3445 North Washington boule-
vards Aflington /, Va.
Maiiers may contribute to the
post s Christmas basket fund
for needy families II they so de-
sire by inclosing. a contribution:
in the Otter envelope
Evening star., 1954-11-30
By the Associated Press

DANVILLE, Va, Nov. 30.-The
go guests at Hotel Danville slept
soundly Saturday and Sunday
nights, unaware the 150-room
structure was sitting atop a
powder keg that could have
blown them all sky high.
BY accident, 1850 gallons of
gasoline, carrying an explosive
potential of 404.4 pounds of
dynamite, had been fed into the
furnace tanks of the hotel Sat-
urday afternoon.
Nothing happened, though
thanks to sheer luck.
In the tanks were 1,700 gall
Ions of fuel oil. So when the
gasoline-intended for delivery to
service station-waS fed into
the tanks. it settled on top of
the fuel oil.
Gradually, the gasoline sank
nearer and nearer the pipeline
that feeds the furnace.
BY coincidence, a hotel bell
hop decided the building Was
warin Rnough late Sunday and,
tukned bff the. furnaces. The
gasoline was almost down to the
boiler pipes.
{ Then the telephone rang and
it was the Greensboro, N. c.,
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Sanity Test Order
for Girl, IS.
In Sister 5 Staying

An order for o sanity exam
nation to determine whether
Mrs. Marion Mosley. Is. is able
to stand trial for the murder Of
her 6-year-old half-sister is ex-
pected today.
Circuit Court Judge Stedman
Prescott Of Montgomery County
yesterday said he would sign the
order as soon as 1t is presented
TO him.
The young girls attorney.
Walter H. Moorman, yesterday
filed q petition with the court
asking for the examination by
the State Board Of Mental
Hygiene.
Mr.. Moorman also filed three
pleas on the girls behalf. assert
ing that she was not guilty BY
reason Of insanity. that she was
insane now and unable to con-
suit with her attorney, and that
she was not guilty.
Marion has been at the Spring
Grove State Mental Hospital
for nearly two weeks now. UNDER
going psychiatric examinations.
The girl is charged with gar
rotting her half sister, Katherine
Nadine Bannister. to an upstairs
doorknob at their home, 306
Bradley avenue, Rockville.
Judge Prescott put of setting
a trial date for Marion pending
outcome Of the sanity exami-
nations.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
BY |. Edgar Prino

The Pentagon plans to send
to the new Congress q compre-
hensive program which it hopes
will eliminate some of the in
equities which plague the career
service man."
Army Secretary Stevens made
this known yesterday in an ad-
dress to the Retired ofiicers' AS
ISOLATION at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Pinchhitting for Deputy Defense
Secretary Anderson, who was
out Of town, he listed six new
legislative measures designed to
put more money In the pockets
Of the men and women In uni
form.
Topping this was q request
for "a substantial pay raise" and
q comprehensive revision of be-
nefits for survivors.
Other Benefits Sought.
Another bill would provide
more reliable medical care for
dependents" while q fourth
seeks allowances for service FAM
lilies to defray expenses in con-
nection with permanent change
Of station orders.
Two additional measures are
Of special interst to retired per-
sonnel. One would authorize tax
exemptions for retired pay; the
other would equalize retirement
provisions among the services.
A provision Of the latter bill
calls for the advancement on
retired lists of certain personnel
who are retired in grades lower
than those in which they served
on active duty.
Mr.. Stevens did not spell out
in detail the provisions of any
Of these new measures, but in
dlcated that the Defense Depart
ment would press hard for their
adoption.
He told his audience:
Unfortunately. many Ameri-
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Pest Exierlninaior
Convicted in County
FaIse-preiense Case

A self-styled pest extermina-
tor yesterday was convicted Of
three counts Of false pretenses
stemming from his operations
In the Bethesda area In August.
1852.
Jailed pending sentencing by
Circuit Court Judge Stedman
Prescott. of Montgomery County
was James r. Hoover, 80. Of the
$500 block Of johnson avenue,
Bethesda.
Hoover, operating as the Uni
versal Pest Control Co. with
main offices in Delaware. was
accused Of bilking three Be-
thesda homeowners.
"Panicked" Homeowners.
Assistant States Attorney
Robert G. Heeney said Hoover
'panicked" the homeowners
into buying his services by tell
ing them their houses were in
tested with termites or wood
borers to the extent "the houses
would come crashing down
around them"
DR.. Joseph j. Wineburgh of
Allied Chemical Services said he
examined all three homes and
found no evidence of such in
festations. His testimony was
corraborated by two other ex-
perts.
DR.. Wineburgh added he tested
a sample Of the liquid taken from
one of Hoover's trucks and found
it to resemble crude oil.
Had Previous Convictions.
He added he found no trace
Of any one of the chemicals
commonly used for pest exter-
mination.
Hoover, who said he had been
in the exterminating business
18 years. told the court he pre-
viouSly had been convicted of
carrying a concealed weapon in
Florida, of Illegal use Of funds
in California and of false ad-
vertising in Montgomery County.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Jewish War Veterans
Leader Is Honored Here

Joseph F. Barr, newly elected
national commander of the Jew
iSh War Veterans, was honored
yesterday at a luncheon at the
National Press Club.
Aaron Goldman presented a
$500 check from the Washington
Jewish community to Mr.. Barr
to be used in the work of the
Jewish War Veterans. Luncheon
chairman was Louis Spiegler.
Guests included " Maxwell 4 M
Rabh. White House aide; col.
Katriel Saloman. military attaehe
Of the Embassy of Israel, and
Harvey v. Higley. veterans ad-.
n1irlistrator.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
New Mayors Are Designated
In 3 Prince Georges Towns
Officials Replace
Newly Elected
County Heads

New mayors have been named
for three Of the largest munich
palities in Prince Georges Coun-
ty because of the election Of
their predecessors as members
of the Board Of County Com
Sioners.
Thomas E. Arnold. a member
of the Hyattsville City Council
for the past IL years. took over
as mayor Of that community last
night to succeed Jesse S. Bag
gett.
The Greenbelt City Council
also named a new mayor last
night. He is James N. Wolfe.
a city councilman for the past
five years who has been the
mayor pro TEN until the resigna-
ton Of Mayor Frank j. Lastner.
In Mount Rainier, outgoing
Mayor Herbert w. Reichelt an
nounced today that he will turn
over the reins to Fred j. Rich
ardson. another veteran council
man, in ceremonies at s pm.
Monday.
MIR. Baggett, Mr.. Lastner and
MIR. Reichelt will become county
commissioners at Upper Marl-
boro next Tuesday, with Mr..
Baggett to serve in the full time
status as president of the board.
Mayor Arnold will serve until
next May when the original term
Of Mr.. Baggett expires.
The Greenbelt Council ac-
cepted Mr.. Lastner's resignation
with regret" He had been a
member of the council for 12
years. its Mayor for the last five
years. Mr.. Wolfe will serve un-
til next September when another
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Montgomery Saved
$4,000 on School
Site, Board Told

Montgomery County taxpayers
have been saved about $4,000
in the purchase Of a new ele-
mentary school site near Whea-
ton, Md, for $4,000. the county
school board was advised last
night.
The savings, according to
Frank st. Clair. director Of sup
porting services for the board,
is the result Of a new policy
Of inter-agency cooperation.
Mr.. st. Clair told the board
that a five-acre school site on
Arcola avenue is being trans
ferred to board ownership from
a 21-acre tract purchased by the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. The
commission had acted as pur-
chasing agents after joint con-
ferences with school officials
and representatives of the county
recreation department.
Site Costs $4,000.
OF the 81 acres l6 twill be re-
tanned for park and recreation
use and will in part serve the
new school as a playground and
athletic field. The recreation
department will use the school
building during the summer for
its vacation program.
The five-acre site is costing
the School Board $4,000, Mr..
st. Clair said. He added that
without the adjoining park area
the school site would have had
to be considerably larger and
the board would have had to pay
nearly $1,000 more per acre.
The board was reminded that
representatives of the three
agencies have been meeting since
summer and are considering the
joint use and purchase of three
more park school sites as a
means of effecting future saw
ings.
Other Board Actions.
In other actions the board:
!. Authorized Supt. Forbes H.
Norris to apply for Federal aid
to help pay for three new Sec
ondary schools, Northwood jun
ior-Senior High, North Bethesda
Senior High and Wheaton Junior
High.
2. Approved architects plans
for additions to the following
elementary schools: Four rooms
at Hillandale, eight rooms at
Lone Oak and six rooms each at
Rollingwood and Oakland Ter
race.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Mrs. McCurter Retifes

Mrs. Myna McCarter, purchas-
ing clerk in the District procure
ment Office, retired today after
Is years service with that Office.
She served as secretary to the
late Marion c. Hargrove when
he was purchasing officer, and
later to the present incumbent,
Roland G. Brennan.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
South Africu Has Puyino

CAPETOWN. - Nearly 1000
miles of the Union of South Af-
rica's planned $500 miles of
national roads have been ouilt
and 3.627 miles have been hard
surfaced,
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Princess Huirdo

The tapered hairdo of Prin-
cess Anne which reduces hair
length to a maximum OF two
inches. is being copied by chill
dren throughout Britain.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Hotel Rests on Powder Keq,'
But 90 SIumber Peacefully

trucking firm that had delivered
the gasoline. There had been
a mixup of invoices. The truck
ing company suggested the hotel
had better turn off the furnaces.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
COROLLA PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Vance Gray and
sons of Norfolk spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
Lewark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grlggs O'neal and
Mrs. Edward O'neaI visited Mr..
and Mrs. Bradley O'neal at Norfolk
Thursday.
Mrs. C. A. Perry of Kill Devil
Hills spent the week end with Mr..
and Mrs. John Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Twiford
Of Monkey Island visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd O'Neal Monday.
Mrs. Alton Bonds spent the week
end at Virginia Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Owens and
daughter spent the week end at
Grandy.
A Halloween party will be CIV
en- Friday night, October 29, at
8 pm. in the Corolla school. The
public is invited to attend.
Birth
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Cason of Cape Henry, an eight
pound daughter, in the Virginia
Beach hospital, on Friday, Octo-
GER %. Mrs. Cason is the former
Jean Bowden of Corolla.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
FOREST RANGER WARNS
AGAINST BURNING TRASH

The dry wetther experienced
at the present time in Dare
County has resulted in danger
Gus burning conditions tn a
make it unsafe to burn material
near the woods where there is
possibility of it escaping, County
Forest Ranger Frank Hemilright
said this week A number Of
fires out of control have resulted
from careless burning of corn
cobS, corn shucks and bull dozier
piles in this area during the past
few days. Anyone planning to
do any burning of any kind
should secure a permit and take
all Of the necessary precautions
to keep the fire from escaping
into the woods.
Ranger Hemilright wishes to
remind everyone that effective
Oceober l, a permit must be Sc
cured before burning any ma
terial within 500 feet of wood
ed area during the hours of mid
night and 400 pm. Fires can be
started without a permit be-
tween 400 pm. and midnight.
The permit law does not apply
to any burning done within 100
feet of an occupied dwelling
house.
The N. c. Division of For
estry personnel hope that every
one will take the proper precau-
tions and keep their fires under
control so that it will not be nee
essary to cancel all burning per-
mits and prohibit the starting of
any fires in or near any wood
land. A dry fail was experienced
last year but it was not neces-
sary to stop issuing permits be-
cause most of the burning was
kept under control. The same
will be true this year if the
number of fires escaping from
fields is kept to a minimum, and
the weather does not become
critically dry.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
STUMPY POINT NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Rosser Nixon of
Manteo spent the week end with |
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Payne and |
Mrs. Bette Nixon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zion Mason of Nor
folk are visiting Mrs. Judy Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Hooper spent
Friday in Washington. Mr.. Hoop
ar received medical treatment.
DR.. and Mrs. Grady. Strickland
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Payne. DR.. Strickland, who has
been connected with the State Hos
pital in Williamsburg, Va, is NOV
ing to Radford, Va. to practice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Hooper
spent the week end in New Bern
with Mrs. Hooper's brother and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs, John M. Wise.
Mrs. Tom Wise spent Friday in
Elizabeth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Gaskill and
children, Linda and Jack, Jr., of
Elizabeth City, spent the week end
here with Mr.. and Mrs. Lennon
Hooper. Mr.. and Mrs. Hooper ac
companied them home Sunday.
Mrs. Dewey Wise spent several
days in Norfolk with her daughter,
Mrs. Dwight Hooper, and Mr..
Hooper.
Mrs. Cecil Midgette returned to
her home Thursday after a short
stay in Norfolk.
Mrs. Bill Seigrest and son, Bill,
Jr., have returned home after two
weeks visiting her mother and
father-in-law in Norfolk.
Mrs. Florine Hooper spent a
week in Norfolk with her daugh-
ters, Mrs. Hazel Bell and Mrs.
Catherine Zachary.
Mrs. Randolph Payne has re-
turned from an extended trip to
Georgia.
Garland Meekins returned to
Avon Sunday after visiting his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lit Meekins and
son David OF Stumpy Point and !
Henderson are visiting their home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Payne and |
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Hooper attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Rowena
Midget at WancheSe Sunday.
The W.S.C.S. observed the Week
of Prayer at the church Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Miss Iva Payne of Raleigh spent
the week end here with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Monette
spent the week end in Maysville
with Mr.. Monette's father, who is
i'll.
The Rev. A. L. G. Stephenson |
left Monday to attend the annual
conference of the NJ t h odist |
churches of Eastern North Caro-
lima in Raleigh. Mrs. Stephenson |
and children are visiting relatives !!
in Aulander and will return with /
Mr.. Stephenson Sunday.
Mrs. Roy Midg tie visited |
friends and relatives in Norfolk |
recently.
Ray Midgette spent the week
end here with his family. Mr.. Mid
gette is with the S.H.P.C. at Avon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Twiford
were in Norfolk Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mr.. Sawyer of Elizabeth City
was here Monday.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29
NATIVE SON HOME

Lloyd B. Owens, a native of
Kitty Hawk, and a naval veteran
of World War l is visiting old
friends in Dare County this week.
He has resided for several years
at Oteen, N. c.
The coastland times., 1954-10-29

The idea of Christmas wreaths
seems to have been introduced
into America by Irish immi-
grants.
Evening star., 1954-03-28

numbers. Recently. he hit upon fresh
routine for Your Show of Shows" titled
Sunday Morning on Wall Street"
He hit upon it at 3 am. one Sunday.
Two hours later the damp. deserted
canyons of Americas financial center
were being overrun by the patter of
little arabesques and pirouettes.
At one point. two bug-eyed cops in a
prowl car drove up timorously and
toyed with the idea of whisking the
whole shebang to Bellevue's psychi-
atric ward for observation.
His New Idea
lHEY softened, however. when Star
buck handed them a ticket - two tick
cts, in fact, to Your Show of Shows"
Starbuck's faith in Wall Street as
ballet setting must have been well justi-
fed. Now plans are afoot to enlarge it
into half-hour movie.
In the meanwhile, TVS dancing
guinea pigs - Wally Seibert and Nata
Lee - are leaving the receiver off the
hook on Sunday mornings. They've
heard about Starbuck's new idea: a
deep-sea production number, called:
Under the Hudson"
Photographs By Guy Gillette
Evening star., 1954-03-28
New York cops are hard to
surprise. But one Sunday
morning they got a jolt
bY Leslie Lieber
This Week TV Editor
This Week TV Editor

THERE was an unusual furry OF
l. activity on the New York Stock
Exchange-or, more properly. the New
York Curb few misty Sunday
mornings ago. These fluctuations on
Wall Street were neither bullish nor
bearish - just swan-like. But they ap-
peared on millions of TV screens this
week end as a featured spot on the Sid
Caesar Imogene Coca Your Show of
Shows" (NBC-TV).
The photos on this page give you
some idea of what happens to the land
scape - and the sanity of cops - when
this programs bushy-haired choreog-
rapher, James Starbuck. gets BRAIN
storm for a new ballet. A former pre-
mier dancer in the Ballet Russo, he likes
to dry-run new ideas on location before
building them into full-scale production
Evening star., 1954-09-28

'AvASs dk1O J1lClI Cllk1e
dren to have apples when they
established new homes in the
wilderness.
Apple quality has come a
long way since those days. They
were scrubby things in compare
son to the big, juice-filled beau
ties we crunch today.
We're just back from a look
see-tour of the Winchester ap-
pie country. And. If there's any
truth to that "apple-a-day"
slogan, we've built up a re-
sistance to the medical profess
sion for weeks to come. We'd
hate to count the number of
apples we ate as we walked
through those beautiful or
chards. Every tree seemed to
have a prettier and better one
than the tree we just passed.
The tour, sponsored by the
Virginia State Apple Commis-
sion and The Virginia Food
Council, gave us first hand in
formation on this years vintage
crop. Food editors, radio and
TV representatives plus one
home economics instructor from
Sweden participated in the tour,
This years Virginia apple
crop answers all the three prime
requisites of a vintage year." ex-
planned John F. Watson, execu-
tive secretary to the apple COM
mission. "It has splendid finish
attractive color, and that sought
after flavor that comes only from
good fruit land"
They anticipate a bumper crop
of over 10 million bushels which
is some 4 million over last years
yield. Mr.. Watson went on tc
Evening star., 1954-09-28

ers. Forty five minutes from the
time the apples are unloaded
they're in the warehouse. In a
9-hour day, 12,500 bushels of
apples come into this plant; 5000
bushels go into apple slices and
4,500 into sauce.
Sliced Apples
Best variety for sliced apples
are the York Imperials. The op-
Grafton here differs from the
sauce making in that the apples
are also automatically sliced dur
ing the peeling- -coring operation.
They're carried along conveyor
belts to a 3 per cent salt solu-
ton, where the water is kept at
a constant temperature of lis
degrees F., back onto conveyor
belts to the steamers, then
packed in sterilized cans, capped
and pasteurized. No sugar is
added to apple slices at this
plant. They work Oh the theory
the consumer would prefer to
add sugar to suit his own taste.
They also feel there's no point
in paying freight charges on
sugar from Virginia to Chicago,
for instance.
After canning, both the slices
and sauce are air cooled in open
trays for "a hours. This makes
them "set up" better, gives q
better defined slice and keeps
them from becoming mushy
when used for pies.
In a laboratory off the main
processing room, cans are
checked every 80 minutes for
quality, sugar content and tex
ture. There Is code number on
Evening star., 1954-09-28

we saw a crop Of almost perfect
fruit. Stayman's and Golden De-
licious were hanging like grapes
from the boughs.
Next on our itinerary was one
of the orchards owned by United
States Senator Harry F. Byrd.
The Senator is the biggest apple
grower in the world with 5000
acres of orchards under his
supervision. The 1,200-acre or
chard we visited is the largest
single tract in the United States.
He expects to harvest a million
bushels of apples this season.
Apple Souce
AS the apples come in from
the orchards they're carried by
conveyor belts to automatic
machines where they are peeled,
cored, and inspected. They go
down a chute into a water bath,
hence to the cooker room and
into huge steam vats. Sugar is
added to the sauce after cooking
The amount varies with the sea-
son and with the sugar content
of the apples. It takes a blend of
apples to make good sauce. At
the Shenandoah Valley Apple
Cider and Vinegar Corp, they
were using a blend of Yorks
Jonathans. Grimes, Golden Deli
cious. The Yorks give body to
the sauce, the others are needed
for good flavor.
The peelings. cores and broken
bits are washed, then go to the
cider mill where the juice is ex-
tracted and the pomace (pulp)
dried. The pomace Is sent X
commercial pectin manufacture
Evening star., 1954-09-28

and sorted. The good fruit is
packed fors shipment while those
with some minor defect or off
color go to the canning plants.
The very small ones are sent to
the juice or cider mills.
From the family sized Russell
orchard of 600 acres we went on
to larger holdings. AS we drove
through part of the 1900 acres
owned by Moore and Dorsey. Inc.
Evening star., 1954-09-28

fruit we've ever seen. At the
D. K. Russell & Sons orchard
we spotted one tree that we were
told, would yield a half ton of
fruit.
At the Russell packing shed
apples were being sorted, packed
and loaded into trailer trucks for
their journey to Midwestern
markets. AS the apples come off
the trucks they're polished, sized
Evening star., 1954-09-28

been reauZeo.
Known far
and wide as
Johnny APP
pleseed, h e S
the frontiers
m a n w h o
travelled o n
foot from New
England west
to Illin is.
planting apple
seeds alon g
the trail. He
wanted tn e
ne W settlers
Evening star., 1954-09-28

say that the output this year
will put Virginia back in third
place among the top apple-pro-
ducing states. Washington is
first; New York is second.
HeoviIy Loden Orchords
In the Winchester area they're
harvesting the biggest crop per
tree since 1887. The trees are
laden with the most beautiful
Evening star., 1954-09-28
AVintoge Crop Of Apples in Virginia
By Violet Faulkner

II Jonathan Chapman could
see the lush orchards along the
Shenandoah Valley he would
know his fondest dreams had
Evening star., 1954-09-28

every can. If an unsatisfactory
can comes back, they can tell
you the day it was packed, the
weather conditions, the kind Of
Evening star., 1954-08-05

1t you want q second set, if your
present set is on the blink
then the prices on these sets will
moke you blink. too! They're
floor somples, demonstrators, re-
possessions. Most ore '53's >.
some ore SIS. All operate per-
fectly and oil ore fully
guaranteed by Sun Rodio! Mote:
most only one or two of kind.l
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-09
!. Nisei Merchants League

q Nisei Merchants League
Rainier Amusement-Nobs Akada
$50.
R. S Auto-Rockie Mikami 532,
Roy Sakamoto SIS
sos.
Yesler Appliance-George Nalto
Belleyue-Ted MatSuShita 500.
Bodik's-Tosh Tokunaga 5O2
Frank S Tanaka 524.
Bob Chinn's-David Wong $50
Benny Wong 536 Wally Poy SOL.
Dunn's-Hats Hanada 524, Tosf
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-09
Forms for New Refugee Relief Act
To be Ready Soon, Masaoka Says

WASHINGTON c. Jan 9JAcL-Assurance forms required 0S
the Resee Relief Act available in few days accord
ing TO Mike Masaoka representative the japanese A
mecan Citizens League forms must be conpeeo
by American citizens desiring Japanese and other ae o
the United aes for permanent under the refugee act