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Evening star., 1954-12-30
Escaped As He Slept.

The victim. a blonde, blue
eyed youngster, who Is small
~ her age, told police Floyd
attacked her several times while
he held her prisoner with the
cord tight about her neck. Her
younger brother and sister slept
through 1t all In another bed
room. unaware Of their older
sisters plight.
AThe girl told police she ran
out Of the house when FLOYD
fell asleep. She slipped back into
the basement to await her par
ents' return because she wanted
\ 70 warn her stepfather that
lloyd had threatened to kill
hm. Fairfax police said Floyd
ak1mitted, in his statement, that
ha thought about killing his en-
Hoyer on q number Of occasions.
The headlights that aroused
lloyd apparently were from the
ear Of the girls parents. who
were returning home. They first
seund the bullet holes In their
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Bottled Gas Storage
Plant 10 Be Built
In WaIdorf,,Md.
BY a s.or s,aff Correspondent

Waldorf, Md, Dec. 30.-A
100000 bottled gas storage plant
will be built here by the Pyre-
fax Gas Service. a subsidiary Of
the Union Carbide, 1t was
learned today.
Neel p. Dodson, owner Of the
Southern Maryland Gas Co., dis
tributor for the Pyrefax company
said work will begin. Immediately
on the project. About 20 per-
sons will be employed.
The plant will be built on a
11a-acre tract in the rear of the
Southern Maryland Gas Co. s
salesroom and offices on old
route 301 about a mile north
of the Waldorf traffic light. The
tract. formerly owned by Mr..
Dodson, adjoins the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Bowie-Po
Creek branch.
Mr.. Dodson said the storage
plant will enable his company
to expand services begun in 1899
to customers in Calvert. Charles.
Prince Georges and st. Mary's
Counties.
Additional facilities have been
made necessary. he declared, by
demands for bulk deliveries to
commercial users and the rapidly
increasing number of home heat
ing units using bottled gas. New
boilers now available. Mr.. Dod-
son said. are so efficient that
the cost Of heating a house with
bottled gas compares favorably
with other fuels.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
FBl Investigating
Discrepancies al
Hayre de Grace Bank
Special pispo.eh 10 The s.or

HAVRE de GRACE. Md. Dec.
30.-A special audit has uncov-
cred certain discrepancies" at
the Citizens National Bank Of
Havre de Grace. and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation has
opened an inquiry.
The banks president, Charles
L. Minker, issued a formal state
ment saying discrepancies exist
and added that they will be COW
cred by bonding firm. Deposi-
tors, he said, are fully protected
against losses.
Mr.. Minker would not discuss
the amount involved, but one
source said 1t would be more
than $50.000."
The bank president said the
special audit began December 9
at the request of the board of
directors, and still is in progress.
"The discrepancies in tn e
banks records" he added. will
be taken care OF by the bank,
which is protected by the U. S.
Fidelity & Guaranty Co. Of Bal
timore."
Alexander Rossman. an official
Of the Baltimore firm. said the
bank told the company more
than q week ago that q shortage
was suspected and an audit was
being conducted. He said no
claim was filed.
Mr.. Rossman said the FBI
asked the bonding company to
hold up it's own investigation un-
til the bureaus inquiry has pro-
gressed further.
There have been no arrests.
D. K. Brown. special agent In
charge of the FBI in Baltimore.
said only: I'VE are making an
Investigation"
The banks directors met Mon
day and voted the regular 6 per
cent out Of earnings for the SIX
month period ending tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Norbeck Man Sentenced
To s Years in Gun Death

William Hawthorne Adams, 81
colored. of Norbeck. Md. yester-
day was sentenced to six years in
the State penitentiary for man.
slaughter.
Adams had been found guilty
OF manslaughter by a Circuit
Court jury in the October 2 shot
gun shooting OF Betty McKelyin
81. colored. while she was sitting
in an automobile In front Of
Adams home.
The sentence was handed down
by Montgomery County Circuit
Court Judge Charles w. Wood
ward.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
II vireinions Receive
All Achievement Keys
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. So
Gold keys to recognize "all-
around All achievements" were
presented to IL All Club MEM
bers from the Northeastern Vir-
ginia district by the Virginia
Chapter of Al A,l-Stars here
today.
The keys and honor certifi-
Gates were awarded to Gilbert
Birdsall and Nancy Speakman Of
Gloucester: Sumner Patch. Fred
die Mistr. Gretchen Woerner
and Betty Frayser Of Henrico:
Deanna j. Childs Of Louisa. Irby
Page Chewing of Spotsylvania.
Sandra Collier of Warwick ard
Aubrey Mitchell and Barbara
Mothershead Of Westmoreland.
Evening star., 1954-12-30


bedroom and later discovered
their daughter hiding In the
basement. They called police.
who organized Q posse with
bloodhounds to search for Floyd
that night without success. The
girl. who knew Floyd. was able
to identity him as her attacker.
police said.
Police said the girls father
had given Floyd q job to help
him get established after he was
released from jail on probation
after serving part of Q grand
larceny sentence In Arlington
County.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Electric Train Derby

The seventh annual Electric
Train Derby will be run at 8
pm. today at the Episcopal
Parish House, Forty-second ave-
nue. and Gallatin street, Hyatts-
vile. The event, open to boys
from z to II, Is sponsored by
the Prince Georges County
YMCA.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Virqiniu SIS Election Schedule
star stan Photo.

virginas State Attorney General j. Lindsay Almond jr,
has prepared this schedule of 1855 elections Voting hours
local time either Eastern standard daylight saving
Registration headlines from this schedule in
but the dates apply Arlington Alexandria
Falls Church and Fairfax County Municipal elections will be
held next year Alexandria Falls Church
Deadlne for candidates file days pr
maries and elections
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Playground Spring Fiestu

A festival will be held at
pm. tomorrow on the Fort Stan
ton Playground, Eighteenth and
Erie streets Sc. under the spon-
sorship Of the Erie Heights Civic
Association and the District Rec
reation Department.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Births and Deaths Reported

Thomas and Elaine Brown.
william and, Carolyn Cartney.
Julion and Betty Deck.
Donald and Winifred Depwo.
Robert and Lucille Ducker.
Arthur and Patsy Horsman.
Marvin and Kay King.
Kenneth and Florence Mallory.
Ernest and Edith Peterson.
Agostino and Anna Pratico.
William and Marie Sabin.
Douglas and Betty Sinclair.
Raymond and Marion Taggart.
Henry and Martha Vance.
Donald and Helen Wrieht.
Thomas and LaVerne Alexander.
Charles and Clara Bailey.
Robert and Catherine Gerald.
Arthur and Bernice Kelton.
Woodie and Hazel Lewis.
Clifton and Willnett Massey.
Carl and Joyce Mcintyre.
Robert and Mary Simmons.
Wilbur and Dorothy West.
Rufus and Alberta Williams.
TWINS
James and Ida Shaw. boy and girl.
Bernard and Pauline Thomas. boy ant
girl.
Evening star., 1954-10-20

over a quarter Of q million
dollars, is presented through the
cooperation Of the Watch
makers of Switzerland Associa-
ton and the Swiss Legation.
Included will be a clock that
draws its power from light rays,
a complicated $4,000 wrist watch
of 400 parts that chimes the
hour. quarter hour and minutes
and gives the day. month and
year, and a watch so thin it is
concealed in a $40 gold piece.
Most expensive piece in the
collection is the diamond brace
let watch. a $500 item with a
dial cover set with round,
baguette and triangular-cut
diamonds. There is a pressure
clock which derives its power
from changes in barometic pres
sure and a watch so small it's
dial can be covered by the hand
Of a match.
Some of the watches are
mounted in rings. cuff links, tie
clips and wallets. There is the
deep sea divers watch which is
wound by opening and closing its
case.
The fair will continue through
october 27 and then move to
Schwartz Silver Spring store at
Ellsworth and Fenton streets to
run through November 6.
Evening star., 1954-10-20
Flood Peril Recedes
Along Ohio River
BY the Asseeiaisd Press

PORTSMOUTH. Ohio, Oct.
20.--Its force nearly spent, the
swollen Ohio River crested here
this morning a little more than
IL feet below Portsmouth's So
foot flood stage.
The receding water brought
good news to some Scioto Valley
farmers, whose lowland corn
crops had been threatened for
several days.
Backwaters of the swollen
river swirled into the valley low
land farms, and some corn
damage has been reported. With
the river cresting here at 9 am,
at 38.8 feet, against an original
forecast of 46. much of the corn
in the fields will be saved.
The river crested earlier at
Huntington, w. Va, more than
10 feet below the 50-foot flood
stage.
Huntington is about 800 miles
below Pittsburgh, where the river
first oyerflowed last Sunday.
AS Hood threats receded, the
Red Cross at Washington an
nounced that shout 5000 homes
had been destroyed by high wa
ters in Ohio, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania. No damage esti-
mate was given.
Evening star., 1954-10-20
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Oct. 90 dP (USDAl-
Salable hogs. 1000; fairly active: $3.50
higher on butchers and sows; bulk choice
1S0-27Q h.. 19.00-19.25: around three
| loads choice No. and IS 200-22O lb
at 1885; other weights scarce; most sows
400 lbs and lighter, 17.50-1S.25; bulk
425-600 h.. 5.50-17.25; good clearance
Salable cattle, $4,000: calves 400;
slaughter steers and heifers active;
steady to so higher; mainly 25-5Q up;
cows slow: abont steady with late Tues
day or $3.50 lower than early Tuesday;
bulls and vealers steady to strong; q
moderate supply Of prime 100 400 Id
steers, 29.25-29.75; several loads, 80 90;
bulk prime steers, 27.75-29.oO; most
choice to. low prime. "a. 1897 80: good
to. low choice. 2I .5O-24 so: four loads
prime round / ,075 lb. heiferS, 1915
% .50:; load lots mixed choice and prime
25.25-26.00: bulk choice heifers, 2375-
-. 90; good to low choice, 2I00-23 so;
utility and commercial cows to q. 90: utii-
ity and commercial bulls, 12.0O-150Oj
good heavy fat bulls, .12.00-12.50; good
and choice vealers. 1s.00-23 90: Gull tc
commercial grades, 6.00-1 roo
Salable sheep, 1900; trading fairly
active; all classes fully steady; mosl
high choice. and prime native wooled
lambs. 20.00-2i 90: few high prime
u %; bulk good and choice, 1880
1880; utility to low good, 500-17 Z 80;
culls down to 500; three decks mostly
choice J00-102 lb No. pelt shorr
lambs, 1875; short deck good and
choice LA lb., 1900 good and choics
slaughter sheep. 4,50-5.0O; Gull to util-
ity, 4 O0-4 40.
Evening star., 1954-10-20
Star stan Photo.

Thomas Colby and Detective
Lennie Daniels. both of the Gen
eral Assignment Squad, and De-
tective Norman Jones of the 1st
Precinct.
James Johnson of 1900 Nine
teenth street NV, driver of
the delivery truck, told police
the suits, valued at $685., were
stolen while he was making a
delivery in the rear of the 900
block of Pennsylvania avenue
NV.
The detectives traced the trio
through a license plate number
supplied by a witness who saw
them drive off.
Evening star., 1954-10-20
3 Held for Grand Jury
In Theft Of 29 Suits

Three persons were held for
the District grand jury yester-
day on charges Of stealing 20
suits from a delivery truck.
Held under $2,5O0 bond each
were William j. Harris, 33, of
no fixed address: Chester B.
Slaughter of the 1900 block of
Fourth street NV, and Matte
E. Jones, %, of the first block
of K street NE. All are colored.
The trio was arrested Monday
evening by Detective Sergt.
Evening star., 1954-10-20
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Oct. go lN. = Foreign
exchange rates follow, Great Britain In
less. otherwise notedD: Canadian dollar
in New York open market, 3 5/32 per
cent premium or 103.15ss. up 1872.
up z; 30-day futures, q 10 81 I35, up Vi;
60.day, 2.S0. up "a; 90-day, $50. UP
7 49, Belgium, franc, .99ls, UP ,0Ols /:
France, franc, ,2Sss; Western Germany.
deutsche mark. 23.S5; Holland. guilder,
26.34, UP .03; Italy. lira, .16b; Portugal,
escudo,, $50; Sweden. krona, 1894;
switzerland; franc. free, 1888; Denmark
Latin America--Argentina, free. 7.24;
Brazil, free, / SO: Mexico, s.02; vene-
Zuela. bolivar, 30.03.
Far. East--Hong Kong dollar, 1880,
Evening star., 1954-10-20
Collection OF Unusual Watches
Goes on Display Tomorrow

Unique timepieces - designed
as the ultimate in keeping even
the most discriminating people
punctual-go on display at noon
tomorrow in the Swiss Watch
Fair at Charles Schwartz q Son.
1905 F street NV.
The exhibit, composed OF
more than 500 pieces valued at
Evening star., 1954-10-20

81 per cent
from a year
earlier and up
42.2 per cent
in the last
five years. a
S t a t e m e n t
fro m Presi-
dent Linwood
p. Harrell dis
closed today.
T he ne "
p e k COM
p ared with
$63,322.423 on
the e Septem-
hnr On noll
Evening star., 1954-10-20

and III per
cent h g h er
than $28,703,-
928 in the fall
of 1949, a re-
port from
P r e S j d e n t
F a n els G..
Addison, jr.,
showed.
Deposits of
S 3 10 0 3,6 8 l
were 10.7 per
cent above a
year ago and
1875 per cent
ahead of five
Evening star., 1954-10-20

lngton at a
dinner last
night in hon.
or of his so
years of serv-
ice. on tn e
board.
C. F. r.
ogilby, a fell
low director,
S e rv e d as
t o a S t master
and tributes
W ere heard
from Presi-
dent Edward
r Mammalian
Evening star., 1954-10-20
aOhen only the best WaU do

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Evening star., 1954-10-20
the greatest luxury filter cigarettes now brings you
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Evening star., 1954-10-20

last year and $48, 8,140.949 on the
November 2, 1949, call.
Deposits of $61,211,597 were
8.6 per cent ahead of $56,381. .157
a year earlier and 43 per cent
above $42,721 1886 in 1949.
Loans and discounts totaled
$27, Ass. .487, a decrease of 4.6 per
cent from $28. .770,587 a year
earlier, but 44.3 per cent ahead
of $19,047, ,495 five years ago.
Holdings of Federal obligations
totaled $26,856, ,789, a gain of 35
per cent in the last year and up
40.1 per cent in five years.
Capital funds amounted to
$5,252.875, a rise of 3.4 per cent
in the year and a gain of 2l.6
per cent in five years.
Evening star., 1954-10-20
By Donald B. HodIey

Assets of the Union Trust
Co. amounted to $68,387, ,768
on October Z, date of the
recent condition call. a gain Of
Evening star., 1954-10-20
freed by Rhinoceros

A charging rhinoceros treed j.
j. Hayward in Zululand's Huh
luwe Game Reserve. Mr.. Hay
ward outwaited the beast.
Evening star., 1954-10-20
Branch Manager for iBM

Raymond G.. Fox has been
named branch manager Of the
International Business Machines
Corp. commercial Office here.
/ Arthur S. Locke of Washing
ton has been named associate
director of the West Orange,
N. j.. laboratory of Vitro Corp.
Of America,
Evening star., 1954-10-20

years earlier. Capital funds of
$2,561,315 were up 4.3 per cent
in the year and 1927 per cent
higher in the five years.
Loans and discounts amounted
to $8,799,938, a gain of 13 per
cent from last year, but "a per
cent behind 1949. Holdings of
Federal obligations totaled $10,-
846, ,028, up 2 per cent in the
year and 1913 per cent higher
in five years.
Record Maryland Issue
Public offering of $3.50 million
of State of Maryland bridge and
tunnel revenue bonds, expected
to be made November 9, will be
the largest bond financing ever
undertaken by the State or any
of its agencies. it was announced
by Alex. Brown 81 Sons, man
ayers of a nationwide group of
underwriters. a
The new issue will include
$36 million of serial bonds. due
1860 through 1874, and $144 mil
lion of term bonds, due 1894.
Proceeds will be used for con-
struction of the Patapsco tunnel
and for refunding purposes.
Uptown Site Is Sold
Boss g. Phelps, Inc, today
announced the sale of an apart
ment house site consisting of
1900 square feet, situated on
the west side of Connecticut
avenue between Brandywine and
Chesapeake streets NV.
This property was sold for the
Jefferson Realty Co..to the Bush
Development Corp. of Norfolk,
Va
Richard K. Waldo, former
Civil Aeronautics Administration
chief economist and special as
Evening star., 1954-10-20

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Evening star., 1954-10-20
Bunkinq Unit to Meet
Charles Hood Honored

Charles E. Hood, veteran
Washington insurance man, was
honored by directors of the Po-
tomac Insurance Co. of Wash
Evening star., 1954-10-20
Security Bonk Grows

Assets of the Security Bank
aggregated $33,831 ,427 on Octo-
ber Z, an increase of II per cent
from $31 ,449,573 a year earlier
Evening star., 1954-10-20
Union Trust Assets Up 8 Pct.
In Year to Top $68 Million

sistant in the State Depart
ment's aviation division. has
been named manager Of the
new market research section Of
Convair, a division of General
Dynamics Corp.
Bonking Unit to Meet
The Safe Deposit Section Of
the District Bankers Association
will hold its first winter meeting
of the season at the Woodner
Hotel, 1886 Sixteenth street
NV, on Tuesday, October ,26,
Julian o. Cardin Of the Nation
al Bank of Washington, section
chairman, announced.
Fifteen members of the Execu-
tive Committee. of the American
Safe Deposit Association will be
in Washington for their annual
meeting and will be guests at
the section dinner.
Evening star., 1954-10-20

and other officers and directors.
A native of Washington and a
graduate Of George Washington
University, Mr.. Hood entered the
insurance business here in 1900.
Joining in the tribute were di-
rectors of the company from
Scotland, New York and Phil
adelphia as well as Washington.
The 123-year-old company is
an affiliate in the worldwide
system of the General Accident
Insurance Co., Ltd. of Perth,
Scotland.
New Keystone Fund Offered
Public offering of 3 million
shares of the new Keystone Fund
of Canada, Ltd, was made today
at $40 a share.
Keystone Co. of Boston, prin-
cipal underwater for the present
10 Keystone funds. is making the
initial offering over a 90-day
period through its own nation
wide group of investment deal
erS.
G. j. Mitchell, Jr., Co. is the
Washington member of the deal
er group.
Wins National Honor
Henry S. Owens, Washington
Certified Public Accountant, was
elected first vice president of the
Association of Certified Public
Accountant Examiners in New
York.
James L. Thompson, jr., sys-
TENS accountant in the General
Accounting Office here, was
among the top 10 in a field of
1879 candidates in the spring
CPA examinations, 1t was an,
nounced. He received a special
award.
Rrnnrh Mnnnoer for IRA
Evening star., 1954-11-06
WhoIer'sCre
Was Only Bored
BY the Associaied Press !
HOLLYWOOD.

Life Of a Hollywood produc-
er is not all swimming pools
and champagne for breakfast,
says A. r. (Cubby) Broccoli.
He recently returned from
Evening star., 1954-11-06

to Uncle Sam-"And I have to
keep working six days a week
to keep paying my taxes" he
adds.
James Mason, who was sup
posed to retire as an actor, makes
his debut as a nightclub per-
former at the Sands Hotel in
Vegas next spring. His "act"
consists of readings-billed as
classical and humorous.
Dagmar, whom Dior outmoded,
is visiting the movie studios to
get herself a picture. Which
isn't as easy as it looks when
you're living on the East Coast.
Gail Russell, by the way, is
trying hard to get a toehold on
herself to resume her career,
since Guy Madison announced
his marriage to Sheila Connolly.
Another wedding coming up?
At Pier Angeli's marriage to Vic
Damone, twin sister Marisa
Pavan will bring Perry Lopez,
and with so much romance in
the air, Marisa is in the mood
to take the plunge.
(Released by NANA.)
Evening star., 1954-11-06
HOLLYWOOD.

|
Linda Christian is at the Plaza
! Hotel in New York trying for a
reconciliation with Tyrone Power
but no dice.
Clark Gable, after seeing Merle
Oberon as Napoleon's wife in
"Desiree," quipped, "If Josephine
really looked like that, how did
this not tonight, Josephine rou-
tine get Started?" And Mar
lon Brando has written pals that
he will probably honeymoon in
Spain with Josanne Mariana
Berenger. He loves everything
about that country-except the
bullfights.
Fred Astaire has decided to
write his autobiography, to keep
him busy between pictures, He's
still in a daze from the death of
his wife recently.
John Wayne and Pillar Palette
plan a big reception directly after
they get settled in the big house
in the valley, which Pillar has
completely redecorated. Guy
Madison had to postpone his
honeymoon with Sheila Con-
molly, when Columbia moved up
the start Of Five Against the
House."
X X Il X
Groucho Marx would like to do
another television show in addi-
ton to his "You Bet Your Life.
Max Liebman Is after
Groucho to play Ko Ko in "The
Mikado."
Jane Powell will sing in Las
Vegas next summer, at the same
time Pat Nerney takes his va
cation. =. :. I hate to sound cyni-
Cal but. at the recent Debbie
Reynolds-E Eddie Fisher engage
ment party, a group took bets
on which marriage of the five
engaged couples present would
last the longest. Pier Angel and
Vic Damone received the best
odds.
Bing Crosby's reason for re-
turning to a five-nights- weekly
radio show: II get restless when
don't have something like ra-
dio to keep me busy" Incl
dentally, Danny Kaye is after
the groaner for another picture.
After their last battle-before
the current separation-Ida Lu-
pino told Howard Duff: Don't
come back into our lives unless
you mean to stay" Now she's
had it. After a brief rest in the
desert with their daughter, Ida
files for divorce, while I'm still
young enough to find happiness
with some one else"
The merchants in Palm
Springs have been contributing
| 81 900 every year to build a ski
lift to the top of the Jacinto
Mountains. But when Gale
Storm asked Charlie Farrell,
when will you-all build it?"
he told her, "the Audubon So
ciety claims a ski lift would dis
turb the birds and bees who live
in the mountains" That really
is for the birds and the bees.
Ex-Movie Star Andrea Leeds
and Bob Howard chalk up Is
years of marriage at their How
ard Manor in Palm Springs this
week end. Andrea has never re-
gretted giving up her solid film
career.
X X \
Tom Ewell vacations until
Christmas Day. then returns to
1.-THE Seven Year Itch" on Broad
way, stays with it until the end
of the run. then tours with the
Evening star., 1954-11-06
The Passing Show
But Olive Dunbar Prefers
Long Way to Broadway
By Joy cormody

young actresses free from the Broadway fxation
Oliver Dunbar is of them. The leading
Stages repertoy unlike Hermit
this departments favorite characters
Peter you not recall famous warrior who
Evening star., 1954-11-06
Hollywood
Astoire Keeps Busy
Writing Life Story
By Sheiloh Grolum

play. He'll also P. A. with the
movie-with Marilyn Monroe.
Linda Darnell is having q new
wing added to her big house and
she'll be spending more time
here with her wealthy husband,
Phil Leibmann. Shed like to
make another picture soon-but
oh. that dieting!
No one is more modest than
Mary Martin. She writes, "To
our delight and surprise, New
York loves Peter (Pan) unan-
imously." Paramount made
the last movie version. Mary
owes them some pictures. How
about filming her musicalized
peter Pam? It's worth the
price of admission just to see
how she flies through the air.
n y r
hope the rumbles ! hear from
London about Lilli Palmer and
Rex Harrison are not true.
Cesar Romero is doing SO well
in TV and pictures, he now has
to pay IA per cent of his earnings