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Evening star., 1954-10-16
MckeIdin Calls
Byrd Ignorant
OF State Affairs
Democrat Candidate
Charges 'FinogIine'
By Governors Aides
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associatsd Press
The kid gloves were off today
IN Maryland's campaign for
Governor. with Republican Gov.
McKeldin delivering his severest
rebuke to Democrat H. C. Byrd
and Byrd promising another at
tack on the State Roads Com
mission.
Before leaving yesterday for a
speaking engagement in New
Orleans, McKeldin called Byrd q
self-seeker, tyrant. an auto
crat and a man ignorant of
State affairs.
Byrd. forced to cancel a Cam
bridge rally last night because
of Hurricane Hazel, told a.group
Of supporters many favorable
contracts have been finagled
by people in the McKeldin ad-
ministration to help themselves
financially"
"The Governor must have had
knowledge of some of these
things or else he was not paying
attention to the duties of his
job" said Byrd.
Hits Ex-Road Commissioners.
The Democratic candidate
earlier had charged that David
M. Nichols and Avery w. Hall,
former members of the roads
commission, had prof1ted from
commission operations since their
resignation.
He said yesterday similar state
ments could be expected later.
MY opponent, said McKeldin
in the most strongly worded
statement he has issued about
Byrd and the campaign, "is
avoiding State issues because of
his almost complete ignorance
of State service.
His has been a career of self
aggrandizement, overlooking the
opportunities that a man in his
position had for helping his
fellow citizens.
'Now he seeks to hide his lack
of knowledge by making baseless
charges and issuing unsubstanti-
ated innuendoes.
Its time for him to get down
to facts.
"I know of no instance where
Byrd has urged the people to vote
for the municipal home rule
amendment.
Because he doesn't understand
it?
"Or because he is against it?
THE latter could easily be true,
and would be typical of his auto
cratic mind and the tyranny with
which he so long directed the
affairs of the University of Mary
land"
Challenges Byrd.
McKeld1n called on Byrd to
take a stand on such things as
the administrations juvenile
bureau to curb delinquency, it's
12-year roads program, its plan
to combat chronic disease, the
new understandable perform
ance" type of budget, and its pa
role system.
McKeldin predicted he would
beat Bryd in the November 2
election, though it may be
close" and said the Republicans
have "a good chance" to retain
control of Congress.
Curtailing his campaign in
Dorchester because of the hurri-
cane which plunged the entire
Eastern Shore into darkness less
than three hours before the
scheduled start of the rally,
Byrd said he plans to return in
q week or so.
In his prepared talk for the
rally, the former University of
Maryland president emphasized
his plan to set up an industrial
and economic commission. Men
tioning the recent closing of
shirt factory in the area, he said
the commission could help re-
lieve such unemployment by
bringing new industry. to the,
section.
Byrd's schedule today calls for
visits to a Baltimore luncheon,
a Caroline County barbecue, an
Easton reception for candidates,
a Talbot County rally, and an
Annapolis voters ball.
Evening star., 1954-10-16
RulIy for Democrats

A Democratic rally will be
held in the PiScataway Hall,
Piscataway. Md, from 2 pm. to
5 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Mrs. George W. Fenfon,
Former D. {. Resident

Mrs. George w. Fenton, SO,
a Washington resident until two
months ago. died yesterday in
Linwood, N. j., where she lived.
The former Elsie Helms, she
was born in Philadelphia. She
was a member of Luther Place
Memorial Church here and was
past president of the Women's
Guild of the church. She for
merly lived at 1919 Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
Survivors are her husband; q
sister, Mrs. Helen Seidle, Phila-
delphia; a stepson, Kenneth
Fenton, of Linwood, and a STEP
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Martin
of Washington.
Services will be held Thursday
at Somers Point, N. j. Burial
will be in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Alabama Prosecutor
Held in Vote Probe
BY the Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July IL.
Attorney General 81 Garrett
was arrested here today on a
grand jury indictment charg-
ing him with vote fraud in the
June l Democratic primary.
Mr.. Garrett, who has been
in a hospital at Galveston, Tex.
surrendered to Sheriff Holt Nc
Dowell at the Courthouse here.
The attorney general, Ala
bama's chief prosecutor, was a
witness before the grand jury
here which also indicted Solici-
tor Arch Ferrell of Phenix City
and Lamar Reid. chairman of
the Jefferson County Democratic
Executive Committee, on the vote
fraud charges.
The three men were charged
with altering the official vote for
Lee Porter in the race for at
torney general to add 600 votes
for him. Mr.. Porter was beaten
in a close race with Albert l..
Patterson, Phenix City anti
crime crusader.
Mr.. Patterson was slain June
IL. a few days before he was
scheduled to appear before the
Jefferson grand jury to testify
m the vote fraud inquiry.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
'N Writer'S Ready
To Strike Networks
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD, July IA
union of televisicn writer's is
preparing a strike against the
three major networks in a script
pay dispute.
The Television Writers Of
America, official bargaining agent
for all network TV writer's, said
yesterday live network TV shows
would be first affected. but that
the strike was expected to spread
to radio as we'll.
Ben Starr, Western region
TWA director, said members
were placed on a 24-hour stand
by basis and would be notified
by telegram when to start
picketing.
Contract negotiations between
the TWA and the NBC, CHS and
ABC networks broke of in New
York Friday.
Mr.. Starr said the union asks
SITS for a half-hour CONNER
cial show. $500 for a half-hour
sustaining show and $425 for a
half-hour sustaining adaptation.
He said the networks offer
$425 for a half-hour original
commercial program, $345 for
a half-hour original sustaining
show. and $215 for a half-hour
sustaining adaptation.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
|P. D. Mills, Retired Broker
And Veteran Of 7 Wars
By the As,ocio,ed Pres,

PHILADELPHIA, July 12.-
Paul Denckla Mills, n, retired
investment broker and son of
one-time West Point COM
mandant. died Saturday at the
home of relatives in suburban
Radnor.
Mr.. Mills. son Of the late Gen.
Samuel Miles Mills, was a ma
tive of Philadelphia, but in re-
cent years maintained resi-
dences at Glenhead, N. Y, and
Windsor plantation, his 800-acre
estate and shooting preserve at
Georgetown, S. C.
A graduate of Yale University
in 1897. Mr.. Mills served in the
Spanish-American War and was
decorated for conspicuous brav-
cry under fire. He also served
as an officer in World War / and
at the. Versailles peace confer
ence.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Ellen Drexel Paul,
two sons. James Paul Mills of
Middleburg, Va, and Samuel
Wynn Mills Of Locust Valley,
N. Y. and a daughter, Mrs. Ed
ward B. Smith of suburban Phil
adelphia.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Eisenhower Group
To Back Candidates
PIedging Full Support
BY the Associoted Press

The head of the National Citi-
zens for Eisenhower Congress
sional Committee said yesterday
his group will support only con-
gressional candidates who are
pledged to back President Eisen-
hower's program.
James Murphy, California ad-
vertising man who is chairman
of the committee. described its
aims in an interview on the CHS
television program. Man Of the
Week."
Saying that the man of the
week-or the year-is Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Mr.. Murphy asserted
his group is trying to organize
the vibrant, powerful feeling"
many Americans have for the
President behind congressional
can0loaCeS VINO Will support MN.
AS for Republicans who have
frequently opposed the Presi-
dents detectives, Mr.. Murphy
said, the committee "is not in
volved in those situations.
But, he added, the committee
is not backing any Democrats,
whether they have supported
Eisenhower policies or not.
What the committee hopes to
do, he said, is help Gen. Eisen-
hover get a Congress with an
energetic majority" of Republic
cans who will support him.
Mr.. Murphy denied reports
that his group is trying to con-
duct purge" of Republican
congressional ranks, saying
we're not against anybody"
He said the committee is not
taking position on any particu-
lar issue, except to stand "di-
rectly and squarely behind the
President"
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Senator W. A. Buchanan,
Canadian Publisher
BY the As,oeiat.d Press

LETHBRIDGE, Alta, July IL.
= Senator VILLA m Asbury
Buchanan, 78, publisher, free
press champion and veteran
political leader. died yesterday
after a long illness.
Senator Buchanan played a
major role in the birth and de-
velopment of the news co-opera-
tive. Canadian Press. He was
founder of the old Western
Associated Press, forerunner of
the CP, and served in 1945-46 as
CPS president.
He was long q staunch advo-
cate of q free press. AS CP
president, he called on Canada's s
Parliament to push for free
dom -of-news clause in postwar
peace treaties.
In politics, he served as a
Liberal in the Alberta legislature
and in the federal House of Com
mons and Senate. He sat on
many important Senate COM
mittees.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Request for Re-zoninq
In Georgetown Denied

The District Zoning Commits
sion today denied a proposal
by a group of Old Georgetown
renovators for rezoning about
an acre of commercially zoned
land to residential B restricted
status.
The property is located on the
west side of Thirtieth street and
the east side of Thomas jefferson
street between NJ street and the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.
About half of the property is
developed with rehabilitated row
houses. The rest consists of
vacant lots used mostly for
parking. The petitioners wanted
to bar the possibility of future
commercial development of the
unimproved lots.
The commission postponed de-
cision on q request to open
several stores in the basement at
the Berkshire Apartments, 420l
Massachusetts, avenue NV,
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Funeral Rites tomorrow
For Richard McD Donouuh

Funeral services for Richard
McDonough, 17-year-old AMMAN
dale (Va) youth who died unex-
pectedly Saturday at his home
will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow
at the Cunningham funeral
home, Cameron and Alfred
streets. Alexandria. Burial will
be in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
He died of a ruptured, blood
vessel near his heart.
He was the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas E. McDonough, sr.,
is McWhorter place. His father
recently resigned as an electrical
inspector for Fairfax County and
the family had planned to move
to Florida.
A 6-foot 18O-pound junior at
Fairfax High School, Richard
was a member of the track team
there and played Softball with
Annandale Methodist Church
team.
He has a brother Thomas. jr.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Motusow
CONTINUED From First Page. )

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have given a somewhat inaccu-
rate impression.
He insisted. however, that he
told the full truth, not only
when he testified before the
House committee in 1852, but
also when he appeared before
the Subyersive Activities Con-
troll Board here and before
various State investigating COM
mittees.
When shown a photostatic
copy of The Star article from
Westminster, Mr.. Matusow as
serted that the report might
have been incorrect. He COM
planned that Washington news
papers in general often. print
much fiction with fact"
Bishop Oxnam's Office said the
prelate was travelling by auto to
New Hampshire and would not
be available for comment until
tomorrow.
Faulty Impression Possible.
If the Bishop was correctly
quoted by the newspaper he was
a dishonest man." Mr.. Matusow
told the investigators.
The witness added, however.
that Bishop OMAN may have
drawn an incorrect impression
from their conversation in New
York City.
Committee Chairman Velde
ended the brief open hearing
by declaring that it's only pur-
pose was to determine whether
Mr.. Matusow had given any in
correct information deliberately,
or otherwise, at the, previous
hearings. In view of Mr.. Matu-
sow's insistence that he had told
the truth, Mr.. Velde suggested
thai he review the transcript
thoroughly and report back later
II he found any statements that
gave even an incorrect impress
sion.
The story in question, written
by a Star staff correspondent,
quoted Bishop Oman indirectly
as saying that at least two pro
fessional witnesses" had ad-
mitted to him that they delib-
erately falSified.
The story said:
"One of them, Harvey Matu-
sow, whom he described as a
former investigator for Senator
Mccarthy, sought him out twice,
the bishop said, to say he had
had a religious experience and
wished some one to undo "all
the lies I have told about many
people.
The story quoted the bishop
as saying:
"In an hour such as this, what
we need is the unbiased approach
and the undaunted spirit to re-
turn to whatsoever things are
true"
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Mrs. Henry Parkman,
Widow Of Vicar at
Indian Head Church

Mrs. Henry C. Parkman, "a,
widow Of the former vicar OF
st. James Episcopal Chapel. In
dian Head, Md, died yesterday
at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. John J. Hell. 24O8 Hayden
drive. Silver Spring.
The former Sarah w. Ander-
son. Mrs. Parkman was born in
Wilmington. N. c. and came to
Washington as q young girl. Ac-
tive In church work. she had
sung and led church choirs since
she was 16 and was member Of
the Daughters of the King and
other church groups.
Her husband, who died in 1852.
founded the Good Sheppard Mis-
sion in 1892 at 3l2 K street NE.
He served parishes in Indiana.
North Carolina, Pennsylvania
Delaware and Baltimore, retir-
ing in 1910 after 20 years at st.
James. For many years he was
dean Of the Southern Convoca-
ton Of the Washington Diocese.
Besides Mrs. Hell, Mrs. Park
man is survived by two other
daughters. Mrs. Frank r. Walsh.
sol Greenlawn drive. Hyattsville:
Mrs. William B. Wellons. Key
West. Fla: son. Theodore c.,
Silver Spring: a sister, Mrs. Will
liam II. Holmes, Woodmoor.
Md: 10 grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow at Grace Episcopal
Church, Silver Spring. Burial
win be in Congressional Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
|0,7SO Votes Force
81
Kerr Into Runoff
Bv the A,soeiu,ed Pres,

OKLAHOMA CITY. July H.
Senator Robert S. Kerr, Demo-
crat, Of Oklahoma failed by 9,78O
votes to win q majority in Okla
homa'S primary election last
Tuesday, final official tabulations
show.
Figures released by. the State
Election Board yesterday con-
firmed that Senator Kerr would
have to face former Gov. Roy j
Turner in the July q runofi
primary for the Democratic
nomination for the United States
Senate.
Although Senator Kerr out
polled Mr.. Turner, 238,543 tc
205, ,241, seven other candidates
had sufficient strength to pre-
vent a majority.
William o. Coe, Oklahoma
City attorney, had a margin OF
2.746 over Raymond Gary
president pro tempore of the
State Senate, in the Democratic
race for Governor.
Mr.. Coe led Mr.. Gary, 159, ,l22
to 1886. Fourteen other can
didates-including Mrs. John
ston Murray, wife of the pres
ent Governor-were far behind
Evening star., 1954-07-12
'Godget to Speed Detection
OF Germs in Warfare Shown

The latest and most valuable
gadget the military has for
countering a germ warfare at
tack is a flimsy disc of paper
like substance. slightly larger
than a silver dollar.
The chief of the Army's
Chemical Warfare Service, Mai.
Gen. William NJ. Greasy, calls it
q significant step toward 'tde-
velopment of q revolutionary de-
lection device around which q
workable defense" against
stealthy meteorological warfare
is being built.
The Defense Department. in
response to inquiries. today dis
played the device AN unim-
pressive disc looking as If it
might have been cut from a thin
sheet of cross-ruled note paper.
But its production took the
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Mrs. John {. MaffinQIy,
West VIRGINIA Native

Mrs. John E. Mattingly, So, a
native of West Virginia, died
yesterday at her home, 10 Tenth
street NE, after a long illness.
The former Emma Cooke, she
was born in Howesville, w. va,
and lived in Morgantown for
many years before coming to
Washington in 1910.
Survivors are two daughters.
Miss E. Pauline Mattingly, a
music instructor at Wilson
Teachers College; Mrs. David B
Roger, Morgantown; a nephew
Paul H. Cooke of the Washing
ton Bureau of the Associated
Press, whom she reared from in
fancy; three grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Mass and burial will be held
Wednesday in Howesville.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
II. |. Whiifemore
Dies; Was Bureau
|0f Standards Official

Herbert L. Whittemore, ~.
who was chief Of the engineering
mechanics section of the Bureau
of Standards from 1918 to until
he retired in 1916, died last
night of cancer at George WASH
ington Hospital. He lived at
1906 Mckinley street NV.
An authority on testing en-
gineering materials, Mr.. White
more invented the Whittemore
fulcrum plate strain gauge to
measure the stress on concrete
dams and large steel structures.
When he retired he was working
on testing components for pre-
fabricated houses.
Mr.. Whittemore wrote ideas
of Specifications" book pub
lished in 1852 and a number of
articles for engineering journals
as well as Government PAM
phlets. .
Received Many Awards.
He had received many awards
for his engineering, including
the James Turner Morehead
Medal for basic research in
oxyacetylene welding and his
success in promoting the use of
safe fusion welding. In May he
won a certificate of award from
the Washington section of the
American Society Of Mechanical
Engineers and in June he re-
ceived the award of merit of the
American Society for Testing
Materials. He won also the
Longstreth medal from Franklin
Institution.
Born in Milwaukee, Mr.. Whit
temore got his mechanical engi-
neering degree from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin in 1908. He
was with a machinery company
in New Hampshire and later held
positions with companies in Ber-
lin. Germany, and Manchester,
England.
Taught at 3 Universities.
He taught at the University of
Illinois. Columbia University and
the University Of Oklahoma be-
fore he came to Washington in
1917.
Mr.. Whittemore was a men,
ber of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, American
Welding Society, American So
ciety for Testing Materials and
Washington Academy of Sci
enceS.
Survivors are his widow, DR..
Elizabeth Kittredge Whittemore;
a daughter, Nancy, at home: q
son, William K, Cleveland, Ohio,
and sister. Mrs. Anne Won
Ammon, 3840 Legation street
NV.
Memorial services will be held
at S pm. Sunday at All Souls
Unitarian Church. of which he
was a member.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
In @rn.urtan

BRYANT. CARRIE I. In remembrance
into the great beyond one year ago
today. July IL, 1853.
Precious memories how they linger
DEvoTED AuNT. DELLA.
FRANKLIN, WILLIAM J. In loving mem-
ory OF my beloved husband WILLIAM
]. FRANKLIN. who died one year ago
today July 12. 1858.
There Is . silent apartment
It Is quite dark and empty to me
Since God took you away.
try to pass without q look
That causes tears to flow.
a0 onasr %aksS me so, stop and md stare stare
A door swung briefly open
Slipped from life,s dark shadows
Into eternal day.
Rest in peace. my darling,
Your work on earth Is done;
You ave gone where those who loved
VIII be coming. one by one.
Oh; hSy I ., miss YOU; yu;ar,,.
FRANKLIN. WILLIAM J. In loving mem
ory Of our devoted father, WILLIAM
j. FRANKLIN who left us one year
ago today. July IL 1853.
So softly death succeeded life in him.
He did put dream Of heaven, and he
MARGUERITE AND MIILY.
G0OCH. MINNIE ERNESTINE. IN low
MINNIE ERNEsTINE GOocH, who
passed away eleven wears ago today
July IL. 1943.
Each day brings back sweet memories.
Every memory brings q tear;
Deep within our hearts we cherish
THOUGHTS OF one We loved SO dear.
DAUGHTERS.
JACKSON LOUISE. n loving memory
Of our dear daughter and sister.
LOUISE JACKSON, who passed away
swenty wears ago today. July L.. 1884.
We loved you dear. with all our heart,
But Jesus loved you best.
He took ou from this sinful world
To set YOUR soul at rest.
DEVOTED MOTHER. SISTERS AND
bttOIhEh. ~
JONES. DAVID HARRISON. IN memory
Of my husband, DAVID HARRISON
JONES who departed this life five
wears ago today. July IL. 1940.
DAYS of -adness stin come over me.
Hidden ears so often flow;
Memories keep you always near me,
Though you left me flFe years ago.
HIS WIFE AND PAL. JEANETTE COLE
WEBER. =. WILLIAM, IN. In sad but
loving remembrance Of my husband,
]. WILLIAM WEBER, JY.. who passed
away ten years ago today. July IL,
his LOVING WIFE. MARGARET. :
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Mrs. B. H. Warner,
| Widow Of District
Banker and Leader

Mrs. Brainard H. Warner,
whose late husband was q
founder and president of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co.,
died Saturday in a Philadel
sanitarium after a long illness.
Mrs. Warner was the former
Mary Philips, daughter Of Alex
ander Phillips. She was born
in Fredericksburg, Va. and lived
in Washington from the time
she was married until eight years
ago. when she went to Philadel-
phia. Her husband. who died in
1916, was president Of the
Columbia National Bank, the
Board of Education, a founder
Of the Public Library and second
president of the Washington
Board of Trade.
Mrs. Warner was on the board
of Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital. An active
member of the Church of the
Covenant, now National Pres
.byterian Church, she was for
merly president Of the Society
of the Covenant and a member
of the Board of Deacons. She
was also formerly president OF
the board of the Presbyterian
Home for the Aged.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs
Donald Smith, Lawrenceville, N
j.: two sons, Alexander Phillips
Warner and Henry Hamilton
Warner, both of Philadelphia
two sisters, Mrs. Daniel D
Wheeler, Fredericksburg; Mrs. T
Percy Myers, 1925 Sixteenth
street NV; i've grandchildren
and flve Observation-Disclosures.
Private services and burial will
be held tomorrow in Philadel-
phia.
Evening star., 1954-07-12

brains Of some wartime German
meteorological warfare experts
and improvements for mass pro-
ducing by American experts who
captured similar filters at the
end Of World War II.
The extreme porosity sof the
filter allows water to run through
it quickly and freely--but trap
ping on its surface all micro
organisms or their poisonous
products.
On the surface Of the disc,
marked OF in small squares, are
deposited all germs or their
products in a liquid. The squares
provide q method for bacteria
count.
Until development Of this
method, a gelatin plate-culture
method was needed, a process
requiring almost four days.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Dr.. Howard Dittrick,
Medical Historian
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, July IL. - DR..
Howard Dittrick, ", medical
writer and historian, died yester-
day. Founder of the historical
museum of the Cleveland Med
ical Library Association in 1926,
DR.. Dittrick had been director of
the Cleveland Clinics editorial
department since his retirement
from private practice in 1943.
He had been editor of the
magazine, Current Researches in
AnestheSia and Analgesia, since
1910 and previously was editor
of the bulletin of the Cleveland
Academy of Medicine.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Fire in Laurel Sweeps
Lowell Supply Co. Bui!dine

Fire swept through the Indus
trial Towel Supply Co. building
in Laurel, Md. early today. badly
damaging the interior.
Laurel police said the blaze
was believed to have originated
in a pile of rags outside the
building.
1t was discovered by q passer-
by about 3 am. and kept vol
unteer firemen from Laurel and
Savage on the job for about two
hours.
The building is in the 900
block Of Main street. near the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad sta
tion. Firemen said the damage
may exceed $1,000.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
$1,000 Fire Damages
North Arlington House

Fire in house at 2015 North
Woodstock street, Arlington,
caused more than $4,000 damage
today, Arlington firemen re-
ported.
A bedroom and closet were
ruined in the home of Air Force
Col. and Mrs. Mark C. Bane, jr.,
firemen said. Cause Of the fire
was undetermined.
The blaze. discovered by a
maid, was brought under con-
troll by f1remen from Cherrydale,
Clarendon and Halls Hill.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Harry Clyde Gibson

DANVILLE. H., July IL (P.--
Harry Clyde Gibson, 76, retired
managing editor of the Danville
Commercial-News and former
chairman of the Associated Press
Managing Editors Association
of Illinois. died yesterday in a
Danville nursing home. He re-
tired in 1850.