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Evening star., 1954-12-17
Arlington Board
To Meet Dec. II,
Instead of Holiday

The Arlington County Board.
which has postponed its regular
meeting scheduled for Christ
mas Day, will meet at 8 pm. on
December 81 and 1890 am. on
New Years Day.
The December q meeting will
take the place of the regular
meeting postponed from Decem-
ber 25.
On January / the board will
meet to elect a chairman and
to appoint a clerk.
No new members will be
seated on the board because Mrs.
Leone Buchholz, the present
chairman, was reelected in the
November 2 election for. A.
year term.
Clerk of the board is Mrs.
Jeane Simmons. appointed in
1858 and reappointed at the be-
ginning of this year.
Both meetings will be held in
the circuit courtroom at the
courthouse.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
THIS SUNDAYS BEST READING
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Of the winning players. Story by Brian Bell.
THE CHRISTMAS BoGEY-on this Holy Eve the rodor
screens showed unidentified pone 1t could only be on
enemy bomber and it speeding toword the heon
Of America. You'll find Pot fronks fiction piece.
feotured in This Week Magazine. Of the most mem
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THESE BLESSINGS HAVE NAMEs-When dromo column
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come up beonq the Of dozens-from the brightest
Of stos to the incest Of woitresses-ho have mode his
Job more enjoyable easier Jay Cormody comes up
with his 18th onnuoI Christmas column in the Dromo
Section.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR WoMEN-Iu the Society and Foshion
Section Doisy cleond tells. in the first Of SERIES about
whot it okes-ond hos taken in the post-to get ones
in book thot seller at ucrotive price
social register.
RACE FOR ASIAN LEADERsHIP-Which woy will the un-
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promise Of the highest standard of living. Red China
and free lndio storted race for economic
development which may be the decisive foeto in mokne
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Staff Writer EoH Voss reports eoy progress in the
Editoriol Section.
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Evening star., 1954-12-17
Arizona Couple Killed
In West Virginia hishap
BY the As.oeiossd Press

MARTINSBURG, w. Va. Dec.
17.-Victor Minichello. "a, and
his wife Concetta, So. of Glen
dale. Ariz.. were killed near here
yesterday when their car went
of U. S. IL, plunged over a bank
and crashed into a stone wall.
State police said both were
dead when police arrived on the
scene.
The troopers said Mr.. Mini
chello was driving. The couple
was alone in the car and inves-
tigators said they have not
determined the cause OF the
crash.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Twinbrook Citizens
Sinq Carols Sunday

Twinbrook Citizens Associa-
ton members will hold a Carol
ling Christmas" in the Twin
brook subdivision of Rockville,
Md, Sunday.
They plan to meet in small
groups at S pm. and carol their
way to a central meeting place
in front of the Twinbrook school
at $40 pm.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Budget Store Swept
By Three-AIarm,
100000 Blaze
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
The best guess was that the
origin was in the basement or in
the show window where Santa
was roasted.
Only the walls were left stand
ing. BY mid-morning there still
was a blaze smouldering in the
heart of the 80 by l50-foot
structure.
Feared Block Would Go.
Firemen succeeded in stopping
the fire before it entered Wool
worth's. but there was smoke and
water damage there. About two
feet of water stood in the base
ment. Had it risen another inch.
storage bins would have suffered
serious damage.
At one time Chief E. J. Sackett
of the Chevy Chase Volunteer
Fire Department said he feared
the entire block would go. About
an hour after the first firemen
arrived a loud crash was heard
inside the building. and the
flames leaped high through the
roof.
Avenue Partly Closed.
Traffic on Wisconsin avenue
was closed during the early
morning hours. but was re-
opened by 7:30 am, in time to
accommodate most of the early
rush.
Later in the day, while Of
ficials inspected the walls, one
lane OF the street was roped
off. The Woolworth's store
was closed until safety of the
walls could be ascertained.
The top floor of the store had
been added only last spring. and
the store completely redecorated
and new fixtures installed. The
basement was used for home fur
nishings and children's wear, the
main floor for accessories and
mems clothing. and the second
floor for ready-to-wear.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Fairfax Federation
Calls on Planners 10
Explain Master Plan

The Fairfax Federation of
Civic Associations last night
unanimously urged the Fairfax
County Planning Commission to
publicize apd explain the county
master plan. o
The Federation declared that
tax money financed the study so
county citizens are entitled to
learn details.
Harry L. Hale, county sani-
tary engineer, told the group the
sewer construction program sis
progressing ahead of schedule"
10 Miles Completed.
Ten miles of sewers have been
finished in the first four months
since getting the money, he said.
Sewer construction will start
in the Wellington Park Estates
area and on Brookhill collector
lines on Monday, and on Dogue
Creek North Fork trunk lines
and Annandale collector lines,
on December q.
Bids on Pimmit Run sewer
lines will be accepted on Tues
day. Bids on Dead Run lines
will be accepted December 80.
These bids will bring the total
of sewer lines contracted for to
70 miles.
Water Problem Discussed.
The solution of Fairfax Coun-
tvs water problems with a pub
licly owned, fntegrated system
was discussed by the Federation.
"We have had enough of our
various water companies" said
Omer Hirst. "A publicly owned,
integrated water system is the
only answer.
The groups Public Utility
Committee under Earl Darsch
voiced opposition to the Fairfax
County Health Councils recon-
mendation for a regional solu-
ton to the water problem. But
the Federation tabled a motion
against the proposal,
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Council AHocotes
$3oO, 900 to
Arlington Hospital

An ALLEGATION of $500 900 to
Arlington Hospital to help con-
struct a s78O.000 addition was
approved last night by the vir-
ginia Advisory Hospital Council.
State Senator Charles r, Fen
wick, Of Arlington. q member Of
the Council, said the action was
taken in Richmond. Seven hos
pital projects were included in
total ALLEGATION of $1,882,848. he
said.
The Arlington Hospital alloca-
ton provides for 100000 to be
set aside out of current funns
and an additional s190,O0 in
funds becoming available in July.
1855, Senator Fenwick said.
The ALLEGATIONS were made
from Federal Hill Burton Act
funds.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Women Seriously Hurt
As Cor Crdshes Trees

Mrs. Josephine M. Sullivan, Al
of Severna Park. Md. near An
napolis, was seriously injured
yesterday when her car crashed
into four trees beside Defense
highway near Lanham, Md.
Prince Georges County police
said the driver told them she
lost control ofs her car near the
Pennsylvania Railroad overpass
in Lanhas1 about 4 pm
Mrs. Sullivan suffered a frac-
tured right hip. a fractured nose.
chest injuries and possible head
injuries, the hospital said.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
New Officers Elected
By Arlington YMCA

Harry F. Webb, jr., is the new
chairman of the Arlington
YMCA.
Other offlcers elected are:
Joseph McCaskill and Mrs. Ed
mund Campbell, vice chairmen:
Mrs. Richard Yeatman, secre-
tary: Donald Heyne. treasurer:
Oren Lewis, counsel; Harry E.
Webb, jr., metropolitan board
representative; DR.. Grover C.
Starbuck and Mrs. w. Allan
Hunter, Community Chest board
representatives, and Mrs. Charles
w. Carter, area YMCA council
representative.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Medical Society Elects
Dr.. Bates in Arlington

DR.. H. Clark Bates last night
was elected president of the Ar
lington County Medical Society.
He succeeds DR.. j. Raymond
Hutchinson.
Other officers elected are: DR..
Herman F. Diamant, vice presi-
dent; DR.. Stephen j. Sheehy,
secretary. and DR.. Thomas A.
McGavin. treasurer.
The group met In the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club.
Evening star., 1954-12-17

To TakeQver
Parkway Seen
Butler and BeolI
Reported Planning
'Expresswoy' Bill

Congress may be asked to turn
over the Federal portion OF the
new Baltimore Washington park.
way to the Maryland State Roads
Commission or the Federal Bu-
reau of Public Roads. the Prince
Georges County Commissioners
were told today. *
NJ. H Bargteil. College Park
motel operator and president OF
the Washington Baltimore Boul-
evard Association businesses on
u. S. Route - said Senators But
Ter and Beall. Republicans Of
Maryland. will introduce a bill
to take the road for the State"
Neither Senator could be
reached for comment i'm
mediately but Senator Buffers
Office confirmed that he is con-
sidering such action. A Butler
aide said a major question in
the proposed transfer would be
whether the State would accept
the road.
Truck Runs Limited.
The Interior Deparement,
through its national park pro-
gram, now controls the federally
built portion of the parkway
from the District line to Jessup.
Md. Truck traffic on the park
way is permitted only on the
State financed section from
Baltimore to Jessup. Trucks
have to negotiate the rest of the
route to and from the District
over the Baltimore boulevard
(Route ID.
Mr.. Bargteil said there is a
danger that Route / will become
exclusively heavy truck route.
with a subsequent drastic loss"
to businesses along it.
Benefits Seen in Swap.
If the Maryland General As
sembly and the Congress could
be persuaded to make the swap.
he said, truck traffic could stay
on the parkway all the way and
more motorists could continue to
use Route l. He said the State
Roads Commission has asserted
that the Federal portion is not
constructed to carry heavy
trucks. But. he added. he has
been assured that trucks would
not damage the highway.
Mr.. Bargteil said the Senators
also were considering a pro-
posal to turn the parkway over
to the Bureau of Public Roads.
which then could classify 1t as
an "expressway" instead of
parkway. and thus permit truck
traffic over it.
Assembly Bills Planned.
Meanwhile, two proposals to
ban trucks from the Maryland
owned end of the new road are
promised for the 1855 session Of
the General Assembly opening
January S.
State Senator John Grason
Turnbull. Democrat, Of Balti-
more County. said yesterday he
will Introduce legislation to give
the State Roads Commission
power to prohibit truck traffic
on any arterial, limited-access
highway.
That. of course. would include
the new road.
Delegate Jerome Robinson,
Democrat, of Baltimore City.
has promised to re-introduce a
bill defeated in the 1853 Legis-
lature. 1t would specifically close
the Maryland end of the express
way to truck traffic.
Mr.. Robinson's bill passed the
House in 1858, but died in the
Senate after representatives Of
the Maryland Motor Truck AS
ISOLATION joined up with civic
and business interests along the
old Baltimore boulevard to lobby
against it.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Rothrock Gets
Trial Justice
Post in Fairfax
Ex- Basketball CoucI
Had Winning RECORD
At Washington-Lee

A former high school basket
ball coach who earned his law
degree at night is Fairfax
County's new associate trial
justice. ~
He is John A. Rothrock, jr.,
who in his coaching days at
Washington-Lee High School at
Arlington was known as win
En- All" Rothrock.
Fairfax Circuit Judge Paul
Brown made the appointment to-
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Women's League to Meet

The Women's League OF the
Arlington Fairfax Jewish Center
viii hold its meeting at $50 pm.
Monday in the center. 1920 Ar
lington boulevard. Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1954-12-17

uOpAAlS Ueam NepileS.
G. Wilson Shaffer, dean Of
students at Hopkins, said he was
certain Hopkins has done moth
ing to prevent the University Of
Maryland having a Phi Beta
Kappa chapter
When the 1948 fraternity let
ter of rejection was disclosed in
October, DR.. Wilson H. Elkins.
DR.. Byrd's successor as university
president, refused to discuss it.
saying he felt anything he said
would be injected into politics.
Gov. McKeldin at that time was
making Dr. Byrd's tenure as uni
versity head q major campaign
theme.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
Action Promised
By City Attorney
Hassle


The question of whether or not
a group of houses at Staples Ave-
nue. and Won PhiSter st. will be
repaired or torn down, will proba-
bly, be decided by next Monday,
City Attorney j. Y. Porter said to-
day.
Porter was instructed yesterday
by the city commission to "get re-
suits" in having the buildings, con-
demned for several years, torn
down.
They are owned jointly by the
estates of William R. Warren and
william r. Porter, Key West I'm
anciers.
Porter, who represents the Por-
ter estate, said that he will meet
with the executors of both estates
and attempt to reach an agree
men by next Mondays commits
sion meeting.
The buildings, completely devoid
of sanitary facilities, have been oc-
cupied by "squatters" for some
time. They were built many years
ago to house workers in the city's
cigar industry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
burden Case


BARLOW IA ruling on de-
Tense motions to quash charges of
conspiracy to murder against Will
lard burden viii be made by
Criminal Court Judge Roy fl.
Amidon some time this week.
The main issue presented by
burden at hearing yesterday was
contention that he received i'm
munity from prosecution by giving
County Solicitor Clifton Kelly a
statement about three alleged con-
spiracies.
burden, an Orlando contractor,
testified Kelly assured him he
would not have to serve a prison
sentence and would get his bond
lowered if he made the statement.
Bond Lowered
His bond was lowered from $780,
600 to 5000 but the solicitor testi-.
fled he had promised only to rec
ommend that there be no prison
sentence if burden made a COM
plete, truthful statement. Kelly
said the statement turned out to
be neither.
burden is charged with conspir-
ing with Emmett Donnelly, Lake
Wales lawyer. to kill Mrs. Byrd T.
Roach and K. H. Gerlach, both Of
Lake Wales. and Mrs. Louise Clark
HaWley Sandberg Of Orlando so
Donneily could dispose of their es-
tates without check. Donnelly shot
himself to death after being ar
rested.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
Stevenson kaps
COP OnLabOr


CHICAGO R-Rapping the Els
enhowsr administration for its la
Encouragement record. Adlai E.
said yesterday q Repub-
lican campaign promise to revise
the Taft-Hartley Act was not kept.
For the Eisenhowr adminiStra-
ton, he said, this has beer a year
81 "futility. or worse" in meeting
problems Of labor-management re-
lationship.
Politics dropped to 4 new low
y connection with the revising Of
the Taft.Hartley Act following the
Republicans great promises Of a
change, the 1852 Democratic presi-
dental nominee said.
Addressing some $500 delegates
At the 2sth convention Of the ALL
International Brotherhood Of Elec-
trical Workers, Stevenson said:
The Republican candidate in
that campaign (Eisenhower) said
what be called 'union-busting provi-
sions' should be removed. They
haven't been. Consider the series
ot events in which the White
House produced some reasonable
proposals, then withdrew them
under such obvious pressure that
lsnor's sole Cabinet representative
Martin Durkin) resigned in pro-
stevenson extended his criticism
y melude the National Labor Rela-
nohA Board, saying that Eisenhow-
e nad appointed three men who
ats representative Of management
1nu that one, he said, has de-
erfned himself as a union
s.As Stevenson said they were
.a1 preting the labor laws to de-
s.Ieg advantages which he said
Asu been given to unions during
1Sslous Democratic administra-
ns said the rules restraining en-
p.oset intereference in union or
sSsng campaigns and represen-
| .auon elections have been changed
" permit the employer ''to throw
~ tun weight against an organ
ling movement. >
stevenson told the electrical
WORKERS there win be no depres-
slOn within tie next year because
~ American people will compel
'ns aomlnislratiOn to prevent Il.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31

Horace O'Bryant, super
intendent Of public instruc-
ton, said he expected more
students to register before
the end of the first month
of school.
At the end of the first month
last year, 1920 students had been
enrolled.
Double Sessions
Because of the crowded condi-
tons, the first grade classes in
two schools = Douglass and Harris
- were on double sessions. ThE
first session is from 8 a. M. t.
noon and the second from s0
p. IA. to 4.Os p. m.
0sBryant announced these en-
rollment figures as Of yesterday
and as of the end Of the last school
year in June:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
Women Get First Squirt At Skunk

drenched and presumably hostile
skunk in an enclosed place.
Mrs. HoSs recalled that when
she was a girl on the farm, there
was a saying that if one could grab
a skunk by the tail and get all
four feet off the ground fast
enough, the skunk couldn't use its
scent artillery.
No one wanted to try It, 50 Mrs.
Hoss did. She succeeded.
Holding the outmaueuvered
skunk at arms length, she instruct
ed Bailey to do his duty. A bullet
through the skunk's head ended the
episode scentlessly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
Many Chief Still
On Critical List

Robert c. Drouin. "a. > Navy
chief, who drove his car into
. bridge abUtmsnt at rs miles
per hour today was in "litfle
better" condition but still on
fhs critical list. The Naval Hos
pifaI reported.
The accident took place at
HE north approach to Long
Key Bridge early Yesterday
morning. Dsovin, who is At
tschsd ~ fhs Fleet All Wes-
ihsr Tralnls6 Unit, Boca Chi
ca. was returning from his Hia-
leah home where his wife,
Carolyn. lives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31

Streets were flooded in
Providence with the water
rising steadily. The Coast
Guard reported the ammuni-
ton barge adrift and load
ed. Shortly before noon the
wind velocity at the Harvard
Blue Hills Observatory was.
steady at 20 to 70 miles an
hour and rising. Five-second
gusts of 80 miles an hour
were reported.
In Worcester, Mass, the wind
hurled a man 10 floors to his death
from a fire escape on a downtown
building. Another man was report
ed drowned at Dartmouth, Mass,
while trying to moor a boat. The
Coast Guard was searching for
three boys believed missing in
Quincy Mass. Bay.
Newport Gusts
The Navy reported wind gusts
of 80 miles an hour at Newport,
r. l., as the eye of the hurricane
moved past that city about noon
EDIT. Water sweeping over
wharves into waterfront streets
rose higher than in the disastrous
1888 hurricane when some 500 per-
sons met death along Rhode Island
and other New England coastal
areas.
The hurricane began with winds
ranging up to $50 miles an hour
but it lost force last light as It
surged up the Atlantic Coast, bat
tering coastal areas and driving
vacationists inland. No deaths or
serious injuries were reported.
The metropolitan area was
dashed by the hurricanes fringe,
which apparently extended $50 to
200 miles on each side of the
center.
High seas and downed power
lines we're reported along the New
Jersey coast but no particular
damage was recorded.
Liner Delayed
In New York, the Italian liner
Cristoforo Colombo was unable to
take aboard customs men, immi-
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Mothers Will
March On Polio
Thursday Night

Key West mothers will
march on polio Thursday eve.
ming when they call ct every
home where . porch light is
burning for contributions TO ths
Emergency March Of Dimes.
Mrs. Joe Lopez, chairman Of
fine Mothers March, today said
the hours for fhe collection will
be between I p. m. and 8 p. m.
Thursday.
She asked that HE same mo-
Tiers who aided HE January
collection to take over gain IN
fhe same areas they covered
then. The money will again be
turned in At the Key West
Electric Co. office.
eff any mother knows Of an
area mother who Is oUf Of town
or otherwise unable to cover
her area. please take over her
dufies," Mrs. Lopez said.
Mrs. Lopez can be reached at
1882.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
LET US spRAYl

LYONS, Kan. Rl-An unfortunate
skunk made the mistake yester-
day of wandering into Mrs. Paul
Dring's garage.
Mrs. Dring and a neighbor, Mrs.
]. NJ. Hoss, grabbed a garden hose
and attacked before the skunk had
q chance to 90 into action.
The animal retreated into an adj
jacent garage, whose owner. not
wanting to get personally involved.
called policeman John Bailey. Of.
ficer Bailey likewise decided he
was not the man to tackle 1
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31

TOTALS 4,469 4.469
Key West High School held regu-
lar classroom sessions yesterday.
Grade school students registered
yesterday and began classroom
sessions today.
Instruction personnel in Monroe
County Schools this year totals 1872
teachers and six principals. Sixty
seven of the teachers are new to
the county schools this year, some
as requirements and others as adj
ditions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
State Of Emergency Declared
As Ammo Barge Breaks Loose

BOSTON Cap - bowling hurricane accompan-
lea by fercey driving rain struck New England with its
full fury today setting adrit loaded ammunition barge
in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island and causing state
OF emergency to be declared in Providence, R. L. and
New London, Conn.
The Weather Bureau meanwhile, advised residents
along the coasts Of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
Island to leave for high ground This applied particular
ly to Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31

The city commission voted
yesterday to meet in the
near future with the officials
of the USO to discuss the
possibility of asking them to
move from their Jackson
Square building so that the
city hall can be moved to
that site.
At i special meeting Monday,
ahe commission also instructed
city manager Victor Lang to con-
duct i survey Of the Jackson
Square property lSouthard and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
lst Session OF
Mccarthy Quiz
Has NOiisyEnd
Wisconsin Senator
Is Called Out OF
Order By Chairman

WASHINGTON A = A Senate
committee wound up its first SEES
sion inquiring into cepsure charges
against Sen. Mccarthy today with
the chairman banging the Wiscon-
sin senator into silence and thun-
dering he was tout of order.''
Mccarthy and his attorney, Ed
ward Bennett Williams sought to
raise the question of whether the
committees vice chairman, Sen.
Edwin Johnson (D-Colo) was quot
ed truthfully or not in a Denver
Post story of last March. The
newspaper said Johnson, in an in
terview, had declared:
"In my opinion, there is not a
man among the Democratic leaders
of Congress who does not loathe
Joe Mccarthy"
Chairman Watkins (R-Utah)
ruled that Johnson's right to sit on
the committee had not been chal-
lenged and that even if it sas the
committee itself couldn't act on
it. He said the matter was irrele-
want to the hearings and that Me-
Carthy and Williams could get
from johnson himself any state
tnent on whether the Post quotes
were true or false.
Statement Read
Prior to the fareup, Johnson had
read a statement denying that on
March IL or any other time he
had said that he personally
"loathed senator Joseph Nc
Carthy."
Mccarthy asked care we en-
titled to know whether the quo
tations of March IL are correct
or incorrect?"
Watkins told him he could get
that at some other place than the
hearing.
'Mr Chairman" Mccarthy be-
gan again.
"Just a minute" Watkins broke
in. "You have filed no challenge.
II should be entitled to know"
Mccarthy started once more.
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