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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
British Churchmen
Amazed by Graham
BY The Associated Press

LONDON, April Sat the end
Of the fifth week of his religious
crusade in London, American
evangelist Billy Graham main
tanned a pace which amazed Brit
ish churchmen.
The attendance at his meetings
at the Harringay Arena is up to
the half-million mark. There was
no sign of abatement in interest.
More satisfying to Mr.. Graham
was the number of persons who,
at his meetings have made "deci-
sions for Christ" and have agreed
to join British churches. There
was every indication the number
Of decisions would pass 1000
this week end.
THAT is record in my evan
gelistic career, and I am pro-
foundry thankful" Mr.. Graham
said. ~ ...
Mr.. Graham is extending his
crusade activities here to appear
before many special groups of
persons who find it difficult to go
to Harringay or who can't get
in after the 1900 seats of the
arena are filled.
He has lunchtime and after
noon meetings at factories,
schools and Offices almost every
day.
This afternoon he was to hold
his first outdoor meeting in Lon
don-at Trafalgar Square.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Britain's 1854 Budget
To Be Unveiled TUESDAY,
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, April 3.-Chancellor
Of the EXchequer Richard A.
Butler is hard at work this week
end on one of the worlds best
kept secrets - this country's
budget for 1854.
Mr.. Butler must finish the
draft of his budget speech to-
night and be ready to give the
country it's eargerly awaited
news next Tuesday.
Britons are wondering if Mr..
Butler will cut the wage earner's
steep income tax.
Spectators would pay a for
tune to learn what Mr.. Butler
intends to do about taxes on
gasoline, tobacco and on the
profits of giant industrial firms.
For the tight-rigged, sensitive
British economy, the chancellor's
plan is equivalent to the United
States national budget and the
state budgets wrapped into one
package.
Some Britons say if Mr.. Butler
scatters around tax concessions
literally it will mean Prime
Minister Churchill's Conserva-
tive government intends to seek
a general election this year. Tax
cuts could influence plenty of
votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
15-Cent Pay Rise Ordered
In U. 5. Wooden Contracts
BY the Assoeioted Press

Secretary Of Labor Mitchell,
over industry objections, has or
dered a 15-cent increase to $1.20
an hour in the minimum wage
required for work on Govern
ment contracts in the wooden and
worsted industry.
The industry had objected
that $1.20 was too high and that
any such minimum should be
determined separately for each
locality instead of having a
Nationwide minimum.
Mr.. Mitchell ordered the $40
rate into effect May Z under
terms of the Walsh ealey Act.
This empowers him to set mini
mum pay rates for Government
contract work according to pay
scales prevailing for similar nom
Government work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Romance Cools,
Girl Wants Return
Of $500 Loan

Now that their romance has
cooled, Barbara Mayo, 22-year-
old Government secretary. wants
back the money she loaned her
ex-fiance to buy a new car two
years ago.
Judge Theodore L. Manga
thinks she ought to have it. He
granted her a Judgment in
Hyattsville Police Court yester-
day, ordering the ex-fiance,
Theodore r. May. of 3505 Bunker
Hill road, Mount Rainier, to pay
her the $500 still unpaid on the
loan.
Miss Mayo's lawyer said she
gave Mr.. May 5000 on April s.
1852, with the understanding
that the car would be their joint
property when they became Mr.
and Mrs. They broke up shortly
after that and Mr.. May has paid
back only $500, she maintained
Mr.. Mays attorney, who had
argued that the 5000 was a gift.
noted an appeal to Prince
Georges Circuit Court. Miss
Mayo lives at 2101 Queens Chapel
road in West HyattSyille.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Mi||ers' Wage Loss
Stressed in Strike

MINNEAPOLIS, April 3.-Gen-
eral Mills, Inc, forced to dis
continue flour manufacturing in
q plants because of a millers
strike, estimated last night that
the walkout will result in en-
ployes losing about 100000 in
wages each week the strike con-
tinueS.
The American Federation of
Grain Millers (AFL) began pick
citing plants in 81 cities yester-
day. Main point in the dispute,
affecting 1850 employees, was
scheduling of work operations.
General Mills said the contract
which expired at midnight Thurs
day prevented the company from
scheduling operations in such a
way it could remain on a COM
petitive basis with other millers.
The union maintained man
agement was planning to insti-
tute swing-shift operations such
that an employe might be re-
quired to begin work at 7 am.
one day and at midnight the
next, without consultation of the
union.
In a statement last night,
General Mills said it felt the issue
involved was one that should
properly be resolved by negotia-
ton.
Wages are not involved in the
dispute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
New Draper School
Formally Dedicated

The 18-room Draper Elemen-
tary School at Ninth street and
Waller place Sc. last night
formally was turned over to the
District Board of Education at
dedication ceremony at the
school.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
gave an address in presenting
the schools charter to c. Melvin
Sharpe, board president, who in
turn presented it to School Supt.
Hobart M. Corning. Miss Grace
Bush. principal of the school,
made an acceptance speech.
The new school, in operation
since last December, was de-
signed for capacity enrolment
of 612 pupils but 731 are attend
ing classes now. Board member
Mrs. Frank S. Phillips told The
Star additional classrooms and
another story to the building will
be part of the Boards 1855 bud
get request.
The school is named for Henry
w. Draper, former director for
10 years of Division / of the
public schools. Mr.. Draper died
shortly after his retirement in
1915. He had been in the school
system for so years. A son, Rich
ard Draper of Texas. last night
presented portrait of his father
to the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Mass Evacuation Drill
Slated in Spokane April rs
BY The Associated Press

OLYMPIA. Wash. April s.
The Nations first practice mass
evacuation of people from a
metropolitan area - stimulated
by recent hydrogen bomb devel-
opments-has been set for Spo-
kane, Wash. on April 26.
Vice Admiral Daniel E. Bar
hey. Washington State director
Of civil defense, said yesterday
the inland city of 165, 900 popu-
lation will give the first test per-
Torrance in a drill limited to
approximately $4,000 of the city's
inhabitants.
The evacuation will be made
from the main downtown bust
ness section. Plans call for divid-
ing the area into north and
south sectors.
Persons in the south sector
will walk in a southerly direction
when a signal is given. Those
on the other side of the line
will proceed north. They will
continue until another signal
halts their march.
Buses then will pick up the
walkers and return them to the
business district. Under actual
bomb : danger conditions the
buses would carry the people out
into the rolling hills which sur
round the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Suspect Pair. Seized
In knife Robbery
OF Trick Wallet

Two young men accused Of
using q knife to make q victim
reveal where he had hidden $40
in q trick wallet compartment
were being held by police today
on robbery charges.
Victim of the assault, John
Ragsdale, Sc. of 223 H street
S.W., said he was walking in the
Mall near Ninth street last night
when two men approached from
behind and pressed a knife to
his right ear.
He told police he pleaded for
his life and turned over his
wallet and SO Immediately. Not
satisfied. Mr.. Ragsdale said. the
two bandits threatened him and
the one holding the knife began
to press it harder against Mr..
RagSdaie'S skull.
The victim said he told of
the additional $40 in the purse
and was released.
A few hours later accident
investigation unit Corpl. George
I. Eppard spotted a man in the
100 block Of H street NV. wear
ing the odd clothes attributed
to one Of the pair in a police
lookout bright red shirt and
high-topped laced field boots.
Corpl. Eppard. alone at the
time and knowing one of the
two was armed with knife,
used a picture of Florence Sori-
ano. young woman whose MUIR
der has never been solved to lure
the two to his auto. He happened
to have the photograph in his
car. By asking questions about
the murder of the girl he kept
both interested Until he could
get help.
At the first precinct the pair
were identified by Mr.. Ragsdale,
police said. They gave their
names as Gumersindo Gomez,
%. of the first block of I street
S.W., and Alex Thacker, 70, of
259 Lynnhaven drive, Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
BY the Associated Press,

AUSTIN. Tex, April g.
Thomas Evans Riddle. private in
the Army of Tennessee, died last
night, two weeks short of his
108th birthday. His death left
only four surviving veterans OF
the Civil War.
The white-haired little man
had been i'll since January. First
he had pneumonia, then a failing
heart, but his grim battle for
survival astounded doctors.
He died at the Texas Con-
federate Home for Men, where
he had played dominoes, met old
friends and newsmen, and
stayed in bed most of the time
since January, 1850. He had
wanted to live to be ITO and to
die at his home in Wichita Falls,
Tex. He is scheduled to be buried,
his family said today. at Burk-
burnett, Tex. The time has not
been decided.
Mr.. Riddle. for Is months Of
the Civil War, served as q
private in Co. I, 22d Tennessee
Regiment. Army of Tennessee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
|Housebreakers Pick
Safes, but They Find
The Pickings Lean

Montgomery County Police In
the rural area were plagued last
night with a series of house,
breakings but early reports in.
dicated the culprits found the
pickings lean.
Detectives and uniformed po-
lice in Rockville were Investigate
ing four housebreakings and safe
jobs at Laytonsville, Sunshine
and Sandy Spring.
Meanwhile. detectives at Sill
yer Spring were investigating an
other in a long series of narcotics
thefts from pharmacies.
Thieves broke into the Hobbs
Welding Shop at Sandy Spring
and took SIS from a cigar box
left in an open safe.
At Armstrong; Garage in Lay
louisville thieves broke the glass
from side window and knocked
the dial. off a safe only to find
1t empty, police said. Another
empty safe, however, was stolen.
At the nearby Fraley's Service
Station the front door was
jimmied open but police said
no money was taken. Police
added that the Sunshine serv-
ice station was entered but no
report had been made as to
whether anything was missing.
Police at Silver Spring said a
drawer full of narcotics was
stolen early today from the
Wheaton Pharmacy, 1140l Geor-
gia avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Calling Card Dropped
By Escaping Bandit
Leads 10 Suspect

Robbery Squad detectives to-
day credited a 25-year-old hold
up suspect for making their job
simple-he left calling card.
Their kudos went to Jimmy
Lee Hedgepath. of 1113 v street
NV, who is currently being held
in District jail in lieu Of $12,500
bail on three charges of robbery
and one of assaulting a police
man.
Hedgepath, police said, was
surprised Thursday night in the
act of taking SITS from Mrs.
Vaseleki Garolfes. SO. operator
of a grocery in the $500 block
of Fourteenth street NV. Pvt.
Robert L. Reavis, of the 18th
precinct, happening by, said he
saw the hold-up.
Jacket Ripped OFF.
In the ensuing brawl, Pvt.
Reavis, "a, ripped off the sus-
poets jacket before the latter
managed to snatch Reavis' gun
and shove the policeman into a
show case and escape.
The calling card was found in
the jacket pocket. The card bore
a likeness of the suspect and
the information he was an ex-
perienced band leader who
could be reached by calling at
the address inscribed thereon.
Police did just that. They
found Jimmy Lee" as Hedge
path is known to local be-bop-
pers, not at home.
Located by Auto Tags.
They learned he had moved
and was known to hang around
in the vicinity of the HOO block
of v street NV. In that section
an auto owned by Hedgepath
was pointed out to police.
Through it's registration the
musician was located.
Police said they recovered Pvt.
Reavis' revolver from a stove in
the musicians quarters.
In addition to Mrs. Garoufes,
three taxicab drivers identified
Hedgepath at a police lineup as
the man who had robbed them
recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Pair Takes $4,000
AT Michigan Bank
By the Assoeiated Pres,

DETROIT, April 3.-Two gum
men, one masked in a pillow
case. fled with $4,000 in cash
yesterday in a robbery of the
Dearborn Branch of the Manu-
facturers National Bank of De-
troit. The getaway car was
found abandoned near the sub
urban bank.
One of the men entered the
bank at 2:10 pm. and talked
with Assistant Manager Rich
ard Olewyn about opening an
account.
The second man entered a few
minutes later. The robbers then
herded IL customers and seven
employees to the rear of the bank.
William A. Leonard, bank
manager, said one robber ordered
Mr.. Olewin to open a locked
cash drawer. When Mr.. Olewyn
said he did not have a key, the
gunman shot at the lock four
times. He failed to break the
lock. The robber then scooped
up cash from open drawers. His
accomplice held gun on the
customers and employees.
The robbers backed out of the
bank. scattering money from a
waste-basket in which they car
ried part of the loot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
JUN Insists NAT0 Job
Go TO Another Frenchman
By the Assoeiated Press

LIE HAVRE. France, April s.
Marshal Alphonse-Pierre JUN
said today he would not quit his
NATO job as commander of all
allied forces in Central Europe
until assured that some other
French general would get the
post.
He also declared he has no
intention Of entering politics.
Marshal JUN was stripped of
his French military posts We'd
nesday after he failed to attend
a special cabinet meeting to ex-
plain a public speech he made
attacking the European Defense
Community. There was consid-
cradle speculation that he might
enter politics to lead a fight
against ratification of the EDO
treaty.
The dismissal has reused a
political storm in France which
some observers feel will weaken
already wobbly support for EDO.
MOSCOW, April 3. R.-The
Soviet army newspaper Red Star
charged today that Marshal JUN
was dismissed because ''he
warned France against the dan
ger of a revival of German
militarism in the European army
scheme" The case has received
great prominence in the Soviet
OreSS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Swan A. Larsen, Santa Claus
To Children in Georgetown

~ concerned with Mr.. Larsen's
penchant for his white clothing.
He always patiently explained it
was q symbol Of his philosophy
in life.
II live by the spirit" was his
simple reply.
Mr.. Larsen, born in Sweden in
1876, came to the United States
shortly after World War / and
until becoming aff1icted in 1892
with cataracts was employed as
a travel agent and as an auditor.
He underwent an operation
several years later that enabled
him to read, but with difficulty.
Funeral services were held at
Chambers Georgetown Funeral
Home at 10 am. today. Burial
was private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Private Pilots Protest
Closing Of Stations

An organization representing
private pilots yesterday asked
the Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration to get the "facts of life"
before closing down some of its
communication stations.
M e m berS of the Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association,
with headquarters at 4644 East
West highway. Bethesda, Md,
waxed slightly hot under the
collar through Max Karant,
AoPA assistant general man
ager.
In a letter to Civil Aeronautics
Administrator Fred B. Lee, he
decried that the criteria being
used by the CAA for the proposed
closing of 81 out of 405 of the
interstate aeronautical commu-
nications stations.
CAA. which has held discus
sions to get the viewpoints of
private pilots. says the stations
may be closed down wherever
there are other adequate COM
munications facilities, and its
criteria is whether a station is
necessary for interstate COM
merce.
Mr.. Karant, whose group
claims 10000 members, says he
wants the criteria changed. He
wrote Mr.. Lee:
Your letter makes it quite
clear that these stations are to-
day being operated almost en-
tirely for the benefit of instru-
ent-f1ying traffic using the
anyways. VFR flying visual
Flight Rules, which comprises
the vast majority of all flying
done in the United States, is
specifically ignored"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Joseph k|roppy Dies;
Ga Employee and
Former Justice Aide

Joseph F. Kroppy, IS. Central
Intelligence Agency employee and
former special assistant to the
u. S. Attorney General. died
yesterday at the Georgetown
Hospital.
Mr.. Kroppy, who lived at 1414
Upshur street NV, was born in
Ironwood. Mich. He received
his early education there and his
law degree at the University of
Michigan.
He served with the Justice De-
partment from 1914 to 1925 in
the FBI and later as special as
sistant to the U. S. Attorney
General on antitrust matters in
New York City.
After leaving the FBI he en-
tered private law practice in
New York. Mr.. Kroppy returned
to government service in 1912
serving with the Office of Stra-
tegic Service.
He came to Washington in
1850 with the CHA.
Mr.. Kroppy was a member Of
the Holy Name Society in New
York and the University of
Michigan Alumni Club here. He
also was a member of the So
ciety of Former Special Agents
of the FBI.
He is survived by his widow;
son, Joseph F. Kroppy, jr., of
New York; his mother. Mrs.
Elizabeth Kroppy, of Besselner,
Mich: four sisters, Mrs. Helen
Miller, of st. Paul, Mimi. Miss
Gertrude Kroppy, and Mrs. Will
liam j. Nolan. of Milwaukee,
Wis. and Mrs. Kenneth MacFar.
lane, of Bessemer, and a brother,
Anthony j. Kroppy, of Detroit,
Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Lutheran CounseIinu
In Colleges Discussed

Faculty representatives from
20 Lutheran Colleges today
heard DR.. William Hume of
Wartburg College discuss the
Christian Philosophy of Stu
dent Counseling on Lutheran
College Campuses" at a meeting
in Meridian Hill Hotel, 2601
Sixteenth street NV.
This afternoon and tonight
other aspects of counseling stu
dents on the campuses of Lu-
theran colleges will be discussed
by DR.. Hume and DR.. Harold H.
Lentz of Carthage College.
The three-day meeting. spon-
sored by the Board of Educa-
ton, United Brethren Church
in America. will close tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
John {. McI|yaiine,
Was With District
Construction Firm

A Washington contractor, in
jured in a construction accident
in Knoxville, Tenn, three weeks
ago. died Thursday in Boston,
Mass.
John E. McIlvaine, SO. of 204
Spring drive. Falls Church, a
contractor with the j. L. Nell
vaine Co. here. was injured when
he was knocked into a 40-foot
ditch by a cable. The contract
ing firm is building a sewage
system for the city of Knoxville.
Mr.. McIlvaine was flown to
the Harvard Medical School Hos
pital in Boston last week.
A native of Lebanon, Mo-, Mr..
McIlvaine attended Gunison
State College, in Gunison, Colo,
and later lived in Lamar, Colo.
He came to Washington six years
ago and went into business with
his brother, j. L. McIlvaine. The
company has been engaged in
the sewer project in Knoxville
since September.
Mr.. McIlvaine was active in
the Elks Lodge in Arlington.
Surviving are his widow, Mis-.
Ella K. McIlyaine; a SON Jack,
and a daughter 10 Ann, both of
the home address, and three
brothers, j. L. McIlvaine of SIG
Valley lane, Falls Church; w. r.
McIlvaine of Denver, Colo, and
Charles w. McIlyaine of Sara
toga, Wyo.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Monday at the Ives flu
neral home, 2847 Wilson boule-
ward, Arlington. Burial will be
IN the National Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Tennessee Soldier, 7O7, Dies;
Four CHiIWur Veterans Left

Give times I thought my life
was not worth a minute" he
recalled.
Shippers were shooting at me
from the tops of trees. I didn't
know I was hit. but my general
says to me, Thomas, you're full
of bullets And I looked and
had been shot five times ir my
side"
Besides such mythical titles
as admiral in the Nebraska Navy
and colonel in the Confederate
Air Force. Mr.. Riddle also held
colonelcies on the stats Of the
Governors of Texas and Louisi-
ana. He proudly pointed to
framed citations on the wall of
his sunny room here attesting
to his various ranks"
OF the four survivors of the
bloody War Between the States,
Walter w. Williams. Ill. of
Franklin. Tex, is the oldest
The others are Albert Woolson,
Duluth, Mimi, the sole Union
survivor. and Confederates Will
liam A. Lundy. Laurel Hill. Fla,
and John Sailing, Slant, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Sam Keener, Ex-Cowboy
And World Salesman
By the Assoeicsed Press

SALEM. Ohio, April 3.-Indus-
trialist Sam Keener, Sc, whose
career spanned many a field
from cowpunching to world
salesman" died yesterday in
West Palm Beach. Fla.
Since selling his Salem En-
cheering Co. in 1851 he had
taken a less active part in his
many enterprises. and at the
time of his death had been vaca-
tioning in Florida for six weeks.
In 1949 he spent half the year
flying around the world in a
specially fitted plane. travelling
$4,000 miles to open new markets
for his engineering company.
On that. trip he wore a "uni-
form" which he designed him.
self. He remarked to friends
that the sight of a uniform saved
a lot Of red tape at foreign air
ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03

Swan Alfred Larsen. for 20
years q colorful figure known to
Georgetown children as santa
Claus" died yesterday.
Mr.. Larsen, an inmate Of the
Henry and Annie Hurt Home for
the Blind since 1882. was. easy
for the youngsters to identity
in his constant ramblings
throughout the neighborhood.
Winter and summer he APP
peared on the street completely
attired in white. He had long
flowing hair and a heavy beard
to match. Because of his
wl1iskers he came by. his nick
name
To adults, however, his beard
was no novelty. They were chief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
; Touring japanese
Builders Are Honored

Three visiting Japanese. prom
fnent in Japan's building indus
try, were honored last night at
a dinner at the Mayhower Hotel
held by the Contracting PlaS-
terers' international Association.
The visitors, Saburo Sugiyama,
president of the Sugiyama Con-
struction Co., Ltd, of Tokyo and
presidetn of the Japan Plaster
ing Contractors Association;
Keijiro Yamaura. chief archi-
tect of the Sugiyama company.
and Taro Okazaki, liaison inter-
prefer of the company, are on a
tour of this country collecting
information on construction
methods.
Present at the dinner were
representatives of the construc-
ton industry, business and COM
mercial associations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
"a on Grounded Vessel
Removed by He!icopter
By the Associoted Press

CASABLANCA, Morocco, April
ga United States Air Force
helicopter removed the 81 pas
Sengers and crewmen from the
grounded Swedish freighter
Dalsland this morning.
The 2.720-ton freighter ran
on rocky reef 200 yards from
shore. and high seas prevented
tugs out Of Casablanca and Gil
braltar from pulling it loose.
The helicopter, sent from the
American airbase of Sidi Sill
name in French Morocco, made
numerous trips between the
stricken vessel and land to take
off the persons aboard. including
the skipper. Capt. P. NORM, his
wife and son.
The tugs will try again to free
the ship when the seas calm
down.,