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S42 Million Assets
Combined in Merger
of Alexandra Banks

The oldest and largest national
banks in Alexandria opened to-
day under their combined title,
First and Citizens National Bank
of Alexandria.
The new bank has a capital of
81 million and surplus of So mil
lion. Total resources exceed $42
million.
The consolidation of the First
National Bank with the Citizens
National Bank, each with long
and distinguished records of
service, gives to Alexandria the
honor of having not only the
Oldest national bank in Virginia
but also the largest in Alexandria
and Northern Virginia.
In. addition to the expanded
facilities. the public will benefit
from the unif1cation of the
banks eight offices. Main bank
ing houses are at 531 and 507
King street. Branches are located
at 1927 King street, 28O9 Mt.
Vernon avenue, 701 North st.
ASaph street, a new branch un-
der construction in the Bradlee-
darlington area and there are
facilities at Gravelly Point and
Fort Belvoir.
Directors are: Gardner L.
Boothe, c. c. Brown, Albert v.
Bryan, jr., j. C. Herbert Bryant,
George F. Downham, William w.
Hulf1Sh, Ashton C. Jones, jr., A.
Slater Lamond. Malcolm Mathe-
son, jr., Herbert w. O'Meara,
John B. Phillips, Chester G.
Pierce, Clarence j. Robinson and
Richard L. Ruffner.
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l.
son, who has been manager of
the company's Spring Valley
store for 18 months, has been
appointed assistant to Vice Presi-
dent Arthur Madison. Mr.. Pat
terson formerly was buyer of
leather goods and luggage.
Harry G. Kopel, jr., who has
been with the company for six
years and has served recently as
merchandising assistant to Presi-
dent Richard P. Dunn, will sue
ceed Mr.. Patterson as manager
of the Spring Valley Store.
Cos Earnings Dip in Moy
Earnings of Washington Gas
Light Co. dipped sharply below a
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announced at the meeting that
the cash-and-carry department.
which was organized in July,
1858, and serves both members
and non-memberS, has proven a
highly successful venture and is
being copied by other wholesale
grocery outlets throughout the
country.
He also reported plans are
being formulated for expansion
of the faSt-growMg frozen food
department. Growth of this de-
partment was one of the high
lights of the year, he said.
Promoted by GorfinckeI's
Robert A. Green and Harold
c. Patterson, jr., have been pro-
NOTED to newly-created positions
at Julius Garfickel & Co.
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Stantially as a
result of a
record volume
of more than
$14.250,000 in
the last year.
T h is was
reported by
uiS Fox,
president and
general man.
ager, follow
ing thes gen.
eral meeting
of members
Monday night.
Mr. FOY also
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Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, June 80 RD.-Foreigr
exchange rates follow. Great Britain in
dollars others in cents (unchanged un-
ess otherwise noted) Canadian dollar
IN New York open market, 2is per cent
premium or 1O2 1874. OF 1872.
Europe-Great Britain. pound, 2S17s;
30-day futures. PSI 27L32; 60-day,
asia; 90-day. -2.S1 25/32; Belgium,
Western Germany. deutsche mark. %. S5;
Holland, guilder, 26.44. UP .01; italy,
lira. 1914 Portugal. escudo. $50;
free. 1894; Denmark. krone. 14.5O.
Latin America-Argentina, free. 7.24;
Brazil, free. / .S5; Mexico. S.02; Vene-
zuela. bolivar, 30.03.
Far East-Hong Kong dollar. 1880.
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year ago in May, but remained
well above 1858 levels in five
months of this year, the COM
pany reported today.
May net income was $22 2,947
VS.. $43,211 in May, 1858. Operat-
ing revenues of $2,389,336 were
up $260,469 from a year earlier,
while operating expenses of $2,-
249,441 were $271, 1921 higher.
Five months net income
totaled $3,359.545 VS.. $1,000 .291
in the same 1858 period. Operat-
ing revenues of $20,973,1O9 were
up $2,915,980, while operating
expenses of $16,982, SAT were So
268,713 higher.
Tribute to Patterson
The current issue of the NASD
News. publication of the Ma
tional Association of Securities
Dealers. today paid tribute to
Harold c. Patterson, who re-
Gently resigned as treasurer and
member of the associations
board of governors.
Mr.. Patterson. who also re-
signed as a partner of Auchin-
Gloss, Parker & Redpath, WASH
ington investment house, to be-
come director of the division Of
trading and exchanges of the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission, long has been a leader
in the NASD
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|D6S Chief Reports
S14-Mi|Iion Year,
Rebate Ordered
By DonoId B. HodIey

Members Of District Grocery
Stores, Inc. will receive a rebate
for the first time in eight years
and reserves have increased SUBJ
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Vice President of Fund

Stephen Hartwell will resign
as reports branch chief of the
Atomic Energy Commission to-
morrow to become vice president
of the Atomic Development Sc
curitieS Co., distributors of the
Atomic Development Mutual
Fund.
In his new position Mr.. Hart
well will help to orient invest
ment dealers across the country
in the field of atomic energy and
its prospective applications. Be-
fore joining Acc Mr.. Hartwell
was member of the trust in
veStment department of the
Pennsylvania Company for Bank
ing & Trusts of Philadelphia.
Burton, Cluett & Dana, mem
bers of the New York Stock Ex-
change, announced a change in
the firms name to Burton, Dana
& Co. The firm has Offices in
New York, Philadelphia and
Washington.
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Tribute to Patterson
Phone Dividend Declared

Directors OF the Central Mu-
tual Telephone Co. of Manassas,
Va, have declared a dividend Of
18 cents share payable July
l to stockholders of record
June 18.
H. Herbert Hughes, formerly
Washington representative for
Studebaker Corp, has been
named vice president, Europe,
for Porter International Co. He
will take over his new position
early in August, with head
quarters in Zurich.
Theodore Herr. manager of the
Washington Office of Price, Wa
terhouSe & Co., has been named
a partner of the firm. He joined
the company in 1948.
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Mr.. Green,
who has been
with the COM
pany inc e
1885 and has
been Secre-
ary-treasurer
of the COM
pany's D e.
Pima store in
New York, has
been named
assistant to
Vice president
Cord a n A.
O'Neill.
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stealing another company's Sc
cretS. This seemed possible be.
cause corporations put their Sc
crets in trust with the Signal
Corps for laboratory research
work in the war.
Il told Gen. Van Dusen that
the United States would be un-
der obligation If a corporations
patents were stolen by a rival
concern while they were in the
hands OF the Signal Corps.
Gen. Van Dusen said that I
simply didn't understand the
American people: that they
didn't do things like that"
Col. Sipolski said there were
about $4,000 civilians employed
at the Signal Corps laboratories
in Fort Monmouth.
only now are we beginning
to realize what some of them
were doing" he said.
Col. Sipolski made his home
for many years in Lexington,
Va. where hes-was assigned at
one time to the Virginia Military
Institute.
During his tour Of duty at
Lexington. he was State COM
mander Of the Virginia Veterans
Of Foreign Wars.
Chicago Daily News Service.)
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Northwest Water Main Break
Floods Rush-Hour Traffic

A water main break at New
Hampshire avenue and Upshur
street NV. tied up traffic this
morning as water cascaded down
a four-block hill into Georgia
avenue.
The Water Department said
the break occurred in a 20-inch
feeder main along New Hamp-
shire avenue. lowering pressure
ir the vicinity.
Some homes in the area of
Longfellow, North Capitol. Rock
Creek Church road and Eighth
street were entirely without.
water between 1880 and $50
am, the Water Department said.
Water flowed into the garage
of William S. Thompson at 1900
New Hampshire avenue NV,
near the point of the break. It
also seeped into the recreation
room. but city workers pumped
out the water and there was no
damage. Mrs. Thompson said.
From TAO to 8:19 am, all
street cars operating on Geor-
gia avenue and Upshur street
were stalled in the knee-deep
flood. Capital Transit company
got out buses to carry stranded, ;.
work-bound passengers from
Georgia ana Upshur to Seventh
street and Florida avenue.
Later a shuttle bus system was
installed between Georgia ave-
nue. and the Soldiers Home.
Many automobiles had to detour
around the water.
A citizen first reported water
in the streets at $50 am, and
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be secured again, and a report
made the next day.
: "The lieutenant in charge
might call in a day or two, and
report that some papers had
been misplaced, but had later
been found in a desk.
Col. Sipolski said he reported
the security leaks to Col. j. B
Haskell, then post commander
"Col. Haskell told me that
this was not my business" the
retired officer said.
Col. Haskell also told me not
to bother Maj. Gen. George l.
Van Dusen, who was quartered
at Fort Monmouth and who was
in charge of the Eastern district
for all Signal Corps training
schools.
"But / did report to Gen. Van
Dusen and told him that it was
my belief that secret electronics
information was being pilfered
from the laboratories.
Frankly. I didn't realize what
we all know today, that Commu-
mist espionage agents had pene-
trated our government agencies.
MY fear was that private in
dustrial agents were carrying on
private espionage, for competi-
tive purposes; one company
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tor McCarthy's committee on his
Fort Monmouth experience If
called upon to do so. In WASH
ington. Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin expressed
great interest in Col. Sipolski's
story. :.
May Spur Mccarthy Probe.
The allegations may give a
new shot in the arm to Senator
McCarthy's investigation of "po-
tential espionage" at the in
stallation, which the Wisconsin
Republican says is still an open
case before his committee.
In long series of hearings in
past months, Senator Mccarthy
did not establish any evidence
of recent espionage in Fort
Monmouth.
In looking for evidence of
wartime espionage there, he ran
into a series of witnesses who
refused to testify. claiming i'm
munity under the 5th Amend
ment.
Many Of these witnesses had
been connected remotely or dis
family in the past to Rosenberg,
the atom spy.
The Pentagon has been silent
about the record of security
leaks at Fort Monmouth. Since
the Mccarthy investigation be-
gan, Army public relations Of
ficers have been under strict
orders to say mo comment"
when asked to discuss this mat
ter.
(The fact of espionage at Fort
Monmouth during World War II
has not been in dispute in the
Mccarthy inquiry. Secretary of
the Army Stevens and other
Pentagon officials have acknowl-
edged that evidence indicated
espionage during the war years.
No Security There, He Says.
Anyone who says that they
had security at the secret in
stallations at Fort Monmouth
during the war is simply not tell
ing the truth" Col. Sipolski says
with dogged finality.
During my time there. had
at least 25, and possibly 80, calls
from night watchmen. reporting
incidents in which they found
doors open to rooms in which
secret documents were kept.
Sometimes I would go to the
Sometimes I would go to
the laboratory. from where the
watchman called, and see papers
strewn about. The door would
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q crew Immediately was dis
patched. Hampered by ice and
snow. the workers still were able
to find the general location of
the trouble and isolate it with
in an hour after the low pressure
mark was reached at 1880 am.
BY closing valves to the 40
year-old cast iron feeder line,
the Water Department was able
to restore pressure to the af-
fected area
Water Supt. David v. Auld per-
sonally went to the trouble
scene. He said the extremely
cold weather may have con-
tributed to the break because OF
the additional stress caused by
contraction.
An area of pavement Is by
so feet on the north side of Up
shur street was buckled by the
force of the water, which was
described as 100 pounds per
square inch. e
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Youth League Opposed u. S.
Role in Korea, Woman Says
Ex-Communist
Asserts Group Was
Ruled by Party
Ry ihe A,soeioted P,e,s

The Labor Youth League took
the position that South Koreans
invaded North Korea and Amer
ican troops had no business in
Korea, a former member of the
organization has testified.
The leagues stand on the Ko-
rean hostilities was outlined by
Mrs. Barbara l.. Roehrich of
Minneapolis at a Subversive Ac :
tivities Control Board hearing
yesterday in which the Justice
Department seeks to have the
organization declared a Com
munist front body.
Mrs. Roehrich said she was a
former member of the Com
munist Party and the league,
having ioined the two organiza-
tions while a student at the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
She said both she and her
former husband. Carroll Perry.
joined the party while attend
ing the university.
She said she was divorced
from Perry in May, 1852, after
she had left the Communist
Party. She married Victor
Roehrich about two months
later.
Mrs. Roehrich testified that
no one was admitted to league
membership without approval of
Communist Party leaders.
These leaders. she said. con-
stantly stressed that only per-
sons expected to make good
Communist Party members were
to be recruited by the league.
Mrs. Roehrich testified that
her former husband and his two
Evening star., 1954-01-14
By Edwin A. Lohey

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 14.-A re-
tired Army officer today told a
detailed story of security leaks at
the Signal Corps laboratories at
Fort Monmouth, N. j.
Col. James Sipolski said the
Monmouth installation was a
virtual sieve for espionage agents
during World War II, when
Julius Rosenberg, the executed
atom spy, was a civilian employe
of the Signal Corps and had
friends there.
Col. Sipolski was inspector
general at Fort Monmouth from
July /, 1912, until November 6,
1943.
Says He Was Rebuffed.
The retired officer said that on
numerous occasions, when he in
quired into conditions that indi-
Gated security leaks, he was told
by the post commander to keep
his nose out of the business.
On another occasion, Col.
Sipolski said he told a Signal
Corps general that secret ma
terial was being stolen from Fort
Monmouth, and that the general
told him he didn't understand
the American people. who don't
do things like that"
Col. Sipolski Joined the Army
as an immigrant teen-ager from
Poland and worked his way up
from the ranks through more
than 40 years of service. He
talked freely at his home on
Anna Maria Island, which forms
the lower lip of Tampa Bay.
He said he still is subject to
the authority of the Army, but
that he will testify before Sena-
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Jebb Lists ; Conditions
To Seat Red China in u. n,
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 14.-Sir
Gladwyn Jebb, British delegate
to the United Nations. said last
night he thinks Red China even
tually would be admitted to the
U. N. under three conditions.
The conditions are:
/. If hostilities do not recur in
Korea.
2. If it can be shown that Red
China is not preparing to take
part in further aggressions.
3. If she appears willing to
settle her differences with the
outside world in a peaceful
manner.
He made the remarks in a
Johns Hopkins University speech.
Whether we like it or not. the
government of mainland China
is not represented in the world
organization" he said.
whether justified or not, this
certainly imposes considerable
strain upon the organization"
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of Wisconsin has said he under
stands more than half of the
1900 were loyalty risks.
Representative Katharine ST
George. Republican. of New York
a member Of Mr.. Rees' commit
tee, agreed Congress should act
to assure that security risks
and loyalty risks won't be Jumped
together" She said she has been
informed that not more than 10
per cent of the 1900 were ac-
tually SubverSive.
Representative Walter, Demo-
crat. of Pennsylvania said he had
reliable information" that only
seven of the 1900 were fired be
cause they were disloyal or SUBJ
verSive."
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House Plan Studied
To Remove Stigma Of
Non n-DisIoyaIty Firing
BY the Assoelosed Press

Chairman Rees of the House
Civil Service Committee said to-
day the committee will study
how to remove the stigma of
security risk" from Federal
employees fired for reasons other
than disloyalty.
Mr.. Rees said he is drafting
a plan to meet what he called
this serious problem" and hopes
to have it ready shortly for COM
mittee consideration. He said he
does not know just what form
the legislation will take.
1.-THE object" he said, sis to
prevent injustice from being
done to those employees who are
fired because they simply were
no good or because they drank
too much or had other bad
habits. While they ought to be
fired. it seems to me that they
shouldn't be fired under circum-
stances that create a.. question
of their loyalty"
No other Reason Given.
Normally, an employe fired be-
cause he drinks or goSsips too
much or has other Objectionable
habits is listed as having been
a security risk" no other reason
being given for his dismissal.
President Eisenhower said at
his news conference yesterday
that of 1900 Federal workers
ousted in his administration for
security reasons. some probably
resigned without knowing they
were being investigated.
The President declined to say
how many of the 1900 were con-
sidered actual or potential sub
versives. Attorney General
Brownell, questioned on an NBC
radio program last night, said
he didn't know what the break
down was. although few in his
department were disloyal.
Differ on Figures.
Mr.. ReeS said he was certain
not all of them were dismissed
because they were disloyal, al
though he said such an impress
sion might exist.
Senator Mccarthy. Republican,
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Cold Weather Breaks
Marlboro Pike Main

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission today re-
ported that cold weather caused
Q break in one of it's l6-inch
water mains on the Marlboro
pike near Fifth avenue in the
Forestville area.
The break. which occurred
about II am. cut of water
service to homes on both sides
of Marlboro pike for about two
miles between O'Donnell's Farms
and Brown Station road.
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Mccarthy Committee
To Study His Plea
For Probe Funds
By Cecil HoIIond

A decision on funds Tor Sena-
tor McCarthy's investigating
subcommittee confronted the
Senate Operations Committee in
q meeting today.
The Wisconsin Republican is
seeking 100000 for the Subcom-
mittee for the year and said he
expected no controversy about
that within the full committee.
He heads both the committee
and the subcommittee.
Also scheduled for considera-
ton was the makeup of the in
vestigating subcommittee. 1t is
composed now of four Repub-
licans since three Democratic
members walked out last year
in a row with Senator Mccarthy
over his authority to hire and
fire staff members.
Heavy Load in Prospect.
A proposal has been made to
add more Republicans to the
subcommittee if Democrats per-
Sist in their refusal to rejoin
the group. because of the heavy
work load in prospect for the
year.
Meanwhile, Senator Mccarthy
announced plans to get back
into his Communist hunting
routine with hearings in Boston
tomorrow and Saturday on sus-
pected radar espionage.
One of the witnesses, Senator
Mccarthy said. will be Prof
Wendell H, Furry of Harvard
University. The Senator recalled
that Prof. Furry was a recent
witness in New York hearings
and refused to say whether he
was a Communist while working
with the Army's Fort Monmouth
= IN. j. radar laboratories during
World War II.
Many Witnesses Scheduled.
Senator Mccarthy said Prof.
Furry also refused on the grounds
of possible self determination to
say whether he discussed his
work with persons known by him
to be members of the Communist
Party.
Senator Mccarthy said a "siz-
able number" of witnesses would
be heard during the Boston hear
ings. He added that the testi-
mony would involve employees of
plants IN the Boston area doing
classified defense work"
Senator McCarthy's investigat-
ing subcommittee continued pre-
liminary work on an inquiry into
alleged graft corruption and in
efficiency on Government devel-
opment projects in Alaska.
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Hair Buns Discontinued
For British Male HeIp
By the Assoeioted Press

COLOMBO. Ceylon. - Male
servants at Queens House, the
official residence of Ceylon S gov
ernor general. need no longer
wear their hair tied up in a bun
at the back. Nor need they wear
a curved comb on the crown.
The hair style. enforced by
Ceylon's governors for two CEN
turies since the British occupied
this island, has been relaxed. The
staff complained that the men
who wear their hair in a knot
are treated with ridicule by the
people"
In future, Queens House boys
may get their hair cut.
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Transit Hearing Set

BALTIMORE, Jan. IA R1.-
The Maryland Public Service
Commission said today a hearing
has been set for January 81,
on an application by the Po-
tomac Edison Co. to abandon
passenger. express and mail serv-
ice on the Frederick -Thurmont
trolley line. The company would
substitute a bus route.
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Truck Lines Busy

DETROIT.-During a years
time trucks haul an average Of
70 tons of freight for every per-
son in the United States. or
about an average of 240 tons per
family. based on freight statis-
tics for 1858.
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Poeterio Are Prolific

ROCHESTER, rapidly do
bacteria multiply that 1t is said
by scientists one bacillus in a
24-hour period may produce up
ward Of l612 million others.
Evening star., 1954-01-14

ShobO.
MRS. BARBARAL. ROEHRICH.
brothers. Nelson and Ross Perry,
were active in the Communist
Party. +
Mrs. Roehrich said she had at
tended perhaps 800 Communist
Party and Lyl meetings during
her membership In the two or
ganizationS and never ON any
occasion heard the Soviet Union
criticized at any of them.
But. she added, she heard fire.
quent criticism of the United
States Government.
Evening star., 1954-01-14
SWift's Premium Franks

The lp-smackin' goodness of Americas
tavorite franks has been famous for
generation. Swift uses only the tender
est, fastest beef and juicy pork then,
each savory link is seasoned just right!
Evening star., 1954-01-14
Differ on Figures.

Mr.. Rees said he was certain
not all of them were dismissed
because they were disloyal, al
though he said such an impress
sion might exist.
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Safecrackers Get 5000,
Add Liquor 10 Loot

Safecrackers stole 5000 from
a Northeast Washington liquor
store, and while they were about
it filched several jugs of whisky,
police reported yesterday.
Sol Becker, manager of Roses
Liquor Store, $50 Bladensburg
road NE, reported second floor
Evening star., 1954-11-10

wreck was listed as Roswell SOM
erville, jr., "a. Of Winchester.
State Trooper j. r. Grouse
reported Somerville died in a
two-truck crash on U. S. II just
north of Delaplane.
Evening star., 1954-11-10

Offices were ransacked and the
company safe broken into in a
first-f1oor storeroom sometime
during the night,
The burglarsl unsuccessfully
tried to open a chest containing
more money.
Evening star., 1954-11-10
| Winchester Man Killed
In Fauquier Collision
BY ihs Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Nov. 10.-state
police reported a Fauquier Coun-
ty traffic fatality yesterday raised
virginia's 1854 traffic deaths to
$40. This compared with TAT a
year ago.
The victim of the Fauquier
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Needle Making

PROVIDENCE. E.-A common
needle passes through the hands
of 10 workmen before 1t becomes
finished product.
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Timber Reserves

SEATTLE. One-half Of the
Nations remaining timber stand
is believed to lie west Of the Cas-
cade Mountains.
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Points for Parents By ssy,h 1Asns. wsl'se.

tUant older children to like something tve call aDork
should let them help they young enough
consider 1t play