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Evening star., 1954-08-09
Mcleod Policy Curbs
Flow Of Iron Curtain
Refugees, CeIIerS Says
BY the Assoeioied Press

Representative Celler, Demo.
cratic, Of New York, said yester-
day the flow of Iron Curtain re-
fugees into this country has beer
held to a "trickle' in part be-
cause of the attitude of r. w
Scott Mcleod, State Depart
ment security officer.
There was no immediate COM
ment from Mr.. Mcleod, accused
by Mr.. Celler of seeing "Sub-
versive under every bed" and
of permitting his organization
to be "riddled with politics"
In a statement, Mr.. Celler
announced plans to offer in the
House today bill to amend the
Refugee Relief Act of 1853 with
the aim of stepping up the flow
Of displaced persons into this
country.
Noting that President Eisen-
hover on Saturday had urged
the State Governors to help with
the program, Mr.. Celler said that
"shot in the arm will not help"
unless the act is amended and
Mr.. Mcleod. who administers
it, is ousted.,
The 1853 act was designed to
permit the entry into the United
States of 214,000 refugees in
four years. but Mr.. Celler said
that in a years time only 7,0C0
visas had been issued under 1t
abroad and that only 1900 re-
fugees had arrived here.
"At the present snail's pace
of operations" he said. 1T will
take years and years for 81, 400
to come in"
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Hereford Breeders
Plan Tour Of Farms

The Maryland Hereford Breed
ers Association will hold its an
nual farm tour Saturday.
Association members and visi-
tors will meet at $3.50 am. at
A. G. Rolfe's Spring Valley
Hereford Farm on Route % near
BeallSville.
From there the tour will swing
through Montgomery. Howard
and Carroll Counties.
Hereford farms to be visited
will include Shutdown Farm,
Sunshine, Md; Bushy Park
Farm, Woodbine. Md, and Rain
cliff Farm, Sykesville, Md.
The days program will con-
sist Of judging contests, a DEM
onstration on selecting founda-
,tion stock and a demonstration
on the care of the cow herd.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
By the Assoeiated Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. g.
Sheriff's officers were checking
numerous tips today in their
quest for the person who threw
strychnine-loaded wieners into a
kennel, killing eight dogs that
were being trained to lead blind
persons.
Deputy Sheriff Eric w. Ste
phens, in charge of the investiga-
tion, said nothing definite had
been turned up thus far.
Meanwhile, John L. Sinykin,
training director for the Master
Eye Foundation of America,
feared about seven of Is other
dogs made i'll Saturday by the
poison may die.
Mr.. Sinykin, who termed the
poisoning as 'the most inhuman
act I've ever SEEN" knew of no
enemies who might have poisoned
Evening star., 1954-08-09
u. S.-Briiish Must
Uphold Free World,
Anglican Leader Says

MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 9.-The
Archpishop Of Canterbury. head
of the Church of England. said
yesterday that Britain and. the
United States are united as q
free people ito defend freedom
in a sorely distressed world"
"We trust each other" the
Most Rev. Geoffrey F. Fisher
added. 1--WE stand for the same
great facts of human society, in
which men can live in freedom.
We passionately believe in de-
mocracy."
The archbishop and other dig
nitaries of the Anglican church
throughout the world were here
for the Anglican Congress.
DR.. Fisher, preaching to about
l,100 persons at the Cathedral
Church of st. Mark. here. said
democracy rests on a funda-
mental piece of unrealism that
works, more or less"
"It is either lunacy or an as
tonishing piece of trust that
Christianity is true" he added.
The Rt. Rev. A. w. Howells,
assistant bishop of Lagos, Nj
geria, told a mass meeting in
the st. Paul City Auditorium that
education is sorely needed in
West Africa. He urged American,
British and Canadian members
of the Anglican communion to
extend missionary work and
build new religious centers in
West Africa.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Doctors 5 Wife Faces
Murder Charge in
Bungalow Staying
BY the Associated Press

NETCONG, N. j., Aug. 9.-Mrs
Ida Pontery, quoted as saying the
shooting Of her estranged doctor
husband was accidental. today
faced arraignment on charges OF
murder and atrocious assault.
The 57-year-old woman, said
by her daughter and son to have
used drugs and to have been
under a psychiatrist's care, re-
mained under police guard in st.
Clair's Hospital in Denville,
where she was brought suffering
from shock and hysteria.
Her husband, DR.. Herbert
Pontery, SO, of Jersey City, was
shot to death in the family's
summer bungalow here Saturday.
Said 1t Was Accident.
Mrs. Pontery's personal ply
sician. DIR. John Alcamo of New
ark, told a reporter yesterday the
woman said the gun went off
accidentally when her husband
grabbed her arms as she quar-
relied with her 24-year-old
daughter, Doris.
However, State Police Sergt.
Jack Turner said Mrs. Pontery's
version doesn't jibe with our in
veStlgation." Sergt. Turner
signed a warrant yesterday
charging Mrs. Pontery with mur-
der and atrocious assault.
With DR.. Pontery at the time
of the shooting was Msgr. Ernest
Monteleone, who had come for
the week end in an effort to
patch up the Ponterys' marital
troubles.
Keys DETECTED Shot.
MSgr. Monteleone, pastor of
Our Lady of Sorrows Roman
Catholic Church in Jersey City.
said he had been standing next
to DR.. Pontery when the shots
rang out.
The atrocious assault charge
against Mrs. Pontery stemmed
from three shots fired at the
daughter. One of the shots
grazed Miss Pontery's arm. An
other was DETECTED by keys in
her pocket. The third missed
entirely.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
District Bayou Boys
Win Country Music
Honors in Virginia
BY o star s,aff cerr..pend.n,

WARRENTON. Va. Aug. o.
The Bayou Boys, q five-piece
hillbilly band from Washington.
cleaned UP the prizes at the
fourth annual national cham
pionship country music contest
here Saturday and Sunday.
The talented quintet. q dark
horse group competing for the
first time. won first place in the
band category.
Two of its members went on
to capture individual prizes. Don
Bryant placed second in the
banjo class and Buzz Busby was
second-place prize winner IN
the vocal category. Johnny Hall
placed second in the fiddle play
ing contest.
Scott Stoneman. of Carmody
Hills, Md, successfully defended
the fiddle title he won last year.
Other Winners Listed.
Other winners were: Roy Clark
of Alexandria, first place banjo
winner; Chick Hall of Washing
ton. first place in the, miscel-
laneous category with his hot
lead guitar: the Cavalier Quar-
tet of Norfolk, Va. second place
miscellaneous; Slim Morrison OF
Silver Spring, first place vocal
ist, and Toby Stroud's Band OF
Richmond, Va. second place
band.
The first prize winners re-
ceived $3.50 cash, and $40 went
to each Of the second place con-
teStantS.
Luke Gordon, Norfolk, Va, vo-
calist, won special prize for the
best Saturday night perform
ance.
Despite the predominance Of
Washington area winners. this
years contest attracted contest
ants from New England, the deep
South, and as far west as Ken
lucky.
An estimated $4,000 spectators
packed the Warrenton horse
show grounds Saturday and Sum
day to hear the hillbilly musi-
clans compete. 1t was the largest
attendance since the contest be-
gan four years ago. The event
is sponsored by the Association
for Greater Warrenton and the
local Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Minister Gets New Hiker Title
After Trek Along C&O Canal

Minister, teacher and now
hiker are the assorted titles to
which the Rev. w. F. Murray,
of Big Pool. Md. can lay claim
after having completed the 180-
mile trek along the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal yesterday.
Mr.. Murray. who is nearing
60, hiked the path from Cum
berland to Washington with his
six sons. The party arrived at
Key Bridge about 6 pm, after
an 8-day walk.
A minister of the Church of
God with a parish at Hancock.
Mr.. Murray also is a history
Evening star., 1954-08-09

Montana State College, and be-
fore joining the bureau was en-
ployed by a smelling company in
Selby, Calf.
DR.. Wells is survived by his
widow, the former Mrs. Marian
Elizabeth HavenS. whom he mar
ried in 1947; a stepson, George
Havens, a photographer for The
Star, and sister, Mrs. Caroline
w. Hall of 2106 M street NV.
The body was taken to the
Mattingly funeral home in Leon
,ardtown after DR.. p. j. Bean Of
Great Mills pronounced him
dead.
Evening star., 1954-08-09

teacher at Clear Spring High
School in Washington County.
He took pictures and recorded
details along the hiking route
for use in future class sessions.
The hiking party was met by
several other family members in
autos and returned to Big Pool
last night. The campers had
lost an average of 10 pounds
each and spent about $40 apiece
on supplies.
Accompanying Mr.. Murray
were his sons, Stanley, 80, Dow
ell, 80. William 26. Edgar. "a,
James 81, and Ben 10.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Alexandria Boy Dies
OF Bicycle Injuries

A 15-year-old Alexandria boy
died in the University of Virginia
Hospital at Charlottesville yes
terday from injuries received
Friday when he was struck by a
car while riding his bicycle in
Rappahannock County. Va.
Virginia State police identified
him as Franklin Madison Dun
can, jr., of 8 Chinquapin drive.
They said the boy had been
visiting at the home of his
grandfather when the accident
occurred about ass pm. Friday
on Route 522, IL miles west of
Culpeper. He died at z am. yes
terday after suffering head and
internal injuries and several
broken ribs.
Police said the boy had Just
come out of driveway from his
grandfather's home when he ran
into the path of a car driven by
Steven j. Lane of Culpeper.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
District Man Killed,
| Woman Injured in
Crash

A Washington man was killed
last night and a woman COM
panion critically injured when
the motorcycle on which they
were riding crashed head-on with
a Car on Largo road, a mile and
a half north of Upper Marl-
boro, Md.
Elmer L. Howdyshell. 81, of
214 Twentieth street NE, died
in Prince Georges General Hos
pital at I1:40 pm. less than two
hours after the accident. Prince
Georges County police said he
was the operator Of the motor
cycle and was hurled through the
windshield of the car.
In critical condition at the
same hospital is Mrs. Flonie M.
Cecil. about 81, Of 312 Seven
teenth street NE. She suffered
multiple fractures and internal
injuries.
Police said their motorcycle
was headed toward Upper Marl-
boro when 1t colided with a car
driven by George K. Cash, ~. of
1908 Seventy-third street, Land
over Hills, Md.
Mr.. Cash, his wife Catherine,
38. and a daughter. Wanda Lee,
IL, were treated at Prince
Georges Hospital for minor in
iurieS and released.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Court Hearings Open
In Mahoney Fight 10
Bar Talbot Ballots
sy The A.soeie.sd Press

-HT e J.
This was the situation today
in the Maryland Democratic
Party's post-primary round Of
dog fights:
!. Circuit Judge William r.
Horney had begun hearing ar
gumer1ts in Easton in George p.
Mahoney's stand or fall" at
tempt to take the gubernatorial
nomination away from H. C.
Byrd.
2. Without saying why, E.
Brooke Lee was sitting on the
sidelines' after quitting as man.
ager Of DR.. Byrd's Baltimore
campaign headquarters and
withdrawing as a candidate for
chairman Of the State Central
Committee.
3. And in Baltimore, Philip H.
Dorsey, jr. said he probably
would file a court suit in a few
days contesting election results
in a. 4th District precinct in his
effort to gain the attorney gen.
eral nomination from c. Ferdin-
and Sybert.
245 Ballots at Stake.
The case before Judge Horney
dates back several weeks. Dur
ing a vote recount in Talbot
County, in which DR.. Byrd's win
ming margin was trimmed from
go to 81 popular votes, Mr.. Ma
honey forces challenged 245 ball
lots. E
They said the ballots should be
thrown out because they were
improperly marked or defaced.
But the board of election super
visors refused.
Mr.. Mahoney filed suit in Cir
cult Court. However, Judge Hor-
ney ruled that the election super
visors had the discretionary
power to count the challenged,
ballots and that he had no juris-
diction.
Mr.. Mahoney went to the
Maryland Court of Appeals,
which reversed Judge Horney
and directed him to hear argu-
ments. He began doing that to-
day.
Needs Vote Of 2 Counties.
If Mr.. Mahoney we're success
full in having the 245 ballots
thrown out, he would get Talbot
County's four nominating votes.
Then Judge Horney would begin
hearing arguments in Queen
Annes County in exactly the
same kind of court suit, with
$50 challenged votes in dispute.
Mr.. Mahoney needs the
nominating votes of both coun-
ties to get the nomination. +.
But DR.. Byrd's lawyers have
said they will challenge some
ballots on their own in Talbot
if the judge seems inclined to
throw out the 245 in question.
And no matter how Judge
Horney rules, the case prob
ably will go back to the Court
Of Appeals.
The withdrawal of Mr.. Lee
from an active role in the Byrd
fight for survival Is a mystery.
His announcement came Satur-
day shortly after he said he was
giving up his attempt 20 win the
State chairmanship.
New Riffs Were Feared.
His entry into that race on the
eve of the first meeting of the
State convention July rs in op-
position to c. William Hetzer of
Hagerstown and Willismsport, a
neutral in the Byrd NAL honey
fuss, had been regarded as bloW
to party unity.
Many party leaders had telt it
would further disrupt the badly
split Democratic organization.
Mr.. Dorsey. who missed NOM
ination by even a narrower
margin than Mr.. Mahoney, his
running mate, said the suit he
might file would be based en- q
contention of fraud.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Rockville RepeoIs Bon
Of Use of Hoses

Rockville City Council in a
special session yesterday repealed
an ordinance banning the use of
hoses.
The action came on the heels
of a public announcement by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission that a similar ban
had been lifted in the sanitary
district.
The city nine days ago hooked
up its water system with Sani-
tary Commission lines.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Poet
Continued From First Pa,

N~OAAeAAiuCU &AOA TAce 1dSc.)
members Of the alliance are at
tackled.
3. Called for peace-time mill
tary assistance to strengthen
their national defense. (This
probably would mean creation
of q point military planning
board, an exchange of military
information and perhaps some
form Of Joint maneuvers.)
4. Established a permanent
council over which the three
foreign ministers would preside
with a permanent secretariat.
The council would be required to
meet twice yearly. but provision
is made for urgent sessions If
any emergency arises.
S. Set up procedures for the
council sessions.
Consultations Provided.
6. Agreed upon immediate
consultation in case of any
serious deterioration in inter-
national affairs. This paragraph,
directly affecting NATO in
terests. says that in case of
armed aggression against a
NATO country. the three coun-
tries will consult on the ques-
ton of measures which should
8 be undertaken in accord with
the aims Of the United Nations
to face the situation created in
the region" Obviously this does
not commit Yugoslavia to any
direct participation with its
forces.
Il Z. Promised to keep the u. N.
Informed of the alliances ac-
tivitieS.
8. Pledged the members to alb
stain from participating in any
coalition directed against any
members of the three-nation al
lance.
8. Guaranteed to guard against
any infringement of their U. N.
obligations.
10. Greece's and Turkeys
"rights and obligations" under
NATO were recognized and the
Balkan alliance is not to infringe
upon tham.
Runs for 20 Years.
II. Extended the treaty Of
friendship and alliance among
the three countries that was
signed in Ankara 18 months ago.
This had provided for economic
and cultural cooperation but.
unlike the new pact. avoided
specific mention of military CO.
operation.
IL. Applied the terms Of the
old treaty to the new pact.
13. Set the duration of the
new pact at q period Of 20 years
with provisional for its renewal.
IA. Provided that it shall be-
come operative after its ratifi-
cation under the parliamentary
regulations of the three coun-
tries.
A preamble to the document.
declared the alliance had be-
come necessary to Yugoslavia,
Turkey and Greece mot only as
a decisive factor for their own
security and independence, but
also as a benefit for all other
countries attached to the cause
of Just and equal peace which
are located in their area"
The, signing took place in a
villa overlooking lake in this
resort town. which serves as the
summer diplomatic capital. The
three foreign ministers toasted
one another with champagne
after it was over.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Hiqh Cost Of War

WELLINGTON, New Zealand.
The Korean War cost New Zea-
land nearly $40. 100000. New Zea-
land still maintains a force of
about 1900 men in Korea and
has a frigate in Korean waters.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
$3.50 GulIons to q Steer

CHICAGO. "A pump COM
pany's statisticians calculate that
1t takes $3.50 gallons of water to
raise a steer to marketable size.
including the water needed to
grow the grass the steer eats.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Girl ;, Critically Hurt
In Fall From Auto

A 3-year-old Bethesda (Md.)
girl was reported in critical con-
dition at Childrens Hospital from
injuries received yesterday in a
fall from an automobile at Bow
ling Green, Va.
She is Rebecca Rogers, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Rogers
of 4918 st. Elmo avenue, Be-
theSda.
A police report here said the
girl fell from her fathers car
when the door opened on Re%:.
30l at Bowling Green. She was
taken first to Mary Washington
Hosloital, Frederick, and reported
to have a DoSSihle fractI1red ck,,ll
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Hillside Man Struck
BY Auto at Bus Stop

Walter B. Lettau, 52-year-old
Naval Gun Factory employe, was
in serious condition at Casualty
Hospital today after being struck
by a car at bus stop in Hill
side, Md, police reported.
Prince Georges County police
said Mr.. Lettau of 154O Fifty
second place, Hillside, was
thrown about 80 feet through
the air. by the impact of q car
which skidded of the road near
the Hillside Drive-In Theater on
Marlboro pike.
Mr.. Lettau suffered fractured
ribs, a possible. fractured spine
and extensive Internal injuries,
hospital spokesman said.
Police said he was on his way
to work when he was hit about
Z am.
The driver of the car, Harry
j. Huber. Al. of 1877 Fifty-third
avenue, Hillside. also was ad-
mitted to the hospital after suf-
fering fractured ribs and a con-
cussion when his car smashed
into a light pole 800 feet beyond
the bus stop, police said. Mr..
Huber told police he "blacked
out" and could recall no details
of the accident.
Evening star., 1954-09-07
Inferior 10 Award
Contracts on !. |! Missouri !! ! |! !
| River Basin Units
By The A..oeioisd prss.

Secretary OF the Interior
Mckay announced today that
the Reclamation Bureau plans
to start awarding contracts in
November for construction of
six units of the Missouri River
Basin project.
The units. and amounts avail
able to initiate work on them,
are: Glendo. Wyo.. 81 million:
Hanover-Bluff, Wyo., $45O, 900:
Heart Butte, N. OAK, $500. 900:
Helena Valley. Mont $3.50, 600:
Sargent. Nebr.. 81 million. and
Bostwick Division, Nebraska
Kansas, S1.35 million.
Mr.. Mckay added that the
supplemental appropriations act
passed by Congress last month
also provides funds to:
/. Advance construction on
three reclamation projects In
the Far West.
2. Start construction. with
$3.50, 900. of a power transmits
sion line, from the Nebraska
State line to Belden, Neb. This
is an important link in the sys-
TEN to serve Nebraska with Mis-
souri, River basin power.
Evening star., 1954-09-07
Futs Are DigestibIe

BALTIMORE-About 96 per
cent of the edible fats can be
dlgested by average adults.
Evening star., 1954-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Flemon w. Daniel
of the Fort Davis place address.
said their son had telephoned
them each day since he moved
out a week ago. They said he
moved because he was allergic
to the trees in the yard.
Mrs. Daniel said her son last
called her on Sunday when it
was arranged that a brother,
Albert, would pick him up at 8
pm. yesterday to take him to
Silver Spring for a family party
The party was supposed to be
a surprise birthday party for
Robert Daniel. His brother said
he waited for an hour at the
appointed place of meeting at
Portland street and Nichols ave-
nue. Sc. but, of course, Robert
Daniel failed to appear.
Suggest He Suffered Fall.
The Daniels thought their son
might have met his death
through a fall. They said he was
fond of climbing and may have
missed his footing.
Mrs. Daniel said her son at
tended Congress Heights Ele-
mentary School and graduated
from Anacostia High School.
She said he. was drafted in 1943
and served in ordnance work
in this country until his dis
charge in 1916.
Her son, she said, had always
wanted to be a minister. After
his discharge, he attended the
Columbia Bible College at CO.
lumbia, s. c., but overstudied
and suffered nervous break
down, Mr.. Daniel said. She said
that since 1948 he had been suf-
fering from nerves and did not
hold any steady job.
Evening star., 1954-09-07
Full Probe Ordered
After Ex-Paiieni Dies
OF Internal Injuries

Homicide Chief Richard Fell
ber today ordered complete
investigation of the mysterious
death of a former st. Elizabeths
Hospital patient found dying on
the hospital grounds yesterday.
A routine check turned into a
detailed inquiry when Acting
Coroner Richard Rosenberg per-
formed an autopsy and declared: !:
Accident is possible but in my
opinion. it looks like the man
met with foul play
The dead man was identified
as Robert Edward Daniel, so.
who lived with his family in the
1900 block of Fort Davis place
Sc. until he moved out last
Tuesday.
Dies Soon After Being Found.
Mr.. Daniel died in the hospital
q short time after he was found
unconscious near dump. not far
from a roadway on the hospital
grounds. about 2 pm.
DR.. Rosenberg reported the au-
topsy showed these injuries: A
slight brain hemorrhage caused
by bruises, a ruptured lung and
q ruptured kidney.
No surface marks were discov-
cred on the body outside the
lung or the kidney but DR.. Ros-
enberg said this was not unusual.
He said prize fighters sometimes
show no exterior marks when
they are severely torn internally.
The only exterior marks were
q bruise and slight cut behind
the left ear. bruises on the back
of both shoulders and bruises on
both knees.
1t. Lawrence Hartnett and
Detective Sergt. Roy Schwab
were assigned to the homicide
investigation. They planned i'm
mediate questioning of the pa
tients who found Mr.. Daniels
body.
Seen by Two Patients.
Capt. Felber said he was told
that two male patients, who had
known Mr.. Daniel as an inmate,
saw him sitting on the ground
about noon. The patients said
they asked Mr.. Daniel if any,
thing was the matter and he told
them he was just resting. Two
hours later, Capt. Felber said he
was told. the same patients
found Mr.. Daniel lying uncon-
sciouS. ~
Capt. Felber said Mr.. Daniel
had been a patient at the mem
tai hospital from May, 1885, un-
til his discharge last February.
Since then, Capt. Felber said he
had been told, Mr.. Daniel had
occasionally visited the hospital.
The parents of the dead man,