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Evening star., 1954-05-18
Makeshift Maryland
Rooms House 76,1O9
Pupils, Congress Told
BY the Associoted Press

Maryland is forced to teach
76.109 of its 409,57O public
school pupils in makeshift class
rooms such as converted ga
RACES. Congress was told yeSter-
day.
This problem of classroom
space shortages in Maryland is
getting progressively worse. testi-
fled Nilsson c. Raver, Baltimore,
executive secretary of the Mary
land State Teachers Associa-
ton.
He told a Senate Education
subcommittee, I'VE in Maryland
must build new schools fast
enough to provide almost 1000
additional classrooms each year
until 1860"
Federal Aid Sought.
The subcommittee. headed by
Senator Cooper of Kentucky, is
considering legislation to author
ize Federal aid for school con-
struction.
Maryland's counties and Balti-
more, said Mr.. Raver, simply
cannot afford to finance "the
lions share" of school construc-
ton costs, because of money
spent on tremendous building
projects" since World War II.
During the past decade of
crowded claSsrooms, double
shifts and teacher shifts. the
enrolment of Maryland public
schools has shown an increase
OF 100000" he said.
Another Jump of 10000
pupils is anticipated the next
six years.
Wants Of Future.
UNLESS more extensive as
siStance is provided by the State
and Federal Governments,
through their broader and more
diversified taxing authorities, our
next generation of school pupils
will 60 unhoused and unecu-
Gated"
Since World War II ended.
most school crowding has taken
place in elementary schools, he
said. But now that these children
are growing older. he added.
high school enrollments "wil!
increase at q much higher rate"
The worst school crowding
problems in his State. Mr.. Raver
said, are in Baltimore and the
area near washington.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Rescue Squad Buys
Site for New Building

The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad has completed
negotiations for the purchase
of property at 1910 Auburn ave-
nue., Bethesda. on which to con-
struct a new headquarters build
ing. The property is between
Wisconsin avenue and Old
Georgetown road. in the Wood
mont triangle.
Squad President r. Cartwright
Doyle said the squad hopes to
raise funds during a fall drive
to build on the plot. ,
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Arlington Businessmen
Will Discuss Schools

Representatives Of Arlington
County business organizations
will discuss the county's schools
at 8 pm. tomorrow at a meet
ing Of the Community Council
on Instruction at the Little
Theater at WaShington-Lee High
School.
Members of an eight-man
business panel will include j. H.
White, jr.. president of the
county Chamber of Commerce,
and Robert j. Malecki. president
Of the Junior Chamber. Panel
moderator will be T. Edward
ESutter. county school superin-
Iendent.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Three Judges Study
Green Plea 10 Force
Party Recognition

A three-judge panel is studying
the plea of John Locke Green to
force his official recognition as
a Congressional candidate of the
Democratic Party which he said
he embraced after Is years as a
Republican because of New
Deal, Fair Deal" policies now
found in the G. o. P.
The case was heard in Alex
andria Federal Court yesterday
by Judges Armistead M. Dobie,
Albert v. Bryan and Sterling
Hutcheson. They took the case
under advisement without indi-
eating when they would rule.
Mr.. Green told the tribunal
that he attended G. o. p.
wakes" for more than 20 years.
He was a Republican when he
held Office as treasurer of Arling-
GO11 NOuIlGys
Hits Administration.
"When the Republican Party
was victorious in 1882" said Mr..
Green, Il thought we were going
to get some relief" He added:
But we got the same old New
Deal, Fair Deal policies. I had to
choose between two devils, so I
came back to the Democratic
Party where I started"
Mr.. Green's suit asks that the
10th District Democratic Com
mittee be forced to certify him
as a candidate for the Congress
Sional primary next July 13.
The committee refused to Ger
tify Mr.. Green because it said
he did not comply with require
ments of State and party elec-
ton regulations. State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick, committee
chairman, testified that Mr..
Green failed to state that he
belonged to the Republican
Party when he filed his candi-
dacy petition Mr.. Fenwick said
Mr.. Green also omitted from his
petition a party pledge, declar-
ing that he supported all Demo-
cratic nominees in the last pre-
ceeding election and would sup
port them all in the next one.
Mr.. Green acknowledged at an
earlier hearing that he did not
vote for Mrs. Kathryn Stone in
the last general election. Mrs.
Stone, a Democrat, was elected
to the House of Delegates from
County.
Cities Constitution.
Mr.. Green argued that the
Constitution specified qualif1ca-
tions for members of Congress,
and said any law which imposed
further restrictions was uncon-
stitutional.
Even if the party plan require
ment is constitutional, Mr..
Green argued that it has been
waived for others in the State.
He cited the ruling of Attorney
General j. Lindsay Almond in
1858 which held that presidential
electors were not nominees"
and therefore those who voted
for Eisenhower could still take
the Democratic Party pledge.
Attorneys Armistead l.. Boothe,
who represented the 10th District
Committee, replied that other
candidates had taken the party
oath, although Mr.. Green had
not. Mr.. Boothe told the court
that Mr.. Greene was free to file
and run as an independent" but
he has no right under the Con-
Stitution to run as a candidate
for the Democratic Party"
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Correction

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the
Tuxedo Cheverly Volunteer Fire
Company will sponsor a ham
dinner from 2 to S pm. next
Monday at the fire house. An
announcement of the dinner in
The Sunday Star Incorrectly
said the dinner was to haze been
last night. ~
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Hearing Frees
Detective Hired
By Fulton Lewis
Leonard HurreIson i.
Tried on Concealed
Weapons Charge

Leonard Harrelson. a private
detective employed by Radio
Commentator Fulton Lewis, jr.,
in his controversy with st. Marys
County. Md, politicians, was
freed of a concealed weapon
charge last night in Hyattsville.
Substitute Trial Magistrate w.
Britton Moore said he wasn't
convinced Mr.. Harrelson's albi
was justified. but "the doubt
should be resolved in favor of
the defendant"
Still pending are perjury and
libel indictments against Mr..
Lewis, charges of illegal practice
against Mr.. Harrelson and his
partner and indictments against
st. Marys political figures.
MIR. Harrelson, 33, OF 1401
Whittier place NV, and his
partner. Lloyd B. Furr, 29O1
Eighteenth street NV, a former
District detective, were in Laurel
the night of April 20.
Armed With Warrants.
Pvt. Joe Fodor of the Laurel
town police was waiting for them.
Sheriff Willard Long of st. Marys
was with him, carrying warrants
charging the private detectives
with practicing N Maryland
without a license.
The town officer testified he
served the warrants and found
a loaded .38-caliber revolver on
Mr.. Harrelson.
Maryland does not issue per-
mitS to carry weapons. Guns
may be worn only by law officers
Of varying degrees and by per-
sons with adequate cause to fear
for their safety. MIR. Harrelson's
defense rested on the latter rea-
son.
Both he and Mr.. Furr testified
they were lured to Laurel by a
phony telephone call from a
man pretending to be a client.
The call sounded suspicious and
aroused their apprehensions, they
said.
Mr.. Harrelson was acting as
gun guard for Mr.. Fur, who
was not armed, they testified.
Two Prince Georges County de-
tectives went along "to cover"
them. they testified.
Tell Of Warning.
MIR. HARRISON ana Mr.. Furr
told the court they have been
Warned-they did not name their
informants-that persons in st.
MaryS County and Hageistown,
Md where they were active in
another investigation. are out to
get them.
Mr.. HarrelSon's lawyers, Mich
olas Orem and Roger Robb, tried
to make Sheriff Long tell on the
stand precisely how he knew the
private detectives would be in
Laurel so the st. Marys warrants
could be served on them.
Judge Moore ruled the sheriff
did not have to disclose his
source of Information.
The defense brought cut that
the warrants obtained by the
sheriff, were issued by Wilson
Knight.
Mr.. Robb demanded to know
IF this isn't the same Knight
who has sued Fulton Lewis for
$40O, ,00O."
(Willson H. Knight, substi-
tute trial magistrate in st.
Marys County, has filed a civil
libel suit for that sum against
Mr.. Lewis.)
The bench sustained Assistant
States Attorney Grover Small'S
objection that the question was
irrelevant over defense argu-
ments it was justifiable to prove
prejudice.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Mrs. Goodwin to Head
Stote IOOF AuxiIiuN

Mrs. Evelyn B. Goodwin yester-
day was elected president of the
Virginia Ladies Auxiliary Of the
PatriarchS Militant of the Inter-
national Order of Odd Fellows
at a meeting in Roanoke.
Mrs. Goodwin, who lives at 1920
Twenty-flrst street NV. is
af1iliated with the 10 F in
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1954-05-18

cratic canQlQaCeS Tor Cne Mary.
land State Senate nomination
from Montgomery County.
They are Earl j. Lombard and
One of q series obout principal condi-
dates in the neorby Maryland pri-
mories June 2S.
Edward S. Northrop. Both are
AZ.
The winner will face the in
cumbent, Republican State Sem
ator Anders r. Loftstrand, jr.,
of Rockville. who is unopposed in
the primary.
This is Mr.. Lombard's first
bid for political Office. It is Mr..
Northrop's third attempt. He
previously sought the Democratic
nomination for the State Senate
in 1946, but lost in the primary.
In 1850, he was among those
nominated by his party for the
Maryland House of Delegates.
The Republicans, however. won
the general election.
Both Are Veterans.
Both candidates are veterans
of World War II and saw COM
bat service in Europe. Mr.. Lom-
bard. who lives on a 153-acre
farm near Etchison, Md, was an
Army artilleryman. Mr.. Nor
throp, who lives at 8615 Connec-
ticut avenue, Chevy Chase, was a
naval intelligence officer.
Mr.. Lombard has a law Office
in the Wyatt Building. Mr.. Nor
throp is a member of the law
firm of Lambert, Hart & Nor
throp with offices in the Munsey
Building and in Rockville.
Mr.. Northrop is the candidate
heading the Democratic har-
mony slate-the result of a straw
vote among Democratic precinct
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Battered Chair
Seized at Home
OfDeadVeteran
Source of Damage
Adds to Mystery
In Maryland Case
By J. L. MichueI
Star Stoff Correspondent

LA PLATA, Mo-, May 49,
Discovery that a wheelchair used
by Louis A. Hicks was mysteri-
ously battered today posed new
enigma to police probing the
death of the 34-year-old dis
abled war veteran.
The chair, with both wheels
bent and one foot rest smashed
out Of line. was seized by au-
thorities last night from the back
porch Of the victims home on
Simms Landing road near Nc
Conchie.
Police theorized that the dam
age could have resulted from
pounding the chair on a hard
surface or by rolling it down a
set Of stairs while it was oc-
cupied.
Mr.. Hicks 1850 sedan, equip
ped for operation by the one
time sergeant, paralyzed from
the waist down from wounds re-
ceived in the Battle of the Bulge,
crashed into his home on March
%. His body was found in the
wreckage and his death was
listed as an accident.
Versions Differ, Police Say.
Mrs. Dorothy Hicks, his 25-
year-old-wife, told police the
crash occurred about 4 am. and
that she lay stunned in the car
for more than an hour before
she was able to telephone nearby
relatives. Later, she gave differ
ent versions. police said the dead
mans sisters said.
Police also disclosed yesterday
that a sports shirt caked with
blood had been found behind the
Hicks home.
Bloodied garments turned up
earlier were a wind = breaker
jacket and a pair of khaki
trousers, found in the basement
OF the Hicks bungalow.
Suspicious communicated to
authorities by Hicks relatives
prompted an investigation which
revealed that the throttle of the
car was taped wide open. Blood
soaked clothing owned by Mr..
Hicks but not worn by him at
the, time of the crash were found
In the basement of his home.
Relatives of the dead man
said yesterday that the Wheel
chair was in perfect condition
just before the wreck and au-
thoritieS consider the damage as
another sign of possible foul
play.
Grand Jury May Act.
Mr.. Hicks body was exhumed
April 20 from Arlington National
Cemetery for examination by
State medical experts and their
findings are expected here soon.
Seizure Of the chair followed
Circuit Judge j. Dudley Digges'
suggestion to the May term
grand jury impaneled yesterday
that they initiate an inquiry of
their own.
The grand jury gave prelim-
mary consideration to the case
soon afterward, States Attorney
Robert T. Barbour said.
1t: Leonard N. Brown, COM
mander of State Police barracks
at Waldorf. yesterday temporari-
ly took over full charge of the
investigation. He will be assisted
by Detective Sergt. G.. E. New
conner, the State police homicide
specialist.
Sheriff Cooksey said he asked |
1t. Brown to direct the inquiry
previously conducted jointly by
State police and the sheriff's
office, because his work volume
while the court is in session is
heavy.
It. Brown. also assigned Corpl.
Noble K. Collision and Trooper
1/c A. B. Coleman to the case.
Sheriff Cooksey said he would !
also detail to the inquiry Fran
els Murphy, a deputy. who
knows more about this affair
than any one else because he
has worked on it longer"
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Poppy Doys in Arlington

Red poppies will be sold in Ar
lington County tomorrow and
Friday by volunteer members of
the Arlington County Council Of
American Legion Auxiliaries for
the benefit Of hospitalized vet.
erans Of Virginia and rehabilita-
ton and child-welfare work.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Thieves Loot Phurmucy

Thieves stole $135 in cash and
100 cartons Of cigarettes from
the Riggs Manor Pharmacy.
6573 Ager road, HyattsviA yes
terday, police reported.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Meet the Condidotes
Two Montgomery Attorneys Are Candidates
For Democratic State Senate Nomination
Winner to Foce
6. O. P. Incumbent
A. R. Lofstrund
By ChorIes A. McAIeer

Two attorneys with law Offices
in Washington are the Demo-
cratic candidates for the Mary
land State Senate nomination
from Montgomery County.
They are Earl j. Lombard and
Evening star., 1954-05-18

One Of series about principal eondi
dotes in the neorby Maryland pri-
mories June 28.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01

ever we sell abroad.
At the same time, we must
avoid outright dumping, which
would disrupt normal trade chan
nels and bring down upon us the
wrath of other friendly countries.
There are these other alter
natives: We can make a real effort
to move SURPRISES out of ware
houses and into stOmachs by pro-
noting greater public consumption
of some commodities. We can push
forward in our research programs
to uncover new uses for farm
goods. We can throw our entire
weight behind plans for expanding
present foreign markets and find
ing new outlets overseas.
Such methods, while they will
not produce results as quickly as
dumping or destroying food, offer
a far sOunder approach to our
basic problems.
Along tn )se lines, I can report
that our prOmOtional campaign,
undertaken with the meat industry
and food stores, is producing real
results. We are consuming beef
this year at the rate of IS pounds
per person, the highest in our
history.
Farm exports have turned up
ward since July 1, rejecting our
emphasis upon expanding trade.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01
Your Farm Problem
By Ezra Taft Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Part IT

Any effective solution of tOday's
farm problem must provide methods
for reducing our huge stockpile of
agricultural commodities and at
the same time prevent further
burdensOme accumulations.
Getting rid of these SURPRISES is
only half of our problem. Even
if we were able to bring them
down to manageable proportions,
we would soon acquire new boards
of wheat, corn, cotton and butter
under the existing system of price
supports
We already have approximately
$25 billions tied up in loans on
farm commodities, in addition to
an equal amount invested in goods
which we own Outright-$5 billions
in all
Our present program does not
encourage the production shifts
which are required to meet the
changing market demands for
various commodities.
OF course, we could destroy some
of our SURPRISES. Remember the
governments potato fiasco of a
few years ago?
Or we might pillow under every
third row of cotton and kill little
pigs Remember the mid 1905?
Actually we would not even
consider such wasteful practices.
We are attempting to move sur
plus food and fiber into foreign
markets. World prices, however,
are we'll below the figures at which
we acquired these commodities
under our price support operations.
This means that we will be forced
to take substantial losses on what
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01

Continued high employment at
home, with national income at
record levels. means a strong
demand for farm goods in the
United States.
Our population is growing at a
rate of more than 100000 per
year, which means that by 1875
there will be 200,00O,000 Americans
Our future farm problems may in
vOlve questions of shortages, rather
than surpluses.
We cannot wait for an expanding
population to solve our immediate
troubles. however. We need an
interim program to encourage shifts
to other crops. We must halt further
build-ups of government stOckpiles
now.
Our urgent need is for a price
support program which can be ad-
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01
ST. JOHNS
Mrs. Laurence Kitchens
Phone Georgetown 249e


Mr.. and Mrs. George Matthew
and Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Mat
thew and son, Crawford, Jr., spent
Christmas Day with Mrs. Betty
Matthew and children in Harring-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Hitch
ems entertained their children and
grandchildren to dinner on Christ
mas Day. They were as follows:
Mrs. ElwOod Franklin and chill
dren Donald and Joan of Mills
bOro and Mrs. Clarence Johnson
and children, Irene, Richard, Bob
by, Lou and Clarence, Jr, of Mil
ton.
Mrs. Sallie Truitt entertained the
following to a duck dinner on Sat
urday: Leroy Muir of the U. S.
Navy, Miss Josephine Hunter,
Walter Turk" Goodwin of the U. s..
Air Force, Miss Barbara Lane,
student of Duke University, Miss
Sandra Thomas of Seaford, Noah
Truitt, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
West and daughter Evelyn, a stu
dent of the University of Della
ware, and Miss Betty Lou West of
MillsbOrO
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Justice en-
teTtained at a family dinner on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Justice and
son Nelson, Mrs. Lawrence Hitch
ems and Vernon Kitchens called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wilson in
Georgetown on Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James West and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Truitt and
son Jimmy visited Mr.. and Mrs.
William Truitt, near Lewes, on
Sunday afternoon and Mrs. Cora
Truitt at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Truitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Holster and
children spent the Christmas holt
days in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01
EFFECTIVE SEARCH

SEDALIA, Mo. - (P) - Trying
to get a birth certificate brought
good news to Charles W. Hazard
of Sedalia.
In collecting the necessary in
formation, he located two daugh-
ters he had not seen nor heard
from in 80 years.
Then, for the first Sime, he learn
ed he was grandfather with nine
grandchildren.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01
BIRTHDAY SEPARATES TWINS

OMAHA. (P)-Mrs. Elmer Clau-
sen was 81 when the first twin,
Pamela, was born at 11:44 p. m.
Twenty-three minutes later, at
12:O6 a. m, the next day, Patricia
came into the world. Her mother
then was 80, it being her birthday.
A war bride from Ipswich, Aus
tralia, Mrs. Clausen and her hus-
band have three other children.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01

Justed in terms of production and
demand. One which will effectively
reduce SURPRISES, with a minimum
OF government controls.
That is our immediate goal. Such
a program will be offered to Con-
gress by this Administration in
January.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01
KOREANS LOSE "GIFT"

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. - P) -
Hal Click thought it was odd that
the girl collecting clothes for the
cleaners was wearing shorts. But
when she knocked at the door he
gave her his wife's good winter
coat and two pairs of his trousers.
Mrs. Click solved the mystery.
She rescued the clothing from the
church basement where girls were
collecting "ClOthes for Korea. -
Not clothes for the cleaner"
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01

About 81 per cent of the CONT
nent of Europe is farm land: about
10 per cent Of North America is
farmable; and smaller percentages
Of other continents can be farmed
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01

State and federal irrigation ex-
periments in the James River val
ley of South Dakota boosted corn
production from about % to over
81 bushels ner acre.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01

Agricultural engineering oppor-
tunlties are far greater now than
they have been at any time in the
past 40 years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-05
Robin Roberts
|Nears 2O-Ca,ne
Winning Mark
DY BEN PHLEGAR
Az Sporfs Writer

Robin Roberts is about ready to
knock on that 20-game door again.
If he gets inside, he will be the
first to do it five seasons in a row
since Carl Hubbell was the meal
ticket OF the New York Giants.
The Philadelphia strong boy has
been coasting along most of the
year on the fringe Of the spotlight
yielding the center of the stage to
the exciting pennant races. But
he's been winning just the same.
When he handcuffed Milwaukee
on five hits last night for a FL
triumph, he ran his victory total
to is against 9 losses. Two seasons
ago when he won an amazing %.
exactly q dozen Of the victories
came after Aug. 4.
Roberts isn't quite I'D to his
pace OF last year when he won his
18th game on Aug. 4. But the
highlander still remembers with
dread the rough going he encoun-
tered once he reached 20 in 1859
He ran his record to 2O-s on Aug
IL but staggered through the last
seven weeks Of the season with
only three more victories.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-05
Newport Dream Is Winner OF
Hambletonian Despite Ailment

: QOSREMae, NY. q - Newport
Dream has caused De- Cameron q
lot Of lost sleep n recent monhhs,
but the determined kttle harness
racing driver must have laid his
head on the pillow with q broad
smile last night.
For with an his aehes, pains.
bandages and kniments, Newport
Dream tossed away he crutches
and went out to defeat Is rivals in
the $106, $50 HambletoniAn yester-
day.
Newport DReam has been, and
still is lame, with 4 mystery an
ment IN the Left iorsaeE, swollen
knees on both toreless, and q swell
ling in he right hock.
But the 2yeaf-old champion ef
1859 chilled the opposition in two
consecutive heats, whiFiing around
Good Time PARIS triangular mile
in 2:Oe rs both tisnes 10 grah off
The top prise Of @sE 81.
A month ago Cameron said i
was 800 whether he could get he
cot ready for tha Namhletonian.
At winter quarters IN PnehuFst,
NC, Newport Dream began show
ing lasneness In tlae leA foesleg
during mid-Mareh. Three veteri-
narians were called In. Nobody
could determine wAOtise1 i was
conferred in ne anAie Or shoulder.
Finally they blocked a. nerve to
try aud pinpoint TIE spot, bat that
worsened things 49, On injection
developed.
Cameron, who trans for owner
Octave Blake, master Of Ne New
port Stock Farm, SOatA Plain
field, NJ, never gave Up. He
worked day and night On tAe colt
preparing for the big one.
Hes got 4 heart rs big as tAat
bucket Of oats," said CamsVon.
Newport Dream defeated
Princess Rodney. Walnut Hall styd,
Donerail, KY. by three lengths IN
the first heat yesterday.
In the deciding dash an hour
later it was evident Newport
Dream was lame walking 10 the
post. But he wouldn't quit. He took
the lead with about three siGhths Of
a mile remaining, and held on
desperately to beat C.M. Provost's
Harlan, Pittsburgh, By q head -
the crowd roafed.