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, 1954-05-12

Represents Views 81
AssemblY.Hodge suYs
The Hon. Walter I. Hodge,
Chairman Of the Legislative
Assembly, denied that he was
representing only himself
when he cable Washington of
ficials expressing thanks for
the Organic Act against which
there has been strong protests
from the majority Of Virgin
Islanders.
Mr.. Hodge released a copy
of a letter that he received
from Fred Crawford, for
mer Representative in Con-
gress who was retained, with
Attorney Irwin Silverman to
lobby for passage of the bill
drawn up by the legislature,
with the help of Messrs. Craw
ford and Silverman, The let
ter follows:
Dear Walter: You are pro-
baby aware that Walter
White and others are protest
ing bitterly and probably eff
fectively about the passage of
the two bills which have been
reported by the Senate and
House Committees for the re-
vision of the Organic Law.
These protests came in
shortly after you Gentlemen
from the Islands were here.
AS | view the situation, nei-
Their House will now consider
the bills from the consent cal
endars. If the bills are called
up,I look for a fullscale debate
on both and to me this will be
very unfortunate for the is
lands. However, you know
that Mr.. White and others
have their loyal supporters in.
both Houses and there will no
doubt be plenty who will
speak strongly for what they
advocate. What the House and
Senate will do about these
matters is probably any mans
, 1954-05-12
Mrs. Horny Trumdn
is Guest of Mrs.
Eisenhower at VIII.

Mrs Harry Truman, wife Of
former President Truman,
was a guest of Mrs. Dwight.
Eisenhower at a luncheon in
the White House today. It was
her first visit since she depart
ed on Inauguration Day on
january 20, 1853.
Mrs Truman accepted the
invitation to the luncheon for
the wives of Senator's and for
mer Senators who are in
Washington. She has been in
and out of the capital during
the past week attending
events celebrating Mr.. Tru-
mans SEVENTEEN birthday and
promoting a drive for funds
for the proposed Truman Lii
brary.
, 1954-05-12

The Secretary made it clear
that the United States would
join in an alliance that would
go to the rescue of Indo-C China
Immediately.
, 1954-05-12

He said, however, that the
United States placed the high
est priority on a program Of
collective security for saving
the three Indo-C states
Of Cambodia, Laos and Wet
Nam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Wafer and Sewer Contract
For Sunnyside Awarded

A $16,954 contract for water
and sewer mains to serve 40
houses in the Sunnyside subdi-
vision of Prince Georges County
has been awarded by the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission.
The commission said the con-
tract was awarded to Di Meglio
Construction Co. The commission
also announced award of con-
tracts for $4,000 for water and
sewer mains for nine houses in
lakewood Knobs, in Montgomery
County; $3,289 for water pipe
lines to 20 houses in Birming-
ham Estates, and $1,372 for
water and sewer connections to
two houses in Daniels Park, both
in Prince Georges County.
The commission awarded $4,-
1875 contract for cleaning and
painting the exterior of water
storage tanks and stand pipes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
|Lancers Will Ride
'Af Marshall Hall

knights Of the Lance from
the District, Maryland, Virginia
and distant States will ride
Wednesday In Marshall Hall
Parks 69th annual jousting
tournament.
The right to crown a queen of
Love and Beauty and more than
$3.50 in cash prizes await win
ming filters in professional and
amateur classes.
Buglers at the Potomac River
course will blare the first call
to arms at 2 pm. after a charge
to the knights by State Senator
James B. Monroe. Republican, of
Charles County, the Parks tour
nament orator for the eighth
successive year.
One Of Southern Maryland's
more colorful events, the joust
is promoted by A. D. Langley
Of Arlington. a hard-riding
filter Of yore. This year the
lancers' battlefield will be in
vaded by political figures striv-
ing to spear November votes
Mrs. s. S. Small will be grand
marshal. Her aides will be Miss
Patsy Curtis, Mrs. Chester VIII
liams and Mrs. Richard Earn
shaw, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Montgomery Stages
Civil Defense Drill

Montgomery County volunteer
firefighters and rescue squad
workers converged on Baltimore
harbor yesterday for a realistic
civil defense drill designated as
Operation Fireball."
Some 125 volunteers and %
pieces Of apparatus took part in
the exercise which was designed
to determine the time needed to
set up a water fog curtain to be
used in an emergency.
Such a display. civil defense
officials explained, would be the
most effective means Of fighting
fire storms" which would follow
an atomic attack.
Besides setting up a curtain
of water, the volunteers also
simulated treatment of casual
ties" and removal Of them from
a ship locked at Baltimore's
Pier 5 on Pratt street.
The exercise was witnessed by
a number Of civil defense off,
Gals and representatives of Bal
timore and District of Columbia
fire departments.
Participants included the Sill
yer Spring, Takoma Park, Chevy
Chase, Kensington, Glen Echo.
Cabin John, Upper Montgomery
County. Hyattstown, Damascus.
Laytonsville. Sandy Spring.
BurtonSville, Hillandale and
Gaithersburg Fire Departments.
the Silver Spring and Bethesda
Chevy Chase Rescue Squads.
and the Capital Area disaster
squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
IWo-Car Crash
Injuries s; One
Driver Is Held
D. Women Charged
With Drunk Driving
In Route so Collision

A two-car collision on Route SO,
near Glenn Dale (Md.) Sana-
forum, sent six persons to the
hospital yesterday. and one Of
the drivers was charged with
drunken and reckless driving.
Four of the injured, from
Ames. Iowa. were taken to the
Bethesda Naval Hospital.
They were 1t. Comdr. j. Neil
Raudabaugh. ~, a Naval Re-
serve officer here for two weeks
active duty. who suffered q bro
ken nose and collarbone: his
wife. Pauline. 81, rib fractures.
a broken left hand and cuts and
bruises; their daughter, Marsha.
s. an ankle injury. and Rebecca
Simmering, II, face cuts. All
We're riding in a car driven by
Comdr. Raudabaugh.
The Simmering girl is the
daughter Of Navy 1t. and Mrs.
Lawrence F. Simmering, who
were riding in their own car
behind Comdr. Raudabaugh's
car. Both officers are on reserve
duty at the Naval Research
Laboratory, police said.
In the other car were Mrs.
Mary Ware. At. Of the 1900 block
Of Fifth street NV. and Nc
Corey Judge. SIS. of SO New York
avenue NV. both colored. Mrs.
Ware was the driver, Prince
Georges County police reported,
and was charged with drunken
and reckless driving.
Mrs. Ware suffered broken
right arm and knee, and cuts
and bruises, and Mr.. Judge, q
broken left leg and elbow and
head cuts. Both were admitted
to District General Hospital.
County Police Pvt. r. B. Mac
Donald said the collision oc-
CURED shortly before 8 pm.
when Mrs. Wares car left the
highway and then bounced back
into the path Of the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Man Back From Trip
Finds Home in Ruins;
Wife, 9ChiIdren Safe

When Dewey Smith, IS, re-
turned to his College Park home
this morning from a business
trip to Ohio, he found the home
burned and his family missing.
II felt like dying" he said.
A son-in-law found him stand
ing in front of the burned-out
house at 1910 College avenue,
dazed and uncertain about what
to do. The son-in-law quickly
informed him that Mrs. Smith
and their nine children were
safe and In a house provided
by the University of Maryland.
Neighbors To Rescue.
The $4,000 Saturday night
fire was witnessed by DR.. Thomas
B. Symons, acting president Of
the university, who lives nearby.
DR.. Symons and other neighbors
yesterday donated food and
clothing to help the homeless
family.
The family spent Saturday
night with neighbors. Yesterday.
DR.. Symons made arrangements
to move them into house at
4513 College avenue. a vacant
structure which the university
owned and had planned to raze.
But this morning, university
maintenance men were under
orders to do q rush job installing
electricity. water and gas. Neigh
bors and College Park business
men already have given the
family q truckload Of food and
clothing enough to outfit each
of the children.
Cash Lost in Fire.
Mrs. Smith and the young
sters, who range in age from S
to II. were at a drive-in movie
when the fire destroyed their
home. Mrs. Smith had taken
enough money for their tickets,
but left $25 grocery money
behind. It was lost in the fire.
A kitten persisted in the blaze.
but Q dog and two other cats
escaped.
Firemen said the ire may
have started because Of faulty
wiring or because of a creosote
mixture sprayed on basement
rafters three weeks ago.
The business trip for Mr..
Smith, b timer, was unsuccess-
full. He had been seeking con-
tract work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Three Preliminary Classes
In Arlington Filled to Capacity

Enrolment at three Arling-
ton pre-primary classes has al
ready reached capacity. the
Office Of School Supt. Edward
Rutter announced today. Va
cancies still exist at three other
locations.
A total Of 321 children have
been enrolled for the sessions
beginning next month for chill
dren who will be 6 years old
between October and jan
uary /.
Vacancies still exist in pre-
primary centers at Wakefield
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Virginia Catholics
Chapel on Wheels
Visits Rappahannock
BY The Asseeiated Press

RICHMOND, VA, Aug. TO-
The chapel-on-wheels Of the Ro-
man Catholic Diocese of RICH
mond was driven to Washington,
Rappahannock County, today
where it will remain two weeks.
Fathers John T. Cilinski and
Robert w. Macdonald of the Di-
ocesan Missionary Fathers, who
drive the $4,000. 31-foot chapel,
will remain at Washington for
two weeks, where they will
preach. lecture. and celebrate
mass.
Later the prients will move to
other areas Of the diocese. which
covers 80 counties in Virginia and
eight counties in West Virginia.
The chapel. est. Mary of the
Highways l." was dedicated yes
terday in the courtyard Of st.
Mary's Church here. The Right
Rev. Joseph H. Hodges. auxiliary
bishop of the diocese, blessed the
vehicle. Bishop Vincent s. Waters
Of the diocese Of Raleigh, N. c..
spoke briefly.
The coach is both chapel and
rectory to the priests. With an
interior Of lined oak, it has two
davenport beds with storage be-
meath. sloping book racks, cleo
trio Refrigerator, exhaust fans,
electric hotplate, shower. Law
atory. desk and clothes locker.
Special equipment includes q
public address system, q record
player. movie screen and pro-
jector. compartments for folding
chairs, kneeling bench and a
curtained corner for confess
Sional.
When double doors in the
rear Of the vehicle are opened,
platform is let down before
an altar which is used for daily
mass and the evening services.
The chapel. paid for by con-
tributions received by the Cath
Ole Virginlana. diocesan weekly,
is the third motor chapel to OPP
crate under the auspices of the
Diocesan Missionary Fathers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16

High School. 1901 South
Chesterfield road: Abingdon
School, 3035 South Abingdon
street. and Drew School for
colored pupils, at South Twenty
fifth and Lincoln streets.
Glasses have already been filed
at the Marshall School annex,
Maury School and Washington
Lee High School.
Each child viii be in school
two and a half hours. a day
either in the morning or after
noon. No school bus transporta-
ton win be provided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Fairfax Girl, ;,
Two Others Bitten
By Rabid Animals

Three Fairfax County resi-
dents were bitten over the week
end by rabid animals, the coun-
ty health officer reported.
The number Of known rabid
animals now stands at II for
this year. Six persons have
been bitten.
The latest victims are y g.
year-old Herndon girl who was
bitten by a fox, and an 18-year-
old girl and her mother who
were bitten by their pet cat at
Clifton.
DR.. Harold Kennedy, county
health officer. said all three VIC
Tins had started receiving Pas
teur shots.
Fox Gets Away.
The fox that bit the little girl
got away. but DR.. Kennedy said
there was no doubt it was rabid
because it viciously attacked the
child.
A clinical examination showed
that the cat that bit the mother
and daughter at Clifton was
rabid and it had to be destroyed,
DR.. Kennedy said.
Another county resident mar
rowly escaped being bitten by q
fox over the week end.
William C.. Crossman, jr., Of
Herndon, went out to shoot a
fox that had bitten his dog.
Mr.. Crossman took a pistol from
his car and fired at the rabid
fox. He had left his cars motor
running, meanwhile, and it
crashed through a board fence.
The fox charged and Mr.. Cross
man threw his pistol at it. This
still did not stop the fox.
Shotgun Blast Kills Fox.
Mr.. Crossman ran to his barn
to get shotgun, with which he
killed the pursuing fox.
DR.. Kennedy has recon-
mended a mandatory rabies in
oculation for dogs, which is#now
under consideration by the
Board of County Supervisors.
The county, meanwhile, is pre-
pairing to start a fox-hunting
program in the fall to prevent
further spread of the disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Girl, II, Is Eighth Polio
Victim in MONTGOMERY

Montgomery County reported
its eighth case Of polio today. The
County had 10 at this time last
year.
Health officials said the new
case was a 12-year-old girl living
in the 5000 block Of Harvey road,
Silver Spring. Slight paralysis
was reported. The child Is being
treated at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
s74O Taken by Thieves
In Silver Sprinq Area

Thieves broke into two busi-
ness houses in the Silver Spring
area yesterday and walked OF
with more than $40.
Montgomery County detectives
said about 1898, including 5000
pennies, were stolen from Reds
Tavern in the $500 block Georgia
avenue after window on the
rear door had been broken. The
place was ransacked and two pin
ball machines were broken open.
A side window was broken out
Of Tprn's Auto Service. 114O2
Georgia avenue, Wheaton. police
said. Thieves there got only the
change from q cigarette machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
AnnondoIe High School
Registers Pupils Today

Registration for the new An
Mandate (Va.) High School will
be held from l to 4 pm. today
through Friday in the Fairfax
High School Library, Fairfax,
Va.
Annandale High School will in
clude grades 8 through II only.
All Fairfax County 9th grade
students and those already en-
rolled in Fairfax and Mt. Vernon
High Schools who plan to attend
the new school are not required
to register.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Quarry Worker Hurt
By Three-Ton Rock

A quarry worker suffered a
broken leg and wrenched hip
today when a 3-ton rock rolled
against him near Potomac, Md.
Samuel O. Hill. 80, was taken
by the Glen Echo Fire Depart
ment to Suburban Hospital. Mr..
Hill lives near the quarry at Mac
Arthur boulevard and Brickyard
road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Two District Men Hurt
When Cor Turns Over

Two District men were adj
mitted to Casualty Hospital as
a result of a traffic accident
on Indian Head highway, near
Oxon Hill. Md, last night.
They were Stewart Mckinney.
81. colored, of 60 @ street NV,
who suffered a conclusion and
a cut head. and George Grimes,
So. colored, Of 4408 Clay street
NE, also with head injuries.
Prince Georges County police
said both were riding in car
driven by Stanley w. Washing
ton, 81, colored, of 116 Forty
fourth street NE, who was un-
hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
SIS Million Outlay
On WILLIAMSBURG
In 1853 Reported
By the Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Aug
16.-President Kenneth Chorley
Of Colonial Williamsburg has re-
ported that.tlle operation, main
tenance and continuing restora-
ton work at the foundation cost
nearly $8.5 million in 1853.
In a 48-page report by the
president" issued yesterday, Mr..
Chorley said that "by a conserva-
tive estimate" tourists spent
$8.7 million in Williamsburg last
year.
The report added that an
estimated 100000 people visited
Colonial Williamsburg during
1855. bringing to SIS million the
number who have visited the
restoration since it was begun
in 1926.
Included in last years visitors
were President Eisenhower
Crown Prince Akihito of Japan
and the King and Queen OF
Greece.
Other highlights of the report
were:
Purchase Of the 2,6O0-acre site
OF a former 18th century planta-
ton at a cost Of $45O, 900, bring
ing the total cost of property
purchases during the year te
| $693. 279.
Completion of restoration work
on six colonial buildings. Since
its Inauguration in 1926, Colonial
Williamsburg has restored 81
original colonial buildings and
reconstructed more than $50 on
their original foundations.
Special gifts to the foundation
by John D. Rockefeller, jr., in
cluded securities valued at ap-
proximately 81 million for hous-
ing and endowing a folk art col
lection to be known as the Abby
Aldrich Rockefeller folk art col
lection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Two Girls Are Injured
By Car on NJ Street

Two little girls were hurt last
night when they were struck by
car in the 400 block of M street
NV, police reported.
Dolores Herring. S, Of 400
Ridge street NV, was reported
in satisfactory condition in Chill
dren's Hospital. Her companion,
Glenda Williams, 4, of 416 M
street NV, was treated at An
drews Air Force Base Hospital
for leg bruises.
Police said the girls we're
struck by a car driven BY All
Force 1t. Bertram @. Sallan, %,
who Is registrar at the base hos
pital. He drove the girls to the
hospital and Dolores later was
transferred IN ThiirJrnn,c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Arlington Field Doy

Division winners in horseshoes.
table tennis, chess and checkers
VIII compete IN a countrywide
field day at Four Mile Run play
ground from ! pm. to S pm. to-
morrow. The field day is spon.
sored by the Arlington County
Department Of Recreation and
Parks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
0verpass Slated
Al bIadensburq
Tolink Roads
Construction to Sturt
Before Sept. l; Cost
j Put at $132,733
! By Gene Goodwin

Construction is scheduled to
begin before September / on q
Defense highway overpass at
Bladensburg. Md, to connect
new, dual versions of Edmonston
road and Kenilworth avenue.
The oyerpass, to be con-
structed at q cost Of $780, 1888 by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Teachers Threaten to Quit

Because Of the argument in
Ceylon about the rights of Indi-
ans to live there, some 1000 In
dian teachers employed in Cey-
lonese schools threaten to quit
the country, Colombo reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
olney Church Dinner

A chicken and ham dinner viii
be held by st. Peters Church.
Olney. Md. from 2 to 8 pm.
August 90. at Sherwood High
School. Sandy Spring. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16

Coal Car Capacity
WHEELING Railroad CO al
cars have q capacity varying
from so to los tons.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-06-03
Col. Tench Tilghman OAR Chapter
Hears About State Chapter House

welcomed Mrs. George P. Adair
as a new member. Mrs. Evan A.
Condor, chairman of National
Defense, presented the resolu-
tons adopted by the 63rd Con-
tinental Congress in April.
1t was the pleasure of the
many members to greet twins,
Mrs. Ada Brooke Cunningham,
ex-regent, and Mrs. Alice Brooke
Nollner, who celebrated their
eighty-first birthdays this week.
The Recording Secretary, Mrs.
Joseph B. Schwartz, is spending
six months in Barbados, British
West Indies, with her husband
who is on official Government
business.
Mrs. Keiser, the newly installed
regent, announced the commit
tees and outlined the program
for the Chapter when it recon
venes in October.
Many of the members plan to
attend the Ex-Regents' luncheon
at Columbia Country Club, June
IS, when the guest of honor will
be Miss Gertrude Carraway, Pre-
sident General of the National
Society.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-06-03
BOOkmObile
Schedule

Friday, June 4 - Cabin John,
from $3.50 to Sis; McKenney
Hills, from 3:15 to 4:30; Pooles-
vile, $3.50 to 4:30; Rock Creek
Gardens, $50 to 900 pm.
Saturday, June 5 - Cedar
Grove, 900 to $3.50 am; Clarks-
burg, 9:45 to 1918; Comus, 1890
to HIS; Damascus, lis to 2:20;
Hyattstown, 1880 to 1890; Lay
louisville, $3.50 to 4:30; Woodfield,
2:30 to 3:15.
Monday, June 7 - Alta Vista,
3:15 to 4:30; GAINESVILLE, 400 to
500; Beallsville, SIS to 5:45;
Jamestown, 7:30 to 8:45; Daw-
sonville, $50 to IT'S; German
town, 3:15 to 3:45; Piney Branch
and Flower Ave-, 800 to $3.50.
Tuesday, June S-Boyds, from
4;05 to AS; Dickerson, 3:15 to
3:45; Georgetown Village, 3:15 to
4:30; Glenmont, 3:15 to 4:30.
Wednesday, June 9 - Chevy
Chase Shopping Center, 300 to
500; Northwest Park Apis, 3:15
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-06-03
Community Swim
Pools Proposed
To County Heads

Montgomery County residents
will be able to bask this summer
in their own community swim
ming pools if the County Council
adopts a coming amendment pro.
posed at it's Tuesday meetings.
The amendment would permit
establishment of non-profit com
munity pools in residential zones
A hearing on the measure was
scheduled for 8 pm. July 5 in
the Council hearing room, Rock.
vile.
Under the proposal minimum
lot sizes for pools would be 2.5
acres. Pools operated by mem.
bers of more than ten families
would be classified as commun.
ity pools.
Those run by ten or less would
be classed as private pools.
In other actions, the Council
named r. Watts Farmer, former
County Commissioner, to a three
years term on the Appeal Tax
Court. He succeeds w. w. Hold
ges.
Farmer, Ga, served as County
Commissioner from 1888 to 1912,
when he became sheriff.
The Council agreed to recon.
slider R-60 coming for a 6.8 acre
tract near Grub Rd. in Silver
Spring which it recently zoned
light industrial.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-06-03
BIRTHS

Mr. and Mrs. James G. Hawkes.,
302 N. Adams ST., Rockville, a
son, James Theodore.
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Madi-
son, 103 Park ST., Rockville, a
daughter, Mary Ann.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Viii
taker, 1920 Longbranch Pkwy.,
Silver Spring, son, James Mar
tin.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Sny-
der, 1922 st. Margaret's Way,
Silver Spring, daughter, Vir-
ginia Powell.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Pat
terson, 10 Richard Ave-, Takoma
Park, Md, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Esta-
brook, 6012 Welborn Drive, a
daughter, Laurie Susan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerrold B. Ull-
man, 1914 LeMay Rd., Rockville,
a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Wynne,
1906 Okinawa Ave-, Rockville, a
daughter, Sara Rebecca.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry P. Griggs,
ST., 1107 Grandview Ave, Whea-
ton, daughter, leila Mary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur D. Paint
err, 1909 Broadwood Drive, Rock
vile, a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Fox,
Spring Lake PIX, RID 5, Rock
vile, a daughter, Eloise Ann.
Mr. and Mrs, Richard G..
Huebscher, 6S13 Fairfax Rd., Be-
thesda, a daughter, Miriam Ellen.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert S. Gordon,
Jr., 1104 Edmonston Drive, a son,
Andrew Sirkosky.