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Evening star., 1954-07-18
Father Of 4 Found Dying
From Baltimore Beafinq
By The Assoei0fsd Press

BALTIMORE. July 17.-Ed.
ward N. Gabel, 28-year-olc
father of four children. was
found dying from a brutal beat
ing today in the water filled gut
ter Of a Baltimore street.
He died at GAS am. about
four hours after he was found
and taken to Franklin Square
Hospital. Doctors said Mr.. Gabel
had a skull fracture, a brain
he orrhage and cuts and
bruises.
His wife, Phyllis, said she last
saw him when he left the house
last night to meet a friend with
whom he was going to the stock
car races at Westport.
Mrs. Gabel said she learned
the young garage mechanic did
attend the races with the friend
and visited a tavern with him
afterWard. Police were question
ing the friend.
Evening star., 1954-07-18

first time the guards anti
aircraft batteries, headed by Col.
George v. Selwyn of 3841 Cathe-
dral avenue NV. fired their new
120-mm. guns. Heretofore they
have been equipped with Comm.
pieces.
Other units participating at
both Fort Miles and Bethany
Beach were the 91st and 257th
Army bands, the 34Oth and 28Oth
AAA battalions, the l4Oth En-
gineer battalion, the 104th Ord
nance Co., and the 171St and
163d Military Police Battalions.
While no serious accidents
were experienced in the field,
the two-week training period was
marred by one death. Sergt. 1ic
Joseph I. Healy, ST., of Wheaton,
Md, drowned while swimming
at Bethany Beach.
Evening star., 1954-07-18
32-Day Strike Ends
As Orange Workers
Accept 2-Cent Raise
BY the Assoeioiod Press

ORANGE, Va, July 1.-THE
32-day-old strike by AFL pro-
duction workers at Virginia
Metal Products Co. here ended
today with overwhelming &C
ceptance of q new contract call
ing for a 2-cent hourly pay in
crease.
BY vote Of 230 to SO, the
strikers approved a company Of
fer that differed only in minor
details from the one they had
rejected by 254 to 4 one week
ago.
There was one big difference.
Last week the proposal went
before the rank and file mem
bers without the approval of
their negotiating committee.
This time, the committee rec
commended acceptance and the
workers followed their advice.
$50 Workers Effected.
The return to work probably
will not take place until Tues
day. The union set Monday as
the target date, but company Of
f1cials announced they did not
believe they could sign the pact
until that day and a union
spokesman said the workers
would not go back until the con-
tract was formalized.
Joseph F. Heath, AFL regional
director, Fabricated Metal
Workers Federal Labor Union,
said the new contract provides
increases of 2 cents per hour
applicable to all of the approx
imately $50 production workers
at the Orange plant, which
fabricates steel.
In addition, there will be pay
increases ranging up to approx
mately Is cents for workers be-
low the minima in a new re-
classification program to be un-
dertaken by the company.
More Paid Holidays.
The contract, a two-year pact
to expire June Is, 1856, also
raised the number Of paid holi-
days to six and Incorporates
company merit system for en-
ployes.
Mr. Heath said the new merit
system alone will mean pay
raises for about 800 of the pro-
duction workers.
The strike, which began June
IS, had imperiled the economic
welfare of this community of
$500. The metal company is the
second largest industry in town
and the company had indicated
it might pull up stakes and move
elsewhere if agreement was not
forthcoming soon.
Robert M. Drysdale, president
of the firm, said he was "enor-
mouSly pleased" by the union
acceptance of the company offer.
Current wages at the COM
panys ranged from 95 cents to
$2.05 per hour.
Evening star., 1954-07-18
Jenkins Cuts 7,424 Pages
OF Mccarthy Quiz 10 $50
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July II.
-Square-jawed Ray jenkins
said today he and aides have
condensed 7,424 pages of testi-
mony from recent Army Nc
Carthy hearings into "450 pages
Of the salient issues"
Mr.. Jenkins, Knoxville attor.
ney chosen as special counsel for
the Senate Investigations Sub.
committee which conducted the
hearings. said another week
should see the condensation
briefed, with supporting and con-
Trajectory points on each issue.
The 36-day, televised hearings
produced something over two
million words OF testimony.
Mr.. jenkins has been con-
densing the testimony from the
hearing transcript at his farm
in nearby Loudon County.
Evening star., 1954-07-18
Tronsmissions Figure

DETROIT.-Automati trans
missions were installed in Is
million passenger automobiles
during the 1853 production year.
Evening star., 1954-07-18

SUMMER CAMPS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Life in the Country
Small Spider Traps Unfortunate Wasp;
Pond Gets Filled for First Time

I spent all last Sunday morn
ing watching q spider and q wasp
when 7 should have been doing
other things.
The performance I saw was
one Of those dramas Of nature
q tragedy as far as the wasp was
concerned. but dinner, for the
spider.
When the drama started. !
doubted that such q little thing
as the spider could defeat, so
large an adversary. The spider
was no larger than the head Of
q corsage pin. and the wasp was
almost an inch long.
When / first noticed the strug-
| gle the wasp WAS dangling from
one thin thread Of web. APP
parently she lall wasps are She's)
had flown into the web. had
broken most Of 1T. but had been
shared by one strand that was
wound about her feet.
She swayed and buzzed, but
couldn't break free. And the
spider would venture down as
close as she dared and throw
another line Of web about the
wasp's feet.
Finally, after an hour or so,
the spider had succeeded in
Tightening her ropes and had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

Club meets today at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark 8. Fitz-
hugh's summer cottage at
Breezy Point.
MOnocacy Garden Club of
Upper Montgomery County will
meet Thursday at the home of
Mrs. George B. Bryant. jr., at
Comes at / pm. The subject
will be PLANT Identification"
Pinecrest Garden Club will
meet tomorrow at 8 pm. at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Ingram. 1904 Overlook drive.
Jerry Hill Of Hills Camellia
Gardens will be the speaker: as
Sisting the hosts will be Mrs.
Ernest A. King and Mrs. Allen
D. Pace.
Sunny Acres Garden Club will
meet Thursday at 8 pm. with
Mrs. Frances Maloney, 1407
Oliver street. BroVhill Crest.
Visitors welcome.
Rock Spring Garden Club will
meet Thursday at 10 am. at the
Rock Spring Neighborhood
House. "Dried Flowers" will be
the topic Of the speaker, Mrs.
Arthur Ringland of Kenwood
Garden Club.
AvOndale Garden Club will
meet in the Citizens Bank Tues
day at 8 pm, Mrs. John Bishop,
authority on the care of dahliaS.
will be the speaker.
The Chevy Chase I'd. c. Gar
den Club will enter its 18th year
when it meets tomorrow at the
residence Of Mrs. Martin H.
Uelsmann. 1914 Ingomar place
NV, at 1890 pm. Co-hostesses
are Mrs. Christian Wohlgemuth,
jr., and Mrs. Jay E. Fitzgerald.
The newly elected president, Mrs.
Samuel G. Keery, will preside.
A summer experience discussion
will follow business.
The Glencarlyn Garden Club
will meet at 8 pm. Tuesday in
Carlin Hall. Sill S. Fourth street.
The Garden Section Of the
Beverley Hills Women's Club
will meet Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. John D. Conner, sos
West Braddock road. at 10 am.
Flower arrangements in cream
pitchers will be used on the tables
at the luncheon of the Beverley
Hills Women's Club on Thurs
day at the Magnolia Room,
Hunting Towers.
Woodbridge Garden Club will
meet tomorrow at 8 pm. at Nc
Kendree Methodist Church Edu-
cational Building. Members will
bring a plan or picture for land
scaping a small plot for next
years Flower and Garden Show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

dug from the pit. Adding q thin
layer of soil to the compost
pile gives it body.
Keep the side Of the pile as
straight as possible. Finish with
q layer Of soil or sods and leave
the pile slightly sunken or
.dished" on top to catch rain
water. If the pile is three or
four feet high it will. soak up
and hold the water that falls on
top. Rain will leech or wash
out some of the plant foods II
the pile is too shallow.
Fork the pile over occasionally
to hasten decay and to give the
compost an even texture.
Add the compost to the soil
and sow or spade it into the
soil In spring just as you would
with manure. 1t will tighten
heavy soils and give body to
light soils: 1t helps the soil hold
more water, it favors the growth
OF helpful soils bacteria and adds
valuable plant foods to the soil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Evidences of Pain
Moy Indicate Dog
Needs Dental Care
By Peter Boogs

II your dog leaves solid food
.uneaten, paws at his foreface,
or bangs his head and whimpers
and has a generally gloomy dis
position. then the chances are
he needs to visit q canine dem
fist. Under ordinary conditions
your dog win require little at
tention to his teeth. However,
II he shows signs OF any Of the
symptoms outlined above. then
by all means have your veteri-
marian check his teeth.
I am a firm believer in having
a dog checked over thoroughly
at least once year by q veteri-
marian even If the animal seems
in the best of health. During
these periodic checkups, / make
sure that the dogs teeth are
looked at. Two or three years
ago one OF my bird dogs hunted
rather poorly and seemed not
quite himself around the house.
A visit to the vet and the re-
moval Of an ailing tooth restored
him to the best Of health and
back to normal hunting form.
The other day was asked to
give my opinion of q litter Of
pointer pups. They were only
eight weeks old and bone thin.
/ asked their owner what he fed
them and how often. The diet
he described was all right in
quality but I understood at once
what was wrong with the dogs
when he said. II feed them twice
a day. At each meal take their
food away before they can get
all swelled up from eating too
much"
He was doing exactly the
thing that would starve his pups
or make them grow up into half
nourished runts. His procedure
was most certainly incorrect if
he wanted vigorous and healthy
pointers. At their age, these dogs
should have been fed four or
five times q day, at least. At
every meal they should have
been allowed to eat all they
wanted Of the right kinds Of
food. OF course they would have
looked distended after q full
meal-all young animals do. It
does them no harm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Two Courses Offered
On Plans, Lundscupinq

Registrations are being ac-
cepted for two courses Of in
terest' to home owners this fall,
given under auspices of the
Graduate School Of the Depart
meY1t Of Agriculture. The courses
are: plants for the Home
Ground and Principles of
Landscape Design for the Small
Property" both taught by DIR.
L. J. Enright Of the University
of Maryland. Fee for each
course is $40.
Registration will be through
September 18 in the DA Ad-
ministration building. For more
in + orm alton, call Republic
I7-4142, extension 6337.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Garden Club
Activities

A house and garden tour of
Crestwood will be presented by
the Crestwood Garden Club Sep
tember Is, from 2 until 6 pm.
For the first time, the homes
and gardens of Crestwood are
being opened for viewing by
home and garden lovers. Flower
arrangements by Crestwood
Garden Club members will be
seen in seven classes: Mantel,
bedside table, breakfast tray,
hall, coffee table, formal dinner
table, and informal dinner table
in a garden.
Invitation arrangements from
well-known flower arrangers
will be included as well as a
group Of competitive arrange
ments using fruits and flowers
Interpreting autumn in Wash
ington. This is open to any
garden club member in Wash
ington and vicinity. Those in
terested in entering arrange
ments may contact Mrs. Thomas
M. Leonard at Tuckerman
2-2794.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

The wise gardener never burns
leaves or other plant trash. Any.
plant material that Is not hard
and woody can be turned into
soil improving compost. COM
post is equal to animal manure.
as q garden fertilizer.
Prepare shallow pit five or
six inches deep. Put corn stalks
or coarse weeds in the bottom
OF the pit and add all crop and
weed reSidues as you clean up
the garden this fall. Sprinkle a
pint of pulverized limestone over
each wheelbarrow load Of trash.
To speed up the decay of the or
ganic matter it is good idea to
add a pint of 5-l0-5 fertilizer to
each Wheelbarrow load. also.
Alternate the layers Of organic
matter with the soil which was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
10Th DohIio Show
includes 2 Glasses
For Junior Groups

Several new ideas are incorpo-
rated III the artistic arrange
ments section Of the 10th An
|nual Regional Dahlia Show OF
the National Capital Dahlia
Society, to be held On Saturday
and Sunday. September Is and
rs ait the Botanic Garden. The
theme Of this years show Is
Nursery Rhymes and Fairy
Tales" Two children's classes
are provided, one for children
10 to Is years and the other for
children s to II years.
Three classes are open to
novices only. eight for amateur
arrangers, and three non-com-
petitive classes for judges. in
structors and lecturers on flower
arrangements.
A valuable award is offered Ii
each of the competitive classes
including silver trophies in the
amateur classes. In addition
awards are provided for the
sweepstakes winner and for the
entry judged to be the best In
the section. This section is likely
to bring out one Of the largest
collections of artistic arrange
ments ever seen in Washington
The section chairman is Mrs
Samuel Shapiro OF Sol N. Jack
Lson ST., Arlington. Va.
The show will be open to The
public from $3.50 pm. to 10 pm
on the first day and from 8 am
to $3.50 pm. the second day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

Riverdale Heights Garden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Build Compost Pile
Sove Leaves, Gorden Trash
soil-Improying Organic Material Equals
Animal Manure usF ertiIizing Agent
Build I ON post Pile
By Andrew A. Duncan

D.psrim.n, d I.or,isyI,ur.. Uniy.,.1y i Maryand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Rose Society Plons
BUDDING Exhibit

A demonstration OF propagat-
ing roses by budding will be
given in the temporary Potomac
Park rose garden this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock with A. c. Barrett
in charge. This is at the old
polo ground two blocks east of
the Lincoln Memorial on Ohio
drive: Members and friends are
invited.
Those attending will learn
from expert instructors how to
graft budwood from hybridized
rose plants to rose understood.
The demonstration will be
free. sponsored by the Potomac
Rose Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

drawn the wasp safely up into
her central web.
I didn't stay around for the
banquet.
4 i Il i
Our new pond is only a pud-
die now. but already the kildeers
have found 1t. There is a great
flock of these graceful birds that
hover about the pond all day
long.
We can hear their constant
cries from the terrace up at the
house, and watch them sail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

good for the pond. Settled 1t
some.
Anyway, we got a glimpse of
what our lake win be like when,
and II, it ever fills again.
We are dry again, need water
badly. and I have started again
carrying buckets of water to the
cows.
Next summer it will be better,
AS long as the pond holds out,
they will be able to drink when
ever they please.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
By james Birchfield

about over the little water that
has collected.
The pond was almost fun a
week or SO ago. There was q big
rain one afternoon. and more
than an inch of water fell in
about 90 minutes.
The trouble was that the over
flow pipe hadn't been put in
then, and the water all ran out.
Seemed to us q terrible thing to
happen. but we were told it was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Good Tomato Cop

Tomato plants eight feet tall
which are bearing . bumper
crop Of fruit are reported by
e. G. Reinsch. 129 South Irving
street. Arlington. about eight
blocks beyond Fort Myer from
Washington. Mr.. Reinsch has
is plants which he trained on
poles with the aid of cloth ties.
Some Of the tomatoes are AZ
to rs inches in diameter and
weigh well over a pound. They
are Of the beefsteak type.
Mr.. Reinsch used three ap-
plications Of an acid type fer
tilizer worked into the soil.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
| Salesman Is Held Here
ION Assault CHARGE

A 35-year-old salesman was
held without bond for the grand
jury on q rape charge this morn
ing by Municipal Court Judge
John ]. Malloy.
| Police charged George E.
johnson, of the 1900. block Of
Sixteenth street NV. after q
35-year-old woman accused him
Of assaulting her in her apart
ment in the 5000. block Of Con-
necticut avenue NV. Sunday
morning.
Sex squad detectives quoted
the woman as saying she, her
roommate, and johnson had been
drinking Saturday night. When
her roommate became i'll, she
told police, she went to the bed
room and went to bed. That, de-
tectives said. Is when johnson is
accused Of bursting into the
room and attacking her.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Bystander Wounded
Critically During
Street Fight Here

A 20-year-old man was in
critical condition today from a
gunshot wound in the chest
which he received when he
stopped to watch a street fight
Saturday night.
He is Leonard Owens of $40
Fourteenth street NE, who was
taken to Casualty Hospital after
he was shot in the 1909 block
of Morse street NE.
Also wounded was Harold E.
Ross. 10, of 1922 Lewis street
NE, who was released from
Casualty with a bullet hole in
his left arm.
Police said a fight had de-
veloped between Ross and an
other man when an automobile
with four men in it drove up.
The four, who joined IN the
brawl. left in the car after three
shots were fired.
Police later arrested four men
and charged them with assault
with a deadly weapon. They are:
James Coker, IS, of the 400
block of Ridge street NV;
James Charles, jr.. 23, of the
2700 block of Wade street Sc:
Sam Missouri, Sc, of the 1900
block of Maryland avenue NE.
and Willie Windon, 80. of the
$500 block ef Hartford street
Sc. AL are colored.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
$1,000 More Sought
To Decorate Streets

Washington Ter C h a n S
formed a committee today to
canvass downtown stores in the
hope of raising $4,000 to finance
Christmas decorations on streets
in the shopping area.
A group of merchants, mem
bers of the Washington Mer-
chants and Manufacturers AsSo-
citation, already have contrib
uted $4,000. But the total bill
would come to $4,000.
The District Commissioners
have waived regulations to per-
init elaborate street decorations
on a continuous route that
would go north on Seventh
street to F. west on F to Four
teenth, north on Fourteenth,
and east on G to Eleventh street
NV.
Plans call for turning on the
lights at a special ceremony
Thanksgiving night, if the
$4,000 can be raised.
Merchants held an emergency
meeting this morning to try to
get additional pledges. But
when it became obvious the
needed funds would not be
pledged today. the group
formed a committee which
started Immediately on the
downtown door-to-door canvass.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Missions 10 Years
Observed by 1000

More than 1000 persons OBJ
served the Central Union Mis-
sion's 10th anniversary yesterday
at a mass meeting in National
Baptist Memorial. Church, Six
teenth street and Columbia road
NV.
District Commissioner Renah
F. Camalier told the gathering
that the mission has helped keep
down the problems of health,
welfare, sanitation, poverty and
crime in the District.
Clifford S. Hartzell of rhila-
delphia, president Of the Phila-
delphia Brotherhood Mission and
of the International Union Of
Gospel Missions. also spoke.
The singing was led by Homer
Rodeheaver. who was the song
leader for Evangelist Billy Sun
day.
Others on the program in
cluded the Rev. Herbert E. Eber-
hardt, superintendent of the mis-
sion, and William H. Ramsey,
chairman Of the missions board
Of directors. Mr.. Ramsey. 81
year-old Washington attorney.
and his wife have been associated
with the mission for 81 of its 10
years.
At a meeting Saturday night.
Edward H. DeGroot. ir., Of Ma
tional Baptist Memorial Church,
and Morton D. Schram, of First
Congregational Church. were
reelected to the MISSIONS board
of directors.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Maine Governor-EIect
To Talk at Byrd Dinner

BALTIMORE, Oct. Is (P.-
Maryland Democrats. battling to
regain the top rung in the States
political ladder. spread the well
come mat today for a man who
successfully led a similar fight in
Maine, Gov. .-elect Edmund s..
MuSkie.
The recently elected Mr.. Musk
lie was invited here as a principal
speaker at a $100-a-plate party
dinner tonight along with H. c.
Byrd, Maryland's Democratic
candidate for governor.
DR.. Byrd, former University of
Maryland president. is locked in
a bitter fight with Republican
Gov. McKe4din, seeking to be-
come the first COP governor ever
reelected in Maryland.
T. Barton Harrington, chair
man of the Democratic State
Central Committee in Maryland.
predicted over the week end his
party would recapture at least
six or seven congressional seats
besides the governorship.
Republicans hold four Of
these, as well as both Senate
seats. neither of which is open
for the November 2 elections.
Besides Mr.. Muskie's appear
ance, tonieht's dinner also will
mark the start of active duty by
former Senator Herbert r.
O'Conor in the campaign. Mr..
O'Conor. who will be toastmss-
ter. recently returned from g
trip to Europe.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Miss Washington Plans
Voice Study in New York

Linda Weisbrod, "Miss Wash
ington Of 1884, win leave for
New York November where she
will study for a career in opera
and the concert stage.
She will study under Rosalie
Miller, voice coach, and Deems
Taylor. music critic and COM
poser.
Miss Washington" came to
the attention of Mr.. Taylor at
the Miss America Pageant, I"
where he was one Of the judges.
She won the talent award in the
competition and was one Of the
10 f1nalists in the national
beauty-talent search.
Her study in New York will be
on a $1,000 scholarship from the
Miss America Sc olarship p
Foundation and q $500 scholar
ship from the Washington Chap
ter of the National Society of
Arts and Letters. Also assisting
will be the General Motors Corp.
Employed in GMC's Washing
ton Office as a bookkeeper. Miss
Washington" will be transferred
to the firms New York Office in
the same capacity.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
ID. c. Station Officials
Testify tomorrow at
N Crime HEARING

Two officials from Washington
television stations will be among
the witnesses to testify before
the Senate Juvenile Delinquency
subcommittee when it opens a
two-day public hearing tomorrow
morning on television crime and
violence.
Subcommittee Chairman Hen
erickson, who will preside, an
nounced the witnesses tomorrow
win include:
John Hayes, station manager
Of WTOP-TV; Leonard G.. Ar
rieS, jr.. general manager of
WTTG-TV; Merle s. Jones Of
New York, vice president of the
Columbia Broadcasting System;
James L. Caddigan Of New York,
DuMont program director, and
Richard Clendenen, executive
director Of the subcommittee
staff.
The hearings. open to the pub
lie, will be held in the Capitol's
old Supreme Court room.
Senator Hendrickson explained
recently that the hearings will
look into complaints from vari-
GUS parts of the country that
TV programs featuring crime and
horror were coming into the
homes Of the Nation.
Other members of the sub
committee are Senator LANCER.
Republican. Of North Dakota,
and Democratic Senators Ke-
fauver of Tennessee and Hen
nings of Missouri.
Among the evidence prepared
by the subcommittee staff. SEN
ator Hendrickson has said, will
be elaborate results Of a careful
check of the crime programs
telecast in many cities, including
Washington.