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the night of February 5.

the night Of February 5.
Asked about the incident at his
press conference, Mr.. Eisenhower
apparently was unaware that it
had happened. But before he
answered the question, James c..
Hagerty, White House press secre-
tary whispered in his ear briefing
him.
Mr.. Eisenhower said Mr.. Hag-
erty told him that the bus driver
was instructed to take the choir to
the door through which the presi-
dent had entered the arena and the
bus driver refused to go around to
that door.
The President added that he
hoped there was no connection be-
tween his entering the door and
the refusal of the bus driver to
take the choir to that door.
If the Howard University choir
was barred because of the reason
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held conference with President
Eisenhower, but were unable to
persuade him to issue a stay of
execution.
Failing to get the President to
issue a stay, Mrs. Robert L. Vann,
president and treasurer of the
Pittsburgh Courier, and William
G. Num-, managing editor of the
Courier, issued an appeal to the
Nation to send petitions to the
White House to save the lives of
the two soldiers. However, as the
letters and kilograms flooded the
White House, the two men were
executed.
Dennis arrived at the site of the
hanging first. His appearance
was described as calm and relaxed
Asking for a representative of the
press he said:
Il want you to put this in the
papers. Say the people are max
ing a big mistake and they are not
accomplishing anything by execut-
ing me.
"And say even after my execu-
ton if they find the guilty parties
that | do not hold it in my heart
against them but | pray forgiven
ness for them, and | pray for
those making this mistake"
Then with a chaplain reading
the 23rd Psalm, he calmly allowed
the hood and moose to be placed
over him.
Burns then followed him. Be
fore dying he said:
"You are just complying with
an order. You haven't solved the
crime"
The men first were convicted in
1949. They were transferred from
Guam to Yokohama prison where
they were held for more than four
years while legal battles were be-
ing waged in an attempt to save
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- (CoHtfnued from Page One)
q mastery presentation OF the his
tory Of the founding of the college
and the great leaders, of their
sacrifice and devotion, that brought
the college into being.
In an address to the alumni Of
the college Tuesday night, DR.. A.
Chas. Hunt, :, of Columbus, Miss,
extoled the unique place of the
college in the history Of Negro ed
ucation in the district, and its
great work in giving the mind and
spirit needed to many outstanding
Negro leaders, both men and wo-
men graduates of the college. And
noted its great revival in spirit
and its great physical improve
ments as marking its approach to
even greater achievements in the
field of Christian education.
There was many signs justify
ing both DR.. Hunter, and the rank
and file of Pensioners, in their
new enthusiasm for Campbell Col
lege, among them being the great
ly improved library f"~'l'ties, i'm
proved dormitory facilities, well
managed finances, well equipped
faculty, and recent accrediting and
recognition of the work of the
college by the State Department
of Education.
The rally, which was only par
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implied in the question-anything
about race or color-Mr. Eisen-
hover declared that he would be
the first to apologize.
He said he just did not believe
that could happen.
According to Val. J. Washington,
director of miniorities for the Re-
publican National Committee, he
had no knowledge of the incident
until George Murphy, Hollywood.
actor, who arranged the entertaine
ment for the box supper, expressed
concern over the unfortunate mis-
understanding" that prevented the
Howard University Choir from
singing.
Mr.. Washington said the Howard
University Choir was the first
group asked by Mr.. Murphy to ap-
pear on the program because of the
tremendous Success" they scored
at the Inaugural ball in 1852.
Dean Warner Lawson, director
of the choir, told him that the choir
arrived at Uline Arena, at the de-
signated entrance on time, but were
told by a Metropolitan policeman
to go to another entrance. They
were denied entrance at that door
and then returned to the designated
entrance and were again refused
admission by a policeman.
Dean Warner then had the choir
driven back to the Howard Uni
versity campus.
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Negro Soldiers.
Continued from Page One)

worked nights. She was engaged
to a Marine stationed on Guam.
A third serviceman, Pvt. Calvin
Dennis, of Frederick, Md, half
brother of Herman, was chief wit
ness against Dennis and Burns. He
testified that he drove the two men
and the woman to the jungle after
they struck her down in the curio
shop. He accused the two of the
actual rape and Staying.
He too was sentenced to be
hanged, but later received life i'm
prisonment.
A last minute effort to save the
men proved futile. Representative
of leading weekly newspaper
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Ike Says Race Not
Involved In The
Howard Univ.
Choir Mix-up

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. Is
Especially - President Eisenhower
Wednesday denied that racial dis
elimination was involved in the
mix-up which resulted in the How
ard University choir not getting
to sing at the Republican Lincoln
Day box supper at Uline Arena on
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their lives.
The convictions and sentences
were approved by higher author
ity in Washington, but the execu-
tions were postponed while the
case was being appealed to the U.
S. Supreme Court.
The high court, in 6-3 decision,
refused to reverse the decision.
Attempt was made to show the de-
fendents were denied due process
of law bcause a confession was
gotten by force.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-20

was my house"
The flames engulfed the tar
paper-roof house with such rapid
ity that two neighbors, Lester Pr
chon, Fl, 1921 Lombard, and Chas.
julius, 81, 1888 New Orleans, were
thwarted in their efforts to rescue
the children. They attempted to
crash down the front door but the
heat drove them back.
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Nation Wide
Continued from Page One)

newspapers, magazines, motion pic
lures, radio and television.
The purposes of Brotherhood
Week, according to DR.. Everett R.
Clinchy, president of the National
Conference, are to give people an
opportunity to re-dedicate them
selves as individuals to the ideals
of respect for people and human
rights. eve try to dramatic the
practical things that people can do
to promote an understanding and
realization of those ideals. Brother
hood Week is essentially cam
paign against the prejudices and
bigotries that disfigure and distort
religious, business, social and po-
litical relations"
An inventory of the nations
moral and spiritual resources for
brotherhood is being undertaken
by the National Conference as one
Of it's main tasks during the cur
rent year. Brotherhood Week
groups will aid in the survey. The
results of the survey will be event
ually reported to the President Of
the United States.
The big promotion during Broth
erhood Week, according to DR..
Clinchy, will be to urge people to
do more than give the principles
of brotherhood mere lip service.
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Senior Bishop -.
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elected presiding Elder in 1894 then
bishop in May, 1914.
He was also author of several
collection of addresses and ser
mons.
A long time Republican, Bishop
Carter was Mason, Mem
Der of the Executive committee,
could not offer any specific solu-
ton to vandalism that would be ap-
plicable to the situation existing
in all communities. The solution is
through prayer and Gods guidance
and protection for our youth.
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Five Tots...
Continued from Page One)

started from an overturned kero-
sene heating stove.
The dead children were two sets
of twins and five of the six chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Far
rell. The dead were Jesse Lee and
Tommy Lee, two-year-old twins;
Bruce and Brendy, seven months
old, boy and girl twins, and Albert,
Jr., three.
Mrs. Jessie Lee Farrell, %, said
she was on her way to the grocery
some three blocks away when the
fire started. When she returned
to find it in flames, the fearful
mother exclaimed 81 just could not
believe it. | had heard screams
of fire but | had no idea that it
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Candidate Knight Calls
For More World Trade

c. Louis Knight, candidate
for Congress in Virginia's 10th
District Democratic primary,
said today that one of the major
planks in his platform is the
stimulation of world trade by
reduction of barriers between
countries.
"Our self interest demands
that the United States take the
lead in reducing and removing
barriers to world trade" he said.
1--WE must increase our pur-
chaSes from other countries in
order to increase their ability
to buy our products.
II favor and, therefore. I shall
work for legislation to promote
the increased use of reciprocal
trade agreements, which we're
instituted by that great states
man. Cordell Hull, to reduce and
remove barriers to trade between
countries and. thereby, increase
the market for our agricultural
and other products abroad. This
will reduce by many millions of
dollars our expenditures to sup
port prices of agricultural prod
uctS."
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Glen View Mansion ,
Gets Furnishings

The Montgomery Historical
Society has begun furnishing its
Glen View Mansion home near
Rockville.
At the society's first meeting
in the new mansion since it was
purchased, a number of gifts
were presented last night. The
mansion was once the home of
Judge Richard Johns Bowie, a
chief judge of the Maryland
Court of Appeals.
An oil painting Of Gen. Rich
ard Montgomery. Revolutionary
War hero, after whom the coun-
ty was named, was presented by
former State Senator Earl
Hampton.
Mrs. Edgar Kennedy presented
an antique cabinet. and DR..
James Alexander Lyon, from
whom the 28-acre estate was
purchased. gave the society a
gun. A number of smaller gifts
also were presented.
Society President H. Grady
Gore announced the following
committee to supervise main
tenance of the home:
Montgomery County Circuit
Court Judge Steadman Prescott,
chairman, Mrs. Jesse Nicholson.
Mrs. Adolph E. Guide, ST., Mrs.
William Randolph Talbot, Mrs.
Arthur c. Hyde, Mrs. James
Pugh. Mrs. William Henry Hes
sick. Mrs. Edward Dunlop and
Blair Lee III.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Takoma Park Council
Studies Increase in
Recreation Budget

Proposed increases in the
1954-5 budget for playground
and recreational facilities, dis
cussed last night at a public
hearing, were receiving attention
today by the new Takoma Park
City Council.
After brief remarks by Mayor
George M. Miller and Council
man Sydney w. Tymeson, chair
man of the Finance Committee,
the heads Of the various depart
mentS presented the budgets for
administration and maintenance
purposes during the fiscal year
starting July /. Further action
will be taken at a meeting next
Monday night of the council at
the Municipal Building.
The increase in the budget for
playground facilities met with
approval and Supt. of Public
Works Earl w. Thomas was
commended for this appeal for
more funds for next year.
The total budget for parks and
recreation is $1,000, an increase
of $4,000 over last year. The
largest amount, $5,025. will 60 to
Spring Park for equipment and
a tennis court. Washington Park
will receive $2,905, including a
tennis court. Forest Park would
get $425 and Heffner Park 1925.
Harold J. Hilliard, sr., city clerk
and treasurer, reported on the
estimated revenues for next year
amounting to $414,275.62. less a
10 per cent reserve as provided
by law.
Police Chief Chester E. Thomas
justified a request for $50, ,307, an
increase of $16,510. Fire Chief
Melvin E. Mcbride requested $685.
765, an increase of $15,57O.
Building Inspector Peter Ram
sen asked for $9,838, as COM
pared with $8,1 last year.
Increases were requested in the
salaries of each of these officials,
together with members Of their
STATS and longtime employees.
Suggestions also were made that
per diem workers be awarded in
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Fairfax County Child
Bitten by Rabid Doq

A 6-year-old Fairfax County
boy was receiving the Pasteur
treatment today after being
bitten by rabid dog, DR.. Harold
Kennedy, county health director,
reported.
DR.. Kennedy said the colored
child was bitten near the mouth
at his home in the Centreville
area. He said the dog later died
and was pronounced rabied.
The incident. DR.. Kennedy
said, emphasizes the Importance
Of rabies incubation clinics being
held throughout the county.
Clinics will be held Saturday and
Sunday at nine locations in the
county.
DR.. Kennedy said two years
ago $500 dogs were inoculated
at county clinics. Last year only
1895 dogs were given the rabies
shots, and so far this year only
1911 animals have been brought
to the clinics.
This is a poor showing, he
said, in face of the 10000 Ii
censed dogs in Fairfax.
DR.. Kennedy warned dog own
ers using the clinics to file their
certificates of inoculation in
event the county should adopt a
compulsory incubation law.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Lookout for Firebug Fails
In t7th Apartment Blaze

Mount Rainier CMd) firemen
reported the 17th trash fire in
212 months at the Queenstown
Apartments yesterday, despite a
nighttime watch by tenants to
catch a reported flrebug.
Mount Rainier Fire Marshal
Clarence B. Selke said the most
recent in the rash of fires was
reported at 5:55 am. yesterday
in a trash room at 4203 Russell
avenue. He said all the fires have
been set in f1reproof trash rooms.
Tenants and firemen started
an informal watch on the trash
rooms about two weeks ago. But
Mr.. Selke said the fires always
break out just as the watch is
being relieved or the person on
duty relaxes for a moment over
a cup of coffee. He said yeSter-
days blaze was the first in 10
days.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
New Tax Dead|ine
Effective Next Year,
Hassan Tells Board

Arlington Commonwealth's At
torney William j. Hassan believes
new Virginia law changing the
real estate tax payment deadline
to August IS, will take effect
next year. .-.-
The assessment for the current
tax year already has been made,
Mr.. Hassan told the County
Board at a special meeting yes
terday.
County Treasurer Colin c.
Macpherson had said he believes
the language of the new law will
require him to collect real estate
taxes by August Is, this year in
stead of on the previous due date,
December S.
Delegate J. Maynard Magru-
der, who introduced the bill, said
Saturday he will request an opin-
ion Of the State Attorney Gen.
eral on whether a 5 per cent
penalty must be added to bills
unpaid by the earlier deadline.
The County Board reached no
decision on the problem yester-
day and announced that more
meetings will be held.
Mr.. Hassan said that the new
legislation fails to harmonic"
with other existing statutes. He
said that violence would be done
to the established procedures by
such an abrupt change"
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Baby StrongIing on Phone Cord
Saved by Volunteer Fireman

A Chillum (Md) volunteer
fireman today was credited with
saving the life of 18-month-old
Russell Bruce Fields. who almost
strangled in a telephone cord.
The baby slipped from q chair
at his home at 6506 Eighth ave-
nue.. Chillum Heights. yesterday
afternoon as he tried to reach a
cupcake. When he fell his neck
was caught in the loose cord
hanging from a wall telephone.
Walter E. Sharer. 38. Of BIG
Fairoak avenue, a member Of the
Chillum-Adelphi Fire Depart
ment, and neighbor of the Fields
family, was moving his lawn
when he heard a woman scream.
He hurried to the home Of kr.
and Mrs. Arthur Fields, where he
Evening star., 1954-05-18

Commerce Departments Office
Of international Trade and the
Federal Communications Com
mission.
Mr.. Northrop. married and the
father Of two children. Is a
graduate of Woodberry Forest
(Va) School and George WASH
ington University and has lived
in the county all his life.
Among his many activities,
he is attorney for Chevy Chase
Village, vice chairman of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase YMCA,
a trustee of the North Chevy
Chase Elementary School, a
member of the board of trustees
of Woodberry Forest School. the
Washington Humane Society
and the Bethesda Rotary Club,
and he is a former president
of the Montgomery County
Young Mems Democratic Club
and former vice president of a
Statewide group of the same
nature.
He also is the attorney repre-
senting a group of residents who
filed suit to block the proposed
belt route and extension of
Route 240 through Maryland
portions of Rock Creek Park.
Evening star., 1954-05-18

found the frantic mother un-
tangling the unconscious form of
her child from the telephone
cord.
Mr.. Sharer administered ar
tificial respiration until the Chill
lum-Adelphi Rescue Squad ar
rived and gave the baby oxygen.
The child was taken to WASH
ington Sanitarium where he did
not regain consciousness until
this morning.
The child's father, who was at
work when the mishap occurred,
said the baby probably was un-
conscious five or 10 minutes be-
fore he was discovered. He said
his wife was in the basement at
the time and heard no sound,
The Fields have two other
children, jeffrey, 2, and Susan, 3.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Speeiol Dispaieh to The Star

PRINCE FREDERICK. Nd.
May 18.-The proprietor of a
filling station was shot and crit
ically wounded last night when
three young banditss held up his
station on Route Q at Hunting
town, and escaped with $1O0.
The victim. Roland Meade.
was rushed to Prince Frederick
Hospital by neighbor. One of
the bullets passed through his
body from the right side Of his
chest to the left hip.
Mrs. Meade. who was in the
station with her husband when
the hold-up occurred, told CAL
vert County Sheriff Samuel
Lyons that her husband was
shot without warning. She said
the tall, spectacled bandit who
shot him kept firing as her hus-
band fell to the floor.
Sheriff Lyons pieced together
the following account after
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Head On Crash With Truck
Kills MARYLAND Driver

A man identified by Prince
Georges County police as Nils
v. Anderson, 26, of Mechanics
vile. Md. was killed early today
in a head-on collision on Route
301 just south of the entrance
to the uncompleted Washington
Annapolis expressway.
Members of the Bowie Rescue
Squad said the man was alone
in his car when it collided with
a tractor trailer.
The rescue squad members
said the driver and passenger
in the truck were slightly in
jured and treated at Prince
Georges General Hospital. They
were identified as Moses j.
Monroe. "a. and Robert Brown,
81. both colored, of Warsaw, Va.
Mr.. Anderson was a civilian
Iemploye of the Patuxent Naval
Air Station.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Sheriff and 40thers
Indicted in County
Purchasing Probe
BY the Associofed Press

HAGERSTOWN, May 18.-
Sheriff Edward L. Rowland, four
of his deputies and a meat deal
er were indicted yesterday by a
Washington County grand jury
which probed charges of irregu-
larities in purchases for the
county Jail and sheriff's Office.
Ten indictments were returned
naming Sheriff Rowland. Depu-
ties Michael Farrie, Mary F..
Stahl, Kenneth E. Strangle and
Charles F. Crowl. Paul E. Lizer,
a Hagerstown meat dealer, was
cited in indictments naming Mr..
Rowland and MIR. Stangle.
Nine of the bills charged either
conspiracy to defraud or false
pretense in connection with food
bought for the Jail or gasoline
bought for the sheriff's Office.
The 10th accused Sheriff Row.
land of misfeasance in Office.
Bond Set at $1,000.
Judge Joseph D. Mish set bond
at 81, 900 in each case. ...
The grand purors also blasted
the county commissioners in a
report Of the incident, saying: 1T
is apparent that the commission
ers inherited a bag full of county
politics and permitted the sheriff
and his associates to encourage
machine building"
The grand jury probe followed
an investigation of the sheriff's
Office last February by two pri-
vate detectives from Washington,
Lloyd B. Furr and Leonard H.
Harrelson of the American Bu-
reau Of Investigation.
Worked for Lewis.
They had earlier gathered in
formation for Radio Commen-
tator Fulton Lewis, jr., about
alleged crime conditions in st.
Marys County, which resulted
in indictments of several tav-
ernkeepers and others.
The two detectives were ar
rested in Laurel April 20 on
charges of practicing in Mary
land without a license. Mr..
Harrelson also was charged with
carrying a concealed weapon.
He was acquitted of the latter
charge last night in Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1954-05-18

leaders from the Western, Eas-
tern and upper county areas. He
is president Of the Western Sub
urban Democratic Club, one of
the groups working in support of
a single slate.
Mr.. Lombard believes pri-
mary campaigns should be open
to all aspirantS without in
dorsed tickets.
Lombard's Background.
Mr.. Lombard is married and
has lived in Montgomery Coun-
ty since the end of World War
II. He holds a bachelor of arts
degree in economics from the
University of Indiana, a bache-
lor Of laws degree from National
University in Washington and
also has taken postgraduate
work in law at Catholic Uni
versity.
He is a member of Cissel-
Saxon American Legion Post in
Silver Spring. the Silver Spring
Memorial Post No. 1862, Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars, and Gam
ma Eta Gamma national, legal
fraternity.
Before opening his own law
practice, he worked with the
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Bandits Shoot Calvert Man
In HoIdup; Flee With 500

talking with the shocked wife
of the victim:
Mr.. and Mrs. Meade were
alone in the station around $50
pm. when two young men en-
tered. A third remained outside
in an automobile.
One of the men who came
inside INQUIRED about, the price
Of tires. Mr.. Meade started for
the storage room where the tires
are kept. Suddenly. the tallest
bandit pulled gun. and began
firing at Mr.. Meade.
The second bandit in the sta
ton pulled a gun on Mrs. Meade.
When the shooting started, he
went for the cash register and
Mrs. Meade ran out of the sta
ton to get help from a neighbor
across the road.
When Mrs. Meade and the
neighbor returned. the bandits
had fed. They found Mr.. Meade
lying outside the station beside
the gasoline pumps where he had
crawled after he was shot.