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Evening star., 1954-12-22
Jews Join 10 Send
season 5 Greetings
10 Area Churches

The washington Board Of
Rabbis. the Rabbinical Council
|of washington and the Jewish
Community Council Of Greater
Washington today sent Seasons
Greetings to all Protestant
ministers and Catholic priests IN
the Washington area and 10
their congregations.
Individual letters to clergymen
expressed the hope for the
triumph Of good and q world Of
peace and understanding" The
letters were signed by Rabbi Noah
Golinken and Rabbi Simon Burn-
stein. presidents of the two rsh-
binical organizations. and BY
Aaron Goldman, president Of the
Jewish council. The council Is
made up Of 100 synagOgues, in
stitutions and other organiza-.
tions.
The action reciprocated greet
/ Iings the Washington Ministerial
Union has for several years sent
to the Jewish congregations and
their rabbis during the Jewish
High Holy Day period.
The letter reads:
Dear Friends:
aAs the year 1854 draws to =
close. and the holiday season
which Is sacred to your COM
municants approaches. our fra
ternal thoughts are with you.
and we wish to convey to you
and to your congregations sim
cere greetings on behalf of the
Rabbinical associations, the Syn
agogues, and our afiiliated lay
Jewish organizations in Greater
Washington. May this holiday
season. and the New Year, bring
healing and comfort to the OPP
pressed, hope and fulfillment to
all mankind, and a renewal Of
faith in God and Of dedication
to His commandments.
''The world Of man is today
gripped by fear and uncertainty.
The spectre of human self-de-
Struction haunts us. Mans evil
impulses. unchecked BY Divine
law. threaten to uproot oil that
Is noble in humanity. and indeed
to bring down the entire earth in
ruins about us. We join with you,
and with all neighbors and
friends. in feryent prayer that
these evil impulses will be over
come, and that, under Divine
guidance, all men may work to-
gether for the triumph Of good
and for q world Of peace and
understanding.
"Piease accept our greetings.
and our warm wishes for q happy
New Year"
Evening star., 1954-12-22
6reenspun Charges
PIol ID Jail Hin
o. o. Assesiossd pssss

Herman NJ. tHank) Green
spun, publisher pf the Las Vegas
Sun. contends Attorney General
BroWnell. Postmaster General
SummerfieId and Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, Of Wiscon-
sin are In 3 conspiracy 10 put
him IN prison.
Mr.. Greenspun told q news
conference yesterday he viii
stress the contention III q de-
tense against q Federal indict-
ment accusing him OF publishing
an article which, the indictment
says. tended to ''incite murder
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Sugar Quotas Set
At 81 Million Tons

Secretary Of Agriculture Ben-
son today set sugar quotas for
1855 totaling 81 million short
tons. he indicated that q re-
vised quota later probably would
raise this to 8.5 million.
For 1854. the initial quota was
3 million tons and final quotas
Itotaled 8.25 million tons.
The Quotas govern the amount
of new sugar from all sources.
foreign and domestic. that may
be marketed In the continental
United States.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
ar fha A,soxiaisd Press

=
The TariH Commission was
told tOtiay that Japan cannot
develop . sound economy nor
become self-supporting without
"a substantial and dependable
export trade"
william s. Culhertson. appear
ing IN behalf Of the Americans
Japanese Cotton Textile Assoc
citation, q subdivision Of the ia
panese Chamber Of Commerce,
said that unless this trade Is
achieved Japan may have 70
seek closer relationships with
the communists mainland Of
Asia"
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Sidewalk Treinsr Cycle

Has 1O-inch wheels, =
trainer wheels. plus ad-
Unstable seat and hans
dlebar. sturdily made.
with baked enamel fin
ish.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
I8 Piece Set Complete!'
1926 Lionel 3-Car Freight Trim
Complete with
Transformer. Lock
On. Lubricant, and
Instructions!

book tool Just what you get steam-type locomo
tive with powerful beam headlight tender, gondoa and
box cars caboos curved and straight tracks remote
control uncoupng set lock and transformer At this
big saving-youd better hurryl
Evening star., 1954-12-22
7.os Rooted Hair To- Doll
Soys "Poppo" & "Momn,o"

Has vinyl plastic head, arms
and legs with rooted hair that
can be washed. Dressed in
organdy with lace-trimned
dress and bonnet.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
4.os 10 s.95 Gift Toys

Pick . cnild's wooden
ten wagon with aluni-
mum tee set; . metal
table and 2 chair set;
or q sturdy a. wheel
scooter with large rubber
tires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Bethesda Chamber
Plans Fund Project

Members of the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce will be
asked at a special meeting Mon
day evening to approve a con-
struction project to raise funds
for the organization.
The project, approved by the
Board of Directors. calls for con-
struction and sale of a CONNER
cial building in the Woodmont
triangle.
The cost, according to Cham
Der President Carroll b Sager
would be $4,000 for the land and
$4,000 for the building. The
building then would be sold fol-
SGT 900, giving the chamber q
81, 900 profit.
Mr.. Sager said Muth Brothers
a building contracting firm. ha:
agreed to construct the building
at cost, and that a real estate
broker win handle the renta
and sale of the building at M
cost to the chamber.
Mr.. Sager urged chamber
members who will not be able t.
attend Mondays meeting to vot,
on the project ty phone. TIT
project must be approved by 81
per cent of the membership be
| fore 1t may be undertaken, h,
said.
The Monday meeting will b
fheld at $50 pm. at Thompson
Sea Food Restaurant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Programs for I oniqht

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with the Film Center of WASH
,ington and the recreation de-
partments of the District and
Alexandria and Arlington. Prince
Georges, Montgomery and Fair
fax Counties:
Washington, 81 Dusk.
stodderts. Thirty-ninth ana CALVERT
Raymond. Tenth street and Spring
'0i Iansdon. Twenty-seeond and Franklin
Sherwood God Tenth and G streers NE.
virginia avenue Ninth street ana
Cook, North Capitol and p streets NV
Rose Park Twenty-seventh ana .
l Tsnsstcn. ce1o n street NE -
Fort stanton. Seventeenth and Erie
arlington County. $50 pm.
Tuckahoe. $3.50 North Twenty.sixtn
''i Nellie GUSTS, III South Twenty-third
street.
Prince Georges County, $50 pm.
Bradbury Heights Elementary School
1901 Fffty-third avenue. 6radoars
Brentwood Playground. Bartlett PARK
1900 Thirty-eiEhth street, BRENTWOOD.
Montxsmery County. $50 n,ni.
Bethesda Chevy Chase. 400 NORWOOD
viers Mn. IVY Glen and Garrett
PARK roads. viers Mil Village. Silver
Tg!nbrook, Ardennes avenue. Rock
Alexandria, $50 p.m.
Patrick Henry Elementary school
Shirley-Duke DEVELOPMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Montgomery 10 Conduct
Voluntary Car Inspection

The Montgomery County
Safety Board will conduct a vol
untary auto safety check pro-
gram in October. =
Frank P. Lowery, a member OF
the Safety board, said q five-man
committee is now making plans
for the fall safety check. He said
county auto dealers are being
asked to provide free safety
check lanes for motorists.
Earlier this week, Thomas B,
r. Mudd, Maryland Commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles. urged
State car owners to participate
in a voluntary auto inspection
campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29

~. HtA va =
lated in q special tank at the
Naval Gun Factory. It permits
pressures as great as those at
q depth Of 800 feet. When Ma
chinist Mate Appleton coll
lapsed he was on a 15-minute
routine dive in 10 feet Of water
with pressures equal to 100 feet.
Doctors who worked inside the
chamber stripped to their shorts.
They at first believed the young
diver was suffering from blends, :"
the introduction of nitrogen
bubbles into the blood stream, a
chronic divers occupational haz-
ard. But Mr.. Appleton failed
| to respond under treatment de-
signed to relieve the condition.
The diving school maintains a
complement of rs selected petty
fofficers, who must go through a
rigorous medical examination
before being permitted to do any
diving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Navy Diver Taken to Hospital
StiIIin Coma Doctors Puzzled
Pressure Chamber
Vigil Ends; Condition
Of Victim Critical

A 24-year-old Navy diver.
stricken Tuesday while under
going a routine training dive
and treated by Navy doctors in
side a decomposition chamber
for more than SO hours. was
taken to Bethesda Medical Gem
ter at 8 am. today. He con-
tinued in a coma.
Doctors were still at a loss to
understand what had happened
to Arthur L. Appleton. ma
chinist's mate 1/c from Carbon
dale. Ill.
This morning, they said his
nervous system Is involved. but
they have been unable TO To-
calize the trouble.
The n1ishap, which found
Navy doctors working in shifts
inside the drum like chamber
at the Navy Yard, was described
as the first of its kind in the
27-year-old history of the deep
sea diving school. His condition
was said to be critical by ply
sicians at the naval hospital who
are attempting to diagnose the
divers collapse during a sinau-
lated dive.
Working on q routine problem
at a simulated 100 feet under.
| Machinist Mate Appleton re-
turned to the surface in spe-
cial diving tank Tuesday morn
ing. He complained to COM
panion of feeling dizzy and was
hurried into the decompressior
chamber where he collapsed.
His diving toys were removed
| and a vigil by his side begun.
In agonizing slowness, TIT
{. pressure was gradually returned
to normal. At 3 am. today j
| was reached and the stricken
diver was removed. The coms
persisted after his removal
hospital officials, said. Hi
blood pressure and temperature
were described by Navy physi
clans as stable. y
Early today Comdr. Moffett &
Holler, medical officer at tn
school, and Albert w. Holmes
hospital corpsman, worked be
side the diver as the pressur
was returned to normal equal
ing the outside pressure.
Food and hot coffee were re
layed in to the medical men a
they gave sedatives to the un
conscious man and worked OF
his legs and arms in anSef1or
to stir blood circulation. E
Additional doctors arrived
some civilians during the night
The deep-sea dives are simu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Democrats Add Is
In Alexandra Drive

The Alexandria Democratic
Committee is expanding its
membership from Is to 80 men,
bers temporarily to work for the
party candidates, John Webb
and Senator Robertson, in the
fall election campaign.
Mr.. Webb is the Democratic
nominee who seeks to unseat
Republican Representative Eroy-
hill. the incumbent, from nearby
Virginia's 10th district.
The committee enlargement Is
on a temporary basis. but may be
made permanent later.
Committee Chairman Thomas
Moncure explained that the
number of voting precincts re-
Gently was increased to 16. The
enlarged committee would give
each precinct two committee
workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Crisis Curbs
Use Of Wafer
In Alexandra
Part Of Foirfox
Also Affected by
Latest Ban

e 44s q & FIJI = 81
Non-eSsential use of water has
been banned for more than 10000
families In Alexandria and part
Of Fairfax County.
The continued dry weather and
lack OF adequate pipes and pres
sures have resulted in the worst
crisis in the 104-year history OF
the Alexandria Water Co.
The 24-hour emergency ban on
sprinkling lawns and washing
cars had the official sanction
yesterday Of Alexandria City
Manager Ira Willard and the
Fairfax Board of County Super
visors. The ban is in effect until
further notice.
Here is the situation in nearby
Virginia areas:
Alexandria--24-hour ban on
non essential use.
AUTHORIZATIONS ban, from
2 am. to 10 pm, still in effect,
but officials are concerned that
widespread violations will re-
quire more drastic action.
Fairfax COunty-24-hour ban
in areas served by Virginia Water
Co, Annandale Water Co. and
Fairfax Hydraulics Water Co.
Fairfax Town--No restriction.
Falls Church---No restriction
of water use in the city or by
Fails Church customers outside
the city.
Herndon-No restriction.
yienna-24-hour ban on nom
essential use.
The Alexandria Water Co..
through it's allied firm. the vir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Wild Ponies Swim 4OOYord Channel for Annual Cncoteogue Sol
BY the A.soeiased Press

CHINcoTEAGUE. Va, July
2s.-This Eastern Shore island
community takes on the atmos-
phere OF Western frontier town
today when about 200 wild ponies
are driven through It's streets in
the towns annual pony penning.
The ponies are to be driven
from their overnight corral at
Beebe's Ranch on the southern
end of the island to the carnival
grounds of the islands volunteer
FIRE department.
There, the animals will be sold
at auction. Also scheduled are
pony rides and the usual carnival
offerings.
The ponies not sold today VIII
| be returned to Assateague Island
| for another year OF roaming.
Yesterday. the ponies were
rounded up on Assateague Island
Iby 10 horsemen and brought
/ across to Chincoteague The 400
yard swim required about Ave
minutes
Mayor Robert N. Reed esti-
mated about 10000 persons lined
| the shore as the horsenen aric
boatnen herded the ponies
across the channel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Yepco Given Shock
By vP Flag Flying
EAtop275-Foot Stack
BY the Assoeiossd Press,

s u < FL ~ rs ! e..
HAMPTON, Va, July 20
Officials Of the Virginia Electric
and Power Co. plant here were
bafiled yesterday over the APP
pearance of a college flag atop
the plants 215-foot smokestack.
q location they termed "practi-
cally inaccessible"
The flag, bearing the letters
"VPI," was spotted tied securely
to a lightning rod atop the
stack, spot expert repairmen
can reach only with scatfolding.
Company spokesman said q
permanent ladder up the stack
begins 10 feet above the ground
and can be reached only with
the aid Of another ladder. The
ladder ends below the top OF
the stack-not to mention the
| intervening six feet to the tor
Of the lightning rod.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Sirens Woil at Capitol
But the Bond PIcys on

The Marine Band played on
last night, undeterred by the
sirens of fire engines responding
to a little fire in the Capitol.
About 1000 persons at the
concert paid little attention as
aerial trucks sped up to Quench
the blaze in a filter OF the air.
conditioning system. The fire
did little besides pour some
smoke into the main ground
floor corridor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Mrs. Stone Appointed
To Group for Study
or Delinquent Youths
BY the Associated Press

Mrs. Kathryn Stone of Airing
ton, a member of the House OF
Delegates who sponsored a bill
for a State study for juvenile
delinquency, has been named one
of the commission members
charged with such a study.
Mrs. Stone was named in
Richmond by House Speaker E.
Blackburn Moore. Other MEM
bers were picked by Gov. Stanley
and 1t. Gov. A., E. s. Stephens.
The Juvenile Study Commits
sion was one of several which
were announced yesterday.
Other memnArs Of the juve-
nile study group: Delegates
Harold B. Singleton Of Amherst
and Tom Frost of Warrenton
and Senators George s. Aldhizer
of Harrisonburg and John III.
Temple of Petersburg.
Stanley Appointees Listed.
Gov. Stanley named Mrs. Ken
meth S. Bass, jr., Of Henrico; G.
Al. Turner, jr., Eastville lawyer;
Mrs. William w. Kavanagh Of
Roanoke. State president OF the
Parent Teachers Association, and
James F. Ingoldsby of Bristol,
former Roanoke police chief, to
| the commission.
| The group will begin its study
of the causes and possible cpres
| of juvenile delinquency within
the next 80 days.
The heads of the State Edu-
cation, Welfare, Health and
Mental Hygiene Departments
also will serve on the committee.
la juvenile court judge and a
person with clinical experience
in a mental hygiene clinic also
| will serve on the commission.
Other Groups Named.
/ Members of other study COM
missions named included:
/ Joint Commission with Mary
i land and the District of Colum-
bia) to study passenger carrier
facilities in the Washington
/ Metropolitan Area - Senator
/ Charles r. Fenwick and Dele
gate j. Maynard Magruder Of
/ Arlington, with a third member
representing Virginia to be
named by the State Corporation
| Commission.
I Code Commission - Delegate
! Armistead L. Boothe of Alex.
andria, Senator Robert o. Nor.
ris, jr., and Judge Harold F
Senat of the Henrico and Rich
mond Circuit Court, all reap
pointed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Town Munuqer Hired

FRONT ROYAL, Va. July 20
(SpeciaD 1T. Nelson Elliott, for
the past two months Office man
ager of Front Royal. today an
nounced his resignation effective
August IA. Harold p. Hammer,
ir., South Norfolk. has been re-
tanned by the council as town
manager, effective August 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Maryland Boy Held ed
/ In IS Break -Ins

A rash or housebreakings in
Seat Pleasant, Cedar Heights.
Chapel Oaks and Fairmont
Heights has been broken by the
arrest Of q 14-year-old colored
boy, Prince Georges County
police said today.
Police said the boy, who lives
in Cedar Heights, admitted Is
housebreakings during the past
four months. Detectives esti-
mated the loot at about $500 in
cash. plus cameras, jewelry and
other valuables stolen from
homes and business establish
mentS.
Detectives said that they re-
covered at the boys home one
camera and some gold cuff links
but none of the money. He tolo
police he spent the money and
pawned some of the stolen items
to raise more cash for crar
games, ice cream land other
things"
| The boy was released in thu
custody of his parents for a hear
ing in Upper Marlboro Juvenile
Court August "a. Detectives who
questioned the boy and hi
parents described the youth al
| a faithful Sunday school studen
and the parents as very relig.
iouS."
Police said the boy told then
| he worked alone at night. break
| ing windows to get inside ths
victims homes. His bigges1
theft was 1855 in cash from thu
home Of Albert w. Hill in Fair
| mont Heights two weeks ag'
/ while the family was away, police
4 said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Finances Seen Chief
Barrier 10 lntegrating
Southern Schools
BY the Assoeiused Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.
July 29-A North Carolina edu-
Gator said here yesterday the
chief obstacle to be overcome in
abolishing racial segregation in
the schools is one OF too many
children and too few tax dol
lars"
Gordon w. Blackwell, director
Of the University of North Caro-
lina,s Institute of Social Science,
told conference Of Virginia
teachers and school administra-
tors here that the income gap
between the South and the Ma
ton is narrowing only slowly.
Progress Cited.
This is true. he said. despite
considerable southern economic
progress during the past two
decades.
MIR. Blackwell said the, South
should get "A-plus for effort in
financing public education be-
cause southern people spend
more proportionatelyD for public
education than Is spent in other
sections of the United States.
Indignation of the school sys-
TEN will not ease the financial
burden, said MIR. Blackwell who
added that for some States ii
will be a tremendous financial
undertaking."
A National Problem.
Educational planning has beer
complicated by population trends
| in which Negroes have migrated
from southern rural areas te
urban centers and to northern
cities, Mr.. Blackwell told the con.
ference. AS a result, he said
Negro problems are becoming
| less rural and more urban ant
national.
But he said the American pub
lie has been prepared for aboli
ton of segregation because o
the trend away from the "sepa
rate but equal" doctrine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29

ginia Water Co., is the principal
supplier of Fairfax hydraulics
and Annandale.
Howard C. Richards, manager
of Alexandria Water Co.. said
completion of a new pipe line
from the Occoquan supply this
fall will provide plenty of water
by tlle end of September.
Near Danger Point.
The emergency was proclaimed
in Alexandria and Fairfax after
mfr. Richards told Mr.. willard
and the supervisors that the
company was unable under ex-
| isting conditions to keep enough
water stored to assure a safe
supply for fire protection ana
health needs.
| Mr.. Richards said the city's
usual water reserve Of about II
million gallons had fallen to
less than 10 million. The reser-
voirs were down more than Z
feet, he said, and were falling
at the rate of ! or Ia feet q
day.
Mr.. Willard said the ban viii
not affect the city's two munici-
pal swimming pools. nor does 1t
apply to licensed florists. FIRE.
quent refilling Of the pools Is
avoided by flltering and. re-
/ treating water. Florists are ex-
empted. by the city code.
/ Mr.. willard said that car
washing by garages and filling
stations is forbidden under the
new ban. Also against the law Is
washing sidewalks or porches
"or any other unnecessary or
wasteful use."
/ Consumption Heavy.
Only last Monday, more strict
restrictions on water use had
been announced by Alexandria
and the Arms it supplies. The
continued lack of rain and heavy
consumption required emergency
action yesterday, Mr.. Richards
said.
| In Arlington. county officials
said that for the present they
will continue a plan that permits
residents to use water outside
one day week.
James A. McWhorter, presi-
dent of Annandale Water Co..
said daily use has doubled and
some residents have been with
out water temporarily.
In Herndon. l.. l.. Surato, OF
the town maintenance division.
said a new well Is providing
enough water to avoid any re-
Strictions there.
The town of Fairfax, also OPP
Grating without restriction, re-
Gently completed installation Of
new facilities.
The Vienna ban affects about
500 families In the town and in
the adjoining Vienna Woods
subdivision.