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Evening star., 1954-06-05
Arlington Board
Puts Off Action on
Ames Tract Rezoninq

Consideration by the Airing
ton County Board Of the con-
troversial Ames tract rezoning
request for luxury apartments
has been postponed, probably
until next fall.
The County Board was sched-
uled to hear the request Wednes-
day evening at a recessed Zoning
hearing. Instead, the board yes
terday announced the applicant
has Withdrawn the request.
Sought was a change from R-20
residential zoning to RA-R for
80 acres along the Potomac River
front.
Applicants for the rezoning
were Murphy & Ames Realty Co.,
Inc, and Emmett Deadly. The
property is located in the 2700
and $500 blocks of Marcy road.
Vigorous opposition to the
rezoning has been expressed by
hundreds Of residents in eight
civic organizations. In addition,
the Arlington Zoning and Land
Use Committee recommended the
request be denied.
The committee declared that
access to the property along
Marcy road is inadequate and
that a date for extending George
Washington Memorial parkway
into the area is uncertain.
The requested zoning cannot
be reconsidered by the board be-
fore November. If the zoning
had been denied, however, the
application could not be re-heard
for 18 months.
One other item is on the
boards agenda for Wednesday.
It involves a board decision on
May 10 denying general CONNER
cial zoning for premises at $500
Lee highway, now zoned local
commercial.
The board, following the May
decision, agreed to consider ad-
vertising the property for apart
ment zoning. The applicant,
Mrs. Grace j. Kelley, has, how
ever, advised the board she does
not desire apartment zoning fot
the property. She has requested
the board to rescind its author
ization to- re-advertiSe.
Evening star., 1954-06-05

Ine university OF MarylanO
conferred degrees on 2,045 of its
sons and daughters at College
Park today. ushering them into
a world battling ''the sinister
force of an atheistic world COM
munism" with a warning that
moral and spiritual rearmament
is essential in the quest fol-
peace.
1t. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell
jr., Air Force deputy chief o1
staff for personnel and a former
commander of the Far East
Bomber Command over Korea
who gave the commencement ad-
dress, told the graduating class
including 166 ROTC students
who were to be commissioned
second lieutenants in the Ali
Force:
"We must defend ourselves
against the sinister force of ar
atheistic world communism with
every weapon at our disposal
economic, spiritual, political
and, if necessary, military
We must possess military power
sufficient to insure an armed
peace until the people and ma
tions Of the world learn to live
in harmony.
"Our new concern for oul
freedoms is our strength"
The university's College o1
Liberal Arts and Sciences pro.
duced the biggest crop Of can.
didates for degrees-373-ir
contrast with the military atmos.
phere Of the ceremony.
10 Graduated in Germany.
While the main graduation
exercises were taking place or
the wide mall in front of the
Administration Building, Is
other students were receiving
their degrees in Heidelberg
Germany, at the university's ex-
tension college.
Under retired president DR.. H
c. Curly" Byrd, now a Demo
cratic contender for the Mary.
land gubernatorial nomination
the university spread extension
schools over 13 foreign countries
from Greenland to Saudi Arabia
The biggest one, in Heidelberg
has the title of the University
of Maryland in Europe. "
Gov. Theodore r. McKeldin
saluted the graduates.
The Governor said: IT am in
clined to give short shrift to
those political morticians who
see only gloom ahead. I greet
you on this day, so important to
you and to us as a free society
of educated men,"
The university conferred hon
orary doctor of laws degrees on
Simon E. Sobeloff, solicitor gen.
.eral Of the United States and
former chief Judge of the Mary
land Court Of Appeals. and Mrs.
Lillian Cleveland Compton,
president Of Frostburg State
Teachers College. Gen. O'Don-
nell received an honorary degree
of doctor of military science; and
George M. Worrilow. director of
extension services of the Uni
versity of Delaware, received an
honorary doctorate in agricul-
ture.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
|I.w%1w I'D
f
reIdentified
By Waitress
Il Congress Members
Tell Of Shooting
In House March I
By Jock Jones'

A waitress who told q Fed
eral court jury she served lunch
to four Puerto Rican terrorists
shortly before they shot and
wounded five Representatives
on the House floor on March /
faces intense cross-examination
when trial Of the four resumes
Monday.
Mrs. Grace Fisher, the wait
ress. was firm yesterday in her
Identification Of Mrs. Lolita
Lebron. 80, Irving Flores Rod
riquez. ~. Rafael Concel Mi
randa, 25, aand Andres Figueroa
Cordero, 90, all Of New York.
She said she served the men
sandwiches and coffee about
noon on March ! In the restau-
rant on the concourse at Union
Station.
Myron g. Ehrlich, defense
attorney, told Judge Alexander
Hotlzoff, of the U. s. District
Court for the District Of CO.
lumbia, that cross-examination'
will require "some time" to COM
plete.
Key Witness.
The waitress Is considered q
key witness in the Govern
ment'S case, since the way in
which the indictments are drawn
requires proof that the four
came here together and acted
together.
The four are charged with as
sault with intent to kill and
assault with a dangerous weapon.
Each faces a maximum prison
sentence of 125 years If they are
convicted.
The most emphatic and def
mite witness yesterday was Rep
resentative Graham. Republican,
Of Pennsylvania, formerly a
State trooper and once prosecut-
ing attorney In his home county.
He pointed to each defendant
and called each by name as he
testified vividly about the events
during the shooting.
All of the wounded men, except
Representative Bentley, Republic
can, of Michigan have testified.
Mr.. Bentley is expected to appear
as witness on Tuesday.
Van Zandt Testifies.
Representative Van Zandt, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania told
yesterday how he raced from the
House floor to the gallery and
helped wrest the gun from one
of the aSsailantS.
He said he was in his seat
when the shooting started.
after I saw what I did and
heard what I did, my military
instinct took over, and I headed
for the scene of action" he said.
Mr.. Van Zandt is a captain in
the Naval reserve.
Representative Jensen, Repub-
lican, of Iowa, one Of the
wounded, told the jury Of seven
men and five women: ~..
my first thought was that
some one who had a grievance
with me had shot me. I have
been pretty outspoken about peo-
pie who are trying to destroy
our way Of life. The first thought
that came to my mind was that
some one had shot me from be-
hind. And I said, "1e got me- !"
Representative Davis, Demo-
crat, of Tennessee, another one
of the wounded, testified:
II will always remember the
tall man (Miranda) and the
woman (Mrs. Lebron) standing
close together and shooting"
He said he could not identify
the other two accused men. He
declared:
II saw him (Miranda) taking
a dead-level aim. But who shot
me, I don't know"
The trial will be resumed at
| IN q m M0ndav
Evening star., 1954-06-05
A. K. Hancock
Favored for Job
In Montgomery
-, Finance Chief Seen
Choice as Manager
If He Wants Post

Sources high in Montgomery
County official circles today re-
ported that if Finance Director
Alex K. Hancock wants the job
the County Council has the
answer to its problem of getting
8 new county manager.
Mr.. Hancock is expected to be
named acting county manager,
probably at Tuesdays meeting.
Public Works Director Mason
: Butcher was assigned the job
late last month on q temporary
basis while Mr.. Hancock was out
Of the county.
Mr.. Hancock served as acting
county manager from April, 1858,
to last September while the
council was seeking a replace
ment for former manager Ir-
wing G. McNayr.
Mr.. Hancock said today the
council realizes he would rather
not have the job" He added he
believes he can serve the county
better in his present position.
Anxious To Fill Job.
Some members of the council
have indicated they want to fill
the position as soon as possible
and not later than September l.
Chances appear good, how
ever, that the conflict between
councilmen who favor seeking
q Washington area man for the
job and those who are convinced
the county must again get a man
with city manager experience
will delay the selection possibly
until after the November elec-
tionS.
Those who favor an area man
point out the council will have
difficulty in getting a top drawer
manager to leave another job
for the $4,000 salary Mont
gomery can offer and in view Of
the unavoidable insecurity that
would hang over him because
of the coming election.
Council members who are
leaning heavily toward the Sc
lection of a local man have
made it clear they are not 60
ing to give in easily. Their op-
ponents on this matter won out
last summer and the council
unanimously selected E. T. Beall,
who resigned May Is after he
was indicted in Portsmouth,
Ohio. on a charge of embezzle-
ment while he was city manager
there.
Expert in Field.
Mr.. Hancock, who has held
the $8,500-a-year finance post
since 1949, is a nationally known
authority in the municipal
finance field. He Joined the
county government in 1882 as an
auditor. was out of the govern
ment for several years, and then
returned in 1889 as accountant
and controller.
He holds a bachelor of COM
mercial science degree from
Southeastern University in
Washington and is a member
of the Georgia and Maryland
bars. He also is a certified pub
lie accountant under Georgia
laws.
Mr.. Hancock has only about
six years to go before he reaches
the voluntary retirement age of
so under Maryland law.
The county managers post
also is covered by the State Re-
tirement Law, but is admittedly
not as stable as Mr.. Hancock
present post. If he should take
the job as county manager, and
then were dismissed by a SubSe-
Quent council he would have
only a year to get another gov
ernmental position in the State
to keep his retirement benefits.
Mr.. Hancock lives at 8447
Woodcliffe court, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Stafford Boy Killed
In Truck-Aufo Crash
On Virginia Highway

A 5-year-old boy was killed
last night in a crash involving a
station wagon and a tractor
trailer on No. highway in Stat
ford County 3 miles north of
Stafford, Va.
William Lester Bowers, who
lives at Stafford, was pronounced
dead at Quantico Marine Hos
pital.
Virginia State Police said Will
liam was riding in a station
wagon driven by Joseph Lacy
Bowers. The station wagon and
tractor-trailer driven by CAL
vim E. Fletcher of State Road
N. c., collided, police said.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Meet the Candidates
Meet the Candidates
Two Vie in g. O. P. Race for States Attorney
By ChorIes A. McAleer

Montgomery County will get
a new States attorney this year,
and if the Republicans have
their say, it will be either Frank
r. Long or j. Hodge Smith.
These two lawyers are the op-
ponents in the upcoming Repub-
Evening star., 1954-06-05

One Of a series about principal eondi-
dotes in the neorby Maryland pri-
mories June 2S.
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09
JUST FOR TODAY!
Continued from last week)

Continued from last Week)
Today we talk about what
alcoholism is. A few big words
will sneak into out conversation.
Don't get scared on them and quit.
They're necessary.
Everybody who read about Mic
key realized something was wrong
with the guy. Some snorted:
Crazy! Just plain nuts!" Others
said: "A weakling! Da bum just
amt got no quits! l despise a cow
ardw Another group moralized:
"Humph! Just plain no good, that's
all! No character. Nobody with any
character would do the things that
guy did. And him with all that
fancy education, too! Serves him
right"
A large group thought aloud:
Strengthened up has he? Yeah?
Well I'll believe it when 1 see it.
When they get as low as that guy
was, they don't come back! 1t
amt possible"
It may be that all these readers
are partly right and partly wrong.
Anyway, medics psychiatrists and
the Church recognize today that
Mickey and untold thousands of
other Mickeys suffer from a dis
ease as real as syphilis. It's symp-
toms run rampant through their
stories. You will read some stories
later in this series if you stick
around.
| X X
DON'T KID yourself that the
disease is rare, like hemophilia
Rating diseases is the business OF
the u. S. Department of Public
Health. In it's latest survey, that
agency listed the following men
killers, on the basis of incidence
disabling effect and mortality rate
Public Enemy No. /, heart dis.
ease; Public Enemy No. 2, cancer;
Public Enemy No 3, ALCOHOL
ISM.
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09
Beauty And You

Q. Please suggest a good, quick
Slxin-sOftening treatment.
A. One old, but; good treatment
is just to coat face and throat with
a little olive oil, and then rub brisk
ly over this with some ordinary
table salt. -.
@. What is the best way to lip
stick a mouth which has a rather
heavy lower lip?
A. An optical illusion can be Gre
ated if you use a lighter, brighter
shade of color on the upper lip
than on the lower. This makes it
appear fuller and calls attention
away from the heavy lower lip.
@. What can be done for hair
that has become rather strealxy
from Over-dyeing?
A. Probably your best solution
is an egg shampoo.
@. How can keep the floor mop
clean?
A. Instead of trying to shake the
dirt out of new floor mop after
starting to use it, brush it with
whisk broom. The mop will always
be fluffy and clean.
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09
How Can /?

q. What steps can I take to
avoid my gray hairs taking on a
yellOwish tinge when shampoOing
it,,
A. A bluing rinse should be the
answer to this. Ordinary bluing,
made by a reputable firm, is all
right, but use it with discretion.
Your water should be warm, and
not hot-as hot water tends to dis
color gray hair.
Q. How can / mix good,
cleansing facial mask?
A. Mix a paste of raw oatmeal
and milk.
@. Should hair that is too oily
be brushed? This would seem to
increase the Oiliness.
"A. Brush it, by all means! In
fact, brush it 20 times a day, in
stead of 100. This will, at first,
make it seem more oily-but keep
on brushing. AS your hair be-
comes healthier, the over-active
glands that spout oil will begin to
take it easier.
g. What is a good after-shampoo
rinse for softening the hair? .. :.
A. Three ounces of vinegar
added to l II pints of warm water.
Z q. What is good external
treatment for face pimples?
A. Battle face at least twice
daily with pure soap and water,
rinsing thoroughly with very warm
and then cold water. Use lanolin
as a substitute for face cream,
and as little powder as possible.
@. How can 1 prevent diced
fruits from dropping to the bottom
of geIatine mold?
A. This can be prevented by
chilling the fruits and adding when
the gelatine mixture has partly
CONCEALED.
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09
Beauty and You

eyes Dress the hair back and away
from the temples, close to sides of
your head.
Q. How can l prevent cream
from turning into butter?
A. Cream will not turn to butter
if a teaspoonsful of sugar is added
to it. To sour a half pint of cream,
add a teaspOnoful of vinegar to it.
@. How can 1 keep moths out of
garments?
A. If whole cloves are sprinkled
in the folds and pockets Of the
garments which you are storing,
the moths will be kept away.
Q. How can L protect the birds
when using the bird bath, and
there are cats in the neighbcr-
hood?
A. 1t is good idea to place the
bird bath near a tree if cats are
around, as a bird cannot fly while
it's feathers are wet.
@. How. can 1 clean wOOlen
garments?
A. Before attempting to clean a
Woolen garment brush it thorough
ly. Most of the dust and dirt will
come out and then one can clean
the spots and soil.
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09

NEW YORK, (GLOBAL)-Dlnah
Washington in Philadelphia's Up
town Theatre with the Harptones,
who made such a hit at Harlem's
Apollo three weeks ago Disk
Jockeys here in New Yourk City
and in New Jersey are really airing
Shirley Hammer records. She has
a low, mellow voice the dis. seem
to go for, and she's collecting fans
by the minute >. Betty Madlgan
clicking on night club appearances
throughout the country. She's an
other MGM Records star who was
such a success at Cleveland'S Hotel
Hollenden.
Ginny Gibson's "Dansero" is still
selling :. Guitarist Everett Barks-
dale one of Tin Pan Alleys best
Drummer Sonny Greer in Tin
Pan Alley last week . . Joni
James Am l In Love" is climbing
to the top of the hit ladder =.
Billy Eckstine leaves for Europe
on April 18 to play the London
Palladium, and then travel the
Continent.
Thanks to all my readers who
remembered that March 28th was
my birthday . Watch out for the
coming MGM release of Fred Nor
man and his orchestra. It's a great
one, and a prize-winning one, too
-. Sarah Vaughan is wowing Gus
toners at BroadWay'S Birdland . E.
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong still
going strong at Basin Street.
Enrol Garner still tickling the
worries at New York's plush east
side spot, The Embers Lucky
Millinder and his orchestra at the
Apollo last week Tommy Ed
wards waxing on MGM label of
wall Of Ice" still zooming E.
Billy Eckstine's recording Of Sea
breeze" goes on sale this week,
and it is predicted that it will hit
the big ten in no time at all.
/ like . The new recording of
Bob Stewart Ethel Waters
bits of nostalgia daily on the Tex
and JinX show over WNBT with
Reginald Beane's superb accom-
paniments Harry Belafonte's
folk tunes any time of the day or
night.
Juanita Hall, who plays the title
role in the Philip Morris-Pet
Milk radio series, "The Story of
Ruby Valentine" has planned a
spring concert tour with a pro
gram titled Moods"
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09

Editors Note: This is the
fourth of a series of articles OH
alcoholism written by one who
has experienced many bitter
heartaches as an alcoholic, but
who now has found relief and
peace of mind since becoming a
member of Alcoholic AnOny
NOUS
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09
AItohoIisnn's Effects Told By Ex-Lusher

AS in the case of cancer and
heart disease, as we'll as diabetes
and other ailments, medical science
has discovered no cure for alcohol
ism. That means once person has
become Cor been bOrn an
alcoholic, never again can he be
come a normal" drinker. The
FIRST DRINK of anything alco-
holic harbors disaster for him-or
her.
That doesn't mean, however, that
the alcoholic is doomed to living
death. Thousands of victims of the
disease are living proof that what
is impossible with man is common
place with God, as we shall later
see. Even the Almighty, however,
has not thus. far permitted the
alcoholic to drink normally again.
Make no mistake about that. And
believe it or not when his mind
and eyes become clear through a
miracle, the alcoholic is very glad
that this is true.
In addition to the known fact
that alcoholism is difficult to treat,
and hard to get along with, it is
a bastard even among other dang
erous. maladieS. The others drop
neatly into little baskets. Most are
clearly physical ailments: an
alarming number are primarily
mental; a few are spiritual or
moral.
Illustrations are simple. Any
idiot knows that syphilis, or heart
disease, or poliomyelitis are purely
physical propositions - though, OF
course. they may produce mental
or !. spiritual involvements if not
checked and treated.
Speak of dementia praecox, or
schizophrenia, or paranoia and
everyone knows that you are talk
ing about a mental disease, though
it may have physical effects as
well.
Again, think of a criminal, hard
ened and with conscience, whose
only standard with respect to his
conduct though life is the simple
test: "Can l get away with it?'
To him, the Eleventh of the Ten
| Commandments shalt not
get caught"-is the only one not in
1.-THE book. Sane? Yes, says the law,
because he knows what he is doing
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09

and he knows the difference be-
tween right and wrong. Physically
i'll? Often he is a perfect specimen.
But sick? Of course. And his all
ment is a spiritual or moral one.
With our modern facility for label
ing everything, we have called such
a person a constitutional psyche
pathic inferior"
Most diseases, thus, fall into one
of these three brackets. But the
illegitimate child, alcoholism
Bastard like, it falls into all three
Continued next Week)
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09

q. How can 1 exercise to develop
my shoulders, arms, and bust?
A. Stand erect, feet together,
hands locked on top of head. Bring
elbows together, until they touch
in front Of face; then force them
back vigorously, attempting to
make them touch in back. Keep
head and chin up and back straight
throughout. Ten. times, rapidly.
Q. What makeup procedure is
best for the square type of face?
A. Taper the eyebrows off to-
ward the ends, and place rouge
high on the cheekbones and blend
it into the lower circles of the
Arizona sun., 1954-04-09

Q. What steps can 1 take to
avoid my gray hairs taking on a
yellowish tinge when shampOOing
it?
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
NIXON TELLS DEMOCRATS HOW SIMPLE
ITISTO VOTE REPUBLICAN

headline in The Citizen, over an Associated Press
story from indianapolis, reads:
"GOP Hopes Are Pinned On Demo Support"
The story details of speech made by Vice Pres
iden Nixon in his frantic efforts get support for Repub
lican candidates in the November election
His hopes in lining up Democrats for Republican can
ddates fatuous his declaring that the Republican
Administration has restored the dollar to its full value
Since the Republicans have been in office they have
not said anything about the penny value of the dollar
compared with its buying power in 1885, the Roose-
vet and Truman Administrations used to do at regular
intervals.
But it is easy enough to learn by asking Key West
housewives how far the dollar goes in buying the
cesstes and conveniences of life compared with what
purchased Is years They will tell you that they get
third less for their dollar than they did in 1889
The Citizen published another story day before the
about Nixons speech, in which the Republican Com
Department announced that the price index had
fallen twoffths of per cent in the last month. We
heard Key West housewives that the
trivial not worth while mentioning it. and
Key West housewife remarked that she saved penny
every SIS she spent.
SO much for NiXons restoration of the value of the
dollar He then explained how simple is for Democrats
and independents to vote the Republican ticket "f you
approve President Eisenhower and his program, you
Republican"
Few Democrats and independents approve it, but
what worries Nixon and other Republican bigwigs still
is that numbers of Republicans don't approve
it. Those who dsapprove rank-andfle Republicans
but the program is only approved but appauded
by moneyed Republicans.
Democrats, independents and rank-andfile Repub-
acutely that the Eisenhower cabinet is
composed of mionaires with exception In that
gard, thing Nixon said applies aptly: 1--WE clean up
don't up but he could have added truly that
the cleaning" has been unsatisfactory topnotch
Republican writers admit nferentiay that the Democrats
will win majority in both the House and the Senate in
the November election
Ru IN Tho A c+or \;
word about the issues the Democrats are sressng
their campaignlow prices for farm products boosted
high prices by manipulation by the time they reach
sumers, and the unemployment problem.