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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-20
BIRTHDAY PARTY GIVEN
HONORING BILLY SWINDELL

Mrs. Camille Podolski enter
tanned at a party in honor of the
fourth birthday of Billy Swindell
Wednesday afternoon at 800 in
her home. Billy is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Swindell.
The children received hats and
birthday favors. Ice cream and
birthday cake were served.
Guests were LAME and Robert
Wise, Jimmy Cochran, Andy
Tillett, Henry Parker Jr., Dean
Fearing, Johnny Podolski, Susan
Msekins, and Tessie Tillett.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-20
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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-20

The acreage required to pro-
duce food for each United States
citizen dropped from 20.7 in 1910
to 1875 in 1850.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
By Meredith 5. Busl

hourished half a century ago.
For in his day, Mr.. Johnson
says, he worked with some Of
the leading European sculp-
tors, including the renowned
Frenchman, Francois AuguSte
Rodin.
Now, at 76, he regards
sculpturing as a hobby rather
than a profession-something
to break the monotony Of
living alone on a small pen
sion. II give away most of
my work." he says. A 4-foot
statue Of st. George, in GRIM
son, blue and gold, he gave
to the Salvation Army.
The Rodin influence, he
says, is shown in a plaster
representation Of the Cruel
fixion, which stands in an
alcove. Along one wall
stretches a 10-foot panel he
carved in relief, inspired by
the music of one Of Wagner's
operas, the Siegfried Funeral
March. Siegfried a German
mythical hero, is being borne
high on a bier over a bridge,
a procession Of mourners with
him. "The tapering bridge is
symbolic Of the low throb of
the music rising in crescendo
and falling again." Mr.. John
son explains.
The English-born sculptor,
who attended the Royal Acad-
emy in London, has done all
types Of work in marble,
bronze and plaster, his pieces
ranging from a plaque Of
Evening star., 1954-05-23

Queen Victoria to a statue
of a drummer boy in honor Of
a famous Liverpool regiment.
While working in London for
Countess Fedora Gleichen, a
cousin Of King Edward VII,
he carved a panel for a hos
pital in Cairo, Egypt. This
entailed cutting out 20 figures
with a 3-pound iron hammer
and steel chisels from IS half
ton stone blocks.
Before coming to Washing
ton in 1898, Mr.. Johnson
worked with several artists
in New York, sculpturing a
10-foot bronze statue Of Peter
Stuyvesant and doing some
of the figure work at the
approaches of the Brooklyn
Bridge.
Living alone here-a sister,
his only relative, is in London
-he welcomes the warm sun,
the open door, the curious
visitor. This spring, one may
see his Imagination and
memory nodded into a beau
tiful scene-such as Sunset"
fashioned after he made an
ocean voyage to Miami. He
noticed a myriad Of brilliant
colors cast by the sun as it
dipped into the sea at the
horizon line. Tinted in gold
and umber, Sunset" depicts
the sun god embracing Nep-
tunes daughter at the seas
surface, with waves brushing
against her legs as she rises
to meet him, the sky and
clouds aglow in the back
ground.
Evening star., 1954-05-23

CPRING IS the season Cecil
- A. Johnson likes best
this, being the time of year
his sculpture goes on public
display.
Not that he has an art
gallery or a picturesque gar
den in which to exhibit them.
Rather, he just throws open
his door, and people filter in
and out all day. Children,
peering shyly through the
opening, see him in an old
chair, a small table before
him, packing plaster about a
bust Of Adam and Eve. They
get bolder as the days 60 by,
sitting by the artists side as
though transflxed, watching,
say, a glob Of plastOlene be-
come a shapely Queen Boa
dicea, a tribal leader in
Britain during the Roman
conquest.
Grownups browse around,
cycling a shelf full of plaster
statuettes ranging from Sam
son and Delilah" to Madonna
and Child" They step gin
gerly, as space is precious in
this basement room-a COM
bination studio -home-at 1911
I street NV. They stop to
examine several plaster heads
of Christ; they may even peek
behind a curtain which shields
several unfinished figures.
It Is the imaginative quality
of Mr.. Johnson's work that
intrigues the passerby, as the
din Of modern life along this
busy street is forgotten in an
atmosphere of art which
Evening star., 1954-11-13
$4,000 for Hospital
Pledged by County

The Arlington County Board
today pledged $4,000, to be
given over a two-year period,
to the Arlington Hospital cam
paign for a 81 million hospital
addition.
Board members unanimously
voted the contribution after w.
S. Hoge III. president Of the
Arlington Hospital Association,
and John j. Anderson. hospital
administrator. spoke in behalf
of the drive. The planned addi-
ton will include space for 10
more beds, a new emergency
room, new clinics and labora-
tories, a nurses home and o
boiler plant and laundry.
The county donation reduced
to $450.000 the amount hospital
officials seek by public subscrip-
ton. The remainder is expected
to be provided by matching
Federal funds under the Hill
Burton hospital assistance pro-
gram.
The public subscription drive
will open at pm. Wednesday
when 5000 nearby Virginia high
school students will conduct a
door -to-door canvass in Airing
ton County. Falls Church and
sections of Fairfax County.
Evening star., 1954-11-13
Medical Conference
Backs Need Of New
TubercIar Hospital

Need of q proposed 300-bed.
$3.A million tuberculosis hospital
for the District was supported
unanimously yesterday at a con-
ference of leading medical off,
cials, it was announced by Com
missioner Renah F. Camalier.
Planning Of the hospital
funds for which were appropri-
ated at the last session of
Congress-was stopped recently
by the District Commissioners.
pending a recheck Of its urgency.
More than a score of doctors
and surgeons attended the lunch
con conference, Mr.. Camalier
said.
|. There is no doubt in my
mind it is not possible to lick
tuberculosis in this city without
additional BEDS he declared.
Describing the meeting, he
said the doctors agreed that IS
per cent of cases in the District
are moderate or far advanced
before they get into hospitals,
indicating that the disease is
far from under control.
He said the District has 1900
new cases each year, that the
tuberculosis facilities of District
General Hospital are overcrowd-
ed, that Glenn Dale Hospital is
near capacity. and that clinic
facilities here are inadequate.
Evening star., 1954-11-13
THIS SUNDAYS BEST READING
@be Sunday $fai

THE NEW Tv-RADlo PULL-oUT SECTION your handy
four-poge Sunday section with the weeks teevson pro-
eoms and hghIiehts features the story Of Tvs newest
comic, George Gobe.
.TEEN-AGE MARRIAGES ore growing notionol problem
porents and their young offspring For surprising
discoveries views and answers on this for-reochng issue
read lsobeIlo Toyes article IN This Week Mogozine
INSIDE THE PENTAGoN you'll find oil the services Of
cityo building covering "a housing $4,000 workers
In The Sto Pictorial Magazine, Lloyd Barker tokes you
visiting to the worlds largest office building vic two full
pages which include an outstanding selec-
tion Of photographs.
sTARDoM is NOT QUITE ENOUGH for Kim Stanley the
latest toast Of Broodwoy In the Dromo Section, William
Glover tells Miss Stoneys story and why she thinks she
should have found shorter route to the pinnacle Of fome
in show business
WHAT DOES FRENCH PREMIER WANT?-Next week, Pierre
Mendes 5onee to Washington. Whot IS he after?
In the Editorial Section, Sor Foreign Correspondent
Crosby Noyes reports from Paris the Premers possible
aims In addition, the section features on-fhe
spot report by Sor Stoff Writer jones Roper who writes
Senior Castillo Armos postreyoution activities in
Guotemoo and whot his views democratic methods
HIGHLIGHTS FOR WoMEN-n the Society and Foshion
Section the spotlight turned diplomatic Washington,
where faces replacing old the oco scene.
In the section The Stor coils Norwoys Ambos-
sodor Morgensene deon Of the corps the OF the
first White House diplomatic dinner
FOR YOUR BEST READING EVERY DAY or THE WEEK,
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Evening star., 1954-11-13
Two 6unmen Gel SIS
In Gas Station HoIdup

Two men. carrying pistols.
held up a gas station at COL
Maryland avenue S.W. early
today and escaped with SIS in
bills and change, police reported.
Minutes later, Park police
picked up one suspect who was
being questioned.
John p. Martin, 43. night
manager Of the station, told po-
lice the two men, both colored.
entered the station about 5
am. today. The men asked him
to change a 81 bill. then pulled
out black pistols and announced
the holdup. Mr. Martin said.
Park Policeman Pvt. Charles
w. Roszak reported the suspect
was picked up walking in the
vicinity of the station. Pvt. Ros-
zak said the man, who is COLI
ored. was carrying q black pel-
let pistol. modelled after Q Ger.
man pistol
Evening star., 1954-11-13
Classmates Attend Funeral
Of Cir, 10, Victim Of Polio
Fellow Pupaot
NotivityS School
Also Stricken

There were a lot Of kids
roughing it up in the little play
ground in the 1900 block OF
Peabody street NV. yesterday.
But pretty. s10-year-old Bar
bara Ann Salter was not among
them. Barbara Ann was buried
yesterday, the s6rst Of two polio
victims reported in the area in
less than q. week.
Ar aho,,t Ahe same time tbe
f5ealth Tenartnns,,t YESTERDAY
announces - f,,e,. roiin case
this ma ! + 7:l6ear.alri 1bov :
fellow pupil 81. Barbara AIMS in
the nearby Nativity school at
COOS Georgia aEenue NV.
An Only Child.
,usrharo Al, Il. o,,I,, chi,d
~ M and Wrg will;am A
Saits,. ,;vari 4 81 8 asa PEABODY
sstreet NV h,sk : counle of
1,IcoLs fro,,, she n rsathnl;c no.
Irochial schoot 3 M fss6 bvst stl,e sisters
0f the Church of the Nativity,
at 5000 Georgia avenue NV.
sr;sts,.s ,,,,,c ta,,u,,t. Rarhara
Ann III the sixth grade said she
was ain Al. student. They said
Evening star., 1954-11-13
Suspended Bailiff
Gets Up 10 Year for
Releasing Prisoners

Delma D. johnson. 81, sus-
pended Municipal Court bailiff,
was sentenced late yesterday in
the U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia to serve
from four months to a year and
a day for three charges of prison
breach in permitting three pris-
oners to escape while in his care.
Sentence was impose by
Judge James w. Morris of the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
>trict of Columbia.
johnson, who is colored, had
waived indictment and last
month pleaded guilty to an in
formation containing the
charges. The information does
not accuse johnson of receiving
money to release prisoners.
The District Court, however,
was informed that johnson had
made restitution in the sum of
$40, which had been turned over
to him by prisoners who had
been fined in Municipal Court.
Johnson's activities were, dis
closed when a prisoner at Mu-
nicipal Court, sentenced to 80
days in jail on a traffic charge,
was again arrested on a similar
charge the day. after sentence.
The information. to which
Johnson pleaded guilty charged
him with letting one prisoner
go last March, another in Au-
gust and a third in September.
Municipal Court officials report
ed, in September, that they had
obtained Johnson's admission
that he accepted $50 from Err
nest Toller, 81, colored, of the
1900 block of Delaware avenue
S.W.. and released him. Toller
had received a 30-day sentence
on a traffic charge.
Evening star., 1954-11-13
Body Bonter-No. II
Can you make with the small

Can you make with the small
talk?
Take a look at the young lady
to the right. What's she saying?
The caption printed beneath
the picture gives the words put
into her mouth by Constance
Bannister's 1855 calendar. Can
you beat it? If your wits keen
enough, cash prize awaits you.
Each day for the next three
days The Star will print a new
Bannister baby picture. Under
each picture will appear a caption
from the calendar. Your job is
to write a better caption in Is
words or less.
For your convenience a coupon
will be printed with each picture
but it isn't necessary to use the
coupon. You can sketch one Of
your own. just make sure your
coupon tells which picture you're
captioning. either by number or
by a pasteup Of the photograph.
Daily prizes will be given for
the best and most original cap
tions. First prize will be SIS.
second prize SO and third prize
$5. A grand prize Of 500 will
be awarded for the best caption
submitted during the 30-day
contest. In case Of any tie,
duplicate awards viii be made.
The contest is open to any one
except employees Of The Star
and The Evening Star Broad
casting Company and members Of
their families. Contestants may
submit any number Of captions.
All captions for picture No. ~,
published today, must be re-
ceived In The Star Office not later
than noon Monday, November Is.
Prize winners win be an
rlounced one week after publica-
tion of each picture. Judges win
be members Of The Stars staff
and their decisions viii be final.
!. Mail your entries to Baby
Banter" The Evening Star.
Washington 4. D. c.
The coupon may be pasted on
. postal card. Il you prefer.
Winners Of BABY Banter Con-
test No. 20, Are Announced To-
day. Page B-1s.
Evening star., 1954-11-13
u. Of Md. Seeks
To Void Suit on
Accreditatiorl
Regents Soy Low
Doesn't Require
Release Of Report
BY shs Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Nov. 13.-Uni-
versity Of Maryland regents
asked yesterday for dismissal of
q suit seeking to make them
release an accrediting report be-
cause itdoesn't deal with Opera
tion Of the university"
It was their answer to a Bal
timore City Court petition by
State Delegate Withworth, Re-
publican, of Allegany. The regents
twice have voted to keep the
report secret and he wants to
make them release it under q
1852 law.
The law states that the re-
gents must give legislators 'any
information about any phase OF
operation Of the university that
may be requested"
The regents replied through
Attorney General Edward D. e.
Rollins that "the information
requested in the petition filed
against them is Of such a conf
Dental nature, and came from
a source. and was given to the
Board of Regents for such a
purpose as to exclude it from the
legal operation and affect" of
the 1852 law.
The report was made by the
Middle States Association of
College and Secondary Schools
and its contents, became an issue
in the campaign between Gov.
McKeldin and DR.. H. c. Byrd
for Governor.
The regents finally released
what they said was a summary
of the report. The association
gave the university until 1856
to make certain improvements
and changes or face loss Of its
accreditatipl.
Verbal arguments in the suit
will be heard by Judge James K.
Cullen in Baltimore City Court
on November 80.
Evening star., 1954-11-13

SO much homework.
Stricken Sunday.
Barbara Ann died Tuesday in
Children's Hospital. She was
stricken on Sunday, after COM
planning of symptoms diagnosed
then as q cold.
Meanwhile, the District Health
Department announced it is max
ing gamma globulin available to
Natiyity's second and sixth
grade pupils and their family
contacts. Authorities said every
child in the second and sixth
grades would be given note to
take home, urging parente to
take their children to the family
physician.
Doctors may obtain the vac
cine today and tomorrow from
the Health Departments Bureau
of Vital Statistics on the first
floor Of the Municipal Center.
For persons who have no FAM
lily physician, the Health De-
partment will have a doctor and
nurse on duty on Monday at the
school to administer the serum.
Sick children should not be
brought to the school for the
inoculations, however, the Health
Department warned.
Evening star., 1954-11-13

Maryland State Senator James
B. Monroe said today he would
give officials a "full and COM
plete account" of his actions in
connection with alleged money
passing to voters in the Novem-
ber 2 elections, as the FBI joined
Charles County (Md.) authori-
ties in the investigation.
Senator Monroe, veteran
Charles County Republican, at
tackled in a statement given to
reporters what he called ''trial
by newspaper" and asked the
public to withhold judgment
until all the facts are in.
State and county officials have
aff1davits they say were given
them by employees of the Wash
ington Post and Times-Herald,
naming Senator Monroe as one
of four persons who gave voters
81 or So at the White Plains poll
ing station near Waldorf.
Three Unidentified.
officials said three documents
given them named Senator Mon
roe and five accused three other
Evening star., 1954-11-13

Twenty-fourth street house for
a future home FOR his wife and
two children. put up money, to
help get the operation started,
Agent Sweeney declared. The
money started to roll in.
All four men are charged with
conspiracy to violate the Federal
liquor laws as well as failure to
register a still. operating a still
in a residence, carrying on a dis
tilling business without making
bond. making and forrnenting
mash fit for distilling, conceal
ment of distilled spirits, renov-
ing distilled spirits with irtent
to defraud the United States
Government Of taxes and keep
ing mash and whisky with the
intent of defrauding the Gov
ernment of taxes.
Evening star., 1954-11-13
Liquor Still Seized
In Northeast Home;
D. {. Teacher Held
Continued From First Page.)

j.
vious bootlegging records. He
recalled he arrested Bush in 1850
and in 1858 here. Bush served
six months in 1850, Mr.. Sweeney
said, for operating a still and
was sentenced to ri months last
year for selling and possessing
untaxed whisky here. He was
released last July, the agent said.
Agent Sweeney added that
Wilmington was sentenced twice
to 18 to 20 months on bootleg
ging charges in 1889 and in 1941.
Gresham. he continued. paid a
500 fine in South Carolina 10
years ago on similar charge.
Police learned of the distillery
over a week ago when a citizen
complained that a nearby yeast
factory was creating an un-
usually large smell in the area.
A check revealed the odor came
from the rented home instead.
Police then staked out a watch
on the house.
1t. Bonaccorsy said the break
came early this morning when
Dorsey and Gresham left the
house in a car with 81 gallons
of untaxed whisky. Arthur E.
Sweeney of the 18th precinct
suggested detectives trail him
and pick him up on traffic vio-
lations.
Speeding Charged.
Detectives Hamilton w. Shoop,
jr., and Richard F. Flynn
stopped them near the Old Sol
diers' Home and booked Dorsey
at the precinct station house on
charges of excessive speed and
failing to slow down at an in
tersection.
The two men then broke
down and confessed. leading the
detectives back to the house.
Police found the huge still
on the second floor surrounded
by IS barrels of mash. They
also found a loaded 80 revolver.
Agent Sweeney said the op-
Grafton was capable of defraud-
ing the United States Govern
ment of $500 per day In taxes.
Combined with the second still,
it's whereabouts unknown, Agent
Sweeney declared the ring could
easily make $1,260 per week.
Police then went to the. homes
Of Bush and Wilmington to
arrest them.
Wilmington, 1t. Bonaccorsy
said, worked as a janitor for
the Districts public school sys-
tenn since 1947. He worked at
the Bell School from 1853 until
last June.
Became Partners.
It was in June, the officer said.
that he and Dorsey decided to go
into business.
Dorsey. with his eve on the
Evening star., 1954-11-13
PTA AifirI1ls
Pledge 10 End
Racial Curbs
Maryland Group
Also Calls for
Increase in Toxes
By .he As,s.oeia.ed pre..

BALTIMORE, Nov. 13.-Mary-
lands Congress Of Parents and
Teachers has taken an unprece-
dented stand for higher State
taxes and affirmed its pledge to
work for the orderly end Of
segregation in the public. schools.
The tax question, rather than
segregation. claimed more att
tention in the closing hours of
the State PTA's 39th annual
convention Which ended last
night. N
No Dissents.
The race issue was settled by
compromise in q few quiet mo<
ments, without q dissenting vote.
after keeping the record turnout
of 693 delegates in tense ex-
pectancy for two days.
The pulling and hauling over
taxation went on internationally
for several hours before 1t, too.
was settled by compromise.
The clincher was q resolution
asking the State government to
increase its 2 per cent sales tax
or it's income tax, or both, to
provide more money for the
schools.
Underlying the suggestion was
another PTA proposal that the
State increase its aid to educa-
ton by about $14.5 million a
year to cope with the flood of
youngsters now coming into the
schools.
Mrs. Patricia Rinehart, a dele
gate representing the local unit
at Landover Hills in Prince
Georges County, was moved to
declare on the floor she was
pleased the PTA had at least
had the courage to propose spe-
cific taxes to pay for the school
improvements it demanded.
State Accepts.
The segregation question was
solved with this resolution:
"The Supreme Court has rem
dered its opinion that the con-
tinuation Of segregated schools
is unconstitutional.
state authorities have ac-
cepted this opinion as being just
and equitable and have urged a
maximum amount of local con-
troll In bringing about deSegre-
CATION of the schools.
1.-The Maryland Congress of
Parents and Teachers approves
this approach and believes that
solution of the problems will be
assisted by full and frank dis
cussion at all levels Of the PTA
organization.
I'VE shall cooperate with the
State and local boards Of educa-
tion and other governmental au-
thorities for the development OF
sound plans to this end"
The resolution was initiated by
six delegates whose spokesman
was Alfred Toombs, writer and
president of the st. Marys
County PTA Council.
Pleads for OK.
He described it as a smoke
filled room compromise, mot ex-
actly satisfactory to any one,
yet it viii offend no one" He
pleaded for ats adoption without
the changing of a word, because
we are devoted to- our organiza-
tion and put it above our per-
sonal convictions"
Joining with him in this plea
was Comdr. John M. Court. from
the Owensville Elementary PTA
in Anne Arundel County. Court
last summer sponsored the
West River Proclamation call
ing for a referendum on segre-
cation.
This is the only intelligent
action we can take under the
circumstances, Court said in
supporting the resolution he
offered with Toombs.
The other. SY,onSorc u,cra (tIoro
Evening star., 1954-11-13

Mae CLANCY Of the Beach Ele-
mentary PTA in Calvert
County: Lillian K. Sparks, from
the Chestertown High School
unit, and Paul c. Howard of the
Westbrook PTA and j. E. Blom-
gren, from the Montgomery
Blair High School unit, both in
Montgomery County.