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Evening star., 1954-05-16
Democrats Oppose
Transfer in County
zoning Operations

Four Democratic candidates
for the Montgomery County
Council yesterday called on the
present council to reject a pro-
posed bill that would transfer
the zoning function from the
elected council to its appointed
Board of Appeals.
The zoring measure, one of 21
introduced in the councils May
Legislative session, would trans
fer from the council to the board
public hearings and decisions on
all local coming map amend
ments. The measure is set for q
public hearing at the Rockville
County Building at 8 pm. to-
morrow.
The call for the bills rejection
came from Charles Jamison and
Robert T. Snure, candidates for
the Democratic nomination from
the 3rd and 5th council districts
respectively. and Wilbur Baugh-
man and j. Grahame Walker,
council candidates at large.
ut is fundamentally a ques-
ton of the councils convenience
versus the citizens security" the
quartet said in a prepared state
ment.
I'VE thing the average home
owner feels strongly the poten-
tial threat Of unwise coming. He
naturally feels greater conf
dence in his elected council than
in some appointed board" the
statement continued.
Evening star., 1954-05-16

in the Hepner apartment by
carrying them through the win
dows and down ladders.
Neighbor Rescues Family.
Neighbors said before firemen
arrived Mrs. Reginald Hepner
perched on the window ledge for
about 10 minutes. shouting that
she couldn't stand the heat, and
was going to Jump. Robert
Baker, a neighbor who lives at
1906 Hamilton street, persuaded
her to wait for firemen.
Moments before, MIR. Baker
had gotten a ladder up to the
apartment next to the Hepner's
and helped Mr.. and Mrs. A. D,
Baker and their three small
children to safety. His ladder
was not long enough to reach
the Hepner apartment. however,
because the ground slopes away
from the building at that point.
Mrs. Reginald Hepner also was
admitted to Prince Georges Hos
pital with burns, and was de-
scribed as in good condition. 4
Four other families were
routed from their beds by the
flames. AL made it safely
however, except Robert w. Fey
33. He had to be treated at Le-
land Memorial Hospital fol
burns about the face and hands
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Waver|y Auto Dealer
Elected President
By Virginia Jaycees

Sumpter Priddy. a Waverlv
auto dealer, has been elected
president Of the Virginia State
Junior Chamber Of Commerce.
The 29-year-old president-elect
will succeed George c. Rawlings,
Jr.. of Fredericksburg. The elec-
tion was held yesterday at the
Sheraton Park Hotel, where the
Jaycees are holding their State
convention.
Paul Saunier. jr., "a, Richmond
advertising man and secretary 10
Representative Gary. of Vir-
ginia's Third District, was named
international Director.
Wallace Heatwole, a Waynes-
boro lawyer: Jack Barnes, Ports
mouth insurance man. and Bruce
Reynolds. jr.. Charlottesville law
yer, were named national direc-
tors.
Fred Carter. of Chesterfield
will be secretary: and Raymond
Wayland. OF Culpeper, treasurer
Alvin H. Newman of Danville,
Robert Davis of Hopewell, Dean
M. Greiner Of Bristol. James E.
Jones of Roanoke. William P.
Sale Of Fredericksburg. r. Earl
Campbell Of Lynchburg and
Arthur c. Beck, jr., of Richmond
were named State vice presidents.
The three-day session ends at
/ pm. today after a business
session. ....
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Child Burned Atop
Stove, Heads 126
Home Accidents

Last week was a bad one for
312-year-old 3 girls. One, with a
proclivity for climbing, scrambled
up on top of a stove. according
to the Red Cross weekly home
accident survey.
Her dress caught fire and she
suffered burns on the side and
arm. Another tumbled down the
attic steps and went to the hos
pital with a fractured skull.
They were among 26 District
residents treated at local hos
pitals last week because of home
accidents. In addition, there
were three deaths - two from
falls and one from burns. In all.
there were 81 falls. Is burns. IL
accidental poiSonings. q cuts
and 80 other accidents.
Also two dog bite cases and
two rat bite cases were reported
from Children's Hospital, ac-
cording to the Red Cross.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Winners Named
Al Flower Show

An exhibit Of iris and bamboo
called Manhattan Skyscrapers''
won top honorS yesterday at the
annual show of the Neighbor-
hood Garden Club of Arlington
at Mount Olivet Methodist
Church. 1910 North Glebe road.
This arrangement by, Mrs. Ell
mer Higgins, of Route 6. Alex
andria, and a display in the
horticultural competition of giant
iris by Mrs. Charles Wesley. 122
Worthington circle. Falls Church,
took the highest awards.
In the children's competitions,
Kathleen Grayson, 1910 North
Fifteenth street. and Sara
Krebbs, 1920 North Albemarle
street. were the winners.
Other winners were:
Interclub - virginia Eyre Krassner.
Horticultural blue ribbons-Mrs. A. r.
Srs Zen g. kaveS Mrs M;s a1s Hos
Mrs. G. H. Hieronymus Mrs. Ellis j.
Biggar. Frazier P. La Boon. Mrs. Esther
Williams. Mrs. Joseph w. Crane. Mrs.
l.. Marion Hodge: Mrs. b. A: Bacca.
Mrs. Elmer Higgins, Mrs. A. U. Krebbs,
P. E. Scheffel. Mrs. Ben Wells. Mrs. p.
F. Aylesworth,, Mrs. H. B. Shoaler and
NJ. N. Allmendinger
Advancement blue ribbons--Mrs, El.
mer Higgins. Mrs. Roland Hutchings
CD. Mrs. P p. Aylesworth. Mrs. Hugh
Cary (3), Mrs. G. H. Hieronymus and
Mrs B. r. Lohman.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Capital Heights, Nd.
Again Wars Against
ID. {. Postal Address

Indignant residents Of Capitol
Heights, Md. have renewed their
three-year campaign to drop the
Washington, D. c.. postal desig-
nation from their addresses after
reading how Bethesda Chevy
Chase folks won a similar battle
so easily.
"We have been writing the
Post Office Department for three
years to get them to do the same
thing for Capitol Heights that
they Just did for Bethesda and
Chevy Chase" said Edward D.
Schauf, former president of the
Capitol Heights Citizens Asso-
citation.
They Are Proud, Too.
Washington Postmaster Roy
M. North last week acceeded to
the pleas of Bethesda and Chevy
Chase residents who protested
use Of Washington, D. c., on
their postal addresses. The Be-
thesda and Chevy Chase resi-
dents had received cards from
the Post Office Department ear
lier in the month asking that
zone numbers and D. c. ad-
dresses be added to their mail.
Mr.. Schauf said Capitol
Heights residents were just as
proud Of being Maryland resi-
dents as their neighbors in Be-
theSda and Chevy Chase. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Schauf, Capitol
Heights addresses have carried
the Washington. D. c., designa-
ton for almost seven years, when
the first class Capitol Heights
post Office became a branch
Office.
Mr.. Schauf said he had written
Mr.. North about the matter
without success, and also had
written Governor McKeldin and
Representative Small, Republi-
can, of Maryland.
Capitol Heights addresses now
carry a street address, followed
by Washington. 81. D.. C
Revenue Motive Added.
IF we choose. we can write
Capitol Heights at the bottom of
the letter." said MIR. Schauf. Be-
sides community pride, there is
another motive for the requested
change. Mr.. Schauf said Capitol
Heights received income from
State license tags, but the towa
gets no credit if a motorist uses
only the Washington, q, D. c.,
designation in buying the tag.
The postal zone 27 takes in q
larger area than Capitol Heights,
explained Mr.. Schauf.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
S. to $50 Fines
Set for Arlington
Water Violations

If, after. June /, Arlington
County residents violate water
use regulations during an emer-
gency period Of water shortage.
they will be subject to court
action and fines ranging from SIS
to $50.
No opposition was heard yes
terday as the County Board
unanimously enacted a new
ordinance governing water rules
in a possible emergency.
The ordinance, effective June
/. declares the County Manager
may promulgate emergency
rules only when water pressure
in county mains drops below IS
r2ounos per square inch or when
the water in the Minor Hl:l
reservoir drops below the 10-foot
'evel.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Cause of Fatal Apartment Fire
In Hy0ttsviIIe Still Mystery
Woman, 81, Killed.;
Sister Badly Burned
While on Visit

Fire officials, after a day-long
investigation, were still unable
last night to determine the ex-
act cause Of a Hyattsville apart
ment house fire that took the
life Of an 81-year-old woman
early yesterday.
Hyattsville firemen who fought
the blaze said they believed it
might have started from spon-
taneous combustion among ma
terialS stored in the basement
of the Castle Manor Apartments
at Thirty eighth avenue and
Hamilton street.
Hyattsville Fire Chief Charles
Di Vincenzo said a bell alarm
fire warning system was burned
out because the controls were
in the same room where the
fire started. The system itself
appeared to have been in work.
ing order, he said.
Sister Critically Burned.
Dead as a result of the fire was
Mrs. Lula Hepner, who lived
with her daughter and son-in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Vaden,
at 1924 Carlyle street, Cheverly.
She died yesterday morning in
Prince Georges General Hospital
from burns over 20 per cent of
her body.
Her sister. Mrs. Lillian Zol-
linger. 10. who lived with her
niece. Mrs. j. w. Spencer at 141O
South George Mason drive, Ar
ltngton. was critically burned.
The two sisters had been
spending the night at the apart
ment home of Mrs. Hepner's son
Reginald E. Hepner. a mechanic
at the Naval Gun Factory, He
suffered burns and later was ad-
mitted to the hospital. The Hep
ner apartment is on the second
floor.
Firemen from Hyattsville and
Brentwood rescued the women
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Threat Of Political Fight
Greets McKeLdin Stand

BALTIMORE, May IS (P)-A
threat of court action and a
political fight greeted Gov. Nc
Keldin's announcement yester-
day that he supports a State
Roads Commission decision to
build a tunnel under Baltimore
Harbor from Canton to Fair
field.
The city planning commission
and various other groups in the
city had favored a Canton-Ft.
McHenry route. which the roads
commission rejected as less prac-
tical. Gov. McKeldin's stand
with the SRC was taken in a
letter to Stevenson Mason.
chairman Of a special committee
of the Steamship Trade Associa-
ton of Baltimore, who had asked
the governor to order a public
hearing on the subject.
Mr.. Mason warned that his
side would go to court. If nee
essary. to stop the SRC from
following through on its capri
ciouS" decision. And he said the
tunnel may become q major
political issue "if one Of the
Democatic candidates will pick
up the ball and use it against
McKeldin."
Evening star., 1954-05-16
kcKeIdin TO Speak
Al College Park PTA

Gov. McKeldin of Maryland
will speak before a meeting Of
the College Park (Md.) Elemen-
tary School Parent Teacher AS
sociation at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the school.
Other PTA meetings-begin-
ming at 8 pm. unless otherwise
noted-scheduled this week in
nearby Maryland and Virginia
are:
Tomorrow.
Suitland (Md) High School.
Tuesday.
Landover Hills: Russell john
son, recreational director for the
Greater Landover Hills (Md.)
Area summer program. will in
form parents of the recreational
facilities available in their COM
munity during the summer.
Surrattsville Elementary: OFF,
GERS will be elected and installed
in the new school on Clinton
Manor drive. Clinton. Md.
Douglas Macarthur: Officers
will be installed in the school.
Alexandria, Va.
University Park: Election and
installation of officers is sched-
uled. along with an explanation
of summer recreation facilities
by Jim Kehoe. the groups rec
reation chairman.
Friday.
Fairfax Elementary: The group
Is sponsoring a May time party
from 4 pm. until dark on the
school grounds, Fairfax, Va.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
FIemen to Rescue Students
In Demonstrations at Schools

run to the scene with bumpers.
crash truck and ambulance.
County police have been asked to
assist.
The program Is aimed at en-
phaSizing q fire prevention cam
paign among school children.
Students have been asked to re-
mind their parents to throw out
accumulated trash in attics and
Easements as o IRE safety
measure.
The fire" at Groveton School
is scheduled for 2 pm. Monday.
The drill win be held at Mount
Eagle Monday at 10 am. and at
Woodlawn at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1954-05-16

Firemen will "rescue" students
trapped in smoke-f1lled class
rooms of three Fairfax County
elementary schools this week In
realistic demonstrations high
lighting the Penn Daw Volun-
teer Fire Departments fire pre-
vention program.
The firemen have the School
Boards approval for the three
simulated blazes, Monday and
Tuesday at Groveton, Mount
Eagle and Woodlawn Schools.
ALI children will be evaucated
from the schools. Q smoke pot
will be lighted in Q classroom.
and then f1remen will make o
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Women Voters 10 Discuss
Foreign Economic Policy

The League Of Women Voters
of Alexandria will meet tomor-
row and Tuesday for a discus
sion Of foreign economic policy.
The afternoon group will meet
tomorrow at / pm. In the home
of Mrs. w. Fred Pfeiffer. 3408
Gilden drive: the downtown unit
at 8:15 pm. in the home of Mrs
Frederick Dashiell, 127 Moncure
drive; the North Alexandria
group at 8:l5 pm in the home
of Mrs. Herman Moeller. 422
Tyler place, and the Parkfairfax
unit at 8:15 pm. in the home Of
Mrs. Don Workman 13 Tennes-
see avenue.
On Tuesday, the morning
group will meet at 10 am. in the
home Of Mrs. Richard Frank.
3478 Martha Gusts drive. and
the Shirley-Duke unit at 8:15
at the home Of Mrs. Sidney
Mintz. 912 North Iverson street.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
PTA Leaders Picked
By CIV High School

S. A. Abercrombie, president
Of the George Washington High
School Parent-Teacher Associ-
alton in Alexandria, has ap-
pointed the following committee
chairmen for 1954-55:
Walter c. Densmore, school
affairs; Frank M. Chichester
safety: Mrs. James Mark, jr,
cultural activities; Mrs. Jose
phine r. Tolbert, publicity:
Mrs. Paul G. Tomalin. PTA
Council delegate; DR.. w. Bruce
Silcox. parliamentarian: Mrs
Gordon w. Grant. hospitality;
Mrs. Jesse c. Sykes. student ac-
tivities. and Edwin c. Nelson
membership.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Police Hunt Yeggs
Who Robbed Stores
In Lexington Park
SpeeieI Disposch TO The Stor

LEXINGTON PARK, Md, May
15.-Police are seeking burglars
who braved tear gas to loot two
drugstore safes here early today
Of more than $4,000 in cash.
State Trooper John Koontz,
who investigated the robberies
with st. Marys County Sheriff
Willard Long. said the tear gas
was released by automatic de-
vices on the safes in both drug
stores. The charges 60 of If
the safes are opened without
dialing the combination locks.
The trooper said it was possible
the men wore gas masks or took
other precautions against the
chemical.
More than $4,000 was taken
from the safe Of the Lexington
Park Pharmacy, and a similar
amount from the Park Phar-
macy. about two blocks away.
Narcotics Are Disturbed.
Narcotics in one of the stores
was disturbed. Trooper Koontz
said. but none was missing. The
intruders apparently were look
ing only for money, he added.
The Lexington Park Pharmacy
robbery was discovered by Nor
man Freudberg, one of the own
ers, when he arrived to start
work. His drugstore, and the
one nearby. were filled with tear
gas.
Several people in the area re-
ported having seen at least one
man on the pharmacy roof, the
trooper said. but raised no alarm
because it is mot too uncom-
mon" to see some one on the low,
fiat roof.
Enter Through Hole in Roof.
In both burglaries. a hole was
made in the roof to gain entry
to the drugstore.
Jack Gelrud, one of the own
ers Of the Park Pharmacy, said
his store had been burglarized
last October and $1,000 in cash
and stock was taken.
Trooper Koontz said the Oc-
tober theft was cleared up after
several men were shot when they
tried to break into a store at
Mechanicsville. Md. Part of the
drugstore loot was recovered,
the trooper said.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
81 to Study in Frunce

SWEET BRIAR. Va, May Is,
A total of 80 students from SO
colleges have been accepted for
admission to the 1954-55 junior
year in France. it was announced
today by Professor Joseph E,
Barker. director Of the program
that has been administered by
Sweet Briar College since 1948.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Official Song Urged
In Arlington County
As Aid to Morale

Robert j. johnson, managing
director of the Arlington Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday told
county heads an official county
song would be wonderful for
morale.
He urged the County Board to
adopt a song and suggested
board members to consider a
lively tune titled Arlington. v,
A."
The board took the request
under adviSement.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Lynchburg Youth Heads
VIRGINIA Tech Cadets
speeial pIspq.eh to me stor

BLACKSBURG, Va, May 49,
New commander of the Virginia
Tech Corps of Cadets is Col.
Preston Wade. of Lynchburg, the
school announced today.
Other ned regimental officers
are: 1t. Col. Robert Giles, exec
utive officer: r. E. Diggs, Buck
roe Beach: l.. E. Perry, F. E.
Stanton. w. c. Trenary. and j.
D. Oliver. all majors. and Capt.
B. w. Burns.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Municipal Association

Other new regimental officers
Prince Georges County Munici-
pal Association win be held at
8 pm. Thursday at the Colmar
Manor Town Hall Commissioner
Thomas B. r. Mudd of the Mary.
land Department of Motor We
hicles Is scheduled to speak.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Non-BeIief in Bunks
Costs Man $4,000
BY the Asseeiossd Press

STEELTON. Pa. May 15r-A
bachelor steelworker who didn't
believe in banks and told friends
about q hidden treasure report
ed to police today that $4,000
had been taken from o gallon
jar and suitcase he had buried
In his garage.
"I never trusted banks after
losing my money In the depres-
sion but ] always thought I could
trust people" sobbed Miles Bor-
ich, 64, to police.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Exchange Club Wives
Elect in Alexandra

The Alexandria Exchange Club
wives, the Exchangettes. have
elected the following officers:
Mrs. T. E. Van Note, jr.. pres
ident; Mrs. Thomas Lawler. vice
president; Mrs. Richard Bailey,
secretary, and Mrs. Walter
Powell, treasurer.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
BIoodmobiIe in Fuirfux

The Fairfax County chapter
of the American Red Cross has
announced a bloodmobile will
visit st. Luke's Episcopal Church
Hall, 1882 Fort Hunt road, be-
tween II am. and 5 pm. to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Lane Hits Move
TO Slash Tolls
On Bay Bridge
Coils on Regime
To Stop Kidding
The Public
BY the A.seeio,ed Pres.

BALTIMORE. May 15.-For-
mer Gov. William Preston Lane,
jr.. said today he thinks lit is
about time for the present State
administration to stop kidding
the public about reducing tolls
on the Bay Bridge.
To reduce the tolls, he said,
would be ''monkeying with the
financial stability Of that so
sorely needed" tunnel across
Baltimore Harbor.
Maybe it's none Of my busi-
ness" he said, "but I don't
like it,"
The former Governor did not
refer by name to Gov. McKeldin,
who defeated him for reelection
four years ago. But Gov. Nc
Keldin several months ago asked
the State Roads Commission to
study the possibility of reducing
tolls on the two-year-old Chesa-
peake Bay Bridge. The COM
mission said a few days ago the
independent engineers who will
do the calculating have been
tied up working on data on the
harbor tunnel and have just
started to work on the bridge
toll question.
Mr.. Lanes statement came
from the campaign headquar-
ters Of H. c. Byrd. where Mr..
Lane heads a strategy committee
plotting Mr.. Byrd's quest for
the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination.
Tolls Jumped Together.
Mr.. Lane pointed out the law
which launched Maryland's sys-
TEN of major water crossings
Jumped the tolls from all of them
into one pot until all are paid
for.
Thus. he said, the projected
tunnel under Baltimore harbor
will be paid for not only with its
own tolls but with those from
the Bay Bridge, the Potomac
River Bridge in southern Mary
land and the Susquehanna
Bridge in northeast Maryland.
To cut the bridge tolls. he said,
would make it more difficult, ex-
pensive. and perhaps even i'm
possible to get bond money for
the tunnel.
"The obvious effect of now re-
ducing the tolls on the bridges"
he said. will be to increase the
required tolls on the harbor tun-
nel."
On the three bridges, he de-
clared. most of the tolls are paid
by ut-of-State motorists. He
estimated 95 per cent of the tun-
mel users will be residents of
Maryland.
25-Cent Toll Estimated.
(The most recent State Roads
Commission study estimates a
greater part of the tolls from
the harbor crossing also will
come from out-of-State drivers
rather than Maryland motorists.
However, this estimate contem-
plates a somewhat different To-
cation for the tunnel than when
Mr.. Lane was intimately con-
nected with the planning.)
Mr.. Lane recalled that in his
last message to the legislature
as Governor on January 3, 1851,
he urged the long preliminary
engineering work for building the
harbor tunnel be started quickly
and vigorously. He said it was
then estimated the crossing
would cost $75 million and could
be financed on a toll Of Is cents
or less.
"Only now, after a lapse Of al
most 31a years, is the proposal
approaching a status for final
decision" he said. And under
stand that a recent preliminary
report Of the traffic engineers
projects q cost of $142 million
and recommends a minimum toll
of 35 cents
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Tuxedo Firemen's Dinner

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the
Tuxedo Cheverly Volunteer Fire
Co. will sponsor q ham dinner
from 2 to 5 pm. today IN the
Tuxedo -Cheverly Fire House,
Tuxedo road, Tuxedo, Md.
Evening star., 1954-05-16

THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington. D G.
SUNDAY, MAY l6, 1854
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

Grade 3-2, Mrs. Slaughter,
teacher-Joanne Dalis, Pauline
Fortner, Mary Louise Gardner,
Georgia Ann Langrell, David Lay
ton, Frank Luff, Eva Pierson,
Carrell Price, Terri, Slaughter
George Slaughter, Howard Truax.
Grade 2-1, Mrs. Ricards, teacher
Wayne Carrow, George Morris,
Robert Riddagh, John Slaughter,
Donald Reed, Joyce Archer. Vivian
Chambers, Catherine Hurd, Diane
Severson, Dorothy Wilson,
Patricia Pase.
Grade 2-2, Mrs. King, teacher
Lucille Fischer, Joyce Getty, Suz-
anne Pappas, Earl Davis, Nelson
Everhart, John Melvin, Robert
Merrill, Glenn Wright.
Grade 2-3, Mrs. Joseph, teacher
Bruce Akin, Patsy Dalis, Rita
Diemicke, Ann Dyer, Joseph Ha-
man, Ronald Hoffecker, Doyle
Kuzian, Bonnie Langrell, Carolyn
Lockerman, Betty Pierson, Sharon
Postles, Lloyd Slacum, Connie
Uhlendorff.
Grade IL, Mrs. Powell, teacher
Glenn Everhart, Kenneth Haley,
Arleen Jarman, Rodney LoWman,
Cheryl Lynn Pappas, Roy Reed,
Alan Robinson.
Grade IL, Miss stats, teacher
Larry Anderson, Robert Ander-
son, Ronald Ball, Billy David,
Freddy Morris.
Grade 1-3, Mrs. Robinson, teach
er-Charles Ewing, Dean Fraley,
William Lewis, Donald McAllister,
Samuel Slaughter, Earl Snow,
Katherine Diemicki, Kathleen
Guarro, Judy Haman, Margery
McClements, Patricia Moore, Bon
ME Pase.