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Evening star., 1955-05-18
Bill on Bicycles
Killed in County

Legislation to prohibit hitch
hiking and to require annual in
spection of bicycles in Montgom-
cry County has been turned
down by the County Council.
Both measures were recon-
mended by the County Safety
Board which earlier in the coun-
cil's. May legislative session had
asked County Attorney Charles
M. Irelan if the council legally
could adopt a motor vehicle in
spection of its own. The board
got a mo" answer on the query.
The council, by a 6-to-1 vote
yesterday, tabled an ordinance
requiring registration of bicycles.
The Council passed a bill
that will permit it to adopt an
ordinance regulating and Ii
censing pawnbrokers.
Five new measures were in
troduced, including a $3.50, 900
bond authorization to finance
parking lots in Silver Spring; a
100000 bond authorization for
Bethesda parking lots; regula-
tions over minimum sanitation
water supply and laundry facili-
ties in trailer coach parks and
Qualification Of the civil defense
law recognizing that the war
with Germany, Italy and Japan
is over. The four measures were
set for a public hearing in
Rockville at 8 pm. next Wednes-
day.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Girl and Boy
Hit by yCors

A 7-year-old girl was in crit
ical condition today at District
General Hospital after being
struck by a car in the 700 block
of Kenilworth avenue NE. po-
lice reported.
The child, Sharon Hawkins.
colored. of 616 Kenilworth ter
race NE, suffered head injuries
Driver of the car was listed as
Anderson Davidson. AZ. colored,
Of the 1900 block Of Eighteenth
street NV.
Police said the Hawkins girl
darted from between parked cars
into the path of Davidson's
automobile yesterday.
In another accident late yes
terday. Jack Owens, IA. Of 207
Underwood street NV. suffered
head injuries when he was struck
by a car near his home.
Driver of the car, listed by
police as william r. Taylor %,
of the 7400 block Of Carroll av-
enue, Takoma Park, was charged
with unreasonable speed.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Budget to Avoid Tax Rise
Weighed in Montgomery

for recreation and $314,945 for
public libraries. The library de-
partment expenditures would
represent a IL per cent increase
over this year.
Mr.. Reese cut nearly $4,000
off health department requests
allowing the department 1881 900
for the year.
Also hit hard by the man
ayers fiscal policies were the
Department of Inspectors and
Licenses, whose requests were
slashed $4,000, and the sheriff S
office, whose requests were cut
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Secret Preliminaries
The budget was submitted yes
terday without advance briefing
to the press and after an un-
precedented secre cy-shrouded
assembly job by more than 20
county employees.
Personnel Assistant John P.
Gaquin acted as security officer
during the final hours and en-
ployes were permitted to look at
or remove from the assembly
room pages from the budget.
Even the waste paper was kept
locked until after the budget
was officially presented to the
council.
The council by law must hold
hearings on the budget in mid
June. The managers economy
line, however, will be difficult
to upset. 1t takes a 5..to-2 vote
of the council to increase any
item in the budget.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Eberhurter Cites
Immunity Right
In Traffic Case

Representative Eber h a r ter,
Democrat. of Pennsylvania, yes
terday claimed congressional i'm
munity on a traffic charge for
the second time in a year in
Arlington.
He accused Arlington police Of
singing out cars with congress
sional tags for special attention
Capt. Walter E. Bell, jr., po-
lice administrative officer, said
81 don't remember any other
CONGRESSMAN coming to police
attention during the past several
years and we have plenty OF
them using our roads"
Mr.. Eberharter was charged
with exceeding the speed limit
in a school zone Monday. The
ticket was Cancelled when he
claimed immunity.
The 63-year-old Congressman
was arrested in June, 1854, for
obstructing traffic at the scene
of an accident. He waived his
immunity until he was convicted
by Judge Paul D. Brown. When
the Judge was about to fine him
IS, Mr.. Eberharter claimed i'm
munity and the charge was dis
missed.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
DC. Cuts Include Fund
To RehobiIitote Bridqe

find and eliminate occupational
hazards, despite the depart
ment's. contention that many
man-hours are lost annually due
to accidents with a correspond
ing loss by payment of compen-
sation and curtailment of work" "
Also cut was a $1,000 item
for hiring a four-man crew
to keep the city's bridges, tunnels
and underpasses clean. The de-
partment said it could not con-
tinue to do the job with its regu-
lar force armed only with soap
and brushes.
The committee also ruled
against spending $21. 1000 for an
additional five-man crew to
paint white lines on streets, plus
a $4,000 truck to equip them.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Teacher Recruiting
Group to Meet

RICHMOND, May 18.-Miss
Louise Galleher of Manassas.
chairman of a special teacher re-
cruitment committee of the State
Board of Education, has an
nounced her study group will
meet here tomorrow.
She said the committee has
four aims:
To persuade a maximum num-
Der of June graduates from Vir-
ginia's teacher colleges to seek
employment in the states public
schools.
To encourage liberal arts col
lege graduates to take special
summer courses in preparation
for teaching careers.
To seek still more teachers
from among those who have left
the profession and might be en-
couraged to return.
To persuade youngsters who
are planning their careers to pre-
pare themselves to enter the
teaching field.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Alexandria Plan
Bid Submitted
Cost Over $85, 900;
To Take 2 Years

A comprehensive master plan
for Alexandria would cost the
city from $85, 900 to 100000 and
would take about two years to
complete, Planning Director Den
mis- Cahill has told the City
Council.
The estimate was contained in
a series of recommendations SUBJ
mitted by him last night.
The council has set up $4,000
to begin studies during the next
fiscal year. Mr.. Cahill had rec
commended $4,000 to $40. 900.
Mr.. Cahill urged immediate de-
tailed mapping Of all land uses,
studies of the economic base Of
the city, a population survey, and
assembling of laws relating to
housing. urban renewal pro-
grams, highway construction and
aid for highway construction.
He said long-range land use
plan was a necessity to provide
for orderly development of the
city.
He said the base studies would
be used to formulate a major
thoroughfare plan, a parking
plan, a mass transit plan, a pub
lie and semi-public buildings
plan and a housing plan.
The studies also would help
qualify the city for Federal aid
under the urban renewal pro-
gram.
Mr.. Cahill said the $4,000 ap-
proved for next year would en-
able the planning department to
get we'll along on the land use
and economic base studies. He
said it would take about two
years to complete a cornprehen-
sive plan if additional funds are
provided.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Fight ShapesUp
For $4 Million
Floor Bottle Due
By D. C.'s Friends

District friends in the House
have decided to stage a deter
mined battle on the House floor
for restoration of the 81 million
the Appropriations Committee
proposes to chop from the au-
thorized $40 million Federal pay
ment.
The bill, to provide money to
run the District for the year be-
ginning July /, is expected to be
called up for action in the House
late today or tomorrow, depend
ing on when action is finished
on a military reserve measure.
For some days, it has been
clear there would be a dramatic
protest against the proposed, cut
in the Federal payment, particu-
larly because the Federal share
was raised to $40 million last
year when Congress loaded adv
ditional taxes on the, city in a
two-way deal to finance a 10
year $305 million public I'M
provement program.
Decide to Fight
There had been some question,
however, as to whether to make
a knockdown fight to restore the
cut, or to depend upon the Sen
ate to raise the Federal share
back to the full figure.
Key members of the House
District Committee and others
consulted yesterday and decided
to fight the issue all along the
line.
AS expressed by Representative
O'Hara. Republican, Of Mime
sofa, the decision was:
"Sure, we are going to make
the fight"
And Representative Smith,
Democrat, of Virginia, chairman
of the fiscal subcommittee OF the
House District Committee, told
reporters:
1--WE are going to take the
chance and fight for an amend
ment to restore the 81 million
cut"
He recalled that last year the
Appropriations Committee made
a similar move to cut down on
the Federal payment and that
District friends made the fight
and won it.
Impressed With Needs
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. O'Hara
we're two of the congressional
leaders in charge of the Dis
trict's Public Works Act. They
unwillingly recommended addi-
tional taxes for the District but
did so because of the serious
needs of the city for money to
rebuild some of the Districts
worn-out institutions.
Mr.. Smith has declared Con-
gress would be welching on the
bargain it made if 1t now cut
the Federal payment.
AS the hours went by, new
supporters were found for this
position. The District friends
were busy spreading the word
and lining up the votes in the
hope they can win again this
year, as they did a year ago.
The Appropriations Commit
tee has made a cut totaling $50
million in the District spending
program for the next fiscal year
but the one big fight is expected
to come on the issue over the
Federal payment.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
THE METROPOLITAN VIEWPOINT
Shopping Conveniences
Ease Suburban Life

urbs, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
Yet, despite suburban expan-
sion, downtown business is not
drying up. No one expects 1t
ever to disappear.
What is happening here IL
lustrates the interdependence Of
all the people who make up
Metropolitan Washington.
Among the first to recognize
the potential of the spread
toward and into the suburbs
were executives of the large
stores.
In 1941, for example, Julius
Garfinckel & Co. established q
new store in Spring Valley.
where there was a substantial
concentration of its customers.
A year later the old Palais
Royal opened branch store in
Bethesda.
woodward & Lothrop, which
acquired the Palais Royal. now
has stores in Chevy Chase and
Alexandria. Like Garfinckel, 1t
is building at Seven Corners, in
Fairfax.
The Hecht Co. had a hand in
making Silver Spring a great
business community by estab-
fishing its big store at Fenton
street and Ellsworth drive. Hecht
and Kann'S Department Store
went into Arlington and now
Lansburgh's is building at Lang
ley Park, the intersection Of Old
Bladensburg road and New
Hampshire avenue in Prince
Georges County.
More Shops, More People
This expansion and the estab-
lishment of branches of shoe
stores, apparel shops, mems
clothiers, ice cream parlors.
candy and flower shops help tie
the area together. The fact is,
more shopping is needed because
there are more people.
The suburban centers have
paid off handsomely as invest
ments. Still they cannot offer
all of the advantages of down.
town. That's why Mrs. Masoner
and other housewives must make
periodic trips to F street. Larger
stocks in a concentration OF
stores permit of wider selection
in many lines.
The museums, the theaters, the
big movie houses, the financial
district and the great hotels are
downtown, and not apt to be
moved. They still attract subur-
ban residents and--always-
tourists.
The convention and tourist
trade brought $3.50 million to
Washington last year and prac-
tically all of that was left down
town. They spent 80 per cent
for hotels, 20 per cent in retail
stores and IA per cent in restau-
rants. The rest went for amuse-
ment, transportation and mis-
cellaneous items.
ID. C. Growing, Too
Often overlooked in a discus
sion of the exodus to suburbia Is
the fact that the Districts pop
ulation is increasing, too; not
spectacularly but noticeably.
Families long established here
continue to buy in town. So
must career Government en-
ployes and professional people
scattered throughout the city.
Improvement in the Negroes eco
nomic status is giving him
greater purchasing potential.
mo one can really envison
that the downtown stores are
going to be abandoned" said
one of Washington's most sue
cessful merchants. "Our econ-
omy could not function with
out downtown"
| Besides. some people enjoy the
hustle of a city.
Ever go Christmas shopping2
Another article in this series
on "The Metropolitan View
point" will appear in The Star
Friday. II will discuss recrea-
/ ton and cultural activities.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Family Court Topic

The District Social Hygiene
Society will discuss THE Value
Of a Family Court in the Com
munity" during its annual meet
ing at 8 o'clock tonight at the
ALI Souls Unitarian Church,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets
NV. Allan Fisher, director of
the Legal Aid Bureau here, will
address the group.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Cripple Fund Drive
L.uqs 500 of Quote

The Washington Multiple Scle-
rosis Society today announced it
had reached the halfway mark
in the $4,000 fund drive.
Tomorrow night volunteer
society workers will circulate
among evening shoppers in an
operation designated street
Light Night"
Evening star., 1955-05-18
By HECTOR MCLEAN

A plea for $65,o00 to reha-
bilitate the 49-year-old Eleventh
street bridge across the Anacos-
tia River was denied by the
House Appropriations Commit
tee, an analysis disclosed today.
District Highway Department
officials said they will ask the
Senate to restore the funds to
their budget for the fiscal year
which begins July /.
All told, they will seek res
toration of $3,209, ,000-the larg-
est cut suffered by any District
department. Most of it-$2, $780,
000-was slashed out Of the de-
partment's construction pro-
gram. However, the operating
budget was also cut 1925, 900,
second only in severity to the
reduction taken by the Depart
ment of Public Welfare.
S. R. Harrison. deputy high
way director, said the draw span
on the Eleventh street bridge
vibrates when motorists drive
across it. The span, he said, is
operated by the type of motors
and switches which once were
used on streetcars. For a long
time, broken and worn out parts
were replaced by those taken
from old street railway cars, he
added.
Must Make Them
Now, however, such cars are
no longer in use and replacement
parts cannot be found-they
have to be especially made, Mr..
Harrison said. The $65,000 was
requested for replacement Of the
obsolete draw equipment with
modern equipment to permit de-
pendable operation.
Some of the cuts for which
restoration will be asked were
regarded by the committee as
only temporary. It held up SIS
million, for example, for a start
on the proposed Constitution
avenue bridge across the Poto-
mac river, until the Eisenhower
administration decides whether
to substitute a tunnel.
The committee also refused to
approve $650,000 for widening
Constitution and independence
avenues alongside the Capitol
grounds until legislation to au-
thorize the work is approved by
Congress. On these projects, the
committee suggested pleas for
restoration to the Senate after
final authorization and decision
Other less obvious cuts. how
ever. struck deeper into the de-
partment. A department Spokes-
man pointed out the committee
had slashed $430,000 from $2.8
million requested for minor
capital outlay" The effect OF
this, he said, would be a 20 per
cent cut in residential street
improvements now made by the
department.
He said a cut of 100000 out
of $1,550,000 requested for buy
ing rights-of-way would simply
slow down land purchases along
Florida avenue and other places,
delaying street and road prof.
ects planned under the city's
10-year, $305 million public
works program which was au-
thorized by Congress last year
Street Lights Cut
Similarly, a cut of one-fourth
in the 100000 requested for
street lighting facilities means
well have to construct new
roadways without proper light
ing"
In the operating budget, the
committee cut out $18,665 budg.
eted to pay salary increase.
which became effective wher
the Personnel Office upgradec
many of the departments EN-.
ployes last year. Presumably, the
committee wanted the depart.
ment to absorb the sum by leav.
ing jobs vacant.
The committee also deletec
$1,000 for a safety engineer te
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Mar. A. RD--tUSDA)--
slow early, but later moderately active:
general trade steady to weak mainly
steady on butchers $50 and heavier; Sows
steady to 70 lower most choice l0O-23I
Id butchers 16.5O-lB %; a few loads and
lots choice No. ! and IS mainly 20 ID
down 16.lO-l625; latter price for a
short deck 200 Id; 240-9S0 ID IA 10
so. instances slightly more for uni
form mostly choice 24O lb 20O-30u ID
l496-l4 ~: choice SowS 400 ID and
lighter l3.2J-l4 90: l5O-60U Id l22J-
1925 good clearance,
Saable cattle 700. salable calves ] 90,
slaughter steers and helfers nominallv
steady. cows active, strong; bulls stead
vealerS steady to 100 higher, StoCkegs
and feeders mostly steady a few RCod
fed steers 32.OU-2@.0O; 2 few utlity
steers 1880 down few good and
choice heifers i9.OO-22 90; commercial
heifers around 1900: utility to low com
mercial cows 1U.15-lJOUi a few head
high commercial and good one-calf cows
boo l6 90: Gamers and cutters 300
100; utility and commercial bulls. Il 90
$500; utility and commercial Grades
10000 00;, odd culls under 1000;
load OF good to choice s15 ID feeding
steers II 70; few common 500 ID.
stockers. 800.
Salable sheep 300: steady to strong:
truck lots good, choice and prime lambs
% 0O-23 so mostly 90 so up: Gull 10
choice slaughter ewes 6.50-p.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
Illinois Suit Is Watched

Securities underwriters here
are interested in the proposed
large bond offering of the Il
llnoiS Turnpike Authority and
the law suit filed by a taxpayers
association opposed to it.
They will attend conference
in New York Monday to study
what effect the suit will have
on the proposed financing.
New York State Bridge Au-
thority is expected to award a
$21 million offering of bridge
bonds next Wednesday. The
bonds will finance a new bridge
at Kingston, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
Traffic Still Increasing

Vehicular traffic at key points
in the District continued to show
gains in January, the Traffic
Bureau reported.
Weekday counts at key points
were Al per cent above a year
earlier and 1873 per cent higher
than for the same month of
preWar 1941.
-Four Potomac bridges carried
2.7 per cent more vehicles than
year earlier and 98.7 per cent
more than in 1941. Four Ana
costa River bridges had a gain
of l,6 per cent from year
earlier and carried 1875 per cent
more than the three bridges
existing in 1941.
Saturday traffic in January
was only 02 per cent above a
year ago, while Sunday traffic
was Off | 9 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
x BURTON HAWKINS

The Stars MIR. Baseball" :. Burton Hawkins
practically wears the Senator's uniform as
he lives with the Washington team through
spring training His reports from Orlando
give baseball fans dugout-eye-view Of dia-
mond doingS Curious about Senator's rockies
or the teams chances of winding up in the
first division? Follow Burton Hawkins every
day in The Stars sport section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK Mar. Hr. - Foreign
exchange rates follow. Great, Britain in
dollars others in cents unchanged un-
In New York open market, u per cent
premium or 1925, of is.
Europe---Great Britain. pound 2. 20;
@&.Ts II 81, of 1-i3; 0o-day, s7sIs:
Belsium. franc, .DDis of .OOIs; France
franc .2S5s. Western Germany. deutsche
marx HOLLAND Fui ns.,ido 2aa5o
Sweden, krona l9.3i; Switzerland franc.
free, 23.33i4 up OOla; Denmark. krone.
1850
Latin America--Argentina, free 7.2i;
Brazil free l.35: Mexico. sO2 Vene-
luela bolivar. 5000
Far East--HonE Kops dollar. l7.45.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04

CURED to con-
tribute some
thing toward
upkeep of the
city, remains
the chief goal
of the FEEDER
alton of Bust
neSSlnen's As
sociations.
7 h i S W a S
enpha s i re d
last night by
John F.. DON
oboe follow
lowing his in
Stallation for
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%JOHNNY MUELLER

Cameraman Johnny Mueller brings the
baseball picture into sharp focus for The
Stars readers. His soiourn into Florida
yourself interest. Look for Johnny Mueller
photos and you'll see the new faces the ia
miliar faces and the scenes of action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04

return for a
second clinic
u n er the
same sponsor
ship on March
81 and %.
This years
clinic will be
held at Nc
Kinley High
School. Hours
will be from
1880 to 10 pm.
Tony Pritch-
ard, executive
vice president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
DC. Auto Sales Top Year Ago,
Registrations Set New Record

MacAsbill. jr.. is secretary and q
director and Amanda Abernethy
is treasurer.
Directors include Roscoe
Drummond, Washington CORE
spondent: Richard NJ. Biffell, jr.,
also of Washington, and Samuel
w. Meek of New York. Offices
are in the Ring Building.
Officers and directors own 1913
Of the outstanding 1856 common
shares of the company and Mir.
Mullin owns 100 of these. The
company proposes to sell pur-
chase contracts for land in
Charlotte County, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
Florida Promotion Listed

A Washington group is inter-
ested in the Lemon Bay Co.,
which has filed registration with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission covering an offering
of $3.50. 400 of contracts for land
sale and citrus grove develop
ment in Florida.
Robert r. Mullin. with Offices
in the Ring Building, is listed as
director and owner of
a large majority of the stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04

T h e n e W
position was
created as a
result Of Ad-
miral's ex
p a n ion in
the appliance
field.
Mr.. Doug
las has been
in the appli-
ance business
n this area
sin 90 10 "A
and has been
as S oci a t e d
ILL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
New Distributor Appointed

F. F. Jasperson, manager Of
the Washington branch Office of
Graybar Electric Co., announced
the appointment of the company
as distributor for the Stromberg-
Carlson radio and .television di-
vision in this area.
r. E. Orion, jr., is Graybar's
appliance sales manager here. w.
E. Trip is Stromberg -Carlson's
representative in this territory.
Robert H. Blum has been
elected director of the Valley
Forge Distributing Co. here. He
has been active in the sales de-
partment since his return from
service with the Air Force in the
war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
By Donald B. HodIeY

District sales Of both new and
used automobiles are running
well above a year ago so Ear this
year and net registrations on
February % reached a new all
time high, the Traffic Bureau
disclosed today.
In two months this year, titles
were issued for 1878 new cars,
compared with 1888 a year ago
and title transfers. barometer of
uSed-car sales. rose to 5,944 from
5,515 in the same 1854 period.
New car titles In February
totaled 1867 compared with
1911 in February. 1854. but title
transfers for the same month
decreased to 2.436 from 2,875 in
February last year.
Net automobile registrations in
the District totaled 206,755 on
February %. compared with
203,5l4 a year ago, 191,1 04 on
the same 1850 date and 128,380
on the same l945 date. The total
is after deduction of transfers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
Heads Appliance SuIes

William R. Douglas has been
named appliance sales super
visor for Admiral Distributors
here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-04
x FRANCIS STANN

All of Florida becomes Francis Stann's beat
as he covers the 10 training camps in the
grapefruit circuit. Hell also wander off to
view some highlights in the Sport of KingsJ
stann's reports in "Win, Lose or Draw" will
give you the dramatic, colorful story behind
the big league build-up With Siam filling
in the background his readers will get clear
overall picture of baseball