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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
Laurel Council
Protests License

The Laurel City Council last
night voted unanimously to joir
in an appeal of a liquor license
granted Thursday to Percival
G. Melbourne III for packagec
sales at 306 German avenue.
The license was granted by
the county liquor board for Mel's
Liquors over protests of several
residents of the area.
The council decided to joir
in the appeal at the request Of
the Laurel Civic Association
which organized Saturday night
primarily to fight the license
Members of the group claim il
was granted for an area in pre-
dominantly residential.
Willmar K. Roberts, 800 Comp
ton avenue, temporary chairman
OF the association. said the APP
peal will be filed in the Circuit
Court within 10 days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
Elom Held for Jury
In Brothers. Death

Robert Roy Elan, 81. yester-
day was held for grand jury
action by Upper Marlboro Trial
Magistrate Nita S. Human
Crane in the Staying on August
20 of his brother. Sam. So. at
Sans Oakcrest Inn on Route
near Laurel.
Roy, who is out on $500 bond
following habeas corpus hear
ing in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court. pleaded not guilty
to a charge of murder at yes
terday's preliminary hearing.
Maryland State Trooper Rob-
ert Kuhns, who investigated the
Staying, testified at the hearing
that he conflscated two guns
upon his arrival at the inn. He
said one was taken from a man
standing nearby who said Roy
had given it to him, and the
other was taken from under
Sans body lying on the floor
of the tavern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
z HOUSEBREAKERS
ENTER CAFE, FIND
POLICE AT WORK

Three young housebreak-
ers picked the wrong place
and the wrong time to OPP
crate early today.
They selected the Golden
Jungle Room at 1915 Blad-
ensburg road NE. which
looked deserted enough.
The calm was soon shat
tered by a squad of police
men who were prowling the
place after a wild fracas
there a little earlier, which
had seen tree persons
wounded by gunflre and four
sent to Jail.
The housebreakers we're
promptly added to the arrest
score for -thanight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
Area Reports
4 Polio Cases

-Four area polio cases. two OF
them diagnosed paralytic, were
reported in the area yester-
day, three in Montgomery
County, Md, and one IN Fairfax
County. Va.
A total of 1870 cases have been
reported in the area So far this
year., compared with 1886 cases
at this time last year.
Montgomery's newest cases are
a 2lz -year-old boy from the $500
block Of Bradford road, Silver
Spring, paralytic. admitted to
Children's Hospital last Wednes-
day: a 7-year old boy from the
12200 block of Connecticut ave-
nue.. Silver Spring. non paralytic,
admitted to Children's Hospital
last Thursday. and a l4-year -old
boy from Layhill, Md, nom
paralytic. not hospitalized.
Montgomery now has 80 cases
reported to 20 cases at this time
last year.
The 38th Fairfax case of the
year is a woman from the 300
block of Martha Washington
street. Alexandria. paralytic, ad-
mitted last Saturday to the An
derson Clinic. Fairfax had Is
cases at this time last year.
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.AIexondrions Aid Survey
IOf Homes and Business

Early returns from 36 enumer-
ators collecting data for Alex
andria's first inventory of homes
and business indicate residents
are cooperating, Robert T. Jones,
co-ordinator Of research for the
project, said today.
We've had some trouble with
a few people on the question
about annual income-they seem
to think it's got something to
do with internal 'revenue-but
other than that, the survey has
been running smoothly" Mr..
Jones said.
IS Per Cent Response
Dennis Cahill. director of the
city's planning department, said
the enumerators were getting
about a IS per cent response
from residents Of the North
Ridge and Delray areas. About
IS per cent is considered good In
such surveys, he added.
TITS too early now to try 10
establish any trends" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

The survey of the 32,747 resi-
dents of the area begun Thurs
day, is scheduled for completion
September Is.
The survey of all the city's es-
timated $4,000 residents living
In about 10000 buildings will be
completed by October Is
The figures will provide the
first statistical rundown on AL
'exandria's business, civic and
housing needs.
Work to Continue
Mr.. Cahill emphasized that the
process Of compiling the Stats
tics would be a continuing one.
This is definitely not a one
shot DEAL" he said I'VE intend
to keep the records up to date
by periodic checks with other
departments of the city gov
eminent"
Final tabulating. editing and
cooling is scheduled to be COM
pleted by May /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

Hurricane frequency thus Is
about a month ahead of last
years.
After lone. a name Of Greek
origin, the next Atlantic Coast
hurricanes this year--if any
will be designated in order as
Janet. Katie. Linda and Martha
The record number of hurri.
canes in any one year was 81 in
1888.
clone" Offers Thanks
The usual practice is to pick
names either from dictionaries
or lists Of suggested names in
baby books. A bureau spokesman
said he couldn't recall which
was the source Of lone.
Anyhow, a number of women
named lone wrote the Weather
Bureau when the 1855 lineup was
published in February. One WON.
an offered warm thanks. She
said she'd taken a lot of kidding
about her unusual" name and
now was able to point out it's moi
too unusual after all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

Token

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 20 (P.-
A group opposed to indignation
Iof schools in Anne Arunde
County says it conducted q sur.
Ivey among parents and fount
them 8 to in favor of continu
ling segregation.
Hamilton A. Gale, spokesman
for the Anne Arundel Surve,
Committee, said yesterday tn,
group sent out questionnaires Il
1000 "boxholders" and received
replies from about 10 per cen
Iof them.
OF the Ala who answered, 37l
favored continued segregation
Iand'4o favored integration. Mr.
1--WE are making this infor.
nation available to the publ,
for whatever purpose it might
serve" he added.
The committee was formed
about six weeks ago as a fact.
finding unit" Mr.. Gale said the
poll was conducted to provide
public information on the ques.
ton OF segregation and to sup.
port the committees belief thai
"a majority of parents favor con.
tinuing it.
Anne Arundel County has in
tegrated only two specialized
schools under the Supreme Court
decree which outlawed segrega.
ton. The county has appointed
an advisory committee to helr
it work out plans for integratine
other public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
Baby Book or Dictionary
Gave Idea for Name lone

The Weather Bureau says II
found the name lone for the
current hurricane either In q
baby book or a dictionary.
lone has no special signifi-
canoe except it begins with 81"
II" is the ninth letter Of the
alphabet. and lone is the years
ninth hurricane.
The names for 1855 expected
hurricanes were picked at a con-
ference of Weather Bureau men
at the Miami hurricane warning
center last February.
Bad Radio Conditions
For the past three years, the
Weather Bureau has used girls
names as clear and recogniza-
BILE designation for storms
Frequently, storm designations
must be transmitted under bac
radio conditions, making some
easily recognizable name fol
each storm necessity.
Last years hurricanes wound
up with Hazel. in mid October
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Oyster Conference
Postponed by lone

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 20 (P.
Hurricane lone. the third
such tropical storm to visit Vir-
ginia in sixs weeks, forced post
'ponement yesterday Of a
meeting called to consider oyster
damage caused by the other two.
Federal officials were to have
met at Warsaw to determine
whether Rappahannock River
oystermen will get emergency aid
to replant oyster beds badly
damaged by fresh water dumped
by hurricanes Connie and Diane.
Damage to the Rappahannock
oyster beds has been estimated
at $2,372,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
BY MARY LOU WERNER
Star stan Correxpondent

OCEAN CITY, Md, Sept. 20
Everything was ready to evac-
uate Maryland's seashore resort
town as Hurricane lone threat
|ened, but the community's 1.50C
permanent residents plus some
1000 latecomer vacationers
calmly stayed put.
Only three persons from lone
ly sections Of the beach north
of Ocean City checked in at the
emergency evacuation center al
Stephen Decatur High SchooI
near Berlin on the mainland tc
spend the night.
= The Red Gross. assisted bs
Army personnel and Worcester
County school officials. made
preparations at the school tc
take care of evacuees.
On Standby Basis
Robert Earl, from Eastern
Area Headquarters Of the Rec
Cross in Alexandria. Va, was in
charge Of the evacuation center
He said he would stand by until
lone passed Ocean City later
today to make sure no emergency
arises.
Mr.. Earl recalled that some
800 Ocean City vacationers spent
the night at Stephen Decatur
High School during Hurricane
Connie earlier this year.
Ocean City's Mayor Dan
Trimper and other town officials
were in no hurry to call for an
evacuation. The Mayor was de-
termined to stand pat until he
knew for sure about Ione's
course.
Direct Hit Feared
For a time last night it looked
like lone might bear down di-
rectly on Ocean City. which is
on a narrow island strip of sand
only three blocks separating the
ocean from Sinepuxent Bay at
some points.
Jerry Mack, amateur radio OPP
orator of Station W3BM, was on
the air half the night getting
radio communiques direct from
Maryland CIVIL Defense Head
quarters and from Andrews Air
Force Base.
Around 8 pm. the report came
in that lone would curve across
the Eastern Shore, near Ocean
City. with full fury.
Seeks Advice
Mr.. Mack asked Civil Defense
Headquarters II they thought the
people should be evacuated from
Ocean City. -
Civil Defense Headquarters,
apparently mindful of Mayor
Trimper's recent complaints
about weather reports soaring
people out of Ocean City, re-
sponded that they would supply
information but did not feel
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Bureau Churns
Same as lone

Hurricane Ione's feverist
Ichurnings projected themselves
in a busy hubub in a third flool
room at National Airport las,
might.
The scene was the Washing.
ton Weather Bureaus Emergency
Warning Center. where press
radio, television and utility mer
kept vigil on her cratic progress
The center was set UP to keeI
the public informed around tn,
clock as TO what they could ex'
pect from the big blow. Into tn,
room came all Of the latest dat,
gathered by the forecast division
! AS the adyisories arrived. ther,
were scratnbies for telephone
and the room was flooded witt
television camera lights.
Storm Didn't Come
/ But the storm didn't come Il
the watchers. Instead it lef
the Atlantic and careened in.
land across North Carolina,
shore and started dancing
around.
But-for no reason the loca
hurricane experts can find-sh,
If1irted inland. It was a trul,
fatal decision; it killed her.
The airpor, viewers saw Iont
as a pretty rough sister from
their vantage point-at first.
BY 2 pm. yesterday the wore
was that "all precautions should
be taken around Washington.
Advisers foreSaw heavy rains
flooding and 75-m.p.h. winds
Moreover, motorists were warned
to watch for downed wires anc
fallen tree limbs.
An hour later forecasters were
losing weight trying to take the
pulse of the bad baby. She was
in the Weather Bureaus milo
terms, "erratic." She stayed that
way.
Cautious Wording
Also. although this city's
weatherman won't say so, there
seems to have been a misad.
venture on the part of crackers
around Norfolk.
The man in charge here was
Relnhardt Schmidt, boss mete-
orologist responsible for watch
ing tones vagaries. His wording
was careful. He said, at 3 pm
yesterday that lone had re-
verified to where or what she was
when his station predicted hel
future hours earlier.
MIR. Schmidt did not blame
anyone. Nor did he say anyone
was to blame. He merely said
that. Something took place in
the upper air. She stopped NOV.
ing northerly and started NOV
ing northwest. We don't know
what got it off course"
He added, graphically, lit got
back where it belonged" That
was around 3 pm.
William Haggard, from the
marine climatology section, came
into the National Airpor,
Weather Bureau to spell the
dog-tired regular workers there
Mr.. Haggard said he knew
nothing to clarity the logged
issue of who messed UP the fore
cast, even If it was confused;
further. he maintained there
was no way to tell that there v as
a mistake on anyons's part.
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Only Three at Ocean City
Seek Emergency Shelter

in a position to make a recon-
lmendation at that time.
Maryland State Police, how
ever. decided to tell people liv-
ing north of Ocean City about
the approaching storm. Troop
Iers went from door to door no.
ltifying residents at Maridel
Beach.
Mrs. Mary Berry and her a.
Iyear-old son. Ronald Sipher, de.
Icided to leave. Mrs. Berry
called Mayor Trimper ano
learned about the emergency
lsetup at the high school, where
she took her son to spend tn,
night.
s4 Convention Stands Pat
The. Commander Hotel. which
was filled with a convention o
some 800 Maryland Licens,
Beverage Association members
called Mr.. Mack and asked hin
to advise when the storm 60
dangerously near. The associa.
ton was having a gay time. TIL,
only inconvenience caused by thu
approaching storm was that they
had to move a clam bake from
the beach to inside the hotel Il
keep from getting wet.
Around midnight the an.
nouncement came over short.
wave radio from Civil Defense
Headquarters that lone hac
slowed down and wouldn't pas:
Ocean City until about moor
today.
There was some rain at Ocean
City and a little water lying in
some low spots in the streets
but the ocean never pushed be-
yond the boardwalk. High tides
were expected later today. how
ever, especially if lone goes by
on high tide.
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CLUB CALLS OFF
HURRICANE TALK
lone TOO CLOSE

Hurricane lone forced the
Chevy Chase Citizens Asso-
citation to give up its sched-
uled meeting last night to
hear Russell Grubb of the
Weather Bureau.
His subject-hurricanes.
They'll try again next
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
IHogerstown Teomsters
Agree With Truckers

HAGERSTOWN. Md. Sept. 90
(R.-Local 992 of the Transfers
Union AFL announced yesterday
1t has reached an agreement with
truckers in the Hagerstown area
on a new contract witch calls for
Ia 50-cent per hour increase
spread over a three-year period.
Union Business Agent E. w.
Butler said the new contract.
retroactive to September /, gives
"a 19-cent boost now, 16 cents
next year and Is cents in the
third year.
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Shot
In Cafe Fracas;;
i wo Wounded
Privute Opens Fire
As Patron Resists
Custer Attempt

Two men and a policeman
were shot last night when the
policeman attempted to GUST one
of them from a Northeast res
taurant.
Wounded were Pvt. John e.
Bice of No. 8 precinct; William
IS. Ross. %. colored, of the 1900
block Of Meigs street NE, and
William F. Harrison, 81, colored,
of 5905 Lee place Sc.
All were reported In good con-
dition today.
Pvt. Bice. shot in the left arm,
was taken to Casualty Hospital
with Harrison, who suffered a
wound to the right shoulder.
Ross, also shot in the right
shoulder. was admitted to Dis
trict General Hospital.
Police Give Details
Police gave this version Of
what happened when Pvt. Bice
answered a complaint call-of
unwanted guests-at the Golden
jungle Room. 1916 Bladensburg
road NE:
AS the policeman approached
Ross, who was sitting in a booth,
he was grabbed by another man
and pinned against a wall. His
night stick was taken from him
and he was struck on the head
and kicked. Another man
grabbed him.
Fighting his way to Ross, the
officer pulled his service revolt
yer and fired as he grappled
with the latter. The bullet struck
a bystander. Harrison. Ross
grabbed the officers pistol and
the two went down.
Fired Again
Pvt. Bice recovered the gun
and fired again. The bullet went
through the policeman's left
arm and into Ross shoulder.
Sometime during the melee a
third shot was fired.
When the smoke cleared all
who remained were the three
wounded men--and police re-
Arrested later were Thomas
c. CASTOR. 81, colored, of the
1900 block of Penn street NE,
and Gussie Nathaniel Williams,
rs. colored. of thef1l0o block of
Constitution avenue NE. Both
were charged with assault on an
officer. along with Ross.
A l6-year-old youth, who
came UP at the end Of the fight
and wanted to know who shot
his uncle, was charged with dis
orderly conducts and sent to the
Receiving Home.
Police said het Areued with
officers at the scene and asked
that he be shot. too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20
Norfolk Area
.Dan1ageLight

| NORFOLK, Va. Sept. 20 P1
This big port area. braced fol
the full fury of Hurricane lone
found today that damage wa'
slight as the big storm passed b,
and moved north.
4 Tides, once predicted to go al
much as eight feet above nor.
NAL, were only three feet above
normal and were receding today
Some $40 persons, who evacu.
ated their homes in low-lyinE
IWilloughby in expectation 81
flooding. spent the night In fivt
shelters provided by the Rec
Cross. Many other evacuee.
spent the night at the homes oi
relatives and friends.
But except in some low street
intersections, where water rose
to depth Of Ia feet. there was
no flooding.
Scores of merchant ships had
sought refuge from the storm
here, and the Navy had sent 10C
of its vessels to its hurricane an
chorage near Tangier Island.
Aircraft Flown Inland
Military aircraft had been
flown into the Midwest and all
commercial air travel yesterday
was Cancelled in the Norfolk area
! But the cratic storm. classed
by the Weather Bureau as the
most dangerous of the season
luckily failed to live up to expec-
ltations here. after its cruel LASH
ing of North Carolina.
! On her way up the coast. lone
ripped the lightship Diamond
Shoals loose from her moorings
less than an hour after the ship
had reported winds Of 80 miles
an hour and towering seas.
The Coast Guard sent a cutter
to stand by. but the lightship
maintained its station, warning
ships away from the treacherous
shoals that barricade the North
Carolina outer banks.
Preparations were made in
Maryland for the approaching
storm, but it appeared likely
early today that Maryland would
suffer little from the hurricane.
State Police Alerted
Every State trooper was told
to be ready for emergency duty,
and some excavations were car
Iried out long before the wind
was strong enough to rattle a
window pane.
By midnight an estimated 100
of the $500 residents Of Hoopers
Island had checked in at Red
Cross shelters in lower Dorcester
County. Another 200 or 80 fled
from the low waters around
Ken Narrows near the Chesa-
peake Bay Bridge.
The I'd Army at Fort
Meade had shipped an amphibi-
GUS vehicle. 1000 blankets and
$50 cots to the Eastern Shore
Tor possible emergency use.
The USS Constellation, his
toric 158-year-old frigate des-
tined to become a permanent
shrine at Baltimore, ives moved
from an exposed position ut the
United States Naval Reserve pier
to safer quarters at the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad pier.
Naval aircraft were evacuated
from the Patuxent Naval Air
Station in Southern Maryland,
and officers sought sheltered
coves for a feet of PIT boats.
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Radio Symposium

The Broadcast Transmission
Systems Group, Institute OF
Radio Engineers. will open its
two-day fall symposium at $3.50
am. Friday at the Hamilton
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-20

The Lewisdale (Md.) Citizens
Association will meet at 8 O'Clock
tonight in the Lewisdale Elemen-
Itary School at Twenty-forth and
lBenning streets.
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Abe Candidate
Replies 10 AIM


fractional politics in Airing.
ton began to simmer today with
an ABC candidate returning a
salvo from an AIM spokesman
yesterday.
/ ABC is Arlingtonians for g
Better County. AIM stands for
Arlington Independent Move
ment.
| Robert A. Peck. elected to the
County Board as a Republican
-four years ago and now serving
as AIM campaign manager,
yesterday branded a recent mer-
lger of ABC's County Board
candidates and School Board
Nominating Convention nom
linees into one slate as the
entrance Of nonpartisans into
politics.
Hits AIM Tactic
| Ralph Raul. an ABC candidate
flor the County Board, said this
lis simply AIMS way of trying
to tell citizens of Arlington To
keep out of countyA fairs. AIMS
whole philosophy iS6ne of work.
ing in dark corners
Mr.. Raul said his slate was
nominated by two separate con-
MENTIONS open to all AIM NOM
mated it's candidates at break
fasts" held in an Arlington rest
Iaurant.
Mr.. Raul said his slate is OPP
posed to "a few people putting
their heads together in a coffee
house to decide candidates who
might best further their ends.
We don't like keeping the nom
mating process so exclusive and
we don't like keeping the public
business private on the County
Board, either"
Stanton Replies
Meanwhile. Stan Stanton, a
former Democratic precinct
chairman who is running in
|dependently for the School
Board, distributed his replies to
Ia League of Women Voters
lquestionnaire at the James Mon
roe PTA last night.
In reply to a question on his
policy regarding indignation in
the schools. Mr.. Stanton said:
i advocate a legal course of
action which will cause the least
impact on the two races and will
result in continued public school
facilities ! feel that the
problem differs in various sec
tons of the State and that there
must be large degree Of local
administration to meet these
conditions. I have no definite
plan but will use good judy
ment and common sense in
meeting this problem"
He said he believed education
is the States responsibility.
Another group, calling itself
the Arlington Parents Educa-
tional Research Organization.
today called for the entire
School Board to resign because
on two occasions it allowed Gin
filtration into Arlington schools
by persons Of dubious loyalty"
Evening star., 1955-02-25

are found In the blood stream for
period Of at least a week fol-
lowing injection.
According to DR.. Breese. sulfa
drugs ''are Of no value In 'elimi-
mating the streptococcus from
acute cases and are ineffective In
preventing rheumatic fever"
Other speakers included DR..
Gene H. Stollerman OF New York
University. DR.. John D. Keith Of
Tornoto, Canada: DR.. Lowell A.
Rantz, Stanford University; DR..
Keith Hammond, Paoli, Ind:
DR.. Charles H. Rammelkamp, jr.,
Western Reserve University.
DR.. w. B. Hildebrand, presi-
dent of the American Academy
Of General Practice moderated
the program. held in the Shore
ham Hotel. The academy CO.
sponsored the event with Wyeth
Laboratories.