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copwight. 1856. United States Brewers Foundation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
sy III. As.oeia,sd Pres.

Food and Drug Commissioner
George P. Larrick, citing cases
ranging from fake medical cures
to possibly lethal hair drier,
reported today an upswing in the
number of quacks and cheats
preying on Americans.
In asking a House Appropria-
tons subcommittee for more
money in the coming fiscal year,
MIR. Larrick testified he believes
inadequate financing for his
policing agency has been a cause
in recent years of more ship
ments of subpotent drugs"
More Deaths as Result
There are more purveyors of
quack nostrums catering to sick
people, more deaths caused by
delayed treatment of cancer and
other serious diseases when the
patient tried a false cure instead
of conventional treatment" he
added.
There are more health-food
faddists catering to the i'll, the
gullible and misinformed. more
cases of juvenile delinquency,
broken homes, highway deaths
and other tragedies caused or
aggravated by bootlegged Sleep
ing pills and other potent drugs.
More insect-infested, rodent
defiled, and decomposed foods
have been consumed by our citi-
gems. We. too. have been forced
to pay less attention to the COM
plants of economic cheats :"
Many Uranium" Quacks
Mr.. Larrick. whose February 8
testimony was made public to-
day, said one offshoot of the
uranium boom has been step
up in quack use of uranium ore
to treat "arthritiS and almost
everything under the SUM-"
He said one uranium pad"
selling for $50 had Hess radio
activity than that in a wrist
watch.
In other cases. he said, people
he did not identify would line
low-ceiling rooms with poor
uranium ore land then put COM
Portable chairs in there and
charge people 50 an hour to sit
in there"
He said this type of thing has
Just sprung up by leaps and
bounds all over the country
even though it does the patient
no good and could be harmful
If he has serious disease.
In one instance, Mr.. Larrick
added, a man in Maine invented
and sold to doctors an sorgone
accumulator"- metal-lined de-
vice which "looks like an old
fashioned clubhouse" and is sup
posed to help the person sitting
inside. But when the court en-
tered a judgment against the
unnamed builder, Mr.. Larrick
said, Is doctors. mostly nsychia-
trists, took the position they
couldn't practice their profess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Court Sets New Hearing In Suit 70 Block Bell Road

Montgomery County Circuit
Judge Thomas M. Anderson yes
terday scheduled further argu-
ments for April Z in the suit
seeking to block construction Of
the inter-eounty belt highway
through the Maryland portion
of Rock Greek Park.
Attorneys FOR the Maryland
State Roads Commission and
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission,
defendants in the suit. yester-
day filed an answer to the orig
NAL bill Of complaint. The suit
was filed in behalf of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. w. Brownell, 1902 Park
wood drive. Bethesda, owners of
property which abuts parklands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17

The April Z hearing will be on
a motion for summary Judgment
filed by the roads commission
and the MNCPPC. In their an
swer to the show-cause order,
the defendants declared the
charge that the proposed free
way is an arbitrary and capri
cious" use of parklands is a con-
clusion in law and unsubstan-
tiated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
81 Million Rood Bids
Opened in Virginia
By The A.soeiuied Press


RICHMOND, Mar. 17.-Low
bids opened yesterday by the
State Highway Department on
II road and bridge jobs totaled
$2.0l4.l82. The bids WIN be re-
viewed by the State Highway
Commission before contracts are
awarded.
The proposals, included a
$372,935 offer for dividing an
other section Of U. s. Route 90
I'll between Warrenton and
Fairfax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Foil Protects Trees .
From Rabbits. Rodents

SAVANNAH, Ohio.-A fruit
tree grower near Savannah uses
aluminium foil to protect his
trees from gnawing rabbits and
rodents.
He crimps the foil about the
base of each tree. It balks the
animals and still leaves plenty
of room for the tree to grow, he
says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
$4,000 East Germans
Got U. S. Flood Aid
BY the Asseeiotsd Prsss


BERLIN. Mar. 17.-More than
$4,000 East German families have
received aid under President Els
enhower's flood aid program Of
last year. a Red Gross Official
said yesterday.
Henry w. Dunning, executive
secretary Of the League Of Red
Cross Societies In Geneva. told
United States authorities here
the aid operation is virtually fin
ished and will be cleaned up In
the last villages by March 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Quockery and Fake Cures
Rising in u. S, Official Warns

sion without this machine, SO
we are in the middle Of that
litigation at this moment"
As for the hair drier, new on
the market last year. the en-
forcement official said its only
trouble was that it dried the
hair with carbon tetrachloride
which would kill you If you
used it in a small, closed room.
He said the drier was taken OF
the market before anyone got
hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
PoIicemun's Car Stolen

DECATUR, Ill. R.-Patrol-
man Virgil Carr was on traffic
duty when a thief stole his car
parked q block from the police
station,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16
His Name Is
GOD!

AT Christmas many parents
are troubled about the morality
of perpetuating the idea of
Santa Claus. The problem is
easily solved; there is a Santa
Claus. His name is God! Not
Kriss Kringle. Not st. Nicholas.
The real Santa Claus is He who
gave life to Kriss Kringle and
to all who believe in that
Dutch version of the Christmas
story. 1t is He who inspired st.
Nicholas not only with sancti-
ty, but with the idea of being
loving and joyful enough to
stuff stockings with presents
on the birthday of his Lord
and yours.
why not tell yourself and
your children the truth? Tell
them that God is Santa Claus,
and that the greatest Gift He
could ever give was given this
day. Tell them that every
greeting they hear or give of
Merry Christmas is but echo
of Gods word. That every gift
they receive, every present
they wrap is but symbol and
memento of Him who was CIV
en- us by God as gift, and wrap
ped by Mary in swaddling
clothes. Tell them that He who
is the Truth makes Christmas
and makes it merry. Make it
plain to them that there is a
Christmas only because there
is Christ and there is
Mass!"
Father M. Raymond, O.C.S.O.
LoUe Does Such Things.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16
Christmas Firsts

u "Silent Night; p w. C. Dob
son, in 1845, who sent it to Queen
Victoria; 81 Eimar Holboell, DAN
ish postal clerk, to raise funds for
a children's hospital; a. the
Dutch; s. Henry Harris, a Lon
doner, who probably got the idea
from pagan ceremony of trinkets
on trees honoring Bacchus; 81
George E. Mousley, Philadelphia
toy manufacturer; y DIR. Clement
c. Moore in 1928, 'The Night Be
fore Christmas; 81 "Alice in
Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16

therefore sometimes find their
offers turned down. Afforestation
is considered more important
than meeting the demand for
trees used to uphold a sentiment
al tradition - often not even in
keeping with true Christian ideals
when they are needed for the
national economy.
Still, Black Forest Christmas
trees will remain among the most
popular in the world, and prob
ably among the mos. beautiful be-
cause of their association with an
cient lore in great forests made
sacred by religious mysteries"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16
Holly
and MistIetOe

The use of Christmas trees was
confined to the Rhine country un-
til about 100. The tradition is be-
lieved to have crossed the Allan
tic with Hessian mercenaries dur
ing the American Revolution.
Holly, mistletoe, the Yule log,
wassail bowl and candles are rel
les of pre-Christian mid-winter
celebrations, chiefly honoring the
sun.
Ancient Romans feasted, ex-
changed gifts and decorated with
evergreens during Saturnalia, a
December festival honoring the
god of sowing.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16

For the custom of using them
as symbols of light in the dark
ness, and harbingers of spring
even in mid-winter, is of ancient
Germanic origin.
To the Germanic tribes the ev-
ergreen tree represented life eter-
nal. Later, the association of this
thought with the coming of Christ
was an obvious adaptation.
Even after the Christmas tree
custom had been adopted in 9TH
er parts of Europe and eventual
ly overseas, the Black Forest re-
mained the classical homeland
and the principal reserve of
Christmas trees. Countless thou
sands of its firs have been export
ed, even to the United States.
Lately the demand has grown to
proportions which foresters con-
slider alarming. The Harz noun
tain region, before the war the
principal competitor of the Black
Forest, now is almost entirely
locked in behind the Iron Curtain.
So the Black Forest finds itself
beseiged by buyers from all the
surrounding territories. Switzer-
land alone takes some 100000
trees every Christmas.
If trees were the only require
ment to be met, it might not be
too bad; but in recent years
spruce-fir branches also have be-
come increasingly popular for use
as Advent wreaths. Apples, too,
around the center candle of the
wreath, are decorated with fir
tree branches. Cribs are adorned
with them. In Munich, the famous
crib collection of the Bavarian
National Museum, with its 5000
figurines- collected by the late
Max Schmederer, a bachelor
banker inspired by the gentle
fancy of st. Francis - is enhanc-
ed by evergreens.
In all southern Germany, Swift
erland and the neighboring Aus
trian Tyrol, Christmas trees are
considered indispensable for the
traditional carol singing of the
Waits-children dressed as the
Three Kings carrying a golden
star through their villages in tok-
en- of the light of Bethlehem.
Santa Claus is another big Gus
toner of the Black Forest. The
popular Saint is unthinkable to
the children unless he carries a
small tree on his horse when he
comes to dispense his gifts to
youngsters far and wide. In some
regions, a fir tree is also carried
along for the Bearing of Our
Lady," an observance symbolic
ing the Blessed Virgins search
for shelter on the first Christmas
Eve. This custom promotes deeds
of good will and charity.
Foresters warn that the Black
Forest already had been badly
depleted during the war and in
postwar years. Tree buyers
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16
Candles Burn

In many Norwegian villages
candles burn in the window all
night to give light to "Kristine"
who brings the gifts. On Christ
mas Eve, all members of the
family place their shoes in row
before the hearth, signifying that
they intend to live together in
peace and harmony all the year.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16

ASSENT
The waiting, trembling heart OF
earth
Beat on, as all the Powers heard
Mary's humbly murmured answer,
BE it done :. according to Thy
world"
Eileen Burkhard Norris
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16
Original Home of All
Christmas Trees
BY FATHER PLACID JORDAN, o.s.B.

than ever before This wordamed forest which stretches
along the Rhine Valley through western Baden Wuertte-
berg really is the original home of all Christmas trees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27

bottom fishing we'd suggest the
lower Patuxent for hardheads,
anywhere from Benedict on
down to Solomons.
Maryland's Game and Inland
Fish Commission is asking any,
one who runs across baby deer
to please let them alone. They
are not lost from their mother,
who knows exactly where her
baby is and will return to it to
feed it at the proper time. 1t
is unlawful to capture or pos
sess fawn. If you find an in
jured fawn, notify the nearest
game warden.
Fishing for striped bass in the
Roanoke River near Weldon,
N. c., during their spring spawn
ing run each year is INDUCED
in by SO many that j. H. Cor
nell. writing in "Wildlife in
North Carolina" for April, pub
lished an obituary" for the last
rockf1sh. caught in 1865" He
predicts that unless something
is done by the State to protect
these spawning grounds, this
may well happen, and the last
specimen, mounted, will be
placed alongside a display of
passenger pigeons in the State
Museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27
MiddIecoH ests
Brooke Manor Club
Course TomorrW

Cary Middlecof, Masters
champion and the second lead
ing money winner of 1855, will
give Brooke Manor Farms Club
its first test by one of the Ma
tons top pros in an exhibition
match tomorrow afternoon at 2
O'Clock.
Middlecoff, who was here ear
lier in the week for round with
President Eisenhower, will re-
turn to pair with Dewey Ricketts,,
the host pro. against Charley
Bassler, top pro golfer of this
area, and Fred Bolton, the long
hitting from Manor Driving
Range.
Middlecoff has won the St.
Petersburg Open plus the Mas
tiers this year and stands second
to Mike Souchak in money win
nings with $14,073. However.
Middlecoff is far ahead of Sou
chak since the first few tourna-
ments of the year. The match
will start at o'clock. preceded
by clinic by the quartet at 1870.
Tickets may be purchased for 81
today at al golf clubs. but will
be $3.50 tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27
Bemon and Dudley Play
In SchooIboy Golf Final

The first playoff for the In
vitation Schoolboy Golf title be-
tween teammates since 1889 is
scheduled Sunday at 2 pm. at
Columbia Country Club between
Deane Beman and Bill Dudley
of Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School.
Beman and Dudley not only
are schoolmates but both are
members of Bethesda Country
Club. The last schoolmates to
meet for the title were Ralph
Bogart and Earl Skinker in 1889.
both representing Wilson. b.
CART was the winner.
Beman is the second member
of his family to reach the final.
His older brother Del, now a
freshman at Maryland, was run
nerup to Perky Cullinane two
years ago.
The golfing buddies reached
the title round in opposite
fashion yesterday at Chevy
Chase. Dudley won, 7 and g.,
over John Owen of Blair, but
Beman had to go all the way to
defeat John Grub of Manor, l
UP.
Beman was four up on Grubb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27
Former Southpow Wins
WDGA Cup Righthonded

ately, and yesterday five TIED
with net 78s.. Now it's all over
With a holiday week end coming
up, plus the team matches. it
would have been a week or more
before the tie could have been
settled under the old system.
Mrs. Cooper was tied by Mrs
Fred Trew of Columbia. 90-12-
70: Mrs. William Werber of Co.
lumbia, 93-15-78: Alice Radcliffe
of Argyle, 92-14-78 and Mrs,
Arthur Phelan of Chevy Chase.
92-14-78. Mrs. Phelan had an
appointment and could not stay
for the playof but the others
could not match Mrs. Cooper's
five on the first hole. Mrs. Trew
then took low gross with 80.
Other prize winners: Mrs
Frank Murphy of Congressional,
92-13-79; Mrs. Hill Houston OF
Prince Georges. 94-15-79: Mrs
A. C. Woster of Argyle, 92-13-
70; Mrs. w. r. Sewell of Ken
wood, 94-14-80; Mrs. j. E. Ros-
den of Congressional, 94-14-80;
Mrs. Anthony Litrento of Prince
Georges. 95-15-80; Mrs. w. E.
Haines of Manor, 93-12-81; Mrs
j. v. Noel of Army Navy. 94-13-
81; Mrs. Woodlief Thomas OF
Chevy Chase, 93-12-8l; Mrs.
Roland Gable of Kenwood. a.
1871; Mrs. David Kreider of
Prince Georges, 95-14-81 and
Mrs. Jack Minovich of Indian
Spring, 95-14-81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27
Amateur PAGES
Pro-Am Golf

BALTIMORE, May 81 (Spe-
ciaD Clarence Doser of Wood
mont and Andy Gibson of Coun-
try Club of Maryland led the
pros with par TBS in yesterdays
pro-member golf play at lillian
dale, but the spotlight was shared
by Jim Bellizzi, assistant pro at
Washington G&CC, and ANA
teurs Maury Bailey and Church
Schott.
Bellizzi had a hole in one to-
ward his rs score, bouncing in
a four iron on the 167-yard
seventh.
Bailey led the field of 149 with
a 10. while Schott led the anna
teurs sweeps with a 1855 and
teamed with Dick Mullen of
Baltimore &C to win best-ball
honors with g..
Six pros had 73s behind Doser
and Gibson. Scores of Washing
ton area pros were: Stan Mouser.
Kenwood, 70; Clair Emory,
Washington G&CC. "a; Eddie
Stevens, Manor. 76: Steve To-
bash, Fort Meade, rs; Bill Bup-
pert. Woodmont. II; Harry
Griesmer, Bethesda. II; Ward
Burgess, Chevy Chase, II;
Charley Muck, Belle Haven. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27

Four years ago Mrs. Daniel
Cooper of Woodmont was left
handed duffer golfer who at the
time was taking lessons from
Earl Fling, then a teaching pro
at Woodmont,
One AFTERNOON Fling sug-
gested Mrs. Cooper try playing
righthanded for three weeks.
If she didn't take 10 stroke off
her game in the three weeks,
the lessons would be free. If
she did, she'd pay for them and
play righthanded from then on.
She accepted the challenge
and in three weeks had 10
strokes off her game. Now
she's a righthanded golfer and
as of yesterday winner of the
Women's District Golf Associa-
tons Washington Post-Times
Herald Glass B Cup tournament,
She still is a southpaw tennis
player and bowler.
Mrs. Cooper, sister of Hubert
Hoff, the George Washington U.
golfer, had a 80 at Manor
despite five three-putt greens,
and deducted a IL handicap for
a net 70. She then defeated
three other players in a sud-
den-death playoff for the cup.
The WDGA certainly picked
the right year to change from
18-hole playoffs to sudden death
for its 10 cup tournaments. The
first one two weeks ago ended
in a tie but was settled immedi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27

Barring a heavy rainfall up
river. the nearby Potomac should
be a good bet for fishing this
week end The pan rockf1sh are
in the river in numbers. Early
this week good catches were
made off the Marine Memorial
just above the Fourteenth street
bridge and at the Three Sisters.
Some nice fish have turned up
here and there along with the
pan fish.
We talked with Julius Fetch
er in mid-week. and found ne
was heading up to Big Eddy
above Chain Bridge to fish for
rockfish with cut-herring and
bloodworms He said he'd been
sitting in company with three
other men, watching a big rock
feeding on smelt over the bar
out in front of Fletcher's Cove.
The big fellow was right on top
with his dorsal fin showing, ard
frothing up the surface as he
lunged for the smelt. We al-
most quit writing this to get
up there. but maybe we can
make it later in the week.
The shad fishing was excel
lent Monday. but has dropped
off somewhat since. A big school
came in over night Sunday and
the early and late anglers caught
nice strings of big fish on the
following day. Shad fishing is
somewhat hit-or-miss at this
season. but there will be fishing
for another week or two.
Bottom fishing in the bay has
not been too good. The water
is still pretty cold and the
weather has been a sort of up
and down affair that has helped
not at all. However, with con-
tinued warm weather, the fish
should be cooperating to a
greater degree. and we antici-
pate better fishing over this
week end. For rockfishing, your
boat captain will be better post
ed than anyone. However, for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27
OUTDOORS
With BILL LEETCH

For Key Bridge add 5 min
listed below. deduct from above
Alexandria =
Aqua Greek tentrancel =
Breton BAY (Blakiston Isl =
Colonial Beach ~ =
Dahlgren -. =
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run Defeats
Again PIaguiing
Slipping Braves
Continued From Page CT

veteran HOWE Pollet spun a six
hit shutout, SO. In the only
night game, New York lost, 81,
in IL innings to Philadelphia.
which has won four straight
after swapping the Giants six
game string.
The Yankees gained a 2R-
game American League lead.
beating Washington twice, ga
and 7-3, while Cleveland scram-
bled to win 1919 after losing the
first game of a doubleheader, 81,
to the White Sox. Baltimore beat
Boston, 20. Rain stopped De-
troit at Kansas City.
Ted. Kluzsewski took the Ma
tional League home run lead at
Milwaukee with his 18th to get
Cincinnati rolling on its eighth
victory in nine games. A four
run fifth wrapped it up. The
Braves rallied for two in the
eighth, but it was too late as
Gerry Staley won his fourth
with help from Buster Freeman
Lew Burdette (2-3 was the
loser.
Sixth ShutOut for Cubs
The Cubs scored their 18th VIC
tory in 13 games while Pollet
gained his 125th major league
victory and sixth shutout of the
season by the Cubs staff
matching their 1854 total. Bob
Speake's third home run in five
games scored twos runs in the
third to sew up the game. Cor
don Jones was the loser as the
Cards managed just one run in
their three-game set in Chicago.
Brooklyn stayed six games up
on the Cubs by scoring four in
the ninth. Don Newcombe, I'M
beaten, won his seventh, TRIPPING
and stealing home in the rally
against Ron Kline, the loser.
Marv Blaylock, an ex-Giant,
doubled against Hoyt Wilhelm to
break up the game in Philadel-
phia. Richie Ashburn scored
once and drove in a run with half
of the Pills eight hits. The win
ner was Bob Miller, who relieved
Bob KuZava when the Giants tied
it at 2-all in the sixth.
Lemons Single Wins Game
Bob Lemon, who lost his third
straight by walking home a pair
of runs in the opener, won the
second game for Cleveland with
a pinch single in the eighth.
Jack Harshman won for Chicago,
nursing a shutout until the ninth.
The Tribe had seven doubles in
the nightcap that kept it in
second place. A half game ahead
of the White Sox.
Jim Wilson dumped Boston on
four hits. driving in one of the
Oriole runs himself after Willie
Miranda'S triple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-27

after six holes but had to come
from behind to win, Grubb won
five of the next six holes to
take a 1-up lead before Deane
squared the match on the 14th
Grub dropped a 40-footer for a
par four to stay even on is, and
halved 16, but Johnny drove be-
hind the big tree on II and lost
the hole, and it was over when
they halved the 18th in regula :
ton fours. Beman had rs and
Grub IT.
1t figures to be an all-Bethes-
da year in schoolboy golf as the
team is a heavy favorite to win
the playoffs after having COM
pleted its Maryland Bi-County
season with an unbeaten record.
The second flight final will be
played at Georgetown Prep to-
day between Charles Holden III
of Mount Vernon and Jack
Doser of st. Johns, son of the
Woodmont pro. Holden defeated
Chick Cullinane, 2 and l, yes
terday while Doser won, S and 4,
over Alan Alkire of Blair.