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Evening star., 1955-05-24
LEGS STILL FEEL LIKE LEAD
Blast Proves Williams
Has Lost No Power

BOSTON. May "a (P.-Ted
Williams, aging but still as de-
termined as a rookie, has served
notice on American League
pitchers that he has lost none of
the tremendous power which
places him among baseballs all
time hitting greats.
The 36-year -old Boston slug
ger, making his first competitive
| >--------~~~-
Exhibition Box Scores. Poee CA
appearance of the season. belted
a 395-foou home run deep into
the rightf1eld seats last night as
the Red Sox defeated the Giants.
4-3, in an exhibition game called
at the end of 6l2 innings.
IT'S good to get started
again." the weary Williams said
after retiring from the game
following his towering circuit
clout as leadoff man in the last
of the third inning.
MY legs still feel like lead
and I want to work on them for
about another week. but I guess
my hitting is okay," he added.
Won't Be Pinned Down
Expected to return to the line
up this week end when the Red
Sox play host to Washington,
Williams refused to be pinned
down. Asked if he planned to
return in "a week or 10 days"
he replied: Sooner. I hope"
Williams. wearing his familiar
No. 8, received a tremendous
standing ovation from the crowd
Of 24,323 as he went to the plate
in a pre-game home-run hitting
contest.
Allowed five hits into fair ter
ritory, Ted failed to connect for
the distance until the 18th pitch.
Then he unloaded a 400-foot
drive into the rightfield stands.
With one fair" hit left, he fol-
lowed on the next pitch with
a 375-foot blast into the same
sector.
His efforts enabled the Red
Sox to win the home run hit
Evening star., 1955-05-24
Fishermen Has
Ankle Fracture

NEW YORK, May "a (P.-
Trainer Syl Veitch said today
that c. v. Whitney's Fisherman,
one OF the top 3-year-old colts
of 1854, had suffered a fractured
right front ankle and probably
is through with racing the rest
of the year.
Fisherman became lame after
finishing sixth in the Dixie Han
dicap at ~Pimlico Saturday.
X-rays today at Belmont Park
showed the fracture. ..
Evening star., 1955-05-24


eran Sid Gordon from Pitts
burgh.
Gordon's return to New York
after five years absence was
---
Mojor Leosue Stondinss. pose C-3
completed in a straight cash deal
yesterday.
In another move. the slumping
Phillies picked up lefthander
Bob Kuzava from Baltimore for
the $4,000 waiver price.
The 35-year-old Gordon, who
broke in with the Giants in 1941,
was traded to the Boston Braves
late in 1949 by New York, along
with Willard Marshall, Buddy
Kerr and Sam Webb. for Alvin
Dark and Eddie Stanky. Cor
don STAYED with the Braves until
the winter of 1853, when he was
traded to Pittsburgh in a deal
that sent Danny O'Connell to
Milwaukee.
Gordon, "glad to be home
again." probably will be used as
a pinch hitter. with possible fill
in shots at third base and the
outfield. He has a .286 lifetime
batting average and 1876 home
runs for his 14-year career.
The Giants and the Dodgers
both had been after Gordon
for some time, with the New
York club completing the deal
after four-game series in
Pittsburgh. To make room the
Giants shipped Infielder Foster
Castleman to Minneapolis on "a
hour recall.
Gordon might turn out to be
a key factor in the pennant race,
which is no longer the runaway
it was a couple of weeks ago.
The Dodgers won only two of
five games last week. while the
Giants, fattening up on the inept
Pirates, have a six-game streak
going.
The Giants are still six games
behind, but they've chopped
three games off Brooklyns lead
in seven days.
Gordon. who hit .306 in 131
Evening star., 1955-05-24
PROBABLE PITCHERS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

St Louis at Characterization t2-0,
VS. Minner t2-ol.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee tni--Minar-
Gin t2-O) VS.. SPAIN t3-5i.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh tnl--Podres
A-2A vs.. Law (n-I.
New York at Philadelphia tnl--Hearn
t6-2I VS.. Simmons t0-ll.
Evening star., 1955-05-24
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington at New York tnl--Stobbs
tO-3l vs. Grim ca.
Detroit at Kansas City tnl-Gromek
t5-2i VS.. Ditmar U-h.
Chlcago at Cleveland tn)-Pierce e.
~ VS. Score 4-2l. Il,
/ Boston at Baltimore tnl--Nixon t4-3b
ia. Mcdonald u-0).
Evening star., 1955-11-23
LOST BOY JUST TOOK ANAP;;
He THANKS RESCUERS ANYWAY

POLK, Nebr. R).--Polks sos residents read card Of
thanks from year-old Kenny Meerkatz in the weekly
Polk Progress yesterday. It said:
II don't know why everybody got so excited just
wanted to take nap. But Nom and Dad say have to
thank everybody waking up. wasn't lost was
just sleeping"
Last Sunday Kenny decided to visit friend, Ianny
Ang, some miles away When his parents Mr. and Mrs
Clem Meerkatz home from visit Of their own they
missed Kenny and became alarmed Then began search
by townspeople that went for several hours.
1t turned out that Kenny had found Lanny and his
parents had also visiting Being tired Kenny cured
up for nap the davenport That where the STAN
ford Ang family found him when they home and sent
the word that ended the hunt.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
2 Ccrs Wrecked,
2 Homes Damaged
Man Hurt in Crosh

A trafiic collision here earl,
today sent q taxicab passengeI
to the hospital. wrecked an aut.
and the taxi. demolished a fencl
and did more than $1,000 dam,
age TO two dwellings.
Police said . careening cal
nicked the corner Of q house a
102 E street NV, knocked dowr
the fence next door and ther
plowed into the side Of o hous.
at l06 E street. It came to res
there after smashing q 5-fooi
hole in the structure,
The cab passenger treated a
Casualty Hospital for FRACTURED
ribs, is McNeal Davis. 10, cclored
OF 223 r street NE.
According to police the cal
was being driven west on e stree
by Peter Cole. 81, colored, o,
800 @ street NV. When. tn,
cab crossed the intersection O
First street an automobile turnes
into E. also headed west.
The. vehicles crashed and tn.
cab veered left. jumping tl1i
sidewalk and hurting into th.
houses. The other car, driver
by Airman 2iC Clement Georg,
Smith. II. Of 227 Jefferson stree
NV. continued for 50 feet be.
fore stopping beside the curb.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
By the ASSOCIATED prsss

Former Senator Harry P. Cair
has termed almost unbelievable
a Justice Department move oues.
tioning his impartiality toward
an organization involved in q
ISubversiye Activities ControI
Board hearing he has been con.
ducting.
The department YESTERDAY
asked the board to review ar
earlier decision that Mr.. Cain. 8
board member, is not prejudiced
against the Washington Pension
Union.
Informed in Seattle of the de-
partment's action, Mr.. Cain sus-
pended the hearing until Janu-
ary. The former Republican
Senator from Washington State
said the department move was
interesting, strange and almost
unbelievable" Beyond that, he
would not comment.
The Justice Department Il
seeking to make the union reg
lister as a Communications or
ganization. AS part of this
action MIR. Cain has been holding
a one-man hearing on the mat
ter on the West Coast.
The Justice Department sided
with MIR. Cain last February
when the Pension Union accused
MIR. Cain of prejudice and sought
TO have him, barred from pro-
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Faith TJnshaken
TOWER
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four-hour inspection trip. had
gone sleepiess for four days.
Galesat times reaching hur-
|ricane violence--and high seas
had made earlier removal i'm
possible. On Sunday. one giant
wave hit the tower deck, some
|6O feet above normal sea level
And on that day. even some OF
the most courageous aboard were
worried. @
For the storm tore loose two
|of the three giant 80-ton dough-
nut shaped bumpers designed
to safeguard the tripod legs from
ship collisions. And wind and
|sea pounded the heavy bumpers
to pieces against the supporting
legs.
Couldn't Walt, He Says
eThe tide was wrong. but j
couldn't wait" Capt. Carlough
said 1T was getting late and
breezing up.
II had to take the tide on the
wrong side, the port bow. The
right tides to approach the tri-
angular tower came after dark.
He had only two hours Of day
light left In which to complete
the transfer Of men from the
tower 70 the tug in the huge
basket swung by the crane.
The skipper said the wrong
side Of the tower for his opera
ton seemed calmer "and / fig
|ured the wind 20 to 80 m.p.h. was
stronger than the tide"
Al huge hawser was first
hauled to the tower platform
from the tug, but that parted in
minutes as the vessel rolled and
pitched In the open ocean.
Lowered Onto Tug
The unloading then was ac-
|complished without tieing up,
and with only q stern anchor.
since both bow anchors were
lost in recent storms.
In groups Of four to seven. the
men climbed into q lO-foot
basket and were lowered by the
crane to the deck Of the tug.
Several basketloads tipped over
on the tugs deck, but the men
scrambled out unhurt.
Associated Press Photographer
~. Walter Green was In one
basket that tipped over. but he
never lost hold Of his camera,
film and other equipment.
Crane Operator Barrett ham
died the long crane like 1t was q
light fishpule as he swung the
men down onto the bobbing tug.
The Texas ToWer-so named
because it resembles an oil-drill-
ling rig---is the first Of q chain
Iof radar stations to be set out
along the coast to warn Of the
approach Of unfriendly aircraft
or sea vessels.
There were plenty of hunks
and food for all during the long
wait for rescue.
Evening star., 1955-11-23

mo thought Of requesting Con-
|gress to give back TO the Re.
serve Board for immediate use
the power to exercise direct
controls over consumer credit :
This came from an oficial who
has q very powerful voice in
making such policy.
An indication Of why the au-
thorities In Washington hesitate
ito take any step which directly
clamp down on credit buying was
contained in a report on the
economy published yesterday by
the Commerce Department. ThiE
stated that consumer buying Il
one Of the strongest supports
under the present ecord-break.
ling economic activity. and thai
liberal use Of credit" had beer
la partner with rising persona
Income In past months in keep.
ling consumer buying strong,
Evening star., 1955-11-23
By cAsPAR NAMES

Edward j. Fox, sr., q member
lof Wisconsin Avenue Baptist
Church, was reelected president
Iof the District Baptist Conyen-
ltion yesterday.
The election was held at the
lclosing session of the two-day
Injecting in Brookland Baptist
Church, Sixteenth and Monroe
streets NE.
Mr.. Fox. a native Of Matthews
County, Va. is employed by the
Agriculture Department. He d
a graduate of University Of Rich
lmond and George Washington
University.
Others Elected
Other officers reelected were
the Rev. Robert s. Cooper, pastor
of Washington Heights Baptist
Church. vice president; Lee M
Clarke Of Rrookland Church.
treasurer. and Clinton Hem
Imings. Of Takoma Park Baptist
Church, secretary. Mrs. Joseph
Moody of Fountain Memorial
Baptist Church was elected as
|SiStant secretary.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
ID. c. Baptist Convention
|Re-eIects Fox President

DR.. NJ. Chandler Stith was re-
elected to this post as executive
secretary Of the convention for
the 18th consecutive time. A
graduate of Davidson College and
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. DR.. Stith served as
pastor Of Brookland Church for
six years before taking over his
present post in 1943.
The delegates, representing 10
Baptist churches having over
"a, 900 members, approved a reso-
luton restating the historic Bap-
Itist position opposing 'fthe liquor
traffic and all its attendant evils" "
Budget Adopted
A budget of $335,4l8 for the
coming year was passed by the
gathering, The largest items
were $146. TOO each for District
distribution and for mission dis
tribution Of the American and
Southern Baptist Conventions.
DIR. Frank Nelson, president of
the American Baptist Conyen-,
tion, and DR.. Porter Routh, ex-
ecutive committee, addressed the
concluding session last night. g
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Air Services
Here Extended

New and additional air sery-
ice between Washington and the
Southwest and to the Northeast
has been authorized by the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
The action announced yester-
day win permit new and sup
Elemental flights between Wash
ington. Tulsa. Oklahoma City
Dallas, Fort Worth, San An
tonic. Houston and New Orleans.
Also included will be new sched-
ules to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
Newark. New York and Balti-
more linking them to the South
west via Washington.
The authorizations included:
BraniH Airways to operate 8
new route between New York
Newark and Fort Worth via
Washington, Chattanooga, Nash
vile. Memphis, Tulsa, Oklahoma
City and Dallas.
Trans World Airlines for sery-
ice between Washington -Balti-
more and Philadelphia New York
on flights serving Tulsa or Ok
lahoma City.
American Airlines for service
to Pittsburgh on Route 4 so as
to provide Pittsburgh with sched-
ules to the Southwest and West
and to provide a one-carrier
service between Houston and
Pittsburgh and to operate to
Columbus, Ohio, on a through
to New York City.
Capital Airlines for extension
Of Route 81 North from WASH
ington to New York Newark via
Baltimore and Philadelphia and
TO improve service on the South
ern route between New Orleans
and Atlanta via Birmingham and
Mobile linking Chattanooga,
Greensboro High roint and
Charlotte. N. G.
Delta Airlines for service be-
yond Atlanta 10 New York
Newark via Charlotte, Washing
ton. Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Cain Sees Bios Action
AS Almost Unbelievable

Iceedings against it. Yesterday.
however, the department told
the board 1t since had found a
statement by Mr.. Cain at 1919
Senate committee hearing that
the Pension Union was zone Of
the most notorious Communists.
front organizations in our State.ss
Mr.. Cain recently has voiced
criticism Of the Eisenhower adj
lministration's loyalty security
programs.
Evening star., 1955-11-23

now Is occasioned by his trips TO
and from the airport BY automo-
bile.
He said aviation today is the
fastest growing transportation
utility the world has ever known
and 'as much as any other We
hicle Of transportation. it is
subject to accidents"
Nevertheless" he said. "the
record Of American commercial
air transportation. based on the
ratio Of insurance coyerage re-
ouired and passenger mileage
operated, shows that air travel
rs far safer than Is the private
automobile
In his address at the Willard
Hotel the CAB chairman re-
ferred to his recent Oklahoma
speech in which he proposed
that CAB members and staff
should be able to ride CONNER
|cial lines without cost to visit
industry installations. The sng-
gestion was part Of q three
phased educational program,
He chided the press for crying
sjunketn and added that he felt
such free transportation should
be available to CAB in view OF
the vast Government subsidies
given commercial air.
AS q second suggestion, he de-
clared he would like to see an
aviation industry adviser named
on every delegation taking part
in biiateral discussions" He
granted that such an action .'is
basically a matter for the De-
partment Of State to decide, /"
but he expressed the view that
the CAB should spare no
pains to obtain views of the
particular air carriers who win
be affected before giving out
advice to the State Department
in connection with these inter-
national negotiations"
His third proposal would form
an Advisory Assembly on Civil
Aviation composed OF outstand-
ing citizens, pilots, manufacture
ers. freight forwarders. shippers
and "all other elements of our
great and progressive industry. /"
The assembly would meet with
the board infrequently to make
recommendations to the board
for its guidance"
Evening star., 1955-11-23

suit was granted In Montgomery
County Circuit Court last month,
but the State has appealed.
The commission paid the Hud-
sons $40, 500 for their lot, the
suit stated, after the couple
claimed they ''had an executed
contract with other persons for
the purchase Of said property
at and for the sum Of $4,000.
The commission said it latel
discovered that the Hudsons had
paid $22.500 for the lot only 9
few days before selling 1t ts
the State.
Du Pre- handled the Hudson
deal for the roads commission.
Legislation Urged
The November term grand
Jury. in its report yesterday
called for legislation to provide
safeguards against Speculative
lpractices" IN highway LAND pur-
chases.
i "One Of the most difficult cases
lpresented before this grand jury
lin terms Of time and detail In
lvolved speculative practices ir
connection with the purchase oi
Irights-of-way by the State Road:
Commission" the report said.
''It is recommended that legis.
'llation be considered by the State
Legislature, placing some safe.
guards against repetition Of suct
speculative practices"
Chief Judge Stedman Prescott
directed that copies Of the report
be sent to the County Council
and the county's legislative dele.
cation. A
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Is Nations to Confer
On NATO BUDGET

PARIS, Nov. % R.-NATO
headquarters announced today
that the foreign, defense and A.,
nance ministers of the is North
Atlantic alliance nations win
meet here December 15-17 to de-
eide on q budget and defense
policies for next year.
A major item Is expected to
be the decision on how much
West Germany's defense expen-
lditure should be for its first full
year as a NATO member. The
Bonn government. which must
rearm from scratch, was ad-
imitted to the alliance last spring.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
Clues Sifted
In Girls College
Planting

| AMES. Iowa. Nov. 23 Dr.
State and city officials followed
Ia cold trail today In their efforts
Ito track down the person who
planted q dynamite bomb in Q
lco-eds' dormitory at Iowa State
college here.
| They were equally mystlfied as
Ito why he did it.
The intricate device. contain
ling I'VE sticks Of dynamite and
timing equipment to explode it
WAS found about 2:20 am. Mon
lday In Elm Hall. a residence
housing 1876 girls. Police dis
lclosed the attempted bombing
yesterday.
| The dormitory janitor. Arthur
Larson, averted possible disaster
Iby prying open 3 box In which
1.-THE device was concealed and
tripping out the electrical wiring
| Police discovered that the wiz.
ling, q dime-store mousetrap sci
Jas a trigger mechanism and 9
paddock used to lock the box, hac
lbeen purchased at three different
Istores In Ames. but they had M
lclues as to the identity Of the
purchaser.
No College Prank
This wasn't Just q college
prank" said Ames Police Chiei
IOrville Erickson, anybody who
lputs I'VE sticks Of dynamite in
Ia bomb means business.
I'VE believe that If Mr.. Lar
|son hadn't acted the bomb would
have blown up. I hesitate tc
say what would have happened
then"
The box containing the device
Twas chained to 0 balluStrade
ljust on the first fioor Of the
Idormitory where So Of the l3t
Igirls have rooms.
| One Of the strange facts was
THAT an old auto horn had beer
lrigged into the device to sound
|a warning alarm.
| Co-eds on the first floor were
awakened by the buzzing sound
lot the horn. Among them were
1.-TWO roommates. Elinor Almquist.
i22, q senior. and Jean Ernst. 20,
la junior. both Of Albert City,
Iowa.
I'VE heard some Of the girls
opening their doors and talking
land asking what it was" Miss
lAlmquist said. The noise
stopped after about 80 seconds,
Then there were two short
Sign ON the Box
I'VE went out into the hall
way, too. Just about everybody
was out on the landing looking
lat the box.
1T had q sign on Il ... tell
ling it was set to 60 OF but II we
read it carefully nobody would
Iget hurt"
The note on the box said:
Read carefully. No one need
lget hurt. Device win detonate
l20 minutes after signal sounds
Ior on movement Of box"
Miss Almquist said all the
girls had took 1t Is o joke and
Thought 1T was i stink bomb ol
something"
Iowa State Agent T. A. Thomp-
son planned TO take the dyna-
mite to Des Moines for examina-
ltion while other officials sought
/ to trace the source Of the ex-
ploSive.
Evening star., 1955-11-23
'DU PRE-
Continued From First Page

18AAeAAAASSA AAUAu y MbN AB%
sion. and Sergt. Lloyd Whalen
Montgomery County Detective
Sergt. Whalen was an OBJ
server at the Dn Pre- suspension
nearing in Baltimore last July
and has been investigating al
legged land speculation In his
county.
Du Pre- resigned from his
post In q dramatic climax
Ito the hearing. at which photo
static copies Of Prince Georges
County land records showed him
10 be Joint owner Of land with
Gus Basiliko on which Max Of
lfenberg held q mortgage. Dur
ling the hearings Du Pre- had re-
lpeatedly denied being involved
In any business dealings with
either of the men.
Du Pre- had been In charge Of
major right-of-Way acquisitions
lin Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, including the
Imillion- n-dollar-a-mile Washing
ton National pike (new Route
l240). His salary was $6,257 Q
year
Du Pre- May Be In Mexico
I
Du Pres attorney. Barnard T.
welsh, today said he did not
know Of the whereabouts Of Du
lPre. Reports have been circu-
lated In Montgomery that he IL
nov In his native Mexico, al
though he earlier had been re-
ported staying with his in-laws
In Baltimore.
Bench warrants have been is.
sued for all seven men indicted
Goldberg and Rosenfeld were
among the nine witnesses who
appeared before the county
grand jury In the past two days
In its deliberations in the Du
lPre case.
Gutenberg, who lives at 4707
Connecticut avenue NV, was
involved In ait least two major
sales Of land TO the State for
Washington National pike right
Iof-way. an investigation OF land
records by The Star disclosed
Hast summer.
He purchased about 30 acres
,Iof land within the western cor.
lporate limits Of Gaithersburf
from cattleman G. Herman Rab.
Ibitt for $1,000 an acre and ther
Isold 32h acres Of 1t to the roadl
commission for more than $1,000
IAN acre. That was In 1853 ant
1884.
| Gutenberg also told a Star re,
PORTER he had engineered tn,
transaction In which RosenfeIt
land Goldberg sold the road
commission four acres at Fall
and Seven Locks roads on tn,
southwest edge Of Rockville 70
o total Of $4,000. just eigh
months before that, Rosenfel,
had bought the four acres, plu
III more, for $4,000.
The roads commission las
summer brought suit against thl
lHudsons, who lived then ct Sal.
Fourteenth place in West Hy'
attsyille, accusing them Of max
ling q false and misleading
representation TO the commits
lsion in selling their Kensingtor
lot. A motion to dismiss haf