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Evening star., 1955-11-28
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900 Tonight

BALTIMORE. Nov. % up. -
Maryland Democrats hope to
have 300 or more Of their faith
full on hand tonight for their
big Sl00 a plate dinner
But if they're coming to get
the lay of the political land for
1856. they may have to keep a
close ear to the ground TO find
out anything.
The program Of events allows
no room for eech-making by
ANY Of the potential candidates
for Democratic nominations to
the United States Senate or
House Of Representatives next
year.
Not only that, it was learned
that those possible Office seekers
have been cautioned not to get
up and boost their own political
stock.
Chief speaker of the evening
win be Senator Stuart Syming-
ton. Missouri Democrat and for
n1er Secretary of the Air Force.
Barton Harrington, chairman
of the Democratic State Gen.
tral Committee, will get the pro-
gram under way by introducing
Michael J. Birmingham, cochair-
man of the dinner.
He in turn will introduce each
of the 81 Democrats in the
higher echelons of the State
party. They will be told to bow
politely and then sit down.
Mr.. Birmingham said Satur-
day night that $50 tickets al
ready have been sold for the
dinner at the Emerson Hotel
and that another 300 are
1ipdgnd
Evening star., 1955-11-28
Construction Progresses
On Campus at U. Of Nd.

locations. It win provide COM
plete publishing plant. with edi-
torial offices, composing room
and presses.
Now Inadequate
At present the department is
in a temporary weatherboard
building and publications, includ-
ing the tri-weekly student news
paper, The Diamondback, are
printed of the campus.
The annex for the Administra-
tion building is being designed
to provide a place for the pub
licity and public relations Office,
student personnel services, the
director Of admissions, the regis
trar, the cashier and the deans
OF men and women.
1t also will permit more space
for some Of the Offices in the
present Administration building
the president, registrar. dean
Of men, and central bookkeeping
Evening star., 1955-11-28
Heavy Form Buying
lin Appliances Seen
By the Associated Press

Maryland farmers will spend
an estimated $28 million for
electrical appliances and equip
ment in the next five years.
The estimate is made by the
Rural Electrification Administra-
ton in a new rural market study.
The Maryland estimate is far
below the average of Sill million
for the 48 States.
The study said best sellers will
be lights and house wiring, with
farmers Of the Nation spending
more than a billion dollars for
these items.
Ranking second will be refrig-
orators with an estimated pur-
chase of $535 million. Then come
teleyision receivers, $472 million:
washing machines, $439 million;
plumbing and related facilities.
1894 million; home freezers, 1868
million, and electric ranges, $2l3
million.
Evening star., 1955-11-28

new swerve-free steadiness on any road
Even about whole new magic of angles and
linkage in the front-end geometry to gift you
with new surety of control and impart
track-tMe sense Of direction to the front
wheels.
But that's Just telling of it. Only in the
drivers seat can you get the feel of it. Only
there too, can you sense the mighty sweep Of
Bucks great new 322-cubic-inch vS engine,
now stepped up to an all-time high in power
and compression.
Evening star., 1955-11-28

A dispute may develop at the
meeting tonight of the Northern
Virginia Planning Commission
over the proposal to build a $4t
million Central Intelligence
Agency headquarters at Langley
in Fairfax County.
c. G. Robinson. executive di-
rector Of the commission. is ex-
pected to go on record against
the Langley site. His opposition
is expected to be based on the
following arguments:
The character Of Langley as an
lestate-type area would be dis
Irupted and the installation would
have a heavy impact on Airing
ton and Fairfax Counties.
Roads, sewers. other utilities
land schools are not adequate
and cannot be provided without
excessive costs.
The George Washington Me-
mortal Parkway which is pro-
posed to be extended to Lang
ley for CIA traffic. was never
intended to be loaded with traf-
lflc for one Government agency,
Official Stand Sought
The Winkier tract in Alexan-
dria is more adaptable for the
agency because utilities, roads
land housing facilities in that
AREA are adequate.
Officials said the Planning
Commission may be asked to take
a stand on the CIA issue at the
meeting scheduled for 8 pm. in
the Arlington courthouse. The
commission last March an
nounced that it could neither
approve or disapprove the Lang
ley location because several po-
ltential problems dealing with
sewers. roads and schools were
unanswered.
The Fairfax and Arlington
county boards have approved the
site and their representatives
probably would be in opposition
to Mr.. Robinson's stand. Alex
Iandria wants >CIA on the Wink
Ter tract.
Mr.. Robinson also is expected
to ask the commission to create
q regional highway committee.
Plans Not Co-ordinated
His request will be based on
the fact that highway plans in
Northern Virginia. especially ex-
pressWays set up in Fairfax
County's proposed master plan,
are not co-ordinated among the
Jurisdictions.
The highway committee would
include representatives from the
State Highway Department.
Alexandria, Falls Church and
Evening star., 1955-11-28
Extension Of U. S. 349
To York, Pa, Urged

LURAY, Va. Nov. 28t (SpeciaD
Extension of U. S. Route $40,
formerly Route IL. to York. Pa,
lis being urged by members Of
Chambers of Commerce through
out the Shenandoah Valley.
The route would follow APP
proximately that which was
taken by Pennsylvania pioneers
who settled the Shenandoah
Valley. At present the route ex-
tends from Frederick, Md. to
Greenville ON y. S. IL.
A recent meeting on this prof.
ect was held at Gettysburg, and
attended by delegates from Lu-
ray. It was called by the Front
Royal Chamber Of Commerce.
1857.
Evening star., 1955-11-28

Q. Of G.
EMERSON & 0RME, ING.
l7sh g M Streets NV. o. 7-sloo, Washington D. c.
PEAKE BUICK, INC.
45o5 Wisconsin Ave. NV, EN- 1000 Washington, B. {.
OTHO WILLIAMS BUICK
i7o Good Hope Rood Sc, ". 1880. Washington D. G.
STANLEY N. h0RMER, INC.
1879 l4h Street NV, no. 1900. Washington D. c.
Evening star., 1955-11-28
py the Assoclatsd Press

Construction work still is q
familiar sight on the University
|of Maryland campus. although
the postwar building boom has
|tapered of.
Foundations are being put
down for the new building which
win house the Department Of
Journalism. and Public Relations.
Bids were opened last week on
q SIS, 900 Office and garage build
ing for the groundskeepers.
At least three other projects
are in the preliminary or blue
print stages.
Most ambitious Of these Is D
new library for which the Mary
land General Assembly has APP
$4,000. 900. Detailed plans
for 1t are being drawn.
More Planned
Also in the planning stage.
awaiting an authorization for
$500, 900 more from the Legisla-
tr1re. is a proposed annex TO the
Administration building.
University authorities have de-
cided to ask the General As
sembly in February for the
money to design an annex to the
College OF Business and Public
Administration.
The plan is to locate 1t on the
present site of the Geography
building and the Office Of the
dean Of women.
George Weber, university husi-
ness manager, said authorization
also win be asked for adding
some rooms to the infirnaary In
order TO alleviate crowded condi-
tionS there.
The new Journalism and Pub
lie Relations Building, the most
important construction project
now in the works. viii house all
Of the university,s student pub
Evening star., 1955-11-28
Police Seek Youth
In Theft at Church

Prince Georges County police
are looking for a youth about
I14 years old, suspected of hav-
ling stolen nearly $40 yesterday
from the women's choir room at
ISt. Andrews Episcopal Church,
College Park, Md.
The thief is reported to have
entered the church by a rear
door during morning services
and looted five women's pocket
books in the women's second
floor choirroom, according to
Police Pvt. Yorke Flynn, jr.
Evening star., 1955-11-28
Three Men Posi-
$500 Bond in
Roads Scandal

Contas Gus Basiliko. Washing
ton real estate man indicted by
"a Montgomery County grand jury
with six others on charges Of
conspiracy to defraud the Mary
land State Roads Commission,
this morning posted $500 bond
in Rockville.
Basiliko, who lives in Burnt
Mill Hills. Montgomery County,
and an attorney appeared at the
County Courthouse shortly after
9 am. His bondsman was Wiz
liam o. Dosh. A few minutes
later two other area business
men accused in the fraud case
Joffre r. Rosenfeld and Jerald
F. Goldberg. also posted $500
bonds.
Insurance Man
Goldberg, 80, was listed on
county records as being an
employe OF an insurance firm. He
lives in the 100 block Of Navajo
street. Silver Spring.
Rosenfeld. So, is an executive
of a dry cleaning firm. He lives
in the 5l00 block of Manning
drive, Bethesda,
Appearance Of the three men
left only Ben Du Pre-, former
roads commission fight-of-way
engineer and q key figure in the
land-speculation probe. unac-
counted for Of the seven in
dicted last week. Du Pre-. ousted
from his post last July after
being accused Of delivering secret
information to Gus Basiliko, has
not been located.
Post Bond Earlier
The other three defendants.
John B. Hudson. George Basiliko
and Max Gutenberg, already are
under bond, Hudson. 81, an elec-
trician. of the 54o0 block Of
Fourteenth street. West Hyatts-
vile. on Friday gave himself up
TO county police and posted
$500 bond. The other two are
free under $4,000 bond each on
fugitive warrants in the District
pending extradition hearings.
County investigators today ex-
pressed confidence that the miss
ine Du Pre- would soon be In
Saturday. The Star To-
Gated his wife at a new residence
in Essex, Md. Although she de-
clined TO comment on reports
that her husband had returned
TO his native Mexico. she said
there was nothing particularly
about his absence.
Evening star., 1955-11-28
.SBA Man TO Speak

Wendell B, Barnes, admin
jistrator of the Small Business
Administration. will address the
NIT Club of Washington at
pm. tomorrow on "Opportuni-
ties in Free Enterprise" 1t. Gov
John w Rollins of Delaware
will also be guest at the affair
at the Cosmos Club.
Evening star., 1955-11-28
Complicated Lond Deals
Link Du Pre-, 6 Others

appeared IN behalf OF the roaoi
commission at q Gaithershurl
town council meeting to oppose
a subdivision Of the land by Of
Ifenberg. The subdivision was ap-
Iproved.
Gutenberg. last July described
himself to The Star as the head
of a syndicate" that had been
buying up property in the path
of the new national pike In
Montgomery.
He confirmed he had bought
about so acres In Gaithersburg
for $1,000 an acre, then sold
some 32.5 acres TO the roads COM
mission a short time later fol
better than $4,000 an acre.
Falls Road Transaction
Gutenberg also conceded he
had engineered the transaction
in which his associates. Rosen-
field and Goldberg. sold the roads
commission four acres at Falls
road and Seven Locks roads for
Ia total Of $4,000.
Rosenfeld had bought the four
acres. plus 81 more, for $4,000
Montgomery County States At
torney Alger Barbee has de-
Iscribed Rosenfeld as Offenherg's
nephew and Goldberg as the
husband Of his niece.
Hudson is married to a sister
of John NJ. Swagart, Mr.. Barbee
said.
Hudson was the owner Of
property In the $500 block Of
Connecticut avenue, Kensington,
sold to the roads commission for
I$26.500 for use in widening Route
1893.
Du Pre- Arranged Deal
Du Pre- arranged the pur-
chase after one of his subordi-
mates had stepped put Of the ne
|ates had stepped out Of the ne
Igotiations with q former owner,
Donald ]. McKone.
Mr.. Mckone had asked $22. 500
for the land during negotiations
in September, 1854. which Du
Pre- reportedly had rejected.
on October ., 1854, Du Pre-
received q letter from Hudson
informing him that he had pur-
chased the property. Du Pre- APP
praised the property. three days
later at $4,000 and finally
recommended It's purchase at
$26. 800.
The McKones have contended
they received $22.5O0 for the
land from Hudson in q deed
dated November IL, 1864. and
recorded November Is, iD54--the
same day. the deed from Hudson
to the roads commission was re-
corded
Evening star., 1955-11-28

nVER the years-as any owner win tell you
~ Buick has always had great ride.
But each year, Buick engineers find new ways
to better it.
And in the 1856 Buick comes ride well
beyond anything that has gone before : the
sloeetest ride, by far, in all Buick history.
We could tell you the why of fit...
About brilliantly engineered new. chassis Of
extra Drawn and heft and precision balance 4.
About new direct-action, deep-oil shock
absorbers that snub jars and iolts with full,
firm authority and add new levelness to the
cars all-coil springing 81.
About new torque-ball design, new
v-bracing, new housing rigidity that bull
wark the full-length torque-tube drive to bring
Evening star., 1955-11-28
By cHARLEs !. HoFFMAN

BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Ben Du Pre- and six other mer
indicted with him in Mont
gomery County for highway land
speculation we're enmeshed in q
complicated tangle Of land deal
ings.
That is the story told in In
vestigations of land records by
The Star and in a transcript of
the hearing last July on Du Pres
appeal from his suspension as an
assistant right-of-way engineer
for the Maryland Roads Com
mission.
The six Washington area real
estate men indicted with Du Pre-
on charges Of conspiracy to de-
1 fraud the roads commission are:
Max Gutenberg. Constas Gus
Basiliko. John B. Hudson.
George Basiliko, Jerry Goldberg
and Joffre r. Rosenfeld.
Du Pre- first met Gus Basiliko,
one of several Basiliko brothers,
in Calvert County In 1850, when
he stayed at the Murphy Hotel,
owned then by Gus Basiliko and
his wife. A year later. testimony
at the hearing showed. Du Pre-
and Gus Basiliko were buying
land together in Prince Georges
County.
Records Show Deals
This apparently led him into
contact with the other men
under grand Jury indictment
with him. Du Pre-. before his
resignation from the roads
agency during the July hearing.
has been in charge of right-of-
way purchases for the Washing
ton National pike, the inter-
county belt highway and Route
1913.
Gus Basiliko and Du Pre-, ac-
cording to Prince Georges land
records, obtained ownership Of
four lots in Spaulding Heights,
in q deed dated March 90. 1851.
A mortgage recorded the same
day signed by Du Pre- and Gus
showed them Jointly indebted to
another man for $2,598.
Du Pre- said Gus had put UP
the land as collateral for him to
borrow money needed during
his wife's illness. He said he
. made monthly payments to Gus.
who gave them to the lender.
Du Pre- In November, 1851. ap-
praised q 19-acre tract north of
Clarkshurg, Nd. for the new
Washington pike. He took an
option on 1t in January, 1852.
from Richard w. Teagle. who
had been assigned the sale by
Gus Basiliko. the contract pur-
chaser.
Property transferred
In another deed on the Teagle
property in August. 1852. Gus
sBasiiiko transferred 1t to Mur-
ply Properties. Inc. CORPORA
stion headed by himself and his
wife, and Max Gutenberg. was
shown as holding a mortgage on
the property for $4,000.
Mr.. Offenders was described
at the hearing as q millionaire
backing Gus Basiliko.
Prince Georges land records
show that a mortgage on the
Spaulding Heights property
dated August 80. 1852. indicated
that Gus Basiliko and Du Pre-
were indebted to Mr.. OffenDerg
for $500.
Du Pre- said he did not know
Mr.. Gutenberg at the time but
had signed the mortgage so that
Gus Basiliko could arefinance
sometime or other"
The release Of the mortgage
was not made until May Is. 1855
shortly before Du Pres suspen-
sion, although the property in.
December. 1853. was transferred
to Murphy Properties. Inc. and
subsequently to John M. Swas-.
art. Basiliko's brother-in-law.
/ on July n. 1868, Du Pre- ap-
praised at $50. .750 a 28.5-acre
tract In the path Of the pike at
Gaithersburg owned by Offen-'
berg while land records showed
he still was indebted to him
Earlier that year. Du Pre- had
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Photo BY Robert c. Bnrotstas

A1R& for milk for Alice Bobby
snsHV VWS Travis Suine Falkland
Mrs Surn prefers her milk glass bottles delivered
scramble bottles
Sre Children protected
clear glass donation Street. York has
Evening star., 1955-06-29
-Harris-E Photo
Van Durand Photo

Communityminded M: s'?: s';s 90: Z:
always includes bottle milk
outing without it" Can blame henn7
Children naturally the satisfying of milk protected glass And
9 Takoma Park Md has
valon the
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Miss Tobil1 President

At the annual installation
meeting Of the Alpha Theta
Chapter Of Pi Lambda Theta,
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Miss Peutross
Is Engaged to
Lit. John Adams

Mr.. and Mrs. Erin B. Peat
ross announce the engagement
Of their daughter Jeane Scott
to I'd 1t. John Drury Adams,
USA, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard j. Adams Of Ottumwa,
Iowa. The wedding will take
place in August.
Miss Peatross is q graduate
Of the University Of Maryland.
1t. Adams Is O graduate Of
Iowa State University. He is
now stationed with the Corps
Of Engineers at Fort Belvoir.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
colorful corsets

Expect to see foundations In
various shades Of pink, yellow
red. pale blue and. newest Of
all. gold to underscore . brown
ensemble.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Mrs. Montgomery
Has New Office
Harris d Ewing Photo

Miss Gertrude Carraway.
president general of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, has announced the
appointment of Mrs. Newton
Montgomery of Arlington as
chairman of the national So
ciety's finance committee.
Mrs. Montgomery succeeds
Mrs. E. Ernest Woollen Of
Baltimore, who has been
elected treasurer general to fill
the unexpired term of Mrs. j.
DeForest Richards of Chicago
who died June 8.
Evening star., 1955-06-29

Miss Margaret Tobin was In
stalled as president for the
coming year.
Other officers are Mrs. Ca
milla Moody Payne. vice presi-
dent: Miss Evelyn Nigh, treas
urer; Miss Jane Hill. keeper Of
the records: Miss Mary Cole-
man. corresponding secretary;
and Mrs. Isabelle D. McClin-
tock, past-president advisor.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Mothers Council
ADVERTISEMENT.

AvnVAhAOn VVUnhOHu NV, Washington, D. G.,
mkef bottled milk
pcs children love it, Of they do Children just
And besides looks
Baptist Church. has been
Evening star., 1955-06-29

Of the College Of William and
Mary and Miss Katharine
Cook Of Baltimore, Of Hood
College.
Mortar Board is the only
national college senior wom-
ems honor society. There are
now "a chapters in colleges
and universities throughout
the country. Members are
chosen at the end Of the
Junior year on the basis Of
service, scholarship and lead
ership.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Mortar Board
.Pldns Meeting

Several persons from the
Washington area will be at
tending the national triennial
meeting Of Mortar Board at
Michigan State College in East
Lansing, Mich, Friday through
Monday.
College delegates include
Miss Barbara Ann Dodd Of
Silver Spring. Of the Univer-
sity Of Maryland; Miss Bar
bara Elaine Violin of Silver
Spring, of the George Wash
ington University; Miss Lois
Ann Mortashed Of Arlington,
Evening star., 1955-06-29

ADVERTISEMENT
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-10-07
Army Develops
Voice Powered
Radio-T

FORT MONMOUTH, N. 1.-THE
power of the human voice-long
known to sway multitudes, influ-
ence the course of history and tie
up party lines-has been tapped
by the Army Signal Corps Engi-
neering Laboratory here to oper-
ate a new radio-telephone device.
Completely independent of wires
and batteries, the voice-operated
equipment weighs only pound
and a half and continues to oper-
ate as long as the user keeps talk
ing into it.
The technique employed puts the
voice to work so that it both runs
and operates a transistorized trans
mitter. After speech syllables
strike the microphone, part of the
power is filtered to operate the ra-
dio-telephone, while the rest puts
intelligence" into the signal it
sends out.
In short, voice-energy is substi-
tuted for electric energy in trans
mission. At the present stage of
testing this new kind of energy
does a competent job up to 600
feet.
Further development plans call
for companion receiver weighing
about three ounces, which could
be powered by the same source.
Voice energy would be built up
and stored in the set when sending
and used later for receiving.
The new voice-powered radio
phone was conceived and develop
ed by George Bryan, an engineer
in the Physical Sciences Division
of the laboratories here. He housed
his experimental unit in the shell
of an ordinary military telephone.
Military applications of the de-
vice are obvious: TRANSFORMED
transmission could eliminate bat
teries in both walkie-talkieS and
hand-held tactical radios, cutting
their weight in half and easing the
soldiers burden.
AS for civilian uses, engineers
here look forward to the day when
small, self-contained radio-tele-
phones will be used by the busi-
nessfnan to call his office while
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-10-07

ness this August resulted from a
comparative scarcity of big strikes,
Miss Mahoney said
Strikes and idleness changed lit
tie from July, the director comm
ented. The idleness amounted to
not quite 40 minutes per Obi o
worker.
There were two strikes involv-
ing 1000 or more workers: Eaton
Mfg. Co. in Cleveland, lasting six
days in August, idled a reported
1000 workers; International IIar-
vester Co. in Springfield, lasting
nine days in August, idled almost
5000.
Akron had the highest strike
idleness of the eight major met.
ropolitan areas with loss of iS..
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-10-07
PROBATE NOTICE Approx,

PROBATE NOTICE Approval and
Settlement of Account. Account and
vouchers of the following named
person and estate have been filed
in the Probate Court of Madison
County, Ohio, for approval and set
Element: Elmer M. Davis Estate No
'l2317 Docket Page 106.
Unless exceptions are filed there
to, said account will be for hearing
before said Court on the 18th day of
November, 1855, at which time said
account will be considered and con-
tinued from day TO day until finally
disposed of.
Any person interested may file
written exceptions to said account
or to matters pertaining to the ex-
ecution of the trust. not less than
five days prior to the date set for
hearing. Joseph s. King. Probate
Judge.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-10-07

walking along the streets, by po-
licemen operating in pairs, by
hunting and fishing parties, news
paper reporter, firemen, and others
who must be in constant commune
cation with headquarters.
And what more ideal gift for a
teen-ager? While Suzie and John
use voice-energy to their hearts
content, mother and dad can en-
joy a benefit all but forgotten -
exclusive use of the battery-pow-
cred telephone.