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Evening star., 1955-05-06
Tuking Cor Abroad
Brings Only Trouble

A young Danish businessman
who recently returned to Copen-
hagen after 10 years in the
United States decided to take
his car back with him. after
failing to get a good offer on it.
Freight and insurance cost him
nearly $3.50 and he had to pay
1925 in customs duty.
Now he finds that with heavy
motor taxation and expensive
gasoline he cannot afford to
run his car in Denmark. But
worst of all, he thinks-the au-
thorities in Denmark have ruled
that he will not be allowed to
sell the Car for three years.
Evening star., 1955-05-06

Is expected; q red alert means
attack imminent.
A San Francisco operator Of
the city's alert system heard the
broadcast but went through the
routine procedure of checking the
authenticity of such warning.
BY the time he had checked it
out, the all clear had sounded.
Several cities west of Oklahoma
also broadcast the yellow alert.
But in other cities in Utah. Okla
homa. Arkansas. Missouri. Kan
sas, Texas and Louisiana only a
white alert military emergency
went to military units.
Many radio and television sta
tions went off the air and some
started "conelrad"-a series OF
civil defense broadcasts on Sc
lected channels.
In Nevada, no alert was given
Evening star., 1955-05-06

That new color cover OF Mari
lyn Monroe on a forthcoming
fan mag cost $1,000. The sitting
took place in the studio of Milton
Greene-Marilyn's mentor!
Eddie Fisher, asked about ru-
morS of "a broken engagement"
with Debbie Reynolds. assured
me they are still planning to
wed-June 80. with a honey
moon in Paris" 1t infuriated me
in New York to hear reports
that Debbie has engaged herself
to Eddie "for publicity only"
They just don't know our Debbie
at all.
When Marion Brando sings
in Guys and Dolls" the set is
closed tighter than a drum. Not
because the singing is bad, but
they want it all to be a big
surprise. I can't wait. =. Every
thing nice is happening to pretty
Peggy King-especially audition-
ing for Rogers and Hammerstein
for their next Broadway musical,
Sweet Thursday"
4 X 4
Jimmy Cagney has the Broad
way bug, and you can expect to
see him on the Great White Way
next season. It'll probably
be Lillian Gish playing Lady
Elsie Mendl in the Anita Loos-
Ludwig Bemelmans play based
on his book, ITO the One
Love the Best" And when they
get around to making a play or
movie of the fabulous Elizabeth
Arden, Miss Gish will be asked
to play her.
If Mae West accepts the lead
in the movie version of Can
Cam the Cole Porter show will
be completely rewritten for this
buxom belle.
Linda Darnell and Gina Lollo-
brigida thought it would be fun
to win a prize at the Cannes
Film Festival. But this was for
racing, not acting. In their re-
spective autos-from Rome. ]
haven't heard who won.
l managed to see three plays
during my hectic week in New
York-Karl Maiden in 'Desper-
ate Hours" Tennessee Williams
"Cat On Hot Tin Roof" ano
Inherit the Wind" starring
Paul Muni. I hate to report that
I fell asleep at the Mum play
must have been tiredness be.
cause the reviews were great
Apart from Burl Ives fantasti-
cally good performance, the
Williams play baffled me. NAL
den was super, So was his play
* ~
Playwright George Kelly came
up from Laguna to visit Tallulaf
Bankhead. here in de
Charles" He also read her hi!
new play-no title as yet
George. uncle of Grace Kelly, i.
famous for "Craig's Wife," hi.
old-time hit.
Kim Novak viii be upset tx
learn that the figure-revealine
ad she did in Chicago 18 months
ago is being reisslled nationally
At that time she was just an.
other beautiful blond model.
Mervyn LIE Roy was given +:
party by lawyer Arnold Gran
on the 80th floor of the Empir,
Evening star., 1955-05-06

Base near Tacoma. but didn't
reach defense officials in that
State at all.
Admiral B. @. Lake, the Off
cial, said he assumed the warn
ing was not relayed because the
observer at McChord had acted
wisely" in holding up the mes
sage for a recheck. The alert
was delayed, however, to Cali
fornia civilian observers and it
produced some far-reaching and
confused results.
Hamilton Air Force Base,
north of San Francisco, sent the
warning to the Alameda County
(Oaklandl sheriff's office which
Immediately broadcast:
Attention all points and all
stations. Set condition yellow
This is not a test" The message
was repeated many times.
yellow alert means an attack
Evening star., 1955-05-06

because the entire staff Of top
oficials in the States civil de-
fense program was at Las Vegas
for yesterdays atom bomb test.
Colorado failed entirely to get
the warning.
Several stations went OF the
air in Los Angeles for about
seven minutes. and in Sacra-
mento. Calf. 1000 people took
refuge in the Capitol Building
basement. In San Mateo, a San
Francisco suburb of 5000,
school children went through an
air raid drilEbut the city's
sirens all failed.
Here's what caused it all:
The Continental Air Defense
! Command in Colorado Springs
Evening star., 1955-05-06
HOLLYWOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM
Eddie, Debbie to Wed, He Says

State Building. To make the ace
director feel at home. ne was
presented with a very small
share of the building and a
golden statuette inscribed ITO
Merv-His Building"
Aldo Ray reports he saw a fell
low walk into Las Vegas with a
barrelful of money and. Is min
utes later, he walked out wear
ing the barrel.
Broderick Crawford will make
80 TV films without even a break
for tea. I'VE work every day on
big movies. so we might rs well
do it on this series (called High
way Patrol'') and get it over
with"
| If Wendell Corey doesn't stay
on in Hollywood for another pic
ture, he will go east and play
Brutus in Julius Caesar" in
Connecticut this summer.
Charlton Heston found it 50
hot on the set of THE Ten Com
mandments" the other day that
he asked Director Cecil B. De
Mile if he could take the covers
off mis- 309-page script to tighten
it.
The man shortage here was
evident at the recent screening
of Kiss Me Deadly" when three
of Hollywood's top glamor gals
came stag-Joan Crawford, Ida
Lupino and Shelley Winters.
Eva Garbor got all steamed up
on a CHS radio show because a
record rhymed first love with re-
hearsed love, and the junior
Gabor demanded, How can you
rehearse love?"
released by NANA)
Evening star., 1955-05-06
HeIicopters Help
Fiqht Woodpeckers

Newest job for helicopters is
combating woodpeckers, Stock
holm reports. Power generated
by Lapland's waterfalls is car
ried south to Sweden's industries
by high voltage cable on wooden
poles.
Woodpeckers consider these
poles ideal homes. and annual
inspection Is necessary to guard
against the poles collapse. One
man could examine only about
40 poles day. Now a helicop-
ter hovers for 80 seconds at each
pole while its crew inspects it
carefully for h eavily pecked
areas or broken insulators.
Evening star., 1955-05-06
'Air-Raid Alert
Still Bringing
Repercussions

SAN FRANCISCO. May 6 tP1.
-Repercussions Of the false yel-
low alert that threw IL western
States into varying stages of
preparation for an enemy air
raid yesterday are still being felt.
At Olympia. Wash. the State
assistant director of civil de-
fense said the alert apparently
originated at McChord Air Force
Evening star., 1955-05-06

and Air Force headquarters in
Washington. D. c.. said Cana
dian radar station sounded an
alarm that some unidentified
planes were approaching over
the Pacific.
Actually the aircraft were
some United States Air Force
Bats on a training flight. but
because of a communications
delay within the air defense
system. western air defense units
failed to receive the notification
in time to avoid calling the
alert" said the Air Defense
Command.
The Canadian alert was heard
Immediately. and officials at Nc
Chord said they had interceptors
in the air within two minutes.
Evening star., 1955-05-06
T. S. Eliot Honored

HAMBURG. Germany. May 6
P.-T. S. Eliot, American-born
British novelist and playwright.
was presented the 1854 Hansiatic
Goethe Prize yesterday by the
Hamburg City government for
opening new paths in the art Of
poetry in the West"
Evening star., 1955-06-15
Low Bid Received
On KeniIworth
Interchange Job

BALTIMORE, June is Or
Williams Construction Co. OF
Baltimore yesterday submitted
the apparent low bid of $2.75S.-
$40 for building the Kenilworth
interchange at the junction oi
the Washington Annapolis and
Washington Baltimore parkways
on the east edge Of the District
Of Columbia.
The job involves one of the
largest single contracts. to be lei
in Maryland's 12-year Highways
overhaul program.
C. j Langenfelder and Sons
Inc. of Baltimore, the second low
bidder was only $33,046 higher
Three other bids ran as high a;
3.761 ,496.
The project includes relocation
of almost eight-tenths of a mile
Iof River road from the District
line to Creston street. six-tenths
Iof a mile Of the Washington
Annapolis Parkway from the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to
the Washington Baltimore Park.
way, a mile and a half of ramps
and the building of a mile OF
Eastern avenue service road
Three bridges over 200 feet long
also are part of the project,
Evening star., 1955-06-15
Alexandria Legion Hits
Housing Shift to Navy

The Alexandria American Le-
|gion Post "a last night voted un-
|animously to support the previ-
Gus action of its executive board
in the effort to retain the Chin
quapin Village low cost housing
development for essential civil
liam use and in opposition to It's
being turned over to the Navy
for housing and enlisted person
mel and their families.
The group also authorized the
draft Of a letter, presented by
the board, to Virginia Senators
and Representative Broyhill. Re-
publican. of Virginia. the City
Council, the Federal Housing
Authority and the Alexandria
Redevelopment and Housing
Authority. expressing their
views.
Evening star., 1955-06-15

Alexandria voters yesterday
elected Councilman Leroy S
Bendheim as its new mayor ano
selected an Independent as a
councilman for the first time In
recent years.
Mr.. Bendheim, now serving as
vice mayor, won the mayors jot
by leading a field of eight candi-
dates seeking seven seats on the
City Council. He polled 3,61s
votes to 1888 for Joseph NJ. Pan
coast, a 52-year-old attorney, his
nearest rival.
F. Clinton knight. 64-year-olo
hardware merchant and former
member of the city Republican
Committee, ran as an independ-
ent and came in third with 3.32s
votes. All other candidates were
Democrats.
Backed by Beverley
Mr.. Knight, who was post.
master from 1922 to 1884 ant
Ia past commander of the Vir.
ginia Department Of the Ameri.
can Legion. had the support o.
Mayor Marshall j. Beverley, who
did not seek reelection.
The independent candidate
served on the G. o. P. commit.
tee about Is years ago and sale
he still votes Republican in ma
tional elections.
Evening star., 1955-06-15
Bendheim Is Elected
Moyor Of Alexandra

Other candidates elected te
the council are:
James M. Duncan, jr., a mem.
Der of council for the last six
years and a real estate man an6
former city fire chief. He polled
3.305 votes.
John j. Ewald, 40, who has
served nine years on council ano
is a yardmaster at Potomac
Yards. He polled 3,215 votes.
Newcomer Elected
John T. Ticer, 28-year-olt
sales engineer for Westinghouse
Electric Corp, a newcomer tt
politics. His vote was 3,055.
Frank E. Mann, 34-year-ole
president of Mann Potato Chip
Co., now serving his first tern
on council, 3,040 votes.
The losing candidate, Joseph
W. Phillips, polled 1898 votes
Mr. Bendheim. 49-year-old at.
torney, has served on council
nine years and served as chair.
man of the School Board fol
several years.
Mr.. Knight ran seven year:
ago as an independent and LOST
by/92 votes. His brother, Leon.
ard, is a member Of the Schoo
Board.
About $3.50 voters turned out
yesterday.
Evening star., 1955-06-15
3 Named on County
Juvenile Court Unit

The Prince Georges County
Commissioners yesterday re-
appointed two clergymen to the
Juvenile Court Advisory Com
mlttee and named a third to
fill a vacancy.
Msgr. James E. Cowhig, Of st.
Jerome's Catholic Church, Hy-
attsville, was selected as a new
member of the committee. Rabbi
Meyer Greenberg, of the Hillel
Foundation, College Park, and
REV. Curtis Draper, jr., rector o1
Trinity Episcopal Church. Upper
Marlboro, were re-appointed tc
.two-year terms.
The Commissioners continued
for another term the services Of
DR.. Wolcott L. Etienne. College
Park, and Ralph F. deClairmont,
|of Mitchellville, as directors OF
the Prince Georges County. Gen
eral Hospital.
Evening star., 1955-06-15
|CIA Building Site
In Wheaton Urged

Central Intelligence Agency
has been invited to consider the
Wheaton area in its search for 8
building site.
A resolution to this effect was
approved yesterday by the
Wheaton Chamber of Commerce
In other business, the chamber
made arrangements to support
proposals affecting the Wheaton
area now before the Montgomery
County Council.
Thomas G. Oyster, chairman
of the Public Improvement Com.
mittee, was asked to appear be.
fore the Council and urge ap.
proval of a $500,000 bond issue
to provide more public parking
lots. Victor A. Leisner, president
of the chamber, was asked te
appear at a public hearing or
the proposed budget tonight tt
support q proposal for a police
substation, community building
and swimming pool for Wheaton
Evening star., 1955-06-15
Indictments Charge z
With Armed Robbery

Two men charged with the
May 6 armed robbery of the King
Street Grocery & Delicatessen,
1871 West Braddock road, Ar
Ilington, were indicted yesterday
by the Arlington grand jury.
Trial was set for June % in
the case of George Randall, 80,
colored, of Gum Springs (Fairfax
County,, Va. No date was set
for the trial of I. D. Goines, 81,
colored, of 803 Third street NV.
Fred F. Miller, co-owner Of the
store, identified the pair as two
Eof a trio who staged the robbery
Evening star., 1955-06-15
Herndon Approves
Sewer-Wuter Project

A 100000 sewer and water
program was approved by Hern-
don (Va.) voters yesterday, 220
to 54. The sewer plant is to
be enlarged at a cost Of $120. 900
and $4,000 will be used for in
creased water storage facilities.
william Enderle was elected
Mayor by a vote Of 1893 to SO
over M. w. Staubus. T. A.
Wamsley was unopposed for
treasurer.
Named to six council seats
were John B. Mcdaniel, Fred
erick II. Doe, jr.; Melvin Mach
man. Billy Keys, James White
and Lee Ennis.
Evening star., 1955-06-15
BY HECTOR MCLEAN


Fort Belvoir gave a birthday
party yesterday to celebrate the
180th anniversary of the Army
and of the Engineer Corps.
There were several highlights
One, with implications deeply
significant to cities Swamped by
the problem Of treating growing
floods Of sewage, was the dis
closure that the Engineer Corps
Center is experimenting with the
possibility Of using the radioac-
tive "ashes" from atomic power
plants To decontaminate water
supplies and even sewage
Another was a spectacular,
open-air drama in which some
800 troops staged q simulated
combat assault across Dogue
Greek near its Junction with the
Potomac River.
The assault was marked by
artillery fire" which sent
spumes Of water towering more
than 100 feet into the air and
the flash and bang Of which
rocked some 500 spectators in a
grandstand on the east shore OF
the creek.
Verges on Realism
Through all this, the En-
gineers ferried infantry, tanks
jeeps and bulldozers across the
creek and rushed two foot
bridges from one shore to the
other. Meanwhile. casualties
dropped on both banks and a
light enemy" reconnaissance
plane appeared to crash, after
being hit by the attackers ma
chine gun fire.
Honored guests for the day
were the District Commissioners
and other Washingtonians, who
have helped provide recreation
programs for men and women
from Fort Belvoir.
Their host was the installa-
tion's commanding general. Mai
Gen. Louis w. Prentiss, former
Engineer Commissioner for the
District.
The city heads running battle
with Federal park officials over
whether to build a bridge or g
tunnel across the Potomac--ane
where to put it-provided an i'm.
promptu thene for the day.
It cropped up first at luncheon
in the officers club, before Z
scheduled demonstration Of com
bat bridge building and the shan
battle.
1--WE hope" said COMMISSIONS
Samuel Spencer, that later thi'
Afternoon you're going to show
use how to build a bridge"
How and Where To
Gen. Prentiss, who helped per
suade Congress to authorize
bridge at Constitution avenus
while he was a District Commits
lsioner, declared, "Not only vii
Evening star., 1955-06-15
Armed Man Gets SIS
In Grocery Holdup

A grocer was robbed of be-
tween SIS and $100 at gunpoint
last night. police reported.
He is Isadore Slonin. SIS. whose
grocery is at 1245 G street NE
Mr.. Slonin said q colored man
about "a years old. entered and
produced o gun at about Q pm
Evening star., 1955-06-15
20rdered Held
In Robbery
Face Grond Jury in
Silver Spring HoIdup

Two Washington men accused
Of participating in last months
$1,450 holdup of the Allied
Finance Co., Silver Spring
yesterday were ordered helc
under $4,000 each for action o1
the grand jury.
The men are Maurice Jones OF
the 900 block of French street
INV. and Thomas D. Strother o1
the 400 block of o street NV
Both are colored and 20 years old.
Jones has been a central figure
lin test cases involving insanity
in the District.
| Trial Magistrate Einar B
Christensen announced the dis
position in Silver Spring Police
Court. after hearing testimony
Iby Mrs. Rita Littleford. employe
of the finance company; Detec-
tive Sergt. Kenneth w. Watkins
and Detective Corpl. Ronald j
Loomis, both Of the Montgomery
County Police Department.
. Identifies One
In questioning by Assistant
States Attorney Leonard T
Hardy, Mrs. Littleford identified
Jones as the first Of four colorec
men who entered the finance
company on May IA. bound hel
and another employe with twine
and took the money.
! She said she was unable tc
identify the other three because
they had handkerchiefs ovel
their faces.
Sergt. Watkins said FBI lab.
oratory tests showed that the
Irvine used in the holdup came
from a ball found in the glove
compartment of a car used b,
Strother. The detective sale
Strother admitted being a FRIEND
of Jones and of having been II
Ibis company at times prior tt
the holdup.
Denies HOldup
| Strother denied being In tht
holdup and said he had been IL
a WASHINGTON dice game on ths
day Of the crime. according tx
Sergt. Watkins.
Previously, detainers had beer
placed against the two by Prince
Georges County Police in con.
Inection with the May II holdur
Of the Coastal Finance Corp.
Takoma Park. Some $493 wa
stolen.
Corpl. Loomis said John Jones
brother of Maurice. is being
sought for questioning in thu
Allied Finance holdup.
The brother also is wanted fol
Questioning by District Police il
regard to last weeks holdup o.
the Zagami Realty Co.. and rob
berry of. a Wisconsin avenu'
gasoline station.
In previous court appearances
Maurice Jones has steered clea,
Iof jail sentences by pleading
mental illness. Other indict
Iments against him were droppes
late last year, after he ap
peared before a jury to deter
mine If he was feeble-minded
The jury said he was not, ant
he was freed.
The action led The Star t,
comment editorially: Here is
case which still bears watching
as illustrative of the loophole
which exist in the system de
signed to protect society from
such persons as Maurice Jones.
Evening star., 1955-06-15
|Army's 10th 'Birthdoy'
Marked at Fort BeIvoir
I'VE show you how, but we'll show

I'VE show you how. but we'll show
you where"
The festivity opened at noon
with formal honors Including an
11-gun salute) for Gen. Prentiss'
successor as Engineer Commits
sioner. Brig. Gen. Thomas A.
Lane, newly promoted from
colonel. With his fellow Com
missioners, Mr.. Spencer and
Robert E. Mclaughlin, Gen. Lane
reviewed special honor COM
pany, uniformed in summer
Khaki and wearing red scarves ito
symbolic the Engineer Corps)
at their threats.
Disclosure of experiments with
atomic waste was made at the
Engineer Research and Develop
ment Laboratories by Harry N.
Lowe, jr., chief of the Sanitary
Engineering Branch. The work,
he said. is being done in an
effort to find a useful purpose
for radioactive atomic wastes,
which now must be disposed Of
by encasement in concrete tanks
and burial in the desert.
It parallels the problem. he
declared, of removing radio
active materials from water sup
plies. upon which much prog
ress" has been made.
Plaque Presented
When the days festivities
closed with a full retreat parade
Brig. Gen. w. c. Baker, jr.,
representing the chief of En-
gineers, presented the base q
plaque from the National Safety
Council for a 36 per cent i'm
provement in its accident rating
in 1854.
At the same time Mr.. Spencer
presented a District flag "as a
symbol Of the friendship Of the
citizens Of Washington for Fort
Belvoir."
He did so after hearing Gen
Prentiss praise the city as rating
"at the top Of being a good Army
town" and expressing thanks fol
those who have helped entertain
Fort Belvoir personnel.
At the laboratories the honor
guests also heard of latest de-
Ivelopments in combat bridging
and raft building and saw new
equipment demonstrated.
Other demonstrations included
use of q truck-mounted search
light, fire extinguishers, an ex-
pandable photo-mapping lab
oratory truck and 50-gallon-a-
minute water publication truck
Another showing Of Engineer
Corps equipment was presented
in a carnival-like display neal
the parade ground, where SOL
diers demonstrated the perils OF
a booby-trapped house, a deer
sea diver wandered around in q
tank of water and a portable
sawmill produced lumber for q
bridge under construction.
Evening star., 1955-06-15
Planners Omit
Bridge Issue
Nothing offered Us
Bartholomew Says

Notwithstanding increa ase d
pressure from Congress to re-
solve the seemingly endless dis
pute over how and where to
build a new midtown Potomac
River crossing, the National
Capital Planning Commission
has chosen not to place the con-
troversy on its agenda for to-
days regular session.
The issue will not be taken
up, according to Commission
Chairman Harland Bartholo-
NEW, because nothing has been
submitted to U.S."
"As far as our staff and the
commission are concerned. we
have nothing to report" Mr..
Bartholomew said.
John Nolen, jr., director of the
commission, pointed out, how
ever, that any member of the
planning group may raise the
subject for discussion.
Can Act With Speed
Mr.. Nolen added, moreover,
that the commission and its staff
is so familiar with the bridge
site situation that, If a bridge
location proposal is submitted
for its approval the commission
will be able to act speedily.
In March, 1858, the Co-ordi-
mating Committee of the plan
ming commission submitted q re-
port on four new bridge posi-
bilities between Memorial and
Key Bridges. The committee re-
jected all four as possible loca-
tions in the area now under
reconsideration.
One Of these was in line OF
e street across the middle OF
Theodore Roosevelt Island; an
other across the north tip of the
island in line Of H street; a third
blending into Whitehurst Free
way and K street, and the fourth,
Constitution avenue.
The island crossings apparently
are out, mainly because of oppo-
sition by the Roosevelt Island
Memorial Association, which
seeks to preserve that plot fol
wildlife. The Whitehurst Free.
way-K street and the Constitu'
ton avenue crossings would Gre
ate impossible traffic situation.
around the Washington ap'
proaches, it has been said.
In addition, typographical diff
culties must be taken into con-
sideration at each site, Mr.
Bartholomew warned.
The commission chairman EN-.
phasized one point in particular
1--WE are in sympathy with any
bridge that will take traffic ade'
quately into the inner loop
I'm sure Of that"
Items on Agenda
Definitely on the commission
agenda today and tomorrow are
included these items:
/. Comparison of the planning
groups comprehensive plan" oi
1852 with the proposals of the
New York real estate firm oi
Webb and Knapp for redevelop.
ing Southwest Washington.
2. Discussion Of the program
procedures and personnel for the
job Of studying mass transpor.
tation in the Metropolitan Area
3. Report on the proposed
inner loop highway that would
overpass and underpass existing
thoroughfares in sweeping
circle.
4. Report on planning for that
section Of the proposed Anacos-
tia Freeway from Suitland Park
way to the Blue Plains tip oi
the District.
5. Report on planning of thai
portion of Southwest Washing
ton inst S0iIth nf prniert Area n