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Evening star., 1955-09-26

The Four Chaplains Memorial
Fountain was dedicated yester-
day to the memory Of the meT
who died aboard i troopship tor.
|pedoed near Greenland in World
War II.
Unveiled by Miss Rosalit
Goode. daughter Of one Of thu
heroic cllaplains who gave theil
lifebelts to others and went down
with the ship. the USS Dorches-
ter, the fountain is III an i'm
posing setting in National Me.
mortal Park on Lee highway neal
Falls Church. Va.
DR.. Daniel A. Polling of Phila-
delphia. d noted Protestant min
lister and father Of one of the
chaplains, told q large audience
gathered at the fountain that
the four ciiaplains' message tc
Americans was the need fol
unity.
AS he could .hear" their mes
sage, he said, Il, is
.Ours was a unity that trafa-
scended all differences. Ours
was . unity that was not uni
forlnity. Ours was unity that
strengthened within each OF US
every worthy individual loyalty
of family and faith"
The chanlains were the Rev,
Evening star., 1955-09-26
|Alexundriun Held
In Penknife SIoying

An Alexandria man was
charged yesterday with the pen
knife murder Of a fellow roomer
lat his North Columbus street
boarding house.
Alexandria police said Houston
johnson, IS. of 42S North Co
Ilumbus street, admitted stabbins
Herbert Sturdivant, 81. Of the
same address after the victim
Threatened him with a piece Of
TV antenna pipe. Both are
coiored.
johnson was arrested as he
waited for 0 bus into Washing
ton. He pleaded not guilty today
and was held without bond for
the grand jury.
Evening star., 1955-09-26
|FulIs Church Sets
Dedication for
1000 Ambulance

The Falls Church Fire Depart
Iment yesterday postponed .
scheduled formal dedication oi
Its new 5000 ambulance until !
pm. next Sunday to permit more
people to participate in the cere.
Imony.
Mayor Herman L. Fink and
others appeared yesterday at the
Falls Church Fire House, 692s
Lee highway. for the dedication
but firemen postponed the event
because mot enough people knew
about it,"
Acquisition of the new am
lbulance has been a community
project. The municipal govern
|ment put up half OF the cost. the
Falls Church Lions Club paid foi
ia two-way radio. and the fire
departments Wornen's Auxiliary
donated d resuscitator.
The ambulance has been In
use since last Wednesday.
Firemen said they expect to
hold q fund drive to raise the
rest Of the money to pay for IL,
Evening star., 1955-09-26
Prayers for President
Said at Yom kippur

Teshuva (repentance). II is
reminder that every one OF you
can mend your ways. Every ont
of you can change your lives i.
For this is the great truth ol
Yom Kippur, 1t is the great Sc
cret Of our sonls--that man Ii
capable of Teshuva; that mar
Is able to make mystic returns tC
the divine commandment: the
return to the high roads Of the
ages as bearers Of the light oi
the Torah: the return to the
eternal covenant Of the righteous
God who is from everlasting &C
everlasting"
Takoma Park Service
Rabbi Tzvi II. Porath told ths
Montgomery County Jewist
Community today at services In
the Seventh-day Adventist Tab
ernacle. Takoma Park. Md, that
Judaism rests on the founda.
tion stones Of the past as a guide
to the present and a bulwark fol
the future.
"Our generation is not too fal
removed from our ancient an.
cestors," Rabbi Porath said. I'VE
are but 1870 generations ava,
from Moses and 10 generation.
from Hillel, is or 16 from the
Golden Age in Spain, less thar
three from the contemporaries oi
Herzl. Is 1t any wonder we still
look TO them for direction and
spiritual nourishment?"
Evening star., 1955-09-26
Woter Shortage lmperils
/ 600 Cities and Towns

" bs4
/ Today there are more thar
l35 million bathrooms In tht
United States. In 1880. there
were only IS million.
As for industrial usage ol
water, 1t has skyrocketed until
lit now surpasses irrigation ai
1.-THE No. user
But there's plenty Of water
Isn't there? The answer is yes
and no.
There's plenty of water if Va
could catch It and distributes 4
where needed. In that esse we
could make the deserts bloom
Average United States rainfall
lis 80 inches q year--soTiae 4.300
billion gallons q day-rangfi1g
from 100 inches In the Pacific
i Northwest to less than fiyt
inches in the arid Southwesi
plains.
Altogether. that's enough
water TO ILL q lake the size of the
state Of California SO feet deep
| Only Drop in Bucket
/ The United States Geological
Survey. which keeps track oi
water supplies, says American
farms, homes and factories
Withdraw about 200 billion gal
lions . day from wells. lakes and
streams.
| Thus actual usage Is only
drop In the bucket compared tc
THE enormous amount that falls
las rain. But untold billions o1
gallons are lost rs they evaporate
or run on to the sea. And much
lof our surface Is so polluted Il
lis no longer fIt for use; In the
words of the United States
Health Department. much Of II
Is sick water"
Some experts say that right
now we are approaching the
limit Of actual supply under
present conditions. The North
Carolina Water Resources Com
Imittee, in q comprehensive sum-
mary Of he nationwide water
Isituation. said IN Q recent
report:
| "Accelerating demands fol
water by cities are beginning "a
add up to q significant load on
the water resources Of the
United States. In many parts Of
THE country. the total use oi
water is reaching physical OF
economic limits
| Yet Federal authorities esti-
mate nationwide requirements
fwill jump from 200 billion to al
least $50 or 400 billion gallons
10 day by 1875.
1 Where Is the extra water go
ling to come from In the next 2t
lyears?
Moses saved his people from
thirst by shifting q rock and
bringing forth water. Modern
tscience may have to perform q
20th century versions OF the
same miracle.
Tomorrow: The battle for
water.
Evening star., 1955-09-26

Jewish residents of the Wash
ington area win end their a.
hour period Of prayer and fast
ing for Yom Kippur, the Day
Of Atonement, at sundown today
Yom Kippur. the most solemn
holy day of the year for those Of
Jewish faith, began at shutdown
yesterday.
During the 24-hour period
prayers are said that the coming
year be one Of peace, health and
prosperity for all.
Rabbi Simon Burnstein, presi-
dent Of the Rabbinical Council Of
Washington. and Rabbi Noah
Golinkin. president of the Wash
ington Board Of Rabbis. an
nounced today that prayers
would be said during Yonn Kip
pur services for the recovery ci
President Eisenhower. Prayers
were also said at services last
night for the President.
Miracle Of History
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld
spiritual leader of the Washing.
ton Hebrew Congregation, de-
clared today: THE ultimate mir
acle of history is in the divine
potential that exists In the soul
of all men. The same people
who are sinners can become
saints. The same nations wht
have been wicked can become
Just.
'That n why We believe II
Evening star., 1955-09-26
Montgomery Reports
I4lst Cuse Of Polio

Montgomery County reported
Its 4lst polio case Of the year to-
day. compared with "a cases ct
this time last year.
he latest victim is q 4I-year-
old man from the 1900 block OF
Dilston road. Silver Spring, who
was admitted to District Cen
|eral Hospital September is.
he six area health departments
have reported 1873 polio cases 50
far this year. hey had reported
ISL cases 1t this time last year.
Evening star., 1955-09-26
Maryland Sees
Boon in Taxes
sc, 900 New Returns
Due in Payroll Plun

BALTIMORE, Sept. 26 Or.
State tax officials believe the new
plan of taking income tax out Of
the pay checks of citizens will
result in about 10000 additional
returns for q total Of some T0O.-
900 this year.
From those who have been de-
linquent IN the past, q total of
$50 million Is expected to be COLI
lected.
officials said not AL Of the
new 10000 returns viii be filed
by deIinuuents who have been
getting BY with something. Some
viii be first timers as d result Of
lower personal exemptions.
Population Growing
And i natural Increase In the
number of taxpayers ii expected
as a. logical result Of i steadily
growing population.
Income Tax Division Chief
Benjamin. Marsh said about
$4,000 delinquents were added To
the rolls in the year ended
June 30. He said most OF them
were uncovered BY probing rec
crds for the Washington. q. G.,
area.
Under terms of q congressional
act, the Federal Government will
withhold Maryland State income
taxes from its employees actually
working in Maryland.
Will Supply Data
It also win supply tax informa-
ton slips on the many thousands
OF other Federal employees who
work in Washington but live in
Maryland and hence must pay
State income taxes.
A law passed by the last
Legislature provides for a with
holding system, which means
the money is taken out before
a worker gets his check. And
those not covered by the with
holding system are required to
file a form listing their expected
income. Along with those forms
the first of which Is due Sep
ternber 3o--the taxpayer must
-also send along a quarterly pay
ment on the estimated tax.
Evening star., 1955-09-26
Four Die n Sunday
Traffic Accidents
Week End Toll
In District Area
Is 10 Deut,s

~, r1ur s.s. 3 peIsons VIE g. : salieu =
/ dsrts Y ~, IS yeste,sav s hrineinv the
week era hiclwav tnil tn ia
deaths
The victims vesterfiav were.
4 Marine ~ sTt .Tol,n = fgeifner
I22 a tire Basie 1fFIcers School
Eat cuantico va.
e. H fpat) Ivey. ir 10 az
lIanhar, Nd
| Josepl1 Al Cipriano. 10 of
IGreenbelt. md.
Robert Kirkley, so. coIored.
lnf 208 Elmira street S.W.
Keifner was driving car
4Wi3ich failed To make q cure
last iie ID Route ! at Dunn
Ifries. luck b building.
then q fire eSape and o parked
truck. It. Heifner was proc
lnounced dead on aiFiFaI at the
Naval Hospital at the Qglantico
base.
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Mal1e ~ g ~. sollh =. gaIsv'
apou. -. q Ma4uonssa. 4owas
E pass0Ise, Mas clieicany ~
!uleu 1oen oniceIs WEI e
..Ialag ~ slie pasc 1911 Pm.
We'll ,.s. slic aCcaucls occuIIsu.
lue swo Malyianu youells ole0
IeaIy yss.eIuay Wien .l,er CaE
|ssluc1 ~ 8 sIaans as,alu s g 1ou1-
Ieeli.n ssises aalu Aaicllisan Ass"
nus M.E sc.
Iollcs -, saiu ing cat spun Wl.aly
aIiu Ioliea oseF. gia.ic.ns On =
;rg - r.st ..r,s;ds M Sar,,, s1s 90
away in front 81 I4t2 Michiran
avenue Both youths were tErown
from the ear
young Ivey was employed -
Ia plumbers helner ii WasI1inr-
ton. Young Cipriano whosa
parents onerate ! farm naa,.
| |Greenbelt was ! sailor stationed
Iat IIttle creek "a
The fourth victim Mr. Kirk..
lev was str,,cl, three times 81
the same car 81 he wa,kes acrnsr
I#suitIand narkwav ! hIoc,s u,ert
| 81 the Nichols aven,,e ~ overnass -
n snItheast WASHINGTON . police -
Evening star., 1955-09-26
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| Continued From First Page
drilled as much as 500 feet
deeper than Q few years ago te
tget flowing water.
Seepage In Coastal Areas
Over-pumping Of wells to sup
ply mushrooming populations
land industry has led to the
Iseepage Of salt water into fresh
water supplies along coastal
jareas notably In California
New Jersey. Long Island. n. X.
Louisiana and Florida and u
Los Angeles it has caused the
land to sink eight feet In some
spots.
/ But what gives Nightmares tc
Federal and State authorities 4
1.-THE possible long range effect on
human health arising from the
liiushing Of millions of tons Of
Inoxious chemicals, oils. acids
grease and other industrial waste
Into the Nations waterways.
/ Amid growing countrywide
shortages, one out Of every seven
lcities with q IO.000-pius popula-
,Ition has to restrict the use oi
water at times. Hundreds oi
cities have had TO ration or bar
lawn sprinkling and car washing
lin the dry summer months. Some
residents police" each other tx
guard against violations. New
Haven. Conn, has had loud
speaker trucks prowling the city
ito warn against daytime sprinkl-
ling.
/ THE long -range picture on
water supply is critical unless
corrective measures are taken.
Says Carl @. Paulsen. chief of the
United States Geological Sur
ivey's water resources division.
Key TO Civilization
| Mr.. Paulsen cited the bleak
ruins Of cliff dwellings in the
american Southwest as suggest
ling the fate Of an earlier civili-
zation that died for lack Of water,
And he commented:
water is also the key OF oul
present civilization.
| Mr.. Paulsen. q quiet-spoken
lgray-haired man who has been
studying water supply problems
for ~ years, pointed to danger
zones" on q huge wall map oi
the United States in his once.
"All Of southern California il
running out OF water as q result
of population and industrial
growth" he said.
..San Diego faces q crisis with.
lin three TO i've years. Los An.
lgeles and Dallas, Tex. are among
lothers In trouble. Some Texas
towns have paid up 70 SO 3
Thousand gallons for water. The
usual price is 20 to SO cents D
thousand elsewhere.
Everybody took water fol
granted until we ran into short
ages. Now the Nation Is really
becoming water conscious. We've
suddenly discovered it is the life
blood Of our economy"
Per Capita Use High
| Prodigal In their use Of water
Americans require an average oi
| las gallons q day each for such
purposes as drinking. baths and
Ishowers, shaving. dish washing,
cooking, laundry. and so on.
| Back In 1890 we used only 95
gallons per capita. but that was
long before the invention Of
such water-consuming devices as
air-conditioning. automatic DISH
washers and washing machines.
And II you remember. there
weren't many indoor toilets in
Those days. There was q little
h0t9se ot1t. hack
Evening star., 1955-09-26
FuIIs Church Fashions

The Falls Church viii sponsor
q fashion show on Wednesday.
September %. at 8 pm. in the
church parish house. Gret2
Stevens and Lord Fairfax fash
ions will be modelled by members
of the congregation.
Evening star., 1955-09-26
Flower TuIk Tonight

Mr.. and Mrs. Preston E.
lGroome win give an Illustrated
talk on chrysanthemums at q
meeting Of the Takoma Horti-
cultural Club at 9 o'clock to-
night In the Takoma Elementary
School.
Evening star., 1955-09-26
Trio Arrested
In Safe Theft
Robbers in St. Mary.
Beat Cofe Employe

Washington police ARRESTED
three safecracking suspects today
because q st. Marys County res.
ltaurant manager iotted down ths
license number Of q suspicious
lautomobile parked near the res.
Itaurant shortly before the cafes
safe was carted away.
The arrests came after yegg.
had pistol-whipped q restaurant
lemploye and carried on the $50.
pound safe containing . acon.
siderable amount Of money.
One Of the men arrested b,
Detective Sergts. Richard Meiss.
ner and William Shelton Of ths
metropolitan Police Department
Ills q 33-year-old colored mar
picked up last March after !
Isafecracking attempt at the Gun.
lther Brewing Co. In Prince Geor-
lges County.
Recent Burglaries
Police said this is what hap.
ipened:
| Raymond Spicer. manager o.
ISteve's Restaurant and Bar II
Charlotte Hall. Nd, passed {
parked black car as he was driv,
ling home after locking up th.
restaurant last night.
Because Of several recent bur.
lglaries at the restaurant. Mr.
lSpicer turned around. drov.
back past the car, and wrott
down the license numbers Dis
Itrict tag.
A short time later. Sam AM
monds. 80, an employe who sleep,
lin q back room at the restaurant
was awakened BY q noise. He be-
llieved it was time to get up fol
1.-THE day, and walked into the
main part Of the restaurant.
Bound and Gagged
| As he did. he ran into one oi
1.-THE yeggs. He began graphing
with the man and was winning
lin the tusseI when another yega
Joined in and pistol whipped MIR,
Almonds.
The restaurant employe. dazed
was bound and gagged with bed
linens and an electric cord from
. fIoor waxer. Then the two men
took q crowbar. battered down
10 rear door and carried of the
lsafe. Mr.. Spicer would not di-
Ivulge how much was In the safe,
but said 1t was q considerable
sum-"
Mr.. Almonds wriggled free
and called Mr.. Spicer. Mr.. Spicer
called st. Marys County Deputy
Sheriff Ben Burroughs, jr., anc
Maryland State police. relayinf
| to them the license number HI
had noted.
Metropolitan police traced thu
number to q man living In ar
apartment house in the 3Ot
block of Fifty fourth street NE
They found him locked In the
laundry room. Detectives said
he had changed clothing. ant
that q pile Of bloody clothing
was on the floor beside him.
After questioning the 33-year.
| old colored man, police arrested
two brothers. 23 and 25 year.
old, also colored. Detectives
said the three men waived ex.
tradiction to Maryland ant
would be taken to st. Marys
County later today.
Evening star., 1955-09-26
Class Registration

Bladensburg (Md.) II ig h
School, Fifty-sixth street and
Tilden road. viii hold registra-
ltion for adult veneing classes
from I to 3 pm. today.
Evening star., 1955-09-26

The chaplains were the
Evening star., 1955-05-16
Flight of Huge Craft Convinees Experts
Reds Can Deliver A-Bon1b to H. S.

rounding the story are un-
usual.
The Soviets few their new
heavy bombers In the Gus
tomary May Day parade of
Red military might in Moscow.
The Pentagon announcement
simply referred to "forma-
tions" and suggested that a
new basis for our estimates
Of Soviet power would have to
be projected.
Finally a Pentagon spokes-
man admitted that at least 10.
possibly more, had been seen.
This country admits to own
ing only about 25 of the United
States opposite number bomb
ers. Also, the Soviets displayed
only one of theirs in the 1854
May Day parade which indi-
Gates they are moving up fast
with their production sched-
ules.
For some curious reason,
press observers Of the Mos
COW parade did not get the
story of this Increased produc-
ton to their editors here. The
Defense Department had ex-
pected that they would and
was preparing to confirm it.
Presumably Red censorship
stopped press reports; in any
case the Air Force felt the news
should be told.
Evening star., 1955-05-16
Phone Pioneers
Pick F. B. FiIIey

Ferris B. Filley Saturday was
elected president of the Alex
ander Graham Bell Chapter of
the Telephone Pioneers of Amer
lea at the local chapters annual
meeting at the Shoreham Hotel.
Mr. Filley succeeds Frank A.
Reardon as head of the organi-
zation, which is made up of tele-
phone men and women with 81
or more years Of service. The
local chapter has more than
2,400 members.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
M, c. Kendall and A. Riser, IT.,
vice presidents. and A. s. Rog-
stad, treasurer. William M.
Fithian was reappointed secre-
tary.
Charles K. Stott, general di-
rectory manager of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co..
outlined tentative plans for the
general assembly Of the Pioneers,
which is scheduled to be held in
Washington in September. n
Evening star., 1955-05-16
CONSTANTINE BROWN
A Look Behind Surface Developments
Tells Some the Soviet Hasn't Changed

important presently than has
been advertised. Germany will
need until the end of 1859 to
muster a new military force
which might make the Rus
slams pause. That is the ear
liest date, provided there are
no new diplomatic develop
ments.
The free Germans are more
concerned with union with
East Germany than with
speeding up rearmament. Ad-
mittedly the West. by itself,
cannot reunite Germany. but
Moscow can perform this feat
as easily as it concluded the
Austrian treaty after so many
years of delay.
The Russians are definitely
courting the West German Re-
public and are worried about
genuine consolidation of the
Western defenses with Ger
man military forces at the dis
poSal of NATO. This. indeed,
would challenge Moscow's aims
in Europe. The Soviet gen.
eral staff is reported unwilling
to launch its forces in an ad-
venture in Europe, except as
a last resort. AS in all die
tatorships, there is complete
coordination between the po-
litical and military leaders in
Russia. Hence. Soviet diplo-
macy is now intent on tempt
ing the Germans with the car
rot of reuniting the two sepa-
rated portions by some means
which may be revealed at the
forthcoming Big Four meeting.
President Eisenhower reluc-
family yielded to the demands
of our European allies to meet
with the heads of the other
three powers, not only to help
the British Conservatives in
their election campaign, but
also to strengthen the position
Of Chancellor Adenauer The
aged German leader, dedicated
to the idea of a European con-
federation, needs help dss-
perately. He achieved the SOW
ereignty and NATO pacts but
has lost ground politically with
his own people in free Ger
many.
According to responsible OBJ
servers, the Germans are far
more interested in unity than
in rearmament. Unless Ade-
nauer can hold out prospects
for German unity, he may be
replaced by the Socialists who
are on record that unity is the
prime German objective.
Russia is expected to exploit
these natural sentiments of the
Germans and will lose no
chance to tell them that the
Kremlin alone holds the solu-
ton to the problem. They
cannot ask the Bonn govern
ment to renege on its commit
ments to the West as the price
of unity. But they are ex-
pected to exploit the situation
at this summers conference.
This can be done in two ways:
% A demand that all powers
involved withdraw their forces
as is being done in the case OF
Austria. This has been in
dicated already in the disar-
mament proposals issued last
week by Moscow. 90 An
Evening star., 1955-05-16
Extension Urged
For City's Old Law
On Discrimination

The American Veterans Com
mittee today urged the District
Commissioners to issue regula-
ton applying the old City Of
Washington'S ant tidiscrimina-
tion laws to the entire District.
The laws of 1859 and 1870.
which apply only to the area Of
the old city. are now being tested
in a court case against the Lucky
Strike Bowling Alley, 1879 Four
teenth street NV.
A letter signed by Andrew e.
Rice, AVG executive director.
said the law discriminates be-
tween different segments of the
bowling alley industry where
there is a considerable amount
of competition"
Also, the letter urged, "The
adoption of such a regulation
will minimize and reduce what
ever tensions might arise from
the enforcement Of the 1869 act
with its limited coverage. A gen.
eral, community wide rule
always obtains better respect and
acquiescence than a rule which
applies only to some people Or
some areas and omits others that
are similarly situated"