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Evening star., 1955-01-31
$4,000 Mothers
Seek Polio Funds
In. March Tonight

Washington area mothers to-
night march into battle with
child-crippling polio.
The Mothers March on Polio
will start at Z pm. About $4,000
mothersand fathers, daughters
and sonsWill call on neighbors
who turn on their porch lights
or display q piece of clothing on
their doors.
Last year the one-hour drive
netted about 10000. This year
the need is greater. Collections
go to the March of Dimes for
treatment, rehabilitation and re-
search against infantile paralysis
The march will 60 on no mat
ter what the weather, March OF
Dimes officials said.
There is no selling or persuad-
ing connected with the march
The mothers win call only where
residents indicate a welcome, and
collect only what the residents
have ready.
Robert NJ. Averill is chairman
of the march for the fourth year
Funds viii be counted at a
public meeting in the Washing
ton Hotel, beginning at 9 pm.
Entertainment and refreshments
will be provided.
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Minimum Standards
For Housing Sought
BY Real Estate Men

Some Of the Nations top real
estate association officials yes
Iterday agreed to seek minimum
housing standard legislation in
their home States.
The States Council of the Ma
tional Association of Real Es-
tate Boards, which met during
the NAREB's midwinter sessions
at the Statler Hotel, yesterday
discussed the question principally
as it affects areas not now COW
cred by adequate legislation.
Earl G. Smith OF Akron, Ohio,
who heads a council committee
working on the problem for two
years, told the meeting that min
1mum housing standards laws
will be Just as accepted as milk
regulation" in rs years.
The guides which his COM
mittee has produced for prepara-
ton of a minimum housing
standards law would apply prin-
cipally to rural, unincorporated
and suburban regions where
housing standards often are not
as strict as in cities.
And it is from the rural ele-
ments in the State legislatures
that the delegates to yesterdays
meeting expect the most serious
opposition to such legislation to
come.
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Rejecting Pool Open
To Skaters as Ice
Thickens to 3 Inches

The Rejecting Pool was
open to skaters today after
the cold snap brought the
required 8 inches Of ice.
National Capital Parks Of
ficials also said skating
would be permitted at the
pool in Kenilworth Aquatic
Gardens. There will be no
skating allowed, however, on
the section of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Canal at
Whitewater between Lock 5
and Georgetown.
Park Police will keep an
eye on all the skating spots
to insure continued safety
of the ice, officials said.
Evening star., 1955-01-31

An Arlington housewife who
found some papers signed by
Nathaniel Hawthorne in the
street is looking for their owner.
Mrs. Ralph Kaul of 1901 North
Nash street, was walking to the
grocery last Thursday when she
saw a bundle Of papers, tied in
red ribbon. lying in the roadway,
She examined them and found
they were q set of destitute sea-
man. papers. dated 1853 and
certifying that five American
sailors were stranded in overseas
ports without money. Each Of
the five papers, which giaran-
teed the United States Govern
ment would pay q ship captain
$40 for the sailors passage home,
was signed by an overseas Of
ficial of the Government.
Two Of the signatures said
Nathaniel Hawthorne. y. s.
Consul at Liverpool. England
Mrs. Kaul is a Hawthorne fan.
Evening star., 1955-01-31

Sketched here Is O driver who
would rather risk q smashup
than miss his turn.
About three times a day, motor
lists in Washington lose this
gamble while making improper
turns.
Last year, these violations took
one life. injured 30, and caused
1047 COLLISIONS.
The annual statistics show that
drivers who found themselves In
the wrong lane ct the wrong
time-but turned nevertheless
set on 534 Of the accidents. Wide
right turns resulted In 1876. and
other improper turns In S17.
The figures rejecting the ac-
cidents growing out Of these
violations vary little from year TO
year. In 1858. drivers who made
improper turns killed one per-
son, injured %. and caused i.Ilo
collisions.
OF this toll, SIS accidents and
III injuries resulted from drivers
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Dr. oyerholser Plans
Series OF 8 Lectures

DR.. Winfred Overholser. super
intendent Of st. Elizabeths Hos
pital, win give q series Of eight
weekly lectures on pSychiatric
jurisprudence at the Washington
School of Psychiatry starting
February Z. The course is in
tended for lawyers, doctors and
other professionals.
A three-lecture series on adj
justments TO aging will be given
In March by DR.. Edward J.. Steig-
litz. DR.. Erich Fromm will lecture
at $50 pm. next Saturday at All
Souls Church. Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV, on reli-
gious experience.
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Five-DayCoId
Due 10 Break
Tomorrow
High Of 81 Today;
Upper Chesapeake
Ice Snogs Ships

There viii be a break in the
cold wave tomorrow. the
Weather Bureau predicted.
Temperatures. which have re-
manned below freezing since the
cold moved in Thursday morn
ing, are expected to 60 up to
38 tomorrow afternoon.
1t was to be chilly again today.
however, with a high Of no more
than 30 in the forecast. The
low this morning was 13. record
ed at the National Airport at
7:05 am.
Snow Startles Bureau.
To the surprise Of the Weather
Bureau, a light snow fell on
Washington yesterday morning
after a forecast calling for fair
and cold. The snow measured
about .01 Of an inch.
There we're signs that the cold
snap was breaking up all over
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Leadership Conference
To Hear Billy Grohom

Billy Graham, noted eyange-
list. will deliver the principal
address at the prayer breakfast
Thursday opening a three-day
international Christian Leader
ship conference.
The breakfast. at 8 am. will
be held in the Mayfiower Hotel
with members Of Congress, the
Judiciary, Government officials
and other leading figures pres
ent.
The conference will hold its
annual business meeting Satur-
day morning. Officers will be
elected and installed at this
session.
Evening star., 1955-01-31
WGAY to Air Panel
On Youth Delinquency

A panel discussion on "Juve-
nile Delinquency Whose Re-
sponsibflity2y with Federal and
Maryland authorities participat-
ing, win be broadcast over Ra-
dio Station WGAY at 5 pm.
Thursday.
The discussion. tape recorded
BY the station. was held under
the sponsorship Of the National
Council OF Jewish Women.
Evening star., 1955-01-31

the East and Midwest. Light
SHOWS were moving into the Mid
west this morning. Zero tenn
peratures were still prevalent
however, in the upper Ohio Val
ley and Northern New England
The impending break in the
cold snap was welcome news to
shippers. Ships plying the up
per Chesapeake Bay began rum
ming into Ice fields.
Five Fall Through Ice.
The Coast Guard found Il
necessary to send out the cutter
Chinook yesterday to help two
tugs that were caught in the ice
near Betterton, Md.
Skaters had their troubles yes
terday. too. Five plunged
through the ice on the Chesa-
peake g. Ohio Canal about 500
feet east Of Chain Bridge.
Police and firemen pulled out
Miss Lanier Dunn, 20, of 170t
Eighteenth street NV; William
Poland. %. Of 1875 Thirty-f1rst
street NV: Raymond D. Watt
Sc. of Route 3, Mclean, Va.
and Milton Saylor. Is, an6
Charles Saylor, IL. brothers, oi
5l02 Sherrier place NV.
The first three were treated
at Emergency Hospital and thu
brothers went home with theil
parents, Capt, Daniel Kennedy
Of the seventh precinct said.
The accident occurred about
$50 pm. and blocked traffic or
Canal road during the rescue
Police from the seventh precinct
homicide squad and harbor pre-.
cinct and the District and Chevy
Chase rescue squads were at the
scene,
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Mark Evans 10 Speak
Al Hospital Fund ParIeY

Mark Evans, Of the WToF
radio and television staff, will
speak at a meeting to launch the
100000 building fund drive for
Suburban Hospital at 8 pm. to-
morrow in the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School.
Francis w. Hill, jr., campaign
chairman, will conduct the
meeting, which is expected to be
attended by some $500 volunteer
workers to receive final instruc-
tions on the l5-day area-wide
campaign,
Evening star., 1955-01-31
hessageLikeIy
On Education
Before Feb. IS
President Reported
Advancing Date
After Pressure

The White House, apparently
in response to Democratic pres
sure for action in the critical
schoolroom shortage. Is hasten
ing work on the Presidents mes
sage on education.
Senator Smith. Republican, of
New Jersey. told fellow members
of the Senate Labor and Public
Welfare Committee, currently
considering emergency school
construction, that the White
House hopes to send the Presi-
dents proposals a week or so
earlier than the promised date
Of February is.
Also, United States Commits
sioner of Education Samuel M.
Brownell win appear before the
committee today. This is In spite
Of the fact that DR.. Brownell
earlier told Senator Smith that
he felt he would be handicapped
in giving testimony in advance
Of the message.
May Reassure Senators.
In a letter to Chairman Hill.
he signalized his willingness to
appear Ito clarity the admins
tration's position"
DR.. Brownell is not expected to
unveil the administrations pro-
posals but rather to reassure
Senators Of the Presidents con-
cern about the critical classroom
shortages.
District Superintendent of
Schools Hobart M. Corning was
among several witnesses urging
passage of the emergency con-
struction legislation. DR.. Corn
ing described the urgent District
need of facilities for an increas-
ing and shifting school popula-
ton. He described housing prof.
ects which had brought child
population into areas where
there were either no schools ia
ciiities at all or inadequate ones
Sections Reported Aroused.
School construction In the
District is so delayed, Dr.. Corn
mig told the committee, and the
resulting overcrowding has been
so serious that communities have
become seriously aroused over
the inadequate training their
children are receiving.
These conditions Of over
crowded, obsolete and incomplete
plants would be shocking in any
American city; it is particularly
disturbing to find them in the
Nations capital" he said.
Chairman c. Melvin Sharpe
OF the District Board Of Educa-
ton told Senators that District
educators had worked very dill
gently to take care Of the influx
Of population, but said that un-
der present conditions it is i'm
possible to meet it.
The second schoolboy witness
to appear before the committee,
q high school senior from Hart
selle, Ala. described conditions
In his high school. He was in
troduced by Senator Sparkman,
Democrat. Of Alabama. who once
attended the same classroom.
The boy was Billy Evans, who
told the committee that his
school had gained only seven
classrooms since 1889, yet had
tripled the number of students.
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Mrs. Mary H. Walker
Retires at Navy Bureou

Mrs. Mary H. Walker. legal
adviser in the Military Justice
Division of the Office Of the
Judge Advocate General of the
Navy, retired last week after al
most 80 years of Government
service.
Mrs. Walker began her career
In the officer promotion and re-
tirement section of the JAG
Office. She was honored with a
dinner last week by friends in
the office, and presented with a
500 defense bond.
Evening star., 1955-01-31

Performers will arrive here
three days early In order to stage
pre-performances at st. Eliza
beths and Walter Reed Hospitals
and other institutions. Proceeds
will 20 to the charities and ac-
tivities fund Of the Almas
Temple.
Evening star., 1955-01-31

annual Shrine
circus schsd-
uled to visit
w a s h i n g.
ton March %
! Hamid-Mor-
ton. circus S
prod u c ers,
h q We been
contracted to
PACoCAb hiN
show in seven
matinee and
seven evening
p . o r M
ances at Uline
Arena through
AHarot. %
Evening star., 1955-01-31
It Does Happen Here
: L HdPPen
Motorists Too Often Gamble on Smoshups
And May Take Turn for the Worse

Traffic Director George Z.
Keneipp at Gas o'clock to-
night iDill present another pro-
gram In q iDeekly series. "Traf-
jic Directors Mailbag" 0Der
WMAL-TV. Channel z. The
shoiD iDill include a discus
sion OF traffic situations stmi-
lar to the one pictured here.
Evening star., 1955-01-31
optimist Club Speaker

c. A. Wharton, director Of the
District Unemployment Compen-
sation Board. will speak at the
luncheon Of the Optimist Club of
Washington at 1915 pm. to-
morrow at the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Contractor Named Head
OF t4ih Shrine Circus

Teunis F. Collier, Washington
contractor and chief rabban of
Almas Temple, has been APP
pointed chairman Of the 18th
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Youth Killed, Five Hurt
On Beltsyille Curve

A Fairland tMd.l youth was
killed and five other persons
injured when the car in which
they were riding went out OF
control on the Baltimore boule-
ward at Beltsville yesterday.
Maryland State police said the
dead youth was Paul H. Curran.
10. a passenger in a car driven
by Christopher e. Cramer, ir..
"a, also Of Fairland.
State Trooper Charles F.
Gowans reported that the driver,
lost control of the southbound
car when it reached the Mont
gomery road intersection at the
Beltsville curve and sideswiped
a pole.
The Curran youth was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at Lee
land Memorial Hospital, River
dale, from a skull fracture.
The driver was treated there
for multiple face cuts and then
taken to Hyattsville where he
was charged with manslaughteF
and reckless driving and placed
under $l,100 bond. police said.
The injured included his two
sisters. Ruth F. Cramer. %, VINO
suffered head injuries. a frac-
tured left hand and multiple
cuts and bruises, and Rachel M.
Cramer, Is. knee cuts. and
Ellen e. Jones, II, of Brook
haven drive. Silver Spring. head
cuts and rib injuries, and Rob-
ert Lee Harding. 20. of $50 Main
street. Laurel, eye and thumb
cuts.
Evening star., 1955-01-31
Two Fort Meade
Soldiers Die as
Car Hits Truck
Two Others Injured
In HyottsyiIle Crosh
Treated at Hospital

Two soldiers stationed at Fort
Meade, Md, were fatally injured
and two others hurt when their
car crashed into the rear Of Q
parked truck last night in the
$500 block of Queens Chapel
road, HyattSville.
The dead were identified by
Hyattsville police as Pvt. Leslie
Henry Patton, jr.. %, of Bridge
vile, Pa, and Pvt. Roger e.
Miner, 1s, of Exeter, N. H. Mr..
Patton was pronounced dead on
the scene. Mr.. Miner died
about 1:30 am. today in Prince
Georges General Hospital.
The crash occurred shortly be-
fore midnight astthe car headed
north on Queens Chapel road.
according to Hyattsvllle Police
men Kenneth Moureau and
George P. Conner.
Mr.. Patton was riding in the
right front seat and MIR. Milner
was in the rear seat
All in Same Unit.
Police said they We're passen-
gers IN car driven by Pvt.
Wadsworth Likely, 81, Of New
York City. who was injured along
with Pvt. Bruce S. Isaacson, "a,
of jamestown. ". Y. Both suf-
fered MINOR injuries and were
transferred to Walter Reed Hos
pital after being treated first at
Prince Georges General Hospital.
All of the soldiers were nhem-
bers of the 2002nd Army Service
Unit Headquarters Company, I'd
Army. at Fort Meade.
Pvt. Likely was charged with
three traffic offenSes - man.
slaughter. reckless driving and
speeding. police said. The four
were on their way back to the
Army post after an evening Of
night clubbing in washington.
Evening star., 1955-01-31

who turned from the wrong lane.
What cannot be measured in
damage figures are the resulting
Evening star., 1955-01-31

trafiic snarls and frayed nerves
Of the motorists. whether or not
collisions follow these violations.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15
Lambs Gain Faster
On Pelleted Feeds

LAMBS WILL gain faster and with
less feed If you use pelleted rations,
says M. P. BotIin of the animal produc-
ton department at the University of
Wyoming. Feed cost per pound Of gain,
however, was higher than other ratiOnS
fed to lambs in experiments
Botkin says lambs receiving pelleted
hay and grain gained nearly half
pound day. Lambs on ground hay and
grain gained only one-third of a pound
day. There was no difference in death
loss, and carcass grade and dressing
percentage were little different for the
two groups.
Botkin says there is quite a differ
ence in labor needs-all in favor of the
pellets They are much easier to handle
in self-feeders and do not have to be
stirred SO often as the ground hay and
grain. Lambs fed pellets reached mar
ket weight 30 days earlier than the
others, adding up to quite a saving on
labor
In the same test, comparison was
made of corn and barley, both pelIeted
and non-pelleted. Barley showed an adj
vantage over corn for rate of gain, feed
efficiency and cost per pound of gain
Differences were more pronounced be-
tween pellets containing corn or barley
than between mixtures containing whole
corn or barley.
Botkin says additional trials are
planned to attempt to cheaper the pei
leted ration by use of higher proper
ton of roughage or by using lower
quality or cheaper roughage.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15
Veterinary
W tcll Out For
Ergot in Fall
Veterinary
81 J. ". SAFFORD, DIM.


THIS SEEMS to have been a good
season for ergot, according to few
reports received around the state.
Ergot is fungus that affects the seeds
of rye, wheat particularly durum
wheat, barley and many wild grasses.
1t is easily seen in the field or in
threshed grain. The fungus, black to
brown in color, replaces the seed.
The fact that ergot contains at least
five alkaloids make it poisonous to ami
mails that consume it. The main toxic
fraction is ergotoxine. This is a power
full drug that causes the little arteries
in the limbs, ears, tail and in the
viscera to construct. If enough of the
ergot is consumed, say for about ten
days, this causes all of the little ar
teries to remain in state of constric-
ton Of course, if the little arteries are
CONSTRUCTED, the tissues they supply do
not get sufficient blood A tissue that
does not get sufficient blood dies
Acute and Chronic Symptoms
Cattle that are turned into a pasture
that carries high percentage of plants
infected with ergot will develop acute
ergot poisoning, especially the younger
cattle The symptoms of acute poisoning
are stilted, staggering gait, trembling
rapid pulse and respiration and vary
ing degrees of nervous symptoms. Sew
eraI may be found dead
If the grains or grasses have less
ergot, usually more chronic poisoning
is seen. Tissues of the extremities die
and become gangrenous, particularly
the hind limbs Almost invariably one
of the hind limbs is first to become
affected. An indented line often appears
around the leg above the fetIock, as if
a rope had been left on very tight for
a period of time Later on below this
line the leg and foot become swollen,
the skin and underlying tissue, even
the hooves, may slough away. These
sloughing areas usually become in
fected from bacterial contamination,
causing the formation and discharge of
pus One to four legs may be affected.
Sometimes the end of the tail or the
ears may slough off.
Some ergot poisoned cattle may not
show gangrenous sloughing of the limbs
because the toxic effect mainly was on
The viscera1 arterio1es. These animals
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15

The idea that all pigs can select a
balanced ration If provided the neces-
sary ingredients settled, free choice is
a misconception. Research workers
have found that runt pigs gained bet
ter when fed a complete premixed RAJ
ton than when allowed free access to
the same grains and supplements fed
separately.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15

Practical Plan for Fertilizer Application
BsAnaconda Treble Superphosphate applied at pillow
depth when you do your fall blowing is a we'll
guarded supply when the deep main roots
grow down into it early next summer.
q Nitrogen In any of the several forms is best APP
piled in the spring about the time the crop ready
TO it, 1t is then not liable to be lost by leach
ing through into the drainage water washed away
by surface waters in the spring.
3.You reduce your fertilizer costs by buying
nitrogen and phosphate materials separately. You
can apply any ratio of nitrogen and phosphate
needed your land and the particular crop you
growing.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15
Treatment


Treatment
Death loss. loss of weight and con-
dition on recovering animals can be
very costly. Treatment consists of at
tenpts to offset the construction of
those little arteries in acute poisoning.
Treatment in chronic cases consists of
taking care of all the gangrenous
wounds. OF course, the most important
treatment is taking them off of ergot-
contaminated feed right now.
All of this can be prevented if ami
mails are not allowed to Craze on ergot
infected plants or fed ergot contaminat-
ed grains or screenings.
Sometimes quite an acreage can be
infected. What to do with it? Often
times, the plants can be safely fed
later in the fall after the grain has
ripened and the seeds and ergot have
fallen into the ground. Careful survey of
the pasture or grain field can deter
mine if ergot no longer remains on the
plant
IF animals remain all summer and
fall on pasture that is likely to con-
tain grasses that can become ergot in
fected, they most likely will not become
poisoned. Ergot infects the flower be-
fore the seed forms. The fungus de-
velops with the seed So cattle contin-
ually grazing on a pasture keep the
flowers grazed off, thereby preventing
the development of the seed and the
ergot. The dangerous time is in the
fall, especially that infected grain field
DR. pasture that is used for fall pastur-
ng only.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15

are tucked up. are depressed, show
rapid loss of condition and an uncer-
tain staggering gait. Pregnant animals
frequently abort.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-15
In Which the Sentinel
Says Thank You to Its Friends

1t was with humility and deep appreciation that members
OF the Sentinel staff attended the banquet given in the
papers honor last week in Silver Spring
To those of who work the staff the Tooth annver
sary of the Sentinel is indeed momenous OCCASION
OF the hard work and heabreak that go the prepare
ton of any edition. full of admiration for pre-
decessors who gathered and published the county
every week for II months year and 100 years.
little arithmetic shows that these predecessors of
have put out less than 1890 Sentne Representing
does staggering amount of the hardest work know this
total is properly overwhelming.
As we say, of the modern Sentinel are therefore,
fully apprecative Of what 100yearold newspaper repre-
sents.
What we were not fully of the extent to
which the appreciation shared by other and
other walks of life in the county. hebanquet which
sponsored by the County Press Association attended by
approximately 120 very busy persons
We of todays Sentinel not unwse as to assume
that this spontaneous evidence of community support is
personal tribute We know that the banqueeers
keeny .the tradition of the Sentinel as
who work on the staff.
Our humility then, springs from the realization that
honest newspaper that tries be the very best
paper that it knows how to be occupies very real place
in the eyes of the people of this county
In our humility say thank you" and in resolution
keep the faith promise unreeng efforts continue the
Sentinel tradition