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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-06
Start Wheaton
Concert Series
Ticket Sales

Tickets are on sale now at the
Wheaton Coop for the Wheaton
Series of National Symphony
Orchestra concerts, to be present
ed at Wheaton High School Nov.
II and March Is.
A number of afternoon teas and
morning coffees are being given
by County women to spark inter-
est in the concerts. This Sunday,
Mrs. James ]. Feffer and Mrs.
Robert Riley of Wheaton will en-
terrain. Mrs. c. T. Brown, Jr.,
will give a morning coffee in her
Ashton home Wednesday.
At the same time, volunteers
from the National Symphony Or
chestra Association are busy ring
ing $4,000 phones in the Wash.
ington area to pass on informa.
ton about the orchestra, its con-
cert schedule, and where tickets
may be bought.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-06
SEE '55 PLYMOUTH

Three Rockville Plymouth deal.
ers will join scores of others in
the area in getting the first look
at the 1865 Plymouths at the
Sheraton Park Hotel on Oct. So
The three Rockville dealers are
Shipley Motors, Maryland Motors,
and Reed Bros. Representatives
Of public media will see the new
cars on Oct 5
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-06

That was a wonderful thing
that Michael and Tony Del Balzo,
and Rick Moorehead did the 9TH
er evening when they canvassed
the neighborhood and collected
$21.29 for cerebral palsy. The
kids were quite proud of them
selves, and rightly so. Congrats
from all of us.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
People Were Betrayed
In Peress Case, Cohn Soys

NEW YORK, Jan. IL (R.-
Roy M. Conn says the handling
of the Peress case by Secretary
of the Army Stevens and one of
his, top aides was "a betrayal of
their obligation to the people OF
the United States"
Mr.. Cohn also says Secretary
Stevens and Army Counsel John
Adams were responsible for "a
waste Of taxpayers money and a
toying with congressional COM
mittees bordering on contempt" I"
Mr.. Cohn. former counsel to
Senator McCarthy's Senate In
vestigations Committee, gave up
that post at the end of a lengthy
fight, spanked by the Peress case,
between Senator Mccarthy and
the Army last spring and sum-
mer.
Mai. Irving Peress, an Army
dentist, had been called a Fifth
Amendment Communist" by Sem
ator Mccarthy after declining to
answer questions at q commit
tee hearing last February. The
next day Peress was given ar
honorable discharge from the
Army.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Strauss Says u. S. IS Ahead
InPossession of Atomic Arms

Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of
the Atomic Energy Commission
has given assurance that in the
possession Of atomic weapons
we "are well ahead Of any COM
petitor at this time" "
He says the United States
weapons stockpile is large, is
growing rapidly and Is DIVERSE
fed to meet the particular needs
Of the military services.
Admiral Strauss made these
statements in q speech before
the National Press Club yester-
day. In the speech he set up q
balance sheet 5of the commits
sion's assets and liabilities.
On Credit Side.
He listed weapons develop
rnent. first on the credit side Of
the balance sheet. Next he
listed the start made in devising
the use Of atomic. furnaces In.
generating electricity. / He ex-
pressed the hope that the cost
Of producing electricity by that
method would be brought down
to the point where it was COM
parable to the cost with con-
ventional fuels.
He cited the Atomic Energy
Act Of 1854 as important in re-
laxing what he called the monop-
olistic system which had been in
effect in atomic energy. He also
listed advances in the use of
radiation in the arts and sciences
and expansion in the areas Of
free information.
The most hopeful assets, he
said, was the Presidents atoms
for peace proposal.
There ought also to be an
item of good will," he said, "and
/ believe such an item exists.
The rest Of the world knows we
are strong. but that our strength
has not gone to our heads. and
that we are humble
On the Debit Side.
On the debit side he listed first
the discovery that Russian Pre-
mier Malenkov was not talking
through his hat when he made
the original announcement that
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Former District Navy Flyer
Killed in I Texos Jet Collision
Peter c. Boscon,
Murried Just Before
FotuI Jet crosh

A former Washington Navy
pilot, who had just returned
from his honeymoon. was killed
when two jet training planes
collided in midair yesterday at
the Kingsville tTex.J Naval Aux
iliary Air Station.
Mrs. Elizabeth p. Bascom OF
3848 Porter street NV. said she
was notified last night Of the
death Of her son. 1t. q. 60 Peter
C. Bascom( "a, an electrical en-
gineering graduate Of Oklahoma
University.
1t. Bascom on December %
married the former Martha vir-
ginia Hammer Of Norman, Okla.
His mother said she had just re-
turned from visiting her son
when she received word Of his
death. She is a secretary at the
National War College at Fort
Lesley McNair.
The young pilot also is sur
vived by a brother. Ensign Paul
P. Bascom of Norfolk, who is
aboard the u. S. S. Monrovia
bound for the Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1955-01-12

Russia had produced a thermo-
nuclear explosion.
The commissions personnel
security program has been the
cause Of grief ever since it was
devised, he said, although he
supported it as fair. He said it
will be revieWed at meetings
scheduled to start Monday.
He listed also the 'misunder-
standing' of the Dixon Yates
contract, although he said the
contract itself belongs on the
credit side of the ledger.
n Finally he entered on the
balance sheet the ''hubbub" over
the position of the chairman,
designated by law as the commits
sion's principal officer" He said
this resulted In a variety OF
epithets being hurled at him,
including the charge Of anti
SemitisIn. a#
Evening star., 1955-01-12
McC Corthy, Dewey Short Homes
Guarded After Death Threats
Senator's Neiehbor
Tells of Phone Coll
Wornine of Bomb

Police gave special protection
last night to the homes of Sem
ator Mccarthy and Representa-
tive Dewey Short, Republican. Of
Missouri as a result of telephoned
warnings that the lives of the
two men were in danger.
Mrs. George w. Ennis told po-
lice that a man with a foreign
accent warned her about 8 pm.
yesterday to "vacate the prem
ises because we are going to blow
up Senator Joe McCarthy's house
tonight" She lives at 18 Third
street NE, next door to Senator
and Mrs. Mccarthy at 20 Third
street.
Mrs. Ennis, whose husband is
an engraver at the Government
Printing Office, said she knew
definitely Mrs. Mccarthy re-
ceived a similar threat. But Mrs.
Mccarthy told reporters earlier
that the first she heard of the
incident was from James Juliana.
acting staff director Of the Sem
ate Investigations subcommit-
tee, after Mrs. Ennis had called
police.
Mccarthy Calm.
Senator Mccarthy. who had
just returned home from a
three-day trip to a place he re-
fused to disclose when the COM
motion started. said he did not
take the threat seriously. Mrs.
Mccarthy said: II am just glad
he's home"
when the left-wingers, screw
balls and crackpots couldn't
murder me politically" the Sem
ator said reporters, II am not
worried about any one doing it
physically. Anyway, If it were
a serious threat they would
hardly warn you in advance"
Mrs. Ennis said that at about
4 pm. Monday. Dean Ehlers, II,
a Senate page boy who boards
at the house. told her he heard
some one walking on the roof.
She said she thought little of
it at the time, although she
heard it. too. believing it to be
a handy man who repairs the
roof of her house and neighbor-
ing ones. That night she and
her husband were awakened by
a noise at the front door.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
FOUND.

CAT. black Persian. found vicinity
a0lT N st. NV. AD. 2-67St after
Alex, Va. Owner or GOOD home. XII.
n-JA3A,
COCKER sPANIEIs about q months old.
no taEs, newly docked tall Found vic.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. 0Ls
4-37I5 after p.W.
DOG. medium size. black and white -.
male Found at Tth and a ne NeEn
to Animal Rescue Leaalla.
DOG. male. black and tan. kaa1e4 breed,
Vie, n. West .sk@ AteEr y. Owner OF
nv: TEMPLE S-13I0, evenings.
SETTER PUPs tal, vic. Masonic Temple.
ls4s Va. Owner or good hoEna- KI.
Evening star., 1955-01-12

Troops TO Fly Backward
British troops flown to singa-
pore will sit in backward facing
seats hereafter.
Evening star., 1955-01-12

Yesterday morning, however
Mrs Ennis said she learned it
wasn't the repairman they had
heard on the roof. So, she re-
ported the incident to police.
Then in the afternoon she re-
ceived the telephone threat.
81 Could Have Died."
"He was a foreigner and he
was mad" Mrs. Ennis said of
the man who called. "He said
I should let you have it, too, for
having such a big mouth, calling
police could have died.
went all to pieces. Mrs. Mccarthy
told me not to worry that it was
just some crackpot."
Mrs. Mccarthy said she told
police she knew little about the
incident, or incidents, and that
they posted guard. The police
themselves were doing little talk
ing about the matter.
The guard on Mr.. Shorts home
at 281l Thirty-fourth place NV,
resulted from a call received by
Capt. William Broderick of the
Capitol police from a man who
identified himself as "Bimbo."
Capt. Broderick said that
"Bimbo" warned that both SEN
ator Mccarthy and Mr.. Short
were in danger, adding that some
kind of world movement was out
to- get Mr.. Short.
Mr.. Short entered Bethesda
Naval Hospital this morning and
will undergo minor surgery to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Douglas Is New Head
.Of Economic Group
As Paiman Declines

Senator Douglas, Democrat, Of
Illinois. was elected chairman
today Of the Joint House-Senate
Economic Committee, which
keeps its fingers on the pulse Of
business conditions and employ
ment throughout the country.
Senator Douglas had proposed
the election of Representative
Patman. Democrat. of Texas
but the latter declined and was
elected vice chairman. In the
last Congress the committee was
headed by Representative Wal
colt, Republican, OF Michigan.
Senator Douglas announced
public hearings would start late
this month on the economic
outlook for 1855 as soon as
President Eisenhower's economic
message is received.
Congress created the joint
committee following World War
II to keep Congress advised OF
changes in the economic outlook
that might require legislation
to prevent depressions or unem-
ployment.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
Of Alabama. was in line for the
Craftsmanship of the joint COM
mittee as well as the Senate
Small Business Committee, but
Democratic leaders have recon-
mended that no Democrat ac-
cept two chairmanships.
Meanwhile, the Senate Re-
publican Policy Committee may
consider naming a small steer
ing subcommittee if the enlarge-
ment of its membership yester-
day proves unwieldy as the ses-
sion progresses.
This suggestion came from a
reliable source today as the COM
mittee gathered for an organiza-
tiUildi uleGLlIlS.
The membership of the COM
mittee was nearly doubled yes
terday, from u to %, when the
Republican conference decided
to include all G. o. p. Senators
who are up for reelection next
year.
Senator Millikin Of Colorado
said one of the advantages of
the move is that it will put on
the committee a broader cross
section Of the entire Republican
membership. Asked II 1t was in
tended to represent different
factions. the Senator added:
IF we have any factions, 1t
covers all know about. If I
know of any"
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Mccarthy Is Willing
70 Help Democrats.
Dig Out Communists
By Jones Y. Newton

Senator Mccarthy said today
that if the Democrats are "sin-
cere about their fine pious reso-
luton, will be more than happy
to give them my~fuil co-opera-
tion in digging out Commu-
nists."
The Wisconsin Republican was
discussing the role he will play
in the new, Democratic-con-
troiled Congress. He referred to
a resolution introduced by Sena-
tor Daniel. Democrat, of Texas,
calling for a continuing strong
effort to uncover subversion. The
resolution was signed by 54 Sem
ators of both parties. including
Senator Mccarthy.
mot Too Impressed"
81 am not too impressed by
their (the Democrats) voting for
the resolution" Senator Me-
Carthy said, adding that he in.
tended no reflection on the sin
cerity Of Senator Daniel. TITS
like saying you are against sin.
I am waiting for performance"
Senator Mccarthy. who gave
up the craftsmanship of the Sen
ate Investigations subcommittee
when the Democrats formally
took control of all committees
yesterday, said he would con-
tinue his own personal staff in
veStigation of communism in
Government.
II welcome the Democrats at
this late date and emphasize
the word late," the Wisconsin
Senator said of the Democrats
expressed desire to continue
Communist Investigations. But,
think you have to raise a
question when they vote to the
last man for censure and then
say we. too. are against COM
munisrn."
Report on Peress Case.
Senator Mccarthy said that
he still would file a report on the
Army's handling of the Peress
case, although he conceded it
may be a minority one. The
three Democrats and Senator
Potter. Republican. of Michigan,
OF the old seven-member Nc
Carthy Investigations subcom-
mittee, repeatedly are in dis
agreement with the former
chairman on some parts of the
PeresS report.
Senator McC Clellan of Arkansas,
the new subcommittee chairman,
has indicated his group would
investigate the Peress case. Sem,
at6r Mccarthy now becomes the
ranking minority member of the
subcommittee.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Gouldmun to Run

FREDERICKSBURG Va. Jan.
IL (P.-Delegate Francis Could
man. AZ. who has represented
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania
County In the House of Dele
gates for two terms. has an
nounced his candidacy for re-
election subject to the Democra-
tic primary.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
U. Of Md. PTA to Meet

The University Of Maryland
Nursery School PTA will meet
at 8:15 pm. tomorrow at the
Childhood Education Building
on the university campus.
AHuman Growth" a film on sex
education for the younger child.
will be shown.
Evening star., 1955-01-12

1t. Bascom was graduated
from Oklahoma University in
1858 as q Naval Reserve officer
with the rank Of ensign. He was
assigned to the Kingsville air
field this fall.
Two other pilots, 1t. L. E.
Morrison. IS, of New Hampshire.
and Sub. 1t. Stanley Hamilton,
10, of Surrey, England. escaped
injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

do likewise if the proposal is
ratified.
Another proposed policy state
ment would call for Federal
courts to admit, in subversive
activities cases, evidence that
had been obtained by the FBI
by overlapping. The wire-taps
would have to be authorized by
the Attorney General.
A prediction of "buoyant" in
ternational trade was made by
a speaker at breakfast this
morning. The speaker was E. E.
Schnellbacher of the Commerce
Departments Bureau of Foreign
Commerce.
He said prospects for both ex-
ports and imports are favorable.
Although there are some
weak spots in various localities, -
he continued, land while some
products may appear difficult to
sell. the overall trading picture
is good"
The prospects of atomic pro-
pulsion for all types of trans
portation - land. sea, air and
even beyond earth's atmosphere
was held out by John Jay
Hopkins, president and board
chairman Of the General Dyna-
mics Corp. of New York. He
a ddressed a transportation
luncheon at the Hotel Statler
yesterday.
Mr.. Hopkins company was the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Mendes-Frunce
Is Victor in Test

PARIS, May 4 (P.-Former
Premier Pierre Mendes- France
took a step on the comeback
trail today. He scored an initial
victory in his battle for control
of the Radical Socialist Party.
Party leaders meeting at the
start of a one-day special con-
vention voted-by unofficial re-
port 96-87-to put the discussion
of a shakeup in the party ma
chine on the agenda. Followers
of Mr.. Mendes-France have been
demanding reorganization of the
party, putting it more in line
with its old leftist traditions.
Opposing Mr.. Mendes-France
In his comeback were leaders of
his own party who brought about
his downfall as Premier in Feb
ruary. They included ex-Premier
Rene Mayer and ex-Justice Min
lister Leon Northumberland.
On his side was ex-Premier
Edouard Herriot, at 80 the party's
grand old man, who forced the
convention to meet by sending
his resignation as party presi-
dent. ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

A Silver Spring man who feels
a responsibility to provide his
children the best possible
chances of surviving an H
bombing of Washington has
built the first licensed air raid
shelter in Montgomery County.
He is David Scull, 9315 Grey
rock road, real estate man
and contractor who in World
War II rose from the rank of
private to major and saw action
in both the Pacific and Euro
pean theaters.
His family shelter is a steel
reinforced concrete room that
leads of the basement and
connects to the outside of the
125-year-old Scull home. re-
portedly the Oldest in Silver
Spring.
Room for Pets, Too
The room, which will seat six
on two benches, is four feet wide
and four feet high with earth
on all sides of the outer wall. 1t
easily accommodates Mr.. and
Mrs. Scull, their two children,
David Lee, IL. and Betsy Blair,
TO-. along with the family pets,
four dogs and a cat.
Civil defense authorities say
specially built home-type shell
tiers may exist in the Washington
area.
But I'd like to find out where
they are" George c. Rothrock, a
shelter expert and consulting
engineer for the District govern
ment who is doing a special sur
vey on shelter areas available,
said.
The Scull family shelters walls
are 8-inch cinder block REIN
forced with half-inch steel rods
and filled with concrete. The
roof consists of l8 inches steel
reinforced concrete.
The exit to the outside is at
a right angle to the shelter so
that radiation waves cannot hit
the protected seating area.
Mr.. Scull's shelter more than
! meets standards recommended by
the Federal Civil Defense Admin
iStration.
Concerned Over Tension
The instinct for self-preserva-
ton prompted Mr.. SculI to build
his shelter.
my wife, Betty, and I have
been concerned over the con-
tinued international tension. One
of these days someone is going to
kick over the bucket and then it
will be too late to start build
ing" he said.
Evacuation is fine but at best
1t is problematical and will de-
pend on the warning we get.
Civil defense officials say we can
protect ourselves and survive an
attack.
Frankly, the Souls want to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
CHAMBER
Continued From First Page

NUutAAuCU EEUM ASt 0SC
be a general obligation of the
Government. There is no banker
in this audience who would buy
bonds of such a dummy Federal
corporation without the guar
antee of the Federal Govern
ment."
Another of the "Pandora's
boxes" of Federal handouts the
Senator said the administration
would open up is the proposal for
an So billion program for school
construction. He said a third is
the "so-called Federal health
payment program. He said this
could easily be the beginning of
socialized medicine.
Right to Work Issue
One of the proposals coming
before the Chambers policy
meeting is a statement calling
for action by Federal and State
Governments to guarantee an
individuals right to work with
out joining a union.
This would make illegal the
union shop provision permitted
under the Taft-Hartley Act
whereby a worker would have
to join a union to hold a job
Eighteen States have passed
so called right to work laws
Other States would be urged to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Pilot and Wife Held
In 100000 BurgIories

HOLLYWOOD. May 4 GA
building contractor and his
blond wife were booked yester-
day on suspicion of burglary in
connection with a Nation wide
string of hotel burglaries involv-
ting more than 100000 in loot.
Police said that in some of the
burglaries private plane was
used for getaways. Under in
vestigations are burglaries in
nearby Bel Air, Dallas, Tex, Las
Vegas, New, and New York.
William w. Holt, IS, a private
pilot and amateur radio opera
tor. was arrested Monday at his
Westwood apartment. officers
said they found $4,000 worth of
jewelry and a $1,000 mink coat
there.
Mrs. Betty Jane Holt, 20, was
arrested in a West Los Angeles
Office where she worked as a
secretary. Both denied guilt.
Says She Worked in ID. C..
Detective J. H. Hooper said
Mrs. Holt told him she had been
a secretary to a mfr. May, treas
urer of the Ford Foundation in
New York, and to Arnold Small,
head of the Munitions Board in
Washington, D. c."
She said her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell McGill, operate a
dairy farm at Salona. Pa, the
detective added.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holt said they
maintained an apartment in
New York and have been married
four years, police reported.
Between Is and 20 hotel room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

burglaries in New York are
among those under investigation,
Detective Sergts. r. T. Anderson
and Robert Campbell said.
Detective Anderson said the
couple is being investigated also
in connection with a September
IL. 1854, burglary in which Mrs
Fred Scholoss was robbed Of
$25, 900 in furs and jewels while
staying at the Navarro Hotel in
New York.
At the Munitions Board, now
the Office of Defense Supply and
Logistics. there was no one who
could recall an Arnold Small
attached there. An employee
said John D. Small of New York
did head the board about three
years ago.
Can't Remember Her
NOI1C VI Vic plCoCA1t CnAR4OyCo
said they could recall Mrs. Holt
working there.
Holt was arrested in Wash
ington in August, 1912. for in
vestigation, but was later re-
leased. He was re-arrested in
December. 1912, on a charge Of
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny.
In January, 1913, he was given
3-to-16-month sentence.
He was paroled after serving
four months so he could enlist
in the Army. which he did on
September II, 1943.
However. he was later dis
honorably discharged for posing
as an Air Force pilot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Man IsSIugged,
RobbedofStOO;
Three Seized

Three young Marines used
strong-arm tactics on q Laurel
(Md.) gas station operator today
and then fed with about 500.
Less than As minutes later
three suspects were arrested by
State police on the Baltimore
Parkway.
The victim, George e. Bills.
4S, of 1925 Harrison drive, Laurel,
told city police he was about to
close the station when the three
Marines drove in shortly before
/ am. and ordered q dollars
worth of gas.
The trio, he said. paid for the
gas and started to drive on when
the driver decided to head for
a restroom. Finding it locked,
he turned to Mr.. Bills and as
the latter turned around, struck
him in the upper abdomen with
his fist.
Laurel Police Pfc. Paul A.
Steppe said Mr.. Bills was doubled
up by the blow and the Marines
took the money from his shirt
pocket. A passerby saw Mr..
Bills doubled over and called
police.
State Trooper William J. Brod-
erick. assisted by other police
cars, stopped the suspects car
on the parkway near Annapolis
junction road.
The Marines, stationed at the
National Security Agency, Fort
Meade. were identified by Mr..
Bills.
Pending complete investigation
of the case, police charged Ma
rine Pfc. Steve Kovach, it,, 81,
with assault with intent to rob,
and Sergt. John c. Carroll, %,
and Pfc. Jan E. Taylor, 81, with
being accessories. Police said
Kovach was the one who hit
Mr.. Bills. The money has not
been recovered, they added.