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Evening star., 1955-01-30
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ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 2g.-Lin-
coin Is stiIl doing his bit for the
Republican Party.
Because Montgomery County
Republicans set aside Wednesday
night to commemorate the Great
Emancipator's birthday. the
county's Democratic delegation
to the Maryland legislature has
had TO postpone an important
hearing set originally for that
night.
The hearing. which Is TO be
held In the House chamber Of
the State House at 8 pm. Thurs
day. viii be on the bin increasing
the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission from three to
six members and providing for
local appointment OF four Of
them.
The Sanitary Commission Is
now under the control Of Repub-
licans who win ind themselves
In the minority If the bill goes
through. When Democratic Lead
ers Of the Montgomery and
Prince Georges delegation an
nounced that the hearing would
be held Wednesday night, Re-
publicans shouted. 'sFoul!"
The Democrats postponed the
hearing one night.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
AnnondoIe High
Dedication Service
Scheduled Today

The new SIS million AMMAN
dale High School will be dedi-
Gated ut 2:30 pm. today. The
ceremony viii be held In the
school auditorium.
Robert r. Davis. member Of
the Fairfax County School Board,
will be principal speaker. Dam
lei Russell. who heads the STU
dent Parent Teacher Association,
will be chairman.
A group Of 20 guides win con-
duct q tour Of the building be-
fore the program gets under way.
The school band and choral
group win participate.
The school has about l.loO
students in grades eight through
ii and expects to have about
i.4O0 next fall when the 18th
grade win be added. according
to Ralph E. Buckley. principal,
IA i2-classrpcnn. S15l.0O0 addi-
ton Ii nov under construction
and Is scheduled TO be opened IN
September.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

A decision by the Kensington
Fire Board to stop its ambulances
from answering nonemergency
calls Is making things tough on
the Bethesda Chevy Chase Res
cue Squad.
Chief Robert Cremins Of B-CC
said his squad had been deluged
with requests for nonemergency
service since the Kensington
order took effect. Many Of the
requests B-CC now Is getting for
patient transport service come
from residents of the Kensington
area, he added.
A letter has been sent by Chief
Cremins to the Kensington Fire
Board. urging reconsideration Of
the nonemergency policy. He
said meanwhile he had instructed
his men not to handle nom
emergency calls outside OF the
Bethesda Chevy Chase area, but
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Maryland LaWrnaker
Pushes Bills 10 End
Capital Punishment
by the A.soeio.sd Pres.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Jan. 29.--
State Senator Anthony F. Dido
menico. Democrat of Baltimore,
who has always been against
capital punishment, is attempts
ing in the general assembly to
remove it from some crimes in
Maryland or eliminate it alto
gether.
He introduced eight bills last
week aimed at this end. Usually
such proposed legislation is con-
tanned in q single measure.
The loquacious. stern-looking
legislator feels his fellow law
makers will see At to go along
with at least some Of his pro-
posals.
A single measure to eliminate
the death penalty was intro
duced in the House by five dele
gates the day after Didomenico
made his move across the hall.
His bills. in order. would do
this:
Remove death as o possible
penalty for assault with intent
to commit rape.
Substitute life imprisonment
for death as the penalty for kid
mapping.
Substitute life Imprisonment
for death as the penalty for kid
mapping children under 16 years
of age. y 8
Abolish death as . possible
penalty for first-degree murder.
Repeal all sections Of the code
providing the death penalty for
crimes. y
Remove death as D possible
penalty for rape.
Remove death as the possible
penalty for carnal knowledge.
Provide that the estate Of q
person who has been executed
shall not be used to pay the costs
Of prosecuting him.
II have always been against
capital punishment" he said.
"It Is barbaric."
He said 1.-THE trend is away
from 1t, not only in the United
States, but all over the world.
England at one time had the
death penalty more than 800
crimes. 1t now has 1t only for
flrst-degree murder"
He believes life Imprisonment
is worse than death Especially
II a man has some years left"
Two bills, meanwhile, have
been introduced to change the
States method Of execution. One
would substitute the electric
chair for hanging. Another would
use the gas chamber.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
S7OO and Z Rifles Stolen
From HagersioWn ArmorY
nx IA A,so<intad Pra..

HAGERsTowN, Nd. Jan. 90.
Thieves made on with about
4700 In cash and two rifles from
the Maryland State Armory FRI
day night.
Detective Sergt. Norman Wolf
reported they ransacked the
locker room. the supply room.
and the ONCE Of Capt. William
Bussard. commanding ofiacer Of
Hagerstown's National Guard
unit.
The exact amount Of cash
missing could not be determined
because the thieves also took
most Of the financial records.
Sergt Wolf expressed the
opinion they had hidden In the
armory after a basketball game.
since no outside entrance had
been forced. The doors Of the
locker and supply rooms and the
captains ofiice were heavily
damaged.
The stolen weapons were .
carbine and q Browning auto
matte rifie. and the thieves also
took along ammunition for the
guns. Since this was Federal
property. the FBr was called into
The investigation.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Coils DeIuee Bethesda Squud
AS Kensington Limits Service

he found this was impossible to
stick by.
"You Just can't turn them
down" said Chief Cremins.
yesterday we took care Of IL
transport, nonemergency cases.
Many Of those cases normally
would have been handled BY
Kensington. Some ronemer-
gency Gases are just as important
as emergency calls
The Bethesda Chevy Chase
chief said he felt that the ''tre-
niendous progress made Id the
rescue neld In Montgomery
County since World War II
would be hard hit II Kensington
STICKS b. IT. nonemereency
policy
Kensington stopped answering
n0nemerGency calls as q result
0f criticisms hy four or iks
ofhcers, and BY the wheaton
Chamber Of Comrnerce.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Dr. thomas 10 Address
Silver Spring Neihodists

Or. q. Ernest Thomas Of NASH
vile, Tenn, director Of spiritual
life, board Of evangelism. Meth
odist Church, WIN address o
combined youth group Of Marvin
Memorial Methodist Church.
Four Corners. Silver Spring, Nd,
at 6:3O O'Clock tonight.
Or. Thomas viii also speak
at special meetines tomorrow
through Wednesday The Q pm.
meeting tomorrow win be spon-
sored by the church's ofiicial
board: the $50 pm. dinner gath
erfng Tuesday viii be under the
auspices Of the Commission on
Membership and Evangelism,
and the Q pm. session Wednes-
day win be IN charge Of the
Wcnianss Society Of Christian
Service.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Rider Suffers Hip Injury
When Horse Falls Dead

Louis Janof. 81. Of the Dor
chester House, 24S0 Sixteenth
street NV. suffered q hip injury
yesterday on the Rock Greek
Park bride path when his horse
dropped dead.
According to Park Police. Mr.
Janof was riding his horse near
Parkside drive when the animal
suffered q heart attack and fell.
Mr. Janof was unable 10 clear
the saddle and was pinned. He
was treated at Emergency HOS
pital.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

open-air basketball court, q chill
dren's playground. q picnic area
and q clubhouse.
Remembers Toll House.
To Mason Hirst all this has
been q long time coming and is
long overdue. He remembers
passing the toll house at the
intersection IN 1898. He was .
little boy then. seated next to
his father.
MIR. Hirst's father and six
uncles were In the Confederate
Army. He likes to think Of the
two occasions when the Army OF
the Potomac streamed through
Annandale in retreat, after the
defeats on the plains Of Ma
nassas (First and Second Bull
RUM. But he also likes to see
the Yankees come streaming in
the other direction today looking
for land.
Workmen are now widening
the Little River turnpike through
Annandale. That is the road to
Alexandria and the best route
to Washington via the Shirley
highway. The other road to
Washington. the Columbia pike,
will be improved this year. The
bottieneck at Bailey's Cross
Roads will be widened. accord
ing to the resident highway
engineer.
Wilbur Smith, In his study for
the Virginia Highway Commits
sion on Highway Transportation
in the Washington Metropolitan
Area Of Virginia, noted that the
capacity deficiencies Of this
route In Arlington were the worst
Of any road in the survey area. "
He predicted that the volume Of
traffic you'd double on this
route and recommended that it
be made a four-lane expressway
at a cost Of $11 millions.
This study greatly Influenced
Seward II. Mott in recommend
ing Annandale in a site survey
he made for a shopping center.
Mr.. Mott Is one Of those modern
specialists who locate future CEN
ters Of trade using statistics in
stead Of a divining rod.
Charles Michael. an Arlington
builder, acted on the recon-
mendation by acquiring 20 acres
fronting on both the Columbia
and the Little River pixies. He
has designed q shopping center
with 250.O00 square feet Of re-
tail space. parking space for
1000 cars. to cost IS million.
He already has commitments
from q supermarket. o hardware
store. q beauty parlor. and other
establishments for 10000 square
feet Of retail space plus q gaso-
line station.
Mr.. Michael. who has made
his own survey Of the situation.
says that builders plan to con-
struct 5000 houses In the An
nandale area In the next two
years. increasing the population
by about $4,000.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

houses. Homes have been
changed into real estate offices.
Annandale Is not q commercial
center Of the present but Of the
immediate future.
"Going 20 Have City"
1--WE are going TO have a city
here. Mr.. 1irst says confident-
". It sounds d bit fantastic. But
q population check made for o
shopping center project indi-
Gated that 10000 people live
within q Smile radius Of the
intersection and that 1t is one
of the fastest-growing areas in
nearby Virginia.
Shirley highway has opened
this area. Springfield. q few
miles south of Annandale. is the
center Of q number Of subdi-
visions that are expanding
rapidly.
SIS Million High School.
Annandale has q brand-new
high school, one Of the finest IN
virginia, which cost about SIS
million and which filled to ca
pacity when it was opened In
September. A 12-room addition
Ia cost Sl54. 600 is already under
construction.
The school Is ON q 22-acre
tract with plenty Of room for
playing fields and q paved park
ing lot larger than that Of most
shopping centers. The tract Is
part Of the Bristow estate and
the school area win soon be SUR
rounded by houses as the estate
has been divided UP for housing
Developments.
story illustrates Values.
The story Of the Bristow es-
tate Is q good illustration Of
what has happened 10 land
values tn the area. Senator
Joseph Little Bristow. Repuhli-
can. Of Kansas. who served in
the upper chamber during the
Taft administration, assembled
q 4.4oo-acre farm in the World
War / period. much Of 1t for
about $25 an acre. It was all
part OF the original patent Of
2i 900 acres to william Fitzhugh
in 1885 and included q fine
Colonial residence. Ossian Hail.
built by william Fitzhugh III in
1880. The Senator made 1t his
home.
The ex-senator tried his hand
at development but his main In
terest was In farming. The area
had long been considered b
suburban possibility because the
Evening star., 1955-01-30
.6-Point Plan Offered
10 Improve Voting
Conditions in Fairfax
BIZ major recomrnendation

Six major recommended atioris
for improving voting conditions
in Fairfax County have been
submitted to county ofIicials BY
the Fairfax Democratic Execu-
tive Committee.
They are contained in q report
Of q special subcommittee on
election procedures for the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee.
william A. Parker, subcom-
mittee chairman, said the rec
concentrations we're made to help
correct problems Of inaccurate
registration and poll tax books.
confusion over precinct bound
aries, and insufficient informa-
ton on polling places and regula-
tions for election officials. Fair
fax County has had trouble on
election days since the county
was redistricted last year, chang
ing practically every precinct
and district boundary.
Here is q summary Of the SUBJ
committees recommendations:
/. Copies of election regula-
tions and written instructions
should be supplied all electoral
officials before the next primary
election. and should be posted
at polling places on election days.
Duties Of election judges and
clerks should be clearly defined.
and a school should be conducted
by the electoral board for elec-
ton officials and workers.
2. Poll tax books should be
improved, both In arrangement
and accuracy before the next
election.
8. The central file Of registered
voters should be brought up to
date by next June, either by
purging and correcting the lists
or by re-registering all voters In
the county.
4..Roomier polling places are
needed and each one should have
a special telephone on election
day.
S. Where necessary, precinct
boundaries should be corrected
before the July primary.
6. The electoral board should
consider the propriety Of
political activities by registrars
and issue instructions based on
their decision.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

right Of way through the FitS-
hugh acres had been obtained by
the Orange q Alexandria Rail-
road, now the Washington ap-
proach Of the Southern System,
with an agreement that trains
would stop when signaled at the
Ravensworth station. Mr.. Bris-
tow subdivided about As acres
near Annandale. This property
is filed up with houses now but
it was not o completely success
full venture during his lifetime.
The ex-senator lived to be SO
years old and died during World
War II. Before his death he
had sold the half Of his farm
lying south of the Southern Rail-
road tracks to a syndicate which
later sold it to Edward r. Carr.
It is now part Of his Springfield
development.
Heirs Sell Remainder.
After the war Senator Bris-
tow's heirs sold the remaining
1900 acres to a syndicate in
cluding John C. Webb, the un-
successful Democratic candidate
for Congress in the last election,
and his Fairfax law partner.
John G. Wood.
They sold 632 acres south Of
the Braddock road to Edward r.
Carr for more than $1,000 an
acre and a syndicate which he
represents has an option on 800
more. Just before Christmas,
the group including Messrs. Webb
and Wood sold the other 200
acres to M. A. Mace, q developer,
for $l,8 million.
Mr.. Mace intends to build
1000 houses on the property. He
doesn't know what TO do with
ossian Hall.
The Annandale Business Mems
Association. which is headed by
M. F. Mclaughlin, q 26-year-old
surveyor. Is trying to get home
delivery Of mail In the area. The
association is also campaigning
for street lights and for Q traffic
control light at the intersection.
The association has helped
promote a community recreation
center. Eight acres have been
acquired on the Little River pike
and q contract let for the de-.
sign Of q so by i0O-foot SWIM
ming pool and bath houses.
Construction OF the pool is to
begin this spring as soon as the
plans are finished. Eventually
1t is planned to have d softball
diamond. two tennis courts. an
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Troop Carrier Wing
Aciivated al Andrews

The 459th Troop Carrier Wing
(medium) Air Force Reserve
unit at Andrews Air Fore Base.
Md. officially has been activated.
The new unit win be equipped
with C-46 Commando aircraft.
It win be manned entirely BY air
reservists. who win be trained to
execute the mission Of the unit
--airiifting troops and supplies.
The wing Is composed Of IL
subordinate operational and sup
port units. The commander of
the new outfit has not yet been
Announced.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
AnnandaIe Builders
Turn Quiet junction
Into Real Estate Boom
BY George Kennedy

Annandale. at a meeting Of
the highways in Fairfax County.
just 10 miles west Of the
Potomac, is registering one Of
the hottest real estate tempera-
lures in the Metropolitan Area.
That this juncture Of the Little
River Turnpike (Route 236) and
the Columbia Pike (Route 244)
should be discovered" in the
mid-l950s is one Of the
paradoxes Of today's decen-
tralization.
Annandale Is mentioned often
In Civil War histories and
Mason Hirst. veteran Annandaie
real estate man who has waited
q long time for the current
boom, insists that the COM
munity is older than Alexandria
or Georgetown. It seems that 1t
was an Indian village in 1855.
when Lord Culpeper patented
the land to Col. William Fitz-
hugh.
Like Uranium Strike.
Today 1t has the atmosphere
Of q Colorado uranium strike. It
seems that every one is trying
to move In and property holders
are raising their asking price
for fear they may sell too soon.
One man with a 100-acre farm
near the intersection calmly
says that the price is 81 million.
The name, according to Mr..
Hirst, who has devoted himself
to the history Of the area. comes
from the Earl OF Annandale,
Robert de Brus. q 18th century
knight Of the northern border
who later became q king Of.
Scotland. aSa
There is nothing romantic
looking about the Virginia spot
that has continued the name.
Stores are irregularly placed
about the intersection, some In
new buildings, some converted
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Arkonsuns Here Name
Cherry Blossom Girl

The Arkansas State Society
here last night announced the
selection Of Miss Sue Farrar, l9-
year-old student at Southern
State College. Magnolia. Ark,
as Arkansas Cherry Blossom
Princess.
The Cherry Blossom Festival
will be held March 20 to April 3.
Evening star., 1955-02-23
pennsy R. R. Protests
COPPER Cargo Plan

A protest against an applica-
ton for a commuter cargo hell
copter service in the Washing
ton area has been filed with the
Civil Aeronautics Board by the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The 'copter application was
filed in January by Nelson Bliss.
of Arlington; Jacob r. Rhodes
and Carl r. Redinger. of Tako-
ma Park. Mr.. Bliss is a retired
executive of the Aluminium
Company of America; Mr..
Rhodes is an equipment engi-
neer and Mr.. Redinger is an
architectural engineer.
They propose to operate within
a 150-mile radius of Washington.
The railroad. in its protest,
said 1t has spent millions for
facilities. equipment and plants
and is providing "a highly ef-
f1cient, economical and we'll
rounded service in the area"
If a need for helicopter service
develops here. the petition said,
sit should be provided by an
existing airline rather than by
a new company"
Evening star., 1955-02-23
By .hs A..oeias.d prss.

| VIENNA, Feb. 2s.-"I had
everything but freedom and Sc
curity."
In those words pretty Miroslaya
Nachodski, 22-year-old ice skat-
ing star from Communist Czecho-
slovakia, summed up today her
reasons for seeking political
asylum in the United States.
At a news conference here in
the American zone of Austria
Miss Nachodska told how she
made her way to freedom in
Vienna few hours before she
was due to return to her home
land.
The ice star said she had been
considering escape to the West
/ for four years. Her opportunity
came when she was sent to
Vienna to take part In the 1855
world ice skating championships
last week.
"It was my big chance" she
said, because I was not consid-
cred politically reliable and had
not been permitted to perform
! in the west since 1947."
Miss Nachodska finished 18th
among % competitors for the
, women's world figure skating
title.
She said she made her final
Evening star., 1955-02-23
Had Everything but Liberty
Says Skating Star Fleeing Reds

decision to flee less than "a hours
before she was due to return to
Prague Sunday. On a last
minute shopping expedition. she
made an excuse to break away
from other team members.
She took a street car to her
hotel. near the Czech legation
picked UP her bags and took a
taxi to the United States En-
bassy. Noticing her Czech ac-
cent and nervousness. and sus-
pecting her purpose. the cabbie
took her instead to tn U. S
escapee center in Vienna, where
she applied for asylum.
"In Czechoslovakia today" She
said. II might be considered as
having had everything a person
could hope for. Like few others
In the country I was well paid
I could travel, I could some
time buy things abroad, I was
Evening star., 1955-02-23

nationally known-I had every
thing but freedom and security.
II felt like bird in a cage
who had the freedom to move
about the cage. but not beyond. /"
Miss Nachodska told newsmen
the Czech people feel the Krem-
lin shakeup that cost Georgi
Malenkov the Soviet premiership
means "a new course which may
lead to war"
"They are afraid of return
to the political course of the
Stain era," she said.
Miss Nachodska said that her
total income as a star skater and
as a recreation adviser was 500
crowns t$215) a month, COM
pared with 1,400 crowns ($200)
made by engineers. She said
even the best dancer In the
national theater earned no more
than 1000 or 1900 crowns tabout
5000.
She said she and other mem
Evening star., 1955-02-23

bers Of the nine-member Czech
team travelled together on q
single passport and were con-
stantly watched while abroad.
At home, she said, she had to
watch every, remark and even
her style of dressing.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-06-24
Here and There

Mr.. and Mrs. Martin KittleSon and
Mrs. Helen Massman were among
the many attending the open house
at Lake Mcdonald, Sunday. They
we're dinner guests there in the eve
ming
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Barnhart left,
Thursday, for a vacation trip to
Washington and Oregon. They were
accompanied to Spokane by Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Barnhart and children. The
Lee Barnharts, who visited relatives
and friends in Columbia Falls, flew
from Spokane to Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Wallace
and Mardene Topper, Creston, were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis Barnhart and family
Our mistake-Mr. and Mrs. H. O..
Sallee, Bozeman, will not be in Col
unbia Falls this weekend
Mrs. P. 7. Smithey has been i'll
in Kalispell general hospital with
virus pneumonia. Her son, Captain
Paul Smithey, his wife and two
daughters have been here visiting
and are to leave Saturday with
eventual assignment in Germany.
Mrs. Lottie Smith is a patient in
the Whitefish Memorial hospital.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-06-24
On. Vets Meeting Friday

Ninth annual meeting of the Great
Northern Vetville for Vets associa-
ton will be held in Columbia Falls
city hall Friday at 8 pm.
Expiring are terms of A. M. Har-
vey, Seattle, president, and E. M.
Boyles, Minot, secretary. Holdover
directors are Fred Mann, Columbia
Falls, vice president; P. F. Cuddi-
gan, Kalispell, and R. G. Ferguson,
Columbia Falls.
In 1916 Great Northern railroad
men purchased u acres of land from
Dudley w. Greene and Bernard
Tracey just northwest of Columbia
Falls.
The tract was then divided into
homesites with the $50 by 15O-foot
lots selling for $1OO each. Purchas-
ers were railroadmen, either retired
or anticipating retirement, and want
ing to live near the Great Northern
mainline in recreational area.
Dreams of the railroad men want
ing to live next door to each other
and within 10 minutes walk of a
trout stream were difficult to
achieve. They and their wives found
a problem in leaving old friends
and homes in such cities as Glas-
gov, Havre and Minot. However
subsequent developments in Column.
bia Falls have made their land pur.
chases good investments.
Fred Mann and R. G.. Ferguson
built homes. Chris Lund, brother
in-laW of Mann's bought the DillarC
home, and Boyles has summer cab
in in Vetville. Others are thinking
in terms of summer cabins.