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Evening star., 1955-05-15
STAR DUST

FFNODAYS PHOTOPANTING. March the Colors"
l. (p. 32. represents something new at the Marine
Barracksthe Sunset Parade inaugurated April Is 1t
Col John B. Sweeney executive officer Of the barracks
parade commander and Gen Lemuel c. Shepherd jr
Commandant OF the Marine Corps the reviewing officer
1t colorful and inspiring Incidentally
the barracks besides being the official residence
commandant. is the Oldest Of all Marine posts 1t
established in 1901 site that President Thomas Jefferson
riding horseback with the then commandant 1t. Col
William Ward Burrows helped to select. The Commandants
House said to be the Oldest public building still in
such in Washington The barracks also has been
the home of the Marine Band for 154 and here
that John Philip Sousa during the period he leader Of
the group. wrote many of his famous marches. The
Marines who occupy the barracks employed for
Official ceremonies Washington Institutional duties
in the Marine Corps Institute.
NEXT SUNDAY
Cover: girl softba player Inside: Features soft
ball. the Pentagon Restaurant wide variety of other
subjects.
PICTURE CREDITS
Evening star., 1955-05-15
IN THIS ISSUE

IN u Uu0 B00~6
ADVENTURE
Luck of the Borton---- ----------------------
SPORTS
Baseball lobbyist
Fish'sEye Views------------
For Busy Men
TELEVISloN AND RADIO
More Than Meets the Eye------------------lO
VOAs Woman Engineers ers-------------------l2
EMBASSY VISIT
Visit to the Finnish Embassy
PEOPLE
Office Pin in-Ups------------------
FOOD
MISCELLANY
Photopontine: March on the coIors ---------32
Ntokn9 FoceS----
This Curious World
STAR DUST
Evening star., 1955-05-15
NEXT SUNDAY

Covers girl softball player Inside Features soft
ball. the Pentagon Restaurant and wide variety of other
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Bike-Ridine Gang
Seized for Series
Of Purse Snutches

Police yesterday rounded up q
gang of bicycle-mounted young
highwaymen and charged them
with series of purse snatchings
on Washington streets.
The four boys, two of them IA
one is and one 13, all colored
we're sent to the Receiving Home
to await court action on the rob-
berry charges
Police said their method of op-
Grafton was to ride their bikes
in a flying squad. One boy would
snatch a woman'S purse from her
hand as he rode by and throw it
to a second rider, who would re-
move the wallet and throw the
purse to third boy who would
carry it a short distance and
then toss it away.
The boys told police they used
the proceeds of their robberies
to buy extra equipment for their
bikes. A witness who recognized
one of the boys put police on
their trail.
Among their victims were Mrs.
Lewis Thorpe. GAL c street NE,
from whom they got 5000; Ollie
Wells, of 405 A street Sc, who
lost SIS, and Mrs. Leo Chaquette.
of 1913 Holbrook street NE.
whom they robbed of 50.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for TONIGHT

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star. in cooperation
with the Film Center of Wash
ington and the recreation de-
partments of the District and
Alexandria and Prince Georges,
M o tg omery and Arlington
Counties.
- Washington. at Dusk
Jenney. Wisconsin avenue and Abe
Rudolph. Second and Hamilton
LanEdon, Twenty-second and Prank
Powell Sixteenth and Lamont streets
New York Avenue: First street and
New York avenue NV.
Langston I,o SSlo street NE, ~,
Randall, First and ! streets s.w
Simon. Fourth and Mississippi av-
pouslass. Douglass and stanton road,
ArIinEten County, $50 PM.
50, Fort Barnard; South Oakland and
waiter FSC6u uEINS.
Lyon Village, Lee highway and North
Highland street.
Montgomery County. $50 PM
Rock Greek. East Leland street and
Beach drive Chevy Chase.
Colesyille, 14105 Colesville road. ad-
lacent to Colesville Elem. School. Silver
Spring.
Prince GEORGES County, $50 PM.
Accokeek Playground. Bryans Point
road. Accokeek
Brentwood Playground, Bartlett Park,
Thirty-eighth and Utah streets. Brent
wood. n
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Fireworks BIust
Laid to Boy

The Fourth Of July came eight
days early yesterday at Benning
road and Forty-fourth street
NE.
A fireworks stand had been
set up there. A small boy was
lettering nearby, encouraging a
spark on his glowing piece of
punk, and well, damage
totaled about $40.
Robert Able, 1928 First street
Sc, part owner of the stand.
said he didn't know whether the
boy blew a spark into the dis
play, or brushed it with the
igniter. The boy departed
abruptly as the incendiaries
went off.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Truck Firms
Shut Down

Several truck transport firm.
here shut down over the weel
end because of a teamster strike
in New England.
Truckers in. Connecticut
Rhode Island and Massachusetts
struck a week ago Wednesday
the firms here said, and las,
Friday business trickled to a
stop here with the affected COM
panieS.
Associated Transport, Inc,
1885 Montana avenue NE, said
approximately so persons were
idled in its Washington opera
ton.
The Adley Express Co., 1000
Half street Sc, said Is of its
Washington workers were out
of work.
The tieup has stopped so to
IS truckloads a day from enter
ing the District area. an Adley
official estimated. He said
smaller companies here, entire
ly reliant on New England con-
tracts. are also shut down.
Teamsters struck seven New
England trucking companies in
a wage dispute, one company Of
flcer said here, and some 800
other truck firms shut down in
protest. A meeting between
workers and management off,
cials is scheduled in Boston to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Dogged Pursuer
Outdoes Hounds,
Finds Convicts

Two escaped convicts from
Virginia Prison Camp No. 80
have been recaptured by the
camp superintendent, who re-
fused to give up looking for
them.
The two, James Seasons, who
was serving seven years for
housebreaking. and Arth u +
Goodwin, serving 16 years for
robbery, were caught Saturday
night by Sergt. Michael Russell,
the superintendent.
He spotted them walking
along Route so toward Wash
ington. They had escaped from
a road gang near Pender on
Thursday. Bloodhounds failed
to find them. Sergt. Russell said
they had changed into different
clothes, stolen from a construc-
ton shack, and hid in the woods
until they thought it was safe
to emerge.
They had been out of the
woods only a short time when
Sergt. Russell, patrolling the
road in search of them, came
along.
Evening star., 1955-06-27

tragedy is that Edward might
have been near shore, already on
his feet and off the mat, and
may have been pulled under
the mat, perhaps by an under
tow. The mat atop him could
have prevented the boy from
Isurfacing Mr.. Cronin said.
He said none of the party had
been far out in the water.
The boy would have been 10
years old in September. He was
graduated last year from Con-
!zaga College High School, and
had just finished his freshman
year at Georgetown. He majored
in English and history.
Active in Sports
In high school he was active
in intramural sports and was
on the Yearbook Committee. He
played baseball and basketball
with st. AIMS parish teams in
the Catholic Youth Organiza-
ton.
Besides his parents, survivors
include two sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. j. w. Malloy, 1407
Sanford court, Annandale, Va;
Mrs. o. F.. Schuette, jr., Bad
Hamburg. Germany; Ensign
John E. Cronin. aboard the
heavy cruiser USS Des Moines,
and Thomas j. Cronin, jr.,
Seattle.
His parish Holy Name Society
will hold a rosary service at $50
O'Clock tonight in the Collins
funeral home, 1921 Fourteenth
street NV. Requiem mass will
be at 9 am. Wednesday at st.
AIMS. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Area Teachers
Attend Panels

Some 81 teachers and other
school officials from Mont
gomery County are attending
workshops on inter-group rela-
tions at American. Catholic, and
Howard Universities.
Seven are having their ex-
penses paid by the County
School Board. The American
Friends Service Committee has
provided grants for three others;
the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, three, and
the Anti-Defamation League, of
B'nai Birth, eight.
Attending a To-day workshop
on school integration at Howard
University are Mrs. John G..
Scharf, School Board member:
Mrs. Lucille Kerr, Bethesda
elementary teacher: Mrs. Ro-
maine Robinson, Lincoln Junior
High teacher; Maurice C. Ward,
Poolesville High teacher; Charles
E. Conroy, Mrs. Selma S. Pos
ner, and Mrs. Ora M. Poole, Nc
Kenney Hills Elementary.
Also Mrs. Helen M. johnson,
principal and Mrs. Mildred l..
Forward and Mrs. Erma Halli-
day, teachers, Of Four Corners
Elementary; Mrs. Mildred H.
Hunter and Mrs. June T. Wright,
Oakland Terrace Elementary
teachers, and Ed Agdda. Takoma
Park Junior High teacher.
Attending a three-week ses-
sion on human relations and
inter group understanding at
American University are Miss
Parepa Linthicum, principal Of
Rock Creek Palisades Elemen-
tary; Charles Remaley, principal,
Sherwood High School; Mrs.
Mary E. Holt, teacher, Longview
Elementary; Mrs. frankie Clark,
teacher, West Rockville Elemen-
tary; Mrs. Verna Strobaugh,
visiting teacher. and Mrs. Helena
Lendsey, Longview Elementary.
Two teachers today began a
six-week workshop on inter-
group education at Catholic Uni
versity. They are Mrs. D. Wini-
fred Byrd, of Lincoln Junior
High and Miss Mary E. Patton,
Potomac Elementary.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Man Is Indicted
In S928 Bi|king

A man was indicted today OF
charges of stealing a total o.
1923 last January from three re.
Gently discharged soldiers during
a confidence buildup scheme.
The defendant, Roy H. Bur.
well. 81, colored, of the 210O bloch
of Fifteenth street NV, inter.
cepted the three former soldier.
in the lobby of the Dunbar Ho.
tel, according to police. Burwell
police said, told the three men
who wanted room, that the
hotel was filled and volunteered
to take them to a building in the
1400 block of Belmont street
NV. to get them a room.
Upon arrival. police said, Bur-
we'll suggested. that the three
men show confidence in each
other by putting all their money
in an envelope which he would
initial for them, Police said the
three handed him the money in
an envelope and that BurweN
handed them an initiated envel-
ope and walked away under the
pretext of obtaining a room for
them.
BurweIl disappeared, police
said, and the envelope he had
turned over to the trio was
found to be stuffed with paper.
The victims, all colored, were
Horsley M. Lewis, %, Of Appo-
Va; Norvil L. Echols.
"a. and Noble M. Echols, %,
brothers of Dry Fork, Va.
The indictment was among Is
returned by two grand juries be-
fore Judge Luther w. Young
dahl of the United States Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia.
A grand jury ignored a homi-
eide charge against Otis Evans,
35, colored of the 100 block
Of Swami street NV. The grand
jury's action exonerated Evans
f any blame in the fatal stab
bing last month of Carol j.
VanNaamen, 80, during a street
fight.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
GU Student browns
AT Ocean City Resort

A District student In George
town University drowned Satur-
day at Ocean City. Md. his body
washing UP onto a crowded
beach.
Edward Cronin, 10. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas J. Cronin, 3717
Warren street NV, was the
first drowning victim of Ocean
City's summer season.
TIE body was discovered in
the shallow surf on the beach
between Fifth and Sixth streets
around 5 pm, less than three
hours after he entered the water
on a rented inflatable surf mat.
Although his son was not an
expert swimmer. he has been
swimming in pools here and
could stay afloat, his father said
today.
Mats Often Picked Up
The surf mat has not been
found. But Coast Guardsmen
explained the mats are often
picked up on the beach by chill
dren and carried away.
Mr.. Cronin said Edward drove
to Ocean City Friday evening
with another boy to join other
friends for a weekend outing.
The others went surf f-coasting
earlier than Edward, the father
said. But his son was with
them in the water an hour or so
before they left to dress, Mr.
Cronin said.
When the party returned to
the beach to pick up Edward,
they saw neither him nor the
raft and thought he had already
returned it as he said he would,
Mr.. Cronin said.
Body Washed Ashore
Shortly after that the party
noticed the commotion on the
beach and discovered the body
had been washed ashore.
Coast Guardsmen worked at
least 11a hours with oxygen and
a pulmotor in an attempt to re-
vive the boy, Mr.. Cronin said.
Mr.. Cronin said he thinks the
most likely explanation of the
Evening star., 1955-06-27
10 Ease
Parking Curbs
Motorists Get Rules
In Event of CTCTieup

Parking restrictions will be
eased downtown in the event of
Ia Capital Transit strike some
time after midnight Thursday.
Here are the rules motorists will
follow:
l. They may park in front of
any parking meter without de-
posting the usual S cents.
2. Parking time limits will be
suspended, giving motorists the
right to park in the space all day
long except in cases where park
ing is prohibited during peak
hour traffic. to $50 am. and
4 to $50 pm.
3. Motorists will be able to
park in bus stops, bus zones, bus
stands and streetcar stops of the
Capital Transit Co. except where
parking is prohibited along the
entire street at special times, or
during a traffic rush.
4. Motorists may park all day
i'm areas normally limited to two
hours or less.
S. Vehicles may be parked at
45-degree angles on the streetcar
tracks on the following streets
except on cross walks, within Is
feet thereof, within intersec-
tions, or where loading plat
forms are on both sides of the
streetcar tracks:
Connecticut avenue from x
to N street and from s street
to Columbia road, except for
block between L and M streets
NV.
F street NV. from Seventh to
Ninth street.
Indiana avenue from Third to
Fifth street.
Independence avenue S.W.
from Maryland avenue to Sew
enth street.
Massachusetts, avenue NE.
from North Capitol to First
street.
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
from Peace Monument to Fiji
teenth street and from Seven
teenth to Twenty-second street.
Eleventh street NV. from F..
street to Massachusetts, avenue.
Eighteenth street NV. from
C street to E street.
Nineteenth street NV. from
C street to E street.
Union Station Plaza on the
westbound tracks only.
Second street S.W. from In
dependence avenue to D street.
Third street S.W. from Inde-
pendence avenue to d street.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Which Of Smiths Is
Will Go on OUTING?

Mrs. Smith went to the door
to see if any of the children
were about.
Which one of her 13 children
would 20 to camp?
I'm keeping it secret" she
said.
Really, Jane and Carol are
the ones who will go. Jane is
IL, and Carol is II. John. he's
10, may be able to go, too. He's
on the waiting list"
One of the girls had a birth
day in June, the other finished
elementary school then.
"I told them I had a surprise
for them" Mrs. Smith explained.
"And camp is it. I thought I'd
tell them when the time comes
for them to have their medical
examinations"
Along with raising large FAM
lily on a small income, the Smiths
have had additional expense and
worry during the past year. One
of the children had a brain con-
cussion, another broke an arms.
another hurt a hand.
1t all cost money.
One of the girls went to camp
last year.
II went down to see her-I
wouldn't have minded staying
there myself" young Mrs. Smith
said.
Mrs. Smith would like to sup
plement the family income, but
it's hard to work and care for
the children, too. She's thinking
Of taking a night job as she did
once before, to help out.
You can make it possible for
Mrs. Smith to give her daughters
the surprise she promised them.
Your contribution to The
Evening Star Camp Fund can
bring that look of delight to
what their surprise is.
Your gift will be birthday
present, graduation present. and
summer vacation all wrapped in
one for two little girls.
The following contributions
are acknowledged today:
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Marine Unhurt
In n6O-FootF Fall
Slips While Climbing
Below Chuin Bridge

A Marine private. apparently
tough enough to be a sergeant.
survived without serious injury
a fall of 60 feet from cliffs be-
side the Potomic River yesterday.
Doctors at Bethesda Naval
Hospital said today they could
find no evidence of any injury
to Paul F. Schmid. jr., II, of
1923 Maple avenue. Bethesda,
Md, stationed at Quantico. He
was reported in good" condi-
ton.
Pvt. Schmid with a friend,
Danny Knowles, 18. 4019 Oliver
street. Chevy Chase, decided yes
terday to climb the rocky cliffs
beside the Potomac, about 500
yards downstream from Chain
Bridge.
During the climb. the young
Marine slipped, fell about so
feet, according to police, and was
knocked out when he landed on
the rocks.
Both Washington and Arling-
ton police were notified of the
fall by nearby fishermen.
Firemen of the District Rescue
Squad, guessing it was probably
impossible to get the unconscious
youth off the rocks from the
Virginia side of the river, bor-
rowed a boat from Fletcher's
boathouse and crossed the river
to the spot where the youth lay.
Danny Knowles had lifted his
friend to a sandy spot as rescue
workers arrived. Administering
first aid, Arlington and District
rescue squads brought the Ma
rine back to consciousness. got
him into the boat and later to
Emergency Hospital. He was
subsequently transferred to Be-
thesda Naval Hospital.
Pvt. Schmid was reported
taking nourishment" by hospi-
tai doctors today who said there
was mo evidence of any frac-
ture."
Both youths attended Bethes-
da Chevy Chase High School
before Pvt. Schmid enlisted in
the Marine Corps last year.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Conodion Guard to Join
In Marine Review on 4th

A military exchange" visit
will bring the old Fort Henry
Guard. of Kingston, Ontario,
Canada, to Washington next
Monday for a July Fourth ap-
Ipearance with United States Ma
rines at the Two Jima Memorial.
Arrival of the Canadians here
next Thursday will be a recipro-
cal visit at the invitation of Gen.
Lemuel C. Shepherd. jr.. Marine
Corps commandant. Washington
Marines visited Old Fort Henry
last year.
Marines and the Fort Henry
Guard will pass in review after
honors for the reviewing digni-
tary. There will be demonstra-
ton of precision drill by units
OF each organization and a 81
gun salute by the visitors.
The Guard. dressing in the
uniform and equipment of British
infantry units of 1867, will pre-
sent a "Fue de Joie" (Fire of
Joy) in honor of the Fourth.
They do this with their 1866
nider-Enf1eld rifles.
On parade with the Guard will
be David, a goat mascot which
stands at attention during play
ing of the National Anthem and
kneels at the command present
arms"
The Fort Henry Guard also will
participate in the Sunset Parade
ceremonies at the Marine Bar
racks, Eighth and streets Sc,
on Friday. July l.
Following this formal parade
ceremony the Guard will demon
strate battle tactics of over a
century ago. the thin red line,"
lmmortalized by the 93rd High
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Gas Workers
AuthoriizeStrike
As Talks Fail
Federal Mediutors
Asked to Intervene
In Contract Dispute
By TOM BURKE

Unionized employees of the
Washington Gas Light Co. have
given their officers authority to
call a strike if necessary to Sc
cure their new contract demands
Negotiations affecting 1900
workers, members of the AFI
Chemical Workers Union, have
snagged on issues of wages, holi-
day pay. differential pay foI
night work and vacation time
spokesmen for both the union
and the company said.
| The strike vote was taken last
Thursday and a brief negotiating
session was held Friday during
which no progress was made. The
union has a S k e d the Federal
Mediation and Cancellation Serv-
ice to step into the dispute.
Pay Boost Offered
| Company negotiators have Of
Ifered a wage increase of between
six and eight cents an hour
across the board for all workers,
ranging from charwomen who
now start at $1.26 an hour to
skilled maintenance and repair
men who earn $3.50 an hour.
| The union has been seeking in
creases ranging from seven cents
ito II cents an hour.
The union has asked for i'm
provements in the premium pay
rates for night and Sunday work
but has not specified the in
creases desired. Workers on the
/ 4 pm. to IL midnight shift now
get an 8-cent-an-hour pre-
MUM, those on the midnight to
8 am, shift receive a 13-cent-
an-hour premium and Sunday
workers get a 50-cent-an-hour
premium. The company has re-
jected efforts to raise these pre-
MUM rates.
Nine Holidays Sought
The union also seeks guaran-
Iteed holiday pay when one Of
1.-THE nine holidays (10 including
Inaugural Day every fourth year)
falls on a week end, and i'm
lprovement in the vacation sched-
iule. Employees now get three
weeks vacation after 10 years
service and four weeks after Is
years. The union wants one day
added to the vacation time for
leach three years service after
10 years to a maximum of four
weeks after Is years.
Charles d. Magruder, person.
incl director for the company,
said the company is willing to
continue negotiations.
A union official said his COM
mittee is willing to continue
talks through the mediation
service.
Contract Expired
The contract covering the l.
300 workers expired June / but
has been continued on a day-to-
day basis since that time.
Negotiations begun late this
year because a representation
election was held in May as q
result of efforts of the AFL
Electrical Workers Union to or
ganize the workers. The effort
failed and negotiations began
after May q with the Chemical
Workers who have represented
the workers for the past 10
years.
No strike has been held in the
10 years the union has repre-
sented the workers.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Recital to Be Given

A studio recital for the bene-
fit of the District of Columbia
Multiple Sclerosis Society will be
given at $3.50 pm. Thursday at
Windy Hill, the home of Miss
Ruth Eloise Rodier at Upper
Marlboro, Md. The recital will
be by piano pupils of Miss
Rodier.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
to The Evening Star, Wash
ington 4, D. C.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $17.86 for six
days, $35.72 for IL days.
Any size contributions, how
ever, are acceptable.
Evening star., 1955-06-27

landers during the battle of
Balaklava and the famous Brit
.ish Square" the maneuver that
turned the battle of Quatre Bras
and Waterloo. To- climax their
demonstration, the Guard will
form a cline of battle" with ar
tillery support.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Reservists to Meet

The Washington RONS Chap
ter of the Reserve Officers As
sociation will meet at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in the officers club at
the Naval Medical Center.
Bethesda. Md.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-02-12
Israeli Anxieties re Turkey, Iraq
and the Other Arab Nations

The DEVILS Judas Judaism and its dupes-Hebrews,
miscalled Jews'-are in Saul of Tsrsus, murderous
Hebrew ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from extremely
mild good neighbors often, the extremely aggressive
OF WHOM CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENTS NEED TO
BEWARE
But, "Cod is Working His Purpose OUT! and "A
Glorious Day (ERA, MILLENNIUM is Dawnng"!
-C.S. Hymns.
THE HEBREWS SAVIOR AND MESSIAH is HERE!
and in greater than asserted by Hebrew
vert, DIR. Arthur Nicholson of Los Angeles California,
who breaches the Christian Gospel WExL of Royal
Oak FIVE nights week. urging Hebrews to study the New
Testament-THAT JESUS is INDEED THE JEWISH
MESSIAH!!i
Readers of the Detroit Tribune cannot be surprised
such an assertion, and they know that Gods Christ
Science Messiah to all peoples gives the human the
blueprint for such Millennium the human race has
only dared to dream of and visualize for farO future