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Evening star., 1955-10-12

completion Of the Constitution
avenue bridge. This structure
will have no draw span, which
viii mean q saving Of $1.9 mil
lion. Neither will a span be re-
quired on a replacement for the
old Highway Bridge. another SIS
million on the credit side.
Span for Jones Point
One new proposed bridge at
Jones Point will require q span
to handle the Alexandria traffic
Mr.. Wadsworth said.
Draw spans on other bridges
including Memorial and the new
Highway Bridge will be sealed
after the Constitution avenue
bridge is completed. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Bridge will
retain the draw feature.
Sometime before then. craft
requiring the bridges to be
opened will have to give six hours
notice. This will provide further
savings because part-time bridge
tenders will be needed only when
their services actually are re-
quired. ME- Wadsworth esti-
mated a saving of $50.450 a year
under this policy and an add-
tional $4,000 when the bridges
are permanently sealed.
The Corps Of Engineers acted
after it was determined that the
extent of commerce and navi-
CATION today does not justify the
large expenditures of building
and maintaining draw spans. Mr..
Wadsworth said.
Although commerce is about
equal to the days when the draw
bridges were devised, more barges
and tankers are being used. New
bridges must have o minimum
clearance Of 27.5 feet above the
mean low water level.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
Alexandra Pupils
To Get I'd Round
OF SuIk Vaccine

Second injections of the Salk
anti-polio vaccine will be given
next week in Alexandra. the city
Health Department announced
today.
The department said shots win
be given in public schools begin
ming Monday and that parochial
school children also will be vac
cinated next week. Private school
students will be given shots the
following week and a makeup
clinic will be scheduled at the
Health Department on Octo-
ber 81.
Approximately 1000 students
will be eligible for the second
injections. These pupils. who
are in the first and second grades,
received the first vaccine last
spring.
Children will receive their sec
ond shots at the same school
where they received their first
unless they have transferred, the
department said.
A list Of clinics will be an
nounced later. the department
said.
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Voyage in Stolen Boot Halted
AS River Police Seize 2 Boys

Yesterday the pair set out
again. one Of them wearing a
yachting cap and the other
bowie knife stolen from one OF
the boats.
The voyage ended when Mrs.
Clifford B. Curtis, 420 East
Boulevard drive, Alexandria,
spotted her yachting cap on a
boy rowing UP the river. The
Curtis 26-foot cabin cruiser
Junebug was one Of the boats the
pair had tried to start.
Mrs. Curtis and a neighbor,
Mrs. E. d. Vinogradoff. who also
lost q boat, called police.
Sergt. julius Hollowell and
Pvt. Genare Mazzarella set out
in another boat and intercepted
the young sailors. who were re-
leased TO their parents pending
"a hearing october i8 In Fairfax
Juvenile Court.
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CONVENTIONS
TODAY

National Conference of
Editorial Writers expects
300 to attend opening ses-
sion at the Statler Hotel.
The writer's are holding a
four-day meeting. (Story
on Page B-30.)
International Christian
Businessmen's Committee
begins five-day convention
at Sheraton Park Hotel with
more than 1900 scheduled
to attend.
Medical Society Of the
District Of Columbia winds
up four-day meeting at the
Statler Hotel with $500 ex-
pected. (Story on This Page.)
National Association of
Referees In Bankruptcy ends
session at Willard Hotel.
About 1875 members are at
tending.
Navy Wives Club Of Amer
lea is in fourth day OF @
meeting at Willard Hotel,
where approximately 100 are
gathered for six-day session.
Association, Of American
Railroad Dining Car Offi-
GERS closes three-day con-
vention at Shoreham Hotel.
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BOY MISSES PASS,
FALLS OUT WINDOW
or MOVING BUS

A l3-year-old boy was
hurt yesterday when he fell
from the window Of q NOV
ing Capital Transit bus as
he tried to catch a football.
Police said James Boggs.
Is, Of 1928 Sixteenth street
NV, was q passenger on Q
southbound bus on Twcn-
tieth street NV. and was
leaning from a window. An
other boy. on the street.
threw a football toward him.
He reached out to catch 1t
and fell from the bus. which
police said was moving be-
tween 10 and is miles an
hour.
The boy was admitted to
Emergency Hospital suffer-
ing from shock and cuts and
bruises. Hospital officials
said his condition Is not
serious.
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George Flynn. representing Q
citizens committee set I'D by
the Wheaton Woods school trus-
tees. said residents Of the area
are disturbed over the threat Of
double sessions next
year and urged haste on the
Aspen Hill project.
Bids on the Rocking Horse
center, designed to house rec.
reation. health and library facil-
tiles to be used jointly by other
county agencies, revealed that
the low bid Of 71,370 was $43,-
600 in excess Of budget alloca-
tions. However, the low bidder,
c. E. Mossberg, has asked that
his bid be withdrawn. The board
made no decision on whether to
award a contract to the next
lowest bidder or to advertise for
new bids.
Spending on school projects is
overrunning estimates, accord
ing to a financial report pre-
sented at the meeting.
Costs Underestimated
Mr.. Barrow said projects au-
thorized under the 1866 pro-
gram are costing $283, 900 more
than anticipated. This amount
is reduced by $264,00Q, repre-
senting the estimated cost of the
Woodmont Elementary School
whose building has been post
poned until some future fiscal
year.
Mrs. Rose Kramer urged the
board to speed up action on
junior high schools. warning that
double sessions on the secondary
school level encourage delin-
quency. Mr.. Barrow reported
that the Belt Junior High
School. now under construction.
viii be overcrowded the day it
opens.
Evening star., 1955-10-12

Those who run a doctors office
the secretaries. r>urses and
techniciars-were told last night
that patients who enter their
doors were something more than
bearers Of livers and stomachs. +"
In short. they're human.
This was the advice from DR..
Winfred OverhoIser. superintend-
ent sof st. Elizabeths Hospital
who spoke to about 500 medical
secretaries ct the Hotel Statler
The meeting was held In con-
junction with the District Medi-
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Communities Offered
Help on Problems

Fred Spinks, president OF
the Intercommunity Council Of
Southern Maryland, today in
vited residents Of the area with
community problems to seek as
sistance Of the council If they
have no special organization to
represent them.
Mr.. Spinks said he plans to
introduce an amendment to the
councils constitution to permit
such petitions to the councils
Health and Welfare Committee.
The council met at the county
courthouse In Upper Marlboro
last night. A scheduled cleo
ton OF new officers was post
poned until It's meeting at 9 pm.
october "a.
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four men arrested in last months
raid.
Most of the machines in the
earlier raid were linked by the
FBI to Charles O. Nelson Of
Ritchie. Prince Georges County.
Nelson, now serving a prison
sentence for promoting a lottery
in the District of Columbia. was
the central figure in a Senate
committee inquiry on crime in
1851.
The FBI said at that time "a
slots were brought to Maryland
from Parkersburg, w. Va.
In last months raid, 40 of
them were found in the attic
of Nelson's farm home at
Ritchie. Two were taken from
an amusement place at North
Beach, Md. The other four,
their ownership attributed to
Gray. were seized at Mechanics
vile. Leohardtown and Lexing-
ton Park.
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Arlington to, Explain
Proposed Bond Issue

The Arlington County govern
ment announced yesterday that
it is bringing the question of the
proposed $3.5 million bond issue
for highway, sewer and drain
age improvements. to be voted
on next month. to residents Of
the county through civic organ
izations and Parent Teacher AS
Isociations.
Assistant County Manager
Ronald G. Forbes said that about
1000 copies Of the 1l-page,
mimeographed statement ex-
planning the various projects
would be mailed out and that
copies would be made available
to individuals calling at the
County Managers Office.
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Stress Humon Touch,
Doctor Urges Nurses

cal Society's annual scientific
assembly.
DR.. Overholser added that
doctors, perhaps, tend to forget
the patient has more to him
than a disease. And he suggested
| it might be up to the secretaries
to provide the sympathetic smile
and understanding for patient.
He pointed out that many pa
Itients get relief from various
troubles just ''by talking to some
one" and asked the secretaries
who usually man the doctors
telephone to be patient and will
ing to listen.
AS an example Of this. he cited
Ia doctors experience in England.
The doctor served tea in his
Office during his hours there and
found that many patients were
content to come in, have a drop
of tea, and leave-without see
ing the doctor.
Earlier, at the annual luncheon
Iof the George Washington Med
Iical Society. DR.. Howard Mitchell.
speaking on Music and Medi-
cine" compared his profession
to that Of medicine.
One point in common. he said,
was that concerts have been
known to provide a general
Ianaesthesia" to an entire audi
lence.
DR.. Mitchell added that In the
National Symphony's "a years Of
active practice" in the District,
1--WE have never lost q patient. !"
DR.. Mitchell told the doctors
that music can provide the sub
stance from which a rich and full
life can be drawn.
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Willard Offers Report
River Bridges Upstream
Wont t Have Draw Spans

Taxpayers will get a tidy saw
ing from q plan Of the Army
Corps Of Engineers to drop the
requirement for draw spans on
all future Potomac River bridges
above Hams Point and to seal
the spans on some existing
bridges.
Robert L. Wadsworth, chief
Of the corps Planning and Re-
ports Branch, said the plan will
become official as soon as 1t Is
approved by the Secretary OF the
Army. Such approval is a rou-
tine step.
Mr.. Wadsworth said the new
system will go into effect with
Evening star., 1955-10-12
BY JOHN M. McKELWAY

Drugs which may reduce the
chance Of recurring heart at
tacks. were offered to District
doctors yesterday as another
method Of fighting heart disease.
So far In the three-day meet
ing Of the District Medical So
ciety, two surgical methods and
the prolonged use Of a group Of
drugs have been advocated as
the best weapons medicine has
at the time to meet the chal-
lenge of heart disease. The pro-
ponelats Of each method have
suggested its use for President
Eisenhower.
Each m ethod also Is sur
rounded with considerable diff
ference of opinion throughout
the medical profession.
Both the surgical procedures
and the drugs are aimed at the
same things: Prevention of re-
curing heart attacks. Some doc
tors are choosing the surgical
route. while others. like DR.. E.
Sterling Nichol. prefer the drug
route.
Clothing Retarded
DR.. Nichols report at yester-
days session Of the annual SCI
entific assembly Of the local So
ciety-some $500 physicians are
attending - dealt with drugs
known as "anticoagulants."
These are the drugs which, ap-
parently, lessen the chance Of
blood clotting in the arteries and
resulting in severe damage to
the heart muscle.
Or, Nichol. reporting on a wide
survey which covered 10 cities
and 1901 patients. said there
was good evidence lives can be
saved by prolonged and closely
supervised use Of the drugs.
He said patients were under
treatment for from less than a
year to over eight years, with the
average Of about two years.
The mortality for the group
while on treatment was 131-or
IL per cent.
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little forward toward the laying
|of bricks for the schools.
Once again. a decision was
postponed on the purchase Of a
site for the proposed Twinbrook
Forest Elementary School. de-
signed to ease double sessions
in the Rockville area next year.
In the case Of the proposed
Aspen Hill road ool-planned
to prevent double sessions In the
Wheaton Woods Weller road
school diStrictS-the board voted
Ito ask County Counsel Charles
Irelan yhy condemnation pro-
ceedings have not been filed
Condemnation was authorized
three months ago.
Budget $4,000 Shy
The experimental Rocking
Horse Educational Center
which would absorb the overflow
Iof pupils from the Viers Mill
lSchooi-was set back when bids
revealed the board was shy by
$43, 900 in its budgeting for the
school.
Arthur Anderson, architect for
1.-THE Twinbrook Forest School, in
formed the board that test bor-
iings on the site the board had
planned to purchase showed that
lit will cost about $1,000 an acre
Ito clear the 10-acre tract to build
the school. The borings revealed
quite a bit" of rock. he said.
An agreement to purchase the
tract for $4,000 an acre had been
made with Joseph Geeraert
Rockville developer. but the final
contract has not been signed.
Wylie Barrow, board member
suggested that a legal opinion be
sought on the status Of the pur-
chase plans.
At stake also is an adjoining
tract Of 20 acres on which the
board had planned to build a new
South Rockville Junior High
School. This tract has been
termed satisfactory by architects
though it has not yet been pur-
chased from Mr.. Geeraert.
Protest Is Made
The request to Mr.. Irelan on
the Aspen Hill site came after
board member Harrison King
protested that the board was
proceeding with architects plans
for the project twhen we have
no claim on the land
The 24-room school largest
elementary school project space
wise In the county's history-is
intended to take up the slack
i'm the Wheaton Woods, Weller
Road and Connecticut Avenue
Park schools. The three schools
yesterday had a combined en-
Irollment of 2.438. against a COM
bined capacity of 1850. Some
Weller Road classes are on dou-
BILE sessions.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
Alexandra Delays Action
On Jones Point Bridge

tvate firms rather than doing Il
with city crews.
Mr.. Willard said that many
Recommendations made in a re-
cent city government survey still
remain to be In effect and that
the Administrators organiza-
Etion and procedures should be
Iadjusted to keep pace with In
lcreasing demands.
The most urgent considera.
ton is how TO meet increased
budget needs when such new
services as the Francis Hammond
High School. the new incinera.
tor. street maintenance, santa.
ltion. public safety activities ir
new subdivisions, and paymentl
Iof principal and interest on ths
new bond issue are not elective
projects but compulsory obliga.
|tions Of the local government,
he said. e.
Underground Lines
The Council asked Mr.. Willarc
to meet with officials OF the vir.
ginia Electric and Power Co
TO determine the cost of and Q
priority system for putting por.
Itions Of the conpany's electric
lines underground. According tc
the company's franchise granted
in 1880. the City Council can re-
Iquire the company to put five
miles of lines underground.
The Old Town Civic Associa-
Ition asked the council to invoke
the franchise requirement and
require the company to put un-
derground lines to the City Hall
hospital and other public build
ings. The association also wants
underground lines in the old
section Of town to make 1t more
attractive.
r. c. Hopkins a power COM
Ipany representative, said any re-
Iquirement that an extensive
underground program be carried
out probably would mean an in
crease in electric rates to meet
the high expenses of such in
staliation.
The council denied a special
use permit for the location OF
the Alexandria YWCA unit in the
Rosemont section. About 80
residents protested that the pro-
posed location at 400 Russell
road is in the center Of q resi-
Dental neighborhood.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
G. .0.P. 10 Pick
Committeeman
Al Polls Here
District Members
Vote to Abandon
Precinct Method

E
The Republican organize ion
lin Washington has decided to
make use of the new political
primary machinery in electing
members of the District g. o. p
State Central Committee.
At a meeting last night in the
Willard Hotel, members Of the
present committee voted to
abandon the precinct method Of
election In favor Of hallotings al
the polls.
The new rules will apply al
the party primary next May !
when Republicans also viii elect
1.-TWO members of the national
committee and delegates anc
alternates to the 1856 national
convention.
The Democrats viii hold theil
own primary simultaneously.
Revised Rules Adopted
Under the revised rule
adopted last night. the size o.
the Republican State Contra
Committee will remain at 86
In the future. voters viii choose
Is committee members at the
polls. The IS. in turn. viii Sc.
|lect 81 others.
heretofore, at separate precinct
meetings. Republicans chose Al
committee members. The 43. II
turn, selected 43 others.
Chairman George L. Hart. jr.
explained that use of the primary
presented q problem in that il
was desirable not to have toe
many candidates names on the
ballot and yet it was important
Ito have enough for fair repre-
Isentation.
As matters stand. Republican
voters will have to mark theil
ballots 80 times-for two Ma
Itional Committee members. sia
convention delegates. six alter.
mates and Is local COMMITTEES
members.
Once organized, the Republic
can State Central Committee vii
establish an Executive Commit
tee Of 25 and a Sub-Executivt
Committee Of seven, which vii
have authority to act for thu
party between formal meetings
Young People Sought
The organization resolved To
enlist more young people In
party affairs. It directed future
precinct chairmen to appoint
voters between 81 and 80 years
Iof age as precinct workers, as
far as practicable.
Any qualified Republican can
enter the primary election as a
candidate but the Central Com
|mittee will back q ticket ito
make certain that representative
members Of the Republican
Party . /. !. shall become candi-
dates"
The new rules were drafted by
Ia committee consisting Of Ed
ward F. Colladay, Clyde D. Gar
|rett, the National Committee
man; Carl Shipley. secretary,
and Chairman Hart.
At last nights meeting. the
committee accepted designations
from Morris A. Bell and Col.
West A. Hamilton. Col. Hamil-
ton is one Of the three members
of the District Elections Board.
which viii supervise the primary
voting.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
'Tux Shore Distributed

RICHMOND. Oct. IL R1.-
State Controller Sidney c.
Day today ordered $547.779.86
distributed among Virginia cities
and counties as their share OF
the State wine tax for the fiscal
year ended June 80.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
Drug Treatment Urged
As Heart Disease Curb

But, he added, 319 Of the 1901
patients eventually discontinued
treatment with the drugs-and
90 Of them died. constituting q
mortality rate Of 28.2 per cent.
Drawbacks to anticoagulants
are their tendency to produce
hemorrhages within the body.
DR.. Nichol said these occunances
cause no serious damage" and
patients, once treated. can be
placed back on an anticoagulant
diet. He said the majority Of
patients. those who have con-
tinued with the treatment, are
active and experiencing less
pain"-one Of the symptoms Of
chronic heart disease usually lo-
Gated In the chest region.
DR.. Nichol. a strong advocate
of this type of heart-disease
therapy, said he believed the day
would come when better coag-.
ulants are discovered. Six
such drugs are in use now. he
said.
Preventive Use
DR.. Nicllol suggested that per-
sons may soon be taking anti
coagulants even before they have.
experienced any sign of heart
disease-as a protection against
future attacks.
DR.. Donald Stubbs, president
of Medical Service, Washington's
Blue Shield plan. told colleagues
at another session of the meet
ing. held In the Statler Hotel,
that it would be wise to back the
proposed Government employees
voluntary insurance plan--as far
as Blue Shield was concerned.
Such a program, he said,
would broaden the base" of
Medical Service by enlarging its
membership as well as its bene-
flts.
At tonight's final session. local
doctors will honor three coll
leagues during a banquet. They
include DR.. Charles Stanley
White, DR.. Addison Duval and
DR.. William Earl Clark.
Evening star., 1955-10-12

The Alexandria City Council
last night delayed action on a
request that the city formally
commit itself to participate in
the proposed Jones Point Poto-
mac River bridge.
The Virginia State Highway
Department asked the city last
June to commit itself to its share
OF the cost Of approaches to the
span and to declare approach
roads as limited access highways.
Councilmen said they wanted
more time to study q resolution
presented last night by City At
torney v. Floyd williams to
make sure that the city would
not be committing itself to ap-
proach roads that may not be
desirable from the city's stand
point.
Bridge Favored
The council has gone on rec
ord in favor Of the bridge which
would be q link In the outer belt
highway around Washington. but
has never actually committed tt
self to spend any money.
Under the present plan, Alex
andia would pay one-fourth Of
the cost Of the approaches with
in the city limits. The State and
Federal Governments would pay
the remainder. The Federal Gov
ernment will pay for the entire
cost Of the bridge itself.
A sum of $250,o0 as the city's
share Of the approaches has been
set up In o new bond issue. but
councilmen want to make sure
where the approaches are going
before they approve any expendi-
lures.
lily MdlldBci Ad r. Whldkd
told the council 1t would get an
opportunity to pass on plans for
the approaches when they are
drawn up.
willard Offers Report
The council received an an
nual report from Mr.. Willard.
It outlined government progress
during the past year. Among
the accomplishments noted were
establishment Of q city personnel
department and elimination Of
construction work by the city.
The city now lets most Of its
public works construction to pri-
Evening star., 1955-10-12
ForestviIIe Benefit

The two sandlot baseball teams
of Forestville, Va, are to benefit
from turkey dinner served by
the Forestville Athletic Associa-
ton from Q TO s pm. Saturday
lin the Forestville Grange Hall.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
Citizens Meeting

The Rosemary Hills Citizens
Association will hold its first
meeting of the 1856 season at
$3.50 pm. Thursday at the Rock
Creek Forest School, Grubb road.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
3 School Projects
Again Are Delayed
Montgomery Board WrestIes
With oyercrowdinq Problem

Three Montgomery County school projects-all In
tended to relieve critical overcrowding for the 1867
school year. face continued delays in the start Of con-
struction.
with the barriers in the path of the projects but moved
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MONSICNOR HIGGINS
The Aduent of Labor Unity

lishment of a just and lasting
peace. Grant that we may not
give way to pessimism or de-
Spair.
For Thy Greater Glory
We are sorry for the mis-
takes which we have made dur
ing the past twenty years. Give
us the grace to correct our
faults and imperfections so that
everything we do in the future
may be for Thy greater glory
and the benefit of our fellow
men. We will need Your divine
assistance more than ever in
the future.
We approach this historic
turning-point in American his
tory fully conscious of the pos
sible dangers as we'll as the po-
tential benefits involved in the
establishment of labor unity.
Labor unity is not an end in it.
self. II is only means to an
end. If it helps to advance the
cause of social justice, as we
expect it to do, it will be
great boon to our beloved coun-
try. IL, on the other hand, it
fails to serve the people whom
1t will be privileged to repre-
sent, il ii fails to respect the
rights of management and the
public - If. in short, il fails to
serve the general welfare it
will not and should not be per-
mitted to survive,
The future of this expert
ment is hidden from our eyes.
Everything depends upon us,
but we, in turn, are absolute
ly dependent upon Your divine
assistance.
A Heart Quick 10 Learn
Give us the necessary wis
dom, prudence and fortitude to
make of labor unity the tre-
mendous blessing which il is
capable of being and which ii
promises to be, not only for the
working people of the United
States but for the nation as
whole.
Help us to pray every day
of our lives as Solomon prayed
at the altar of Gabaon. When
the Lord appeared to Solomon
in a dream and told him 10
choose whatever gift he want