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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
BroyhiII Is Confident
GA Will Overcome
Obstacles 10 BUILDING

Central Intelligence Agency
plans for $38 million headquar-
tiers at Langley, Fairfax County,
are encountering some difficulties
from Virginia officials.
| The State Highway Depart
ment so far is unwilling to
change its priority of road i'm
| provementS near the site and the
State Water Control Board prob
ably will require enlargement
and relocation of a new sewage
plant for the area, according to
reliable sources.
CHA has been going ahead
with its plans to locate its head
quarters building employing from
5000 to 10000 persons on the
Bureau of Public Roads tract,
apparently confident that GER
tain road improvements would
be made and that suitable pro-
vision would be made for sewage
disposal.
BrOyhill Confident.
A similar confidence with re-
Spect to the roads problem was
expressed today by Representa-
tive Broyhill, Republican. in
whose nearby 10th District the
installation would be located.
Il feel that if the CHA plans
become a definite reality, the
State Highway Commission will
comply with the needs OF the
area" Mr.. Broyhiil said.
He also confirmed reports
thai he mad conferred with In
terror secretary Mckay over
expeuiting construction of the
George washington Memorial
Parkway upstream from its
present terminus at Spout Ran
parkway as lar as the Pubic
Roads property.
Funds for Parkway.
Funds are already in the cur
rent budget, he said, tor acqui-
sition OF remaining rights-of-
way from Chain Bridge to the
tract favored by CHA. Virginia
ana Fairfax County have COM
mitted themselves to the neces-
sary matching funds for this lat.
ter project.
Asked whether he favored the
huge Government Installation in
his congressional district, Mr..
Broyhlll said:
Il think it has a good chance
of improving the economy OF the
whole area-certainly more than
the Burke airport (also in FAIR
fax County and now Stalemated) .
But l haven't received much re-
action to the CHA project yet
it has been studied on such a
hush-hush basis that few knew
about it,
Want Roads Widened.
CHA wants route 123-Chain
Bridge road-Widened into a
four-lane divided highway and
also wants improvements to
route l93-Old Georgetown pike.
Thomas J. Broyhill, Arlington
real estate man and cousin OF
Representative Broyhill, has
conferred with CHA for selection
of a site. He said he couldn't be-
lieve the State would let such a
valuable project slip through its
fingers for the want of a few
highway Improvements.
Mr.. Broyhill said a CHA Off
cial whom he knew had ap-
preached him for advice when
the agency first began looking
around in nearby Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
U. 5. Eyes End
OF Stamps on
Tobacco, Spirits
Move Would Mean
Loss of Jobs for $50
At Printing Bureau

The Federal Government is
studying a proposal to eliminate
internal revenue stamps on dis
titled spirits and tobacco, it was
learned today.
If made effective. this could
result in about $50 employees at
the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing losing their jobs.
Internal Revenue Service Of
f1cials made it clear that no de-
cision on the project has yet
been reached. But it may be-
come effective around July /, if
adopted.
Secretary to Decide.
The Internal Revenue Code of
1854. Section 5703, provides a
procedure for the payment of tax
by return, instead of through
revenue stamps. The Secretary
OF the Treasury is authorized to
decide when this would take
effect.
officials pointed out that the
wine and beer industries were
placed on a daily return basis
as OF January 1. This means
that the burden of paying the
internal revenue tax is i'm
mediately placed on the manu-
facturer, who must tell the Gov
eminent how much he produces
OF his product.
The program is in keeping with
the Eisenhower administrations
policy Of getting the Govern
ment out of business where
possible.
Henry j. Holtzclaw, director
OF the bureau. pointed out today
that his agency contracts with
other Government units and per-
forms services for them for which
1t is paid. The bureau itself, he
said, does not curtail the services.
Substitute Urged.
Edward F. Ragland, executive
secretary, Associated Tobacco
Manufacturers. whose offices are
in the Willard Hotel, explained
the industry has asked the Gov
eminent to relieve it of the
stamp tax burden. Instead, it
has urged for many years that
a weekly system of reporting its
product be substituted.
Industry representatives have
met with the Government re-
Gently to discuss proposed drafts
of the regulations that would
shift over from the stamp pre-
payment basis to return sys-
TEN.
Mr.. Ragland pointed out that
the Federal Government will
save millions of dollars in the
personnel required now for
manufacturing the stamps, ex-
tensive record keeping and
other functions. Likewise, he
said, it will save the industry
millions of dollars in revenue
stamps. He said the industry has
to pay from II to Is per cent of
its working capital now for
stamps before they even make
the product. A revenue stamp of
8 cents is affixed to a pack
age of cigarettes. he said.
Internal Revenue officials said
the distilled spirits industry has
also asked for relief from the
internal revenue stamps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Children Plan Operettu

An operetta, I'm Grand Old
Switzerland" will be presented
by youngsters of the Baptist
Home for Children at 8 pm.
Saturday at Leland Junior High
School, Forty-fourth and Elm
streets, Chevy Chase. Proceeds
to be used for playground inn
provement.
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Mrs. Priest to Speak

Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, treas
urer of the United States, will
be guest speaker during the
Ladies Day" luncheon of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
1890 pm. tomorrow in the Bur-
lington Hotel. Mrs. Richard r.
Bennett, Washington author,
will also speak,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

than Boris-is a hobby with
him. He seemed to be having no
difficulty handling Boris-a le-
thargic specimen who has a
well-developed paunch from his
show diet of hamburger, shrimp
and fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
S4O3,131 Taxes
From Shopping
Center Seen
Zonine Session Held
On Development for
Connecticut Avenue

A proposed SIS million shop.
ping center on Connecticut ave-
nue. across from the Bureau Of
Standards would yield the Dis
trict $403,l31 a year in taxes,
DR.. Homer Hoyt told the city's
zoning Commission today.
DR.. Hoyt, planning consultant
who has conducted economic
surveys OF the counties surround
ing washington, testified that
about $l2 mlllion would be spent
annually for apparel in a pros
posed Sis million fashion shop
ping center.
The commission heard a mas
sive presentation OF evidence,
supporting the pea OF the CHEVY
Chase Land Co. OF Montgomery
County, Tor a rezonlng from
residential to commercial of
part OF a 20-acre tract between
Iuma and Van Ness streets on
the east side OF Connecticut.
Plan Parking for 1000 Cars.
Attorney James c. Wilkes
said the company owns mosC of
the tract, incluolng the FORMER
Leo Rocca store, ana plans TO
use six acres for apparel stores
catering to the high income
neighborhood. Some Is acres
would be used to provide parking
space for 1000 automobiles.
Daniel w. ODonoghue. speak
ing for the Dunoarton College of
Holy Cross Academy, which lies
just east of the tract. said the
academy had no objection. How
ever, he testified, the institution
reserved the right to object later
to possible proposals concerning
the development of parking
facilities.
The commission also had be-
fore it a favorable recommends
ton by its zoning Advisory
Council.
Relatively Few" Centers.
The council pointed out that
the District has relatively few
regional shopping centers and in
fact has none which, from the
standpoint of adequate parking
facilities, can be considered as
adequate in the same sense as
those outlying in the Maryland
and Virginia areas. The oppor-
tunity to set up new centers Of
this character is just about nom
existent, the commission there
fore being limited to rearrange-
ment of existing centers as the
opportunity is presented to it."
The council added that "a bet
ter opportunity to expand re-
gional facilities will probably
never arise"
DR.. Hoyt testified that New
York fashion stores are consider
ing opening of branches here If
a suitable site is available, but
have said they will move into
Montgomery County if there is
none in the District.
Mr.. Wilkes presented charts
showing the area to be the CEN
ter of diplomatic homes and Of
residences of persons named in
the social register.
Sees $14 Million Spending.
DR.. Hoyt testified potential
customers in the area will spend
about $14 million a year in the
center, $l2 million of this for
clothing. He insisted that the
wide expanse of free parking is
necessary to attract such Gus
toners.
He agreed with Mr.. Wilkes
that if the area were developed
according to its present residen-
tlal coming, the District would
get tax surplus of $l8,333 a
year over and above the cost Of
servicing the area. But, if de-
veloped as proposed by the Chevy
Chase Land Co.. the District
would receive a tax surplus of
$403,131 annually, they said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

My father was accidentally
killed when was a little fellow. My
mother was left with family of
five children and another child was
on the way.
The oldest child was 10. My
mother had a farm of 40 acres and
no one to work it. So our neighbors
would come each spring, pillow our
field and sow our corn and other
farm crops. In the fall they would
come and harvest our crops, then cut
and stack wood for the winter.
The friendlinesS and unselfish-
ness of our neighbors remains one of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
A TlrnnDAt fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections by People You Know
By Clark Griffith
President, Washington Boseball Club

I'm IS years old now, but philosophy which has
manned uppermost in my mind since little boy tot
terng around our farmhouse in Clear Creek No. Love
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09


the revenue the District would
realize If the same amount of
space occupied by the Federal
establishment was used by pri-
vate industry. The answer.
therefore. is a greater assump-
ton by Uncle Sam of his obi
CATION"
Meanwhile, the Commissioners
planned to meet tomorrow to
consider ways and means of rails
ing sufficient revenue to meet,
the mounting fiscal demands of
the city government, including
proposed increase in pay Of
employees. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

the most vivid ecoectionS of fe for could not have
survived crisis without their help They recognized
the fact that helpless and simply pitched in and
did the job.
certain this sort Of brotherly love has been expe
renced by many other people, but has deep and special
significance to me. Those kind neighbors left lasting
impression.
Ton,orrow-Elnner Louis Kayser.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Edward Goodwin,
Race Enthusiast

Edward Goodwin, sr.. 81, trot-
ting horse enthusiast and the
father OF contractor Ralph God
win Of is Woodmoor drive, Silver
Spring, Md. died Sunday after a
brief illness in Wilmington
Del.
Born in Crompton. Md, Mr.
Goodwin had lived in Delaware
most Of his life. He retired in
1948 after 43 years of service as
an employe of the city Of Will
mington.
A member of the American
Trotters Association, Mr.. Goodwin
planned to enter his horse, Glen
dale Easter, in the Brandywine
Raceway this year. Two weeks
before he died he was exercis-
ing his horse at the trotters track
IN Newark, Del.
Mr.. Goodwin lived with his son,
Earl, in Newark. He had 56 de-
scendants, including FIVE sons
and three daughters.
He was buried in Wilmington
Evening star., 1955-08-20
'Orvin Peterson,
District Resident

Orvin Samuel Peterson, so, oi
3724 Twenty-Fourth street NE.
q resident of the District and
civil servant for nearly 40 years
died Wednesday in Sibley Hospi-
tai.
Mr.. Peterson, q native OF
Houston, Mimi. came here In
1918 to work for the War De-
partnent. He later transferred
to the Treasury Department
then to the Post Office Depart
ment. He retired from his book
keeping post there in 1850.
Mr.. Peterson taught school in
Ia rural district of Houston be-
fore coming to Washington.
He was a member of Mystic
Circle Lodge No. 78 of the
MaSons in Houston.
Surviving are his widow. Lydia
*, of the home address; his
mother. Mrs. P S. Peterson OF
Houston: two brothers. Richard
of Berlin. Wis. and Nordine of
Houston: and three sisters, Mrs
Paul Heltne Of Austin. Mimi,
and Misses Nina and Cora Peter
son OF Waukegan. Ill.
Funeral services were to be
held today in the Chambers
Funeral Home, Riverdale, Md,
with burial in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
George F. AgnieI,
Former CIothier

George Flower Agniel, 10. dice
yesterday at his home, 12l
Twelfth street Sc, of a hear
attack shortly after being
stricken at the dinner table.
A native of Princeton. Ind.
he was a great-grandson oi
George Flower, who founded the
first English settlement in Iii.
nois.
Mr.. Agniel was educated al
the University Of Indiana. He
came to Washington in 1888 anc
had been in the clothing busi-
ness for many years. He was
Ia member Of New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs
Emily s. Agniel; three sisters
Misses Rosarnond and Margue-
rite Agniel and Mrs. Lucille
Gaines, and q brother. Vivian
w. Agniel, all Of the Twelfth
street address.
Funeral services are incom-
plete.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Burger Post
Marks Time

No immediate action is an
ticipated on a possible recess
appointment Of Assistant Attor-
Iney General Warren E. Burger
to the U. S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia.
President Eisenhower nomi-
mated Mr.. Burger, formerly Of
st. Paul, Mimi, for the $25, 900
Ipost on June 81. The nomina-
Ition. however, ran into opposi-
ton at q Judiciary subcom-
mittee meeting and advanced
mo further toward Senate con-
If1rmation.
It is expected the President
will again nominate Mr.. Burger
to the court. or he could give
him a recess appointment before
Congress returns. In either
case, the Senate would have to
approve.
One source familiar with the
situation. who asked that he
not be named, said no early
action is expected because the
Court Of Appeals will not meet
for its fall term until early Oc-
tober.
The Judiciary subcommittee,
headed by Senator O'Mahoney,
Democrat, of Wyoming held
hearings on the nomination on
July 20 and August /. Senator
iO'Mahoney told a reporter his
group took no action because it
was waiting for some material
from the Justice Department re-
quested by Senator LANCER of
North Dakota. Some former de-
Ipartment . employees testified
against Mr.. Burger, critcizing
personnel policies.
Senator Thye, Republican, of
Minnesota supported Mr.. Burger,
who receives $4,000 as an as
sistant attorney general, for the
court job. Senator Humphrey,
Democrat, of Minnesota said he
would take a neutral position.
No major opposition to his
confirmation by the Senate is
anticipated If Mr.. Burger is
again nominated to the court.
The Justice Department, which
passes upon such nominations
before the White House acts.
declined comment on the situa-
ton. The White House likewise
said 1t had no information as
to what might develop.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Naval Reservists
Go on Cruise

Sixty enlisted and five officer
naval reservists will leave the
Naval Gun Factory at 1880 pm.
tomorrow on a two-week train
ling cruise to Havana aboard the
destroyer escort Robert Excl
Ter.
They are scheduled to return
to Washington September 2.
The reservists, all from the
District area and members of
various reserve units of the Po-
tomac River Naval Command,
will receive tactical and oper-
Iational training from members
of the regular crew while at sea,
This is the Keller's first trip to
Havana since November. 1854,
when she took a group of reserv-
lists on a similar cruise.
1t. Comdr. l.. E. Voorhees,
commanding officer, plans to
lput into Havana August 26, and
grant liberty to the reservists
over the week end. Next month
the Keller will make a cruise
to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Wheeler P. White,
Ex-Trunsit EmpIoye

Wheeler P. White, so, former
Capital Transit Co. employe anc
in recent years a Culpeper (va.)
farmer, died Monday of a heart
attack at a Falls Church ami.
NAL hospital, where he had taker
two of his children to see 9
hospitalized pet dog.
Mr.. White, 1865 North Rock.
Iingham street, Falls Church, wa.
born in Culpeper. the son Of
the late Abrham S. Lavanis
Jasper White. He was a Baptist
and a Mason.
Survivors are his widow. Mary
Neale White: four children
Carolyn Marie, 10; william
Wheeler, IL; James Neale. 8;
Thomas Arthur. 8: six brother:
and a sister, o. T. White, Cul-
pepper: Air Force 1t. Douglas C.
White. Frankfort, Germany;
Ralph T.. Alexandria: Samue
A. Richmond; Strother anc
Woodward w. White, both o.
Middleburg, Va, and Mrs. Ed.
ward Mater, Dayton.
He was buried at Nationa
Memorial Park Cemetery follow.
ing services at his late home.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Fall Keeps Lono Turner
Idle for Two Weeks

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20 P.--
Actress Lana Turner's physician
has ordered her to bed for two
weeks for treatment of a brain
conclusion suffered in a bathtub
fall.
Her studio said she slipped
while getting out of the tub last
week in Acapulco, Mex. where
she and her husband, actor Lex
Barker, were vacationing. They
returned Monday.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
|MeKeIdin Nephew
Put on Probation

BALTIMORE, Aug. 20 R.-
George H. McKeldin. jr., 81, q
nephew Of Maryland's Governor
and son Of a policeman, and
Christian Ess, 20, received three
year suspended sentences and
were placed on probation yester-
day for the attempted burglary
Iof a filling station last June IL.
Judge Herman NJ. Moser in
Criminal Court followed recon-
|mendations Of q probation report
In suspending the sentences and
made conditions Of McKeldin's
probation that he cease drinking
and refrain from operating an
automobile for ct least one year.
Police Sergt. Russell Disney
witnessed the attempted entry
Of the filling station in North
Baltimore and pursued the pair
who tried to fee in an auto
mobile, the court was told.
Young McKeldin Is the son
of Patrolman George H. Nc
Keldin, policeman brother Of
Gov. McKeldin.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Three Surplus SoIes
Planned by Navy

Three surplus sales were an
nounced today by the Potomac
River Naval Command.
The first includes AZ varieties
of motor vehicles. construction
machinery and materials -han-
ding equipment. They will be or
view 9 am. to 4 pm. Mondays
through Fridays at the sale sites
including. the Bellevue Navy
Annex here; the Navy Transpor-
tation Shop. Eighth street and
South Courthouse road. Airing
ton; Naval Powder Factory, In
dian Head, Md; Naval Proving
Ground. Dahlgren. Va; Naval
Air Station. Patuxent River, Md;
Marine Corps Laboratory, White
Oak, Md. and the White Oak
Naval Ordnance Laboratory.
That sale closes at 1880 PM
August 81.
The other two sales involve
Office machines and supplies
rubber scrap and scrap metals,
The former are at the Bellevue
Navy Annex, the latter at the
Naval Gun Factory and Anacos-
tia Naval Air Station. The sales
end at 1870 pm. September 6.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Robert D. D. Scott, 18, Son
OF British Minister to u. 5.

Robert Douglas Durie Scott.
Is, son of Sir Robert Scott. the
British Minister to Washington.
drowned Tuesday in a ''frogman"
training exercise in England.
His family had just seen him
Monday, and the following day
they few from England to New
York. Sir Robert and his wife
and their daughter Susan learned
|of Douglas death when they
reached New York Wednesday.
The SCOTS live here at 2404
IKalorama road NV. Young
Scott had visited them here in
between his schooling and the
time he began national service
duty last September with the
Royal Marines. He was a sec
ond lieutenant.
British Spokesmen said 1t,
Scott was swimming in a disused
clay pit in Dorset, wearing an
underwater swim suit with
breathing equipment. He dived
and failed to surface again. His
body was recovered Wednesday.
Sir Robert, who came to Wash
Iington in 1853 as Minister, has
Evening star., 1955-08-20

Gar A. Roush. an authority or
mineral economies and strategis
supply. died Wednesday after {
long illness at his home at 441t
North Seventeenth street. Ar
llington.
, Mr.. Roush. in 1946. joined the
staff Of the Federal Supply Serv-
lice, the agency then In charge Of
inspection Of strategic and criti-
cal materials purchased for the
national stockpile. It Is now
part of the General Services Ad.
ministration.
For three years before that
Ihe had been on the stan Of the
Bureau of Mines of the interior
Department.
A native Of Harrisburg. Ind.
IMr. Roush received his bachelor
OF arts degree from Indiana Uni
versity and his master Of science
degree from the University Of
Wisconsin. During the 1920s hi
taught at Lehigh University and
lat the Montana Schools OF Mines
Among his writings is his arti-
Icle. Strategic Mineral Supplies.
awarded the Toulmin Medal for
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Mrs. BeryI Eener,
80, Descendant t Of
|WiIIium Brewster

Mrs. Beryl Fish Egner, 80. oi
1901 Delafield street, Chevy
Chase. Md, a direct descendant
Iof William Brewster, who came
over on the Mayfiower to be.
come a Plymouth Pilgrim. died
yesterday at her home after ar
illness of four months.
Mrs. Egner was born in st
Joseph. Mo. The widow Of VIII
liam Frederick Egner. she came
here 16 years ago. She was 9
member of the Washington
Chapter of the Mayfiower So.
ciety and the Washington
Chapter of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution.
Survivors are three sisters
Mrs. Eugene Glaman of Chi
Icago, Mrs. Alma Herd of Lo:
Gates. Calf. and Mrs. Burdette
Bovee Of Wellsville, N. Y: two
daughters, Mrs. Franklin E
Washburn Of Furlong. Pa. and
Mrs. Albert E. Beitzell chevy
Chase. and a grandson.
Friends may view the body al
Gawler's, 1855 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Funeral services
will be held at 2 pm. Monday,
with burial In Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1955-08-20
Dr.. J. F. Kane. II,
ILouisiunu Pastor

SHREVEPORT, La. Aug. 20
B.-Dr. ]. F. Kane, 70. pastor
Of the Southside Baptist Church
for 81 years before his retirement
Ia year ago. died yesterday follow
ing a heart attack.
DR.. and Mrs. Kane came to
Shreveport from East st. Louis,
ILL.,, where he served as pastor of
the Lansdawne Baptist Church.
He was the father Of Col. John
r.. (Killer) Kane, famous World
War II flyer now stationed at
Smokey Hill Air Force Base,
|Salina, Kans.
Other than Col. Kane, he is
survived by his widow. a daugh-
ter, three sisters and two
brothers.