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Evening star., 1955-05-09
DISTRICT JAIL, HAVEN OF TIPSY,
MAY BE RAZED I'm OUR TIME

Prospects of demoishing District JAIL maybe in our life
time raised before House Appropriations subcom
mittee by Director of Corrections Donald Cemme tran
script of testimony disclosed today.
He suggested the possibility in defending bid for S52-
300 in the Districts budget to plan reception
center for processing newarreed drunks at Occoquan
Construction of the $3.50 900 building would start 1857
he said Our thought there" he explained "s this
Our Jail here District of Columbia General
Hospital is terribly crowded. 1t built in 1870 and
think it would be unwe to put in to add to that old
Jail.
Currently, 27o admissions the JAIL about
$4,000 to 10000 alcoholics and involve disordery
duct cases
However, plan is rather than spend money
that old JAIL to build down at Occoquan at the workhouse
building of $4,000 feet in which these
ton which perform at the jail would be
performed
Thus the commitment of all the drnks to the jail could
be alevated 1 think the day will come. maybe in our
time when that Jail should be demolished"
Evening star., 1955-05-09
LOST

BEAGLE HOUNDS (2l, vic OF Beltsvlle,
Md May g, female. answering to
Patty; male puppy, answering TO
'Gismo." Reward. WE. 5-5S53. Ill
BULLDOG, mixed male brown and
white vic. 18th and Monroe SITS. nv:
answers to name Jerry" Reward HO.
2-IIl3. 3.-.---- Ii
CAT, old white, strayed from 37l3
JoCELYN ST. NV. EN-. 2-1O90. 10
COCKER SPANIEL, brown, female, an
swers to name Candy" NV vicinity,
SATURDAY Reward. EN- 2-3492 Ill
COCKER SPANIEL. red and white male
Morth Carolina Carolina rabies tag: Prince"
COSTUME PIN, multicolored stones in
eve. Reward Dl: 7-0324. .
FARAKEET, dark blue. answers to name
Dusty; lost in vicinity of Bancroft
Apts.; talkatiye. IA. $3.50. -
PARAKEET. green, moultng, Westover
area; name "Jody." Generous reward.
KE. S-5i77 or IA. 7-3110. Ill
r.A,BRAlkEET, blue and gray; name
ave. sc. 10. 3-4229 after g. 10
PARAKEET, blue. gray wings, vic. Of
Md Reward. WA 7-4dsl. I'll
PARAKEET, bright green answers to
name OF "HuntZy," lost in Buckingham
vicinity. Reward IA. 2-54O7 after 5
~, -.-.--.------ - - Id
PNRAKEET. blue opaline. vicinity Utah
and Nebr aVes; answers TO Tiny
SPANIEL English springer, male, black
and white, $ mos. old, red collar; name
Cracker" Call Wo 6-33S3. III
WIRE-HAIR TERRIER. with black mark
inpS, near George Mason School, Alex
andria. JE. 3-75l2, Ill
Evening star., 1955-05-09

work you are doing and we hope
you have the least amount Of
trouble with your job this year;
less than you have ever had"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Tobacco Props
Offered State in
Poll Thursday
BY J. L. MICHAEL

Growers Of Maryland's Type
80 tobacco will accept or reject
Federal acreage quotas and
price supports for the next three
planting years in a referendum
Thursday.
Ballots cast between 8 am.
and 5 pm. at polling places In
the five southern counties and
a few other sections Of the
State will decide the contro-
versial issue.
Backers of the Government
program, designed to align sup
lply and demand and to provide
a bulwark against disasterously
law prices, hold that an adverse
vote would threaten existence Of
the States 321-year-old tobacco
industry.
Opponents base their objec-
tions chiefly on the traditional
premise that farmers should re-
main free to plant as they
please and sell as best they can.
A two-thirds favorable vote is
required to put the program as
surfing an average price Of 30
per cent of parity into effect.
Secretary Of Agriculture Ben
son has set Maryland's 1856
planting quota at 45.773. about
4 per cent below the 1855 allot-
ment rejected in q referendum a
year ago. Quotas are proclaimed
annually.
Only once. in 1852. have
Maryland farmers given the
quota plan a two-thirds favor
able majority, then only for one
year. The last Congress amended
the law to require balloting for
q three-year program.
Effective 1850
The price support program
was operative on Southern
Maryland auction markets on
1948-49-50 crops, before the
stockpiles Of Type 80 leaf was
large enough to require voting
on planting allotments.
In all other major tobacco
producing areas Of the Nation
the Government program has
been in effect for nearly two
decades.
Because Of the adverse vote
lin the 1854 referendum, the
States hurricane-hit 1865 crop
will not be supported when it is
offered for sale next year. Thus
rejection Of the program in
Thursdays balloting would mean
absence Of price supports for the
next four years. The law pro-
vides, however, that a referen-
dunn may be held in the interim
IL it is asked for on petitions
signed by at least Is per cent
of the growers.
"Jeopardize Future"
Absence of price supports for
the next four years, the State
tobacco authority declared in a
written statement. would "jeop-
Iardize the future of Maryland's
tobacco industry"
Aligned with the authority
in openly striving for a ia
vorable vote are the Prince
Georges and st. Mary's County
Farm Bureaus.
Other area Farm Bureaus
have not announced their posi-
ton. Warehousemen. other busi-
ness interests and bankers are
officially remaining aloof and
the State Extension Service has
declared its neutrality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Burns Burn,
BodyFound

WARRENTON, Va, Dec. ~
,R.-The body OF an unidenti-
fled man was found today in the
ruins Of fire which destroyed
two barns about 20 miles south
of Warrenton.
Warrenton Volunteer Fire De-
Ipartment Chief r. r. Glascock
said the fire also killed "a of 81
head of beef cattle in the two
barns, four horses and two sows.
Glascock estimated the dam
age between $4,000 and $4,000.
The barns were on a farm owned
by Lloyd Grove of Warrenton
and operated by his two brothers,
Arthur and Walter.
Fireman Robert Glascock found
the badly burned body near the
back Of one Of the barns near a
door locked from the outside.
Firemen arrived too late to save
the buildings.
Arthur and Walter Grove said
they did not know anyone was
staying in the barn. The body
was taken to Warrenton fu-
neral home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Registration Runs
Hioh in Norfolk

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 81 R).-
Registrations ran "at least three
times normal" in Norfolk for
the January Q school referen-
dunn.
Some $500 new Norfolk voters
were enrolled, according to the
general registrar.
A breakdown showed 1888 new
registration by colored voters and
2,25l new registrations by white
voters,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Students Top
School Room
$4,000

BALTIMORE. Dec. 81 (R.-
Maryland's public school class
room capacity is now exceeded
by $1,000 pupils. the Maryland
Council on Education reported
today.
The latest edition of the coun-
ellis Fact Sheet reported that
the excess Of students is put in
overcrowded rooms. on half-time
schedules and into makeshift or
rented quarters.
Some boys and girls get their
schooling on auditorium stages
or in cafeterias. the report said.
while others are taught in rented
church Easements.
The Fact Sheet said the 47,000
do not include students who are
taught in obsolete buildings,
Maryland's total public school
enrolment this year is 461. 900,
an increase in five years Of 1872
600 pupils or 362 per cent. 1t said,
Montgomery County's enroll
ment gained 1914 per cent during
that period. more than any other
county in the State, the Fact
Sheet said. The gain in Balti-
more City was 26.l per cent.
Only Garrett County failed to
gain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Car Rams House,
Two Youths Held

Two 16-year-old Bethesda
youths were held for the action
Of juvenile authorities after a
wild early morning chase in a
blacked-out car which ended
when they crashed into a house
at 500 Roosevelt street, Be-
thesda.
Montgomery County police
said the juveniles were racing
with another car when they
were spotted on Old Georgetown
road north of Bethesda. The
other car escaped. The crashed
car failed to make a turn from
Garfield into Roosevelt street,
ran up on the lawn, barely miss
ing a power pole and a large
tree and crashed into the porch.
The two youths fled from the
car, vaulted several fences. but
were caught several blocks from
the scene by police.
Damage to the car was esti-
mated at $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Firehouse Site
0kdy Sought

Approval of a firehouse site at
South Walter Reed drive and
Nineteenth street will be asked Of
the Arlington County Board to-
night. The board meets at 8
O'Clock at the courthouse.
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg has recommended the pur-
chase of the triangular tract,
nearly an acre in size, to
strengthen fire protection in the
county's southern area. The
price is $l1, 400.
Residents have been invited to
attend tonight's session to ex-
press their views.
THE architecture of the build
ing and the way 1t will be MAIN
tanned will prove an asset to the
neighboYhood." according to Jo-
seph Intermaggio, the county's
chief planner.
Purchase Of the site to house
a ladder company is in line with
the fire protection program an
nounced in August. 1854. A
$4,000 bond issue for the pro-
gram received voters approval
the following October. Negotia-
tons are still under way for adj
ditional new station sites in the
Rosslyn and Westover areas.
Land already has been OBJ
tanned adjacent to the Clarendon
station for expansion of a CEN
trail control headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
GRAY REFERENDUM
SLATED

The January 9 referen-
dunn on amending the Vir-
ginia Constitution as recon-
mended by the Gray Com
mission will be discussed by
these speakers:
Today
Television Station WTTG,
Channel 5. 7:l5 pm, Col
gate w. Darden. president Of
University of Virginia and
former Governor; introduced
by H. Bruce Green. clerk of
court Of Arlington County.
Tomorrow
Fairfax Courthouse, 8
pm, Committee for Consti-
tutional Convention. State
Senator Charles r. Fen
wick. Delegate j. Maynard
Magruder, Attorneys Lytton
Gibson and Charles Pickett.
A private dinner for the
speakers will be given earlier
at Courthouse Country Club.
Franklin Sherman School,
Mclean, 8 pm, Committee
for Constitutional Conven-
ton, Delegate Harrison
Mann and c. c. Mccall, for
mer attorney general of
Alabama.
Garfield School, Spring.
field. 8 pm; Springfield
Civic Association; William
Moncure, for the amend
ment; John Blum, against;
discussion and vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Man, "a, 71stt to Die in roffic;
Virqinion, II Killed by Foil

over into a pony ring at Kirk
wood road.
The Friborg car then went
into a Hot Shoppe parking lot
striking two cars, operated by
Charles c. Niblock. 628 Hamilton
street NV. and Harlan Gessner
SO, of 1905 Holly Hill drive. Falls
Church, police said.
Friborg is in fair condition in
Arlington Hospital with possible
internal injuries. Others in his
car admitted to the hospital were
his wife. Audrey, rs, in fair con-
dition with decorations and pos.
sible head injuries: a son. Rob.
ert. 5, In satisfactory condition
with a fractured femur. and 9
4-month-old daughter, Barbara
admitted for observation.
Mr.. Prior and his wife. Velma
"a, were treated for bruises ane
cuts and removed to the Fort
Myer Post Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27

Two new traffic deaths have
been reported for the Washing
ton area. One of them was an
84-year -old man struck by a
taxicab here last Wednesday.
The latter was Robert M. Nc
ICarthy of 1900 Lamont street
NV, who died in Emergency
Hospital today.
The other victim was Herbert
r.. Crummett, II. of Route /.
Woodbridge, Va. who died last
night after a fall out Of the car
in which he was a passenger.
Mr.. McCarthy's death was the
Districts list traffic fatality this
year as compared to SO during
the same period last year.
He was crossing Adams Mil
road at Lamont street NV.
when the cab, driven by Harris
Il. Brinker, 49, of the first block
New York avenue NV. struck
him.
Mr.. Brinker was charged with
failure to yield the right of way
to pedestrian.
Mr.. Mccarthy was a retired
Capital Transit Co. employee.
The Crummett youth was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at Alex
andria Hospital from a skull,
fracture after falling from the
car on State Route GAL. three
miles west of Woodbridge ir
Prince William County.
Virginia State Trooper C. B
Fox said the youth was in a cal
driven by Richard Gum, also oil
Route /, Woodbridge. when q
door flew open, causing him II
fall to the roadway. The acct.
dent occurred shortly after 9 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Restaurant Safe
Robbed of ST, 535

HAvRE DE GRACE, Md, Dec.
~ R.-Burglars broke open a
safe In a Howard johnson res
taurant on U. S. 40 today and
made off with $1,535.
Terry O'Regan. manager. said
the burglary was discovered by
Janitor James Franklin when he
reported for work at 4:10 am.
The store closed midnight Mon
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Wrong Man Shot
After Argument

WINDSOR. Va. Dec. ~ R.-
The fatal shooting Of a man at
a Central Hill store here Thurs
day has been described by Isle
of Wight County authorities as
a possible case Of mistaken iden-
tity.
Police have charged 33-year-
old John Jasper Table with MUIR
der in the Staying Of Waverly
Harrell Porter, SO. Both are
colored.
Deputy Sheriff H. c. Taylor
said Table shot Porter appar-
emily under the impression Por-
ter was a man with whom he had
been arguing earlier. Taylor said
another man had been involved
in the argument, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Woman Charged
In Shotgun Staying

A 44-year-old woman, who
told Fairfax County police she
didn't know the gun was loaded
and pulled the trigger without
aiming was charged with muir
der today in the shotgun Staying
of a friend.
The murder charge was placed
against Mrs. Mae Edith Lindsey.
colored, "A. of Route l, Clifton.
She was held under $4,000 bond.
Victim of the shooting was
Earl Henry Lucas. colored, 81,
who roomed at Mrs. Lindsev's
house.
Mrs. Lindsey told police Lucas
cursed her and threatened to
kill her last night so she picked
up her shotgun to scare him
The blast hit Lucas in the face
and SHOULDER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
News at College Park
Is college Park News

College Park, already known
for its resident football team of
heroic stature. now boasts an
other exceptional operations
municipal newspaper.
The new publication. known
as the College Park News. is pub
lished by Mayor Charles r. Da-
Wis and the town council-and
delivered by garbage men.
The idea of the paper. as ex-
planned by DR.. Davis. a Univer-
sity of Maryland veterinarian. is
to tell College Park citizens what
their government is doing.
The municipal paper idea goes
back locally about four years to
the editorial rooms" Of the now
venerable Forest Heights News,
Mayor Clifford Armhold. who
had just been elected to Office.
decided that too many people
were absent at public meetings,
The reason. he decided. was that
they were not well enough in
formed about issues OF times and
places of the meetings.
Worked for United Press
Now Mr., Armhold was no green
hand at journalism.
At Eastern High School he
served as a "staffer" on the
school paper. After graduation
he went to work for United Press
and worked his way up through
the hierarchy of copy boy, die
tationist and radio news desk
man. Before long-he was court
ing at the time--he decided he
wanted to work shorter hours
and make more money.
Anyway. Mr.. Armhold turned
In his trenchcoat and now, when
he isn't busy being mayor, spends
his time as administrative as
sistant in the nucleonics division
of the Naval Research Labora-
tory.
The first issue came out in
September Of 1851. And it's beer
coming out once a month ever
since.
The Forest Heights News con-
sists Of four duplimat pages
costs about $50 for a press run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Six Hurt in Four-Cur
Lee Highway Crosh

Six persons were injured yes
terday In a four-car accident at
Lee highway and Kirkwood road
Arlington County police reported
Police said q car driven by
Victor Friborg, AZ, Of 1904 Lee
highway, struck In the rear a
vehicle driven by Richard C
Prior. "a, of 124 Falls avenue
Falls Church., the latter turni9s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27

of 900 copies and is delivered by
the towns maintenance man.
Carries No Ads
1T started as a two-page pa
per but we couldn't keep it that
small" Mr.. Armhold explains.
No ads are carried, but resi-
dents stuck with a litter of kit
tens can sometimes dispose of
them through the editors good
Offices.
The bulk Of the paper consists
of notices of public hearings.
transportation information.
budget requests and other mat
tiers of municipal Importance.
But we try to keep 1t inter-
esting and readable" adds ex-
newspaperman Armhold.
The College Park News. the
first issue of which saw the light
of day last August, has already
outgrown its Forest Heights
counterpart and now runs $500
copies to the issue.
Mr.. Davis. unlike Mayor Arm
hold. had no experience in jour-
nalism-but that hasn't affected
reader response.
Good Reader Response
We've had about rs letters
from residents, all favorable" he
says.
The College Park paper runs
three to four pages. is mimeo-
graphed, and like the Forest
Heights News is non-partisan
and furnished free to residents.
1t costs the town about SIS for
each printing and covers the
same general ground.
Editor Davis avoids at least
one occupational malady which
could affiict Editor Armhold
Deadline ulcers.
The Forest Heights paper
comes out once a month. the
College Park News when there
is something doing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27

You can't vote in the Dis
trict II you don't register. Now
Is the time to qualify. Regis
tration headquarters on ground
floor OF the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Calculated Robbery

CUSHING, Okla. Dec. ~ (P).
The burglar who broke into
the Bell Drugstore yesterday and
took $500 from the safe can be
sure OF the amount. He also
took an adding machine. A
Smyrna times., 1955-11-03
Cub Scout Pack Meeting

The Cub Scout Pack meeting
for the month of November will
be held on Friday evening, Nov.
4, at the Youth Center. An air.
man from the Dover Air Force
Base will be present to tell of
some of the experiences he has
had and to describe the base op-
erations. This should prove very
interesting to everyone. All boys
who are not located in dens are
urged to be present. Vance Cole,
chairman of the cub scout COM
mittee, appeals to all mothers
saying that there are not enough
den mothers to operate the dens.
The program cannot function
without den mothers and at pres
ent the shortage numbers three.
Mothers are asked to consider
taking an active part so that
boys will receive the fun, thrills,
and training of cub scouting.
Smyrna times., 1955-11-03

at a business session on Jan. IL
at 2 pm. The program, Conser-
vation of Natural Resources and
Recreational Facilities in Della
ware, Mrs. G. e. Wootten; Mrs.
Ralph Peters, chairman hostesses;
Jan. 26, 2 pm, Federation Day;
guests Mrs. w. Harman Money,
president of Delaware State Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs; Mrs.
Jonathan S. Willis, vice president,
Kent County; Pictures of the GF
European tour, by Mrs. Money.
Mrs. Edgar ]. Boggs, hostess
chairman. Health and Welfare
program on Feb. 9, Mrs. Harold J..
Laggner, chairman. Mrs. c. E.
Rowland, chairman hostess COM
mittee; Feb. %, 2 pm. devotional
message, the Rev. Walter L. Beck
with; program on the Home, Mrs.
Edgar ]. Boggs, chairman; Mrs.
G. Davis Turner, hostess chair
man. March 8, pm, Art Ex-
hibit; devotional message, the
Rev. o. C. Jones, Easter program;
March %, Education the topic,
Miss Mary Holland, chairman,
senior high school seniors the
guests; Mrs. owen c. Jones, chair
man, hostesses; April IL, annual
luncheon, 1890 pm; April 26,
election of officers; May 10, in
stallation of officers! outgoing Of
ficers the hostesses. Tentative
events, Silver Tea, Trip to Dover
Air Force Base; Visit to home of
D. v. L. Downes; tour of church.
es, visit at Winterthur. In addi-
ton to Mrs. Wickham, president,
the officers are Mrs. Martin Gold
en-, first vice president; Mrs. Grov-
er King, second vice president;
Mrs. David Buckson, recording
secretary; Mrs. John L. Johnson,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Homer D. Hudson, treasurer, Mrs.
Robert H, Denney, state board di-
rector.
Smyrna times., 1955-11-03
DID YOU KNOW?

Civil Air Patrol was founded
Dec. 1, 1941 under the Office of
Civilian Defense to mobilize the
Civil Airmen of the country with
their airplanes and equipment for
wartime duties. Since from the
beginning of CAP. most of the
active missions were flown for the
Army Air Force, the President
ordered on April 20, 1943, that
CAP. be transferred to the War
Department.
The National Commander, ap-
pointed by the Chief of Staff, U.
S. A. F., with a staff of Air Force
officers and civilians, directs the
activities of the Civil Air Patrol.
The National Headquarters is To-
Gated at Boiling Air Force Base,
Washington, d. c.
Smyrna times., 1955-11-03
PLANNING FOR
COMMERCE ST.
Continued from Page One

hibiting traffic by heavy trucks on
certain streets to be determined
by the chief of police and town
manager and referred back to
council will be placed. 1t was de-
cided to advertise for bids for a
new dump truck to replace the
fifteen-year old truck now in use.
The town of Smyrna is negotiat-
ing with engineers on methods for
correcting the condition of surg
ing lights. A requested letter will
be sent to Parkway Manor devel-
opers confirming that the town
will put in paving and street
lights and discussion was held on
various types of surfacing. All of
the members of council were pres
ent and Mayor George M. Blendt
presided.
Smyrna times., 1955-11-03
Emily p. Bissen sanatorium

At the monthly meeting of the
Emily P. Bissell Sanatorium COM
mittee October 20, 1855, the fol-
lowing report of operations was
given: The total hospital operat-
ing expenses for the month of
September were $50, ,224. The ov-
erage number of patients was 1853,
the number of patients days SOAP
with the total dietary cost at
S21, 1886 at a cost per meal of $.65.
The number of employees at the
sanatorium for month ending Sep
tember 80, was $50.
Smyrna times., 1955-11-03
Brownies To Hold Party

Mrs. James Vaughn was in
troduced at the regular troop
meeting as the new assistant
leader by Mrs. Henry Ennis, troop
committee chairman. Mrs. Vaughn
will take the place of Mrs. Paul
Rittenhouse when the latter NOV
es from Clayton. Mrs. Ernest
Duchatel, who has been serving as
assistant leader, will assume lead
ership of the troop. Mrs. Joseph
Ziegler is new member of the
troop committee, and Mrs. Clinton
Robertson is the new cookie
chairman. Two new girls have
Joined the troop, Barbara Hack
man, and Paulette Thornhill. The
troop is sponsored by the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Newnam-Lee-
Urban Post 1901, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Smyrna times., 1955-11-03

to Dover by train. Colonel Kuhre
says in part, 81 shall always re-
member Officer Ford as a friend
in time of trouble. James L.
Cubbage has been named as chair
man for the Boy Scout finance
campaign for this area. John c.
Cooper, post commander, New
nam-Lee-Urban Post, V.F.W., will
be chairman for Special Gifts,
with members of the Post partic-
ipating in the Clayton campaign
Debbie Kennedy and Norma
Blendt. local lassies, named as
cheer leaders at S. H. S.
Dudley Crossley was host to the
members of the Friendly Fellows
Bible Glass of Ewelrs-St. Paul
The weakly wit: The dentist
married the manicurist and now
they fight tooth and nail.
Smyrna times., 1955-11-03

girls of that age, according to
Miss Clara Spar, school nurse.
She stresses the urgency of the
need and will appreciate the CO.
operation of anyone who can sup
ply the needed garments. They
may be left in her care at the
school, or with Mrs. Leroy Say
ers, PTA clothing chairman, at
Sayers Jewelry Store on Main
Street.